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secretobsessionstuff · 1 year ago

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Alexi Appendicitis

I'm really happy with this! There's so much hurt/comfort. I had blast writing it!

CW: Medical emergency, appendicitis, ruptured appendix, mention of possible death. Do not fear, Alexi is perfectly fine at the end!

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It was unfortunate that Madix and Riley couldn’t join the gang on vacation when they were the ones who suggested the ski lodge in the first place. They’d been to this winter resort before and knew that their friends would absolutely love it. Despite coming down with a nasty flu while they’d been there, Madix still remembered the trip fondly. Hopefully nothing like that would happen this time around for their friends.

Micah and Alexi ended up getting a room across the hall from Dakota and Blair. Dark wood, lush carpets, and dim lighting made the lodge feel cozy and warm. A fire crackled nearly everywhere they went. It was exactly what they expected and exactly what they needed. The four of them were tired from travel. They sluggishly dropped their suitcases off at their rooms before heading down to the dining hall for a late dinner.

Alexi lingered at the doorway, hesitant to follow Micah down to the main floor where the smell of steak and onions wafted up from.

“You coming?” Micah popped his head back into the room where his boyfriend stood rigidly with a hand over his abdomen.

“I’m not that hungry. My stomach still feels off from the drive here.” He wasn’t prone to motion sickness, but the ride must have messed with his insides because a dull ache still nested above his hip bone. It was an odd place for a stomach-ache. On vacation was also an unfortunate place to get a stomach-ache so bad he felt like his intestines were knotted up.

“I bet there’s tea at the dining hall. That might help settle your stomach.” As Micah said this, he realized that a ski lodge would probably have the best selection of warm teas. Chamomile, peppermint, ginger, you name it, they would help with Alexi’s pain. Relaxing with their friends was likely to take his mind of the ache as well. “Please come with me, Lexi. I want to spend all my time with you.”

“You already do that.”

“Ah but not in a hot tub or by the biggest fucking fireplace I’ve ever seen. Come on, we’ll have a good time, I promise.”

Alexi couldn’t resist Micah’s soft eyes. Of course, he followed his boyfriend to the main hall where the most comforting of food was being served. Mashed potatoes, cheesy casseroles, and baby carrots that shone with a brown sugar glaze. Not to mention all the hot chocolate one could ever need. Alexi figured it wouldn’t be long before his boyfriend found the chocolate fondue that spilled over in a fountain. He decided to eat the fresh fruit that went with the fondue but skipped the thick chocolate syrup.

“Yo guys!” Dakota exclaimed when they met at a table. The table was a literal tree trunk that had been sanded, stained, finished with a glossy layer. Dakota set his massive plate down on the wood. “There’s a whole section dedicated to cheese. I love this place!” Blair’s plate was piled high as well. She smiled and shook her head at Dakota while digging in.

The two of them wore plaid sweaters and warm beanies, really embracing the cozy vibes. Alexi didn’t understand how they could wear such heavy clothing without melting. He wore only a short sleeve shirt and was still sweating. From the beneath the table, he dragged his palm over the sore spot in his tummy, feeling feverish and fatigued.

“You’re being very conservative with your food selection, Alexi,” Blair remarked as she eyed his plate of fruit and crackers. “Kota would be more than happy to show you to the cheese table.”

Micah laughed for Alexi and placed a hand on his back. “Lexi’s still feeling a bit bad from the drive here.”

Blair frowned sadly. “It could also be altitude sickness. We’re pretty high up in the mountains.”

Alexi hadn’t thought of that, but it was very likely. He was dizzy, fatigue, and nauseous. He groaned, realizing that the entire trip would be spent above the clouds. He put his head in his hands right there at the table and let out another loud groan. “How do I make it go away?”

“You just have to let your body adjust. You should feel better tomorrow morning.” Blair quickly pulled out a bottle of Tylenol from her purse. “Altitude sickness can mess with your sleep, so you can take these pills to make you drowsy. It’ll also help with the headache.”

Alexi gladly took the medication. He hoped it would start working fast. “Thank you, Blair.”

“Don’t mention it. I just want to crush you all at skiing tomorrow and I can’t do that if you’re sick.”

Dakota laughed. “Honey, we’re supposed to be relaxing on this trip, not turning it into a competition.”

“Winning is relaxing for me.” She beamed at the three of them and smirked. When her eyes landed back on Alexi, the smile faded from her face. He really didn’t look well. His features were twisted in pain, sweat dripped from his temples, and his eyes were lifeless. “Don’t worry, Lex, you’ll be a worthy opponent by the morning.”

“I hope so,” Alexi said, already falling asleep at the table.

It wasn’t long after that before Micah rose from his chair with a hand on Alexi’s neck. “I think it’s time I get this one to bed. Does that sound good, baby?” To which Alexi nodded weakly.

“Blair and I were going to go in the hot tub later. Do you want to join us?” Dakota asked.

“Maybe. I’ll have to see how Alexi feels.”

Micah helped his boyfriend up and together they walked back to the room. He helped Alexi get ready for bed. The sheets were nice and cold when he got under the blankets. “Go with ‘em in the hot tub,” Alexi slurred as he pulled the blankets up around his neck. “I’ll be fine.”

“Are you sure?” Micah leaned over to kiss his boyfriend.

“Yes.” Drowsy and drained, Alexi drifted off to sleep before Micah’s lips even left his forehead.

• • •

It was not quite dawn when Alexi was woken up by a horrible pain in his belly. His partner slept soundly next to him, hair mussed and snoring softly. Oh, how Alexi would have loved to drift off back to sleep for a few more hours, cuddled up next to Micah. He could imagine how Micah would instinctively pull him closer even in his slumber. It would be warm and safe and perfect.

But nope! His stomach wasn’t going to let him do that. It felt like someone was punching him repeatedly in his abs. Each spasm made him tense up and clench every muscle in his body. He rolled out of bed and staggered to the bathroom. The pain made walking hard, so he shuffled along the carpet like an old man, hunched over and mumbling about everything that was wrong in the world.

His breathing was shallow and rapid as he lowered himself to the floor in front of the toilet. When another sharp stab coursed through his abdomen, he lurched forward with a heave. A decent wave of vomit splattered into the water. He gripped the edge of toilet so hard his knuckles blended into the white porcelain. The sick burned the back of his throat and his nose.

He was in the middle of coughing and clearing the phlegm from his throat when the next wave slammed into him. The pain burst from the middle of his belly, filling his guts with what felt like poison. More sick landed in the water below and splashed back up at him as if to say fuck you.

Alexi groaned. If this was altitude sickness, he vowed to never leave lower grounds again. Sweat drenched his back and armpits, yet he shivered on the bathroom floor. He felt his body losing the battle against gravity. Eventually he lay down completely, resting his head on the soft bathmat. He must have been vomiting for over an hour because when he looked at his phone, it read that it was almost six in the morning. How much longer did he want to let Micah sleep before his craving for comfort and human contact became unbearable? Like Dakota said, this trip was supposed to be relaxing. There was nothing relaxing about being woken by your partner who was whining on the floor.

But Alexi let himself whine and groan because it hurt so damn much. He curled into a fetal position and weakly called out Micah’s name. The first attempt was pathetic. He could barely hear his own gravelly voice.

“Micah!” He tried again. That was louder but Micah stayed asleep. Alexi had left the bathroom door open so he could see his boyfriend from where he lay. There was some tossing and turning from in the bed, but the snoring carried on.

Standing was not an option. Alexi didn’t think he’d ever be able to straighten his back again. He had to protect his stomach that had been churning and aching since he’d been rudely awoken by it. So, yelling it was. “Micah! Micah please, hear me.”

Finally, Micah’s groggy voice came through. “Baby?” It took a while for Micah to untangle himself from the blankets, orientate himself, and raise his head enough to see that he was alone in the bed. “Lexi?” Micah looked around and eventually noticed his boyfriend lying in the bathroom. He jumped up quicker than Alexi thought possible.

“Oh no, honey,” Micah rasped out as he got to his knees next to his boyfriend. He brushed the sweaty hair from Alexi’s face and clicked his tongue worriedly against the roof of his mouth. “You’re not doing so well, are you?”

Alexi shook his head. “I can’t stop throwing up.” He wanted to cry. “Blair said I’d feel better in the morning.”

“She lied to you so there’d be one less person to beat.” Micah smirked when Alexi didn’t. “I’m kidding. I don’t think it’s altitude sickness.” Micah felt every inch of Alexi’s face. His forehead, his cheek, his chin, everything was flushed and alive with heat. “You’ve definitely got a fever. It’s probably a stomach bug, babe.”

Micah hugged Alexi to his chest when the poor boy moaned miserably. They sat on the floor together until the early morning came and went. Alexi vomited on and off until the sun came up. He suffered in pain while the rest of the resort started to wake up. The smell of pancakes and coffee taunted him.

By 9 o’clock, Alexi still didn’t trust himself to stand. His stomach gurgled and churned relentlessly. Coincidentally. Micah’s stomach also started making noise.

“You’re hungry. You need breakfast,” Alexi said. His lips were dry and cracked, and his voice was shot.

“I could use some coffee.” Micah yawned.

“I bet Dakota and Blair are wondering where we are.”

“I’ll text them.” Before Micah could text their friends, a knock came at the door. The two of them looked at each other knowingly. Micah got to his feet. “Can I let them in?”

“Yeah whatever.”

As expected, Dakota and Blair were just as sympathetic and apologetic as Micah when he explained what was going on.

“Shit, man. I’m sorry,” Dakota said as he sat on the unmade bed. Blair chose to pace worriedly. “At least you’ve got the coziest place to recover in.”

Blair continued to walk back and forth in the middle of the conversation.

“I feel really bad,” Alexi said softly. “I never wanted to stress anybody out. I’ll be fine.” Even as he said this, Alexi felt a shooting pain in his belly. He tried to keep his expression neutral as sweat appeared on his forehead. Only Blair seemed to notice the change.

“Don’t be,” Dakota said. “These things happen, and we just want you to feel better.” Dakota couldn’t stop himself from being distracted from his girlfriend who paced the room. He threw his hands up. “Bee, would you stop pacing. It’s a stomach bug. He’ll be right as rain in less than twenty-four hours.”

“I know. I know. It’s just—I don’t know, I’m worried. That’s all.” Blair plopped herself down on the bed next to Dakota. He took her hand and kissed it, claiming that it cured all anxieties.

That’s when Micah spoke up for the first time in a while. He’d been chewing his thumbnail quietly in the corner. “Baby, I’m worried too. I don’t feel good about leaving you alone when you’ve got a fever.”

Alexi had insisted earlier than the three of them enjoy the day while he stayed in the room. He didn’t want his friends to miss out on skiing just because he had a stomach-ache—the worst stomach-ache he ever had, but he didn’t tell them that. Micah had taken his temperature properly with a thermometer and it had only been mild. That had settled it for Alexi. He would rest and his friends would still get to have fun.

“Micah please, you have to go. I’ll feel worse if I keep you in here with me.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, baby. I’m fine.”

“And we’ll only be gone for a few hours,” Dakota added. “We’ll come up and check on you before lunch.”

“That sounds perfect.” Alexi really hoped he’d be able to fall asleep within that time. As much as he wanted his boyfriend to have fun, he wasn’t looking forward to suffering with this pain while alone and conscious. He decided to take more medication that would knock him out and hopefully he’d be right as rain, as Dakota said, when he woke up.

It was six in the evening when Alexi woke up properly. He vaguely remembered seeing his boyfriend around noon when the gang came back in for lunch. He’d been too out of it to say anything. All he knew was that Micah rubbed his back when he had to vomit around the thermometer in his mouth. It took a few tries, but eventually Micah got a good reading. It was still a mild fever.

The pain in his side stayed at a constant 7. It was bad enough that Alexi saw black spots in his vision, but not bad enough that he suspected anything worse than a stomach bug. This particular bug must have found a cozy spot in the corner of his digestive tract. It felt like it was snuggled away in a small nook, causing destruction and mayhem in his belly without moving from his side.

This time, Alexi was awake enough to talk with his boyfriend. He relished the cold kiss that Micah left on his forehead. His boyfriend’s face was still pink and raw from the snowburn. The goggles that protected him from the wind had left marks around his eyes. The slopes had left a smile on his lips, but the worrisome state of his partner was melting that grin off.

“Are you still throwing up?” Micah asked as he took the toque off his head. His hair was a mop of tangles and sweat. He scratched his scalp and was beginning to feel the exhaustion from the exciting day.

Alexi nodded sadly, “It’s mostly dry heaves now.”

“How long ago?”

“Two hours maybe.”

Micah rubbed his thumb over his boyfriend’s warm face. They were polar opposites in that moment; one with frostbite biting at his cheeks and the other with a fever burning through his skin. “Come downstairs for tea with us. I think it’ll be good for you to stand up.”

Alexi wasn’t so sure, but he wanted to spend more time with Micah and his friends. He hadn’t thrown up in a while, so perhaps he could try a stroll through the lodge. His stomach hurt a little less anyway.

He got on his knees which was the easy part. Next, the dreaded moment. He needed to uncurl his back and stretch his torso until he stood up straight. As he righted himself with Micah’s help, the pain flooded once again through his belly. Like electricity, the sparks of pain shot through every neural pathway.

He let out a sharp gasp between his clenched teeth. “Ghah! Micah, stop, stop!” He hunched back over.

“I’m sorry, sorry!” Micah hovered his hands over Alexi’s body, afraid to cause any more pain. “We’ll go slow. Take your time.”

Sweat had broken out across Alexi’s skin. It prickled his forehead and nose. His teeth were ready to shatter into a million pieces with the amount of force he was biting down with. Alexi whimpered and remained bent over like a disciple in a worshipful bow. He must have been praying for the pain to leave his body and soul.

His soul was fucking tired of this shit.

Alexi did not move. He couldn’t. The new wave pain had caused his stomach to churn again. A searing heave tore up his throat as bile and saliva dripped from his open mouth. He groaned and squeezed his eyes shut, letting tears fall onto the floor with the sick.

That is when Alexi began to cry. It hurt so damn much. In that moment, he was sure something was stabbing him. Maybe a bone had snapped off his rib and was piercing his side. Maybe he swallowed a knife, and it was carving its way through his intestines. Whatever it was, he needed it out of his body.

“Micah, help me. I’m scared,” Alexi mumbled as he fell into a fetal position. “It hurts. Take it out.”

“Oh, my baby, I’m right here.” Micah wanted to cry as well. He ran his hands over Alexi’s body. He was burning up. Sweat soaked every inch of his clothes and hair.

“Get it out!” Alexi hissed.

“Get what out?” Micah checked to make sure there was nothing actually stabbing his boyfriend. There was nothing that he could see. He was pretty sure that Alexi was going delirious from the fever. “Baby, there’s nothing.”

“Just help me.”

Micah hadn’t realized that tears streaked down his own cheeks. He wished Dakota and Blair were here to call 911. So, he started to bang on the bathroom wall. He used his fist and called out their names, hoping his friends could hear the noise from across the hall.

It didn’t take long before Dakota and Blair burst into the room. They wore identical looks of shock and worry. Blair nearly slammed into Dakota as she ran up behind him.

“What is going on?” Dakota asked. He took one look at Alexi and knew that this was bad. All three of them knelt on the floor next to Alexi who was barely responsive.

“He’s really sick.” Micah said, his voice shaking. “Call an ambulance.”

Dakota raised his eyebrows. “Micah, we’re on a mountain. How are—”

“Just do it, Kota!”

Dakota jumped back with wide eyes and took his phone out of his pocket as fast as he could. “Okay buddy, I’m doing it. I’m calling.” It was Dakota’s turn to pace around the hotel room, waiting for an operator.

In all the chaos, Blair knew her role. She hugged Micah to her side and remained calm. Her voice was steady and reassuring. “It’s going to be okay. Forget what Dakota said.” She left breathable pauses between her sentences. “They’ll send an air ambulance.”

Micah didn’t take his eyes off Alexi, even as he nodded. “He asked me to get something out of his body.”

“What does that mean?”

“I don’t know. He just grabbed his side in pain, vomited, and then said something was stabbing him.”

Blair looked to where Alexi was whimpering on the floor with his hands pressed into his right side. She began to understand. It wasn’t motion sickness, altitude sickness, or the stomach flu.

“This happened to Dakota and me. I’ll bet anything it’s his appendix.” Blair licked her lips in deep thought. “We didn’t get it this bad, but…he’ll be fine.” She hesitated on that last part, knowing this had gone further than what she or Dakota had experienced. The full truth was that she didn’t know if Alexi would be fine, not if his appendix had ruptured like she suspected, but she wasn’t about to tell Micah that.

They could hear Dakota talking on the phone with the dispatcher. He sounded stressed as he tried to explain that they were at a ski lodge. Micah forced himself to tune out that conversation; it was too panic inducing. He decided that what he needed was to keep holding onto Blair. Her arms were strong and still, wrapped around his shoulder. He stayed in her embrace until things got better.

And things did get better.

The lodge staff came to help. They moved Alexi to a place where the air ambulance crew could get to him better. Micah was numb as he got into the helicopter. He had never been on a helicopter before and was unlikely to remember this ride.

Blair became a guardian angel for both Micah and Dakota. Dakota didn’t like planes to begin with, so his face was chalk white as he got into the helicopter. She sat in the middle of the two boys and reassured them that everything was okay.

As Blair predicted, the ski lodge incident would turn into a scary and exciting story that they told Madix and Riley, because everything did turn out okay.

It was truly scary for a moment there, because Alexi’s appendix had indeed ruptured. Poison had been rushing through his body and would have killed him if they delayed calling an ambulance any longer. Micah nearly vomited on the doctor when he heard that news.

Alexi slept peacefully in the hospital while Micah, Dakota, and Blair loomed around his bed. They whispered but there was no need as the boy was passed out good.

“So,” Dakota started, looking around at their group. “Three down, one to go.”

Blair smacked him on the arm. “Why would you say that!” She turned to Micah. “Only like 7 percent of people get appendicitis.”

“Then I think we’re cursed,” Dakota added. “It’s like someone wants to make us suffer.”

“That’s ridiculous.” Blair laughed, but she couldn’t ignore the fact that the odds were not in their favour. Maybe Dakota was right.

Micah swallowed hard. “Can I get a voluntary appendectomy?”

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viperallc · 9 months ago

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leanstooneside · 1 year ago

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A wink is as good as a nod, to a blind man (FOXACID)

◊ HAYDEN PANETTIERE'S NECK

◊ JESSICA BIEL'S CHEEK (ACUTE APPENDICITIS WITH LOCALIZED PERITONITIS)

◊ DAISY DE LA HOYA'S LOWER LEG (CORROSION OF THIRD DEGREE OF MULTIPLE SITES OF LEFT WRIST AND HAND)

◊ SONJA MORGAN'S NOSTRIL (RETINAL HEMORRHAGE, LEFT EYE)

◊ JAY Z'S FOREARM (ACUTE MASTOIDITIS WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS, UNSPECIFIED EAR)

◊ LUPITA NYONG'O'S EYELASH

◊ AMBER RILEY'S NECK

◊ JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT'S EYEBROW

◊ HEIDI KLUM'S NOSTRIL

◊ EVANGELINE LILLY'S LEG (MONOCULAR ESOTROPIA WITH OTHER NONCOMITANCIES, RIGHT EYE)

◊ ZOOEY DESCHANEL'S TONGUE

◊ ANNASOPHIA ROBB'S CHIN

◊ LARRY KING'S LOWER LEG (LACERATION OF OTHER MUSCLES, FASCIA AND TENDONS AT SHOULDER AND UPPER ARM LEVEL, LEFT ARM)

◊ CHRISTINA APPLEGATE'S FIST

◊ SCOTT SPEEDMAN'S CALF (CONTUSION OF LEFT BACK WALL OF THORAX)

◊ ADAM LEVINE'S CHIN

◊ ROBERT DOWNEY JR.'S UPPER ARM (UNSPECIFIED CORNEAL DEPOSIT, UNSPECIFIED EYE)

◊ SACHA BARON COHEN'S ELBOW

◊ CAM GIGANDET'S EAR

◊ KELLY OSBOURNE'S ARM

◊ GAVIN ROSSDALE'S UPPER ARM

◊ COURTNEY LOVE'S THIGH

◊ JANELLE MONAE'S CALF

◊ BRUCE WILLIS'S HAIR (ACUTE TONSILLITIS, UNSPECIFIED)

◊ LIEV SCHREIBER'S NOSE

◊ KARINA SMIRNOFF'S MOUTH

◊ RUSSELL CROWE'S ANKLE

◊ PATRICK DEMPSEY'S HEAD

◊ ZOE SALDANA'S FOREARM

◊ REBECCA GAYHEART'S KNEE (BENIGN NEOPLASM OF CONNECTIVE AND OTHER SOFT TISSUE OF LOWER LIMB, INCLUDING HIP)

◊ KIMORA LEE SIMMONS'S FOREHEAD

◊ JULIANNE HOUGH'S SHOULDER (LACERATION OF FLEXOR MUSCLE, FASCIA AND TENDON OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER AT FOREARM LEVEL)

◊ ZACHARY LEVI'S FOREARM

◊ MARCUS SCHENKENBERG'S TOE

◊ DENNIS RODMAN'S FOREHEAD (DISORDER OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, UNSPECIFIED)

◊ JENNA ELFMAN'S TONGUE

◊ REGGIE BUSH'S TOE

◊ WILL SMITH'S WRIST

◊ DAKOTA FANNING'S BACK

◊ JERRY SEINFELD'S FOREARM

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dakotajchnson · 8 months ago

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Dakota found herself smiling from ear to ear as she absorbed Sam's text. The rush of excitement was entirely new to her. Yet, amidst the joy, a flurry of questions danced through her mind. Would Sam's invitation to dinner classify it as a date? And how did he truly feel about her impulsive flight to Scotland? She figured these queries would find their answers in due time. Shaking her head to dispel the overthinking, Dakota refocused on Sam's message. "Make myself a harder sell? So you're suggesting Scotland wouldn't want me as a citizen? I happen to be pretty damn great, so I'm sure your countrymen will enjoy my company. And where exactly are you whisking me off to? Please, no surprises 🤔. Two hours? You truly enjoy teasing me, don't you? Well, I'll find a way to get even 😇," she typed, then realized she had forgotten to include the location. "Oh, and here's the location," she appended before setting her phone on the nightstand.

Despite Sam's promised arrival in two hours, Dakota found herself drawn to her makeup kit. Opting for a light and natural look, except for her lips. She chose a striking crimson lipstick, a signature touch that added a bold edge to her appearance. Once satisfied, she proceeded to slip into her outfit for the evening—a sleek, form-fitting black pencil dress that hugged her curves with effortless grace, accentuating her silhouette in all the right places. A tailored long blazer, left unbuttoned, draped over her shoulders, infusing her ensemble with an air of sophistication and authority. Its clean lines and subtle shoulder pads hinted at her inner strength, suggesting she was a force to be reckoned with. As she glanced at her reflection, Dakota was ready to embrace whatever the night had in store.

Sam wondered why the hell this was so easy? In the past he felt in a space of being requested to be something he was not. Perhaps some women had the Jamie ideal of him, he couldnt fault them for wanting that romantic picture but he simply wasnt that all the time. Instead this was his truest state and he had not to try or hide anything, all the masks were down. Truly it was only due to how a amazing woman Dakota was. So refreshing, funny and spirited. That was just a few things to the quickly growing list he thought of her as. More than anything he craved to be in her presence to experience more of her light and feel this way more around her. Plus she was insanely hot. Yeah Sam had eyes he saw her, and not in the pedestrian or creep way he was sure she got subjected to. No in the amazed by how a creature could be that sexy and project warmth in the way she did. Her stormy blue eyes like a sky over a turmoiled sea inviting him to a safe kind of danger. That was exactly what she was.

"This is just the tip of it. Might want to make yourself a harder sell otherwise you need to be calling a moving company like right now because it's only going to get better from here. And that includes the place I'll be taking you to eat" Sam realizing he just technically invited a woman out on a date with the greatest of ease. "Now I think I will make it two hours, send me your address when you have a chance" his fingers typed out rushed but he had no intentions on doing so. No he'd borrow from her book and show up early. He clicked off the electric fireplace and slapped the book down in his abandoned plush seat in the den. Walking out of his home and to his car with the biggest smile.

#&. para ; sam 001

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grimdarkandhandsome · 4 years ago

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USA State Mottos, Ranked

Epistemic status: Silly post.

Yesterday i realized the 50 states of the US had eclectic and delightful mottos. I’ve ranked them for you from coolest to uncoolest.

1: Ad astra per aspera - Kansas

To the stars through difficulties. This is beautiful and it looks great written out. I am confident Kansas will be the state closest to the stars (after resolving difficulties).

2: Salus populi suprema lex esto - Missouri

Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law. It sounds great, it’s grand, it’s bold, and it’s a wonderful priority.

3: Regnat populus - Arkansas

The people rule. I imagine a time traveler approaching Emperor Nero and saying, ‘I have two words for you....’

4: Labor omnia vincit - Oklahoma

Labor conquers all things. It’s a great attitude towards self-improvement, and i think more phrases should end in omnia vincit.

5: Sic semper tyrannis - Virginia

Thus always to tyrants. The flag clarifies the situation by showing a emperor being stabbed. This is delightfully overaggressive when placed next to Washington’s motto.

6: Excelsior - New York

Ever upward. A nice-sounding word. Definitely sounds like a sword.

7: Esse quam videri - North Carolina

To be, rather than to seem. A pretty cool choice of priority. Not like those videri states with their big gold cufflinks.

8: Dum spiro spero - South Carolina

While I breathe, I hope. A harmonious phrase that celebrates the indefatigable human potential for improvement.

9: Equality before the law - Nebraska

Choosing English instead of a stylish foreign language is a missed opportunity to show off. But this phrase gets better the more you repeat it. I like to imagine that when Nebraskans are cornered by journalists they just bark ‘Equality before the law!’ and close ranks.

10: Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono - Hawaii

The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. It’s in a local language, it’s very beautiful written out, it outlines a plan to benefit the entire ecosystem, and it’s just generally quite radiant.

11: Alis volat propriis - Oregon

She flies with her own wings. Very cool sentiment. Only marked down because the words don’t look quite as cool as omnia does.

12: Dirigo - Maine

I lead. It’s terse, it’s taut, it’s claiming victory out of nowhere, it’s Maine.

13: Live Free or Die - New Hampshire

Penalty for using boring English, but bonus for being the only state to realize you can append ‘or Die’ to any motto.

14: Audemus jura nostra defendere - Alabama

We dare defend our rights! Bonus for being the only state to realize you can prepend Audemus to any motto.

15: Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit - North Dakota

One sows for the benefit of another age. Yes, i know, it kindof sounds like ‘Search for the altered sequin among the prosaic’, but the meaning is quite cool. Radical long-game altruism.

16: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice - Michigan

If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you. What??

17: Eureka - California

I have found it. A counterpoint to Maine’s Dirigo, and a geographical counterpoint as well.

18: Equal Rights - Wyoming

A wonderful priority, and charmingly bald phrasing.

19: Alki - Washington

By and by. This is Chinook, apparently. Washington is apparently the opposite of Alabama, who dares to defend.

20: Crescit eundo - New Mexico

It grows as it goes. I don’t like it as much as Ad astra per aspera, but i decided to rank all improvement mottos evenhandedly to avoid bias from the order i read them in.

21: Esto perpetua - Idaho

Let it be perpetual. It is quite verbally beautiful and it captures what we were all thinking - Let Idaho be the same forever!

22: Friendship - Texas

Could be phrased more stylishly, but it really is a rather nice motto.

23: Under God the people rule - South Dakota

I imagine a South Dakotan time traveler in 1300 CE pulling her hair and saying, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s not that hard, how many times to i have to explain the hierarchy?’

24: Montani semper liberi - West Virginia

Mountaineers are always free. Cheeky!

25: Deo gratiam habeamus - Kentucky

Let us be grateful to God. Very resonant words. Less focused on improvement and more remarking on the fact we made it this far.

26: State sovereignty, national union - Illinois

I know it’s confusing, but we put it in the motto and eventually you’ll get used to the concept. What a nerdy motto!

27: Nil sine numine - Colorado

Nothing without Providence. What beautiful and assonant words. A theme of several states is ‘The big thing is totally paramount, but the small thing is also cool just in a secondary sort of way.’

28: Forward - Wisconsin

In its troughs and at new peaks, Wisconsin always wants to do better :)

29: Industry - Utah

I didn’t know that. But it is a cool attitude. They say that most domains of human endeavor require hard work first of all.

30: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation - Georgia

I just think it’s a little boring. But i like prioritizing wisdom.

31: Virtue, liberty, and independence - Pennsylvania

The last two are, like, the same thing.

32: Qui transtulit sustinet - Connecticut

He who transplanted sustains. Apparently this is a phrase from the Vulgate Bible. I’m guessing the Europeans are the ones who transplanted. I like the sonics but i’m not convinced on the sentiment.

33: Fatti maschii, parole femine - Maryland

Strong deeds, gentle words. Note: I found that translation on Wikipedia and i don’t speak Latin so i don’t know if it’s the best one. I think this motto sounds like a humorously awkward compromise and probably seemed offensive from a 1800s-gender perspective as well as from a modern gender perspective.

34: With God, all things are possible - Ohio

Ohions are optimists whereas Coloradons are pessimists.

35: Liberty and prosperity - New Jersey

Tedious ‘list of nice things’ format, but i kindof like looking at New Jersey as a Utopian El Dorado.

36: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - Massachusetts

By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty. Sir, can you lower your sword and read me those criteria again?

37: Hope - Rhode Island

Inferior version of Dum spiro spero, but pleasantly minimal.

38: All For Our Country - Nevada

Typical Nevadan slogan, a people known for their radical push for big government and federal power.

39: Agriculture & Commerce - Tennessee

Not really cool enough for a crowd to shout in unison with their hands over their hearts. But at least it celebrates feeding the people i guess.

40: Ditat Deus - Arizona

God enriches. A weird mix of 100% religious and very lukewarm. God is a plus. Never turn down God when you don’t have to pay extra for Him. But the words do sound nice.

41: Stella quarta decima fulgeat - Vermont

May the fourteenth star shine bright. I hope the fourteenth state is a good one. This one has a impressively high style-to-substance ratio.

42: L’etoile du Nord - Minnesota

The star of the North. I’m not that impressed. If Oregon, Texas, and New York had joined in and chosen L’etoile du Ouest, Sud, & Est respectively, then this would have been cool. Pleasantly unique choice of language tho.

43: Virtute et armis - Mississippi

By valor and arms. Suddenly, we are amoral & fighting! Mississippi is apparently the most weapon-themed state.

44: North to the Future - Alaska

It was wise to clarify why North is good. Minnesota would have chosen A star featuring Anchorage.

45: Our liberties we prize & our rights we will maintain - Iowa

I don’t know, it’s just not exciting phrasing. Our lives are of utmost importance, & our safety will be protected. We have wonderful dogs, & we love our cats. Iowa is being maintained. Needs work.

46: Union, justice, confidence - Louisiana

Are these the top 3? Do political attack ads here accuse candidates of being secessionist, lax, and meek?

47: Liberty & Independence - Delaware

Freedom & Self-Direction. Free Will & Autonomy. Adulthood & Unpredictability. Wild & Unleashed.

48: Oro y plata - Montana

Gold & silver. Why should you live in Montana? Cash cash money. Autos deportivos y bling.

49: The Crossroads of America - Indiana

Next.

50: In God We Trust - Florida

Perhaps in Florida, bad things do not happen to good people.

Honorable mentions:

- Justitia Omnibus - Washington DC

Excellent!

- Samoa, Muamua Le Atua - American Samoa

Translation: Samoa, let God be first. (Samoa, imma let you finish...)

- Joannes Est Nomen Ejus - Puerto Rico

Translation: John is his name. Enough said.

(Honestly i changed my mind about the order partway thru typing this but didnt bother to reorder them.)

I think the messy inconsistency of these mottos is fairly beautiful. Despite having no style guide and apparently quite scattered priorities, these 50 governments share open borders and pretty excellent harmony by international standards.

Source: Wikipedia

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January 20, 1909--Dr. Fannie Quain--(Dakota Datebook)

On this date in 1909, the North Dakota Legislature passed a bill to establish a Tuberculosis Sanatorium at San Haven. One of the people responsible was 29-year-old Dr. Fannie Dunn Quain. She was North Dakota’s first homegrown female doctor.

Fannie Dunn paid her way through medical school by bookkeeping, teaching, house cleaning, working for a surveyor and as a printer’s assistant. In 1898, she received her medical degree from the University of Michigan.

One story from her career involves a patient being treated for acute appendicitis near Dickinson. An old country doctor had decided the man should be sent to Brainerd, Minnesota for treatment. Dr. Fannie knew it would take too long; the man would die unless operated on soon.

The problem was that the patient was already en route by train. She would have to get from Bismarck to Mandan to meet the train, but the only way over the Missouri River was a railroad bridge.

She quickly located a railroad handcar, but the section boss would only let her use it if he was on board. She agreed, thinking he would help her pump – but he was drunk and intended to enjoy the ride. There was no way for her to pump the four handles alone the six miles to Mandan. But three high school boys saw her problem, jumped on board and manned the other three handles. Uphill and against the wind, they managed to make it three miles when they realized the train was already at Mandan and was now pulling out.

Undeterred, they pumped until they were within 100 feet of the oncoming train, then threw the handcar and its drunk passenger off the tracks. As the last car passed, people on the back platform grabbed Dr. Fannie’s hands and pulled her aboard. She located her patient, and had the train stop in Bismarck. She took the patient to the hospital where she operated and saved his life.

Later, after she married Dr. Eric Quain, Dr. Fannie switched her focus to the needs of children and the escalating cases of tuberculosis. Ultimately, she and Dr. James Grassick lobbied the state legislature, which led to the TB Sanatorium being built in the Turtle Mountains. She also established the first baby clinic in the state.

Dr. Fannie Dunn Quain died in Bismarck on February 2nd, 1950; she was seventy.

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I was tagged by @missclairebelle and @sassenachwaffles

A // age - 32

B // birthplace - South Dakota

C // current time - 8:45pm

D // drink you last had - Water

E // easiest person to talk to - my hubby. We’ve been together for 6,5791 years and by now we have a shorthand for most of our conversations- snippets of old jokes, movie quotes, and facial expressions dominate our household. He keeps me laughing.

F // favourite songs (currently) - Nahko “Dragonfly”

G // grossest memory - I had appendicitis when I was 16. Had to have an enema before surgery for some unknown reason- had a huge crush on the nurse who had to administer it. Couldn’t look him or anyone else in the eyes for the rest of my hospital stay.

H // horror yes or no - EFFFFF NO.

I // in love - Yes.

J // jealous of people - To quote one of my favorite movies, “I’m a count, not a saint.”

(...have mercy)

K // kids - 51 days to go.

L // love at first sight or walk by again - I don’t know if I understand this question...? To quote a quirky early 2000′s rom-com, “Love at first sight? that’s too easy. I believe in taking a closer look.”

M // middle name - Was Ann, is now my maiden name.

N // number of siblings - 1

O // one wish - To raise my bairn to be a kind and compassionate human being.

P // person you last called - my pops.

R // random fact about you - I was part of a marketing campaign for a hospital for said appendectomy. I was in the newspaper, on national TV, AND had my own billboard in New York. 15 MINUTES OF FAME BABY.

I’m pretty much famous you guys.

Q // question you always get asked - “Are you tired? You look really tired.”

S // song you last sang - Nahko “Black as Night”

I believe in the good things coming.

T // time you woke up - 3:45am.

U // underwear color - blue.

V // vacation destination - Scotland.

W // worst habit - Avoiding conflict. Then hitting my breaking point with frustration for not dealing with the conflict in the first place.

X // x-ray - How many? 4 broken arms, 1 broken leg, 1 crushed hand resulting in 7 reconstructive surgeries. A LOT ok? dinna judge me.

Y // your favourite food - Cheesy garlic bread. or Oreos. At this point I’d take them both in the same bite.

Z // zodiac sign - Aries.

I’ve seen this cycle around quite a bit I’m not sure who hasn’t done this so I tag everyone!

#personal #getting to know you

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Onyx

The brutish Onyx was one of the many youngsters who were exposed to the Quantum Vapor during he so called ‘Big Bang’ brawl at the Dakota Dockyards. The vapor transformed the young man, turning him into a hulking being with heightened strength and enhanced durability.

Following the lead of his girlfriend, Puff, Onyx became a bounty hunter tracking down the metahuman fugitive known as the Rubber Band Man. When this did not work out, Puff and Onyx turned to more standard fare super villainy, using their powers to plunder the Dakota Multiplex. Herein they found themselves battling the heroic Static who had little difficulty taking the villains down.

Following their defeat at the hands of Static, Puff created the Meta-Men, a group of villains who would pool their resources so to eliminate Stactic. Puff and Onyx’s team might have stood a chance against Static, but they never got the opportunity. They attacked Static just as he was being approached by The Justice League who had come to Static in need of assistance. The League made quick work of the Meta-Men and Onyx and his cohorts were all defeated and appended.

Actor Kevin Michael Richardson provided the voice for Onyx with the villain first appearing in the tenth episode of the first season of Static Shock, ‘Bent Out of Shape.’

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Hotstreak observations, thoughts and headcanons

Starting this with I’m very happy that Francis Stone is nothing at all like his comic counterpart. B/c fuck Martin Scaponi’s nazi bitch ass with a cactus coated in hot sauce.

Hotstreak has a phobia of hospitals that’s just as easily triggered by nurses as probably being in an actual hospital. Has a phobia of them cause he spent TWO years in one and we never got told what he was in for.

-I’m calling appendicitis from how he was holding his side. Appendicitis that just lead to more and more complications.

-And given that he was in there for two years and that Virgil and the gang had known him since the second grade and Virgil didn’t know, I’m Going to guess that it took place around the time Francis woulda been in first grade. And if he was out of school for long enough he’da been held back at least a year or two.

Ok but Hotstreak is apparently enough of a fan of the DCAU’s version of Starwars that the prequels royally pissed him off? Like he was saying that the prequels are “wrong”, how deep is this boy in Starwars lore?

-Francis is a closet NERD. Probably a nerdy kid who decided to nip any bullying in the bud by dominating the bully scene. Just made himself too scary to be a target, got a street rep and decided he liked it and kept it up.

-Francis is bad at hiding his interests. “What?! It’s for my sister.”

____Does Francis have a sister? We’ll never fuckin know, cause who would be interested in a teenage supervillain's relationship with their family?

Fuckit, sure, Francis has a little sister. They have different dads and he checks in on her and their mom every now and then. Their mom and his sister’s dad work like 2 jobs each to pay rent, pay medical bills they still have from the 2 yr hospital stay, and everything else that needs doing in raising kids.

- Francis has would have a better relationship with his parents if he wasn’t in a gang or a supervillain. His mom stopped paying for his bail after the second time he’d been arrested.

-If Francis ever got his shit together and made an active effort to clean up his criminal record, his mom would let him back in the house.

-Francis got his bad attitude from his mom. His mom wasn’t much better than him when she was younger and only cooled down b/c she got pregnant and had to woman up and do better.

Francis isn’t nearly as much of a hot head as he’s made out to be. Like dude was a gang leader before the Bang. At least 3 dudes trusted his leadership and judgment enough to go into a situation where’d they’d be taking on larger gangs with life or death risks. Also, dude seems to have a solid grasp of tactics and spends a considerable amount of screentime thinking about things.

-Also, I just love the idea that he watched a terrible movie and came to the conclusion that the theater needed to be burned down but that he should also warn people first b/c he had no reason, in particular, to fuck them up too. It’s funny.

-Targeting Virgil was actually a viable manner to fuck with Wade and his gang? Like, on one hand, it makes Wade look bad like he can’t really protect his people. On the other hand, Wade might pull Virgil into his gang and Virgil would be a huge liability to Wade’s crew.

-Also like a gang that small just 4 people? Francis had to be really close friends with everyone in his posse. That shit had to fuck him up when he learned about it. Hell, if so it would make sense that he doesn’t give leadership a stab again for at least 2 years or so. B/c he does very much care about his friends.

__Ok but let's scrap Francis being in a clearly abusive relationship with AquaMaria. Instead, let's have Maria as the younger sister of one of his crew who managed to talk him into starting up a gang again and like them actually being friends? I just hate ‘Wet n’ Wild’ so much.

Ok but there’s no way in hell that Francis isn’t a sub. Frieda? Puff? Madelyn Spaulding? All dominant, headstrong ladies he was either interested in or totally down with bossing him around if they were tougher than him. And the boy sounds like a house husband in ‘Wet n’ Wild’.

I really want Francis to have super speed like his comic counterpart. If only b/c he’d have so much fun with it and could also use the friction thing to like recharge from being soaked maybe?

Given the amount of steam the boy gives off, Francis might need to drink more fluid than normal to stay hydrated.

Francis is the most popular Bang baby during the Dakota winter. No matter his attitude, everyone wants to squat with the living space heater.

#nix meows #static shock #hotstreak #nix thinks dc #headcanons

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