#my apprentice jamie

[bluehairperson]

Apprenticember! Day 7

 Let’s go back to their physical description, but go even deeper! Do they have tattoos, piercings, scars, etc? What sort of clothes do they like?

Jamie has several scars all over their body (they used to be super clumsy in the earliest months after coming back to life), but the most evident is definitely the one they have on their left arm.

Both Jamie and Asra hate talking about it, but this also happend because of an accident.

At that time Jamie had a lot of troubles regulating his magic and its strenght, and after this particular accident Asra almost stopped trying to teach him magic altogether because of how bad it scared him. It took a lot of time to convince him to give it another shot.

Interestingly enough that scar appeared in a pretty reminiscent spot.

Both Asra and Val fucking hate it.

[dandelionjack]

NICK CAVE PLAYING IN THE DIVE BAR. THE WEEPING SONG. OF COURSE

[heartscrypt]

guess who my favorite twst character is u guys. no cmon guess

[tartt9]

@becoach [ sc! ]

"I'm bored," Jamie announces, as if it weren't obvious by the way he'd been pacing, then tossing a little ball about, and now chewing on his nails, because he forgot his fucking gum at home that morning, like an idiot. "Are y'gonna let me do anything today? Or are we just gonna sit here and wait for somethin' to happen?"

[coachbeards]

also trust me that coach beard has a lot of tattoos

[dafodils-on-the-moon]

@arrowlovesdragons today is your lucky day then cause I just finished another piece for this AU and am in the mood to elaborate.

Here is Jester!Merlin's debut costume as apprentice to his mentor Jamie "Fooleswurth" Fleeman (OC) the retired pervious court jester.

Some more information about the AU:

Merlin was brought to court when he was just about five and his mother passed, supposedly killed by bandits. Claiming that Gaius was too old and occupied with his work to act as a guardian, Uther took Merlin on as a castle ward. He became the Apprentice Jester just after his 7th birthday as he was becoming... difficult to handle. Fooleswurth commented on Merlin's "Jester's Spark," and Uther was eager for Merlin to be taken on as an apprentice.

Please please please ask me follow up questions about this. I have so much brain rot for this, but the AU is so big now I have no idea where to even start. My asks are WIDE open.

[nadiv22]

My favorite quotes from civ VI

TECHNOLOGY

“No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.” – Plutarch

“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” – Will Rogers

“I AM FOND OF PIGS. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” – Winston S. Churchill

“Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner?” – Merle Travis

“When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.” – Will Rogers

“I don’t believe in astrology; I’m a Sagittarius and we’re skeptical.” – Arthur C. Clarke

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” -W. H. Auden

“I shot an arrow into the air. It fell to earth, I knew not where.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” -Mark Twain

“I’m also interested in creating a lasting legacy … because bronze will last for thousands of years.” – Richard MacDonald

“MONEA, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.” – Helen Gurley Brown

“A man on a horse is spiritually as well as physically bigger than a man on foot.” – John Steinbeck

“The Lord made us all out of iron. Then he turns up the heat to forge some of us into steel.” – Marie Osmond

“I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder … Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that.” – Capt. E.J. Smith, RMS Titanic

“Create with the heart; build with the mind.” – Criss Jami

“One man’s ‘magic’ is another man’s engineering.” – Robert Heinlein

“There is no easy way to train an apprentice. My two tools are example and nagging.” – Lemony Snicket

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” – Malcolm Forbes

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle

“Rocks in my path? I keep them all. With them I shall build my castle.” – Nemo Nox

“Not all who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

“People can have the Model T in any color – so long as it’s black.” – Henry Ford

“The pen might not be mightier than the sword, but maybe the printing press is heavier than the siege weapon. Just a few words can change everything.” – Terry Pratchett

“Astronomy’s much more fun when you’re not an astronomer.” – Brian May

“If facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.” – Albert Einstein

“No one starts a war – or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so – without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.” – Karl von Clausewitz

“Science owes more to the steam engine than the steam engine owes to science.” – Lawrence Henderson

“Bolt actions speak louder than words.” – Craig Roberts

“Never criticize a rifleman until you have walked a mile in his shoes. That way, he’ll be barefoot and you’ll be out of range.” – The 2nd Target Company

“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it’s an outstanding landing.” – Chuck Yeager

“Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.” – Earl Wilson

“Chemists do not usually stutter. It would be very awkward if they did, seeing that they have at times to get out such words as methylethylamylophenylium.” – Sir William Crookes

“If God had really intended men to fly, He’d make it easier to get to the airport.” – George Winters

“Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.” – George Patton

“There may be no forgiveness for polyester. On this one matter, Satan and the Lord are in agreement.” – Joe Hill

“I’m a big laser believer – I really think they are the wave of the future.” – Courteney Cox

"Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.” – Mattie Stepanek

CIVICS

“Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.” — Colonel David Hackworth

“A strong economy begins with a strong, well-educated workforce.”– Bill Owens “Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.” – Marcus Aurelius

“It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut; they couldn’t hear the barbarians coming.” – Garrison Keillor

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” – William Shakespeare

“Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack.” – Sun Tzu

“History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

“A good navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“In democracy it’s your vote that counts; in feudalism it’s your count that votes.” – Mogens Jallberg

“There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.” – Anatole France

“You can’t go around arresting the Thieves’ Guild. I mean, we’d be at it all day!” – Terry Pratchett

“Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government … You can’t expect to wield supreme power just ‘cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!” – Monty Python

“In diplomacy there are two kinds of problems: small ones and large ones. The small ones will go away by themselves, and the large ones you will not be able to do anything about.” – Patrick McGuinness

“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.” – Robert Frost

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” – John Locke

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” – Douglas Adams

“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.” – Edward Wilson

“If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.” -Mark Twain

“Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” – Heywood Broun

“A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.” – George S. Patton

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” – John F. Kennedy

“Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?” -Jane Austen

“I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.” –Albert Einstein

[episims]

Jamie "Hi, Lillian."

Lillian "Oh, hi!"

Jamie "...They're not selling you, right?"

Lillian "Umm, nope! I'm just listening to the music."

Luke "-I knew there must be word going around that I'm playing here on Thursdays."

Jamie "Err, right. That's why I'm here."

Luke "Did Will come, too?"

Jamie "He's, uh, at work, unfortunately. Hey, what if instead of tipping, I offer a drink?"

Jamie "Oh, congrats on the promotion! So you're now a..."

Luke "Just a section member, yes, as embarrassing as it is to say it out loud. But they'll come to their senses soon, I'm sure."

Jamie "...Sure."

Luke "Unless that witch man continues sabotaging my inspiration."

Jamie "Who?"

Luke "Supposedly, Melody got married. And now his husband is at the house all the time! Either he or that so-called apprentice. It's like a bloody witch coven there."

Jamie "Yeah, that sounds... awful. By the way, have you noticed that new building just across the road from here? I just learned it's going to be cooperative housing."

Luke "...What?"

Jamie "You know, you buy a share in the cooperative instead of redeeming the whole property. It's cheaper-"

Luke "I know what cooperative housing is! Who runs it?"

Jamie "Currently the town, but eventually those who'll buy the shares, I think? Felix told me about it. He's considering buying one with a friend of his-"

[player1064]

for the carraville prompts: jamie’s pov of your fic it’s just not what’s done, and him doing/saying increasingly gay things that fluster gary who thought he’d never have a chance with the straight boy

honestly I could write a full length fic of this I LOVE this idea but I am exercising restraint (read: i am too sleepy to keep writing but want to post it anyway) and cutting it off at 1.3k words. Jamie is so so annoying in this god bless xx

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1996.

There’s a weird buzz in the air when Jamie arrives at Melwood in the morning, and not the usual frustration he’d expect the morning after the first team have lost a game. Everyone’s grouped in little huddles, hushed whispers that cut out when anyone else walks by, but the weirdest part by far is that everyone is holding a fucking newspaper.

He walks into the apprentice’s dressing room and snatches a paper out of one of the other lads’ hands. He turns straight to the back page, but there’s nothing particularly noteworthy there – United won the league, big fucking whoop – so he frowns and flips the paper back to the front page.

Jamie would normally dismiss anything The Sun prints as garbage, but a quick glance around the dressing room shows a few other papers scattered around, all with similar headlines. All with the same photo, printed to take up most of the page, full colour even on a weekday.

The Sun’s headline is not a particularly creative one, but is does get the point across quite succinctly: there, right above the grainy, dimly lit photograph, are the words GAY NEVILLE?

“Oh my fucking God,” he hears Michael whisper from behind him.

Gary Neville, right-back, Jamie’s brain helpfully supplies. Manchester United, 21 years old and already eight caps for England.

His next thought is: what a fucking idiot.

He doesn’t give a shit about the gay thing, not really – he did spend two years at boarding school, he knows what some of the boys got up to there. No, his issue is more that United have just won the league, and everyone knows in a few days they’ll be getting the double when they win the FA cup too. 21 years old, a starter for a team that’s about to make footballing history, a spot in the squad for this summer’s Euros, and the stupid prick’s just thrown it all away because he felt like getting off with someone at a club where anyone could see him.

Maybe he should ask his coaches about practicing in right-back. He has a funny feeling a spot’s about to open up on the England team.

 *

2004.

“Not so brave now that yer boyfriend’s fucked off to Spain, are ye?”

Neville gives him a disinterested look from across the tunnel.

“Not my boyfriend,” he says flatly, rolling his eyes like he’s recited that line a thousand times before.

He probably has, actually. Jamie needs to come up with better insults, something more original. He’ll workshop some for next time.

Still, better to dig in on this one. “No, I s’pose he’s not now that he’s traded you in fer better things. Yer not exactly a Galactico.”

Neville’s expression is still blank but there’s a hint of fire behind his eyes, which tells Jamie that he’s on the right track, that if he pushes just a little bit more he’ll be able to tip him over the edge.

He sees Keane step out from his place at the front of the line, turn to Neville and mutter “d’you need me to –”

“Couldn’t give a fuck, he’s not worth worryin’ over,” Neville replies, raising an eyebrow with a smirk.

There’s no time to say anything back, because the referee walks to the front of the tunnel and then it’s time to go start the game.

*

2006.

“How’s it work, then?”

Neville looks up from the bowl of Weetabix he’d been intently focused on and glances around the room, like he doesn’t believe it’s him Jamie’s talking to.

He shrugs. “How’s what work?”

“The gay thing. Did yous get to bring a WAG over too, or is that only for the normal lads?”

“Wouldn’t be a WAG, would it?” Neville mutters snobbishly.

He’s right, Jamie supposes. But that’s obviously not something he can admit, so he decides to lean in to the ‘stupid Scouser’ bit. “Why not?”

Neville squints at him suspiciously. “’cause he wouldn’t be a wife or girlfriend, would he?” He clears his throat, looks back down at his bowl. “If he existed, that is. Only brought my dad over for this tournament, does that answer your question?”

“Hmm,” Jamie says, ignoring the obvious cue to leave and taking a seat opposite Neville instead. “What would they call ‘im, if you weren’t a sad lonely old spinster… husbands and boyfriends… HABs? Doesn’t ‘ave quite the same ring to it, does it?”

*

2013.

“Why’d you never get married?”

Neville – Gary – looks up from his iPad to give Jamie his familiar ‘I can’t tell if you’re having me on or if you’re actually just stupid’ squint. “’s only been legal a few months, give us a break.”

“Civil partnered then, whatever. I don’t get it. You’re rich, you were a footballer. I know you’re ugly but looks don’t really factor into it, if your brother’s marriage is anythin’ to go by.”

Gary scowls at him. “Different measures of attractive when you’re gay. I’ll ‘ave you know men find me quite good looking, actually.”

“Do they fuck,” Jamie snorts, because he’s willing to bet that there isn’t a single man on Earth, gay or otherwise, who finds Gary Neville in his current state attractive. Maybe in his playing days, when he was all lean muscle and intense glares, but not now. “They’re just queuin’ up to get a piece a’yous, are they?”

“Maybe they are. Not that it’s any of your business, but I actually ‘ave a date tonight.”

“And that’s after he’s had a look at you?”

*

2015.

“Don’t go.”

Gary looks exhausted, pale skin and dark shadows under his eyes. His hair needs a trim, his stubble needs a shave, and he needs to not move to fucking Spain.

“Don’t look so stroppy, Carra. You’re about to become Sky’s number one pundit.”

“Don’t want it. C’mon, Gaz, what’m I gonna do for my Monday mornin’ entertainment without tales of your endless bad dates.”

“Most people just read the news.”

 “What’re you gonna do, you’re bad enough at pullin’ as it is without a language barrier makin’ things harder. It’s like you want to spend the next five months celibate.”

“Yer awfully concerned about my personal life, James, for someone who not two weeks ago was tellin’ me that I needed to, and I quote, ‘spend less time thinkin’ about fit men and more on thinkin’ about fit footballers instead.’”

“And I stand by that.”

*

2016.

Jamie’s changing out of his gym clothes when his conversation with Gary earlier in the week echoes in his mind, the dreamy way Gary had said his arms…

The guy probably doesn’t even train as much as Jamie does, probably just exaggerates because for some reason he’s trying to impress Gary. As if Gary is someone you’d want to impress.

He stands in front of the changing room’s mirror and flexes his bicep, notes with pride the bulging vein that leads up from his elbow. It’s a shame, really, that he has to wear suits when he’s on Sky. He’s sure viewing figures would go up if he was allowed to wear something a little more form fitting, maybe he should pitch it to the wardrobe people.

Gary would probably have a fit, his tends to get in a tizz at the suggestion of any change to the strict set of rules he’s got in his head. Jamie had once tried to wear his suit without a tie (because he’d spilled coffee on the one he’d brought, not that he’d told Gary that), and Gary had screeched at him for a good half an hour about professionalism until he relented and went to wardrobe to find a spare tie he could use.

Imagine if he wore a t-shirt. Gary’s head would probably explode.

All the more reason to do it, really.

[fionajames]

info:

Alright, hello to everyone - new and old - I am Fiona but you guys can call me Fi/Jamie/Fio/idk come up with something!

I am fifteen years old, go by she/they pronouns and I'm omnisexual.

I am a huge Star Wars fan, specifically the Clone Wars with a hint of the Prequels as well as being a Sam and Colby fan AND a Warrior cats AND The outsiders. I will now also write for Hamilton. (I can multi-task guys, I swear.)

I would just like to say; REQUESTS ARE OPEN!

I write anything for the Clone Wars era (and the Prequels, if I want) except 1. NSFW. 2. minor x over 18. 3. Clonecest/Incest 4. Master x Padawan relationships.

For Sam and Colby I (yet again) write anything except 1. NSFW 2. minor x over 21. 3. incest. 4. as well as certain ships. i will not specify them now because i will forget some or smth.

And for Warriors I write anything except for 1. NSFW 2. warrior/elder/deputy/leader x apprentice/kit (like age difference) 3. incest (depends on how close they are in family as, yknow, warriors is a bit hard to contain like that) 4. certain ships (i dont write ones i dont like) and 5. apprentice x master (which falls under 2. as well but just specifying again)

For The Outsiders I (yet again) write anything except 1. NSFW 2. minor x over 21. 3. incest. 4. as well as certain ships. i will not specify them now because i will forget some or smth. 5. and younger than 16 x over sixteen

Hamilton, basically the same as the others, you get the jist.

I do write stuff for ocs (my own and other peoples) but I do need a lot of info on the oc if its not mine.

Here is a list of prompts i will do if you need help: click here

Thank you for coming to my ted talk!

(im writing this in the car and my dogs say hi. plus, i have no idea when this will post cause of no-service areas)

(sam and colby fans come to me)

(same with warrior cats fans)

(AND THE OUTSIDERS FANS)

[jamiesfootball]

WAIT i just had another idea. jamie STARTS as a hitting apprentice to roy, but slowly comes to realize - and roy comes to realize - it's more upsetting to him than it is satisfying to do that job, and then they SWITCH him to hacking. which maybe they did or didn't have a dedicated hacker before and they were just making do, or maybe it was nate and he (temporarily) switched sides, or whatever. but maybe like jamie's injured for a minute and has to sit out hitting, and roy's doing that for a job, and then some kind of hackery shit needs to happen that whoever's doing that at the moment - beard? ted even trying it would be an unprecedented disaster, we know - doesn't know how to do or isn't doing the Best Way, and jamie just steps in (vaguely loopy on pain killers) and just. Does it. Perfectly. mumbling some jargony bullshit in fucking mancunian that no one can understand only half because of the mumbling and the accent. and they're all like okay jamie. congratulations on your new position. and he resists it at first because he doesn't think he fits the Archetype or whatever for a hacker, but like. he likes it and he's good at it, and it brings the team together so well to have him as The Guy In The Chair TM. and that's their "go through me" total football moment.

Homie I am sitting across from you and leaning in very closely and taking your face gently in my hands-

Because this implies, somewhere along the lines, that Jamie’s two-bit crime fixer dad pushed his kid into becoming a hitter.

He probably knew a guy who needed extra muscle in a pinch and offered up his son. His son who was athletic, who was on the football team and doing well at it, so he had a bit of muscle on him. It was just supposed to be to fill a gap, look intimidating a for a few hours and earn your dad a couple hundred pounds, what’s the problem, not like you can’t take a hit, can’t you?

And it didn’t matter that Jamie didn’t want to do it, cause his dad never listened to him anyways. Not when he was warning him ‘you know those messages ain’t just your phones anymore, the companies back em up so the police can search em’. Not when he tried to explain ‘no you ain’t got stick somebody up in an alley anymore, see I’ve got the skimmer you can just hit the ATM’. And definitely not when he said ‘they got CCTV everywhere now, you gotta be more careful’

And then James got arrested. And he took the fall for a crime boss that promised to do right by him but didn’t. And then, well, wasn’t anyone looking out for Jamie, and he had a book full of contacts his dad left behind, and a fucking reputation for all the goon work he’d done, and he’d only ever been good for one thing anyways, and that was the only thing he’d ever gotten paid to do so-

He became a hitter. And a fucking good one too. Simple as that.

[bluehairperson]

Apprenticember! Days 1 and 2

Day 1: Introduce your apprentice!

James | he/she/they | 32 | taurus | april 21th | 178 cm

James is... something. He’s a very spontaneous person. He’s warm, helpful and generally very easy to get along with. If you’re polite enough you’re going to have a good time around him. He’s always available to lend a hand if needed, which makes a lot of people, Asra included, see him as a sort of responsible older sibling figure.

On the other hand, if you dig a little deeper you might get a pretty different picture. James is not used to being disliked. People being mistrustful or giving him a hard time make him easily irritable, which he is at least a little bit decent at hiding. He’s a chronic people pleaser, but instead of bending over to accomodate everyone he resorts to lying to cover up himself and his actions. Lies that always end up accumulating and making him sweat to mantain the charade. He doesn’t do it maliciously, but he’s definitely the type of person who ends up hurting the people he cares about because of his decisions. He thinks (or tries to convince himself of it) he can handle anything alone all the time, which is what usually puts him in these kind of situations. He can also be a massive hypocrite. Asra could swear he wasn’t like this before.

Day 2: Who is their LI? What’s their relationship like?

During the murder investigations his relationship with Valerius, who is mainly his employer, is an absolute mess.

One of the things James is known around town for is how good he is at finding people and things who go missing, them being civilians, wanted criminals or lost valuable items. He obviously uses magic to do it, but because of how unreliable his spells are with his amnesia he doesn’t make it public. So, when he hears that some rich guy at the palace is hiring a bounty hunter to catch a dangerous killer before the Countess’s new hiree that sounds like an easy job, right?

Wrong. Valerius sees almost immediately through his act and James struggles to deceive him about his true intentions. They lie to each other constantly, they’re both extremely secretive and even tho their relationship start as a casual affair they still manage to be pretty possessive and jealous.

They have some rare tender moments of honesty in private but tend to be pretty awkward and tense in public.

[m34gs]

Sort of Saw AU ask time!

I know we accidentally only made Trey the only character not involved with the traps for our AU. So, if we could add more people to Trey's side of "Not getting involved with the traps" who would you add and why?

Hi friend!!!! Thank you for the ask! I'm eager to answer :D (for those who don't know about our Twisted Wonderland Sort of Saw AU, please feel free to check out my pinned post here to see other asks and the link to our AO3 series!)

Alright, let's talk about who doesn't wanna be a murderer. Answer under the cut, because it might get a little long!

Heartslaybul

So, I know we already have Trey who is, in our AU, not involved in setting the trap, finding/researching the victims, clean-up, or anything really. The most he does is allow Riddle to use his place to help dispose of legal documents and evidence.

However, even though there is already one Heartslaybul member who doesn't participate in the murders, I do think there could be more. Mainly, I think Deuce would be one who would potentially join the "not getting involved in traps" team. Why? Because he's a sweet boy who focused so hard on becoming an honours student, and if he were caught committing murder it would ruin the reputation he was trying to build. Now, if that reputation was just something he did for himself I don't think he'd be as bothered, but he is trying so hard because he wants to impress his mother and to not make her cry. Deuce's soft spot is his mom, and I could see his concern for her motivating him to steer clear of Team Murder. The rest of the dorm, I feel, would have an easier time justifying murder. Riddle almost overblotted. Ace can internally justify just about anything if he tries. Cater is constantly hiding his true self, what's one more thing to hide? Out of the four of them, Deuce is most likely to join Trey. *UNLESS*. Unless, Trey banishes Cater to the couch. That would make Cater change his tune in a heartbeat.

Savanaclaw

It's gotta be Jack. He would absolutely go Team "Not Touching Murder" if we wanted to add him to that side. Out of the three in Savanaclaw, he has the strongest moral compass and is a bit of a stickler for the rules and honour. Ruggie is easily motivated by money so if he was really thinking about leaving Team Murder, all someone would have to do is offer him pay and he'd be happily trapping everyone and their grandma. For Leona, if you recall, I did hint to some of his motivation being tied to protecting Ruggie from ever ending up in a trap again. It's clear that Jigsaw won't be swayed by wealth or status (he tried to trap Malleus, ffs), so Leona needs something to guarantee Ruggie won't be in a trap and unfortunately with Ruggie's behaviour...well. He's no angel. So, Jack is the only one who really makes sense. However, that is only if he can be talked out of the idea that what they're doing is a form of justice.

Octavinelle

So, originally, I was going to say no one from Octavinelle would leave Team Murder. However, I realized that there is One(1) scenario in which I could believe it happening. If Floyd got bored and decided Team Not Touching Murder looked more fun, he'd probably leave. Jade enjoys the long game and has far too much patience to change his mind so flippantly. Azul is putting in so much effort that he would totally consider it a sunken cost if he stopped being an apprentice.

I do think, though, that it is *highly* unlikely Floyd will get bored being on Team Murder.

Scarabia

Kalim would join Trey's Not Touching Murder Team. He sees the traps as more a responsibility than something he actually wants to do. He fulfills them with a heavy heart. He would leap at the chance to abandon it, if he felt that he could. I think one of the things holding him back from that, aside from feeling like this is a duty he has been entrusted with by John, is the fact that Jamil is so into the traps. I think he is partially worried to leave Jamil entirely on his own (as we have established Jamil is the one who would be making inescapable traps). If, however, Kalim did stop, he would then have tea and/or dinner every other day with Jamil for the sole purpose of trying to talk him into stopping. It never works, but he never stops trying...

Pomefiore

Vil is another one who sees the traps less as something he is invested in and more as a solemn duty. I think he feels a sense of responsibility in teaching people to change their ways and love their lives, so if he could be talked out of that line of thinking (which we know is possible, he's definitely one of the more mature and rational housewardens) I think he could realistically join Team Not Touching Murder. I also think Epel wouldn't mind joining. Sure, Epel can be a bit of a rough-and-tumble kinda guy, but I think he is the type to prefer punching someone's lights out to setting up an elaborate deadly escape room.

Rook is staying though. There is beauty in this, and he is probably waxing poetic about the justice and finding all sorts of ways to incorporate the "crimes" of his victims into their traps. Vil wouldn't stop him. He's always known he cannot control Rook.

Ignihyde

Neither of them. Idia is having too much of a grand ol' time setting up traps, pushing his limits, trying to improve trap functions, and getting rid of assholes and scammers. And he gets to do most of it from the comfort of his home. While Ortho tends to get along with people in general more, and he may not entirely enjoy the murder part, he often has moments where he shows he can be as twisted as his brother in terms of seeking revenge and causing mischief. Plus, I don't think he would want to leave Idia to his own devices. If he left Team Murder, Idia would probably never leave his room ever again. Ortho's not having that.

Diasomnia

Again, none of them. We've discussed Malleus's rationale at length for why he joined with John and is a Jigsaw Apprentice, and it's to appease his own curiosity about humanity, as well as to provide a safer world for Yuu. I fully believe Malleus would do just about anything to ensure Yuu's safety, even if he knew Yuu did not like what he was doing.

If Malleus is going to be on Team Murder, so is Sebek. Guaranteed. And I feel Silver would also see it as his duty to accompany them, both as a retainer to Malleus and boyfriend to Sebek.

That leaves Lilia. I don't think Lilia would leave Team Murder for Team Not Touching Murder for a couple reasons. 1. I think he would worry about Malleus going overboard (which he would if he thought someone looked at Yuu the wrong way), 2. I think he would be *beside* himself with worry for Silver's safety as he tests the traps, and 3. I think he would get lonely without his little family and would want to spend more time with them when they are busy setting up traps. (also if he left the three of them alone...I'm sorry to say but personally I think between the three of them they have like two braincells and Malleus uses both of them to constantly think about Yuu).

There you have it! Hope you enjoyed my answers, friend. What did we learn with this exercise? Most of our boys are ok with murder :D lol

[masochistartt]

@marvelling-at-marvel-blog in the replies to my jamie self perception post asked about academy players getting paid and i couldn't fit my whole response in the replies so you're getting another Overanalyzing The Premier League (Youth) Handbook breakdown here

so the answer about "is an academy player being paid" is yes and no.

rules 314-317 pretty much say hey if you're playing for a club you can't just go and play for another club but beyond that actual expenses legitimately incurred... is talking about stuff like equipment (boots, shin pads, etc) but also transportation to/from the academy, education costs (city sends all of their academy kids to a school where the tuition is, i kid you not, £14k a year), and any travel that's required for players to get to matches. that's all covered by the academy

but immediately after that, they say a player & and parent can't be paid outside of those terms.

there's a whole section on "compensation", but it's about compensation should the academy player be sold to another club, so it's irrelevant to jamie & georgie context

then they go on to say this (The Club agrees to)

schedule one is below the cut bc it's a massive screenshot and i don't want to clog the dash with that

but the scholar isn't....paid.... until he's older than school age. they get an apprentice's wage of sorts when they're 15 or so, but that's like £150 per week iirc. 17 is when a player can be offered those actual professional contracts and those numbers can increase.

so tldr georgie/jamie would be reimbursed for everything that jamie needed to be a part of the academy but jamie himself would not have a very very minor salary until he was 15 and didn't start Making Money Properly until he was 17.

[renee-writer]

Jamie and Jenny Chapter 10

AO3

That night, he dreams of the first time he saw her.

 

It was the beginning of his twelfth year. He was excited to be finishing school ( having been an apprentice in the family business since he was ten, there was no need for further education. )

 

The house beside them had been empty for years. When activity started around it, it received his whole family’s  attention.

 

“I pray it is a lass, my age,” eight year old Jenny dreamed, “ to have a mate close.”

 

He ruffles her curls causing her to cry out in protest. “As long as she has a big brother.”

 

Their mam seemed to dash both their dreams. “It is an older man and his adult niece.” She informed her children.

 

They both groan until Jamie sees the niece. His mouth drops open. With brown curls that sparkle with gold and red in the sunlight and eyes as deep and intoxicating as the whisky he is learning to make, she took his breath.

 

She helps the old man with unloading the lorry. His manners kick in and he hurries over to help.

 

“James,” crips his voice cracks like he is a young teen again, “Ah, Jamie Fraser, your neighbor. May I help.” He addresses the older man, unable to talk to the lass.

 

“Quinton Lambert Beauchamp, go by Lamb and this is my niece, Claire. Thank you Jamie. That would be most welcome.”

 

As he helped them, he learned that Lamb was a retired Archeologist and Claire ( what a beautiful name. Sorcha, Light), was studying botany.

 

“Being raised all over the world, I learned about all types of plants and their uses. Flowers aren’t just pretty, you know.”

 

She wasn’t just either. There was a brain there, a sense of responsibility, hard work. All this attracted Jamie to her.

 

He told them about Lallybroch and the spirits she makes. About the plans to work with his dad in her running after finishing school.

 

Now, it was just him but the lass was more then a mate. That is the thought he has when he wakes up the next morning.

[jorvikzelda]

I think we might be pretty close to it being possible to reach level 21 without any event/limited time XP.

My side account, Zelda Bowsmith, is an ongoing experiment in which I don't collect any XP that won't be permanently available. Most of the time I just don't participate in the events (during the large ones I rarely even play, just to be sure) to make sure I 100% don't collect anything, and so far I haven't to my knowledge slipped up.

Currently, I am at 73355 XP (level 20 is 70000 and level 21 is 80000). Here is a list of things I haven't done that I know will give me Character XP.

Path of the Apprentice Pts. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12

cleared Jamie Olivetree's last reputation blocker

started Hayden's spider-searching quest (though I'm doing the quests that lead up to it now), which has a few yellow quests for different spider-collection milestones

finished the last chapter of Token's Travels, which gives you a pretty good chunk of XP at the end

finished Soul Riding (I only just started a few days ago, currently at 1500) which both gives you a couple XP chunks along the way and a big chunk at the end

any main quests post-memorial (except for a tiny bit of the lead-up to the Light Ride), which all give a ton of XP - just the latest main quest gave 800ish XP, if I'm not mistaken.

I'm expecting those things to give at least a few thousand XP all added up. I don't want to do any calculations because quite frankly I'm enjoying the suspense, but it's going to be exciting to see how this turns out.