#dennis royce

[winterapocalypse]

Winter Apocalypse chapter 36

the Dayne sisters

Beric noticed the necromancy department next to the one where the two of them were, and being dead himself, went to peek. Two women, one adult and one teenager, were discussing some device for stitching bodies together, and a bone saw.

"Now that Jon has returned to the castle…"

"You say he'll notice?"

"No, they're all busy thinking about the game."

They both had hair as black as night and very long. The older one, who turned to look at Beric, must have been a teacher there at Winter Hogwarts. Her skin was white as alabaster and cold as ice, and beneath heavy layers of mascara and black glitter eyeshadow, two dazzling purple irises glittered. Her dress was as purple as her beautiful eyes were translucent against her very white skin, and she smiled at Beric, as if aware that he was coming. The girl next to her, similar to her but with less mystical features, dressed in the Gryffindor uniform and knee-length pleated skirt made of a material similar to her sister's elegant dress, however, seemed more surprised.

"Beric? You are alive!?… huh…?" she grumbled, decidedly confused. Even Beric didn't know what to say.

Was he alive?

The woman was examining him carefully, with every movement she made, and Beric felt more and more embarrassed and pressured. Fortunately, pushing the full cart, Aston intervened.

He placed his strong hand on his shoulder, pulling him closer protectively.

"Prof Ashara Dayne and Allyria, 'morning. Are you preparing to see your brother again?"

Beric remembered all of a sudden. Of course! She was Ashara Dayne, the sister of the great Arthur Dayne, on the InterContinental Quidditch team that would soon come to Winter Hogwarts, and that other one was her younger sister, who she was in her senior year. The two's expressions changed, and if Allyria seemed truly nervous, Ashara bared her teeth beneath her smile covered in dark purple lipstick.

"Miss Royce, what a surprise to see you here. I saw your little brother out and about, I suspected you were there too, keeping an eye on him. Ever since the incident in Runes class the other day, you haven't taken your eyes off him, huh? "

Aston nodded, but Beric could feel the nervousness in her gaze, always hidden under her big glasses, so he saw nothing.

"We'll leave you to your romantic little stroll. Allyria, you won't be jealous, huh?"

Ashara giggled and Allyria just feigned hysterical laughter. "You and Allyria were in a romantic relationship, Beric, several months ago. But then you broke up. Surely you don't remember it, after the bad… hit on the head you took."

Ashara cut it short and said goodbye to the two students because she had to hurry up for her lesson at school, clutching the shopping basket in one hand. Inside were several dismembered body parts.

"She is the necromancy professor of recent years." Aston explained to Beric, this time taking his arm first and dragging him away.

"She definitely knows how you died. In fact, maybe you're actually her experiment." Aston continued in a low voice, speaking close to Beric's ear, which Beric could feel increasingly red with embarrassment and fear.

They went to the checkouts and left Omega Mart, heading towards the pub where they were supposed to meet up with the others. Aston walked in the middle, with one arm around Beric's thin, contracted shoulders and his fist tightly around the wrist of her younger brother Dennis, who was looking forward to getting drunk at the pub, which Aston was allowing him for the first time to visit.

All the other guys from the gang were in the pub.

Sheamus and Cesaro greeted their friend vigorously, leaning on the counter and dressed almost the same, long black coat and dark sunglasses and military trousers, except for Cesaro's sweatshirt and Sheamus' white tank top topped with suspenders.

The Slytherin boys were arguing as usual at their large table at the back of the dive. Dennis freed himself from his sister's grip, heading to the counter together with the two boys who were best friends with his sister, who he had known since he was little.

Aston placed the black crystal ball on the table, next to a bunch of black keys with fiery red reflections in the shape of a snake and a skull of some strange animal inlaid with green gems.

"The present for Emily, from me and Denny and Beric." Aston said, sitting at the table, next to a young, blond Gryffindor with a split and still bloody lower lip, and above all without shoes.

Beric obviously sat down next to her.

"What if Emily joins us now that we're planning her surprise birthday party in a few weeks?" Renly asked, smoothing her midnight-black braid.

Emily's boyfriend, who that day sported a subtle, complex geometric design on her neck and forehead, slightly denied it. "She won't come. Now you start your necromancy lesson with Professor Dayne, she will be busy for a couple of hours."

"Where are Randy and the new one, the Greyjoy?" another blonde haired boy asked, pulling his oddly shaped sunglasses over his head.

Eddie, who was pushing himself back, swinging on the back legs of the chair, began speaking in his heavy Sothoryosi accent. "Strange that they aren't there. Theon would never miss something involving Emily!"

Jeff and his brother, sitting next to each other, shot a death glare in unison at Eddie who had started laughing out loud, followed by everyone else.

But the lack of them was truly strange.

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[mcpiketerranovas]

WISEGUY 3.14 "To Die In Bettendorf"

[heartsburstintofire13ghosts]

Samara Bishop/ The Fallen Beauty

Basic Info:

Full Name:

Samara Grace Bishop

Birthdate:

Saturday, October 24th, 1997

Place of Birth:

Mahoney’s Junkyard, Painesville, Ohio

Death Date:

Thursday, April 3rd, 2014

Place of Death:

Royce Clayton Memorial High School, Madison, Ohio

Age:

17

Heritage:

Russian, French, German

Family

Father:

Horace Mahoney/ The Juggernaut

Mother:

Evelina Ivanova/ Ellie Bishop

Sister:

Dana Newman/ The Angry Princess

Aunt:

Katarina Ivanova/ Krista Matthews

Best Friends

Aria Rafkin:

Sara Parr:

Enemies:

Johnny Sullivan:

Markus Sullivan:

Killer; School Shooter

Personality:

Samara is a free-spirited, rebellious, and open-minded young woman. Given that her mother’s job had them relocate all around the world she was also unafraid to try new things and dared to be different from most others of her age group. She has a creative mind as well as a photographic memory which makes it easy for her to remember things she has read, watched, or listened to with perfect detail. Sam is quick-witted and resourceful, knowing how to pick locks, pockets and was able to rebuild Royce Clayton’s 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air Convertible from pictures alone.

Samara had a close bond with her father, Horace, and inherited inhuman strength from him (though Horace himself stated she could easily overpower him in terms of raw force if the mood ever struck her), something she struggled to control for most of her life. Witnessing his death traumatized her deeply and despite knowing that the knowledge of his identity would lead to her being ostracized by everyone around her, she refused to insult her father’s memory by hiding the truth. After their abrupt move back to her mother’s home town, though, she is surprised to find out that people not only know who her father is, but don’t seem to care, coming for days after to offer their condolences and help out any way they could. 

Despite her kind and amenable nature, Samara can be aggressive and impulsive. She can also be tempestuous and sarcastic as well as habitually rude to people she does not like. Due to her stoic facial expression and ability to overpower a linebacker, most of her classmates try not to antagonize her for fear of reprisals. 

Samara is not close to a lot of people, preferring to keep them at arms length. However, when she was six, that changed. During recess in her kindergarten class, a dark haired boy stomped on a sand castle that two girls were building before holding them down and pulling their hair. Little Sam seized a block before hurling it like a star pitcher at the back of the boys head, causing him to let go and run off to the teacher, crying. That little boy was Markus Sullivan and those girls were Aria Rafkin and Sara Parr. The girls were inseparable from that day forward. Markus also formed a strong hatred for Sam, culminating in him murdering her (as well as 26 of their fellow students and 6 faculty members) 11 years later. 

Samara possesses an otherworldly beauty much like her mother, sister, and aunt but she does not seem to care all that much, shrugging and saying, “I know” emotionlessly with a blank expression when someone comments on it. The only part of her appearance she has an obvious fondness for is her deep red hair.  A trait she shared with her sister, Dana. 

Samara is a nerd at heart, loving to read poetry, books, and watch films. She likes new age films but older films, particularly one’s from the 50’s have a special place in her heart. Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Edgar Allan Poe are great loves of hers, able to recite full monologues from the movies and paragraph after paragraph of the books from her memory alone. She is obsessed with history, both World and US and due to extensive traveling with her mother, has expansive knowledge of different cultures and traditions and speaks several different languages, proving to be an effective reader of Latin.

She had a knowledge of the Arcanum and its contents despite most people being unaware of its existence outside of churches and the studiers of the occult. 

One would believe that as the byproduct of a serial murderer and a contract killer that she would have a predilection for and nonchalant view of violence and they would be right. While not impulsively violent, she is not afraid to use it to maintain order and control or right wrongs.  The most surprising is she manages to do these things with very little thought or consideration for others. Going back to whatever she was doing beforehand.

Some examples of this are when she saw a man about to throw a bag of kittens off a bridge, she snagged the mewing bundle and gripped the back of his shirt, tossing him off instead. When Colin Miller's father beat him so badly, he wound up in the hospital, she threw the older man over a railing to his death. She threatened Johnny Sullivan multiple times, breaking his tibia during one of their confrontations. She hospitalized three girls after a fight when they tried to jump Aria in the bathroom, and she paralyzed one of her classmates from the waist down when it became apparent that he was just going to keep getting away with sexual assault until he was stopped.

Sam seems to have an unexplainable connection to Royce Clayton, dreaming about him (even before she knew who he was) from the time she was old enough to dream. She spent her life unaware that Royce is why her mother abruptly decided to return to her hometown. Royce’s energy surrounds the town of Madison and hangs particularly heavy around the Sullivan family. The dark force of his rage repels other ghosts from even entering the town, giving Sam unlimited safety from the entities who would seek to harm her for actions that she was not responsible for. 

Sam is a talented artist and carries around art supplies in her bag, which is with her even in death. 

I will go into her tattoos in a separate post. Also, I am almost positive that Dana was a redhead. Even with it wet, her hair has a red hue to it. 

Also, for the record, the perfume that Sam uses is DKNY Be Delicious

[writingsfrombeyondthegrave]

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The fandoms and characters I write for:

The Lost Boys

-Paul

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-David

-Michael

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The Marauders

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Wednesday (Netflix Series)

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School Spirits (Netflix Series)

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-Maddie Nears

-Rhonda

-Dawn

Dead Boy Detectives

-Charles Rowland

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Beetlejuice

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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Labyrinth (1986)

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Ghostbusters Frozen Empire

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-Steve Harrington

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[prestonfm]

⊹₊⟡⋆ nuno gallego + he/him ⊹₊⟡⋆ blasting i am a god by kanye west through their airpods is preston pruitt. oh , you don’t know them ? they’re the 23 year old ceo who just went viral for dumping a lukewarm cup of coffee on an intern (allegedly!!!). yup , the one that drives a rolls royce phantom . i hear they’re pretty diligent, but others have claimed that they’re quite volatile. that makes sense , considering they’re often labeled as the green-eyed monster.

stats:

full name:  preston reginald pruitt

nicknames:  prefers preston or mr. pruitt, will probably be snippy about it if anyone he's not especially close to tries anything else with him

gender:  cis man

pronouns:  he/him

sexuality:  bisexual, biromantic

age:  23

date of birth:  june 10th, 2001

zodiac sign:  gemini

height:  5'8"

occupation:  nepo baby ceo of pruitt yacht sales

interests:  interior design, mixology, watching old game shows (a pastime shared with his favorite nanny growing up), perfectly tailored suits, getting his way

visual inspo:

pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/aron_piper/oc-preston/ home: the styling of his mansion is very much this kind of vibe (i'm not too sure on exactly what the homes they live in here look like, but the decorating of his would be very similar to this) office: similar sort of look to the styling of his home, something along these lines. as mentioned above, he has an affinity for interior design, and would have worked closely with a decorator to get everything to his standards - regardless of the cost.

resembles:

scar (lion king), patrick bateman (american psycho), regina george (mean girls), hunter clarington (glee), dennis reynolds (it’s always sunny in philadelphia), light yagami (death note), sebastian valmont (cruel intentions), stewie griffin (family guy), plankton (spongebob), tashi duncan (challengers), lucille bluth (arrested development)

mini bio: tw - drug addiction of a family member

for as long as he can remember, preston has lived in the shadow of his older brother, playing second fiddle to a man, who, in his opinion, was totally incompetent, too focused on the dollar bill at the end of his nose to properly run the prestigious corporation that is pruitt yacht sales. despite it not being his birthright, preston believed he was the one destined to take over, going so far as to graduate from yale with a business degree to make sure he’d be ready – as well as sabotaging his brother’s newfound sobriety the night before his father was due to announce who would be taking over the company post his upcoming retirement. finally, he’s at the top, where he belongs, in charge of a multimillion dollar company, with little care for who he had to step on to get there.

family:

ward pruitt (father)

sabine pruitt (mother)

pierce pruitt (older brother, age 29)

peter pruitt (younger brother, age 17)

paisley pruitt (younger sister, age 16)

wanted connections:

older brother (m) - they've never been particularly close, but i'm assuming things would have only gotten worse after preston stole his ceo title (regardless of whether or not the brother actually knows the reasoning behind it yet)

ride or die (m/f/nb) - best friend, lowkey would love a sebastian/kathryn from cruel intentions kind of vibe (fully platonic or otherwise) but definitely open to other dynamics for sure!

frat brother (m) - he went to yale university; i don't have any sort of specific/actually existing fraternity in mind, it would just be a fictional one, definitely snobby, old money, legacy vibes (ik the odds of another muse already in play here having also attended yale/at the same time as preston/& could be in the same frat as him are pretty low so i'll most likely be sending a wanted connection into the main for this one, but just in case anyone was already thinking about bringing in another muse or hasn't fully fleshed out your character's educational backstory just yet, i figured i'd put this here!)

& friends with benefits, hookups (as in, fwb without the friendship), friends in general, family friends, exes, cousins, gym buddies, clients (those he's done business with in the past / potentially an influencer who has some sort of ongoing deal with the company?), next-door neighbor, rivals, enemies, ex-friends, one night-stand gone wrong, unknown half-sibling, younger siblings (down for changing their ages to make them work as playable muses here!), - all pretty self explanatory, and all open to muses of any gender ! i'm also more than down for filling any connections you guys are seeking / stuff not listed here !

taken connections:

everett finch - frenemies with benefits

imara gill - unlikely friends/drinking buddies

noa barclay - ride or die

sebastian guerra - one-sided (preston's side) rivalry

victoire grimaldi - fake friendship (preston feigns warmth towards her out of fear of pissing off a member of royalty)

wesley levine - ex-friend/one night stand gone wrong

zaire solace - preston takes advantage of his generosity and uses him as a makeshift personal assistant

[aimeedaisies]

The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in July 2023

01/07 Princess Anne accompanied by Sir Tim, opened the 30th Scottish Traditional Boat Festival at Portsoy Harbour. ⛴️

03/07 As Chancellor of Harper Adams University, visited the University’s Future Farm, Edgmond and met the 2023 Marshal Papworth Foundation Scholars. 👩‍🎓

As Patron, Scottish Fisheries Museum’s Reaper Appeal visited the Scottish Fisheries Museum in St. Ayles, Anstruther. 🎣

04/07 Visited Strathcarron Hospice, Denny. 👩‍⚕️

As Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps, attended a 5 Military Intelligence Battalion Training Night at the Army Reserve Centre, Edinburgh. 💂

05/07 As part of Holyrood week in Edinburgh, Princess Anne carried out the following engagements;

Opened the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, at NHS Lothian as part of #NHS75 celebrations. 🧸

Opened King’s Buildings Nucleus Building at the University of Edinburgh. 👩‍🎓

Launched WETWHEELS EDINBURGH Accessible Boat at Port Edgar Marina. 🦽🛥️

Attended a Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria for Eric Liddell 100 programme. 🍽️

06/07 As President of the UK Fashion and Textile Association, attended the Textile Institute World Conference at the University of Huddersfield. 🪡

Opened Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Maternity Theatre at Bradford Royal Infirmary.🤰

As Colonel of The Blues and Royals, with Sir Tim, took the salute at the Household Division Beating Retreat on Horse Guards Parade. 🫡

07/07 Attended a Charity Polo Day at Cirencester Park Polo Club for the Spinal Injuries Association 🐎

11/07 Visited Flintshire Adult Day Care Centre, Hwb Cyfle in Queensferry, Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

HRH, as the new Patron of BASC (British Association for Shooting and Conservation) visited their Headquarters at Marford Mill, Wrexham, Wales. 🦡

12/07 Visited St Helena’s Nursing Campus at the University of Derby in Chesterfield. 👩‍⚕️

Opened Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s new Urgent and Emergency Care Department. 🏥

Attended a Reception at Rolls-Royce Learning and Development Centre for the Motor Neurone Association. 🚘

13/07 Sir Tim represented the Princess Royal at a service of thanksgiving for the life of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Boyce at Westminster Abbey. ⚓️

Princess Anne opened the King’s Arch at Government House, visited the Tortoise Takeover Trail at Gorey Castle and subsequently opened the Tortoise Tunnel at Jersey Zoo. 🇯🇪🐢

Princess Anne with Sir Tim, later attended the Royal Academy of Engineering Annual Awards Dinner at the Londoner Hotel in Leicester Square, London. 🏆

14/07 Opened the new Southampton Citizens Advice Bureau and visited DP World Shipping Container Terminal. ⛴️

15/07 As Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps, attended their Annual Corps Day at Chicksands. 🪖

18/07 Princess Anne and Sir Tim carried out the following engagements in Kent;

Opened a new affordable housing development at Bartlett Close, Staple, Canterbury, followed by a Reception at Staple Village Hall. 🏡

Visited St James’s Cemetery in Dover in her role as Patron of the Remembrance Trust 🫡

Visited Folkestone National Coastguard Institution Station in Folkestone to mark its 25th Anniversary, followed by a Reception at Folkestone Yacht and Motorboat Club. 🚨

19/07 In South Wales, visited Barry Citizens Advice Bureaux in her role of Patron of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux and later visited HM Prison Cardiff in her role of Patron of the Butler Trust. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

20/07 Joined the ship’s company of HMS Albion and visited Clyde Marina near Glasgow, Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

21/07 Princess Anne and Sir Tim attended a Dinner at the Royal Ocean Racing Club Clubhouse, to celebrate the 50th Edition of the Fastnet Race in Cowes, Isle of Wight. 🛥️

27/07 Attended the Tall Ships Races Captains’ Dinner at Lerwick Town Hall, Lerwick, Shetland Islands. 👨‍✈️🍽️

28/07 Visited ships in Lerwick Harbour taking part in the Tall Ships Races. 🚢🏁

29/07 With Sir Tim, attended the King George Day at Ascot Racecourse. 🏆🐎

30/07 Princess Anne and Sir Tim visited Cowes, Isle of Wight for Cowes Week and carried out the following engagements;

Viewed Cowes Week Racing and met Squadron Staff at the Royal Yacht Squadron. 🛥️

Visited HMS Tyne and The Royal Navy Stand. ⛴️

Attended a Church Service at Holy Trinity Church. ⛪️

Attended a Reception for Members, Racing Crews, Flag Officers and Sailing Associates at the Royal Yacht Squadron. 🥂

Total official engagements for Anne in July: 42

2023 total so far: 304

Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in July: 14

2023 total so far: 70

[he11swinter]

So what friendships between the ghost would be? Since all the ghost are quite different (from time periods to just personal interest) I’m just kind curious since I’ve seen lots of different takes

The only time the ghosts are technically friends is when they’re all mad at the same person. But when they’ve been imprisoned together in a glass house for that long, they must have found ways to get along. That’s as close to friends/family as we need, right…?

All right, I’m just gonna say they’re friends. 😉

Horace and George are friends. They who kill Dennis together, stay together. 🖤 (I’m so sorry—)

Royce and Susan hang out sometimes, even though they find each other kind of annoying. They’re close in age, but their eras are pretty different. That’s the main challenge.

Also, Susan likes affectionately teasing Billy.

Dana hates everyone. Sorry. She might have put up with Jean talking to her, though. (Especially since Jean is no competition to her for looks, I guess.)

Margaret and Harold have each other—they don’t need anyone else. (And frankly…the other ghosts are a little scared to get vomit on them.)

While everyone else is out there committing violent acts, Billy and Jimmy tend to get left together. They might awkwardly play a game. They might talk, or they might not. When Jean was there, she could keep a conversation going between all three of them.

Billy really looks up to Royce though, not gonna lie…

Jean was wary of most of the ghosts, but she’d try to get along with the less intimidating ones. She felt a certain pang in her heart for Billy, who reminded her of Bobby. Billy could sense her pity, so didn’t like talking to her very much.

Isabella prefers to keep to herself, as everyone is significantly younger than her and she can’t relate.

Ryan could go from severely antisocial to bothering just about anyone. He fights most often with Horace, but rumour has it he enjoys it.

[usafphantom2]

#onthisday in 1941, flying from Fairey's Great West Aerodrome and with Flight Lieutenant Christopher Staniland at the controls, the Fairey Firefly prototype made its maiden flight.

@classicwarbirds via X

Fairey Firefly | Classic Warbirds

The Firefly was designed by Herbert Chaplin and his team to meet Air Ministry Specification N.5/40 which called for a two-seat reconnaissance fighter to replace the Fairey Fulmar. This new aircraft had increased firepower and speed over the Fulmar and 200 Fireflys were ordered on the 12th June 1940 and four production aircraft would be used for testing.

On the 22nd December 1941 flying from Fairey's Great West Aerodrome, and piloted by Fairey test pilot Flight Lieutenant Christopher Staniland, the Fairey Firefly made its maiden flight. A second Firefly flew the following year on the 4th June 1942. Tragedy then struck the project when on the 20th June 1942 the second prototype crashed killing the pilot Flight Lieutenant Staniland, this led to minor changes to the third aircraft before it flew two months later on the 26th August 1942. By the end of 1942 carrier trials on the new aircraft had been carried out aboard HMS Illustrious (87).

The Firefly Mk I was at first powered by the 1,730-hp Rolls-Royce Griffon IIB although during the aircraft's production run a number of changes were made, including the removal of a two man dinghy in the rear fuselage and the installation of the 1,990-hp Rolls-Royce Griffon XII engine. This gave the aircraft a top speed of 316 mph, range of 1,300 miles and a service ceiling of 28,000 ft. Armament was four 20mm cannons and either 2,000lb bombs or rocket projectiles.

On the 1st October 1943 the Firefly Mk I started to enter service with No. 1770 Naval Air Squadron, based first at RNAS Yeovilton before embarking on HMS Indefatigable (R10), being the first to receive this new aircraft. It would not be until nine months later on the 17th July 1944 when the Firefly would become operational, taking part in the attack against the German Battleship Tirpitz based in Norway, known as Operation Mascot, where they would provide air cover. The first aerial victory for the type was achieved by Lieutenant Dennis Levitt of No. 1770 Naval Air Squadron when on the 2nd January 1945 he shot down a Nakajima Ki-43 'Oscar'.

A number of Fireflys also had ASH radar installed in a pod under the engine and were known as the Firefly FR Mk I. With the installation of A.I Mk 10 radar and the fuselage increased by eighteen inches the Firefly NF Mk II night fighter appeared although all 37 Firefly NF Mk IIs were converted back to Firefly Mk I specification.

The Firefly Mk III was to be powered by the Rolls-Royce Griffon 61 engine and only a prototype of this was produced during 1944 despite an order for 100 of the type placed. Instead thoughts turned to the Firefly Mk IV which featured a four-blade propeller, clipped wings and power supplied by the 2,100-hp Rolls-Royce Griffon 74 engine. With a top speed of 386 mph it was 70 mph faster than the Firefly Mk I, its range was 1,300 miles with a service ceiling of 31,900 ft. Armament consisted of four 20mm cannons and 2,000lb bombs or rocket projectiles. 160 Firefly Mk IVs would be produced but would not see service during the Second World War (1939 - 1945) with deliveries beginning in July 1946.

The Fairey Firefly Mk 5 followed and flew for the first time on the 12th December 1947. This was powered by the 2,245-hp Rolls-Royce Griffon 74 engine. Top speed was 386 mph, range 760 miles, its service ceiling was 31,900 ft. Armament was four 20mm cannons and either 4,000lb bombs or rocket projectiles. On the 23rd March 1949 the first production version of the Firefly AS.6 flew for the first time, the Firefly AS.6 and Firefly AS.7 featured a larger bulged canopy to house two radar operators. Powered by the same Griffon 74 engine as its predecessor its top speed, range and service ceiling were identical. Its armament was 4,000lb bombs or rocket projectiles. It would be No. 817 Royal Australian Naval Air Squadron, RNAS St Merryn who were first to be equipped with the Firefly AS.6 when they received theirs on the 25th April 1950.

Continuing development of the type led to the Firefly AS.7 which flew for the first time on the 22nd May 1951. Powered by the 1,925-hp Rolls-Royce Griffon 59 engine this would be the slowest Firefly variant with a top speed of 300 mph, range of 860 miles with a service ceiling of 25,500 ft, although most would end up as Firefly T. Mk 7 observer training aircraft.

The final two variants were the Firefly U.Mk 8 and Firefly U.Mk 9 which were both target drones.

By the time production ended 1,700 Fairey Fireflys had been built serving in a number of different roles including training and target tug roles and as well as seeing service during the Second World War the Firefly would also participate in the Korean War (1950 - 1953) and would serve with air forces around the world including the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Dutch Naval Aviation Service.

[thefangirltreehouse]

general observations (cyberpunk 2077)

just to preface, i’ve not played through the main story at all since 2021 on my base playstation four and i’m currently replaying on my playstation five. i played as fem!corpo!v both times. this will probably have continued updates as i get further into the endgame. (now beat the campaign as streetkid!fem!v and half-way for nomad!male!v)

“don’t look now, but that’s jenkins’ girl.” i know it’s probably not intentional but that sounds like a loaded statement.

the way kerry calls fem!v “doll” is so fuckin’ cute.

wakako calls her “honey” which again, very cute. also was dying at her “is this the dali lama?” when v sarcastically implies she simply couldn’t fathom murdering for money.

the peralez’s are one of those couples and i cannot get that out of my head.

fuck the voodoo boys. i didn’t pay much attention the first play-through and ended up siding with them because of how much the game makes it clear that you shouldn’t trust corpos and i hadn’t wrapped my head around the evelyn stuff. choose netwatch and felt a little better this time.

joshua still makes my skin scrawl and i dislike those like him irl but i wish we had more interactions like what happened with vasquez - him seeing v as a legitimate dangerous liability. (i’m genuinely surprised they didn’t do that with river, surely he done some digging into v?)

i’m terribly paraphrasing but i’ve noticed there is a couple of thugs in a coronado / arroyo side mission that are like “yo, that’s v.”

i saved brick and royce, kinda disappointed you’re stuck with royce in the totentanz mission - nice to see dum dum remember v by name and how nippy v gets over jackie’s mention. (royce or millitech obviously kill brick because his grave is there).

honestly i just wanted more of the ol’ samurai geezers.

i forgot just how many npc’s hit on fem!v in comparison to male!v like, fingers guards, jacob, the roadie, general population, the bargest guards when leaving the black sapphire (that might be both v’s), they also say “ooh! you little whore!” and also kerry’s “nice rack” dig at johnny. not to mention how many folk call her a bitch, slut, cunt and white during combat.

skippy’s disturbia never gets old, especially considering it’s seventy-years-old at that point.

i still don’t understand why there isn’t an option to give kerry back his guitar - that he clearly wants back - if you’ve met him before the padré side-quest.

really not a fan of having to build quickhacks when you’re essentially buying a blueprint.

“where’s kerry been hiding you?” oh he definitely told them the ‘new output’ shtick.

jesus christ it is so much easier to make money now.

i know it’s the future and things are a little more blasé plus he’s an old, jaded rockstar but i was a little taken aback with just how much kerry calls us cracks “whores, cunts, sluts and bitches” like chill.

a little disappointed aurore had no intention of fucking v.

i can’t stand grimes but i wish we had one more mission for lizzy wizzy

style-wise, phantom liberty is a massive step-up but the clothing in this game is atrocious especially if you want to wear anything girly.

it’s nice to be able to see the colour of v’s hair this time.

i love my little type-66 avenger.

corpo!fem!v is the perfect foil to johnny. also love how some the most notable people in johnny’s life are women. alt, rogue, denny, nancy and depending on your choice, v.

i don’t really ship johnny with v, but the “old married couple” dig was spot-on.

i’m personally conflicted on so-mi, but i’d probably lean towards saving her. that said, i fundamentally believe v wouldn’t. she’s looking for a lifeline and so-mi purposely dangled it over her. she’s not got beef with the nusa, they’re offering what so-mi cannot.

still cannot stand the photo-mode filters.

i’m forever curious about the sobchak cut storyline that was given to river and takemura.

vik’s mocking, “ooOOoooh” towards zetatech and not being allowed drink on the job.

leigh’s acting when johnny simply takes v’s body / tries to give it back in mikoshi after the rogue arasaka mission and just the entire langley section are so well executed. v and river’s farewell’s in langley and in the badlands will always break my heart.

sampson’s grave just read’s “he loved his car.”

fem!v yelling, “rust in piss, shitbot.” goes so fuckin’ hard, also streetkid!fem!v’s first confrontation with hanako.

i know v isn’t trying to blow their cover, but i so wanted to turn around and go, “bitch i have kerry and nancy’s phone number.” to that nippy samurai vendor.

oda is so hot and for what? but the shit-eating grin i have every time he’s pissed at v.

objectively the most fuckable man in this game is default!male!v

misty’s accent has changed so much in the phantom liberty ending.

so has male!v, like i noticed it almost instantly. so much gruffer, which works… if v was still twenty-seven and not rounded back to twenty-three

actually, the age change was so fuckin’ stupid. v works better as twenty-seven, especially corpo!v. the ties music has to the game, to v specifically with the twenty-seven club. v and jackie being eager and dumb enough to accept the job from a disgraced fixer, but competent enough to see it through with ‘years’ of experience. above all desperate enough to finally get their big break.

i’d like to put forward a theory that yes, night city has changed in the two years v is out of the game but not as much as the delamain sequence implies. instead, it’s just a much dire and vulnerable perspective. the perspective of a powerless bystander who isn’t a one person army taking on maxtac with their wits and a pistol, taking out a whole room of gangoons with a mere glance or going toe-to-toe with araska’s most formidable soldiers with ease. v is seeing night city on the other side and it’s fucking petrifying. same goes for the player who’s been running around night-city like a god on a power trip. (it reminds me a lot of what final fantasy xv did in the original chapter thirteen. stripping back noctis’ literal god-like power, his arsenal and taken his support network, leaving a sad little king all alone in a hostile environment ready to make or break him.)

speaking of final fantasy xv… listen, i like river. i do, but i think i was a little less harsh on him because i knew he was a love interest prior to meeting him but he really needed more padding and i know it’s due to river being the remnants of sobchak but even a few missions of him setting up his business with v’s help (which could’ve kept gangs like maelstrom and the mox more relevant in the games later act) prior to the dinner at joss’ (not to mention the lack of a arc kill-switch as i know many lesbian players weren’t keen on his advances - which could’ve been done when johnny picks up on river’s behaviour). also… for how ‘progressive’ this game is giving the straight / bi girlies a ‘family-man’ angle…? how ground-breaking.

fuck meredith, gimmie a one night stand with blue moon!

fumes + afterlife on growl fm are majestic, like growl fm generally is such a great addition.

when johnny says “aware.” and v correct’s with “aggressive” to hellman.

someone’s gotta tell judy she’s got a really shitty taste in women.

listen, maiko’s an a-class bitch but i can’t help but love every scene she’s in. that “yes v, i mean you.” is so good!

as much as evelyn is to blame for the heist, she’s dealt the worst hand as it’s collateral. t-bug, dex, jackie and v to some extent are allowed to comfort of death, evelyn… not so much.

male!v in particular very much feels like judy’s guard dog, fem!v is in it to fuck around and find out in messing with maiko and the claws when it comes to judy’s post-heist arc.

the differences in line delivery are so interesting with each v, i mean it makes even more sense considering they are confirmed to be different people. like a good example is when johnny appears in the peralez’s braindance, male!v says “what are you doing here?” with a genuinely curious and amused tone, fem!v is immediately over johnny’s antics before he’s even begun. however, it’s almost the reverse when johnny comes out with his bullshit “sisters of god” analogy, male!v sounds unconvinced, fem!v sounds sceptical but mildly curious.

i adore the idea that millitech had their grubby fingers in the heist, like the implications that everything relied on two low-level merc is incredible (highly recommend this video for more on that)

i always knew johnny was an unreliable narrator, because he’s johnny but after listening to talsorian game’s line manager it just connects so many missing points - especially of the blackhand variety.

so… i went back and played phantom liberty and honestly, the best outcome is for everyone (perhaps, except v) to honour so-mi’s wish to die. reed lives and eventually agrees with v’s choice, myers’ ego is shot, massacre of innocents avoided and not to mention the access to blackwall weapons. the caveat is obviously alex. now that i’ve done that ending, whilst i don’t forgive her, i understand so-mi’s motive and can sympathise, like fuck the nusa. after evelyn, so-mi’s arc is the most heartbreaking.

guess dino really does know everyone, considering reed is his bouncer.

i wish you could ask viktor about farida.

it’s actually insane that edgerunners is only a year prior to v’s story, i know streetkid!v is aware of david but i’m surprised there’s no comment from corpo!v, considering counter-intelligence was involved (there’s a scene in jenkin’s office) and perhaps not in their life-path role yet but v is undoubtedly working for arasaka during david and smasher’s fight. actually on that, corpo!v doesn’t even comment on smasher when jackie mentions him. like v isn’t a millitech, biotechnica, petrochem or a netwatch corpo, they’re arasaka.

so-mi’s va did such a fantastic job, especially when she and v are in the core.

first time around i play games on easy - so i don’t get spoiled at release), then do my second on hard (which is getting really annoying games are locking it behind beating it on normal) but whilst i prefer this game on hard, easy mode makes you feel like a fuckin god.

fuck that blackwall ai, i love my erebus (both playing and story implication - you can’t convince me that ain’t lilith / night-corp / mr. blue eyes texting v) but it what cost? ‘cause if you know anything about me, then you know i can’t stand horror, especially horror games other than until dawn. i play pseudo-tank in almost everything, not really possible in most horrors. i lack compete tact and i’ll admit that.

speaking of lilith, the implications are amazing. one, it’s why narratively i like so-mi going out on her own terms because trusting blue eyes? i think not. i mean think about it; liilith is attempting to breach the human world and who are her high-profile proxy contacts? promising them life? a ticking time-bomb netrunner or arguably the most dangerous human being to walk the earth. (if you’ve not looked into it, then give this a watch)

telling myers to suck it was excellent, although i fear she got the last laugh with that five-thousand eddies payment.

the parallels between v and reed’s final conversations in ‘four scores and seven’ and ‘who wants to live forever’. which each one explaining to the other how to take on their new life. you can hear the optimism in v’s take and similarly with reed at langley however the player knows how it feels when the shoe is on the other foot, it’s easy to tell reed to move on with his fresh start but it’s so difficult to stomach as v.

as a filmmaker, judy’s passion for braindances hits so much, especially during pyramid song, same with alex and evelyn honestly.

i know half the moniker is in how they die but the idea that v in one lifetime: stole from arasaka, survived a bullet to the brain, killed adam smasher, kurt hansen and maman brigette whilst yes covertly, saved the presidents life, took on maxtac for the most part alone and played samurai’s final gig with the original members, filling in for THE silverhand but still can’t be considered a nc legend if they don’t take down arasaka? *sniffs* hmmm… i’m smelling… shite?

[genocidalfetus]

Rescuing Bess and Being The Grownup In The Room...err, backyard.

Vilem went back to his place and quickly changed, then made his way to Totentanz. Inside, he was met by DumDum. They had some banter, and Johnny expressed his fondness of the little shit because of his taste in music.

Bess Isis was found at the end of her interview with Royce. She takes Vilem aside and tells him that she needs his help to get her interview out intact. Vilem agrees to help and lets Bess distract Royce so he can sneak out with the intact interview. He had to flatline a couple of chrome-heads, but they managed to get out unscathed.

Vilem told Bess about the concert and she reluctantly agrees to help set it up. After getting dropped off, Vilem gives Kerry a call to let him know the status of everything. Kerry sounded thrilled, which was a good thing.

Kerry called Vilem the next day and told him that he got Henry out of rehab and that they were all gonna meet at Denny's house and talk about the concert. Vilem made his way over...

When Vilem gets to Denny's, he finds a pool full of cement, Denny and Henry screaming at one another and Kerry awkwardly watching....oh boy...

Vilem tries to get both sides of the story, only to find that if he wants this concert to happen, then he'll have to make a choice. Denny or Henry....Johnny was of no help, and Kerry was leaning towards Denny, feeling guilty that he set these events in motion without meaning to. Vilem thought Henry was far too unstable, and didn't know if the guy would fuck up the gig or not, so he chose Denny. She agreed to the gig, then kicked them all out of her backyard. Seemed the wheels were in motion for the gig. All they had to do was wait for Bess to book the venue.

[winterapocalypse]

Winter Apocalypse

Chapter 53: After-party

It would have been class time, but none of the kids were in class having some boring magic lesson. They were all lying in the garden, or locked in their common rooms. That day was a festive one, because the Intercontinental team would be performing that afternoon!

The big party in the Slytherin common room the previous night, however, had left its effects on the boys who had taken part.

Dennis, Aegon, Shireen, Rhea and Loras, with large shopping bags from Omega Mart in their hands, had just landed their flying brooms in the garden, in front of the large group of friends of which they were part, and of which they were the younger members.

Aston, dark circles under her eyes visible even under her dark blue sunglasses and a hand pressed to her pale forehead, had sent the three Ravenclaws and the two Slytherins on a bizarre shopping spree: bottled deodorant with the essence of whale vocal cords, extra virgin water without hydrogen dioxide, a whole pack of copper buttons, and they even had to stop by Undertaker's creepy shack to get some root he grew, embarrassingly big and bulbous and disgusting.

“What the fuck did you make us bring this crap here for?” Dennis began, very angry. It was cold that day, and he had to steal a long blue jacket with idiotic diamonds from his older brother, but it was so big that it trailed on the ground like a cloak over his shoulders. His shirt with holes in it and his trousers, with tears so wide that he had to wear a pair of tights underneath him so as not to appear to be in his underwear, did not hold up well to the cold of the Northern winter of Winter Hogwarts. But they were very fashionable!

Aston almost smiled at him, sitting on the outside window sill of Yi Ti's Astrology classroom, along with just a few of her group of friends - Seamus with his purple face and split nose, Cesaro with his glitter jacket on backwards, the Hardy brothers with bruises everywhere, Edge and Christian leaning on each other very tired, Emily who looked just a little less fresh than ever and, worst of all, Eddie and Riddle.

Eddie seemed more upset emotionally than physically, and Riddle the opposite. He was hunched over, his hands in his long blond hair and his gaze on the ground. Beric was by Aston's side as always but he didn't seem to have suffered anything from the previous night, probably because he hadn't been there.

Theon still had a bottle of butterbeer in his hand, and Renly had turned in disgust to see Theon still wanting to drink alcohol after getting too drunk the previous night, his braid all in disarray as if he hadn't even let his hair down and combed it- strange for him, who loved her long black hair so much.

Rhea, who was the strongest of the group of third and fourth years sent to refuel, was carrying two bags full of rubbish, and she also seemed the most nervous. "This stuff stinks." the Ulthos girl said angrily, wrinkling her nose and making a face with her black lipstick. Loras, impeccably dressed as usual with well-combed, soft light brown hair and a coat embroidered with golden roses that reached down to his knees, almost threw the bag towards the group, but no one caught it. She ended up in the snow, at Aston's feet. "Don't throw things! What if she ran into Aston? She would get hurt!" Beric shouted stiffly and annoyed at Loras, while Aston mimed giving him a slap. "Shut up, or I'll bury you upside down and ass up like Undertaker's chickens." she growled.

"Now you'll find out, right Aston?" Cesaro replied, sunny as always but with a crooked and tired smile. He had a cut on his bald head caused by a fall the day before, and he was holding a take-away coffee from Batista's Bar, which had been empty for some time now.

The four boys unloaded the stuff they had bought with Aston's money in front of the feet of the red-haired girl, who was wearing a short holographic diamond-patterned jacket trimmed with fur and heavy black jeans with a holographic border on the side as well, and boots with holographic diamonds like the jacket. It was strangely cold in Winter Hogwarts that day.

Aston grabbed her younger brother by the wrist, dragging him towards him.

"I'll explain it to you now, Denny, come here." and she violently made him sit on her legs, even though he seemed really against the matter. "You've grown up, huh?" said Aston, strangely condescending to her younger brother, with whom she almost always teased. Dennis, in fact, was not convinced. “What the fuck do you want from me?” he muttered unsurely.

Aston ruffled his hair, which had been dyed an annoyingly bright red that day, and before Dennis knew anything was wrong, she pulled out a lock of his hair. The boy jumped up screaming, both in pain and in fright.

"Your dye is based on Realgar, and is used in the potion." The older sister continued, as a very low-energy laugh arose from the hungover group.

"What potion?" Shireen asked, curious. She was a nerd, so as soon as we talked about new potions or magic that she didn't know, she forgot all the shyness that usually characterized her and became a little intrusive, even if in a tender way.

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[noraleedoes]

Community Palette Project - Update!

We're currently at 464/720 shades claimed.

Things stalled out a little as life got busy, but I'd really love to see this project to its completion. Doing so will require some help, though!

I can't name all those remaining shades by myself. If you have any Cyberpunk 2077 Vs or OCs that you haven't added to the project yet, please feel encouraged to add them, no matter how new or minor they may be in your lore. Do not feel guilty about adding a dozen or two of your most obscure Cyberpunk2077 OCs at this point; I'd love it if you did.

You can also name shades after your fave Cyberpunk 2077 NPCs and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners characters! You can find a list of the main NPCs that are still missing colors beneath the cut, but please keep in mind - if you adore a rather minor NPC, they may not be on this list, but that doesn't mean you can't use the form to name a color after them <3

For Vs, OCs, and NPCs: You can ⭐complete the form here.⭐

Please reblog this post, as outside links can interfere with posts showing properly in the tags. <3 Also, please feel free to send this link to friends, or to share it on other platforms; any visibility that will help the project is appreciated.

"Main" Cyberpunk 2077 NPCs and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Characters Up For Grabs (as of May 8th):

Anders Hellman Arthur Jenkins Bob Sagan Brendan Cassidy Righter Declan "Brick" Griffin Delamain Denny Dexter "Dex" DeShawn Driss "Scorpion" Meriana Elisabeth "Lizzy Wizzy" Wissenfurth Elizabeth Peralez Faraday Gloria Martinez Henry Jefferson Peralez Jeremiah Grayson Kirk Sawyer Kiwi Lucyna Kushinada Lyle Thompson Maiko Maeda Maine "Maman" Brigitte Mateo Thiago Matilda "Sasquatch" K. Rose Meredith Stout Michiko Arasaka Milt Nauman Muamar "El Capitan" Reyes Nix Ozob Bozo Pepe Najarro Pilar Placide Rhino Roxanne Sumner Ruby Collins Saburo Arasaka Saul Bright Simon "Royce" Randall Susan Abernathy Susanna "Susie Q" Quinn Theo Price Tom Caldera Yawen Packard Yorinobu Arasaka

[russnightlife]

For those who need it: a full list of every name in Toast of London. Credit here:

Full list of character names from the Toast of London Universe:

Steven Toast

Jane Plough

Ray Purchase

Kenton Schweppes

Ed Hauser Black

Goodhouse

Cliff Promise

Clem Fandango

Kikini Bamalam

Beezuz Fafoon

Susan Random

Jemima Gina

Kika Brite

Acker Herron

Greta Cargo

Royce Coolidge

Mr Fasili

Ellen Toast

Mick Carriage

Howard Bugawitz

Martin Aynuss

Senna Poddington

Ricky Seasack

Derek Sibling

Danny Bear

Portia De Coogan

Thomas Ledger

Strawberry Wrathbone

Lord Fotheringham

Toby Hopkinson-Finch

Blair Toast

Commander Scott Gorham

Russel House

Chris Bread

Roy Highnock

Sookie Houseboat

Brooke Hooberman

Yvonne Wryly

Kate Kahn

Hamilton Meathouse

Poshdong Mingemuncher

Nick Swivney

Wendy Nook

Linda Praise

Warren Organ

Thumper

Lola

Paige

Ruby

Norris Flipjack

Duncan Clench

Bob Fennison

Mr. Cockatip

Ken Suggestion

Penny Traitor

Dennis Thwaits

Betty Pimples

Axel Jacklin

Basil Jet

Parker Pipe

Kerry Hammersnag

Sterling Porridge

Max Gland

Lindy Makehouse

Colin Skittles

Jackie Paper

Honeysuckle

Francis Bacon

Lorna Wynde

Una Length

Rob Continental

Sue Pressure

Peggy Plywood

Scott Chesnut

Penvelope

Rupert Howser Black

Col. Gonville Toast

Clancy Moped

Vic Titball

Pookie Hook

Bob Monkhouse

Larry Muggins

Dennis Fog

Derek Bildings

Shane Fulorgy

Frank Zammer

Ormand Sacker

Varity Map

Bill Purchase

Tony Excalibur

Champion House

Cocker Boo

Michael Prance

Church Weaver

Heathcote Pursuit

Kay Tightneck

Iqbal Achieve

Basil Watchfair

Nan Slack

Peanut Whistle

Dick Weerdly

Sal Commotion

Giuseppe Race

Howard Blackcap

Daz Klondike

Kai

Sola Mirrornek

Sue Pepkins

Neil Doobla-Decca

Des Wigwam

Dr Harold Shitman

Les Tipi

Chris Marquee

Rob Scouthut

Russ Nightlife

Kenny Ethnic

Hercule Razamataz

Ray Sober

Romley Compton

Dwight Difference

Billy Tarzana

Nina Armenian

Edward Fox

Shepherd Jerbîl

Professor Map

Sonny Sam Disco

Weech Beacon

Liberty Jerbil

Ben Egyptian

Jennifyer Madraass

Snorky

Will Willis

Phyllis Willis

Carmen

Richard Chickentoss

Hoop Kaaak

Ms Wisehunt

Mrs Greenflash

Bellender Bojangles

Barney

Hayley

Blondie

Gypsy

Old Timer Bill

Wildcat Lil

Doc Brown

Rusty Halloween

Agent Saucepan

Sorry Johnson

Wallace

Kelsey Perfume

Frank Succession

Tycoon Lancaster

Jesus Bond

August Burdock

Clint Legal

Tony Fabrizio

Hawk Fahrenheit

Mews Frumpty

Frank Forfolk

Chelsea Bladdersby

Oswald Mosley

Kate Lethargy

Fancy Alexander

Dinky Critenbers

Pig Shovely

Billy Stylish

Sir Norman Brocktight

Basil Stillborn

Kimberly Banana

DI Leonard Chaffich

Una Stubbs

Surely Residue

Warren Organ

Hissy Oversight

Ms. Crawshaft

Merrody Ferrybank

Allan Chance

Doug Birka

Martin Shore

Lolly Badcock

Jill Quear

Vigo Typhoon

Danny Laroux

Cool Black

S’en hammerstad

Gerald Selfish

Peter Nose

David Geurring

Haneth khorishi

Baz Ravish

Enty Strepsils

Comma Dora Green

Vaginta Staples

Aalan Aadams

Harvey Motel

Peter Thatchelwaite

Ryslip Tyres Dot Com

Donald Suckling

Stuart Pringle

Susan Bench

Cliff Stalways

Billy Sprayman

Trevor McGuelish

Earnest Gangly

Sydney Shipton

Barry Bouffant

Drayton Curfew

Septum Crowbar

Dick Circus

Liz Pulp

Rob Darby

Vanessa Fence

Vince Kendal

Mac Darby

Sally Joint

Welk Ashby

Maggie Gail

David Hammod

Leo Seer

Kit Blackcheek

Jackie Kak

Howard Tissue

Albert Eichborn

Peter Swaff

Rob Bonnet

Perry Bluehouse

Lee Bacon

Connie Sheik

Cliff Bonanza

Rula Bingo

Oliver Whasson

Watkins Winchester

Warwick Kineer

Ruth Lingum

Adam Haalal

Lionel Harshmaker

Gary the Plumber

Royce

[princetorn]

VERSES .

⋆ verse — to be a boy among the boys ( 1939 – 1954 )

canon . A childhood spent in the shadow of the Appalachian mountains – long summers, Little League, sweet tea, Sunday sermons – and a briefly awkward adolescence of braces and coltish limbs.  A child prodigy, they say.  He is a scab-kneed boy marked for sporting greatness.

⋆ verse — six cylinders underneath the hood ( 1955 – 1957 )

canon . Baseball was once his greatest love, but now he fixates on hot-rodding and his ‘Little Sweetheart’ – a Chevrolet Corvette that he spends his weekends diligently working on and his nights racing.  Royce has grown into himself.  He has motor oil under his nails, Brylcreem in his hair, and butane in his blood.

⋆ verse — all a ghost can do is haunt ( 1958 – )

canon .The end came sharp and sour, in a twist of shrieking metal and the lick of flames.  Murder, though he does not know it. Royce Clayton is dead, buried in a small plot overlooking the baseball field.  He has become a cautionary tale to the people in the town of Marshall, and his ghost is doomed to walk the earth.

⋆ verse — caged within jars like fireflies ( 1997 – 2001 )

Captured by wealthy explorer, collector and ghost hunter Cyrus Kriticos – with the aid of his psychic assistant Dennis Rafkin – Royce is transported to Pennsylvania and kept contained by Latin barrier spells.  He and eleven other spirits form the Black Zodiac, with Royce representing the Torn Prince.  Cyrus intends for the enslaved spirits to power the Basileus Machine, a contraption designed by a fifteenth century Italian astrologer while under demonic possession.  If successful, the device will open the Ocularis Infernum ( ‘The Eye of Hell’ ) allowing him to see all things, past and future, divine and damned.

⋆ verse — college is fun as long as you don’t die ( 1958 – 1962 )

Royce doesn’t die that fateful October night.  He lives to see prom, to graduate, to take up a baseball scholarship and move on with his life.  He still harbours a great love of hot-rodding, but baseball is his ticket out of small-town misery and he grabs the opportunity with both hands.

⋆ verse — it ain’t over ‘til it’s over ( 1963 – 1968 )

He did it, he made it, he’s finally famous.  Royce is a Major League Baseball player, his face is printed on posters and in the newspapers.

⋆ verse — when you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed ( 1969 – )

By 30 years of age, Royce is past his peak and his time in the spotlight comes to a close. Retiring from baseball, he starts coaching the up-and-comers – but it isn’t the same as standing in the home plate with a crowded stadium screaming your name.

⋆ verse — professional crash test dummy ( 1958 – )

Royce doesn’t die that fateful October night, nor does he seize the chances baseball presents. Instead, he follows his hot-rodding dreams, and goes on to become a sports car racer.  James Dean would be proud.

⋆ verse — we’re gonna be together forever baby

exclusive to @shellcrack . Royce Clayton is in love with Miriam Ross – the prom king has found his queen, and he is saving for a ring.  What started out as a jockish bet has ended in something serious, with the hot-rod playing for keeps, making big plans for them to leave their small town behind.  Whether they make it or not, Johnny refuses to get out of the picture.

⋆ verse — crazy fun park

A teenager from a quiet corner of North Carolina is offered a baseball scholarship in Melbourne.  Generously bankrolled by Henry Clayton, Royce and Johnny jet off to Australia to tour the university.  Following an argument, Royce is involved in a fatal car accident.  Many years later, a theme park is built on the crash site.  It thrives, it dies, and it collects spirits along the way.  Alternative premise:  Royce is attached to a vintage baseball glove or card which Violetta gifts Nimrod, unwittingly bringing Royce’s ghost to Crazy Fun Park.

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II. Can A Heart Break After It Stops?

Author's Note: I am determined to finish this story, so I shall. This story will leap around in time, but it will make sense, I promise.

I would like to take a moment to remind everyone that Royce is seventeen years old canonically and I will not change it. There will be sexual content in this story. I will, of course, label those parts in case anyone wants to skip past them.

I will also be posting trigger warnings for any part of the story that I believe requires it.

With that said, there are various mentions of suicide in this chapter.

Anyway, onward.

Bukater Mansion Woods outside of Arden, Ohio February 2014

Dana sighed as she sat in the tub, red water surrounding her. Being trapped in this house was not as intolerable as it had been thirteen years previous. Their current captor, a young woman named Violet, had given them all free reign of her giant estate until they were needed. All the original members of the Black Zodiac were present and accounted for, except for Jean. She had passed on and so a new Withered Lover had to be found. Her name was Alaina Perez and she had been dead for a mere four years. Susan had confided in her fellow ghosts that the girl had died of a drug overdose.

Thirteen new ghosts had joined them. They made up the White Zodiac. One of their number was Dennis Rafkin, who had been surprised by the lack of hostility directed at him from his previous victims. He was a ghost like them now. There was no purpose to torment him. Horace had killed him. In their eyes, that was punishment enough.

Only two ghosts of the White Zodiac were left. The fifth, the White Violin, and the eighth, the Black Heart. Violet and her psychic, who was none other than Dennis's sister, Aria, had been having a hard time figuring out which of their candidates would get the position.

That thought is what brought her back to what was troubling her to begin with. One of the ghosts that was an option for the White Violin was one she knew. Not personally, of course, but it might as well have been for how much Royce talked about her during their entrapment the first-time round.

Emily March.

Royce seemed to be under the impression that despite witnessing his death, Emily had managed to get over him, and was alive and happy somewhere. That was not the case. The love of his life – as well as the fifty-seven years that had passed since his death – had only outlived him by fifteen days. They were resting hand in hand in their shared coffin, a gorgeous marble slab marking the spot. Emily's surname had been changed to Clayton post-mortem, which made the truth so much more heart-breaking to Dana.

"Hey beautiful," she regarded Dennis with a gentle smile as he walked into the bathroom and took a seat on the tiled floor, his back to the tub. "You still beating yourself up trying to figure out how to tell slugger that his lady love has been dead as long as he has?"

Of course she was. He knew her too well.

"I don't want to break his heart, Dennis," she folded her arms on the rim of the tub, resting her chin on them. "I've grown quite fond of that ill-tempered little shit."

Dennis was quiet for a moment.

"Me too."

Dana knew it was hard for him to express fondness for the ghost who had actively attempted to beat him to death thirteen years previous, the bleeding injury on his temple a consistent reminder of this fact.

"He'll blame himself," she picked at her cuticle as she spoke. "He already feels so much self-loathing for dying and abandoning her to begin with."

The psychic on the floor gave a humorless chuckle.

"It's best we tell him now, Dana," she looked at him in question. "Violet and Aria left with the team an hour ago."

Dread struck Dana with the force of a wrecking ball.

"She decided on Emily for the White Violin."

He nodded.

"It's probably best that Royce finds out she's dead before she shows up here," he shrugged. "You know, so he can break stuff and throw a fit. Get it out of his system."

Dana stood, the confidence of an army commander flowing off her in waves.

"Have Ryan take Billy and Alice to a different area of the house, out of range," she started walking to the door. "I'll retrieve Horace and George. If Royce takes this as badly as I believe he will, I'll mostly likely need them both."

March Home Madison, Ohio Same Day

Aria stared up at the sprawling ancestral home of the March family. While it had not been occupied since the thirteenth suicide to take place within its walls back in April of 1994, it was still in perfect condition. As one of the oldest buildings in Madison, it was a protected landmark, meaning it went through consistent maintenance to keep it from becoming rundown.

"You're sure you want to go in by yourself?"

She turned and looked at Violet before nodding.

"I have no doubt that she'll want to hear what I have to say."

Taking a deep breath to steel herself for her oncoming task, she turned and approached the door. If Aria was surprised when the doorknob turned and the solid wood swung open as if to welcome her, she did not show it.

Nor did she so much as flinch when the door closed behind her with a click, the house seeming to come alive beneath her feet and all around her.

The soft sound of a violin coming from above her head drew her up the stairs. As she walked, she let out a sigh of relief, grateful that she wouldn't have to summon Emily against her will.

Bukater Mansion One solid hour of chaos later

Telling Royce Clayton that the person he loved most in the world was dead – and had been for a mere fifteen days less than him – had gone even worse than Dana had imagined. She had greatly underestimated how distraught the teen boy would be with the news.

"How did she die?" Royce looked up at Dana from his spot on the couch, his fingers clutched tightly around the locket that usually resided in his coat. "Emily? I didn't really give you an opportunity to tell me that before I lost my composure."

Dennis huffed, flicking a feather from a decimated pillow off his shoulder.

"That's a way of putting it," he glanced around at the destruction. "I've seen less damage from an F5 tornado."

Dana silenced him with a look before addressing Royce.

"Well, to be frank, she did what I did," she motioned in the general direction of her many deep wounds before looking back at the miserable teenager. "Except she limited the damage to two slashes, one on each wrist."

Royce stared at Dana with an expression of such abject misery that she couldn't help but wonder if a heart could still break after it stopped beating.

A/N: That concludes this chapter. I was originally going to put Emily and Royce reuniting in this chapter, but at the last minute, I decided to save it for the next one.

I hope you like.

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The White Zodiac

Please be kind. This took FOREVER. Once again, thanks to @lanimoon​

The Lost Child/ Alice Monroe

Age at Time of Death: Five Years Old

Year of Death: 1814

Cause of Death: Lobar pneumonia

Place of Death: Wisconsin Wilderness

 The Cursed Prophet/ Dennis Rafkin

Age at Time of Death: Twenty Four Years Old

Year of Death: 2001

Cause of Death: Killed by Horace Mahoney

Place of Death: Glass House, Pennsylvania

The Hangman’s Daughter/ Isabella De Luca

Age at Time of Death: Fourteen Years Old

Year of Death: 1322

Cause of Death: Ran through with a sword

Place of Death: Florence, Italy

The Accused Magician/ Charlotte Pope

Age at Time of Death: Twenty Seven Years Old

Year of Death: March 1692

Cause of Death: Throat slit by her husband

Place of Death: Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay

The Fallen Beauty/ Samara Bishop

Age at Time of Death: Seventeen Years Old

Year of Death: 2014

Cause of Death: Exsanguinated from the subclavian artery and abdominal aorta during the Royce Clayton Memorial High School Shooting

Place of Death: Royce Clayton Memorial High School, Madison, Ohio

The Burnt Maiden/ Katja 

Age at Time of Death: Thirty Years Old

Year of Death: 910 AD

Cause of Death: Self Immolation

Place of Death: Norway

The Winter Queen/ Kay Emmerson

Age at Time of Death: Nineteen Years Old

Year of Death: 1912

Cause of Death: Immersion Hypothermia

Place of Death: Atlantic Ocean

The Black Heart/ Markus Sullivan

Age at Time of Death: Seventeen Years Old

Year of Death: 2014

Cause of Death: Broken Neck, Miscellaneous internal injuries

Place of Death: The Glass House, Pennsylvania

The Painted Warrior/ Hope Snyder

Age at Time of Death: Seventeen Years Old

Year of Death: 1984

Cause of Death: Stabbed during a fight with her father, allowing her siblings to escape

Place of Death: Sacramento, California

The Forgotten Guardian/ Daisy Duchaness

Age at Time of Death: Eighteen Years Old

Year of Death: 1978

Cause of Death: Blunt force trauma to the temple

Place of Death: Cold Spring, New York

The Crimson Harlot/ Veronica Piper

Age at Time of Death: Twenty One Years Old

Year of Death: 1922

Cause of Death: Slit her own throat

Place of Death: Chicago, Illinois

The Blind Doll/ Melanie Ellis

Age at Time of Death: Nineteen Years Old

Year of Death: 1942

Cause of Death: Strangulation

Place of Death: Monroe’s Circus, California

The Forsaken Lover/ Morgan Lane

Age at Time of Death: Nineteen Years Old

Year of Death: 2014

Cause of Death: Intracranial Hemorrhage

Place of Death: Lane Home, Madison Ohio