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Working hard, or hardly working?

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What Ifs (reader X James ‘Bucky Barnes) Chapter 1

Story is based off a Kane Brown song called "What Ifs."

You wanted to celebrate a big accomplishment in your life, but what was supposed to be a fun night was quickly turning into a disasters. But, what if something that started with an accident can turn into the best thing in your life?

(James 'Bucky' Barnes X F Reader)

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Chapter 1: Just an accident

You shot up from your place on the couch of your small apartment. You clutched your laptop in your hands as you read over your email over and over again.

“Holy shit...Holy shit!” You chanted, your eyes glimmered in joy and you were practically bouncing up and down. Your black cat stared at you with her blue eyes questionably, looking rather annoyed that you stirred him from his slumber.

“I did it Salem!” You yelled at him, as if he understood you. You always had conversations with your cat, and screw anyone who thought it was weird.

“I got accepted into the Stark Program. Fuck all those that said I couldn’t.” You placed your laptop on the couch, not wanting to drop it. Your hands were shaking with excitement. You had applied to the Stark program almost six months ago. It was an internship program in which you were able to work and still go to school. The Stark program was looking for skill individuals experienced in electronic engineering. It was a long shot but you applied. You had already thought they had made their decision since you hadn’t heard back from them in so long. You didn’t think it would take this long to make their choices. You ran your fingers through your hair, your body felt hot from the excitement that had coursed through your veins.

“This is cause for celebration,” You picked up your cell phone that you left discarded on the couch next to Salem, who just meowed at you, thinking you were reaching over to give him some pets. You ignored his pestering purrs of protests for attention and dialed your best friend's number. It took a couple of rings for her to answer.

“Hey girl,” Brittany’s voice sounded a little tired but you were too excited.

“Hey, I was picked for the internship!” You cheered.

“Which one?” you had forgotten that you did apply for more than one.

“The Stark one.”

“Shut the fuck up?!” her voice picked up and she literally sounded shocked.

“So, please...Can we go out to celebrate. It will be my treat!”

She was silent on the phone for a minute before answering, “Yeah of course we can. Where do you want to go?”

“Well, you know I love dancing. How about Whisky Dicks? I know it’s country night and you're not too much of a fan but… If you don’t start having a good time we can always leave and head somewhere else. How does that sound?”

“No, that is fine with me. How about we meet there around 8 or so?”

You looked at your watch and saw you would have a little more than an hour to get ready, which would be perfect. “Ok, I will see you there!” You both said your goodbyes and you hung up your phone. You went to your room to pick out a perfect outfit for the night. You picked out some black skinny jeans, which always made it easier for you to dance in. You also picked out a dark royal blue tank top. This bar was not the type to dress up for but you still wanted to look decent.

You ironed your clothes then set the shower to the setting you liked the most and jumped in. You still felt giddy as you washed your body, the smile would not leave your lips. By the time you were done getting ready it was almost ready for you to leave. You gave yourself a look over making sure your hair was perfect, not a strand out of place. Your make-up was fresh and just the way you liked it. You put on a set of heels that was easy for you to dance in and grabbed your purse.

“I am off, Salem.” You called out to your cat, already putting food in his bowl earlier and making sure he had fresh water. “Don’t wait for me.” You kneeled down and stroked his fur, causing him to arch his back in bliss.

*( At The Bar)*

It was a little before 8 P.M when you reached the bar. It was a little busy due to being country night but it still wasn’t too packed to where you felt uncomfortable. There was plenty of room at the bar top and you made your way over to it and sat down on one of the stools. The bartender walked over to you, a small smile on his lips.

“I haven’t seen you here in awhile __YN__, I thought maybe you forgot about us.” He leaned on his elbows at the bar, his emerald eyes had a little mischievous glint to them. His dirty blonde hair was pulled into a bun, making sure his shoulder length hair would not get in anyone's drinks. He wore a white tee and you could tell it had gotten a little dirty over the night. He had a towel draped over his shoulder and the short beard he sported looked good on him. He was always a favorite here at the bar and the women always seemed to swoon over him.

“I’m sorry David, I have been a bit busy but I am celebrating tonight.” You wanted to shout it out to the world; you really couldn’t help it. So many people had thought you couldn’t do this, your parents being one of them. Here you were, about to live your dream and it was only right that you got to feel this way.

“Oh, what is the reason, love?” He wiggled his eyebrow at you and you laughed. You leaned over the bartop just a little which made him lean over as well. “Well, I got accepted into the Stark Program, which means I have the chance to work for Tony Stark's company….I have a shot to learn from the best.”

His eyes went wide as well as did the smile across his lips showing off those pearly whites of his, “Wow, I knew my girl could do it!” Honestly, he was one of the few that was always routing for you. “That’s it, the first drink is on me. You want your favorite right?” He was already reaching for the glass as you nodded your head in excitement. You felt like a child and it felt so good for someone to be proud of you.

You looked around seeing if you could catch the glance of your best friend around but she still wasn’t there. You sat there and enjoyed your drink in silence as David went to serve more customers. It was around 9 P.M when your phone buzzed. You took the phone out of your pocket and saw that it was a text from your best friend.

‘Sorry, I got caught up at work but we can celebrate another day.’ You felt your heart drop a little but you understood, you did bring it up last night. You were about to put your phone away when another text from her came in.

‘Ugh, I told her I couldn’t go and that I had work. I just can’t deal with her tonight. She is so annoying.” At the end of the text there was an eye roll emoji. You stared at the phone for a minute and your mouth went dry. Who was she trying to text...Your eyes burned and your throat felt dry. This was your best friend, someone you grew up with. You both went through elementary together and high school and you both were going to the same college. Now….This is what she thinks of you?

Your hands shook as you shoved your phone back in your pocket. No, you couldn’t respond back to that...What was there to say? You stood up from your stool and pushed your body away from the table top rather quickly as you turned your body.

“Shit!” You heard someone call out and felt a cold splash wash over the front of your shirt. You sucked in your air, the cold feeling gave you a shock you weren't expecting.

“I am so sorry,” The words spilled from your lips as your eyes burned more. How embarrassing. First you find out your best friend is really not your friend at all and now you get what smells like Whiskey dumped on the front of your shirt. You tugged at the front of your shirt, allowing the ice cubes that were trapped inside to fall to the floor.

“I will pay for your drink, I swear,” Word vomit kept spilling from your lips as you felt the sting of tears threatening to spill. No, you were tough...you were not about to cry.

“Hey, hey it’s ok. I should be the one that is sorry.” You didn’t want to look up at the person in front of you. You lower lip quivered, you really wanted to take a moment. Last thing you really wanted was to make this guy think he had made you cry.

“No, I should have looked before I got up. Here...I will pay for you. I insist.” You reached into your pants and pulled out your little wallet you carried. This was so much easier than carrying a purse. You turned away from the unknown man and leaned over the bartop and called out to David, waving your hand as you did so. He caught your eyes with a smile, but once he saw the little tremble in your lips he rushed over, his eyes holding the plot of murder in them.

“What do you need, baby?” He spoke as he sent a murderous gaze to the man behind you.

“Oh, no this is totally my fault. I spilled the poor man's drink. From the smell of it I am guessing it was whisky. Please, I need...I want to pay for a replacement for him. He’s such a gentleman and thinks it is his fault.” You laughed out and David’s gaze turned apologetic.

“No, no...It’s on the house ok. I will not take your money. You are celebrating, remember!” He searched your eyes, able to see that you were sad. He had a gift for this, which made him an amazing bartender that you could feel like you could spill your soul to...which you used to do many nights.

“I am actually on my way home, but thanks.”

“What, why?! I hardly see you!” He pouted but took out a glass to get the man another whiskey.

“Well, I am not up for celebrating anymore.”

“If it's because of me, I am sorry.” The man you had forgotten was behind you reached over you and took a white cloth napkin that sat on the bartop. You glanced at his arm. He had a black leather jacket on but you could still tell underneath that the man had some muscle. He passed the napkin over to you and you finally turned your head to look back...catching the gaze of the most gorgeous blue eyes you have ever seen. He had a short beard on a strong jaw-line. His hair was cut short and you could tell he had some pomade in his hair to give him the style he desired. His eyes looked so apologetic but also so deep, they seemed to drown in emotion.

He blinked.

You blinked. Shit. You were staring and his lips were moving.

“I-I’m sorry. What did you say?” You were embarrassed and you caught the little smirk on those lips of his.

“I said I hope I didn’t ruin your night.” You used the napkin he had given you and started rubbing it against your tank top, soaking any whisky that was left behind. Thankfully you were wearing a dark shirt so not like there would be a stain and it was alcohol so you knew that it would dry quicker.

“Oh no, I was supposed to meet up with a friend...and she bailed on me.” You felt your chest tightened when you remembered your friend.

“So, what are you celebrating?” He asked, he stood awkwardly, glancing over his shoulder as he spoke. You leaned over to look at what he glanced at and saw two men standing a distance away. They were shoulder to shoulder, obviously whispering to each other. You couldn't really see what they looked like but you could tell one was a dark-skinned male, hair short and from the distance you presumed he was handsome. Another was a blonde male, pale skin and very muscular and toned from what you can make out. Once your gaze met theirs, they quickly looked away. They both brought their drinks up to their lips...they both looked in the opposite direction- not knowing what to do next.

“Uh, I got the dream job I wanted.” You looked back at the male in front of you, his eyes drowning in embarrassment.

“I am going to be honest. I came over to offer to buy you a drink and maybe have the chance to have a dance with you. Instead, I spilled my drink all over you.” He picked up his hand and placed it to his face for a moment. You noticed the glove on his left hand and this couldn't help but perk your interest a little.

“Well, like I have made clear. This was my fault.” You couldn’t help but smile a little.

“I am guessing you friends put you up to it...didn’t they?” You smirked at him. A small part of you felt a little defeated. It stung a little to be part of any kind of bet...or situation where someone else is forcing this gorgeous man in front of you to talk to you.

“No, but they are rather persistent when they noticed I couldn’t keep my eyes off such a great dame like yourself though.” Your air caught in your lungs and you felt your cheeks burn. You were not used to such a compliment. ‘Dame?’ you thought. That was not something you heard...ever. It sounded so vintage and for some odd reason you liked it.

“Are you legally blind?” You stuttered out without thinking which earned a genuine laugh from blue eyes himself. You noticed the tension in his shoulders relaxed.

“With that question, I am going to assume you are.” He fired back, which earned him a laugh of your own.

“How about this. You can tell me no, no pressure. Seeing as your friend cancelled...I don’t see any harm in me buying you a drink. Maybe afterwards we can dance?”

You thought about it for a moment, you couldn’t help but bite your lower lip as you thought and you missed how this man’s eyes darted down, watching your lips for a moment before meeting back up with your eyes.

“What is your name? I would like to know the name of the guy that’s going to buy me a drink.”

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━━ ◤ ( LONELINESS THAT GROWS HEAVIER TO CARRY WITH EACH DAY, BATS FLYING AGAINST THE NIGHT SKY, FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE,  AND JET BLACK ) welcome, BRUCE WAYNE, HE/HIM. before you move in, tell us what you remember: RICHARD BECOMING ROBIN FOR THE FIRST TIME SHORTLY AFTER ADOPTING HIM AS YOUR WARD. excellent, now we are pleased to accept your offer to live HUNTING DOG CABINS, and your new job as ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON at ST. MIRACULOUS GENERAL HOSPITAL is waiting for you to begin. 

THE BASICS

NAME: Bruce Thomas Wayne

NICKNAMES: Batman, The Dark Knight, The Caped Crusader, World's Greatest Detective, The Defender of Gotham

BIRTHDAY: February 19th

AGE: 31

PRONOUNS: He/Him/His

LAST KNOWN MEMORY: Richard becoming Robin for the first time shortly after adopting him as his ward.

ORIGINATION: DC Comics

FACECLAIM: Jake Gyllenhaal

THE DETAILS

FAMILY: Thomas Wayne (father, deceased), Martha Wayne (mother, deceased), Thomas Wayne Jr. (brother, deceased), Kate Kane (cousin), Richard Grayson (adopted son), Mary Elizabeth Kane (cousin), Ace (pet dog), Alfred Pennyworth (foster father, deceased), Damian Wayne (son), Jason Todd (adopted son), Tim Drake (adopted son), Cassandra Cain (adopted daughter), Stephanie Brown (daughter figure), Duke Thomas (son figure) ⇢ I’m writing Bruce from an earlier point in his canon, where Dick was his only child at the given time, but I’m including everyone on the list because I want to plot with them all!

THREE FAVORITE THINGS: Mulligatawny soup, obtaining knowledge, and solitude.

EDUCATION: ⇢ BS in Biology ⇢ Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) ⇢ Five years of residency in Orthopedic Surgery. ⇢ One year of the Spine Fellowship Program to specialize in spinal problems. ⇢ One year of the Hand & Upper Limb Fellowship to specialize in problems affecting the hand, shoulder and elbow.

SKILLS: Acrobatics, Indomitable Will, Intimidation, Interrogation, Peak Human Condition, Master of every known Martial Art, Weaponry, Stick Fighting, Swordsmanship, Stealth, Meditation, Marksmanship, Genius Level Intellect, Eidetic Memory, Forensic Science, Multilingualism (fluent in over twenty languages),  Leadership, Tactical Analysis, Escapology, Tracking, Disguise, Aviation,  Mechanical Engineering, Business Management, Mastered the skill of compressing a full night’s sleep into three hours, Survival, Computer Hacking, Lock Picking, Medical Science

HEADCANONS: Bruce used to apply black makeup around his eyes as part of the suit when starting out as Batman, but that’s no longer part of his routine after redesigning the cowl. He also has a slight accent due to growing up in New Jersey!

WHAT THEY’RE PLANNING TO DO IN DECIMATION: These ‘waking dreams’ that appear to Bruce at night keep him awake, often finding himself sitting up in bed to avoid them. It couldn’t be true, right? These visions of what happened to his parents in the alley just feels cruel. He has memories of growing up with them so why would his mind play this trick? Bruce chalks it up to guilt about moving away from home and settling in Decimation. It’s a long way from New Jersey, used to the finer things due to being born into a wealthy family. His father was a gifted surgeon and this inspired Bruce to follow in his footsteps — eventually falling in love with orthopedics for his own journey in the medical field, now a successful surgeon in his own right. He likes to think that the name doesn’t have anything to do with it. On his time off he likes to take Ace on a walk around town, especially Founder’s Park.

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Robin the Boy WonderEdit



Characters from an illustration by N. C. Wyeth for "Robin Hood" (1917) by Paul Creswick. The look inspired Jerry Robinson's design for Robin.[6]:83



Dick Grayson as Robin in his first appearance, on the cover of Detective Comics #38 (April 1940), along with Batman. Art by Bob Kane.

The character was first introduced in Detective Comics #38 (1940) by Batman creators Bill Finger and Bob Kane. Robin's debut was an effort to get younger readers to enjoy Batman. The name "Robin, The Boy Wonder" and the medieval look of the original costume are inspired by the legendary hero Robin Hood. The costume was designed by Jerry Robinson who drew it from memory based on Robin Hood illustrations by N. C. Wyeth.[6]:83

In his first appearance, Dick Grayson is a circus acrobat, and, with his parents, one of the "Flying Graysons". Robin was born on the first day of spring, son of John Grayson and Mary Grayson, a young aerialist couple. While preparing for a performance, Dick overhears two gangsters attempting to extort protection money from the circus owner. The owner refuses, so the gangsters sabotage the trapeze wires with acid. During the next performance, the trapeze from which Dick's parents are swinging snaps, sending them to their deaths. Before he can go to the police, Batman appears to him and warns him that the two gangsters work for Tony Zucco, a very powerful crime boss, and that revealing his knowledge could lead to his death. When Batman recounts the murder of his own parents, Dick asks to become his aide. After extensive training, Dick becomes Robin. They start by disrupting Zucco's gambling and extortion rackets. They then successfully bait the riled Zucco into visiting a construction site, where they capture him.

Robin's origin has a thematic connection to Batman's in that both see their parents killed by criminals, creating an urge to battle the criminal element. Bruce sees a chance to direct the anger and rage that Dick feels in a way that he himself cannot, thus creating a father/son bond and understanding between the two. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, DC Comics portrayed Batman and Robin as a team, deeming them the "Dynamic Duo", rarely publishing a Batman story without his sidekick; stories entirely devoted to Robin appeared in Star-Spangled Comics from 1947 through 1952.

The character history of the Earth-Two Robin accordingly adopts all of the earliest stories featuring the character from the 1940s and 1950s, while the adventures of the mainstream Robin (who lived on "Earth-One") begin later in time and with certain elements of his origin retold. Both were depicted as separate, though parallel, individuals living in their respective universes, with the "older" Earth-Two character eventually reaching death in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Teen TitansEdit

1964's The Brave and the Bold #54 introduces a junior version of the Justice League of America. This team is led by the modern-day Robin, residing on Earth-One, and was joined by two other teenage sidekicks, Aqualad (sidekick of Aquaman) and Kid Flash (sidekick of the Flash), to stop the menace of Mr. Twister.

Later, the three sidekicks join forces with Speedy and Wonder Girl in order to free their mentors in the JLA from mind-controlled thrall. They decide to become a real team: the Teen Titans. By virtue of the tactical skills gleaned from Batman, Robin is swiftly recognized as leader before the Titans disband some years later.

In 1969, still in the Pre-Crisis continuity, writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Neal Adams return Batman to his darker roots. One part of this effort is writing Robin out of the series by sending Dick Grayson to Hudson University and into a separate strip in the back of Detective Comics. The by-now Teen Wonder appears only sporadically in Batman stories of the 1970s as well as in a short-lived revival of The Teen Titans.

In 1980, Grayson once again takes up the role of leader of the Teen Titans, now featured in the monthly series The New Teen Titans, which became one of DC Comics's most beloved series of the era. During his leadership of the Titans, however, he had a falling out with Batman, leading to an estrangement that would last for many years.

NightwingEdit

In the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity, the maturing Dick Grayson grows weary of his role as Batman's young sidekick. He renames himself Nightwing, recalling his adventure in the Kryptonian city of Kandor, where he and Batman meet the local hero of the same name. In post-Crisis continuity he is fired by Batman after being shot by the Joker and becomes Nightwing. He maintains this identity during his role in the Teen Titans, and occasionally returns to assist Batman and his successors as Robin in the form of Jason Todd and Tim Drake, Tim in particular becoming a younger brother figure to him.

When Bruce's back is broken by Bane during the Knightfall story arc, Bruce selects Jean-Paul Valley as his replacement as Batman as he does not want to burden Dick with the role and fears that Dick may go after Bane in revenge. However, when Valley proves to be too unstable to be Batman, Bruce undergoes a rigorous recovery and training program with the aid of Doctor Shondra Kinsolving and Lady Shiva to restore him to full health, defeating Valley with Dick and Tim's aid. However, feeling that he needs to re-evaluate Batman and his mission after Valley's defeat, Bruce leaves Gotham once again, after appointing Dick as his successor during the "Prodigal" story arc. While acting as Batman, Dick is left with a clearer idea of the psychological stresses Bruce must endure in the role, as well as facing some of Bruce's newer enemies — such as Killer Croc, the Ventriloquist and the Ratcatcher — while settling his own long-standing issues with Two-Face.

Miniseries and afterwardEdit

In Nightwing: Alfred's Return #1 (1995), Dick Grayson travels to England to find Alfred Pennyworth who had resigned from Bruce Wayne's service following the events of the KnightSaga. Before returning to Gotham City together, they prevent an attempted coup d'état against the British government that involves destroying the Channel Tunnel under the English Channel.

Later on, with the Nightwing miniseries (September to December 1995, written by Dennis O'Neil with Greg Land as artist), Dick briefly considers retiring from being Nightwing forever before family papers uncovered by Alfred reveal a possible link between the murder of the Flying Graysons and the Crown Prince of Kravia. Journeying to Kravia, Nightwing helps to topple the murderous Kravian leader and prevent an ethnic cleansing, while learning his parents' true connection to the Prince; they witnessed the original Prince being killed and replaced with an impostor who became as bad as his predecessor (although Zucco killed the Graysons before the conspirators could do anything about it). In the aftermath, Dick returns to his role as Nightwing, recognizing that, for all his problems with Bruce, Bruce never made him become Robin or join his crusade, accepting that he imitated Bruce's example because Bruce was worthy of imitation.

In 1996, following the success of the miniseries, DC Comics launched a monthly solo series featuring Nightwing (written by Chuck Dixon, with art by Scott McDaniel), in which he patrols Gotham City's neighboring municipality of Blüdhaven, relocating there to investigate a series of murders and remaining as he recognized that the city needed protection. He remains the city's guardian for some time, facing foes such as Blockbuster and new villains such as Torque, and even becomes a police officer so that he can make an impact on the city's criminal activity in both parts of his life. Later, Grayson divides his duties between Bludhaven and Gotham after a devastating earthquake and the subsequent decision to declare Gotham a No Man's Land, Grayson occasionally assisting his mentor and other members of Bat-Family in maintaining and restoring order in Gotham until it is fully rebuilt. When the Justice League vanished into the past fighting ancient sorceress Gamemnae, Nightwing was selected as the leader of the reserve League created by an emergency program Batman had established in the event of his League being defeated, Batman describing Nightwing as the only person he could have picked to lead the new team.

Eventually, the original League are restored, and Nightwing departs along with some of his League-although others remain as some of the original team take a leave of absence-although Batman notes that his leadership of the League proves that he is ready for more responsibilities. However, the death of Blockbuster prompts Nightwing to leave Bludhaven due to his crisis of conscience; Blockbuster was killed by vigilante Tarantula and Nightwing did not stop it even when he had the chance to do so. While Nightwing returns to Gotham to heal after assisting Batman in dealing with a series of gang wars, Blüdhaven is destroyed by the Secret Society of Super-Villains when they drop Chemo on it.

During the battle of Metropolis, Grayson suffers a near-fatal injury from Alexander Luthor, Jr. when he shields Wayne from Luthor's attack.[7] Originally, the editors at DC intended to have Grayson killed in Infinite Crisis as Newsarama revealed from the DC Panel at WizardWorld Philadelphia:[8]

It was again explained that Nightwing was originally intended to die in Infinite Crisis, and that you can see the arc that was supposed to end with his death in the series. After long discussions, the death edict was finally reversed, but the decision was made that, if they were going to be keeping him, he would have to be changed. The next arc of the ongoing series will further explain the changes, it was said.

After spending some time away with Bruce and Tim to heal and rebuild after their harsh times prior to the Crisis, Dick relocates to New York, but has trouble finding work as both Dick Grayson and Nightwing. During the Batman R.I.P. storyline, Nightwing is ambushed by the International Club of Villains. He is later seen being held in Arkham Asylum, where one of the surgeons, in reality also the civilian identity of ICoV member Le Bossu, arranged for Nightwing to be admitted under the name of Pierrot Lunaire (another ICoV member) and be kept both heavily drugged and regularly beaten by staff to subdue him. Scheduled for an experimental lobotomy by Le Bossu himself, he manages to free himself and come to Batman's aid for the finale of the story arc.

Batman: RebornEdit

Following the events of Batman's apparent death during the Final Crisis, Nightwing has closed down shop in New York so as to return to Gotham, where after the events of "Battle for the Cowl", he assumes the identity of Batman, with Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne's biological son, as the new Robin.[9]

The new team of Batman and Robin is the focus of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's Batman and Robin series.[10] Their dynamic reverses the classic dynamic of Bruce and Dick, by having a lighter and friendlier Batman paired with a more intense and dark Robin. Over time, Dick's experience as the Dark Knight would harden his personality as his mentor.

During this period, Dick Grayson as Batman also features as a member of the Justice League in a short-lived run by writer James Robinson. After an intense confrontation with the Club of Villains and the mysterious Doctor Simon Hurt (who has established fake evidence that he is actually Bruce's father Thomas Wayne), Hurt is defeated when Bruce returns to the present. However, Bruce leaves Dick to continue to act as Batman in Gotham with Damian as his partner while he sets up the new 'Batman Incorporated' program, Bruce publicly identifying himself as Batman's financial backer to justify a global Batman-themed operation where he funds multiple other vigilantes.

The New 52 (2011–2016)Edit

See also: The New 52

Dick Grayson is re-established as Nightwing following DC's Flashpoint crossover event, after which the publisher relaunched all of its titles and made alterations to its continuity as part of an initiative called The New 52. In the new status quo, Bruce Wayne is once again the only Batman, and Dick, like the other members of the adoptive family, is a few years younger. Dick, despite being 19 is drawn a bit shorter than in his pre-relaunch frame. This is likely due to adding believability to his acrobat past.[11] According to various interviews it is stated that Dick was adopted at 16, as opposed to 12. This is due to the DCNU's timeline existing for five years.[12] Dick Grayson is shown in flashbacks as Robin with a revamped version of the Robin costume in Nightwing (vol. 3) #0 (November 2012) and Batman and Robin Annual (vol. 2) #2 (March 2014).



Dick Grayson in his New 52 Robin costume from Batman and Robin Annual, vol. 2 #2 (March 2014). Art by Doug Mahnke and Patrick Gleason

In his civilian identity he is attacked by an assassin named Saiko who insists that he is the fiercest killer in Gotham.[13] The series Batman Incorporated relaunches with a second volume, continuing its story while taking into account the New 52's continuity changes; Dick is now depicted as Nightwing, and not as Batman, but the change is not addressed in the comic itself. In Nightwing, Dick inherits the deed to the circus from a dying C. C. Haly and begins a relationship with his childhood friend acrobat Raya Vestri. Saiko tortures Haly for information on Nightwing's secret identity, and the old man dies in Dick's arms after telling him the circus holds a terrible secret.[14] Investigating leads, he tracks down a supervillain named Feedback, who used to be a childhood friend, but does not learn anything.[15] Following Haly's clues, he finds a mysterious Book of Names in the circus that has his name on the last page.[16] Later the circus announces they will be doing a memorial show on the anniversary of the night Dick's parents were murdered, and Saiko attacks by detonating a massive explosion.[17]

It is then revealed that the circus has been training assassins for years, and Saiko was a childhood friend using Raya as an accomplice. Grayson had been selected to become a new Talon for the Court of Owls, but when Batman adopted him, Saiko took his place. The killer plummets to his death and Raya turns herself in. Returning to the Batcave, Bruce reveals to Dick that the current Talon is his great-grandfather William Cobb.[18] During the Night of the Owls event Dick faces Cobb, who was revived while protecting Mayor Hady.[19] Following the event, Dick decided to keep Haly's Circus in Gotham and plans to invest in turning an abandoned amusement park into their new location without Bruce's money.[20] He works with Sonia Branch, the daughter of Tony Zucco, the crime boss who murdered Dick's parents, into getting a loan for this plan by investing his entire trust fund despite being a high-risk due to Saiko's recent attack. The problems arise because of the guilt Sonia feels towards her father's actions [21] and many members of the circus are afraid for their lives because of the previous disasters and accuse Dick Grayson of being a flake, making it hard for those who choose to stay.[22]

The "Death of the Family" crossover event across the Batman-related comic books led to a major shift in Nightwing's status quo. During the storyline, one of Dick's friends Jimmy Clark, who worked as a circus clown, was murdered by the Joker because Joker felt like Jimmy was a knockoff of him. Nightwing later discovers Joker broke Raya out of prison, infected her with his Joker venom and has forced her to fight him while wearing a makeshift Nightwing costume. The toxin eventually killed Raya, though Nightwing tried in vain with an anti-toxin to save her. Nightwing then discovered that Joker left a message on Raya's abdomen that he was targeting Haly's Circus next.[23] However upon arriving there, Joker unveils his plan to burn the circus to the ground and then infects Nightwing with his gas that not only causes him to experience hallucinations of Jimmy and Raya, but he is soon attacked by the other members of Haly's Circus that were also affected by the toxin allowing Joker to capture him.[24]

In the aftermath, Haly's Circus is gone, with Dick broke as a result for having lost his investment. While the other circus members survived since Joker used a different Joker venom on them, they blame Dick and decide to leave after Raya and Jimmy's funeral, though deep down they know it is not his fault. Dick becomes bitter from his loss. After he used excessive force to bring down some criminals that tried to plunder valuables from the remains of the circus, Damian, having been monitoring him, is able to talk some sense into Nightwing, which helps him recover.[25]

Nightwing is later deeply affected by the death of Damian following his murder at the hands of Damian's clone, the Heretic, in Batman Incorporated. With Damian's death and potential resurrection becoming an obsession of Batman's, Dick is shunned by Bruce when he tries to tell him to move on, in Batman and Nightwing (a retitled Batman & Robin #23).

Later, the Nightwing series changes its setting to Chicago, Illinois. Sonia Branch reveals to Dick an e-mail that indicates that her father Zucco is still alive. After giving the address to Red Robin to try and track down who sent it, Robin uncovers that Zucco is residing in Chicago. Nightwing moves to Chicago in order to find and arrest Zucco, who is now living under the assumed identity of Billy Lester, an assistant to the mayor. Soon after arriving in Chicago, Dick meets his new roommates, a photojournalist named Michael and a computer specialist named Joey. After leaving the apartment to meet with Johnny Spade, a borderline criminal who steals and sells information, their meeting is interrupted by the police. A short chase results in the accidental destruction of a newly rebuilt subway. Meanwhile, a criminal hacker called the Prankster tortures, maims and kills criminal con men who are untouchable by the police.

The Chicago story is later abruptly ended by Nightwing's role in a larger company-wide crossover event. After the Crime Syndicate invade Earth Prime at the conclusion of the "Trinity War" Justice League storyline and defeat the Justice League, the DC crossover story Forever Evil depicts Nightwing's capture by the Crime Syndicate, who expose his secret identity to the world. Following their escape from the Syndicate, Batman and Catwoman decide to rescue him. He then is invited by Owlman to help defeat the Crime Syndicate, which he accepts. Nightwing is severely beaten by Ultraman and is attached to a device from a parallel world known as the Murder Machine, which is controlled by his heart rate and is reportedly impossible to escape from alive. When Batman and Lex Luthor arrive to free him, Lex stops his heart in order to fool the system so he can disarm it. However, Batman, enraged over what Lex has done, attacks him. Luthor explains it is not too late to save Grayson.[26] In an uncharacteristically heroic moment, Luthor injects Grayson's heart with adrenaline, which successfully revives Grayson. Cyborg enters, having defeated Grid, and Grayson joins Batman, Cyborg and Catwoman in freeing the Justice League from the Firestorm Matrix. After the defeat of the Syndicate, Grayson is seen with Batman in the Batcave. Batman tells him that he has to send him on the most dangerous mission he could possibly undertake.

GraysonEdit

The Nightwing title concluded in April 2014 at issue #30, and was replaced with a new title, Grayson, which depicts Dick having given up his life as Nightwing at age 22 and going undercover as an agent of the Spyral organization where the former Batwoman Kathy Kane works.[27] Written by Tim Seeley and former CIA counter-terrorism officer Tom King, the career change for Dick Grayson comes from the urging of Batman himself, who convinces him to remain dead to the world. Seeley stated that the series will be "leaning into" Grayson's sex symbol status. The character's look also is redesigned with no mask, but a blue-and-black outfit calling back to his pre-New 52 Nightwing counterpart with an addition of a "G" on his chest, said to be reminiscent of the Robin "R".[28][29]

In the "Agent of Spyral" storyline, Dick (known as Agent 37) is enlisted by Mister Minos, the director of Spyral, after having been chosen by Helena Bertinelli to serve as a new candidate. However, Dick serves as a mole under Batman due to their agenda of unmasking heroes by collecting the Paragon organs, organs in which contains the DNA of the Justice League and bestows meta-bioweapons the ability to use their powers. He assists Spyral's agenda to know more about Minos and his endgame, resulting in Spyral attaining most of the scattered organs. In a later story arc, Minos betrays Spyral and attempts to leak its secrets. To his surprise he finds the new Agent Zero, who reveals that she, along with the upper echelon of Spyral, had used Minos to attract Dick into Spyral and kills Minos as he has outlived his life full of humor.[30][31]

During Batman and Robin Eternal, Grayson finds himself working with various other members of the Bat-Family-during the time when Bruce Wayne is amnesiac after his resurrection against the ruthless villain known only as "Mother", who, it is revealed, briefly met with Batman early in Grayson's career as Robin, believing that he shared her views on using trauma to make people stronger. Mother intends to trigger a global collapse with the reasoning that the survivors will rebuild a stronger world after being broken by tragedy and without the hindrance of parents to force their ideals on them, but Grayson and the rest of the Family are able to defeat her, Dick affirming that Batman helps the Robins become their own people who can avoid the mistakes he made in dealing with his own trauma rather than Mother's belief that she and Batman each teach people to use their trauma to define themselves. At the conclusion of the storyline, Dick meets with the restored Batman, assuring Bruce that, unlike Mother, he never forced his ideals on them, but simply gave them all an example that they chose to emulate while avoiding following it so exactly that they became like him.

When the Court of Owls plant a bomb inside Damian Wayne, they are able to blackmail Dick into officially joining their organization, although all sides are aware that Grayson intends to try and use his new position against them.[32] The Grayson series ended at issue #20, where in the final issue, it was revealed that all knowledge of Dick's identity was erased from most of the world with one of Spyral's satellites, allowing Dick to resume his superhero activities as Nightwing once again.[3]

DC RebirthEdit

Starting with the DC Rebirth relaunch in 2016, Dick returned to being Nightwing with his black and blue costume, his Spyral contacts having wiped all global evidence of his dual identity and the bomb removed from Damian. He uses his new skills and expertise in espionage moving forward.[33] Nightwing is prominently featured in two Rebirth books: the fourth volume of Nightwing, his own solo book, and Titans, where Dick teams up with the other original Teen Titans after Wally West returns to the universe; through Wally, Dick remembers events of his life prior to Flashpoint and The New 52.[34] After the Titans are forcibly disbanded by the Justice League, Dick creates a new Titans team after the rupture of the Source Wall consisting of Donna Troy, Raven, Steel (Natasha Irons), Beast Boy, and Miss Martian.[35]

In his solo book, Dick is paired with a vigilante named Raptor and the two plan to bring down the Court of Owls from the inside. Barbara criticizes Dick's willingness to trust him and does not agree with his methods. Though Raptor seemed willing to play by Dick's rules of not killing, he tricks Dick into agreeing to a plan that results in the deaths of all of the Parliament of Owls in Sydney. After knocking Dick out, Raptor goes to Gotham and kidnaps Bruce during a conference. Nightwing confronts him alone in the ruins of a circus in Paris. Raptor reveals that he grew up in the circus as a child and fell in love with Dick's mother, Mary, as they stole from the rich and powerful in Paris. Raptor watched over Dick in the shadows as he grew up, and developed a hatred for Bruce Wayne as he represented everything he and Mary were against and felt it was dishonoring her memory to have Dick raised by him. Dick defeats Raptor and rescues Bruce in time.[36]

After joining forces with the pre-Flashpoint Superman to defeat the latest attack of Doctor Destiny, Dick contemplates checking out Bludhaven, based on Superman's reference to how the pre-Flashpoint Grayson acted as the city's guardian for a time,[37] and ultimately decides to go there.[38] While there he meets a supervillain rehabilitation group called the Run-Offs, all of which were villains he and Batman defeated in the past. He finds that most of them are being framed for crimes around the area and works with them to find the true culprits.[39] After solving the case and clearing their names, Dick begins dating their leader Shawn Tsang, known as the former criminal the Defacer.[40] Shawn is kidnapped by Professor Pyg after Dick discovers she might be pregnant with his child, and he teams up with Damian to track Pyg down and rescue her.[41] After Shawn is revealed not to be pregnant, she ultimately breaks up with Dick, who focuses his efforts on taking down criminals such as Blockbuster, the returning Raptor, the Judge, and Wyrm.[42]

During one of his nightly patrols with Batman, Nightwing is shot by KGBeast and nearly killed.[43] As a result, he suffered from severe memory loss and attempted to build a new life in Bludhaven. He changed his name to Ric, gave up being Nightwing, and became a taxi driver that frequently went to bars. With Bludhaven suffering from an increase in crime from the vigilante's absence, a detective named Sapienza comes across Dick's abandoned hideout in the subway and decides to become the new Nightwing.[44] Sapienza recruits a team of his friends in law enforcement to help him, and together they make a team of Nightwings using Dick Grayson's old uniforms. In addition to Sapienza, the team consists of Malcolm Hutch, the deputy chief in the Bludhaven fire department, Zak Edwards, vice of the 10th precinct, and Colleen Edwards, detective of the 14th precinct.[45]

During Year of the Villain, Ric is captured by William Cobb, his grandfather who is a Talon. A brain surgeon that Bruce hired to take care of Dick after he was shot named Dr. Haas was secretly a member of the Court, who was using a mystical memory crystal to alter Dick's memories and eventually shape him into becoming a Talon himself. William Cobb forces Ric to wear goggles and puts Dick under his spell. As a Talon, Grayson fights off other Nightwing heroes. A Nightwing hero name Connor Red shoots at Grayson's mask, making his eye visible. Connor Red pleads for mercy saying he has a family, and as the sun comes up Dick Grayson suddenly breaks out of his grandfather's control. Dick Grayson starts to remember his adventures as Nightwing. Ric defeats Talon, and saves his girlfriend Bea.[46] Afterwards, he journeys to Switzerland to learn more answers about his past from Dr. Haas, who attempts to use the crystal to alter his memories once more. However, an explosion seemingly sends her down a river to her death while Ric is able to retrieve the memory crystal she used on him. During the "Joker War" storyline, the Joker steals the memory crystal and uses it to brainwash Grayson into believing he is the Joker's adopted son, "Dicky Boy" and turns him against the Bat Family in his latest war against Batman. After Barbara gets the crystal back, Bea uses it to allow him to fully regain his memories as Dick Grayson.[47

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Who We Are Chapter 10 - Iliad and Odyssey

summery: a hundred years ago earth was destroyed by nuclear warfare. those who could escape did, and those who couldn’t we’re thought to have been burned with the rest of earth. those who escaped primfaya traveled to space, living to tell stories of what earth once was to generations that hoped to see it’s beauty one day. nearly three generations later it’s time. oxygen is running low and life support can’t be fixed. a hundred teenagers are sent to the ground, but is it every really that simple?

Pairings: Olivia Kane x Bellamy Blake

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Warnings: hallucinations, mentions of blood, mentions of death, mentions of guns and gun violence, bellivia fluff ! 

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                                                     When Olivia finally managed to pull herself up off the floor, her mind was immediately brought to Bellamy Blake and the fate of his situation. Her mind was working fast to compensate for a reasoning beside what had just occurred, yet the only somewhat bearable explanation Olivia could fathom was that the beans she'd eaten were mutilated with hallucinogenic properties. Earth skills had been very vague when addressing which foods were edible on earth, and Olivia was beginning to despise that irony.

Grabbing the bag of necessities from the floor, Olivia darted up the stairs with itching desperation to confirm that Bellamy was both alive and alright. The very opposite of Micheal Hayes. Olivia's body was visibly trembling as she exited the military base, shoulders barely stable enough to support the lightweight duffle bag of med-kits and blankets. Selfishly, Olivia had already shoved aside three of the softest for her, Octavia and Raven.

Olivia didn't call out for Bellamy in fear of alerting hostile grounders of her presence, so instead she crept through the trees and bushes with hesitation clear across her features. Olivia analyzed hundreds of possibilities within her mind, however she hadn't expected to see Bellamy laid out across a tree, beaten and bloodied with a lifeless body only a few inches from his feet. His chest heaved up and down heavily, his horror etched visibly across his pale complexion.

"Bellamy!" Olivia gasped in pure panic, her feet moving despite the desperate ache to curl up in a ball and just collapse. The world had been against her for so long, she figured it was her time to surrender. Her day had been filled with nothing but soft spoken confrontational battles, and her injures had just been pronounced terminal. "Are you alright, Bell?"

Bellamy broke down into a quiet sob of bleeding pain. The sharp intakes of breath he begged for broke Olivia's heart in two. His pain was so great and yet he put up a facade that could fool them all. She thought she knew Bellamy Blake, and yet she was so wrong. Olivia understood his motives, she could see his perspective, but she knew nothing of the tragedies that made him who he is.

"My mother," Bellamy began with aching breaths that all too closely resembled sobs, "if she knew what I've done, who I am — she raised me to be better, to be good, and all I do is hurt people. I'm a monster." Bellamy's voice trembled as he tried to remain somewhat intact before the completely shattered girl.

Olivia's breath pickup as her mind was brought back to the nightmare she'd been forced to relive just moments ago. Her own actions; attempts to do good and be better, had led her down a path of misery and grey colored grief. She'd lost apart of herself at twelve years old, a part of her that Marcus Kane missed deeply.

"Doing good and being good are two different things, Bell." Olivia whispered, her hands finding his with a desperate need to comfort the both of them simultaneously. "For what it's worth, I didn't know your mother very well, but I saw the way she looked at you, the way she talked about Octavia even. You could be the worst person in the world Bellamy, and as long as you recognized that, she would be proud. It meant you listened to something she said. That's the funny thing about parents, they don't really care about what you do, they only care that you lived and you learned."

Bellamy's hand twitched beneath Olivia's when he realized just how her hands trembled. Her face had lost off its color, her eyes somehow even dimmer then they had been when he left. Bellamy's gut coiled in guilt for not having noticed sooner, his worry immediately drawn to Olivia rather then himself.

"Are you okay?" Bellamy pondered, his voice thick with a blend of emotions that only humanized him more. His eyes were drawn to Olivia's, his thumb absentmindedly tracing circles on her hand when he felt her body flinch at the question.

"Those nuts, they must have expired. It's a common thing for hallucinogenic properties to secrete from beans and berries; especially on a radiation soaked planet." Olivia rambled shyly, her voice soft as she tried to recoil into herself. Her cheeks flushed at the attention, her hands growing clammy in Bellamy's as tears filled her eyes for the third time that day.

"What did you see?" Bellamy gently brought his hand up to cup Olivia's head, allowing her to melt into his side. He'd never vocalize his needs, but all Bellamy Blake craved was to feel like he was needed, and Olivia gave him that clarity. "Ollie, it's okay." Bellamy panicked when he noticed the way her breath drew in sharply and her eyes squeezed shut. A tear fell down her cheek, burning her skin as it fell.

Olivia's lip trembled, but she figured their was no harm in revealing even more of herself to Bellamy Blake. She had nothing to loose anymore, her will to thrive dwindling as the minutes passed. "Their was a reason why I was accepted into the cadet program nearly three years early, and it wasn't just because of my fathers position on the council."

Bellamy frowned, picking up on the fact that Olivia didn't want to talk about it any more. Olivia squirmed as her eyes landed on the dead body, her hands clenching around Bellamy's as if that would somehow provide her with comfort for not only Dax's death, but Michael's.

"Whenever your ready, you can tell me." Bellamy offered up the advice gently, hating the way his confidence crumbled whilst in the sole presence of Olivia Kane.

The girl had the ability to make even the most guarded person feel as though she could see right through them. Olivia could expose all of Bellamy's weaknesses without hesitation, he's given her enough reason to, and yet time and time again she proved that she wouldn't.

Olivia Kane would be the very reason that the remaining hundred would live long healthy lives on the ground. The hundred wouldn't be happy, but they'd at least have peace. Eventually.

——

                                                Olivia and Bellamy had sat beneath that tree for hours, allowing the dirt to stain their palms and the breeze to wash away their guilt as best it could. The both of them overwhelmed by the memories they'd reencountered. Bellamy gripped multiple bags of guns, Olivia heaving behind him as she carried along her own necessities of med-kits and blankets. Both Bellamy and Olivia had different standards of surviving, yet they weren't opposed to the rightfulness of the other.

Olivia sighed softly as she looked up towards Bellamy, her green eyes clouded dread. Her freckles were a maze in the glistening moonlight, the pure overstimulation of recent events and injuries corrupting her ability to think with a level-head. Despite the facade Bellamy was attempting to rebuild, he bent down, softly squaring his eyes with Olivia's with hopes to connect their unspoken humanity.

"Are you ever going to calm down, Bambi?" Bellamy teased, his words meant to reassure Olivia, and they did just that, her lips twisting upwards into a small smile.

"I like it better when you call me, Ollie." She huffed. Never once had she pictured herself being comforted by Bellamy Blake and his obscene nicknames, though something about the way Bellamy uttered Ollie sounded right. "Humor me for a minute, okay?" She asked, anxiety clear in her tone despite her attempts to try and calm herself. Bellamy noticed this, smiling softly to himself before nodding, giving Olivia confirmation to ask her question.

"Any particular meaning behind Octavia?" Olivia shyly pondered, her fingertips tangling within the fraying edges of the duffles. "The only reason I asked is because my father used to read me a book about a King—"

"—A King named Augustus, and his fierce sister Octavia." Bellamy cut in with a large smile, his eyes shinning beneath the stars that had once bought them both so much misery. "My mom and I would spend our nights reading old stories, mythology mostly, Augustus was always my favorite to learn about."

Olivia frowned softly as she looked down. Despite the warmth that spread in her chest at Bellamy's revelations, her guilt became unbearable as his words struck a chord within her chest. "My dad told me all about how my mother loved Greek Mythology. She had an entire collection of stories, her favorite was the Odyssey."

Bellamy's smile fell into place with a sad smirk, his eyes drifting downwards to the guns in his hands. His mother would be horrified by what he's become, though talking about Aurora with someone other then Octavia was liberating. The darkness had reigned within him for far to long. "My mother's was the Iliad."

Olivia finally mustered up enough courage to show Bellamy the tears streaming down her face, her lip trembling for the umpteenth time that day. "My names the only true thing she ever gave to me." Olivia laughed through tears, her own gratitude for Bellamy's understanding presence immense. "She found it in some stupid baby book, but she though it sounded like Olympus."

"It's beautiful." Bellamy offered a genuine smile, nudging his shoulder against Olivia's before he stood tall, the makeshift walls of the camp not far from sight. "Alright, suck it up, Bambi. We've got delinquents to arm."

Olivia rolled her eyes at Bellamy's heavy handed assertion of dominance. His love for order stemmed from an unruly upbringing, one that still haunted him despite the arrogant smirks and mindless gunfires. Bellamy Blake wasn't half the man he portrayed himself as, rather a man who had been broken one to many times. Olivia enjoyed being one of the few people that knew that, finding it even more heartwarming.

"Let the grounders come!" Bellamy announced arrogantly, laying the guns at his feet. Kids crowded around him, naturally drawn to his authoritative presence, though the added essence of guns only added to their captivation.

Olivia spotted Octavia in the crowd, her lips twitching upwards in relief for the familiar face. Despite Bellamy's comfort, she'd missed the feminine touch of his younger sister, who always seemed to know what to say, especially when it came to the heavy hold of pasts. Slipping away from Bellamy, Olivia attached herself to Octavia's side. A gentle smile pulled at her lips, comfort visibly seeping through Olivia's posture as she relaxed into the familiarity.

"You okay?" Octavia whispered, ignoring her brothers speech about surviving against the grounders. Olivia had always been important to Octavia, though seeing the visible affect the grounds had on her, it was as if she grew even more protective for the younger girl who'd never shown her anything but kindness.

"Those nuts were not my friend." Olivia groaned, her head falling to Octavia's shoulder in pure defeat. The day had gotten the best of her, and shamefully she had let it. "It's my birthday." She added noticing the way Octavia inevitably tensed at the reminder of what had happened to Elliott Greyson seventeen years ago. "Everything's just been so messed up today, O."

Octavia sighed, tightening her hold on Olivia's trembling hand. The skin was clammy and cold, the only true signs of Olivia's rising panic. "Just another day on the ground then isn't it?"

Olivia nodded tightly, her eyes avoiding Bellamy's despite his clear gaze on her. Octavia noticed the tense exchange of deep emotion between the two, frowning up at Bellamy before she looked down at Olivia who was clearly fighting back tears. As if a protective switch had been flipped with her, Octavia wrapped her arms around Olivia before leading her away from the crowd.

Olivia Kane was just a broken girl trying to act like she had everything perfectly put together.

——

Just as Octavia had coaxed a very disoriented Olivia to sleep, Clarke came barreling into the drop ship with worry etched across her features. Her hands were trembling at her side, her face pale as she tried to spot out a specific person in the crowd. Octavia stood from the chair she was once sat in, instead moving to meet Clarke in the middle.

"Have you seen Olivia? I just spoke with Kane and Jaha." Clarke asked, her eyes widening as she realized that for the first time in days, Olivia was peacefully sleeping tucked away into the corner. Despite the many long days the junior cadet had spent on the ground, the only time she got any rest was when consciousness physically failed her. It was beginning to grow worrisome, especially for Clarke who'd bore witness to her obscene patterns of grief beforehand.

"She's pushing herself to hard, Clarke." Octavia breathed out deeply. The Blake girl didn't show her emotions often, especially not to people like Clarke, though her genuine worry for Olivia only intensified with every glance down to her bandaged hands. "She's going to end up dead before the Ark can even come down here if she keeps pushing herself so hard."

Clarke frowned at Octavia's observation. The blonde had been so wrapped up in perpetual boy drama, negligence overcame her thoughts when it came to Olivia and her health concerns. "Has she eaten anything? She looks pale." Clarke noted, looking towards Octavia for a moment before stepping closer to Olivia. Her small body was curled up beneath a multitude of blankets, the heavy heat providing her with a feeling of safety.

"She had some of the nuts, but Clarke I think something happened when she was out with Bellamy. The both of them aren't acting right." Octavia muttered feeling less then heard as she stood beside Clarke, wincing when the stubborn blonde pressed the back of her hand to Olivia's forehead. The last thing either girl wanted was to wake Olivia before her body was ready.

"Bellamy just got pardoned for his crimes. He said Olivia talked him into facing Jaha, something about the Iliad, I don't really know what he was saying. Between the guns and the pounding headache I have, everything's a bit fuzzy." The blonde was never one to complain about her own health, but she was too busy fussing over Olivia to notice the words falling from her own mouth, or small smile that overcame Octavia's features. It was something as little as a book title, however it meant so much more to the Blake's, especially Bellamy who carried the words against his heart with everything he did.

"She's a little warm, it's probably just from the blankets though, god knows she never used to be able to have enough. We'd have sleepovers and my mom would worry about her suffocating beneath the duvet's." Clarke's frown broke into a small smile at the memory, though her reminiscing didn't last much longer then a few mere seconds. "Do me a favor, keep an eye on her? I don't want her in here alone."

Octavia nodded, hardly bothered by the task of watching over her friend. They'd grown distant since their time on the ground, an empty ache filling Octavia's stomach with guilt. Olivia Kane had always been gentle as a summer breeze, though the ground was nothing but a brutal midnight hurricane. She put up a strong fight to maintain her peaceful mantra, though it was easy to see surrender was creeping up beside her.

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[Ian] Mack praises Kane for his natural gifts. “He’s a quick study. As soon as you cue him on one or two things, he immediately gets it and if he doesn’t, he asks really high-level questions.

“Intellectually, he’s one of the smartest athletes I’ve ever worked with, for sure. His processing speed is amazing. Obviously, his hands and his fine motor skills are great.”

In addition, Kane’s strong work ethic serves as an impressive example to the other hockey players in Mack’s program.

“He pace rabbits, because he works so hard,” Mack said. “He’s one of those guys who shows up early, stays late, does everything he’s supposed to do, always. He can tell you what he’s eating next Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. He knows how many hours he’s going to sleep.

“It’s cool to see, because how many guys are at the top of their game in the entire world and they’re still trying to pick up every little millimeter that they can? He trains like the underdog even when he’s not, and I just love that about him. He’s been very influential for us, he’s been very inspiring for us.”

[pxlheaux]

They decided, at least for the sake of their health and the fact that Kenya was pregnant and they couldn’t possibly keep a newborn outside, especially during the winter, to put in some serious work to build at least something small for them to live in in the time being. Kane picked up programming, something he never thought he would be interested in. Rue used her skills as an artist to create beautiful pieces to sell. And Kenya... well, she was just being Kenya. Making bets with friends for money or calling her Mom crying and asking to “borrow $10 more until she got paid”.

[charlotteevanswyn]

Lost Genesis, Part 6: Her Royal Guard 2

Kane opened up the mailbox in front of Matthew's house to check for him, sorting through what was likely junk mail and what was actually important while walking back inside. He flipped an envelope over and noticed it was addressed to him.

He walked over to the kitchen and set the rest of the mail down in its sorted piles before looking at the envelope addressed to him. The return address said it was from Buck. Kane twitched slightly, then pulled out a knife from the silverware drawer and cut open the envelope to pull the letter inside out and read it.

Buck had sent a letter confirming Kane's pass and acceptance into the program. He would be taking Kane on as an apprentice for the next three years along with two others whose names were listed as Cirrus Rivendale and Luscius Frost. The letter also had a bit of fluff about Buck's apparent impression of Kane being quite positive as well as the other two, and how he sincerely hoped they could make a good team together.

Kane set the letter down and stood at the counter in silence. He wasn't sure how to feel. He was sure he should feel excited, but for some reason he wasn't at all.

Being away from Angeline during the school days was already difficult as-is. But this meant he'd likely be gone away from her for three entire years now.

It'd been over a month since they'd became proper friends, and the entire time, he was feeling like it wouldn't last.

On the other hand, he was sure Angeline would be partially excited and a bit worried about him leaving too.

The letter said that Buck would arrive around noon today to pick him up. So he wouldn't get to say goodbye to Angeline before he had to leave, or Matthew.

He sighed and as the letter's instructions went, packed what he had and waited outside for Buck to arrive.

As he sat on the doorstep, he thought over the last month and a half. With how everything was shaping up, he would either be by Angeline's side forever, or he was about to leave her side for good.

As noon rolled around, Kane looked up to see a car he didn't recognize pull into the driveway. Buck got out of the driver's seat and noticed Kane, giving him a wave.

Kane stood up and walked over, giving Buck a short bow.

Buck laughed, "What's that for? We're not formally into it quite yet. Come on, you get shotgun since the other two didn't want it."

Kane blinked, "Shotgun?"

Buck gestured to the passenger seat, "It's an old saying from when we still had stagecoaches."

Kane nodded, sort of getting it but not entirely. He got into the passenger seat and Buck sat back in the driver's seat.

He gestured to the back seat, first to the boy with long dark brown hair and blue eyes, "This is Cirrus Rivendale, a Cloudwalker from the Southern Sun Temple."

He then gestured to the boy next to him who's hair was platinum blonde, and eyes of a very cold ice blue, "And this is Luscius Frost. An apprentice Ice Mage."

Cirrus extended his hand to Kane from the back seat, "Pleasure to meet you."

Kane shook his head, "Kaneryo Sora Valentine. I used to live on the mountain back there."

Luscius didn't offer his hand to shake, but instead bowed his head slightly, "Greetings."

Kane returned the head bow.

Buck then started the car back up and pulled out of the driveway, "Now I understand you probably didn't get a chance to say goodbye to your friends, but it'll be okay. We'll be gone initially for about a week, then we'll be coming back to do some rounds for the Church."

Kane glanced out the window as Buck drove and explained briefly the synopsis of their week.

The intent was to figure out current magical skill levels between them, then get a general idea of their combat training.

Establishing team work goals was the end goal for the week, and learning how to work together was going to be very important for them.

Buck explained with a bit of fluff the importance of friendship and teamwork, most of which Kane wasn't very interested in. Luscius didn't seem interested either.

Buck then asked a clear question, "What is everyone's goal? Anyone have a dream they want to see come true?"

Cirrus spoke up, "I want to master the Cloudwalker techniques of my temple, and travel the world as a wanderer who helps people!"

Buck smiled, "That's quite a noble dream of you there, Cirrus. I hope it works out that way."

Luscius spoke up second, "I'm going to restore my family's name among the great mages."

Buck raised an eyebrow, "The Frosts have dropped in rank then? I don't remember that happening, but I don't tend to pay attention to mages much nowadays."

Luscius rolled his eyes a bit, then leaned back.

Buck glanced to Kane, "What about you, bud?"

Kane glanced back, then scratched his cheek with a finger, "I'm going to become the High Priestess' Royal Guard."

There was silence in response, and Buck smirked as he turned a corner, "That's a pretty big role to want when you're a newbie, Kane, but I can see you reaching that."

Buck continued to drive as the three boys stayed relatively silent along the way. Cirrus would mention things they passed by here or there, but neither Kane or Luscius wanted to humor him.

Cirrus then leaned forward a bit and poked Kane's shoulder, "Hey, have you heard of the Cloudwalkers? My old Master used to tell me that outsiders tend to not hear about us often."

Kane glanced back, "Cloudwalker…? It seems kind of familiar, I think I read about them once, but, I didn't know they were real."

Cirrus nodded, "Yeah! The Cloudwalkers, like me, are learners of an ancient art passed down by Jade Dragons. The only people who can learn the techniques are chosen by Spirit Monkeys, who were the friends of the dragons way back when."

Kane nodded, "Yeah, I remember the story now. That's really cool. I can't wait to see what you can do."

Cirrus smiled brightly, "I'm the most talented one in my temple! My old Master used to say I was likely to be the first in generations to master all the skills before I die."

Cirrus leaned back in his seat, "I'm not sure how right he was, but I'm the first one in over a hundred years to learn Defy before eighteen. My peers still struggle to make it work right for them last I knew."

Buck glanced in the rearview mirror, "That's pretty impressive, Cirrus. How'd you figure it out?"

Cirrus opened his hands a bit, "It's weird to explain, it just felt more natural to me than the others I think."

Buck nodded, "I see. Some of us learn better than others. Apparently Kaneryo over here learns really quickly according to Mr. Aerhardt."

Kane held one of his arms nervously, "Things make sense to me when someone demonstrates how, that's all."

Luscius spoke up, "Then that means you should keep up with us, even if you have no formal training."

Buck glanced at him in the rearview mirror, "Now now, he might have no formal training, but street smarts have always proven to be adequate against book smarts."

Luscius scoffed, "Sure."

After that, Buck drove onto a bridge and the ride from then on was completely silent.

It took a few hours of straight driving to reach their destination, which was another city quite a fair bit away from Andys. He parked in a lot in front of what looked like a run down church, "We've been given this old Church to use as our base point for the week. The reason we're out here is because of a few sightings of Ouros Spies in the city here."

Luscius got out of the car first, "Tch. They want newbies dealing with Ouros cultists…? Aren't we a bit too young for that?"

Buck got out of the car, "Maybe, but if recent years have taught anyone anything, it's that we've lost the luxury of patience. If you're old enough to think that, Luscius, you're old enough to train to become capable."

Kane got out of the car followed by Cirrus.

Buck scratched his beard, "I'll deal with the spies more directly, but you'll be shadowing me this week as your first assignment in this program."

Buck then turned to the three of them, and bowed to them, "From here on, I'll be teaching you boys everything I know for the next three years."

Kane returned the bow first, "Let's work together, sir."

Cirrus placed his hands together and formally bowed with much more stiff and proper form, "Mold me, Master, for I am but clay in your hands."

Luscius gave a half-hearted bow, "I leave my education in your hands, sir."

After they all stood up, Buck nodded, "Alright, unload your stuff from the car and let's get settled into this church. It's the only place that's been confirmed to be clear of any spies or traps. Starting tomorrow we'll do light exercises followed by scouting and investigation."

Buck then pulled from his coat a pack of cigarettes and lit one, "I'll give you three a warning ahead of time. This city is marked as unsafe by the Andysian Black Operations division. You do not leave this church where I can't supervise you, understood?"

The three of them while unloading the car gave individual positive responses.

Buck exhaled smoke and held his cigarette aside, "We're in compromised territory for the most part, our enemy is, according to reports, quite involved in this city here. Our job this week is to scout and investigate, and if we have to, we'll detain Ouros spies as we find them, if we find them. We aren't going out of our way to find them directly, but to confirm beyond a shadow of a doubt they are here."

After moving inside the Church and getting their basic sleeping arrangements in order, Buck sat down at a camp kitchen set and started to prepare dinner, "We'll split up occasionally, but always within earshot of one another. If someone engages you, do not retaliate. Find me immediately. After this week is over, we'll be returning to Andys, so let's do this slowly and safely."

After they ate a simple dinner, Cirrus was the first to lay down to sleep, with Luscius following a few minutes later. Buck went outside to secure the perimeter.

Kane followed him outside to watch him work on a simple barrier spell. It used anchor points which consisted of very dim glowsticks stuck into the dirt.

Buck, "It's an alarm system more than anything else. Once it's set up, if anything crosses it that isn't one of us, I'll know about it immediately."

Kane looked overhead, "What if something flies in?"

Buck, "Thankfully the barrier has no height limit, so it'll catch anything flying overhead about as high as the clouds go."

Kane nodded, "Okay. I understand."

Buck finished setting down anchor points around the perimeter and near the church, then walked to the front to draw a handful of magic runes in the dirt using a silver stick he'd pulled from his coat, then clapped his hands together twice before a gentle glow crossed over the church and between the glowsticks. Buck then nodded once, "Alright, we're done. Come on, let's get some rest."

Kane followed Buck back inside to retire for the evening.

Though, Kane immediately found it difficult to sleep in the open congregation room with the others around him. It was also a particularly cloudy night, and he was wondering what Angeline was up to.

Back in Andys, Angeline was sitting on the edge of her bed hugging her bunny plush.

Matthew told her what happened with Kane, and that he was accepted and all, but it didn't really make her feel any better about him suddenly being gone. She had expected him to pick her up again today, and he wasn't there. Even the other students seemed confused that he didn't show up at all.

She also had to sneak past Hadianteras to leave, which was always annoying and frustrating to deal with.

Angeline hugged her bunny a bit tighter, her shade came down to reveal her succubus traits, and her wings gently stretched along with her tail, before the wings folded against her back, and her tail curled around her waist.

She was worried about him being gone, and how she had to still deal with Hadianteras while he was gone. Angeline had experienced Hadianteras' undesired overprotectiveness before in the past, before she'd met Kane, but now that she and Kane were friends, she was worried with Kane gone, Hadianteras would become even more unbearable to deal with.

Especially since there were times she absolutely couldn't avoid him at all, like during church banquets and certain parties she'd have to attend.

That, and now that she was going to have to leave from the Church after school alone, she was likely to run into him more often.

There was a certain building resentment in her heart about the situation, and she considered running away again.

She adjusted on her bed and laid down with her arms tight around her bunny. She just wanted to be with Kane, but it looked like it'd be a while before she could be with him again.

She brought a hand back from her bunny to feel the scar on her sternum, "I wonder if he feels lonely for me as much as I feel lonely for him… It just doesn't make sense that he'd leave like that without saying anything."

She turned her bunny around to look at its face, "It's not fair. How could he just leave me like that?"

She hugged her bunny again and sighed, "I just want my friend…"

Kane absentmindedly put a hand over the scar on his sternum as he stared up at the church ceiling. His thoughts were almost tormenting him with visions of Angeline and reminders of her voice. It had been half a day, and he was homesick already, and lonesome for her.

He wondered himself, if she was feeling just as lonely as he did.

Part of him wondered if she was, or if maybe she felt fine. For all he knew, her memories had already been wiped since the Inquisitors would know Kane was leaving anyways.

He worried deeply about that happening, and knew he wouldn't know the answer to that fear and worry for at least a week.

That's what hurt most about the intrusive thoughts, was that he couldn't give himself any closure for the time being, no matter how hard he tried.

[mymaster-11]

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[lacrossecouponing-blog]

Giving Back to the Community – A Couponers Super Power

So far, this blog has discussed the basics of couponing, rewards and rebates and organizing your stockpile. This week, I am going to discuss the most important part about being a couponer: giving back. As a couponer, you will inevitably obtain excess items that you don’t actually need! The best way to maintain a manageable stockpile is to give away excess items to those in need! In this weeks blog, I will talk about my recommendations for who to donate your items to, and the top 5 reasons why you should give back.

Everybody has their reasons for couponing. Some people, like me, coupon as a hobby. Of course, it helps when you’re on a college student’s budget, but for me, it continues to be for fun. Whatever your reason for wanting to save money, it’s always important to give back when and where you can. That said, I hold no judgement towards anybody who can’t give back. 

Over the past few months, I’ve donated countless bottles of shampoo, conditioner, body wash, laundry detergent, feminine products, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes and more. This wouldn’t have been possible without couponing. As a college student, I’m on an extremely strict budget. However, through couponing, I am able to give back! Now I’m not saying this because I’m trying to brag or tell you that I’m an awesome person. That’s not the point. The point is that I want you all the take inspiration and understand that couponing can make a real change. And better yet, anybody can do it!

One more thing. If you aren’t able to donate money or items, you can always donate your time. Time is one of our most valuable resources. To some, donating time is far more valuable than donating money. You can always make more money, but you can’t make more time. 

Let’s talk about some very deserving causes in the La Crosse area that you should consider donating your time or items to!

1. Coulee Region Humane Society

I’ve volunteered at the Coulee Region Humane Society since I was in high school. Founded in 1971, the Coulee Region Humane society will “accept all animals from young to old, healthy to sick, friendly to aggressive, small to large, etc., allowing every animal a safe refuge regardless of its circumstance.” It’s an awesome organization that takes care of homeless dogs, cats, birds, Guinea pigs, and everything in between! Fun fact, one time the CRHS had a mini pot-bellied pig up for adoption! They’re always looking for volunteers who love animals! It’s a very relaxed environment with flexible scheduling. Typically, I volunteer once per week for two hours. 

My responsibilities consist of playing with animals, tidying up their cages and doing laundry. Although playing with animals sounds like such an easy task, it’s so incredibly important. Many animals who come to the CRHS are scared and/or under-socialized. This makes them far less attractive to adopters than those who are confident and playful. Over time, with enough patience and awesome volunteers, the animals regain their confidence and get adopted in no time!

I also hold a soft spot for the CRHS because it’s where I adopted my two cats, Neenah and Norah. 

Norah ^

Neenah ^

I love to give the CRHS items from couponing, particularly, laundry detergent. We can always find great deals on laundry detergent, so donate away! The Coulee Region Humane Society does an average of 40 loads of laundry per day! That’s because they have to wash heavy blankets, dog pads, wash cloths, hand towels and bath towels! It’s important for each animal to have fresh laundry so they stay healthy! 

Click here for the Coulee Region Humane Society’s wish list. 

Donations can be dropped off at 911 Critter Court, Onalaska WI. While you’re there, don’t be afraid to go look at the animals up for adoption! 

Side note - be sure to like my Instagram post that’s going up on Wednesday, June 13th! For every like I receive I will be donating a bottle of laundry detergent to the Coulee Region Humane Society. 

2. New Horizons

New Horizons is a women’s shelter and resource center for those who have suffered from abuse. Many women must escape dangerous situations at a moment’s notice, and some have children and pets to take care of too. That said, many must completely start over without any clothes or cleaning supplies or food. That’s why it’s so important for New Horions to always be stocked with plenty of essentials. 

Even if a Domestic Abuse Survivor isn’t a resident at New Horizons, they are still welcome to visit the Boutique and Food Room to pick up necessary items free of charge. Giving back to New Horizons directly impacts the members of our community!

Here’s a few photos of recent donations I’ve given to New Horizons!

Click here for New Horizon’s wish list. 

Donations can be dropped off at 1223 Main St, La Crosse WI. Note that this is their outreach center and no residents live at this location. There is a doorbell at the front that you can ring and somebody will help you out. 

3. Hunger Task Force

Since 1996, The Hunger Task Force’s mission has been “to eliminate hunger by harvesting community resources and being the voice of the hungry.” They also established and maintain the Kane Street Community Garden. Although the Hunger Task Force is known for helping those who need food, they also accept household items, such as laundry detergent and body wash. I confirmed with them on Facebook just to be sure. Many people already donate food items, so it’ll be extra helpful if you’re able to donate those common couponing items! 

Click here for Hunger Task Force’s wish list. 

Donations can be dropped off at 1240 Clinton St, La Crosse WI. If a company has a large donation, they can arrange to have somebody pick it up. 

Now that we’ve talked about where you should donate, here are the top 5 reasons why you should donate! 

1.  Health Benefits

Volunteering has been proven to reduce stress, make you feel physically healthier and manage chronic health conditions. Not to mention, it just makes you feel great inside! I have never walked away from volunteering or donating with a negative feeling. I don’t expect that I ever will. 

2. Learning Lesson

Donating to those in need is a great way to teach your children about the importance of giving back. Meanwhile, they will learn how to empathize with others and will grow up to understand other’s hardships. Check out this video by SavvyCouponShopper where she takes her kids with her to drop off donations.

3. Find New Opportunities 

When you’re out in the community, talking to people and learning more about organizations, you can find new opportunities you didn’t know about! For example, I learned that New Horizons has volunteer and internship programs. While volunteering at the Coulee Region Humane Society, I spoke with my Volunteer Coordinator about helping their Social Media staff member. As a student, it’s very important for me to always be looking for ways to boost my skills and resume, and getting involved in the community has opened my eyes to new opportunities! Even if you don’t take advantage of them right away, it’s a great way to get your foot in the door or meet a new reference. 

4. Save Resources

Many non-profit organizations take cash donations and use that money to pay for important things, such as staff members, the energy bill or buying extra items that they’re low on. That said, donating your extra items from couponing is a great way to preserve that organization’s cash so they can use it on other things! For example, take the Coulee Region Humane Society. They’re not going to let their animals sleep on dirty blankets or eat out of nasty bowls. So, they make sure they always have plenty of laundry detergent and dish soap on hand. If they run out, they will buy more. However, if you drop off 10 bottles of laundry detergent, that frees up resources for them to put elsewhere. 

5. Meet New People 

I can’t imagine a better place to find new friends then through volunteering or donating to the community. It’s easy to talk to somebody who shares a common interest in helping others. Trust me, I understand how hard it can be to go out of your comfort zone and talk to new people. But volunteering and giving back has introduced me to awesome new people who I have an easy time getting to know! 

As always, thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog. I hope you enjoyed this week’s topic! If you have any additional recommendations for places in the La Crosse area that need household items, leave it in a comment! I will look them up and be sure to drop off a donation soon. 

[scoutdynamo]

Character Full Biography

Nᴀᴍᴇ: Arakan Kane Suzuki



Dᴀᴛᴇ Oғ Bɪʀᴛʜ: September 18, 1992



Aɢᴇ: 27



((FC: George Miller))



Aᴘᴘᴇᴀʀᴀɴᴄᴇ:

Standing at 5’9” in height. Having a more youthful boyish stature. Big dark brown eyes and black hair. Fuller face shape and average length limbs. Average toned physique. Usually seen in darker slightly looser fit clothing. 


Fᴀᴍɪʟʏ: Hannah Suzuki{mother}

Jiro Suszuki{father}

Pᴇʀsᴏɴᴀ: Human

Aʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇs: Highly trained agent ranging proficient in most skillsets. Hand to hand, weaponry, technology management. Skilled in standard fighting techniques and marital arts fighting techniques. Proficient in stealth tactics. High intelligence.

Pᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟɪᴛʏ: Although having used to being quiet most of the time, because of his job. Arakan did his best to stay as his true self. A pretty well-rounded person who can be friendly, kind, and considerate. He is also very adventurous, a risk taker, and doesn’t really fear much. Arakan is also more fun and funny at times. Cracking a bad joke every so often. 


Sᴛᴀᴛᴜs(SV): In a relationship.

(No preference) 


Fᴜʟʟ Bɪᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ: Born in Osaka, Japan to Hannah and Jiro as an only child. His mother had a couple miscarriages but wanted to try one last time, and ended up having an only baby boy. It wasn’t an easy birth and Arakan was born early and had to spend his first month alive in the hospital. Due to those previous events, Arakan grew up very loved and a little smothered now and again. Regardless of his mother’s views, his father always wanted his son to live a full life, as he did. Even in his childhood, he wanted him to go out and explore many things. His mother would usually disagree with this little lifestyle, but in the end he was allowed to still explore, and get dings, scrapes, and scratches like any young child.

Arakan’s mother’s Australian while his father’s from Japan. So growing up he did his best to learn and incorporate both cultures and lifestyles in every day life. Learning about his mother’s side of the family and where they had come from along the island down under. As well as his father’s, growing up in Japan that was easier and of course Japanese was his first language. Even though he started learning English very young in school.

Arakan grew up leaning about both soccer like his mother and marital arts like his father. Always finding a way to have both side collide in his life as he loved both. He even tried speaking in his mother’s natural accent, but can’t do it very well. But, knows most of the slang terms and used them in everyday life.

Most of his life was pretty normal like any other before one day as a teen. As usual he was out exploring and messing around, being a little reckless and irresponsible he ended up falling down what he thought was a hole. The drop was hard, and led him down a hard floor. Picking himself up again he found long halls and letting curiosity and the will to get back to the surface, get the better of him. Wandering down the long dark halls he soon discovered light and a sight out of the ordinary. Looking further into it, Arakan had found himself in some kind of underground base of sorts.

Later on he had discovered it was a secret underground base of the CIA. Having bases all around the US, UK, and Europe, none of it made sense. But one of the CEOs came up with the idea to build an underground base all the way out in Japan. Upon hearing everything he wasn’t supposed to, and getting caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. Arakan’s life had been threatened and he had been attacked like any other. However, the fight had been cut short when the CEO had decided that they wanted to take in the boy instead. Saying that they were short on agents as the location wasn’t as well known as the others. Having some sense, Arakan declined, unless he was for sure his family was to be safe. The base ended up placing his parents in some kind of witness protection program. All without any explanation or contact with their son ever again.

Training hard like any other agent, since there weren’t many to begin with, he had to train very hard. Learning and picking up all of the skills as any other agent. Fighting hard and mastering the skills of the many different weapons and basic hand to hand combat. Once that was learned, Arakan used that as well as the martial arts fighting he knew from growing up.

As the base was smaller it felt like the mission were more brutal at times. They were an underground, and they were strict on keeping their secret. So, they all had to be quiet and not say much while out on the field, making things that more difficult and aggravating. Being played around like they were toys and some kind of insulting ‘ninja’ like characters. Soon enough he grew tired and wanted out as fast as he could. Putting up with the game for a few years, it was exciting at first but grew tiring and all around degrading. One late night, Arakan got out of bed and tried to climb out of the underground base. While the others had been asleep, thinking it was a safe bet.

Pushing up the vault, it triggered the alarm, but he didn’t care and kept going. Using his smaller frame as an advantage and digging under the barbed wire fence and escaping out of the base into the night. As if it were some prison escape scene in a movie, but that was his prison. Upon escaping and literally breaking out of the base, Arakan was labeled rogue. Meaning his had a bounty over his head. If caught he either had to join again, or be killed.

Scared and having no way to ever contact his parents again. Arakan ran and never stopped, knowing he was a walking target for every CIA base. He had to leave the country as it was too easy to find him thanks to its smaller size.

After researching, Arakan’s only hope seemed to be America as the country was very large and easy to get lost in. Planning things out as well as he could, and unable to really afford any flights. Arakan broke back into the base, once again tunneling his way through, and stealing one of the jets. Piloting on his own and flying out of Japan, all the way to the United States. Once he had landed, he was very lost and alone. Never once being in America and spoke broken English after being so used to speaking Japanese in the base for years. Still fully able to read and write English however, Arakan must do what he can to avoid the American bases and steer clear from Japan altogether. Learning again and trying his best to get by in the foreign land, as well as being a walking target with many offenses from escaping and to return only to steal. All hovering over his head.

[ghostcatz-ocz]

Kane 

Lol he used to be a Vocaloid OC .3.

Available for/to…

RolePlay - TBA

Questions - YES

Multi-universe - TBA

Shipping - TBA

INFORMATION  ⚙

Name Kane

Age ???

Sex Male

S.O. Straight

Height - 6′3″ Weight - ??

Species Android

Abilities/Powers or Skills Durability, flexibility, high learning ability. He has no special gadgets but he can and does sing very very well

Personality Being an android, Kane is quite naive to things and to the world as a whole, making him quite the cinnamon roll. Also because of his naivety, he is oblivious to flirting and sometimes to danger or dangerous situations. However, he learns and can pick up on things very very quickly, and is extremely curious about his surroundings, which causes him to ask questions quite frequently. He is quick to trust others considering he doesn’t yet understand caution towards strangers. Kane is extremely friendly, whether or not it’s genuine or how he is programmed is unknown, though he is designed to be as human as possible. 

Likes He has a fascination for: nature and loves butterflies, to read, talking to others, and asking questions

Dislikes He seems to like everything except for: fire, dirt getting in his circuitry, and being called a child

- He’s still pretty new which is why I’m restricting him to questions right now

[junker-town]

Who is Ja Morant? Memphis Grizzlies’ No. 2 overall NBA Draft pick, explained

The mid-major star from Murray State is now the Memphis Grizzlies’ point guard of the future. If you don’t know him, it’s time to get familiar.

While playing in relative obscurity in southwest Kentucky, Ja Morant blossomed into a mid-major superstar. Now, he’s the second overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft and the heir apparent to the recently-traded Mike Conley’s throne with the Memphis Grizzlies.

This is a match made in heaven.

With electrifying style and eye-popping numbers, Morant was born for the spotlight. He averaged 24.5 points, 10 assists, and 5.7 rebounds per game in leading Murray State to the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament. Despite playing to small crowds and little exposure in the Ohio Valley Conference, Morant’s incredible dunking ability and equally impressive court vision has made him a viral star.

Now, he’s the second pick in the NBA Draft, behind only Zion Williamson and ahead of other highly touted recruits like R.J. Barrett, Cam Reddish, and more.

So, who is Morant, and why should Grizzlies fans be excited to have him? This is everything you need to know about the Murray State sensation.

[Read more: The 3 moments that made Ja Morant a CBB rock star]

What’s Morant’s backstory?

Morant was born as Temetrius Jamel Morant on Aug. 10, 1999 in Dalzell, South Carolina (population 2,260). His father Tee won a high school state championship playing with Ray Allen in the early ‘90s. Tee’s college career stopped at the Division II level, but he’s played an instrumental role in developing his son.

The Morants had a small cement court in their backyard where Ja would develop his skills and train by doing tire jumps. Ja Morant would attend Crestwood High School where he would grow from a 5’9 freshman to a 6’ junior before eventually reaching 6’3.

How did Morant end up at Murray State?

Morant briefly played AAU ball as of teammate of Williamson’s on the SC Hornets before either player was a known commodity. Morant was considered a two-star prospect when he finished his high school career and did not receive a national ranking from major scouting services like Rivals, 247 Sports, or ESPN.

Murray State assistant coach James Kane (now with Iowa State) discovered Morant at a camp put on by Chandler Parsons’ AAU program. As legend has it, Morant was so far off the radar as a late addition to the camp that his name wasn’t even in the event’s program.

Morant would eventually score his only power conference scholarship offer from South Carolina, but he still chose the Racers.

How was Morant as a freshman?

Morant started every game for the Racers as a freshman, averaging 12.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game. Murray State finished 26-6 overall and won the OVC tournament, making the NCAA tournament as a No. 12 seed before falling to West Virginia.

Morant vowed to be back and would make good on his word.

NCAA Tournament I’ll be back ‼️ #RacerNation

— Ja Morant (@igotgame_12) March 17, 2018

Where did Morant really break out?

Morant’s well-rounded numbers and immediately evident athleticism earned him a small amount of attention as a freshman, but it wasn’t until he was invited to Chris Paul’s Elite Guard Camp in August of 2018 that he really broke out. Playing against the top college point guards in the country in front of NBA scouts, Morant started to generate buzz that he could be a first round pick.

Little did everyone at the time know how the hype would grow from there.

OK, can we see some Morant’s dunks already?

Gladly. Here’s one against Belmont in the OVC title game.

Ja Morant with the poster!! pic.twitter.com/wfb9DJYVeE

— Zach Milner (@ZachMilner13) March 10, 2019

Here’s one against UT Martin:

Cleared it. #JAdropper #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/40prN1Fu6B

— Murray State Sports (@MSURacers) January 11, 2019

And one against Eastern Illinois:

TAKE FLIGHT JA MORANT! ✈️ @MSURacers pic.twitter.com/ftP9IgDhE4

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) January 18, 2019

And one against Alabama:

Ja Morant in a 78-72 loss vs. Alabama : Career-high 38 points (16-29 shooting, 0-4 from 3 & 6-8 from the FT line), 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 10 turnovers & played all 40 minutes pic.twitter.com/mPZ4yDQK1Y

— Lee Harvey (@MusikFan4Life25) November 27, 2018

And here’s his famous two-handed stuff against Marquette in the Round of the 64 in the NCAA Tournament.

This is now a Ja Morant fan account @marchmadness pic.twitter.com/2Op8QQpU0L

— SB Nation (@SBNation) March 21, 2019

Morant is a brilliant passer, too

Morant’s best skill is his passing ability. He enters the NBA leading the country in assists per game at an even 10 per contest, with a big lead over UNC Wilmington guard Kai Toews, who is second in America at 7.8 assists per game.

Morant also led the nation in assist rate at 51.8 percent.

He showed Marquette just how great a passer he is in Murray State’s tournament victory.

What is Ja Morant’s NBA comparison?

Morant has often been compared to a college basketball version of Russell Westbrook because he operates at a sky-high usage rate (36.6 percent, No. 3 in America) while packing box scores every night with points, rebounds, assists, and turnovers. The amazing dunking ability might play into that, too.

Of course, Westbrook has a muscular frame and is listed at 200 pounds. Morant is impossibly skinny and is listed at 175 pounds.

A better comparison might be Kings guard De’Aaron Fox, who was the No. 5 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. Like Fox, Morant is known for his blazing speed and skinny frame while not entering the NBA as a refined outside shooter. Fox was considered a superior defensive prospect. Like most players, no pure comparison exists for Morant, but it’s fun to try.

Has Murray State produced other NBA players?

Yep. Cameron Payne was a lottery pick out of Murray State in 2015. Isaiah Canaan is another Murray State point guard who had a long NBA career as a second round pick in 2013.

Does Morant have a signature celebration?

Oh, yes. He’s known for co-opting Lance Stephenson’s air guitar and Westbrook’s “rock the baby” motion.

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Ja Morant and the Murray State Racers are goin Dancin! #MarchMadness ( : @hcvisuals)

A post shared by FRANKIE VISION (@frankie.vision) on Mar 9, 2019 at 7:02pm PST

What are Morant’s NBA shortcomings?

Despite incredible production and elite athleticism, Morant still has some questions to answer for NBA scouts.

Outside shooting. Morant hit 36 percent of his threes this season on 4.8 attempts per game, thanks in part to two good shooting performances in the NCAA Tournament. He hit 30.7 percent of his threes as a freshman. It’s worth noting Morant shot better than 80 percent from the free throw line in both his college seasons, which suggests he could have some untapped potential as a shooter.

Defense. Morant put up an impressive 2.7 steal rate, but his man-to-man defense has often left a lot to be desired. Carrying such a big offensive burden for the Racers may have played a part in his spotty defense at times.

Strength. Morant will badly need to add muscle in the NBA. He will be one of the lightest players in the league from the moment he’s drafted.

Turnovers. Morant averaged 5.2 turnovers per game. His aggressiveness is critical to Murray State’s style and his coaches have not tried to reign him in. It will be something to monitor in the NBA, though.

Kevin Durant called Morant his favorite college player

That’s pretty cool.

Can we see one more dunk?

I’m partial to this one.

✈️ #GoRacers pic.twitter.com/lu56iIIJnV

— Murray State Sports (@MSURacers) October 19, 2018

We can’t wait to watch Morant in the NBA

Here are some more tasty Ja highlights from Murray State vs. Marquette!

Ja vision. #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/41SLtFwOYE

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 21, 2019

Ja Morant's footwork = #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/91q7vtDIMy

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 21, 2019

5 quick assists for Ja Morant! Murray State is up 18-10!#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/Z3qOzQ41FT

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 21, 2019

JA JAM! #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/aNiZCNwFah

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 21, 2019

Let the Ja Morant era begin!

[mymaster-11]

Last Indian premier league winner ,win-less up to this point, Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad will hope to get their primary focuses on board when they conflict in match 17 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the Dr DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday (April 9).

Ravindra Jadeja’s rule as commander of CSK has begun with three losses in as many matches, while Kane Williamson’s SRH has lost both their matches played up until this point this season.

CSK endured routs against Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Super Giants and most as of late versus Punjab Kings. Albeit the bowlers did well in the main innings, the players fizzled and CSK were packaged out for 126 of every 18 overs, pursuing an objective of 181. Sunrisers, in the interim, lost their season opener against Royals by a tremendous degree and followed that with a nearby loss against new participants LSG, missing the mark by 12 in the run pursue of 170 at a similar setting as Saturday’s match. The two southern adversaries have met multiple times in IPL up to this point and CSK has partaken in the decent amount of progress against SRH with 12 successes. CSK additionally hold the edge in the last five gatherings with 3 successes. In this way, we will be in for a fascinating challenge on Saturday (April 9) evening as the two groups need a success to make their season ready. With respect to the group blend, the two groups might adhere to a similar 11 from their last match. Be that as it may, they could roll out an improvement in the bowling division.

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