#free commercial led lighting

[energypowersaver]

Energy Efficient LED Light NSW

LED lights are highly efficient, long-lasting, and environmentally friendly. They can be used to replace traditional lighting systems and save up to 70% on energy costs.

The NSW Government has an incentive scheme available to help households and businesses reduce their electricity consumption. The scheme provides financial incentives to upgrade inefficient light bulbs to LEDs. 

To know more about Energy Efficient LED Light, visit the Energy Power Saver website or call 69650912468.

LED light is a great way to save money and the environment, with savings on your energy bill and carbon emissions. Replacing your lighting with ENERGY STAR certified LED bulbs can be one of the easiest ways to save.

The ESS helps households reduce their electricity and gas use by subsidising the costs of purchasing and installing new LED lights in their homes. To find out if you can take advantage of the offer, simply select ‘Energy efficient lighting discounts’ and you will be directed to an approved supplier in your area.

Using LEDs for everyday lighting can save you up to 15% on your electricity bill, depending on how many fixtures you replace with LEDs. These bulbs are also available in a variety of colors and can be dimmable, giving you the flexibility to control the amount of light your home uses.

If you are looking to install energy efficient LED light in your commercial building, there are a number of government incentives that can help you save money on your upgrade. These programs are usually available through your local electric utility company.

Some of these programs can also be applied to residential properties and they will typically pay you a fixed amount for every kilowatt hour you save on your electricity. These are called performance rebates and you will need to meet certain criteria in order to qualify for these.

Another way to get financial help with your project is to look into tax credits. These are federal and state government grants that can be claimed to offset the cost of your LED lighting upgrades.

While these benefits are not as sweeping as some other tax breaks, they can be a great way to offset the initial cost of your lighting upgrade. However, you will want to make sure that your products are Energy Star certified and DCL listed in order to maximize your savings.

LED lights are the most energy efficient lighting solution for your home or business. They use up to 75% less energy than traditional incandescent, halogen or compact fluorescent lights.

LEDs also last longer and run cooler, reducing air-conditioning costs and extending your lighting output. They are available in a wide range of styles and colours, making them a perfect choice for every property.

If you’re ready to upgrade your lights, contact us for a free quote or get a quote online here! Fill out the form below and an expert will be in touch within 24 hours to discuss your options.

The NSW government’s Energy Saver Scheme (ESS) provides financial incentives to install energy-efficient lighting for businesses and households. These incentives are designed to help you slash your power bill and lower your carbon footprint.

LED lighting is a great way to save on your electricity bill while improving the health of the environment. It costs 80% less to operate than traditional incandescent or halogen lights and lasts up to 10 times longer.

There are many energy efficient LED light NSW options to choose from, so it’s best to get a free quote from an accredited energy efficiency company. They will be able to help you find the right LED lighting for your business, and can even save you money through government rebates.

The ESC scheme offers significant financial incentives for businesses that install energy efficient technologies like LED lights. These financial incentives are in the form of 'energy savings certificates' (ESCs) that can be redeemed for cash or used to offset energy costs. 

To know more about Energy Efficient LED Light, visit the Energy Power Saver website or call 69650912468.

Make sure you ask about whether a discount will be guaranteed on the quote or whether it changes after installation based on the assumptions that they have made. It's also a good idea to get a better understanding of how the ESCs are calculated.

[greenupgrades]

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[vintagerpg]

Military RPG are weird. They emerged in the ‘80s, initially with light sci-fi/post-apocalyptic theming (Aftermath, Morrow Project), then as just straight-up warfare RPGs (Merc was probably the first of these, focused of soldiers of fortune and is basically one big racist dogwhistle; Recon came out a year later and is similarly polluted, with a heaping side of revisionist history of how the U.S. won Vietnam, actually). The genre wasn’t particularly successful in a commercial sense until GDW’s Twilight: 2000 (1984). To be clear up front: I do not understand the appeal of these games, but I find them endlessly fascinating, in the same way I find myself compelled to watch reels of car accidents when the algorithm serves them to me. If you are big on military RPGs, well, this is going to be a disappointing week for you.

Twilight shares two of the main Traveller designers (Frank Chadwick and Loren K. Wiseman) and I think it’s at least partially informed by the complexity of the unified Classic Traveller rules that appeared in 1983. It’s mechanically complex and primarily interested in detailed simulations of small arms combat (It is more complicated than my tolerances, but I do think it is far more playable than most gunporn RPGs before or since).

The game imagines a world putting itself back together after a small-scale nuclear war in Europe. Play takes place in the destabilized European countries, but players are essentially mercenaries or something like roaming ronin, free for chain of command and forced to deal with the realities on the ground without guidance or support. I can sort of see the appeal of this, coming out during the last years of the cold war (and I believe the starting world-state of the game was determined through GDW staff playing a grand strategy game rooted in contemporary events). It is certainly an interesting artifact of its time. T2K proved popular (and even has a less complex modern incarnation from Free League), but GDW’s increasing preoccupation with these sorts of heavy simulations likely contributed to grown problems that eventually led to the company’s closure.

[starqueensthings]

Here’s the quote lovely! Take your time! I’m so glad you wanted to participate!

“may my heart

be the softest place you fall,

may this love

be the wildest place you run”

I am stoked to see what you come up with! 💖

(I got carried away 🙂)

Pairing: Fives x Fem!Reader

Inspired by @anxiouspineapple99’s lovely prompt.

Warning: GENUINELY not proof read. Sorry for all the inevitable comma splices and passive verbs, because Wrecker, is that a bagel?

“Quick, Mesh’la! Climb!”

His tone was frenzied, hurried, panicked, and yet somehow still dripping with the same wild glee that never failed to emerge in the direst of times.

“I’m trying!” you gasped, heart hammering heavily in your ears as you urgently heaved yourself up the narrow, rusty ladder, ignoring the sharp flakes of paint that kept breaking away from each rung and embedding themselves into your palm. “You didn’t tell me I’d be climbing an old fucking ladder on the side of a building, Fives, or I wouldn’t have worn heels.”

“Why would I tell you and ruin the fun?” he jeered from below you, failing to repress the chuckle that accompanied the infuriating grin on his lips.

“This is fun?” you demanded, halting your movements entirely to glare down at him.

“I swear it’ll be fun when we get there!” he defended, nodding toward the top of the ladder still a dozen feet above your head.

“If we don’t get kriffing arrested first,” you grumbled, giving him an indignant shake of the head and a roll of your eyes.

“Yeah, well… they’re not far behind us so I’m not holding my breath,” he answered with a snort. “Here’s hoping whoever is holding the handcuffs likes your pink panties as much as I do, because I think they’re going to be our ticket out of this.”

“Fives!” you gasped, pausing again to jam the hem of your dress between your legs, humiliation threatening to send your cheeks aflame.

“Hey, don’t cover the goods!” he protested, reaching up and yanking the fabric from its unceremonious pinch between your thighs. “I was enjoying the view.”

“I’m going to murder you once my hands are free.”

“Talk kinky to me later, Babe. For now, just climb a little faster… I can see their flashlights around the corner.”

At the top of the ladder was the expanse of a commercial rooftop; the apparent poor craftsmanship of the structure now below your feet had caused significant pooling of water in some areas… yet despite the obvious derelict and despair, the sight before you had instantly robbed you of breath. Your mouth fell open, and without a second thought to the fear that had sent you frantically scrambling up a decrepit ladder in the darkness mere seconds ago, you eagerly took the dozen steps toward the opposite side of the rooftop, deftly pulling your shoes from your feet and tossing them haphazardly to the ground beside you.

Barely inches from your toes was a seemingly infinite drop into the underworld; a column of emptiness encircled with hundreds of thousands of lights, the coil of radiance so descending so deeply into the core of the planet, that their luminescence simply became no match for the sheer distance. A quick glance upward lay the infamous Coruscanti skyline; as majestic as it was endless, and as breathtaking as the audacity of the man who’d led you here.

“Thought you’d like this.” His hands slithered their way around your waist, pulling you tenderly backward until your body was flush with his.

“It’s… gorgeous,” you breathed, tipping your head backward to his chest as he perched his chin atop your shoulder.

“Yup, you sure are.”

You pursed your lips against a grin that would too eagerly expose just how happy you were to be in his company. Since that night that he’d feigned ignorance and asked for help racking up a set of pool balls in the dim lighting of 79’s, Fives, and all his mischievous endeavours, had kept you entirely on your toes. And while his affinity for “fun” was one of the things you loved most about him, it was moments like this that you held close to your heart when the harrowing loneliness of his extended deployments threatened to dismantle your resolve to spend forever with him. It was these quiet spans of only a blink where all distraction went ignored; these seemingly frozen seconds where your love for each other remained impenetrable by the menial factors of time and space; times like this when nothing except the feeling of his fingers between yours and his breath tickling your neck mattered in the grand scheme of life. If you had Fives, you had enough… you had everything.

“I love you,” you whispered, reaching up to weave your fingers into his dark hair.

“I love you too, Cyare.”

You tipped your head back, eyes fluttering closed in preparation for the euphoric feeling of his lips against yours, for the taste of him on your tongue, for his hands to tighten their grip around your body.

“THERE THEY ARE!”

“YOU TWO! HALT AND STATE YOUR BUSINESS.”

Your shoulders jerked in fright at the sudden intrusion; the flashlights that you’d spent the last ten minutes evading, now directing their stark beams of light directly into your eyes, but neither of you moved a muscle.

“THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY,” the officer continued to intone loudly. “HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM.”

“Should I throw my panties at them?” you whispered coyly against his lips.

“Honestly? I kinda wanna keep them…” Fives risked stealing another tender peck before saying, “Your shoes will have to stay here though. Get ready to run.”

“Wha-?”

“Now!”

.

Taglist: @anxiouspineapple99 @sinfulsalutations @starrylothcat @nobody-expects-the-inquisitorius @secondaryrealm @dystopicjumpsuit @freesia-writes @blueink-bluesoul @littlemissmanga @523rdrebel @wings-and-beskar

[jurijyuu]

Scratch an Itch Ch. 37: Putting Distance

Link to full chapter on AO3

Ynna’s POV

The incident in the hall lingered. In the words that rang painfully similar sentiments to your own. In the disappointment that followed when yet another encounter with Alastor led to even more bitterness between you two. In the subtle warmth that flowed through your body, in the aftertaste of his blood. Strangely, rather than an inferno of anger and rage at that man’s fucking audacity, only a wary sort of gloominess came about. Dragging along behind you like tangled strings, wrapping around your limbs with just enough pull that moving felt too troublesome, this gloom lingered, anchoring you to your bed.

Sleep came and went and while your body was rested, that gloomy string had unfurled through the dreamless night and strung thoughts and words and all your many insecurities into a banner you could now understand in the sober light of morning.

You needed to leave. This wasn’t your place any longer.

Months ago, the thought of leaving the hotel would have terrified you, the memories of your first months in Hell fearsome enough to send your heart racing in panic. After knowing that there were such kind people down here, you would have groveled on the ground to stay if Charlie had asked it of you, though the princess of Hell would never ask. She welcomed you with open arms and gave you hope. And it was because of that generosity that you had courage now.

With somber resolution and a smile that felt more freeing than any you’ve let out in the last few weeks, you marched to the dining hall. The sight of all your friends clenched at your heart a little bit. You would have to say goodbye to them a lot sooner than you’d thought. You could only hope that they would understand and that the distance between you all wouldn’t change anything in your relationship with them.

Cheery good mornings and a lot of cereal became today’s breakfast. It was a simple affair. It was markedly missing a certain red-suited demon. You wondered where he could have been, that gloom coming back to knock on your senses as you glanced over to the empty seat at the head of the table. You probably shouldn’t care.

After breakfast, you took Charlie aside, asking to meet with the woman in private to discuss your plans. Vaggie, sensing something in your mood, obliged and went to go hunt down the absent facility manager, leaving you and Charlie alone in the shared office. 

You glanced around. Even this place held some stark memories of you and Alastor. No. Don’t think about him.

“So, what’s on your mind?” Charlie, ever cheerful, offered you one of the chairs in front of her desk. She took its matching set, sitting next to you instead of across. For a second, you imagined that cheerful smile turned sour, turned angry, turned all sorts of disappointed and it hurt your heart. Fear and apprehension crawled through your rib cage, grasping at your throat in an effort to stop you from saying anything that could invoke that kind of reaction. But weren’t you just saying you weren’t a coward anymore? Steadying yourself, you thought to be straightforward. Rip the bandaid and hope for the best.

“Charlie, I’m checking out of the hotel.”

A few seconds of silence followed. Two sets of eyes stared at each other unblinking, one in uncomfortable surprise and the other in just plain discomfort.

“Ynna, is everything okay? Why would you want to check out?” The princess’ frozen expression quickly turned into soft concern in the way that Charlie, with all her sincere wishes for the happiness of her people, could not help but show. It was so sweet. She was so sweet. Which made your decision feel all the more like the right one. You took one of her pale hands and sandwiched it gently between your own, hoping to give her a bit of comfort and yourself a bit of strength as you answered.

“The truth is, it’s been a while since I’ve truly wanted to go to Heaven. When I first got here, I was just following that commercial, trying to find some way out because even after a few months in Hell, I still couldn���t find the hope to live here. I was scared of everything and fell for every trick. It was miserable. And I was alone.” A crack bubbled up your stinging throat, threatening to break the determination you mined your words with. Despite how often you’d thought of this, it was still difficult to truly express what you felt. “I thought that if I could just get to Heaven, I’ll finally feel like I could live. But then you welcomed me in, gave me a home. I made friends and learned so many things. I even got a job now. It’s been a while since I’ve been scared.” Not even the threat of your soul being torn apart by an Overlord could shake you. 

“I feel like…I feel like I could be happy down here.” For a moment, you paused, wondering if some feeling of doubt and even self-mockery at that thought would come but you only felt that it was true. The previous wish for Heavenly Grace had long been eclipsed by a wish to stay with the loved ones you made down here. And even with your current situation, your heart didn’t feel too discouraged. It still hoped for a better afterlife. That was more than you had when you first stepped foot in the hotel. “With my feelings like that, I thought it wouldn’t be good for me to stay here. I can’t take advantage of your kindness when all I want is to build my life down here.”

Slowly, Charlie’s expression shuttered to muted distraught and helplessness. Her red eyes dulled only to sparkle with unshed tears. “I’m sorry to disappoint you.” You couldn’t help but apologize. You never thought you’d ever feel differently about redemption.

“Oh Ynna, don’t be sorry. I—“ She took her hand back, grabbing you into a hug so tightly it felt like a sweet small punishment for daring to apologize. “I’m honestly happy that you feel that you can be happy in Hell. That's all I want for my people. You’re one of the nicest people I’ve ever met and if you want to stay down here then I think Hell would be all the better for it but…this isn’t about Alastor is it? I know you two haven’t been on good terms for a while. Do you feel like you need to leave because of him?” She pulled away just enough to look into your eyes and you wondered if in those honest depths, which person she would support if the truth of how badly things have become ever came to light. But you wouldn’t make her choose. 

“Nah. I wouldn’t leave this place just because I don’t get along with him. If that were the case, I would have left a long time ago.” As suffocating as things have been, it never crossed your mind to move out whenever you bumped into Alastor. Blocked from redemption by the fact of your acts of cannibalism, that sin was yours to bear. Forced as you were now, it didn’t change the fact that you willingly did it once.

Maybe you’d abandoned Heaven a long time ago after all. “But I’m not gonna lie and say that he’s not a part of the reason but he’s only a little part of it. I really admire your dreams and the effort you put into it everyday. Seeing all of it, I can't help but feel like I’m mooching off of you. So I decided that if I can’t get into Heaven, I can at least not be a burden. No! Even better, I can try to find more people who would be a good fit and send them your way.”

“You’ve never been a burden! Not even once. You respect my dream and that’s enough. And yes, I’m disappointed that you’re leaving. But I—I!” With shaking arms she shook you as if to rid you of those thoughts. When you smiled at her, happy to hear your worth from her own mouth, she returned it with a watery one of her own. Really, she was trying to be so strong but you could see the cracks, the dreamer hiding her wounds to play the role of a friend. The stinging in your throat felt all the more fiery for it.

“I’m sorry.” You whispered what you could before your own tears clouded your vision.

“I just want everyone to be happy. If—if you think you’ll be happy out there then I won’t stop you from leaving even though I’ll be sad and—and…”

“Th—thank you, Charlie.”

[enswap]

Last but not least are the free-flying Crazy:B!

★5 [ Leader of Bees ] Wataru Hibiki ★4 [ Sly Strategist ] Ibara Saegusa ★4 [ Watching Fortunes ] Natsume Saksaki ★4 [ Competition and Sweetness ] Koga Ogami

The rising stars of Cosmic Production, Crazy:B is a passionate party unit led by Wataru Hibiki. They specialize in live shows where they get things hyped with their fans. Their media coverage focuses on jobs that best convey their individual qualities, like participating as guests on variety shows and talk shows, acting as radio personalities, and doing fashion modelling for commercials. They are affiliated with Cosmic Productions.

[ notes under cut ]

YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH TROUBLE WATARU'S HAIR GIVES ME (sobbing)

I actually didn't have trouble finding a card where the hair is similar to what I want this time, but I couldn't find a card where the lighting was similar. Mostly because I couldn't figure out WHAT the lighting was to begin with...

Natsume's hair was also a pain in the ass :,) It was traced from his 2 star LMAO- I had to mess with it so much so that the perspective matched...

and then there's Koga. who has a sprite so similar I almost considered just putting this as his initial

WHY DOES THIS WORK.

Anyways. That's all for CosPro! It'll be a while before RythLink's comes out, but winter break is approaching soon so I might be able to get them done quicker than the previous two!

[sophietv]

What are your thoughts on 1975 fans trying to attribute a lot of Easter eggs to Matty in the new video? :( Someone on Twitter put a visual together of all the highlights and it’s so annoying because when it’s laid out like that I see it and I hate that I see it. Just like lighting visuals being very similar, and particular dates being significant to the 1975 and/or Taylor. For example, the July 9th 1:38 people are saying is for Taylor and Matty’s birthdays (the 13th and the 8th). I guess the timeline makes sense because early April when she filmed this video would have been around the time when she was hanging out with him and doing whatever pr nightmare that was…talk me off the ledge pls! Lol.

Hi!

Don't worry, I went and check the threads you were talking about and I'm confident that it's not related or at least not as they think.

The lighting in I Can See You Lyrics Video is the bisexual lighting and fits really well with the theme of the song.

Her comparing being in love with another woman to being a spy and having to navigate cautiously to not be seen.

The spy scene is remisnescent of a commercial she did:

(X)

And what she was trying to protect back then in the briefcase was a microphone you know to "Speak Now" maybe...

The videoclip has a lot of references to Look What You Made Me Do both MV and Eras Tour number, and I think it's very important and meant to point at Karma.

A girl, that is remisnecent of Lizz comes and save her with her beard at the time that shielded her.

All her outfit of her public appearance (X) emprisonned behing glass.

Side note on all of this is reminescent of the Tom Ford commercial Karlie did not long ago

With the lyrics video too:

Her being locked up in a Vault. With an orange door.

And the Eclipsed Sun imagery (do with that that you will ;-) )

Also some Karlie's parallel:

With Long Live lyrics on her arm.

"I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you"

Long Live was written a month after Chely Wright came out. And if you take the time to really look at the lyrics, you see how well this all fits together.

Someone counted all the marks on the wall, and there's 1468 lines/days.

The exact number of days between when her masters got stolen and her releasing Speak Now Taylor's Version (X)

When she's finally free. All the glass closet shatter.

And even more. The building holding her captive explodes once and for all.

The person who help her escape has stars on her right side (Eye theory I'm looking at you)

Stars on the face are there always to depict Taylor Swift TM public personna.

And she's the only one that can actually see Taylor and help her out.

Some say it might be gaylors, who can actually see the real Taylor.

But whoever this person is meant to represent.

She codes...

And has a ring on her right ring finger....

Now the dates:

It's tonight.

Remembre how Taylor said that Speak Now her version would be out on July 7th just in time for July 9th where we would be able to celebrate?

Now the time 1:38. The mission starts at that time. But how much time would it take to get her out? 20 minutes maybe?

Wich leads to: "Lit through the darkness at 1:58" and "That July ninth, the beat of your heart"

Both lyrics from last kiss.

To me it does sound like a rendez-vous. Now the only thing to determine is: is it 1:38 ET or 1:38 Liverpool time wich would be 8:38 ET (just before Taylor goes on stage for the show tonight).

And notice that in the countdown yesterday. Beside the clock in the front, every other clocks pointed to 1:58

And the other date is where it gets really interesting...

I found this last night.

May 22 2020

Here's what happened for Taylor on that date:

And when you type the adress, you are still led to her website with this ULR message:

"they wouldn't me do it Karma" (X)

And yes, I think it is exactly what you think it is...

Remembre how last week right before Karlie posted 6 palm trees (Karma was supposed to be TS 6th album)

The URL on karmaonthewall.com changed for "after Midnights it starts" to "Ready For It"

Suki, Austin and Kristine Karlie's sister also posted palm trees last week....

Here's a post I did about how Ready For It is relevent for all of this (X)

So yeah... everything in that MV is sooo important.

Nothing is related to Matty.

Now we just have to wait and see. And show a lot of support and love for that amazing woman who's been throught so much and deserves the world.

And after this URL change of last night... I think we can safely agree that karmaonthewall.com is really related to Taylor too...

[connectparanormal]

Ghosts in the TV

Ghosts trapped in TVs sound like urban legends, horror movies, or campfire stories. It has an uncanny, symbolic weight that speaks to the weird junction of technology and the supernatural. The ghostly silhouettes on flickering displays symbolize human fears of forgetfulness, loss of individuality, and stagnation. The picture of a ghost caught behind the glass, recreating its life on a loop, is unsettling not only because of its otherworldly character but also because it reflects how we might become trapped in cycles, staring hopelessly at luminous displays. Unlike eerie houses or moonlit corridors, TV ghosts defy expectations. A cathode ray or LED display imprisons these spirits in an artificial afterlife. Their voices become static hiss, their features fade into pixelated bits, and their motions are unpredictable, as if they are fighting their high-tech imprisonment. The idea of a soul, once free to roam the hereafter, now tied to a machine's cold, unfeeling circuitry, is unnerving. It is an organic-synthetic collision that reminds us that technology cannot escape human mortality.

The complex interaction between memory and media typically links these ghosts. Televisions tell stories and capture moments in time. They store human experience and replay it forever. A desperate, lingering spirit might grab onto such a technology, latching onto an image or voice that reminds it of its lost life. Some believe these ghosts are echoes, broken memories imprinted on previous broadcasts' electromagnetic waves—faint remains of a person's energy that refuse to disappear. Others hold the belief that the technological brilliance has lost these individuals, confusing their spirits and preventing them from reaching the afterworld. The way these ghosts appear is frightening. Television ghosts are distorted images and sounds, not chilly drafts or ghostly whispering. They could appear as a flickering screen, a fleeting face emerging from the static, or a faint voice piercing through a program never intended for it. They sometimes distort programming by bending graphics into strange forms or adding their own messages. A comedic laugh track may turn into guttural sobbing, or a joyful commercial may end in a mournful cry for aid. These brief incursions, frequently dismissed as illusions, leave an indelible mark on people who encounter them. Ghosts on TVs tap into a deeper fear of technology. Television provides a gateway to other lives and worlds, not just amusement. It engulfs us in its light and feeds us sights and noises that shape our reality. To think that this gateway may work both ways—that something from the other side could stare through the screen or enter our reality—is fascinating and horrifying.  It makes us wonder if we're alone in front of our TVs or if something is observing us through the glass. However, these ghosts' condition is not solely terrifying. Their existence is gloomy, full of longing and sorrow. In a medium meant to entertain and inform, they become fragments of themselves, unable to move on or communicate with the living. They are neither here nor there, just acknowledged in ephemeral moments of disquiet or interest. They seem like beings in need of compassion, spirits seeking escape from electronic torment. Ghosts on TVs blur the barrier between the supernatural and the technological, prompting us to examine our relationship with our devices. It makes us wonder what we leave behind in the digital world and in the equipment we use daily. Do we run the risk of transforming into ghosts, fragmented into data and pictures, replicated but never truly alive? Is this just another narrative about our dread of the unknown put onto the cold, glaring screens we can't live without? Ultimately, a TV ghost is a representation of both humanity and the supernatural. It expresses our worries, obsessions, and need for connection beyond death. These ghosts, in all their terrifying forms, remind us of memory's fragility and our efforts to retain it. They may warn us against losing ourselves in technology, but they also offer hope that life may survive in the most improbable settings. These ghosts, real or imagined, remind us to be human beyond the screen.

[emmerrr]

just hold it tight if it feels right

[this fic is also on ao3]

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“Why is it so fucking busy?” Ronan said, scanning the absolutely packed movie theatre in an effort to track down their seats. “This isn’t even a new release.”

“Shhh,” Gansey hissed, managing to be a lot louder than Ronan had been.

“Don’t shush me, it hasn’t even fucking started yet.”

“I know, I know, but language, Ronan. There could be kids here.”

“Well there shouldn’t be, isn’t this an R-rated movie?”

“Oh, like you’ve never snuck into an R-rated movie before.”

Ronan hadn’t, actually. The only person he would’ve done so with was Gansey, and their tastes in movies very rarely aligned. The only reason they were even here now was because Ronan was restless and Gansey wanted to get him out of the apartment but not on his own – a restless Ronan was often a destructive one, apparently. For all intents and purposes, he was being babysat. “...Have you?”

Gansey waved this away as irrelevant, and then stopped sharply as he found the right aisle, already mostly full. Gansey led the way, whispering apologies as they squeezed past people to reach their own seats, using the light of his phone to check the chair numbers and make sure they had the right ones.

They found them, Gansey checking and then double-checking that they were correct before he let Ronan sit down. He immediately slouched down in the seat, propping his boots up against the back of the seat in front until Gansey glared him into submission. Ronan sighed and crossed his arms, already regretting this. He couldn’t sit still enough for the movies. 

The seat on Gansey’s other side was occupied, but Ronan’s was free so far; he hoped it remained that way so he could stretch out a bit. He pulled the empty seat down and then let it go again a few times, the squeak it made as satisfying to him as it was probably annoying to everyone in earshot. He caught the eye of the girl on the other side of said seat, and she gave him a glare that outmatched the one Gansey had given him before, but Ronan just raised an unconcerned eyebrow at her until she scowled and looked away. He did at least stop messing with the seat, though.

The screen came to life with no warning, the accompanying noise making Ronan jolt in surprise. He supposed he’d have to get used to jump-scares for the next couple of hours; it was Friday Fright Night at the movie theatre, in which they showed some back-catalogue horror movie every week. Tonight it was The Descent, a movie Ronan hadn’t seen, but which Matthew had informed him was “scary as balls.” Ronan was generally fine with scary movies, but he’d felt twitchy and off-kilter all day and had a feeling it wouldn’t be a good mix. Maybe some food would be a good idea. He reasoned there would be plenty of general commercials before the trailers started, and elbowed Gansey in the arm. “I’m getting popcorn, you want anything?”

“Ronan, I asked you when we were in the foyer, you said you weren’t hungry.”

“I changed my mind, so sue me,” Ronan said, getting to his feet. “Excuse me,” he said with exaggerated politeness and a cheery grin to the girl who’d scowled at him, and she pulled her feet back with obvious reluctance.

Out in the foyer, Ronan joined the back of the line for the concession stand. A text came through from Gansey – get me gummy bears and a coke please – and Ronan snorted. “Is he five fucking years old?”

The person in front of him in line turned around. “I’m sorry, did you say something?”

“Hey man, I wasn’t talking to you.” Ronan looked up from his phone and immediately lost all train of thought at the sight of the dusty-haired, blue-eyed boy now staring at him. “Holy shit.” Oops.

The guy half-cocked his head to the side, his eyes wary and confused. “What?”

“What?” Ronan repeated, like an idiot. He shook his head. “Nothing.” Oh god. His mouth went dry. He could feel his hands clamming up. And the guy just kept staring at him. Ronan pointed past the weirdly hot stranger. “Hey look, you’re next.”

“Oh.” He turned back around and stepped up to the counter as Ronan waited for the ground to swallow him whole. This didn’t usually happen to him; he had absolutely no idea how to proceed.

Soon enough, the boy was handed his popcorn and drink and left – seeming to very deliberately not look Ronan’s way as he did – and Ronan let out a breath as he walked towards the concession stand. He ordered what Gansey wanted and then the largest size popcorn available, just so it would take them a little longer to do and give him time to sort himself out.

Treats acquired, Ronan headed back to the movie. The screen was still showing regular commercials even though he’d been gone a good few minutes – that was capitalism for you – but at least he hadn’t missed any of the trailers. He liked watching movie trailers because most of them looked like they would be terrible, which greatly appealed to Ronan’s often judgemental nature.

He made his way up the steps, careful not to spill any of his popcorn or Gansey’s drink. He was so distracted by this task that he almost missed the right aisle. There was much grumbling from the others in the aisle when he started squeezing on through to get to his seat, as Ronan was much less polite about it than Gansey had been earlier on. He stepped past the scowling girl again, and the seat beside her was no longer empty. Standing up to let Ronan go by easier was none other than the cute guy from the foyer, now eye to eye with Ronan once again.

He actually did a double-take. “Oh shit, it’s you.”

“Oh shit, it’s me,” the boy agreed solemnly.

“Adam, do you know him?” the girl asked, and if Ronan was that way inclined he could have kissed her for finally providing Ronan with a name. It almost made him regret being so passive aggressive before.

“Nope,” Adam said, and sat back down.

“Well, not yet,” Ronan said, and then sat down himself. “But look at that, we’re neighbours.”

“Lucky me,” Adam said dryly.

Ronan grinned, then turned to Gansey. “Here’s your munchies, Dick.”

“Thanks,” Gansey said, taking them from Ronan. He nodded his head down towards Adam and companion. “Making friends?”

“You know me,” Ronan said, shovelling a handful of popcorn into his mouth. “Social butterfly.”

He perched his elbow on the very edge of the adjoining armrest and desperately tried to keep himself from looking at Adam. Luckily, the trailers finally started which gave Ronan a handy distraction, but the urge was still there, to see if he looked and Adam looked back.

Despite having been looking forward to them, Ronan barely noticed the trailers. Nothing seemed comically bad enough for him to enjoy, nor did they seem genuinely good enough for him to feel in any way invested. None were as interesting to him as the boy sitting beside him. Ronan had never had his interest piqued in someone so quickly before. He was glad of the popcorn to keep his hands busy, although he really should have gotten a smaller size; he’d hardly made a dent in it and he was already getting sick of it.

After what felt like forever, the lights fully dimmed, signalling the start any second now. “How long is this movie?” Ronan whispered to Gansey.

Gansey shrugged. “Like an hour and a half, I think? A little over, maybe.”

Ninety minutes or so. That wasn’t so bad. Ronan could sit still and be quiet and look straight ahead for ninety minutes.

To be fair, the movie did a decent enough job at drawing him in, enough that he relaxed a little and leaned back in the chair. He picked up the drink from the cupholder on the armrest and took a long sip through the straw.

“That’s uh…that’s mine,” came a quiet voice, and Ronan looked to the left to see Adam staring at him again. Ronan’s eyes darted to and from Adam and the drink in his hand, then he slowly put it back in the cupholder. 

“So it is,” he said. He couldn’t believe he’d done that. He didn’t even have a drink.

Thankfully, Adam looked more amused than annoyed, at least sort of; he didn’t exactly smile but there was something in the shape of his eyebrows that seemed to convey humour. And all of a sudden Ronan realised they’d been looking at each other for too long.

“Sorry,” he muttered, and diverted his attention back to the screen.

The Descent, Ronan was finding, was a very claustrophobic movie, seeing as it predominantly took place in a cave system. When the first of the creepy Gollum-like creatures showed up on-screen, Ronan was so on edge that he grabbed what he thought was just going to be a part of the armrest, but actually turned out to be Adam’s hand.

Mortified, he let go immediately, and this time didn’t look to see if Adam had reacted at all. He at least didn’t say anything, and Ronan managed to relax for a little bit until another one of the little bastards jumped out of nowhere and he did it again.

Like the first time, Ronan swiftly let go, but this time thanks to his heart racing from both the jumpscare and the embarrassment, he covered his face with his hands, mumbling, “Jesus H Christ, get it together.”

“Um, are you okay?” Adam whispered.

Ronan gave him a thumbs up without looking his way. “Fuckin’ peachy, thanks for asking.”

“Alright, as long as you’re not having a panic attack.”

Ronan did lift his head now, and gave Adam a sardonic smile. Adam smiled back and shrugged, before looking back at the screen, and Ronan did the same, willing his heart to slow. Now Adam was going to think he was a giant baby who scared easily.

Determined not to accidentally hold Adam’s hand again, Ronan instead put both hands on either side of his bucket of popcorn and held on tight. Of course, this meant that when the next jumpscare happened, Ronan jolted and popcorn went everywhere; all over him, all over Adam and Gansey, and all over the people in the row in front.

Amid copious annoyed groans and hissed “Hey!”s, Ronan said, in a complete monotone, “My bad.”

Still brushing popcorn off himself, Adam snorted a laugh and then immediately clapped a hand over his mouth as if surprised it had happened. He caught Ronan’s gaze and shook his head, the cheer still glinting in his eyes.

He took the bucket of popcorn from Ronan and put it on the floor, then sighed and put his arm on the armrest, palm up. He looked at Ronan meaningfully and then back at the screen.

Ronan stared at Adam’s hand. He felt so sure that this was an invitation, but was momentarily paralysed, because what if it wasn’t? What if he held Adam’s hand but he snatched it away? Then again, he’d already done it twice so far tonight, and he’d been the first to let go both times.

Ronan took a breath. He placed his hand in Adam’s. And immediately, Adam’s hand closed around his.

Gun to his head, Ronan couldn’t have told anyone what happened in the rest of that movie. He was too busy cataloguing everything he could about Adam’s hand to notice anything else; the callouses that suggested some sort of manual labour, the long, almost elegant fingers, the roughness of his knuckles, how both of their hands got clammy after a while and still neither of them let go, not once, not until the credits started to roll. 

It was Gansey who brought him out of his reverie. “I swear I’m never going to get popcorn smell out of my clothes,” he said. “Ugh, I think there’s some in my shirt. I need to bounce up and down and make sure it’s all dislodged.”

“Uh huh, you should do that then,” Ronan said, but when he turned back around, Adam and his friend were already gone. They must have been very quick off the mark. Utterly deflated, Ronan got to his feet. He dusted some wayward popcorn out of Gansey’s hair. “C’mon, let’s go.”

On their way back to the foyer, Ronan went to use the bathroom, telling Gansey he’d meet him by the exit. He felt really tired all of a sudden, annoyed he hadn’t had a chance to speak to Adam afterwards, and knowing he was probably never going to run into him again.

He was just washing his hands when Adam walked in. Maybe the universe was paying attention.

“Hi,” Adam said.

“Hi yourself,” Ronan replied, pleased that he’d managed to sound relatively cool and collected instead of the nervous wreck he was.

“Some movie, huh?” Adam made no move towards any of the stalls, which made Ronan think that the only reason he’d come in here was to talk to him, the thought of which made him feel like he might be glowing a little bit.

“Remind me not to go spelunking anytime soon,” he said.

“Will do,” Adam smiled. He ran a hand through his hair. “So listen, is it okay if you tell me your name?”

“You wanna know my name?”

“Well yeah, I can’t keep calling you–” Adam cut himself off very quickly. “I held your hand for like an hour, man, I need a name for you.”

Ronan grinned. “What have you been calling me in your head?”

Adam shook his head. “Look, my name is Adam Parrish. Now you go.”

“Ronan,” he said. “Ronan Lynch.”

Adam nodded. “That’s a very good name.”

“Isn’t it?”

Ronan finished drying his hands and moved towards the door, Adam falling into step beside him as they left the bathroom.

“There’s a sequel to The Descent, you know,” Adam said conversationally. 

“I didn’t.”

“Yeah. It’s gonna be next week’s Friday Fright Night,” he shrugged, “if you, I dunno, wanted to go or something?”

Ronan was pretty sure he was being asked out. “Oh, fuck no, can we do something else instead?”

Adam went on a little face journey as he processed what Ronan had said, but then he finally nodded, relieved. “What did you have in mind?”

“I don’t know yet,” Ronan said. “Leave it with me, I’ll figure it out.” He passed Adam his phone. “Here, put your number in there.”

Adam handed it back apologetically. “I don’t have a cellphone.”

“No?”

“But I can use the phone at work.”

“You got a pen?”

Adam did not have a pen, but Ronan knew someone who always did, and hurried over to Gansey to borrow one.

He ignored Gansey’s questions and went back to Adam, grabbing his hand and writing his number on the back of it. “I guess you’re calling me, then.” He finished writing it down, holding onto Adam’s hand just a moment longer than was strictly necessary.

“I guess I am,” Adam said. By now, his friend had drifted over to Gansey, obviously noticing that they were waiting for the same people. Gansey was talking to her very animatedly, and she looked slightly charmed, and also somehow annoyed that she was charmed. Gansey managed to have that effect on an alarming number of people.

“We better go, my friend is probably about to talk your friend into a coma.”

“Oh, yeah, that’s Blue. We were kinda on a date.”

Ronan froze. “You were on a date?”

Adam nodded. He seemed almost as confused by the situation as Ronan was.

Ronan couldn’t help it; he burst out laughing. “I don’t know how to break this to you, but I don’t think it’s going that well.”

“No, I don’t think it is.” He shrugged. “I guess that’s what I get for holding someone else’s hand through most of the movie.”

He didn’t even remotely look torn up about it. And neither, to be fair, did Blue.

“Yeah, you’re not allowed to do that on our date,” Ronan said, and pressed his hand to his chest solemnly. “I’m sensitive.”

Adam smiled. He leaned forward and kissed Ronan on the cheek. “I’ll keep that in mind.”

[energypowersaver]

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[prismravine]

1. weezer - hash pipe

2. eagle-eye cherry - save tonight

3. brand new - the quiet things that no one ever knows

4. the smashing pumpkins - disarm

5. lorde - green light

6. led zeppelin - over the hills and far away

7. sugarcult - riot

8. lil peep - nose ring

9. jay-z & linkin park - numb / encore

10. the smiths - pretty girls make graves

11. have mercy - i’m gonna be ok

12. jimmy eat world - 23

13. taking back sunday - this is all now

14. free throw - two beers in

15. jimmy eat world - a praise chorus

16. the used - pinky swear

17. tame impala - new person, same old mistakes

18. real friends - short song

19. circa survive - the most dangerous commercials

20. yellowcard - only one

21. armani white - billie eilish.

22. red hot chili peppers - snow

23. movements - panic

24. blink 182 - after midnight

25. juice wrld - in my head

26. semisonic - closing time

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Stacking LEDs instead of placing them side by side could enable fully immersive virtual reality displays

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Each stacked pixel can generate the full commercial range of colors and measures about 4 microns wide. The microscopic pixels, or "micro-LEDs," can be packed to a density of 5,000 pixels per inch.

Read more.

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CalmWriMo Day 19

[11/19/2023]

Update!

Had me a fairly nice day. (^.^) Fought off my anxiety long enough to brave the outside world to see a play at the local theater. So woot for that! (>v<) Aside from that, made my little progress on the prologue by getting that last odd ball paragraph in. Which was then immediately followed by being absolutely consumed by my worldbuilding obsession to yeet out the blurb below. ('^.^)

Progress:

2 Hour Writing Goal: ✅

Blurb: [see below]

Self Care:

Food: ✅

Hydration: ✅

Sleep: ✅

Reading: ✅

Blurb: The Uppercity

The "Uppercity" is Neocago's gleaming bastion of opulence. This part of the city is full of luxury apartments, beachfront properties, parks, exclusive clubs, and to some degree exclusive mansions. The parts of the city within this region are strictly controlled, planned, and maintained by NEX. The uppercity can be further divided between the massive central commercial district along the coast of Lake Michigan and the northern part of the city that is mostly made up of residential suburbs.

The primary commercial district, known as the "Loop" [a name inherited directly form Chicago before it became Neocago, might consider changing the name of this tho…], is defined by it's towering high-rise skyscrapers and countless blooming businesses. The Loop is also home to all of the NEX Conglomerate members' headquarters. At night the city lights up like it were day around this gem. Various restaurants and an endless diversity of stores fill the street level spaces. A common sight is bright LED screens in any prime viewable location on building sides that advertise pricey products, the newest augs, upcoming events, high fashion, the hottest locations, as well as the regularly scheduled reminders that NEX made all this luxury possible.

Above some streets there are elevated tracks for sleek maglev trains that speedily ferry travelers to and from the city's core, feeding in from the northern half of the city and some stations in the midcity. Further above those there are skybridges that stretch gaps between some skyscrapers. Typically between those skyscrapers owned by the same corporation or with the expectation that the people living in one will be working in the other. Built primarily as shortcut walkways between buildings these skybridges often double as fancy restaurants or clubs with impressive views over the city. Aside from these two neat features much of the space about the streets is simply free open air. While the excessive light pollution makes seeing stars an impossibility, this is one of the few parts of the city where the moon and sky is readily visible.

In the northern most parts of the city there are neat suburbs with wide open artificial lawns around modernistic homes. Different communities are usually gated off form the outside city to provide a level of exclusivity as well as privacy and security. Frequently anything the residents here could wish for is ordered and delivered directly to their door in abundance. Naturally, only the most wealthy can even dream to afford one of these properties. Unsurprisingly the population density of this part of the city is strikingly low, only somewhat inflated by inhouse indent servants [more on indents some other time ('^.^)]. It is lonely at the top after all!

One of the most distinctive features of the uppercity overall is just how clean it is. Any trash that happens to make it to the street is typically swiftly retrieved and disposed of by a massive workforce of NEX owned androids. These androids, who typically wear distinctive one piece blue and white uniforms, patrol the streets automatically performing any cleaning, maintenance, and repair services in the city commons. Behind closed doors, these androids are the eyes and ears of NEX within the uppercity. There is seldom a thing that can happen here beyond the conglomerate's notice... should they apply the right filters to actually find it within the mountains of data that is.

While not a common sight out in the streets, the services of security firms are typically a mere minute away with quick response teams at the ready to protect their clients. In the uppercity they often use vtol aircraft to hastily maneuver through the open space between buildings to provide the fastest response times possible. This has made any sort of violent crime within the uppercity a death sentence as almost everyone here is either covered with a security policy or is in a stone's throw of someone who is.

Unlike in undercity much of the uppercity's utility infrastructure is run underground, seamlessly supplying power and water to the tall skyscrapers and mansions alike. The majority of the city's ridiculous power draw is feed by somewhat distant nuclear reactors.

While everything in the uppercity speaks to wealth and luxury, nothing compares to the handful of parks. These indoor parks simulate the outdoors with an artificial day-night cycle. Each park is themed in it's own unique way, but all have a couple shared traits that are seldom found anywhere on the world; plants and animals. Parks have carefully curated and beautify maintained gardens with real plants. One cannot find fresher air than within an uppercity park. While the plants are often at least mostly natural, the animals often are far from it. The animals in these parks are heavily bio-tailored to amplify exotic features as well as making them absolutely domestic and passive. As a result of their exclusive "naturalness" these parks have become hotspots for those who can afford the entry fee to simply hang around, meet up, meditate, enjoy picnics, hunt to a limited degree, or whatever else happens to strike one's fancy.

[YEET! (^v^) Gahhhhhhh! I really feel that needlessly detailed and expansive worldbuilding is where I shine brightest! Seriously, could do this for hours and write so much more on this, but need to cut it off here. That or risk absolutely drowning the world in text lol. (>v<) Anyways and always, hope you had a lovely day, peace (^v^)v]