#also the opposite side of the door should be covered in caution tape because from the other side it looks like an empty door frame

[sufficientlylargen]

A big thank you to whoever put that little railing there. You would not BELIEVE how many times I've seen people trip over the door frames on these things and fall straight into Mictlán. Everyone's like "Well not me, I can walk fine, I'll just not fall into the Aztec underworld" but then they're carrying some hapax or other to another corpus and not watching where they're going, and WHOOP, over the edge they go. And then they have to climb all the way to the ninth level without even a psychopomp, 'cause they're not technically dead, and it's just a huge headache for everyone, and you just know you're not getting that hapax back.

So yeah, that railing could probably be another foot or two taller, but it's way better than a lot of working environments I've seen.

René Magritte (1898 – 1967) , Untitled

[glorifiedgpjfic]

Glorified G - Chapter 46

January 22nd 1992

Over the past few weeks Joanne had had her first few CPT sessions, they seemed to be going well and they helped her to keep the nightmares and flashbacks at bay, she did however still struggle to sleep and the people around her were often victims of her angry outbursts- which Dr Isles had assured her were a side effect of the PTSD. Joanne hadn’t rushed to ask the director to take her out of the field as she was apprehensive about it and she didn’t want to risk losing her job by asking to be moved out of the line of fire, and she certainly didn't want to be sent back to London to go back to Interpol. She hadn’t told Eddie this of course, as far as he knew the wheels were truly in motion for her to be taken out of the field, she felt awful about lying to him but she just couldn’t bring herself to do it, not yet.

Eddie and Jo had spent every free second they had together looking at houses, they’d managed to find three contenders- all were relatively central to both potatohead and the FBI building, meaning that their commute wouldn’t be any longer than it currently was. The house that Jo liked the most had a large gate on the driveway and high walls that she felt would be good considering Pearl Jam were gaining popularity, she’d done a project on celebrity stalkers when she was at university so she was armed with enough evidence to convince Eddie that although it is rare, celebrity stalkers can indeed be violent, for example Mark David Chapman who shot John Lennon in 1980. Having high walls and a gate offered her piece of mind, Eddie hadn’t seemed opposed to it, which was something Jo was grateful for, she didn’t want to have to argue with him on this.

The guilt of hiding the truth from Eddie was starting to get to Jo, so she had asked William to have a meeting with her so she could discuss the prospect of her getting out of the field, she was concerned that this would make her seem weak to her boss and that he might even suggest her transferring out of the office into a full time teaching role, which as much as she loved her teaching experience with John Douglas, she didn’t fancy it full time as she found it rather tedious. She hoped that she would be able to stay exactly where she was just without going out into the field, but she knew that being in the field was a big part of her job description and the only real exception to getting out of being in the field was if you were injured and generally even then that was only a temporary thing. As she took a seat in the director’s office the nerves began to pool in her stomach,

“Good afternoon Agent Taylor, how are you doing?” William asked while making the two of them a cup of coffee,

“I’m doing okay, I’ve been seeing Dr Isles, and I think that it's helping- I’m still struggling to sleep ya know?” William nodded at the young woman in front of him, the truth was he knew exactly how she felt he knew exactly what she’s going through,

“You know, everyone on this team has cases that have stuck with them, mine was one of the first cases I was on-” He paused, a brief look of sorrow graced his features, “There was a serial killer abducting young children, little girls- his type just so happened to look exactly like my daughter, each time we got a report of another girl being taken my mind always assumed it was my baby- it struggled so hard to stay focused on that case. And weeks after we found the guy a part of me still expected him to come back and get my girl, the images of the children he killed stuck with me for years, i used to see Louise’s face ion the faces of those we didn’t save- Dr Isles helped me through that so I know you’re in good hands.” Jo gave him a small smile as he sipped his coffee,

“I uh- I’ve been thinking, is there any chance I can have some time out of the field? I’m not sure how long I’ll need, I just- I’m not as focused as I should be in the field and I’m worried I’m putting everyone at risk.” Jo searched William’s face for a hint as to how he was going to respond, she took a sip of her coffee as he pondered what she was saying for a few moments,

“Do you want to be out permanently?” He asked, Jo shook her head violently,

“No! Just for a little while till I get back on top of things.” He nodded before speaking again,

“Do you mind if I make some calls and see what I can arrange for you?” Jo raised an eyebrow,

“Could I not just consult on cases and do paperwork? I’ve got a stack that will probably take me a while to finish,” The director shook his head,

“Jo, if you do that you’ll be bored out of your mind, I’ll see what I can find you- if there isn’t anything then you can do that.”

“Why are you going out of your way just to make sure I don’t get bored? If you don’t mind me asking, sir.” Jo knew that he didn’t have to find her an alternative to field work, yet for some reason he was making it his duty,

“If I’m honest it’s because you’re one of the best agents I’ve seen in a very long time, and I’d hate for you to leave us when you’re such an asset to this team.” He spoke slowly as though he was pondering the weight of his words, “and I can’t help but feel responsible for what you’re going through, you were right when you said it was me- if I could change it I would believe me-” Jo was quick to silence her boss,

“Sir, I was upset that day and it was all such a shock to me, I promise you I didn’t mean any of what I said- it was out of order for me to say that.” She offered him a small smile as a silent apology,

“I know, but you weren’t out of line I completely understand, and I would’ve been just as upset if I was in your position.”

Jo left William’s office feeling less guilty than when she entered, she was glad he valued her for what she did as much as she loved Eleanor and her colleagues she knew for a fact that her paperwork was always done to the highest standard while they generally rushed to get it done so they could go home, occasionally they asked Joanne to finish for them. She sat at her desk trying to tackle some of the paperwork, but at the same time she didn’t want to start it if she was going to be working on something else for the foreseeable so she decided to sit and stare off into space for a while.

William Webster racked his brain trying to think what he could get Joanne to do, there wasn’t anything in the office that would be a good use of her time, so he decided to give an old friend a call.

After an hour or so of Jo staring into space and trying to busy herself she was summoned into William’s office once again, she took a seat opposite him eagerly waiting for him to tell her what she was going to be doing for the next few weeks or months. He grinned at her as she sat down,

“So, I’ve made some calls, and how would you feel about doing some research for John Douglas? It’s local so you won’t have to move or travel any more than you already do,” Jo nodded before thinking about how she’d felt during the time she had spent teaching alongside Douglas,

“Is it a teaching role?” She questioned and William gave her a smile and shook his head,

“No, I know how dull teaching can be- John is doing some research that I think you might be interested in, I’ve told him you’ll give him a call,” William paused briefly, “He can explain it better than I can.” Joanne gave an awkward smile, she began to ponder what the research could possibly be, was he going to study her and her plethora of trauma?

“I’ll go give him a call now, thank you Sir.”

Eddie was on the phone to Mike discussing a potential song when he heard Jo’s car pull into the driveway, he watched with caution as she seemed to skip to the door - he quickly brought the call to an end, puzzled by his girlfriend’s sudden change in behaviour. He put a pot of coffee on to brew as Jo beamed stating that she had ‘so much’ to tell him, she quickly changed out of her work clothes into some joggers and an old Motley Crue band tee, Eddie handed her a mug of coffee before taking a seat opposite her,

“So? What’s got you in such a good mood?” He asked with a curious smile,

“Well, John Douglas wants me to help him with some of his research! He’s interviewing violent offenders to try and see if they have anything more in common that can be used to help law enforcement when searching for offenders. So, I get to go into prisons and conduct interviews on his behalf, so we can cover more ground between us if that makes sense- I’ll probably be only meeting with a handful of the prisoners, but he wants me to try and build up some sort of rapport with them, ya know? Try and gain their trust and not antagonise them, see if they open up to me. The best bit? I’ll get an acknowledgement when he publishes his findings!” Eddie smiled at Jo’s enthusiasm, it amazed him how she could be so passionate about something that would scare him half to death, he wouldn’t even dream of speaking to one of the monsters that Jo would be interviewing, but that was one big difference between the two of them; Jo tried to see them as more than their crimes, she wanted to understand them, help them. Whereas Eddie saw them as animals, monsters who should be locked up.

Joanne had been briefed by John about how to behave in the prison setting, she knew that they would most likely lie to her about their crimes, and that when they did, rather than calling them out on it in an accusatory manner she should simply state that she’d read the case file, she knew every detail about the case. She knew how vital it was that she’d learnt everything about the cases, so she wouldn’t be shocked or disgusted by anything they told her. He had also informed her that they were more likely to open up if she wasn’t making notes during the interview and that taping the interview could often distract them or prevent that from divulging certain details. She knew all of the theory that would help her for this research, however no amount of studying could prepare her for what she was going to face when she sat down across from serial rapist, Marc O’Leary.

[frangipanidownunder]

Five times someone else witnessed Mulder and Scully being cute together

Pearl: fic

Five times someone else witnessed Mulder and Scully being cute together

1

Pearl is glad that serious young man in the basement office had a partner now. He spent too many nights alone in there, hunched over that messy desk, playing around with slides and photos and stuff. She’s not sure where the redheaded girl sits but she hears her sometimes, telling him off, but in a nice way. Her name still ain’t on the door but he calls her Scully and she’s smart, real smart. Smarter than him in lots of ways. But where she’s all answers, he’s all questions, where’s she’s all caution, he’s all impulse. And sometimes that’s the better way to be. You gotta be curious, be bolder, or you end up cleaning offices for a living.

Tonight, they’re both there. He’s all excited, talking about the Smithsonian and Scully is teasing him. It’s the change in her tone that Pearl notices. Scully, with her suits and sensible heels, she isn’t a teaser; that’s his nature. But being on the receiving end, he likes it. Pearl can tell. In fact, he loves it. She stops cleaning the glass plate on the copier for a bit, just so she can hear more. 

“But Scully, Professor Carvel showed you the data. How can you deny it?” “Mulder, a collection of anecdotes about beast men and women, albeit far more than I had anticipated, is not enough for me. It speaks of a shared cultural mindset, not of scientific proof that these…these creatures exist.” “But don’t you find it exciting that there is a direct correlation between the biota and the prevalence of sightings? Doesn’t that do something for you?” She laughs, Scully does. Full on laughs. In his face. And it’s the best sound Pearl has heard in years. Because it makes him laugh. Fool doesn’t know what he’s even laughing at, but he’s in stitches and they’re both there, opposite side of that desk, giggling like teenagers. “Why is it so funny?” he asks it eventually, but by then Pearl is back to cleaning the glass. Because it is, she thinks. Because it just is.

2

Scully left. She just wasn’t there for a while, and Mulder was back to being sad again. But then she came back and he perked up, smiled a lot more, asked his damn fool questions, and waited for her clever answers. Even though he dismissed them to her face, Pearl knew he collected those bits of her wisdom, her sensibleness, and used them when he needed to. And then she was gone again. Taken this time, poor man was a wreck for weeks until she returned, got better and came back to work. 

They came back from Florida a day or so ago and he’s been in a jolly mood. Keeps talking about Blockheads and Dog-Faced boys. He even put two tickets on her side of the desk. For Silver’s Circus. As though that smart Scully is going to go on a date with him to the circus. What is thinking, that boy? She’s an art gallery girl, a museum girl, one of those arthouse movie evenings girl. Pearl thinks one day she might have to teach that boy how to properly ask this girl out. So that she says yes. The way they look at each other. The way he pined for her when she was missing. That says something.

“Mulder, can I get you something for lunch?” Scully says from the doorway. Pearl nods at her and gets one of Scully’s pretty closed-mouth smiles. She’s shy like that, tucks her chin to her chest before she smiles. Won’t show her teeth. “Sure,” he says, and he misses the smile on account of how he’s got his face in a report.

It’s not ten minutes before Scully is back and Pearl hasn’t finished emptying the bins yet. She’s holding two paper bags in her hand and she has a bolder smile on her lips this time. In fact, if Pearl didn’t know any better, she’d say that girl was up to something. 

Pearl hangs back so she can see through the gap in the door and she gets the pay off straightaway because when Mulder opens his bag without quitting reading his report, he leaps back off his chair with a real girly scream when a bunch of bugs jump out of the bag.

Later, Pearl finds a cricket among the sunflower seed shells and starts laughing.

3

She notices the keychain on the desk and the gaudy wrapping paper. She’s vacuuming the carpet and didn’t hear him come back into the office. “Hey Pearl,” he says. “Mr Mulder,” she replies and switches off the vacuum. “I’ll come back.” “Don’t mind me,” he says and takes a roll of sticky tape from the drawer. He looks up at her. “It’s my partner’s birthday.” He sticks the key chain on the paper and covers it, folds the ends and sticks it all together with a strip of tape he chews off the roll. He looks up at Pearl again. “Is there something the matter?” Boy doesn’t have a clue. “Nothing,” she says and switches the vacuum cleaner on. He leaves. By the time he comes back, she’s almost done. He’s holding a bag and wearing a shit-eater. “This better?” he asks, pulling out a white gift box with a gold ribbon round it. She nods and he grins and he heads out of the office whistling Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday.

4

They don’t talk like they used to. It’s like after that time they got stuck in Antarctica (the watercooler gossip spreads like wildfire where these two are concerned) they just sort of disconnected. He broods a lot, staying late. She often leaves without saying goodbye. Tonight, though, he seems more upbeat. He’s humming. She sees a folded newspaper on his desk. Box scores for baseball. “Pearl,” he says, “what do you think about aliens?” “I think they’d be real stupid to land here.” “Why do you say that?” “Cos people are mean and they’re more than likely to just hurt those creatures from other planets than treat them with respect.” He nods, chews on the end of a pencil. “And what do you think about baseball?” “I don’t care for it that much. If I was gonna get the chance to sit still for as long as it takes to play a game, I’d sooner watch something beautiful.” The pencil clatters to the desk and he leans forward on his elbows. “What’s beautiful to you, Pearl?” Your Miss Scully, she thinks. And if you opened your eyes you’d see it too. Spending all your hours watching men thwack a ball with a stick instead watching that woman, well, there’s not much hope. “I like the night sky, Mr Mulder. The moon and the stars. And if there are alien ships up there, I like them too. There’s nothing more beautiful than the sky.” His sigh is loud but she thinks he’s made some kind of decision. Something important, by the way he snatches his phone and makes a call on his way out. “Scully, meet me at the baseball fields, 7 o’clock…”

5

She’s wearing the same sweater, Pearl thinks, as she pushes the cart past the basement office door. That soft green one. It suits her colouring. She’s also wearing a smile and blushed cheeks and he’s talking in such a soft tone, one she hasn’t heard him use before. They’re sitting opposite each other, a desk between them, but their fingers are touching. Pearl smiles as she unwraps the cord to the vacuum cleaner. “I should go,” Scully says. “I’ll walk with you.” His hand is on her lower back as they turn out of the door, steps perfectly synchronised. Standing at the lift, his hand slides lower and he rests his fingers over the swell of Scully’s backside. Thank the Lord for that, Pearl thinks. She nearly whoops out loud. Maybe she did, because Mulder looks over his shoulder and winks at her. They’re going to be okay, she thinks. Whatever happens, they’re going to be okay.

[sns-tropes]

heart in your hands: ch12

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6,

Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11

chapter summary: All's well that ends well.

pairing: sasuke/naruto (ninja!verse) post-698

rating: Mature

warnings: angst, hurt/comfort

A/N: this is the last chapter!!! If youd like to read the completed fic chapter by chapter you can read it here on ao3 

also i’ll be writing an epilogue one-shot to be paired with this fic!

- jeni

Shikamaru always likes rainy days. He thought up some of his best thoughts while walking around in the rain. Not that he ever did anything with said thoughts. He takes a walk with no umbrella and goes as slow as he pleases. No one’s really out. A few children play in the puddles, and a few shopkeepers come out to cover some of their wares. He smirks at their haste. He thinks more people should enjoy the rain.  

He finds himself in an odd part of town. No one comes here anymore. The Uchiha compound is not the best place to be. Its history makes people uneasy and they avoid it at all costs. Some even say that it’s haunted. Honestly, he doesn’t think that’s too farfetched. But it doesn’t bother him at all. 

So that’s why he is surprised to see someone lingering in the front of the compound’s courtyard, tape broken and boards tossed to the side long ago. There’s a blond head of hair looking sad and drooping from the downpour, the expression on his face is utterly dejected.  

Why Naruto is here, he can only think of a few reasons. A fight with Sasuke seems likely. He approaches without any caution. He doesn’t need caution. If he’s a true friend he’s not worried about things like that.  

Naruto stands in the rain, not paying him any mind. 

“What’s eating you, huh?”  

Naruto flinches and looks over to the side to see him with his hands in his pockets. He doesn’t answer. He doesn’t have any answers.  

“You guys fight?” 

“No.” 

“Someone die?” 

“ No.”   

“Then what?” 

“Sasuke asked me to go with him on a two-year field study.” The words pour out with little thought. He doesn’t know what he’s hoping for. Shikamaru seems to always be lingering around when something like this happens. 

Shikamaru’s brows lift, he’s surprised. The idiot took his advice.  

“What did you say when he asked you?” 

“I didn’t... I didn’t say anything.” 

Ah, so two idiots then. Shikamaru puts the open-ended advice together in his head fairly quickly. 

“Naruto.” He says sharply, almost scolding him. “What do you  want to do?” 

“What?” Naruto asks loudly. 

“What do you  want?  Not what Sakura, or Kakashi, or Sasuke, or what anyone else wants. What do  you want?” 

Naruto blinks, trying to collect his mess of thoughts over the roar of the heavy rainfall. He looks past Shikamaru at the broken tape of the compound. He stares at the worn kanji of the long-abandoned dojo, then flickering over to the broken boards of the eerily barren engawa of Sasuke’s childhood home. 

A memory flickers back to him of when he held onto Sasuke on the bloodstained floorboards and hoisted him up on shaky legs to bring him home. He remembers when things weren’t so clean cut. He remembers when they all wanted to be rid of Sasuke; to capture and assassinate him. He remembers the clench of his heart and shortness of his breath when he found out such a thing. He couldn’t tell what those feelings were back then. He couldn’t place the need or desperation he was feeling as he would collapse under the weight of his own anxiety.  

They didn’t know love. They didn’t know what is was or when it was happening. Sasuke knew pain and hate and loss. Naruto knew fear and death and longing.  

He left without a word. He left Sasuke alone and confused with no answer.  

“Naruto.” Shikamaru snaps him out it. He gives him his full attention. “Now is your chance.” 

“What?” He croaks out thickly, still reeling from his thoughts.  

Shikamaru juts his head past Naruto in the opposite direction, prompting Naruto to swiftly turn his head to look.  

Sasuke is there. Not even ten feet away staring ahead in shock. Naruto assumes he came here to think. Perhaps he didn’t expect the same of Naruto. Shikamaru is walking away now, clearly knowing his presence isn't needed any longer. 

Sasuke approaches tentatively, looking hurt and confused. Naruto wants to erase it. He wishes he could go back and make it right. Because he’s not sure if what he says now even matters. He could take Sasuke hurting him. He’s taken it time after time. But the one thing he’ll never be able to live with, is if he ever hurt Sasuke. He can’t bear that. 

It was too sudden of a question. And he hasn’t been stable enough as of late to weigh his options rationally. But seeing Sasuke’s expression like this, it makes him wonder why he hesitated. 

He supposes it was fear. Fear of disappointing those around him. Which is why Shikamaru’s words seemed to weigh so heavy. Because it shouldn’t be about what anyone else expects of him anymore. Just like he told Sasuke before. You don’t have to prove anything to anyone. Neither of them have to prove anything.  

“N-Naruto. I’m sorry.” Sasuke says shakily, standing a few steps back as if he were afraid to draw any closer. 

He’s sorry? Why is he sorry? Naruto doesn’t understand. His brow furrows in confusion as Sasuke’s head hangs low, hair falling over his eyes. 

“That wasn’t fair” Sasuke’s fists are clenched at his sides. “I shouldn’t have asked. I’m sorry, it wasn’t fair of me.” It sounds like he’s crying. 

“Sasuke- no it’s-”  

“I understand.” He chokes out. Naruto’s heart hurts. He doesn’t want to see him like this. “Sakura told me it was too  rash  , and I asked her to stay so I could ask you. She was right, it’s not  fair  of me.” He practically sobs through his shouting. “I’m such a fucking  idiot.”  

Naruto is suddenly very angry at this. Shikamaru’s words come into perspective much more than before. Seeing Sasuke like this, so very unlike himself, he can’t stand it. He doesn’t need anyone interfering on this level. Not about things that are just between the two of them. 

“I don’t care what Sakura says.” Naruto says with finality, taking a step forward. 

“But you-” 

“Sakura can’t make decisions for me.” 

“I understand if you don’t-” 

Naruto reaches forward for Sasuke’s arm and yanks him close, effectively cutting off whatever he was about to say. 

“I’m going.” He says with his face craned into Sasuke’s neck. 

“W-What?” 

“I’m going with you.” 

Sasuke backs away, staring at him in slight confusion. It’s almost like he was trying to figure out if we were being truthful or not. Naruto would never lie about something like this. 

“I’m going with you. I want to.” And before Sasuke can make up some awful doubt in his head, Naruto is kissing him fully and openly, not giving him a moment to even argue.  

It seems Sasuke can’t help but return it, despite his recent doubts. He Pushes forward, falling into Naruto, effectively pushing them both down onto the cobble stone into a puddle.  

Sasuke has landed right on top of him, and he’s thankful that no one is around because he can’t be bothered to get up at the moment. He can’t be bothered to do anything but kiss him again.  

“You’ll go? You really want to?” Sasuke asks again, biting his lip. A very unfamiliar expression for him. “You ran.”  

“Yes. I really want to.” Naruto says softly. The rain slows from a heavy downpour to a light sprinkle and he smiles at Sasuke, pulling him back to his chest. “I ran because I was afraid. Afraid because I would always say yes to you, and I'm always worried about who I would disappoint.” 

“What changed?” 

“I only care about not disappointing you.” 

He feels Sasuke’s shoulder shake a little bit and he wonders if he really is going to cry.  

“Things aren’t going back to how they were. It’s too late now,” Naruto laughs softly. “I go where you go.” 

Sasuke thinks this is the only time he’s ever been so elated to hear something like that. He bets he looks really stupid right about now.  

“Don’t cry.” Naruto mentions. 

“I’m not.” Sasuke says with a slight tremor.  

“It looks like you are.” 

“I’ll kill you.” 

“I’ve heard that before.” Naruto smiles slightly and plants another soft kiss on his lips, more at ease every time he does it.

He wants to go with him. For the first time in a very long while, he feels like all he has is time. And he can’t think of anyone else he would want to spend it with. If that time is spent studying some use less thing for two years, as long as he gets to be with Sasuke, it doesn’t matter.  

The rain has stopped and Naruto holds Sasuke’s jaw in his hand softly, staring into his eyes that are slightly bloodshot. Naruto doesn’t think he’s ever seen him look so small. He’ll fix it. He’ll fix everything. 

God, he wants to tell him. He wants to tell him so badly. But that’s not what he says. 

“Let’s go home.” 

Sasuke nods in agreement. 

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Surprisingly Sakura is still there, sitting at the table looking beyond stressed out. They come back through the door soaking wet and a lot calmer than when they left. 

She eyes them curiously and stands up from her chair at the kitchen table.  

“Sakura,” Naruto says, “Can you get another copy of all that paperwork for me?” 

Sakura looks from side to side and then at the paperwork on the table. She looks weary, even stressed. 

“Naruto... Are you sure about this?” And she side-eyes Sasuke for a moment as if he did something to trick him into this.  

“I've never been more sure about anything in my entire life.” 

“It didn’t look that way.” 

Sasuke flinches visibly. Naruto can tell that she’s continuing to instill some kind of doubt or fear in him.  

“Sakura.” He says her name sternly. She stops talking for a moment. “I’ll write to you. But I'm going. You can’t stop me.” 

She’s quiet as she gathers the papers on the table. He feels slight guilt. She doesn’t want to lose her teammates again. But she’s tough. And it’s not forever.  

“It’s not forever, Sakura.” Naruto tacks on for the sake of being comforting. 

“I know that.” She sighs tiredly. “Don’t kill each other up in those mountains.” 

She leaves after reminding Sasuke when to drop by her office for the rest of the paperwork. 

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They get cleared after only one week. The paperwork is all done and they’ve both packed a bag. Sasuke pulls on a flak jacket that Kakashi had given him, and he easily slides it on due to the fact that he’s actually wearing his prosthetic.  

Naruto dresses just as quickly and catches Sasuke staring at him from across the room.  

“Are you sure about this, Naruto?” Sasuke asks him attentively. 

“Of course I am.” Naruto says with a bright smile. He means it. 

Sasuke smirks in return.  

Naruto turns around to look at his apartment -  their apartment one last time. He knows that it will just collect dust for the next two years. The thought is almost more comforting than it is troublesome.  

He shuts the light, locks the door, and they make for the gates.

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Kakashi, and Sakura see them off. Naruto kind of wishes that Shikamaru were here as well. He didn’t get to properly say goodbye. And judging by Sasuke’s wandering eyes, it seems he was expecting him too.  

It’s pleasant’ Sakura’s mood seems to be better, her attitude about the whole thing changed drastically. Maybe Kakashi talked some sense into her.  

“There’s a minka up in the mountains where you’ll be staying. It's not too far from the village. It’s the only one with a red shoji. You can’t miss it.” 

They both nod, making a mental note.  

Kakashi holds out two journals in each hand, the pages blank. They must have a few hundred pages each. “Naruto,” Kakashi warns as they take the journals. “Please mind your handwriting.” 

“Huh?” He says dumbly. 

Sasuke looks at him with slight humor. “Your handwriting sucks Naruto, make sure he can read your notes.” 

“It does  not.”  

“It does.” Sakura agrees. 

He sighs in defeat, promising to practice his handwriting. After all, he’s got time. 

Just as they’re about to leave, Sasuke grabs Naruto arm to halt him. Naruto turns around and sure enough, There is Shikamaru running up briskly. 

He walks right up to Sasuke and smiles with a breathy laugh He hold out apack of cigarettes. 

Sasuke laughs with him and takes in gently from his hand. 

“Thanks.” He says quietly. 

“I wanted to tell you guys. Uh- Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do while your out there.” 

“That’s fantastic advice Shikamaru,” Naruto says sarcastically. 

Shikamaru laughs openly again. 

“Come back in one piece, yeah?” 

“No promises.” Sasuke says casually 

“You pessimistic fucker.”  

“It’s part of his charm.” Naruto says lightheartedly. 

After a beat of silence, Naruto waves goodbye to Kakashi and Sakura one last time. Shikamaru smiles at the both of them one last time. 

They won’t be back for two years. They’re out of earshot now. 

“Ready?” Naruto asks Sasuke, just because. 

“Ready.” He says back. 

They take their first step past the gates. 

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Guess What? I’m Not a Robot RC Ch5

Word Count:2,394

Chapter Warnings:anxiety, tasers

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12.03PM Wednesday 10th

It took longer, way longer than Megan was happier with, but they were finally ready to go.

Alex had whipped around the other supporters they had and a few had agreed to protest in Capitol Park. Lucas had his phone charged and had tried to download the app for the traffic cams, but had come up with an error.

“Cell phone’s just gone down, wifi and signal,” he groaned. “It won’t be long until we have no internet connection at all.”

Julia had come through there, having found a bunch of old hand held radios in her house. They had spent most of their time trying to find working batteries for them all. Finally, everyone had a working one, they all had working flashlights (also from Julia) and something to defend themselves with.

Alex and Julia’s households were anti gun, which was the first time either of them had cursed it. So instead rolling pins, kitchen knives and a single taser served as their weapons. Ivy, Oscar and Julia went without, trusting either their skills or their size to hold their own.

Megan was more than slightly horrified that she had the taser, but caved to the argument that she was the most vulnerable, and the most likely to be able to sneak up on someone.

They had all been decked out with peaked caps and beanies, and as many layers on their upper body as they could get away with. Megan’s skinny frame was padded out to over twice her size and Oscar looked like a giant. They didn’t have any bullet proof vests, so this would have to do.

Alex adjusted their extra padding and looked around. Their eyes flicked over to Allison, who stared back coldly. Alex and Julia had explained the breakdown, more or less, but Allison clearly hadn’t forgiven them yet.

“Alright,” Allison put herself in charge of the pep talk. “This is probably the most insane thing we’ve ever done, but we’ve got a convoy to interrupt and a bare minimum of two androids to save. We’re going to have to be clever, we’re going to have to be sneaky,” she then took a deep breath and looked around the rag tag group. “This might not work. This might fail horribly. We’re only human, but we’ve got to try.”

Oscar slowly put his hand up.

“What?” Allison asked.

“That wasn’t a good pep talk,” Oscar said what they were all thinking.

“At least I think we’re going to be successful!”

“Really?” Ivy asked. “I didn’t get that impression at all.”

Alex took a deep breath. “Let’s kick the army’s ass and rescue the androids!”

“That’s more like it!” Nathan crowed. “Let’s do it!”

3.23PM Wednesday 10th

All enthusiasm had died half an hour into the walk. The weather had improved, the sun was out and the wind dropped, but it was still somehow colder. Even worse the multiple layers were baking them at the same time.

The rolling pin and taser weighed heavily in Megan’s various pockets, and felt wholly inadequate. A rolling pin and a taser against fully armed and armoured soldiers. They were doomed.

Also, three hours, anything could have happened in three hours. Paul could already be-

No. Now’s not the time for worrying. Do now, worry later.

Alex walked over to Megan, bundled up in black like the rest of them.

“You okay?” they asked, and it took Megan a few seconds to answer.

“No.”

“Me neither,” Alex admitted. “Do,” they swallowed and lowered their voice so the others wouldn’t hear. “Do you really think we’ll find them? Paul and Ella?”

“Why are asking me?” Megan hissed.

“Because you’re in the same boat. What do you reckon?”

“I-I don’t know,” Megan admitted. “I want, I want to find them in one piece and save them, but I know it might not happen.”

Alex took a deep breath through their nose and nodded. “Yeah. We might not find them,” the words were awkward, like they didn’t know what they were saying. “But, we will. We have to.”

Megan stepped away and Alex drifted off to the others, who still hadn’t quite forgiven them. Alex had apologised, but had not explained what had caused their flip flop in priorities.

“Guys,” Oscar suddenly said, voice echoing along the empty road they were walking along. “We’re here.”

The group split up to cover opposite sides of the road and proceeded to move with more caution. They crested over a ridge and Megan felt her jaw drop.

A line of vans stretched for miles, all the way to near horizon, where the vague outline of what could only be the Recycling Centre stood. The vans were single file for now, but further down they seemed to go into two lines, only to merge into one line at the end.

Or at least, that’s what Lucas, the one with the binoculars, claimed.

“Can you see Paul’s truck? Over,” Megan asked over the radio.

“Paul’s in one of two trucks, and I can’t see licence plates with these binoculars. Over.”

“Anything else we need to know? Over,” Alex asked, as they were on Megan’s side.

“Looks like the military are patrolling the road edge further down. Seems like we have two options; circle around as much as we can and approach from behind, or go through the road. Over.”

“We’ll be spotted if go through the road,” Allison was quick to argue, but Julia jumped in before she could say ‘Over’.

“It looks like there are guard towers. We’ll be spotted either way. Over.”

“Why don’t we just take the truck?” Nathan asked. “I mean, they’re bulletproof right? This one’s right at the back of the queue, I can’t hear anymore coming. We take one truck and drive straight through the fence and take over from the inside. Over.”

“All of these ideas are insane. Over,” Allison groaned.

“Do you have any better ideas? Over,” Alex asked, and the responding sigh could be heard from Megan’s side of the road.

“How about we take a truck and go from there? Over,” Oscar suggested.

“You want to play this by ear? Over,” Ivy sounded incredulous. “We’ll get killed doing that!”

“We’ll have to play it by ear no matter what we do,” Julia argued. “We can’t predict everything. I agree with Oscar. Over.”

“Same, over,” Maggie agreed.

“Who else thinks we should go by Coubertin’s plan? Over,” Allison asked.

Megan, Nathan, Lucas all gave an affirmative and Alex jumped in.

“Good, now that’s decided, let’s bust this truck. Over.”

Allison tried to protest, but was ultimately drowned out.

“Megan, you’re the smallest,” Julia suggested, and Megan braced herself. “Can you get a look at the driver’s cab? Over.”

Megan felt nerves grip her. No, she couldn’t. She’ll get spotted, shot, ruin everything somehow. There was no way-

“Yeah, okay. Over,” the affirmative was out of her mouth without realising, and she couldn’t take it back.

“You sure?” Alex asked without the radios. “Lucas and I aren’t that much bigger.”

“It’s okay,” it wasn’t, but Megan didn’t want to waste any more time. “I’ll be quick.”

Megan dropped her backpack by Alex’s feet before pressed herself against the hedge. She prowled as best she could along the road. Her heart pounded in her throat, and once she got close enough to the truck she darted behind it.

She stood there for a few seconds, catching her breath and trying to calm her nerves. She couldn’t pick at her sleeves with gloves on and found herself fidgeting with her fingers instead.

Taking a deep breath she somewhat settled her nerves as best she could and crept around the side of the van at a crouch. Once at the driver’s window she carefully peeked up through the window.

A bored soldier sat on the passenger side, the driving put on automatic. The soldier had their helmet off and on the passenger seat next them while they read the news on their tablet, only occasionally glancing up through the windscreen.

Megan made her way back equally as nervously, and didn’t relax until she was on the other side of the hedge with her half of the AA and re-shouldering her backpack.

“One soldier,” she panted over the radio. “Not alert, passenger side. Over.”

“What do you mean by not alert? Over,” Allison asked.

“Helmet off, reading the news. Over.”

“Okay,” Alex took over. “Nervous Incarnate, you go and distract him by knocking on the driver’s side. Coubertin can open the passenger side and drag them out. Captain Hardass, you still have the duct tape? Over.”

“Yes, over.”

“You tape them up, get the keys, we get the androids out of the van and see what happens. Over.”

“And, we should just go along with that?” Allison asked snidely.

“Do you have any better ideas? Over.”

There was no response from Allison, and Oscar turned to Megan. “Shall we?”

Megan nodded quickly and crept back towards the van, taking the same path as before. Oscar took position on the other side of the van and after a minute or so, Julia appeared, wielding duct tape.

Megan crept back towards the door, and realised that everyone was waiting on her signal.

She raised her knuckles to the door and made to rap, but stopped. Why did she stop?

Her breathing was loud in her ears, her heart rate thundered and snakes were mating in her belly. Yeah, that was why.

She considered using the rolling pin, but balked at the last minute. It might attract other drivers.

The first time she lightly tapped on the door, and got angry at herself for such a light knock. Even with the quiet electric engine idling there was no way they heard that. She poured her anger into the next one, almost banging on the door.

Alarmed at how the violent the reaction might be she darted back to hide behind the van. She heard the door unlock, and then it all happened quickly.

The passenger door was flung open and there was a brief cry of alarm as Oscar grabbed them. Megan couldn’t bring herself to look, but the sounds of struggle didn’t fade.

She suddenly heard frantic footsteps heading her way and panicked, scrambling for her taser and rolling pin, one in each hand.

The solider appeared from around the side of the van, and Megan lashed out with her best baseball swing with the rolling pin. It bounced off the body armour and sent a judder of pain up Megan’s arm, but it got their attention.

Megan backed up against the truck doors as they turned to look at her, expression turning ugly. Somehow her hands felt slick and she had a hard time gripping the taser, even with gloves on.

The soldier reached for something, but Oscar came barrelling around the truck and tackled to them to the ground. He clapped a hand around the soldier’s mouth and cried at Megan.

“Tase him!”

Megan fumbled with the weapon in thick gloves and discharged it almost accidentally. By some miracle it hit home and the soldier shuddered under Oscar, volts of electricity coursing through them.

A garbled screech tried to get past Oscar’s hand, but they collapsed before it got too loud.

Julia appeared once they were down, and started helping Oscar tape them up. Julia threw Megan the keys, who caught them with shaking hands.

Never again, she never wanted to do that again!

Megan turned to open the van. Her hands shook so much she dropped the keys twice before she even got them in the lock.

It took another few tries but she got the doors open.

She had to pull them to open properly, and saw almost exactly the same thing as she did in the police parking lot. Androids, packed in like sardines. Not all of them in uniform, but all staring forward.

Megan stepped back and found her words sticking in her throat, so Julia came to rescue.

“Everybody out!” she called in a calm, not overly carrying way. It worked and the androids trooped out in rhythm. Once there was space Oscar threw the solider in the back, barely fazing the androids.

Julia went to address the androids again and Megan reached for her radio. Her hands were still trembling, but she felt more in control.

“Van secured. Captain Hardass is talking to the androids. Over.”

“Nicely done,” the smirk was clear in Ivy’s voice. “We’re on our way. Over.”

Megan turned her attention back to the androids and Julia. Some of them were jogging past her into the city, but a large chunk of them had remained.

Oscar leaned out of the back of the truck and frowned at the group of androids.

“Not to be rude, but why are they still here?” he asked Julia, but one of the androids answered.

“Because we want to be.”

A male android stepped forward, Asian and with a muscular build, he eyed the three of them warily as his LED spun yellow.

“Sorry, why would you want to hang around here?” Julia asked, “And for goodness sake get over here! What if the guy in front looks in their mirrors?”

The androids moved to stand behind the van, but the one who spoke still looked warily at the humans. They jumped about a foot in the air when the rest of Android Allies appeared over the crest.

“Easy,” Julia was quick to pacify. “They’re with us.”

The male android fixed her with a hard glare. “I don’t even trust you.”

“Aaand who’s this?” Allison asked. Alex glared at Allison before looking at the android.

“Sorry about her,” Alex interrupted, ignoring Allison’s glare. “What’s your name?”

“Callum,” the android responded. “None of the others are deviant, but they seem to follow me.”

“Good to meet you Callum,” Alex beamed. “We’re going to blow this joint, whaddya say?”

“That wasn’t the plan!” Allison hissed.

“The plan was to get a truck and play it by ear,” Alex responded. “We’re also looking for two androids, an AX400 called Ella and a red haired PL600 called Paul.”

Callum went into thought.

“Not seen them. I can send word out,” he offered.

“Please do,” Megan jumped in, trying not to let desperation lace her voice.

Callum’s LED spun yellow and he closed his eyes.

As I go through this I realise that Alex is the most like my usual protagonists. If I hadn't wanted a change in pace writing Megan's POV Alex would have been the main character. For those who are curious, Callum's model is in the game, he is an HR400, or a male Traci.

Other Options Flowchart

(Megan) Comment on the pep talk- Compliment Allison. Agree with Oscar (would affect relationship)

(Megan) Say you're okay. Say nothing. Shrug.

(Megan) Be unwaveringly optimistic. Be pessimistic.

(Megan) Decline going to check the truck. (Allison would do it instead)

(Megan) QTEs on the knock. Can do it loud the first time(Megan) QTEs for the rolling pin and the taser. If the rolling pin fails it's not so bad as the soldier would notice her anyway. If the taser fails the soldier would escape and punch Megan before Oscar could restrain them again and they could be dazed. If rolling pin hit and taser failed Megan would have a black eye for the rest of the game. If rolling pin didn't work the solider would attempt to restrain. Rolling pin fails but taser hits, nothing changes.

(Megan) QTEs for the keys, fairly complicated ones to not drop them

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Remembered this bit of advice somewhere here and was in the middle of telling people about it when I decided to double-check it to make sure I had it right, and glad I did!

The helplessness many homeowners feel during the approach of a destructive storm contributes to the belief of a number of hurricane falsities. While people can get themselves and their loved ones out of the way of a hurricane about to make landfall, they cannot move their homes and so have to abandon them to the ravages of nature.

Homeowners in hurricane areas do try to shield their property from weather-caused damage, but many of the popularly-believed defenses they resort to are ineffective, and one can contribute to far greater degrees of wreckage being visited upon their domiciles.

That latter tidbit of misinformation asserts that to relieve pressure from building up within the house during a hurricane and causing the building’s roof to blow off, one should leave a few windows either fully open or slightly cracked. But the opposite is true: windows should be tightly shut to prevent any of the wind from entering the home. What does enter will seek to exit, in the process blowing out a roof or ceiling, collapsing a gable end or a garage door. Wherever the home’s weak point is, such rogue winds will find it and assault it.

The notion of keeping some windows slightly cracked open during hurricanes crossed over from what was at one time touted as an effective defense against tornadoes but which has since been discredited. In the wake of devastating twisters, it would sometimes appear that a few houses had exploded; from this evidence, scientists theorized air pressure outside had to have been far lower than it was inside, with this disparity causing the blowout. It was therefore suggested people leave their windows open just a bit to equalize pressure.

However, further research showed those blasted apart houses were the result of wind blowing into open or broken windows, so the advice, rather than preventing this particular form of destruction, would actually work to cause it. Those gusts that entered homes pushed up on the roofs at the same time wind was blowing over them, which made the roofs act like airplane wings and generate lifting force. Once roofs lift off, the walls of homes can fall outward, making it look like the buildings exploded.

Other widely relied upon modes of protecting one’s home from the ravages of a hurricane are also ineffective:

* Contrary to popular belief (and a frantic rise in the sales of these items before a hurricane hits), taping a home’s windows with masking or duct tape does nothing to protect them. The windows will still break, with the tape doing nothing to impede the process. It’s questionable that either sealant will even keep broken glass from dispersing, says the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH).

* “Hurricane film,” a clear film that sticks onto the glass, is similarly ineffective unless it is anchored in the window frame. Lacking that, a film-covered window will withstand only whatever wind load it resists without the film.

* All windows and doors of a home need to be protected from hurricane winds, not just the ones facing the ocean. Wind can come from any direction or angle and may change direction quickly.

* While many mobile home owners think storm shutters and tie-downs will preserve their domiciles from pounding storms, this sort of dwelling cannot withstand more than minimal hurricane winds. Tie-down anchors come loose as the ground becomes saturated by the rain.

But it’s not all doom and gloom; homeowners do have some recourse against the winds. They can install hurricane shutters on their windows or use specially developed new screen and fabric products on them. The mesh and fabric range from about $7 to about $25 a square foot.

Plywood, while better than nothing, is not the home saver many believe it to be. It can help to guard windows from some of the flying debris loosed by a storm’s fury. However, against the winds themselves it is not all that effective, even when properly installed (fitted perfectly to each window and screwed at 18-inch intervals into the building itself rather than merely into its siding). Plywood is a bulwark of last resort rather than a poor man’s equivalent of professionally-installed hurricane shutters; one is not comparable to the other. Keep in mind that as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) spokeswoman Sylvia E. Farrington noted, even a minimal hurricane can drill a 2-by-4 through a concrete wall. Now imagine how well plywood window coverings would fare.

One last caution: If you stay in your home during a hurricane and the power goes out, do not light candles or gas or oil lanterns because of the potential for gas leaks from storm-damaged lines. Instead, use only flashlights or battery-powered lanterns during and after a storm until power is safely restored and all gas lines are checked.

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Linked article published August 30, 2005 and updated September 4, 2017.