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silver locket <3

“Sorry. Been busy.”

“I can tell.”

Donovan handed over his lighter to the woman after lighting the one hanging from the left side corner of his mouth. Lancaster hadn’t told Donovan she’d be stopping by New Bordeaux— whether she forgot or chose not to tell him is a different story— but whatever the case, she was here now and had quite a bit of information.

“How’s Clay been faring?”

“Eh, not awful. Much of an asshole as ever though,” Donovan said, clearing part of his desk. “The usual.”

Lancaster picked at a hangnail. “Happy to hear he’s back to normal then.”

“Yeah, aren’t we all.” There’s a hint of sincerity beyond that heavy sarcasm. “You didn’t come for him though.”

“You’re right. Company couldn’t give a shit even if they tried, beyond that little stunt Aldridge pulled.”

Donovan goes quiet for a second. “He can’t do jackshit anymore.”

“I know. And as a reward, I thought I’d lend you some Company material that might be helpful on your journey.” She couldn’t lie, messing with people was one of her favorite things to do. But, when she promised details on President Kennedy’s assassination, she meant it.

She slapped down a large file she’d so kindly “copied for a different agent” on the chemical properties and recipe for fast-acting LSD. Shit was potent, she could tell you that much. She fiddles with the silver locket around her neck, longing for home (a home that wasn’t fucked up by US government intervention).

“Christ, what is this?” Donovan’s voice snapped her out of her homesick daze.

“Little gift for you and your partner.” She couldn’t help the sarcastic little smile growing on her face.

Donovan gave her a look and flipped through some paper-clipped-together papers. “How the hell did you manage to get these?”

“Someone needed a copy,” she shrugged. “That’s all you need to know.”

Donovan rolled his eyes. “Must’ve taken a long trip down a well on break, then.”

“You know me too well. Oh, by the way, the last four pages might be of interest to you.”

“How so?”

“That spoils the surprise, John.”

And oh, wasn’t it a surprise.

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"masochism is a normal side-effect of being in love?" brows furrow and she doesn't know whether to look horrified or confused, so she opts for a wickedly amusing concoction of both. "swear, it'll be down to you that i never, ever get into a relationship, donny. because this..." she gestures nonsensically, though she hopes it'll make sense to him. "--is not it."

"There are two possible explanations. Either I'm incredibly stupid or I'm a masochist . I'll leave it up to you to decide which one. Both of which are very normal side-effect of being in love, if I may add."

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The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Richard Loving: Joel Edgerton Mildred Loving: Ruth Negga Grey Villet: Michael Shannon Sheriff Brooks: Marton Csokas Bernie Cohen: Nick Kroll Frank Beazley: Bill Camp Lola Loving: Sharon Blackwood Raymond Green: Alano Miller Garnet Jetter: Terri Abney Judge Bazile: David Jensen Phil Hirschkop: Jon Bass Theoliver Jeter: Christopher Mann Musiel Byrd-Jeter: Winter-Lee Holland Deputy: Michael Abbott Jr. Percy Fortune: Chris Greene Virgil: Will Dalton Chet Antieau: Matt Malloy Laura: Andrene Ward-Hammond Alex: D.L. Hopkins Hope Ryden: Jennifer Joyner Cousin Davis: Lance Lemon Cousin Gerald: Marquis Adonis Hazelwood Older Sydney: Brenan Young Older Donald: Dalyn Cleckley Older Peggy: Quinn McPherson Middle Sidney: Jevin Crochrell Middle Donald: Jordan Williams Jr. Middle Peggy: Georgia Crawford Toddler Sydney: Micah Claiborne Baby Sydney: Devin Cleckley Infant Sydney: Pryor Ferguson Clara – Cashier: Karen Vicks Reporter #1: Scott Wichmann Construction Worker: Benjamin Loeh Court Secretary: Bridget Gethins Store Pedestrian: Mark Huber Drag Race Spectator: James Matthew Poole Secretary: Coley Campany Secretary: Sheri Lahris Construction Worker: Jordan Dickey Telephone Man: Coby Batty Drag Race Spectator / Bar Patron: Chris Condetti Richard’s Racing Crew: Logan J. Woolfolk County Clerk: Robert Haulbrook Bricklayer: Keith Tyree Spectator: James Nevins Prisoner: W. Keith Scott Photojournalist: Tom Lancaster Street Walker: Lonnie M. Henderson Court Audience Member: Brian Thomas Wise Drag Race Spectator: Ken Holliday Antieau’s Secretary: Terry Menefee Gau Driver: Marc Anthony Lowe Racetrack Spectator: Jay SanGiovanni D.C Teen: Tyrell Ford Baby Boy #1: James Atticus Abebayehu Phil’s Dad: Jim D. Johnston …: Derick Newson Boarding House Boy: Miles Hopkins Construction Worker: Kenneth William Clarke Reporter: Robert Furner Secretary: Victoria Chavatel Jimison Field Hand / Drag Strip Attendee / Shot Gun Shack Attendee (uncredited): Darrick Claiborne Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Raymond H. Johnson Drag Race Driver: Dean Mumford Pregnant Girl: Rebecca Turner Magistrate: Mike Shiflett County Jailer: Greg Cooper Supreme Court Reporter: A. Smith Harrison Press Conference Reporter: Keith Flippen Soundman: Jason Alan Cook Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Lucas N. Hall Film Crew: Director: Jeff Nichols Editor: Julie Monroe Producer: Peter Saraf Executive Producer: Jack Turner Executive Producer: Jared Ian Goldman Executive Producer: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones Unit Production Manager: Sarah Green Art Direction: Jonathan Guggenheim Casting: Francine Maisler Production Design: Chad Keith Storyboard: Nancy Buirski Associate Producer: Oge Egbuono Producer: Colin Firth Producer: Marc Turtletaub Set Decoration: Adam Willis Producer: Ged Doherty Unit Production Manager: Will Greenfield Costume Design: Erin Benach Music Supervisor: Lauren Mikus Original Music Composer: David Wingo Still Photographer: Ben Rothstein Director of Photography: Adam Stone Script Supervisor: Jean-Paul Chreky Special Effects Coordinator: Gary Pilkinton Special Effects Technician: Trevor Smithson Property Master: A. Patrick Storey First Assistant Director: Cas Donovan Second Assistant Director: Tommy Martin Stunt Driver: Dean Mumford Key Makeup Artist: Katie Middleton Second Second Assistant Director: Ben LeDoux Construction Buyer: Roslyn Blankenship Assistant Property Master: Hannah Ross Dialogue Editor: Brandon Proctor Genetator Operator: Maxwel Fisher Post Production Supervisor: Susan E. Novick Boom Operator: Proctor Trivette Leadman: Stephen G. Shifflette Second Assistant “A” Camera: Stephen McBride Sound Effects Editor: David Grimaldi Foley Mixer: Judy Kirschner Makeup Department Head: Julia Lallas Hairstylist: Brian Morton Sound Effects Editor: Joel Dougherty ADR Mixer: Chris Navarro Sound Effects Editor: P.K. Hooker ...

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Janey’s Book recs: Regency Era

Note: These are all closed door romance.

The Lancasters series by Sarah M. Eden

The Donovans series by Martha Keyes

Lakeshire Park by Megan Walker

Summerhaven by Tiffany Odekirk

A Game Of Hearts and A Heart Worth Stealing by Joanna Barker

To Marry Is Madness by Ashtyn Newbold

House of Oak series by Nichole Van (time travel involved!)

Half A Soul by Olivia Atwater (fae involved!)

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2023 World Baseball Classic Great Britain Roster

Pitchers

#17 Tahnaj Thomas (Altoona Curve/Freeport, The Bahamas)

#18 Donovan Benoit (Dayton Dragons/Key West, Florida)

#19 Cam Opp (Binghamton Rumble Ponies/Denver, Colorado)

#21 Tyler Viza (free agent/Phoenix, Arizona)

#23 Akeel Morris (Long Island Ducks/St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands)

#25 Michael Petersen (ACL Rockies/Middlesex)

#27 Matteo Sollecito (Swarthmore College Garnet/London)

#29 Michael Roth (free agent/Greer, South Carolina)

#32 Alex Webb (free agent/Surrey, British Columbia)

#33 Daniel Cooper (free agent/Newport Beach, California)

#34 Chavez Fernander (West Michigan Whitecaps/Freeport, The Bahamas)

#35 Ryan Long (Delmarva Shorebirds/Woodinville, Washington)

#41 Branden Noriega (ACL Cubs/Miami, Florida)

#42 Malik Binns (FCL Phillies/DuPage Township, Illinois)

#43 Trayce Thompson (Los Angeles Dodgers/Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)

#44 Joseph King (St. Louis Cardinals/Redwood City, California)

#49 Vance Worley (free agent/Sacramento, California)

#50 McKenzie Mills (Tigres De Quintana Roo/Marietta, Georgia)

#55 Gunnar Groen (ACL Diamondbacks/London)

#67 Jake Esch (free agent/St. Paul, Minnesota)

#70 Andre Scrubb (free agent/Prince William County, Virginia)

#72 Jack Seppings (Brown University Bears/Newnan, Georgia)

#79 Ian Gibaut (Cincinnati Reds/Houston, Texas)

#94 Richard Brereton (free agent/London)

Catchers

#8 Harry Ford (Modesto Nuts/Kennesaw, Georgia)

#20 Ural Forbes (free agent/Freeport, The Bahamas)

Infielders

#2 Justin Wylie (New Jersey Jackals/Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

#4 B.G.A. Murray; Jr. (South Bend Cubs/Nassau, The Bahamas)

#11 Nick Ward (Washington Wild Things/Kennett Square, Pennsylvania)

#24 Darnell Sweeney (free agent/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)

Outfielders

#1 Anfernee Seymour (Long Island Ducks/Plantation, Florida)

#9 D’Shawn Knowles (Tri-City Dust Devils/New Providence, The Bahamas)

#12 Chavez Young (Lansing Lugnuts/Freeport, The Bahamas)

#14 Matt Koperniak (Memphis Redbirds/Adams, Massachusetts)

#15 Alex Crosby (Southern Maryland Blue Crabs/Vacaville, California)

Coaches

Manager Drew Spencer (London Mets/Glendale, California)

Bench coach Brad Marcelino (Tacoma Rainiers/Carlsbad, California)

Hitting coach Jonathan Cramman (London Mets/London)

Pitching coach Zach Graefser (Great Britain Baseball/St. Louis, Missouri)

Bullpen coach Conor Brooks (Great Britain Baseball/Plymouth, Massachusetts)

1B coach Albert Cartwright (Great Britain Baseball/Nassau, The Bahamas)

3B coach T.S. Reed (Great Britain Baseball/Temecula, California)

Assistant coach Antoan Richardson (San Francisco Giants/Nassau, The Bahamas)

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HIGHLIGHTS FOR ABC NEWS’ ‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA,’ DEC. 5-10

The following report highlights the programming of ABC’s “Good Morning America” during the week of Dec. 5-10. “Good Morning America” is a two-hour, live program anchored by Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos and Michael Strahan, and Ginger Zee is the chief meteorologist. The morning news program airs MONDAY-FRIDAY (7:00-9:00 a.m. EST) on ABC.

Highlights of the week include the following:

Monday, Dec. 5 — Actress Kate Winslet (“Avatar: The Way of Water”); author Caryn Zucker and  journalist John Donovan (“In a Different Key”); chef Mike Geller on building a Christmas pantry; Deals and Steals: Holiday Gifting with TV personality Kristin Cavallari

Tuesday, Dec. 6 — “GMA” book club December reveal; Athlete and author Naomi Osaka (“The Way Champs Play”); New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin; Deals and Steals: Gifts for Everyone with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson; a performance by Darlene Love and Chris Ruggiero (“Grown Up Christmas List”)

Wednesday, Dec. 7 — Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (“National Treasures”); singer H.E.R. (“Beauty and the Beast: A 30thCelebration”); actor Jacob Batalon (“Reginald the Vampire”); Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

Thursday, Dec. 8 — Hosts of ABC Audio’s podcast “The Bookcase,” Kate Gibson and Charlie Gibson, discuss favorite books of the year; actress Hong Chau (“The Whale”); a performance by the cast of Broadway’s “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical”

Friday, Dec. 9 — “GMA” Gives Back series heads to Kentucky for hurricane relief; “GMA” kicks off 12 Days of Cookies series with chef Rick Martinez

Saturday, Dec. 10 – Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

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[ellen-reincarnated1967]

Thirty Days or Less Pt. 25

Andie couldn’t help but stifle a cocky laugh, she was right, Dean was throwing a drink down his throat in the hotel’s lounge. She scanned the room and shrank into herself, it was frigid and barren, sans the creepy bartender who kept eyeballing her from across the room.  She could smell Dean as she approached him.  She slid onto a barstool, it’s red velvet cushions, compressed as she situated herself, and she tapped the bar once.  

“You reek like ass and whiskey,” she let the amber liquid coat her throat and pushed the tumbler away from her.

“And yet you’re still here, so it can’t be that bad,” Dean smirked behind his shot glass.

“I’ve smelled worse,” Andie cringed as Dean turned to face her, his stool swiveling around, nodding in concurrence.

“I bet you have,” he waved a finger at the bartender, but Andie caught his hand.  He hesitantly recoiled from her touch.  

“Paranoid much?”  she inquired in her cocky accent and Dean narrowed his eyebrows until they met dead center.

“You saw what I did,” he growled, his voice a low, threatening purr, “how can you joke?”

“How can I not, Dean?”  Andie turned in her seat, hooking one leg underneath her and letting her hands fall to lap.

“Did you forget who has the highest degree of education in the lot of us,” she pointed a finger toward the ceiling, as if Van was in the room above them, “Van’s been researching how to save you before hopped her little white picket fence a couple of weeks back.”

“Huh,” Dean swallowed, shame left the crinkles in his forehead, and Andie saw the makings of a smile, but he faltered.

“That wasn’t you upstairs, Dean,” Andie reminded him, “it was the hallucinations, yet another tasty side effect of your ramifications with the Cross Roads Demon.”

As Dean sat listening to Andie, he couldn’t help but dart his eyes back to the bartender.  The man kept silent the whole time, constantly refilling his glass, never making eye contact.  Dean ran his fingers around the edge of the glass, tapping it, watching the man wipe down the tumblers and wine glasses.  He watched him for what could have been no longer than a minute, when Andie waved a hand in front of his face.

“You in there, Winchester?”  Andie waved her hand back and forth glancing in the direction of the bartender.  At the mere mention of Dean’s surname, the man turned, slowly, cryptically, as if he heard her, and stared in their direction.  Andie furrowed her brow as she simultaneously rolled her eyes,

“You don’t get paid to eavesdrop Buddy,” she called over to the bartender who began to walk slowly toward them.  She didn’t notice, but he held a butcher knife at his side, the glimmer of the blade caught Dean’s eye.  That, and the fact that he looked like something out of a Rob Zombie horror film.  The man’s face was ghoulish and gray.  His eyes were pitch black.  The whole time Dean was wallowing in his whiskey, a freaking demon was serving him.

“Uh, Morgan?”  Dean stood up, slowly, reaching for his waist, and pulled out his gun.

“What the hell, Dean,” Andie stood up, her hands raised as if to protect herself, “you can’t just go shootin’ a fella for eavesdropping.”  Andie cocked her head to the side and considered her statement and mumbled, “In a perfect world maybe.”

“Shut up and duck!” Dean ordered as he fired a round off over her head, hitting the bartender directly in the skull.  Black smoke began to emit from his eye sockets, mouth and nostrils.  Dean shoved Andie toward the exit and pulled a knife that Sam had given him that killed a demon dead, sending their possessing soul snatching asses back to Hell, leaving the human unscathed.  

“Take the stairs,” he pushed her again, and this time, Andie began to haul ass up the steps, taking two at a time, while Dean was on her heels, checking the stairwell for demons.  Andie reached their floor in record time, pulled open the doorway that led to the corridor, and halted.  There was a housekeeping cart outside a room, a few doors down, from their respective rooms.  She halted, signaled to Dean that there was someone ahead, and waited.  They could hear the maid exiting before they saw her and risked the chance.  They walked quickly toward Andie’s room, where Sam and Donovan were, knocked on the door repeatedly.  Andie heard Dean inhale and turned to look down the hall; the maid had gone back to her cleaning cart, busying herself with towels.  Andie beat the ball of her hand into the door, calling for Sam to open the door.  

“Forget your key?”  Sam chuckled as he opened the door, and nearly fell over, as Andie tumbled into him.  He saw her pale stricken face and began to ask what was wrong, but he could hear Dean outside in the hall, fighting off someone.  He heard the woman’s guttural cries and watched as Dean shoved the blade of the knife into her throat.  A ghastly shadow flickered, illuminating her from the inside out, and a black plume of smoke, exited her body and sought refuge in the air vents.  

“Dean, what the hell?”  Sam pulled his brother off the older woman and knelt to feel for a pulse.  Dean kicked him in the ass

“She ain’t home, Sammy,” Dean pulled his brother up by the back of his shirt and hurried him inside the hotel room.  Dean locked the door, shouted to anyone to get his duffel bag, to which Van unlocked the adjoining room door, and came back within seconds with his bag.  Dean’s hand momentarily graced Van’s and their eyes locked.  In that moment, all that had happened was in the past.  Right now, she was assisting him in lining the hotel room with salt.  The doors and the windows were taken care of; all that was remaining was the air vents. Sam hastily climbed to the sink and used duct tape to close off the ventilation system.  He tossed Andie the roll of tape and she did the same to the vent in the bathroom.  Once everyone had taken cautionary measures to ward off the influx of demons, the room fell silent, sans their heavy breathing.

“Okay,” Van wiped salt from her hands, flinching as the tiny granules infiltrated her cuts, “what the fuck was that?”  She pointed a shaky finger to the hallway. Andie reached for her hand and they interlocked fingers.

“Demons,” Andie told her, “boy wonder over there can see them now.”

“What do you mean, ‘see them’?”  Sam inquired, confused as anyone, but as he looked to his brother, stole glances at the girls, he noted that they weren’t as shocked as he was.  Andie recalled the scene at the bar.

“What do you want me to say, Sammy,” Dean huffed, “at first he was just pouring me drinks, the next minute his face was all,” Dean scrunched his face, gnarled his fingers, sagged his tongue out of his mouth, “demonic.”

“And her?”  Sam pointed a slender finger toward the deceased body that was strewn across the hallway floor.

“Oh hell, she was goddamned hideous.”  Dean retorted.  

“How long have you been able to see demons,” Sam exasperated.

“Since around, I dunno, Sammy, twenty minutes ago.”

“You knew about this,” Sam turned his attention on a very exhausted Donovan, not asking, just stating the obvious.

“Of course I knew,” she sighed, “I knew Dean had made the deal before you two showed up, I knew when the gates of hell opened up, I knew that you two were heading my way,” she threw up her hands in finality, “what I don’t know, Sam, is how to save him.”  Tears began to well in her eyes, her voice was still raspy from Dean’s previous strangulation, and Van was feeling quite fatigued.  Dean walked over to where she was propped up against the wall, leaning her head on Andie’s shoulder, and slid down next to her. He took her free hand into his and squeezed. Van returned the gesture and turned toward Dean.  She mouthed,

“I’m sorry.”

He put a warm hand to her cheek, rubbed his thumb alongside her face, and told her she had nothing to be sorry for; he knew she was doing everything she could, even if she had been holding out on him.  

“I’m sorry,” he swallowed the guilt of his prior misbehaviors, “one minute all I wanted to do was kiss you and the next thing I knew I had my hands around your throat.”  Dean cringed as the words exited his lips, his eyes lingered on the bruises on Van’s neck.

“I don’t know what’s real or what’s not,” he shook his head, closing his eyes, he let his head hit the wall with a resonating thud.  

“We’re real,” Van reassured him, “Dean, you hear me, we are real.”  

 Dean opened his eyes and found that his brother had seated himself in front of the trio and rested a hand on his brother’s leg. He patted Dean’s leg once, nodded that he was there for Dean, and Andie coughed.

“Alright, enough of this shit,” she blinked back some saline, and Van laughed.

“Morgan, you got somethin’ in your eye?”  

“Freakin’ salt,” Andie rubbed the heel of her hand over her eyes, sniffled into her shirt, and wiped her hands on her jeans, “burns like a son of a bitch.”

“Salt,” Dean chuckled, “gets me every time.”  

“Whatever,” Andie stood up and paced the room, “now that we’re sequestered in this hell hole,” she looked at Dean and pursed her lips, “my bad,” she continued on as planned, “what do we do now?”

“We get our shit in order and wait it out,” Dean suggested, “if this is the end, we’re better off together then separated.”

“Wait it out,” Van echoed, “you’re not serious?”

“I’m a hazard to everyone, including myself, if we go out there,” Dean pointed out, using his past transgressions as proof.

“On the contrary,” Van stood up and rummaged through their bags, checking their arsenal of weapons, flipping through her journal, “if you can see these bastards, why not just take them out?”

“Because if might just be a trap,” Sam contributed, “and if it is, we have to one up them.”

“So let’s hit the books, the web, call Bobby, call in the Angel,” Van’s voice was steady as she eyed each and every one of them. She waited for them to come up with an excuse, but instead, Dean tilted his head to the side and grumbled something incoherent hidden beneath a smile and called Bobby.  Sam plugged in his laptop and began to type away furiously at the keys, Andie took a seat on the floor at the foot of the queen sized bed, and perused through her journal.  Van watched them disperse to different areas of the hotel room and smiled inwardly.

Van sat cross legged on the bed, turning pages in her father’s journal, speeding through the pages, looking for something, anything that could help their defense.  Andie did the same.  Dean’s voice was urgent on the phone, Van watched him pace back and forth, giving Bobby the four one one on their situation.  Sam stopped typing and whistled.  All eyes turned to him and waited for whatever it was that he had stumbled upon.  Sam stalled, on purpose, until Van slapped him across the head with a down pillow.  

“Time, Sam, isn’t on our side here,” Van lifted the pillow for a second attack, but Sam held up his hands.

“Alright, okay, relax,” he turned the laptop so they could all circle in and read it simultaneously.  Each one of them began to smile and Andie reread an entry in her journal, a page that she had just minutes ago dog-eared.  She nodded that she was on board with the plan.  Van too had shoved the entry in her father’s journal toward Sam, who chuckled.  Van couldn’t believe that the three of them had all thought of the same thing, that was until Dean let out a guffaw that caused them all to turn to him in wonder.

“Bobby,” he breathed, “you’re never going to believe this.”  He put the cell on speaker and nodded at Bobby’s garbled voice.  

“It can be done, boy,” Bobby continued talking, “I’ve seen it done, you nitwits are just going to have to time it just right, but it can be done,” Bobby sighed, “it’ll give you time to get out of there anyways.”

“Why you idjits so quiet,” Bobby’s gruff voice came out over the speaker of the cell.  Dean, Sam, Van, and Andie couldn’t believe that they had all stumbled upon the same answer.  

“Dean!”  Bobby was growing impatient and Dean thumbed a button and walked toward the window and looked outside.  They watched Dean peer outside and waited for confirmation.  

“Yeah, Bobby,” Dean informed him, “seems they’re just waiting for us, there’s this old bag walking a dog, a crowd just walked into the bar across the street, and some new guests are checking in now.”  

“Right,” he closed the phone over and turned to Van, “How’s your Latin?”

Van’s face brightened at the thought of speaking the dead language and began to write out the incantation to bless the emergency water supply that linked each room in the hotel to a sprinkler system.  Andie rifled through her duffel bag, pulled out a set of wooden rosary beads, and tossed them across the room to her friend. Van caught them with a flick of her wrist and eyed the old beads.  

“Never would have pegged you as the praying type,” she raised an eyebrow in Andie’s direction.  Her friend just shrugged,

“Who knew some poor sap thought praying for a Morgan would come in handy,” she winked.  While the Winchesters were organizing their weaponry, Andie mouthed in Van’s directions, “Castiel.”

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Original Stories Masterlist

Everything will be updated at wattpad, I’ll post playlists and chapter updates on here. Thanks for reading!!!

Current Stories:

Expose Me

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Ricochet

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Los Angeles has been experiencing extreme rainfall all week due to tropical storms along the pacific. Weather officials are warning all Los Angeles residents of a possible Landslide hitting the area in approximately 12 hours. Governor Newsom is asking ALL Los Angeles residents to evacuate their homes effective immediately. Roads will be closed and the entire state of California will be shut down for the next 72 hours. No flights or private flying coming in and none going out. Failure to evacuate will result in extreme consequences.

There are 2 locations that ALL LA Residents will be evacuating to. Search for your name and happy roleplaying:

*These locations are non-negotiable. If you fail to comply with the plot twist your character(s) will be removed from the role-play*

IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOUR NAME, CONTACT US ASAP.

Location 1: STAPLES Center

Santiago Alves

Romeo Staley

Victoria Dawson

Chancellor Hosein

Destini Wade

Kenya Stokes

Demetrius Bright

Angel De Leon

Amil Moretti

Dreya Miller

Ocean Vance

DeAngelo Hall

Damir Banks

Ahmed King

Greyson Stone

Jovani West

Mia Johansson

Skylar Benjamin

Rogue Soledad

Xavier Harrison

Orion Daniels

Aury Vallejo

Kaif Adams

Creed Landry

Sincere Paul

Armani Jones

Bella Lancaster

Bria James

Kaseem Grant

Josiah Reeves

Kenzo Saint

Hunter Kincaid

Luciano Ellis

Langston Kane

Dawn Taylor

Malachi Fuller

Messiah Green

Etolia Manjoe

Brynlee Moreau

Savannah Martin

Priest Valentine

Kairo Brown

Monisola Saint-Clair

Raj Diaz

Griffin Flenory

Knixon Ali

Dax Joiner

Nyx Boudreaux

Mekhala Vaz

Mykel Angelo

Ishmael McMahon

Antonio Mazur

Mauricio Pearson

Piper Harrington-Cruz

Bentley Narsh

Andrea Williams

Ziya Jameson

Suzette Lynn

Mega Weston

Jodi Lewis

Hadiyah Ali

Keion Hayes

Syx Briggs

Sakari Vaughn

Blessing Hughes

Location 2: LA Mission

Tavish Cervantes

Santiago Alves

Pandora De Leon

Passion Hoode

Imani Towson

Remi Phipps

Emerald Jones

Pierre Sutton

Caleb Cruz

Harlem Zoya

Honey Pete

Kendrick O’Neal

Neveah Roye

Anais Aguado

Felicity Dawson

Jay Benton

Hennessy Castillo

Asiah Porter

Remi Cooper

Ashleigh Landers

Quinn Waters

Kenya Stokes

Diallo Davila-James

Levi Bridges

Tremani Donovan

Arian Milano

Elis Devereaux

Sophea Hudson

Angel De Leon

Siyeed Blakewell

Asaahd Platt

Jade Murphy

Reese Hill

Dynasti Tash

Cloe Monedero

Kilo Davenport

Taj Moragne-El

Justin Diggs

Naji Xavier

Kennya Boyd

Akira Sue-Tsai

Kavea Reid

Tyler Harrison

Lauren Vergara

Prince Hendrix

Mecca Carter

Leonardo Laurent

Wynter Bleu

Asante Briggs

Sebastian Caddel

Sylar Chaves

Ramel Hall

Mayuko Ngo

Skyla Zelaya

Olivia DuVois

Jupitor Trevino

Sydney Bianchi

Illiana Micheals

Qadira Alvaro

Sophea Hudson

Rhian Breaux

Yati Soheila

Livmarie Sesay

Safiyah Senai

Nari Pierre

Zoe Yosef

Brandon St. Martin

Justice O’Connor 

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[papermoonloveslucy]

MURDER AT THE VANITIES

May 18, 1934

Director: Mitchell Leisen 

Producer: E. Lloyd Sheldon for Paramount Pictures

Writers: Carey Wilson and Joseph Gollomb, based on the play by Earl Carroll and Rufus King

Synopsis ~ Shortly before the curtain goes up at Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. They find the corpse of a murdered women. Bill suspects Eric of the crime, especially, after the second female lead Rita Ross told him she saw the women leaving from Eric's room. Rita is shot onstage with Eric's gun. 

PRINCIPAL CAST 

Carl Brissson (Eric Lander) was a Danish-born actor and singer making his only appearance with Lucille Ball. He would only make two more films before leaving film acting. 

Victor McLaglen (Bill Murdock) would win an Oscar in 1936 for The Informer. He would be nominated again in 1953 for The Quiet Man. This is his only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Jack Oakie (Jack Ellery) would be seen with Lucille Ball in That Girl From Paris (1936) as well as both Annabel films (1938). 

Kitty Carlisle (Ann Ware) made her film debut in this movie. She later married playwright Moss Hart and became an arts advocate.  She was also frequently seen on talk, quiz, and panel shows. This is her only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Dorothy Stickney (Norma Watson) was a stage and screen actress making her only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Gertrude Michael (Rita Ross) was also seen with Lucille Ball in Hold That Girl, released two months earlier. 

Jessie Ralph (Mrs. Helene Smith) was also seen with Lucille Ball in the 1934 films The Affairs of Cellini and Nana. In 1936 they appeared together in Bunker Bean. 

Charles Middleton (Homer Boothby) was also seen with Lucille Ball in The Bowery (1933), followed by Nana and Broadway Bill, both in 1934. 

Gail Patrick (Sadie Evans) would also be seen with Lucille Ball in 1937′s Stage Door. 

Donald Meek (Dr. Saunders) appeared with Lucille Ball in The Whole Town’s Talking and Old Man Rhythm (both in 1935), as well as Having Wonderful Time (1938), and Du Barry Was A Lady (1943). 

Toby Wing (Nancy) makes her only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Duke Ellington (Himself) was a composer, orchestra leader, and one of music’s most legendary personalities. This is his only time performing with Lucille Ball. 

UNCREDITED CAST 

Lucille Ball (Earl Carroll Girl) makes her ninth film since coming to Hollywood in 1933. Although she started out as a Goldwyn Girl at RKO, here she is a Earl Carroll girl at Paramount. 

Ann Sheridan (Lou, Earl Carroll Girl) went on to a successful acting career known for her roles in the films San Quentin, Angels with Dirty Faces, They Drive by Night, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Kings Row, Nora Prentiss, and I Was a Male War Bride.

Virginia Davis (Earl Carroll Girl), as a child actress, was Walt Disney’s original Alice in Wonderland in a series of silent shorts from 1923 to 1925. 

Other Earl Carroll Girls: Ernestine Anderson, Lona Andre, Marion Callahan, Nancy Caswell, Marguerite Caverley, Juanita Clay, Helen Curtis, Virginia Davis, Dorothy Dawes, Winnie Flint, Barbara Fritchie, Nora Gale, Zumetta Garnett, Gwenllian Gill, Ruth Hilliard (film debut), Inez Howard, Billie Huber, Diane Hunter, Constance Jordan, Evelyn Kelly, Patsy King, Iris Lancaster, Blanche McDonald, Leda Nicova, Wanda Perry, Rita Rober, Laurie Shevlin, Gwynne Shipman (film debut), Anya Taranda, Beryl Wallace (film debut), Dorothy White, Vivian Wilson, Gladys Young

Alan Ladd (Chorus Boy) found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns, such as Shane and in films noir. He was often paired with Veronica Lake in films such as This Gun for Hire, The Glass Key, and The Blue Dahlia.

Shep Houghton (Chorus Boy) also appeared with Lucille Ball in such films as Too Many Girls (1940), Lured (1947), Easy Living (1949), and Critic’s Choice (1963). On TV he appeared on two episodes of “The Lucy Show” and one “Here’s Lucy.”  He was one of the Winkie Guards in The Wizard of Oz  and a Southern Dandy in Gone With The Wind, both in 1939.

Other Chorus Boys: Dave O'Brien, Dennis O'Keefe, Frank Sully

Dancers in Ebony Rhapsody: Lucille Battle, Mildred Boyd, Gladys Henderson, Cleo Herndon, Ruth Scott, Carolynne Snowden

The King's Men (Lovely One Quartet)

OTHERS

Colin Tapley (Stage Manager)

Roy Crane (Assistant Stage Manager)

William Arnold (Treasurer)

Arthur Rankin (Assistant Treasurer)

Betty Bethune (Charwoman)

Howard M. Mitchell (Detective)  

Mike Donovan (Police Sergeant)

Stanley Blystone (Policeman)

Mary Gordon (Assistant Wardrobe Woman)

Mildred Gover (Pearl)

Hal Greene (Call Boy)

Otto Hoffman (Walsh)

Mitchell Leisen (Orchestra Leader)

Charles McAvoy (Ben)

Ted Oliver (Murdock's Chauffeur)

Teru Shimada (Koto)

Cecil Weston (Miss Bernstein)

Many of the Earl Carroll Girls featured in the film were authentic cast members from Carroll's stage show, which ran on Broadway from November 1933 to March 1934. These cast members were brought out to Hollywood from New York especially for this film, and many stayed to pursue film careers.  Earl Carrol Girls who appeared in the stage version of Murder at the Vanities, but not this film version, included Dudone Blumier, Eunice Coleman, Muriel Evans, Evalyn Knapp, Helene Madison, Lorna Rode and Marion Semle. Also in the cast was a Ruth Mann, who was probably Helen Mann.

The film was based on a Broadway production of the same name, but completely rewritten for the screen and with all new musical numbers.

In “The Audition” (ILL S1;E6) aired on November 19, 1951 Lucy says to Ricky:  “I’ll bet if Ziegfeld or Earl Carroll had seen me, they’d sign me up like that!” She then puts a lampshade on her head and struts about the room in a moment recycled from the (then) unaired pilot. 

This film contains a song and dance number called “Sweet Marijuana”. It got past the censors because at the time the film was made, the drug was not illegal. Today, many prints omit this production number all together.

The film also introduced the standard “Cocktails for Two” by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow. 

Gimbels in New York did a promotion in connection with the film, selling Mojud Clari-phane stockings using images of some of the Earl Carroll Girls. Sadly, Lucille Ball is not among them!

The film was a box office disappointment for Paramount.

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𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝

[ disclaimer: my sincere apologies if there are any spelling/meaning/origin mistakes in any of my name lists, i am by no means a professional in this area, i just like creating lists to help aid storytellers. i do try my best to find each name’s corresponding origin/meaning/spelling but i am a human who is prone to make the odd mistake. p.s, i take requests! ]

Abbot

Abernathy

Abraham

Abrams

Ackerman

Ackroyd

Agather

Alcott

Alderidge

Aldrich

Algarotti

Allgood

Altree

Amherst

Archer

Archibald

Arlington

Armstrong

Astor

Atwood

Augustine

Baldwin

Balfour

Ballard

Barkley

Barnes

Bartholomew

Baskerville

Bass

Bayard

Bechtel

Beckelhymer

Beckendorf

Bellamy

Benton

Berkeley

Berkshire

Berling

Bernard

Berridge

Billings

Birling

Bishop

Black

Blackstone

Bleu

Bonavich

Bonnacci

Borghese

Bousquet

Braddock

Bradford

Bradshaw

Brannigan

Breslin

Bridges

Bristow

Buchanan

Buckingham

Budreau

Burgess

Bynes

Cabot

Caldwell

Calloway

Calvert

Campbell

Cardiner

Carmichael

Carrington

Carver

Cavender

Chadwick

Chambers

Chandler

Chevallier

Cleary

Clement

Clemonte

Coldwell

Conard

Conrad

Coolidge

Coventry

Covington

Crabtree

Craggs

Crisper

Croft

Cunning

Cunningham

Curio

Cusenbary

Dabney

Daddario

Dallesandro

Dalton

Dandridge

Danton

Darcy

Dark

Davenport

Day

De Loughrey

Decarlo

Decker

Delpy

Dempsey

Denver

Devereaux

Dobermann

Donahue

Donovan

Dougherty

Driskel

Driver

Dubois

Dudley

Dukas

Dumont

Dunlop

DuPont

Dwyer

Dyer

Eades

Earwood

Eastwood

Ebersol

Eberstark

Edge

Edwards

Egan

Elder

Eldridge

Elington

Ellerbrock

Elliot

Ellison

Elswood

Elway

Elwell

English

Epps

Eslinger

Etter

Eubanks

Everhart

Everson

Evert

Faddis

Fairchild

Fangio

Farley

Farrel

Farrington

Fassbinder

Faulkner

Fawcett

Fawzi

Fenner

Fenton

Ferber

Ferenz

Ferguson

Finau

Finch

Finchum

Fingermann

Finn

Fishman

Fissolo

Fitzgerald

Fitzpatrick

Flagg

Flair

Flanagan

Fleetwood

Fleiss

Fletcher

Flood

Floquet

Floris

Flynn

Fogerty

Foley

Fong

Fontana

Forbes

Foster

Franklin

Frasier

Freed

Freeman

Freeze

Froning

Frost

Fsik

Fugger

Fuller

Furyk

Gallagher

Gannon

Geller

Glass

Glover

Goddard

Goldberg

Golden

Goodwin

Goulding

Grant

Greenwalt

Greenway

Greenwood

Griffith

Grimaldi

Griswald

Grubbs

Guest

Gundlach

Hale

Halliday

Halliwell

Hancock

Hanover

Harding

Harrington

Harrison

Hastings

Hatton

Hawthorne

Hayward

Hearst

Hembree

Henderson

Henry

Herveaux

Higgins

Hitchens

Hixon

Hollingsworth

Hollis

Hooper

Hughes

Humphries

Huntington

Hyatt

Idelson

Ingram

Irvine

Ives

Jackman

Jackson

Jagger

James

Jameson

Jessup

Jett

Jingle

Kaufman

Keating

Kelleher

Keller

Kensington

Keogh

Kersey

Kershaw

Kestrel

Keys

Kincaid

King

Kingsley

Kline

Lafferty

LaFleur

Lambert

Lancaster

Landsell

Langley

Larkin

Lattimore

Lauder

LeFlore

LeSaux

Lexington

Lincoln

Lipmann

Livingston

Locke

Lockheart

Lockwood

Longwood

Lord

Lords

Lovecraft

Lowell

Lyons

Mannix

Marlborough

Mars

Mathers

Mayhew

McAllister

McCoy

McElvany

McIntosh

McKnight

McNab

Merrick

Middlebrook

Mirabent

Montgomery

Moreau

Morgan

Morrison

Murray

Napier

Niles

Nolan

Norman

Northington

Norwood

Oaks

October

Odenkirk

Oldman

Orton

Overholt

Patterson

Pembroke

Pembrooke

Pennington

Pentland

Pickering

Pickett

Pinckney

Plantaganet

Pomeroy

Prado

Prichard

Pruitt

Purcell

Quartermaine

Quarters

Quint

Quiver

Radcliffe

Rapanatti

Reyes

Rhodes

Richardson

Richmond

Rockefeller

Romanoff

Rosenbloom

Rothchild

Rutherford

Sanders

Sanderson

Schulz

Schwartz

Sheffield

Sinclair

Sloan

St. Hillaire

Sterling

Stryker

Stuart

Sullivan

Sutton

Swells

Talbot

Thorn

Thornton

Townsend

Tremblay

Tudor

Underhill

Van Doren

Vanderbilt

Venable

Viroslav

Voorhees

Vos

Walton

Warren

Washington

Wayne

Wellington

Westmoreland

Westwood

Whittaker

Willoughby

Wilmington

Windsor

Winslet

Winsley

Winslow

Winston

Winthrop

Worthington

Xanders

Xang

Xavier

Yaeger

Yarborough

Yates

York

Zappa

Zeller

Zimmerman

[starkiddreamcasting]

Starkid Groundhog Day the Musical

There will be sun for the Starkid dreamcast for Groundhog Day the Musical is here! Sorry I was so slow to get this out, I’ve been sick the last couple of days but I’m back and ready to continue. Once I got the Phil Connors for this dreamcast the rest fell into place pretty easily

1. Curt Mega as Phil Connors 2. Britney Coleman as Rita Hansen 3. Kim Whalen as Nancy 4. Brian Rosenthal as Ned Ryerson 5. Jeff Blim as Jenson 6. Will Branner as Gus/Billy the Bartender 7. Tyler Brunsman as Jeff 8. Richard Campbell as Chubby Man 9. Corey Dorris as Larry 10. Mariah Rose Faith as Joelle/Doctor 11. Angela Giarratana as Debbie 12. Davis Hamilton as Fred 13. Brian Holden as Sheriff 14. AJ Holmes as Buster 15. Janaya Mahealani Jones as Lady Storm Chaser 16. Lauren Lopez as Mrs. Lancaster 17. Jon Matteson as Deputy/Mr. Cleveland 18. Meredith Stepien as Piano Teacher/Mrs. Cleveland 19. James Tolbert as Ralph 20. Virginia Vass as Doris 21. Joe Walker as Hot Dog Vendor

Swings: Brant Cox, Denise Donovan, Joe Moses, Tiffany Williams

Understudies: Will Branner (Phil Connors), Mariah Rose Faith (Rita Hanson, Nancy), Brian Holden (Phil Connors, Ned Ryerson), Janaya Mahealani Jones (Rita Hanson, Nancy), Jon Matteson (Ned Ryerson)

Make sure to leave any show suggestions or any questions on my casting choices so I can explain them.

[ohotpprompts]

Thank you all so much for 3000 followers!

Here’s a list of last names:

Donovan

Prince

Salvatore

Hamilton

Wayne

Adler

Queen

Spellman

Wright

Cullen

Delaney

Hardaway

Coleman

Kingston

Castellan

Murillo

Underwood

Ryder

Knight

Sullivan

Hartley

Pierce

Dalton

Costello

Sharpe

Montgomery

Bourne

Cordova

Blackwood

Lincoln

Cana

Rivera

Lancaster

Lockhart

Northwood

Croft

Lahey

Eaton

Callahan

Maddox

Hart

Allen

Scott

Vadher

Abano

Reyes

Adams

Houghlin

Walsh

Holland

[bartletforamerica]

The artistry of the West Wing. Season 3x21, Posse Comitatus.

C.J. in mourning black, in the black Vera Wang she bought with Simon there, adding to her image of grief as she cries in the middle of New York, finally safe and alone, but alone.

Special Agent Simon Donovan lying dead among roses white and red- the symbols of Lancaster and York as solidified in the mythology built up by the Tudors- as the President watches the play, The Wars of the Roses.

And behind it, the haunting Hallelujah.