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loudsuitlover · 6 years ago

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Flirt

When you first applied for the job, you had never even imagined you were going to like it, much less that you were going to be so sad when it came the time for it to end. That was the thing about seasonal jobs- it was easy to say yes to them because you knew they were going to end but then it also left you with a bit of a broken hearted feeling underneath the satisfaction of a goal completed. At that point in your life you had already come to terms with your fear of commitment and you had actually learnt it was the reason you were always indecisive, borderline confused about what you wanted to do, about the decisions you had already taken; but now as you leaned your elbow on the bar and enjoyed playful conversation with Clare, there was not a single trace of regret in your mind.

“I can’t believe I’m about to agree to this.”

The memory of that day, right before you had finally walked down the street and inside the building where Harry Styles Live On Tour team was making the interviews for the new crew that was going to join Harry Styles on his first solo tour, crossed your mind as you saw Paula laughing hard with Harry Lambert from the corner of your eye. She had made fun of you all day at how indecisive you looked once again.

“It’s not like we’re going to rob a bank.” She had said. “You’re just deciding whether or not you want to join Harry Fucking Styles on tour and trust me, bitch, you want to.” She nodded her head, her dark eyebrows raised as she tried to convince you.

“Do I though?” You smiled. “I don’t know, Pau, I’ve worked my ass off in college these last few years maybe I wanna, you know, keep studying or like- at least try to get a job kind of related to my dreamed career.”

“Okay, first of all, who says your job at HSLOT can’t be related to your dreamed career?” She had challenged to which you had rolled your eyes and sighed.

“He surely has a professional photographer already, Pau. It’s not like he’s just going to hire whatever girl comes over with a Nikon on her neck.”

“You’re not whatever girl with a Nikon on her neck! You’re awesome! Come on, Y/N, I’ve seen your pictures and you could make a gorilla look pretty. Plus, I don’t know, there’s always time for that! I mean even if he does have a so called professional photographer already, think of this as a chance to get to meet them and like learn from them even!”

At that you had smiled and Paula couldn’t tell yet, but your feelings were starting to change towards that stupid job she wanted you to apply for. The corners of your mouth had curled upwards at the only thought of carefully listening to every little thing whatever photographer he had hired could say, something about the light or the angle, or the way to take a picture just when he was about to sing as if you could capture his voice on the shutter too and everyone could see how a voice looked like.

“Besides, have you seen how hot he is?” Paula had shut her eyes, her fingers had formed two identical clamps on the sides of her temples as if she was carefully holding the word hot right in front of her eyes. “I would work for him even if it was as the person who washes the floor right before he steps a foot into it.”

“I really hope there’s not such position.”

“He’d deserve it.” She defended.

“You do realize we probably wouldn’t even see him, right? I mean even if we did get the job- which we don’t know if we will- we’d probably get some job as the girl who brings the coffee to the girl who brings the coffee to everyone else.”

“No, that’s not it! They do a personalized interview with you and then they as a professional team in human resources give you a position that goes along with your personality and your abilities as a professional and as a person and I mean, given my history, I’ll probably work side by side with his stylist.”

And she wasn’t wrong. After her TED talk, you had walked inside the building and you had reciprocated every kind smile you got from every single person in the team and you remember you met his eyes just as you tucked a loose strand from your low messy bun behind your ear. Paula was already inside doing her own interview and you were standing right at the entrance of the hotel chatting to one of the other girls in the team when you noticed his green eyes staring at you from the other end of the hall. He was talking to a tall man and he was wearing a light camel colour shirt but the truth was, since he had spotted you at the door, his eyes hadn’t left your figure. You just had a beautiful smile, he had thought, and he had thought that for the rest of the days he had seen you on the arenas.

Treat People With Kidness Team, that was where you had been given a job which consisted of doing research of charity organizations in the area where the next concert was taking place, making contact with them, and letting people know they were going to help them with the purchase of the merch and the ticket concert itself. So yeah, it was not really related to photography, but if you could ask for a dream job, it would be that and the photography could be your forever hobby if it meant you got to help people in such a magnificent way. You probably fell in love with Harry the same night you read the project, which he had carefully thought with the aid of his lawyer, and you couldn’t contatin the giddy smile and the butterflies as you read the letter he had written to everyone in the team, not being able to believe how someone could put out so much kindness into the world.

As expected, you didn’t really see Harry much, except from moments before the concerts where everyone was really invited to hang out in the arena and the weekly meeting on Wednesday morning when your team would present their ideas and Harry would grin and thank you the entire time. Even if today was the last day of tour, you still remember the first, back in London before everyone packed their bags and left to the States when he walked straight towards you and introduced himself to you right before the first meeting with TPWKT was held.

“Hello, I don’t think I’ve had the chance to introduce myself to you before.” He smiled, letting you see his dimples as he offered his big, inked hand to you. “I’m Harry.”

“I know.” You grinned, nodding your head like a lunatic because you had literally just fallen in love with him the night before right after you binged read his charity project. “I mean not in a creepy way, you know, I just know because you’re famous and all that.” And that was when you started to ramble wildly. “I know you hate the word famous, Miranda told me that, I don’t know why I used it, I mean you’re very... Well-known, you know? And.... And kind and... young, not that old people aren’t kind. Actually, Miranda is super nice. I mean I’m not saying she’s old. Please stop me!”

He was laughing hard by the time you shut your eyes in a beg for mercy, resting your folder on the table and letting him properly see your tight skirt, the white blouse carefully stuck inside, and your hair once again in that low messy bun he had seen the first day. It took him just a few weeks to realize it was your professional hairdo, that an the low ponytail and he wanted to ask why you always wore them low instead of high or why you never braided your hair but he didn’t really think it was appropriate of him to ask you that and anyway he always got way too nervous when he had to talk to you and he always ended up making a fool of himself or not saying anything at all.

“Hey” He said one of the days you were getting coffee at the hotel with your coworkers and he had come over to talk to his manager Jeffrey first thing in the morning “I read your research about the charities here in Stockholm and I also think The Hunger Project will be a good choice.”

He smiled, enjoying the way your cheeks turned a light shade of pink as you tried to cover them with your plastic coffee cup. He had heard you and your friend Paula lightheartedly arguing the night before about your mild obsession with proper grammar for those essays about charity that nobody read anyways according to your friend and he had smiled as he walked passed your table at the hotel restaurant at the thought of how ridiculously adorable he found that. So he really read all of them and he’d have to admit he did that mostly because he knew you had written them but that morning he had walked over the catering table to pick a biscuit, even though he had aready had breakfast, just so he could chat to you a little and he had said that just so he could make sure you knew he had read it, that he read everything you wrote and for the first time he didn’t feel so awkward, because you were blushing and you had tucked your hair behind your ear, as you did when Miranda praised your ideas in the meetings, so he knew you liked that he was talking to you too.

“And I found a spelling error.” He teased, fighting his smirk so hard so you would fall for it when your eyes widened and you looked at him horrified, surely terribly embarrassed, and you waited for him to tell you where, where exactly as your mistake. “In the firs paragraph.” He lied. “It says new instead of knew once.”

“Oh, God, really? I read it like a thousand times. I can’t believe that slipped. Do you think a lot of people have read it? Maybe I can change it and print it again although that would be such a waste of paper which would hurt the enviroment and the-”

“I was kidding.” He smiled. “It was perfect, Y/N, as every other time.”

He remembers perfectly the way you smiled that day because your beautiful smile started drawing itself slowly as realization was hitting you that he was teasing you, maybe that he was even flirting, and he remembered he let his eyes fell to your mouth once, to kind of make himself clear that yes, he was flirting with you before he shook his head and followed Jeff to the elevator. You rested your hip against the catering table and giggled like a school girl before you grabbed a biscuit yourself, just because he had grabbed one, and you walked back to your desk, ignoring the way Adrian was smirking behind his laptop screen.

“What?” You demanded.

“Nothing.” He smiled. “He just never reads mine.”

And then after time had passed and he had found himself more and more attracted to you, he had finally confessed that to Clare who seemed to have gotten rather closed with you after a few days sightseeing around some European beauties like Copenhagen or Oslo, and ever since then it had been constant teasing of hers everytime she would catch him staring.

“Why don’t you just ask her out?” She had exasperated once back in his wardrobe.

“Because what if she says no? I’m like her boss and I’m sure her knowing I have a thing for her would be awkward.” He shrugged.

“Unless she has a thing for you too.” Clare wiggled her eyebrows.

“Sure but we don’t know that.”

“Yeah and you won’t let me ask her.”

“Of course you can’t ask her! What is this? Ninth grade? She would totally know I like her.”

“So you do like her?” Clare smiled.

“Clare, have you even listened to me this whole time? Of course I like her.”

“Well you had said you had a thing for her, not that you liked her as in you know wanting to date her! That’s a whole different thing!”

“You’re so in ninth grade.”

And with that he shook his head and walked away but as the days passed, he started realizing he surely did seem like he was in ninth grade himself with all the stealing glances your way, arriving unnecessarily early just so he could bump into you or even just hanging aroung the common areas in the hotels so he could possibly see you and maybe talk about something silly with you or gladly make a fool of himself so he could make you laugh and think that you had laughed a little because of him so your day had possibly been a little better.

And now four months later you were joking around with his bandmates and trying to keep your nerves at cool as you thought he was about to join you all. He had been staring at you the whole night, grinning blantly because now the flirting was strong enough for him to have no doubt you liked him too so now he just had to make the move and if the constant flattering of his heart was the way he was going to feel every time you were around then he only expected for you to never leave. It had all really started three months before when Clare had had the ninth grade idea of making a group chat, giving Harry and you the opportunity to text each other.

Clare Uchima created the group “Harry Styles’ Ego Affected Association”

Clare Uchima added you

Paula: Is this group chat so we can check Y/N’s grammar before she sends the essays to Miranda? lol

Y/N: Is this group chat so we can let Paula know she is not funny?

Clare: As the creator of this group chat, I declare it a hate-free zone. Please don’t get your panties in a twist on my watch, ladies.

Harry: How exactly does my ego affect the three of you alone?

Clare: See? You’re so full of yourself you think your ego also affect others. Not that important, Styles.

Paula: Yeah, probably half the tickets you sold were just so they could see what amazing shoes I chose for you that night.

Harry: I knew letting you choose my shoes would get into your head...

Paula: I think you should appreciate it more. It is extra hard to choose an specific type of Chelsea boots when your roommate is “reading” like this.

Harry still keeps the picture your friend sent that day because even though you weren’t looking at the camera, your hair was all messy around your face, having fallen from the bun you used to held back just with two bobby pins and you the light from the candle you had lighten up next to your laptop was illuminating your face in such an intimate way and you were biting your bottom lip, your hand tucked on the crook of your neck and he almost wanted to set that picture as his background because he thought you looked like a proper angel.

Harry: Is she working or advertising a yoga class?

Y/N: I’m working at such ungodly hour because my boss is such a bully...

Harry: hahahaha I’ve heard he’s really kind.... and young... not that old people aren’t kind ;)

Y/N: Hahaha I see you didn’t forget about that, despite the multiple head injuries you’ve shown us so far

Harry: Oi, how dare you? Maybe it’s Paula’s fault... After all, she does indeed choose my shoes

Paula: Now that was uncalled for. You know, Harry, I’m actually sorry for you. It must have been hard for you to live 24 years without knowing us...

Harry: You have no idea...

Paula: I can’t imagine how hard it must have been for you to live in a Paulaless world...

Y/N changed the subject to “Paula’s Ego Affected Association”

Harry: Thank you, Y/N x

Y/N: You’re welcome, Mr Styles X

Clare: Paula I think we are surplus here

And three months had been time enough for him to find the perfect excuse to text you privately and then your private text thread had started to grow and each time you sent more XXX and each time the talks were until later in the night and with that and a couple group parties he had lost the awkward fear of talking to you and you had grown close enough to run up to him to tell him things straight in person when you found a new exciting thing about whatever organization it was you were collaborating with at the time and he had grown more confident so he would wrap his arm around your shoulders and he would tease you almost every time you talked to him. “Careful with the wires, love, we all know how clumsy you can be.”

“So now are you finally going to tell her?” Jeff asked him because it was the last day of the tour and he could tell he hadn’t torn his eyes from you and Harry just blushed and chuckled, scratching the back of his neck as he looked at his feet.

“I think I have to tell her something because she goes on holidays in two days and I don’t want her to think I don’t want to see her again.”

“I don’t think she thinks that.” Jeff laughed. “You drool over her!”

Instead of denying it, for it was useless anyway, he just chuckled and shrugged, having a sip of his own drink as Jeffrey laughed at his friend.

“I think you did the best thing at keeping it professional while she worked here though, you know?”

“I just didn’t want her to feel like I was taking advantage of her in any way? I know she wouldn’t have but I think it’s best if we start things this way.”

“If you start things?” Jeff raised his eyebrows. “Sounds like you want things to last.” He smirked.

“Stop it, Jeffrey!” He feigned to panic making Jeff laugh as his kind eyes met yours.

“She’s been watching you all night too.” He smiled. “Just go with her already.”

With that he chuckled and made his way towards you, his green eyes never leaving yours until you had no doubt he was coming your way and then you looked ahead, pretending to ignore him as he got closer to the group.

“Oh, there he is!” Clare cheered him up as he made his way inside the group until he was standing right next to you, your left bare shoulder barely skimming his chest.

“Hi.” He whispered and even though you couldn’t see his face you knew he was smiling.

“See?” Paula almost yelled when the bartender looked back at you again “He just looked your way again! He clearly have the hots for you and you have to pass him down to me. You can’t have everybody!”

She frowned jokingly at you but you just smiled as you enjoyed the way Harry frowned and looked for the bartender, his chin moving right next to your temple until he spotted him.

“If you had taken any longer I might have started flirting with him.” You joked, raising your eyebrows as you tried not to smirk but failing once he spinned your stool around making you face him.

“What did you just say?” His green eyes lowered as he stared right into your own.

You just smiled at him, your eyes flicking to his lips and back to his eyes in a brief second, driving him crazy. His hands had stayed on the sides of the stool, trapping you between his muscular arms and making the desire of wrapping your arms around his neck almost unbearable.

“I’m just teasing.” You whispered.

“Well, don’t.” He whispered back, kissing your forehead as you smiled.

“Okay, no teasing then.” You smiled. “Do you wanna sit? I’ve been sitting long enough.”

“No, that’s okay. You stay-”

Except you had already stood up and were now looking at him with a teasing smirk, despite your previous promise. He chuckled as he sat down, ordering another drink to the waiter who couldn’t seem to stop looking at you and then his green eyes amusedly watched your figure walk away.

When you came back though, although Harry’s eyes were still on you, this time it was him who was smirking smugly as you narrowed your eyes slightly at the pretty girl that was now hanging next to him. You had seen her before, she was one of your coworkers except she worked selling merchandise at the concerts, but you had seen the way she flirted with him and the way she always laughed way too loud at his jokes, even at the bad ones. You decided on pretending you didn’t care though and chose to stand next to Adam instead, engaging in conversation with them as you tried your best to ignore Harry’s eyes on you.

You could hear his deep voice making conversation with the other girl and as hard as you tried you couldn’t help but to look at him from the corner of your eyes sometimes, only to draw stupid smug smirks on his face so he ended up winding you up and you turned to Paula, right next to the girl, and asked her to dance. For the first few songs you managed to stop making your entire world revolve around Harry but you still enjoyed the feeling of his eyes on you the entire time. Apparently, they were trying to play some game back in the bar but you could hear everyone scolding him for not paying attention which only encouraged you to sway your hips in wider movements.

“Do you want to dance?”

Despite the loud music, you still managed to hear her voice asking Harry and you started planning her murder the moment he said sure and followed her to the dance floor. Girls Like You by Maroon 5 started playing the moment they joined Paula and you and you rolled your eyes at Harry as he chuckled and started moving closer to you in a very dorky way every time Adam Levine sang yeah, yeah, yeah and you laughed but pushed him away.

“No, I don’t want to dance with you now.” You pestered.

“Why not? I wasn’t-”

You shook your head and gave a few steps back as Call Out My Name by The Weeknd started playing and for the first minute you just flexed your knees the slightest bit until he sang the first chorus and you started moving as seductively as you could manage, your eyes set on Harry’s as he just looked at you with his lips parted, his green eyes burning your skin.

“Y/N.” He whispered, trying to get your attention but you just smiled and kept on dancing swaying your hips slowly, caressing your body with one hand as the other tangled in your hair. “Y/N.” He tried again.

You bent your knees, lowering your buttom slowly until it almost touched the floor, your legs opened before you stood up and kept on dancing; you could feel yourself getting wet at the way he was staring at you and you bit your bottom lip when your eyes fell to the now prominent bulge on his pants.

“Y/N.” This time he was almost begging you to stop but his desperation only encouraged you to go on.

“What, Harry? You don’t dance?”

“You’re kind of distracting me.” He complaint.

“I am? How?” You played down, looking at him with big innocent eyes as he nodded his head, his eyes roaming your body up and down.

“You know how.”

“Dance with me then.” You smiled. “Come closer.”

“You come closer.” He challenged. “You’re the one playing with me.”

“Just teasing, H.”

You smiled, walking closer and almost moaning at the way his hands grabbed your hips and pulled your body against his. His ragged breath hit the skin of your face.

“I thought we agreed no teasing.”

You chuckled, unable to contain your belly from flipping as you stared into his green eyes, both his hands resting on your hips as he held you close to him. Paula and the girl you wanted to kill were still dancing next to you both and you smiled at her, enjoying the fact that she was watching Harry’s hands on you and not on her.

“Heard you had trouble focusing on the game too... Maybe you’re just naturally distracted...”

“I think it has something to do with a girl.”

“Oh, does it?” You raised your eyebrows, resting your arms on his shoulders as he nodded.

“Yeah, you didn’t see the hot girl next to me? I wish you would have seen the way her thighs look in that skirt...” He bit his bottom lip and you frowned, your eyes falling to the skinny bitch’s thighs before you pouted at him.

“Are you serious?” You were pretty sure he was teasing before but now you weren’t so sure.

“Yeah.” He laughed. “You’re not mad... are you?”

Was he being disrespectful? Talking about your thighs like that? He had chosen the word thighs instead of ass precisely to avoid being rude but maybe he had crossed a line nonetheless? You shook your head but removed your hands from his shoulders walking down the hall towards the lobby so you could reach the elevator to the rooms in the hotel.

“Y/N, wait!” He grasped your wrist, turning you around as you wait for the elevator but his frowned turned into a smug smirk the moment he catches up with your behaviour. “I can’t believe you’re jealous of Sylvia.”

“I’m not jealous of her.” You lied as you made your way inside the elevator, him following suit right before the doors closed.

“Yes, you are.” He smirked smugly as he cornered you against the wall right after you pressed the bottom of your floor. “But you don’t have to be, love.” He whispered.

“I am not jealous of anyone.”

You challeged, your faces so close he could feel your breath against his skin. He rested one of his hands on the side of your head and with the other caressed your bare arm from your shoulder to your hand until he curled his pinky finger with yours and enjoyed the way your body seemed to react to him. He could see the goosebumps in your skin and he could tell the way your chest was going up and down now more visibly than before. He smirked before he licked his lips and pressed a kiss to the corner of your mouth, holding your hip with the hand that had been playing with your fingers.

“Admit that you’re jealous.” He whispered against your mouth as if you needed to say that if you wanted a real kiss.

You could the anticipation abrading your chest, your belly doing somersault at the thought of his lips against your own.

“Fine,” you admitted making him grin “but only because she’s been flirting with you forever and now you’re saying she’s hot.”

“You are so silly.” He chuckled, pecking your lips innocently just once.

“Excuse you?” You scowled looking up at him as he squeezed your hip.

“Do you think I would look at any other girl when you are there? Especially if you’re dancing like that? In this fucking skirt?” His hand on your waist moved down to caress your thigh and you swallowed a breath. “I was talking about you.” He whispered.

“Well she was still flirting with you.”

“So what?” The hand that was resting next to your head now cupped your cheek, tilting your head so you had no other choice but to look into his eyes. “I’m crazy about you.” He breathed inches away from your mouth. “How can you not see what you do to me?”

You swallowed the anticipation as he held your hand and lead him down to his jeans. You barely skimmed his warm erection but that gesture, and the feeling of his rock hard excitement on your hand, was the hottest thing you had ever seen. A small gasp got trapped in your throat as he pressed your hand against the cold elevator wall and he hissed at the sound.

“This is what you do to me.”

With that he shifted his hips so his erection was pressing against your belly and that was all it took for you to really moaned, crunching your eyebrows and pouting your bottom lip out, making it impossible for him not to to lean down and captured it between his lips, sucking on it as his hands hungrily moved down your back, only managing to pull you closer to him before the lift stopped and the doors opened on your floor.

“Fuck.” Harry cursed as his mouth pulled apart from yours making you laugh.

“You wanna come into my room?” You asked, your eyes big and innocent, all of a sudden full of insecurities as you stared into his own.

If he rejects you you’d fly out of the country and change your name and make a new life in Argentina. But he nodded, intertwining his fingers with yours as you walked towards your room. You feel a fire burning deep within your body, starting at the bottom of your belly but climbing up to your throat, setting your entire ribcage on fire and you’re afraid he might notice because you’re sure your skin must be as read as his lips are from all the sucking.

“You are so beautiful.” He whispered in your ear as you opened the door, his hands failing at his attempt of keeping them to himself at least until the door was closed behind you and you were both alone in the intimacy of your room.

The moment you closed the door, you rested your back against it, burning your wild eyes into Harry’s and drawing him in like a magnet. He almost wanted to start crying but instead he grunted as he crashed his lips against yours. How was it possible that every day you got more beautiful?

“Harry” You gasped, your tongue hungrily sliding inside his mouth and across his.

“Y/N, wait, wait.”

He pulled apart and you felt the most intense embarrassment you had ever felt overflowing your entire body, so you looked at the floor, unable to look into his eyes until he lifted your chin with his fingers forcing the eye contact so he could read your expression.

“I want you.” He whispered, as if trying to calm your second thoughts down. “But I also want to do this right. I really like you, Y/N,” he chuckled, embarrassed at his confession but the way you smiled calmed his nerves down “so.. I mean I just don’t want this to be like your way of saying goodbye, you know?” He chuckled.

“I really like you too. I’ve liked you since the first week I’ve worked here.”

He laughed, relishing the way your cheeks heated up under his hands,

“That’s good. So... Do you want to give it a try?”

“To give what a try?” You just wanted to hear him say it really so he rolled his eyes playfully because he knew.

“Me!” He chuckled, blushing himself. “Us, I guess. I can take you out and you can see whether you want to be with me or-”

Your lips had crushed against his before he could keep on rambling and now the two of you were smiling against each other mouths, your hands pulling him closer from the back of his neck as he grabbed your thighs until he had picked you up. He sat you down on the couch on your room carefully before he grabbed a blanket and sat down next to you with a big grin but you frowned, grabbed the blanket for him and drop it on the floor, climbing on his lap as you had dreamt of doing so many other times and threaded your fingers through his head, leaving soft kisses along his jaw.

“What are you doing?” He shivered, his hands gripping your hips on top of him.

“You said you wanted me.” You whispered against his mouth pressing your hips down on his earning a deep growl from him. “And you showed me what I do to you, don’t you want to see what you do to me?”

“Fuck, baby.”

He felt the oxygen being knocked out of her lungs as his mind clouded. You shifted on top of him, pushing your hips down against his creating the friction he desperatedly wanted. It drove him crazy and gripped your arms forcefully, pulling you impossibly closer to him, as he got scared at the realization that he had never wanted anyone the way he wanted you then. Sure he had fucked other girls but it had never been about getting them closer and closer but rather about satisfying his own needs but now that you were sitting on top of him, it was as if nothing was close enough.

He gasped when you eagerly threw your crop top over your head exposing your lilac lace bra to him and your fingers pulled from his hair as he kissed and sucked the skin just below the cup of your bra. One of his hand squeezed your butt cheek under your skirt while the other tucked your bra under your breast, wrapping his pink lips around your nipple and gently sucking on it, bringing more and more wetness to your entrance and driving you crazy for him.

“Oh, Harry.”

He groaned and grabbed your bum harder when you moaned his name and gave the same loving attention to your other breast as you started moving your hips against his jeans, trying to find some release from the friction with the crease on his pants, his hard on pressing agonizingly against your soaked panties. His moans were muffled with your skin on his mouth until the sounds were replaced with the pop sound of his mouth releasing your breast when he touched the dripping wetness on your panties as he thought of offering you some relief by rubbing your clit.

“Fucking hell, love. You’re soaked.”

“I want you, Harry, please, I can’t wait.” You pouted, making him groan and want you more.

He lifted your body from his and placed you on the empty space next to him on the couch, taking of his shirt, pants and boxers and telling you to lay down on your back in a whisper as he rolled the condom down his shaft and his eyes went wild when he saw you sliding your skirt off your legs. He had never seen anything sexier in his entire life but that was only until you stood up from the couch and slid your panties down your legs until they drop to the floor around your ankles and, fully naked now, you climbed back on his lap giving him a perfect view of your body as his hands caressed the soft skin of your waist and thighs. The juicier thighs he had ever seen he could swear.... Oh, how would he like to bury his head between them...

He embraced the surprising position and pulled you closer to him, tangling his long fingers in your hair and attaching his hungry mouth with yours. Accomplishing your pleas, he lowered you onto him, swallowing your cries as he as well moaned into your mouth. He started moving slowly, enjoying the way you cried out loud every time he hit that soft spot inside you, gripping your hips and your waist and every part of skin he could reach as he slammed agonizingly slow into you, letting you feel every inch of him. He thought he could cum right then when your eyes rolled to the back of your head as he fastened the rythmn.

“You’re the hottest thing I’ve ever seen, Y/N.”

“Fuck, Harry, you’re so big.” You cried, getting him impossibly harder by the second. “I can feel you everywhere.”

“I’m deep, ain’t I, baby? Bet you can feel me all the way in your belly, can you?”

“Fuck!”

His arms immediately wrapped around your back to pull you even closer to him until your chests were touching and he could feel every inch of you. He growled, biting onto your shoulder when you started circling your hips so that his hips would lift and slam into you just as you slowly circled around him, changing the angle every second. He couldn’t describe how he was feeling if he tried and then it all started being about you and about the way you sounded and the way you felt and the way your lip sounded when it hit your mouth back after he had pulled from it with his teeth. And he felt as if he could never have this with anyone else, his heart beating so fast and so strong and this feeling of total bliss as he drove himself into you and you whimpered and shivered and he knew this was something only you and him would ever share and that no one would ever compare to you and nothing would ever compare to this.

“Harry” You gasped, biting your bottom lip to calm yoursef down at the verge of tears as if you had heard his thoughts, turning him on even more than he already was.

“You feel so good, Y/N.”

The pressure started to build in his stomach when he sees your niples getting impossibly harder, your entire skin covered in goosebumps as you arched your back and he knew you were close so he circled your clit with his thumb and bit his own lip before he watched you come undone trembling right after your body had stiffened for a few seconds and then moaning and clenching around him until he came himself, squeezing your hips and taking your grateful kisses as long, thick spurts of cum filled the condom.

He chuckled at your tired smile before you yawned and scrubbed your eyes like a little girl and he kissed your lips a few times until he could control himself.

“I’ve wanted you since the first moment I saw you.” He confessed. “But I never thought you would feel this good.”

“I hope you haven’t had enough.” You smiled lazily, your eyes already closing as he chuckled and took you to the bed.

“Of course not.” He laughed.

“Good. You’ll stay, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Good.”

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impivus · 6 years ago

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very rushed very shit intro comin @ you all but here goes nothing ! i’m felix from the gmt tmz, i use he / him pronouns, and im gonna power nap any minute now because one thing you should know about me is that i’m eternally on the verge of passing out from minimum exertions during the day. this is my pain in the ass eunsu: not even going to sugar coat it - he’s the human personification of a headache dumpster fire all in one beefy package and i really don’t even blame your character if they just . ignore his presence because, me too !

under the cut there’s some information about him if you want to get to know more about him regardless. smash that mf heart if you want to plot.. and i will get to you ? sometime ? its an ambiguous promise but i keep them, discord is also an option so just ask if you’d prefer to plot on there. eun’s about is here but no plots as of yet because life is hard and We Cant all Have Everything

aka im lazy

* ☾ ✧ * º ━━ is that KIM JONGIN walking about ? nope ! that’s just EUN SU CHO. & i’ve been told that they work as a INFORMATION BROKER ! apparently, they are TWENTY FIVE ( 204 ) years old . some people say they are a CISMALE, DEMON ! HE is very CULTIVATED & INTUATIVE but also DECIETFUL & MENACING. i wonder if they are just as odd as the rest of us . ⇢ SYNOPSIS. MBTI TYPE / entp, the debater ZODIAC SIGN / scorpio ENNEAGRAM TYPE / 7w8 KINSEY SCALE / 3 MORAL ALIGNMENT / chaotic evil / neutral HOGWARTS HOUSE / slytherin ⇢ AESTHETICS.

goosebumps raised and feelings of growing dread, the dark corner of a room where light doesn’t reach, silver pocket - watches with dead batteries, the scratch of a record player needle, flares in the sky, bad ideas coming to life, half-assed clapping when it’s required, figures dancing within the shadows & a smile you shouldn’t trust .

⇢ OVERVIEW

literally anybody: when are you free? eun su: im forever imprisoned in my own personal hell so i am never truly "free" but i don't really have plans all next week except for monday

this is eun su, and will y’all believe me if i say he used to be a good egg before he turned into the rotten egg i’m presentin y’all with today ?? i kid u not.. bs free zone. he did once .. have a hort he was born to a cult of witches, his twin brother absorbing all the magic that was meant to be equally distributed between them in his mother’s womb, which pretty much left eunsu as the black sheep of the family. said cult had been living on a small, near enough desolated island for literal decades, entertaining themselves with magic, seeking out knowledge, observing the unassuming populace, and toying with other supernatural creatures who dared cross their paths. unfortunately for eunsu’s family, tragedy struck when one of his aunt’s tried to over throw the high priestess ( his mother ) in their coven. unyielding in her position and untouchable to the magic she was exposed to, her sister went about other ways to break the woman’s spirits, dabbling in black magic predominantly to achieve her goals. eunsu’s brother was, thus, cursed before he was even born with an incurable heart defect that would see him dead before he reached double figures. eunsu’s mother was broken not mourned over how much he missed out as on a child: but she mourned for the fact that he was the only child that harboured any magic in their veins, the only child that could’ve carried on their lineage. queue entrance of eunsu and his Whats the Worst that Could Happen Attitude. being young and naive, thought he could’ve been able to solve it by himself, solve the issues and earn his mother’s lacking affections. eun had heard about dark vessels that could miraculously grant wishes through summonings. though he didn’t have magic in his veins he had a fire in his heart, and after all, demons cared not for who or what they fed from: so long as they appeased their hunger. all it wanted in return was a good, pure soul, and that’s what the demon stole from him before it mended his twin brother’s heart, giving the boy a new lease of life that wasn’t intended for him from the start. pity that eunsu died before he got to the age of twenty, following a quick and hungry fever that overtook his frail body and too soon turned deadly. there was no surprise that, come judgement day, he was turned away at the gates of heaven, in exchange for becoming one of lucifer’s own.

as a result of being eternally cursed with immorality and a tainted soul, he's lived some hundred-odd years and is coping by making the current populace in jeonseoul suffer along with finding purpose in digging out the secrets of his past life, mayhaps trying to find the demon who cursed him.... which could definitely be a wc.. and strengthening his abilities as a demon.

his personality is a bit insufferable; eunsu keeps himself distant and cryptic, because he likes it that way. he's a real weirdo ( if u have ever watched hxh he’s hisoka.. THAT weird ) that's hard to forget: completely mischievous, dramatic, and malicious to boot. some days he's waxing poetic about the futility of having a sense of justice and the next he's using his demonic powers to make some innocent tourist think they're hallucinating as they attempt to walk into a steady flow of traffic.

ultimately life's a game to him and bih.. he’s here to have fun ! he's outlived his actual family and friends ( well, aside from his brother who he barely remembers, prolly be a wc if anyone’s interested ) and he's not looking to get attached to anyone. it would be great to Die because it’s his forever Mood but he also gets furious if anyone tries to actually expel him for real - so he'll simply prod at the world and its people until he gets the reactions he wants.

fair warning: it is a pain to genuinely care about eunsu and not many people will wanna do it. he comes and goes into people's lives as he pleases, stops reaching out once he's bored and only ever grazes the surface of a relationship based on its worth or his curiosities, innocent ppl, cute ppl, etc are just gonna be eaten up by him then dropped.

the people who will be closest to him are doubtlessly other demons ig ? but he also hates y’all too so.. don’t get too friendly like he’s not here to make friends he’s here to be Jeonseoul’s next top Demon. also since he died sumn like 200 years ago it’s possible some wizards / familiars knew of him and his coven, it’d be super interesting for someone to have known cute human eunsu in exchange for chaotic bastard demon eunsu

�� MISCELLANEOUS

since he’s a young demon, his horns are small and his wings barely span about two inches above his shoulder bones, he got itty bitty bat wings lbr he’s kinda pissed abt it. there’s tattoos over his scars from clashing with other demons / hunters / angels, but his devil’s mark lining the back of his neck, performed by first demon who took his soul, has never faded away.

he also works as an info broker, which ties in with the fact that he’s a contractual demon ! it's more of a hobby than a job, something he does for kicks and to restock his gambling money and alcohol money, but he offers a helping hand to solo clientele for private cases if need be, just remember to bring your negotiation skills because his manipulation skills are a1.

he's well-versed in witchcraft even if he can’t actually possess the abilities that actual witches can. while hardly the mentoring type, he could be convinced to equip people with his knowledge of latin, spells or dark magic they want if he's interested enough. then again he might decide to screw them over for kicks so ask him for favours with caution.

for someone who carries a ton of spite and secrets, he passes as an easygoing, casual literature major on the daily to disguise his true intentions. find him at the university pretending to be a student and failing miserably at it like edward’s thousand year old ass in twilight

he cheats at the casino with his demonic powers but does it infrequently enough to pass it as luck. play games with him at your own risk. casinos are one of his favourite places but he can really be found anywhere with ease but some other places he frequents are: beaches, libraries, museums, bars, etc !

he'll get on people's nerves, but getting him to care to the degree of hate is another story. living this long has numbed him; people don't surprise him anymore and he doesn't care to spend time thinking about others. the secret to getting him to turn deathly serious is as simple as telling him you can tell that he was once a good person - because the cheesy truth is he was. he just convinces himself that he's given up trying to remember his human life and finds it easier to live like he’s dead.. yknow which he is.

romance makes him queasy, he's a spiteful old bastard and the concept of sweet love rubs him 100% fictional. there's someone he fancied before he was cursed but i'll save you the story: that's a distant dream now.

he might quote romantic works or put some pretty words together but he's fake as Fuck. if he notices someone innocent and unsuspecting crushing on him they are in so much trouble. he'll kiss their hand then twirl them right off a cliff. corruption kink central right here laid ease

as of rn he’s trying to master how to teleport and shadow control but he really is like on level one and he’s got to get up to level 50 to achieve even a fifth of what these other demons can do

edit: i totally forgot to include eunsu’s ‘demonic’ title after he was banished to the perils of hell. it’s ironically just saint, and he goes around using that bc it’s blasphemous and a big ole middle finger to god himself. nobody will know his real name, but if there’s an off chance that they do, that’s a massive threat to eunsu and he’ll get his Snipers on Scene

tl;dr:

#oddintro #. I HAVE THE POWER OF GOD AND ANIME ON MY SIDE ── / OOC. ❞#so this is. a thing!

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loki-god-of-menace · 6 years ago

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on thanos

This is a very technical entry as it requires a bit of research Nonetheless, it also contains some heavy things . Much ado has been made over “why didn’t Thanos just make more resources for everyone” and there’s more of an answer than “because there wouldn’t be a movie”. If you look up the experiments by John B. Calhoun on mice and rat population, we’ve been able to scale the results of his experiments and reach numerous conclusions regarding population sizes in proportion to resource availability. However, there’s an important aspect to consider, which is the difference between total population and population density. In his experiments, Calhoun had enough food and living space for all the rodents, but they would group together in dense social groups. He noted that twelve rats is the maximum number that can live harmoniously in a natural group, beyond which stress and psychological effects function as group break-up forces. It was a different number in mice, but the principle still applies. Among the aberrations in behavior were the following: expulsion of young before weaning was complete, wounding of young, inability of dominant males to maintain the defense of their territory and females, aggressive behavior of females, passivity of non-dominant males with increased attacks on each other which were not defended against. Why didn’t Thanos just make more food-producing industries? Because “hunger” is just the simplest explanation he could offer in a movie with a time constraint. The more technical reasoning is there were too many people living in densely populated areas, being forcibly oversocialized, leading to societal deterioration. Aggressive men fighting for no reason, mutilating random people, and possibly cannibalizing the young even when food was available. It’s not as simple as creating more living space for people, because social creatures are naturally inclined to live together which naturally leads to population density overfill. What horrors did Thanos witne ss in his youth to conclude that a galactic culling was the most positive outcome? Probably more than he’ll ever talk about.

To further add to the realization, considering that he is said to have been born and considered a “freak” on Titan, who knows if many, if not all of those aforementioned horrors were directed at Thanos himself?

^ Submitted to my blog.

First off, this is the wrong blog to be submitting Thanos supportive meta to, regardless of how ‘deep’ it is promised to be.

Second off, I disagree.

Social and resource experiments with mice and rats are all well and good, and there is definitely a serious consideration to be made of why beings will group together, consume their resources, and then begin to socially deteriorate instead of focus their resources on developing more, but Thanos’ major issue comes down to some sense of MORALITY as well as logic.

The baseline complaint around Thanos is that he was and is the wrong villain to humanize and even if he had come to the conclusion that a galactic culling was more satisfying a fix than creating boundless resources, it is still a temporary, illogical fix until he wants to spend the rest of his existence culling, waiting a few thousand years, and then culling again.

If you use your own ‘research’, it is easy to see that Thanos’ ideas would come to either one of two ends:

1. He will cull the population, it will regrow over hundreds to thousands of years, and then he will have to cull it again to avoid a repeat of the starvation and resource shortage, etc since groups trend toward living together, as your research says.

2. He will cull the population and the massive destabilization of having half of the population removed leads to anarchy, turmoil, weakness and eventual extinction as government leaders, military, and families are all gutted of core members.

Either way, no benevolence, no mercy, and certainly nothing that needs to be turned into a ‘humanitarian’ play, because anyone with a shred of logic can see that the SITUATION THANOS IS SAYING HE WANTS TO FIX (resource shortage and overpopulation) ARE GOING TO REPEAT THEMSELVES or he is going to cause mass genocides.

Also, there is the morality issue. Regardless of how much he wishes to illogically solve world-hunger and over-population, it is inherently wrong and depraved to think that literally murdering a half of thousands of populations is… ok. And no amount of attempts at giving Thanos ‘emotions’ over Gamora is going to change that fact.

So, now that we have established that Thanos’ claims that murdering half of every population is ‘mercy’ and will solve the real issues is stupid, lets break down how to make him a legitimately dark and vile villain whose theories of mass murder actually fit into his ideologies:

1. Make him live up to his ‘cult’ following.

Ebony Maw enters the movie with a legitimately creepy speech about their victims rejoicing in being killed. That strongly suggests an ideology; a religious fascination with Death - just death, nothing after it - as a gift and a mercy. That would blend seamlessly with Thanos’ own worship of Death as a concept, especially if he were barred from Death until he had completed his mission of wiping out life to ensure that the number of dead outweighed the living.

2. Make him not love anything except death.

Thanos would be far scarier if he was legitimately allowed to not love anything except Death. Taking children - like Gamora and Nebula - and torturing, enhancing, and manipulating them could be more of a hobby, a pastime… something he enjoys, and something he portrays as a reward, because their service to him will bring about Death. When he is asked what he loves in IW, he should not turn mournfully to Gamora (whom he terribly abused). He should turn, smile, and say, “Death.” and then jump from the cliff himself and receive the infinity stone because he is the antithesis to a being who loves.

3. Make him earn the fear that powerful characters have given him.

Loki is straight-up terrified or horrified at the sight of Thanos’ ship at the end of IW, and Thanos does making himself a threat to the Asgardians and eventually brutally murders Loki, BUT. Then he spends the rest of the movie being kicked around by humans and being made to wishy-wash over whether he loves Gamora.

No.

Lets see him torture, or make people be tortured, and then console them in the worst paternal way by promising them surcease if they surrender their will/kneel. Lets see a flashback of him taking Loki’s broken face in his hands and whispering, “The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life’s joy with a mad scramble for power and identity. You have no power. Let me give you identity.” and when Loki resists the process repeats, and we see that Thanos is wicked, and that breaking beings is his hobby, and that molding toys and servants is enjoyable, and that he views serving him as a reward because, what better than to bring death?

And sure. Make his nihilistic fascination grounded in the fact that he was hated and reviled as a child, and he turned on his people and said, ‘Fine. You don’t deserve it. But let me show you mercy.’ and then killed all of them. But don’t try to make his fascination and wickedness logical. It isn’t. It was not meant to be. And you cheapen him by doing so.

#thanos meta #meta #my meta #infinity war #tw: discussion of torture #submission

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shikkearu · 7 years ago

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Irreplaceable Part 12: All Hallows’ Eve

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Perona had waited all day. Sometimes it was hard to even see him, because their schedules didn't fit together at all. But she had been patient all day long. What she had in mind was making her hot. Unbearably so. Even the frozen February didn't cool her down. She had to tell him, just had to.

He climbed to the bed without a word his back against hers. Maybe he thought she was asleep, or he just didn't want to cuddle. It was like that these days. He hated how their work schedules never seemed to fit together. It was the only thing that they ever really fought about. Maybe it was hard on them because they didn't have a lot of power in deciding how their working schedules go.

But she was bursting with the knowledge. Even if telling it to him felt like admitting defeat. Finally with a defeated coy look on her face she whispered, small bit of her hoping he wouldn't hear:

- "I've been off the pill a few days now."

She couldn't say anything else when he had already turned around and was holding her face. - "Are you serious!? You sure about this?" - "Yes." She couldn't help but smile. He had wanted a child so long now and she was finally ready as well.

He started kissing her everywhere and laughed: - "I'm going to be a father!!" - "Don't be so hasty," she chastised him and coyly added, "You still need to put one in me." - "Oh, yes you're right." He kissed her again letting his hands wander over her body. "If we're fast it might be born in October. Our very own Halloween-Baby."

And he laughed one of his perfect laughters she so loved.

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After a half a year of trying, Perona was finally pregnant. It was going to be a spring baby and she was excited of the idea. She decided that she would end her work. Being a nurse wasn't really her dream job and it felt good to finally not having to worry about their schedules matching. She was making a simple porridge when she heard the door go.

- "What are you doing up this early?" A yawn escaped his lips. - "Good morning to you too," she snorted. "I woke up being hungry and I thought you might be hungry as well."

He went by her side and looked at the porridge. - "I'm scared." - "Hey it's just porridge. I can't fail that." - "You've burnt it." - "The top's still good."

He took a taste and made an awful face and started retching. - "What did you put into this? Arsenic?" - "It can't be that bad." She took a taste and spit it out. "Ew." - "Please don't try to poison yourself before the baby is born."

Her hand went over her stomach instinctively and she looked at him angry. - "I was trying to be nice and you mock me for it." - "I know, I'm sorry." He hugged her quickly and left his hands on her waist and looked at her belly even if her pregnancy was yet to truly show. "Don't you worry. I won't let Mommy poison you." - "Hey! What am I supposed to do if I'm here all day by myself?" - "Pick up a hobby. Other than cooking. And you won't be by yourself much longer." - "What kind of stay-at-home-mom doesn't cook for their kids?" - "You." He smirked and Perona snorted. "Has it really been that bad?" He looked a bit worried. - "No, not really. I don't miss having scuffles over bad work times. I've actually gotten used to this care-free lifestyle. You treat me like a princess." - "Leave everything to me and just say if something vexes you, my lady." - "You know I will. Horo Horo Horo! You're fussing again." - "I just want you to be happy."

She placed her hands over his and smiled.

- "I'm already happy. I can't see a single worry in our life that we can't solve together." - "Except your bad cooking skills." - "Enough!"

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- "Hey Zoro this is father. Fat-her. Can you say that to me?"

- "Oi, he's been to this world little over a month and you're already asking him that." Perona was mid-changing Zoros nappy. "And you're his Daddy. I'm Mommy and you're Daddy. Dad-dy. Can you say that to me?" She gave him the used diaper. - "Ah, you're very cruel." He backed off to the kitchen. "Daddy, dad-dy. Not father, daddy." He mumbled to himself and disposed of the hazardous package.

Perona had finally finished changing and was leaning towards Zoro giving him small kisses. - "There much better. You sure love Mommy more, don't you?"

Zoro let out a small hungry whimper.

- "That is extremely unfair! Of course he loves you more, you just changed his diaper." - "You're just a sore loser." She showed him tongue and picked up Zoro. She carried him to the sofa, turned on the TV and laid into a comfortable position.

Soon he could hear the suckling sound he'd grown so familiar with. He chuckled and opened the fridge. - "There's only one pudding left. I'm sure there was more." - "I ate yours and the last one left is mine. Horo horo." - "How can you specifically eat mine when they're all the same." - "You just know. It's a mom thing."

- "It's a mom thing," he mumbled to himself mockingly and took the last pudding. "I'll just eat yours then. Hey what's this charred up thing in the fridge?" - "It's not 'a charred up thing'. I've been practicing cooking when Zoro's been asleep." - "Didn't I tell you not to worry about cooking?" - "Yeah, but I want to learn." - "Anything related to food and you can't do it." He chuckled and then froze. He'd gone too far this time and he knew it.

Perona turned slowly still feeding Zoro, but there were tears in her eyes and she looked at him with a great anguish. His heart broke into thousand pieces and he rushed to embrace her.

- "I'm sorry, I was only joking, I didn't mean to." - "You know it's hard," she was sobbing. - "But you've gotten the hang of it now. Zoro's weight is on the rise and he doesn't cry for hunger like he used to." - "He always cries after I've fed him" - "That's because you cry. He feels that something is off and cries as well. Perona, you're better than you think." She smiled a little bit - "I'm not." - "Is he crying now?"

She didn't hear a single complaint and had to look down. Zoro was calmly looking at them both and then smiled the most beautiful smile the two of them had ever seen. They were delighted by this sudden show of affection. It might very well be his first real smile.

- "Mommy can have the last pudding if you just smile for Daddy again."

And Zoro did. The proud father looked up to the mother of his child with the most broadest of smiles and kissed her.

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- "Aren't you the drooliest little baby?" He laughed while wiping Zoro's mouth.

They were out on a stroll. July was nearing it's end and Zoros teething had started. They were heading back home talking on how the weather was going to get hot soon and if there was any summer festivities ahead.

He looked at Perona and smiled. - "You know, I'm really happy." - "What all of a sudden? Did you get too much sun during the day?"

He laughed before continuing: - "It's just been a whole lot different than I thought. Better in fact. The year went by so fast. I can't wait for the next." - "Definitely a sun stroke." - "It's not."

He grabbed her by the waist and spun her around. Something he just had to do when he was extremely happy. He did it when they found out she was pregnant. They had toppled over and she had to chastise him, that such roughhousing could make her miscarry.

- "Put me down! Put me down, you fool."

She laughed and hugged him tightly. He did and then kissed her long and passionate. She felt like they had to break off too soon, but they were in public after all.

- "I feel like I don't say this enough so here goes. I love you, Perona." - "You say that nearly every day, silly." - "I know, and it's still not enough. I love you so much." - "I love you too, fool." - "And Daddy loves his little tiger-boy. A whole lot." He pressed Zoros nose. "Buup!"

Zoro squealed happily.

- "I know Mommy is the prettiest lady on earth, but you shouldn't say it out loud, it'll just get into her head." - "Horo horo. We should go home." - "Hey, you want some roasted almonds?" - "You're so unpredictable today. Really, you need them right now?" - "Yeah, I think the market place nearby is still open. I have this craving for some roasted almonds and I'll be nasty to you if I don't get any."

She laughed and gently swatted his head. It had been awhile that he had made a joke about her pregnancy cravings.

- "Do you even have any money with you?" - "As a matter of fact I do." - "Can you pick some milk on your way back? We're running out." - "Sure."

He grabbed a bag from Zoros stroller and turned to go.

- "I shouldn't be gone for long. So don't start on the dinner without me." - "Don't go jaywalking on that one road! You know how dangerous it is." - "I'll be careful."

He waved one single goodbye and then ran off.

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Zoro was busy gnawing on his wooden blocks. Perona felt guilty for eating the left-overs, but she had been hungry. He'd been gone for so long and she was getting worried. It was dark outside. She grabbed her phone and looked out the window while waiting for him to answer. Still there was no answer. It started to rain and she had to go around putting on lights.

Where is he?

She tried playing with Zoro. Maybe he had gone to visit his father. He lived close to that place, didn't he? She called mr. Dracules house-phone. No answer.

Zoro tried getting her attention. She was so worried now. He never did something like this. She could always get a hold of him.

The rain was getting stronger and she could hear the low rumbling of thunder. Zoro squealed and crawled into her arms. She tried her best to comfort him, but it was hard when she was so worried herself.

Then the phone rang. She rushed to it with Zoro in a tight hug. He was scared and crying hard. She didn't look who called when she answered the phone.

- "Where have you been!? I've been worried sick and it's raining!" Perona started to cry. "Idiot, why didn't you answer my calls?"

There was silence on the other side. She had a bad feeling about it.

- "Is this Roronoa Perona?" A womans voice answered her. - "Yes." - "This is doctor Kureha from the General Hospital. With grave heart I must inform you that your husband has passed away in a car accident. Of course this must have come as a shock, but-"

Perona dropped the phone. She weakly grabbed onto Zoro not to drop him too and fell on her knees.

Her husband was gone.

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- "Do you like the rain?"

Perona got startled and looked at Mihawk. - "Not really. Why do you ask?" - "You were just looking out of the window for so long." - "Ah no. I was just thinking."

It was going to be the first Halloween after her husbands death. And it had made her think about him a bit more. She tried to be happy, but Mihawk didn't really celebrate Halloween. What was the point since it wasn't a custom in this country. But he humored her by letting her decorate.

- "It was raining like this that day."

Mihawk looked at her for a moment before he figured out the day she talked of.

- "I had told him not to jaywalk and still he did. I can't understand why he had to have such a rush every where. It was just milk and almonds. I could have waited." - "I don't know if you've read it, but there is a pedestrian crossing now." - "That's a bit too late now." Perona replied bitter. - "Yes for us, but it could prevent a tragedy like ours from happening again."

Perona sighed.

- "There was an out cry after his death. People were outraged because a young family man had died there and a crosswalk had not been built even after it had been constantly asked for." - "Why does someone have to die before anything is done?" Perona lamented. - "I cannot understand it either. But I would like to think that a little bit of good came out of his death." - "Pappa," Zoro demanded holding a wooden block. - "Yes, of course."

Perona looked at Mihawk then out again. She sighed.

- "Where were you that day? I tried to call." - "I was out of country. I actually returned about three days after." He paused for a moment. "I'm thankful that you invited me to the funeral." - "Of course I did. It was out of question not to. Hmph!" - "It's just, you didn't like me back then." His voice was quiet and sad. - "I didn't know you back then. But I gave you a chance, didn't I." - "I was scared... that you wouldn't."

Perona turned to face Mihawk. He was trying to play with Zoro, but his face was gloomy and dark. He looked rather frail at that moment. It was easy to forget, that Mihawk too was in the mid of mourning process.

- "We're here now. And it's been good, right?" - "I really don't know what I would have done without you."

He looked so sad, almost as if he was going to cry. Perona remembered what Shanks had said back at the diner. How Mihawk had been a mess.

- "When he-" she begun to ask. - "Pappa!" Zoro slammed a soft ball against Mihawks face. - "Zoro, not on Pappas face, please."

He scolded Zoro and took the ball from him. Zoro giggled and toddled a bit further away from him before sitting down on the floor.

-"Are you ready?"

Zoro held his hands high up and grinned showing the few small teeth he got. Mihawk made the ball roll towards him and he slammed his hands against the ball making it stop. Mihawk gave him a small applause and Zoro threw the ball back to him as good as he could, but it stopped midway. He inched a bit closer and rolled the ball back to Zoro who then rolled it back to him. Perona looked them play. She could talk to Mihawk later.

- "Can Mommy play too?" She asked with a finger on her mouth. - "I don't know. It's a bit of a boys game." - "Humbug, make way."

She joined in and for a moment she could forget her troubling thoughts.

#fanfic #MihawkxPerona #mihopero #dracule mihawk #perona #one piece #ミホペロ #Irreplaceable #mihawk

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lucyvivesnews · 7 years ago

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"Sometimes you have to provoke a little"

She studies Philosophy, is an activist and a talented writer. The music is her challenge and Puerto Rico is one of her greatest loves.

She couldn't believe it. What just a few weeks ago was a paradise had become a hell. Drama, destruction, sadness, despair. She left the plane and found the island of disenchantment.

Lucía Vives was born on January 11, 1996 in San Germán, the second oldest town in Puerto Rico and although she speaks Spanish, she has remained a large part of her life outside of the island and has been based in New Orleans, where she studies Philosophy at the University of Loyola, she's a proud Puerto Rican.

From her early years, she reminds freedom, the same one that was impregnated in her skin and that accompanies her until now.

"My first memories are in Puerto Rico, we had an open life, very communicative, always very organic with the theme of food, and a great freedom to be outside, barefoot and play in the mud. From that time there are very important things to me: to consent me, to live me, to love me, my relationship with the earth, with the world, with me. We were very united, the four of us, my mom, my dad, my brother and me, we grew up together and that was quite special for my life."

She was just over three years old when they moved to Miami. Her father decided that his successful artistic career could be better projected from there, in Florida. "We were like any Latin family that lived for the first time in the United States, we didn't have more relatives there at that time, we were only four".

Well, they weren't like any Latin family, because none has a father with the record of being the most nominated to a Latin Grammy, recognized almost everywhere and a musical symbol in his country, but they tried to take it in the most natural way possible.

Lucia's thing at that time was the sport (she's a very good tennis player), school and to ask difficult questions to answer. "Since I remember I was always asking my parents things. When I was little there was a moment when I felt that there weren't many people I could talk to. Adults don't take a six-year-old girl seriously and your friends of the same age don't understand you."

PHILOSOPHY AND COMMITMENT

She took refuge in writing and reading and when it came time to choose a career, she says, everything made sense. "If I was going to study something, it was going to be that dialogue over time about the why of things" (can you imagine a six-year-old girl talking like that?) I realized that, at the end of the day, the things that worry me, what I understand and don't understand, those questions without answers are the same as those of Nietzsche or Jean-Paul Sartre" (the tattoo on her back is a transcription, in Greek, from a quote by Platon).

She decided to study philosophy and the study of women at the University of Loyola and, although she recognizes that it's a great university, the truth is that she chose New Orleans for the music. "It's something that has always been and is very important to me. I like to read, to learn, history, literature, but not much academy, so if I was going to study I'd have to leave the side of music and art, which are fundamental things for me."

She'd have liked to be a photographer, but she says that she's terrible. "It's a very sad thing, a bit of a frustrated dream, because I love it." She found satisfaction in posing, in creating stories in front of the camera. "Art, including photography, is a very comfortable place for me, it's my hobby, a passion, something else that allows me to express myself. If I wasn't given one side of the lens, then I decided to try the other. "

That avocation for the image reflects how comfortable she feels with herself. "It's something innate in me since I was little, perhaps stimulated by the people who raised me: my mom, my grandmother, my nanny, my father. They always encouraged that self-esteem and that security. "

Lucía believes that women are immersed in a society that leads them to doubt themselves. "I don't understand how they can lead you to hate yourself because you think you're ugly or fat. It's one thing to want to be healthy or seek to be the best version of yourself and another is to attack yourself because of what others think or say. I've always been my biggest fan, also my biggest critic, but I think it's important that the standards come from oneself. I was born in this body and I have to love and respect it".

Finally, that way of thinking made her an activist and, in a way, a provocative one in a world that lets herself be easily provoked by some things and becomes silently with the complicity of others; that is shocked by a nude but continues to witness abuses and murders. "Sometimes you have to provoke a little. We live in a world where we're asleep, the, when you feel responsible for changing something, put a topic on the table you see that the only way to reach many people is to do something that moves them. It shouldn't be like that, because the important thing should always be the subject, not the form."

A MIXTURE OF FLAVORS

The images in her social media, which have generated so many headlines on the internet, are just one more manifestation of the naturalness with which she takes things. "In our society and in our culture, the naked body, especially of the woman, has been reduced to a morbid vision from eroticism; then, when we talk about publishing, about making public something that should be natural, all these taboos come up; for me it's the same reason why we don't like to talk about menstruation, although is natural and a reality. I think is a lack of education and that's why today, from art, from photography, we teach many things that for some are uncomfortable but that we consider beautiful and we don't censor them. If we are going to celebrate the body we will celebrate all the bodies or no one. "

The art in Lucía Vives not only goes through photography or writing, but also through music, a subject that is still pending. "It hasn't been easy, there are too many ideas flowing there and that makes it very difficult to choose one. I feel very good with the work we have done, with my band, it has been a very big growth process. What happens is that when you have so many options you have to make sure you do the right thing."

And if it's about options and mixtures, Lucía, as she says, is a citizen of the world. "The truth is that I feel quite global: in Puerto Rico they say that I am colombian; in Colombia, I am puerto rican; in the United States they don't know how to define me, in the end I am Latina, although truthfully, it doesn't matter where I am or where I live, I am always a Puerto Rican, I have the privilege of being born there, to take it up and always come back".

THE RETURN TO HOME

This year she decided to take a break from college and return to Puerto Rico to continue working on her music. "I wanted to breathe a bit and going back to the island is always the best rest." She arrived shortly before Hurricane Irma, and as soon as it passed, she decided to travel to New Orleans to pack her things and return to what will always be her home, but nature changed her plans.

"We are an island where we are used to hurricanes, but nothing prepared us for something like that," she says. After the passage of Irma, Lucy says, was "a false alarm", came Maria with its winds of more than 200 km/h, according to experts, the worst storm that has hit the island in almost a century: 13 dead, almost 100 percent of the country without electricity, 75% of the population without communication, hundreds of houses destroyed and thousands of people homeless. "We were without communication for days, we couldn't talk to anyone, everyone said that the situation was serious and that's how it was."

Lucía returned in one of the first commercial planes that landed in San Juan. "It was quite difficult to get there and see what was left. Especially since I had been there only a few weeks before, I had left a beautiful forest and returned to a swamp full of destruction, dead people, sunken ships, houses completely lost.”

Lucía spent weeks helping in the process of rebuilding the place where she was born. "We saw very ugly things, which can cause hunger and frustration, but also very positive things, the work of the community, solidarity, what we can do for each other. It was nice to be there and see how powerful that urge is to help others. It's hard not to be a patriot when you were born in an absolutely beautiful place."

After finishing her work on the island she returned to Colombia, her other homeland, traveled to Medellín, to take the photos of this report in a beautiful hotel in the middle of nature called Manantiales.

About her future, the daughter of Carlos Vives, she doesn't have things clear yet. "I keep evolving, growing, I am in a moment where I am aligning the cards of my vocation, my passion, in art, education, philosophy and music. I wanted to think it over, but the truth is, I'm running out of patience so I think I'm going to close my eyes and 'we left.'"

(December 2017)

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snapadoodlez · 7 years ago

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Doctor Who Series 10 Playlist

So I make a lot of playlists as a hobby and, par for the course, I wound up making one for Series 10 of Doctor Who. I’m quite happy with how it turned out, so I’m sharing it here on the off-chance you’ll enjoy it as well!

Here’s the Spotify link (will prob. post an embedded version later): https://open.spotify.com/user/sirenssongs/playlist/0lvaeVUc8YcjG7QVUb1qiA

In this playlist, the songs/events are organized chronologically (versus by episode order): it starts off at the execution planet scene in Extremis ( “See I’m Smiling”) and picks up later at the university with The Pilot and the introduction of Bill (”Dear Old Shiz”/ “See Her Smile”). Along with the Twissy/Bill emotional arcs, it fills in some of the (*cough*vault-shaped*cough*) gaps. It is long: but if you need something to listen to and feel like revisiting the story while you work/study/etc., hopefully this’ll do the trick!

I’ve included the track-list and guide below (full-list below “Keep Reading” line). I hope you enjoy it, and I’d love to hear if you do! If you don’t listen to the whole thing, maybe you’ll find a new song or two. I’ve made some other DW playlists for previous series’, so if you like this, I may go back and post those as well.

Track-list & Guide:

1. See I’m Smiling – The Last Five Years

“Oh… Doctor… I didn’t expect to see you. Thought you’d retired… domestic bliss on Darillium, that’s the word among the Daleks…”

“Please, teach me… teach me how to be… good.” “Without Hope? Without Witness? Without Reward?”

2. Say No To This – Hamilton

“I am your friend.” “Makes no difference.” “… I have to say it, the truth. Without hope. Without witness. Without reward. I am your friend.”

“You swore an oath! “I swore an oath I’d look after her body for a thousand years. Nobody mentioned dead.”

The Doctor is conflicted.

3. Hey #1 – Next to Normal Uncertain early days in the vault.

4. Do You Want to Build a Snowman? – Frozen *vault* Missy doesn’t want to build a snowman.

5. I Won’t Say I’m in Love – Hercules *vault* Missy wrangles with her feelings.

6. Back to Me – Marian Hill & Lauren Jauregui *vault* Missy sets to schemin’ on Twelve.

7. Dear Old Shiz – Wicked Professor Twelve.

8. See Her Smile – tick, tick…BOOM!

“My mum always said, ‘With some people you can smell the wind in their clothes.’” “Oh. She sounds nice.” “She died when I was a baby.” “If she died when you were a baby, when did she say that?” “In my head…There’s hardly any photographs…But if someone’s gone, do pictures really help?”

9. You’re Welcome – Moana

“Time And Relative Dimension in Space. TARDIS for short.”

10. What’s This? – Nightmare Before Christmas Bill has a lot of questions

11. Sally Ride – Janelle Monáe

“The last thing she said to me. She promised she wouldn’t leave without me.” “Her last conscious thought, driving her across the universe. Never underestimate a crush.”

12. You’ll Be In My Heart – Tarzan (Phil Collins)

“What changed your mind?” “Time.” “Time?” “And Relative Dimension In Space. It means, what the hell?”

13. Everything Else – Next to Normal

“A piano? You’ve put a piano in there? You don’t learn, do you, sir.”

14. Light My Candle – Rent *vault* Missy gets bolder. The Doctor is flustered.

15. No Angel – Beyoncé *vault* Missy makes a move.

16. Wondaland – Janelle Monáe

“I’m smelling home twenty lightyears from home. Thanks for bringing me! This is a great day out.”

Bill and the Doctor venture out in Time and Space.

17. Champagne – In the Heights

“Hey! Do you want dinner? I’ve got Mexican.”

18. Heaven’s Light/Hellfire – The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Doctor has conflicting feelings about his oldest friend.

19. Partition – Beyoncé Quality *vault* time

20. Take Care (feat. Rihanna) – Drake *vault* Twissy angst.

21. Malibu – Miley Cyrus *vault* Twissy fluff.

22. Go To The Mirror Boy! – The Who (Tommy)

“Nardole, I can’t… I can’t look at anything ever again. I’m still blind.”

23. Handlebars – Flobots

“If you do not ask for help, then see the days to come. These are the threads that lead to one year in your future. Take them as proof.”

“I’m asking you for help. I’m giving my consent.”

The Monks invade.

24. Tango: Maureen – Rent

“God, the way you and Nardole have been carrying on, I thought you had some kind of monster in here, or something!” “I do.”

25. Many Moons – Janelle Monáe

“Our mission is to interrupt their broadcast and replace it with the true history of Earth.”

“Oh, you clever, brilliant, ridiculous girl… The lie is breaking. Bill’s mum, you just went viral!”

26. Life Support – Rent

“I keep remembering all the people I’ve killed. Every day I think of more… I didn’t know I even knew their names. You didn’t tell me about this bit.”

27. Every Single Night – Fiona Apple

“I’m sorry… but this is good.” “Okay.”

28. Life on Mars? – David Bowie

“I need to get back to Mars.. and I was wondering if you could tell me how to fix…” “Of course I can. It’s probably easier if I just show you.”

29. Haunted – Beyoncé

“This can’t happen. This is not what we agreed to. I’m going to have to put you back in the Vault. You know that.” “Sure. That’s fine. But Doctor, please tell me. Really. Are you all right?”

30. Training Wheels – Melanie Martinez

“ The alternative is that this is for real, and it’s time for us to become friends again.” “ Do you think so?” “I don’t know. That’s the trouble with hope. It’s hard to resist.”

31. I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face – My Fair Lady (Rex Harrison) The Doctor realizes he’s been catching feelings.

32. Satisfied – Hamilton

“ She was my first friend, always so brilliant, from the first day at the Academy. So fast, so funny. She was my man crush.”

“ She’s the only person that I’ve ever met who’s even remotely like me.”

33. Bonfire Heart – James Blunt

“ We had a pact, me and him. Every star in the universe, we were going to see them all. But he was too busy burning them. I don’t think she ever saw anything.” “And you think that if she did, she’d change?” “I know she would.”

34. Moonrise Kingdom – Angel Haze

“She scares me. Like, she really scares me…So promise me one thing, yeah? Just promise you won’t get me killed.”

35. It’s Gonna Be Good – Next to Normal Missy joins Team TARDIS. What could possibly go wrong?

36. There’s a World – Next to Normal

“Would you like some tea?”

“They are the cure. They are the future. To survive, they are what we must all become.”

37. Sincerely, Jane – Janelle Monáe

“This was a good place once… But this ship is old, everything is dying… You see, my dear. You must be strong to leave the hospital. And you will be. Soon. Very soon.”

“This won’t stop you feeling pain, but it will stop you caring about it. It fits over your head.”

38. I’m Alive (Reprise) – Next to Normal

“ He’ll never forgive you, you know, He’ll never set you free. Not when he discovers what you did to his little friend.” “I haven’t done anything to his silly little friend.” “ Oh, but I’m afraid you did. But a long time ago.”

“Hello, Missy. I’m the Master, and I’m very worried about my future.”

39. The Break – Next to Normal Try as she might, Missy can’t outrun her past.

40. The Master Vainglorious – Murray Gold (Doctor Who Series 3)

“You’ve met the ex?”

41. You Don’t Own Me (feat. G-Eazy) [Candyland Remix] – Grace

“Oh, am I a woman now?” “Well, kind of, yeah.” “Hold me!” “ Kiss Me!” “Make Me!”

“The whole city is a machine to turn people into Cybermen. What do you think? Exciting, isn’t it?”

42. Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I’m Falling (Reprise) – Next to Normal

“I was secretly on your side all along, you silly sausage.” “Is that true?” “It’s hard to say, I’m in two minds…”

43. Skyscraper – Demi Lovato

“I can feel it. In my head…It’s like I’m hanging on in a hurricane. And I can’t hang on forever. I want you to know… as my friend…I don’t wanna live if I can’t be me anymore. Do you understand?…Then it’s not possible, is it?”

“I tell you what else isn’t possible. A cyberman crying. Where there’s tears, there’s hope.”

44. This Woman’s Work– Greg Laswell (Kate Bush cover)

“You are so strong. You’re amazing. Your mind has rebelled against the programming. It’s built a wall around itself. A castle made of you, and you’re standing on the battlements, saying, ‘No! No, not me.’”

45. Louder Than Words – tick, tick…BOOM!

“Winning? Is that what you think it’s about? I’m not trying to win. I’m not doing this because I want to beat someone, because I hate someone, or because I want to blame someone. It’s not because it’s fun. God knows it’s not because it’s easy. It’s not even because it works because it hardly ever does. I do what I do because it’s right! Because it’s decent! And above all, it’s kind! It’s just that… Just kind.”

46. I Am the One – Next to Normal

“Stand with me…Why not? Just to the end? Just be kind.”

“See this face? Take a good long look. This is the face that didn’t listen to a word you just said.”

“Missy. You’ve changed. I know you have. And I know what you’re capable of. Stand with me. It’s all I’ve ever wanted.” “Me too… But no. Sorry. Just… no. But thanks for trying.”

47. Tomorrow Will Be Kinder – The Secret Sisters (Hunger Games) The calm before the storm.

48. Blackout – In the Heights

“Who I am is where I stand. Where I stand is where I fall.”

49. The Rains of Castamere – The National (Game of Thrones)

“I loved being you. Every second of it. Oh, the way you burned like a sun, like a whole screaming world on fire. I remember that feeling. And I always will. And I will always miss it.”

50. The World Was Wide Enough – Hamilton

“Missy, seriously, why?” “Oh, because he’s right. Because it’s time to stand with him. It is where we’ve always been going, and it’s happening now. Today. It’s time to stand with the Doctor.”

“I will never stand with the Doctor. You see, Missy, this is where we’ve always been going. This is our perfect ending. We shoot ourselves in the back.”

“Pity… no stars… I hoped there’d be stars…”

51. Whispering – Spring Awakening (Lea Michele)

“Without hope, without witness, without reward.”

52. Across the Universe – The Beatles

“I can put you back home, you can make your chips, live your life, or you can come with me.”

“It’s a big universe. I hope I see you again.”

53. A Good Man? (Twelve’s Theme) – Murray Gold

“I don’t want to change again. Never again. I can’t keep on being somebody else. Whatever it is, I’m staying.”

54. Doctor Who (Original Theme) – Ron Grainer

“Who is that?” “I’m the Doctor.” “The Doctor? No.. I don’t think so. No…dear me, no. You may be a Doctor, but I am the Doctor. The original, you might say.”

Bonus: This is Gallifrey: Our Childhood Home – Murray Gold (Doctor Who Series 3)

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wispyatomica · 8 years ago

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The Rabbit, The Rat, and the Hog (Chapter 1)

This is a fan-fiction story revolving around the Junkers; Junkrat and Roadhog, and the origin behind D.Va’s Junker/Scavenger skins. I would like to give a huge shout out to @ilikec47s for pushing me to write this fan-fiction after having wanted to for many months and for helping to supply a huge part of the plot. Please go check out her artwork seen on her page!

Important: This story will feature a D.Va/Junkrat relationship further on in the story line, if you do not like the ship, please avoid reading this fan-fiction as it will not suit your taste. I would also like to apologize for any plot holes or errors, I am still new to the Overwatch universe and I’m doing research as I write to get this as accurate as possible!

Without further ado, the first chapter of The Rabbit, The Rat, and the Hog!

"-And that concludes tonight's stream! Thanks to my loyal fans for your support!"

A voice known by all in the online gaming community rang out into a microphone from an apartment in Korea. Hana Song, the world's number one Starcraft champion had finished one of her nightly streams for her loyal fan base, thirteen million fans strong and continuously growing. A fanbase that was strong before the second Omnic Crisis had doubled in popularity after the internet sensation joined the South Korean military, personalizing her Mobile Exo-Force of the Korean Army suit to her own liking and making a name as a deadly militant. A heavy sigh left the young woman's chest as she waved to a camera placed adjacent to her computer screen before moving her hand forward and turning the camera off. A couple of keystrokes to her keyboard and her streaming service was shut down as her fans continued to speak in chat to one another. Live streaming her games had become more of a recreational hobby after she had joined the military in the fight against the omnic titan that threatened her home every few years. Her life was now dedicated to the protection and rebuilding of her country no matter the damage that was caused by these omnics.

Hana scooted her seat back from her desk, stretching her arms above her head as she closed a few tabs on her internet browser. She switched to a video streaming site tab, opening the playlist of artist Lúcio De Santos, a Brazilian artist with whom Hana knew personally. "Sweet, Lúcio dropped his newest single!" She commented gleefully to herself as she played the song through the surround sound speakers in her computer room. The hip hop melody of the newest beat driving Hana to nod her head to the beat as she searched through her social media sites, making a post to once again thank her fans for their support.

A rumble from her stomach sent her from her computer room to the kitchen of her lavish two bedroom apartment in Busan, South Korea. The fame that came with her professional gaming career as well as her new reputation as a MEKA pilot gave her the ability to finally support herself on her own, and at such a young age it was a freedom that she thoroughly enjoyed.

Opening the door to her fridge, Hana gazed curiously at the various fruits, veggies, drinks and snack foods at her disposal, before settling on a bottle of soda and a bag of chips to tie her over. It was mid afternoon, around two o'clock when she had grabbed the snack, deciding to wait until she made dinner that night to actually fill herself. It was unusual for her to be up this early on a Saturday, normally she would have been sleeping after a full night of gaming, but this day was an exception. Hana had partnered with a local charity for her stream that day, all proceeds from her fans would go to support those in dire need of help in her country as well as surrounding countries so that they could repair themselves after the most recent attack from the titan omnic. Hana thought of all of the money raised, in total close to $10,000, which was very surprising even to her, causing her to smile. "It's good to know that I'm still number one." She commented, mostly referring to her still ruling Starcraft rating.

Slouching on a comfortable couch in her living room, she grabbed a nearby remote and turning on a large flat screen television, nearly the size of one of her apartment walls. She flipped through a few stations in hopes that she might find something to entertain her, instead it was the typical boring weekend shows or a news station advertizing more threats from omnics around the world. She sighed, taking a sip from her soda and crunching on a few chips as she left the channel on a news station covering an attack from omnic forces near the Australian outback. "Australia? That place hasn't been in the news since I was a kid..."

Hana watched the stream closely as a news reporter from a neighboring country covered the recent damage done by a massive omnic attack to the radiation ridden Outback. Grainy camera shots and videos of destruction and bodies, human and omnic alike filled Hana’s eyes with a growing sadness as the reporter asked the question that everybody was thinking.

“After nearly two decades of isolation from the outside world, the Australian outback is being threatened by Omnic forces, and for what purpose? Does something lie in Australia that the omnics are after? Stay tuned to this station and we will keep you informed, back to you Teresa.”

A scoff came from Hana’s lips as she pressed the off button on her remote control, picking her snack items up and moving back into her computer room. She placed her food items on her desk before settling in, tying her shoulder length brown hair up in a loose bun as she intended to hop on a game and relieve some stress. Anytime she saw news reports about the omnics resurfacing against humans, a hatred would begin to rise in her throat, no matter what she would protect herself and her country from those who threatened it. Her head solemnly turning to a photograph on her computer desk. Her brown eyes filled with a sadness as she gazed into the smiling faces of her family; Mother, Father, and her older brother. She remembered all too well how she lost them in an attack from the titan omnic she grew to hate. When she was only five years of age, the titan omnic rose from the depths of the ocean again to threaten South Korea, the military struggled to fend off the robotic assailant as thousands of innocents perished. Families were destroyed and lives were cut short of their true potential, and such was no different for Hana Song’s family. Her father and brother perished as they attempted to enter the safe room of their old home, and it was Hana’s mother who succumb to hunger and dehydration as they were pinned in their underground bunker. For nearly a week Hana was trapped, until the cleanup crew arrived and discovered her barely alive in the depths of the safe room, hiding in her mother’s arms just hours after she had passed.

Hana never truly got over the loss of her family, and just looking at the happy faces that she would never see again brought a tear to her eye. She wiped it away before making a stern face, “No tears, papa would not have wanted that. You have to stay strong.” A habit that she had formed, Hana always reminded herself of what her parents wanted for her in life, and used that as her motivation to keep moving forward. She was raised by her grandparents, and though she loved them dearly, she kept her distance once she was on her own to keep them, and herself, safe from any potential future heartbreak.

The login screen to an old but still widely popular game appeared on one of her three split screens, and just as she was about to hit the play button, a notification blew up on her third monitor. It was an email notification. She raised a brow for a moment, turning her chair to the third screen and opening the tab above Lúcio’s media page, it was a letter from the Captain of her MEKA branch.

Hana Song,

We regret to inform you that an upcoming threat to our nation��s borders has called you and your team back to the battlefield. You are to assemble at the naval base by 0800 hours in the following morning. Attached is a brief summary of the mission you and your task force are assigned to on this mission, de-brief yourself and be prepared for mission departure.

Captain Jun-Seo

“Ugh, it figures. I can’t catch more than a month’s worth of break before I’m thrown back out into the field.” Hana sighed heavily, leaning back into her computer chair and rubbing her temple in frustration. “Well, no point in wasting time.” She spoke to herself, opening a drawer to her desk and grabbing a cellphone. She dialed a number on speed dial, which was answered shortly. “This is Hana Song reporting for duty. I’d like a full tune up on my MEKA unit performed before 0600 hours tomorrow, per Captain Jun-Seo’s orders.” She spoke in the Korean language to the officer on her phone, before thanking him kindly and opening the document attached to her confidential email address. “Let’s see where we’re going this time.” She commented as she placed the phone down on her desk, picking up a tablet and dragging the mission file from her computer onto her tablet. She stood from her desk as she skimmed through the mission summary, before noticing the location she was being deployed to.

“Australia!? You’ve gotta be kidding me...”

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[UR] Narcissistic Freedom

Setting:

Night in the city was a dreary sight. Fog rolled in heavy soon as the sun had set and couldn't burn it away anymore. Homeless crawled out of the corners of the city like rats to sit down with towels and re-stitched blankets, crumpled beanies, and fingerless cotton gloves near blackened with dirt. With their cardboard pillows and canned food, they asked for contribution as men and women in business suits ignored focusing instead on the neon signs ahead, their Bluetooth headphone-smartphone combos muting the post-work world. Skyscrapers towered cold and austere above, dotted with yellows and whites of apartment lights. Above, watching their movie alone or having microwaved dinners. Downtown sound was one mass conversionary bustle, loud laughs, and louder drunken ones. Groups huddled together close talking and joking to create the warmth with one another that the city would not provide, and individuals walked fast, looking steely and destination bound. Parks which would be filled with children in the morning were now campgrounds for people whose lives didn't go the way they thought it would as tired business people drank margaritas in a bar, maybe more lonely than the collective inhabiting the playground.

Start:

Freedom! Great terrible freedom.

Finally out of the bleak 70 hour a week accelerated 3 year career track starter pack. Handed in the notice to the hour of my arrival. No exaggeration, even checked the cliché of a wristwatch.

What once encompassed all my waking hours in audit has dropped to a reasonable 9to5 in industry.

But every time something is reduced, something comes to take its place. The curse of freedom. Protestant work ethic. The burden of responsibility. Having to think. To choose a new path. Choose to do something or nothing. But there's only one right answer to satisfy my younger self, who believed that complacency was death. So what should I do then, freedom?

Evening sunset after work. Sizzling leftovers rotating in the microwave. Silent except for the chewing and the rain against high rise apartment glass. Muted TV dances colors and ideas to occupy. Done, plates washed, freedom, Macintosh. NO, go back to freedom. Look into the world again as something to act in, to shape. All these connections in my head. Fertile soil. Ideas roaring loud and then halt. Feels like its crystallized. Seed yearning to grow. All that’s left is to act. Can't just sit here. Doesn't matter what I do. Just gotta get out.

Well then. I've got some good money. Don't spend often. Early retirement sounds too good- freedom right around the corner. But I'll consider tonight an investment. The miming weatherman on the TV says it'll rain again. Pull on the summer jacket on a warm night- for the look. Lift the keys off the screw hammered into the plaster wall. Helmet and gloves under arm, one handed open, lock the door behind. Motorcycle roars to life in the basement garage. Kickstand up. City lamps glow yellow recede alongside the skyline. Car tires sigh. Wet streets mirror neon traffic lights. The dark churning sky periodically webs up electric blue briefly before the rumbling aftershock.

Through the door, the storming world ends where the warmth of the wooden bar begins. A comfortable buzz of conversation fills the air. Live calm rock plays on the small stage to the left. Smells of warm beer and bacon-hamburger leverage hunger. Walking to the bar, a thousand colored, calligraph labeled gems present themselves as vodka, tequila, whiskey, rum, and gin.

In here shoulders relax as if a weight were taken off. Order a drink at the stool. “Beer”, don't care what kind. “Surprise me.”

After a few sips, look to the band. Damn, looks good waving her hips slow in that tight black skirt. Sings well too. Wonder how it'd be to do all that, just sing and make music, to shift and shape the mood of a place til its just right. So the house goes happy and talkative. Gotta be a hell of a psychologist.

Pool tables at the back. Two white haired old men. One in cargo shorts and black T-shirt has large hands like a tradesman. Another with a kitten T-shirt, headband, and glasses- comparatively small but intelligent and confident- probably a business owner. An inebriated aging woman with them dances around silly and pretty so the old men smile and enjoy their retired nights a little more. Playfully whines as she misses a pool shot.

Deep sigh with a half-done drink and lean against the edge of the bar. Watches people dancing on the small space of the floor open in front of the musicians. Even if I couldn't hear it I'd know what was being played. It's that kind of music that makes you want to move just that way.

Taps the notes of the song against his pant leg like a piano he learnt young. But remembers what he's come here to do, and piano fingers aint it. So he starts tapping his foot to the beat instead, large and dumb and social. Takes a sip of beer, and comments on the music to the guy next to him who doesn't look like he wants to talk. I was right. At least he responded. How about the one on the other side? Listen to a couple more songs. In the corner of his eye, Tom sees whiskey go down and adams apple bobs against stubble shaved neck. He's looking forward, as if asking for conversation.

"Where you from?" Tom asks loud over the sound of the music and chatter.

There's a pause as the man's 'other' scan ensues, then "Seattle. I grew up around here, stayed for business" the businessman says roughly and gruffly but more receptive than the other.

"Ya? Well what do you do?"

"I'm a partner with the PwC office. One of the guys who runs the place." Guy said it proud, like he deserved respect and awe. Probably used to that sort of thing. Young upstarts spoil these fuckers.

"Huh. How many years you been doing that?"

"16"

Nodding, Tom turned back round to the music. No need to rush it. The guy wants to talk about himself. Can see it in those motherfucking eyes. Sip of beer. Glad I can't truly get drunk or I'd be too honest to play this game. Music goes along its track and the dancers follow suit.

Can tell the game of pool is won. The high-pitched voice of the silly pretty woman shouting victory double hand high-fiving her white haired tradesman partner. The retiree in the kitten shirt acting displeased as if he cared about the competition in the first place, but really he's just doing it so she can gloat playfully.

"Ya, I work at the EY as an auditor. Been working there for about 2 years now." Tom said knowing the guy wouldn't ask.

"Two years? Hah, you've got a long way to go. Stick with it kid, it gets better. Trust me." God gruffly proclaimed, "I hated those early years. Feels like watching paint dry."

"You certainly wouldn’t get that impression from the new grad corporate propaganda"

"We do that so we can lock em in. Recruiting would be a pain in the ass otherwise." Smiling facetiously, he bobbed whiskey. At least he's honest. "…Then they say, 'it's not that bad I guess', ha-ha" he laughed with whiskey breath hot brushing Tom's face.

Tom laughed politically and brushed his fingers across his moustache as a means of feeling sensation and to fill in the imperfect silence of a half second not having anything to say. Took another drink of beer to get rid of that.

"Bastards" looking the businessman keenly in the eye. Break

Looked across the bar, saw a young woman in a tight black cocktail dress, wide collar which hugged the edge of the shoulders and bottom which stopped above the knees. Brown hair tied up in an artistic knot behind her head. Small, cute, and sexy shouted from the black purse over the side of her chair. She was leaning chest forward towards the bar, smiling at a suited career man mid-forty peaking salt and pepper. She was playing with him, could see it in her eyes. Salt knew her game and played his strengths. He probably had a lot of women. Plenty of young ones like her too. Business execs and young women go together like bratwurst and wine.

Tom felt an attraction to her and a slight smile come onto his face as he watched her. Pepper talking confidently, and her playfully patting the back of his arm when he told something witty, or that he thought was witty at least.

Tom and Partner found racquetball in common and agreed to play the next day. Business cards change hands. Pepper and Sexy left together. Disappointing.

That night, in the excel spreadsheet was marked: Row; executive #23. Columns; name, phone number, company, hobbies and interests, where from, where met, and leads. Teeth brush, wash face, sleep.

Visions of the wide tomorrow flood mind as consciousness is left on the pillow. Freedom has given way to something.

Early morning rise, checks his spreadsheet, closes the laptop. Finds the address in a text sent last night from Seattle's favorite PwC Partner.

Grabs his duffle bag with clothes, towel, glove, racket, balls, headband, and goggles. Flipped the strap over his shoulder, keys off the screw. Roaring motorcycle to the corporate style gym holding 50 levels of condominium above. First day of his new membership. Ya I go there all the time, he said. $50 a month for endless potential. Scanned his fresh plastic bar code. Walked past the counter. Scratched his neck and sees Sexy on the treadmill. Notice one another but neither acts on familiarity. Men's bathroom, naked old men with white towels in the locker room. Well-presentable gym shorts and shirt on. Well washed to look used, new so he would fit in. Fixed his hair. Neat but not overbearingly so. Back into the open, chest out shoulders back, confident and relaxed. Shake hands with the face of PwC in front of the glass-wall racquetball courts. "Meet [so and so] [executive numbers 24, 25, and 26.] And this is Hank, he's the handyman." A game of singles to warm up, then cutthroat. Tom starts with #23, Mr. PwC at the bar to see how good he is. Close game, plays hard, but, what, I shouldn't beat him on the first try should I. Oh, what a surprise, I lost. Handshake and good game, but show a little frustration.

Mix it up and cutthroat with handyman Hank and #25. Fuck, the handyman hits rollers.

Shower and change into fresh respectable clothes, also new. To lunch. Three dollar signs on google maps, nice. "We met at the Chamber of Commerce." Huh, take note of that. Hell, I'm going to have to fill a notebook when I get back. But just nod as if you've heard it all before. Politics. But an hour and the city gains color. Maybe the mimosa? Let the guard down a little. Pretty funny guys. Laid back. Why am I still acting like I'm playing politics? "Ya, absolutely. I'll see you all next Sunday!"

Grey again- work. Weekend comes. Sits at the bar earlier this time, now more confident in overcoming freedom. It'd be better to see the people filter in than to sit at home. Beer. Surprise me. Sexy comes in with a navy hugging dress this time, hair tied up but let down when she walks in. She's probably the same age as me. Share glances as she's passing and a first-time full body 'other' scan meets approval. She smiles this time. He looks after her with a residual response smile and then shakes his head to himself. Man, look at the way she walks in those high heels. Moon rises. Conversations grow warm. Kitchen heats up. Pool balls click. Singer brings out the psychological stew. Did you miss it? There's the end of the world right there and into the new.

Sexy sits at the other side of the bar. The men shift like magnets, and sooner than you'd think. She leaves with one of them again.

Time, time, time. Time that no one cares about. Routine. Grey work. Racquetball’s got some color, but it's back to grey at the bar. She's there before him one of these nights. Hasn't got a guy next to her this time. "I'll fix that." Well, they talk a little. Its politics. Act so I get what I want, but be patient. Nights come and go according to the game. But one night, starting to get bored, forget to play politics. It turns out better than he'd thought. The routine of the bar takes on a new color and it's their color.

Long weekend from work one of these times.

"You want to do something then?"

"Sure" Sam responded.

Freedom?

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[Calling Out to ALL FRESH GRADUATES looking for a career in the financial industry] job at Fort Financial Management Pte Ltd Singapore

Established as a renowned market leader in the financial investment advisory services, Fort Financial specializes in customized financial portfolio engineering, where we pride ourselves in not only offering robust end-to-end financial consultation for clients. As we celebrate our achievements of 2015, we are looking for potential candidates to join our team as we kick-start 2016 and work towards bigger goals.

[Calling out to ALL FRESH GRADUATES looking for a career in the financial industry] QN: How Would You Like To Be Personally Mentored By One Of Singapore’s Youngest Most Successful Financial Associate… Replicate That Same Kind Of Success And Accelerate Your Career Growth (Plus Surpass Your Peers Within 2-3 Years)… EVEN If You Have Little Or No Experience? === Hello there, My name is Joshua Lim. You may know me as the youngest Senior Vice President or Senior Financial Services Manager of Fort Financial Management Pte Ltd representing AXA or have seen me on The Straits Times published in April 2015 & March 2016. I will go straight to the point. My team & I have successfully cleared our 2015’s target by a mile. BUT we are aiming for greater heights & we like to open up a couple of slots to search for potential candidates to join our team as we want to kick-start 2016 to work towards bigger goals. Here’s YOUR opportunity. I’m looking for: - 2 x Wealth Associates (Investments & Risk Managements) - 1 x Business Development Associate Now… I understand that some of you graduates out there are searching for “THAT JOB” that pays you what you feel is justifiable for the 15-18 years and thousands of money you’ve spent on your education.. I know because I’ve been in your shoes before - slogging the long hours just to scrape through the exams… burning midnight oils for projects that I couldn’t care less about… and even working doubly hard for modules that I’ve failed previously. And honestly, I was expecting a good $3-4K upon graduation. But let me tell you this: It’s NOT going to happen. Look, the employers probably have interviewed lots of equally highly qualified candidates before you, and they know for a fact that millennials won’t stay long at their jobs (let’s be honest, everyone is just eager to build up quick experiences and job hop to the next for a better pay)… so why would any manager or boss want to invest their time, heart and soul into mentoring you, if you’re just going to be yet “another executive” to temporarily fill up the position till the next one comes to take over when you leave (let alone even consider giving you a pay raise or bonus)? So you’ll probably end up with a starting pay of $2.2K (maybe $2.8 if you’re lucky), slog longer hours at the “reputable company” just to get 1-2 years experience, and then maybe job hop to another with a “better resume” for a slightly higher pay of $200+/- more. But the truth is that you’ll just be going in spirals and “get stuck” financially and career wise in the same spot when you look back every year. (Most of my friends are experiencing this. And I’m sure your seniors probably are too.) Which is also exactly the reason why countless graduates can’t progress fast enough in their career to start earning the kind of money they desire to live the lifestyle they want. Listen… if that’s what you truly want - to accelerate your career growth and get the kind of wealth that your peers can only dream of (and I’m talking about achieving all these within the next 2-3 years)… and if you have the hunger to grow and become one of the top in the finance industry… Then you definitely don’t want to miss out on this opportunity to get explosive growth for your career and wealth when you join my team. Here’s what you can expect: -Become part of the top leading unit, working with people that are hungry for success & driven by growth. These will be the people who you grind with day in day out, to achieve tip top results. -I strongly believe in investing in my team… That means you obviously. I want you to grow to your fullest potential and be successful. I believe in empowering people to allow them to be the best they can be. I will invest time to personally mentor & support my team, to enable them to achieve what they desire to achieve. -Enjoy lucrative growth path once you are grounded in the foundations and become good in what you do & prove yourself worthy. Whether is it to be a manager within 1-2 years or run your own team, the path will naturally open up for you. In fact, I can GUARANTEE that you will become one of the rising stars in our industry. I’ve mentored and coached many people. Those who put in effort & commitment and followed the path have ALL became someone worthy of respect. (Of course those who didn’t, didn’t.) —- Now let me share with you what happened with my associates so far.. Earlier this year, I opened up a couple of associates positions that was quickly filled up. My associate Terence Ng, joined me beginning of this year. He started with zero experience and little financial knowledge - but grew by leaps and bounds under my mentorship… within just a short 3 months. Not only did he speed up his career progression, he even surpassed his peers who previously was ahead of him: “In just 3 months into joining Josh’s team, I was earning a stable $6,000+ each month, to comfortably pay for my school fees and to repay my parents. Even my peers who graduated from university the same time as me wasn’t earning as much. Plus, I didn’t have much experience nor knowledge, but Joshua’s coaching has propelled me forward tremendously not just career wise but also my personal growth - I’ve gained life skills and matured so much as an individual that my peers couldn’t believe how much I’ve changed for the better. Honestly, having achieved all this at age 23, I’ll consider myself to be successful. But finding passion and enjoying my work is most important to me. I’ve often heard of how my friends hate their jobs or are waiting for their chance to quit for a better opportunity… but in Josh’s team, you’ll never find that kind of sentiments in Josh’s team, simply because everyone are striving towards the same goal with the same kind of drive and spirit that pushes one another in achieving results that almost defy our own beliefs. And today, I am happy to be have made my mentor Joshua proud as one of the youngest Agency Development Manager in Fort Financial representing AXA.” Terence Ng Jin Yew, 23 Nanyang Technological University —- Another of my associate, Kiat Hwee, is also fast rising leader within the team. In just a short 2 months, he has grown incredibly in his financial knowledge and is recognized as a financial guru and expert among his peers. He is constantly stepping out of his comfort zone and taking up many challenges, and has achieved his success as an Agency Development Manager in just less than a year. The rest who joined us are also progressing well, polishing & honing their techniques extensively… Pushing themselves day by day not just in theory and head-knowledge, but applying it in life to grow and mature as an individual, while generating top-notch results that far surpass what their peers can achieve. Another associate of mine Melody who learned not only soft skills from me has developed into a cold market specialist. Equipping her with the right knowledge & situational handling techniques. Melody is able to access her client’s financial situation accurately & efficiently allowing her to make the necessary decisions she need to advise her clients. Despite her young age, clients much older than her trust her with their confidential information & takes her advise to SERIOUSLY. Right now as of THIS MOMENT she is 1 of the youngest top rookie in our industry, in time to come leading a team of her own. Great things are installed for her. “I’ve been a piano teacher over the past 6 years as i have a DipABRSM and graduated from School of the Arts. As most would think, teaching can be an extremely stable, sustainable, lifetime job. Most people wouldn’t understand how I feel unless they experience how stagnant it actually is. Sitting back in the same old chair in my living room, seeing the same faces, repeating the same things. It might have been fun as a hobby, but not as a lifelong career. As the only child, i was also well aware that i would have to one day be responsible for taking care of my parents through their retirement on my own. With that in mind, i decided to take that leap of faith. The one thing that drew me to this career, is the fact that i can get rewarded for every bit of sincere hard work put in for every person i meet. Joshua always tells me, so what if I’m the youngest in the entire industry, if people can do it, why can’t i? Every single day when i go to work, i ask myself this question over as a constant reminder and always keep the momentum going. Having met Joshua and his team has taught me the fact that nothing is unattainable as long as you put in your 100% effort and soul into it, and they were right about every bit of that. The determination, the right skill sets, having the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life is not something that just any ordinary career can offer. Never have i once turned back to question my decision joining Joshua. I am also well aware that being able to earn triple of an average fresh graduate is close to impossible for a 22 year old. All i could say is that the impossible has been made possible. Thank you Joshua, for making me the person i am today. He taught me many invaluable techniques that you won’t be able to learn from those so-called experts.” Melody Tan, 22 Agency Development Manager ____ You see, achieving success is not that difficult. Because all you need to have is: Being passionate about what you do + having the attitude to learn + the right skills + the right mentor and guidance + a supportive work environment + working with the right team. BUT, Let me be very VERY VERY upfront & transparent here! This is not for everyone. People come in having the mentality “try it out”. NO! This isn’t what I’m seeking for. This is the team that battled day in & day out along side me. Through those tough time we persevere…. The intensive planning we had, to make things happen…. Strategies that we brainstormed to execute…. Researching on concepts that took weeks…. Exhausting training we all had together…. High targets that was bestowed upon us to achieve…. Clients that gave us hellish issues…. Ending work at hours others cannot fathom…. Deadline that always felt like the end of the world…. The stress that “NO ONE WILL EVER UNDERSTAND” Let me re-emphasis, I’m looking for very specific types of people who have the hunger to learn & grow, committed to do what they do best & working with us for a long term. Do not pull us down, do not be a burden to the team. Everyone here worked really hard to get where they are today. You NEED TO HAVE: -Good working attitude & good learning attitude. Being open to changes & having the courage to step out of your comfort zone. (This is something I value alot, more than skills or knowledge) -Be ambitious. I’m looking for people who wants to be one of the top in their game. Not just “exister”. Not just “survivor”. I’m looking for “thrivers”… “excellers”. I took the pains to build a team of high-level performers and we love working with people who share the same vision and drive. If you’re just looking to coast or just get by, you won’t survive with us. We are striving towards something BIG and we have no time to spent on laggers or dead weights. Most take decades, even generations to achieve the goal we have in mind. So we need top players, not “bench warmers”. -Be results oriented. It’s all about working towards the END GAME (I’ll share our vision once you are in). I hate hearing excuses, don’t procrastinate. 1 more thing, I hate drama within the team. It’s all about working together cohesively and positively. Together we will achieve massive results. I guarantee it. We are bounded together to take the fight outside the office, not within the team. -We work hard. We play hard. But most of all, we work together as a team. To me, my work and my team are my life and my family. -Be interested in long-term (2 - 5 years) working arrangement. We’ll teach you everything we know and not hold back. So we are looking for people who are interested to work with us for long-term, be part of the team and work towards our big goal. I’ll be very upfront with you: You need to work hard. You need to put in a lot of effort. You probably need to sacrifice in the beginning as we invest in you and train you and get you up to speed and your skills up to our standards. People only look at successful people with envy. The truth is, its all an illusion. Behind that successful person are massive amount of hard-work that made that person what he is today. BUT my promise to you is this, It won’t take you decades to be great in what you do and be successful. If you are keen to understand or find out more about this job scope, here’s what I need you to do:

Best Regards Joshua Lim Senior Financial Services Manager | Senior Vice President

1) For the “Subject Headline”, indicate : Applying for [Job position selected] [Attention to Joshua]

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[Calling Out to ALL FRESH GRADUATES looking for a career in the financial industry] job at Fort Financial Management Pte Ltd Singapore

[Calling out to ALL FRESH GRADUATES looking for a career in the financial industry]

QN: How Would You Like To Be Personally Mentored By One Of Singapore's Youngest Most Successful Financial Associate… Replicate That Same Kind Of Success And Accelerate Your Career Growth (Plus Surpass Your Peers Within 2-3 Years)… EVEN If You Have Little Or No Experience?

===

Hello there,

My name is Joshua Lim. You may know me as the youngest Senior Vice President or Senior Financial Services Manager of Fort Financial Management Pte Ltd representing AXA or have seen me on The Straits Times published in April 2015 & March 2016.

I will go straight to the point. My team & I have successfully cleared our 2015's target by a mile. BUT we are aiming for greater heights & we like to open up a couple of slots to search for potential candidates to join our team as we want to kick-start 2016 to work towards bigger goals.

Here's YOUR opportunity.

I'm looking for: – 2 x Wealth Associates (Investments & Risk Managements) – 1 x Business Development Associate

Now… I understand that some of you graduates out there are searching for "THAT JOB" that pays you what you feel is justifiable for the 15-18 years and thousands of money you've spent on your education..

I know because I've been in your shoes before – slogging the long hours just to scrape through the exams… burning midnight oils for projects that I couldn't care less about… and even working doubly hard for modules that I've failed previously. And honestly, I was expecting a good $3-4K upon graduation.

But let me tell you this:

It's NOT going to happen.

Look, the employers probably have interviewed lots of equally highly qualified candidates before you, and they know for a fact that millennials won't stay long at their jobs (let's be honest, everyone is just eager to build up quick experiences and job hop to the next for a better pay)… so why would any manager or boss want to invest their time, heart and soul into mentoring you, if you're just going to be yet "another executive" to temporarily fill up the position till the next one comes to take over when you leave (let alone even consider giving you a pay raise or bonus)?

So you'll probably end up with a starting pay of $2.2K (maybe $2.8 if you're lucky), slog longer hours at the "reputable company" just to get 1-2 years experience, and then maybe job hop to another with a "better resume" for a slightly higher pay of $200+/- more.

But the truth is that you'll just be going in spirals and "get stuck" financially and career wise in the same spot when you look back every year. (Most of my friends are experiencing this. And I'm sure your seniors probably are too.) Which is also exactly the reason why countless graduates can't progress fast enough in their career to start earning the kind of money they desire to live the lifestyle they want.

Listen… if that's what you truly want – to accelerate your career growth and get the kind of wealth that your peers can only dream of (and I'm talking about achieving all these within the next 2-3 years)… and if you have the hunger to grow and become one of the top in the finance industry…

Then you definitely don't want to miss out on this opportunity to get explosive growth for your career and wealth when you join my team. Here's what you can expect:

-Become part of the top leading unit, working with people that are hungry for success & driven by growth. These will be the people who you grind with day in day out, to achieve tip top results.

–I strongly believe in investing in my team… That means you obviously. I want you to grow to your fullest potential and be successful. I believe in empowering people to allow them to be the best they can be. I will invest time to personally mentor & support my team, to enable them to achieve what they desire to achieve.

-Enjoy lucrative growth path once you are grounded in the foundations and become good in what you do & prove yourself worthy. Whether is it to be a manager within 1-2 years or run your own team, the path will naturally open up for you. In fact, I can GUARANTEE that you will become one of the rising stars in our industry. I've mentored and coached many people. Those who put in effort & commitment and followed the path have ALL became someone worthy of respect. (Of course those who didn't, didn't.)

—-

Now let me share with you what happened with my associates so far.. Earlier this year, I opened up a couple of associates positions that was quickly filled up.

My associate Terence Ng, joined me beginning of this year. He started with zero experience and little financial knowledge – but grew by leaps and bounds under my mentorship… within just a short 3 months. Not only did he speed up his career progression, he even surpassed his peers who previously was ahead of him:

"In just 3 months into joining Josh's team, I was earning a stable $6,000+ each month, to comfortably pay for my school fees and to repay my parents. Even my peers who graduated from university the same time as me wasn't earning as much. Plus, I didn't have much experience nor knowledge, but Joshua's coaching has propelled me forward tremendously not just career wise but also my personal growth – I've gained life skills and matured so much as an individual that my peers couldn't believe how much I've changed for the better. Honestly, having achieved all this at age 23, I'll consider myself to be successful.

But finding passion and enjoying my work is most important to me. I've often heard of how my friends hate their jobs or are waiting for their chance to quit for a better opportunity… but in Josh's team, you'll never find that kind of sentiments in Josh's team, simply because everyone are striving towards the same goal with the same kind of drive and spirit that pushes one another in achieving results that almost defy our own beliefs. And today, I am happy to be have made my mentor Joshua proud as one of the youngest Agency Development Manager in Fort Financial representing AXA."

Terence Ng Jin Yew, 23 Nanyang Technological University

—-

Another of my associate, Kiat Hwee, is also fast rising leader within the team. In just a short 2 months, he has grown incredibly in his financial knowledge and is recognized as a financial guru and expert among his peers. He is constantly stepping out of his comfort zone and taking up many challenges, and has achieved his success as an Agency Development Manager in just less than a year.

The rest who joined us are also progressing well, polishing & honing their techniques extensively… Pushing themselves day by day not just in theory and head-knowledge, but applying it in life to grow and mature as an individual, while generating top-notch results that far surpass what their peers can achieve.

Another associate of mine Melody who learned not only soft skills from me has developed into a cold market specialist. Equipping her with the right knowledge & situational handling techniques. Melody is able to access her client's financial situation accurately & efficiently allowing her to make the necessary decisions she need to advise her clients. Despite her young age, clients much older than her trust her with their confidential information & takes her advise to SERIOUSLY. Right now as of THIS MOMENT she is 1 of the youngest top rookie in our industry, in time to come leading a team of her own. Great things are installed for her.

"I've been a piano teacher over the past 6 years as i have a DipABRSM and graduated from School of the Arts. As most would think, teaching can be an extremely stable, sustainable, lifetime job. Most people wouldn't understand how I feel unless they experience how stagnant it actually is. Sitting back in the same old chair in my living room, seeing the same faces, repeating the same things. It might have been fun as a hobby, but not as a lifelong career. As the only child, i was also well aware that i would have to one day be responsible for taking care of my parents through their retirement on my own. With that in mind, i decided to take that leap of faith.

The one thing that drew me to this career, is the fact that i can get rewarded for every bit of sincere hard work put in for every person i meet. Joshua always tells me, so what if I'm the youngest in the entire industry, if people can do it, why can't i? Every single day when i go to work, i ask myself this question over as a constant reminder and always keep the momentum going. Having met Joshua and his team has taught me the fact that nothing is unattainable as long as you put in your 100% effort and soul into it, and they were right about every bit of that.

The determination, the right skill sets, having the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life is not something that just any ordinary career can offer. Never have i once turned back to question my decision joining Joshua. I am also well aware that being able to earn triple of an average fresh graduate is close to impossible for a 22 year old. All i could say is that the impossible has been made possible. Thank you Joshua, for making me the person i am today. He taught me many invaluable techniques that you won't be able to learn from those so-called experts."

Melody Tan, 22 Agency Development Manager ____

You see, achieving success is not that difficult. Because all you need to have is: Being passionate about what you do + having the attitude to learn + the right skills + the right mentor and guidance + a supportive work environment + working with the right team.

BUT, Let me be very VERY VERY upfront & transparent here!

This is not for everyone. People come in having the mentality "try it out". NO! This isn't what I'm seeking for.

This is the team that battled day in & day out along side me.

Through those tough time we persevere…. The intensive planning we had, to make things happen…. Strategies that we brainstormed to execute…. Researching on concepts that took weeks…. Exhausting training we all had together…. High targets that was bestowed upon us to achieve…. Clients that gave us hellish issues…. Ending work at hours others cannot fathom…. Deadline that always felt like the end of the world….

The stress that "NO ONE WILL EVER UNDERSTAND"

Let me re-emphasis, I'm looking for very specific types of people who have the hunger to learn & grow, committed to do what they do best & working with us for a long term. Do not pull us down, do not be a burden to the team. Everyone here worked really hard to get where they are today.

You NEED TO HAVE:

-Good working attitude & good learning attitude. Being open to changes & having the courage to step out of your comfort zone. (This is something I value alot, more than skills or knowledge)

-Be ambitious. I'm looking for people who wants to be one of the top in their game. Not just "exister". Not just "survivor". I'm looking for "thrivers"… "excellers". I took the pains to build a team of high-level performers and we love working with people who share the same vision and drive. If you're just looking to coast or just get by, you won't survive with us. We are striving towards something BIG and we have no time to spent on laggers or dead weights. Most take decades, even generations to achieve the goal we have in mind. So we need top players, not "bench warmers".

-Be results oriented. It's all about working towards the END GAME (I'll share our vision once you are in). I hate hearing excuses, don't procrastinate. 1 more thing, I hate drama within the team. It's all about working together cohesively and positively. Together we will achieve massive results. I guarantee it. We are bounded together to take the fight outside the office, not within the team.

-We work hard. We play hard. But most of all, we work together as a team. To me, my work and my team are my life and my family.

-Be interested in long-term (2 – 5 years) working arrangement. We'll teach you everything we know and not hold back. So we are looking for people who are interested to work with us for long-term, be part of the team and work towards our big goal.

I'll be very upfront with you: You need to work hard. You need to put in a lot of effort. You probably need to sacrifice in the beginning as we invest in you and train you and get you up to speed and your skills up to our standards.

People only look at successful people with envy. The truth is, its all an illusion. Behind that successful person are massive amount of hard-work that made that person what he is today.

BUT my promise to you is this, It won't take you decades to be great in what you do and be successful.

If you are keen to understand or find out more about this job scope, here's what I need you to do:

Best Regards Joshua Lim Senior Financial Services Manager | Senior Vice President

1) For the "Subject Headline", indicate : Applying for [Job position selected] [Attention to Joshua]

2) Attached your CV/Resume (With current photo of yourself)

3) Do also ensure you are at least a minimum local Diploma/A-Levels or higher qualifications

From http://www.startupjobs.asia/job/26598–calling-out-to-all-fresh-graduates-looking-for-a-career-in-the-financial-industry-business-development-job-at-fort-financial-management-pte-ltd-singapore

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[Calling Out to ALL FRESH GRADUATES looking for a career in the financial industry] job at Fort Financial Management Pte Ltd Singapore

[Calling out to ALL FRESH GRADUATES looking for a career in the financial industry] QN: How Would You Like To Be Personally Mentored By One Of Singapore's Youngest Most Successful Financial Associate... Replicate That Same Kind Of Success And Accelerate Your Career Growth (Plus Surpass Your Peers Within 2-3 Years)... EVEN If You Have Little Or No Experience? === Hello there, My name is Joshua Lim. You may know me as the youngest Senior Vice President or Senior Financial Services Manager of Fort Financial Management Pte Ltd representing AXA or have seen me on The Straits Times published in April 2015 & March 2016. I will go straight to the point. My team & I have successfully cleared our 2015's target by a mile. BUT we are aiming for greater heights & we like to open up a couple of slots to search for potential candidates to join our team as we want to kick-start 2016 to work towards bigger goals. Here's YOUR opportunity. I'm looking for: - 2 x Wealth Associates (Investments & Risk Managements) - 1 x Business Development Associate Now... I understand that some of you graduates out there are searching for "THAT JOB" that pays you what you feel is justifiable for the 15-18 years and thousands of money you've spent on your education.. I know because I've been in your shoes before - slogging the long hours just to scrape through the exams... burning midnight oils for projects that I couldn't care less about... and even working doubly hard for modules that I've failed previously. And honestly, I was expecting a good $3-4K upon graduation. But let me tell you this: It's NOT going to happen. Look, the employers probably have interviewed lots of equally highly qualified candidates before you, and they know for a fact that millennials won't stay long at their jobs (let's be honest, everyone is just eager to build up quick experiences and job hop to the next for a better pay)... so why would any manager or boss want to invest their time, heart and soul into mentoring you, if you're just going to be yet "another executive" to temporarily fill up the position till the next one comes to take over when you leave (let alone even consider giving you a pay raise or bonus)? So you'll probably end up with a starting pay of $2.2K (maybe $2.8 if you're lucky), slog longer hours at the "reputable company" just to get 1-2 years experience, and then maybe job hop to another with a "better resume" for a slightly higher pay of $200+/- more. But the truth is that you'll just be going in spirals and "get stuck" financially and career wise in the same spot when you look back every year. (Most of my friends are experiencing this. And I'm sure your seniors probably are too.) Which is also exactly the reason why countless graduates can't progress fast enough in their career to start earning the kind of money they desire to live the lifestyle they want. Listen... if that's what you truly want - to accelerate your career growth and get the kind of wealth that your peers can only dream of (and I'm talking about achieving all these within the next 2-3 years)... and if you have the hunger to grow and become one of the top in the finance industry... Then you definitely don't want to miss out on this opportunity to get explosive growth for your career and wealth when you join my team. Here's what you can expect: -Become part of the top leading unit, working with people that are hungry for success & driven by growth. These will be the people who you grind with day in day out, to achieve tip top results. -I strongly believe in investing in my team... That means you obviously. I want you to grow to your fullest potential and be successful. I believe in empowering people to allow them to be the best they can be. I will invest time to personally mentor & support my team, to enable them to achieve what they desire to achieve. -Enjoy lucrative growth path once you are grounded in the foundations and become good in what you do & prove yourself worthy. Whether is it to be a manager within 1-2 years or run your own team, the path will naturally open up for you. In fact, I can GUARANTEE that you will become one of the rising stars in our industry. I've mentored and coached many people. Those who put in effort & commitment and followed the path have ALL became someone worthy of respect. (Of course those who didn't, didn't.) ---- Now let me share with you what happened with my associates so far.. Earlier this year, I opened up a couple of associates positions that was quickly filled up. My associate Terence Ng, joined me beginning of this year. He started with zero experience and little financial knowledge - but grew by leaps and bounds under my mentorship... within just a short 3 months. Not only did he speed up his career progression, he even surpassed his peers who previously was ahead of him: "In just 3 months into joining Josh's team, I was earning a stable $6,000+ each month, to comfortably pay for my school fees and to repay my parents. Even my peers who graduated from university the same time as me wasn't earning as much. Plus, I didn't have much experience nor knowledge, but Joshua's coaching has propelled me forward tremendously not just career wise but also my personal growth - I've gained life skills and matured so much as an individual that my peers couldn't believe how much I've changed for the better. Honestly, having achieved all this at age 23, I'll consider myself to be successful. But finding passion and enjoying my work is most important to me. I've often heard of how my friends hate their jobs or are waiting for their chance to quit for a better opportunity... but in Josh's team, you'll never find that kind of sentiments in Josh's team, simply because everyone are striving towards the same goal with the same kind of drive and spirit that pushes one another in achieving results that almost defy our own beliefs. And today, I am happy to be have made my mentor Joshua proud as one of the youngest Agency Development Manager in Fort Financial representing AXA." Terence Ng Jin Yew, 23 Nanyang Technological University ---- Another of my associate, Kiat Hwee, is also fast rising leader within the team. In just a short 2 months, he has grown incredibly in his financial knowledge and is recognized as a financial guru and expert among his peers. He is constantly stepping out of his comfort zone and taking up many challenges, and has achieved his success as an Agency Development Manager in just less than a year. The rest who joined us are also progressing well, polishing & honing their techniques extensively... Pushing themselves day by day not just in theory and head-knowledge, but applying it in life to grow and mature as an individual, while generating top-notch results that far surpass what their peers can achieve. Another associate of mine Melody who learned not only soft skills from me has developed into a cold market specialist. Equipping her with the right knowledge & situational handling techniques. Melody is able to access her client's financial situation accurately & efficiently allowing her to make the necessary decisions she need to advise her clients. Despite her young age, clients much older than her trust her with their confidential information & takes her advise to SERIOUSLY. Right now as of THIS MOMENT she is 1 of the youngest top rookie in our industry, in time to come leading a team of her own. Great things are installed for her. "I've been a piano teacher over the past 6 years as i have a DipABRSM and graduated from School of the Arts. As most would think, teaching can be an extremely stable, sustainable, lifetime job. Most people wouldn't understand how I feel unless they experience how stagnant it actually is. Sitting back in the same old chair in my living room, seeing the same faces, repeating the same things. It might have been fun as a hobby, but not as a lifelong career. As the only child, i was also well aware that i would have to one day be responsible for taking care of my parents through their retirement on my own. With that in mind, i decided to take that leap of faith. The one thing that drew me to this career, is the fact that i can get rewarded for every bit of sincere hard work put in for every person i meet. Joshua always tells me, so what if I'm the youngest in the entire industry, if people can do it, why can't i? Every single day when i go to work, i ask myself this question over as a constant reminder and always keep the momentum going. Having met Joshua and his team has taught me the fact that nothing is unattainable as long as you put in your 100% effort and soul into it, and they were right about every bit of that. The determination, the right skill sets, having the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life is not something that just any ordinary career can offer. Never have i once turned back to question my decision joining Joshua. I am also well aware that being able to earn triple of an average fresh graduate is close to impossible for a 22 year old. All i could say is that the impossible has been made possible. Thank you Joshua, for making me the person i am today. He taught me many invaluable techniques that you won't be able to learn from those so-called experts." Melody Tan, 22 Agency Development Manager ____ You see, achieving success is not that difficult. Because all you need to have is: Being passionate about what you do + having the attitude to learn + the right skills + the right mentor and guidance + a supportive work environment + working with the right team. BUT, Let me be very VERY VERY upfront & transparent here! This is not for everyone. People come in having the mentality "try it out". NO! This isn't what I'm seeking for. This is the team that battled day in & day out along side me. Through those tough time we persevere.... The intensive planning we had, to make things happen.... Strategies that we brainstormed to execute.... Researching on concepts that took weeks.... Exhausting training we all had together.... High targets that was bestowed upon us to achieve.... Clients that gave us hellish issues.... Ending work at hours others cannot fathom.... Deadline that always felt like the end of the world.... The stress that "NO ONE WILL EVER UNDERSTAND" Let me re-emphasis, I'm looking for very specific types of people who have the hunger to learn & grow, committed to do what they do best & working with us for a long term. Do not pull us down, do not be a burden to the team. Everyone here worked really hard to get where they are today. You NEED TO HAVE: -Good working attitude & good learning attitude. Being open to changes & having the courage to step out of your comfort zone. (This is something I value alot, more than skills or knowledge) -Be ambitious. I'm looking for people who wants to be one of the top in their game. Not just "exister". Not just "survivor". I'm looking for "thrivers"... "excellers". I took the pains to build a team of high-level performers and we love working with people who share the same vision and drive. If you're just looking to coast or just get by, you won't survive with us. We are striving towards something BIG and we have no time to spent on laggers or dead weights. Most take decades, even generations to achieve the goal we have in mind. So we need top players, not "bench warmers". -Be results oriented. It's all about working towards the END GAME (I'll share our vision once you are in). I hate hearing excuses, don't procrastinate. 1 more thing, I hate drama within the team. It's all about working together cohesively and positively. Together we will achieve massive results. I guarantee it. We are bounded together to take the fight outside the office, not within the team. -We work hard. We play hard. But most of all, we work together as a team. To me, my work and my team are my life and my family. -Be interested in long-term (2 - 5 years) working arrangement. We'll teach you everything we know and not hold back. So we are looking for people who are interested to work with us for long-term, be part of the team and work towards our big goal. I'll be very upfront with you: You need to work hard. You need to put in a lot of effort. You probably need to sacrifice in the beginning as we invest in you and train you and get you up to speed and your skills up to our standards. People only look at successful people with envy. The truth is, its all an illusion. Behind that successful person are massive amount of hard-work that made that person what he is today. BUT my promise to you is this, It won't take you decades to be great in what you do and be successful. If you are keen to understand or find out more about this job scope, here's what I need you to do:

Best Regards Joshua Lim Senior Financial Services Manager | Senior Vice President

1) For the "Subject Headline", indicate : Applying for [Job position selected] [Attention to Joshua]

2) Attached your CV/Resume (With current photo of yourself)

3) Do also ensure you are at least a minimum local Diploma/A-Levels or higher qualifications

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