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honestly regarding your tags on that post with the petfree stuff, i agree... i'm an RVT and ive had some people admit to me that they literally just are not particularly interested in dogs/cats and there's a genuine unease to their voice. my favourite way of soothing them is assuring them that's fine + admitting i literally just dont like puppies lol. i get it!
I’ve seen that too where people find out I work in vet med and then they seem so nervous to tell me they don’t have pets or are not really into dogs and cats. Like, seriously everyone you are not a defective human being if you just don’t like dogs that much. It’s genuinely fine. And that’s coming from a crazy dog person (though I very much feel you on the puppy thing some days, anon).
I think saying you don’t like dogs/cats should be culturally equivalent to saying you don’t like Thin Mint cookies or something. Like damn I disagree but different strokes for different folks
#I’m a little wild bout them thin mints I cannot lie#Scouts could go to $10 a box and I’d still be putting my name down for 3 boxes#asks#vetblr#petfree#dogs
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Crossover Part 3
This idea was given to me by @bamboozled-boi. Hope you like this last part! :D
Characters from: Malion Series on Wattpad and Extraordinary
Characters: Cal, Taylor, Varitran, Kaylum, Anthony and Mistyal
This is in no way a part of the canon to either story. I wouldn't know where the logic would begin to connect these 2 universes seamlessly.
This is a very slow paced story because it's out of the point of view of someone who can live until he's 700 years old so just a warning!
Crossover: Infectious Magic part 3
Pounding.... where is that coming from? It's close... it's frantic. Wake up....
Wake up, Dark Star's Blight.
I gulped in air as I gasped and whipped my head around towards the door where the distressed pounding sounded.
"Commander Hue! Please wake up! We have a problem!" I heard a familiar voice yell. I felt my heart pounding in my chest. It almost felt in synch with the rapid banging on my door.
"What is it?" I called out as loudly as I could manage. The deep, painful pounding in my head didn't let up when I crawled to my feet, clutching the hot gold of my medallion.
"I will be out in a moment... just... give me a bit." I muttered and I leaned into the heavy door. I let out a huff and gathered my strength. I had to prepare... I had to keep steady. Then the sudden fear hit me. My eyes widened as I realised what was about to happen.
"Gladly, Commander. Those Earth dwellers have entered the kingdom! We might not have as much time as you need." Laidon warned. He'd probably been over exaggerating, but I didn't want to find out.
"Laidon, step away from the door immediately! Where are the Eartheans?" I demanded, swiftly grabbing one of the stray binds that lay in my desk and binding it tightly around ny eyes. I felt the cracks of power form in my skin like rivers pouring from my eyes... three reaching into my hairline and three clawing down my cheeks and past my jaw. The 12 streams overwhelmed my thoughs and from good and bad debating came countless screams... one of which was mine. I burst through the door and was caught by who I thought was Kaylum. His strong stature supported my assumption.
"Commander, what happened to you?" He asked, horrified. I let out a primal growl as I clutched onto him.
"In short, if I look at someone, they will die." I hissed, feeling my furiously trembling body struggle to take the new power.
"You're like a gorgon?" I heard Martin ask.
"No, Anthony. I'm afraid you won't see this in action. You must evacuate the castle immediately- Gaahh!" I yelled as i felt power surge from my eyes, scarred neck and streams. My worst scars felt as if they would rip open at any moment.
"Get to the Eartheans, now!" I barked, feeling Kaylum's skin get hotter until suddenly i felt the ground under my feet shift.
"The throne room..." I heard Anthony mumble, horrified.
"Get out of here." I growled with a gravely sneer.
"Admiral! Get out of here!" Kaylum yelled, distressed. I took in a sharp gasp.
"Mistyal! Leave this place! I will hurt you otherwise! I- grh... I will loose control!" I warned her, feeling her presence close by. Her rough hand rested sweetly against my streaming cheek.
"I love you, Varitran." I heard her voice softly in my ear. I wrapped my arms around her and held her close.
"Mistyal... My sun... Hy heart... I will never let you go." I told her and cast my shield upon both of us.
That's when the overwhelmingly loud crack of lightning and the immediate rumble of thunder brought us both to our knees.
"Varitran...!" She gasped as I heald her close to my chest. She wrapped her darly feathered wings around me as I closed my eyes.
"It's alright. I'll be fine. Please, follow Head Scout Laudon and General Martin to safely. They've called an evacuation order. I'll see you soon, my-" I was interrupted by another clap of thunder. She stood and her warmth faded as she hurried off. I swore I'd see her again.
"Good to see you again, Commander Vari. I thought I'd killed you back at that dessert city. Good to see you can still put up a fight." Cal taunted.
"Shocking, isn't it?" I growled, still not ready to remove the binds.
"I see the light from my ability blinded you, huh. Let's see how well I can beat you this time." He chuckled.
"Overconfidence is an insidious killer." I growled and remived the binds, squeezing my eyes shut, fighting against the escaping power.
"Woah! I guess my ability effects your kind differently. Weird..."
"This is not your doing. This is the purest form of my own power." His laugh sounded from above me.
"Is this how you killed those people?" Tailor's voice demanded from far in front, probably near the throne.
"It will be how I defeat you. How about we strike a deal..." I suggested, stumbling at another surge.
Thunder rumbled slowly... strange... storms do not form in the Beneath. I heard an agreement from Cal and an objection from Taylor.
"What? Look at him! We'll beat him easily." Cal convinced and brought up Taylor's reluctant agreement. I let out a quiet chuckle to myself.
"If I defeat you - wound you enough for your inability to move- you will explain your intention and we will sort this out in a civil manner. If you succeed in defeating me, you may go through with your foolish plan. I do not intend to kill either of you." I explained. Another, more powerful surge shot through me, making me stumble forward with a grunt as I noticed my bright glow. It flickered between gold and deep violet.
"Deal." I heard from both of them. That was my cue to look up at Cal. When my eyes met his, I swallowed in a massive gasp as my body shot upward. My eyes felt blooshot as I landdd a punch to his jaw, sending him tumbling through the air. As I fell to the ground, my eyes met with Taylor and as soon as I hit the ground, I lept forward and crashed into her, scraping her against the ground. I landed a hefty punch against her upper chest. She sputtered and coughed as I lept off of her. My shield glowed and held up perfectly against another strike of lightning from Cal. He gasped as I latched onto him, glaring into his eyes. My hand flattened out as I sank it into his stomach and ripped away at it. Whatever those Eartheans did to make their clothing, it was useless. He let out a yell that allowrd the darkness in my mind to fare up. I whirled around and threw Cal down. He hit the ground with a sickening thud. When I crashed into the ground, I was tackled away from Cal by Tailor who threw punch after punch into my shield.
"I'll humor you." I growled with an unsettlingly deep voice and allowed my shield to fall. The punches were substantial and soon I tasted blood.
"That's enough." I growled in Osrocan and pushed her away.
"That's it-" Cal yelled and I noticed his eyes turn completely orange as he rose into the air.
"Strike me! I will only become more powerful!" I called to him. The dark sky turned silver as clouds consumed the sky. Thunder lit it up like a cloudy Gaian day. A massive bolt of orange lightning crawled out kf the clouds and seeked for me as it's point turned and coiled and shuddered like the rest of it. Suddenly I lept off the ground and the bolt shot into me, sending an unimaginable amount of power through my body. It was simply orgasmic. I laughed maniacally as the orange lightning coursed through me. I sent it out right at Tailor, who couldn't dodge the bolt and was ripped appart by the power. I made sure she was still alive and that was when Cal flew down, yelling out Taylor's name. She would be fine. I shot towards her and buried my hand into the debris that had become of her chest and called out my healing word. I pounced back and sank a punch into Cal's jaw. He stumbled backwards, glaring at my eyes now fully yellow, glowing brightly.
"You've made a mistake, Cal. Do you surrender?" I asked. My hands trembling viciously when I reached one out towards Cal. He gkared at me.
"Let's box instead." He suggested.
"Nothing below the belt." I agreed. She stood there, taking position and circling slowly. Cal looked battered and I felt as if I had all the energy on Gaia.
As my power faded, so did my strength and with each blow from Cal, I started to doubt my ability. I gave another blow to his chest. He hit my jaw, splitting my lip farther. I spat the ever running blood onto the crimson tiles of the throne room and hit him in the stomach. We struck each other one final time and fell simultaneously.
"Well done." Cal muttered.
"I suppose I've won? I took down Taylor and you were a worthy opponent." I suggested. Cal huffed.
"I guess you did. Two against one... it's only fair you get this win." He mumbled. I closed my eyes for a moment and rexhed a hand to my face, realising that both were layered with blood. I whispered my healing word and reached over to Cal, resting my hand on the side of his buised and bleeding face, doing the same.
He gasped, revitalized and sat up while I continued to rest.
"I'd advise you to stay still while the magic works." I mumbled. Cal sighed and layed back down.
"I guess now is a good time to hold up my end of the deal. We came here looking for those Amethysts because we think they might be able to save a dying race of people. See, on earth people have created a type of hierarchy according the the power of one's abilities. There are Low-tiers, Mid-tiers and High-tiers. Tailor is a High-tier and I'm a part of the tier that is going extinct. I'm a God-tier. My power level is 27. High tiers can reach a maximum of 10 points. I can't remember jow many Taylor has." He commented with a cheeky grin. I allowed a chuckle and turned onto my back.
"My guess would be around 9.5, judging by the power of those glowing fists." I suggested.
"You're pretty close." I heard Taylor comment.
"Good guess, I suppose." I laughed, "Now... why do you need those Endoran Amethysts?" I asked.
"Our research told us that those crystals would be able to enhance abilities." Cal explained.
"Like ambrosia."
"Yeah exactly, Taylor. Like ambrosia." He mumbled.
"So the Endoran Amethysts can make your abilities stronger? How would they be able to do that? With the Endoh-power within them? Would that not simply corrupt your minds as it has some to the Karmareans that use it as currency? That is why there are so few rich Gaians in Karmaro's Korrep Region, where they are money." I mutter, half expecting them to have stopped listening to me by then.
"Their money drives them insane?" Cal questioned.
"Their money is magical?" Taylor added.
"Their money is made of corpses." I growled, "the answer to those questions is yes. Magical corpse crystals that drive people insane. They use the purple ones. The golden crystals are said to grant immortality and healing."
"So then we'd need those gold ones, if they are the good ones." Cal mumbled.
"Precisely. Although those are difficult to come by. There are only a few hundred left on Gaia. How many would you need?" I ask them.
"A handful."
"Two handfuls. Just to be safe." Taylor corrected.
"That's all fine and dandy, but there are currently no golden Endoran Crystals in The Beneath. I'd suggest going to Karmareoon. That's the capital of Karmaro. Crative... I know." I explained.
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Once Cal and Taylor were completely healed up, new scars etched into their skin, I escorted them to the portal hub and headed into the Karmareoon portal. There, I helped them find the right people and bade them a warm farewell. I wished those extraordinary people a safe journey and then we parted ways.
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Thank you for reading Infectious Magic! I hope you enjoyed it and I look forward to seeing your feedback to this lovely crossover!
This will be my last post until next year. Thank you for hanging around this long lol.
Happy new year and merry Christmas!
#malion#fiction#my writing#oc#writing#m:rb spoilers#malion spoilers#extraordinary#m:uif spoilers#m:tbfs spoilers#Cal#Taylor Extraordinary#Malion Series#blood tw#wounds tw#lightning#powers#magic
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Hit Or Miss || Morgan & Bex
TIMING: Current
PARTIES: @inbextween & @mor-beck-more-problems
SUMMARY: Morgan tries to get to know Bex over a game of Battleship. Explosions may or may not ensue.
CONTAINS: brief references to transphobia
There were a few things that death couldn’t take away from Morgan: love, the view of a January day, and board games. She had never been much of a fan as a kid, they were bulky, hard to pack in a hurry, and as soon as you lost a couple pieces, all that mess became worthless. But at Karen’s house a lifetime ago, the novelty special editions of Monopoly and Life and the varnished wood sets of checkers and parcheesi had seemed like treasures from another world; one where the ground was steady beneath your feet and it never occurred to you that the nice things you loved would fall apart. Today, she ran her fingers over a battered edition of Battleship: Classic (was there a Battleship: passé somewhere?) and brought it down to the table by the window she was bogarting at Board to Death, grinning affectionately at the scuffed pegs and stained ships hiding under the lid. It was the only coffee shop in town that anything to offer besides food she couldn’t taste. Her triple espresso had a soothing bitter taste, but all the icing in the world on the danishes or dipped vegan scones couldn’t bring back her old sense of taste.
She sipped the just-below-boiling mixture and watched the living world shuffle by in their puffy coats and bright scarves. When she saw a nervous looking girl approach the window she smiled, nodding in case it was her. When she entered the cafe, Morgan held out her hand. “Hey, you’re Bex, right?”
The strangest part about being back in White Crest was that it felt so nice. There was something about this place that felt enough like home that Bex almost didn’t altogether mind her overbearing parents controlling her every move. Almost. They’d delighted in the fact that she was being scouted by a professor already, and she’d opted to not mention the part where said professor was gay and also recommended by someone who thought they were a witch. For some reason, Bex trusted Nell’s judgement, and Professor Beck seemed really nice. And, well, Bex couldn’t help but leap at the idea of meeting a real life queer person. Especially a woman. Who was out! And open! Even if she couldn’t really ask her about it today. The concept was novel. And so Bex really wanted this meeting to be good.
Therefore, she kept an excited demeanor about herself as she made her way to Board to Death, trying to push the anxiety away. Put on a smile when she opened the door, and glanced around for Professor Beck, seeing her through the window. She scooted herself over, taking her hand. “Hey! Hi, yes! That’s me! I’m Bex! That makes you Professor Beck, then! Unless you’re not, which would make this very awkward,” she chuckled, then stopped, clearing her throat. “S-sorry. Um, hi, thanks for meeting with me!” Glanced down to look at her refreshments on the table, then back up. “I never really knew Board to Death had food! I’ve only been here a few times. Do you come here a lot?”
“I am Professor Beck, yes, but you can just call me Morgan. Pretty much everyone does.” Morgan took another sip of her espresso and gestured for the girl to sit. It wasn’t every day she could tell someone she’d spoken with online just from their demeanor, but Bex was nearly vibrating out of her skin with anxiety. It was an excited kind of anxious, like her face might hurt from smiling so much, but it still gave Morgan some pause. This was a girl who had wrecked a whole computer lab with just the force of her emotions. Even if she couldn’t accept magic yet, some kind emotional release would probably be good for her. “I don’t come here much, no. Coffee tastes pretty much the same to me anywhere, and at least here it comes with something fun to do. You’ve played Battleship before, right? It’s only one of a couple of two player games I’m familiar with that doesn’t make you think too much.” Grinning at her, Morgan lifted the top from the game and started assembling her board.
“Oh, um--” Bex started, feeling that anxiousness already bubbling in her throat again, “-- I’ll try, but no promises. My parents sort of drilled it into me that it’s ‘Mister’ and ‘Misses’, or ‘Doctor’ and ‘Professor’ only!” Her face scrunched, as if she were trying to be angry and she lifted a finger to waggle. A poor imitation of her father. “You are a child, Odelia, and you will address your elders properly!” Not realizing she’d let slip her real name, she looked back across the table at Professor Be-- er, Morgan. “Oh, yeah, I’m much more of a tea person, myself. Coffee makes me jittery and anxious and I think I’m plenty of that all on my own, you know?” She watched as Morgan began assembling the game, not saying too much. Her father had made her play old strategy games like Risk and Chess for hours on end as a child, but Battleship had never seemed to reach their table. “Um, once, at school. You just kinda guess coordinates, right?”
Morgan couldn’t hide the arch in her brow as Bex gave a different name as she impersonated her parents. Did they not address her the way she asked to be? Did she keep the name she gave out to acquaintances as a secret? Still, she snorted kindly and finished setting up her board. “It’s good that you know yourself at least. I’m not sure if the world is ready for a caffeinated Bex just yet.” She finished setting up her board and started on her ships, keeping them mostly spread out from each other. “And yeah, it’s just a fun guessing game! If you know your opponent well, you can try and guess their methodology, but it’s, you know--” She held up the box lid, “Ages 6 and up.” With everything set aside on her end, she could lean back and relax. “So, I do hope you’ll take one of my seminars. My syllabus is way more fun than the other professors’, not to knock my colleagues, because they’re amazing, but I hand out movies and, occasionally, video games too. We look at what speculative and fantastical stories tell us about humanity, how we see ourselves and each other and why changes in those perceptions matter. And, you know, with all the writing homework, you’ll probably get a leg up on your fellow pre-law students. Anyone can have an idea or a feeling, but it takes work to give voice to it. But, that’s my one and only pitch. I’d much rather get to know you. Sometimes strangers can be easier to open up to than others.”
“Oh, it’s definitely not,” Bex agreed with a chuckle. She watched Morgan set up her side-- without peeking, of course!-- before working to set her own side up. She didn’t entirely know the best strategy for Battleship, but she decided she wanted to go for an out there one, sticking all of her ships right in a square in the middle of the map. “Well, I’m definitely six and up, so, I think we’re all good. Who goes first?” She looked across the table to Morgan as she continued to fuss with her pieces, wondering which formation was better, listening to her description of her course. “It sounds like a great class,” she said when the older woman was done speaking, but there was something vibrating inside of her. Something about the description, something about how free and open the course sounded, made her realize something else was going on here. Bex might have been closed off and insecure, but she was observant as well. It was one of the qualities that made her an actual decent law student. Her gaze dropped to her board and she pulled her hands away. “I’m ready to start, then,” she said, lifting her eyes just enough to gaze over the top of the board, the double meaning of her sentence not lost on either of them.
Morgan watched Bex thoughtfully, from the tightness in her shoulders to the shrill chirp of her voice. She was trying, eagerly, desperately, but for what? Morgan wanted to tell her to relax, there were no quizzes or grades handed out at the end of this meet-up. But having been that anxious herself more than once, she knew drawing attention directly didn’t always have the desired effect. “A-10?” She called. “Why don’t you tell me about why you like it here? I thought I saw you mention something about ‘coming back’ on main and I gotta say, I haven’t heard of too many people returning after they’d left. Well, not often by choice anyway.”
“Miss,” Bex said quietly, sticking a peg into A-10. “E-6?” she tried, waiting for the response. She chewed on her lip at the question, thinking a moment. It wasn’t that she really liked it here, but White Crest was home and she knew she had a place here. And even if she hadn’t gone to school here, or grown up with the other kids, or become a regular at all the diners-- she still felt like she fit in here. More so than at Penn State, where the kids looked at her with those eyes, and whispered behind their hands, and posted her private life online. “It just...feels like home, I guess. I went to private school as a kid, so it’s not like I really have any sort of connection to the town, but I just feel right here,” she explained softly, neither smiling nor frowning. She stuck a peg into the missed slot. “I came back because I had to.” Where she really wanted to be was far away from the East coast, maybe in Oregon or Washington or California. Somewhere she could start over brand new and be whoever she wanted to be. She cleared her throat. “How um-- how long have you been in White Crest?”
“Miss,” Morgan called. She let a round pass unremarked, taking in as much as she could. She was just bundled up so tight, it was no wonder she’d exploded in front of Nell. That much repression might do the same even to someone without magic. “Private school, huh? Like boarding school? I didn’t realize those were still a thing in this country.” She made another call, D-6, and took another sip of espresso. “I’ve been here for a year now. I’m starting to see how somebody could feel like they belonged here, even with all the terribleness. It’s not an easy fit, but I don’t think I could leave on a dime, not by myself anyway. But what--is it okay if I ask what made you have to come back? Or if not, maybe tell me about someplace else you dream of being. Those are good ideas to hold onto. The future, I mean.”
“Yep,” Bex said dismissively, “I went to a private boarding school. And they definitely still exist here.” And they suck, she wanted to add, but held her tongue. Uniforms and strict schedules and forced rules. Secrets and hush money and skirting around the fact that Bex was not born a girl. “My parents paid good money for it, it was a Jewish Orthodox school, a really good one, too,” she went on, swallowing down the hard feelings. They didn’t matter anymore. “The town certainly has a charm to it, doesn’t it?” She stuck a peg right between two of her ships as a miss. “Miss. Um...H-7?” She looked up again, contemplating which question she wanted to answer. They both would give away too much, and she was bad at lying. “There was an incident at my old school,” she finally said, the waver in her voice coming through, “my parents thought it best I come back home.”
“It’s okay, Bex,” Morgan said softly. “I want to know you, but you don’t have to talk about anything you don’t really want to. But I am sorry about whatever happened to you over there. It doesn’t seem like something easy.” She tilted her head, trying to meet the girl’s eyes. There was something there, something awful. Bullies, maybe? Did kids chase Bex and lock her in storage cabinets and call her names like they had Morgan? Or was there some kind of accident with her magic? “What do you want, Bex? However important your parents are to your life, however close you might be, your life is still yours. Your future should look like what you hope for. Why don’t you tell me more about that, huh? Or how the law firm fits into that idea.” Another sip of espresso. “Miss, by the way.” She scanned her grid and made a guess toward the middle. “F-6?”
Bexley swallowed hard, trying to make the worble that was building in her throat go away. “It’s okay, it’s kind of public information, anyway,” she stated matter of factly, moving away from the topic enough to not feel too overwhelmed, and thankful for Morgan’s offer. But the next question felt even harder, and Bex could feel the anxiety building in her stomach again. Her hand shook as she went to plug in the peg next to her ship, one hole away and she had to grip it with her other to make it stop. “I want to make my parents proud,” she stated, as if reading from a script, “I’m the sole heir to our business and fortune. That’s all there is to it. M-my future. That’s all I want. To be the perfect daughter for them.” And stop messing up. Since she couldn’t be their son. Since she couldn’t be the best. “Miss,” she said and her voice cracked. “F-5?”
“Miss,” Morgan replied. “And you don’t have to be perfect. No one is perfect. Perfect in terms of being flawless and incapable of improvement isn’t even a real thing. And your parents--” Morgan frowned. She had a lot of fairy tales about what parents should be like, but the more people she met, the more she wondered where she had cooked that one up. “The best way to love someone is to enable them to be the most themselves. The best, freest version of themself. And asking yourself those questions is the best way to find yourself loved better. I don’t know what your situation is, Bex, but you shouldn’t live to be an object in someone else’s story. You’re more than that. What is it that really excites you? What do you hope for?” Morgan waited, peering at this small glimpse of Bex’s pain with growing concern. Then, suddenly remembering that she had yet to call a move, she distractedly mumbled something a few spaces out from her last one. “E-5?”
Bex didn’t like this anymore. Morgan was saying things she already knew, but she also already knew that they were things she couldn’t have, so what was the point in thinking about them? In talking about them? She didn’t even bother putting a peg in this time. This was supposed to be a fun, easy meeting, not a deep dive into her extremely painful situation. “Please stop,” was all she said, hands folded tightly into her lap, “just...please?” Fingers began to pick at nail beds, still red and raw from every other time she’d done it. “All I hope for right now is to make it through each day without messing up or embarrassing someone,” she admitted quietly, but her voice was stern, an anger stewing inside of her that she rarely let to the surface, “And I just hope that I can make it through the week without some shit happening. And I hope that one day I’ll be able to look back on all this and put it behind me, but that’s not feasible right now so I really need to just not think about it and keep trying my best for my parents because they’re all I have.” And she owed them everything. Shakily, she lifted the peg and placed it on one of her ships. “Hit.” A loud whistle behind the cafe counter signaled steaming water and Bex startled. She let out a long sigh. “A-2.”
“I’m sorry,” Morgan said quickly. “I don’t mean to-- I am being sincere in what I am saying and whatever me or my life looks like to you or anyone else peeking on main apparently, it’s-- I do know what it’s like to feel like your life isn’t yours and what you want doesn’t matter and keeping your head down and being small and left alone is the best you’re gonna get. I am deeply, intimately familiar with that feeling. I can only imagine what kind of suffering you’ve been through, but you were meant for more than that, and I’m sorry. I’ll stop, okay? Do you--” Morgan stopped as another kettle trilled, glowing with sudden heat. She made a note of the hit, but didn’t put the red peg on the board. Flustered and desperate to recover the afternoon, she pawed her pockets for her phone. “I have cats. Three of them. Do you want to see pictures of the cats? Or ask me something? This isn’t an interview. If there’s something you want to know you can--” The phone clattered onto the table. Deirdre and Anya’s faces bloomed on the lock screen. “You can do whatever you want, Bex, you don’t even have to stay.”
Everything Morgan was saying just made Bex tense up more and more. Kettle’s started shouting, left and right, even the baristas were beginning to panic, running around and removing them, but finding them still screaming, louder and louder, despite the lack of heat. A crack formed in the window next to Bex as she screwed her eyes shut and clenched her entire body. She didn’t want anyone to feel sorry for her or tell her how much they understood or tell her how sad it was-- she wanted to pretend like how she was living was okay and fine and that one day she’d make it through and suddenly everything would feel okay. And just be okay. She unclenched and the whistles seemed to die down. Looked at the phone that had fallen to the table and saw the happy woman on it, smiling and beautiful. And the cat, so peaceful looking. Tears welled in her eyes. “I have to go,” she said suddenly, standing up. The chair scooted back and toppled over. People turned around to look at them. Her heart seemed to leap into her throat and the mug on the table shattered. “I’m sorry! I have to--” took a step back and all the teapots wailed again. Bex looked around frantically. “It-- It was nice to meet you, Professor Beck, but I--” she didn’t get to finish her sentence as one of the pistons on the espresso machine shot off and shattered a nearby tower of cups. Bex turned and ran before anyone had a chance to ask her anything.
“Bex, wait! You need to--!” Whatever half-assed plea Morgan was working on fizzled out under the crash of falling furniture and screaming machinery. Someone’s baby started wailing, the window buckled like it had been gut-punched, and the steam whirred louder. Morgan grabbed her coat and bag and phone. She wasn’t sure what was going to happen to downtown with Bex like this, if she could talk her down or if following would only make things worse. Shit, probably worse, right? But by the time she stumbled out the door, the girl was long gone and all Morgan had left were more questions. At least she would be able to tell Nell one thing for certain: Bexley was not okay, and under her nerves lay a sadness too deep for her to contain, especially in White Crest.
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The Weekend Warrior Is Back!!! Raya and the Last Dragon, Chaos Walking and More
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior!
This is probably going to be a little different from any of my previous columns, because New York City theaters reopen on Friday, and I swore that once they do, I would be writing about box office again. But this will also essentially be a previous column, so it will include reviews, it will include festivals and repertory series, and basically, whatever the hell I want to write about.
But let’s be realistic here. While there are a lot of movie theaters in New York City, not all of them will open, and they’ll all still have a capacity ceiling at 25% or 50 people in the larger theaters. Many of the larger multiplexes like AMC will be able to show films on two, three or more screenings to be able to make up for the limited capacity, but smaller theaters and those who have been doing well with the virtual cinema may remain closed. I know that the Angelika will be reopening to show some of the indies that haven’t had a theatrical release in NYC yet like Minari, and the IFC Center is reopening but with insanely strict protocols. (Don’t you DARE take off your mask even if you’re watching a three-hour movie! The good news is that they’re showing a lot of great movies on reopening including a comedy series that includes a number of Lynn Shelton movies.)
There’s also the issue of New Yorkers who are still petrified of being out in public, even those who have already been vaccinated and are possibly spending time in congregate settings that are just as likely to cause COVID spread than movie theaters. (I’m not gonna go on a rant about the egotistical and elitist film critics and journalists who have been ranting about movie theaters reopening for the past six months – for some reason, they think they’re as important as essential workers. Guess what, NAME REDACTED, you’re not.)

The big release of the weekend is the Disney animated movie RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, which will hit probably around 2,400 theaters on Friday as well as be available for a premium on Disney+. I honestly don’t know a ton about this premium streaming release, but this is the second one after last year’s Mulan, which came out (better sit down for this) six months ago!
This magical fantasy adventure centers around Raya (a teen girl voiced by Kelly Marie Tran), who is trying to save her world that has been relegated to dust by the destruction of a valuable magical gem that contains destructive spirits imprisoned there by the legendary dragons. When Raya finds the last dragon, Sihsu (voiced by Awkwafina), the two of them must travel across the land collecting the separated pieces of the gem to reassemble them and restore their world. Raya is thwarted along the way by her arch-nemesis Namaari (Gemma Chan) who wants to reunite the gem pieces to help her own city of Fang.
(Raya is preceded by the animated short Us Again, which is a nice wordless short about a cranky old man who reflects back on his younger days dancing with his wife. It’s okay, nothing particularly memorable.)
Raya and the Last Dragon, on the other hand, is pretty wonderful, a mix of action, adventure, magic and humor, directed by Don Hall (Big Hero Six) and Carlos Lopez Estrada (Blindspotting) in a way that blends those disparate elements in fun ways. I’ll freely admit that I was a little worried that Akwafina’s schtick was going to annoy me, but after a while her wise-cracking dragon grows on you. In fact there are actually so many other funny characters to add to the laughs that the more brought in the mix on Raya and Sihsu’s journey, the more enjoyable the film gets.
One of the reasons the film works as well as it does is that unlike last year’s Onward, it wasn’t just the two characters and what they had to offer but how their situation changes as it goes along and they visit different cities. I was pretty surprised by how well the film keeps you entertained and invested in the journey.
I also absolutely loved the score by Thomas Newton Howard, which may be even better than his score for News of the World, which I honestly think he’ll get another Oscar nomination for. This is a film that explores all sorts of emotions as well as its Southeast Asian myths, so I feel that I was always going to be a complete and total patsy for this movie since it combines a lot of things I like such as fantasy and Asian mythology. In that sense, Raya is also a nice companion to the recent Mulan, which made my Top 10 last year, but sadly never even got a nominal theatrical release.
So let’s talk about box office, something I haven’t done in almost a year. Last weekend, Warner Bros’ Tom and Jerry had a fairly spectacular opening of $13.7 million. Raya is the first new wide release Disney movie since Pixar’s Onward literally a year ago. That ended up opening to $39 million in 4,310 theaters but only grossed $61.5 million domestic after its legs were cut short by COVID one week later. Raya will likely open in about 2,500 theaters by comparison and that’s with limited capacity for safety, but it should fare decently against the second weekend of Tom & Jerry, and I could easily see it bringing in $15 million or even as much as $18 million, but again, we’re in the baby steps part of the reopening, and things are going to start slowly and keep building as the vaccine continues rolling out.

Being released theatrically by Lionsgate this Friday is CHAOS WALKING, the adaptation of Patrick Ness’ future-set young adult novel The Knife of Never Letting Go, which stars Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley. Holland plays Todd Hewitt, a young man living in a world with no women where men’s thoughts can be perceived by everyone around them. One day, he discovers a mysterious girl named Viola (Ridley), when she crash lands on this planet but her very presence puts Viola’s life in danger, so Todd agrees to accompany her to find her own people.
Yeah, where do I even begin with the latest film from director Doug Liman that was probably filmed two or three years ago and was being delayed even before COVID came along? That’s already a bad sign, but when see how “The Noise,” the way that we hear all of characters’ thinking emerges, it immediately feels like it’s gonna be a problem. Sure enough, it’s such an awkward plot device to watch smoke billowing from the heads of the various characters as we hear their thoughts that it takes most of the movie to get used to it, and yet, it’s still so comically inept a concept that you can’t help but laugh when Holland continually rants, “My Name is Todd Hewitt,” over and over to keep Ridley’s Viola to hear his pubescent teen boy thoughts on experiencing his first girl.
The thing is that the scenes with just Holland and Ridley aren’t bad, but when you have a movie with actors like Mads Mikkelsen, David Oyelowo, Demian Bechir and Cynthia Erivo, it’s disappointing that they can’t elevate the movie above anything other than the most obvious sci-fi (and Western) pastiches. Mikkelsen is the town mayor who is so obviously another bad guy, that he doesn’t bother to put too much into his performance cause we’ve seen him do it so many times before.
Liman is more than a competent filmmaker but he clearly is unaware of how watching clouds pool around the heads of characters as we hear and see their thoughts become material, and even the introduction of the particularly silly-looking aliens – called, get this, the “Spackle” -- makes you forget that this is a sci-fi film from the director of Edge of Tomorrow (or whatever it ended up being called). It’s not even particularly surprising when we find out what really happened to the women in Todd’s community.
I have a feeling that the problems within Chaos Walking come straight from the Patrick Ness source material and the fact that he decided to adapt it himself may have made him tone-deaf to how hard it is to make the film’s central premise work without eliciting guffaws even from the most dedicated or devout fans.
This is also opening in IMAX theaters this weekend, and when it comes to New York, that might be the ideal way to see it (if you so choose) since it’s generally bigger theaters with a maximum of fifty people. Honestly, I don’t think Chaos Walking will make more than $5 million this weekend even in what should be over 2,000 theaters and with the presumed star power of Holland and Ripley from their franchise work. This could be seen as counter-programming from the animated movie, although any teens ready to go back to the movies might stick with Raya as well. Honestly, how this didn’t end up getting dumped to streaming compared to some of this weekend’s better movies is beyond me.

Offering a bit of indie counterprogramming for the two (relatively) big studio movies is Eddie Huang’s BOOGIE, the directorial debut of the Fresh Off the Boat producer, being released by Focus Features into who knows how many theaters? (1,000 or less, I’d Imagine.) It’s a coming-of-age movie starring Taylor Takahashi as Alfred “Boogie” Chin, a Queens high school basketball ace who dreams of one day playing in the NBA but whose temper gets him in trouble with the scouts for college where he’s hoping to get a scholarship.
I was kind of looking forward to this one, because I generally enjoy Fresh Off the Boat, and I’m interested in what stories Huang has to offer as a filmmaker. The film has its merits but it’s not necessarily Takahashi, who isn’t strong enough to really keep the viewer’s interest.
On the other hand, Huang was wise to cast the amazing Taylour Paige (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) as Boogie’s love interest and even better than both is Pamelyn Chee as Boogie’s “Tiger Mom” mother who is sugary sweet when it comes to wooing possible recruiters but also is a complete nightmare to his ex-con father (Perry Yung).
Thinking back on the movie, I definitely didn’t hate it as there were character relations and dynamics I enjoyed, but not all of it clicked with me, and it’s hard to imagine this one connecting with audiences as well as some of the other movies out this week, unless you’re into college hoops, which I am not.
As far as box office, I’m not sure this will be in more than 1,250 theaters (if even that) and even if it plays in New York City (where it would normally find its biggest audience), I just don’t think there’s much awareness for the movie out there. In fact, I see it only playing in one movie theaters in NYC, and that’s way up in Harlem, presumably hoping to get the street ball fans, but I’m not so sure too many up there will be interested in an Asian-American story, so honestly, I don’t think this will make more than $500,000 or $600,000 tops.

Besides the reopening of movie theaters, the other big excitement this week is the launch of Paramount+, the relaunch, spin-off, rebranding of CBS All Access that I had also been considering checking out. It will launch on Thursday, March 4, with the animated family movie THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE ON THE RUN, which was supposed to be released by Paramount Pictures last year and did get a bit of a theatrical release in Canada while theaters were open there last year. This one involves SpongeBob and his buddy Patrick trying to retrieve SpongeBob’s beloved pet snail Gary, who has gone missing.
I generally enjoyed the first to SpongeBob movies, even though I never watched the show, and the regular creators and voice actors always seem to step up their game in terms of the wackiness whenever they’re given a chance to bring the lunacy to the big screen. In this case, it comes in the form of some of the guests including Snoop Dog and Danny Trejo in an odd Western section complete with musical number or Keanu Reeves introduced in the same section as a tumbleweed named Sage. (Oddly, this also features Awkwafina providing the voice of a robot, and I kind of liked her in more of a subdued role like this.) Although SpongeBob and his friends are CG animated, the movie doesn’t try too hard to integrate the live action in as fluid a way as last week’s Tom and Jerry – live actors just kind of show up – but it’s still pretty darn entertaining to watch another movie in which everyone involved, including director Tim Hill (who shockingly directed last year’s awful The War with Grandpa!), just going about making the movie as crazy and wacky as possible, something that should appeal to kids and… THC-laced adults (preferably not those watching with kids) … to get an overall enjoyable experience. Maybe it’s no surprise that I was particularly tickled with SpongeBob and Patrick’s adventures in Las Vegas.
Along with that, the streamer will have a new animated series called KAMP KORAL: SPONGEBOB’S UNDER YEARS, which is a CG-animated series that focuses on SpongeBob and friends when they were younger, which actually is one of the funnier bits in the movie as well.
There’s a lot of great stuff coming to Paramount+ that should make it a real player in the streaming world, and that includes all of the Paramount movies that will be streaming on it, both those that are getting a theatrical release this year and the studio’s absolutely vast library over the past 100 or so years.

And that’s not all! This weekend also sees the release of the sequel thirty years in the making, COMING 2 AMERICA, which will launch on Amazon Prime Video on Friday (after being sold to the streamer by Paramount, oddly), so yeah, there’s plenty of options to keep people home this weekend even with theaters reopening.
Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall are back as Prince (now King) Akeem of Zamunda and his trusty aide Semmi, and in fact, almost every character and actor from the movie has returned, as the duo return to America to find Akeem’s illegitimate son Lavelle (Jermayne Fowler) in queens, hoping to teach him the Zamundan way so he can take over as King after him. Unfortunately, Lavelle is joined in Zamunda with his family which includes mother Leslie Jones and uncle Tracy Jordan.
Unfortunately, reviews are embargoed until Thursday, so I’m not sure I’ll get to review this one, but I did like the movie, more than I thought because my rewatch of the original 1989 movie led me to believe there was a good reason I hadn’t watched it in over thirty years. The sequel offers a lot of originality and humor in the forms of Leslie Jones and Tracy Jordan, but that’s all I’ll say about it for now.
Incidentally, you can check out an interview I did with director Craig Brewer over at Below the Line AND I also talked to the film’s make-up team, and after you see the movie, you’ll understand why I’m holding it until after people have seen the movie.

Another movie that would probably have gotten a theatrical release but now will be seen on Hulu is the Joe Carnahan-directed BOSS LEVEL, reteaming him with long-time collaborator Frank Grillo as a man who cannot die, because he’s living in a single day that’s being repeated over and over as he takes on a series of assassins sent to kill him.
This as a really fun action-comedy that never lets down in terms of either half of that genre, and it’s kinda groovy to see Mel Gibson playing a fairly key role since he became the master of that action genre with the Lethal Weapon movies. But this really is Frank Grillo’s show as a leading man, and while I can understand some thinking him not having enough charisma for that sort of thing, I respectfully disagree.
We get into this high-concept premise pretty quickly as we watch his character, Roy Pulver, take on a string of assassins for his over 100th attempt to do so, and as per the title, it is a lot like a video game where Roy has to defeat all of the assassins on his way to the big boss, Gibson’s The Colonel. Apparently, Roy’s wife Gemma (Naomi Watts) has been killed by the Colonel or his thug (Will Sasso) so Roy is now on a quest for revenge. But first he has to survive the onslaught of killers, all of whom he’s given cute nicknames.
Easily my favorite of the killers is Selina Lo’s Guan Yin, a feisty swordswoman who proves to be the most formidable opponent for Roy. I won’t say how he bests her, but it does involve Michelle Yeoh, who has such a strange nothing appearance in one section of the movie, you wonder what she’s doing there. In fact, the movie does hit a slight lull after the initial concept is introduced, but it
Listen, I’ve long been a fan of Carnahan’s dark sense of humor and to some, it might seem mini-spirited, to me it harks back to one of my favorite movies he directed, Smokin’ Aces, a similar movie with a crazy ensemble cast, though maybe a slightly smaller budget. Still, Carnahan is a terrific action director, which makes this one of the stronger action movies in a while, and he finds a way to take a fairly simple premise and make it bigger in that Roy’s dilemma turns into something where he has to save the world, but also something more emotional and personal as he tries to bond with his son before said world ends. I guess in many ways, it’s hard to put into words what makes Boss Level so special, but I can only hope that Ryan Reynold’s Free Guy is as good as this after being delayed so many times, because this will be a tough act to follow for sure.
Over at the Metrograph, still closed physically unfortunately, they’re doing a series this week called “David Fincher/Kirk Baxter” which looks at the relationship between the director and his frequent editor, showing a series of movies over the course of the week: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network
The Metrograph has a lot of movies as part of its digital membership (just $5 a month) including Chloé Zhao’s very first film, Songs My Brother Taught Me, which was available to members through Wednesday night. (Sorry, I tweeted about it multiple times if you missed it.)
This week also launches the 26th annual “Rendezvous with French Cinema” up at Film at Lincoln Center, which was actually one of the LAST events to happen up there LAST year. This year, they’re keeping things safe by holding it virtually. It runs from March 4 through March 14, kicking off on Thursday with Sébastien Lifshitz’s Little Girl, which will be released by Music Box Films in the Fall. There’s a lot of fairly recent French films with an all-access pass available to rent all 18 films for $165. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen anything, so can’t really recommend anything but I’ll probably be checking out the free talk “How Music Makes the Film” on Monday, March 8.

Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood) and Sigourney Weaver star in Philippe Falardeau’s MY SALINGER YEAR (IFC Films), based on Joanna Rakoff’s book. Set in New York of the ‘90s, Qualley plays Joanna, a grad school student who dreams of becoming a writer who gets hired as an assistant to literary agent Margaret (Weaver), whose biggest client is J.D. Salinger. Although Joanna’s role is more of a glorified secretary, she gets to go through Salinger’s fan mail from around the world, and she decides to start answering some of the letters to the author, an experience that helps her find her writers’ voice.
I wasn’t sure if this movie would be for me, but I find Qualley to be quite delightful, and this was a light film with a comedic tone from the Canadian filmmaker of the boxing movie, Chuck, and the Oscar-nominated Monsieur Lazhar. I enjoyed its look at the New York literary world of the 1990s, and it kept me quite invested even if I’m not particularly invested in Salinger’s work or an obsessive with The Catcher in the Rye as many are. Weaver is also fantastic as Joanna’s boss – think of a lighter version of Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada – and also enjoyed the tentative relationship between Joanna and her writer boyfriend Don, played by Douglas Booth.
Basically, Falardeau has created another generally wonderful and crowd-pleasing movie that sadly missed its opportunity at a festival run to build an audience after debuting at the Berlinale almost exactly a year ago. Presumably, this will open at the reopened IFC Center this weekend. (In fact, IFC Center released its reopening schedule and it’s a pretty cool mix of IFC Films movies from the past as well as some of the Netflix movies that weren’t released in NYC previously.)

Okay, let’s get to some other releases from the week, beginning with Ivan Kavanagh’s SON (RLJEfilms/Shudder), the latest film from the Irish director of The Canal, a fantastic horror film that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival about seven years back. In this one, Andi Matichak from Halloween plays a single mother whose son David (Luke David Blumm) suffers from all sorts of maladies but when she starts getting closer to a local detective (Emile Hirsch), he discovers that there’s a lot more to her past and to her son’s ailments.
Honestly, I do not want to say too much about the plot, because there are so many shocking surprises in the movie once you think you know where it’s going, although I will say that it has connections to films like The Lodge and shows like Servant, but it also does a good job fucking with the viewer’s head, so you never know what’s really happening and what might be in the characters’ heads.
I will say that the movie is very dark and quite disturbing with lots of gruesome gory sequences, but if you’re a fan of smart horror, you’ll want to check out Son. (I’ll have an interview with Kavanagh over at Below the Line next week.)

Sony Classics is finally releasing Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw’s doc THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS (Sony Classics), which has been playing on the virtual festival circuit all the way back to Sundance last year, so we’ll see how many people are left to see it. It’s set in the forests of Piedmont, Italy where a handful of 70-to-80-year-old men are on the hunt for the rare white Alba truffle, which has resisted all modern science to be cultivated.
For whatever reason, I procrastinated on watching this movie for most of last year, maybe because I’m not that big a fan of cinema verité docs, but this is infinitely entertaining between the various men featured – including a lot of real characters in there – and how the movie shows their close bond with their truffle-sniffing dogs. This is a genuinely enjoyable movie that I feel can appeal to a wide range of viewers, although be aware that is in Italian, so maybe one should consider that even with the cute dogs, this should probably be watched by teen or older rather than small kids. (I don’t remember anything particularly racy, but the movie is Rated PG-13.)
Staying in the dog realm, Magnolia Pictures is releasing Elizabeth Lo’s documentary STRAY on Friday, which documents the life of Zeytin, a stray dog living on the streets of Istanbul, and some of his dog frenemies. Actually, this was a pretty wonderful film that I quite enjoyed, although there were a few dog fight sequences that disturbed me a little bit. But it’s a great look at Turkey through the eyes of some of the canines on the street, how they interact with the humans around them. Essentially, Stray is the dog version of Kedi, but I’ve seen other similar docs like this including Los Reyes – this one is just as strong as either of those movies, the images of all the beautiful dogs accompanied by gorgeous string music by Ali Helnwein that helps you understand the dogs’ complex emotions. Seriously, if you like dogs, you can definitely do worse than the previous two movies mentioned. Stray is available via Virtual Cinema, including that of the Film Forum.

Filmmaker and EDM artist Quentin Dupieux (Rubber) is back with his latest, KEEP AN EYE OUT (Dekanalog), starring Belgian comedian Benoît Poelvoorde as police officer, Commissaire Buran, investigating a guy (Grégoire Ludig) who has discovered a dead body in a puddle of blood outside his apartment building. The prime suspect is then left alone with a one-eyed rookie, and if you’ve seen any of Dupieux’s other films, you’ll probably know to expect the unexpected as things get crazier and crazier. (I seem to remember seeing this last year at some festival, maybe FantasticFest, but I’ll have to watch again before remembering if this was one of Dupieux’s movies that I liked.) This will be available in select theaters and also in virtual cinema this Friday. (Oddly Dupieux’s last movie, Deerskin, debuted at last year’s “Rendezvous with French Cinema” right before theaters shut down for a year, and I don’t want to be superstitious, but yeah, I’m worried.)
Barnaby Thompson’s Ireland-set crime thriller PIXIE (Saban/Paramount) stars Olivia Cooke (Sound of Metal) and Alec Baldwin with Cooke playing Pixie Hardy, a young woman who wants to avenge her mother’s death by pulling off a heist that will allow her to leave her small town. The crime goes wrong, and she’s forced to team up with a group of misfits including Baldwin’s Father McGrath.
Bradley Parker’s action-thriller THE DEVIL BELOW (Vertical) deals with a team of researchers who are investigating a series of underground coal mines in Appalachian country that have been on fire for decades where they discover a mystery. It’s getting a combined theatrical, VOD and digital release Friday.
Phil Sheerin’s directorial debut THE WINTER LAKE stars Emma Mackey (Sex Education) as Holly, a young woman with a secret that’s uncovered by her unstable neighbor Tom (Anson Boon from Blackbird) and the two of them are pulled into a confrontation with her father, who wants to keep the family secret buried. This will be in select theaters on Friday, On Demand on Tuesday, March 9 and then on DVD March 23.
Dylan McCormick’s SOMETIME OTHER THAN NOW (Gravitas Ventures) stars Donal Logue and Kate Walsh, Logue playing Sam who is stranded in a small New England town after his motorcycle crashes into the ocean seeking refuge at a run-down motel run by Walsh’s Kate, a similarly run-down and lost soul. When Sam learns that his estranged daughter Audrey, who he hasn’t seen in 25 years, lives in the town, he starts to learn more about why he ended up there.
Jacob Johnston’s DREAMCATCHER (Samuel Goldwyn) stars Travis Burns as Dylan aka DJ Dreamcatcher who meets up with two estranged sisters at the underground music film festival, Cataclysm, where they become entrenched in 48 hours of violence and mayhem after a drug-fueled event. Sounds delightful.
Some of the other VOD stuff hitting the ‘net this week include: 400 Bullets (Shout! Studios), Sophie Jones(Oscilloscope), Dementer (Dark Star PIctures), Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know (Giant Pictures)
That’s it for this week. Next week, theaters hopefully will remain open, and we’ll have some new movies to write about.
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Stuffed Animal
@mellany1997 asked: Jamie benn 9 (“I can’t sleep without you.”) and 6 (“You remembered?”) Reader: F Player: Jamie Benn (Dallas Stars) Rating: T
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You were a twenty nine year old woman, you shouldn’t be sleeping with stuffed animals. But, you had one, a permanent stay on your bed. A well-loved, well-owned plush elephant named Mr. Trunks.
Mr. Trunks was light blue with big ears and button eyes, and you loved him more than anything. Everywhere you went, Mr. Trunks with you. Summer camp at age 7, Girl Scouts at age 10, even when you slept over at other guy’s house. The little elephant was always in your bag and close by.
Which is why you were slightly panicked when you couldn’t find him.
You never told Jamie about your furry friend, not wanting to seem childish to him. So, when you started unpacking your things in L.A. you were struck to find that Mr. Trunks was nowhere to be seen. Not in your suitcase, not in your bag, nowhere. You worried at your bottom lip as you checked between couch cushion, under the bed and even in the hallway.
“Babe?” he asked as you came back into the hotel room, “Is everything okay?”
“Yeah, everything is fine.” You said as you dug through your bag once more.
“Everything doesn’t sound fine.” He came out to the main room to find you elbow deep in your knapsack.
“No, no, no, I’m fine.”
“You’re not, [Y/N], what’s wrong?” He asked.
You took your arm out of your bag and sagged a little bit, “I’m missing my stuffed animal.” You muttered.
“What was that?”
“I’m missing my stuffed animal. It’s an elephant, not very big. I bring him everywhere and it seems like he’s missing.” There were tears in your eyes, “And I don’t know what I’m going to do.”
“Babe, don’t cry.” He came over to you and engulfed you in a big hug, “There’s no need to cry, it’s Mr. Trunks right?”
“How do you know his name?”
“You told me about him when we got drunk at that Mexican place on our second date. Now c’mon, don’t cry.” His voice was soft as he pet your hair, hoping you’d calm down.
“What if I left him at the airport, or on the plane?”
“What are you taking about?”
“He’s missing, Jame. What if I lost him for good.” You whimpered against his chest.
“Babe, he’s not missing.”
“Yes he is. You know I can’t sleep without him.” I gnawed at your bottom lip, anxiety and dread filling you. You’ve never had to sleep without Mr. Trunks. Even when you slept over at Jamie’s he was still in your overnight bag.
“Babe, don’t worry, look.”Jamie pulled the stuffed elephant out of his bag.
“You remembered?” You asked, your eyes lit up, you felt all the anxiety drain away.
“Of course, I see him on your bed all the time.” He plopped the Mr. Trunks on the hotel couch.
You picked up the stuffed animal and held it tightly, “Oh my God thank you.” You held onto Mr. Trunks so tightly you thought his button eyes were going to pop out.
“When I did the last minute check I saw him on your bed still so I just put him in mine. I know he means a lot to you. I know you bring him when you sleep over.” Jamie chuckled as he held you close once more.
“I shouldn’t be getting anxious over a stuffed animal, I’m am an adult.” You sighed as you kept Mr. Trunks close to you.
“I don’t mind, sweetheart. Everyone has their thing, your thing is Mr. Trunks and I’m not going to shame you for that.” Jamie promised as he wrapped his arms around you, ducking his head down to kiss the top of your head.
“Thank you so much, Jamie. Thank you, thank you, thank you.” You exhaled against him.
“I guess you’re my stuffed animal then because I can’t sleep without you.” Jamie said softly as he kissed you again.
You held onto the stuffed animal with one hand and wrapped your other arm around him, deepening the kiss, “How about I reward my handsome knight for saving Mr. Trunks.”
Jamie nodded his head, “I’d love that.” before kissing you once more.
He was really your hero for saving Mr. Trunks and you could think of a nice way to thank him for it.
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Cutie Reviews: Yume Twins Nov 18
Before we begin, I wanted to let anyone curious to know that I put in my order from Blippo.com. I was cheap though- so I’m not actually sure when it’ll be delivered!

This months theme: Twinkling Transformation
“Have you ever wished you could transform into something different? Like maybe a magical girl, or even your pet for a day? We certainly daydream about being whisked of into a new exciting world where we get to shapeshift into a something different ourselves! So this November we’re bringing you the Twinkling Transformation box, with some kawaii items that transform literally, an items that will change your surroundings too! The word transform or change is “henshin” in Japanese, so we hope you love your super kawaii items in this months box and that they will allow you to fulfill your henshin dreams!“

The prizes for this months photo contest feature a variety of cute Korilakkuma themed items.

While the Yume Prize box contained a variety of Kuromi and Keroppi products.
Sumikko Gurashi Peg Set

Our first item are these adorable little pegs/clips. These types specifically are the ones people usually use to hang up with some string decorated with ornaments, pictures, notes, etc, giving the area a cute but mature feel.
There are 4 sets available, each with 3 pegs.
Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
These are really cute little ways to add decoration to something usually so plain and basic. The little pieces are entirely made from wood and the glue is very strong, so I’m pretty sure they’ll hold. These are kind of small but they’ll have no problem doing their duty, I’ve seen tinier ones do it fine.
Right now I’m not entirely sure what I’ll do with them... but I am very happy happy I got Neko x3 besides Shirokuma, he’s my favorite.
Kawaii Changing Pouch

Our next item is a pouch based on a the popular changing sequins trend that’s been going on lately. I love sequins and the idea appeals to me, but besides this I only have one thing featuring it.
Now, these were mostly Sanrio based, but they also have a Doraemon. There was a total of 6 the subscribers could find. As you can see I got the Kuromi and My Melody version. I’ll probably end up keeping it as is in the picture since I like how it looks.
Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
As cute as this is, the awkward way the pouch opens kind of bothers me. It unzips down one corner and side, due to a flap on the inside, which in a way I kind of like, but on the other hand it’s weird. I’m a bit conflicted on whether I like that or not, but I can definitely use this for stuff so I do like it.
My other complaint is that there are so many white accents (you can probably tell in the pic) and it makes the design look a bit messy. But that’s probably just my opinion.
Costume Pet Plushie

Our third item is perfect for the transformation theme :3 every magical girl needs a companion~
This plush set includes a variation of 10 possible dogs or cats you could get, including ones in full costume or just those with a hood, like mine.
Oh, and if you’re wondering why it’s on it’s side... it needs some “cleaning“ done because somehow it got dirty, even though kept it in the box and it was clean. Also, it’s just easier to get a picture this way.
Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥
As much as I love plushes, I’ve seen cuter. Like it’s cute, but I wish it was more... inline with what you would actually see in Magical Girl series. I was also kind of perturbed over its condition and messed up whiskers (probably can’t tell in the picture, but they are very crazy and bent).
Sheep Microfiber Cleaner

This item, practical item is infused with bamboo charcoal to not only pick up dust, but absorb any nasty smells and deodorized wherever it gets put; for example, on the back of the wrapper it shows 2 of these within a pair of shoes.
Besides this brownish color, it’s also available in white and a pinkish-orange.
Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Not only is it the most kawaii cleaning buddy ever, but it works great!
Today we brought in a carpet to put own on the living room floor and we found so much dust and dirt beneath the couches and corners of the room we haven’t seen in forever- and I’m pretty sure I mentioned this, but I have dust allergies and they were having a field day. So I used this little sweetie to help pick up some of the dust.
I didn’t get a chance to test the scent thing though, I didn’t really get any sleep last night so my mind was elsewhere and it never occurred to me. But I did notice it seems to have it’s own little scent, so I’m pretty sure it could pick.
Sailor Moon Cleaner Cloth

I love when they include Sailor Moon items in the box x3 and this is a very practical item for me which makes it even better. Besides cleaning screens, they can also be used on glasses, or a make-shift hair tie in an emergency if they are the normal square ones (like if you have wind blowing your hair all over the place and you don’t have any actual hair things on hand.... I know from experience.)
This was available in any of the 5 main sailor scouts, and I actually think all 5 variations are pretty, so any of them would have been nice. They all have the same design, the only difference being the name written on it.
Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
On a side note... It actually killed me separating these two items. I know it’s silly but I loved how this packaging looked, I didn’t want to destroy it.
But as it turns out it was super easy to un-assemble and put back together. The bow on the back is just held together by flaps and the cloth is folded and partially sticking in a slot. So if I ever miss it I can just reassemble it. Word of warning though, the points of the ribbon are very sharp >3<
Uh, in terms of the cloth itself... I mean you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. It’s very silky smooth, a bit thick, and after today my laptop screen really needed a quick wipe.
Kawaii Mini Mini Memo

Available with Mochi Mochi Panda, Yeast Ken, or Animal Life, these mini memo pads are the perfect companion to the sequin pouch we got to look at earlier. Or just for putting in your pocket if you feel like it.
It has a nicely textured spine and a little information on the series/character on the back. The pad also has two styles of sheets, one vertical with a list format and one horizontal with designs like those on the cover.

Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
I know this isn’t the most exciting review, but I had a long day and I really wanted to get this taken care of before bed because after all the work I did today, I won’t be doing anything tomorrow.
But to be fair what can you say about a notepad? I get them all the time from these boxes and you can’t really judge the quality of notepad/memo pad paper because you know it works. It’s paper.
♡ Cutie Ranking ♡
Content - 4 out of 5. I like what we got and I was very happy with the practicality and variety of it.
Price - 3 out of 5. I don’t know what all of these items cost, but most of the items are on the small side, paired with 2 bigger items. So I wouldn’t say it was worth it, but the reason the items usually cost so much is because of the name branding.
Theme: 3 out of 5. This box was pretty much a play on words, like rather than items that would cause personal transformation- these items bring transformation to our things. All items but the memo pad (which is a partner to the pouch pretty much) fit that idea, but... I don’t know, as a magical girl lover I really wish they did something more.
Total Rank: 7 out of 10. I like the content well-enough and I’m not displeased by the box or anything. But at the same time, something about it just left a little to be desired to me. It’s boxes like this that remind me of how much I liked the Yume Twins I signed up with a few years ago. We got around 10 items, there was a wider variety, (the mascot twins who I still miss), they would include things like blind box re-ments or charms or accessories....
I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with the box, it’s just that sometimes I find it hard to entirely like it as much as I want to. I always want to love my boxes, and I genuinely like them at the end of the day, but not every single one will appeal to every single subscriber.
♡ Cutie Scale ♡
1. Microfiber Sheep - I’m thinking of naming it Puffy, or maybe Wheats, cause that’s what I end up thinking of looking at it. Anyway it’s so cute and fluffy, I love how soft it feels. I’m not sure I could stand to try to use it to see if it actually removes stench though... I’d feel kind of bad.
2. Memo Memo Pad - I love Mochi Mochi Panda, it always makes me happy to look at. I wanna squeeze it’s stuffed cheeks~
3. Kawaii Changing Pouch - I really wish the booklet showed both forms of the pouch like I did in my pic. A few of them are obvious without seeing the other image, but not all of them. I also wish the sequins were a bit more cleaned up, as I noted during my review of the item.
4. Sailor Moon Cleaner Cloth - It’s pretty and sorta elegant looking to me, I really like how it was packaged too, it’s so creative!
5. Sumikko Gurashi Peg - I’m glad I got Neko but the poses are very basic. I’ve seen them on tons of things I got from these boxes and I kind of wish they were more unique.
6. Costume Pet Plush - it’s cute and really soft, but I still can’t figure out how it got dirty...
Alright guys, that will be doing it for this review. I’m sorry it’s kind of lame this time, but I just couldn’t think of much to say about the last few items. I feel like they were so obvious that it took away much opinion you know? Like if it works it works, if it’s cute then it’s a great bonus :D I promise to do better with the Kawaii Box review I’ll be tackling next, so until then remember to continue unpacking those cuteness boxes~!
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Trapped P2
P2 of today's lapidot week post.
Please read p1 first or this won't make sense at all XD
Enjoy~
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This girl was leaving me speechless. I glanced down at our hands, mine red and still bearing the loop of rope, and hers covered by a tightish black and blue long sleeve shirt.
"I don't think there's much of a choice, no..." I whispered, unable to tear my eyes away from our hands. That is, until she started pulling me in the oppisite direction of the entrance door, releasing my hand to kneel and pull a good sized box out from behind a stack of crates. I perked up as she opened it, revealing my boosters and gloves.
"Figured you'd be more up for a fight with these." She huffed, smiling at my expression. I wasted no time strapping on my boosters and slipping on my gloves, powering them up and feeling their usual mechanical pulse and slight warmth.
She pushed the box back and waved, ushering me further away from the door and closer to the messiest part of the warehouse. She guided me through the boxy maze, until we reached a ladder and she began quickly climbing. I followed, thankful I had decided to redesign my gloves to make them less bulky. They were just about as thick as winter mittens, but still contained power that suited my needs.
The girl pushed out a window, and climbed outward. It dawned on my then that I still hadn't gotten her name. Unless it was just Laz. I doubted it. If jasper was looking to swoon her it made more sense for it to be a pet name.
I didn't have time to ask as she began running across the roof, slowing at the edge and staring out at the city. I followed, looking down though to see a small gathering of homeworlders in the small clearing between the warehouses. I stopped behind laz, sighing a bit. "Why'd you stop?"
She blinked turning back to me. "I've never been able to get out. The jump over the fence..." I looked down to see what she meant. There was a good 10 yards between the roof and the wall sorounding the warehouses.
"Its impossible..." I whispered, blinking before turning to her and using the opportunity to give her a smirk. "Unless you have booster boots." She smiled in return. I hesitantly wrapped an arm around her hip, before backing up a little. She wrapped both her arms around my neck as i took a five step running start and launched. I barely got over, but I swear I saw laz's eyes get brighter as we landed (truthfully a bit messilly, as I stumbled a bit...) in the alley on the other side. She released me and hopped a few times, laughing.
She turned back, watching me as i blushed and looked away. I didn't like the thought that I might have been staring. After all I just met the girl...
But she grabbed me hand again, her happy face a bit softer now. "I'd love to celebrate, but we're still a bit too close for any comfort." I simply nodded as we both began running. I could tell she slowed a bit to match my pace. Halfway to the hideout I slowed a bit more as i realized I could really trust her. She was flirting with me. This could be a trap... I lead her in a slightly different direction, hoping she didn't notice.
When we got a good distance away, and we climbed onto a rooftop, I sighed and leaned against the small building on the roof. "I am never accepting a scouting mission again... this was such a mess."
Laz giggled, leaning next to me. "Well then I guess you have a lot of luck, techie." I was surprised to hear her yawn. "But then again, so am I. You have no idea how long I've been trapped in hoeworlds ranks..."
We both slid down to sit, and she leaned her head onto my shoulder. My heart beat a bit faster again, startling me. But I stayed Still.
Okay that's a lie. I leaned back against her.
"What now... for you I mean? I know where I'm going... heh..." I layed my hand between us, not thinking too much about it since I was more concerned with my sudden heart rate and nervousness in general.
"I want to fight back. Not all homeworld gems are bad, you know. Yellow of course, and jasper is a dousche... But I know how it feels to be trapped there. And I met a few people in there that felt the same. I need some time, of course, but I'm not gonna leave them to suffer like I have." Her answer was firm, and I felt bad for doubting her.
"I... do you know about the Crystal gems? Besides the whole "stupid good guys" deal I'm sure they drones into you?" It made me a bit excited to think that I might get to know her better.
She laughed. "Not really. But if they're against homeworld I guess they aren't against me. But I don't think I want to be in a... "team". Not now. Not after homeworld." I was dissapointed, and my heart sank. I realized how dumb that sounded.
"It's different. It's like a family, not an army. But... I guess I couldn't force you." I looked back forward, realizing the sun was coming up. "I'd hate to force anyone. I've seen a lot of force." I closed my eyes, hating myself for saying that. "I mean... bad stuff. I've seen a lot of bad things."
She hummed, which I couldn't decide if it was in slight annoyance or some sort of agreement. But I didn't say anything either, just watching the sun for a bit, until the girl beside me shifted, standing up. "I guess you should be getting back...?"
I stood up as well, a bit quicker than if like to admit. I actually wasn't ready for the queit moment to be over. "I... I don't HAVE to... I mean... do you even have anywhere to go?"
She giggled, walking over and standing on the edge. "Oh I'll be fine. But it's good to know you worry about me~" I stepped closer, facing her. I blushed but furrowed my brows. "Of course I do... uh... I mean just... I don't want you sleeping on the streets, is all..."
She raised a brow, showing her slight disbelief. "I'll find somewhere, cutie. Promise I'll stay out of the rain and all that." She chuckled, and I felt her put her arms around my neck. Before I could ask her anything, she pressed our lips together, making me freeze in shock.
But I soon relaxed, craving the warmth and gentleness of her kiss. Just as i began to need it, she pulled away. I opened my mouth but she was already close to my ear. "Don't worry, I plan to see you again, love~" and she pushed me back slightly, causing me to stumble. I was blushing, and watched as she gave me a flirty salute and leaned back, falling from the roof. I rushed back, but when I looked down she was gone.
I was bewildered, blushing, and exhausted. But I already felt a bit sad at her presence being gone, and I backed away from the edge, running my hand through my hair as i ardently walked over to the edge closest to where the hideout would be.
I guess all I had to do now was head home.
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@lapidot-week (sorry for 2 parts ;-;)
#lapidot#lapis#peridot#superhero#homeworld#crystal gems#flirting#escape#kiss#lapidotweek#one shot#my writing
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Hustle: I like it raw and real
So, let's say that you invited me over for a Movie Night! You and your family bestow upon me the honor of picking the flick.
I say "Hustle"?
I go on to say "It's a movie produced by LeBron James. It stars Adam Sandler. He plays a former basketball player
(You might cut me off and say

"That Adam Sandler?" ---- YEP)
... turned NBA talent scout (working for the 76ers), sent around the world to look for stars. He loves his junk food, and he's married to Queen Latifah. "
(YEP,

THAT Queen Latifah)
You might then sigh and say to me "Dammit, Rambling Praphit. You come here, we let you pick the pizza toppings. You put pineapple on our pizza. You put M&M's in our popcorn. And If that weren't bad enough, you select this ridiculous Adam Sandler movie. *deeper sigh* Get the bleep out of our house."
Normally, I wouldn't blame you (except for the pineapple, cuz that's delicious), but we're talking SERIOUS Adam Sandler.
There's goofball AS.

And thespian AS.

I’m on the team of the latter.
I gave y'all the premise, but here are some more ingredients:
Robert Duvall is up in here (he runs the 76ers), so is Ben Foster (who always plays an asshole) next in line for the 76ers kingdom crown, and Heidi Gardner (tied in line with Ben for 76ers kingdom crown). Duvall is barely in this movie. Perhaps he’s on team Goofball AS, and thought they were filming "Grown Ups 3", but he's out, so Ben (the asshole) is in. Heidi's character just kinda leaves the film as well. Most of the bad that happens here is kind of her fault. Way to go, Heidi. Way to sit on the bench.
Sandler, with again QUEEN LATIFAH by his side finds the talent he's looking for - Bo Cruz, played by Juancho Hernangomez.

Juancho looked familiar to me. I looked him up. He's an actual NBA player. I don't know him from following basketball though, I know him from NBA video games. I remember seeing his name in a game, and thinking to myself "Juancho (a name too fun not to constantly shout) must be on my team. How cool is that?? Yay, Juancho! On to the Oscars, baby!
On a side note: when you google "Hustle cast" - this guy pops up.

No, seriously -

Lyon Beckwith. I don't remember him in this movie. He looks ridiculous (a gym membership can be a drug :).

I wish he was in this movie. They don't list a character name. Is he a stuntman? Catering? A waterboy? Did he direct? I have no idea.
Anyway, we've all seen this type of movie before:
There's a THING (in this case Basketball), but it could be anything - boxing, dance, checkers. There's an outsider (Juancho!) who's excellent at said THING, who is discovered by an American. The American must groom them, because "you're good, but are you AMERICAN good?". There are some ups, downs, some heart-warming moments. Some inspirational quotes - in this case "Never back down". There's a lot of life lessons like "Don't text and drive", and "Eat healthy" (while simultaneously rocking product placement for Burger King and Pepsi :) .
This flick checks all of the Sports Movie boxes. It's very formulaic. On a scale from 1 to 10 (one, being random, like Sam L Jackson getting eaten by that shark,
and two, comic book movies - I love you, Marvel, but... you know... ) I'd say this is a 9 1/2.
A couple of twist at the end, but they were minor.
I'm not really a Sports Movie guy, so I'll give it two grades.
Grade A-, for people who who dig these types of flicks, as well as for athletes. It could have used some time-trimming. Too many training/practicing montages for my taste, but like I said, it checks all of the boxes. And it's family-friendly... well, except for Kenny Smith (brand of wholesomeness) and Queen Latifah (also brand of wholesomeness) both saying the word "titties". Ha! - still jarring. But, what do I know?? - perhaps all families in 2022, casually throw "titties" around.
And a Grade B, for everyone else. It prob won't win any Oscars (sorry, Juancho), but it's still a good watch.
There's a part in the movie when Juancho fights with a player named Kermit. Juancho has to restrain himself, cuz... well, that's a box to check. Personally, I like my movies raw and real. For a grade A from me, I would have had Juancho wrestle with Kermit, and them have Juancho suddenly, and literally bite Kermit's head off. Then, he's shaking and waving Kermit's severed head in the air, and celebrating. Juancho goes to jail, and swiftly receives the electric chair. He horrified the nation with this act, so maybe he skips jail and goes right to the chair. Juancho's family vows revenge against the NBA for instigating this "crime". They start their assassin training - gearing up for a sequel.
Adam and Queen Latifah flee to... Russia, where they become drug lords. AND in the end, we find out that Adam Sandler was a ghost the whole time.
Now, THAT'S a Rambling Praphit Production of a Sports Movie. Good, right?? But, "Hustle" was a good story too, I guess. It's silly to compare ideas. Not everyone has it like me.
#HustleMovieNetflix#johnpraphit#praphitproductions.com#LeBronJames#NBA#KennySmith#QueenLatifah#Praphit#AdamSandler#RobertDuvall#HeidiGardner#BenFoster#Marvel#JuanchoHernangomez#NBAScouts#professionalsports#MovieReview
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348.
5000 Question Survey Pt. 1
1. Who are you? dee. 2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you? i live in sydney, i’m 26 and i’m so bored that i’m gna attempt this. 3. When you aren't filling out 5,000 question surveys like this one what are you doing? working, sleeping, eating or hanging out with my boyfriend and/or friends. 4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn't like at the time). i liked visual arts the most, religion the least. 5. What is your biggest goal for this year? to find a new job.
6. Where do you want to be in 5 years? hopefully found a good career, married with either kids or planning to have kids. 7. What stage of life are you in right now? i’m still finding myself. 8. Are you more child-like or childish? childish i guess. 9. What is the last thing you said out loud? bye. 10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now? 20 something - sza. 11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes? i did back in 7th grade, quit after i got yellow belt lmao. 12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same? it’s been the same for the past couple of years. hopefully it’s just better from now on. 13. Does time really heal all wounds? kinda. it definitely eases the ‘pain’. 14. How do you handle a rainy day? i complain if i have to work, i love it if i’m staying home. 15. Which is worse...losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights? definitely losing my luggage. 16. How is your relationship with your parents? Will you miss them when they are gone? my relationship with my parents is pretty good. we’re not super close but we all get along. 17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you? usually. 18. What is the truest thing that you know? haha not sure. that i’m currently living this life? 19. What did you want to be when you grew up? a singer or actress even though i couldn’t sing or act. 20. Have you ever been given a second chance? yep. 21. Are you more of a giver or a taker? giver. 22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind? yes. 23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you? this weird migraine/virus thing i had a couple years ago. it’s probably the last time in forever i’ve cried because of pain. i’m surprised i didn’t go to the hospital. 24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you? going through my parents’ separation and having my grandmother die within three months. 25. Who have you hugged today? like five of my friends. 26. Who has done something today to show they care about you? my boyfriend drove us to dinner tonight lol. 27. Do you have a lot to learn? of course. there’s always room to learn. 28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be? all skills needed for i.t., all skills needed for nursing/doctor, all skills needed for management. 29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel? how people make me feel. 30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship? basically having the same kind of relationship as best friends and being in love with each other. 31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die? get married, have kids, live to see my grandchildren. 32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing? pap smears, long plane trips and taking shoes off and laptops out at airport security lol. 33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause? hmm idk lol. gay marriage and feminism. 34. What does each decade make you think of: The 19.. 20's: flapper girls (i could totally be in the wrong decade, my bad) 30's: american gangsters 40's: betty boop 50's: sound of music 60's: marilyn monroe 70's: disco era 80's: neon 90's: grunge 2000: sept 11 2010's: eyebrows 35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why? 90s. i loved my childhood. 36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song? bohemian rhapsody. 37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country? If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be? australia, malcolm turnbull. make gay marriage legal already. 38. What's your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night? i don’t really have a favourite channel, i just watch certain shows i like. 39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why? ursula hahaha. that makeup tho. 40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout? nope. 41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat? definitely fly unless it’s on a luxury cruise ship. 42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night? because of the sun. 43. What does your name mean? goddess of wine. 44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space? neither tbh. i don’t like the depths of the unkown. 45. Word association What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word: Air: bender Meat: sweats Different: strokes Pink: panther Deserve: more White: dove Elvis: presley Magic: carpet Heart: love Clash: band Pulp: fiction 46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be? my grandparents. 47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive? rihanna. 48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday? haha not really. 49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do? a ton of food, a puzzle book, my kindle, my phone and charger, a bed lol. 50. Have you ever saved someone's life or had your life saved? nope. 51. Make up a definition for the following silly words... Fruitgoogle: a fruit that’ll appear every time you google something and you have to eat it to get the results lol Ambytime: time for an ambulance Asscactus: a cactus in the shape of an ass 52. What was the last thing you made with your own hands? food. 53. What was your favorite toy as a child? probably my cabbage patch doll. 54. How many TV’s are in your house? five. 55. What is your favorite thing to do outside? lie down in the sun. 56. How do you feel when you see a rainbow? happy i guess. i always point it out. 57. Have you ever dreamt a dream that came true? yep. 58. Have you ever been to a psychic/tarot reader? nope. i don’t think i’d want to tbh. 59. What is your idea of paradise? a sunny beach resort that’s all inclusive. 60. Do you believe in god and if so what is he/she/it like? yeah i do, but idk what they’re like. 61. Do you believe in Hell? i think so. 62. What one thing have you done that most people haven't? visit nearly all continents of the world. 63. What is the kindest thing you have ever done? do any favours that weren’t expected of me i guess. 64. Are you a patient person? not really. 65. What holiday should exist but doesn't? ha idk. 66. What holiday shouldn't exist but does? none. 67. What's the best joke you ever heard? i’ve heard plenty, i just don’t have a favourite. 68. Where is the most fun place you have EVER been? disney world! 69. Is your hair natural or dyed? the ends are dyed, otherwise natural. 70. Do you have any deep dark secrets or are you pretty much up front? i’m up front. 71. What is under your bed right now? boxes of junk, presents i never used, a huge bag of hand sanitzers from bath and body works, old uni booked etc. 72. If you were in the Land of Oz would you want to live there or go home? go home thanks. 73. If you drive do you frequently speed? yes. 74. What is the world's best song to dance to? idk haha. 75. What song was on the last time you danced with someone? i forgot. 76. Do you prefer Disney or Warner Brothers? disney. 77. What is the first animal you would run to see if you went to the zoo? panda. i don’t think i’ve ever seen one in real life. 78. Would you consider yourself to be romantic? not really. 79. If the earth stopped rotating would we all fly off? no idea. 80. What is the one thing that you love to do so much that you would make sacrifices to be able to do it? traveling. saving money to travel is a bitch, not to mention getting time off from your job etc. 81. If you (and everyone) had to lose one right or freedom, but you could pick which one everyone had to lose, what would you pick? idk tbh. 82. If you had to choose would you live on the equator or at the North Pole? equator. 83. Would you rather give up listening to music or watching television? errrr. that’s hard. watching tv i guess. since i watch all my shows on my laptop anyway. 84. What do you think makes someone a hero? doing something good for the masses and being inspirational. 85. What cartoon would you like to be a character in? aladdin. 86. Name one thing that turns your stomach: bad smells. 87. What was the last thing you paid for? dinner. 88. Are you a coupon clipper? nah, we never get any good coupons here. 89. Get anything good in the mail recently? yeah, my purchase from ebay. 90. Which would you rather take as a gym class...dancing, sailing, karate, or bowling? bowling lol. 91. In Star Trek people 'beam' back and forth between different places. What this means is they stand in a little tube and their molecules are deconstructed and sent to another tube somewhere else where they are reassembled. Only problem is when the molecules are deconstructed the person is dead. When they are put back together it is only a clone that has all the dead person's memories. So... Is the person who gets beamed the same person on both ends? physically no... it’s like that ship paradox i guess. 92. What insects are you afraid of? cockroaches. 93. If you could print any phrase on a T-shirt, what would it say? nothing to wear. 94. What's the most eccentric thing you have ever worn? cat ears? lol it was for halloween. 95. If you could pick one food that you could eat all you wanted but it would have no effect on how much you weigh, what food would it be? hotdogs. actually ribs. 96. What are your parents interested in? they love tv shows and movies. my dad loves fishing too lol. 97. Have you ever caught an insect and kept it as a pet? Have you ever caught and tamed a wild animal? no and no. 98. What is more helpful to you, wishes or plans? plans definitely. i’m too lazy to make my wishes come true. 99. When do you feel your life energy the strongest? when i’m the most awake? 100. You are spending the night alone in the woods and may bring only 3 items with you. What do you bring? a tent, bed and food.
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the “dear evan hansen 10 things i hate about you au” that literally nobody asked for
I thought I was alone but @arimarris apparently loves this au as much as I do so here we go
v long sorry it’s under the cut
The rule was simple: no dating until after graduation. Larry survived the rule when he grew up, so it was sure to work for his children, right?
But his parents didn’t have to put up with Zoe’s endless nagging and insistence and Connor being... well... Connor.
So he made a new rule: Zoe could date anyone she wanted, so long as Connor was seeing someone as well. Knowing that Connor would rather get high in the bathtub than participate in any sort of human interaction made the new rule highly unlikely to happen.
Zoe literally has to get on her knees and beg Connor to help her out. “It doesn’t even have to be real! Just enough to convince dad! I’ll never bug you about anything ever again!”
Connor sarcastically laughs in between hits from his joint, legs dangling over the edge of the bathtub. “Then have fun being a virgin, Zo. You couldn’t even pay me to take someone out.”
“Really? Name your price.”
Connor perks up. His parents cut off his allowance a few weeks ago when he came home high one too many times. And he was starting to run out of weed.
“A million dollars.”
“Twenty dollars.”
“Five hundred.”
“Forty dollars.”
“One hundred.”
“Sixty-five. Take it or leave it.”
“Deal.”
Zoe and Alana scout out potential fake dates for Connor all throughout the week (sometimes while holding hands). Friday rolls around, and there aren’t any people that stand out to them that would even think about being seen next to Connor Murphy.
The answer literally bumps into Zoe: Evan Hansen accidentally chips Zoe shoulder as he hurries down the steps, and has to stop for a solid two minutes to choke out a string of apologies.
After he leaves, Zoe and Alana share a look that can only be described as “he’s not perfect at all but he’s our best and only shot”.
But how on Earth were they going to get Connor, the kid who once lit a cigarette in the middle of science class on a Bunsen burner and regularly snorted Adderall off library tables, to go out with Evan, who stuttered every other word and constantly had his hands tangled around the hem of his shirt?
The answer comes with Jared Kleinman and a box of Kosher donuts. He gives them a list of things that Evan likes and he joyfully stuffs his face with pastries.
Zoe passes the list along to Connor while he’s stoned in the bathtub, cleverly titled: “THINGS THAT DON’T MAKE EVAN HANSEN FREAK OUT”
“Oh, fuck, I actually have to do this?”
“Yep. Suit up, lover boy. You take Evan out and this,” Zoe holds up a crisp fifty, “is all yours.”
After a solid week of dancing around the subject, Connor finally approaches Evan for the first time in the corner of the library, and it ends in a disaster that lands Connor in the nurse’s office with a bloody nose, and Evan to the counsellor’s office with an anxiety attack.
Connor tries again a few days later, somehow convincing Evan to skip lunch and study hall and go down to the park. More like Evan nervously eats a ham sandwich on a swing and Connor lying upside-down on a nearby slide, smoking a cigarette. It starts out awkward, but ends with them buying a pack of frozen peas at a nearby grocery store and feeding the ducks. “Because bread doesn’t have enough calories or nutrition and it can pollute their water." It was the first time Connor heard Evan speak a whole sentence without stuttering once.
Their fingers brush once or twice while reaching into the bag. Evan blushes. Connor feels his ears grow hot.
Connor earned that fifty. He earned two fifties after that. But after he and Evan kissed in the abandoned orchard he began to forget asking Zoe for money. She was somewhat grateful; dating turned out to be pretty expensive. Especially on her side.
Connor begins to freak out. He knows that he’s “dating” Evan just so he can get weed money, but he’s finding himself opening himself more and more to this anxious boy, that he doesn’t mind that Evan’s palms sweat, that he gets butterflies whenever he kisses Evan, that he might actually like him??? Like for real???
So Connor does exactly what he does whenever he feels any sort of unnatural feeling: he rolls a huge joint and stuffs damp towels under the bathroom door.
Connor ends up asking Evan to the prom anyway. He can practically feel the two hundred dollars from Zoe burning in his back pocket.
All goes well at prom until Jared pulls Evan aside, and drunkenly reveals the “business arrangement” to him. “He’s jusht using you... I bet he doeshn’t even really like you.”
He admitted that it was at first. But it still hurt Connor to see Evan leave, in tears and completely heartbroken.
Zoe feels absolutely awful. She apologizes over and over while Connor is locked in his bathroom, jointless but red-eyed. She offers to talk to Evan for Connor, but he refuses. “I don’t think I’d even want to get back together with me.”
The Monday after prom, Evan bravely reads his poem aloud to the entire class, titled 10 Things I Hate About You, while his hands shake and his eyes brim with tears. He reads the last line while making eye contact with Connor, before he chokes down a sob and leaves the classroom. Everyone watches him leave but Connor, who looks down at his hands in sheer guilt.
After school, Evan opens his locker and is surprised to find a tiny bamboo plant in a blue pot. He takes it out and closes his locker to find Connor standing next to him, wrinkled paper in his hands, and starts to read what can only be described as Connor’s way of apologizing.
He ends with “...my sister may have paid me to take you out, but I messed up. I ended up falling for you.”
Evan accepts his apology and they kiss.
#Dear Evan Hansen#Connor Murphy#Evan Hansen#Zoe Murphy#Alana Beck#Jared Kleinman#10 Things I Hate About You#arimarris#two of my favorite things in one i'm living my best life#connor is prob ooc sorry I don't have a good grasp on him yet otl#I spent three hours on this my fingers ache#my headcanons#deh#connor#evan#zoe#alana#tree bros#galaxy gals#10 Things I Hate About You AU
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Limerence: part 5
Summary: When Summer begins Y/N leaves her school life and escapes to Cousins Beach, the only place she has spent every summer of her life. Not only does the beach house mean home away from home but her favorite people are there. Lilah her mother’s best friend and her sons, Bucky and Steve. Y/N has been having a crush on Bucky since forever she hopes this summer will be different.
Bucky Barnes x reader (Modern AU)
Word count: 1,131
Warnings: None
A/N: SORRY FOR POSTING THIS SO LATE! Went on a little vacation last week and I also attended SeaCon which was AMAZING! Thank you so much for all the love and response. If you want to be tagged feel free to send me an ask or just reply to the post <3
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age 10
Right off the bat, the boys were a unit. Bucky was the leader. His word was pretty much law. Josh was his second command, and Steve was the jester. That first night, Bucky decided that the boys were going to sleep on the beach in sleeping bags and make a fire. He was a Boy Scout; he knew all about that kind of stuff.
Jealously, I watched them plan. Especially when they packed the graham crackers and marshmallows. Don't take the whole box, I wanted to tell them. I didn't though it wasn't my place. It wasn't even my house.
"Josh, make sure you bring the flashlight" Bucky directed. Josh nodded quickly. I had never seen him follow orders before. He looked up to Bucky, who was eight months older; it has always been that way.
Everybody had somebody but me. I wished I was at home, making butterscotch sundaes with my dad and eating them on our living room floor.
"Steve, don't forget the cards" Bucky added, rolling up a sleeping bag.
Steve saluted him and danced a little jig, which made me giggle "Sir yes, sir" He turned to me on the couch and said "Bucky is bossy like our dad. Don't feel like you have to listen to him or anything"
Steve talking to me made me feel brave enough to say "Can I come too?"
Right away Josh said "No. Guys only. Right, Bucky?"
Bucky hesitated "Sorry Y/N" he said, and he really did look sorry for a second. Two seconds, even. Then he went back to rolling his sleeping bag.
I turned away from them and faced the TV "That's okay. I don't really care anyway"
"Ooh, watch out, Y/N's gonna cry" Josh said joyously. To Steve and Bucky he said "When she doesn't get her way, she cries. Our dad always falls for it"
"Shut up, Josh!" I yelled. I was worried I really might cry. The last thing I needed was to be a crybaby our first night. Then they'd never take me along for real.
"Y/N's gonna cry" Josh said in a singsong voice.
Then he and Steve started to dance a jig together.
"Leave her alone" Bucky said.
Josh stopped dancing "What?" he said, confused.
"You guys are so immature" Bucky said, shaking his head.
I watched them pick up their gear and get ready to leave. I was about to lose my chance to camp to be part of the gang. Quickly I said "Josh, if you don't let me go, I'll tell Mom"
Josh's face twisted "No, you won't. Mum hates it when you tattletale"
It was true my mother hated when I told on Josh for things like this. She'd say he needed his own time, that I could go the next time around, that it would be more fun at the house with her and Lilah anyway. I sank into the couch, arms crossed, I'd lost my chance. Now I just looked like a tattletale, a baby.
On the way out Steve turned around and danced a quick jig for me, and I couldn't help it, I laughed. Over his shoulder, Bucky said "Good night Y/N"
And that was it I was in love.
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After dinner, I stayed downstairs on the couch and so did Bucky. He sat there across from me, strumming chords on his guitar with this head bent.
"So I heard you have a girlfriend" I said "I heard it's pretty serious"
"My brother has a big mouth" About a month before we'd left for Cousins, Steve had called Josh. They were on the phone for a while, and I hid outside Josh's bedroom door listening. Josh didn't say a whole lot on his end, but It seemed like a serious conversation. I burst into his room and asked him what they were talking about and Josh accused me of being a nosy little spy, and then he finally told me that Bucky had a girlfriend.
"So what's she like?" I didn't look at him when I said this. I was afraid he'd be able to see how much I cared.
Bucky cleared his throat "We broke up" he said.
I almost gasped. My heart did a little ping "Your mom is right, you're a heartbreaker" I mean it to come out as a joke, but the words rang in my head and in the air like some kind of declaration.
He flinched "She dumped me" he said flatly.
I couldn't imagine anyone breaking up with Bucky. I wondered what she was like. Suddenly she was compelling, an actual person in my mind. "What was her name?"
"What does it matter?" he said, his voice rough. Then "Aubrey. Her name is Aubrey"
"Why did she break up with you?" I couldn't help myself. I was too curious. Who was this girl? I pictured someone with pale white blond hair and turquoise eyes, someone with perfect cuticles and oval-shaped nails. I'd always had to keep mine short for piano, and then after I quit, I still kept them short, because I was used to them that way.
Bucky put down the guitar and started off into space moodily "She said I changed"
"And did you?"
"I don't know. Everybody changes. You did"
"How did I change?"
He shrugged and picked up his guitar again "Like I said, everybody changes"
Bucky started playing the guitar in middle school. I hated it when he played the guitar. He'd sit there, strumming halfway paying attention, only halfway present. He'd hum to himself, and he was someplace else. We'd be watching TV or playing cards, and he'd be strumming the guitar. Or he'd be in his room, practicing. For what, I didn't know. All I knew was that it took time away from us
"Listen to this" he's said once, stretching out his headphones, so I had one and he had the other. Our heads touched "Isn't it amazing?"
It was Pearl Jam. Bucky was happy and enthralled as if he had discovered them himself. I'd never heard of them, but at that moment, It was the best song I'd ever heard. I went out and bought Ten and listened to it on repeat. When I listened to track five "Black" it was like I was there, in that moment all over again.
After the summer was over, when I got back home, I went to the music store and bought the sheet music and learned to play it on the piano. I thought one day I could accompany Bucky and we could be, like, a band. Which was so stupid, the summer house didn't even have a piano. Lilah tried to get one for the summer house so I could practice, but my mother wouldn't let her.
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Sharknado 4: A Fishy Revenge
For those living in SolCal, it was an unusually cold and unpleasant day. The weather was bearable, but for many of the Abbey residents it was better to stay indoors where it was nice and cozy. Sir Strappon spent the morning being attentive to the local news, changing the channels ever so often until he received a phone call. It was from the life guard department in Daten's beach filing a complaint about some...rather fishy business happening. After a few yeahs, of courses, and right aways, Strappon figured that today was an appropriate day to help clean out the beach. Not like there was much to do around the Abbey at the time. All chores are complete with most Angels probably bored out of their minds. Turning off the T.V., Strappon went into his office, turning the intercoms on to announce, "Good morning, or should I say good afternoon at this point. We've received a call from Daten beach, requesting our immediate presence. I'll be driving ahead, try to secure a method of transportation. I expect you all to make it within the hour so don't take too long." With a click signaling the intercoms were shut off, Strappon saw himself out and ready to terrorize traffic. Shades had been looking at the speakers as Strappon spoke, turning back to Undershirt with a raised brow, "Don't you think it's a bit cold for a trip to the beach?" Undershirt shrugged, "I think it's safe to assume that this isn't a trip to catch some R&Rs at the beach if he's making us go on a cold day," he replied putting his phone away as he got up from his seat. "We should probably go now considering that we're supposed to be examples for the other Fallen..." Shades groaned, "I don't wanna, it's cold and it's drizzling..." Regardless, Shades got up and slapped on his jacket. No not Jacket, just a jacket. As both set out, the rest of the Abbey residents gathered at the main entrance of the monastery, figuring out carpooling or other means of transportation. Upon arrival to the beach, everybody caught sight of Strappon with a bag full of...questionable substances. "Ew what the hell is that?" "Was there an oil spill?" "Groooss it's writhing..." "Enough," Strappon called out, "I gathered you here because the life guards sent in a complaint that ghosts still roamed the waters, taking several lives over the years. The fact that nobody has done anything about it for this long kinda goes to show how we need to prioritize ourselves better. So start by picking up the smaller ghosts on the shoreline before fishing for bigger ghosts." Silence. Everybody wanted a more relaxed day at the beach, this is not what they expected. Strappon stopped himself from walking away, looking at the angels one last time,
SHARKNADO 4: A FISHY REVENGE The Angels have been recruited to clean up Daten City's beach from their last conundrum with a certain ghost-creating concoction! This isn't exactly a day at the beach they'd be looking forward to. --------
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Daten City Beach was once a nice pristine place, but in the current gross weather it looked so bland. On top of that, the waters were filled with more junk than one would find at a nudist beach - that junk being, of course, all sorts of tiny, wriggly, worthless ghosts of dead seafood. It was worse than a back alley Asian resaurant. The bland white sand in the overcast weather looked so... Well, dead. Not to mention since the only people there were the Angels, it was barren as a wasteland.
BRIT: Strappon sat on one of the Life Guard towers, legs crossed with a little table hooked up to one of the arms of the chair fitted with a tea set, some sort of biscuits and an electric tea pot. He didn't plan on doing much other than supervision because, well, these ghosts weren't really much of a problem. All he was here for was making sure the Angels would do their work properly.
SOPHIE: Road rage is an understatement. She was already late as is, Bodysuit had forgotten that they were cleaning up the beach today. She had thrown all she could think useful into the back of her minivan, picked up her "children" and rushed over to the beach; spewing obscenities at all who oppose her and her minivan. What a great mom! The Minivan skidded to a stop, perfectly parallel parked alongside the boardwalk to the beach. Bodysuit fixed her mirror and looked over at the kids in the back. "So, who brought the snacks?"
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Knittens peeked into the horribly messy room that was Fasciantor's and whsipered in a low voice, "Hey Fasci can I go to the beach today? Snore if yes." Fascinator still asleep snored loudly in response, unaware of what he was unintentionally agreeing to. Knittens snickers as he now technically has permission of his guardian as he quickly rushes out of the house, bidding PTJ a goodbye. He grabbed his hockey stick on the way out as he climbs into the waitying minivan, watching the buildings pass by. At their destiantion he was already pawing at the door when Bodysuit asked the question and froze. He forgot the snacks. Of everything he forgets, he forgot the munchies.
BOXER: Boxer was Bored as hell, He hate doing this. He was so excited to go to the Beach, he had bought swimming gear and stuff for fun. He also got there by sneaking into Strappon's car when he wasn't looking. Boxer was bored, he was doing his work lazy. "Argh, this so boring! i want to fight Ghost not pick them up" he wined as he pick up the Fish Ghost. he looked around to see if anyone was look and sneak to shop to get a Milk Shake>
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt leaned back in her spot in the mini van gently brushed out the wrinkles in her skirt and held up an assorted plate with cookies and sandwiches "I did!" she called out, though she was tired and unsure what was going on. She would have brought the entire kitchen if she could. "I have juice boxes too if anyone wants" she said as she pulled out a box of grape juice for herself.
BRIT: Jacket shuffled around the beach, pouting the entire time. He wasn't exactly too happy about this whole "cleaning" job. His boss smelled worse than high-tide, how does anyone expect this kid to clean his own room, let alone an entire beach? He kicked a tiny ghost into the air and slashed it with Dual Pride, sighing and looking around for another Angel or two to talk to so he could slack o-- PARTNER UP.
At the mention of juice boxes, he skirted over to the minivan.
"Hey, you guys must be new!! At least I know one of ya is!" He said in his cheerful tone, "Need help gettin around? Or maybe we can do this dumb task together?" He offered a grin to the party around the van.
BRIT: Duster's eyes scanned the ocean carefully. He had already been standing at the shore, shanking any ghost the would come anywhere within 10 feet of him. If he was going to get back to Heaven, this was certainly the most daunting task he'd faced to date. Killing small ghosts that were worth nothing? Foolish.
He sighed and looked back at the rest of the crew there, watching everyone else from his position in the water. They were all wavering from the task as well, it seemed. Someone was even going over to the shake stand. That place looked gross, anyway.
BOXER: As soon as Boxer got his Milk Shake and heard food, he ran over to the Van and started to snack. "Food!" he shouted as he ate like a animal. he was satisfying his boredom by eating food. He was eating have of the food so far and not stopping. he later stops eating and burps loud,he then pats his belly. "Man, that was good" he said as he started to drink his Milk Shake.
KRO: From out of the woodworks came Shades, slowly creeping up behind Strappon. His sights were set on the biscuits, they were a girl scout brand after all and he hasn't had some in the longest time. Sukafu shook his head at Shades' antics, he himself was sharing pet photos with Hot Pants.
"He's gonna get his ass whooped, I bet like. 20 bucks on it," he commented. Hot Pants looked up, "I bet double that.
For Shades it was a success, two biscuits stolen.
SOPHIE: Bodysuit smiled softly, taking the keys out of the ignition and unbuckling herself. She got out and helped out Knittens, then Suspender Skirt. She helped carry some of the various snacks the girl had brought.. and man, had she brought a lot. "Thank you sweety!"
Bodysuit's attention was drawn over to the rather..protagonist looking individual in front of them. "Oh! Yes, thank you. Sorry, I don't think I've gotten the chance to introduce myself formally yet. My name's Bodysuit, it's a pleasure to meet you..?" She asked Jacket, leaning her head to the side. She wasn't looking forward to cleaning up ghosts, but maybe this experience could be enriched by /friendship!/
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Was Headphones doing work? No. No, he wasn't. He was in the damn cold as hell ocean with his dinosaur, of course, his purse sized fluffy dino. Clover the dino was on his head because he didn't want them to get wet in the cold water, but himself in freezing ocean water? Just fine, everything is fine. His feet going numb was normal right? He bobbed up and down in the water and every now and then a ghost floated by and he did try to hit it with his weapon. Key word was try. What was he even doing there? He doesn't know. Do you know? Knittens was already shoving a cookie in his face because the poor boy forgot breakfast, the most important meal of the day. He grinned back at Jacket as he wave a friendly hello and chirped, "Wanna join the sqaud?" Helooked around the ghostsite and got ready his hockey stick. He was gonna make the goal.
BRIT: Strappon smacked Shades with a rather long stick he had with him. "Hey, those are mine, you git." He said, sipping his tea, "Go help the others and I'll consider sharing."
Jacket's smile seemed to widen further at Bodysuit and he held out his hand. "Name's Jacket!" He said, "I'd love to join teh squad! We've been... Ehhh, starting, I guess." He looked back at the beach, rubbing the back of his neck with a little nervous chuckle.
Duster looked over at the other Angel in the water and poked him gently with his sword. "You don't have to be so deep in the water, you know." He said simply, "You'll get sick, have you no tact?"
BOXER: Boxer was relaxing and not doing his job. He was to lazy anyways, he didn't care anymore. He got up and started to look at all the Angels then he see Duster. Boxer walks towards him crack his neck and knuckles. "Hey names Boxer, the Angel who will defeat God" smiles as he said. He was prideful of saying it a lot. "So what's your name?" he asked with a smile.
EMI: Dermal sat looking disinterestedly at the beach and the Abbey's Angels scattered about, most of them groaning and putting little effort into the job dropped onto them. All this waste. And HE had to babysit. Veil nervously approached him with a silver tray of sandwiches and wine spritzers.
"I'm so glad you've replaced that other Seraph, sir! You're much more fitting for the spot!" She chirped. "It seems like we're finally getting some things done around here!!"
Dermal simply smirked. "Yes, I suppose it is nice to see things moving in the right direction. Nice to actually see you around."
Veil tried to hide her blush, but giggled a lot at the "compliment"
In the meantime, Trenchcoat ran away from a pair of tiny squid ghosts that were apparently not as dead as he has suspected, kicking them around. One of the squids launched all the way to Jacket's face.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt smiled at Jacket and offered up her bag filled with juice boxes "Teamwork sounds good to me! Care for a juice box??" She then flushed a little "Oh! How rude of me, I'm Suspender skirt, it's nice to meet you!" she then shifted her weight to offer her hand to Jacket.
SAIYAN: Undershirt, Wristband and T.J. all had arrived at the beach. The weather wasn't that as good as they had hoped, it was a little cloudy and dreary. But then again, they weren't here to have fun, they had a job to do.
"Jeez, this place is a mess" Undershirt said as he looked around the beach.
"You can say that again. This place looks like it's been littered with a bunch of used condoms" Wristband added.
Tuxedo Jacket just grunted. He did not want to be here at all! He was gonna get sand in his nice dress shoes! His suit would get all dirty too and his hair would probably get messed up, Nothing about this was good at all.
Undershirt looked around a bit and saw Shady, the other half of the Ophanim pair in the Abbey.
"Hey Shades! Nice to see you made it!" Undershirt said as he ran up to him, with Wristband and T.J. in toe.
SOPHIE: Bodysuit shrieked and in a moments notice, the clothing that once covered her body was now gone, leaving her with a shovel in her hand and nothing to cover her shame but her underwear and her hair. With her weapon that was Jaden, but actually a shovel, she pried the squid ghost from off Jacket's face /carefully./ /"I'm sorry I didn't want to touch that."/ She sighed, and held the shovel over her shoulder. "So, action's at the beach then? Lets go!" She said, pointing her shovel forwards like it was some sort of sword or something.
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones shivered before he felt a gentle tap on his head and he immediately freaked out. He was in the ocean if there were any octopi, he was gonna cry. Sinking deeper into the ocean as he yelped, "Virgin Mary protect me from the ocotpus-Oh... Hi, I'm Headphones." He straightened up as he reutrned to just waist up water as he shrugs at the comment as he replies, "Nah, it's fine. I think I got sick so many times cause I stayed out in the winter snow without a coat that my immune system is pretty much use to the cold." Knittens covered his own eyes since Fasci wasn't there to do it for him as he introduced hiimself to Jacket, "I'm Knittens! Welcome to sqaud of the children; Body suit is our mom."
EMI: Tattoo was with Toesocks on his commandeered boat "La Pene" from a previous Ghost battle, getting some of the Ghosts further into the water. "Man, this BLOWS dude." He griped, roughly pulling the rope to adjust the sail. Toesocks played with his hair." "Oui," he sighed, staring at Tattoo's shirtless body working the sail. "At least the view is nice..."
BRIT: Jacket was about to take Suspender Skirt's hand when the little squid ghost latched itself onto his face. "MMFF" He screamed and tried to pull it off, which seemed to be doing nothing. He struggled to no avail, flailing around kind of chaotically. Bodysuit saved the boy's life and the squid went launching into the distance. "Nice! Thanks, Lady!" He said, before laying eyes on her practically nude body. "--O h."
A small nod at Headphones and he looked over the water again. "I suppose that's fine, then. Just don't catch pneumonia, you're useless with it." When approached, he looked over at Boxer disinterestedly. "Quite a mouthful." He said, turning away and stabbing the small squid ghost out of the air. "Duster." He stabbed a few more in the ocean. He then stopped and peered over his shoulder at Boxer. "Don't you have something to do, or would you rather stay on Earth with these humans?"
KRO: Shades snickered to himself as he got chastised by Strappon, "Okay mom, but it looks like they have everything under control-" His sentenced trailed off as the squid flew from one end to the other, perfectly nailing Jacket, "Holy shit, that was a good shot."
He waved over at Undershirt's group, "Well yeah, of course I had to make it. Maybe this way Duster can get a tan, he's practically translucent." Speaking of Duster, Hot Pants left Sukafu on hold as another Angel approached the pale beanpole he called boyfriend, "Duster, more like my man." His tone was rather possessive and admittedly he did feel a bit dumb after saying that.
"Oh hi there..." Hot Pants waved over at Headphones, completely caught off guard at his presence.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt pushed off either suspender and let her skirt drop gracefully to the floor, she then used one leg to kick her skirt up and twirled it into Beau. She didn't mind she was only in her panties, wearing shorts underneath her skirt annoyed her too much. "Where do you all want to start?" She then noticed Body suit's nakedness and looked away in embarrassment.
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SOPHIE: Bodysuit couldn't help but chuckle; "Sorry, but I /did/ say my name was bodysuit. It's not like I wear another bodysuit underneath this." She put a hand over the top of her eyes... despite the apparent lack of a sun; looking out to the beach. "C'mon, these ghosts aint gunna smite themselves!" She laughed, leading the way back to the beach. "Say, Susps, could I get a juicebox?"
Scrunchy was on a mission, without permission. Actually nobody knew she was there. Somewhere deep in the sand with a snorkel lie this angel. She was like a land shark, moving around, scouting for ghosts but only getting trash. /Maybe she should be looking for ghosts in the ocean. Not in the sand./
BOXER: "Nah, because all were doing is kill fish Ghost" he grabs one and crash it " i look for a challenge not a Fish" he said. Boxer looks around and see Undershirt with a Girl. "Wonder how she is?" he asked himself. He started to walk toward Undershirt and Wristband. "Hey Undershirt" he said to him with smile then looks at the Wristband."Hey there, sugars" says hello to Wristbands.
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones nods as he waves goodbye to whatever his name was. He forgot to ask his name. Clover pecked at his forehead as he sneezed quietly, maybe he should actually get out of the water. As he walked out of the water he heard someone saying hi and he wasn't sure if it was towards himself either. Looking around he pointed to himself as he looked at the guy greeting god knows who. This was the most people tried interacting with him. Then again he wasn't reading porn either... Knittens stumbled around blindly, both his eyes covered and suddenly he felt something brush against his leg. Mother maria, he was going to die. He jumped and squeaked in surprise, only to see a snorkel going around the sand. He thinks he knows who it is too. "Big sis Scrunch...?" he asked a bit afraid.
SAIYAN: Undershirt laughed a bit.
"I don't think he'll end up getting a tan, not with this overcast" Undershirt said to Shade's as he pointed to the sky.
Meanwhile, Wristband and T.J. both wandered off and went to work. Wristband wandered her way over to Veil and Dermal and T.J,walked over towards Trench.
"Hey guys you want any help?" they both said to their respective parties but both with a different tone.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt rummaged through her bag with one hand "Sure thing mum! I have orange, apple, grape, peach, pear and many more!" she then looked up at Body suit and over to the other angels roaming the beach and repenting ghosts.
BRIT: Duster gave Hot Pants a small smile. "Your insecurities are showing." He said simply.
Jacket pumped a fist into the air, adjusting Dual Pride. "I guess you're right! Anyway,my partner's around here somewhere! We can really do some damage if we stick together!" He said, giving them all a grin. He was purposefully avoiding looking down- these ladies had no shame and he would not shame them. "Also, hit me up with that juice box, I'll gladly take one!"
Strappon peeked through his binoculars at the rest of the Angels. Yep, there were at least trying... Was there someone sand-snorkling??
KRO: "You'd be surprised how many UV rays slip through clouds. I've actually gotten nasty burns on cloudy days at the beach." And he can prove it, but the scarring is covered up with tattoos so now he can't prove shit. Sukafu approached Shades and Undershirt, patting Shades on the shoulder then pointed over to Bodysuit's group, "Babe, I think those are new people. I think you and your friend here maaaay want to introduce yourselves considering you're higher ups. I can give your friend here some company by not stealing his treats."
Sukafu had a point and Shades may as well do it. He gestured for Undershirt to follow him and called out greetings as he approached Bodysuit's group. "Yoo, I don't think I've seen your faces around yet. Y'all's new here?"
"Shut!" Hot Pants pinched Duster's sides, twisting it a little. How dare he point out the obvious.
EMI: Two shots could be heard from a chair behind Strappon's lookout before one bullet went past Jackets head and the other knocked the Ghost Squid off of Trenchcoat's booty. Tee kicked his leg back onto the chair and leaned back, scoffing.
"Man, this shit's gonna take a week if we let it." He took a bite of a cookie backed by his beloved twin brother. "Or ifff we don't kick their asses in gear." Cumbs flew with every syllable and one wondered if he actually ate any of the damn confectionary.
Trenchcoat hopped a bit at the shot, thankfully not having hit him but that's another hole in his coat. He rubbed his butt and looked at T.J. and grumbled.
"What does it LOOK like?" He griped. "This place is a God forsaken mess. If it were me, I would have had the damn city PAY us to do this."
Dermal lifted his sunglasses and looked up at Wristband. Veil waved at her and smiled. "Oh, hello! Of course, just take out your weapon and please take care of the other Ghosts!" She said, laughing nervously.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt smiled and passed Jacket an apple juice box and Bodysuit a peach juice box "I hope you guys enjoy!" she then turned to the group "I'm gonna leave the bag of juice boxes in the van if that's okay?" She said as she gently placed the bag onto the spot she had once been in.
SOPHIE: Scrunchy's hand burst from underneath the sand, holding out a thumbs up to answer Knitten's question. As to how she heard it, nobody could really guess. Another hand came up, holding heaps of plastic bags. /Were those seriously malwart bags? Damnit Scrunchy./ She poked her head out from underneath the sand, gracefully. Like a mermaid flipping water off of its gleaming hair. Except it was sand, and it was being launched somewhere at least away from Knittens. /"Sup lil dude?"/
Bodysuit smiled, tilting her head to the side as she took the peach juicebox from Susp. "Thank you darlin, and that's alright!" She smiled, patting Suspender Skirt's head gently. "Say, what's your partner's name? I'd love to introduce myself properly.-" she began, before turning her attention to Shades. "I'm rather new-yes. Nice to meet you!" She waved.. giving quit e the vi e w.
BOXER: Boxer got pissed as he got ignore so he look for someone to hang out with. As he looked around and saw Tattoo. "He looks like a fun guy to hang out with" he said to himself. He walks over to him and set next to him. "Yo, Names Boxer" he said. "Yours?" Boxer asked him as he sat back and relax.
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones shrugs; guess not. He lifted his grappling hook, and realized everyone was interacting with people and couldn't help but feel lonely. Then again, it's nice that people were getting along, right? Honestly. he was a bit lost on what was happening. He walked over towards everyone else and then saw a nude lady. Good for her, rebel against the clothing wearers. He gently approached and whispered, "Legs so hot they can fry an egg." God help him. Knittens felt proud, he hadn't seen Scrunchy in a while and she still hadn't changed. Maturity hadn't gotten to her yet. He replies, "You know, living like larry. You? And uh... you got an extra pair of snorkles?"
MLLERMANDA: Gauges had decided to walk to the beach in order to clean up. He looks at the beach and sees how sad it looks, which made him sad. " Oh..." Even though the idea of cleaning a beach sounded boring as hell, he was desperate for an adventure and was willing to go there. Gauges wearing a white T-shirt, khaki shorts, and brown flip flops. Wearing a bikini under his clothes and bringing some trash bags with him, he notices the other angels that were there and admire them from far away. " Oh my god~" He grins enthusiastically as he starts to pick up some trash, hoping for angels to notice him.
KRO: "Yo nice to meet- oh..." Shades slowly put down his hand, feeling like he walked in on something he wasn't supposed to. "Uh- anyways. Name's Shades, I'm one of the Ophanim that hangs out at the Abbey. I'm just here with my buddy here to say that if you or someone you know needs some sort of help, we're here for that?" He'd be lying if he said that this totally wasn't something out of an anime scene.
SAIYAN: "Dude, you just burn because you're white as fuck" Undershirt said as he nudged Shades before Sukafu nudged him and he followed him over to to Body Suit,
"I wish we got paid for this shit!" T.J, said he started to pick up a random kelp ghost thing.
"How do you put up with this?" he asked Trench.
"You got it!" Wristband said as she pulled out one of her butterfly swords and started STABBING THE SHIT OUT OF AS SMALL GHOST LIKE A CAPRI SUN!.
SAIYAN: "What, you're not gonna introduce me by name, Shadey?" Undershirt asked. "Anyway, my name's Undershirt, the other Ophanim that he speaks of."
He extended a hand outwards towards Body Suit.
HITA: "What can I say except... you're welcome," came the soft singing from behind Tattoo and Toesocks... somehow. Okay, to be fair she did get there by swimming and using her hair. You know, her magical hair. Still, it didn't account for the sparkles and the glow from the metal at her feet to display her entrance in good detail. "Howdy! Do you want any help? I... have been out here for like... three days." Oops. Still, she smirked at the duo on La Pene, hoping to not portray her confusion over the fact that she found a boat. Oh well.
BRIT: Strappon flinched at the gunshot behind him and whipped around. "Tee, can you _please_ not commit crimes? At least here?!" He yelled over to his cousin. Overshirt gave him a nervous laugh, dusting the cookie crumbs off himself.
Jacket was certainly lucky and gave an awfully fake laugh. "WELL LET'S GET WORKIN, FOLKS!" He laughed forcably, running off toward Trenchcoat. He wasn't about to get shot again.
Duster adjusted himself a little, but the pinching at his sides was something he was used to. He stabbed behind Hot Pants, and held up a gross, wiggling starfish ghost. "If you don't mind, we've got work to do." He said, narrowing his eyes at Hot Pants.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt wandered towards the ocean, firing arrows at the small starfish that wanted to latch onto her skin "That's disgusting" she mumbled to herself, she then squinted at the ocean, just as an octopus emerge and smackdown a tentacle near her. She squeaked and rolled to the side like in a shitty arpg and got up a little wobbly firing four arrows at once towards it and poofing it.
SOPHIE: Bodysuit raised her eyebrow, whispering back to Headphones. /"Leg so hot hot?"/ She returned her attention to the Ophanims in front of herself and smiled, firmly shaking Undershirt's hand. "My name's bodysuit, It's a pleasure to meet you! If it's not any trouble, might I ask why this beach looks so foul?" She laughed, tilting her head to the side. Gosh, lady. You need a real life censor bar.
Scrunchy looked around, before diving back below the sand and pulling out a whole scuba set, plus another snorkel. /"You think I came here with just this little piece of plastic?"/ Scrunchy no, Scrunchy stop.
SAIYAN: Undershirt brought his hand back to his side after the hand shake. He looked at her up and down for a moment, trying not to settle his eyes on any one particular spot for too long.
"Uhhh, I think it has something to do with unfinished business with Panty and Stocking forgetting about the beach ghosts after that whole incident with the Demon Sisters." he replied.
EMI: "I don't." Trench said with the most serious face. He was probably just as lazy as Jacket, though he'd never admit it. He spun kicked a fish jumping at him from the deep.
Dermal put his sunglasses back on. Oh, good. They were dealt with. This job was pretty easy. Then a small hermit crab Ghost crawled on his leg and he screamed like a girl, and Veil smacked his knees with the tray and it was a mess.
Tattoo scowled at the lady with magic hair. How the hell did she get here? Whatever. "You can fuckin' move, you're in my way."
KRO: "Uh, oh right," Shades started, "Aside from the overcast, this beach has been plagued by ghosts so it just looks like a huge pile of shit. Or what Undershirt said." There's no other way to put it, it is what it is.
"We're just here to spruce it up."
Sukafu froze, his heart accelerating a tad from the gun shots, "My entire life flashed before my eyes..." he muttered to himself. Let's just say the poor boy doesn't have good experiences with guns.
Hot Pants shook his head, "Uh. WE? Nah, this is your task, not mine. You're the one supposed to be working your way back up to Heaven, mister."
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: A giant whale ghost rose from the water majestically near Suspender skirt and she shrieked in fear. She fired five arrows at once while screaming at the top of her lungs and running backwards. _Whatever that thing was it she did NOT like it_
BOXER: Boxer was angry and bored, so head over to some rocks and starts to suplex and punch them. He was releasing his anger out and also some other emotions too. "GERMAN SUPLEX!" he shouted as he come in from behind, clutching the rocks torso, and then bends back with full force, dropping and slamming the rock on the head, smashing it. "I'm so bored" he said as he keeps smashing rock after rocks.
BRIT: "Well, I wasn't referring to YOU, Hot Pants." Duster said, turning away, "You're clearly in the way. It's just too bad there isn't bigger fish to fry, so to speak." He looked up and saw the Whale ghost headed for poor Suspender Skirt and tossed his washingpole in its direction like a pike. If it didn't kill it, it at least moved it away from breeching onto her.
SAIYAN: "Nice moves you got there bud!" T.J. complimented as he saw the fish flop limply back into the water.
SOPHIE: This was it. Her true home. Bangle was one with the ocean and the ocean was one with her. She was free. Except for the fact that with every fucking wave came a facefull of saltwater and weird ghosts. this was disgusting. She used her chakrams to slice through the ghosts at hand. She was doing a rather good job at this, until a large wave came crashing down on her and she gently floated to the shore, sighing in defeat and staring up at the sky. /"Can I sleep yet, god"/
MLLERMANDA: Gauges kept picking up trash as he listens in to the other angels talking. Even though he couldn't hear them clearly, he knows that at least the others were having some type of fun. He pouts a bit as he turns his head towards Boxer and hears "GERMAN SUPLEX!" He shivers a bit, wondering why Boxer was so angry. He turns his head away, knowing that he could kiss his ass if he wanted to. Gauges goes back picking up more trash as he whines to himself.
SAIYAN: T.J. wasn't sure where he picked up those moves, but he would sure love to learn them.
Undershirt nodded his head. Of course those Angels would leave a mess for them to clean up. Typical Panty and Stocking.
Wristband watched as Dermal screamed like a tiny girl and Veil hit him with a tray.
"Hey you alright there, Dermal?" she asked slightly concerned, but also trying her hardest to suppress the giggles that were trying to work their way free.
KRO: Hot Pants huffed at Duster's attempt to save Suspender Skirt, "Tch, show off." Guess he'll leave the guy to collect smaller ghosts.
There was raucous laughter coming from behind Veil and Dermal. It was Gogo who couldn't help but to laugh at Dermal's misfortunes. It's what he deserves after the shit he pulled during their active idol years. "Oh poor Dermal's a little... /crabby/ ."
HITA: Head tilting, Brooch hummed in the back of her throat. "Well, see, I could move. Buuuuut..." The long drawn out noise came with the scraping of metal on metal as one of her Eyes of Eden appeared in her hair's grasp. The other one came up to be grasped on her right arm. "I've got a job to do! Evil never sleeps and neither do I! Time to nab me some goop grubs!" Still, she did turn to Tattoo and Toesocks, eyes almost sparkling. "If I grab them, will you bag them?!"
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Scrunchy, yes. Knittens puts on the second snorkel and grabs those really tiny pocket flashlights and whispers to her, "Lets get some scrubs." He put on the scuba set as he hopped into the hole with her. He was down to clown till he was dead in the ground. Knittens strapped his hockey stick on his back, he was ready to wreck house.
OMEGAPSYCHO: Boxer smashes a few rock and got his steam out. He then went back to finding someone to hang out with, anyone really. "Theirs got to be someone to hang out with" he said to himself as he looked. He then see Jacket and walk over to him, "Hey the names Boxer, I'm Wrath Fallen" he said with a smile. "What's your name, buddy" Boxer asked.
SAIYAN: Wristband heard a voice behind her and whipped around and say Gogo standing there. Where the hell did she come from? She smiled a bit as she got up in a proper standing position. "Well well well... Look who decided to show up!" Wristband said as she turned to Gogo and folded her arms with a smile.
EMI: Dermal shoved Veil away and huffed, his hair now a little disheveled. He straightened himself out and cleared his throat. "Yes. Yes, I'm fine." He gave a fake laugh while Veil fixed his hair. However, it stopped RATHER abruptly as familiar laughter rang out behind him.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt tripped backwards and landed on the sand, grains of sand flying up off the ground with her thud just as the whale poofed. She waved her thanks at Duster "Thank you!!" she attempted to yell, yet her voice wasn't as loud as she imagined it to be. Standing up, she stabbed another small ghost with just an arrow.
SOPHIE: Bodysuit looked over at the mayhem ensuing. "Makes sense!" She nodded, readying her shovel at her side. "Well, in that case, would you two care to join me? ...I think I scared everyone off sadly." She laughed, looking around. She kicked up some sand and unveiled crab ghost; before staring at it blankly and brushing the sand back ontop of it. Nobody saw that.
BRIT: Toesocks tiled his head. "Oui, I don't see why not! Don't be such a-- uh... Poop, Tattoo~!" He chuckled, pushing his partner.
Jacket had wandered away from the crew and started to bust some ghosts and bag 'em proper when Boxer approached him. He tilted his head at him. "Yo! I'm Jacket, also a wrath fallen! Not really a badge of pride, but whatevs!" He said, giving him an energetic smile.
Duster nodded at Suspender Skirt. He's got u fam, even if you're not a partner. Wading in her direction, he picked up his duster coat and shook it out before turning it back into Blood Covered. He stabbed a few more ghosts.
Strappon looked down at the group of gaffawing Angels behind him and lifted a brow, just noticing Sukafu. "Oh, you're Shades' friend, right?" He asked.
SOPHIE: Scrunchy pulled out a little map she had seemingly constructed. What the hell? as she and Knittens dived back under the sand, they somehow entered a tunnel system that one could only guess scrunchy constructed. "See, I got all this land scoped out. /I heard that there was a biiig ghost here at some point worth some killer heavens ya dig./ Some even say there's a treasure chest containing all that sweet sweet godly gold" She nodded. Of course, this was all.. false. But it wouldn't stop her from believing. She'd never stop believing, she'd hold onto that feeling.
OMEGAPSYCHO: "Cool" he said with smile. "What did you do to get down here on Earth?" he asked because he was curious about it. He was then wonder why this innocence guy could be a Wrath Fallen. He was thinking and had a thinking face on then waited for his response*
SAIYAN: "Sure I'd be glad to help you" Undershirt said to Body Suit.
Undershirt then proceeded to transform his undershirt into his flail and proceeded to kick up some sand and play whack a mole with the crab ghosts that inhabited the sand.
SHARKNADO GHOST: All the Angels were so concentrated on the smallfry the didn't even notice something wicked lurking in the depths. A rather large ghost had only barely poked its fin out of the water before disappearing again. Watching, waiting, it spotted a boat floating lonely on the water.
EMI: Trenchcoat scoffed. "Yeah, I used to be kinda a big deal in Heaven and all." He put his hands on his hips, starting to walk more onto the actual Beach. "Sucks that no one recognizes the glory that is Trenchco-" He had started, but he fell into what seemed like a tunnel system.
"Gotta keep the crew in line, y'know?" Tee said, leaning back more. "Fallen Angels have no direction, so I gave 'em one. Doin a better job than you, Cuz!" He shouted at Strappon, tossing a Beach Ball at his head and missing.
KOTORIKEI: The day was still young and for the young Jayeol, he was rather lively as ever. Not that the time of day had anything to do with this. He had taken the opportunity that was the “Beach adventure”(?) —that's what he was calling it— to go on a slight jog as his means of getting to said beach. He had heard about the whole clean up thing that was going to be going on at it and was rather interested to see what the whole deal was. Of course, Jayeol didn't plan to do any cleaning himself unless he had nothing else to do, but he mostly just wanted to check things out. He was dressed in his usual clothes of a skirt and crop top, but he had decided just in case to bring his bathing suit with him, though he wasn't sure if he would so much as even look at it during this little adventure, he wasn't one for swimming in public waters. It was not long before Jayeol arrived, they had taken some detours to look at some of the interesting things in Daten, as they had only been there for a short period of time and were still getting used to the city. They had also gotten lost about four times during their run but eventually, they did manage to arrive. Looking for all the people at the beach they decided it best to just stay to themselves for now if anybody wanted to talk they could come see him. If he was being completely honest with himself, talking to people always did make him a little nervous, English was not Chanyeol's first language and getting the hang of it was rather tricky. Jayeola first language as some may know was Korean, and as such, they did make quite a few mistakes in their language that might bother some people more than others. Before anybody could really notice their presence, Jayeol took it upon themselves to sit themselves down on the sand, they had brought with them a bag, mostly for their bathing suit but also for a nice drink that they could sip on while they watched the comedy that is the angles of Daten, he had heard that they were ridiculous and upon first glance…. It was worse.
SAIYAN: "Excuse you? I've never heard of you before. Though I can safely say that YOU have ME. You know, the son of the richest man in heaven? Tuxedo Jacket? Ring a bell?" He asked Trench as he folded his arms and glared at him.
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones left the conversation, he left this existence entirely. Where was he? He doesn't know. He reached another plane of life he isn't sure where. Actually, he was just making a sandcastle on the shore. He made small towers and Clover brought him shells to decorate his small castle. It wasn't the best, but it was his. For the first time in his life, he actually felt proud of himself. Sure, he was alone but he felt happy; happy with his sand castle. Then a ghost flopped onto his masterpiece, ruining it entirely. He never felt so offended in his life. He grabbed the ghost and tied it with the rope end of his grappling hook. He spun the rope, increasing speed every second to see it suffer. Jesus, Headphones chill. Knittens whispered back, "We gonna find this gold Scrunchy and you know what we gonna do when we do? We'll go to bunny island Scrunchy, we'll go to your people." Treasure sounded better than swatting ghosts off the beach as his snorkel crept in the sand.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt made her way towards the van for some snacks, shooting arrows at the skittering small crabs and other ghosts that attempted to get near her, she was on a conquest for snacks and no ghost would get in the way of her food
EMI: Trench looked up from his pit and growled. Who was this prick?! "Richest man in Heaven? Yeah right, bro. That role was filled by my family for EONS. Get on my level."
SOPHIE: Scrunchy whispered with determination; _"I can finally go home to my people. They need me.."_ She clenched a fist, raising it up with pride; before turning her attention to someone who just fell into her tunnel. _"...Uh,,"_ She whispered, tilting her head at Trenchcoat. _"Who the fuck are you"_ she whispered,handing knittens her map. Gurl, This treasure was hers and Knittens who was this. Some bonshaquitalafondra look alike? Hell no.
KRO: "Don't go too far in that the tide will get you, I don't think you can even swim but that's ok I have floaties for your arms!" Hot Pants yelled over at Duster's direction, teasing him and hoping to get a giggle out of Suspender Skirt.
"Please never use a gun again in my presence," Sukafu squinted at Tee. His demeanor changed as Strappon addressed him, "Oh! I'm his boyfriend, actually. Figured I tag along to see how he works around here."
Shades shrugged and summoned one Lion Hearted, stabbing it on the ground where the small ghost crab was at. He scanned the horizon for any tardy angels and spotted a small figure by the beach's entrance. Probably someone that ran late. He approached the newcomer, saying his greetings and all, "Yo, you a new kid running late here?"
HITA: Grinning, Brooch let out a cheer, her second Eye of Eden swinging over her head. Stretching her arms before her brought to light the thick and gnarled scar on her back that faded into tattoos. Most of them seemed to be silly swirls but a few seemed to be actual symbols. Regardless, as that didn't matter, she slid into place on the very edge of the boat, watching the water and preparing to launching into the water to grab up some of them.
"Your friend is grumpy but you're very nice! Love your hair," she said to Toesocks before diving and using the one part of her weapon set as a sort of board to ride on, cheering. Brooch was ready for this. Probably. Maybe.
SAIYAN: T.J. blinked. You wot m8? Excuse your face. That comment really pissed him off. Of course he was part of the richest family in heaven! How do you think he could afford all of his clothes?
"Well aren't you special! If that's true how come no one's heard of you?" he smiled at Trench.
KRO: Gogo leaned on Dermal's shoulders, giving the guy a cheeky smile, "Aren't you going to be a good sport and help out your fellow Angels? A good Seraph would sacrifice everything to help out the ones they're guiding."
But you know, that's none of their business.
KRO: "Oh, hi sweetie, how are you doing?" They waved over at Wristband, "You're looking rather chipper today...more than this guy," they said pointing at Dermal. Gogo will never not stop picking on him.
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Knittens hissed quietly as he held the map close to his heart as he scans the intruder. Were pirates already trying to get their treasure? Scrunchy just wants to go back to her land and see her people. He gently pokes Trench's head with a shovel. He asks, "Who you be and why're you in our tunnel?" They didn't have another scuba set and he wasn't taking the risk on the possible chance of mutiny. He was ready to send this land dweller back top side.
BRIT: "I beat that loser up!" Jacket said, pointing to Trenchcoat. "Man, look at him. Thinkin he's cool. He's so disillusioned. You shoulda seen the look on my teacher's face when he saw me beat his ass! It was fucking hilarious!" He still had a smile on his face like this was the funniest story in the world. You fell from grace, Jacket. Geez.
Duster looked back at Hot Pants and raised his arms in a shrug. "Why don't you bring your shrimpy ass over here and say that to my face!" He said in his direction. He didn't usually raise his voice. He learned not to because it terrified people.
Toesocks laughed and waved his hand dismissively at Brooch. "Oh, zat's just how he is! Don't worry about him." He said, "Now go in there and bust some clams!"
"O-oh." Strappon replied. Boyfriend huh? Excuse him. "Also, don't worry about my cousin. He doesn't shoot anything by his hoodlum gang."
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Susp had gotten a large plate of snacks and a couple juice boxes from the van. She intended to eat it all, but decided she would share it with others. She made her way to Strappon, and any other angels who were kind of near him. "Would anyone like sandwiches and cream puffs?? I also have juice boxes" she smiled sheepishly
SOPHIE: A small crocodile approached Strappon, holding a bouquet of roses in its jaws. It'd been 3000 years. It dropped the roses and scurried off. /Cuddles wasn't hot and ready./
Bangle, who lie somewhat lifeless at the shore, seemed to reanimate when mention of food came about. She sprung up and dusted herself off, making her way over to Suspender skirt. "That sounds all so great!" She grinned, placing a hand on her hip. "Say, I haven't seen you around before. Granted I don't see people often. Or at least it's been a while since i /could see..."/ she trailed off.
OMEGAPSYCHO: "Wow" surprised. "I went on a rampage in heaven" he said with a smile. He was having a nice time with Jacket then his Punch sense started to tingle. There was something that was big and needed to punch. "Something needs to be punch and it's big" he said with a 'i want to punch something' look.
SAIYAN: "I'm doing well! How are you, Gogo?" She asked before letting out a giggle.
"Yeah he isn't doing so hot right now" she said as she laughed at Dermal;s misfortune.
KRO: "I WILL." And so Hot Pants actually walked up to Duster, looking him dead in the eyes, "Seriously, did they ever teach you how to swim because that's a real concern I have if you ever happen to get dragged out there."
Sukafu laughed nervously, "Sorry, it's just that I never had good experiences whenever guns were involved. It's a reaction I guess you can say. You must be Strappon, correct? Shades talks a lot about you, it's kind of endearing."
"Oh, you know! Having a blast teasing this guy. Other than that, I've been doing quite fine, dear." Gogo replied.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender smiled "I'm actually new" she replied to Bangle while passing her three thick sandwiches and two juice boxes "I'm Suspender skirt, nice to meet you!" She chirped happily piling a good amount of cream puffs
KOTORIKEI: Looking up at the weird man in front of him Jayeol quickly shot up from their sitting position to greet the new friend… friend?.... Friend. Now Jayeol certainly did not like being considered late, they arrive precisely when they intend to, and will not accept being called tardy by some guy with bad taste in glasses. “I am not late at all mister, I arrive when I wanted to” Crossing their arms they eye Shady with puffed cheeks. Jayeols voice for those who have never heard it was probably quite a confusing one, as it was rather androgynous. It would be quite difficult to hear Jayeols voice and pinpoint it to a sex of any kind, furthering confusing those he talks to. It is worth noting though not important that their korean accent often sometimes makes them hard to understand to those who are perhaps not used to hearing the language, but aside from small grammar mistakes Jayeol seems to do okay. They looked over the man in front of him further, unsure really what they wanted in talking to Jayeol, was he a weirdo, a creep, did he want money, was he honestly just curious… the world may never know, but safe to say Jayeol kept his guard up, this boy was always ready for some good ol’ fashioned fisticuffs, however he would like to avoid it today he had just gotten his nails done the previous. In his head however Jayeol was still going over weather or not he could exactly fight this large man with poor taste in eyewear —who is probably a weeb now that he thinks about it— and he came to the conclusion that he was indeed short enough to land some rather... deadly blows. However, he would hold off for now, he didn't want to kill anybody just yet, but he could, don't test him on that, he totally could and that's for sure not a lie on his part.
KOTORIKEI: Looking up at the weird man in front of him Jayeol quickly shot up from their sitting position to greet the new friend… friend?.... Friend. Now Jayeol certainly did not like being considered late, they arrive precisely when they intend to, and will not accept being called tardy by some guy with bad taste in glasses. “I am not late at all mister, I arrive when I wanted to” Crossing their arms they eye Shady with puffed cheeks. Jayeols voice for those who have never heard it was probably quite a confusing one, as it was rather androgynous. It would be quite difficult to hear Jayeols voice and pinpoint it to a sex of any kind, furthering confusing those he talks to. It is worth noting though not important that their korean accent often sometimes makes them hard to understand to those who are perhaps not used to hearing the language, but aside from small grammar mistakes Jayeol seems to do okay. They looked over the man in front of him further, unsure really what they wanted in talking to Jayeol, was he a weirdo, a creep, did he want money, was he honestly just curious… the world may never know, but safe to say Jayeol kept his guard up, this boy was always ready for some good ol’ fashioned fisticuffs, however he would like to avoid it today he had just gotten his nails done the previous. In his head however Jayeol was still going over weather or not he could exactly fight this large man with poor taste in eyewear —who is probably a weeb now that he thinks about it— and he came to the conclusion that he was indeed short enough to land some rather... deadly blows. However, he would hold off for now, he didn't want to kill anybody just yet, but he could, don't test him on that, he totally could and that's for sure not a lie on his part.
EMI: Trench waved the shovel out of head and scrambled out of the pit. "How come I've never heard of YOU? Obviously you're just a cheap imitation of the real thing!" What a comback asshole. "You're just ignorant, obviously. Just like all the other shitty Angels around!"
His body tensed up when he heard Jacket mention his name and his head whipped around. "HEY, LOSER! IT WAS A TIE! I still need a REMATCH!" He shrieked.
Meanwhile, Tattoo grumbled and whacked Toesocks with the oar they had on the boat as hard as he could. "Stop FLIRTING and WORK. Whatever, I'm down as long as I get something out of this shit..."
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones suddenly over his little breakdown with his sand castle heard Bangles and snickered a bit. Yes, he knew of someone who was affected by that hair change. He slipped into this conversation like he was welcomed at all and sits by them on that ground as he slyly replies, "Yeah, and good thing too. hair that long was a bit troublesome, right?" He says this as if he didn't have hair that reached his fucking feet. Hypocrite.
EMI: Dermal took Gogo's arms off him like they were contaminated and made a face. Gross. "Very funny. How about YOU join them, hmm? I have more important matters."
SAIYAN: "Ignorant? You're the on living in your own little fantasy world, Mr. Trump" T.J. retorted with his face red with rage.
"Also what do you mean a tie? How does that work at all?" he yelled at Trench with his arms flailing.
HITA: "I don't think he was flirting!" This was followed by a spray of water up the side of the boat as a large amount of goop shot up and into Tattoo's face. "Oops! Sorry there, Debbie Downer!!" She wasn't sorry at all about hitting him, more that he had no warning.
SOPHIE: Bangle could feel the sweat piling up on her forehead. Dear god, does she offend the kid by not taking this all and also maintaining her new years resolution to actually get her shit together-fuck it. She took all this food into her hands and stared blankly at Headphones. "Yeah, it was. Say.." She stared, feeling a bit sick to her stomach. "You want some snacks?" She asked; but it looked more like she was begging Headphones to take this heaping pile of food.
KRO: "Oh..." This isn't someone affiliated with the Abbey then. He's certainly never seen this kid around unless they JUST fell. If they were even an Angel. It's hard to tell. "Well, more importantly, are you an Angel or just a passerby checking out the beach? It's probably not safe to be here all that much, so I recommend not getting near the water."
Gogo wrapped their arm around Dermal, making it clear that they weren't gonna go away that easily, "Because you're not joining them. It's not fair if I do all the hard work while higher ranks just sit about doing nothing. Come on, pick up a fish or two with me instead of flirting with your girlfriend here."
BRIT: "That's cute, because I talk about him a lot in a non-endearing sense." Strappon laughed, "Honestly, though, he's not that bad." He offered him a tea cup. "Want some tea, then?"
Duster just laughed at Hot Pants. "Nothing can kill me." He said with a straight face, cutting his laughter short and turning back to the ghosts. "Gross."
"Nah, it wasn't a tie, jackass! You're just a sore loser!" Jacket called to Trenchcoat before turning back to Boxer. "You, uh, wanna run that by me again?"
Toesocks rubbed his head, pouting at Tattoo. "Fine, I am!"
SHARKNADO GHOST: The ghost swam toward the boat, going on the other side of the commotion and peered its head out to look at the crew on it before dipping back in, its fin still present, and swimming around it in circles.
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones looked at the pile and considered the options. He didn't exercise, so anything he consumes will literally crush his thin figure but at the same time, he was a gluttonous fuck. He ate cereal for 3 years straight, he needs this okay. He tried hard to justify his actions but he gently pushed the fuck it button and grabbed half of the rations to 'lighten' her load. He felt no guilt. Headphones with mouth full of creampuffs tells Suspenders, "Thanks by the by. I'm Headphones- wait... You're not old right?" He says this since he was not a PG-13 guy, he strolled around Daten nude once for christ's sake. He wasn't for children.
EMI: Tattoo's face almost blended in with the red in his Tattoo he was so mad. Nothing new to be honest. "WOMAN, GET OUT OF MY FACE. This is a MAN'S job!"
Veil, too, turned pink. "G-g-g-GIRLFR IEND?" She sputtered in almost too deep of a tone. She hid her face and Dermal rolled his eyes. "Please do not harass my new secretary. She's doing... her best." He paused, trying to find the appropriate term. Don't do this, Gogo. He sighed in surrender. "I don't feel like it would be productive to pitch in. This is them earning their keep, after all. So many Angels in one place..." Dermal eyed the horizon line, ignoring the three Fallens a little farther off than the rest.
"I wasn't TALKING TO YOU, but if you usually respond to LOSER, I guess I know you're name now." Trenchcoat spat and turned back to Jacket. He was 100% about to knock him into the ocean. No. The stratosphere.
OMEGAPSYCHO: "Went on rampage on heaven and Sense that something needs to be Punch" he said with calm demeanor. "Also, Buddy, a fights a fight!" he shouted at him. He then saw what Trench did and gasp, then whisper in Jackets ear. "You just got Burned" Boxer said.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt smiled at Bangle and Headphones "I have a lot more food in mum's van so help yourself, and I'm 16" she smiled sheepishly stacking two sandwiches and taking a bite out of the mega sandwich
SOPHIE: Scrunchy looked around and shrugged. Welp. The threat was gone apparently. She started to lead the way through her tunnel system, marking each corned with a slash against the sand wall, so they know where they had been. Scrunchy had a flashlight, as well as torches ready for this adventure. Though, she did wonder one thing. She pulled out her phone and typed out something on her screen before hitting send, astonished that she even had a signal this low below the ground. /"What if there's like.. a big guardian protecting the treasure chest though.."/ Scrunchy fantasized, gesturing widely to imitate a monster. /"WHAT IF YOU DEFEAT IT TO GET THE RICHES OF DOUBLOONS"/ Scrunchy are you ok?
Bodysuit stared blankly at undershirt who had been trying to smite crabs for 10 minutes short of an hour. Is this what earth was like? /"Do you need help there-"/ she whispered, concerned for this man's mental health at this point.
SAIYAN: "I think she was talking about me!" Wristband said jokingly to Dermal about Gogo's girlfriend comment.
"Okay that's it! You're gonna get it" T.J. yelled as he tackled Trench as hard as he could.
Meanwhile, Undershirt was out of breath and sweating a bit as he took a break from trying to kill these damn crabs. Why was there so many of them? He then heard Bodysuit's voice and turned to look at her.
"Yeah...if you wanna....help me...be my guest" he managed to say between gasps.
KRO: Sukafu snorted, trying to stifle a laugh, "Oh no, I get you. He needs help and I'm usually taking care of him. It's for his own good, but I'd love to have some tea." He said, accepting the cup offering.
"Yeah I know you technically can't die, but I still worry- E UGH," Hot Pants quickly ran out of the water after something slimy brushed up against his legs.
"Regardless it's a good way to humble yourself and have a nice experience. After all, you Seraphs rarely leave your duties." Gogo couldn't help but laugh at Wristband's comment, "I mean, that works out fine too!"
Shades couldn't help but turn back to the beach, hearing Angels screaming about, "AY." He called out, "Instead of yelling at each other, go clean out ghosts! There are penalties for fights between all of you, so I wouldn't risk it if I was you." Hopefully that calms these rich kids down.
KOTORIKEI: Those words caused Jayeol to flinch slightly, ‘not safe’... did… did this weird dude, think that Jayeol couldn't handle himself, was he threatening him? “도전인가요. I can take care of myself ya’ know! My strength is good! Im not a baby!” Puffing up his cheeks he glared into Shade’s bad glasses, and he was probably actually trying to intimidate him. Before long they let out their breath before they calmed down… surprisingly quick. Back to their normal self they proceeded to answer Shades questions. “Firsts of all, I am not an angels, but I don't need any protections from you!, Seconds, I don't need to listen to you, you should not be so bossy.. It is not good for your skin” Words of wisdom right there. During their little talk Jayeol began to… circle around Shades, and honestly it wasn't clear entirely what they were doing but… well it was happening. Jayeol was trying to get a good read on exactly what kind of person Shades was, they had a tendency to be on guard to new people but overall they simply wanted to make sure that they could for sure beat up this person if they needed to. Before long their circling turned into pulling and grabbing, they were inspecting the boy's clothes as if they were some sort of food critique for clothes. Before long they did eventually speak up, however by the time they did they were basically climbing up the angels back, they were probably looking for wing holes… they didn't know how this worked. “Who are you anyways? Are ya’ some kind of really fantastic person or something?”
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones ever so gently got his ass out of there, he wasn't scaring kids. Listen when he was 16, shit went down and let's say his ass was never the same. He wasn't doing this to other Angel kids, he wasn't for that life man. He yelled back as he made his escape, "SORRY I'M NOT GOOD FOR KIDS LIKE NOTHING AGAINST YOU BUT IM DOING THIS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD HAVE A NICE LIFE." He wasn't an adult, he couldn't be PG. Realization hit Knittens like a truck as he panicked, "What if we have to defeat the flying dutchman?" He listened closely in the tunnels and tension was rising, and he raised his shovel in defense for any trouble to tries to cross his ways. He wasn't letting any ghosts getting his treasure, HE'LL DEFEND HIS TREASURE, YOU'LL HAVE TO PRY IT FROM HSI COLD DEAD HANDS TO GET IT.
BRIT: "Not really a burn if his words are empty." Jacket laughed. "That's really a weird sense. I get into fights all the time, but hey! Super powers are super powers!" He watched Trenchcoat get tackled and snorted, trying not to burst into a huge fit in case the boss was watching. "Get rekt." He whispered.
"Fucking pussy." Duster whispered under his breath. What was even going on at the boat? Was that a shark?
Strappon offered Sukafu a smiled and a nod before turning back to the beach. Boy, what a shitshow this was, he thought to himself, casually sipping his tea. /But that's none of his business./
HITA: Did he just...? Oh. Hoe no. Why you do it? Blue eyes narrowing as she swung back onto the boat, Brooch's hair flailed behind her. Really time to calm down. Almost.
"Buddy. Pal. Friend. Comrade. Amigo." She had to look up, honestly, but oh well. "If I wanted to be in your face, you'd have a hard time getting me out of it. Buckle up, Buttercup. This is a woman's job. You need tubes to do this, my dude." Tossing her hair back over her shoulder, she jumped back out of the boat, waving at Toesocks. Time to get back to work.
EMI: Dermal shot Gogo a very annoyed look. "Our duties are usually to serve God, so I figure just being here is a privlage. Perhaps if it's more than they can handle." Veil held up her hands. "I'm a pacifist, so don't look at me." But no one was looking at her anyway.
Trenchcoat, flying to the left, turned and landed on his back, scuffling with his shitty assulter. Punches and kicks flying from their sandy pit, as well as some gross grunts.
Tattoo vibraded and yanked the sail closed and turned the boom to knock Toesocks off of the boat in a rage, also knocking a ghost that was climbing onto his boat.
SOPHIE: Scrunchy was over eager. Somehow, this angel was tunneling like she was a machine built specifically for the task. The thought of hidden treasure was too amazing to pass up. Surely she'd find it, right? She instructed Knittens to stand back some before she started burrowing sand out to create a new path. Lucky for her that path was right underneath Strappon's lifeguard tower. Without the sand underneath, the structural integrity was compromised enough so that now, there was a 4 foot hole that anyone in the immediate area around Strappon found themselves in. Scrunchy looked up at the pink haired sakura man. /"It wasn't me"/
OMEGAPSYCHO: "Alright, you want to go get something to eat or something?" he asks Jacket. "got nothing better to do" he said calm and little bored. He want to hang out with someone so he was going to hang out with Jackets today on the Beach. "Also, it's a tingle i get when there something strong coming and i want to fight" he said with smile.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt made snack deliveries to any angel close enough, she had gone back to the van to put away the empty platter and was making her way back when she tripped on a crab that was skittering away from undershirt and yelped as she rolled down the beach, finally stopping at the shore of the beach.
SAIYAN: Wristband laughed at Gogo's comment again.
"I think we make a pretty good pair!" she said as she leaned up against Dermal.
Meanwhile T.J. heard Shades yelling at he and Trench, just as they started throwing punches. God damn it! Why couldn't those Ophanims just let them settle it like men.
"ALRIGHT ALRIGHT! YOU HEARD THE MAN!" T.J. yelled at Trench as he pushed himself off of him.
He panted heavily and fixed his clothes. God damn it, his cloths got all covered in sand.
"Temporary truce? At least until Shades gets off our ass'" T.J. asked.
SHARKNADO GHOST: The ghost continued its rounds around the boat until it finally decided to pick up speed. It began swimming faster and faster until the waters around the boat began to torrent into a whirlpool. Then, it started to raise out of the water, turning the whirlpool into a tornado!
KRO: "You have absolutely no room to talk mama's boy." Hot Pants glared at Duster as he tried to get ghost gunk out from between his toes.
This child was sure something, Shades didn't know exactly how to feel about a kid telling him to take his job easy. It's not like he can whine like he does with Sukafu or Strap. "Uh, well. I wouldn't say I'm fantastic but I am helping out Angels with their cleaning duties. At least I should be." He sighed of relief that Tuxedo Jacket and Trenchcoat stopped their bickering, but he was certainly going after them for chastisement at a later time. No fighting, shakira, shakira.
Sukafu's body tensed up as basically everything caved in. He instinctively tried to claw at the sand to prevent falling in but it's sand. Of course it ain't gonna stay there.
Before Gogo could make a comment, they looked off the shore and pointed, "What the absolute fuck is that."
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt rolled over and sat up with a soft groan, she then looked towards the ocean and noticed the whirpool form a tornado and yelped "wHAT IS THAT"
SAIYAN: Undershirt, Wristband and T.J, blinked.
EMI: Begrudgingly, Trenchcoat stood up and dusted his coat off, grunting. He opened his mouth to say something but looked onto the horizon line. "No fucking way." He said in a rather uninterested tone, furrowing his brow.
KRO: Shades and Hot Pants looked towards the water, with Shades' mouth agape.
"You've got to be shitting me, there wasn't any water tornado warnings...." Shades said.
SOPHIE: Crab quest 5 was over and it was time for the next installment of why the fuck am I here featuring a naked lady, an Irish angel and sentences with bad grammar.
MLLERMANDA: Gauges started to get really bored of picking up trash and was jealous of the other angels. He was about to fall sleep on the spot until he looks over and sees a tornado on the spot. " OH MY GOD!" Gauges screech as he moves away from the waves and trips over his feet, falling on the ground. Stars were in his eyes as he holds himself together, " AWESOME!" He says in giddy, staying on the ground with sand all over him.
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Knittens waved at Sukafu, smiling sheepishly as he took in a breath from his snorkel. Suddenly he heard squad was in trouble as he popped his head out of the ground before seeing a tornado. Yeah no, he wasn't gonna deal with that. He slowly returned underground as he closes up the hole. Knittens might be dumb but mama didn't raise a martyr. He looked back to sukafu, "Yeah, don't go up there." Headphones pursed his lips as he gulped, was he going to finally be forced to repent for his sins?
KOTORIKEI: “What are the angels cleaning? Whats your name anyways mister you are tall” Jayeol just wanted some answers on this man, who was he, was he a bad, did he need to be beat up… so many questions. At this point Jayeol had fount his perch upon Shades shoulders, sort of like a piggy back ride but the boy was standing, who knows if Shades could hold him up but he was pretty light. Upon his shoulders he looked over the horizon to see the ocean. “OOOOOHHH,THat is really Cool! You dont see thing like that in Koran! Hey mister bad glasses, we should go and see that and stuff!” Jayeol was very excited at the water tornado, this beach sure was something, cool crabs that look very friendly, and water shooting from the ocean, what was next.
EMI: Dermal sipped his juice box. "Obviously a problem. I think they can handle it." No, probably not, Dermal. But maybe that was a good thing. Test them, see where they are. Veil started flailing. "Uh, I think we should find cover?!" Good point. Dermal looked at Gogo. "You going to help?"
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt meeped as she got Beau unstuck out of her hair. She bounced into action, firing as many arrows as she could at a time while running towards the giant tornado and prayed she didn't get eaten or squashed like a bug.
BRIT: Strappon, his tea set, and everything he had with him sank into the hole with a bit of a scream. He poked his head up, now covered in tea and biscuits. "REALLY?" He asked Scruncy, "FOR REAL." He looked up at the fucking TORNADO that was forming on the sea. "Dear God." He whispered.
Toesocks, after falling out of the boat, started to spin with the torrent, and eventually found himself being dragged around and lifted in the air with the boat. "Mon Dieu!" He screamed, getting spun around like a fucking stripper on a pole until finally he found himself being tossed in the direction of the shore, eating sand in his landing.
Duster squinted at the horizon before deciding it was best to get out of the water. He grabbed Hot Pants under his arm. "Get the fuck out." He said as he passed Shades, running a good distance away.
Jacket thought about food, but noticed the tornado. "Uh, dude. Do you see that?" He asked.
EMI: Being lifted higher off the ocean, Tattoo wondered what his rage hand conjured and he held onto the mast tightly. He looked around for his """partner""" only to find him launched toward the shore. "YOU LAZY BUUUUM!!" He shouted, but was probably not heard at all seeing as the wind was whipping him around like helicopter dick.
OMEGAPSYCHO: He turns around and see it. "I KNEW IT!" he shouted so everyone could here. "I'm going to Punch it now, Jacket want to Join me?" he asked. He crack his knuckles and neck, he then summons his weapons.
BRIT: "BRO YOU'RE TRYING TO PUNCH A TORNADO!" Jacket yelled at Boxer.
OMEGAPSYCHO: "YES!" he shouted.
SOPHIE: Upon seeing the tornado, Scrunchy slowly hugged Strappon despite being yelled at. /"Strap hold me I'm scared"/ She whispered. /She needed a man's touch./
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt stuffed her weapon into her hair and rushed towards Toesocks and helped him up, "Are you okay???" She asked worried since he ate quite a bit of sand.
OMEGAPSYCHO: "You coming with or what?" he asked Jacket, as he got in a Charging Position.
BRIT: Jacket facepalmed. "Dude, think logically about this. With the winds and shit, there's no concieveable way you can punch a /goddamned tornado./." He said, "It's like punchin air, bro."
Strappon, broken from his gaze at the tornado, looked down at Scrunchy with a face of complete confusion. Almost desperate for answers. "I-- What? It's a ghost, relax. You can do this." He said, patting he head gingerly, with hesitation.
EMI: Tee climbed out of the sand pit and saw a scared, helpless Scrunchy. He dusted himself off and wrapped his arms around her. "I GOT YOU, BAE."
BRIT: Toesocks lifted his head and spat out the sand, looking up at Suspender Skirt. "Oui, I am alive." He said, "By the graces of God."
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt smiled embarrassed "Well at least that's good right? Let's get you away from here yeah?" she mustered all her strength and hoisted him up, putting his arm around her neck and began to drag him towards safety
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones was about to leave this all when he realized Clover was gone. Whipping his head around wildly he saw the tiny bird being sucked into the tornado. His baby just got ate by a tornado. Preparing a rescue mission for his darling Clover he hooked his namesake on some structure and swung back, and as he hurled forward he let go. He just launched himself into a tornado. He was hurled into the strong winds as he immediately regretted his life decisions and slammed full force into the boat. He just wanted his bird, and he gets this.
SAIYAN: Undershirt just pulled out a deck chair and laid down on his back. Of course he could help, but then he would instantly destroy that thing. What would be the fun in that? Besides it was a good way for these new angels to get some experience.
"You guys got this right?" He yelled to anyone that could hear him.
OMEGAPSYCHO: "Air can still feel PAIN, Also something that cause that tornado is inside there..." he said as he stares at the Tornado with a thirst for Blood. "and I'm going to Punch it Jacket" he said with a Intimidated look.
KRO: "WITH WHAT? I ONLY HAVE FIRE MAGIC," Gogo cleared out their throat after that little outburst, "I'm practically useless, so I'll sit it out."
Sukafu coughed violently getting sand out of his mouth and still looked up from the hole so witness this weather catastrophe, "To think that Japan was pretty bad..." He turned to Strappon as he said ghost and quickly climbed his way out of the pit, going at full sprint back to his car for weapons. Better put on a sick cyborg mask while he's at it.
Shades set Jayeol down and grabbed Duster's arm, "HOLD UP," he held up his phone, its alarm going off like crazy, "There's a ghost in that thing, we should probably do something about that. Set down your man here, he should be fine."
"Oh no, I'm fine where I am if I can feel his rock hard abs on my cheeks- I MEAN. Yeah I'll be fine here." Smooth, Hot Pants.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt managed to drag Toesocks all the way to safety, and wheezed out of breath. "Did you,,, happen to see... what hit you??" she said between wheezes
SOPHIE: Scrunchy clung to Tee like her life depended on it; "MY HERO!" She exclaimed, before getting a nice waft of what smelled like a dumpster. Granted, with how she'd spent nearly the last 3 hours in a /moist sand cave/ she couldn't exactly complain at this point. Still in Tee's arms, she looked up to the tornado ahead and squint her eyes. _"I know I'm an angel and all but is there like a fuck this shit I'm out button"_
SHARKNADO GHOST: Duster turned back to Shades and nodded, placing Hot Pants down. "Be good." He said before looking back at Shades, "Then we should get rid of it before it tears the city apart."
"Bruh." Jacket said, "Bruh, wind doesn't feel pain."
"Oui, mon cheri. Someone get the number for the... Freight train." Toesocks just passed right out on Suspender Skirt's shoulders. Yep, he's fine.
EMI: Tee's eyes sparkled. A real woman was in his arms, finally. He could die a happy man, but no, he was gonna be heroic. He put his hands in Scrunchy's hair. "We need to get out of here, darling. It's not safe." He said dramatically. Tee stop.
OMEGAPSYCHO: "Well it's going to feel it" he said excitingly. "So you in or not" he asked Jacket with a smile.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt made a dying whale noise as she hoisted up Toesocks once more as she searched for someone who could take proper care of him. She was assuming there was a ghost inside and it needed to be defeated if they wanted to go home and rest
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones was unconscious from the knock as he sailed peacefully in the tornado. All he wanted was his bird and watch porn. Was that so much to ask? Knittens dusted the sand off of him as he grabbed his hockey stick; if he was dying today he's gonna go out in a way his mother would be proud. By playing hockey in a tornado. He's gonna play actual air hockey and he readied his body. Someone stop this child.
BRIT: "I'm reckless, not stupid." Jacket laughed simply. "Anyway, that's a ghost so yeah I'm in!" He yanked off his Jacket and summoned Dual Pride, ready for action.
"Oh, that's definitely a ghost." Duster said, readying his washingpole. "If you're not going in, then I will." He rushed toward the ocean, beginning to take out the smaller surrounding ghosts first.
Strappon pulled himself out of the sand pit and gestured to Suspender Skirt. "I'll take the git, just get that ghost!" He called.
(( OOC: The combat thread is here: http://dcmissionaries.boards.net/thread/161/ghost-sharknado ))
(( OOC: Please remember that each person gets one round before going again, this is turn-based! ))
SOPHIE: Scrunchy gazed deeply into Tee's stink- his eyes, deeply into his eyes. Without breaking eye contact with the man, she slid the scrunchy out of her hair and readied it into a weapon. "No.. " She whispered, clasping Tee's hand dramatically. /" We can fight this, together, you and me. I believe in you. I believe in us."/ She whispered, gently kissing his gross hand. Scrunchy why.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt nodded and placed Toesocks down gently and pulled out Beau as she ran towards the tornado,
EMI: As Scrunchy departed, he reached out for her. No, her warmth was gone. She was going to fight the good battle. A small tear hit his scarred eye (probably sand tho, the wind was getting pretty bad). He mouthed the words that his heart tried to make him say, but they were silent. "You go girl."
Trenchcoat saw Jacket ready his weapon and he ran away from the tornado. He wanted to fight but he... Well, it was hard.
Tattoo held the Mast tighter and gazed into the eye of the Tornado. If he was going to fight whatever was in there, he was gonna have to let go and uh... That wasn't an easy choice.
KRO: Sukafu skidded to a stop next to Shades, "Alright I'm ready, I'll catch up with your brother right now-" But he was cut off by Shades. "It probably isn't a good idea for you to engage a ghost right now. At least make sure the other humans are safe, I'll rally Angels for this."
Sukafu stared into the abyss as Shades ran off collecting other Angels. Guess he'll help people get out of that sand pit. He approached the edge of the pit and extended his arm, looking off to the water, "Here, I'll help too."
Hot Pants sat himself where he was placed down, staring in awe at the display this ghost was putting, "That's certainly something new."
KOTORIKEI: Jayeol puffed his cheeks when Shady put him down…how rude. Whatever he wouldnt let that bother him too much, he decided to wander. This boy must be crazy in some way because he was tottaly not phased even slightly by the whole ghost thing going on, and in fact he was just fascinated. Getting himself as close as possible the the ghost thing, he wanted to see what was going on, everybody was acting so weird.
OMEGAPSYCHO: Boxer grab Jacket and ran full speed at the Tornado. "HANG ON!" He shouted as he enter the Tornado with Jacket.
SAIYAN: "Alright you heard the man! Let's do it!" Wristband yelled as she flicked her wrist and transformed her wrist bands into her butterfly swords.
MLLERMANDA: Wanting to take part of this fight, he takes out his weapon and happily lunges into the Tornado, screaming Whoo Woo~ He swings his weapon as he sticks out his tongue in glee.
SOPHIE: Scrunchy charged the tornado, slingshots blazing. She knew now that she had a purpose and that she had loved ones waiting for her back home. She had to make this count. She had to show she was worthy of being called an angel once more. She sidestepped in the sand, holding her slingshot up high towards the ghost, "In the name of the moon! I will punish you!!" She said, launching an angelic rock towards the ghost. And missed. And she shot again. And missed. She ate a popsickle, dreamed about shooting the ghost, and missing.
OMEGAPSYCHO: When Boxer saw the shark he went to punch it but missed.
BRIT: Jacket entered the tornado with a "Yahoo!!" and began slashing at many of the mini ghosts within it.
Duster decided to let them have a shot, first, simply protecting those on land from the ghosts that were flying around.
SAIYAN: Wristband ascended into the air and flew into towards the tornado.
"Take this you over grown sushi roll!" she yelled as she slashed at the tornado.
Meanwhile, T.J. followed Wristband's lead and transformed his jacket into his pick axe and flew into the tornado.
"Insert fish pun here, bitch" he yelled as he spun like a top and struck with his pick axe.
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones began to wake up from his concussion and realized. He didn't know where the hell he was. What was even happening? He was so confused that his namesake didn't bother hitting anything. Knittens jumped in but the winds were too rough as he got whipped around the tornado unable to strike.
BRIT: Jacket found an opportunity to strike and was able to cut off a piece of its fin at least. He was whacked backward by the force, and grabbed onto some of the spiraling debris for support.
SHARKNADO GHOST: The ghost roared and hissed as it took damage from the near-miss from Jacket and the hits from the other Angels. It whipped around and dove into the hurricane-tornado and sent all sorts of ghosts flying at everyone.
EMI: Tattoo glared into the wind and dug his nails into the mast, pulling one arm off and summoning Inkling. The strong wind inevitably threw him off La Pene, but he used it to launch himself toward the Ghost in the middle, using Inkling as a sord of rudder in the wind.
Getting close enough, he dug it into the shark Ghost's side and slid down it's body, causing damage before he was flung into the winds again by it's attack and eventually getting launched into the shore's sand.
OMEGAPSYCHO: Boxer got on the back of shark and starts punching it in the eye. "I GOING TO HAVE FISH STICKS TONIGHT!" he shouts in joy.
MLLERMANDA: " Aw man!" He whines to himself as he gets ready to attack once more. Seeing the ghost sending, even more, ghost towards the Angels made him eager to fight. He raises his arms out like if he was a bird, pretending to fly as he screams " Tweet! Tweet!" Gauges in excitement, swings once more towards the shark.
SAIYAN: "AH what the fuck!" Wristband yelled as all sorts of weird shit got plastered on her face.
T.J. also was having difficulties.
"No not my nice clothes! GOD DAMN IT!!" He yelled as random stuff was sprayed all over them.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender pulled at her bow string and fired a couple arrows but they missed
EMI: Trenchcoat laughed at Tuxedo in the distance.
SHARKNADO GHOST: The ghost thrashed about under all the attacks and began spiraling the tornado faster to deter hits. It sent more ghosts flying toward shore and eventually all the ghosts in the ocean seemed to collect into its deadly demon spiral. Gross.
KOTORIKEI: Jayeol blinked
BRIT: Jacket jumped out of the ghost's tornado to reliquish a couple of the stray ghosts heading to shore and landed, rolling. He looked up at the tower of ghosts in awe. "Holy fuck." He whispered.
SOPHIE: Scrunchy flew back, punching the ground to keep her place. She concentrated hard. She could feel it, the sand. Specifically the sand in places she'd rather not have it be. But it gave her strength. She knew that with Tee's love and the sand's moist caress she could do this. She took aim once more; breathing in sync with the beast. Time stopped; Malwart Pharmacies closed for lunch, this was it. She released the stone from her slingshot and finished off the ghost; staring in astonishment. /She fist pumped to herself and did a lil jig'./
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones recognizing danger swung down his weapon as if it felt natural, but he was flung out of the tornado thankfully, Clover waiting for him on the shore. Turns out the bird was gently put down when Headphones entered the tornado. He slammed his head into a rock and groaned in pain. His skull fractured a tiny bit, but it wasn't too serious. He feel unconscious again. Knittens as well was flung out but he was just fine, he landed on the shore and sighed. Today wasn't his day.Watching the large tower of ghosts, he felt his jaw open as he watched that monstrosity going around.
OMEGAPSYCHO: Boxer jumps out the Tornado and charges at the Ghost Tornado.
SHARKNADO GHOST: The Ghost seemed to have looked Scruncy straight in the eye as if they had connected on a deep, spiritual level. He floated in awe, caught in her wild gaze like a deer in the headlights. The rock from Scrunchy's slingshot flew true, slowly almost, and hit the ghost. As soon as time began to move, the rock fucking blew a whole straight through the fucker.
It screamed almost human-like and exploded.
EMI: Tattoo raised his head, spitting out a tiny fish ghost and pulling another out of his nose. "Fuck... Good riddance..." He choked. He struggled himself to stand up, and seeing a shadow grow beneath him. He looked up at the sky and before he could react, La Pene had slammed into him. Flattened. Oh, no wait. There was a hole under him. Thank God.
KOTORIKEI: Jayeol clapped and cheered, what a good show, that weird shark thing was cool, he hopped there was more.
The bell in the church rang holy as ever _GOOOoooOON_
The rest of the ghosts present all seemed to shrivel away at the destruction of the Shark Ghost, many tiny little fishy souls raising into the sky. Looks like all of Heaven was going to have a fish fry tonight.
SAIYAN: T.J. and Wristband managed to clean all of the shit off of them, just in time to witness the ghost explode. The two of them landed back on the ground and sighed in relief.
Undershirt meanwhile, clapped from his lawn chair. That actually took shorter than he thought it would.
"Good job you guys!" he called out
KOTORIKEI: Jayeol wasnt talking to anybody in specific he wanted to congratulate everybody honestly, what a good production, that ghost shark thing looked so real! “Woah you guys were all so impressive, really good really good!” He clapped his hands and did his best to support everybody, such good actors.
OMEGAPSYCHO: "Wow" said Boxer as he watch all the souls fly to heaven, this started to bring make a good memory from Boxer past. He runs away leaving everyone, he was going to cry. he never like his good memories with his Family because of his fathers fall from grace. He soon found a cave and started to cry, he was hurting.
BRIT: Duster changed his weapon back to his coat and pulled it on, walking back towards Hot Pants. "Well, that was... Ah, different." He said, "I don't think I want to have seafood for a while, though. Or maybe we can eat it out of revenge. Not quite sure, yet."
Jacket smiled up at the sky, standing at the edge of the waves. At least, until a large wave came and splashed him out of his cool-looking pose.
Strappon stood up and dusted himself off. "Yes, good work, Angels." He said, "Who knew they were a hivemind? Ah, well. No matter. Our job is done, then."
MLLERMANDA: Being distracted, Gauges decides to spend his time in the tornado doing small flips and creating all fancy tricks that he would never be able to achieve without this wind. Gauges flip around as he lands hard into the sand where a bunch of seashells was at. Dropping his weapon away from the seashells, he lands face first into the shells as he yelps in pain. Kicking the shells out of his way, he looks up, looking for the person who made the last shot towards Shark Ghost. Looking up to hear the Church Bell ring as the rest of the ghosts shrivel up. " My god! This is like totally frickin awesome!" He claps obnoxiously to himself, seeing this made his day better by 100%.
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones groaned loudly as he began to regain conscious rather quickly, he rubbed his head a sharp pain coursing through his head. He didn't recognize his surroundings, nor did he recognize any of the people around him. Who were these people? He knew that he was.. He was.... Earphones? Earphones sounded right but he wasn't sure. Everything felt fuzzy as memories slowly flashed before his eyes but stopped at a certain point, when he was out for a jog. Yeah that's right... He was in heaven, and it was the morning before school. Looking at himself he could tell that it wasn't at all that time anymore. It felt as if he was asleep for years and just woke up. He stood up and looked around. His voice trembled as he asked, "W-Where am I?" Knittens tried to dry his clothes and he watched the familiar explosion. His day wasn't today but he tried. Time to go back home.
EMI: Trenchcoat came out and raised his fist to punch Jacket but stopped himself. Instead he, hesitantly, pat his shoulder. "Good... Good job, I guess." Nice. Soft.
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt collapsed on the sand and sighed a little, she didn't help very much and she felt bad. A normal craf skittered towards her and clapped its claws musically before darting away. She clacked her teeth at it aggressively, yet she didn't move from her spot on the sand
KRO: Shades ran up to Scrunchy and hoisted her up, sitting her on his shoulder, "HOLY SHIT YOU DID IT I'M SO PROUD OF YOU-" It didn't take too long for the both of them to fall, he has weak strength. Timbeeeer.
Hot Pants had disappeared for a bit, probably getting towels out of his car in case the tornado disintegrating caused some rain. He did NOT want to get wet. "That's on you, I 100% do not want any sea food for a month."
"Uh. Thanks?" Shades nervously smiled at Jayeol. it was weird getting praise from someone that wasn't Strap, but he'll take it if it makes the others feel nice. Heavens dropped from...well the Heavens as per usual but with a target in mind. The coins were falling on top of Suspender Skirt and it would have been tragic had it not been for Sukafu's fast reflexes, catching all but on coin from hitting Suspender Jacket's head.
"O-Oh. Oops. I tried, but are you okay?" He asked, picking up the last coin from the sand.
EMI: "Well, what did I say? I told you they could handle this..." Dermal said, suddenly looking a little peeved through his pleasant smile. He made his way over to Strappon and walked past him and stopped. "You've been doing a pretty good job, little Templar. Humans sure are interesting..."
Veil smiled and cheered for everyone before catching up with Dermal. "Wow! Those boys sure are something!" She said in a dreamy voice.
Tee ran up to Scrunchy also and shoved Shades away, wrapping his arms around her in tears. "MY BABY DID IT SHE BEAT THE GHOST LOVE WINS"
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt meeped and looked up "My hero" she passed the single coin back and offered a small smile as she rubbed the spot where the coin hit her
OMEGAPSYCHO: After couple of minutes let his emotions out, Boxer came back to the group. he had a blank face on a look down, he had his hands in pocket. Boxer walk up to everyone with a smile. "HEY EVERYONE FOOD AND DRINKS ARE ON ME TONIGHT!" he smiles at everyone.
BRIT: Strappon tilted his head at Dermal. "Yes, I supposed you're right. We are an interesting lot." He said, "You're less familiar with our kind than Ampallang, I suppose."
Jacket shook his hair off and turned to Trenchcoat with a cute little surprised expression. "Cool, thanks bro!" He said, "You gonna stop fighting next time? I ain't sharin my Heavens!"
"Tee, please." Overshirt sighed, shaking his head, "Scrunchy, I'm really sorry."
SOPHIE: Scrunchy was ecstatic; she couldn't stop laughing-even after she was practically slam dunked into the ground. She was in near tears at this, cackling like a dork- "I-I knOW IM REALLY HAPP-" She grunted, as tee suddenly embraced her. She was snorting she was laughing so much. The fact they were being pelted with coins like they were standing in the splash zone of a casino didn't even bother her. "N-No it's fine!!" She laughed, giving Tee a little kiss on the cheek. /"Thank you for believing in me!~"/
SKRILLSNWUBWUBS: Suspender skirt then rose from her spot in the sand and sighed, she picked up a few sea shells for Onesie who stayed at home sick.
BRIT: In the distance, Shroud tapped his finger impatiently on the rocky ridge he sat on. He sighed behind his mask and looked at Torsolette. "What kind of research is this if they keep killing the ghosts?" He asked her, adjusting his hood. "There don't seam to be any Banshee Threads from these. Weak ghosts are frayed ends."
EMI: Torsolette tapped her heel and leaned her head into her hand. "Doesn't seem so, does it sweety? Talk about a bare thread..." She sighed. "Well, we know at least one thing is going according to plan..."
A cold smile curled onto her lips. She wished she could see the look on his face, honestly. He looked adorable when he was disappointed.
OMEGAPSYCHO: He was getting his punch tingle again. but this time it was a strong tingle. he looked to where Shroud was that's where the tingle was coming from. He still had some fight in him but he might be stronger then him. Boxer shake his fist and gulp.
CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones felt scared and confused, he didn't know where he was and he was scared of the shame he would bring to his family. He looked around and saw a sign saying, "Daten Beach," and realized that he wasn't anywhere near his home. He was in a place he never heard of before. He couldn't comprehend it and he hugged himself. Knittens noticed this and walked up to Headphones answering his question, "You're in Daten, headphones! You know, Earth?" Headphones froze when he heard that. He was on earth? He didn't see his family... Did he fall? He smiled a large grin, he didn't care what sin he had fallen for; he was away from his controlling family. He never felt so free before. He didn't have school, he didn't have work, he could make his own decisions. Headphones bent down to Knittens and introduced himself, "I'm Headphones T-... Just headphones actually. You?" Knittens blinked and gave him a weird look, he was acting as if they had never met. Grabbing his hand he pulled him along as he replied, "I'm taking you to Fasci, you're acting funny." Thus, they were heading home.
(( OOC: The main RP is now over! You may continue RPing if you wish, but don't be surprised if people disappear! Thanks for roleplaying, everyone! Also, don't forget about the ghost contest, and stay tuned for the next one! ))
KRO: "Ah please think nothing of it! It seems these coins like to bully people. If you'll excuse me." Sukafu went up to Shades who at that point was flung away from Scrunchy thanks to Tee. He handed Shades the Heavens to distribute later and crossed his arms. Shades could feel that Sukafu was peeved about being told to not participate in this. "Im sorry, okay-" But Sukafu had walked away, not letting him finish. Oh shit unrest with this couple. Hot Pants had been looking a bit, just maybe and he shook his head slightly.
"I think you may wanna get ready to comfort your brother in case those two get in a disagreement and starts feeling down," he said, tugging at Duster's pant slightly.
Well shit. At this point Gogo had slipped back into the aether, being satisfied in teasing Dermal for the day. Shades went to Strappon and handed over the rewarded coins, "Here, we can figure out the math later for equal distribution."
OMEGAPSYCHO: Boxer grabs his Heaven Coins and starts head home by sneaking into someones car.
MLLERMANDA: "Whoo, well that was fun." He picks himself up from the ground as he whips sand off of his face. He frowns a bit as he looks down, seeing the dumb seashells that hurt his beautiful face. "Stupid shells." He kicks them some more before looking at the ocean with ease. "Hm.." He stays quiet for the moment before taking off his shirt and shorts, wearing his bikini. Holding his clothes together, he gives out a sigh " I'll spend the rest of my day here, floating along the sea." With those words, he goes near the ocean and decides to swim there for the rest of his day.
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The Baby 5
Wynonna
I’m glad Waverly is happy she is in a new place with someone that loves her. Much better than Purgatory and 2000x better than Champ But something was just bothering me, she had Nicole now where did that leave me did I have a place in her life any more? I didn’t have to protect her anymore that was Nicole’s job now.
I jump a little when I feel hands on my shoulders and I look up to see Nicole looking at me with worried eyes.
“The party's over why are you still up drinking whisky as eating wedding cake?” She asks.
“JUst trying to find out where I belong?” I say putting a fork full of cake in my mouth.
“You belong here with us Wynonna you’re family.”
“I don’t know maybe I will just head out.” I say standing
Nicole grabbed my hand and pulled me to her my heart started to hammer in my chest.
“You can’t go you can’t just leave us like we don’t matter you have to stop thinking about yourself and think about those of you around you.” Nicole said holding me to her.
Damn she is strong.
“Wy you can’t just leave you can’t just walk away from me and this family because you cant see whats there.” Waverly said.
“Oh yeah and what’s there.” I say when Nicole let me go.
“Your family Wynonna you can’t Keep running away from that, as much as you think that Waverly is happy and safe with me and she is but she needs you.” Nicole said. Waverly pulled me into a hug and put her face in my neck.
“I need you here Wynonna I can’t take not knowing if your ok. When you’re gone I never know if you’re safe or if you’re ok. You always gave a home with us you don’t have to worry about that.” Waverly said holding on to me like a lifeline.
I slowly wrapped my arms around hugged her back and kissed her head.
We heard Brit give a little grunt then she started to cry and it started to rain. Nicole left the room and came back holding her closely. Brit was rubbing at her ear and I let out a sigh.
“She has an ear infection you need to take her into the ER before it get worst.” I say
Waverly got the same kind of ear infections when she was a baby and they was terrible all crusty and painful the ear drops and the drain ears oh she was horrible when she was a baby.
Nicole came back with a dressed Brit and herself dressed.
“You stay here I will go and call just as soon as they let me know something.” She says to Waverly.
“But….”
“No you stay here you will just get upset when they don’t go fast enough.”Nicole said putting Brit in her seat and covering her up.
She had a warm rice bag wrapped in a cloth propped up on her ear keeping her at a low wine and the rain to a light drizzle.he kissed Waverly then kissed my head and she picked up Brit and her baby bag and went for the door.
Waverly watched from the door as they pulled out the drive and down the street.
“Come on Waves let us sit and watch some late night tv.” I say flopping on the couch and turning on the tv.
She left the room and came back with two beers.
“Was you eating wedding cake?” she asked.
“Yea I fished off the stuffed shells befor I went to bed, Clearly that didn’t fill me up.” I say putting my bare feet up on the table. Waverly laughed and leaned into me as the Princess Bride started to play. We watched two movies before I fell to sleep and I jumped awake when the phone rung.
“Hello?”
I looked around the room and saw the early morning light was coming through the window.
“What did they say?”
I sat up and picked up the two bottles and moved into the kitchen and looked out the back french doors to see a fat cat trying to stay out the sun.I went outside to check it out only to see that it was a pregnant at in labor. I picked her up and moved into the house and went about getting her a box ready with towels lining the bottom and I sat her in ti after giving her some cold water.
I sat at the table watching her as she moved around to get comfortable.
“What are you doing?” Waverly said coming in.
“I saw her out in the back yard she’s in labor.” I say just watching her.
“I take that was Nicole what’s going on?” I asked running my fingers through the matted ginger fur.
“Brit has a double ear infection and she’s dehydrated, they say it’s easy for babies to get dehydrated if we aren't careful . Right now she’s at the pharmacy getting her ear drops and baby tylenol for the fever and pain.” Waverly said
She let out a sigh and moved over to the box on the table.
“Wow she’s going to need a haircut.” Waverly said.
I pulled out scissors and picked her up. I quickly yet gently cut off all her fur and placed her in the box looking like a new kitty.
“What are we going to call her?” Waverly said.
“Were keeping her?”
“Well yes you see how she looked when you brung her in that can’t be someone's pet.
“I guess we can call her Calamity Jane she scouted us out I saw this same cat for a week last week.” I say.
“ hope she doesn’t have 10 kittens.” Waverly said walking over to the fridge.
She started to cook breakfast as I put Jane in the laundry room to do her business and I went to make coffee.
The front door slowly open and Nicole walked in she walked into the kitchen and sat Brit on the table and Waverly abandoned her mixing bowl of pancake mix.
She pulled the cover off her and found a sleeping Brit in her chair.
“They gave her some painkillers and ear drops so she’s going to be out for a little while.” Nicole said with a sigh.
Picked up Brit up and moved to the nursery to put Brit down I could hear Waverly talking to Nicole.
“Do you want to lay down you have been gone since 12?”
“No I’m kinda hungry what are you cooking?” She asked
I was going to make pancakes and fruit bowl with eggs and bacon.” She says.
I come out the room to see the two hugging in the kitchen with Waverly rubbing Nicole’s head.
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Nicole
“Waverly when did we get a cat?” I ask coming in the bedroom from the laundry room.
“Wynonna found her this morning she was in labor how is she doing?”
“She’s fine I guess there are four little monsters in the box with her.” I say laying down.
Waverly moved over and started to rub my back as she read her book.
“That Feels good.” I say into my pillow
“Shhhh close your eyes and go to sleep you’ve been up for 12 hours a little nap isn’t going to hurt.” She says
I close my eyes and let out a sigh.
I fell into a deep sleep having a strange dream about purple rabbits when I woke up I was covered in sweat and burning up.My stomach started to turn as I sat up and my head started to spen. I sat on the end on the side of the bed with my head in my hands trying to get my stomach to stop turning. That didn't work and I quickly stumbled my to the bathroom and emptied it into the toilet.
“Baby you ok?” Waverly said walking into the bathroom.
“No I feel like shit.” I say gagging.
I felt her hand on my head.
“You’re burning up.” She said holding my hair back.
I started to gag more until pulling back and sat on the floor. Waverly went over to the sink and wet a rag in water and came back and running it over my face and mouth.
“Come one let’s get you in the shower and let me change the bed so you can get back in bed.” She said helping me up.
I got in the shower and let her go clean the bed and get me something to wear. When got out i was shivering and I quickly dried off and put on the fresh clothes before going into the room and getting into the bed and pulling the blanket up to my chin.
“I can turn the air down.” Waverly said.
“No Brit has to stay cool and so does The cat.” I said
“Calamity Jane.” she said.
“What?”
Calamity Jane that’s her name.”
I smiled.
“That was my cat’s name when I was a little girl.” I say fixing my pillows.
Waverly gave me some cold medicine and I laided back down once I was done. She turned on the tv and put it on the HBO where there was a Tomb Raider marathon on.
“I’m going to go and make you some homemade soup after I check in on Brit.” she says kissing my head.
I smiled and watched her leave the room before turning my eyes back to the opening credits of the movie.
“I wonder if Waverly will dress up as Lara Croft?” I said out loud
“Oh Officer Haught.” Wynonna said from the doorway with Brit in her arms.
“What are you doing in here with her?” I asked.
“She wanted to see how Mama was doing.” She said walking over to my side of the bed.
Wynonna held her at an angle so I could see her and her eyes flashed gold at me. My eyes flashed back and I smile.
“She has your eyes you know that.” I say to Wynonna.
“So I’m told.” She says smiling and sitting in the chair next to the bed.
She turned Brit so she could see the tv and the three of us watched tv.
“What are you two doing in here?” Waverly said walking in.
“Watching tv don’t worry she didn’t touch her.” Wynonna said
I yawned and gave a grunt.
“Well looks like it’s time to go Mama is about to eat and go to sleep.” Waverly sat the tray down and helped me sit up before putting the tray over my lap and.
I looked at the fresh chicken noodle soup with crackers and gingerale and smiled. I know Waverly hates to handle meat of any kind so for her to cook me this with fresh chicken meant a lot to me.
“Thank you Waverly I know you hate touching raw meat.” I say looking up at her.
“I’d do anything for my family.” She said smiling.
Waverly took Brit from Wynonna.
“It’s time for her ear drops.” she said kissing red hair.
“Wynonna Immigrants will be here tomorrow I know I won’t be on my feet don’t let them scare Waverly.” I say poking at my soup.
“I won't she wants this too much I saw her looking through the book today I know she's worried about passing the tests.” WYnonna said smiling from the door.
She left the room and I started to eat my food, I didn’t finish it all but I ate enough to get full. Waverly came back to find my lying back looking up at the tv.
“You’re an angel how do you manage to get sick?” she asked running her hand through my hair.
“I’m human Waverly I can't die but I still have a human immune system.” I say smiling.
“Well I have dinner with Wynonna then I’m coming to bed the day is over and I have to be up early.” She says
I watched her wall out the room and i pulled the blanket up over my head and fell to sleep. I woke a little when I felt Waverly climb into the bed and put her face in my back. I reached back and wrapped my hand around her hand and fell back to sleep.
I had more dreams about purple rabits and red cats and I started to itch. I sat up in bed and started to growl as I scratch.
“Baby what’s wrong?” Waverly said sitting up.
“I’m itching.” I say.
Waverly reached over and turned on the bedside lamp and looked at my arm.
“Aww babe you have chickenpox.” She said getting up.
“I am 23 years old I don’t get chickenpox.” I say.
“Have you ever had them before?” She asked.
“No.”
“Then you have them.” Waverly says getting the calamine lotion
“Take off you shirt.” Waverly said
She started to dab the bink lotion all over the little red bumps.
“Anywhere else?” She asked
I looked down.
“Nicole?”
“My Vajayjay ok.” I say.
“Oh well let me get you some benadryl for that.” she says going into the bathroom.
I sat on the bed trying not to scratch and I yawned I shouldn’t have sat next to that kid with the chickenpox at the hospital. I told him a number of times not to cough on me but he didn’t listen until I got up and moved to stand over by a wall.
“Here this should help with the itching, Brit can’t come in here anymore until you get better ok.” She says.
“But your interview is tomorrow I need to be there.” I yawned
“It will be fine it's just a home visit.” She says getting back in bed.
“What are you doing you’ll get them too.” I say as Waverly pulled me to lay down.
“I had them Twice and Wynonna three times don’t worry about anything.” She says.
I fell back to sleep only to wake up again with a strange man standing at the foot of the bed.
“Can I help you?” I asked before coughing.
“OH I’m sorry I didn’t mean to wake you, I'm Jake Noman from immigrations Im just doing a little walk through of the house.” He said. “Oh um is there anything I can help you with?”
“Yes you can,How long have you and Mrs Haught been together?”
“7 years 5 dating 2 engaged.” I say reading into Waverly’s thoughts.
“And when did she have Brit Haught?”
“This past August she was born a month early.” I say standing up.
He asked me a few more question and i moved over to the bathroom as he walked out the room.I hated to have my privacy interrupted and hoped this was the last time they had to come here.
I walked in the bathroom to find oatmeal wash setting on the side of the tub with a note saying ‘bathe in this.’
So I went about setting the tub and going to find something fresh to wear. Once I had everything I needed I went and got in the tub.I couldn’t help but think about what Wynonna’s plans was. Was she going to stay? Was she going to go? She had yet to make a commitment to one thing.I know she was hurt at the lost of Doc and Dolls she loved them both in her way but now was the time to start making up her mind.
I know Waverly missed her they hadn’t seen each other in years and the time they did spend together has been clouded by monsters and the undead. I would understand completely if she would want to follow after her once her mandatory year is up.
I let out a sigh.
I don’t think I could live without Waverly for however long she was to be gone.
I scratched my arm.
“Stop scratching you will leave marks.” Waverly said walking over.
“So what he say?” I asked
“He said everything looks good, they will send me a letter in the mail with my mandatory test date.” She said sitting on the floor next to the tub.
“I was thinking that after your mandatory year hear that if you want to follow Wynonna I won't stop you.” I say.
“Where did that come from?” She asked.
“We you two haven't had time together since you was younger and everything with Purgatory didn’t help so maybe you two need some alone sister time.” I say running my hand through the murky water.
“Nicole while I am thankful for your selflessness I don’t plan on going anywhere you’re not. You are my home and yes Wynonna and I haven’t had much time together and she may leave and it will hurt me. But Wynonna has never been the one to stay in one place for too long, even as kids she always had issues with sitting still and would get in so much trouble with daddy about going out when he told us to stay in. I was always the good one even if I’m not……”
“I’m not what?”
“Nothing.”
“Waverly I’m not what?”
Waverly looked down at her hand and for a long moment she didn’t speak.
“I’m not an Earp.”
“Like Hell your not.” I say
“No I’m not I talked to Jeremy after he told us who Brit belonged to. We was waiting in the hospital when He told me, I had him run another test just to be sure and it turns out that I'm not an Earp.”
“But I would have know something this big.” I say.
“Well I guess to him it’s not big enough.” She said standing.
I grabbed her hand.
“Waverly I love you no matter who you are and I’m sure Wynonna does too.” I say looking up at her.
She smiled at me.
“I know And I love you both too.” She says ______________________________________________________________
Waverly
Today was my first day alone in the house Nicole started work and Wynonna was out looking for work after applying for her residence card. Brit and I did a lot of work around the house, Calamity Jane and her four kittens walked around the house making sure to stay out from under my feet.
Every now and then I would stop to pick one up and rub my nose against a fluffy coat before putting it back on the floor. Calamity was laying next to Brit’s chair on the floor as Sesame street played on the Tv. It’s never to early to start Brit on her letters and all that good stuff.
I was folding clothes when there was a knock a the door. I got up and looked out the side window to see Mave standing with a casserole dish.
“Hello Mrs Mave.” I say opening the door.
“Oh honey how many times do I have to say it’s mom to you.” She said as I let her in.
“I’m sorry I’m just use to that.” I say.
“That’s ok that’s a good sign that you was raised with respect for your elders.” she said as we walked into the kitchen.
“I made you a three bean Casserole and some oatmeal cookies with the vegan butter.” She said putting the dishes on the counter.
“Thank you that saves me from having to cook too much.” I say smiling.
“Where is my precious grandbaby?” Mave asked
“Watching a show about the letter A.”I say
“It’s time for her bottle if you want to give it to her.” I say holding out the bottle.
She took the bottle and laughed.
“You know Nicole couldn’t wait for feeding time she was always such a little piggy.” She said picking Brit up.
“She’s still like that where she puts all that food I don’t know but she is one big muscle.”
“Yes she is Nicole was always running around, she would go on these camp trips to Upstate New York when she was younger and they would tell us that there was a few times they had lost her for a whole day because she would run off the path into the woods. But she would always come back happy with the biggest smile.” She said
Those must have been the times she disappeared to come see me Purgatory wasn't that far from upstate New York all you had to do was jump a farry.
“They stopped taking her after a last time and she didn’t seem to mind she would just run around here and I would worry that she would pass out from heat stroke.” Mave said smiling down at Brit.
That must have been when i was wiped from her mind, boy was I glad we met again.
“Baby girl the one place i didn’t want to be is the one place that wants to hire me.” Wynonna says walking in.
“Hello Mave.” She said smiling
“Hello dear how's the job hunting going?” She asked.
“It’s over I didn’t want to but I got a job a a call center for Verizon.” Wynonna said holding up her new badge.
“We look at you part of the working world now how about that.” I say poking her.
Wynonna laughed and wrapped her arm around me and kissed my head, we both looked at Maeve when the sound of a little burp came from her.
“Well looks like someone is good and full and sleepy.” Maeve said looking at Brit
“I’ll take her I want to get out these clothes.” Wynonna said walking over and taking her.
I watched her walk across the room and into Brits room.
“She going to be staying around?” Maeve asked.
“Yeah she is.”
“Good I know a nice young man at my church…..”
“No Wynonna isn’t the type to date guys from anyones church. She she’s not your flowers and chocolate kinda girl.” I say.
“Then what kind is she?”
“She’s you gun toting whiskey drinking doughnut eating party going wild beast of a woman. A church guy is not going to be able to handle her.” I say.
“Oh honey I know a lot of guys finding her one isn’t going to be an issue for me. And if she carries a gun why didn’t she apply at the station with Nicole?” She asked
“Well she had a very bumpy past with the law the only cop she can get along with is Nicole.” I say as Maeve picked up her things.
“ I got ya well I’m off to find a man that can handle a wild beast of a woman like Wynonna.” She said heading for the door.
I watched her leave and went back to folding clothes.
“So I start Friday that gives me time to go to the DMV to get a new tag for the Jeep.” Wynonna says sitting and picking up a shirt to fold.
“Wynonna can I tell you something?” I asked
“Always Baby girl.”
“Well when Jeremy did the DNA test for Brit he came to me after and told me that I wasn't related to you.” I say looking down.
“What do you mean?”
I had him retest our blood to see if he wasn’t wrong and it turns out that I’m not your sister.”
“Bullshit Waverly you are my sister I remember when Mama and Daddy had you when they came home with you. You was this little pink monster.” She said standing up.
I didn’t say anything.
Wynonna walked over to me and lifted my head to look at her.
“Waverly I don’t care what anyone or any test or blood says you are my sister.” She says pulling me into a hug.
We stood like that for a long moment before pulling away.
“I will put this away you go make dinner Nicole should be home soon.” she said
I went into the kitchen and started to make dinner I put the casserole in the fridge and pulled out the ingredients for my Creamy vegan garlic pasta with roasted tomatoes. Nicole loved that, I was was going to have to make a lot more than normal since Nicole was out there training and working up an appetite.
I started to work and move around the kitchen with ease stepping around Jane as she sat watching me.
“Whoa hey Haught what's all that?” I hear Wynonna say.
I walked out the kitchen to see Nicole walk in with a big bag.
“Uniform and some stuff that Waverly asked me to pick up.” she said putting everything down.
“Plus I got my new partner to day her name is Shadow Walker.” Nicole said going back outside to the SUV.
I went to the door and looked out to the State issued SUV as she opened the door and a large dog jumped out the back and went around the back where Nicole was pulling out things. I looked at the dog and sighed I for got that Nicole was part of the K9 unit How was this going to work with the cats and Brit.
“Shadow Walker come.” She said walking to the house she said in a completely different language.
The dog stopped and sniffed me before walking around me then sitting down.
“Nicole how is this going to work with the Cats and Brit?” I asked as she put down the bag of food and the bed.
“She isn’t bothered by cats or other pets babies or people. She’s still a puppy and has weeks of training left before we graduate but she will do good with us. Put she’s not a pet she’s a part or the family and she's here to work. You can pet her but when she is in her vest like she is now she is an officer she knows the difference between the two.” She said as we walked in the house.
“What kind of dog is she?”
“A malinois, she has a good temperament but like any dog you need to respect her. This part is important that she gets to know the family as her pack so she will protect this house and us while we are together.”
Nicole crouched down and took off her vest and let her walk around the house. I went back to cooking when she started to sniff around Jane before moving on.
“How was your day?” Nicole asked hugging me.
“I did a lot of laundry and ran a few errands, I got the letter in the mail telling me my test will be next Tuesday at 1pm. I forgot to ask you mom while she was here but I’ll ask her tomorrow if she can watch Brit while I take my test.”
“First of many, but I hope not you just got your green card.” She
I mixed everything together and and headed to the table as Nicole got the plates. Wynonna got the cups and tea from the fridge. We sat down and started to make our plates.
“So Wynonna how did the call back go?” Nicole asked.
“It went good I got the job and start Friday. I’m not really a call center kind of girl but it pays the bills.” Wynonna says.
“Wynonna I told you while you’re here you don't have to pay for anything just save your money for when or if you want to get a house.” Nicole says.
“I gotcha Haught but do you really think I’m going to sit on money and not do my fare share.”
They both looked at each other.
“Ok this isn’t a pissing contest let's just split everything down the middle and call it even.” I say waving my arms.
“The house is payed off dad built it he’s a contractor Rich and William have there own construction company. All the rest is just small bills.”Nicole said starting to eat again.
There was a rumble outside and Nicole jumped up and ran into Brit’s room before she could cause a down pour.
“Have you two found out how she makes things like this happen?” Wynonna said as she watched it get over cast out the back sliding door.
“No as far as we can tell is she is able to control the weather.”
“Like Storm from Xmen cool.” She says.
Nicole came out the room with Brit and sat down to finish eating.
“The older she gets the more she will be able to control herself.” Nicole said.
Shadow Walker sniffed her head then gave it a little lick and Brit let out what sound to be a laugh. She was six months old now and she was able to control how she reacted to things and that was always a good thing. She was always grumpy when she woke up, just like Nicole.
Brit sat up and Nicole turned her so she could look at Shadow Walker. The puppy cocked her head to the side and gave a soft bark.”
“No, Sit.” Nicole said said.
Shadow Walker sat and sniffed at Brit’s feet.
I have to say that Shadow Walker was cute and she was so gentle with Brit in the short time.
We finished our dinner and started to clean up for the night.
“The sun has gone down some do you want to bring Brits swing out while I run through some drills with Shadow Walker?” Nicole says.
“Yea that sounds like a nice relaxing thing to do.” I say
We all moved out to the cooling back yard and sat down in the chairs I started to read while Wynonna worked on her laptop. I looked up at Nicole and just admired her as she worked she was such a family driven woman and wanted so much for us that I had to wonder if she ever thought about herself. I looked down at the book her birthday was coming up and she was going to be hitting 27 and I wanted to do something for her.
Pulling out my phone I started to text Maeve.
‘Nicole’s birthday is coming up in four weeks how does a greek goddess themed party sounds.’ I texted
‘That sounds like a good idea do you have any idea what you have in mind?’
I looked up at how her muscles flexed as she moved around the yard.
‘She is Artemis and I am her Athena.’
‘Well that is a plan I have to do some research but we can make it happen, Venessa will have to get her to go for fitting for her costume she is better at getting Nicole to do things like that without asking too much. Beth always starts a fight and Andrew can’t keep a secret from his baby sister.’ Maeve asked
‘Ok I will come over Wednesday when she's at work and we can start planning.’ I say smiling.
“What are you smiling about?” Wynonna asked
“I just talked to Maeve about planning Nicole’s birthday party.” I say putting my phone down.
“Ok what are you talking about doing?”
“The Greek Gods.” I say
“That sounds like a good idea but how are you going to get her to dress up?” She asked
“Vanessa is going to do all that, but for right now we are going to start planning Wednesday.” I say.
I looked over at Brit who was smiling at the movements that Nicole was using.
She was little on the small side for six months but she was very much a fast learner, I don't know if it is because she is some kind of spirit but she was happy and healthy and i was happy with that. -________________________________________________________________
Nicole
Work has been a killer the past weeks we have see drug deals gone wrong domestic violence bank robberies and car accidents. Makes me long for the slow days in Purgatory, I have been called in many times in the late hours of the night leaving my girls hat home alone for days.
Yes I said my girls I mean Wynonna too she is just as important to me as Waverly and Brit.
Now I was dragging myself through the front door putting my bag down and and bending down to take off Shadow Walker’s vest and when I stood up and I saw Vanessa standing by the couch.
“What are you doing here?” I asked.
“You have somewhere to be.”
“For what?” I sak
“Don’t worry about it now change out of your uniform so we can go and get this out the way.” Vanessa said pushing me to the room.
I let out a sigh and took a quick shower to get the day’s grime off and went to put on jeans and tshirt.
“No not that this.” Vanessa said handing me a dress bag.
I opened it up and looked at her.
“Nessa I am not leaving out this house half dressed.”
“Come on do it for Waverly she has a surprise for you.” She said
“I better be getting sex for this.” I say taking the things out the bag and started to dress.
“I don’t know what you’re going to get so don't ask me.” Vanessa said as she started to change .
We worked quietly and she moved over to fix my hair.
“Why do you get to wear a sheet like over?”
“Because it is my costume, you're Artemis a Greek mortal.” She says handing me a bow and some arrows.
“Where is Waverly?” I asked
“You mean Athena, she's waiting for you, now come on or we will be late.” She said pulling me up.
We got into the black car that was waiting for us and the first thing Vanessa did was put a blindfold on me.
“Come on is this really needed.” I asked.
“Yes it's needed it's a surprise.” Vanessa said.
The ride was a little on the long side I had nothing better then to think about what Waverly was up to to have me dressed in next to nothing out in public.
“We are here.” The driver called.
“Stay put I’ll help you out.” Vanessa says
After a short wait my door open and she took my hand.
“Come on baby sister put this on.”
She took off my blindfold And pulled my arm through a vest like strap and once I was in she buckled it across my chest and under my chest.
“Wings what the hell Nessa? And Why are we at the Bellagio?” I asked
“Happy early birthday you have to work all weekend so Waverly thought Today would be perfect for your birthday party since you’re off tomorrow.” She said smiling
I forgot all about my 24 birthday, I was so busy making sure that We was all settled in that I didn't think about anything. Time has flown past so quickly that it was like we just moved her Thanksgiving Christmas New Years all of it was just gone.
“Happy early 24 birthday little sister.” She said kissing my head
We went walking into the Hotel and I was pulled into a room.
“Bed so you brothers can carry you to your goddess.” Mama says helping me on the bed.”
I yelped as the bed was lifted into the air and they started to walk the door opened and people started clapping. I was looking around until my eyes landed on Waverly. She is so beautiful in her gold top showing off her flat stomach and her gold flowing dress so see through I could see her legs.
I jumped down and ran over to her and wrapped her up in my arms making people clap and aww.
“I missed you today.” I say
“”I missed you to and I’m sorry I haven’t answered your calls but I have been running around all day trying to get everything done.” Waverly said running her hand up and my chest.
“Where is Brit?” I asked
The sitter has her up stairs in a room I didn’t want to send her back to the house where Shadow Walker is in the house.” She said
I bent to kiss her and we started to move to the music, the night is long but I had a good time. I bad a good time sitting on my throne watching people but the thing that bothered me the most was the looks Luke and Vanessa was giving each other.
“I be back.” I told Waverly and put my drink down.
I got up and and moved across the room to where Vanessa was and grabbed her hand and led her into the hall.
“Ok so what’s going on with you and Luke?” I asked
“What are you talking about.”
“Oh come on Nessa don’t bullshit me, I’m a cop and your sister I can read how guilty you look. Hell you won’t look at me Waves or Wynonna so what’s going on?”
“Ok fine… Luke and I got a divorce and it was finalized the other day. I was really feeling like shit because Luke painted me as this horrible person in the courts and now I have to pay him alimony even when he makes more than me. He told the courts that I wouldn’t give him kids and we long ago learned that I can’t have kids.” She said.
“I’m sorry.” I say
“Anyway I went to the bar feeling sorry of myself and I ran into Wynonna, we went back to the house the only thing I have left and we had sex it was good really good we’ve done it plenty of times and she wants to have a relationship and I do to but she don’t want the family know yet and I’m on the same page. But Luke saw us kissing at dinner a few weeks ago now he’s running around the family telling everyone that He walked in on us while we was still married.”
“What the Hell is that Why mama has been treating Wynonna like shit?”
I saw mom out the corner of my eye.
“Mom Get over here.” I growled.
She walked over.
“What’s wrong sweetheart?”
“You have been treating Wynonna like shit because of something Luke said. Since when have you taken the word of someone over the word of your child. You have always listened to your kids side of the story over that of their spouse?” I asked
“He…..”
“No there is no he said. You have been treating Wynonna like hell for the past weeks because a lie that Luke told you. I want him out of my party and for that matter I want you gone too. I don’t want to speak to you until you can say sorry to Nessa and Wynonna.” I say before walk away.
I went back to the party and sat down next to Waverly.
“Baby what’s wrong you have a frown.” She said
“We will talk about that later.”
I unclipped my wings.
“I’m going to find Wynonna want to come?” I asked.
“No I’m going to check on Brit I will find you when I get back.” Waverly says.
I found Wynonna by the bar and I sat next to her.
“Nessa told me about you two and I’m not mad at you.” I say ordering a glass of whiskey.
I don’t know how the rest of the night went because We swiped 4 bottles of vodka from the bar and headed of to walk the halls of the Hotel. I know we did some talking about what happen at the beginning but as time went on things became a blur for us 400% of polish vodka combined between the two of us should have killed us since Spirytus Delikatesowy wasn’t something you just go out drinking at 100% alcohol.
When I sat up I laided back down covering head.
“Please stop moving.” I heard Wynonna whisper.
I wrapped my arms around my head and tried not to breath to loud.
“I really hope that’s you Haught.” she says softly.
“Yep.” I moaned.
“Where are we?” She asked.
I cracked my eye and looked around I saw One of the kittens make there way up on the bed then closed my eye.
“Home.” I grunt as the kitten started to pur in my face.
“Oh thank god.”
We laid there not moving I finally slowly and went into Wynonna bathroom and started to wash why face with cold water.
“You’re still drunk Haught.”I say to myself.
“So am I.” Wynonna said sitting on the toilet.
“Well it's a good thing I have went already.” I say then turned and stumbled out the bathroom.
I looked down at what I had on some how I gotten into Wynonna’s short and tshirt. I picked up the almost empty bottle.
“A little hair of the dog.” I say taking a gulp.
Wynonna took it from me and did the same before we both left the room.
“I love you.” I said when I saw Waverly standing in the middle of the living room.
“You’re drunk and in trouble both of you. Do you know How many bars I had to go to just to find you. 10 10 bars do you know how much booze and vomit I got on me?”
“Um.” Both Wynonna and I said.
“Nicole you’re a cop for the love of god and you had a gun on you, I don’t to think about what may have happened if you had to pull that gun.” She said with her hands on her hips.
I looked down like I was a kid that just got caught doing something bad.
“You two consumed 400% of alcohol with the for bottles of Polish Vodka you swiped from the bar, and when I found you you was sharing a Bottle of Whiskey. I don’t know how much you have been drinking after you finished the the Vodka. Vanessa stayed up watching you two because we didn’t know if we should take you to the hospital or not.” She said her voice shaking.
I walked up to her and pulled her into a hug.
“I’m sorry Waverly I should have just called off the party after talking to mom and Vanessa. I didn’t mean to put you through that to you it was wrong.” I say.
“What happened?” She asked.
“It’s my doing me and Vanessa have a relationship or had a relationship I don’t know How she’s going to feel about me now. Anyway We want on a date on night and Luke saw us kissing and even though they aren’t together any more he is dead set on making her life hell so he told the family that we was together before they divorced like when I first got her. So now Maeve and the rest of them won't talk to me, and I was feeling bad because all I wanted to do was hug and dance with Nes last night so I was feeling bad for myself and I pulled Nicole into myself pity party.” She said.
“You did no such thing I was mad and I just wanted to be there for you.” I say.
“Ok you two that’s enough of the back and forth. Wynonna I’m mad that you went out and got as fucked up as you did last night but that's not going to change how I feel about you. I don’t Care what Luke told the family or how mom acts she isn’t me and doesn’t make choices for me.” Vanessa said coming out of the kitchen
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Getting Away.
Saturday, early evening.
Charlie and I have been grinding on this idea of starting a business all afternoon. Many of our ideas are pie-in-the-sky. Both of us really like the name HoneyMaker. We even played around with spelling it differently. Honeymaaker. Or, Honeymkr. Charlie likes how the name sounds like Money Maker. To that point I winked at him. “It’s like a think tank, ya’know..”
We figured that we should get a P.O. Box to start. Charlie said he would look into filing the name with the local municipalities, his shaky, near illegible handwriting already taking notes. I was so excited, practically jumping up and down. It’ll be a business of businesses! An amoeba! The sense of how ridiculous all of my ideas were did not register as a reason to stop and think. We would start out, Charlie and I, with glow-in-the-dark menus for restaurants all over the city, we would create retainer style accounts as consultants. Charlie suggested we use Craigslist to find a silk screen person to print the glowing ink on top of the menu lettering. Maybe we could do a special wax treatment to the paper menu’s to make them last longer. We talked about what we should wear as our own personal branding. And, what about an office !?
There’s already much work to be done. I figured for a cheap enough space somewhere that we could set up a telephone. Yes, a land line with a 212 area code, very professional. “What about location?” Asked Charlie. We had to take a bike ride to do some scouting.. Up and down Metropolitan, Manhattan Ave, Greenpoint Ave. We rode for almost two hours hunting for vacant space, for rent signs, etc. Abandoned looking pet stores, laundry spots long since closed up, a couple furniture stores and a bodega which looked like it never recovered from being a crime scene. In the end of our ride we found an old church down in Hill Stuy across from some abandoned brownstones. The facade was basic, no windows, just a door, everything painted brown. Lots of graffiti layered into and on top of the thick skinned brown latex paint. What stood out and caught our attention was the hand painted eye with little lines reaching from the bottom lid above the door and street tags.
“It’s perfect, man.” Said Charlie as he rolled up another spliff. “Yea, we gotta look into how the hell we gonna rent this baby!” I said. “I hope it’s cheap as it looks.” Just then the rumbling of a train below us. The A,C line. Both of us peered into the grate half covered with street garbage and car tire trying to perceive the actual passing train cars. Nothing but rowdy darkness down there.
“We gonna hafta make some more money to start Honey Maker, ya know that, right?” Charlie says to me. This is a bristling truth that I do not like. Time to get my salesman hat to wear for a bit. Now that I think of it, I could also use some salesman shoes as well, cause mine are a little stinky. I resist getting into an argument with Charlie about keeping a regular job. We both know it’s not really worth it. A better way to make money is to work for yourself which takes a different level of effort, that’s all.
Geeked out and beaming, we take off. I explain my plan to go door to door with the glow-in-the-dark menu idea to generate some sales - tonight! No need to wait. Charlie remarked that I must have been touched by Gawd hisself when I was a baby. Our chit-chat was covered in possibilities which kept lifting our spirits.
I could really see it. The newspaper headline: ‘Homeless Guy Launches Million Dollar Biz’. I gripped the crappy ten speed bike handles making the dry rot rubber squirm. My sense of control was present. Being in awe - is how I would best describe the sensation. Who knew how basic it is to simply deign the future you really want? I’ve been so conflicted for years and up to this point I’ve been my own worst enemy in not making things happen. I began to see that I am the only person responsible for how my life goes.
At the next intersection Charlie and I stopped on our bikes in waiting to cross the street. I didn’t realize that Charlie’s front tire was sticking out as it was and that it might pose an issue for the traffic. I told him to pull back a little. Instead, Charlie lurched with a hop onto his pedals to cross quickly. A car was coming at the same time which honked angrily, made a true New York stop - which is more like a pause, before attempting to make the corner while giving me a pointed scowl and middle finger.
Another car - an suv, was approaching fast, perpendicular to our new offended gentleman whose lurching front end was just in time to be struck - K’POW! Charlie could barely swing his face around to witness all this. The on coming car struck and jumped into a twist. The bottom of the vehicle revealed itself to me with aching grace as I was almost struck in the face by one of the tires. I didn’t notice the long bleating horn of the cork-screwing car before it landed openly in the street, on Grand Ave, on it’s top, with a moist crash and embarrassed spray of tempered glass across the pavement.
Some other people saw this happen, a concerted “Whoah!!” came from another street corner. “Holy Shit!”

I stood in shock, right where I was. What a perfect storm! My heart sank into my stomach as I considered that I had just been part of a serious accident. The driver of the pissed off car got out screaming: “You! Hey!”
Other’s from the street corner darkness came out to help what looked like a woman in the flipped suv. Everything seemed to stop and take on a cinematic decent into reality. All the tv shows and movies I’d seen growing up started to flicker by as I fished for a course of action. “This is your fault, pal!” Yelled the angry driver. He had got out and was getting in my face. “Lemme see your ID.”, “Um, I don’t have one.”, “What!? Are you crazy? C’mon.. don’t bullshit me.. show me some information, there’s no way I’m eating this situation on my own tonight. You shitty bike riders are always in the way!! What’s your name?” Demanded this upset fellow.
This is the moment in life we’re all waiting for, the moment where morality and workability clash, where responsibility surges into view like a burning ocean in which to cross on a leaky rowboat. I said nothing at first, I was trying to slow down time, I needed to come to a sensible answer, especially since the police would be here soon. I could already hear the firetrucks loopy whine start up across the neighborhood. More people came out to help the driver of the flipped suv. The woman was saying something… maybe she was ok.
What would I say to the police? I had been partly to cause this insane car accident. My adrenaline was already high, I could feel it. I may get arrested. Who knows. How am I gonna pay for this? I was caught in the headlights of American insurance claims, attorneys and a lawsuit concerning bodily injury. I really don’t know how I’m gonna get through this.
“Let’s wait for the police -“ I say repeatedly. “I need to sit down.” The angry driver blocks me. “No - you can stay right here.”
Fuck,…. fuck, fuck fuck, fuck. Goes my mind. My dream of being some kind of under dog entreprenuer looks like a shredded teddybear on the floor right now, white puff and stitches still swirling in the air by it’s assailant.
Where’s Charlie I wonder.. “Hey, did you see my friend? The other guy on a bike with me?” The angry driver is inspecting his car, the damage is pretty bad. The sound of a police siren begins to howl into range of this scene.
I put my bike down and scan for Charlie. I pick up the bike and walk it across the street without the pissed off guy noticing too much. “They’re gonna arrest you - know that?” Snarled the man. This scared me alright.
This was my chance which seemed like a hollow moment for sure. If I get caught running, everything will be 10 times worse. Fleeing the scene of an accident sounded like a terrible idea, yet, I couldn’t bear to face the circumstances otherwise. I was in trouble alright.
“Charlie!?” I whispered heavily. “Charlie!? Where the hell are you?”
Under the darkness of a tree near the corner I found myself outside the situation. The lights of the police arrived, a firetruck and it’s crew out kneeling down and talking to the woman possibly trapped inside her vehicle. I could hear the voice of the upset man he was barking about some kid on a bike that caused the whole thing to happen. Damn. Guilty until proven innocent!
Ambiguity straddled my mind, my thoughts. They don’t know who you are. It’s their word versus theirs. Etc.
Quickly I jumped on my crappy ten speed and started to ride off. Weightless with adrenaline. A cold reptilian glare watched me as I left, the eyes of guilt burned into the back of my head. This was not one of my proudest moments to date. However, I could not stand by idle and allow the thirsty jaws of predictable American failure chew me up and shit me out of it’s system.
I had to reach down into myself and wield the very same shaky, draconian, logic that feeds the ‘system’ in order to escape certain doom. I’d rather bear the baggage of this one than face the music tonight.
My folly is virtue. We all are beautiful liars when the moment chooses us.
I got away.
Quickly I rode my rusty bike towards the anonymous streets ahead.
Through one neighborhood and then another where I figured it’d be best to dump the wheels. I had gotten far enough away but was still shook by the insanity of what just happened. First, I was almost killed. Second, I was being blamed for the incident by the only other person in the wreck, the only witness. My face was a little numb with all the prospects of how this all ends. Each police car that stood idle street side or looped around any block had my fullest attention. I worked on what I might say in the event they discover me. I kept thinking of Honey Maker to distract myself from looking shady or paranoid.
Later on, I flower stepped back to the Buick under the bqe - like slowly backing out of a thick garden bed on my haunches, careful not to disturb or crush root, branch or leaves.
To my dismay I found that someone had written ‘HA HA’ on the windshield. The layer of grey dust still crumbling off where a finger had recently completed it’s painterly stroke. Charlie?
Climbing into the car, I’m greeted by the familiar dankness of sweaty chinese food containers mixed with ‘Ocean Breeze’ air fresheners I piked up the other day.
Restless. Watching cars pass. Admiring the chainlink fence with tortured razor wire guarding the auto mechanics yard. Next to the garage is a red tour bus and the face of it is ripped open or smashed open, all the way to the second or third seat. Did the bus hit a low hanging bridge? I couldn’t help wondering how many must have died in the bus’s accident. Maybe it was from a couple years ago when I heard one tipped over while speeding in leaving for Boston.

Nobody got hurt tonight, right? Charlie must have gone home. He often disappears without warning.
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MIKEY’S PERSONAL BLOG 42, March 2017
On Monday morning, I went to my Restorative/Yin styled yoga class at Just Be Yoga and Meditation in Beaconsfield. It’s been months since I’ve last been to one of Kelly Wallis’ classes and even though I was feeling sleep deprived and didn’t want to face morning peak-hour traffic, I still pushed myself to go. And it was well worth it. There was about 9 or 10 others in the class today. We all began in a restorative version of bound angle pose, reclining over a bolster and having a blanket wrapped around our ankles. http://www.yogajournal.com/pose/rec...
The first half of the class concentrated on Wind Relieving (Pavanamuktasana) poses which is essentially releasing tension from the toes, feet, legs, knees, hips and lower back with gentle movements. We also did various Yin poses including Cat-Cow pose, Sphinx pose, Pigeon pose and a supported variation of the Splits. We ended the class by doing a Yoga Nidra meditation which I nearly dozed off in since I was so restless from last night. https://www.yogaoutlet.com/guides/h...
On Tuesday morning, I decided to tackling the 1000 Steps Challenge at 1000 Steps, Upper Ferntree Gully. This has been sitting on my goals list for quite some time now and it’s taken me several months to be both mentally and physically prepared. Today I felt like I could smash it. Also known as the The 1000 Steps Kokoda Memorial Track, this trail is a very steep climb up to the One Tree Hill Picnic Ground flanked by beautiful rain forest scenery.
It actually brought me back to my scouting days back in 1998-1999 where I went on various hikes and was much fitter than I am now. I did have several moments where I did struggle and forced myself to rest at the benches and plaques along the way. Thankfully I wasn’t the only one gasping for breath and saturated in sweat. It’s a really tough walk especially if you’re not used to traversing steep, uphill sections and uneven, rocky concrete steps.
I wisely paced myself through it and it felt like such a huge accomplishment making it to the top. It was my version of conquering Mt. Everest. Six to twelves months ago, there’s no way in hell I would have even attempted the 1000 Steps and it shows that I have come a long way in my fitness and well-being journey. It’s a proud moment being able to say “Yeah I did that”. My advice to anyone wanting to do it is don’t rush it, take your time and enjoy it. http://www.dandenongrangespoint.com.au/...
On Thursday morning, I had my second personal training session with Luke Davey at Breakaway Fitness in Narre Warren. I was feeling a little more relaxed this week as I’m slowly opening up to Luke more and more. I also bumped into familiar faces Joel Perryman and Mariel Viray whilst waiting for my session to start. I’m still letting go of my past negative experiences at UFT - CrossFit Fountain Gate and what certain people think of me.
To be honest, it really shouldn’t bother me so much. I’m there for a reason and if someone doesn’t like me, then so be it. For the most part though, I get along fine with almost everyone at UFT. I’m friendly, caring, polite and well-mannered and I think most people there really want me to do well. That’s what I need to keep my focus on. Do the best I can and smashing my fitness training goals. It feels good to be apart of the UFT family again.
Today’s session focused on the hips, glutes and legs. We started with a warm-up game on the rowing machine where my target was to get to 100 in each of the five rounds. Anything above or below 100 I’d have to make up for in burpees (Joy! :P). Next I did some exercises to release tension and strengthen the muscles in my hips and glutes including the cowboy walk. Luke put resistance bands just above my knees and pretty soon I could feel the burn.
Next I did some weighted squats. I haven’t done much weight training besides a handful of Body Pump classes and a couple of deadlifting sessions last year with Nick. So I was going back to basics with it. I had to do 3 rounds with 8 reps each. I ended up squating with 50kg which was much more weight than I thought I could do. It certainly wasn’t easy. The struggle was real, especially during my last round. I was shaking especially coming back up but I got through it and I felt reassured with Luke spotting me.
The final workout was a 10 minute AMRAP including 50 single skips, 15 leg raises and 12 box step ups. The leg raises were hands down the hardest of the three exercises. I could feel pain in my lower back and eventually the fatigue and panting was increasing. I’ve been setting myself low goals because I honestly don’t know what I’m capable of and I’d rather be realistic about it rather than set a huge goal that is clearly unachievable at my current fitness level. Once again, I smashed my goal of 2 rounds and ended up getting through 3.5 rounds. https://www.facebook.com/breakawayf...
On Thursday night, I attended a group meditation class at Just Be Yoga and Meditation in Beaconsfield. We all arranged our yoga mats in a semi-circle formation, radiating outwards. Dell Brown began the class by reading some passages about the link between the mind and the breath as well as explaining what pranayama (prana = life force, ayama = control) is. We then did four different meditations which included:
Deep Abdominal Breathing...Sitting or lying down in comfortable position, place your hands over your lower abdomen. Take a slow deep inhalation right down into the belly and feel your hands rise up and separate as your abdomen expands. Hold for a couple of seconds and then release it. https://www.verywell.com/how-to-bre...
Viloma Pranayama (Step Breathing)... Sitting in a relaxed, cross legged position with your spine straight. First, breathe into your lower abdomen for three seconds, pause. Then breathe into your chest for three seconds, pause. Finally, breathe into your shoulders for three seconds, pause. Then exhale and release the breath slowly for a count of nine seconds. https://www.soulfularogya.com/vilom...
Guided Visualisation...Laying down flat on your back supported by a cushion or pillow under your head and a bolster under your knees. Imagine that you’re standing in a green field on a bright sunny day. In the middle of the field, there is a large tree filled with various kinds of fruit. The fruit contain magical properties. You pick one of the fruits and begin to examine it before taking a bite. You instantly feel a sense of overwhelming joy and bliss. https://psychcentral.com/lib/guided...
Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep)...This is a deep relaxation in which you’ll remain conscious between the dreaming and waking state. It is essentially an in depth body scan which releases tension from individual body parts as well as the whole body together. http://www.yogajournal.com/article/...
On Friday morning, I did an RPM Indoor Cycling class at YMCA Casey ARC in Narre Warren. For some reason, I just wasn’t feeling it today. Part of it could be my lack of sleep and irritability. I got easily annoyed at the conversations the ladies around me were having in the cycle studio. I felt socially excluded even though I was pretty much a stranger there. But I just had to remind myself of the reason why I was there.
The first half of this new release wasn’t exactly my cup of tea. The second track, Flo Rida’s Zillionaire, contains a god-damned awful trumpet section and typically shallow, materialistic lyrics. Thankfully things did improve during the second half and I was slowly finding my rhythm. There were some tough parts that alternated quickly between racing and standing but I managed to push through the burn. I averaged around 30km/h and burned about 450 kcal. https://www.fitnessfirst.com.au/fin...
On Friday afternoon, Mum and I attended the Grand Art Exhibition held at the Edrington Park Retirement Village in Berwick. The arts and crafts styled Edrington Homestead was colossal looking and was surrounded by large oak trees and a tall garden hedge. There was a nice collection of sculptures near the front entrance including some kangaroos, an alpaca and a cow. Inside there was a large collection of paintings, drawings, scratchboards and collages. It was all really impressive and as always inspiring to look at as a fellow artist myself. http://www.artshowsofoz.com/page2
“The disconnect is welling up, and good intentions are not enough. Your words are weary, their hearts are strained, and idle vows find the deepest pains...You’re one of a thousand voices in my head that all just sound the same. If I will make a change, it’s by my words and not my name.” Hands Like Houses - I Am (2016)
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