#kiara wallace

[handelplayssims]

Cozy Celebrations Part 1

I uh, didn’t actually finish my report on the Reaper’s Rewards thing did I? Did manage to complete the event in time but man was I exhausted by the end of it. But it seems the Sims team isn’t letting up and giving us another holiday to nab free stuff in.

Right! I don’t know about this holiday tradition one yet so hmm. Why don’t I pick based on a world where I would think would be fitting for the Winter holidays? Because Willow Creek ain’t it, grumble. ...well this won’t be random anymore but I really enjoy Copperdale’s world from High School Years. Now whomst, oh whomst would be the protagonist of an explore-holidays questline? Well, I got two options.

First we have Kevin Puri, from the Price household! A socially awkward romantic transfer student to Copperdale! (Never mind that all played teen sims everywhere will go to Copperdale but shhhhhhhh.) My other thought is that of Noah Kane, of the Harjo household. A party animal and a goofball, perfect for holiday spirit! But I love the new kid vibe that Kevin has and he’d lend well to learning new traditions.

Assigning beds to this family and we have our first goals. Ask other Sims about their holiday traditions and to cook Japache. Time to talk to family members about this!

...huh. Interesting. Don’t remember that being a holiday tradition but we must live in a household of GAMERS. Next we got cloudgazing or stargazing and cooking Japachae. ...I’ll save the Japachae for supper but I guess the teens can stargaze now at 5AM.

Right! I guess we’re delaying until supper time! What else does this family wish to do?

Jayden Price! You’re next on the list for this family! Your goal is to...make a friend. What do ya know, ties in well with your aspiration. We’ll head to the park at 8AM! Janae’s aspiration is to read a book so sure! Book reading we can do. Savannah is a gamer...and tech person so let’s have her get in a focused mood to practice programming.

Right! It is time for unaccompanied minors! Mostly because none of the other Sims in this household have whims that blend well with Jayden’s want to make friends, or go to the park. We’ll head to the park, and we’ll bring a friend with us. Banana Bailey-Moon, second child of the Bailey-Moons, is someone Jayden knows evidently! Let’s get to know him at the very least. ...he’s mean. Glorious. Let’s play in the snow until folks arrive. Folks have an arrived and an adult is talking to us! Might as well say hi. Adult leaves so next onto Nadine Bower. Teen! And Hiroko Takeuchi, child! Get to know both! She moved to the swing set so let’s join her! Oh, and some townie child sims, the ones in homes, are here as well! Say hi to them as well! Miki Akiyama would be good to know. Right, Yua Ueda, the swing child, is a Child of the Island and Miki is a goofball. Well, I know who I’d want to make my best friend. Sorry Banana! You’re mean! Oh! But we can have a snowball fight with all four kids! ...aww, there goes Miki. Alas. And with a bit more socializing afterwards, we actually make our friend in Yua! Nice nice. Right! We’re hungry so lets head home! Need to swing the spotlight to others anyway.

Okay. Janae needs a hobby. She wants to craft things as a perfectionist so she needs a hobby. ...let’s go with writing. And the only books she can write so far are children’s ones. Eh. Let’s just set her to practising writing for now. Right, everyone wants to vibe with tunes so let’s vibe with tunes. Annnd it’s a Saturday and I forgot about Prom. Nope! Sidney was up and available to make japache so making japache he did! It’s evidently a Korean dish used for celebrations. And thus we are evidently done with the quest for now. This one looks to be a LOT chiller in actually doing things.

Hmm. I was going to have Sidney strike out to go make teen friends, I know teens hang out at parks at night, but hmmmmmm. Does he have the energy for it? ...eh, he has enough. Let’s go out and make teen friends for your aspriation! (Because everyone in this household keeps getting music based whims) We got an introduction to Thadeus Dumas, a sad and gloomy teen, and introduced our selves to teen sim celebrity Kiara Wallace. Famed for her abstract art and graffiti! She’s still only a celebrity acquaintance but that’ll count for the introduction part of the aspiration. And thus, did exhaustion set in for Sidney. To home and to bed!

Right, Janae wants to still create something so back to the computer with her. Marcel, the father, wants to listen to tunes so we can do that, and have him read a book. Homework for Kevin which ties into his aspiration. And...Jayce wants to make a BFF. Miki Akiyama looks to be his best bet for friend out of all the people he met. But I dunno. I think she might have other friends to think of so I’m going for the kid with the Insider trait, Hiroko. Anyway, it’s 5AM and time for-!

Neighborhood Watch!

Yasmin Al Arabi in the Al Arabi household has died. Yasmin had her last laugh.

Carmen DeLuca in the DeLuca household left her job as a Sergeant in the Detective career.

Glimmerbrook: The Piltover household moved out.

Well this was all quite easy enough. I’m expecting curveballs at some point so let’s see what happens!

[inquisitiveraven]

[narcosfandomdiscord]

Narcovember Masterlist

As mentioned in the OG event post, bc tumblr caps a post at 50 hyperlinks and tagging a blog creates an additional hyperlink, we’ll be crediting writers by including their tumblr handle without @-ing them for now. So there’ll only a link to the fic. HOWMever at the end of the event, there will be another masterlist of every writer who participated throughout the month so their blogs and other fanworks can be found :)

Day 1

Flying In (Chapter 3) | Mayans MC/Narcos Crossover ft OC Lara Losa | 1 - Book of Genesis (by drabbles-mc)

One Good Thing | The Last of Us - Tess/Joel | 24 - Book of Revelations (by our-future-is-up-to-us-2)

Wise People | Narcos - Horacio Carrillo/OC Kiara Nash | 12 - Book of Balancing In Between (by proceduralpassion)

Day 2

Desperate | Sons of Anarchy - Jax Teller & OC Claire Morrow | 13 - Book of In Urgent Need of Assistance (drabbles-mc)

Whispers of the Nile | FBI - OA Zidan/Tiffany Wallace | 7 - Book of Time Travel (proceduralpassion)

Score! | Ted Lasso - Ted Lasso & Trent Crimm | 15 - Book of How tf Did We Get Here (our-future-is-up-to-us-2)

Day 3

Missed It | TG Maverick - Bradley "Rooster Bradshaw/Reader | 26 - Book of Abduction (drabbles-mc)

It's Me and You, Forever | Narcos - Steve/Connie Murphy | 2 - Book of Fuck-ups (proceduralpassion)

I'll Think of You | Narcos Mexico - Walt Breslin & Pablo Acosta | 25 - Book of Reciprocity (our-future-is-up-to-us-2)

Day 4

Untouchable | Sons of Anarchy - Herman Kozik/OC Tawnie Trager | 23 - Book of Just Chaos (drabbles-mc)

Go To Sleep, And Dream of Pain | Little Shop of Horrors - Seymour Krelborn & Audrey II | 21 - Book of Nerves of Steel (our-future-is-up-to-us-2)

Day 5

Here On Out | Bikeriders - Benny/Kathy Cross | 8 - Book of These Damn Restraints (drabbles-mc)

Strangers To Friends, Friends Into Lovers, And Strangers Again | Good Omens - Aziraphale/Crowley | 30 - Book of There's No Place Like... (our-future-is-up-to-us-2)

Day 6

Hell-Bent | Ted Lasso - Rebecca Welton & Leslie Higgins | 21 - Book of Nepo-Baby Levels of Incompetence (our-future-is-up-to-us-2)

Day 7

Float | Narcos: Mexico - Amado Carrillo Fuentes/Marisol | 2 - Book of Fuck-Ups (our-future-is-up-to-us-2)

Day 8

The Jackal | The Day of the Jackal - Charles "The Jackal"/Nuria | 11 - Book of Pit Stops (our-future-is-up-to-us-2)

Day 9

Casual (AO3 only) | Narcos - Amado Carrillo Fuentes/Pacho Herrera | 3 - Day of Stuff That Goes in the Junk Drawer (anonymous)

Vulnerable | Lempicka - Tamara de Lempicka/Rafaela | 27 - Book of Caretaking (our-future-is-up-to-us-2)

Day 10

In A Sky Full of Stars | Before Your Eyes - Benjamin Brynn/Chloe | 7 - Book of Time Travel (our-future-is-up-to-us-2)

Day 11

Just Like Old Times | Top Gun Maverick - Jake "Hangman" Seresin/F!Reader | 17 - Book of Inception (drabbles-mc)

Day 12

Perspective | Mayans MC - Bishop Losa/F!Reader | 12 - Book of Balancing In Between (drabbles-mc)

Day 13

Until the Day You Don't Come Back | Narcos: Mexico - Andrea Nuñez & David Barrón | 14 - Book of Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (hausofmamadas)

[nikosasaki]

Andrew Reed ⋆ the art of obsession

david foster wallace // black swan (2010) // cassie steele // roger federer // david foster wallace // yves olade // chuck phalaniuk //1st look ed. 217 // sylvia plath // rainer maria rilke // black swan (2010)

taglist: @kendelias @chlobenet @bravelittleflower @eddiemunscns @purpleyearning @eddysocs @heavenlysurf @arrthurpendragon @villanele @nolanhollogay @stanshollaand @lovehermioneforever @raith-way @kiara-carrera @decennia @luucypevensie @waterloou @ginger-grimm @hiddenqveendom @foxesandmagic @jvstjewels @dragonsbone @endless-oc-creations @ginevrastilinski @sunlitscribe @dyhlanobrien @partiallypearl @witchofinterest @fleetwoodmcs @daughter-of-melpomene

[angelsdvsts]

pls if anyone wants a f/f ship w/ any of the muses list below LIKE this post & i'll write a starter !

ariella hart (cristine prosperi) - mid-twenties.

mariposa ferreira (maia reficco) - early-twenties.

kalani kito (auli'i cravalho) - early-twenties.

chasity rivers (sabrina carpenter) - early-twenties.

willow patterson (zendaya) - early/mid-twenties.

callie rivers (madelyn cline) - early twenties.

kiara patterson (madison bailey) - early-twenties.

sage vidette (minnie mills) - early-twenties.

leila yukimura (kaylee bryant) - early-twenties.

paisley welsh (madelaine petsch) - early/mid-twenties.

brinley anderson (vanessa morgan) - early/mid-twenties.

aurora wilson (mimi keene) - early-twenties.

thalia bryant (zaria simone) - early-twenties.

adriana perez (nicole wallace) - early-twenties.

ophelia bates (rain spencer) - early-twenties.

[minusgangtime]

Here’s the full list of kitty crew as pokemon for the pokemon tournament RP-get ready to read-

Shelby: eevee

Nala: lucario

Casper: ghastly

Midnight: lunala

Pinkie: sylveon

Temp: houndoor

Sunny: meowth

Simba: pidgeot

Herb: shayin

Seasalt: primarina

Lavender: espeon

Blaze: bewear

Snow:lapras

Nightfall: slowbro

Galaxy: vicitini

Penny: xerneas

Sweetie: lickatung

Coral: seel

Shade: umbreon

Kiara: furret

Thunder: shinx

Oreo: cresslia

Cloud: Altria

Snowball: sandshrew alohah form

Flambé: ponyta

Ella: gardevior

Leo: zigzagoon

Elly:spritzee

Lapis: ponyta galarian form

Zack: falinks

Emerald: quagspire

Xavier: manectric

Cocoa: trapinch

S’mores: wooper paladean form

Moon: chendulure

Scott: chiccino

Vress: vaporeon

Cooper: riolu

Screwball: sneasel hisuden form

rattle: sandslash

Wallace: mewtwo

Willow: sprigatito

Gallace: gallade

Bow:yamask

Goldie: pikachu

Cookie: Vulpix alohah form

Rascal: teddiursa

Biscuit: persisan

marshmallow: togekiss

Cheeto: zamanthza

Buck: swinub

Pixie: lillipup

Sadie: florges

Janko: sandile

Taffy: emolga

Jewel: mew

Brutas: west sea gastroan

Crunchie: Stoutland

Charles: lycanrock midday form

Spot: wobbuffet

Everest: chiein-pao

Toasty:rockruff

Lollipop:weavile

Derpy: ducklett

Bloom: bellossom

Inkie: lycanroc midnight form

Blinkie: rampardos

Minkie: golem

Muad: onix

Kiki: minor core

Onyx: sableye

Babs: sceptile

Thomas: nidoran

Monty:glameow

Sugar: jigglypuff

Moldo: muk

Stella: lugia

Cascade: swellow

Cupcake: scream tail

Lily: meganium

Blossom: steenee

Rouge: arbok

Diane: mightyena

Hazel: dartrix

Starry: rapidash galaian form

Izzy: ninetails alohan form

Minty: beautifly

Swirl: hoopa

Misty: stufful

Poochi: deerling spring form

Aqua: absol

Sharp: jirachi

Skye: wooloo

Cosmo: misdrevas

Nimona: orthworm

Lightning: luxray

Amber: cyndaquill

Celeste: sandslash alohah form

Gloopy: grimmer

Sunshine: raichu alohah form

Petal: maractus

Shaya: zoroark

Dory: mantine

Smolder: latios

Breezy: ribombee

Alice: winggull

Frost: froslass

Pollen: butterfree

Quartz: ariados

Flour: celebi

Clover: meowscara

Susie: corvinight

Glimmer: slugma

Ray: kyogre

Nothing: keldo

Feather: zorua

Hover: zamazenta

Eda: skitty

Ghost: phantump

Cali: growlithe

Mars: mudbray

Sammy: starly

Rosie: meloetta aria form

Dumbo: bunnelby

Eve: clodspire

Molly: fennikin

Extra:

Lamina: dragonair

Crest: volcanora

Timothy: wynaut

Gavin: goodra

Periwinkle: espurr

Seafoam: milotic

HS: darkrai

-mod shelby

(Psst- Brainstorm time-)

(I think Beta will either be an Arcanine, a Lycanroc (midnight form) or a Zoroark- Or if I want him match Shelby, he'll probably be an Eevee too or an Eeveelution like an Umbreon or a Sylveon (hehe trans colors go brrr >:3))

(If MB would be a bird Pokémon he would be a Talonflame, a Blaziken or a Moltres for a fire type or a Kilowatterl or a Zapdos for an electeic type- Or if we're keeping him as a bat Pokémon, it's a Noivern or a Lunala like Midnight)

(Blue could be a Riolu or its evolved form, Lucario cuz doggy-)

(Pico will obviously be some kind of reptile Pokémon- I'm in a dilemma of making him a Scrafty, a Krookodile or a Drizzile :/)

(I'm not too sure on what Girlfriend would be, but she could be a Gardevoir or a Ninetails)

(Since HS is added into this, I'll add the rest of the corruptions lol- Both CB and HCB will be two twin Umbreons (shiny form), Noise will be a Banette or a Gengar, Funsie will be a Houndoom and Hunter will be a Sceptile)

(Big brain :3 👍)

[rockislandadultreads]

Black History Month: More Fiction Recommendations

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

Eleven-year-old George Washington Black - or Wash - a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master’s brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky, where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning, and where two people, separated by an impossible divide, can begin to see each other as human.

But when a man is killed and a bounty is placed on Wash’s head, they must abandon everything and flee together. Over the course of their travels, what brings Wash and Christopher together will tear them apart, propelling Wash ever farther across the globe in search of his true self. Spanning the Caribbean to the frozen Far North, London to Morocco, Washington Black is a story of self-invention and betrayal, of love and redemption, and of a world destroyed and made whole again.

We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin 

"You can be beautiful, even more beautiful than before." This is the seductive promise of Dr. Nzinga's clinic, where anyone can get their lips thinned, their skin bleached, and their nose narrowed. A complete demelanization will liberate you from the confines of being born in a black body - if you can afford it.

In this near-future Southern city plagued by fenced-in ghettos and police violence, more and more residents are turning to this experimental medical procedure. Like any father, our narrator just wants the best for his son, Nigel, a biracial boy whose black birthmark is getting bigger by the day. The darker Nigel becomes, the more frightened his father feels. But how far will he go to protect his son? And will he destroy his family in the process?

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent - which has more than doubled - and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed.

One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. Her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland Police Department.

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Almost everything about Wallace is at odds with the Midwestern university town where he is working uneasily toward a biochem degree. An introverted young man from Alabama, black and queer, he has left behind his family without escaping the long shadows of his childhood. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends - some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness. But over the course of a late-summer weekend, a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with an ostensibly straight, white classmate, conspire to fracture his defenses while exposing long-hidden currents of hostility and desire within their community.

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limit ten (10) per member

for Artemis -

Curran Walters

Jack Quaid

Kat McNamara

Natasha Liu Bordizzo

Richard Harmon

Hailee Steinfeld

Owen Teague

Grant Gustin

Jackson Kelley

Kathryn Newton

for Biggles -

Adam Page

Nick Bateman

Adam Cole

Swerve Strickland

for CC -

Danielle Rose Russell

Brenton Thwaites

Dylan O’Brien

Phoebe Tonkin

Lindsay Morgan

Halston Sage

Archie Renaux

Lee Dong Wook

Jonathan Bailey

for Emma -

Aaron Tveit

Penn Badgley

Oscar Isaac

for Katie -

Chloe Grace Moretz

Diana Silvers

Davika Hoorne

Hirai Momo

Brianne Howey

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Alexa Demie

Alyssa Milano (young)

Sab Zada

for Kit -

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Megan Fox

Sebastian Stan

Samara Weaving

Sophie Wilde

Mikey Madison

Bruna Maquezine

Glen Powell

Tini Stoessel

Ester Expósito

for Love -

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Chris Evans

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Cristin Milioti

Adam Brody

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for Max -

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Louis Tomlinson

Bill Skarsgard

Jacob Elordi

Emma Myers

Pedro Pascal

Jordan Fisher

Paris Berelc

Tanner Buchanan

for Pixie -

Anya Taylor Joy

Tom Hiddleston

Derek Thaler

Jamie Campbell Bower

Sutton Foster

Elizabeth Gillies

for Rachael -

Florence Pugh

Sofia Carson

Madelaine Petsch

Sabrina Carpenter

Courtney Eaton

Madelyn Cline

Meg Donnelly

Camila Mendes

Isabela Merced

Sophie Thatcher

for Ring -

Spencer Charnas

Noah Sebastian

Andy Biersack

Kat Dennings

for Admin Rory (subject to change) -

Anthony Turpel

Mark McKenna

Toby Wallace

Joshua Colley

Lukas Gage

Briana Cuoco

Xolo Maridueña

Dara Reneé

Ludovico Tersigni

Fionn Whitehead

Kiara Pichardo

Asa Germann

Lukita Maxwell

Jasmin Savoy Brown

Jackson Kelly

Jack Wolfe

Michael Evans Behling

Justin Min

Jonathan Daviss

for Admin Ryan -

Katie Douglas

Joe Locke

Mint Ranchrawee

Ashley Moore

Ciara Bravo

Ashby Gentry

Kento Yamazaki

Federico Russo

Barry Keoghan

Ruby Stokes

Melissa Collazo

Kyle Gallner

Tyler Lawrence Gray

Mia Isaac

Thomas Doherty

Jenna Ortega

Antonia Gentry

Jack Mulhern

Maris Racal

Maia Reficco

for Shelby -

Melissa O’Neil

Hannah John-Kamen

for Tom -

Paul Mescal

Theo James

Manny Jacinto

Rahul Kohli

Ryan Gosling

Aron Piper

Suraj Sharma

for V -

Eyes Rodgers

[ask-the-kitty-crew]

how many new kitty mods are there now? What are there names- what are there refs- I’m sorry to beg but I may or may not be planning art ehehehe hoo :3

Oh boy-

In total the animal companions in this blog-though most haven’t been introduced to THIS blog yet-total up to 124-why? I have issues.

Here are ALL of thier names

nala

Casper

Midnight

Temp

Sunny

Simba

Herb

Seasalt

Lavender

Blaze

Snow

Nightfall

Galaxy

Penny

Sweetie

Coral

Shade

Kiara

Thunder

Oreo

Cloud

Snowball

Flambé

Ella

Leo

Elly

Lapis

Zack

Emreld

Xavier

Eda

Ghost

Cali

gallace

Chase

Goldie

cookie

rascal

biscuit

marshmallow

Cheeto

buck

pixie

Sadie

janko

taffy

jewel

Brutus

crunchie

Charles

spot

Everest

toasty

Lollipop

Derpy

Bloom

Inkie

Blinkie

Minkie

Onyx

Thomas (deadname: Sarah)

Maud

Crimson

Sugar

Moldo (mulan)

Babs

Kiki

Stella

Cascade

Cupcake

Lily

Blossom

Rouge

Diane

Hazel

Starry

Izzy

Minty

Swirl

Misty

Poochi

Aqua

Nova

Skye

Cosmo

Nimona

Zapp

Amber

Celeste

Gloopy

Aurora

Petal

Maleficent

Dory

Smolder

Breezy

Bella

Frost

Pollen

Quartz

Flour

Clover

Nova

s’mores

cocoa

moon

Scott

Vress

Tuxie

Screwball

Rattle

Wallace

Willow

Mars

Sammy

Rosie

Dumbo

Eve

Molly

Glimmer

Ray

Nothing

Feather

Hover

[ggstarterblog]

Here's a list of all the most recent starters:

Dean Adler

Chanlder Ford

Kiara Carrera

Chuck Bass

Everleigh Smith

Stella Wallace

Hal Williams

Elise Van der Woodsen

Carmen Rivera

[alexlacquemanne]

Décembre MMXXIII

Films

Chef (2014) de Jon Favreau avec Scarlett Johansson, Jon Favreau, Sofía Vergara, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo, Robert Downey Jr. et Dustin Hoffman

Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver Hollywood ? (The Naked gun 33⅓: The Final Insult) (1994) de Peter Segal avec Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Fred Ward, O. J. Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith, Kathleen Freeman, Ellen Greene et Ed Williams

Quai des Orfèvres (1947) de Henri-Georges Clouzot avec Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair, Pierre Larquey, Claudine Dupuis, Henri Arius, Charles Blavette, René Blancard et Robert Dalban

Maintenant, on l'appelle Plata (…più forte ragazzi!) (1972) de Giuseppe Colizzi avec Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Cyril Cusack, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Riccardo Pizzuti, Ferdinando Murolo et Marcello Verziera

Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde (2011) de Stéphane Kazandjian avec François-Xavier Demaison, Laurent Lafitte, Laurence Arné, Xavier de Guillebon, Guy Bedos, Patrick Bouchitey e Alain Doutey

Noël blanc (White Christmas) (1954) de Michael Curtiz avec Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes et John Bascia

Rendez-vous avec la mort (Appointment with Death) (1988) de Michael Winner avec Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Jenny Seagrove et David Soul

Bridget Jones : L’Âge de raison (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason) (2004) de Beeban Kidron avec Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Jacinda Barrett, Shirley Henderson et Sally Phillips

Les Trois Mousquetaires : Milady (2023) de Martin Bourboulon avec François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï, Eva Green, Lyna Khoudri et Louis Garrel

Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver le président ? (1991) (The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear) de David Zucker avec Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O. J. Simpson, Robert Goulet, Richard Griffiths, Anthony James et Jacqueline Brookes

Wallace et Gromit : Le Mystère du lapin-garou (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) (2005) de Nick Park et Steve Box avec Jean-Loup Horwitz, Jeanne Savary, Philippe Catoire, Frédérique Cantrel, Patrick Messe et Mireille Delcroix

Rivière sans retour (River of No Return) (1954) de Otto Preminger avec Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye et Douglas Spencer

L'Ange de Noël (Christmas Magic) (2011) de John Bradshaw avec Lindy Booth, Paul McGillion, Derek McGrath, Kiara Glasco, Teresa Pavlinek et Tricia Braun

Joyeux Noël (2005) de Christian Carion avec Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Diane Kruger, Gary Lewis, Daniel Brühl, Dany Boon, Lucas Belvaux, Bernard Le Coq et Alex Ferns

L'Assassinat du père Noël (1941) de Christian-Jaque avec Harry Baur, Raymond Rouleau, Renée Faure, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Robert Le Vigan, Fernand Ledoux et Jean Brochard

Danse avec les loups (Dances with Wolves) (1990) de et avec Kevin Costner ainsi que Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Westerman, Jimmy Herman, Nathan Lee, Tantoo Cardinal et Wes Studi

Noël en trois actes (Christmas Encore) (2017) de Bradley Walsh avec Maggie Lawson, Brennan Elliott, Art Hindle, Tracey Hoyt, Mercedes de la Zerda, Mika Amonsen, Sherry Miller, Sabryn Rock, David Tompa et Erin Agostino

La Souffleuse de verre (Die Glasbläserin) (2016) de Christiane Balthasar avec Luise Heyer, Maria Ehrich, Franz Dinda, Dirk Borchardt, Robert Gwisdek, Max Hopp et Ute Willing

Le père Noël est une ordure (1982) de Jean-Marie Poiré avec Anémone, Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko et Bruno Moynot

Le Lion en hiver (The Lion in Winter) (1968) de Anthony Harvey avec Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton, Jane Merrow et Nigel Stock

Les Mystères de Paris (1962) d'André Hunebelle avec Jean Marais, Raymond Pellegrin, Jill Haworth, Dany Robin, Pierre Mondy, Georges Chamarat, Noël Roquevert et Jean Le Poulain

Derrick contre Superman (1992) de Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette avec Patrick Burgel et Évelyne Grandjean

La Classe américaine : Le Grand Détournement (1993) de Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette avec Christine Delaroche, Evelyne Grandjean, Marc Cassot, Patrick Guillemin, Raymond Loyer, Joël Martineau, Jean-Claude Montalban, Roger Rudel et Gérard Rouzier

La Grande Course autour du monde (The Great Race) (1965) de Blake Edwards avec Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell, Vivian Vance et Dorothy Provine

Séries

Life on Mars Saison 1, 2

Bienvenue en 73 - La Loi selon mon boss - Le Pari - Corruption - Rouge un jour, rouge toujours - Compte à rebours - Cas de conscience - Mon père - Meurtrier en puissance - La Chasse aux ripoux - Peur sur la ville - Pièges pour jeunes femmes - Kidnapping - Héroïne - Recherche du coupable - La Promesse

Doctor Who

La Créature Stellaire - Wild Blue Yonder - Aux confins de l'univers - Le Fabricant de Jouets - The Snowmen - A Christmas Carol - The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe - The Return of Doctor Mysterio - The Church on Ruby Road - Eve of the Daleks

Les Enquêtes de Vera Saison 12

À contre-courant - Un homme d'honneur - Au nom de la loi - Une soirée funeste - Marée montante

Coffre à Catch

#144 : La Draft 2009 : Les bonnes affaires du mercato ! - #145 : La ECW débarque à Londres et l'Undertaker à Strasbourg! (avec Carole) - #146 : Christian enfin champion de la ECW ! - #147 : Un coffret à Noël, ça c'est une idée !

Kaamelott Livre III

Le Jour d’Alexandre - La Cassette II - La Ronde II - Mission - La Baliste - La Baraka - La Veillée - Le Tourment III - La Potion de fécondité II - L’Attaque nocturne - La Restriction II - Les Défis de Merlin II - Saponides et Détergents - Le Justicier - La Crypte maléfique - Arthur in Love II - La Grande Bataille - La Fête de l’hiver II - Sous les verrous II - Le Vulgarisateur - Witness - Le Tribut - Le Culte secret - Le Mangonneau - La Chevalerie - Le Mauvais Augure - Raison d’argent II - Les Auditeurs libres - Le Baiser romain - L’Espion - Alone in the Dark - Le Législateur - L’Insomniaque - L’Étudiant - Le Médiateur - Le Trophée - Hollow Man - La Dispute première partie - La Dispute deuxième partie

Affaires sensibles

Gérald Thomassin : l'étrange disparition d'un coupable idéal

Top Gear

Spécial Nativité

La Voie Jackson

Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3

Meurtres au paradis

L'étrange Noël de Debbie

Spectacles

Le Muguet de Noël (2021) de Sébastien Blanc et Nicolas Poiret avec Lionnel Astier, Frédéric Bouraly, Jean-Luc Porraz et Alexie Ribes

Sinatra (1969) avec Frank Sinatra, Don Costa & son Orchestre

Le Professeur Rollin a encore quelque chose à dire (2003) de François Rollin

Alain Souchon : J'veux du live au Casino de Paris (2002)

La Bonne Planque (1964) de Michel André avec Bourvil, Pierrette Bruno, Robert Rollis, Roland Bailly, Alix Mahieux, Albert Michel et Max Desrau

André Rieu : White Christmas (2023)

Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas (2011) avec Michael Bublé, Gary Barlow, Gino D'Acampo, Dawn French et Kelly Rowland

Michael Buble's Christmas in the City (2021) avec Michael Bublé, Leon Bridges, Camila Cabello, Jimmy Fallon, Kermit the Frog, Hannah Waddingham, Dallas Grant, Jarrett Johnson, Julianna Layne et Loren Smith

Michael Bublé's 3rd Annual Christmas Special (2013) avec Michael Bublé, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Red Robinson, Jumaane Smith, Patrick Gilmore et Cookie Monster

Un fil à la patte (2005) de Georges Feydeau avec Thierry Beccaro, Marie-Ange Nardi, Valérie Maurice, Églantine Éméyé, Ève Ruggiéri, Tex, David Martin et Patrice Laffont

Vintage Getz (1983) The Stan Getz Quartet live at the Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley, California avec Stan Getz, Victor Lewis, Marc Johnson et Jim McNeely

James Brown : Live at Montreux (1981)

Livres

Le seigneur des anneaux, Tome 3 : Le retour du roi de J.R.R. Tolkien

Détective Conan, Tome 18 de Gôshô Aoyama

Lucky Luke, Tome 27 : L'Alibi de Morris et Claude Guylouïs

Détective Conan, Tome 19 de Gôshô Aoyama

[handelplayssims]

It’s the final day with the Wallace household! Such a long awaited day is here! And it’s time to go to work with Ashlynn. Time to search some criminals! ...these are the exact same criminals as I saw last time. Hmm. Now our next promotion marker is to go on patrol. Which I could do by myself but eh. Let’s just do these suggested work tones instead. Analyze some evidence is next up and then, we travel to a crime scene. Today we’re off toooo, ah, the Elderberry household. Lots of items scorched, just like last time. Serial arsonist! Now after interviews with witnesses, we go back. Time  to cross-reference the database multiple times and gain those clues. Next is to take a police report from a civilian but we don’t have any normal folks around just yet. So analyze evidence once more. And there they are! Oooh! Going on Patrol is now offered! Nice! Let’s eat some food and then head out. Annnd immediately sims are fighting with each other. Excellent. Citations for everyone! And we get our promotion. We’re a corporal now! And we get loads of prison furniture. Hmm. To home with us! Where Ashlynn shall immediately conk out on bed. Policing very tiring work, after all.

Onto Kiara who, again, wants to paint. The world is getting nice and golden from sunset happening so let’s paint towards it, shall we? Zayne...again, wants to solve hard problems so let’s gain a logic skill. Santiago still wants to complete that work task and now has the actual time to do so! Oh, wait no, he’s sleepy. Well, let’s interview and write up about one person and then head to bed. Looks like we got across the street is Dwight LeBlanc! He’s another randomly generated household that I manage to play a few times and then never again. Alas.

Oooh, this one actually turned out real well! Also, Zayne went to bed but got startled by the monster under it...but now he’s befriended him! Good for you Zayne. Time for a munch for him and then after the article from Santiago, they’ll both head to bed. ...I should remember articles when I just want a little bit of money.

There is something I want to check though. See I want to get into a home over in the more gated community in Oasis Springs. Especially since there’s actual fishing points around there. Can we move into Granda Palace? ...nope! Still 64 thousand plus short, even if I sell off all of our furniture. And I wouldn’t do that, I’d want to nab a lot for moving purposes! Alas, we’re stuck in this small home for a bit longer. Oh and Kiara’s back to being a one-star celebrity for her paintings! Nicely done you. ...oh, I need to get rid of that picky eater trait. If I switch households while that’s still active, the trait will become stuck on her. Doing that and oh, she’s very close to finishing skilling painting! Nice! Ah, Ashlynn is awake and- is sad. Because someone died. That means that it’s immediately time for-

Nieghborhood Watch!

Shulk Monado in the Shulk and Fiora household has died. Shulk was so angry he burst into flames and died.

NOOOOOO! NOT MY MONADO BOY!

Nigel Yanez in the Yanzez household has died. Nigel was milking it and got too close to a cowplant.

Oh that’s the one Ashlynn knew of. Though, checking the social bar, she didn’t even know a single trait so eh. I’d say grieve today and clear out the moodlet tomorrow but eh. We’re about to bail from this household! Annnd yes! We managed to get painting level 10 with Kiara! We’re done with this household! Let’s go and roll up another one to play! It shall be...man. It’s the Stuart-Waddel’s. Man. Vampires in the desert here we go. See you all then.

[nottinghillhq]

DUE TO NOT REACTING TO THE INTEREST CHECK, THE FOLLOWING FCS ARE REOPENED:

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rudy pankow (atlas young)

ozge yagiz (ceyla ozturk)

michael evans behling (chase williams)

cemre baysel (dilara seren)

peter gadiot (javier castillo)

casey deidrick (jaxson davis)

grace van patten (jude cerulli)

matthew noszka (kai burrow)

brittany o'grady (kiara bronson)

gabriel guevara (matteo rousseau)

greta onieogou (tatiana foss)

cody christian (wyatt hayes)

nicole wallace (xiomara perez)

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[ghostcaterwaul]

for the weirder asks: 1, 5, 18, 22 ^-^

who is/are your comfort character(s)?

I have so many. Lol. I’ll try not to make the list too long.

Kiara Carrera - Outer Banks

10k - Z Nation

Lindsay Weir - Freaks and Geeks

Jasper Heartwood - LA by Night

X - LA by Night

Percy De Rolo - Critical Role: Vox Machina/Legend of Vox Machina

Brigitte Fitzgerald - Ginger Snaps Trilogy

Mitch Kramer - Dazed and Confused

Arthur Stuart- Velvet Goldmine

Shilo Wallace - Repo! The Genetic Opera

Dawn Wiener - Welcome to the Dollhouse

Lux Lisbon - “The Virgin Suicides” by Jeffrey Eugenides

Ponyboy Curtis - “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton

what color are your eyes?

Hazel

what hair products do you use?

As far as styling products? I can’t remember the name of it, but I know the hair wax I use isn’t sold anymore (and it’s out of my budget now anyways) and I finally ran out of it so I don’t know what I’m gonna do when I want big goth hair again. For hairspray I just use suave.

Shampoo/conditioner is Wen because even though it’s pricy, it’s only stuff that actually makes my hair look clean and doesn’t make it feel plastic-y and synthetic (my whole life, my hair has always felt/looked like greasy barbie doll hair and Wen is the only thing that doesn’t do that to it.)

Does hair dye count as hair products? If so, I almost always use Lunar Tides.

what type of person are you?

I’m not sure? I guess I’m generally a nice person. Too nice sometimes, but I do have a breaking point and it’s not pretty when I reach it. I infodump all the time IRL because I have no filter. I do that thing where I know the other person doesn’t give a shit about what I’m talking about but I can’t get myself to shut up and then they learn all about my current hyperfixation against their will. I’m a mess of a person, honestly. Multiple mental illnesses and chronic illnesses. My usual healthy coping skills stopped helping years ago, so I’ve been barely holding myself together ever since, tbh. So like, I don’t know, I’m generally a decent person until the symptoms start to show, then I’m an absolute nightmare to be around.

[gxnewallace]

Gone Wallace - DIM THE LIGHTS (Kiara Carrera)

[narcosfandomdiscord]

YAAAAASSASS KIARA MAKES HER RETURN. Ngl every single time I read something with these two, I just can’t stop thinking about how entirely Too Well Adjusted she is for this man😂😂😂

Also, shoutout to this absolute banger of a line: A silence covers them without the unease that normally blankets two people who don't know each other very well. It reminds me of that one part of Pulp Fiction when Mia Wallace goes, “That’s when you know you’ve found somebody special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.”

𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞

𝐅𝐨𝐫 @𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝’𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞: 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 (𝐞.𝐠. 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐛𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐫, 𝐞𝐭𝐜)

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠(𝐬): 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: 𝟏.𝟔𝐤

𝐀/𝐍: 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐥 😭𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡'𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞! 𝐈 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐜 "𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐞 𝐒𝐨 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞." 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲'𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫!

The coffee shop is deserted as per usual. Horacio is sure he's one of only a handful of people who keep the business running. It's why he makes sure to always leave his change in the tip jar and doesn't berate himself for ordering an extra pastry every now and then. He gets his coffee and is almost startled when he looks over at the corner and spots Kiara.

The two haven't had much interaction since his injury that he had treated at her hospital. He's seen her in passing a few times in his visits to a fellow soldier who was injured more severely in that explosion, but that had easily been over a month ago.

She glances up and the smile she gives him is ethereal. She lights up in a way he's not sure he deserves. Still, it gives his heart a flutter and he can't deny that he aches for the sensation.

"Fancy seeing you here," she says.

"I could say the same. This was starting to become my café, after all," he sits across from her, sipping his cortado.

"Oh, wow, mighty possessive of you." She clutches her hand to her chest in mock insult. "This place has the best iced coffees so I'm unapologetic at encroaching upon your territory."

His shoulders shake with silent laughter.

"How's your ribs?"

He makes a show of stretching to show that he's fully healed. "Good as new. The breathing exercises that you recommended did the trick."

Kiara flounces her hair sassily. "Well, what'd you expect from the world's best nurse to be?"

"Nothing but the excellent care you provided. If you're this good as a student, you're going to be an outstanding nurse."

Her smile is infectious and Horacio does nothing to stop himself from matching it with one of his own.

Flattered, she gives a meek "thank you."

The older lady who owns the coffee shop walks over to the front door and turns the "open" sign to "closed." When she looks over at the duo, she sends them a wink and tells them they can stay as long as they want before she retires to the upstairs unit that she's fashioned as her home.

Kiara takes another sip of her drink before asking, "How are things going with your job? No more explosions or stepping on to land mines, I hope?"

Horacio smugly shrugs as if to say, "hazard of the job."

"I'm afraid you met me at a time that might've mischaracterized my average day. Rare action moments aside, the job of a soldier is actually not all that interesting."

"So bore me." Kiara sits back in her seat. "Seriously, tell me about what you do."

He indulges her and the conversation flows naturally. He tells her his family background, how he hails from three generations of soldiers and how his enlistment stemmed from a sense of duty and not passion. "I'm content," he says. He tells her how his career started right after he finished high school and how his main responsibilities were that of a foot soldier. It's been several years since and now he has people under him that he commands but his job is mostly the same.

"I follow orders. I'm given tasks and I carry them out. Sometimes, I delegate, but my main challenge entails of following through on the action plans that have been set before me."

"Is that enough for you, though?"

Horacio pauses.

"Not that there's anything wrong with being the one to deliver action." She placates her statement gently, expressing herself with her hands. "I mean, you're the one serving the deliverables. You're literally at the front lines tangibly doing something to solve problems. Protecting people. Defusing danger. But can you see yourself doing that for the rest of your life? Could you ever see yourself being the person to create the plan? Being the person who acts on intel and makes the decisions?"

He ponders for a minute. Truly considers the challenge she's set before him because it's never occurred to him that this could fall in the realm of being a good soldier.

"I like having my boots on the ground-" he starts.

"Who says you have to give up one to have the other?"

He nods silently, thinking. He's never been questioned before on his aspirations. Challenged on what his definition of duty was and what it could be.

She shrugs her shoulders. "But, hey, what do I know? I'm just yapping. I've been scolded quite enough about sounding 'too idealistic.'"

Horacio shakes his head. "No. It's good to have varying perspectives. A person can't be well-rounded if they're unable to withstand their viewpoints being challenged."

A silence covers them without the unease that normally blankets two people who don't know each other very well.

"What about you?" Horacio asks.

"What about me?"

"Why nurse? Why not doctor? Why not be the person who makes the treatment plans and does the procedures?"

Kiara chuckles.

"What?"

"You're gonna think I'm a hypocrite," she admits.

He doesn't say anything at first. He waits for her insight.

"I mean, I'm kind of like you. I like having my boots on the ground. When a patient comes in, whether it's pneumonia or a stab wound, we're usually the first one that sees the patient. Triages them and assesses the damage. And even after the doctor has done their job, we're still the ones checking on the patients. Monitoring their progress. Catching the things that the doctors don't see because they're not the ones who has their eyes on them constantly."

"I can understand that. And it doesn’t make you a hypocrite, by the way. Truth be told, I think you just sold me on the route of nursing if I were medically inclined."

"Even when that includes giving sponge baths to bedridden old men who pretend like they're still virile enough to flirt with you?"

At that, Horacio grimaces. Kiara's laughter bounces off the walls of the empty café.

"This is nice," she sighs happily, sitting back in her seat.

Horacio raises his eyebrows.

"Making a friend. Getting to know someone," she supplies.

"I agree." He nods, relaxing his chair also.

After a moment, with only the slightest of hesitations, he later says, "I have a dilemma."

When the words first leave his mouth, he wonders if he should've spoken them. However, he can't deny the dose of happiness that hits him at how quickly she tunes in.

"Hit me," she says, her full attention on him.

"Earlier this week, I witnessed a fellow soldier doing something he shouldn't have. Technically, we work in different units so our paths don't cross that often. But we were conducting field work, and as a junior lieutenant, I'm expected to write detailed reports on the happenings during field work and include any and all of my observations. I feel at odds with whether I should let things be given that there were no major repercussions or whether I should say something, given the soldier's actions were irresponsible at best and potentially illegal at worst."

In an extra moment of vulnerability, Horacio adds softly, "I don't like feeling at odds."

Kiara gives him a soft, sympathetic smile and reaches her hand over to cover his.

"I don't like feeling at odds either," she says. "And you're right, you definitely do have a dilemma."

She takes a pause to gather her thoughts and his eyes peer into hers intensely, curious at the inner workings of her mind.

"I can't tell you what I'd do," she starts. "But I can tell you all the things that'd float through my mind as I try to find the answers."

He nods, almost imperceptibly.

"Well, I'd think about the gravity of the action. As a nurse, was this something that could've killed a patient? Is this something likely to happen again if I don't speak up? Is this a person that has integrity and trustworthiness? Someone that might've fucked up in the moment but the type of person to make things right and take responsibility for their actions? And then.. Well, I'd think about my own integrity, too. Am I hurting someone by saying something? Am I hurting someone if I don't say something? At the end of the day, the truth always finds the light of the day. How would the people around me feel if they found out I had been hiding something when I had the chance to use my voice? Shit… I know we haven't known each other for long, but.. I mean, your opinion of me matters to me. I'd think about how you'd feel if I did something that put my character into question."

Horacio's mind crawls out of its daze. Not only had his thoughts been centered on the pearls of her perspective, but it also had momentarily short-circuited as she told him just how much she valued his own character.

It's like there's a thick sludge that keeps his words at the back of his throat, and he has to fight through it to be able to speak again.

"And then, I would know," she finishes. "I'd think about you and then I'd know what the right decision is."

He clears his throat. Drinks the last sips of his now room temperature coffee and clears his throat again.

"I can't imagine you've ever been known to make a bad decision. Your mind works with a pristine sense of clarity."

Kiara shrugs. "I could make a joke and say that you would think that since I just said I value your opinion, but I'm gonna take the compliment like a champ because I say we're both pretty wise people."

Horacio shoots back. "I could make a toast right now to "wise people" but I'm afraid Senorita Rosales would not be too happy if I summoned her back down here to refill our cups."

Their laughs intermingle and cover the café's four walls with dulcet tones of a growing bond.

𝐀/𝐍: 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲.

𝐓𝐚𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭: @𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬-𝐦𝐜 @𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 @𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐮𝐧-𝐧-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 @𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐬