#The kids who also try to avoid medical care in the middle of patrol: Oh this is who we get it from

[puppetmaster13u]

POV: You're the new night guard and stumbled across the bat cowering

Bruce, a hand against his wound after running/flying across the entire city from his parental figure: IM NOT INJURED I SWEAR I AM COMPLETELY FINE Alfred, with the tranquilizer gun already loaded: Of course sir

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God that stitching idea makes me think of like, what if it's teeth akin to a gharial's? Like thin needle-esque teeth curved akin to medical staples. And I see you're one gun, and raise you he has an entire armory. His body is gnarled enough to have 'holes' of sorts he can store things in. Medical supplies, weapons, guns, more guns... Not to mention the feather cloak and many, many bags. Probably has vials of cures too, some injections lining his belt.

Meat Marionette Thoughts: Alfred

So there was already the thought of Alfred's body being in the Hive far longer than the rest because he doesn't need it for a long time. And I am just rotating him now and thinkin about what type of effect that could have on the body. Now @phoenixcatch7 put out the idea of his outfit being similar to a plague doctor's in his flesh-body, which I am just in love with as an entire concept into my head. But there was another where most would think he has tiny wings because they're well, under a feathered cape. But they are not, like I like to think that all of their wings get larger with age. Like Bruce already has a 50' wingspan as an adult, but Alfred is an elder of sorts, one whose body has been directly in the hive growing and mutating for years at this point. So his wings would be massive.

[worriedvision]

An unexpected gift - Tighnari 

Reader is pregnant, reader is also human - not a hybrid like their boyfriend. How will they deal with it? Gender neutral pronouns, Female bodied reader. If I tag this wrong please tell me. tw: pregnancy tagged as ‘tw: pregnancy’

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At the start of your relationship with Tighnari, one thing you both agreed not to have until you had an established income was having children. It wasn’t so much that he didn’t want children, he simply wanted to have the ability to raise them relatively well - which income would help with. 

You sometimes had conversations about it, you growing more comfortable with the idea of carrying his child, but Tighnari insisted it wasn’t safe - there was limited evidence of a healthy child from a human and hybrid. Yes, it was entirely possible to conceive, however there was no certainty the child would even live. You understood his point of view, the idea that he was genetically different to you, so you decide to stop talking to him about it.

You engaged in sexual activity quite often, neither of you thinking about protection at the time, and at first it was fine. 

Then, you had a feeling you were pregnant. No matter how you try to calm yourself, nothing worked. The nausea, the way you felt exhausted, and on top of that you weren’t able to do your work quite as well. You stole a spare pregnancy test from your boyfriends medical kit, and you are horrified to see a positive result. 

In a last glimpse of hope, you go to a doctor. After being reassured that they would maintain confidentiality unless they deemed you unsafe, they perform tests on you as well. They expected you to be nervous, knowing your relationship with Tighnari, and they mentally prepare you before telling you that yes, you were pregnant. 

Your face falls into your hands, devastation hitting you hard. Tighnari didn’t want to have biological kids with you given the circumstances, yet neither of you were safe with the sex. It was bound to happen, but it hurt when the consequences bore fruit. 

You couldn’t bare to think of how he would react to the news. You knew he was normally so understanding of things, but this wasn’t something he would brush off. Not able to think rationally in this moment, you begin to blow it out of proportion in your mind. You thought of how he would turn his back on you, calling you an idiot before kicking you out of his house - leaving you a single parent, left to pick up the pieces. He wouldn’t think of you in the way he used to, he wouldn’t love you.

So, you grow distant from him. Any time you could, you avoided any conversation with him. Oh, is that a withering zone I see? Is that an injured adventurer? 

Back when your symptoms were mild, Tighnari was worried that you were wanting to have children, and deep down he knew he wanted to start as well. He was fearful of the idea of you breaking things off due to wanting children and him being a stick in the mud with his opinion. 

When you started being sick during patrols, Tighnari grew worried. He  takes care of you when you pass out in the middle of a withering zone, the other forest ranger listing off your symptoms. 

Funny thing is, Tighnari figured out instantly this was you being pregnant. It was a checklist of things he would be going through to check on someone who was going through this, and you were facing them alone. Thinking of the arguments you had, it was no wonder you tried to grow distant from him. He understood that he couldn’t see how you viewed things, knowing your hormones were out of control at this time. Chances were, you were stuck with your own thoughts. It did also explain why a pregnancy test went missing right before you grew distant from him. 

So, he takes good care of you, hoping to talk to you the moment you wake up about your child.

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“Morning, sleepyhead.” Tighnari sings, resting his palm on your cheek. You lean into it, missing your boyfriends affections so much. “Hows the baby?”  He teases, you suddenly pulling away and sitting upright. That, causes you to be sick. Tighnari thankfully had a sick bowl close by, not heaving at all as he has seen and smelled much worse.

“Sorry.” You weep, looking over at Tighnari. “I should have been careful, and I got pregnant. I know it’s dangerous to have a child because of evidence but I wanted to keep the child and I didn’t want to see your reaction when I told you I was pregnant so I kept distant and I miss you so much and I love you and I -”

“Less of that, dear.” Tighnari soothes, grounding you. “I have been thinking about the conversations with pregnancy, and after some deliberation I have come to a conclusion - I would like to try for a child.” He smiles reassuringly, maintaining eye contact with you as if his words weren’t enough.

You can’t even form words, you’re so overwhelmingly happy that you didn’t have to plan out a life without Tighnari. The idea of him being the father and looking after your child alongside you, seeing him teach his child, cooking meals for the family.

Oh, you were looking forward to it.

[imaginetonyandbucky]

The Buy In

Chapter 10: Epilogue

by @dracusfyre

"I feel like you're going to try to sell me a time share," Bucky said, studying the bland conference room Tony had reserved. It looked like probably every other conference room Bucky had ever been, as if they were all ordered out of the same catalogue; beige walls, carpeted floor that had the feeling of being beige while actually having flecks of red and blue in it, and the tables and chairs with wheels on them so they could be moved easily. Tony had even pulled down a screen and to all appearances, was setting up for a powerpoint presentation. 

"It's all about presentation, Mr. Barnes," Tony said. He picked up a clicker and a red dot appeared on Bucky's chest, then started moving around in what Bucky eventually recognized as a heart shape. "Gotta know your audience and what they'll respond to. Too fancy, and they'll be scared off. Not fancy enough, and they'll feel like they're being scammed. A hotel conference room fits neatly inside that middle ground."

"You've put a lot of thought into this," Bucky said. He glanced at the clock, saw that they had a few minute before people were supposed to arrive and dipped his head for a quick kiss. 

"Well, yeah," Tony started, but then there was a knock on the door. Tony opened it to see that part of the security detail started bringing in the refreshments for the meeting, coffee and donuts and croissants and other breakfast-style food that people would probably pick at and leave mostly untouched. "Natasha helped," he continued, poking at the refreshments table and rearranging everything slightly. "She's better at that side of things, the headology, as she calls it."

"I can see that." Bucky watched Tony putter. Looked like Tony was nervous, which was kind of adorable. "So you can't even give me a sneak peak at what you're talking about today?"

Tony shook his head. "For right now, you're a potential investor, not my lover."

"Ok, ok," Bucky said. He realized he was following Tony around as he puttered aimlessly and made himself stop. "So I got to see KT today. Brought him his laptop so he could start catching up on homework."

That made Tony stop rearranging the plates and napkins and turn to Bucky with a smile. "Good! So that mean's he is doing well?" 

"Yep. Should be out of there soon. Any update on Rumlow?"

Tony's smile turned evil. "From what I hear, he's had a run of bad luck lately, such a shame. He lost his service pistol, which, you know, big no no. And did you know someone stole his patrol car, spray painted it, and left something unmentionable smeared on the seats?  Then did the same with his personal car, which was found laying upside down in front of his apartment building?"

With a force of effort Bucky kept his face blank. "Strange."

"Very strange," Tony agreed. "Insurance didn't even pay out, mysteriously enough. Apparently they had dropped his coverage the day before and he hadn't gotten the notice yet."

"Crime in this city is getting really out of hand," Bucky said seriously. "He's lucky it wasn't something worse."

"Oh it will be, give it time."

There was that smug look again that Bucky loved, and he started to sneak another kiss when there was another knock. This time the security guard was escorting people inside, a middle-aged Black couple that looked around cautiously, like they were expecting the conference room to contain something nefarious. Bucky straightened immediately, trying to look professional, and smiled at them as Tony welcomed them inside, calling them by name and offering them a warm handshake. There was a steady stream after that, until the conference room was about half full. 

"Hello everyone, let's get started," Tony said, taking a head count and looking at the clock. "All of you are here because you either were recommended by a friend or a family, or I sent you a personal invitation. Thank you for being willing to join me today for this presentation, and please save your questions for the end. As you all know, my name is Tony Stark, genius billionaire playboy philanthropist, and in this presentation I'm going to ask you for money." Tony grinned as almost everyone laughed. "Then I'm going to tell you what you're going to get for your money, and then I'm going to explain how you're not even going to notice that your money is gone." 

As interested as Bucky was in the presentation, he kept getting distracted by watching Tony effortlessly charm the room, making eye contact with each person and joking just enough to keep people interested without derailing his speech. It was a warmer, more authentic show than what Bucky had seen at the Policeman's Ball and it made Bucky's heart turn over with affection as he watched. KT had been right when he said that the buy-in speech could make you a believer; not just in the astonishing amount of benefits that Tony offered to people who agreed to the buy-in, but because Tony's enthusiasm for the project was contagious. 

"So why do you need our money?" One guy interrupted. "If you've got so much of it?"

"Good question," Tony said. He leaned against one of the tables, putting his hands in his pocket and crossing his legs at the ankle. "Yeah, the majority of the start-up money came from me. Since this organization is technically a nonprofit, I get to write it all off of my taxes, the way rich people often do. But I ask for your money because if I paid for all of it, then it would belong to me, wouldn't it? The whole point of this enterprise is to build ownership and equity in the community. You own the health clinic and the child care centers, the retirement homes and the apartment complexes. Not only does it mean you get to decide what to do with them, but it means that you start having a place at the same table that all of the billionaire developers and well-connected real estate moguls do."

"But the stuff about the taxes and stuff, where we just hand it all to you, that's tax fraud, isn't it? Which is illegal?"

"Well, yes, in a way," Tony said honestly. "You avoid paying taxes the same way rich people avoid paying taxes, by finding loopholes in the tax code and driving semi-trucks through them. But also, I'm the criminal, not you. If we get caught, I'm the big bad con artist that scammed honest folks like you out of your hard earned savings. There will be a class action lawsuit after the criminal proceedings, my lawyer will fight hard but not too hard to defend my assets, then they will eventually get divided up among all my victims in the kind of feel-good, good guys win story that is made for Hallmark TV. In the mean time, my job is to help the community fund the type of social welfare projects that the government should be doing but isn't, by taking from people who don't deserve it and giving it to the people that do. Which the government should also be doing but isn't."  

"So this is like, socialism," a young woman said in accented English. "Instead of paying the government taxes, we give that money to you, and you like, do all this stuff with it."

"Pretty much. Grassroots socialism with a capitalist veneer. I like to think of it as stone soup, from the kid's story."

"But why?"

"Because it's the right thing to do," Tony said, like it was obvious. Bucky hid his smile in his hand and hoped he didn't look too besotted; he'd sat all the way in the back for a reason. "I don't know else to say it. Why should I have so much when others have so little? I give a lot it away, because there really are so many problems that can be solved by throwing money at them, but some can't. Some need systemic change, which means empowering people, which is what I'm trying to do. That's why it's a buy-in, and not a handout." There was still some obvious reluctance among the group, and Tony's smile turned a little sad. "Look, I get it. You are used to people promising a lot and not delivering. And you think this sounds way too good to be true, right?" No one really answered, but the way they kind of avoided Tony's eyes said a lot. "Let me tell you a story.

"So I've been donating regularly to the free clinic on 17th for a while now. A few years ago, there was a kid volunteering there because he wanted to go to medical school. But he was in a shit position - his parents made too much money to qualify for the grants and needs-based scholarships, but not enough to actually afford tuition or even qualify for good student loans. So the doctor in charge of the clinic emailed me and told me to do something useful with all of the blood money I was getting from Stark Industries, and so I did. I paid for his entire education, and he came back and is currently the head physician at the rehab clinic. So if you want there to be a catch, if you need there to be a catch so that you can believe what I'm telling you, then that's the catch - you have to try to give back at least as much as you were given."

There was a long, thoughtful silence after that, and Tony wisely let it sit for a while instead of trying to fill it with words. "You don't have to answer now," he said after a few moments. "The forms that you would need to fill out for the buy-in are right here," he added, tapping a stack of papers next to him. "Take one with you, and think about it. Any last questions?"

"Yeah, I got one," the young woman said. "I heard you stole Jeff Bezos' car, is that true?"

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A/N: If you enjoyed this story, come find me over at @marveltrumpshate​ where I will be participating in auctioning off TWO fanfics! One auction is a fic with art (with @massivespacewren) as WrenFyre and the other is a solo fic as Dracusfyre. All the money goes to a good cause of your choosing, so I hope to see you there!

[rfschatten]

America’s Choice: Human Lives or the Economy?

Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes! ~~~ Leonardo da Vinci

Why would someone blatantly try to stop any type of progress in fighting a deadly virus …the deadliest global pandemic & the worst public health crisis in our lifetime …and do it, at all cost?!?!

Corrupting the public health system by withholding vital information from the scientists at the Center for Disease Control. Why would someone do something like that? What’s the purpose?

All the COVID-19 information and all Hospital Data has been ordered by the White House to be re-routed to the more political “Dept. of Health & Human Services” …run by political cronies, to deceive the public of the real amount of Cases & the number of Deaths.

Why deceive the public with a disinformation campaign that may very likely cause millions of more to get infected and thousands of more deaths?

From the very beginning …with a faux “hoax” which he really did know all about it for at least 3 years …to an obscene national response.

And now, his interest to open everything-up …and against the medical advice of the entire world.

He wants everything to go back the way it was before the Pandemic …he just wants to make-believe, he magically got rid of the Virus.

Why would someone keep medical records and Data Information from the Medical Professionals who are fighting the disease? …and keeping it from the public?

Keeping deaths records from the Public, and in some cases, even from the Family! How a human being becomes a non-identity, just an official number, or a non-existent number that once existed in the records of history.

Where’s the victim’s dignity? Where’s the Family’s dignity? How can anyone be so indecent, not allowing family Closure? …and all, just to stick to his plan to open everything up; schools, shopping centers, restaurants, bars, amusement parks …everything!

Why risk the lives of innocent children?

An example of the cruelty by the leader of this country, look at his true love of schadenfreude, enjoys seeing others hurt, and enjoys seeing people suffer …whether Monetarily, Socially, or especially, Medically.

He tried to “order”(with absolutely no power to do so) Children to go back to school…and taking funds away from schools that defy his orders, which he can’t do either!

31% of the school children in Floridan has come down positive with COVID virus, as of this writing…31% and not counting all the other kids not tested yet!

The dangers of opening schools at this time are now twofold …for both the Teachers & the Students.

1) Keeping the kids safe and teaching them how to stay safe with the probable return of school shootings.

2) And now …add keeping yourself safe from getting infected, while keeping as many kids safe as possible …and watch so many more get infected?

It’s part of a master plan from a stable genius on how to rebuild the economy, make everything else disappear, and get re-elected.

But, he does use his “Pulpit” well…like a strong man. Pressuring red states Governors & Mayors in fear of retribution …open up or else, your political career like Jeff Sessions’ …will be over!

This is the same man who keeps children in cages and let them sleep on the floor!

After a judge ordered …in the middle of this pandemic…for the reunification of the children with their parents, they’re still trying to take them away!

Why? what does he accomplish by having kids locked up in dog cages?

Why does he do it? It’s obvious!…why does he always try to hurt kids?

Especially during a killer pandemic! and knowing that a high percentage of the kids have tested positive! Where're his moral values and any human decency?

At times like this…when people are getting out of prison because of the Pandemic …some, a particular few, are even exonerated for their crimes!

But they still want to keep these kids in dog cages?!?! WHY?

Where are the morals of this administration? Playing politics with children’s lives!! These actions by far, are the most vulgar, disgusting, and immoral thing ever done by this incompetent man!

Dog Cages! It’s amazing! …where’s morality in keeping kids in cages?

Like him or hate him…everyone knows he’s an indecent & immoral man, an inhumane man that has absolutely no remorse, no empathy, and no values in life whatsoever, except for thyself.

Instead of showing leadership and being a calming voice for the people during the rising pandemic (which he constantly boasts as having it “completely under control”) …because his polls are headed way down south of the border…he decided to run down south and apparently run his campaign platform fully supporting 100% his very last bastion of support!

Jim Acosta nailed it; “The only support left are the Kool-Aid drinkers and the next of kin”

In honor of his Dad, he’s going full racist. Gaslighting & Race-baiting his way through Dixie …insinuating certain people have the right to entice others into race confrontations in the streets, with visions of another war for the glory of the “Southern Cross”. Anything to keep the attraction away from Covit-19 and his historically disastrous and embarrassing job ratings!

And now, becoming the Faux “Law & Order” President who’ll patrol the streets to keep the town safe from Antifa, “who just come into towns to loot and rape ‘our’ women”! He also has his eyes on Black Lives Matter as a subversive group and compares them to Anarchists & Terrorist Organizations.

And with all the Protests in the streets…you also have people, risking their lives in the middle of this health crisis for a just cause. The time is now, cause tomorrow might never come!

Now forming goon squads, the president’s own storm troopers to patrol the streets and stop crime? More like, stopping people from their legal right to demonstrate cause it looks bad for the president, but keeping them in the streets to intimidate and show his power to his ignorant base. All one big show to avoid the Virus discussion, and win as the Law & Order candidate.

The problem with a national discourse on Coronavirus, are the People! You have 5 types.

1) Those who obey the rules…wear gloves, face masks, carry sanitizers, use social distancing, and stays at home as much as possible.

2) Those who knowingly risk their lives marching and protesting for their god-given rights.

3) Those who try to obey all the rules but need to financially open up and go back to work.

4) The Young, who think they’re all invincible and nothing will ever hurt them!

5) The Kool-Aid drinkers who believe in their constitutional rights, freedom of speech & expression, and believe they have the right to never ever wear a mask …until it’s their turn on a Ventilator!

With all this going on, the spread of infection has already proven astronomical …especially with indoor rallies.

The number of infections is expected triple or go even higher with all these congregations of people, both inside & outside!

And all this, just adds to the list of those infected or those that died …whether the numbers are real or changed at the White House’s request, depending on who you want to hear and who do you believe & trust!

Meanwhile, the epidemic is skyrocketing out of proportion throughout the Country…most hospitals reaching 100% capacity, some operating at 110% or 120%…even 130% capacity by putting patients in the halls. Some hospitals converting their entire facilities into all Coronavirus patients.

There’s a vital shortage of Nurses and Respiratory Care Practitioners, a shortage of Doctors…the burn-out rate and the suicide rate of Medical Professionals is staggering!

And like the first spikes that began months ago, supplies for Ventilators, masks, and medical supplies …and especially Medicine, throughout the country is at a severe shortage.

Even there’s a wait for Refrigerated Morgue Trucks, as hospital morgues and local Funeral Homes are full to capacity. Some hospitals are renting refrigerated food trucks to store the cadavers …there’s even a shortage on hospitals!

As our totals pass more than 4.1 million people Infected and almost 144,000 Deaths, as more and more people get infected….the rise of infections will reach 100,00/day by September, as Anthony Fauci said it would. It’s 70,000/day now. And don’t forget! the thousands more that would die …now, expected to reach 200,000 …at least!

We’re quickly getting down to that time …where hospitals and Doctors may have to make the “tough choice”. The one in medicine no one ever wants to have to make …who lives? and who dies?

America! If you really want to get back into some type of normal, you really have to listen to medical professionals …stop listening to politicians who have their own agenda …and their agenda, doesn’t include you!

Martin Luther King Jr. said; “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity”.

We’re at that point …we’ve had Institutionalized Racial Ignorance and injustice for over 200 years, and things appear to finally be changing…and changing fast.

It’s also 200 years of institutionalized sheer uneducated inbred ignorance, and all the misunderstandings throughout the years about our multi-cultural society’s myriad of cultural values.

Wake up and open your eyes, America!

Wearing a mask is in respect of others not catching whatever you have …the same reason others wear a mask…to protect you!

Covid-19 attacks your Respiratory System, your Cardiovascular System, your Neurological & Neuromuscular System and now, your Urinary System…oh! and it’s Airborne after all!

You need to follow the directives from the CDC…do not ever for Christ’s sake! follow the directives of the White House. Open your eyes …listen to real Doctors, and real Medical Scientists!

Use a Face Mask, keep your distance, wash your hands as often as possible, and carry your own hand sanitizer.

No matter how much you want to go outside and be yourself, no matter how much you want to hang out with your friends, no matter how much you need getting back to work, and believing it’s really going to be over soon!

The inconvenient truth is this country will not recover economically till the virus is totally under control.

We’re fortunate to live 102 years later …the opportunities and the technology to find a vaccine today is a lot easier than during the Spanish Influenza.

People desperately need to realize that the development of a vaccine, does take time. Patients, my friends …they say hopefully in the first quarter of 2021, others say by the end of 2021, and yet others say at least not until 2022.

Patience and positive thinking…you can’t have one without the other. The Power of Positive Thinking …works!

It took Poliovirus 59 years (1894��1953) before Jonas Salk found the vaccine …hopefully this time around, it won’t be that long.

Everyone in the United States has to make some sacrifices in our way of life if things are ever to return the way we were.

Sacrifices don’t necessarily mean losing your life for the glory of an economy …like Texas Lt Gov. Dan Patrick’s message, along with other GOP officials to seniors citizens; Go out to work and sacrifice yourself for the US economy?!?!

Right now, our Nation is experiencing a continuous genocide by public policy. People that shouldn’t be dying are dying because of the poor preparedness, an even poorer response, and the poorest leadership ever by the US Federal Government!

Our president will sacrifice as many lives as it takes, as many children getting sick from the Virus as it takes, and how many of them die! As long as he can keep making his usual fast buck and kickbacks out of these crises …while he continues his campaign of Fear, Terror, & Division to his thersitical, but increasingly lonelier base.

This is the biggest crisis in the lifetime of more than 99% of the World’s population …it’s not easy to understand a nation that’s never gone through such severe health crises in 102 years…in 1918, between 600–700,000 died, and who knows how many more got infected.

All that, in a much smaller America without the advanced technology, and the discoveries there’s around today in Medical Science. There’s better preparedness, better organizations & coordination. There’s no reason to have that many deaths! …till the fate of 2016, when an autocrat came in to claim his throne.

You can remove him in 103 days or you can keep him for another four years, or longer …but the pandemic, either way, will continue to raise its ugly head, way into the winter …then the cycle starts all over again. Will it go away by the next summer? Show me the vaccine!

This virus affects everybody, it’s 100% bi-partisan, it attacks everyone!

1st, they said it attacks the Elderly only? …then they said also attacks middle age? Now sending kids back to school?

Covid-19 is not just bi-partisan, it’s also blind …it doesn’t distinguish color or age, or males or females? it attacks everybody. From infants, where 85 of them, all under 1-year-old, tested positive for the virus in Corpus Cristi, Texas, and around Nueces County …up to people in their 80s, their 90s, up to 117 years old!

A 117 years old Japanese Lady, known as the Goddess in Japan! She was 17 years old when she survived & lived through the Spanish Influenza Pandemic …to die 102 years later from another Pandemic. Sorry, that’s no way to die after 117 years.

If this Country really wants to get rid of this virus, first, we need real leadership.

A leader that will not lie about the ups and the downs of the virus…be straight with the people and tell the truth.

Meanwhile, as I’ve said before; don’t listen to Politicos…Listen to Doctors!

Don’t inject yourself with disinfectants cause idiots tell you to! Listen to Doctors!

Don’t read Medical Books that you cannot understand, to see if a Malaria drug will work on Coronavirus! Listen to Doctors!

As Mark Twain said; “Be careful about reading Health Books. You may die of a misprint”!

Let’s not have to die, cause an incompetent president is committing mass medical malpractice and genocide by public policy …it really doesn’t have to be that way!

But, only We, the People are the ones that can do something about it!