#electricians are not allowed inside

[toytulini]

victorian style haunted house that has dysphoria about not being an open concept minimalist hellhole, before we even have those, so it doesnt know why it just feels sooo miserable and has to lash out at everyone inside it, so its wretched and haunted the whole time, until its finally bought by a house flipper in the 2020s who knows JUST how to fix it

[natalievoncatte]

The heat was getting to be a problem.

The power had been out in National City for three days, and those three days were expected to be among the hottest of the year. Lena was, frankly, desperate.

You might think that she’d have it easy, but anyone who would think that a penthouse in a skyscraper would be easy to cool would quickly be disabused of that notion. The windows mostly didn’t open and having the balcony doors spread wide did next to nothing when the breeze felt like opening an oven, even up here.

It had been Alex’s suggestion, sent by text.

Why don’t you go to Kara’s? The loft is pretty breezy.

She was right, of course. When Lena arrived, Kara had every one of her huge loft windows open, allowing the breeze to flow freely through the open, airy space.

There was another problem, though.

When Kara opened the door, Lena nearly keeled over. Kara was wearing a sports bra and shorts so short they barely deserved the name, exposing a vast amount of golden, sun-kissed skin. Worse, her gloriously muscled stomach and shoulders glistened with sweat.

Lena was surprised to see that the heat bothered her, but it clearly did. Kara had forgone her glasses, too, and after she opened the door, she swept the back of her hand across her forehead and sighed.

“Hi,” Lena squeaked.

“Hi yourself. Hot out there?”

“It’s hot in here.”

“Come in, come in,” said Kara.

Lena stepped inside, forcing herself not to stare at Kara’s thick thighs and the swell of her chest under straining fabric. Was that zipper some advanced Kryptonian technology?

“Want something to drink?”

“Isn’t your fridge dead, too?”

“Yeah, but I cheat. Watch.”

Kara slipped a bottle of water out of a pack on her counter and breathed on it. Ice crystals formed on the surface and the water visibly chilled. It shocked Lena when she accepted it and the cold water on her lips was bliss. Lena let out a soft sigh and closed her eyes, savoring the feeling of cold spreading through her chest, cooling her body.

When she opened her eyes, Kara was the one staring. Lena had thrown on a short, a-frame sun dress that bared her back, for no other reason than making sure that her skin could have as much surface exposed to the air to evaporate and cool her down as possible.

“So what are you up to?” Lena asked.

Kara gestured to the notebook and stacks of papers on the table.

“Old-fashioned journalism, I guess. My laptop battery died yesterday.”

“I thought you’d be out there trying to fix the power.”

Kara shrugged. “With what, my super-electrician powers?”

Lena shot her a look, raising her brow.

Kara turned away, heading for the windows.

Oh, Jesus, Lena thought.

It wasn’t as if Lena hadn’t… noticed Kara’s physique. She wasn’t blind, after all. They’d taken spin class together, and Kara liked to wear leggings on the weekends.

But holy shit, those shorts made her ass look… Super.

Lena was still fumbling over a buns of steel pun in her head when Kara turned back.

“Hey, you okay? Your heart raced for a second there.”

“F-fine,” said Lena.

“Alex and the others are coming over tonight for an emergency game night,” said Kara. “I better get ready.”

For the next couple of hours, Lena helped Kara neaten up her apartment and prepare non-perishable snacks and a cooler full of beer and wine coolers, chilled care of Kara. Alex and Kelly were the first to show up, with Alex giving Lena a cheeky look as she walked into the apartment.

“Hey, you two,” she said. “Been having a hot time?”

There was something brittle in Kara’s laugh that set Lena a little on edge, and the Danvers sisters shared one of those looks they shared that made Lena wonder if they could communicate telepathically. Whatever the message was, it made Kara look away first, distracting with an offered beer that Alex gladly accepted.

Lena took a wine cooler, wishing it were wine.

Nia and Brainy showed up next, followed by J’onn, who was the only one fully dressed in a button-down shirt and khakis, while everyone else was dressed for the beach or a track meet.

Lena sat on the floor, because the hardwood was cool under her butt, and leaned back against Kara’s couch. Kara sat beside her and Lena’s heart definitely sped up.

Looking over, it was hard to tear her eyes away. Kara made a magnificent display- the blocky weight of her shoulders, full biceps and strong arms and bulky, sculpted forearms. Lena’s eyes followed the vein on the back of Kara’s arm down the back of her strong hand and the elegant lengths of her fingers.

Kara kept her nails neatly trimmed like that because of Supergirl duties, right?

Right?

“Hey Luthor? You having a heat stroke?” said Alex. “You look spaced out over there.”

Alex had a playful grin plastered on her face, though she too was sweating profusely. A cooler breeze rolled in through the big windows and everyone sighed in delight.

Except J’onn. “What shall we play first?” she said.

“Clue!” Nia chirped.

“Brainy always kicks our ass at Clue,” said Alex, “and I am not playing Monopoly with a literal billionaire again.”

“Perhaps we should play Risk,” said J’onn, rifling through the game shelf.

“We could try Twisted,” Kara suggested in a deadpan voice.

Lena swallowed hard, thinking of herself tangled up on the mat with Kara, clothes glued to their skin by sweat, salty skin sliding against salty skin, the scent of her…

“Earth to Lena,” said Alex. “Got any ideas?”

“Exploding Kittens,” said Lena. “We haven’t done that one in a while.”

“Kara, chill us some cold ones, will you?” said Nia.

Once everyone had a rapidly warming drink, Brainy dealt the cards and the game began. Alex called Kara out for peeking several times, with that loaded Danvers Sisters Look and an almost predatory smirk.

She wasn’t the only one peeking.

Lena participate in the game but her mind was elsewhere, specifically the valley of Kara’s broad back, where sweat gathered between her muscles and rain down in heavy beads, or the sweat gathering along her collarbone or sparking along the lush inner curves of her tightly contained breasts.

“Hey,” said Kara. “It’s your turn, Lena.”

Then she reached over and brushed damp lock of inky hair out of Lena’s eyes.

She could have melted. She swallowed hard, brushed the sweat from her brow, and made a hasty and wasteful play that would probably cost her any chance of winning, but she didn’t care. The game seemed at most a distant concern.

Kara’s tongue glazing along her soft pink lips was much more interesting. They’d pretty much all given up on makeup but Kara was still positively radiant, soft and inviting and homey in a way that made Lena ache in her chest.

And, uh, other places.

It was full dark now, so they finished the game and Kara and Alex got up to light a few candles.

“This is like camping,” said Nia.

“We should have thought to procure ‘marshmallows’, said Brainy. “Kara could toast them with her heat vision.”

“We hardly need more heat. I’m boiling,” said Lena.

J’onn let out a soft grunt. “It’s my turn to go on patrol. I think I’ll be the first to head out.

Everyone gave their goodbyes as he headed out the window. The others huddled closer around the table, lit by the candle sitting in the middle.

“We should tell scary stories,” said Alex. “Like around a campfire.”

“Since it was your idea, you go first,” said Kelly.

Alex leaned into it with abandon, leaning in over the table as she started spinning a campfire yarn that Lena quickly recognized as The Hook.

Kara edged closer, until her bare thigh pressed against Lena. She leaned in close, and it wouldn’t have taken much for Lena to… rest her head on Kara’s shoulder. It just kind of happened, Kara’s scent filling her nostrils as she turned into Kara.

Lena flinched as Kara shot her a concerned look.

She can hear my heartbeat.

Kara must have thought Lena was scared, because she casually slipped an arm around her.

Lena’s breath caught. Kara’s powerful arm rested lazily around her hip and her relaxed hand rested on Lena’s thigh, fingers placed lightly on bare skin.

It was a powerfully possessive gesture, not just protective but… more. Lena shifted a little and let herself completely fall against Kara.

Alex kept on telling the story, her gaze pausing heavily on the two of them as she scanned the room. Brainy looked bored but Nia looked genuinely petrified and Kelly was looking at her wife with the kind of adoring reference that was currently plastered on Lena’s face as she looked up at Kara.

Alex reached the crescendo of the story and Lena let out a little gasp, turning her face into Kara’s neck, more for the sake of it than out of fear. Kara’s hand stroked lazily up and down her back.

“Don’t worry, I won’t let anyone get you,” Kara whispered.

“You two okay over there?” said Alex.

“Fine,” said Kara.

“There are two actual couples here and you two are the ones doing the heavy petting.”

They weren’t heavy petting. Okay sure, Lena had her fingers curled around Kara’s hip and Kara’s hand was staring to pass the platonic zone when stroking her back but…

Oh.

“It’s getting late,” said Kelly. “Maybe we should head home.”

“Agreed,” said Nia. “Come on, Brainy.”

Lena and Kara didn’t get up.

The others did, piling out of the apartment. Alex went last, shooting Kara another of those damned looks, smiling like a self-satisfied cat after a big stretch.

The door closed and Kara yawned.

“Mind if I stay?” Lena said, quickly. “My place is just too hot to sleep.”

“Of course,” Kara said softly.

Lena didn’t move. They were alone now, the apartment dark except for candles that threw flickering shadows and made Kara even more ethereal. Lena could barely believe someone so gorgeous could be real.

“Lena,” Kara said quietly. “Have you ever thought about…” she trailed off.

“About what?”

“Us. What we are to each other.”

“Yes,” said Lena.

“Me too.”

“What are you thinking?” Lena asked.

“You’re my best friend. You mean more to me than basically anyone else, and the thought of you has kept me going through some really dark times.”

When Kara smiled for her, her eyes lit up, sparkling in the candlelight, like moonlight dancing on nighttime waves. She was entrancing.

“I…” Lena began. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you as just a friend. There’s more on the table if you want it.”

“More like… kissing?”

“Yes, exactly.”

This was actually happening. It was real, not a daydream or a fantasy. Kara moved with agonizing slowness, full of a gentle, kind intensity as she leaned down and lightly brushed her lips across Lena’s.

It was like being tossed in a tub of ice water… in a good way. Lena shivered as Kara cupped her jaw and went for another kiss, more forcefully this time, more insistent. The breathed as one.

“Kara,” Lena whispered.

She couldn’t help it. Lena dragged her tongue over Kara’s skin, tasting the sweat pooled at the base of her neck. Kara let out a low moan followed by a deep basso rumble in her chest, pulsating in time with her breathing.

“Did you just lick my sweat?”

“Are you purring?!”

Kara giggled. “I can do lots of things.”

Lena looked up at her with lidded eyes. “Oh yeah? Show me what you got.”

She squeaked as Kara picked her up in a single smooth motion, and with a self-satisfied smirk, carried her towards the bed.

Later, as they lay in a tangle of perspiring limbs atop sweat-soaked sheets, the power thumped back on and the air conditioning began to blow over them, chilling Lena’s skin.

She barely noticed.

[roanofarcc]

PROJECT SUNSHINE CHAPTER SIXTY → CLOUDBUSTING

summary: steve harrington x oc || read on Ao3

when another product of Hawkins National Laboratory escaped a long-survived nightmare alongside her sister, she crashed into one unsuspecting teenage boy and dragged him deeper into the dark mysteries that made up their hometown.

word count. 3.1k || masterlist || ocs moodboard

warnings: cannon typical violence, child abuse, horror, gore, and depictions of mental illness. parts of this story were written pre-season 4 release. cannon divergence.

previous chapter ← → next chapter

a/n. season 4 here we go! the first couple of chapters (technically) act more like a prelude to the official season but that's simply bc the duffers are cowards and never brought kali back so I had to do it myself lol

TAGGED LIST. @sattlersquarry, @leptitlu

FRIDAY, MARCH 21. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. 11:47 PM

Red and blue lights painted Sunshine Torres in an unsavory glow as they woke up a sleeping street of a sleeping neighborhood. 

Her feet smacked against the damp pavement, carrying her away from the cop cars that surrounded the house. Through a shadowy alley, she fled, quickly becoming a ghost on the scene before anyone could catch them. 

They left a man alone, lying on the ground in front of a shattered window in his once peaceful hideout, and if Sunshine was being honest with herself, she did not feel as bad about it as she should have. 

To the police, the man was nothing more than a poor electrician with little to nothing tied to his name, a fake name, but it would take them too long to figure that out. All the man wanted was to start fresh, but he didn’t run far enough. 

“Jesus Christ!” Huffed a figure stumbling a few steps behind Sunshine, trying to keep up. “We are so screwed!” 

Taking a sharp turn into another alley, Sunshine kept her focus ahead, ignoring the grumblings from the teenage boy lagging behind. 

A wall sat on the opposite end of the alley, leaving only one way in and one way out. 

A set of instructions replayed in her mind over and over. Look for the blue house with plywood nailed across the door, hide in the alley across the street, and don’t get caught. They were in the right place, much to her relief. 

Sunshine allowed herself to relax against one of the brick buildings. 

“They’re gonna find us.” 

“No,” she replied, closing her eyes with the hope of seeing something besides the dead body of a man who they only wanted to question as a part of their, not so much Sunshine’s, search for answers. “They won’t. This is where she told us to meet.” 

The slumped figure of the man was the only thing waiting for her on the inside of her eyelids, so she quickly forced them open and tried to push past the exhaustion that had a tight hold of her. 

“You trust her?” the teenage boy questioned. “For all we know, she booked it the hell out of here and is on her way to psycho-murder my father before I get the chance to talk to him.” 

Irritation pricked the corners of Sunshine’s mind, but she pressed her lips together in a thin line and hoped that he’d stop talking. 

He didn’t. 

“She could have pinned this whole thing on us and skipped town, leaving us with no way home tonight while the streets are swarmed with cops looking for whoever killed that dude! I’m too young to go to prison, Danielle. And-” 

“Shut up!” Sunshine whisper-yelled through gritted teeth. 

Her heart raced, and it was only made worse by the splitting headache the boy pacing in front of her caused. 

She lifted her hands in an attempt to wipe sweat from her brow but stopped when she caught sight of them. Dried blood crusted underneath her fingernails, and it stained her hands an ugly burgundy. Spots of blood clung to her jeans, where she tried to wipe them off, leaving her covered in evidence that pointed to her guilt.

If they were caught, there was little chance anyone would believe their story. They looked beyond guilty. They were a couple of teenagers on the run with a cause that no policeman would ever believe. 

The night had turned into a much bigger disaster than Sunshine had intended or wanted. It was painfully overwhelming, and being away from the people she cared the most for only made her feel worse. The only thing that had brought her comfort the last couple of days was the sun-shaped pendant that had adorned her neck since her first Christmas after escaping the Lab. Every time she clutched the metal between her fingers, she was reminded of all the good things and good people waiting for her return home.

However, when Sunshine reached for her necklace, all she was met with were her bare collarbones. 

“No, no, no,” she gasped, frantically reaching around her neck for any sign of the necklace that may have gotten twisted or tangled around. 

The blond stopped his pacing. “What? What’s wrong?” 

“My necklace,” Sunshine breathed out, her eyes lining with unshed tears. “It’s gone.” 

It felt like more than that, though. It was more than a missing piece of jewelry. The necklace had become a part of her, a piece of her heart that she carried outside her body. She hadn’t left her house without it on since she was gifted it; the lack of it, even for a moment, made her feel unbalanced. 

Calum Miller held no sympathy for her loss; he didn't get it. 

“Are you serious right now?” he scoffed, mouth agape in disbelief. “A man is dead, and we’re being chased or hunted or…fuck if I know, and you’re worried about some stupid necklace?” 

Her irritation bloomed and sparked brighter. She suddenly pushed herself off the wall, heart in her throat, and shoved Calum as hard as she could, catching him off guard. He stumbled backward but didn’t let his footing slip on the wet gravel under them.  

Sunshine burned and there was an unrelenting tightness in her chest that made breathing harder and harder. She focused all of her frustration on Calum because he was the closest thing to her. 

“This is your fault!” Her voice rose, threatening to give away their hiding spot but Sunshine could not find it in herself to care at the moment. If they were caught, she could escape, but she couldn’t say the same for Calum. “Why couldn’t you just stop? Why won’t you just stop ?” 

If it weren’t for the darkness of the alleyway, Calum would have seen how red her face felt, hot a seething with so much emotion that her hands trembled. Her anger was ready to boil over, but she didn’t understand why exactly.

She had always been good at keeping a level head and not letting her emotions, especially her anger, get the best of her. Sunshine knew what that did to a person, yet, every tie that held her down was either missing from around her neck or miles away back in Hawkins, completely unaware of what she had been up to for the last couple of days. 

She was untethered, free-floating in feelings she had tried to water down for years with no one to stomp out the fire. All she had was a teenage boy who fanned the flames. 

With each step she took toward him, Calum stumbled until his back hit the opposite wall. 

There was an unwavering fight in him, and Sunshine wanted to admire his drive and hard-headedness, but she couldn’t anymore. 

Sunshine always tried to look for the light, but all of her thought had become shadows, all-consuming and rolling in like a thunderstorm. 

Calum swallowed and lifted his chin to her in an attempt to seem bigger or more intimidating than the girl with unnatural abilities; it was almost laughable. “You can blame me all you want,” he said. There was a cut across his forehead from a shard of glass that had blown across the dead man’s living room along with the first bullet. It was still bleeding, rolling down the side of his face. 

“But you’re still here too. You agreed to this. You agreed to help your…what? Your sister? You made her a promise you never intended to keep. That doesn’t make me the bad guy here.” 

His words pricked her skin, digging into her. She didn’t know exactly what overcame her, but before she fully realized what she was doing, she had one hand illuminated with a dangerous glow and held it close to his cheek, but not close enough to touch his skin. 

Calum winced at the heat and tried to pull back, but he was pressed as far into the wall as he could go, and Sunshine loomed in front of him with eyes that glittered menacingly golden. 

“You told her your father’s alive,” she said, her voice low and cold. “You gave him up and sentenced him to whatever kind of revenge she has planned. All I wanted was to change her mind. I wanted her to come home with me and forget about all of this. I wanted her to get a fresh start and a home.” Despite the ice in her tone or the glow in her palm, tears gathered in her eyes once more. 

She felt too much at once; it was strangling her. 

Sunshine wanted to be done. She wanted to put a lifetime distance between herself and the Lab. She wanted the same for all of the children still left alive, but it was never-ending. 

Sunshine was tired of all of it. 

“You can’t accept the fact that your father is a bad man, and always was.” Sunshine’s hand inched closer, almost grazing his cheek. They were nose to nose. “I think you’re too scared to admit that maybe you’re meant to be just as terrible as he is.” 

Calum stilled at her words, and his fight slipped out of his reach. The skin on his cheek started to flush pink and he turned his head in a lame attempt to avoid it. 

She wanted to stop, to pull away and take a breath but something was keeping her there, a little voice in the back of her head taunting her and keeping her rooted in place. 

“Danielle…” Calum breathed out, his eyes screwed shut and cheek burning as if someone held a lighter to it. Fear laced his tensed muscles and added a tremble to his voice. 

In Hawkins, back home, her friends referred to her abilities as superpowers like the heroes in their comic books. They admired them, even if Sunshine sometimes detested them. But in that moment, Calum Miller saw her far removed from deserving the superhero title. 

Maybe both of them were meant to become the one thing they feared the most: the people they had once admired. 

→←

TWO DAYS PRIOR

The scream was explosive. 

Seven’s ears rang from the noise, and she dropped the chess piece in her hand, letting it clatter onto the board and roll off the table. The sound of it crashing against the rainbow-painted tile was silenced under the shrill scream and it drew no one's eye. 

Instead, every child left in the Rainbow Room looked to the corner where a girl a year or two older than Seven had a boy pinned to the floor. Her arm pressed against his neck and her body straddling his struggling one. 

It all happened so fast, as the girl’s battle-like scream altered the soldiers right outside. But in the short time she had, the girl managed to cause as much damage as she could.

Seven heard it before she saw it. A crack followed by a scream. The boy’s arm, which had tried to shove her away, bent backward in an unnatural way and caused him to cry out in pain. Blood leaked from the girl’s nose and her whole body trembled, but she didn’t stop. 

Even as the soldiers stormed in and readied to jab their taser into the subject’s back, the girl continued. She stared at the boy under her with cold, almost lifeless eyes, until his other arm was shattered in a similar vein. 

That was all the damage she was able to do before electricity replaced her sudden rage, crackling under the fluorescent lights. She convulsed onto the ground, freeing the double broken armed-boy who continued to sob. 

Both of them were hauled up and out of the Rainbow room as the other kids sat in stunned silence, watching as the doors shut and block them out from whatever was going to happen next.  

From across the table, a scoff pulled Seven’s attention away from the closed doors and noises that became too distant to hear. 

Eight stared at the chess board, but she wasn’t contemplating her next move. 

“What happened?” Seven whispered, referring to the outburst. 

Eight’s eyes flickered upwards and narrowed slightly when they met Seven’s. Eight’s eyes were dark but in a different way than Ivy's. While looking into Ivy’s eyes resembled staring into a black sea, filtered with little ripples of moonlight but ultimately all-consuming and easy to drown in if one looked too long, Eight’s eye reminded Seven of the night sky that she only saw in her dreams. Deep brown irises that almost looked black, fitted with lighter brown flecks that one could compare to stars when it really was just the reflection of the bright overhead lights. 

Both girls had intimating gazes, but Eight’s didn’t hold the same gentleness that Ivy’s did when she looked at Seven. Eight always looked like she knew more than everyone else, or that she saw something in the air that no one else could. 

“She broke,” Eight replied simply. 

“Broke?” Seven repeated, confused. “She…She broke his arms." 

Eight shook her head. “No.” With one finger, Eight tapped the center of her forehead. “In here, inside her head. Something…” She grabbed a crayon from the shelf behind her and held it up for a moment. Red was the color, the same color at the top of the rainbow painted across the floor, and the same color of blood that stained the tiles where the one-sided fight had just occurred.  

Eight grabbed both sides of the crayon and pushed her thumbs up against the middle of it, pressing hard enough that it broke into two pieces. 

At the snap of the crayon that echoed the snap of the boy’s arms, Seven flinched and watched as Eight let the two pieces fall onto the chess board. 

“...Snapped,” said Eight. “Do you know what I think?” Seven shook her head. 

Eight wasn’t that much older than her, a year or two at most, but she had arrived just after Seven by a couple of months. It didn’t make sense that she knew more than Seven did. Yet, Eight liked to play alone aside from the occasional game of chess and didn’t have the fierce protectiveness of Ivy looming over her every move. She saw and heard more Seven. 

“It’ll happen to all of us,” she began. “Our heads, what’s inside there, it can’t handle this forever. If we stay, we’ll snap too.” 

“We’ll hurt each other?” Seven whispered, too scared to ask the question any louder. Anyone could be listening, and she was sure conversion like that was not allowed inside the Rainbow Room. It was a matter of minutes before more soldiers would enter to shoo them all back into their bedrooms so they could clean up and control the situation that had just unfolded. 

Eight pressed her lips into a thin line for a moment, staring at Seven with a gaze that was unreadable to the younger girl. 

The other half of the broken crayon rolled in front of Seven, but she didn’t touch it. 

“I think we can hurt everyone,” Eight said with no hint of worry or remorse behind her words. It was a statement a fact, she seemed to believe in. 

Seven began to believe her too. 

Waking up in a cold sweat, Sunshine sat up in the darkness of her bedroom and clutched her chest. She felt her heart race under her fingertips and through the light fabric of her shirt. 

Bringing her hands up to her face, she tried to rub away the old visions of the Hawkins National Laboratory from her eyes. They had a habit of staining her vision and her dreams, especially as of late. 

Instead of the scattered memories intertwined with more recent events of Demogorgons and the Mind Flayer, nearly every time Sunshine closed her eyes she was met with nightmares of the Lab. She could hardly remember the last time she slept a night without at least a flicker of the horror she had experienced as a young girl. 

The more recent nightmares she had involved an old face she hadn’t thought about in quite some time. 

When the twins and El returned to Hawkins the night El closed the Gate, for the first time, they all told Sunshine about their time spent with Eight, who went by her actual name, Kali. 

Just as Sunshine recalled from the Lab, Kali was the same stoic and intense girl. She had a gang of criminals and used her abilities to not only survive but also to hunt down every person responsible for the things that happened inside the Lab. 

At first, Sunshine was taken aback by that. It wasn’t that she didn’t people those people deserved it, because they did, but the more time she spent away from the Lab, the more she wanted to distance herself from it instead of holding herself to revenge. 

However, the more dreams she had about Kali and what happened to them there, Sunshine understood it more than cared to admit. They were hurt by all of it, and it seemed like Kali was still hurting, from what the twins had told her. 

Kali hadn’t found her family, only some friends she picked up in various cities who banded together. 

Before the twins left for California along with El and the Byers bunch, they left her a number she could call to reach Kali. They said it was for emergencies, but something told her they wanted her to have it and to call her because they were too scared to face her again. They think they abandoned her, even though she could have come back to Hawkins with them. The door was always open, but Sunshine didn’t know if Kali knew that. 

With each dream, Sunshine grew more and more curious about her long-lost sister. Maybe she should have been more focused on the meaning behind the dreams and the cryptic messages and the plethora of questions they left her with, but it was all overshadowed by her desire to have a sibling close to her again and not clear across the country. 

She loved everyone in Hawkins, from her boyfriend to her gaggle of children who were entering their teenage years. But there were very few people who truly understood Sunshine. Almost all of them were on the other side of the country. It would’ve been nice to have Kali in her life, even if she still was a little cold and calculating. 

The little slip of paper with a phone number on it sat untouched in her bedside drawer, buried underneath movie ticket stubs and letters her siblings had written her about their new adventures in a new state. 

Sunshine dug around until she found it and laid it on her lap, staring at the numbers for a long moment of contemplation. 

There was a chance Kali didn’t want to speak to her or see her, but there was only one way for her to figure that out. 

She picked up the landline that lived on her bedside table and dialed the number before she could talk herself out of it. After a couple of rings, someone answered.

[collapsedsquid]

A 6-foot wall blocks the view from a nearby road fronting the project, where cars slow to try to catch a glimpse of what’s behind it. Security guards stand watch at an entrance gate and patrol the surrounding beaches on ATVs. Pickup trucks roll in and out, hauling building materials and transporting hundreds of workers. Nobody working on this project is allowed to talk about what they’re building. Almost anyone who passes compound security—from carpenters to electricians to painters to security guards—is bound by a strict nondisclosure agreement, according to several workers involved in the project. And, they say, these agreements aren’t a formality. Multiple workers claim they saw or heard about colleagues removed from the project for posting about it on social media. Different construction crews within the site are assigned to separate projects and workers are forbidden from speaking with other crews about their work, sources say.

Construction workers all have to wear colored jumpsuits and keep an eye out for tuxuedoed british dipshits

[that-stone-butch]

Hi I have an electrician question if you're willing to answer. One of the outlets in my new apartment makes it really difficult to plug things in. It feels like I'm hitting a wall halfway through plugging something in and I really have to wiggle the plug before it fits into the socket. Is that an annoying but ok thing or should I have maintenance come check it out.

hey! does the outlet have the little childproof plastic bits inside the slots? like if you don't plug anything in, do the slots look like this?

the way these work is they require equal amounts of pressure in both slots to open; meaning they won't allow the entry of like, silverware or a bobby pin or whatever a kid might shove in there on a whim. they're designed to only accept both prongs of a plugin entering the slots simultaneously. the little plastic gate is spring loaded and comprised of moving parts. as such, it will only work so many times, and due to regular wear and tear/faulty construction may become way too finicky, or straight-up require a little muscle to get past the gate because it's not triggering properly. if this is the case, have maintenance look at it because it could break down even further and cause problems. tl;dr: small moving parts and electrical equipment are terrible bedfellows the moment anything is out of ordinary order.

if it isn't a childproof receptacle, you might just have some debris in the slots. you could try cleaning it with absolutely no contact, like one of those air blower cans people use to clean small electronics and dust their keyboards and whatnot (don't physically insert anything into the outlet in an attempt to clean it, even if the material used is 'nonconductive!' i know you probably know better, but i still have to say it). if giving the outlet the old nintendo cartridge treatment doesn't work, have maintenance come take a look at it. you shouldn't have to put up with it. if you want maintenance to take the issue more seriously, frame the issue less about your ease of use, and more about concerns about debris, or even the plug potentially not being able to stay firmly plugged in (which is a safety hazard).

hope that helps!

[esta-elavaris]

I need to tell you guys what happened today bc I laughed til I fckn cried.

My aunt's ex husband considers himself an electrician (and a carpenter, and a plumber). He does all of these things badly, and whatever money might've been saved by letting him do these things is immediately lost tenfold paying people to fix what he fucked up.

Last week he fucked with an electrical socket here, it ended up burning out, we lost power for half a day, and at mine and my brother's urging, my grandparents called an electrician round to have a look at it so it doesn't cause a house fire.

We're told the guy will turn up at 2. Bang on 2 o'clock, there's a knock at the front door. I'm listening to this interaction from another room as my grandfather answered the door. Guy greets him with "hello, neighbour!" - kinda weird, but whatever, I'm also socially awkward, it is what it is.

My granda goes "come in, son, and I'll explain to you what's happened" -- guy immediately goes "talk to me" and follows him inside, allowing him and my grandmother to show him around the electrical socket that caused the problem, another that was flagged as a risk by the last electrician here who fixed the power outage, and then all of the switches that turn the mains on and off, humming and nodding along as they explain everything.

Guy then goes "I don't really know too much about it, so I might need to get somebody in who knows about electrics". I'm in the other room thinking "lmao wat, how r u an electrician then lad", and there's a brief pause as you can tell my grandparents are wondering how to even take that. During this pause, the guy goes "oh, there's my parcel there!" - talking about a parcel that had been left here for a neighbour a few doors down earlier on.

As he says that, there's a knock at the door. The electrician has arrived.

The original guy was the son of the neighbour (my grandparents know her, but have not met him, which is why they didn't realise who he was), came here to pick up a parcel, and just happily completely rolled with it when they took him inside and started showing him electrical outlets and describing the problems they've been having.

By this point, I am doubled over, I am crying, I cannot breathe - my brother runs into my room to see if I've heard it, also crying, also doubled over, also unable to breath for a solid 10+ minutes. The story produces the same effect in the actual electrician, as they let him in and tell him what just happened. Happily he does know quite a bit about electrics and fixes the problem.

An actual fuckign sitcom moment. I thought I was going to need an ambulance.

[lasenbyphoenix]

Unshakable Faith (2023)

Episode 35 Breakdown

Dr Bai grabs Seamstress Miao by the throat, demanding to know who Snow Wolf is, but she refuses to unmask her leader. He leaves after threatening to kill them all if anything happens to Nurse Bai again. Electrician Liu Simao sees Officer Ding watch the shop, and creeps in the back door to advise Seamstress Miao that she has been compromised. She immediately sets out to burn several papers and a book before being stabbed by Liu Simao. He tries to take her bag but she holds tight, and he has to flee empty handed when the police arrive, and she dies without any confession. Searching her shop, the police team find her radio equipment, maps of the air raid shelter location and the negatives of the blueprint photos.

On the last day of the experiment, Expert Chief Chu returns to the lab and instructs Ji Danyang to make the coundown and announcement of the experiment's successful end. The cabin team are helped out of the sealed cabin, rejoicing in the sunlight and Ji Danyang finds He Xiwan still inside. She completes logging the last page of data and gives it to him before collapsing from exhaustion.

Master Welder Niu finds the hidden compartment in the cabin with the empty phosphorus bottle inside, concluding it was made by Assistant Rui. Police Captain Chen debriefs Officer Xu who participated in the experiment, focussing on the movements of Nurses Bai and Shanshan, but is at a loss as to how they would know they would get inside. Police Captain Chen has the Hospital Chief review the medical checks of the cabin participants and they discover that the expert who collapsed shouldn't have been given clearance at all. He compiles a list of the medical staff involved in the fitness checks and the Police Chief suggests allowing Nurse Shanshan back to work to see what reaction is provoked.

Officer Hongmei, still recovering from her mercury poisoning, visits Dr Bai and informs him of the seamstresses murder and identity as a spy, and that they'd found her father's body with the help of an anonymous key. Ji Danyang takes a break from analysing the cabin data to visit Officer Hongmei in hospital and they discuss where they might go now this part of the project is coming to an end.

In the expert's office, Lei Peizheng notices one of his titanium samples is missing and reports it to the police team. They check Factory Chief Han's samples and find the missing piece amongst them, but one of his absent. Factory Chief Han questions Secretary Lu about the missing titanium, stating that if a man makes a mistake he should have the courage to correct it, but Secretary Lu still denies his involvement.

Secretary Lu is angry and meets Nurse Bai, demanding  to know once and for all if she is a spy and when she doesn't commit to an answer he tells her he plans to confess and if she if a spy to run. She slaps him. Their altercation is noticed by Nurse Zhang Ling and Nurse Leader Ge and Nurse Bai sees Nurse Ge watching from the window.

...............................................

He Xiwan is all about the mission! Good grief girl you'll go down in history but you'll go down with mercury poisoning too.

"I can't be like Li Guangming". Ok so Secretary Lu does know what happened to Security Captain Li and is FINALLY realising he's in the same spot. Good for him for finally deciding to confess, although will that slap make him change his mind? I really hope he does come forward on his own. He knows the scrutiny is closing in and so does Nurse Bai now. What's she going to do? She can only pin so much on Nurse Shanshan (which I'm still fuming about btw)

Seamstress Miao stabbed in the back (or front) by your cohort. That's what your loyalty to the wrong people will get you.

So who's left now? The still unidentified Snow Wolf, Nurse Bai (who is suspected), fake Li Qiuchen (who is suspected), electrician Liu Simao (who is confirmed and being searched for). At this point Nurse Bai and Fake Li haven't heard about the murder of the seamstress yet but it's not a secret in town so it wont be long. Do they even have another base of operation in town now that the seamstress shop is compromised? How will they pass messages along now?

3 episodes to go! What am I expecting? Whoever the fuck Snow Wolf is, they're going to have to show their face for one final attempt on the project (maybe trying to grab or destroy the data before it can be transported to Beijing?)

As a rule, the commited spies have died (Zhang A Shui, Lai Guangrun, Assitant Rui and Seamstress Miao) and the coerced traitors have been imprisoned (Security Captain Li, the messenger & the digging team). So Liu Simao and Fake Li wont survive, and Secretary Lu will be imprisoned... but what about Nurse Bai? She's a fully committed spy, but she's also one of our leads. I can't imagine her being killed off, it would be too tragic for our other leads. I'd wondered earlier about the possibility of a change of heart upon learning it was the KMT who killed her parents (the reveal of which I still expect) but she's done so much more sabotage since then that there's little to no room left for turning around. Will she just be imprisoned? Or will Dr Bai try and convince her to run away?

[itsyourchoicedevotionals]

Gross Darkness

“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee.” Isaiah 60:1-2KJV

Are we rapture ready? Back in the 1980s churches were jumping during services, practicing to go up in the rapture. Well, I am a pan-tribulationist, not ‘pre’ nor ‘mid.’ In other words, I can see the interpretation for each of the theories, but reserve the right for God to allow the rapture and tribulation to ‘pan’ out according to His perfect plan and will.

We have a job to do amidst whatever “gross darkness” comes. This job does not allow us to sit on our ‘blessed assurances’ with bags packed or jump up and down in rapture practice children’s games. Time is upon us to grow up into the ‘Bride’ of Christ, John 14:12ESV “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.”

Being a disciple means— ‘an apprentice, adherent, a follower or student of a teacher, leader— (Jesus in this case). In other words, disciples are mimickers, imitators of the teacher. Upgrade the word ‘disciple’ to modern day thinking— Exa: a person becoming an electrician through the electrical union apprenticeship program, can’t fly by what looks good and might work. He must submit to do exactly each instruction as being taught to keep from being electrocuted or burning down a building.

How many disciples, imitators, mimickers of Jesus Christ do we see in our church world today? Occasionally, we might run into a church which expects people to be healed, when they pray for them. Oral Roberts, John G Lake, etc. healing evangelists of the past pioneered our present day healing services, showing even evangelical churches— healing is a vital part of the church today.

Since the Azuza Street’s revival, a hundred plus years ago, \ much of the church —Believers “…began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.” Acts 2:4NIV. Holy Spirit baptism— ‘tongues’ are totally rejected by some ‘evangelical streams’ of churches. Yet this is the fastest growing faction in Christ’s church today.

“The LORD shall arise upon” you and me, and His glory shall be seen upon” us. Those years of preparation in healing, in faith, speaking in tongues, loving one another will become infused with the glory of the Lord. Us weird people that have been ostracized as radicals, Jesus freaks will glow with the Light of God’s glory and purpose. We’ll be sought out as hope to the hopeless.

Preparation for what is coming inside the church has been initiated by Holy Spirit. We’ve been reluctantly getting ready for a mass influx of people who are totally done with “gross darkness.” They’re going to come into the church totally confused about whether they’re male, female, cat or dogs bringing their equally confused families. These people will be lost one day in their confusion and the next day suddenly aware there is God Who loves them completely.

Today, we can’t see a cohesiveness in what was, what is, and what’s coming. But— “…we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28ESV.

Everything is going to work out for our good, thus “…we can say with confidence, “The LORD is my Helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?” Hebrews 13:6NLT. Do you understand where we are in the reference to the end times? Are you a disciple? It’s your choice. You choose.

LET’S PRAY: Holy God You have worked to orchestrate Your plans and timing for all You are bringing in. Please strengthen us to be Your church in these days of gross darkness, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

by Debbie Veilleux Copyright 2024 You have my permission to reblog this devotional for others. Please keep my name with this devotional, as author. Thank you.

[storkmuffin]

Finished Ink Blood Sister Scribe and had what might be my first experience that's analogous to aroace people feeling repulsed by the thought of romance and sexuality. Because it happens in this book! But more on that later.

I've already said that I like the genderflips that the author has decided to make. It's a boy with magic blood being exploited and trapped inside a gothic mansion as an adventurous girl who can't stay anywhere more than 364 days or be truly intimate with anyone travels the world, having scary adventures, all the way to antarctica. He's very fussy about shoes and cashmeres and cologne and is very sheltered. She's an electrician who can get a job at a base in Antartica. And so on.

This fantasy novel is a cobbling together of all the stuff that's been in this author's childhood popular culture, given her birth year (1987). -

There are two sisters of differing magical / powers who are separated by lies told to protect them by their parents and long for each other (Do you want to build a snow man?)

There's an evil type of book that drains people of blood (HP's Monster Book of Monsters with the PG 13 rating taken off).

There's the one legal instrument firmly embedded in the long term memories of all daughters of E.L.James (It's a silencing spell, that's all it is, but everyone calls it an N.D.A).

There's mirror portals (Alice in Wonderland, The Matrix, Dr. Norris and Mr Strange).

Both the male and female protagonists are bisexual (Ao3).

The boy keeps fainting (hot frail boys are hot) while the girl knows a bunch of martial arts (girlboss etc).

One of the most powerful ways of being magical is to be completely immune to magic (Hi Bella Swan, is that you?).

There are name drops of random singers that signify what kind of cool girl this author is - Kurt Cobain and Fiona Apple. Oh, and Smells like Teen Spirit is actually sung acapella in an attempt to create a magical connection (it doesn't work lol).

The fancy english laird doesn't want to return the priceless artifacts bought and stolen from all over the world to their country of origin because he can take care of it better. (Very topical).

The mommy who gives birth to you is not as much as the mommy who adopted you and raised you. (Very modern, very Angelina Jolie).

There are lovingly rendered details of hand crafts like ink-making and bookbinding (very cottage core), as well as an adoration of huge libraries inside big English estate houses (Harry Potter, again, and also Mortal Istruments, which is Harrry Potter).

I liked this very much, by the way. The fact that all these ideas are not in any way original and simply competently assembled did not at all diminish my enjoyment of the story being told. The thrilling, scary bits were thrilling and scary. The magical bits did invoke a sense of wonder or at minimum, curiosity.

THE PROBLEM THOUGH WAS THE STRAIGHT PART OF THE STORY. There's the sister who travels and the sister who stays in the homestead, guarding her dad's library of magical books. The bodyguard of the fussy Englishman, Colin, who is from Boston, is the first man that the librarian sister allows into her home. They ...immediately.... have the true love true blue heterosexual attraction to each other. And they have terrible horrible flirty talk and they kiss and it's like, Wait, What?

Joanna wasn't aroace and somehow didn't go insane living isolated in her house for ten years with just her dad??? She fell hard for the first man not related to her by blood that was ever invited to her house? Plus why the fuck did the author set up all this chemistry beteween Colin and his fancy English charge, the fainting magic blood having boy, who is canon bi???

The no homo of it was so, so awkward and weird. Joanna even asks Colins if he and Nicholas, his charge, aren't a thing and Colins says no, because he likes long hair. He doesn't say he's straight, or that he prefers women, which makes me think the author didn't want to say those things, because it's not true. GIVE ME GAY COLINS. GIVE ME COLINS AND NICHOLAS EXPLORING THEIR BODIES IN THE LIBRARY OF MAGIC BLOOD BOOKS. The quality of the writing for the very gross Joanna and Colin courtship had me writhing with secondhand embarassment as well as disappointment, whereas the rest of the book is snappy and polished.

That tacked on hetero romance, that happens for no reason, kind of ruined the book for me, sad to say. I was so repelled.

[squidyyy23]

✨ macy tag game tuesday! ✨

tagged by so many lovelies @creepkinginc @energievie @shinygalaxyperson @you-are-so-much-better-than-that @mishervellous @sleepyfacetoughguy @metalheadmickey @heymrspatel to jump in this week!

Something you drank today: uhh, now that you mention it, i think nothing? oops. 😬

Something you ate today: guava cream cheese danish 🤤

Something you watched recently: i’ve been bouncing between old seasons of survivor and gilmore girls cause millionth time rewatches = brain comfort. 📺

Something that brings you joy: yall! seriously, what a space. what folks. what a network of love and support. showed up for the boy dolls and looks all the things i’ve walked away with. 🥰 oh, also, my kiddos. even when we’re in the throws of it, there’re always these moments that hit you in the good way.

Something you’re excited for: got a new plant today and gonna try not to kill it too quickly. 🌿

Something you’ve never done but want to try: dirt bikes. bungee jumping. “real” camping. generally following the often hushed adrenaline junkie inside? 🏕

Something you’re good at: organizing. game planning. logistical shit. 📊

Something you’re learning: to let things happen without organizing, game planning, and logistical shit. 🌀

Something you want: peace and quiet. 🤫

Something you need: to call an electrician. i should probably stop having to run an extension cord across my kitchen every night to run the dishwasher. 🙄

Something people don’t know about you: i have hulk hands. i grip things too tightly. i crack plastic cups in my grasp. i will rip through paper while writing. i should never be allowed to handle fine china or tiny animals.

phew, seems like so many buds have already done this but let's see who i can double tag 😉 @mmmichyyy @look-i-love-u @gallawitchxx @auds-and-evens @thisdivorce @rereadanon @gardenerian @shameless-notashamed @whatthebodygraspsnot @whatwouldmickeydo @grossmickey @crossmydna

[miraculousalamode]

cake decorators, we need your help! our bakers (writers) have been working hard in the kitchen preparing something delicious, but now we need your help to make it look as good as it tastes!

throughout the week, we will be posting snippets and summaries from our bakers with a fic ID attached to them in order to keep the writer anonymous. please write down the fic IDs of the fics that you would be willing to work with, as well as the fic IDs of the fics you would absolutely not under any circumstance want to collaborate with.

at the end of all of these posts, we will post the artist applications for you to submit your answers!

FIC ID: S07

Parings(s): Ivan/Mylene, Rose/Julika, and possibly Luka/Kagami and Luka/Adrien,

Rating: Teen or GA right now. Depends on how spooky it gets I guess.

Archive Warnings: NA.

Trigger Warnings: Ghosts (if that counts), Death Mention/talked about (Adriens Mom theoretically.)

Summary: With Adrien being allowed to fully join Kitty Section, he learns that there is more to this band than friendship and music. Luka informs him that they double as a paranormal investigation team. Curious about what that entails, when Ivan invites him to do a test run, Adrien is more than willing to try it out. Luka shows Adrien the ropes and Mylene answers his questions. Except for one Adrien hasn't asked yet.

Snippet: "Hey, Adrien." Ivan smiled and nodded at Adrien. "Feel free to make yourself at home. You and Mylene will be watching the monitors when the rest of us are inside. That way we can try and investigate and debunk things in real time." Adrien nodded, absorbing all the new information.

"Cool! I'm super excited. Is there anything I can do right now?" He asked.

"Not to my knowledge." Mylene said, thinking as she looked around. "Ivan and Luka's already taken inventory twice each. Julika and Rose will be here any minute. Luka's finishing up talking with the electrician that came to check the house." Mylene explained, pointing in different directions when speaking about the different members.

"Ok, cool, cool. Let me know if you need me to do anything. I may not know what to do but I'm willing to learn." Adrien suggested, looking at the equipment behind Mylene and Ivan.

"Alright. Oh, well, Ivan, would you want to run the list by Adrien to get him at least started on learning the equipment?" Mylene suggested, resting a hand on his forearm. Ivan's face softened in that heartwarming way it always did when Mylene was involved in anything.

"Yeah, little bear." Bending down, they shared a sweet kiss before taking the paper from the desk and dropping down out of the van. It rose a little at the motion as Mylene went to continue the finishing touches on what Adrien assumed would be his and her position tonight. "Alright, Adrien." Ivan clamped a large hand on the back of Adriens shoulder. "This list," he passed it to him, "is the equipment we will be using for tonight's investigation."

"Ok, alright. I think I recognize some of the words."

"That's great. Better to start with something than nothing." Ivan patted his shoulder with a smile, going and leading towards the pile of equipment. "So, the first item on the list. It's an EMF detector. EMF stands for electromagnetic field."

[jkseducationconsultant]

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Nursing.

Nursing is one of the most in-demand occupations worldwide. Since there is a constant demand for medical help, a degree in nursing will most likely result in a job right away. Also, a lot of the nursing programs are accelerated so you can get into the field much quicker.JKS Group will guide you through the nursing school applications and requirements. 

Why It Works:

 Healthcare services are in high demand.

 Numerous career options in hospitals, clinics, and home care.

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With the growth of technology IT, degrees, or computer science majors have boomed. Software developers, cybersecurity analysts, and IT support people are some of the most needed jobs. Jks group offers the inside scoop on the better programs and majors.

Why It Works: 

The tech business is rapidly increasing.

Jobs are abundant in many different fields, banking, healthcare, etc.

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A BS in Business Administration gives you very transferable skills that you can use in almost any field. Graduates can find work in marketing, finance, and management, frequently starting in entry-level roles that lead to more rapid advancement. Jks group also provides personalized tips on what major to choose and which internships to apply for.

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Skills are widely applicable.

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Pursuing a degree or certification in a skilled trade can result in instant employment chances. A lot of the trade jobs are only 2 years old and are in very high demand, with a lot of companies willing to hire apprentices right out of the training programs.JKS Group can connect you with reputable trade programs.

Why It Works:

There is a constant demand for qualified craftsmen.

Potential for significant earnings without a four-year degree.

Education (Early Childhood and Special Education)

Teachers especially in early childhood and special education are always in need. States usually provide incentives for teachers in these regions, which might result in speedy job placement upon graduation.JKS Group can help with the application procedures and offer support for those wishing to become teachers.

Why It Works:

To address ongoing teacher shortages.

Opportunities in public and private schools, as well as childcare facilities.

Healthcare Support Roles (Examples: Medical Assistant, Pharmacy Technician)

Certifications or degrees in many health-related fields can lead to a job right out of school in numerous healthcare facilities. These programs are frequently shorter than regular degrees, allowing you to enter the industry sooner.JKS Group can assist you in finding majors that are suitable to your career path.

Why It Works: 

The healthcare sector is expanding.

They often have externships which could turn into jobs.

Website Development

Web development courses emphasize skills that can be applied straight away to the job. Web development also, there are tons of companies that need web developers to build and keep up their websites.JKS Group guides on building a strong portfolio.

Why it works:

Digital services are in high demand.

There are so many freelance and remote jobs available.

Conclusion

While the job market can be unpredictable, pursuing a degree in one of these fields can increase your chances of finding employment soon after graduation. Consider your interests and strengths, as well as the current job landscape, when making your decision. At JKS Group, we’re dedicated to helping you find the right path and providing support throughout your educational journey. Contact us today to learn more!

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[malawihope]

Crisis Nursery

The two weeks in Malawi always go by so quickly. It's already our last full day here. We finished by shopping for the Crisis Nursery.

We got a ton of maize. (Actually 3,300 lbs.) As well as beans, peanuts, and many other foods and supplies.

Only one burner on the electric stove was working. The nannies had to get up at 3am to start cooking breakfast for all the children. We replaced it with a new range. We also had an electrician replace all the outlets in the kitchen.

Electricity in Lilongwe is subject to frequent outages. When they can't cook inside, the nannies had to cook over wood or charcoal fires in the backyard. We got them an upgrade. These two propane burners will save a lot of cook time.

We also added a couple new cribs, as the nursery is now caring for 25 children. (No, the babies don't sleep outside! This crib had just been delivered.)

We were so productive these past two weeks that we didn't have a lot of time to sit and take photos of the babies. But we did play with them almost every day. A few of the older kids outside.

Tomorrow morning, we start our journey home. We always leave Malawi physically tired, but spiritually recharged. And it doesn't take long before we are ready to start planning our next visit.

Of course, these trips would not be so impactful without the generous support of our donors. Thank you for allowing us to represent you here in Malawi. We bring home the gratitude and warm wishes from all our friends here.

Zikomo!

[blogbeatsever]

Safeguarding Your Home with Expert Smoke Detector Installation

Imagine waking up to the peaceful hum of your alarm clock, feeling refreshed and ready to start your day. Now imagine that same alarm clock waking you up in the middle of the night because your home is filled with smoke. This scenario isn't just a nightmare; it's a terrifying reality for many homeowners who lack proper smoke detection systems. Luckily, installing smoke detectors can provide peace of mind and protection for you and your loved ones.

In this blog post, we’ll explore everything you need to know about smoke detector installation in PA. From understanding the importance of smoke detectors to tips for ensuring optimal placement and maintenance, we’ll cover it all. Whether you are a new homeowner or looking to upgrade your current system, Decenzo Electric, LLC is here to guide you every step of the way.

The Importance of Smoke Detectors

Smoke detectors are a critical component of any home's safety plan. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), three out of five home fire deaths occur in properties without working smoke alarms. This startling statistic underscores the urgent need for reliable smoke detection systems.

Not only do smoke detectors save lives, but they also minimize property damage. Early detection allows for quick response, potentially saving thousands of dollars in damage and invaluable personal belongings.

How Smoke Detectors Work

Understanding how smoke detectors operate can help you appreciate their significance. There are two primary types of smoke detectors: ionization and photoelectric. Ionization detectors are more responsive to flaming fires, while photoelectric detectors are better at sensing smoldering fires.

Ionization detectors contain a small amount of radioactive material that ionizes the air inside the device, creating a current between two plates. When smoke enters, it disrupts this current, triggering the alarm. Photoelectric detectors, on the other hand, use a light beam and sensor. When smoke scatters the light beam, it activates the alarm.

Choosing the Right Smoke Detectors

Selecting the appropriate smoke detector for your home involves considering various factors. Both ionization and photoelectric detectors have their strengths, so it’s often best to use a combination of both types. Some modern smoke detectors even incorporate both technologies in one unit for enhanced protection.

Additionally, consider opting for interconnected smoke detectors. These devices communicate with each other, ensuring that if one alarm detects smoke; all alarms in the house will sound. This feature is particularly crucial for larger homes where a single alarm may not be audible throughout the property.

Optimal Placement of Smoke Detectors

Proper placement of smoke detectors is vital to their effectiveness. The NFPA recommends installing smoke alarms inside each bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level of the home, including the basement. For homes with levels without bedrooms, place alarms in the living room or near the stairway to the upper level.

Avoid installing smoke detectors near windows, doors, or ducts, where drafts might interfere with their operation. Ceiling-mounted alarms should be placed at least four inches from the nearest wall, while wall-mounted alarms should be installed four to twelve inches from the ceiling.

Professional Installation vs. DIY

While some homeowners may feel confident installing smoke detectors themselves, professional installation ensures optimal functionality and compliance with local codes. At Decenzo Electric, LLC, our experienced electricians offer expert smoke detector installation services in PA. We ensure that your detectors are properly placed and interconnected for maximum safety.

Professional installation also includes testing to ensure the alarms are operating correctly and educating homeowners on maintenance and testing procedures.

Maintenance Tips for Smoke Detectors

Once installed, regular maintenance is essential to keep your smoke detectors functioning effectively. Test all smoke alarms at least once a month by pressing the test button. Replace the batteries at least once a year or immediately if the alarm begins to chirp, indicating a low battery.

Smoke detectors themselves should be replaced every ten years, as sensors can degrade over time. Regularly vacuuming around the detectors can also help prevent dust and debris from interfering with their operation.

Benefits of Upgrading Your Smoke Detectors

If your home already has smoke detectors, it may be time to consider an upgrade. Modern smoke detectors offer features such as wireless interconnectivity, voice alerts, and smart home integration. These advancements enhance safety and convenience, providing peace of mind that your home is well-protected.

Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Alarms

Many homeowners opt to install combination smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors. CO is a colorless, odorless gas that can be deadly at high levels. Installing combination detectors ensures that your home is protected from both fire and CO hazards.

Legal Requirements in PA

Pennsylvania law requires the installation of smoke detectors in all residential buildings. Landlords must provide at least one operable smoke detector on each level of the dwelling, including basements. Property owners must also ensure that detectors are functional before leasing or selling a property.

Common Myths about Smoke Detectors

There are several misconceptions about smoke detectors that can compromise home safety. One common myth is that smoke alarms last forever. In reality, detectors need to be replaced every ten years. Another myth is that hardwired smoke detectors don’t require battery replacements. While they are powered by the home’s electrical system, they have backup batteries that need regular replacement.

The Role of Decenzo Electric, LLC

At Decenzo Electric, LLC, we specialize in ensuring the safety and security of your home through expert smoke detector installation in PA. Our team of licensed electricians is dedicated to providing top-notch service and peace of mind for all our clients.

Investing in smoke detector installation is an essential step in protecting your home and loved ones. By understanding the importance of smoke detectors, choosing the right types, and ensuring proper placement and maintenance, you can significantly reduce the risk of fire-related incidents.

Decenzo Electric, LLC is here to help you every step of the way. Contact us today to schedule your smoke detector installation and join the many homeowners in PA who trust us for their electrical needs.

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The Role of Lighting in Enhancing Your Commercial Van Interior

Proper lighting in a commercial van is more than just a functional necessity; it plays a crucial role in creating a safe, efficient, and productive workspace. Whether you’re a tradesperson, delivery driver, or service technician, the right lighting setup can significantly enhance the usability and functionality of your van. Here’s a closer look at how lighting can transform your commercial van interior.

1. Improving Visibility and Safety

Adequate lighting is essential for improving visibility inside your commercial van, especially when working in low-light conditions or after dark. Proper illumination helps you quickly locate tools, materials, and equipment, minimizing the time spent searching and reducing the risk of accidents. For example, well-placed LED lights can illuminate specific areas like shelving units, tool boxes, or workbenches, ensuring you have a clear view of your workspace.

Good lighting also enhances safety by preventing trips and falls. In a confined space like a van, poorly lit areas can easily lead to injuries. Bright, evenly distributed lighting allows you to navigate the space more safely, avoiding obstacles and ensuring you can move around without the risk of tripping over unseen objects.

2. Boosting Productivity

Effective lighting plays a pivotal role in boosting productivity within your commercial van. When you can see clearly, you can work more efficiently. Bright, focused lighting allows for precision tasks, such as reading labels, measuring materials, or handling small components. This is particularly important for professionals like electricians, plumbers, and HVAC technicians who often perform intricate tasks in confined spaces.

3. Enhancing Organization

A well-lit van interior can greatly improve organization. When every part of the van is visible, it becomes easier to maintain an orderly workspace. Good lighting helps you see where everything is located, ensuring that tools and equipment are returned to their designated spots after use. This not only keeps the van tidy but also ensures that you always know where your tools are, reducing downtime caused by searching for misplaced items.

4. Creating a Professional Image

The interior lighting of your commercial van can also contribute to your professional image. A clean, well-lit van conveys a sense of orderliness and attention to detail, which can positively impact how clients perceive your business. When customers see a well-organized, brightly lit workspace, they are more likely to trust in your professionalism and competence.

5. Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

Modern lighting solutions, such as LED lights, offer the benefits of energy efficiency and sustainability. LEDs consume less power than traditional incandescent or fluorescent lights, reducing your vehicle’s overall energy consumption. This is particularly important for commercial vans that rely on their batteries for power, as efficient lighting can extend battery life and reduce the need for frequent recharging.

Conclusion

Lighting is a vital component of any commercial van interior, offering numerous benefits that go beyond mere illumination. By enhancing visibility and safety, boosting productivity, improving organization, creating a professional image, and promoting energy efficiency, the right lighting setup can transform your van into a more effective and appealing workspace. Investing in quality lighting solutions is a smart move for any business looking to optimize the functionality and aesthetics of their commercial van.