#fun fact the top right pic is actually one i took from outside my college

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moodboard: gwen x nikki

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Light My Fire - CH03

Pairing: CEO!Dean Winchester x Reader

Summary: She always thought her boss was an ill-tempered man, but when he presents her with a proposition she can’t quite deny, she gets to know him better. It’s not bad, right? Because all she has to do is being fake married to him for six months, sounds do-able, right? Right.

Warnings: There’s sweet fluff in this.

WC: 2738

Please share your thoughts with me, I’d love to hear your feedback.

Beta’d by @deanwanddamons​​ <3

SERIES MATSTERLIST

They enjoy their glass of wine in silence before her stomach starts to growl. It growls the loudest she’s ever heard. Maybe it’s because she hasn't had anything to eat since this morning, and her stomach rebels against the wine as it’s  the only thing in there. She should have known better.

Dean must have heard it because he starts to chuckle, “What toppings do you like? I thought we could share one.” 

“Sure, but don’t judge, please?” She says as she stands up, sees Dean’s eyes on her and feels the urge to cover up. He gets up from his chair and takes the towel she brought out with her, holds it up for her to cover herself.

When he looks at her again, he has one eyebrow cocked, “Why should I judge?”

 “Uh, because I quite like pineapples on pizza,” 

“I don’t judge,” Dean scoffs, and adds, “But I really think that should be illegal,” He laughs, but he doesn’t say anything more, and goes in to order their pizza. 

Y/N slips in while he’s on the phone and goes straight to her room, and changes into something comfortable. Now that she’s seen that he wears sweats, she’s happy to match him. It’s actually pretty weird seeing Dean like this because the only clothes she ever saw him in are suits, it makes her think that he even sleeps in them. She wonders if he has other clothes at all.

When the pizza arrives, Dean moves the glasses and bottle into the living room and asks her what movie she wants to watch, but she really doesn’t mind so she lets him choose. Dean zaps through Netflix and settles on Bird Box. 

While the movie starts, he hands her some napkins, and she’s wondering if that’s enough, because she’d hate to ruin the nice couch. He must have sensed her hesitation because he’s smirking, “It’s okay, you don’t wanna know what I managed to spill on this couch already,”

“Ewww,” She mocks, cringes her nose and he snorts out a laugh.

It’s easy, she thinks. It’s easy to let herself go. It’s easy to be here with him and just talk about anything outside of work. She comes to the conclusion that Dean’s not such an asshole after all. In fact, he’s a real gentleman. And that’s not really good, is it? It makes her feel things she shouldn’t feel.

She shakes the thought out of her head and takes a slice of pizza out of the box. It’s then  that she realizes that the whole pizza is riddled with pineapples. She frowns, “I thought you didn’t like pineapples on pizza?”

“I don’t,” Dean shrugs, takes a bite and pretends to wrinkle his nose before he grins with his mouth full and continues to eat. 

Y/N doesn’t think she makes it far into the movie because her eyelids are getting heavy halfway through. It’s the most illogical, most boring thing she’s ever seen, but she didn’t want to hurt his feelings so she tries to watch it. 

Last thing she remembers, though, is that she’s half leaning against Dean before she fell asleep. 

 ***

 Y/N wakes up in a bed. It’s clearly not hers. It took her an embarrassingly long time to realize that she’s in Dean’s apartment and that she’s in her bedroom. 

Oh no, she remembers eating pizza with Dean, remembers falling asleep to the stupid movie. He must have carried her to her bed. 

Her own fucking boss had to carry her to bed! If that’s not embarrassing she doesn’t know what is. 

She scans the room and her eyes settle on the clock on her nightstand. It’s already past 8am. She slept like a baby through her alarm but in her defense, the bed is so fucking comfortable, more comfortable than her own, and it’s only a fucking guest room. She wonders how comfortable Dean’s bed must be. How he can even wake up and get out of it every morning astounds her.

And then, the thought of being late for work crosses her mind before she realizes that she doesn’t have to go in. Realizes that she didn’t sleep through her alarm because she didn’t set one in the first place.

Grabbing her phone, she sees that there’s a text from Ruby.

 R: How was your first night? Did you consummate your fake marriage? *wink wink* 

 Then a text ten minutes later.

 R: Oh my god, it should have been a joke but you did, didn’t you? He’s in a remarkably good mood. Didn’t bitch about the coffee I brought him at all!

 Ah, Dean’s already at work then. He’s usually there before she turns up, and now she knows why. It’s only about a ten minutes walk from his apartment. 

 Y/N: Relax, nothing happened.

R: Ah, there she is.

Y/N: I slept in. The bed is so comfortable!

R: His bed I’d hope!

 She snorts out a laugh. 

 Y/N: No, I have my own room that’s bigger than my apartment.

R: Ugh, maybe I can come see you? Wanna see how the most not eligible bachelor lives. Or send me pics! Oh shit, he called out for me. I need to go. But I swear, whatever you’ve done to him. Do it again! I like to work for him when he’s not constantly yelling at people.

 She chuckles at that. She doesn’t answer Ruby though, instead she sends a text to Jack, telling him that she’s got another job that would secure him his degree and that everything’s okay.

Climbing out of bed, she decides to get coffee. It’s weird not having to go to work and she kind of misses it a little. 

Y/N walks out into the kitchen where there’s still a faint smell of his cologne and coffee in the air. A deadly combination for her brain apparently, because it makes her insides tingle in all the right places. She looks around and immediately spots a yellow sticky note left on the machine. 

It’s Dean’s handwriting. She knows it from all the scribblings he leaves on her desk when he already shut off his laptop and thinks about something that she must do for him the next day. 

 The machine is easy to handle. On, off. That’s it. I’m sorry I made you watch that movie. If you want to know, it didn’t get better after you fell asleep. Two hours of our lives, wasted. I’ll see you tonight, maybe we can watch something else — D

 She’s smirking. He really took his time this morning to write her a fucking novel. It really baffles her that he goes out of his way for her and it really seems like he genuinely cares to make her stay with him as comfortable as he can. Well, it does benefit him too, come to think of it.

 *

 After another round on the massage comforter, she walks into her room to find a message from Jack. 

 J: I hope you don’t sell yourself for my benefit. But I trust you. Miss you x

 She has to smirk and immediately types an answer back.

 Y/N: Just stay in college and make me proud, alright?

 Just when she’s about to put her phone away, it lights up with a call.

Dean.

“Hello?” She says, wondering if she should add sir to it at first but decides to drop it.

“Hey, you slept alright?”

She smiles, “Yeah, thanks. It’s the most comfortable bed.” She bites on her tongue so as to not ask him about him carrying her back to said bed.

There’s a light chuckle on the other end, “Good. Listen, I went over my schedule today because Ruby didn’t do it for me, and saw that I can’t have a movie night this evening like I wrote on the note,” He pauses to think, “You found the note, right?”

“Yeah, I did.”

“So, you maybe did know this because you arranged the invitation and you put it into my calendar, but I didn’t until about twenty minutes ago,”

She thinks hard about his schedule, remembers that there was something. An event. Some kind of gala. 

“But instead of watching a movie, what would you say to me taking you out?” He says, “I called them and managed to do a last minute adjustment to my invitation.”

“Oh,” She huffs out, knowing where Dean wants to go with that.

“Thought it’d be a good opportunity to show them my wife. Are you in?”

He still asks, even if he actually doesn’t have to? Because yeah, she obviously can’t be a fake wife in private. The world needs to see it. Amara needs to see it.

“I guess,” She mutters. She is actually not really sure if she can pull that off. Her heart beats faster just thinking about walking on a red carpet.

“Y/N, you don’t have to, you know,” It’s as if he senses her dread, “I don’t want to do anything that makes you feel uncomfortable, but we should at least try to look like a happily married couple and we can’t pretend if you don’t want to.”

“No— I mean, it’s okay, I’ll do it,” Her voice is more firm this time. She wants to. Wants to show him that she can do it. 

It shouldn’t be hard, right? She’s been with a man before. She knows all that hand holding stuff. And Dean’s paying her double for god’s sake. What’s an evening of being flirty with him? It’s not like he is an old greasy man. Well, maybe that would be better? Maybe then she will not risk falling for him? Because that’s what is going to happen if she’s not careful, she just knows it. And then she’ll get her heart broken. Even though a broken heart is a little price to pay if it means that Jack can finally start his own future, come to think of it.

“Okay,” There’s a huff of breath, he’s smiling, she can hear it, “Good. I’ll get Gabe to drop off my card, you can go shopping for a dress. The card has no limit, just buy whatever you want, alright?”

She grins smugly, “I need shoes, too.”

“Buy all the things you want.”

“Alright, sir.”

“Y/N, stop calling me that. Unless,” He pauses and there’s a playfulness in his voice, “That’s what you like.”

She’s glad it’s not a video call, so he isn’t able to see that her face is burning up. She doesn’t say anything and Dean takes the hint.

“Right, I have another meeting, I’ll see you around 7pm. The gala starts at 8pm.”

“K, bye Dean.”

“Have fun.”

*

 Y/N’s standing in her room as she waits for Dean to come back. He’ll probably need to shower and get dressed too. 

Gabe came by to drop off Dean’s Centurion card and he walked straight into Dean’s bedroom to drop off Dean’s tux onto his bed. She never had such a card in her hands, it feels heavy, made of platinum, not like her cheap plastic one that she only uses once in a blue moon.

At first she didn’t know where to go because she hadn't been dress shopping for a gala before. She wondered if H&M would be a good choice but then thinks that it probably wouldn’t. While she was out shopping she looked into shop windows and came across a beautiful long sleeved sequin pattern dress in gold. 

She never knew gold would look good on her but the shop assistant was so nice, even though she knows it’s that woman’s job, she felt really good in the dress and it wasn’t over the top with the price so Dean should be okay with it. She couldn’t resist buying matching shoes, too. 

Later, she splashed out some money for lingerie that she could wear under it and hoped that Dean wouldn’t mind. He told her to buy whatever she likes, so.

And now, she’s nervously pacing around her room. Her pacing only stops when she hears footsteps approaching.

There’s a knock at her door, “Y/N, you okay?”

“Yeah,” She manages to say.

“Good, sorry I’m a little late, had to pick up something on the way. I’ll shower and get dressed. Meet you in the living room in thirty minutes?”

“Sure,”

She hears him opening the door to his room.

Thirty minutes. Ugh. She hasn’t even applied makeup yet. She’s so nervous.

After a last check in the mirror, she walks out into the living area, her heels clicking on the marble flooring. She’s not used to wearing such high heels, and prays  that she won’t stumble and fall flat on her face. 

As she rounds the corner into the living area, she sees Dean already waiting for her, dressed in a fitting tux and smelling so fucking delicious. He looks like he’s just stepped out of a glossy magazine spread and that’s not fair. She can already see the press giving them a caption for their picture together. It reads, DEAN WINCHESTER COULD DO SO MUCH BETTER. 

Y/N can feel Dean’s eyes on her. They’re wide and his lips part slightly before they curve up into a smile. It’s bright and white. She’s smiling too, can’t not smile when he’s looking at her like that. Looking at her like she’s the only one that matters. She’s not used to it at all.

“Wow,” Dean breathes out, “You look beautiful.”

She was already blushing before but now her cheeks heat up a little more, “Thank you. You’re not bad yourself.”

Dean has to chuckle and then all of a sudden, he runs back to his room, “I’ll be right back,”

After about a minute Dean reappears clutching things in his hand. One of them is a pocket square. He went in and picked out a color that matches her dress. She has to grin at that.

He places it inside his jacket but he seems to struggle, “Can you help me, I—”

“Of course,” She grins, and steps closer to him, arranging the pocket square so that I’d look nice. Patting his pocket, she leaves her hand on his chest when she’s done, feels his heartbeat underneath her palm. She can swear it beats a little faster than usual, not that she knows his resting heart rate. “All set.” She says and Dean grins at her. 

“Okay, now my turn,” Dean licks his lips and clears his throat, and she can’t help but wonder what he means by his turn.

She doesn’t have to wait long, because Dean opens up the little box he was still clutching and she can see the princess cut diamond engagement ring with a matching wedding band. 

“Dean, no.”

“Why, Dean, yes.” He chuckles, takes them out, and takes her left hand in his. “Y/N, will you give me the honor of being my fake wife for real now?” 

Y/N has to giggle at that, “Yeah, of course,”

He smiles, slips the ring onto her ring finger and to her surprise, they fit perfectly. She looks at Dean, raises her eyebrow, “Let me guess, Ruby?”

“Yeah,” Dean smirks, and then he shows her his left hand, “I have one, too. So, you ready?”

“Not really?” 

“That’s the spirit,” Dean places his hand around her waist, pulls her close and kisses her cheek softly. 

It does nothing to calm her down because she’s even more nervous now. 

“You gotta try to keep me from falling, okay?,” She says as he moves his hand to the small of her back, and guides her to the door. 

“I would never let you fall,” Dean shows her a small smile and they step into the elevator. 

In there, she eyes him up again, can’t quite take her eyes off him. He looks so good with the slight scruff and the freckles, the crinkles around his eyes deepen the longer she stares at him. 

“What?” He asks her, raises an eyebrow.

“You look good, Mr. Winchester,” She says with a smile.

“You too, Mrs. Winchester. Most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen. And I’m not lying.” He leans in, places another kiss on her heated cheeks before the elevator comes to a halt. 

He helps her get out and Gabriel’s already waiting, holding the limousine door open for them.

CH04

[home-is-where-beels-tiddies-are]

i lost the post i had that gave all of caragan’s info, so i’ll just post it again here. first pic is caragan after they die, because only obey me could drive me to design a character post-death 

i did design the sigils myself. then i added the sin marks from the cards, put that little pact symbol on it, and i took the original symbols from the actual demons and simplified/altered them. because i didn’t think it was a good idea to use the actual symbols. don’t wanna manifest something ya know lmao 

very long info dump under the cut. (info dump is copied from the post i lost) and yeah, caragan is a generic super powerful protagonist. so prepare for cheese 

likes: drawing, reading, gaming, and staying at home. they are drawn to dark things; horror, dark colours, literally most things dark.

home/family: they live alone, but near their parents, and they visit almost daily. they have a cat and three snakes (while caragan is away, the fur and scale babies are taken care of, don’t worry) 

age: 27 yrs old, born Jan 7th 

gender: nonbinary, they/them 

height: 4′10 / 147 cm

occupation: part time job, they also make bits and bobs to sell; art, crochet, etc. they went back to college too (and how they signed up for a certain exchange program; in my headcanon, they signed up for it and expected something mundane) then, after their first visit to the devildom, they start learning about the peace that diavolo proposed in their own time, and volunteer for the human organizations involved 

the design after they die: neither angel or demon, appearance shows physical attributes of both. (i also have a lot of post-death info, but… this is already so much, so i will leave it out) the ref i made is below: (worth noting that before their “fall,” using the term very, very loosely, everything on them that is red was white)

appearence: 

they wear all black with small, brightly coloured accessories 

brightly coloured accessories are normally bracelets, scarves, or pins. socks are also always nauseatingly bright 

casual outside attire: black hoodie, black t shirts, black ripped jeans, and converse 

casual around the house attire: grey sweatpants, obnoxious socks, a tank top, and sometimes a sweater or jacket they’ve stolen from the brothers 

formal attire: usually a suit, but asmo can convince them to wear a dress by finding amazing ones and wearing a dress too 

school uniform: jacket sleeves rolled up, or while in classrooms, off completely. no tie, ever. dress pants, wears black flats instead of dress shoes. during their first year, they kept their hair in a ponytail in class 

always wearing their favourite necklace 

first year piercings:

left ear - bar piercing in top, three normal piercings on bottom

right ear - three normal piercings on bottom 

second visit piercings:

left ear - same

right ear - three normal piercings on bottom, and two new normal piercings on top 

they wear binders to their classes and almost always when they go out for less active shenanigans 

rarely wears a binder in the house of lamentation; the first thing they take off when they get home 

hair is greying on both sides of their head, also some greys on top

always, always has dark circles and bags under their eyes 

brothers + romance: they are absolutely smitten with all of them, and they are very blunt and obvious about it. their favourite, though, is beel. this is kept as plainly obvious as their feelings for the others. since they love all of the brothers, they don’t hide their attraction to anyone. for the most part, it works out. 

pact mark locations:  (see first ref pic) 

lucifer - throat 

mammon - upper back 

leviathan - lower back 

satan - left inner thigh 

asmo - right inner thigh 

beel - right inner wrist 

belphie - left inner wrist 

overall, they’re very shy and awkward, and they like to joke around to cover it up. generally quiet, even around those they’re comfortable with. (they don’t talk a lot unless they’re having a ‘moment’ - a day where they’re hyperactive) they have crippling anxiety and depression, but the medication they take eases it. gets irritable around loud noises/people. they make an attempt in having a decent sleep schedule, but most nights they’re awake for hours longer than they intend to be. sleep schedule is more erratic when in the devildom. (probably belphie’s fault.) 

everything below is uh… like, how they act/react to the other characters.  

lucifer:  they mirror what lucifer offers them; if he’s being soft, they will be soft in turn. if he is upset with them, they will apologize and attempt to do better, and they expect the same if the roles are reversed. stuff like that. they don’t openly flirt with lucifer the same way they do some others, instead they focus on gentle interactions. they kept close to lucifer when they first arrived in the devildom (when mammon ditched them) because they deemed him more trustworthy than anyone else. 

mammon:  when with mammon, every filter caragan has is demolished instantly. given mammon never tried to kill or charm them, they grew to respect him very quickly. they also don’t treat mammon like an idiot; they’ve dealt with that themselves enough. yes, they tell him off for doing things that will very clearly come back to bite him in the ass, but they never target his intelligence because they know he’s smarter than he lets on. they openly flirt with mammon because they like to make him blush. they both get into trouble often, but they have each others’ backs throughout. 

leviathan:  they don’t spend as much time with leviathan, but they do enjoy his company. they usually lock away their info dumping and interests, but not with leviathan. he gets to gush about the things he loves, and they match his energy. he tries to offer the same courtesy. they also like to flirt with leviathan to make him blush, but they don’t do it as heavily or as often because his rejections/self deprecating comments make them feel bad. they are also thankful that they can talk to him about their anxiety and he understands it. they rarely call him “levi.” 

satan:  they also don’t spend as much time with satan, but less so than leviathan. they can’t help but feel stupid when they’re with him, so they don’t socialize with him often. buuut any time he offers to socialize, they don’t turn him down. in fact, caragan gets excited. he’s also where they turn to when they’re struggling with their studies or curious about something demon related. they do attempt to joke around and flirt with him, but it’s like a game of chicken, and caragan always ducks out. fairly quickly, too. 

asmodeus:  caragan adores asmo, but they can’t really place why. they also consider him as much a work of art as he does himself. they are very soft with asmo and they rarely flirt with him in a conventional way. even though they reject most sexual advances, they are as handsy as asmo is. asmo is their official cuddle buddy and they love to shower him in gentle affection. if asmo is in sight, they can often be caught staring. at first, they’re very embarrassed by this, and the brothers poke fun. eventually, though, they’re utterly shameless and just widen their smile if asmo catches them. 

beelzebub:  they love beel more than life itself, and that is absolutely not an exaggeration. at first, they were very avoidant and anxious when it came to beel, but when they started to hang out with him, they found him very easy to be around. the attraction started then, but then became way too strong when beel went into full demon mode over his custard. (mood) they started following him around everywhere. they continued that trend well into the year and the following visit. they’re very affectionate and clingy, sitting his lap and hugging him constantly. they carry around as many snacks as their pockets can hold for beel and beel only. 

belphegor:  they knew from the start that belphie was lying to them in the attic and probably meant them harm, but they never held it against him. they never really held their death against him either. they’re quiet around belphie for the most part, even when they started to like him. they often nap with him (against their better judgement) too. the two of them talk a lot about their ideal “me and you and beel” future. more than is healthy. their conversations outside of that are often filled with snark and a weird tension that caragan doesn’t understand. it usually melts away after a cuddle and a nap, though. 

diavolo:  they instantly liked diavolo. they’re very cautious and anxious around him, but they try to be warm in their interactions with him. they do call him “lord diavolo,” and treat him with due respect. he usually throws them for a loop with most things he does, but they try to keep up and be understanding. they have a strong need to get closer to him, for reasons that they don’t understand or even try to understand. they don’t do much about it either. his demon form causes them to become flustered. very flustered. the not-oblivious brothers tease them for it. they have such a huge crush on him. 

barbatos:  they don’t interact with him that much, or try to interact with him outside of things that are necessary. they have nothing against him, they just don’t feel the need to. they’re very polite to him, as polite as they are to diavolo. while they’re curious about him, they don’t go out of their way to interact with him. there’s really not much there besides mild curiosity. 

solomon:  they think he gives off a copious amount of mischievous vibes and it puts them off. at first. they are kind and polite towards him, and they would consider him a friend. the friendship is essentially that “we have no friends in this class so we will become friends to fill the void. but only in this class. we will never speak to each other outside of this place.” it’s not nearly as specific, but that’s the flavour of friendship they have in the beginning. eventually, he grows on caragan and they end up looking forward to seeing him. they just find him very fun. 

simeon:  they think simeon is beautiful and has been caught staring almost as much as when they stare at asmo. with simeon though, they will never be shameless about their staring. they continue to be embarrassed about it forever. forever. they’re polite and kind to simeon, but they feel he keeps himself closed off from them. during their second visit to the devildom, with the play and all, they become a little scared of simeon. it doesn’t change the way they interact with him, but it does put them off for a bit. and after some overthinking, they end up being more drawn to him. 

luke:  they were very anxious around luke, at first. they don’t like kids, and generally become twice as awkward around them. eventually, they found him adorable. when they speak to him, they will focus on child logic, but they do speak to him the way they would speak to anyone. never patronising. happily helps him with studies if they can, gives him affirmation and reassurances whenever needed, and is protective. they have even been known to stand up to lesser demons when they target luke. (when simeon isn’t around; it’s rare) even though caragan is scared shitless the whole time, they try anyway. seeing as they’re only 4′10, they never make short jokes or anything of the like. when the brothers make short jokes, they shoot disapproving looks and will express disappointment if it drags on too long. 

the end of their life time:  they go on to live for a while, dedicating themselves entirely to diavolo on the human side of things, even becoming a public speaker for it. sharing their experiences n all that. which is something they’d never do for anything else. 

at a certain point though, about 50 yrs old or so, they do stop visiting the demon brothers because they’re getting old. they die shortly after in an accident. brothers don’t find out because caragan was already avoiding them. (though, there is general unease because of the bonds they have with caragan. they know something’s very, very wrong but not what. they fear the worst, and they’re right to.) 

but for all the things they did for “the cause,” they were to be judged in the celestial realm. (and… i see it as… in a horrible, horrible way, the big guy upstairs knew everything that would happen with lilith, and deemed her and her brothers an acceptable loss in exchange for peace. it was all orchestrated. i also think that diavolo knew the plan, for the most part. he has his own reasons for wanting the peace, but he does know what the plan was.) 

but they’re escorted to The Big Guy by simeon and luke (a cute reunion with hugs) and he straight up asks caragan what they want. like they can stay here, go to the devildom, or remain in the human realm. 

in any case, they’ll be given all the attributes needed to thrive in all three realms, but only if they continue in their trying to maintain peace. obviously, caragan is all for continuing. and of course, they choose to make their home with the brothers. god’s all like, “you will retain your angelic status, but you do have to fall to achieve the status of demon. are you sure?” they have to have demon attributes to ensure survival and comfort living among demons, so that’s why. 

and caragan straight up says, without missing a beat, “even heaven is hell without them.” everybody knows who they’re talking about. simeon is torn between “that’s so rude” and “that’s so sweet” and luke is horrified. god just laughs. 

they all talk a bit longer so caragan knows exactly what they’re getting into. they will have a lot of power as both angel and demon, but they have to keep their humanity in exchange for that power. which means, inevitably, their long life will become a curse. no human is built to live for a millennia, so it’ll take a toll on their mind and at the end of it all, they won’t be themselves anymore. 

caragan basically says, “yah, worth it. lezgo.” god hands them paperwork, some explaining what caragan is and why, as well as a peace treaty thing to give to diavolo when they get home. i was thinking it’d be something cheesy like “the treaty of the last fallen angel.” no more fallen angels after caragan, they fell so no one else has to again. idk, symbolism or something. but even the future angel/demon hybrids won’t have to fall. 

cue caragan yeeting themselves from the celestial realm. 

diavolo knows caragan’s about to fall (barbatos n all that) and gathers the brothers to the place it’ll be. caragan is just a ball of blue flames, then a crater, the brothers are baffled. 

falling hurts a shit ton (even without losing wings and all that), so caragan ends up crying, but they cry blood. (for angel reasons. i dunno why i think angels cry blood.) which drips from their face and onto the white fabric of the thing they’re wearing, and then everything white fades into a red, even the white of their eyes. (i want to try very roughly animating that one day.) 

then there’s another heart warming reunion, but also with a shit ton of heart break because not only did caragan die, they also just fell. the brothers are angy.

before the brothers can get all “let’s fight god,” caragan hands diavolo the paperwork, all of which he reads out loud for the brothers. 

uh. roll credits. 

just tidbits:

caragan is an angel of perseverance and a demon of despair. 

they have six wings and six eyes on each wing. 

their halo was a tangible ring of golden light, but when they fell, it became horns. but like… still in a ring shape. still a halo. just different. 

they are barefoot in their angel/demon form because they have talons and also just… hate shoes. 

when all the white turned red, all the gold turned silver. 

they look as they did during their second visit to the devildom when they enter their “afterlife.”  

their human form is also just… them. hoodie, ripped jeans, everything, they’re just themselves. 

[xxsanshinexx]

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Characters: Felix X reader (featuring Ateez)

Genre: Crack/Fluff

Words: 3809

Synopsis: Your soulmate just wouldn’t stop drawing dicks on your arm

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You were told growing up that soulmates were a special thing. It was the person who your soul was tied to, who could make you the happiest you could ever be, it was someone everyone in their lives wanted to meet at least once. Your parents were lucky enough to have found each other early on in life, some of your friends had found theirs while on the playground at recess and others were still idly searching for their second half. People said that when they realized who they’re soulmate was, an intense feeling of euphoria flowed through them; however, you were skeptical that you would have such feelings towards your soulmate. 

They just wouldn’t stop drawing dicks on your arm. 

Soulmates were attached by drawing on the skin. Whatever you wrote down on yourself would become plastered to your soulmates skin until you removed it. So when small doodles showed up on your skin as a child you were rather fond of the scribbles. There were small drawings of dogs, of singers, and occasionally a poorly written hello which you barely had time to respond to before it was washed away. Those sweet drawings from childhood had washed away entirely by the time you had reached middle school, high school, and now college. Instead of “hello” or “good morning”, it was “what’s 34 to the 3rd degree” or “What else is in a cell all I remember is mitochondria”. While your soulmate was endearing, he was also annoying. 

Especially now as a rather large dick began to mark the top of your arm, for everyone in your morning lecture to see. You were jolted from your adapt note taking as the shapes began to take form, making your face heat up in embarrassment as you tried your best to cover it. On most days, you even brought a jacket no matter the weather to hide the embarrassing images that appeared on the skin of your body.

“Another dick pic?” Jongho, a friend you had made on the first day of your college experience due to another unfortunate placage of phallical drawings, laughed as you pressed your hand against the desk trying to cover the growing amount of drawings.

“This little shit has an obsession I swear!” You quietly grumbled as you tried to focus back on your lecture and notes, but the ghost of a pen marking your skin was hard to ignore; especially as it creeped up your arm.

“Damn this one is bigger than the last,” Jongho traced the outline of the shapes trailing up your arm, “This one is incredibly vivid as well… maybe your soulmate is just a really good dick drawer? Ever thought about that? Art majors are weird in inexplicable ways.”

“Just give me a marker and shut up.”

Jongho scoffed and rolled his eyes, focusing back on the professor who seemed to still be on the same topic, “What makes you think I have markers on me.”

“There’s literally a coloring book out in front of you.” Indeed, Jongho never failed to bring some childish activity to do during your morning lectures. He found them too boring to pay attention to and would much rather listen to them on his phone later when his brain was up to it. 

He sighed in defeat and handed you a bright red marker, a contrast to the black on your arm, “I’d rather you not expose me in front of the entire class.”

“Trust me, you’re doing that to yourself right now,” You uncapped the marker with you teeth and took another look at his book, “Is that Hello Kitty?”

“Leave her out of this you dick fanatic.” His comment made a few people around you turn their heads and you ducked, the redness of your cheeks brighter than the marker in your hand. Jongho wasn’t lying though, your soulmate really was a dick fanatic. Lifting your arm back onto the table, it was nearly entirely covered in phallical images, some more vivid than others, and it made you grit your teeth in annoyance; even more so at the fact that they had the audacity to do so in all the colors of the rainbow. 

“Can you not draw dicks on yourself at 10 a.m. please, I just want to get through my classes.”

There was a reply no less than a minute later, but it was in a different handwriting than normal, “Ah so your his soulmate. We didn’t think you’d see all of these.”

You scoffed at the reply, scribbling back angrily, “Do you not know how soulmates work?? Now go wash him off or something I have to give a presentation and I DO NOT want dicks on my arms.”

“You’re no fun, your soulmate thinks it’s funny.” 

“I’m sure he does now please wash his arm.” You paused as you looked up, noticing a few eyes trailing your arms and to the frantic scribbling of your pen, “This is embarrassing.” 

“I’m so drawing more, when’s your presentation? I’ll draw one right on his forehead for you <3”

You decided in that moment that you hated whoever your soulmate associated himself with, “If I ever find out who you are I swear to God I’m going to kill you.”

 “Those are big words coming from someone with dicks all over their-” the words were cut off abruptly, with a smudged trail of ink following them. You frowned at the sudden lack of words until more began to appear, this time in an all too familiar handwriting, “I'M SO SORRY ABOUT MY FRIENDS I GO SHOWER RIGHT NOW.”

“Just wash the dicks off your arm please… and stop letting them draw on you.” you sighed as you capped the pen, leaning back in your seat avoiding the amused stares from your classmates. 

Jongho chuckled at your flustered state and took the pen from your hands, “So you get through to them?”

“It’s a he apparently,” You leaned your forehead against the desk, all motivation to follow along in today's lecture entirely gone, “And he has very awful friends.”

“Sounds more like he’s in middle school than college.”

“You act the exact same way, hello kitty boy.”

“Shut the fuck up y/n,” Jongho hissed, hiding his coloring book in his lap, eyes darting around for anyone who was listening in. Of course your other classmates were having a field day watching the two of you interact, the lecture long forgotten though it didn’t seem like your professor noticed. They never seemed to really care after the third week.

“Chill Jongho, i’m only kidding.” You frowned down at your arm, watching as the drawing began to fade one by one. You wished you knew more about your soulmate than just his friends being obsessed with drawing dicks and him being a he.There were certain things you couldn’t share through ink on sink, such as names and locations; and so the two of you had never really shared information as simple as gender, identification, or even a nickname. Neither of you really initiated any form of talking, mainly communicating through drawings, doodles or odd questions neither knew the answer to.

“You’re worse than San I swear,” He laughed, referencing his older friend who you had met on a few occasions. “And speaking of San,” He turned to you with an eyebrow raised, “Are you going to his party tonight?”

“Do I really have a choice?”

“I mean, no, me and Yeosang would drag you there no matter your answer, but I was trying to be polite.”

“Overall, no I do not want to go. His parties are loud and overcrowded for such a small apartment.” You huffed, feeling as though your opinions would not be taken for granted. 

“Yeah but here's the thing “ He gestured as if he had just connected two dots, “maybe dick boy will be there”

“Will you please not call my soulmate dick boy.” You huffed, hiding your face in embarrassment again as the person turned to look at the two of you with a curious glance. 

“Only if you go to the party.”

“That’s not a good bargain.”

“Guess I’ll just call him dick boy from now on and assume anyone with a dick drawn on them is your soulmate!” Jongho announced loudly, but not enough so that your teacher turned away from their whiteboard; however, the rest of your classmates began to giggle. No doubt they had been listening in on your whole entire conversation, maybe even from the beginning itself. 

“Goddammit fine I’ll go to your dumb party just shut up!” You grumbled trying to escape the embarrassment by hiding your head in your arms. 

Jongho never seemed to be embarrassed though, not as he leaned back in his seat with a proud and triumphant smile, “See? That wasn’t so hard. Maybe you’ll meet dick boy tonight.”

“I fucking hate you.”

“Love you too,” You looked up to see Jongho blow you an overly flirtatious kiss, “Me and Yeosang will be at your dorm by seven.”

That is how you ended up outside your apartment at six fifty-eight dressed in a nice outfit and a frown on your face. The night was too cold for a party and perfect to stay in your bed, binging a show or catching up on sleep. You couldn’t believe that you actually agreed to the party, at least if Jongho had dragged you from your home without your consent you could be angry about it; but now you could only be annoyed at yourself.

“There’s our little ray of sunshine!” Jongho laughed as he and a stone faced Yeosang got up from their spot on the gate on the sidewalk. The both of them had cleaned up nicely; however, that still didn’t mean that San’s party wouldn’t be a mess. He was notorious for having some of the messiest, loudest, and overall drunkest parties on the entire campus. It was a surprise he hadn’t gotten in trouble yet. 

“I’m not happy about this.”

“Your smile says enough about that,” Yeosang laughed as you began to walk down the street, San’s house, or rather the home they all shared, was only a block or so away. 

You rolled your eyes at Yeosang’s sarcasm, “Hello to you too Yeo.”

“Oh lighten up Y/n,” Jongho wrapped his arm around your shoulder and you couldn’t help but wonder if he was already buzzed, “I have a feeling dick boy will be there!”

Yeosang spit on the drink he had been sipping on at the words, “I-what!? Who?”

“My soulmate has friends who likes to draw dicks on his arms.” You scoffed, pulling up the sleeves of your jacket to reveal yet another dick drawing that was in a, thankfully, more discrete place. No doubt your soulmate hadn’t noticed it yet but you couldn’t go out anywhere decent without a jacket now; his friends words from earlier almost made you tempted to wear a ski mask. At least then no one would see the phalics drawn on your skin. “It’s really fucking annoying.”

“That’s goddamn hilarious. I need a pen immediately.” Yeosang began to rummage through his pants pockets while hearty laughter flowed from his lips.

You smacked his moving arms with annoyance written clear across your face, “Dick drawing is my soulmate’s thing! Be a little more creative would you!”

“So you like having dicks drawn on you?”

“I do not-” You groaned in annoyance at the cocky grin on Yeosang’s features, “I hate both of you.”

“Why me!? I didn’t even bring anything up!” Jongho huffed in annoyance and you were almost thankful as you came to a stop in front of San’s house, flashing lights and loud music already emitting from it. 

“You’re the one who gave him that God awful nickname.” You gave both the boys on each side of you a little glare, “Now don’t you dare say anything about dick boy to Mingi or San. I’ll never hear the end of it.”

“As long as the nickname sticks, I really don’t give a shit about the rules.” Jongho grinned, grabbing you by the upper arm and pulling you in the direction of the steps. “Now let’s go party!”

The party was exactly what you imagined it being. Loud, overcrowded, and entirely full of drunk college kids. You were even sure they’re were some professors in the mix; seeing as San was cozy with literally everyone on the campus. If he wanted, he could probably even get the administrators to come and dance with him. Instead, for this party, he had to settle for Yunho and Mingi; the three of them dancing their lives away to a bass heavy beat. San was lucky enough to be friends with Bang Chan, the aspiring DJ and producer, who would play parties for a little fee; even smaller for his friends. 

“So any sign of dick boy? Any more genitals drawn on your arms?” The sly voice of Seonghwa said as he came into view, leaning against the counter top that you sat on top of. 

You groaned and clutched the solo cup in your hand a little tighter in annoyance, “Did Jongho tell everyone?”

“Nearly, he’s kept his promise so far not to tell Mingi and San… though given how drunk Yunho is they’ll probably know by the end of the night.” 

“Just fucking fantastic, the last thing I need is Mingi teasing me for all this!” You downed the rest of the contents in your cup, feeling more tired than uplifted by the alcohol. 

“Don’t drink your worries away yet, Yunho hasn’t said shit to them. Besides, I’ve got some tea.” You rolled your eyes at his words as you played with the rim of your cup. 

“Please never use the word tea again.”

“Guess you don’t want to know who your soulmate is than.” The simple sentence brought a panic into your bloodstream. There was no way Seonghwa could know who your soulmate was. There were billions of people in this world, there was no absolute way he could have figured it out; and certainly not from just a simple dick drawing. 

You tried to steady your suddenly ragged breathing, “There's no way… just… don’t play games Seonghwa.”

“I’m not, Y/n, I wouldn’t lie about this,” He huffed, like he couldn’t believe you thought so little of him. “I really think I know who it is.”

You frowned a little more at the words, and even more as your heart began to speed up in pace. Maybe it wasn’t panic, maybe it was more excitement but all of it made you too dizzy and scared to comprehend. This was your soulmate he was talking about, this person that was tied to you forever; you didn’t know if you were even prepared for the speculations about who it would be. “Hwa, I just.. I don’t really want to know who it is.”

His eyes turned sympathetic at your conflicted features, “I won’t tell you directly than… but know he’s in the living room and has blonde hair.”

“Never really saw myself with a blonde.”

“Never really saw you with a dick drawer either, but the universe is surprising.” He chuckled and you gently hit his arm, thankful to him for trying to brighten up your panicking state. 

You gave him a soft pat on his forearm and let out a quiet sigh, “Thank you Seonghwa.”

He grinned at you and patted your hand in reassurance, “No problem-”

“CHANGBIN I TOLD YOU TO FUCKING STOP YOU KNOW THIS DOESN’T JUST SHOW UP ON ME!”

The loud shouting came from the living room, where laughter and general uproar was happening. Some of the party goers, you and Seonghwa included, paused their actions to watch a figure with their hood up, obscuring their features, run through the kitchen and down the hall. Even without having seen their face, something within you tugged at your body. Something that told you Seonghwa really hadn’t been lying and that you needed to get off your ass. 

“I wasn’t lying.” Seonghwa said and chuckled even more as you turned around to face him, “The dick on your forehead just proves it.”

Your eyes widened in alarm and your hands went up to cover your forehead. While you couldn’t entirely feel the drawing you knew it was there due to the newfound cold feeling of ink. This only caused the panic in you too intensify. 

“Go get your man, Y/n.” Seonghwa pulled you from your spot on the counter and nudged you in the direction of the hallway, while you still covered your forehead. “At least this way you both don’t have to worry about appearances. If you can look pass the dick on your foreheads you’re golden.”

“Oh my God Seonghwa you are not helping!” you whisper screamed, but your eyes were focused on the hallway. Your soulmate was down there. 

“Just go get him, Y/n. You don’t know if you’ll ever meet him again.” Seonghwa wisely told you and you nodded, trying to steel your shaking body. You hated that he was right, hated that your body moved without your thought until you were right in front of the bathroom door. You couldn’t remember how you got there, it was a blind stumble through the crowd who had resumed their partying antics. 

You pressed your ear to the door, trying to both eavesdrop and calm your nerves. Hopefully whoever was behind the door wasn’t the boy, even if your soul itself wanted it to only be him. The faint cursing from the other side solidfied the fact that it was him, “Fucking Changbin… god dammit I told him not to… why won’t this come off!”

Your hand was on the doorknob in an instance and you took a deep breath as you realized what you were doing. Like Seonghwa said, it was now or never. The door creaked open, the light pouring into the dark hallway, and making the boy glaring at the mirror jump.

“Hey sorry this is occupied-” His heavily accented voice faltered as the two of you made eye contact, or more specifically, your eyes made contact with the dick drawings on each others foreheads. Even if it wasn’t for the drawings you both harbored on your foreheads, the intense feeling of belonging was enough for you too know this was real. 

“So,” you breathed out, after the initial tingling feelings passed over you, “You’re dick boy.”

His face tinted red and he covered his hands with his face, “This is not at all how I wanted to meet my soulmate.”

You couldn’t help but scoff at him, but a smile was making it’s way to your lips. People hadn’t lied about the euphoric feeling rushing into your system at meeting you soulmate. “Do you think I really wanted a dick drawn on my forehead either?”

“I’m so sorry about Changbin, I can’t even apologize enough oh my god I’m so sorry I just-” He took a deep breath and finally managed to pull his head away from his hands, eyes catching on the curve of your lips. “I’m really sorry for all the dick drawings. I would’ve never done that too you… I’ll go make sure all my friends apologize to you and everything.”

You couldn’t help the laugh that flowed from your lips at his rambling. He was rather cute, you had to admit, and just maybe blondes were your type with the way his hair bounced with his every movement. “Let’s just get this one off our foreheads first, okay?”

A smile finally made its way onto his lips and you couldn’t help but be entranced, “That… that’s sounds good.”

You nodded and grabbed one of the towels lying around, noticing the one the boy in front of you had drenched in water discarded in the sink, before lathering yours with soap and water. The boy just watched you work quietly before you turned to him again, the proximity close, and he wished that he didn’t have a dick drawn on his forehead in this picture perfect moment. 

“Your friends really did a good job on this one,” Your voice was quiet as you pushed aside his hair, noticing how red his forehead was from his frantic scrubbing. Still a majority of the drawing still remained, “What the hell did they use.”

“Seungmin made a custom stamp,” he mumbled, staring at your eyes as they focused in on gently scrubbing his forehead, “Semi permanent ink and everything… that’s what they used on me this morning.”

“Well… I’ll give them props for dedication.” You hummed, holding the side of his face with your hand as you worked, missing how his face turned scarlet. “You might want to be a little more careful around your friends.”

“Trust me I tried, they just sneak up on me.” He sighed as you let go off his face, pulling back slightly to examine your work. There was little of the drawing left, nothing no one would notice at first glance. Your eyes trailed down to meet the boys in front of you and you had to stop yourself from gasping at the sparkling of them, and the proximity. “It’s what happened tonight. I was just lying on the couch and then bam… Changbin stamped my forehead.”

“I’ll be sure to give Changbin hell than,” You mumbled still caught up in his features, now transfixed on the lovely freckles dotting his cheeks and nose. The universe had been exceptionally kind to gift you with such a handsome soulmate.

“What’s your name?” His breath fanned against your nose and broke you from your staring.

“Y/n…” You muttered before looking back up at his eyes, not missing the cheeky gleam in them, “and you?”

“Felix.” He grinned down at you and in that moment you truly felt happy, in a way that was wholly unexplainable to any other person. No one who just met should make you fill with joy the way that Felix did, but the universe worked in funny ways. 

“Well,” You started, cupping his cheek in your hand once again as you took in his features. You already knew you would never get tired of them, “I’m glad I have something other to call you than dick boy.”

He laughed, whole and hearty at your response, before taking his own leap of faith and leaning his forehead against yours. “You’re still going to call me that… aren’t you.”

“Oh totally.” You grinned, mentally thanking this Changbin for being so extreme with his dick drawing.

[volantisand]

this just in - MARIANA “ MARI ” REYES has been in wickway for ( MORE THAN, BY NOW ) A MONTH. apparently SHE is a DANCER AT DRIFTWOOD and a CIVILIAN or so HER passport says. so far it’s known that SHE favors JOE AND GO, and resides at WEST PORT. SHE is also said to be LOYAL & CLEVER, but also CALCULATING & GUARDED. at the end of the day, SHE can be described as RED STAINED LIPS, DELICATE HANDS WIPING BLOOD OFF OF DAGGERS AND MISCHIEVOUS SMIRKS FOLLOWING UNDERESTIMATION.

hello again, loves !!! i bring you all the devil reincarnated herself, my baby mariana <33 her pinterest can be found anywhere here !! but it’s kinda messy

𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒 ▸

FULL NAME: MARIANA MERCEDES REYES

NICKNAME(S): MARI

NAME MEANING / PRONUNCIATION: MARIANA MEANING OF THE SEA  OR  BITTER. MERCEDES MEANING MERCIES. REYES MEANING KINGS. ( MA-REE-AH-NAH MER-SEH-DEHS RAY-YES  )

AGE: TWENTY FIVE

DATE OF BIRTH: APRIL 18TH

RANK / TITLE: CIVILIAN, EX-LEADER OF OUTSIDE GANG FROM HER HOMETOWN

OCCUPATION: DANCER AT DRIFTWOOD

HAIR COLOR:  DARK BROWN NEARLY BLACK

EYE COLOR: HAZEL  

𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐑 ▸

POSITIVE: ATTENTIVE, ARTICULATE, CLEVER, CULTURED, DETERMINED, DRIVEN, INSIGHTFUL, LOYAL, PASSIONATE, PERCEPTIVE, PERFECTIONISTIC, PERSONABLE, SCRUPULOUS, WHIMSICAL

NEGATIVE: BLUNT, DISTRUSTING, HOT HEADED, SOMETIMES IMPULSIVE, GUARDED, METICULOUS, SARCASTIC, STOIC, STUBBORN

𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 ▸

FATHER: VICTOR REYES ( alive )

MOTHER: LUCIA REYES CASTILLO ( alive )

SIBLINGS: TWO OLDER BROTHERS, AN OLDER SISTER AND A YOUNGER SISTER

CHILDREN: NONE

𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 ▸

GANG(S): ANARCHY OF ROSEWICK ( formerly, it remains active ), CURRENTLY NOT AFFILIATED.

MARK: TATTOOED BIRD ON HER RIB CAGE, IT’S ACTUALLY SMALL BUT PIC ANYWHERE HERE and a few smaller little birds, much less detailed, surrounding it

POSITION / RANK: LEADER ( formerly )

WEAPON OF CHOICE: DAGGERS RARELY HAS A GUN.

YEARS AFFILIATED: EIGHT YEARS

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒 / 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 ▸

born and raised in a fictional town called rosewick, she’s one of my past muses that has been adapted to come into wickway <33

she was named after her paternal grandmother. and had a very good relationship with both of her parents. growing up, she was always very in touch with her hispanic culture, adoring everything about her roots and then some. she began dancing before she could even walk properly and fell in love with it instantly. 

she’s also not very tall bc frankly, i’m not either so my muses suffer with me, 5′2 at best.. however, she wears heels nearly twenty four seven. unless, y’know at home, at the beach or... idk working out. 

having been born on the 18th of april, she is an aries. 

“ Fun, free-spirited, and fiercely independent, the Aries woman is a breath of fresh air – a brightly burning candle in human form. Fire is her element, igniting all that she touches with the living spark of life. The Aries personality is creative, passionate, energetic and – at times – domineering and short-tempered. A cardinal sign ruled by the planet Mars, the Ram is great at getting things going, initiating endeavors, and infusing her enthusiasm into everything she does ”

true to herself, and her zodiac sign, mariana is a vixen. a total coquette but dangerous. we’ll get there, though !! first... lil fun fact: dance was a major part of her life, she often won competitions with flying colors and excelled in every routine taught to her.

she was seventeen when she met jacob day, captain of the college’s baseball team. their star pitcher. and eventually, her boyfriend. he was older than her, two years. but he was sweet and romantic. at least, at first. jacob day would prove to be the absolute worst thing to ever happen to her. 

a few months later, he’d become a junkie, paying other kids to take the athletic drug tests for him and eventually - he got abusive. she stuck around because he had never gotten physical, only verbal. and most days he was still the same boy she thought she’d fallen in love with. most days.

he was twenty the night he died and she was eighteen the night she killed him. he’d laid a hand on her a few weeks prior to that wretched night. they were at a party, not unlike high schoolers their age who think they’re grown when they’re absolutely not. they’d gone up to the second floor of the lake house so she could find a bathroom. he grew irritated with the young girl in the bathroom and laid hands on her once again. only this time, her temper got the best of her. he was drunk, rendered a bit slower and a lot taller than her. she was quick and agile and while she tells herself that she hadn’t meant for him to die. deep down, she knows that she did. he had laid lifeless in a pool of his own blood and she had stared, her own once pristine hands stained with the crimson of the very same blood. 

she had acted fast after having realized he was very much dead and washed the blood off of her hands. moments later, she was calling her late uncle’s wife, her lawful aunt and the woman who had taken over the gang her uncle once led. she showed up a while later and the two left the lake house, leaving behind a spotless bathroom and absolutely no evidence of mariana’s crimes.   

she took her under her wing, agreed to protect her under the promise of her joining the gang. mariana sat a few hours later, on eliana’s couch with a fresh small tattoo on her ribcage linking her to the gang. 

it didn’t take long for the leader and her to actually get to know each other, having not had any solid relationship when her uncle was alive. one year later, eliana named mariana her second in command. of course, no one understood why on earth, a girl who had just barely turned nineteen could be given such a high power. not even mariana herself understood it.

two years later, she rose to the throne following eliana’s death. by then, she had been completely molded by the late leader and had been taught everything she could possibly need. and then some. mariana was trained in combat, gang ties, suppliers and how to keep them happy as well as game plans to ensure that anarchy remain at the top. 

the gang loved her, she was an intelligent girl that had lost a lot at a young age. it toughened her up. and the suppliers loved her because... she was never late on a payment.   

when mariana became the leader, she shifted blake dietrich’s position to second in command. it only seemed fair, he was her best friend. her partner in crime and the sole person she absolutely trusted with her life as well as secrets. though, they’ve known each other for a lot longer than before she made him her right hand man. 

they kept the gang upright together. matter of fact, anarchy had never been better since they were in charge. she was young and pretty, looked anything but what she really was. it gave anarchy the upper hand because everyone else knew exactly who their leader was but did not believe it. she was hidden in plain sight without having to hide at all. 

underestimation, often drove her to do better. those who dared to be verbal with their doubts, died. she, herself, was lethal and absolutely ruthless. her middle name, mercedes meaning mercies, was the most ironic thing to have ever happened. she finds it funny and throws it in the faces of others. 

“ the only merciful thing about me is in my name. ”

she and blake have spent a few months maybe even a year, on the run, after having been walking on eggshells in rosewick. as powerful as a gang can be... it’s only as powerful as its weakest member. and because of a slip up on their end, blake and mariana were compromised. of course, she would rather die than snitch on her own kind - though had they snitched, they probably wouldn’t have had to leave their home. mariana packed her bags and even blake’s before grabbing him and all but dragging him out of rosewick.

they spent some time traveling around the states, living their best lives before mari mentioned the island and now... here they are. 

though, with power like mariana’s and blake’s, they’ve fallen under the santoro gang’s radar. they’re being watched with interest, the main goal being that they join them.

𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 ▸

honestly, anything !!

[madpanda75]

“You look so comfy, and cuddle-able.” Maybe for Rafael, inspired by Raùl in all those cozy sweaters we see him in? 😍 Thank you!

 Thanks for your request! OMG, Raúl in those cozy sweaters…..ugh, I turn into a puddle every time I see a pic (so fluffy, so cuddly) 🤤 Wooo anyways, changing the subject, I hope you like this story, I had fun writing it (I’ve always wanted someone to kiss me in airport, just like in the movies 😉😘)!

“Cuddles and Confessions”

The ADA sat in his office, jotting down notes when he spied his cell phone out of the corner of his eye. He stopped and stared at the offending device, knowing he should be preparing for his opening statements rather than checking his phone for the tenth time that hour. But temptation got the better of him. He checked the screen, only to be disappointed when there were no new messages from you.

Rafael was your older brother’s roommate at Harvard, the two becoming good friends all throughout their college years. You grew up with Rafael. He was the one who inspired you to pursue a law degree, even helping with your application to Stanford Law School. After passing the bar, you wanted to move back to the East Coast and since you had several job interviews lined up in one week, Rafael agreed to let you stay with him while you tried to jumpstart your career.

Today was a big day. You had a job interview for a prestigious civil rights law firm. Rafael knew how important this interview was. Ever since you graduated law school, you had wanted to work there. The interview should have been over by now and the ADA was dying to know how it went. You both had spent hours prepping the night before.

He was just about to call you when as fate would have it, there was a knock on the door. You poked your head into his office. “Hey, Raf. Is this a bad time?” You tentatively asked.

“Not at all,” Rafael practically leapt from his chair, leading you over to the couch. He sat next to you, studying your face, trying to gauge the outcome of the interview by your expression. “So, how did it go?”

You took a deep breath and looked down at your hands before meeting his gaze. A smile slowly spread over your face. “I got the job!” You exclaimed.

“Congratulations! I knew you could do it!” He pulled you into a tight hug. “When do you start?”

“Next month. I have thirty days to sublet my apartment back in California and find a new place here.”

Rafael shook his head and smiled. It was hard to believe that only a few years ago he was watching you receive your diploma, now here you were about to work at one of the top firms in Manhattan. “I’m so proud of you, Y/N. You deserve this.”

“I couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you so much for everything,” you softly said, placing your hand on top of his.

A spark shot through him at the contact. He turned his palm up, interlocking your fingers with his. “You’re welcome.”

You bit your lip and blushed, looking down at your joined hands when your phone buzzed. All too soon, you let go to check your texts. “That’s my friend, Mel. She wants to go out and celebrate tonight. You should come with us!”

“Thanks for the offer, but I’m sure you don’t want some old man tagging along with you,” he replied.

You rolled your eyes, “Ok, first of all, you are NOT an old man. You’re only a few years older than me. Second of all, I’ve seen how you move those hips, Raf. You could dance circles around me and my friends.” You nudged his shoulder.

He snorted a laugh, his cheeks turning pink, “Well, I’ll think about it.”

“That’s all I ask,” you said with a wink.

After a long day, Rafael opened the door to his apartment carrying a bouquet of white roses, grinning when he heard you singing from the guest room. He shrugged off his coat, moving to the kitchen and setting the flowers on the counter. “Y/N, I’m home.”

“I’ll be right there,” you shouted. Already running late, you scurried out of your room, struggling to zip up your dress only to stop when you noticed Rafael sifting through takeout menus. Biting your lip, you tried not to stare too hard at his backside. “Rafi?”

Rafael turned around at the sound of your voice, his jaw practically dropping to the floor when he saw you in a short skimpy emerald green dress that left little to the imagination.

Could you help me, please?” You asked, motioning towards the zipper on your dress.

For the first time in a long time, Rafael was at a loss for words, unable to form a coherent thought let alone a sentence at the sight of you. It’s not like he had never seen a girl in a dress before, in fact he’d seen girls wear even more revealing dresses. No, it wasn’t the dress. It was you in the dress. This young girl who overnight had transformed into a beautiful woman. You disarmed him completely.

“Ummmm sure,” he managed to squeak out, brushing your hair off your back as he zipped you up. A shiver ran down your spine feeling Rafael’s fingertips on your skin.

You turned around with pink tinged cheeks, “Thanks.”

He nodded his head, rocking back on his heels before remembering the bouquet on the counter. “Here, these are for you,” he said, handing you the white flowers.

“Raf, they’re beautiful. Thank you!” You closed your eyes and inhaled the roses’ sweet scent. “You didn’t have to do that.”

“You just landed your dream job. Of course I had to,” he replied.

While Rafael placed the flowers in a vase with some water, you finished getting ready. “Alright, I’m off. You sure you don’t want to come along?” You asked, swiping some lipstick on and grabbing your heels.

“Thanks, but I have some work to catch up on. Go out and enjoy your freedom cause pretty soon you’ll be like me, working on a Friday night.”

You huffed out a laugh, “Ok, text me if you change your mind.”

He furrowed his eyebrows in concern when he noticed you without a jacket. “It’s pretty cold out there. You sure you don’t want to take your coat or something.”

“I’ll be fine. I’m going straight from an Uber into a crowded bar. Besides I don’t want to lug my jacket around. Don’t wait up and try not to work too hard. It is Friday night.” You waved him off, shutting the door and leaving the ADA alone in the foyer.

After you left, Rafael changed into a sweater and jeans. Just because he was working on a Friday night, didn’t mean he couldn’t be comfortable. As the hours wore on, work evaded him. Pushing a half empty carton of Chinese food off to the side, he sighed, running a hand over his face. How was he supposed to concentrate now with thoughts of you running through his brain?

Although he had known you for years, something changed this week. Rafael was beginning to see you in a different light. It was as if someone adjusted the antenna on top of a television, making the picture clearer. You both had grown close over such a short amount of time.

Rafael knew this was short lived. You would be going back to California tomorrow and he felt his heart sink at the thought. With you in his life, he didn’t feel so lonely. He would miss coming home to you, hearing about your day, having someone to share the evening with and help him forget the darkness he encountered at his job. You had maneuvered your way into his heart and Rafael never wanted to let you go.

Unable to focus, Rafael grabbed his coat and shoes, deciding a walk might help clear his head. Stepping outside, he pulled his coat tighter around him, the cold air stinging his cheeks. He had only walked down the block when he felt his phone vibrating in his pocket. Seeing your name flash on the screen, Rafael didn’t hesitate to answer, “Y/N?”

“Raaaaaaf?” You whined, your voice sounding strange.

“Y/N, are you ok?”

“No,” you sniffled. “Mel took off with a guy she met at the club so I grabbed an Uber but the driver was giving me the creeps so I got out and now I’m lost wandering around and freezing. I’ll never get home. I’ll be like that little match girl, dead in an alley, frozen to death!” You sobbed, having a bit of a flair for the dramatics when you had been drinking.

“Ok, don’t panic. I’ll come pick you up. What’s around you? Can you tell me the cross streets.”

You drunkenly described where you were while he quickly hopped into a cab. When Rafael reached your location, his eyes scanned the street in search of you, finally spying you in the window of a bar, laughing with the bartender and downing shot of tequila.

“If you wouldn’t mind waiting right here. I’ll be right back,” he instructed the driver. Walking into the bar, he made a beeline towards you.

“Rafi! You look so comfy and cuddle-able!” You exclaimed, practically tripping over your own legs as you wrapped your arms around him, nuzzling your face against his soft sweater. “Mmm, you’re so warm.”

“God, you’re freezing,” he said pulling his coat around your body.

You wiggled out of his grasp, moving back to the bar so you could finish your drink. “Hey there, mister! Alcohol keeps your body warm. Just look at the baker from the Titanic. He survived in frigid cold water for over two hours all by drinking,” you said in a slurring voice.

“Actually, large quantities of alcohol increase the risk of hypothermia,” Rafael replied.

You rolled your eyes, “Whatever, Counselor Smarty Pants.”

“Come on, cariño. Let’s go home,” he gently coaxed you off the bar stool, leading you to the exit.

“Cariño? Home?” You stopped in your tracks, looking Rafael over from head to toe. “You know what I think. I think you like me,” you smirked and sauntered up to him. “Yep, I even think you like like me. In fact, I think you loooooove me,” you walked your fingers up his chest before booping his nose with your index finger.

Rafael blushed, his breath caught in his throat, “Y/N, let’s go. Please,” he pleaded.

“No!” You shook out his grasp. “I’m not moving from this spot until you tell me the truth. Tell me how you feel Rafael. Tell me you love me.” Your eyes bore into his, staring right into his tortured soul.

When it came to you, Rafael was completely transparent. You could see clear through him down to his spine because he allowed you to. You were the one he felt safe with, even though his instincts right now were screaming at him to shield himself, Rafael knew he could no longer hide from his feelings. “I love you,” he softly said, running a hand through your hair.

You leaned into his touch, moving even closer to him, “I love you too.” The world seemed to fade away, leaving only you and him. Your lips practically brushing up against his, your warm breath against his skin. For as cold as you had been, you felt hot, overheated almost, the room beginning to spin. As soon as you were about to kiss him, you stumbled back, feeling dizzy.

“Woah! Easy now!” Rafael managed to catch you, scooping you up in his arms as he walked out to the taxi.

You laid your head on his shoulder the entire ride back home, snuggling against him, mumbling incoherently, “You smell so good, like coffee….and the woods….and leather bound law books.” Listening to your olfactory observations, the taxi driver caught Rafael’s eye in the rear view mirror. The ADA only shrugging in response.

Rafael had never been so relieved to see his apartment building when the taxi finally pulled up. Hoisting you over his shoulder, he walked through the lobby towards the elevator, ignoring the shocked disapproving faces of his neighbors.

He jumped in surprise, nearly dropping you when he felt you grab his ass. “Sorry,” you giggled. “It’s such a cute butt. I couldn’t resist.” You poked each of his cheeks.

He snorted a laugh, “Try to restrain yourself back there.”

Finally, you both made it to his apartment. “Gracias a Dios. We’re home. We did it,” he sighed, opening the door, still carrying you over his shoulder.

“Yay, teamwork!” You mumbled, slapping his ass again. “Rafi….all the blood is rushing to my head.”

“We’re almost there,” He cooed, heading into the guest bedroom. Once he laid you on the bed, you melted into the mattress. Rafael took off your shoes, his eyes wandering up your long legs. Your dress had ridden up, revealing your lace panties. He cleared his throat, blushing a bit as he tried to tug your dress back down before covering you with a blanket. Looking down at you, his lips tugged into a smile, even drunk you were still absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous.

Just as he was about to leave, your hand found his, pulling him back. “Will you stay with me, please?” You whimpered.

“Sure,” he said, kicking off his shoes and getting into bed. You cuddled up to him, resting your head on his chest, clutching a part of his sweater in your fist. He reached to turn off the lamp light, winding his arm around you and gently kissing the top of your head. “Good night, Rafi. I love you,” you murmured.

“Good night. Te amo tambien,” he softly whispered, watching you sleep for a while before his eyelids began to grow heavy.

The next morning you woke with a groan, your head about to split in two with what you believed to be the world’s worst hangover headache. With your eyes still partially closed, you blindly shuffled towards the kitchen, sitting at the breakfast bar and laying your head down with a thud.

Rafael was already in the kitchen making coffee, “Good morning!”

You groaned in response, “Not so loud.”

He chuckled, placing a bottle of water and two asprin in front of you.

“Coffee,” you whimpered pathetically, reaching for a mug.

“First, water, then coffee,” he instructed.

You guzzled down the water, the bottle crinkling and folding in on itself as you emptied it. Once you finished, he handed you a cup of coffee and a plate full of pancakes and bacon before coming to join you with his own stack of flapjacks.

The two of you ate in total silence, the sound of forks clinking against the plate being the only noise in the room. Rafael sipped his coffee, studying your profile, wondering if you even remembered what had happened last night.

“It’s rude to stare ya’ know,” you announced. “Especially when someone is hungover with a mouth full of pancakes.”

“Sorry, I was just thinking that since your flight isn’t until tonight. Maybe you would want to take it easy today. Relax? Watch a movie?” Rafael internally cringed at his pathetic excuse for staring. Besides watching a movie was one of the last things he wanted to do with you, but he wasn’t about to let you know that.

“A movie?” You gifted him a deadpan stare. After everything that was said and done the night before, he wanted to watch a movie. Maybe you were wrong, maybe he didn’t reciprocate your feelings for him. You swallowed down the sting, deciding it was better to be friends and forget last night ever happened. “Can we watch Sixteen Candles?”

“Only if we get to watch Ghostbusters afterwards.”

“You got yourself a deal, Mr. Barba.”

While watching the movie, you sat a respectable distance away from Rafael on the couch, the two of you stealing glances at each other as Samantha Baker swooned over Jake Ryan. By the time the Marshmallow Man exploded and the Ghostbusters banished Gozer back to his dimension, it was time for you to pack up your things and catch your flight.

At his insistence, Rafael drove with you to the airport. You looked out the window of the taxi, drinking in the city that you would soon call home when you looked down and saw your hand only centimeters away from Rafael.

You flexed your fingers, silently willing yourself not to reach out and touch him. Those thoughts abruptly ended as soon as the car pulled up to the terminal. “Are you sure you don’t want me to come in with you?” He asked, handing you your suitcase.

“No, I’m ok. I’ve taken up enough of your time already. You probably have way more important things to do.”

He shook his head, “Nothing as important as you.”

You blushed and looked down at your feet before wrapping your arms around his neck, hugging him tightly. Rafael closed his eyes, melting into your touch as he inhaled the scent of your strawberry shampoo. The hug seemed to last forever, neither of you wanting to be the first one to let go.

“Thank you for everything,” you whispered, placing a chaste kiss on his cheek, pulling away from him.

The ADA said nothing, only nodding his head, a lump formed in his throat preventing him from speaking. “Stay with me. Don’t leave me. I love you,” he thought to himself.

With a final wave, you were gone. Rafael stood there watching you walk into the airport when he realized that sometimes you have to take chances. It was better to take risks than live with regret. It was now or never. “Wait here. I’ll be right back,” he told the taxi driver.

He ran into the terminal, hoping you hadn’t gone too far. “Y/N!” He shouted when he saw you walking towards the security checkpoint.

You stopped and looked at him in total confusion as he strode up to you, “Raf? What are you–”

Rafael cut you off with a kiss, his hands cupping your face as his lips crashed into yours, kissing you with such intensity it made you weak in the knees. You froze for a second in surprise before giving yourself up to that passion fueled moment. Afraid your legs would give out, you clung to him, allowing his tongue to part your lips, your mouth moving a little more insistently over his. An electric jolt ran through your body as fireworks exploded and popped all around you.

Some of the other travelers cheered as they walked passed. “Holy shit! That’s what I call a kiss!” An older woman exclaimed before turning to the man next to her, slapping him on the shoulder. “How come you never kiss me like that anymore?”

Reluctantly, he pulled away, panting. “Wow,” you whispered breathlessly, your face flushed as you tried to collect yourself.

“Sorry, it took me so long to do that,” he softly said, tucking a strand of hair behind your ear.

“Better late than never,” you leaned your forehead against his.

“How about when you move here next month, I take you out on a date?” He held you close, nuzzling his nose against yours.

“I’d like that,” you said, kissing him again. “I’ll see you in 30 days.” You walked away only to have him tug you back for yet another soft sweet kiss before finally letting you go.

“30 days,” he sighed, watching you go through security, only walking away when he could no longer see you. Rafael left the airport floating on a cloud, a smile firmly planted on his face. Thirty days never seemed so far away.

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[livelikebrent]

Stop 4: Ithaca, NY

I’ve never cried so much at a wedding. I also haven’t laughed as hard as I did this weekend in a very, very long time. I remember the very first time I met Adam and Caitlin, two of Brent’s best friends. It was the week after Thanksgiving of 2014. I don’t know why but I remember deciding to wear a brand new sweater I purchased on Black Friday of that year. Caitlin decided we would meet up for drinks downtown Manayunk at a place called The Goat’s Beard. I was nervous but excited. I remember Caitlin wearing a long, thick, over sized sweater and complimenting her on it. I remember Brent ordering a Moscow Mule and wanting to steal the copper mug it was served in. I remember then we would head down to one of my favorite bars, Lucky’s Last Chance, and to my surprise it was to meet more of Brent’s crew. Danny, Dana, Dana’s sister and brother-in-law were all there hanging out and having a good time. Again, I was nervous and had no idea just how much these people would mean to me over the next three years.

This year, I will be attending two weddings by myself where Brent played matchmaker. I think almost everyone knows the story as to how Adam met Caitlin and how Brent played such a huge part...but for those of you who don’t Caitlin summarized how they met in her own words shortly after Brent passed:

“...My fiancé Adam and I met through our mutual friend Brent Evans, who over the weekend passed away due to post-cancer complications. Cancer didn't take him though, he actually beat that like a champ, twice. I grew up knowing Brent through mutual family friends and even though I rarely saw him between yearly gatherings, he always made you feel like you were one of his best friends. Adam has been friends with Brent since high school, but became even closer after college and the two bonded over their love of skiing/snowboarding. It was a few years ago when my sister reconnected with Brent and he quickly invited her to join any event he and his friends were doing (because that’s the kind of guy he was). Soon after, she met his friend Adam, and the two thought Adam and I would be a good fit for one another. Later that summer Brent put together a spontaneous potluck, turned dance party, with everyone from our hometown who was living in Philly (because Brent always loved a good party and was always willing to host). The party was also a decoy for Adam and I to meet; clearly it worked. From the beginning, Brent has always been a huge part of our relationship, he was our dearest friend and a friend that we both shared before we even knew one another. So, when Adam proposed last year and we started planning our wedding, we immediately knew who would make the perfect officiant. Brent had the most charismatic spirit, he could command any room, he gave a toast at every event and he had the best humor and wit. And how amazing would it be to have our best friend marry us? He happily accepted our request and we know he was looking forward to being up there officiating our wedding this August. We know he'll be there though, and we'll save him a seat in the front row to make sure he has the best view while he watches the wedding of another couple (I know there's a lot of us) who he helped bring together with his amazing spirit. Bear with me for the next few days as I’ll be offline celebrating Brent’s amazing life. We’ll miss you friend. #LiveLikeBrent”

I’ve said it before and will say it again. Brent loved to bring people together. This past weekend, he brought a hell of a lot of people together. Caitlin and Adam’s wedding wasn’t your typical Catholic church country club wedding. It was probably THE furthest thing from that. With Caitlin’s very own wedding business, Clover Event Co., putting on over 30 weddings in 2017...I think it goes without saying that we knew she was going to truly outdo herself when it came to her own. And she did (okay, Adam too!). They created not only a wedding but an experience of a weekend called Camp Kuch.

My co-pilot, Amy, and I arrived in the Finger Lakes around lunch time on Friday. The weekend kicked off with a winery tour. I had NO idea how many wineries were in the Finger Lakes...it was crazy how many were right on top of one another. Our first stop was at Ryan William Vineyard. This vineyard was fairly new. When you walked into the tasting barn you could smell the wood and would’ve thought they just finished building the place yesterday. They had a small kitchen and seating area where some patrons were coming in just for lunch...which makes me think the food must be pretty good. Amy and I were early so we did a tasting, made friends with the vineyard kittens and then went outside enjoyed the view. It honestly felt like a crisp fall day. I would look out the window and expect to see the leaves changing. Apparently the summer weather in Ithaca is all over the place where you could have a cool fall like day like we had or have it be almost 90 degrees.

Caitlin, Adam and the rest of the gang showed up a bit later for a drink before heading to the next stop. Caitlin, a girl after my own heart, showed up in black to kick-off her wedding weekend. With such an amazing view of Seneca Lake I asked for a photo with the bride-to-be and Brent’s roommate, Ryan, who is also my roommate-to-be.

The next stop was Finger Lakes Distilling which ruled by the way. When we arrived, more of Adam’s college friends were there patiently waiting with drinks in hand. Since I was driving I stopped myself from ordering a flight of bourbons and whiskeys and opted for the cocktail tasting, ha. I had the Classic G & T: McKenzie Distiller’s Reserve Gin, Q Tonic + Lime, the FLX Mule: Vintner’s Vodka, Lime Juice + Ithaca Ginger Beer, the Blood Mary: Glen Thunder Corn Whiskey, Longbranch Bloody Mary Mix, Celery Bitters + Bacon Salt (MmMm, Bacon) and last but not least the Back Porch Tea: McKenize Bourbon Whiskey, Sweet Tea + Lemon...that last one went down a little too easy. Also, a quick FYI - the owner’s last name is McKenzie hence the name of liquors.

 After spending close to an hour at the distillery we caravaned to the next stop on the list: Two Goats Brewing. Why Two Goats? “Because dobble bock means double bock. One of the German meanings for bock is ‘billy goat’.” Two Goats is described as a small town brewpub on Seneca Lake with good beer, good beef, good people and quite the view. It was a small spot but had an awesome deck and yes, it did have quite the view. You felt like you were in an old wooden barn. There was a loft above the bar which the bartenders accessed via a ladder. I took a break at this point to rehydrate not knowing how long the tour through the vineyards, breweries and distilleries would truly be. Matt and Erin showed up at this point with their baby girl, Fiona, who quickly stole the spotlight at the bar. She was curious, laughing, loving on her mom and dad. As I was holding Fiona at one point, she played with my clover necklace Caitlin had given her associates. All I kept thinking was that this girl will hands down break some hearts in the future with those baby blues she has. You could honestly drown in those blue pools of eyes.

After cooing over and playing with Fiona I hung out with Amy, Drew and Amanda. Drew and Amanda are two of Brent’s dear friends from back home and are expecting a baby this November. (Visiting them again in Syracuse in on my list for Tour de Brent) We sat at the bar and Drew decided that this place was a good spot to slap a Live Like Brent sticker up. I agreed and he placed one in the men’s room where other stickers had been placed. Brent would’ve really dug this brewery and the food. Fun fact...there is only one item on their food menu: a roast beef sandwich on a local homemade bun, homemade au jus and topped off with a mild creamy horseradish sauce. And yes, it was delicious.

The last stop on the tour was Wagner Vineyards Estate Winery. Another spot with a gorgeous view. It was massive. They had a winery and brewery onsite along with a cafe! Amy and I did another tasting before sitting out on the deck to enjoy the view with Drew and Amanda. Amanda looked so sweet just sitting there with the lake in the background I asked if I could take a photo. Then Drew immediately said, “LET ME GET A BELLY PIC.” After we asked one or two more times she gave in. It wasn’t long after before we decided we should pack up and begin the drive to Firelight Camps a.k.a. Camp Kuch.

When we arrived we checked in at the tented lobby in the center of the grounds. Amy and I were sharing a yurt with John who later called me at 3:30am trying to find said yurt with a suit and bottle of Johnny Walker black label in hand. Try waking up at that hour half asleep after a night of drinking and describing where you are in the middle of the woods. Our yurt was a platform tent, furnished with hardwood floors, a desk, 3 lanterns which were our only source of electricity (thankfully there was a USB outlet on the back of them for phone charging), a coat/clothing rack, luggage stand two night stands, two queen sized beds with heavy quilted blankets and rustic chic-inspired furniture. Oh, and there was a huge deck with chairs off the back that overlooked a trail in the woods. They were cozy. I for one, didn’t mind “glamping” at all. Heck, I love roughing it backpacking through the woods in the rain trying to set-up camp. But I’m pretty sure Amy said two or three times, “This bed is so comfy!” I do wish I took more photos than I did this weekend but I did take a photo of the outside of our yurt - thankfully Dan captured the interior of his and Dana’s single yurt for the weekend below along with Ryan’s double which was next door to mine!

After we checked in and settled in we changed and attended the welcome dinner in the middle of the camp grounds. They had an open bar, gourmet pizzas made onsite along with other delicious foods in the tents.We hung out, drank, caught up with our friends, walked around the camp grounds and then stumbled upon the bocce ball court. Never had I ever played bocce ball...and I will say I wasn’t terrible at it. Amanda and I played against Drew and Ryan. Ryan being a pretty legit bowler was also excited to play this game for the first time. Pictured below is what I like to call Bocce Ball Biff. Also, Ryan had a thing for power stances when posing for photos the entire weekend.

After we lost to the boys we went back to the bar, got another round of drinks and sat around the fire pit for hours into the night which turned into morning. At one point, Ryan in all of his glory started tapping his toe and bouncing his hips, points at me, and puts his hand out to dance. Feeling pretty good with the cider I’d been sipping all night, he twirls me once, twice, we dance, I say, “Your turn!”, he “graciously” twirls and...doesn’t stop. Ryan twirled again and fell over one of the wooden Adirondack chairs by the fire and laid there. It happened so fast...but not really. I cried. Tears of pure laughter. I couldn’t stop. Nobody else could stop laughing either. It hurt but it hurt so good. The Lobby Tent had an open bar all night until about 1am or so...things started to get fuzzy at that point. I have no idea what we did all of those hours around the camp fire that night. I remember laughing, chatting and trying to stay warm by the fire. It truly felt like fall that evening.  As we faded, the night sky did as well. I went to bed bundled up listening to the sound of coyotes howling.

Saturday was wedding day. The group of us ate breakfast and got ready for the day ahead. I don’t know about you but the last wedding I went to I killed at least 4 episodes of ESPNs 30 for 30 from my hotel bed before heading to the ceremony. The great thing about Firelight Camp is that there are hiking trails, breweries, downtown Ithaca and things to do in the immediate area. So there wasn’t a need for a television. While our friends hiked and went out for lunch, Hannah and I worked on set up. We work with Caitlin for her company Clover Event Co. on other weddings and events so it was a no brainer to help her on her special day. Hannah and I spent the day setting up everything from the signage at the ceremony to decor and displays at the reception. It took 4 hours but that was because this wedding was well thought out...plus, the devil is in the detail. We had every single one covered...even if Caitlin did swing by to tweak! I consider myself a calm and even keeled person for events. I think what I love most about events is the internal anxiety that is immediately followed by relief from seeing the reaction to the event on everyone’s faces. It’s a weird roller coaster of emotions but satisfying.

By 3:30pm, I got ready and joined everyone for a quick drink before the ceremony. Danny was standing in the lobby tent with the boys tasting some beers he had picked up along his summer travels and he gave me a well deserved beer. Standing there I spotted Caitlin coming through the tent and begged for a quick photo knowing how tough it would be later in the evening to snag a selfie with her.

The guys and I made our way up the hill to where the ceremony was being held. A nice big green space with wooden benches and a custom wooden chevron patterned backdrop Adam made himself. I sat right behind “Brent” which was a bow tie he would’ve worn for the couple that day. Caitlin was absolutely stunning walking down that aisle and Adam never looked better standing there wearing his forest green suit and crooked smile he was trying to keep as a smirk. Ryan began the ceremony with mentioning that there would be no officiant at this wedding. He went on to explain the passing of Brent and how he had originally brought Adam and Caitlin together. I think everyone cries over Brent for different reasons. Yeah, ultimately it’s because his life was cut short. I found myself sitting there, sunglasses on, drinking my beer as I tried to keep the tears back. But I cried. I cried because it was such a sad way to start the wedding...the happiest day of Adam and Caitlin’s life together. I cried because their love is so fucking beautiful. I cried because Brent wasn’t there with me. I cried because there was a fucking bow tie sitting in front of me. Not Brent. I cried because a dragon fly showed up as Ryan wrapped up. That dragon fly hung out above Adam and Caitlin. That dragon fly sped off then hovered behind the groomsmen. I cried. Thank God for waterproof mascara.

The wedding continued. The couple exchanged vows they wrote themselves followed by haikus each had written for one another. It was beautiful. EVERYTHING was beautiful. Adam and Caitlin happened to both have a thing for haikus which is how Adam ended up prosposing to her. After the ceremony I found Ryan and gave him the biggest hug, told him he did a wonderful job, spoke beautifully and told him how much I loved him. He pulled back what seemed like to make sure he wouldn’t begin crying. I get it. But I could’ve held on for hours. We then went down to find some drinks and join the cocktail hour.

There was food, drinks, two poets on typewriters creating free custom haikus for guests, a cigar station, temporary tattoos with the Camp Kuch logo. Yes, they had their own logo for the weekend. The band, a folk/pop 5 piece band from Philadelphia called, Stella Ruze, started to play. I knew they were going to rock just from hearing them handle their mic checks during set-up. I would hands down pay money to go see them play here in the city. (Check them out!) Everyone was buzzing around the tents, fire pits and signing the guest book. This is the second time I’ve seen a Polaroid guest book and I love it. If I get married I will definitely have one at my wedding. I signed something along the lines of, “Congratulations! I don’t really know what to say sometimes. But this whiskey is for you. Cheers, Ais” Then had Josh take a photo of me tipping my drink towards the camera like Leonardo DiCaprio did in that one scene of The Great Gatsby. Then...some of us may have had a slight photo shoot session. Here’s one of my favorites from wayyyy later in the night of Amy, Amanda, Dana and myself.

We then went to find our seats at long banquet tables under the main tent. The speeches were made. Some were hilarious and some were touching. Brent was mentioned not once but several times throughout. Even if you didn’t know Brent walking into this wedding you most certainly knew who he was by the end of the night. I did have to get up and leave at one point. I went to the bar for another “East Sider” which was the bourbon cocktail for the evening. (Adam and Caitlin grew up on different sides of the valley in Northeast PA.) Hannah followed and got another drink with me. I told her I needed to go to my tent for a little and that I would be back. Honestly, I needed to check my waterproof mascara and just step away for a minute to reflect and process. I followed the winding gravel path back to my tent, number 7. I sat at the little desk, turned on the lantern, touched up my make-up, sat there and then stepped out onto the back deck looking into the woods as the sun was getting ready to set. I told Brent I missed him and wished he was there with me. After a couple of minutes in silence, I took a deep breath and went to go back to my seat as I was sure dinner was probably about to be served. As I stepped out from behind the yurt flap, I saw Hannah waiting there for me with her drink. I told her she didn’t have to wait for me and she gave me the biggest, tightest hug. We cried. She told me she doesn’t know what to do and how to take the pain away from me. Honestly, just hearing those words made me cry more than the fact that Brent wasn’t there. Just seeing Brent’s friends upset or reaching out to me is what gets to me sometimes. Just that they’re hurting or just for the simple fact that they care so much about me. It’s so touching it makes me grateful to the point where I just cry. After we got ourselves back together, checked one another’s make up, we went back to our seats.

Dinner was family style which rocked. I haven’t been to many weddings that have done this but it’s definitely a unique way to serve dinner. Josh and I somehow ended up losing Hannah and Amy. So I made Amy’s dish and Josh made Hannah’s. I started snapping photos which is a new thing for me. I was never one to pester for photos but after losing Brent I didn’t care. Take. The. Photo. You won’t regret it. And here’s Josh...with Hannah.

Amanda looked so cute in her dresses and baby bump all weekend I couldn’t not take photos of her. The food and conversation was great but once the band took the stage we all grabbed our drinks and hit the dance floor as the sun finally began to set.

P.S. - I LOVE this photo of Hannah. As the night went on, we danced and drank. I missed having Brent on the dance floor. That’s one thing we looked forward to at every wedding. Dancing. I’m extremely thankful that we were able to make Josh and Hannah’s wedding this past June to get a couple more dances in. Neither of us knew that they would be our last. But at one point Ryan came through the crowd and pulled me out for a song. More twirling happened. This time without any falls. Then the temporary tattoos were going everywhere. Hannah and Josh started placing tipi/yurts on my arm but I when Josh asked for one on the side of his neck. I said, “Sure, but let me roll with this.” Please note that this stayed on his neck through Monday. Also, Josh has nailed the “I’m not going to look at the camera and do an awkward gaze” pose a little too well.

The band covered everything from The Grateful Dead to The Lumineers. Caitlin had already told me a while back that they would play John Denver’s “Country Roads” for Brent. As soon as those first few chords played without hesitation, we all took one another, arm in arm, and started singing, “Almost heaven, West Virginia...” By the end of the song Caitlin was in tears. She grabbed me and told one another how much we loved each other and of course how much we wished Brent was there with us. As many of you probably know, any time “Country Roads” ended Brent and his buds would then begin a chant, “Eat shit Pitt! Eat Shit Pitt!” This was due to an old rivalry between West Virginia University and the University of Pittsburgh. So when the song concluded, I put my fist in the air and I chanted...And chanted...And chanted.

Then Adam came up to me and said, “Um Ais, you know my sister went to Pitt, right?” We laughed and I told him at the moment I just didn’t care. He gave me a big hug and told me how much he loved me. SO much lovin’ was going on this weekend. I of course told him how much him and Caitlin meant to me too. Brent’s friends keep tabs on me in different ways. Some of them will hit me up just checking in on what I’ve been up to and how I’m doing. Others will have me over for dinner. Adam texts me once in a while and reminds me he loves me and whether I like it or not he’s going to be in my life. I’ve had that said to me on multiple occasions, “You’re not getting rid of us.” or “I hope you know you’re not going anywhere.” And I know all of this. But keep the reminders coming because I appreciate hearing those words.

As the night went on our group ended up going back to Danny and Dana’s tent for “a night cap” before going back to our own yurts to hit the sheets. I snagged my favorite photo of the weekend. You can bet your money that it will end up framed in our apartment. Yes, it’s Ryan in another power stance.

As I’m trying to wrap up this post, I’m not sure the proper way to do so. I can go on about brunch the next morning and try to describe the weather and just keep telling you how beautiful it was. But on my drive back to Philadelphia with Amy I made a pit stop to see Brent. Dan and Dana had visited him the other week and left a Phish Baker’s Dozen Tour cup for him at his grave. Every time I stop by I play a song for him. As I took my #CampKuch koozie from the weekend out of my bag, I placed it on the cup and played “Farmhouse” by Phish. It’s my favorite Phish song and only one I really know. They played it at the first Phish show Brent took me to in the summer of 2016. I was stunned when I heard them play it.

Caitlin and Adam, I know you’ve probably heard this a thousand times already but your wedding weekend was stellar and picture perfect. Dan, Dana, Ryan, Koren, Drew, Amanda, Dave, John, Amy, Matt, Erin, Josh and Hannah...YOU guys are stellar. I love you. Brent loves you. I’m sure Brent is extremely thankful that I have you all. Please know that I am too.

Photo Credit: APGcollective, Caitlin Kuchemba, Dan Young Blood, Ryan Chmiola, Dave Koval

Please check out APGcollective’s dreamy photos from the weekend linked here!

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Italy, Greece, Turkey, Sicily, Naples, Pompeii. 2016

Since my first trip out of the country after graduating High School, it has become a tradition to go on graduation trips. So when i graduated college with my bachelors degree, i picked out a HUGE trip for my parents to take me on. I always recommend taking a cruise any time you can. Its the most efficient way to travel to several places in a short time. We started with a flight into Rome. 

Rome, Italy- We flew into Rome from Nashville. Long flight but nothing like the trip back, ill get to that later. We had a night in Rome before we headed about an hour out to where our cruise would leave. The first day in Rome we got there early so we would have time to site see while we were in the city.We checked into our hotel which was walking distance to everything around. Definitely worth the extra money to be near everything. We did the main things the first day. The Colosseum is fantastic. The best part is how vintage it is and the history behind it. We went inside and i recommend doing that. A tour guide would be helpful to hear some of the history of things that took place at the Colosseum. I had a personal history expert with me, my father. The Trevi fountain is beautiful but it is always slammed packed. It gave me too much anxiety so we made that a short stop. The rest of the day we mostly just walked around the city and enjoyed the environment. We had dinner at a Italian restaurant we happened to be passing. It honestly wasnt anything super special. I expected Italy to have insanely good food but it wasnt much different than you would fine in the states as far as pasta goes.

The next day we took an hour shuttle to the cruise port and were on our way to the biggest trip i had ever been on. It was a 9 day cruise. Our next stop was Messina, Sicily. This port was nice because everything you need is right off the port. We walked around and did some shopping. We stumbled upon this magnificent church named, Duomo. It is not far from the port. It is beautiful with gold statues. I can not remember how often, but maybe every hour or so the statues put on a show and music for the bystandards outside enjoying the church and the fountain outside. I would definitely recommend trying to catch it, it was amazing. We had lunch at a little pizza place right next to the church. One of the best things about Italy is that all the restaurants are basically outside on the cobblestone streets. Youre eating lunch right out in the middle of the city. I love it. The pizza is VERY good. It is much different than “American” pizza. You can taste how fresh and authentic it is. You have to get pizza while youre in Italy. On the way out of the port, the boat goes right past the tip of the boot of Italy. Pretty neat.

The next stop was Kusadasi, Turkey. We were apprehensive about venturing too far into Turkey because of the recent dangers of the country at the time. So we stayed close to the port and still had a great time. There is a ton of shops near the port. Tip: the prices on the merchandise is not USD, and is actually super cheap. We bought a ton of stuff because it was the best place to get cheap souvenirs. They are known for their rugs, but i did not purchase any. The people in the ally of shops are very nerve wracking, however. Much like the straw shops in the Bahamas, they are pushy and rude people. I wouldnt spend too much time there. On the way back to the boat we stopped for some ice cream on the beach right next to the boat. We heard an Islamic Call To Prayer coming from a nearby mosque while on the beach. Something i had never experienced. It was a nice relaxing day in Kusadasi. However, we made a HUGE miss in Turkey. Ephesus. We later talked to many people who had visited the ancient and biblical  town of Ephesus and they loved it. Next time.

We headed off to Greece next. First stop was Mykonos, Greece. We did an excursion here, a trip to the beach. A bus picked us up at the port and we headed to the beach. It was beautiful. Not a whole lot to do at the beach but it was a perfect relaxing beach day. The city is gorgeous. You get to drive through it quite a bit to and from the port. After the beach the bus drops you off in the city until time to board the boat. There are tons of shops and restaurants. I loved just walking through the alleys of white buildings and blue window panes. The architecture is just amazing. We came upon several vintage looking windmills. They were neat. I bought a traditional Greek dress here, i love it. I always recommend getting every day clothes from places you visit. Its a neat reminder of your travels and the culture of the country without it being to souveniry.

Next we headed to Santorini, Greece. Santorini was literally number one on my bucket list ever since i was a kid. There is a specific picture of Santorini that is basically the logo of Greece.i. Santorini sits on a huge cliff side. The boat does not actually port in Santorini. It anchors nearby and small shuttle boats take you to the shore. You have a few options for getting to the top to the city. You can take a tram to the top, which is what we did. Its a beautiful scene but the line to get back on the tram and back down to the boat at the end of the day is massively long and takes forever. We almost decided to walk down. You can walk up and down the cliff side but its a pretty long walk, i believe. You also would have to walk the same paths at the donkeys. You can ride donkeys up and down the hill BUT i highly encourage you not to. I know many people like to do it for the Greek tradition, but i have done extensive research and it seems as though the donkeys are not treated right and are not given proper rest for that type of journey. If you dont want to walk up the cliff, think about having to carry someone on your back up the cliff. Done be lazy and save the donkeys. 

 In Santorini there is a lot to do. I heard renting mopeds through the city is fun. We did an excursion that was “the best of Santorini”. They stopped many places throughout the city. One in which is the most popular with its shopping and scenery. This is where we found the site of the ever so popular photo of Greece. The one with the ocean and the blue tops of the buildings. It looks just as beautiful as the pictures. If you walk down the ally of shops, there are small walkways to the left that lead to views of the beach, this is where you will find the perfect photo opportunities. Next the tour guide took us all around the city and to a Greek vineyard where we were able to do wine tasting. (Having a tour guide was aweome because you learn so mch about the country that wouldnt otherwise get. For example, you cant have fences in Greece. You can only build a rock boarder around your property and can only use the rocks you find on the property. Can you imagine having to walk around your entire property and hope you find enough rocks to stack up so that your animals dont get out).The wine was ok but we did not purchase any. You can purchase some but you can not have it on the boat. You have to check the bottles in at the port and you can pic them up on your way off the boat at home. Otherwise, you can have the bottles shipped directly to your home from the vineyard, but its costly. I took a business card in case i decide i want to buy a bottle online one day. 

Athens, Greece was next. Fun Fact: the Parthenon in Nashville is an exact replica of the pre-destroyed Parthenon in Athens. It actually is not as big as i anticipated it to be. It is all one short walk around the ancient grounds. We did this through an excursion which is nice since you dont have to worry about getting transportation to an from the site. We drove through the city of Athens and there is not much to see. Most of it is run down and you can tell the economy is having a hard time. There was a festival of some sort in the center of the city. We did not stop but i bet it would have been an awesome experience. 

Pompeii/Naples Italy. I had high expectations for Pompeii because it sounded like it would be so interesting to see the ruins. However, we were not very impressed. We did not take an excursion there, but i wish we had. We took the train up to Pompeii and it was not a good experience. Thankfully we ran into someone who knew where they were going and they helped us get on the train and go in the right direction. The trains are not very safe to begin with and the trip is very long. It does stop right where you need it to though. Pompeii itself was not as interesting as i thought it would be. If you dont know the history of Pompaii, it is a town that was destroyed by a sudden eruption of a volcano. The entire city was completely covered by lava and destroyed. Hundreds of years later archaeologist uncovered the fallen city. It is HUGE. It is definitely a walk because it is an entire city to see. You are literally walking through what once was a big city. Unfortunately though, you cant tell what anything was. I was hoping for a better description of what was there but it really just looks like a bunch of small torn down buildings. I was also looking forward to seeing and hearing more about the artifacts and the peoples remains that were found but there is barely any of that at all. They say you have to visit the museum to see that stuff. I recommend skipping Pompeii the city, just watch a documentary, and go to the museum of Pompeii artifacts. Once we took the train back to Naples ,near the port, we walked around and had lunch at a cute restaurant near the heart of the city. I had pizza again. Apparently the “margarita pizza” was invented in Naples. Cant get enough of that authentic mozzarella. 

We headed back to Rome where we took another shuttle into the city. We stayed another night in Rome to get a little ore site seeing done. This time we focused mostly on the Vatican. I dont get super impressed by these sorts of things. I dont like museums and things like this for some reason. My father of course was very into it so we tried to get the best of the Vatican in. It is a neat place. Very gorgeous and it is HUGE. I definitely recommend checking out the church at the Vatican where the Pope does mass. This is also where most sightings are of the Pope where he comes out on the balcony and addresses mass to the outside crowds. If you time it right you may catch it, however it is probably packed at these times. We had just missed him on a Wednesday but you could tell where there had been hundreds of people outside the church to see him come out. We took a short trip to the  Bocca della Verità or “The Mouth Of Truth”, which you put your hand in the mouth of a statue and if it bites your hand off then you a lair. Weird but neat tradition.

We flew back out of Rome and headed for Nashville. However we had a layover and everything got all backed up. American Airlines is notorious for delays. Our first flight got into the airport very late which made us miss our connecting flight. Then security was backed up and we had to get flights changed so we missed the next flight out. We ended up with an over 6 hour layover. Finally we got to Nashville after 25 hours of traveling. 

An eventful and once in a lifetime trip.

Ill be back for Venice one day,

XOXO

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1. the meaning behind my url

2d! stuart pot! 2 dents in his wee head!

2. a picture of me

the face behind the mask of tons of pics of 2d and noodle

3. how many tattoos i have and what they are:

none :( my parents wont help me pay for college if i get any facial piercings or tattoos, so i’m being patient. i’ve got a jar full of coins that i’ll some day exchange for money and use that for tattoo funds!

4. last time i cried and why

yesterday night after telling my dad i can’t come up with the money in time to pay my medical bill lol

5. piercings i have

just my ears i’m so boring lol

6. favorite band

i really like the band SALES, they are very calming. but i also like gorillaz (obviously), lullatone, K.I.D, best coast, the smiths, and the velvet underground

7. biggest turn offs

shoes???? this sounds stupid and idk why i do this but i dislike wearing tennis shoes on the daily. on a lighter and more understandable note i dislike people who are full of themselves even in the slightest? confidence is like really important and is completely different that conceitedness.

8. top 5 (insert subject)

i’m doing gorillaz songs bc why not.

 faust 

slow country

out of body

el manana

on melancholy hill

9. tattoos i want

already answered!

10. biggest turn ons

LEGS. like nice legs. idk what kind they are (short, skinny, plumpy, long) they are just GOOD u know u look at them and ur like GOOD. they are just aesthetically pleasing sometimes i guess more of like nice for the eye than a turn on. i like choking. ngl.

11. age

i’m 19, 20 in february next year!

12. ideas for a perfect date

planning one now actually! in october i have my one year with my boyfriend so we’re going to rent a hotel in chicago and go around the city for shopping, museums, and plays!

13. life goal

already answered!

14. piercings i want

MY SEPTUM

15. relationship status

dating a really weird hippie kinda dude named jacob lol

16. favorite movie

already answered!

17. a fact about my life

i weirdly own a lot of things with stitch from lilo and stitch on them and gudetama. i told my aunt when i was like 5 that i liked stitch and for some reason in japan there is a lot of stitch stuff like notepads and water bottles. same with gudetama. she just won’t stop sending them. 

18. phobia

already answered!

19. middle name

maura. lol. my mom is mad all her kids have middle names bc japanese people don’t have them

20. height

5 foot 2. i’m sadly kinda short. 

21. are you a virgin?

nope 

22. what’s your shoe size?

women’s size 5!

23. what’s your sexual orientation?

already answered!

24. do you smoke, drink, or take any drugs?

occasionally drink beers with just my dad, not too much of a party drinker

25. someone you miss

my sorta grandma in japan who passed away recently. my real grandma died before i was born so this lady is my mom’s sister’s husband’s mom but she lived with my aunt so i saw her a lot. she like to make lots and lots of crafts and give them to me!

26. what’s one thing you regret?

spending so much money before i found out i had to pay a 400 dollar medical bill lol

27. first celebrity you think of when someone says attractive

already answered!

28. favorite ice cream?

already answered!

29. one insecurity

my thighs :(

30. what my last text message says

“then stop textin bihhh!!!” to my sister when she said “stop distracting me”

31. have you ever taken a picture naked?

no, but someone has taken a picture of me naked lol

32. have you ever pained your room?

not myself no :(

33. have you ever kissed a member of the same sex?

yes!

34. have you ever slept naked?

only after sex so like, napping

35. have you ever danced in front of your mirror?

all the time omg all the time

36. have you ever had a crush?

duh? i am dating boy

37. have you ever been dumped?

like once or twice, i doubt three times.

38. have you ever stole money from a friend?

i think accidentally once? she left 20 in my car and i thought it was mine but i’m pretty sure thinking back on it it was hers but i hate her now so yeah that 20 got spent on a good trip to the cinema

39. have you ever gotten in a car with people you just met?

too many times this month to count

40. have you ever been in a fist fight?

thank god no. i would lose so fast

41. have you ever snuck out of your house?

surprisingly no? my parents never ask where i’m going and never really have all my life. i would walk to taco bell in middle school at like three in the morning at times and in the morning they would be like “oi how was the quesadilla” 

42. have you ever had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back?

now what kind of person would i be if i went through 13 years of general schooling and didn’t have an unrequited love?

43. have you ever been arrested?

nope! never plan to be lol

44. have you ever made out with a stranger?

NOPE NEVER WANT TO

45. have you ever met up with a member of the opposite sex somewhere?

this is a vague question that i feel is meant to be like shocking. yeah, i met up with me boyfriend at subway earlier does that answer the question

46. have you ever left your house without telling your parents?

like. every single day lol they don’t seem to care

47. have you ever had a crush on your neighbor?

nah all my neighbors are antisocial

48. have you ever ditched school to do something more fun?

in senior year i left school in the first hour to drive to canada and drink the day away with friends 

49. have you ever slept in the same back with a member of the same sex?

another question that’s meant to be shocking. i slept in my sisters bed last night

50. have you ever seen someone die?

no but does a cat count 

51. have you ever been on a plane?

too many times

52. have you ever kissed a picture?

i swear i have but i can’t recall of when or of what

53. have you ever slept until 3?

yeah, even 5

54. do you love someone or miss someone right now?

my boyfriend i suppose? i’m used to technically living together and sleeping in the same bed every night so yeah i miss him right now

55. have you ever laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by?

it’s a game called “find the dick in the sky”

56. have you ever made a snow angel?

when i was really young i only remember bc we have pictures

57. have you ever played dress up?

i was a tom boy when i was younger so no

58. have you ever cheated while playing a game

THIS MAKES ME FEEL GUILTY WHO HASNT

59. have you ever been lonely?

what kind of question is this of course i have felt a basic human emotion

60. have you ever fall asleep at school/work?

only at school never at work

61. have you ever been to a club?

no, i don’t really party

62. have you ever felt an earthquake?

yeah, living in japan makes you like never worry about them lol

63. have you ever touched a snake?

get that away from me its cute to look at but no way

64. have you ever run a read light?

only by accident

65. have you ever been suspended from school?

almost once but no

66. have you ever had detention?

saturday detention for dress code once

67. have you ever been in a car accident?

only when others are driving

68. have you ever hated the way you look?

all the time?

69. have you ever witnessed a crime?

i used to sit on the arm of my dad’s computer chair while he used to burn dvds we rented

70. have you ever pole danced?

ONCE there was one in my friends apartment and i gave it a whirl i love it

71. have you ever been lost?

my sister hates relying on technology so once it took us an hour and a half to get home from something that was only 20 minutes away

72. have you ever been to the opposite side of the country?

yep! went to nevada and arizona once. 

73. have you ever felt like dying?

can we not lol but yeah

74. have you ever cried yourself to sleep?

what teenage girl doesn’t

75. have you ever sang karaoke?

its a big thing in japan so definitely!

76. have you ever done something you told yourself you wouldnt?

duhhhhh one of those things was to never have sex

77. have you ever laughed until something came out of your nose?

yeah its uncomfortable dont do it

78. have you ever slept with someone 5 years older or younger?

no no no no ew

79. have you ever kissed in the rain?

yeah! not too special there are better places to kiss.

80. have you ever sang in the shower?

i used to a lot, never anymore

81. have you ever made out in a park?

no :(

82. have you ever dreamed you married someone?

ugh i hate those dreams so much

83. have you ever glued your hand to something?

yes :(

84. have you ever got your tongue stuck to a flagpole?

nope! that’s gross!

85. have you ever gone to school partially naked?

is this a crack at dress code lmao

86. have you ever been a cheerleader?

nope and im ok with it

87. have you ever sat on a rooftop?

when i was little my pal let us climb on her roof and was like “i do it all the time”!!1 and then someone called the cops on us

88. have you ever brush your teeth?

what

89. have you ever been too scared to watch a scary movie alone?

every single one? i am a wuss

90. have you ever played chicken?

YEAH THAT WAS MY CHILDHOOD

91. have you ever been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on?

no and good because that means people are considerate about your phone being on you lol

92. have you ever been told you’re hot by a complete stranger?

one time outside a mac demarco concert a pimp would actually not leave me alone and kept asking me to become one of his girls so i guess so? his name was papa schoolboy and he made me take pictures with him on my phone

93. have you ever broken a bone?

NO AND I NEVER WANT TO

94. have you ever been easily amused?

… all the time?

95. have you ever laughed so hard you cried?

yes

96. have you ever mooned/flashed someone?

only my friends mom because she flashed me

97. have you ever cheated on at test?

in high school yes

98. have you ever forgotten someone’s name?

okay who doesnt wtf

99. have you ever met someone who didn’t seem real?

mac demarco

100. give us one thing about you no one knows

but if i give it someone knows

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Afternoon MAGAthread: YOUR WEEKLY PRESIDENTIAL RECAP!

HAPPY SUNDAY GUNDAY FOLKS!

This is u/ivaginaryfriend here and I'm back with everything spicy and dank from the past week! For those that missed any past recaps you can check those out here!

Sunday, February 10th:

🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:

Senator Richard Burr, The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, just announced that after almost two years, more than two hundred interviews, and thousands of documents, they have found NO COLLUSION BETWEEN TRUMP AND RUSSIA! Is anybody really surprised by this?

African Americans are very angry at the double standard on full display in Virginia!

Gallup Poll: “Open Borders will potentially attract 42 million Latin Americans.” This would be a disaster for the U.S. We need the Wall now!

I don’t think the Dems on the Border Committee are being allowed by their leaders to make a deal. They are offering very little money for the desperately needed Border Wall & now, out of the blue, want a cap on convicted violent felons to be held in detention!

It was a very bad week for the Democrats, with the GREAT economic numbers, The Virginia disaster and the State of the Union address. Now, with the terrible offers being made by them to the Border Committee, I actually believe they want a Shutdown. They want a new subject!

The media was able to get my work schedule, something very easy to do, but it should have been reported as a positive, not negative. When the term Executive Time is used, I am generally working, not relaxing. In fact, I probably work more hours than almost any past President..... ... ....The fact is, when I took over as President, our Country was a mess. Depleted Military, Endless Wars, a potential War with North Korea, V.A., High Taxes & too many Regulations, Border, Immigration & HealthCare problems, & much more. I had no choice but to work very long hours!

“President is on sound legal ground to declare a National Emergency. There have been 58 National Emergencies declared since the law was enacted in 1976, and 31 right now that are currently active, so this is hardly unprecedented.” Congressman @tommcclintock

The Border Committee Democrats are behaving, all of a sudden, irrationally. Not only are they unwilling to give dollars for the obviously needed Wall (they overrode recommendations of Border Patrol experts), but they don’t even want to take muderers into custody! What’s going on?

Well, it happened again. Amy Klobuchar announced that she is running for President, talking proudly of fighting global warming while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures. Bad timing. By the end of her speech she looked like a Snowman(woman)!

(Retweeting Club for Growth) Agreed! Senate needs to confirm @realDonaldTrump Admin appointees. #SOTU

The U.S. will soon control 100% of ISIS territory in Syria. @CNN (do you believe this?).

Working hard, thank you!

SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:

(D)ouble Standards

god emperor trump

Obama built that...

Donald Trump Jr.: “Are we getting to the PC tipping point yet?”

🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:

Pewdiepie knows what’s up!

The rise of Generation Z, the most conservative generation since "The Greatest Generation" in the 1950's, is scaring the bejeezus out of the Democrats

I never owned any slaves. You never picked any cotton. GET OVER IT.

They came so close to being self aware

Monday, February 11th:

TODAY'S ACTION:

Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

President Trump Meets with Sheriffs from Across the Country

🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:

“Fact checkers have become Fake News.” @JesseBWatters So True!

No president ever worked harder than me (cleaning up the mess I inherited)!

The Democrats do not want us to detain, or send back, criminal aliens! This is a brand new demand. Crazy!

The Democrats are so self righteous and ANGRY! Loosen up and have some fun. The Country is doing well!

Will be heading to El Paso very soon. Big speech on Border Security and much else tonight. Tremendous crowd! See you later!

(Screenshot)

40 years of corruption. 40 years of repression. 40 years of terror. The regime in Iran has produced only #40YearsofFailure. The long-suffering Iranian people deserve a much brighter future.

۴۰ سال فساد. ۴۰ سال سرکوب. ۴۰ سال ترور. رژیم ایران فقط موجب #چهل_سال_شکست شده است. مردم ایران که مدتهاست در رنجند شایسته آینده روشن تری هستند

Coal is an important part of our electricity generation mix and @TVAnews should give serious consideration to all factors before voting to close viable power plants, like Paradise #3 in Kentucky!

(Retweeting Don Jr.) Beto trying to counter-program @realdonaldtrump in his hometown and only drawing a few hundred people to Trump’s 35,000 is a really bad look. Partial pic of the Trump overflow crowd below! #AnyQuestions

We are fighting for all Americans, from all backgrounds, of every age, race, religion, birthplace, color & creed. Our agenda is NOT a partisan agenda – it is the mainstream, common sense agenda of the American People. Thank you El Paso, Texas - I love you!

(Retweeting Dan Scavino) 🚨Happening Now: @realDonaldTrump overflow crowd in El Paso, Texas....

(Retweeting Laura Ingraham) It was 45 degrees outside and this was the overflow crowd. #ElPaso @realDonaldTrump

SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:

Paramedic makes a valid point about the entitled $15/hr living wage. Red pills are flying.

High energy in El Paso today!

The case for Russia collusion … against the Democrats

Rasmussen: Presidential Approval At 52%

Donald Trump Jr. reacts to Nancy Pelosi and Democrats pressuring Ilhan Omar to apologize for her anti-Semitic remarks on Twitter: "The forthcoming non apology is going to be awesome."

"TIRED OF BEING A WAGE CUCK? WANT TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT BY NO LONGER DRIVING TO WORK? DECLARE YOURSELF UNWILLING TO WORK TODAY!"

PRESS BRIEFINGS, INTERVIEWS, RALLIES:

WATCH PARTY: PRESIDENT TRUMP EL PASO, TEXAS 2/11/2019

🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:

Democrats Continue To Be Shocked By Obvious Things They Vote For

When I realize 75% of the anti-Trump outrage on Reddit is from people who aren't even in the US

Overflow crowd outside Trump's El Paso rally is ABSOLUTELY HUGE

The Emperor Protects

Thank you, Kanye. Very cool!

Tuesday, February 12th:

TODAY'S ACTION:

Five Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate

President Trump Hosts a Cabinet Meeting

🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:

Beautiful evening in El Paso, Texas last night. God Bless the USA!

Was just presented the concept and parameters of the Border Security Deal by hard working Senator Richard Shelby. Looking over all aspects knowing that this will be hooked up with lots of money from other sources.... ... ....Will be getting almost $23 BILLION for Border Security. Regardless of Wall money, it is being built as we speak!

Thank you to @MSNBC!

(Retweeting Life On Earth) They are soooo beautiful and magnificent! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

(Retweeting The White House) Americans pay 180 percent of what Europeans, Canadians, and Japanese pay for the exact same drugs! Our seniors aren't going to foot the bill for free-riders abroad any longer, HHS Secretary Alex Azar says.

(Retweeting The White House) President Trump's commitment to improving the quality of life for all Americans has led to the largest single decline in drug prices in 46 YEARS.

I want to thank all Republicans for the work you have done in dealing with the Radical Left on Border Security. Not an easy task, but the Wall is being built and will be a great achievement and contributor toward life and safety within our Country!

(Retweeting Dan Bongino) I don’t feel an ounce of empathy for all of the imbeciles who bought into the Russian collusion hoax now that it’s been entirely debunked. You were warned for over a year about this scam & you fell for it anyway. You did this to yourself.

SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:

President Trump on the congressional deal: "I'm not happy about it. It's not doing the trick."

Ted Cruz wants to confiscate recently-convicted El Chapo’s property to pay for the wall, which means Mexico would pay for the wall.

Still No Collusion.

HAHAHAHAA AHAHAHAHAAAAA HAAAAAA HAHAHAAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

Dowd Nails It – Former Trump Attorney Outlines Insufferable Behavior of Mueller and Rosenstein in Perpetrating Political Russia Hoax…This is a must Read.

🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:

Trump fence bad...my fence good

The Party of Life vs. Death

MFW 52% approval after 2 years of literal Nazi rule, "Russia collusion", peepee dossier, PEACH 45, Creepy Porn Lawyer, muh drumph's tax returns

Kamala Harris claims to have smoked pot in college while listening to Tupac and Snoop. She graduated college in 1986. Tupac's first album came out in 1991. Snoop's first album came out in 1993. Lying sac of shit.

MAGA

Wednesday, February 13th:

TODAY'S ACTION:

President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Individuals to Key Administration Posts

President Trump Meets with the President of the Republic of Colombia and Mrs. Ruiz Sandoval

President Trump Speaks at the Major County Sheriffs and Cities Chiefs Association Joint Conference

🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:

The Senate Intelligence Committee: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA!

The Gallup Poll just announced that 69% of our great citizens expect their finances to improve next year, a 16 year high. Nice!

Today, it was my great honor to address the @MjrCitiesChiefs Association and @MCSheriffs Conference in Washington, D.C. We will never forget your service, and we will never, ever let you down! We love you, and we thank God for you each and every day.

"Every American in every community and from every walk of life has a right to live in security and to live in peace. That is my highest priority as President."

(Screenshot)

(Article)

(Retweeting Ted Cruz) Report: Texas crude oil production breaks 1970s record

California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars. They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars. We want that money back now. Whole project is a “green” disaster!

SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:

BREAKING: Roger Stone Files Motion - Alleges Special Counsel Released Unsealed Indictment to CNN

Ilhan Omar calls for investigation into Trans discrimination by U.S.A. Powerlifting... quickly gets her A$$ handed to her.

California: $33 billion is ok for a train with two stops, but $6 billion is too much to defend our nation.

The Silver Fox, Mike Pence Calls For “Jihad Ilhan” To Be Removed From The Foreign Affairs Committee

Breaking: Convington high school students cleared of all wrongdoing by neutral third-party investigators

🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:

When you're a leftist and someone disagrees with you about literally anything.

“Signs of Life”

Thanks Guardian Pepe

Kek

"BORDER SECURITY IS SCARY!" [Crosspost from r/funny]

Thursday, February 14th:

TODAY'S ACTION:

President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts

🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:

Disgraced FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe pretends to be a “poor little Angel” when in fact he was a big part of the Crooked Hillary Scandal & the Russia Hoax - a puppet for Leakin’ James Comey. I.G. report on McCabe was devastating. Part of “insurance policy” in case I won.... ... ....Many of the top FBI brass were fired, forced to leave, or left. McCabe’s wife received BIG DOLLARS from Clinton people for her campaign - he gave Hillary a pass. McCabe is a disgrace to the FBI and a disgrace to our Country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Reviewing the funding bill with my team at the @WhiteHouse!

One year ago today, a horrific act of violence took the lives of 14 students and 3 educators in Parkland, Florida. On this somber anniversary, we honor their memory and recommit to ensuring the safety of all Americans, especially our Nation’s children... https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/presidential-message-school-safety-remembering-parkland-tragedy/ …

“After The Flight 93 Election, The Vote That Saved America - And What We Still Have To Lose,” by very talented Michael Anton, is a terrific read. Check it out!

(Retweeting The White House) .@PressSec: President Trump will sign the government funding bill, and as he has stated before, he will also take other executive action—including a national emergency—to ensure we stop the national security and humanitarian crisis at the border.

“Trying to use the 25th Amendment to try and circumvent the Election is a despicable act of unconstitutional power grabbing...which happens in third world countries. You have to obey the law. This is an attack on our system & Constitution.” Alan Dershowitz. @TuckerCarlson

SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:

Trump Frees Up $8 Billion To Build The Wall

White House Statement on Government Funding Bill

Jussie Smollett has SCRUBBED his Twitter & Instagram accounts of ANY references of the hoax attack. Sorry buddy you can't make this go away that easily.

McCabe, Rosenstein must testify to explain claim that DOJ discussed removing Trump, GOP leaders say

EATING THEIR OWN! Gov Cuomo blames Donkey Face for Amazon leaving NY 😂

🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:

Got caught and now calling each other liars.

When you believe in a conspiracy with no proof for more than two years, are you a conspiracy theorist then?

HOLY HOAX ALERT. Two suspects arrested in Jussie Smollett case. African American FRIENDS of Smollett. Worked w. him on Empire. Sussie deleted their #s out of his log.

Just pointing out the obvious

Trump signs the Farm Bill making dog and cat meat illegal in the United States

Friday, February 15th:

TODAY'S ACTION:

Presidential Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States

President Donald J. Trump Signed H.J.Res. 31 into Law

President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts

🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:

(Retweeting The White House) President Trump Speaks on the National Security & Humanitarian Crisis on Our Southern Border

Great job by law enforcement in Aurora, Illinois. Heartfelt condolences to all of the victims and their families. America is with you!

SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:

China's REALLY mad now...

He did it! Trump declares emergency on border, eyes $8B for wall as he signs spending package

Thanks Everyone!! I am but a humble memesmith, without all of you enjoying and sharing my work I am nothing

AHAHAHHA TRUMP RETWEETED @CARTPEDONKTUM.. IM DYING... TROLL LEVEL 9999

Twitter took down u/carpedonktum's meme

🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:

I was the victim of a hate crime today and I don’t know where else to talk about it. I need support

Let's go Ted, We're building a Wall!

The Lying Left

Early morning shitpost by Jr:

Hello, Chicago PD? I'd like to report an ACTUAL murder this time.

Saturday, February 16th:

🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:

(Video)

BUILDING THE WALL!

Trade negotiators have just returned from China where the meetings on Trade were very productive. Now at meetings with me at Mar-a-Lago giving the details. In the meantime, Billions of Dollars are being paid to the United States by China in the form of Trade Tariffs!

The United States is asking Britain, France, Germany and other European allies to take back over 800 ISIS fighters that we captured in Syria and put them on trial. The Caliphate is ready to fall. The alternative is not a good one in that we will be forced to release them........ ... ....The U.S. does not want to watch as these ISIS fighters permeate Europe, which is where they are expected to go. We do so much, and spend so much - Time for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing. We are pulling back after 100% Caliphate victory!

(Retweeting Real_Defender) Protecting America and putting Americans first. Thank you Mr. President!

THE GREATEST MEME EVER

SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:

THE MADMAN TWEETED MY NEW VERSION!

Twitter has censored POTUS.

Don Jr is shocked

How come Congress never introduces Hate Crime Hoax Legislation?

🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:

That's me in the corner

Aaaaand it’s gone...

R.E.M Meme War: It's the end of the World (TDS remake)

YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!

WEW LAD!

Without further ado, some tunes to help you get through all this WINNING:

Raingurl

Tadow

Gold

Doin' it Right

Crazy

Talk Is Cheap

MAGA ON PATRIOTS!

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HAPPY SUNDAY GUNDAY FOLKS!This is u/ivaginaryfriend here and I'm back with everything spicy and dank from the past week! For those that missed any past recaps you can check those out here!Sunday, February 10th:🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:Senator Richard Burr, The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, just announced that after almost two years, more than two hundred interviews, and thousands of documents, they have found NO COLLUSION BETWEEN TRUMP AND RUSSIA! Is anybody really surprised by this?African Americans are very angry at the double standard on full display in Virginia!Gallup Poll: “Open Borders will potentially attract 42 million Latin Americans.” This would be a disaster for the U.S. We need the Wall now!I don’t think the Dems on the Border Committee are being allowed by their leaders to make a deal. They are offering very little money for the desperately needed Border Wall & now, out of the blue, want a cap on convicted violent felons to be held in detention!It was a very bad week for the Democrats, with the GREAT economic numbers, The Virginia disaster and the State of the Union address. Now, with the terrible offers being made by them to the Border Committee, I actually believe they want a Shutdown. They want a new subject!The media was able to get my work schedule, something very easy to do, but it should have been reported as a positive, not negative. When the term Executive Time is used, I am generally working, not relaxing. In fact, I probably work more hours than almost any past President..... ... ....The fact is, when I took over as President, our Country was a mess. Depleted Military, Endless Wars, a potential War with North Korea, V.A., High Taxes & too many Regulations, Border, Immigration & HealthCare problems, & much more. I had no choice but to work very long hours!“President is on sound legal ground to declare a National Emergency. There have been 58 National Emergencies declared since the law was enacted in 1976, and 31 right now that are currently active, so this is hardly unprecedented.” Congressman @tommcclintockThe Border Committee Democrats are behaving, all of a sudden, irrationally. Not only are they unwilling to give dollars for the obviously needed Wall (they overrode recommendations of Border Patrol experts), but they don’t even want to take muderers into custody! What’s going on?Well, it happened again. Amy Klobuchar announced that she is running for President, talking proudly of fighting global warming while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures. Bad timing. By the end of her speech she looked like a Snowman(woman)!(Retweeting Club for Growth) Agreed! Senate needs to confirm @realDonaldTrump Admin appointees. #SOTUThe U.S. will soon control 100% of ISIS territory in Syria. @CNN (do you believe this?).Working hard, thank you!SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:(D)ouble Standardsgod emperor trumpObama built that...Donald Trump Jr.: “Are we getting to the PC tipping point yet?”🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:Pewdiepie knows what’s up!The rise of Generation Z, the most conservative generation since "The Greatest Generation" in the 1950's, is scaring the bejeezus out of the DemocratsI never owned any slaves. You never picked any cotton. GET OVER IT.They came so close to being self awareMonday, February 11th:TODAY'S ACTION:Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial IntelligencePresident Trump Meets with Sheriffs from Across the Country🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:“Fact checkers have become Fake News.” @JesseBWatters So True!No president ever worked harder than me (cleaning up the mess I inherited)!The Democrats do not want us to detain, or send back, criminal aliens! This is a brand new demand. Crazy!The Democrats are so self righteous and ANGRY! Loosen up and have some fun. The Country is doing well!Will be heading to El Paso very soon. Big speech on Border Security and much else tonight. Tremendous crowd! See you later!(Screenshot)40 years of corruption. 40 years of repression. 40 years of terror. The regime in Iran has produced only #40YearsofFailure. The long-suffering Iranian people deserve a much brighter future.۴۰ سال فساد. ۴۰ سال سرکوب. ۴۰ سال ترور. رژیم ایران فقط موجب #چهل_سال_شکست شده است. مردم ایران که مدتهاست در رنجند شایسته آینده روشن تری هستندCoal is an important part of our electricity generation mix and @TVAnews should give serious consideration to all factors before voting to close viable power plants, like Paradise #3 in Kentucky!(Retweeting Don Jr.) Beto trying to counter-program @realdonaldtrump in his hometown and only drawing a few hundred people to Trump’s 35,000 is a really bad look. Partial pic of the Trump overflow crowd below! #AnyQuestionsWe are fighting for all Americans, from all backgrounds, of every age, race, religion, birthplace, color & creed. Our agenda is NOT a partisan agenda – it is the mainstream, common sense agenda of the American People. Thank you El Paso, Texas - I love you!(Retweeting Dan Scavino) 🚨Happening Now: @realDonaldTrump overflow crowd in El Paso, Texas....(Retweeting Laura Ingraham) It was 45 degrees outside and this was the overflow crowd. #ElPaso @realDonaldTrumpSIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:Paramedic makes a valid point about the entitled $15/hr living wage. Red pills are flying.High energy in El Paso today!The case for Russia collusion … against the DemocratsRasmussen: Presidential Approval At 52%Donald Trump Jr. reacts to Nancy Pelosi and Democrats pressuring Ilhan Omar to apologize for her anti-Semitic remarks on Twitter: "The forthcoming non apology is going to be awesome.""TIRED OF BEING A WAGE CUCK? WANT TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT BY NO LONGER DRIVING TO WORK? DECLARE YOURSELF UNWILLING TO WORK TODAY!"PRESS BRIEFINGS, INTERVIEWS, RALLIES:WATCH PARTY: PRESIDENT TRUMP EL PASO, TEXAS 2/11/2019🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:Democrats Continue To Be Shocked By Obvious Things They Vote ForWhen I realize 75% of the anti-Trump outrage on Reddit is from people who aren't even in the USOverflow crowd outside Trump's El Paso rally is ABSOLUTELY HUGEThe Emperor ProtectsThank you, Kanye. Very cool!Tuesday, February 12th:TODAY'S ACTION:Five Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the SenatePresident Trump Hosts a Cabinet Meeting🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:Beautiful evening in El Paso, Texas last night. God Bless the USA!Was just presented the concept and parameters of the Border Security Deal by hard working Senator Richard Shelby. Looking over all aspects knowing that this will be hooked up with lots of money from other sources.... ... ....Will be getting almost $23 BILLION for Border Security. Regardless of Wall money, it is being built as we speak!Thank you to @MSNBC!(Retweeting Life On Earth) They are soooo beautiful and magnificent! ❤️❤️❤️❤️(Retweeting The White House) Americans pay 180 percent of what Europeans, Canadians, and Japanese pay for the exact same drugs! Our seniors aren't going to foot the bill for free-riders abroad any longer, HHS Secretary Alex Azar says.(Retweeting The White House) President Trump's commitment to improving the quality of life for all Americans has led to the largest single decline in drug prices in 46 YEARS.I want to thank all Republicans for the work you have done in dealing with the Radical Left on Border Security. Not an easy task, but the Wall is being built and will be a great achievement and contributor toward life and safety within our Country!(Retweeting Dan Bongino) I don’t feel an ounce of empathy for all of the imbeciles who bought into the Russian collusion hoax now that it’s been entirely debunked. You were warned for over a year about this scam & you fell for it anyway. You did this to yourself.SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:President Trump on the congressional deal: "I'm not happy about it. It's not doing the trick."Ted Cruz wants to confiscate recently-convicted El Chapo’s property to pay for the wall, which means Mexico would pay for the wall.Still No Collusion.HAHAHAHAA AHAHAHAHAAAAA HAAAAAA HAHAHAAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!Dowd Nails It – Former Trump Attorney Outlines Insufferable Behavior of Mueller and Rosenstein in Perpetrating Political Russia Hoax…This is a must Read.🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:Trump fence bad...my fence goodThe Party of Life vs. DeathMFW 52% approval after 2 years of literal Nazi rule, "Russia collusion", peepee dossier, PEACH 45, Creepy Porn Lawyer, muh drumph's tax returnsKamala Harris claims to have smoked pot in college while listening to Tupac and Snoop. She graduated college in 1986. Tupac's first album came out in 1991. Snoop's first album came out in 1993. Lying sac of shit.MAGAWednesday, February 13th:TODAY'S ACTION:President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Individuals to Key Administration PostsPresident Trump Meets with the President of the Republic of Colombia and Mrs. Ruiz SandovalPresident Trump Speaks at the Major County Sheriffs and Cities Chiefs Association Joint Conference🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:The Senate Intelligence Committee: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA!The Gallup Poll just announced that 69% of our great citizens expect their finances to improve next year, a 16 year high. Nice!Today, it was my great honor to address the @MjrCitiesChiefs Association and @MCSheriffs Conference in Washington, D.C. We will never forget your service, and we will never, ever let you down! We love you, and we thank God for you each and every day."Every American in every community and from every walk of life has a right to live in security and to live in peace. That is my highest priority as President."(Screenshot)(Article)(Retweeting Ted Cruz) Report: Texas crude oil production breaks 1970s recordCalifornia has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars. They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars. We want that money back now. Whole project is a “green” disaster!SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:BREAKING: Roger Stone Files Motion - Alleges Special Counsel Released Unsealed Indictment to CNNIlhan Omar calls for investigation into Trans discrimination by U.S.A. Powerlifting... quickly gets her A$$ handed to her.California: $33 billion is ok for a train with two stops, but $6 billion is too much to defend our nation.The Silver Fox, Mike Pence Calls For “Jihad Ilhan” To Be Removed From The Foreign Affairs CommitteeBreaking: Convington high school students cleared of all wrongdoing by neutral third-party investigators🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:When you're a leftist and someone disagrees with you about literally anything.“Signs of Life”Thanks Guardian PepeKek"BORDER SECURITY IS SCARY!" [Crosspost from r/funny]Thursday, February 14th:TODAY'S ACTION:President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:Disgraced FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe pretends to be a “poor little Angel” when in fact he was a big part of the Crooked Hillary Scandal & the Russia Hoax - a puppet for Leakin’ James Comey. I.G. report on McCabe was devastating. Part of “insurance policy” in case I won.... ... ....Many of the top FBI brass were fired, forced to leave, or left. McCabe’s wife received BIG DOLLARS from Clinton people for her campaign - he gave Hillary a pass. McCabe is a disgrace to the FBI and a disgrace to our Country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!Reviewing the funding bill with my team at the @WhiteHouse!One year ago today, a horrific act of violence took the lives of 14 students and 3 educators in Parkland, Florida. On this somber anniversary, we honor their memory and recommit to ensuring the safety of all Americans, especially our Nation’s children... http://bit.ly/2DSnqBA …“After The Flight 93 Election, The Vote That Saved America - And What We Still Have To Lose,” by very talented Michael Anton, is a terrific read. Check it out!(Retweeting The White House) .@PressSec: President Trump will sign the government funding bill, and as he has stated before, he will also take other executive action—including a national emergency—to ensure we stop the national security and humanitarian crisis at the border.“Trying to use the 25th Amendment to try and circumvent the Election is a despicable act of unconstitutional power grabbing...which happens in third world countries. You have to obey the law. This is an attack on our system & Constitution.” Alan Dershowitz. @TuckerCarlsonSIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:Trump Frees Up $8 Billion To Build The WallWhite House Statement on Government Funding BillJussie Smollett has SCRUBBED his Twitter & Instagram accounts of ANY references of the hoax attack. Sorry buddy you can't make this go away that easily.McCabe, Rosenstein must testify to explain claim that DOJ discussed removing Trump, GOP leaders sayEATING THEIR OWN! Gov Cuomo blames Donkey Face for Amazon leaving NY 😂🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:Got caught and now calling each other liars.When you believe in a conspiracy with no proof for more than two years, are you a conspiracy theorist then?HOLY HOAX ALERT. Two suspects arrested in Jussie Smollett case. African American FRIENDS of Smollett. Worked w. him on Empire. Sussie deleted their #s out of his log.Just pointing out the obviousTrump signs the Farm Bill making dog and cat meat illegal in the United StatesFriday, February 15th:TODAY'S ACTION:Presidential Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United StatesPresident Donald J. Trump Signed H.J.Res. 31 into LawPresident Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:(Retweeting The White House) President Trump Speaks on the National Security & Humanitarian Crisis on Our Southern BorderGreat job by law enforcement in Aurora, Illinois. Heartfelt condolences to all of the victims and their families. America is with you!SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:China's REALLY mad now...He did it! Trump declares emergency on border, eyes $8B for wall as he signs spending packageThanks Everyone!! I am but a humble memesmith, without all of you enjoying and sharing my work I am nothingAHAHAHHA TRUMP RETWEETED @CARTPEDONKTUM.. IM DYING... TROLL LEVEL 9999Twitter took down u/carpedonktum's meme🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:I was the victim of a hate crime today and I don’t know where else to talk about it. I need supportLet's go Ted, We're building a Wall!The Lying LeftEarly morning shitpost by Jr:Hello, Chicago PD? I'd like to report an ACTUAL murder this time.Saturday, February 16th:🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:(Video)BUILDING THE WALL!Trade negotiators have just returned from China where the meetings on Trade were very productive. Now at meetings with me at Mar-a-Lago giving the details. In the meantime, Billions of Dollars are being paid to the United States by China in the form of Trade Tariffs!The United States is asking Britain, France, Germany and other European allies to take back over 800 ISIS fighters that we captured in Syria and put them on trial. The Caliphate is ready to fall. The alternative is not a good one in that we will be forced to release them........ ... ....The U.S. does not want to watch as these ISIS fighters permeate Europe, which is where they are expected to go. We do so much, and spend so much - Time for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing. We are pulling back after 100% Caliphate victory!(Retweeting Real_Defender) Protecting America and putting Americans first. 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[approximately7bees]

1-100 doooood

The meaning behind my url:tbh i changed it after I changed my twitch name to it, and I just think it’s kind of amusing that this blog is actually run by approximately 7 bees

A picture of me:i don’t think i can like insert pics into answers? but here, c’est moi

How many tattoos i have and what they are:none, though i do want to get just a very simple daisy on my left inner arm when i hit my weight goal

Last time i cried and why:i’m not sure when i last like sobbed but i def did have a couple tears while watching the end of Drake’s music video that featured his old Degrassi cast lollll

Piercings i have:still just the 4 lobe, 1 tragus, 1 cartilage

Favorite band:The Front Bottoms

Biggest turn offs:being rude, dude. 

Top 5 (insert subject):i am just gonna choose my top 5 things that i can think of rn. mac n cheese. brooklyn 99. the ocean. roller coasters. making baja blast by mixing blue powerade and mountain dew.

Tattoos i want:a very simple daisy ^^

Biggest turn ons:neck kisses, cuddling, assertiveness (?)

Age:21, but 22 in like 7.5 hours!

Ideas of a perfect date:uhhh the person has something planned and i’m not expected to make all the decisions and we like have a nice meal and I get dessert and we go do something nice together after. i guess? i have kind of limited good date experience.

Life goal:i just want to be happy, man. i want to have time to do what I like to do, with a job i don’t dislike, and enough money to not have to worry about it. i guess my goal is kind of to live right next to a body of water but i’d take the first part over like living by the ocean and hating my life.

Piercings i want:not really any? idk i could get anything i want but i think i’m p good.

Relationship status:single

Favorite movie:it actually might be Ocean’s 8. i really liked it

A fact about my life:i have 2 very good cat boys and i get to have my dog starting some time next month !!!!

Phobia:bro legit i’m just not really that scared of things

Middle name:Elizabeth

Height:5′10″

Are you a virgin?nah

What’s your shoe size?8.5 to 9, depending

What’s your sexual orientation???? not straight i guess

Do you smoke, drink, or take any drugs?i drink occasionally.

Someone you miss:my aunt :/

What’s one thing you regret?kind of not trying to go to a more exclusive college but also not really bc like things have turned out really well

First celebrity you think of when someone says attractive:harry styles

Favorite ice cream?birthday cake !!!

One insecurity:one of my eyes has really pretty curved lashes and the other had weirdly completely straight lashes and i don’t like it.

What my last text message says:the last one i sent says “I did forget haha. Thanks!”

Have you ever taken a picture naked?yes..

Have you ever painted your room?i haven’t, no

Have you ever kissed a member of the same sex?no

Have you ever slept naked?yes

Have you ever danced in front of your mirror?yes

Have you ever had a crush?yes

Have you ever been dumped?noo

Have you ever stole money from a friend?no

Have you ever gotten in a car with people you just met?i don’t think so. but i don’t really remember

Have you ever been in a fist fight?negative

Have you ever snuck out of your house?naaaah

Have you ever had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back?i mean I really haven’t seriously pined over someone unrequitedly. like at most i get a little preoccupied by someone and then i never do anything about it so i never even know if they have them back or not.

Have you ever been arrested?no

Have you ever made out with a stranger?not like a “i don’t even know your name stranger”, like a person i met that night yes. but also lol it really wasn’t like that.

Have you ever met up with a member of the opposite sex somewhere?what is this question ?? i’m sure everyone has at one point in their life met someone of the opposing sex at a location 

Have you ever left your house without telling your parents?one time i stayed out really late with my highschool friends and when i got back home they were like actually you wanna go get a free donut so i went out again without telling my folks (it was like 5am or something) but i like told them when i got back so..kind of

Have you ever had a crush on your neighbor?when i was young ye

Have you ever ditched school to do something more fun?no

Have you ever slept in a bed with a member of the same sex?yes

Have you ever seen someone die?no

Have you ever been on a plane?yes

Have you ever kissed a picture?i’m gonna say no but idr

Have you ever slept in until 3?yeah dude

Have you ever love someone or miss someone right now?what does this mean ;_; yes i have loved someone (i guess) and no i don’t really miss someone right now

Have you ever laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by?yeah dude it’s bomb

Have you ever made a snow angel?yes

Have you ever played dress up?yes

Have you ever cheated while playing a game?yeah lol

Have you ever been lonely?boy have i !

Have you ever fallen asleep at work/school?yeeee but not like too heavily. 

Have you ever been to a club?no i think that would be terrible

Have you ever felt an earthquake?yes actually, thanks to fracking!

Have you ever touched a snake?uhhhh not to my recollection 

Have you ever ran a red light?accidentally D:

Have you ever been suspended from school?no

Have you ever had detention?no

Have you ever been in a car accident?i was rear ended once and it really messed up my car. 

Have you ever hated the way you look? i sure have

Have you ever witnessed a crime?maybe but like nothing heinous i guess

Have you ever pole danced?lmao, i would be the worst pole dancer. you want a dancer who has like no upperbody strength, is really self-conscious and can’t dance? hmu

Have you ever been lost?only basically every time i try to go somewhere new, and pretty frequently when i try to go somewhere i have been before lol

Have you ever been to the opposite side of the country?well bud, i live in basically as  middle of the country as you can be...... so there really isn’t an opposite side. but i have been to california and the east coast so i guess that encompasses both sides lol

Have you ever felt like dying?oh for sure

Have you ever cried yourself to sleep?like i have cried prior to sleep but not fallen asleep crying

Have you ever sang karaoke?not outside of like a house, or with an audience or anything.

Have you ever done something you told yourself you wouldn’t?i’m sure i have lol.

Have you ever laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose?ughhhh yes. ow.

Have you ever slept with someone at least 5 years older or younger?older yeah

Have you ever kissed in the rain?i think i have but i’m not actually sure

Have you ever sang in the shower?is there anyone who doesn’t?

Have you ever made out in a park?lol yeah

Have you ever dream that you married someone?ok it took me this long to realize all these questions begin with “have you ever’ and the problem with that is like it’s a yes or no question like you can leave it at that, which isn’t very interesting. also bc yeah i have done something but like i have a really bad memory. anyway, i probably have dreamt that idk

Have you ever glued your hand to something?not in a like panicky my hand is gonna be stuck to this for evrr kind of way

Have you ever got your tongue stuck to a flag pole?fuck no that makes me want to die

Have you ever ever gone to school partially naked?WHAT no? i’m so confused 

Have you ever been a cheerleader?nope

Have you ever sat on a roof top?yeah dude

Have you ever brush your teeth?no. i’ve never brushed my teeth EVER and i’m not going to start now (jfc of course i have why is this a question)

Have you ever ever too scared to watch scary movies alone?oh yeah. i never watch horror movies of my own volition. i’ll watch whatever with someone, even if i have to go be home alone after i just never choose to watch any by myself.

Have you ever played chicken?no wtf

Have you ever been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on?i honestly do not think so

Have you ever been told you’re hot by a complete stranger?not like outside of dating sites :(

Have you ever broken a bone?nope!

Have you ever been easily amused?-_- this is a dumb question. 

Have you ever laughed so hard you cried?yeah dude

Have you ever mooned/flashed someone?nah

Have you ever cheated on a test?when i was younger ye

Have you ever forgotten someone’s name?oh basically everyone. i’m really bad about it. i just never call anyone by their name and it works pretty well.

Have you ever met someone who didn’t seem real?yeah i’m sure i have.

Give us one thing about you that no one knows.i could probably hook up with a dude who used to play basketball at my college rn if i wanted to

[ozsaill]

Poised for the Bahamas

“I hear you’re putting Totem on the hard.” “Will you go out again?” In fact, we have no plans to park Totem for an extended stay on land (or in the water), and have never considered remaining in the US. But given the dearth of information in this space about what 2017 holds I can understand the speculation. We are on the cusp of departure and thrilled to be heading out for more adventures afloat.

Cascading events prolonged our departure, but the boat’s been humming, and legged out timing has shaped our direction. Routing clarity comes slowly after many shuffles on how we’ll fill the gaps between now (in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) and a year from now  (Pacific Ocean, via Panama Canal). It still has a lot of squiggles and question marks, but the bigger picture should stick.

For many months, that year-long view was literally nothing more than get out of the US and back to the islands, spend a couple of months in Cuba, and explore Panama’s Guna Yala. (Remember that Plan is a four-letter word for cruisers! Corollary: Thar Be No Schedules)

Bahamas Baby

We’d written the Bahamas off, but they’re now solidly ON, and their late arrival means I’m scrambling for information. Friday I got our Waterway Guide’s Bahamas, Turks & Caicos book. IT’S GORGEOUS. The last years of Western Pacific / Indian Ocean / Southern Atlantic sailing had poor guides, if any, and it put me off. What did exist covered too wide an area to be useful, so I stuck to travel guides instead and started thinking cruising guides weren’t important. You know what? They’re incredibly useful, I’d just been too long without an example of what a good guide offers. So with 2017 Bahamas edition in hand, instead of helping Jamie and the girls scrub the hull that morning, I did this:

I did also buy a traveler’s guidebook for the Bahamas. I’m probably going to leave it behind, because the Waterway book is better, and has everything I need: the travel guide insights (cultural orientation,  things to bring, cool places to visit) AND annually updated cruising data (what to bring and where to provision, details for moorings and choice anchorages, the latest marina info– even updates on impacts from last fall’s hurricane, and recommendations for things islanders might need that we can ferry over).

That schedule thing

Although schedules are the bane of cruising, I’ve happily added a fixed Must Be There date by signing on to present at the US Boat Show in Annapolis in April. Pam Wall and I will lead a 2-day Cruising Women seminar, and I’m giving a few additional presentations as part of the show’s Cruisers University. I’m very excited about this, especially the Cruising Women program. Jamie seems to have been born with saltwater in his veins; before we went cruising, it was important to me to seek information and skills. Women-only courses provided the shared perspective and camaraderie that best supported my goals.  If you sign up, tell me! I’d love to anticipate meetups.

Places and people

It feels very good to be poised for Bahamas takeoff in Fort Lauderdale, but first we had to get south from Jacksonville to Miami for my friend Lynne Rey’s birthday. Schedules again? Maybe, but no way would I miss this since we could be there! Along the way, there wasn’t  a lot of wind, but some beautiful sunny days and mellow seas that meant Niall could combine studying with watchkeeping in the cockpit.

Along the way we spent a couple of evenings hanging out with Kirk McGeorge. He’s done a couple of circumnavigations on a sistership, Gallivanter, and now does some crazy cool work building underwater submersibles with an outfit in Fort Pierce (he was a Navy diver, and drove Alvin- THE Alvin- on Titanic, way back when). The last time we saw Kirk was Australia, nearly five years ago! Cruising friendships like his are GOLD – you pick up right where you left off, despite intervening years.

In Miami, Lynne, her husband Tony (we sailed together in college) and their kids hosted us at the Coral Reef Yacht Club. This made fun birthday celebrations, late nights in the cockpit, kids learning and playing together, and a lot of good times very easy.

It also made it much easier for a visit from Kerry (the impressive endurance athlete / sailor / quadriplegic I sailed with last month). She gave our family and the Reys a preview of a powerful documentary she’s a part of that I hope will be ready to share publicly soon. Some tissues required after viewing before we could pose for a pic together, our thumbs in the air for Kerry’s nonprofit, ThumbsUp International. ThumbsUp connects people of all abilities to tackle athletic challenges, in particular by teaming able and disabled athletes.

Please check out the Facebook page for ThumbsUp International and give it a like to show your support! Kerry would really like to nudge it over the 2,000 like hurdle: can we do it?! Follow and share!

More friends visited: we first knew Tiffany and Greg as “the Coast Guard Couple” when we met them in Mexico eight (!) years ago; we last caught up in Australia. They’ve traveled a loop around the world since then, by sea across the Pacific and by land from SE Asia to the UK. Both are Coast Guard Academy graduates, both are hard core professional seafarers, and they had great advice on college and maritime licensing for Niall. Just the folks to help toss the lines when it was time to head to the anchorage, right?

Projects projects projects

And then, there was maintenance and repair. Lots of it. Because that’s one definition of the cruising life.

To give you an inkling of that everyday fun on Totem, and a peek into what’s kept Jamie busy here in Florida:

Outboard: FINALLY FIXED. It’s been sick for five months. Diagnosis by mechanic in Jacksonville: failed CDI unit, but we replaced that and still no spark. Option two: bad coil. Ding ding ding ding! Wires from the coil had both broken…photo above. They were crimped by a strain relief device, but the break was hidden inside of a plastic sleeve. Great 11th hour help from our new friend Conor, who borrowed a flywheel puller from a Miami auto shop to get it done.

Sundowners on Totem later, time to talk story with Conor (former cruising kid, now physicist) and his dad

Aft cabin: I went to a road trip to Miami with my friend Patty, and Jamie broke the aft cabin. He’s since rebuilt my workspace, relocated the solar and wind charge controllers to a newly-constructed locker, and cleaned up a bunch of wiring spaghetti. Few words for a LOT of work.

Dodger: As a sailmaker, Jamie knows his way around a sewing machine. But canvas work is “fiddly” (his description) and he hoped to outsource Totem’s new dodger sides. But after weeks of no joy or no action from service providers in northern Florida, he took our friends on Shanthi up on the offer to borrow their SailRite and made it himself. Templating with Tyvek from the hardware store, then constructing the final from Sunbrella, Strataglass, and Tenara thread…on the dock, until it rained, with child labor…as you do. It IS fiddly, but he does great work, and saving the expense is a great bonus.

Before he could get to the canvas, the whole hard top was shifted forward: this meant changing the frame (it’s more vertical on the forward face now) and building new supports.

Deck hardware: fully reinstalled the repaired stanchion base that broke on our unpleasant passage from Bermuda to Connecticut.

Engine: Fixed pesky drip from fuel filters after troubleshooting. Replaced barbs with correct size, replaced 3-way valve fitting, and O-rings. Hopefully this saves the $250 racor replacement kit!

Electrical: We use a rugged Panasonic Toughbook for our nav computer. Both plug connections for the nine-year-old 12v charger had failed; solder now leads directly to the board. All good.

Plumbing: Replaced failing cockpit drain hoses (shared with galley sink drain: presumed grease buildup). Fixed flaw in primary water tank that prevents proper venting with a few holes (and finally found out the actual capacity, two years later- 73 gallons!). Discovered (and replaced) leaking outlet fitting in tank. Aft head required an unclogging adventure, then replacing seals and hose and other work that I’d rather not know too much about. Thanks to my sweetie for being The One That Deals with the Head on board.

…and that’s just what he did on Totem! On friend’s boats, Jamie helped install a solar panel, did a few (three? four? five? I lost track) rig evaluations, and helped get one tuned properly.

I married well.

Much more than fixing stuff

One of the more significant preoccupations outside of prepping Totem is working with coaching clients. We thoroughly enjoy helping people make the leap to successful cruising! More recently, the kids have gotten into a few of our Skype sessions, too: prospective cruising kids want to hear the real scoop directly from them. Sitting around the iPad, this is a pretty typical scene.

We closed our our Miami stay by anchoring in Marine Stadium, a sweet little spot with near 360° protection and a killer view of the downtown Miami. Backlit by twinkling lights from the skyline at night, we could detect dolphins circling Totem only by loud huffs of their breath. An idyllic spot to raft up and make some great memories with the pretty Huckins, Cortado (which is for sale, by the way), and her crew.

Totem is now in Fort Lauderdale, on our final countdown to departure for the Bahamas. We don’t know when we’ll be back in the USA, but it’s probably some years. I’ve got an insane list, and it includes major items like, oh, battery bank replacement. Full watermaker servicing. Diesel mechanic services. Provisioning for 3 months in islands with limited stores, and high costs. Supplies for Bahamian communities still impacted by hurricane Mathew last fall. Then there are the incidentals “but we won’t be in the USA for how long?” that inflate our list. Here in the mainland, we have access to better breadth of goods, at a better quality, and a better value, than we will likely encounter for a long time.

It’s been blowing for days, but Totem is in a protected anchorage. There is access to supplies. Anchorage neighbors stopping by to chat from their kayaks. Visits from shoreside dwellers, arriving with friendship, the gift of papaya, and lessons in art (thank you, Jim!).

Life is beautiful. I’m grateful every day for the choices we have and our freedom as a family, and can’t wait to extend our adventures…starting soon in the Bahamas!

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[volantisand]

this just in - MARIANA “ MARI ” REYES has been in wickway for A MONTH. apparently SHE is a DANCER AT DRIFTWOOD and a CIVILIAN or so HER passport says. so far it’s known that SHE favors JOE AND GO, and resides at WEST PORT. SHE is also said to be LOYAL & CLEVER, but also CALCULATING & GUARDED. at the end of the day, SHE can be described as RED STAINED LIPS, DELICATE HANDS WIPING BLOOD OFF OF DAGGERS AND MISCHIEVOUS SMIRKS FOLLOWING UNDERESTIMATION.

hello again, loves !!! i bring you all the devil reincarnated herself, my baby mariana <33 her pinterest can be found anywhere here !! but it’s kinda messy

𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒 ▸

FULL NAME: MARIANA MERCEDES REYES

NICKNAME(S): MARI

NAME MEANING / PRONUNCIATION: MARIANA MEANING OF THE SEA  OR  BITTER. MERCEDES MEANING MERCIES. REYES MEANING KINGS. ( MA-REE-AH-NAH MER-SEH-DEHS RAY-YES  )

AGE: TWENTY FIVE

DATE OF BIRTH: APRIL 18TH

RANK / TITLE: CIVILIAN, EX-LEADER OF OUTSIDE GANG FROM HER HOMETOWN

OCCUPATION: DANCER AT DRIFTWOOD

HAIR COLOR:  DARK BROWN NEARLY BLACK

EYE COLOR: HAZEL  

𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐑 ▸

POSITIVE: ATTENTIVE, ARTICULATE, CLEVER, CULTURED, DETERMINED, DRIVEN, INSIGHTFUL, LOYAL, PASSIONATE, PERCEPTIVE, PERFECTIONISTIC, PERSONABLE, SCRUPULOUS, WHIMSICAL

NEGATIVE: BLUNT, DISTRUSTING, HOT HEADED, SOMETIMES IMPULSIVE, GUARDED, METICULOUS, SARCASTIC, STOIC, STUBBORN

𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 ▸

FATHER: VICTOR REYES ( alive )

MOTHER: LUCIA REYES CASTILLO ( alive )

SIBLINGS: TWO OLDER BROTHERS, AN OLDER SISTER AND A YOUNGER SISTER

CHILDREN: NONE

𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 ▸

GANG(S): ANARCHY OF ROSEWICK ( formerly, it remains active ), CURRENTLY NOT AFFILIATED.

MARK: TATTOOED BIRD ON HER RIB CAGE, IT’S ACTUALLY SMALL BUT PIC ANYWHERE HERE and a few smaller little birds, much less detailed, surrounding it

POSITION / RANK: LEADER ( formerly )

WEAPON OF CHOICE: DAGGERS RARELY HAS A GUN.

YEARS AFFILIATED: EIGHT YEARS

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒 / 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 ▸

born and raised in a fictional town called rosewick, she’s one of my past muses that has been adapted to come into wickway <33

she was named after her paternal grandmother. and had a very good relationship with both of her parents. growing up, she was always very in touch with her hispanic culture, adoring everything about her roots and then some. she began dancing before she could even walk properly and fell in love with it instantly. 

she’s also not very tall bc frankly, i’m not either so my muses suffer with me, 5′2 at best.. however, she wears heels nearly twenty four seven. unless, y’know at home, at the beach or... idk working out. 

having been born on the 18th of april, she is an aries. 

“ Fun, free-spirited, and fiercely independent, the Aries woman is a breath of fresh air – a brightly burning candle in human form. Fire is her element, igniting all that she touches with the living spark of life. The Aries personality is creative, passionate, energetic and – at times – domineering and short-tempered. A cardinal sign ruled by the planet Mars, the Ram is great at getting things going, initiating endeavors, and infusing her enthusiasm into everything she does ”

true to herself, and her zodiac sign, mariana is a vixen. a total coquette but dangerous. we’ll get there, though !! first... lil fun fact: dance was a major part of her life, she often won competitions with flying colors and excelled in every routine taught to her.

she was seventeen when she met jacob day, captain of the college’s baseball team. their star pitcher. and eventually, her boyfriend. he was older than her, two years. but he was sweet and romantic. at least, at first. jacob day would prove to be the absolute worst thing to ever happen to her. 

a few months later, he’d become a junkie, paying other kids to take the athletic drug tests for him and eventually - he got abusive. she stuck around because he had never gotten physical, only verbal. and most days he was still the same boy she thought she’d fallen in love with. most days.

he was twenty the night he died and she was eighteen the night she killed him. he’d laid a hand on her a few weeks prior to that wretched night. they were at a party, not unlike high schoolers their age who think they’re grown when they’re absolutely not. they’d gone up to the second floor of the lake house so she could find a bathroom. he grew irritated with the young girl in the bathroom and laid hands on her once again. only this time, her temper got the best of her. he was drunk, rendered a bit slower and a lot taller than her. she was quick and agile and while she tells herself that she hadn’t meant for him to die. deep down, she knows that she did. he had laid lifeless in a pool of his own blood and she had stared, her own once pristine hands stained with the crimson of the very same blood. 

she had acted fast after having realized he was very much dead and washed the blood off of her hands. moments later, she was calling her late uncle’s wife, her lawful aunt and the woman who had taken over the gang her uncle once led. she showed up a while later and the two left the lake house, leaving behind a spotless bathroom and absolutely no evidence of mariana’s crimes.   

she took her under her wing, agreed to protect her under the promise of her joining the gang. mariana sat a few hours later, on eliana’s couch with a fresh small tattoo on her ribcage linking her to the gang. 

it didn’t take long for the leader and her to actually get to know each other, having not had any solid relationship when her uncle was alive. one year later, eliana named mariana her second in command. of course, no one understood why on earth, a girl who had just barely turned nineteen could be given such a high power. not even mariana herself understood it.

two years later, she rose to the throne following eliana’s death. by then, she had been completely molded by the late leader and had been taught everything she could possibly need. and then some. mariana was trained in combat, gang ties, suppliers and how to keep them happy as well as game plans to ensure that anarchy remain at the top. 

the gang loved her, she was an intelligent girl that had lost a lot at a young age. it toughened her up. and the suppliers loved her because... she was never late on a payment.   

when mariana became the leader, she shifted blake dietrich’s position to second in command. it only seemed fair, he was her best friend. her partner in crime and the sole person she absolutely trusted with her life as well as secrets. though, they’ve known each other for a lot longer than before she made him her right hand man. 

they kept the gang upright together. matter of fact, anarchy had never been better since they were in charge. she was young and pretty, looked anything but what she really was. it gave anarchy the upper hand because everyone else knew exactly who their leader was but did not believe it. she was hidden in plain sight without having to hide at all. 

underestimation, often drove her to do better. those who dared to be verbal with their doubts, died. she, herself, was lethal and absolutely ruthless. her middle name, mercedes meaning mercies, was the most ironic thing to have ever happened. she finds it funny and throws it in the faces of others. 

“ the only merciful thing about me is in my name. ”

she and blake have spent a few months maybe even a year, on the run, after having been walking on eggshells in rosewick. as powerful as a gang can be... it’s only as powerful as its weakest member. and because of a slip up on their end, blake and mariana were compromised. of course, she would rather die than snitch on her own kind - though had they snitched, they probably wouldn’t have had to leave their home. mariana packed her bags and even blake’s before grabbing him and all but dragging him out of rosewick.

they spent some time traveling around the states, living their best lives before mari mentioned the island and now... here they are. 

though, with power like mariana’s and blake’s, they’ve fallen under the santoro gang’s radar. they’re being watched with interest, the main goal being that they join them.

𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 ▸

honestly, anything !!