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Honestly neither Marinette nor Chloe had been surprised when Bustier caved to Alya’s insistent requests that the two girls not be allowed to go on the class trip to New York City. Lila had been subtly hinting about how much friendly better thing would be if they weren’t there.

Mostly because just two weeks ago, Marinette had presented her class trip idea presentation; complete with a potential itinerary, pictures of the grand hotel could stay at, the fantastic tours they could go on, and exciting places they could eat. The class had been suitable wow’d.

What was surprising was when, after Bustier announced in front of the class that Marinette and Chloe couldn’t go to New York much to the smug faces of the students, Adrien said, “Cool. Then I’ll skip the class trip too.” He then turned to his two best friends. “What do you two want to do instead?” Adrien was sick and tired of the other students in the class. He had been trying to get them to believe Lila was a liar for months but no one, not even Nino, would listen to him.

Instead, they turned on the two most awesome girls in the class. Well, Adrien wasn’t going to deal with it anymore.

The look of horror on Lila’s face was priceless. However, there was no backtracking now. The dream of a romantic trip to New York, walking hand in hand with Adrien, burst into flames and was now nothing more than ashes.

“Yeah, I won’t go either,” Nathaniel stated. “Doesn’t seem fair. Marinette worked really hard on the idea for the trip.” He never bought Lila’s crap, and he never understood how anyone else did.

Marinette smirked, “I’m up for whatever.” She shrugged. “I’m actually looking forward to now having to organize the trip. Or fundraise for it. And to think I was going to start working this weekend.” The bluenette made sure to look directly at Bustier and Alya, her ex-friend when she said this. “Its only October but believe me, you’ll want to start making reservations fast. Nothing was done but the presentation; which you can have by the way. And just a reminder, a lot of places do require a down payment. Also, don’t forget approval from the school board.”

“Which takes like three months btw,” Chloe said with a vicious smile on her face. She was the last class president. She knew exactly how hard getting a fabulous trip approved of was. “Paperwork has to be filled out in triplicates and if you mess up on even one form, they’ll make you fill out the entire thing again.” She pulled out her phone and sent a quick text. “I just let Daddy know that he won’t have to make his annual donation this year for the trip. If you don’t want us there you obviously don’t need it. And to think, he usually funds thirty percent of it. But I’m sure you already knew that.”

By the looks on the other students’ faces, it was clear that they didn’t know that. However, pride wouldn’t let them back down. Besides, Alya thought, they had the moral high ground. Who wanted to hang with bullies anyway?

To the other students’ credit, they did manage to raise enough money for the trip to New York. Granted, it wasn’t nearly as much as they usually did. Alya, the new class president, also forgot to make most of the reservations until the last minute, and it was hard to find a fancy hotel willing to accommodate an entire class of rowdy teenagers at the last minute. So they would stay at a Holiday Inn just outside of New York City. The glasses-wearing girl wished Lila had been so busy with her charity work so she would’ve had time to help and maybe they could’ve gotten a much better trip.

By the end, the class trip the class would be getting wasn’t nearly as were or amazing as the one Marinette had presented at the beginning of the year. However, most were just happy to be going to New York.

Lila shot four exiled students a victorious look as she bragged about all the things and people she’d get to see in New York. She had spent months trying to get Adrien to agree to go on the trip but he wouldn’t budge.

She sighed dramatically, “I love New York. The only bad part are the superheroes. Last time I was there Robin and Speedy practically got into a fistfight over who’d take me on a date. I hate getting in the way of friendships.” Marinette snorted. “We leave for New York in three weeks. What will you three be doing then?”

“Waiting for a house to fall on you,” Marinette said easily.

Adrien chuckled, “We leave for L.A in two days.”

That got the classes’ attention.

“Sorry, What?” Alya asked; suddenly getting a bad feeling in her stomach.

Chloe leaned back in her seat, “L.A. It was my idea. We decided since we couldn’t go on your trip we’d go on our own. Let's see… our first stop in L.A, we’ll be there for about a week; we’ll tour some movie studios, go on set for the Star Trek movie that filming. Attending the movie premiere of the newest Marvel movie. Then leave for Indio; it's not that far from L.A, I think. But who cares. We have to be at Coachella, even if only for two days. Then we go to Metropolis. And I can’t remember… Marinette what did you plan for us to do? It was her idea to go there.” She told the class who had looks of sheer dismay on their faces that got worse and worse as the four described the trip.

Marinette smiled, “Tour of LexCorp, a tour of Daily Planet, reservations for the grand opening of Gordon Ramsey’s new restaurant, we got backstage passes for a 5 seconds of Summer concert-” She was cut off

“Why couldn’t we go see Selena Gomez again?” Adrien frowned.

Marinette rolled her eyes, “Because you couldn’t beat Chloe in an arm-wrestling contest.”

“She is freakishly strong,” Adrien protested. “And she plays mind games!”

Chloe blew a raspberry at the other blond.

“We’ll be in Metropolis for about a week,” Marinette continued, as her two friends bickered and Adrien declared he would have his vengeance. “Then Adrien got to pick where we next.”

“Disney World!” The blond shouted. It was his biggest childhood dream and it was becoming a reality. “We’re going to Florida to Disney World, and then Universal Studios; where we’ll get to see the Magical World of Harry Potter.”

“Geek!” Chloe sniped.

“Slytherin!” Adrien hissed back at her.

“And proud,” Chloe crossed her arms. “But you wouldn’t know anything about that, would you, Hufflepuff?” She said the Hogwarts’ house like it was a dirty word. “Most notable thing a Hufflepuff ever did was die. And then somehow ended up in Twilight.”

Adrien stood up angrily, “You take that back!”

“Make me!”

Adrien looked at Nathaniel, “Ravenclaw, do something!” Their two houses went together like PB&J.

Nathaniel put down his pencil, “No.” And went back to writing. “Make the Gryffindor do it!” He motioned to Marinette.

Marinette just looked up at the ceiling, praying to gods’ for patience.

Adrien, she was suddenly reminded, was loyal enough to help hide a body.

Nathaniel was smart enough to have already come up with an alibi.

Chloe as conning enough to ensure they got away it, after goading Marinette into doing it in the first place.

Marinette would eventually snap and kill Lila. She would need them. “We’ll be in Florida for about four days; enough to see both amusement parks. Then all four of us agreed to go to New York next. First, stop Gotham; we’ll be touring Wayne Industries and attending one of the Wayne family annual galas.”

“Then we go directly to New York City,” Chloe said examining her nails. “Mama arranged us a tour of Vogue and Mode. We’ll be going to a few of the runways for Fashion Week. Adrien’s father arranged for us to go see Hamilton on Broadway.”

It had taken a lot of time, effort, threats of going to the police, press, and CPS regarding child labor laws broken concerning Adrien to get Gabriel Agreste to agree to let his son go on the trip (as well as allow him to actually have a childhood). But there had been several conditions; mostly to do with security and proper supervision; which all the parents had, though not to Gabriel’s extremeness.

Still, the four kids agreed to the terms.

“We’re going to a baseball game!” Adrien added excitedly. “A real one. I’m going to eat a hot dog the size of my arm. And cotton candy the size of my head.”

Marinette nodded slowly, already picturing herself patting Adrien’s back as he whined about as stomach ache from eating too much.

Chloe frown, picturing the same. She had lost a pair of Jimmy Choos after one disastrous trip to the carnival that involved way too much greasy food and rollercoaster with two loops. She shook the nightmarish memory away, “Thanks to Marinette, we’ll be touring the Stark Industries and the Avengers tower. All the hotels we’ll be staying at are 5 stars. Also, we’re going to three, three Michelin star restaurants. I can imagine what would’ve happened if she had made the reservations late. We might have ended up in some god awful Inn.”

“Come to think of it,” Marinette paused thoughtfully, “We should get to New York about the same time you do. What are your plans? No! Don’t tell me. I’m sure they’re amazing and I don’t want to be jealous. I mean you kicked us off the trip so you had to have something out of this world lined up.”

Alya’s mouth was dry. She tried to come up with something to say; something to brag about but she knew that come September she’d have to pony up the pics. Because Pics or it didn’t happen. Chloe was active on social media; she’d be updating on a daily basis and scooping out her competition. She’d know instantly if they were lying and they’d never live it down.

Lila fought the urge to throw the biggest tantrum of her life. At the beginning of the year, after Marinette’s trip presentation, she thought getting the bluenette and Blondie off the trip was the perfect plan; even when Adrien said he wouldn’t go. However, it was soon clear that Alya and the other students were in way over their hands. The dream trip that Marinette had spun them would be realized as only a dream as it was clear they wouldn’t manage it without Marinette’s organizational skills and Chloe’s funding.

The trip they got was the standard tourist one. A look around the city, the statue of liberty, Time Square, and a museum or two. Honestly, Lila took better trips with her grandmother.

Maybe there was still a way to save things…

“You know,” Lila smiled sweetly. “Since we’re all going to be in New York anyway, we should do everything together-“

“Can’t,” Marinette stated firmly. “Reservations are reservations for a reason. Tickets were bought. You know how it is.”

Bustier frowned. This had ended the way she thought it would. When Alya and the other students beseeched her to disallow Marinette and Chloe from the school trip, she thought it was for the best. Chloe had always had a hostile attitude that Marinette seemed to have developed as well. It left the rest of the class with negative energy that wasn’t helpful for nurturing their growth.

However, she couldn’t have predicted just how badly things would go. Alya had come crying to her several times about having to fill out and re-fill out multiple forms for the school board. She seemed to get something wrong every time.

The children could barely raise enough money for the trip. And it wasn’t nearly as wonderful as the one Marinette had come up with at the beginning of the year. Still, they were going to New York which was what counted. Most classes wouldn’t even have gotten that far, She thought smugly. It would be a good trip. (Caline had dreamed about accidentally running into Steve Rogers or Thor and being swept off her feet. And she thought that dream wouldn’t even be possible if she was too busy trying to reign in her to most troublesome students which were one of her reason her telling the two they couldn’t go.) However, even that trip paled in comparison to the one the bluenette had planned for her and her two friends. 5-star hotels, trips to galas, fashion week, going to the Avengers Towers, possibly meeting Captain America, Thor, and the rest! It all sounded too good to be true.

“There must be something you can do,” Bustier said. “It would be nice if all my students were together.”

The other students looked at the tour with hope clear in their eyes.

Adrien, Marinette, and Chloe just looked at the teacher like she was dumb. Each fought the urge to remind the teacher that she was just fine with the three not going less than ten minutes ago.

Adrien rolled his eyes, “There isn’t. Everything was bought and paid for. They are only expecting four kids which is why we get to go to so many places. Turns out, not many hotels and restaurants want to deal with a bunch of teens at the last minute.”

Marinette nodded, “Besides you wouldn’t want us crashing your trip anyway. We’d hate to get in the way. We know you guys wanted a drama-free trip.” She through the term back in their faces. “But I wouldn’t mind meeting up one day. You guys are doing time square right. Let us know when and we’ll see if we can do it the same day.”

“If we can fit in our schedules,” Chloe snapped. “It's pretty packed.”

“Not as packed as theirs, I’m sure,” Marinette smiled kindly, though inside she was doing a victory dance worthy of a champion. “I can’t wait to see the pictures.”

The four left that Friday. By Sunday, the social medias were filled with dozens of pictures of beautiful hotel rooms. The next three weeks were the worst in the class’s entire lives. The other students in the class tried their best not to look but it was hard. Particularly when the picture of Marinette, Adrien, and Chloe on the red carpet started to make waves. Pictures of the four meeting various celebrities like Lex Luther and Chris Pine, superheroes like Superman and Batman, of them at Disney World and Coachella had left more than a bit of envy in their hearts.

Their own trip had started out terribly. Alya hadn’t book enough rooms so they had to triple bunk, with some people having to sleep on a cot. And it turned out that the only tours she had secured was to Elis Island and the New York Art Museum; nothing nearly as exciting as they hoped. So they had been mostly left on their own for sight-seeing.

Still, it wasn’t a terrible trip. They ate great good and saw the normal New York tourist attractions.

However, when the time came for them to go to Time Square and meet up with Adrien, Alya, Chloe, and Marinette, Bustier was ready to pull her hair out.

Bustier never had trouble on any of the previous trips, as they were always organized to the minute, but this one had so much free time the kids didn’t know what to do with themselves which resulted in chaos. And being threatened with being kicked out of the hotel. She didn’t understand what was different. The students were usually so well behaved.

Sure on previous trips, there had been two more chaperones but Bustier always thought they were unnecessary. Her students were the best and most well behaved in school for the most part. She was positive that they only needed their teacher to watch out for them.

She was wrong.

And Bustier was very surprised to see Mendeleiev there with her four wayward students, looking very much like the Cat that got the Canary.

“Demetria,” Bustier greeted politely. “What are you doing here?”

Mendeleev didn’t bother to hide her smirk. “I was invited as a chaperone. It just me and Gorilla. Between the two of us we keep the delinquents in check,” She said Delinquents at the four who playfully hissed at her. Each of the four wore a black shirt with a different Hogwarts house on it.“Best decision I ever made. I was reluctant at first as it’s not school-related and I wouldn’t be paid for it. But Agreste and Bourgeois are paying me nine times my usual amount an hour to watch the kids like a hawk. Luckily their goods kids. What about you? How is your class trip going?”

Bustier forced herself to smile, and not bite out angrily that it was driving her insane. The kids were driving her completely up the wall. And Caline was more than a little aware of how amazing her four students trip was and to think Mendeleiev had gotten to do it all with them made her blood boil and her eyes practically turn green with jealousy. “Extremely well. We are having… the time of our lives.”

“I’m sure,” Mendeleiev said. She and the rest of the teachers had never been happy with how Bustier ran her class. Or just how much she and Damocles got away with. However, it didn’t matter. Come September, things would change. Damocles had already gotten fired for taking bribes, breaking procedure, and being a complete idiot.

Bustier, while technically, hadn’t done anything wrong would still have to listen to the school board tell her everything that was wrong with her class. And there was a lot.

“Have you gone to the Avengers tower yet?” Bustier asked, not subtly at all. She still hoped that if there was time she and her class could tag along.

“We have,” Mendeleiev told her, bursting the bubble of hope that had sprung in Caline. “It was quite wonderful. I had a wonderful debate with Doctor Banner; it turns out he’s read several of my papers and me, his. While the kids are at the baseball game tomorrow, the two of us will be having a lunch date and going over our scientific hypothesis tomorrow.”

“Get it, Ms. Mendeleiev,” Chloe laughed.

Mendeleiev shot her a stern look but her mouth twitched as she fought a smile.

“Perhaps my class could go with?”

“Sorry, we have a reserved seats.”

Envy flared in Caline Bustier more than ever before in her entire life. If they had been still in Paris, Hawkmoth would’ve had a field day. “Oh but what about watching the kids. Won’t they need you? What would their parents say about this?” A vicious smirk appeared on Bustier’s face. She always thought Mendeleiev needed to be knocked down a peg or two.

Mendeleiev didn’t bat an eye, “Already covered. Already cleared with their parents. After all who’s going to say no to Captain America and Iron Man babysitting their kids. Steve hadn’t been to a game a while and he really wanted to take his son Peter and the rest of Tony’s interns. The kids should have a blast.”

Adrien shot a bright smile at his bodyguard, “Natasha is going too! I still don’t understand how you two know each other.”

Gorilla’s face burned a red color but he remained silent. He wore the bright yellow and black Hufflepuff scarf Adrien had begged him to wear as a show of support, particularly when Mendeleiev revealed herself to be a Ravenclaw (So did Bruce Banner). Captain America and the Winter Soldier high-fived Marinette over being Gryffindors. And Pepper Potts, Iron Man, and the Black Widow introduced themselves as Slytherin alumni.

Where was the Hufflepuff love?

Adrien had looked at Hawkeye with hope but Clint had shrugged and said, “Gryffindor.”

The blond boy huffed and pouted (the pout was how he got Gorilla to wear the scarf). He bet Thor was a Hufflepuff.

The rest of Bustier’s class still steer clear away from the four; out of pride and envy. Lila had attempted to go near Adrien but was stopped by Alya who didn’t want to risk her bestie getting bullied by the meanest girls in school.

Alya had decided after seeing the pictures of the four with Superman, The Avengers, Batman, and THE LOIS LANE that life just wasn’t fair. If it was Marinette and Chloe (Maybe even Nathaniel) would be stuck in Paris, crying their eyes out over not being allowed on the trip. It was what they deserved for being such bullies.

The preplanned tour of Times Square, which was mostly just the kids walking around and awing at the pretty lights. It was actually a bit boring, once the excitement wore off. They found themselves on the highest building there, looking over New York City in its entirety, along with a bunch of other tourists.

Suddenly all the electronic billboards and every ounce of electricity turned off. Crowds up people looked around confused.

The giant monitors blurred and a face appeared, “Greetings citizens of New York, I. AM. THE. Electrocutioner!” Lights were centered on the highest building there, and it was clear the villain stood on top of the building. The building of Bustier’s class was on.

One thought echoed in the minds of each Parisian citizen, “Fuck.”

Before any of the Paris heroes’ could figure out if they should act or not, another team of heroes arrived.

The evil-doer had with him a dozen or so henchmen, each more menacing the last.

The sight of Kid Flash zooming up the side of the building was incredible. Seeing Young Justice kick butt left Marinette a little breathless.

Was this what it was like, she wondered, seeing Ladybug fight.

When some of the henchmen were ordered to take hostages; Marinette, Chloe, Nathaniel, Adrien, Gorilla, and Mendeleiev fighting back much to the shock of Bustier and her class. Chloe rolled her eyes as she, and the other three pulled out miniature pens from their pockets; did they really not know how often New York is attacked by Super Villians. Seriously.

With a click of the button, the pen turns into a long whip. Chloe refused to be taken without a fight. Her and Marinette, who now wielded a fighting staff, nodded at each other. The blonde snorted when she looked at Adrien, “A shield, really?”

“I don’t want to hurt people too much,” Adrien defended.

“This is why you’re a Hufflepuff.”

Nathaniel spun his trident around. It worked like a Taser and could shock people. Luckily only the villain had electricity powers.

Marinette didn’t know how it happened but suddenly she was fighting back to back with Robin.

“Nice moves,” Robin said after Marinette knocked out a henchman with a high kick. He knocked out a henchman with his staff.

“Not too bad yourself.”

Nathaniel nearly had a heart attack when Aqualad jumped in to help him protect several tourists. When biggest henchmen came rushing at him, the redhead fired up his trident and within seconds the underling was down for the count.

Kaldur paused, “…Can I borrow that?”

Chloe used the whip with ease and grace. She has been practicing with it ever since she saw Shadow Hunters for the first time. Isabelle Lightwood was an icon.

The blonde didn’t know how it happened. But one minute she was fighting off two lame minions then she saw an Arrow guy fighting and then falling off the roof, and the next thing she knows she’s jumping after him. Then they both were dangling off the roof with only Chloe’s whip for support.

“You call this a rescue?” Arrow guy snorted.

“You call yourself a hero?” Chloe snapped.

“Meow!”

Chloe didn’t see how he did it but one moment she was hanging there; the next Arrow guy was swinging her up back onto the roof.

He smirked at her, “You’re a pretty one.”

She waved him off, “Oh go save someone!”

When Superboy crashed down next to him after taking a brutal hit, Adrien gripped his shield and stood in front of him. Adrien was able to block most of the attempts of the underlings to reach the boy of steel. But it wasn’t long until they had them surrounded. Just when Adrien thought he was a goner, red lasers blasted the henchman back.

Superboy stood up, “Thanks for the assist.” He smiled at the blond boy. “Nice shield.”

Gorilla and Mendeleiev handled their own really well. After seeing Gorilla fight, Adrien started to have some serious suspicions about just how his bodyguard knew the Black Widow.

When the fight was over, and the villains detained, the small group stood with the rest of the civilians until the all-clear was given.

The Bustier and her class stared in awe as the members of Young Justice walked over to the six with large smiles. The heroes didn’t even spare the class a glance. Not even when Alya pushed Lila to the front but Robin and Arsenal never even noticed her.

Dick Grayson, Robin, smiled at the pretty bluenette with bluest eyes he’d ever seen and did his best to ignore Batman in his ear about bringing in the Heroes Ladybug, Chat Noir, Queen Bee, and Bright Roar in to Watch Tower stat. He knew all about Ladybug and, thanks to Batman, knew her civilian identity. But to see her in person was a whole different experience.

No, there was a time and place for everything. And right now the time was to flirt with the Gorgeous Superhero who a skintight red suit.

“You’re amazing,” He told her honestly. “What are you doing for the rest of my life?”

“I swear to god if you propose!” Batman hissed in his ear.

Marinette blushed a bright red.

Kaldur handed the trident back to Nathaniel, “This is an amazing weapon. You use it well.” He told the redhead. This must be the new Hero Bright Roar “I wish for one just like it.”

Nathaniel flushed but handed the weapon back to Kaldur, “Keep it. I’m not that good with it.”

Kaldur smiled, “Then perhaps you will let me teach you one day. One on one sessions.”

“Really Kaldur,” Aquaman chastised. “This is a mission, not a dating show.”

Aqualad ignored him.

Superboy nodded at Adrien, “You’re good,” he told the smaller blond boy. Though from the reports he read about Chat Noir, he was only a year younger than him. “Cool shirt by the way. It's nice to meet a fellow Hufflepuff.” He said and then suddenly his arms were full of a blond boy thanking him for existing.

“Breathe,” Superman chuckled in his ear. “Just breathe, Connor.”

“For such good finders, we’re so hard to find,” Adrien said. “I could kiss you!”

Superboy turned the brightest shade of red anyone had ever seen.

Arsenal eyed the hot blond girl, “At least you know how to stay out of the way.”

Chloe glared at him, “Next time, I’ll just let you die.”

“Then who be the man of your dreams.”

“Freddie Kruger would probably take his job back,” Chloe said with a hand on her hip. “Though his face isn’t as terrifying as yours.”

“That girl will eat you alive,” Oliver warned in his ear.

“So you admit you dream about me,” Roy stepped forward.

Chloe huffed, “Get real!”

“Hey,” Alya called. “Robin, Speedy, don’t you want to say hi to Lila Rossi.” She motioned to the Italian girl who had gone pale.

“It’s Arsenal now,” Roy corrected.

Dick nodded, “And who’s Lila?”

Marinette smiled, “Oh I’d totally marry you now!”

Robin grinned and raised his arms in victory.

Batman cursed in his ear.

Robin, Arsenal, Aqualad, and Superboy kept their attention on the on the four. No matter how much their superhero mentors protested. No matter how much Bustier’s tried to intervene.

No, their attentions’ were reserved

#ml fic #ml salt #class salt #Young Justice #Marienette Dupain Cheng #Marinette deserves better #adrien deserves better

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the-cashewpeia · 6 years ago

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Cradlesona 1

Here I present my very first OC (half self-insert) for IkeRev :3 I was planning to write some introduction fics for her, but I don't know when I will, sadly. Btw it was hard to get the right piece or color so I tried some links to get the right pic of her ^^;

Credit to mother of Cradlesonas @lovingsiriusoswald / @gypsophiaa

Picrews: Pic 1 & 2 | Pic 3 | Pic 4

[Cradlesona]: Valerie Horizon

Basic Info:

Nicknames: Val

Birthday: February 15

Age: 22

Height: 155 cm

Blood Type: A

Physical:

Eyes: Emerald green

Hair: Straight bob (a bit curly at the end), navy blue colored

Accessories: A pair of hairclips (when she wearing her daily attire), an earring and piercings on her left ear

Features: Round-shaped face, small figure, skin covered in scratches (thanks to a kid she needed to look after).

Illnesses: Could get stressed and sick (common sickness like exhaustion, fever, cold) easily.

Social:

Affiliation: Neutral - Black Army

Occupations: 9 of Spades (Supplies manager, rear guard)

Relationships:

Ray Blackwell - Despite her respect for the King, she befriended him and Fenrir as well to make a tease trio. But choose not to make any trouble, unlike the first two. And they both are the ones who can't keep their eyes open in late night time meetings.

Sirius Oswald - Victim of her teases and ended up giving chores as her punishment (not that she will give the mischief things up, though). But sometimes helped him to catch the troublemaker duo.

Luka Clemence - Cooking partner and teacher. She learned so many things about cooking from him.

Seth Hyde - If she is capable, she will try to escape from this man because he tried to turn her into a real princess. But she can't, because he was her former trainer when she was a new recruit. And now he's more like her overprotective elder brother.

Fenrir Godspeed - Tease trio with Ray. And liked to challenge him in shooting match with their respective weapons.

Harr Silver - She helped him and Loki when they were running off from the Magic Tower. Later then, she often spotted him in the forest when she was visiting her family's house.

Loki Genetta - Being thankful for her great help back then, he likes to follow her around, even though she already told him not to.

Red Army Officers - She despised of the opposing army because of her past, but the hate gradually lessened. Sometimes she still afraid to look at them in the eyes and choose not to encounter any of them (specially Edgar).

Blanc Lapin - Her father's drinking buddy (when he went out to the bar)

Oliver Knight - Her father's drinking buddy (when he went out to the bar) and her bickering buddy.

Personality:

She is a hardworking girl, with a huge urge to teases and makes snarky or sarcastic comments.

She can't telling lies, as people easily realized that and she always laughs when she tells one.

She likes to bottled her emotions up and putting a happy-go-lucky facade, as it's her nature when she's surrounded by her elder brothers (Black Army).

Family and History:

She was born in an old hunter family, which was living in the forest rather than in Central Quarters like the neutral party. Because she is the first child, she carried the heaviest weight on her shoulders.

Her family consisted of her father, her mother, and 2 younger siblings (a sister and late brother).

When she was 10, her only younger brother was killed by a Red Army's soldier before her eyes.

She started to learn how to use weapons (mainly bow) after her brother's death.

After graduation, she joined the Black Army. She got so much negative comments about her decision from fellow new recruits, so she trained harder than everyone.

Became the 9 of Spades after the former one stepped down from their position.

Skills and Special Abilities: Using bow and throwing knives as her weapons.

Paired with: Harr Silver

Life in Cradle:

She's serving in Black Army as 9 of Spades and she is one of the officers who weren't came from Black Territory.

When she's out on patrol, she often spotted in her usual attire. So she looks like she's off duty and it helped her to gain some gossip information from people in Central Quarter (not that the people know she is a Black Army officer).

As 9 of Spades, she needs to manage the supplies, whether they are magic crystals, ammo, food, or emergency aid.

If it's almost meal time, you can find her in the kitchen helping Luka and sometimes Sirius.

When she has a day off, she'll come to the forest, where her family's house is. But sometimes ended up getting lost, despite living there for half of her age.

Trivia:

She likes strawberries! Give her the fruit and her bad mood will disappear in a second. And because of the same thing, she made a new (certain) bickering buddy.

She was afraid to use swords because of her past. So she chose her bow as her main weapon and ended up as one of the leaders in rear guard.

She wanted to have an elder brother, so she was glad to have the Black Army officers as her own brothers.

She has a bad sense of direction. So don't ask her how to reach some places far away.

Some of Black Army's The Chosen Thirteen appointed her for babysitting their pets. But she will never say yes to Fenrir, because she's terrified of dogs (even though she thought that they were cute). So you won't find her with Shu Shu, at any moment.

She can't handle liquor well.

Actually she had longer hair, but decided to cut it short during her recruitment training. Now she used to has short hair she'll cut it short whenever it reaches her shoulder (Seth always asked her to do it since she always cut her hair with her own knife).

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amiegoestosea-blog · 8 years ago

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Amie Goes to SEA

So SEA kinda a bitch to get around, since u know, 3rd-world country infrastructure means getting around is always better if you have a car (preferably with a local driver/tour guide).

So I would expect the challenges to SEA would be getting from the city to the outer fringes, and also from each city to the next if you’re not taking flights.

Disclaimers

I’ve tried to sequence the places/cities in the southward direction, so you can try to follow it, but obviously you can make additions and deletions. And this list is not exhaustive, and most of my holidays are beach holidays so you might wanna look into national parks along the way.

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LET’S GO

Since you said you don’t particularly have to start from Bangkok, I hear Bagan (in Myanmmar) is quite stunning

I haven’t actually been there, but I’ve heard good stuff, and that it has so many monasteries, it’s dotted with them from a bird’s eye view. I haven’t heard much about the rest of Myannmar tho. You’ll have to do your own research thereon.

Thailand

Bangkok (4D3N or less) / Thai

Awesome place, definitely check out the grand palace (no bare shoulders and knees), but go early cos they close early like 3 or so, I got scammed once because I was late and some bugger said hey we got this river cruise where you can see some floating markets and the palace, DO NOT GO ON IT.

With that said, do check out the real floating markets, it’s a bit far off, but pretty cool, selling lots of kitschy tourist stuff tho.

The other temple I would recommend is the Wat Pho (similar dress rules apply for all temples, like the palace.) It has this gigantic lying Buddha, a pretty cool sight.

This other temple that isn’t much to see but an icon nonetheless, is the Erawan Shrine. It is THE go-to temple for people’s daily lives, I’ve heard it is super super good for prayer requests. It is so popular, it was targeted by the terrorists in a bomb attack a couple years back. People usually return to give thanks when their prayer requests are fulfilled as well.

Cha tu chak market, is only on the weekends so plan Bangkok around a weekend to see this market. It essentially feels like the black market in UB, sells anything and everything. Prep yourself for some fucking hot weather, and have some coconut ice cream (which is DA BOMB).

Quite a nice spot to go at night beside the river, is Asiatique. It has some local food, and also western food, some shopping, some live acts, generally good vibes.

Don’t forget to get a thai massage in Thai, I personally think you’ll hate it (I love it btw but I’m Asian hahaha) and take a tuk tuk.

Shopping (which you hate, but if you change your mind): MBK (air-conditioned chatuchak) or Platinum (female fashion which is a little young for me, but you can go check it out)

Chiang Mai / Thai (3D2N)

Jump to next

I’m going there in Sep on 15-17, join me if you can!

But I’m actually gonna do some rock climbing with my pals. Still. Join me, bitch. Hahahhahaha

Lots of temples to see, and ELEPHANTS, and phad thai! And mango sticky riceeeeeee wheeeeeeeeee~~

Phuket & Krabi / Thai (4D3N)

Thai cities are gonna start feeling the same soon, but it you need to name drop, Phuket is definitely one of them. The beaches aren’t pristine at Phuket itself, but it isn’t too bad.

What you really need to do is book yourself a day tour out to the Phi Phi Islands, which has these limestone mountains jutting out for the sea, and then a very blue (and quite small) beach (which is quite crowded with Chinese), but nice hahaha. Do some scuba diving, not too many fishes (they’re afraid of you anyway, they wouldn’t come near).

Photo credits: Pamela Tsao (woahhhh)

Make your way from Phuket to Krabi, which is a quieter version of Phuket and less commercialised. As usual, it is a beach and chillout place, walk around the main street, do the usual.

Take a boat out to Railay island, and you get some nice rock climbing and some sweet views

Again, photo credits: Pamela Tsao (woahhhh)

Koh Samui/Thai (3D2N)

Again, beach destination. Haven’t been there, heard it’s not bad. Do if you have time.

Penang/Malaysia (3D2N)

OOH NEW COUNTRY

Welcome to Malaysia, truly Asia (that’s their tagline - bullshit, it’s just marketing)

Malaysia is awesome for food, I have to admit (very disgruntledly) that their food is (similar) but better than Singapore. So Malaysia is basically a food tour, with some sights if you have time (hahahah I’m being sarcastic cos MY and SG have this rivalry going on, they have pretty good sights)

So you’ll be at Georgetown, walk around, see some UNESCO World Heritage stuff: For walking, highlights include Armenian Street, Pitt Street, Love Lane, Little India, the esplanade and Beach Road. Within this area, the Khoo Kongsi clan temple, Kapitan Keling Mosque, and Pinang Peranakan Mansion are highlights.

Part of the charm is finding the interactive street art along the streets. There are quite a few, and you can search online for routes to catch ‘em all (just like pokemon). For example:

And most importantly: FOOD. Rule of thumb, ask the locals where the good food is.

Things to eat:

Char Kway Teow, Penang Laksa

Kuala Lumpur

This is probably the most urban city you will be in since you started (and until you get to Singapore!)

Chinatown (especially Jalan Sultan, Jalan Hang Lekir and Jalan Petaling) in the city centre and Jalan Alor in the Golden Triangle have some of the greatest concentrations of coffeeshops and stalls. They mostly open only at night.

You will get a good clubbing scene here, and upscale and glamorous places. But if you’re more a bar girl (which I know you are), go to the rooftop bar at trader’s hotel at night, it has absolutely fantastic views of the Twin Towers.

KL has quite the coffee culture, with independent coffee houses serving long black, and flat whites. Try them out, be a hipster, make me proud. Hahahhaha

The other thing I really enjoyed was Batu caves. And there is some rock climbing there as well. Pretty sick place, just do a quick day trip while you’re there.

Philippines

The big plan: Fly in from KL to Manila and do a domestic flight through to tagbilaran airport at Bohol, then travel down to Cebu and you can do Cebu to Singapore

If you can dive, go to Bohol. If you can’t dive, go and learn there. If you really don’t dive, the highlighted stuff is what you will miss out on.

There’s lots of scenic stuff in the day.

Bohol has turtle island, loboc river, chocolate hills

Cebu

Kawasan Falles, see some oslob whale sharks, osmena peak, thresher shark diving at malapascua, and sardine runs with hundres and thousands of sardines, visible by just snorkelling

All the above info has been provided by that snowflake (Eric) who spent the last 2 years in PH so I expect he knows his shit.

SINGAPOREEEEEE

NO SKIP TO NEXT WAHAHA

You get to see this face!!!

WHATTTTTT

SAY HELLO TO DOUDOU

AND THISSSSS GLAMOROUS PERSON

LOL WOAHHHHHHHHHH

Leave Singapore to me. Prepare to be wowed!

Plan 4D3N for Singapore and over a weekend (cos not everyone’s a travel wank like you, some of us have to work you know)

Indonesia

Sumatra

Go kiss those monkeys.

Jakarta

Has nothing much, but traffic. Not recommended, do only have you have time

Bandung 3D2N

Pretty chill city, take a 3hr drive, see the white lake which is beautiful. Pick some strawberries. Take a boat ride on the lake of love.

Surabaya 4D3N This is where you engage a driver to bring you around. Book with Pak Hendrik (Pak is like Mister) and he will bring you around. Whatsapp him at +6281334971227

I recommend doing Mt Bromo and Mt Ijen with him

Mt Bromo

Looks like the moon landscape and it was a beautiful sunrise. Get to ride a horse.

Mt Ijen is pretty sick, it spits blue flames at night from the sulphur. So you kick off the trip at midnight with the driver driving 2 hrs to the mountain, moderate hike for 3~4 hrs, see the blue flames, watch the sunrise. Quite amazing. Defo recommend. No pics, cos I was a lazy bugger cos skipped the hike for the pool. hahahhahahahah

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akissatmidnight · 8 years ago

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Are you all caught up on the other three clan posts? Just in case, read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here! While these might not be the biggest clans, they’re your clans, each one sent to me through this blog, or your Facebook comments. Let’s dive right in and learn a little about Scottish clan history.

Clan MacLea/Livingstone

Clan Motto: Cnoc Aingeil- Hill of Fire

Alternative Clan Motto: Ni mi e ma’s urrain dhomh- I shall do it if I can

Livingstone/MacLay tartan (old)

Modern Livingstone tartan

Livingstone is the anglicized version of MacLea and came from an area of Scotland.

The chief of the MacLea clan has been traditionally called the heir of Siant Moluag. Saint Moluag was a Scottish missionary who is credited with evangelizing to the Picts and may have been the first patron saint of Scotland. He is still the parton saint of Argyll.

They weren’t so awesome when it came to battles. They lost almost every one they participated in, usually with heavy losses that decimated their population. Their inability to hold land and numbers for a prolonged period of time may be why they were not officially recognized as a clan until 2003.

Clan MacLaren

Clan Motto: Creag an tuirc- The boar’s rock

Ancient

Modern

Hunting

They are said to be descended from the Fergud MacErc, the founder of the Dál Riate kingdom. Even if they weren’t, they still hold strong ties to the royal families of Scotland.

When the MacGregors and Campbells were driven from their lands in the 1500s, they settled in MacLaren lands. When the MacGregors began plundering MacLaren villages, the MacLarens asked the Campbells for help, as they continued to have a large number, but the Campbells refused unless the MacLarens pledged fealty to them.

They were very active in the Jacobite uprising of 1945, losing a large number as a result. They also fought at the infamous Battle of Culloden.

Kirkpatrick

Clan Motto: I make sure

They do not have a registered, nor an adopted tartan.

They are an armigerous Lowland clan, although the term is meant to be used loosely as they have never been recognized, and their name has been interchanged with Kilpatrick throughout history. They have also been septs of the Douglas and Colquhoun and they got their name from Saint Patrick.

Roger Kirkpatrick, the cousin of William Wallace and the cousin and attendant of Robert the Bruce. He saved Bruce several times and is credited for leading his men to overtake several castles from the English. After Bruce was crowned, he gifted the crest and motto to Kirkpatrick, which has since been adopted by the clan.

Clan MacInnes

Clan Motto: Ghift dhe agus an righ- By the grace of God and King

Regular

Hunting

Dress

MacMaster is a variant, as are dozens of other names, and were one of the first clans to settle in Scotland from Ireland. It is possible that these small sects fell under the Macinnes protection and were then adopted.

They were accomplished seamen, but moved off of the western coast towards Argyll when the viking raiders became too much for them to handle. Still, they could not escape the vikings and formed an alliance with other small clans known as “Siol Gillebride”, or the “Seed of the Servant of St. Bride”, under the leadership of a Celtic-Norse warrior named Somerled.

The last chief dies in the 14th century and in the 16th, the remaining members of the clan moved the Sleat in the Isle of Skye. They were adopted loosely into some larger clans, such as the Campbells and Mackinnons, and fought on both sides during the Jacobite uprising.

Clan Maxwell

Clan Motto: Reviresco- I grow strong again

Maxwell is another Lowland armigerous clan without a chief.

The name comes from “Maccus well”, a poor part of the River Tweed and an old Norse king Maccus.

The Lord John Maxwell was very Catholic and participated in the attempts to restore Mary Queen of Scots to the throne. It didn’t go well, but even after Mary was executed, John petitioned Spain for help in restoring Catholicism in Scotland…that didn’t go well either.

One of the last Maxwell Lords, William, was a proud Jacobite supporter. After he was captured in battle and imprisoned in the Tower of London, he escaped in such a move way. His wife dressed him up as a servant woman and they just walked right out of there and into Rome like a boss.

Actual historical footage of William’s escape

The Malcolm/MacCallum Clan

Clan Motto: In Ardua Tendit- He aims at difficult things

The MacCallums were a separate clan until the 18th century when the MacCallum chief inherited the Malcolm estate, uniting the clans. MacCallum comes from the Gaelic “Mac Ghille Chaluim”, which means, “son of the disciple of Columba”.

The clan largely stayed out of large wars and battles, only participating in small skirmishes between clans.

Book readers will recognize a variant of this name ;) BTW here’s a gif of our fav man with Malcolm in his name…

yes, please

The Hay Clan

Clan Motto: Serva Jugum- Keep the Yoke

War Cry: A Hay! A Hay!

Dress

Regular

The Hay clan came from Normandy, with the original name of Haye. They settles throughout Scotland.

They were staunch Catholics and fought Protestant rule throughout history, constantly trying to overthrow Queen Elizabeth with Spain’s help and even trying to convert King Edward I. There were even Hays involved in the Hundred Year’s War under Joan of Arc.

They supported the Jacobites in both rebellions, but became loyal British citizens when they failed.

Clan Rose

Clan Motto: Constant and True

modern

ancient hunting

modern hunting

modern dress

Unrelated to Clan Ross, they came from the de Bisset and the de Bosco families of Ros Normandy.

They were very politically savvy. They expanded their lands through good marriages and royal favor. They were very close to Robert the Bruce and Mary Queen of Scots. It’s said that her own son, King James VI, thought of Hugh Rose, the chief, as a father. But the clan was split during the Jacobite rebellions. Since many of them supported the British, they didn’t have many issues after the rebellion ended.

Kilravock castle housed the chiefs of Clan Rose from the 13th century until 2012, when it was gifted to a Christian group.

Clan MacQuarrie

Clan Motto: An T-arm Breac Dearg- The Red Tartaned Army (Also used as a war cry)

Clan Motto #2: Turris fortis mihi Deus- God is to me a tower of strength

They are one of the oldest of the Highland clans and are descended from both the kings of the Picts and the Dál Riata. In fact, they can be traced back to Kenneth MacAlpine, who was the first King of Scotland.

They owned many islands in the Scottish Hebrides and had powerful allies in Clan MacLean.

Since they don’t have an active chief, and haven’t since the 1700s, they’re technically an armigerous clan. The last chief had crazy debts and sold off a bunch of clan lands, then joined the British army. So if you’re a part of this clan and want to do some digging, see if you’re in the line and can prove a direct link back to a former chief. This Clan is too interesting to let go on without a chief.

BTW here’s a pic of Taran MacQuarrie, the leader of the Watch, who was hanged at Wentworth Prison. He wasn’t in the books, but was created for the TV series.

The Erskine Clan

Clan Motto: Decori decus addit avito- He adds honour to that of his ancestors

They got their name from an area called Erskine, which may mean “green rising ground” in ancient British.

They were very politically influential. Great supporters of the Bruce clan, they intermarried, gained great favor, and many Erskkine leaders were given political power within the cabinet when Robert the Bruce was named king. They also had a great hand in putting Robert II, Robert the Bruce’s grandson, on the Scottish throne. That means they basically created the Stewart line of succession.

John Erskine, the leader of the clan during the Jacobite rebellion was known for changing his alliances like the wind, to keep his clan in favor of the winning side. At one point, he went to London, where he felt slighted by the English king. So John was all all “F*ck them!” and went home and immediately raised an army for the Jacobites.

It’s said that John Erskine now haunts Culross Palace, an old holding of his BFF the Bruce Clan. The palace, and the surrounding area, was used for shooting locations for Outlander. This includes Geillis’s parlor, the village of Crainsmure, and the herb garden the two time traveling women meet.

inside the palace

the exterior (which was repainted grey and white for filming)

The Hunter Clan

Clan Motto: Cursum Pericio- I have completed the course

The Hunters are of viking stock. They came with Rollo to Paris in 896 and stayed on in the area, following the powerful nobles of Normandy, but went to Scotland with King David I in the 1100s, where they finally settled.

The Hunters were largely gifted their land and didn’t participate in cattle raiding and the usual clan skirmishes. They were appointed the keepers of the royal forest, and this duty kept them fairly busy. They also didn’t participate in larger battles and many of their leaders ended up well educated.

Hunterston Castle has been the clan’s seat for over 800 years. Finally, a clan that holds on to their castles!

Clan MacEwen/Ewen

Clan Motto: Reviresco- I grow strong again

There are five MacEwen septs and two of them are under Campbell and MacDougall leadership. Their tartan is even very similar to that of Clan Campbell.

Because they were so divided, the clan was chiefless for a number of years, making it an armigerous clan. But a chief was selected in 2016, the first since 1493, so that may change in the near future.

Names asked for, but lacking strong Scottish clan presences outside of being a sept: Wotherspoon, Miller, McHugh (Irish clan), Brennen (Irish Clan), McMahon (Irish Clan), McCole (mainly Irish), Harvey (members of Clan Keith), McCracken (sept of the Macnaghten), Mackie, Gates, Nichols (sometimes associated with Clan MacLeod), Aitken, and Oliver…all awesome names! If your name was one of those listed, and you’d like to privately discuss your name and get some history, let me know and I’ll be sure to tell you what I have!

That’s all for today, and my list! If there’s enough interest, I’ll do another post, so don’t be afraid to post your clan name in the comments for me to review. And read all of our Outlander posts here!

And see who’s hot for teacher in Sarah’s contemporary romance series here and learn about Kelsey’s contemporary and Scottish historical romance series here!

An Outlandish Clan History Part4 Are you all caught up on the other three clan posts? Just in case, read Part 1…

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