#on-brand for Smiler

[marmalised]

--------------------------------- THE SMILER PIZZA BAG --------------------------------- Original price: Free, given away as a promotion. Price I paid for mine: Won for £77 but total cost with postage was £81.20 via Ebay bidding. I however was originally not going to bid on this item as I knew it would go for something like £100+, however i chanced a bid and ended up winning the item in the end and while £80 is considered a lot of money to pay for a plastic empty pizza bag, this item is considered extremely rare and may only pop up now and again if you're lucky to come across one. As I collect merchandise for The Smiler I am lucky to have come into possession of one of these bags as there may only be 40 made out there in the world (This is according to Paul Jones who owns five of the bags in storage) - sources for this come from Paul Jones himself who used to be an avid collector of the older merchandise of The Smiler and a collector for Alton Towers merchandise. --------------------- Item information: Come the year 2014 a single vending machine appeared on the Alton Towers plaza in collaboration with GoodFella's to giveaway The Smiler branded pizza along with The Smiler branded pizza bags to carry the boxed pizza in for free. You were ordered by the information on the side of the vending machine to take a selfie (presumably outside the vending machine) to get your free GoodFella's pizza and then tweet your selfie to the twitter page @ GoodFellas_UK using the hashtag #goodfellasmiler to receive your free pizza around the corner (front of the vending machine). - A single person would stand inside the fake vending machine and then the person inside would dispense the pizza once a button was pressed by a member of the public who had just followed the steps above, allowing the said member of the public to collect the pizza in the branded bag once dispensed. Each person got a singular pizza each, however I do not know if you could have gone back and gotten multiple bags (personally I will assume that it was one bag per person but take that with a grain of salt as I am following information I have researched and inquired about to those who have experienced this promotion. - On the side of the vending machine there was also a QR code to scan where you could receive £1 off on The Smiler pizza in any of the stores selling the branded pizza. - The Smiler branded pizza was available in various supermarkets for a limited amount of time and offered a 2 for 1 promotion for entry into Alton Towers Resort. It was a deep pan pizza base topped with tomato sauce, cheese, spicy sausage, pan fried onions, and Jalapeños with a rating of three chili peppers to equal the pizza was quite hot. ------------------- The bag feels very durable and not like your average supermarket plastic bag that can easily tear. Inside the bag is white and features a slot to slide the pizza into or anything else you may want to place inside the bag. The bag also closes with a clasp and features a plastic black handle on the top. The Smiler logo is placed on the front bag along with the GoodFella's logo on the left hand side in the corner. The text under The Smiler logo say "THE SMILER PIZZA" "LIMITED EDITION" in capital letters featuring the font Orbitron commonly used for The Smiler marketing and ride as a whole.

------------------------------ Year promoted: 2014 only. ------------------------------ All information and photos given in this post have been through my own research, my own photos featuring the pizza bag, Paul Jones over on Facebook (TowersFanatic on other socials) for the item description (rewritten in my own words) and the last three photos featuring the pizza box, vending machine, and the group photo featuring himself and the Goodfella's promotion team. All credit goes to their respective owners and I have been given permission to repost the images above, I am simply documenting my merchandise collection and not using any of this for profit.

[victorluvsalice]

Valicer Not-Incorrect Quotes, Christmas Edition

Victor: [knocking on Smiler's door with Alice] Smiler? Are you ready to go?

Smiler: [flings opens the door, sporting a bright yellow Santa hat, sparkly red and green eye makeup, a yellow sweater with purple snowflakes, and black pants featuring embroidered red and green light strings with real flashing lights in them] Hello, my lovelies! I bring the spirit of the season with me!

Alice: ...the spirit of the season is making my eyes bleed.

Smiler: That's an important Christmas tradition, let's go.

--

Victor: [enters Smiler's living room area to find them setting up a bright yellow Christmas tree] ...

Smiler: [looks over] What's up?

Victor: ...you really -- of course you do, why would I assume you'd have a green Christmas tree.

Smiler: Yeah, do I look like Thirteen? Now help me get this thing into the stand, it's being difficult.

--

Smiler: [arriving back at the trio's house post-everyone moving in together] Hey! I'm back!

Alice: [emerging from the kitchen to greet them] Welcome home -- Victor's currently making sure the gingerbread doesn't burn, but he'll be --

Alice: [pause, sniffs the air]

Alice: [knowingly] Ah. Peppermint latte season then?

Smiler: We had a special promotion so I'm probably going to smell like this until Easter, yeah.

--

Smiler: [noodling around on their drum set] Hey, you guys want to hear me play my special version of "Little Drummer Boy?"

Victor: Sure. [sits down on the couch]

Alice: [joining him] If you'd be so kind.

Smiler: My pleasure! [starts playing the familiar rhythm as they sing the song]

Victor & Alice: [listening attentively, smiling]

Smiler: [singing in time with their drum beats] ~I played my drum for Him pa-rum-pum-pum-pum; I played my best for Him, pa-rum-pum-pum~

Smiler: [segues into a solo that -- sounds rather different from the traditional pa-rum-pum-pum-pum beat]

Alice: [raises an eyebrow]

Victor: [looks confused -- and then something clicks, and he groans into his hands] Oh, you didn't...

Alice: ?

Victor: [singing along to the beat] ~Never gonna run around, and desert you~

Alice: [immediately whipping around to glare at Smiler]

Smiler: [big shit-eating grin] If Victor can make a classical piano version --

--

Emily: [coming into Galactica's living room, with Victoria, Victor, Alice, and Smiler in her wake] Hello all! We're here! We brought snacks!

Galactica: [getting up from the couch where she was sitting with Oblivion, Rita, and Thirteen] Hi! Thanks for coming!

Thirteen: [also getting up] Whatcha got?

Victoria: [proudly showing off a bunch of marshmallow snowmen with things like pretzel arms and licorice scarves] I found how to make them online -- aren't they cute?

Galactica: Awww, they're adorable.

Oblivion: Perfect -- we're doing Hallmark tonight.

Thirteen: [beaming] Yeah, I can't wait to get out the hot chocolate and drown Frosty.

Victoria: [stares at her with wide eyes]

Thirteen: What?

Victoria: [sternly, holding the tray protectively against herself] No.

Victor: [puzzled] Victoria, that was literally a serving suggestion on the site you found them on.

Victoria: No.

Alice: We brought them to be eaten. That was the whole point.

Victoria: I will fight you all to protect these snowmen.

Smiler: I love how you think that is a deterrent with my friends.

Rita: [cracking her knuckles with a grin] Yeah, bring it on.

--

[the trio are listening to "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" on the radio]

Smiler: Would you like to know a fun fact about this song?

Alice: Hit us.

Smiler: Okay, so, while the short itself is narrated by Boris Karloff, this song isn't sung by him -- instead it's sung by a guy named Thurl Ravenscroft.

Victor: ...Well, I don't think I can ever complain about my middle name again. Who names their child Thurl?

Smiler: That bit I don't know, but do you know what Thurl's most famous voice acting role is?

Alice: I do not, but I suspect it's something gothic.

Smiler: Nope -- Tony the Tiger. As in Frosted Flakes's Tony.

Alice: What.

Victor: Really??

Smiler: Yup! And, thanks to one of the most popular tumblr blogs commenting that it sounds like Tony's breakup song to The Grinch, and someone else then drawing that -- well, there's now a Tony/Grinch fandom.

Alice: [laughing] Oh my God.

Victor: [also laughing] This is why tumblr is the most bizarre place on the internet. How do you get a weirder ship than that?

Smiler: [beaming] Well, there's Batman -- as Bruce Wayne -- being the side piece of Miss Piggy and Kermit. Also found on tumblr!

Victor: [shaking his head] I shouldn't have asked.

Alice: At this point, to get stranger, someone's going to have to throw together some random video game character, a stop-motion puppet, and a roller coaster.

Smiler: Trust me, I'm sure somebody's done that.

--

[colourstreakgryffin]

This may be a rather weird ask/request to attempt but I love how you write and figured I'd tried!

If you can, may I request an Alastor x reader (your choice on romantic or platonic) based around the whole concept of "an unstoppable force meets an immovable object". Basically always smiling Alastor meets a sinner who self proclaims that they can't smile and Alastor does everything in his power to make them smile once.

If you can't do it, I completely understand!

Oooh! Okay. Okaaay! I can try this out. It may be a bit odd and I can see whatcha mean. Reader/Leitora doesn’t smile, Alastor tries to make them smile but it just doesn’t work. If that’s what you mean, I get it! And it’ll be platonic since you know, easy for this situation! Sorry but I can’t write a lot here so it’s kinda short…

Alastor- Smile, my Dear

Alastor has never felt so stunted yet so interested in the same time… you don’t smile, he has never seen a single bit of a grin on you. A brand new Hotel client that has even admitted openly you don’t smile. He has only ever seen such a neutral deadpan or a straight-up scowl

And he doesn’t like that at all… he doesn’t like it

“Come now, darling. Why always the frown? You’d look so much better with a smile”

You just ignore his ‘request’ and continue frowning… how wonderful. Not only does he have one annoying non-smiler, he now has two and that drives him up the wall…

Alastor does subtle but obvious tricks to make you smile, making you say specific phrases that’d always illicit a smile upon saying, giving out bad dad jokes when least suspected. Many things and all fail, which frustrates him but he is too much of a stubborn prideful man to quit

Alastor wonders why you even decline smiling. What’s wrong with smiling? Did somebody suck all the happiness out of you or something. There has be a reason behind it and he’ll dig it out of you one day

Alastor always does things for you. He gives you food, he gets you unimportant items, he does all of this to see he can draw out, even the smallest grin and whilst, he is confident he’ll succeed everytime… he doesn’t and it drives him mad

Alastor is enamoured just by your lack of grins. He doesn’t love you but he is in love with the challenge and the work of making you smile. Even threatening does nothing, you don’t respond to even him threatening to harm you if you don’t smile

How is even it possible?

Nevertheless, Alastor won’t give up and he will keep trying until he wins but he is unaware that you’re not budging against his attempts

“Look, my dear. Isn’t that funny? Hmm… you’re laughing but you’re not smiling… that’s so odd”

[natjennie]

mez ken asking if adam wants to be evil is so good. this episode fucking rules.

fuckign christ sailor is such a good leech bluff oh my god.

[cazzyf1]

Some of my favourite quotes from David Benson's 'Hunt v Lauda'

'He was nursing a toy yellow-eyed gorilla which made alarming noises and clapped a pair of cymbals attached to its hand.

"Whats with the gorilla?"

James looked tired. "It's called smiler. Alistair and Teddy gave it to me to celebrate my championship."

Teddy smiled benignly: "The gorilla was not very popular in first-class lounge I'm afraid."

"No," said James, "and they wouldn't let me blow my whistle either." He produced a police whistle and blew it.' - p7

"When we boarded the plane, he (James Hunt) insisted on joining mechanics in touring class until the lights were turned down for passengers to sleep." - p8

"Niki had always wanted to marry Mariella but she had refused to do so until he had become world champion." - p21

"The unsuspecting young actress Marlene Knaus was going to endure a trial that few women, even with a tremendously experienced and well-founded background, could have endured." - p21

"I telephoned James Hunt in Johannesburg where he is preparing for the South African Grand Prix. He told me, "I have been in daily contact with Susy and am fully informed about what is going on. I wouldn't stop her getting a divorce. I am trying to help her as much as I can so that she makes the right decisions. Obviously if she wanted to come back to me, I would help her do that." - p40

"I walked out of the dinning-room to an annexe alongside it, and sitting in the corner with a lady I didn't know was Niki Lauda; he smiled and asked a Carol and me to join him for a cup of coffee. He introduced the girl alongside him very simply, "This is my lady," She was, of course, Marlene Knaus, a very beautiful girl, with her hair in a rather severe style, brushed back, and a bun on the top of her head. We had a long chat about seat belts - both were empathetically in favour (that evening the house of commons in the UK were debating on making seatbelts in cars compulsory) - but the important thing was that I established a friendly relationship with Marlene when other people on the racing circuit cold-shouldered her, thinking she was merely some local pick-up. In fact, she and Niki were planning to get married as soon as they flew back from South Africa." - p44

"The main topic of conversation was the break-up of the long relationship between Niki Lauda and Mariella. Helen (Stewart) offered, with the best possible intentions, to get in touch with both Mariella and Niki is necessary to heal the breach. Having seen how close Niki and Marlene were in South Africa, I doubted if this were possible. As it turned out, a day after we had our discussion in Nina's home, Niki went quietly to a register office near Vienna and married Marlene." - p47

"He tried awfully hard not to hurt me." - (Susy about James) - p58

"James was standing right alongside me. Tears welling in his eyes. "It's stupid," he said, "It does not affect the performance of the car or make it any faster. Not even the Ferrari team protested and they were the ones who have the most to win..." - p62

"It was in triumph, therefore, that Hunt, six weeks before his 29th birthday, left for Britain in preparation for the John Player Grand Prix at Brands Hatch. With good humour and in high spirits, he took part in an event before the race and revealed another facet in his talents. It was at the Albert Hall at the Grand Prix Night of the Stars, a concert in aid of the Graham Hill Memorial Fund. The hall was packed with evening-suited celebrities who had paid up to £500 for a private box. Hunt was introduced by astronomer Patrick Moore who had just done a soft-shoe shuffle. Suddenly, Moore reached for a trumpet left behind on the bandstand by Chris Barber, who had done an earlier turn. "You're supposed to be good at blowing your own trumpet," he said, "so try this one." The audience dutifully laughed expecting a knockabout comedy turn. But Hunt took the trumpet, the studio band started to play and Hunt's clear, clean notes echoed through the vast auditorium. It was a memorable moment. When the audience realised that Hunt was playing for real, they roared their approval and then sat in silence as James plaved like a professional. Hunt's brother, Peter told me later: "I had a hell of a job convincing the BBC, who were recording the show, that James really was a good enough trumpet player to perform on TV. He learned to play at about 12 or 13 when he was at Wellington. He was in the school orchestra and the school band and played solo at concerts. Stuart Turner, Public Affairs Director of Ford of Britain, had a box at the Albert Hall. He turned to me after Hunt had finished his solo and said: "Now I have seen everything: James Hunt playing the trumpet at the Albert Hall we'll have Niki Lauda doing a comedy act next." - p73-4

"Niki himself, having almost killed himself in a first-lap accident there in 1974, has always campaigned against the Nurenburgring. He argued that the 1976 German Grand Prix should be switched to the Hockenheim Ring, a purpose-built circuit with outstanding safety facilities installed after the death there of Jim Clark in 1968. But Lauda was reviled by the Germans for his attempt. In practise at Nürburgring spectators displayed a huge poster of Lauda and his car. Across it was written, 'Lauda 20 kilometres per hour. Aus.' Ring bystanders are hard on anyone threatening the thrill of the race." - p80

"Sunday's race day was altogether depressing from the start. The young American driver Brett Lunger had heard the night before that his father had died unexpectedly in the United States and Brett decided to stay and go on with the race before returning home. It was to be a vital decision in the saving of Niki Lauda's life." - p81

"Jackie had a remarkable story to tell that Niki's agents had telephoned him soon after the crash and asked him to appear at a promotion for a new line of jeans which were being marketed in Niki's name. Jackie refused, saying he would only appear with Niki's permission. Niki was telephoned and they were told that he was determined to be there himself." - p86-7

"What would the situation be if Niki was fit to drive and Ferrari still wouldn't come to the track?" I asked Alastair, without hesitation he replied: "We will lend him a car so he and James can fight it out." - p89

"Then Niki arrived in his Jaguar with Marlene and Willi Dungl, his masseur/confidant, the man responsible for building Niki up physically in preparation for the race. There was a last-minute panic when it was discovered that Dungl had left his passport back at the house but he had an identity card and Niki knew that with Ferrari influence we would have no trouble getting Willi into Italy. Niki insisted on carrying out all the check-out procedures himself and we made a beautiful take off from Salzburg Airport." - p95

"At one point I was asked if I wanted to see a priest. So I said: "OK." He came in, and gave me my last rites - crossed my shoulder - and said "Goodbye My friend". I nearly had a heart attack! I wanted someone to help me live in this world, and not pass into the next." - p98

"I was watching his wife Marlene's eyes as she protectively, solicitously, studied her husband. She seemed almost proud of his scarred features." - p101

"A beautiful elegant grey/green-eyed young woman by the name of Marlene Knaus enjoyed life of a promising screen actress and model. A member of one of the most respected families in Austria she fitted easily into the jet set world of show business. She moved easily too in the rarefield world of medicine in which her grandfather was a renowned gynaecologist and in the artistic circles into which she was born as the daughter of a famous painter." - p101

"I used to smoke maybe one or two cigarettes a day, but from the time of the accident I have become a chain smoker. I know that this is not good for my health but it helps me through the crisis." Niki does not smoke and he says that this fact helped him recover from his lung injuries, but he does not reprove Marlene for smoking." - p102

"Marlene is a delightfully warm person. Her handshake is firm. Her eyes are steady and constant. They are the eyes of a woman who could inspire a man to great things, and she likes to touch the person that she is talking to. She looks at her husbands scarred face and gently strokes it." - p103

"Hunt, who had trotted through the driving rain along the length of the pits to salute the supreme courage of his world title rival Niki Lauda." - p104

"I just wish there bad been no accident, no disqualifications, no aggrevation, and Niki and I were fighting it out fair and square on the track. After what Niki has achieved, he deserves that at least. What Ferrari have done is to devalue the world championship and to cloud Niki's brave recovery. His recovery is absolutely amazing and he really is fit again." - p125

"His wife Marlene was happy with his decision. She had said earlier; "When he got into the car and drove away, I wanted to throw myself in front of it and stop him." - p140

"All Hunt knew was that he had to pass everything in sight. It took him two laps to catch and pass Alan Jones in the Surtees. Now he was fourth. Almost on the same bend he came upon Regazzoni in the Ferrari. Would the Swiss Italian let him through or hold him back? Ostentatiously Rega moved over and waved Hunt through ar a point where the Ferrari pit could clearly see his manoeuvre. As Rega passed his pit he gave them the two finger sign to show his disapproval that he had been dropped from the team for 1977." - p142

[simmingnate]

Construction work, you say? Why, yes!

It might seem like the extension was done for the benefit of the Pepperlets, but let me assure you, that was simply an accidental by-product of Beverlee and Don favouring Guyee (and themselves).

Don's first big paycheque went to good use!

The extension gives everyone more space, and the Pepperlets a little bit of the privacy they crave… but not from each other.

Daphnee can practice her cheerleading on the roof, and there's even a computer for Davee to research, and for Destinee to do... whatever it is she does.

And what of the Pepperlets' old bedroom? 🤔

Well, that has quite a cute new resident… and no, I'm not talking about Daddee Don.

Although Daddee Don really is bringing the hunk factor to an all-time high, wiggly lil' Guyee Peppers is sending my ACME brand Cute-Detector into overload! Just look at that face! It's a face even his own mother could love. Maybe. In time. Under the right circumstances…

While her pregnancy had her full of happy hormones, after-birth Beverlee is finding it a lot harder to connect to baby Guyee.

Sure, he's cute, of course he is! He's got the hottest parents this side of Del Sol Valley! But ultimately, he is just another annoying baby. Sigh!

But hey, just because Beverlee can't vibe with him, doesn't mean we have to miss out on some adorable infant time. He's a foodie! He's a smiler! He hates waking up! He's Guyee Peppers!

In fact, he is also my first ever infant! And this is my 1000th Beverlee screenshot! Woo! 🥳

[captain-mj]

Hmmmm

*eyes your skull like a piece of candy*

HMMMMMMM....backrøøms?

Of course!! Here's a little check in on all of the real people

Previous part

"Gaz, how copy?" Price spoke into his comms.

"Doing good, sir." He knew immediately by the way he spoke he was not doing well. Gaz always tried to be more casual when he was nervous.

"You're doing great, Kyle. We can stay on the comms together if you want?"

"I'm fine, Captain."

"Kyle..."

"Sir, please. I really am fine. This place just... unsettles me."

"Understood, keep moving." Price hadn't been able to get in touch with Alejandro or Rodolfo since entering. He hadn't managed to get Soap since their brief conversation at the beginning.

This place had been... more unsettling than he had first expected. That was for certain. It made something in his brain itch. The endless hallways seemed to spin if he stood still too long.

He turned around and saw something staring at him. It looked like a human. Vaguely. But its hair was messy and long, almost touching the ground. And it walked on all fours, almost limping as it did.

It stopped when it saw him looking. He looked away for just a second before looking back. As expected, it had started running closer, pausing only when it locked eyes with him again. A rather twisted game of red light green light. He lifted his gun but it showed no fear of it. Only his eyes.

He shot it anyway. It bled where the bullets hit, but it did not move.

Price slowly turned on his radio, tuning in to the main line they had been told about. "I'm looking at a man on all fours. Someone give me some answers."

"Met the Hound huh? Luckily there's just one. Keep eye contact with it and round a corner. Easiest way to lose it."

"What does it just fucking despawn?" Fear trickled down the back of his throat. When he blinked, it would shift forward, slow and steady.

"Yeah, basically. The theory is it runs away, but we have no fucking clue. Thing is tricky."

"What else is down here?"

"Smilers. Carnivorous Balloons. Mimics. Bone Thieves."

"How many are bullet proof?" Price started slowly backing up.

"Just Smilers and the Hound. Just be careful and you'll be fine."

"Fuck you."

"You guys asked to come down here."

Price switched his radio back and continued backing away. He rounded the corner and counted to five. He looked back and nothing was there.

Price found his exit and finally landed in a neon museum. It was pretty. Rather unsettling though. He saw a buffet and went over cautiously. A note had been left.

"Food safe to eat" Followed by the seal the lady had told them belongs to their company.

Yeah, right. He wasn't trusting shite from them.

-

Gaz needed to focus. The talk with Price helped but he needed to get out of there. His own walk through the hallways wasn't too bad. He found some dents in the walls and wondered if Ghost had put them there.

He escape and found himself in his childhood home. It was exactly as he remembered.

A bed with blue sheets with little dots on it. Soft blanket with his favorite cartoon characters. Little origami whales hanging from the ceiling that he and his mom had made together that his dad hung up. He hugged himself. It wasn't long after this that his mom left them. Then his dad had been different. Never hit him or abused him. But he had been... different.

Gaz had felt bad when he left at 18. He tried not to think about the call where they told him his dad shot himself.

The room made him feel safe, even if he kept thinking of those memories.

Nostalgia filled his brain like cotton. All he could think about was how much he wanted to lay down. Everyone was still lost. No one would even notice if he slipped away for a few minutes.

Gaz put his head on the pillow and grabbed the dinosaur stuffed animal he had loved as a kid. He still had it. Old and worn and faded. It normally sat at his flat at home, but occasionally, he took it on deployment if he knew he'd be going back on leave soon. This one looked like it was brand new. Soft and bright colored.

Gaz didn't want to leave. He didn't want to go back to fighting yet.

-

Alejandro had ended up in the same museum. He had found the first enemy besides the mimics.

Fucking balloons. Nasty assholes they were. If you got too close, they leapt at you and tried to eat you. A single bullet got rid of them but this place was full of them. There was a room full of them. Bunches of balloons on every table.

Alejandro just shut the door and kept moving. He heard someone down the hallways and immediately put his gun up.

"Hey, if you're friendly, avoid the goddamn balloons."

"Colonel Vargas?" Price sounded relieved.

"Captain Price." Alejandro said evenly.

Price rounded the corner and started walking to him and Alejandro made a big show of getting his gun ready to shoot. "Not so fast, hermano. Don't know if you're aware of the problem we having going on."

"Problem?" He eyed the gun in Alejandro's hand.

"Just got off the call with Rodolfo. Things are stealing people's face. Their voices. Trying to pretend to be them. No real way to tell." Alejandro hummed. "Cut your hand."

"Alejandro. I'm doing that."

Alejandro shot him. Black blood hit the ground. He kept moving. It was a simple question. He knew how most of them would react so when they acted out of the ordinary, he shot them. Easy.

They couldn't get personalities down.

Alejandro lost track of time in this place. The only thing keeping him sane was Rodolfo in his ears, keeping him updated. He wondered, very briefly, if this was the real Rodolfo. After thinking about it, he assumed he must be. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have told him about the creatures to begin with.

Still. He kept the thought in mind with every false Rodolfo he shot. He didn't look at those when he shot them. That was one face he didn't want to see covered in blood.

Eventually though, he did find the real Price. He knew as soon as he whipped out the knife to cut himself, but he still let him do it first. When the blood ran red, he nodded.

"I'm assuming you've encountered the mimics?"

"And balloons that try to take a chunk out of ya."

-

Rodolfo sat alone on his stand. He had lied to Soap. Just a little. He had been dropped at a perch twenty feet above the water and after sitting up here as long as he had, he knew he couldn't drop down.

The shadows were more than just shadows. They were eels. Or tendrils. Or hell, maybe just living ink. The water bubbled with their mass and they had gathered for the moment he came down.

Rodolfo shot at them occasionally, but it wasn't organized. He was plotting for now. If worse comes to worse, he goes back to the first floor and try to find a new exit.

For now, he wanted to stay here. He could focus on coordinating his team. Gaz had told him he had went up against more mimics. Price had told him he hadn't seen anything. And Alejandro had apparently fought some balloons. Weird.

He tried to contact the main line but he got no answer. If they were purposefully ignoring him or just couldn't hear him, he did not know.

One of the shadows reached for him, but it couldn't get up the pedestal. Rodolfo shot it for trying.

His radio crackled for a moment.

"Rudy." Valeria sang softly. "Rudy."

Rodolfo closed his eyes, determined to not let whatever was observing him know that this was getting to him.

"Rudy. Are you having fun yet?" It distorted to the sound of the priest from the church his parents made him go to as a child. Rodolfo covered his ears.

The thing laughed. Like the crunching of a car crash.

He was in hell. This had to be hell.

There was no hope.

All was lost.

Rodolfo slapped himself as hard as he could and felt the thoughts melt in his brain and then flow out of his ears.

He looked at the water. The things had retreated, flowing away from his perch as if whatever had done that had scared them too.

Rodolfo knew he needed to get down. This was his opportunity. He waited until they had went out of his sight before jumping down.

The water was alive. It fought him every step of the way, trying to drag him and his gear down. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw them circling back.

Rodolfo grabbed the ledge at the end of the water and dragged himself out. At the very last second, one wrapped around his ankle, trying to drag him back in. He kicked but there was no leverage. No handholds he could grab.

So he switched to shooting it. It recoiled but another tried to grab him.

He managed to get back just in time and stand up, panting.

"Estúpido hijo de puta." Rodolfo hissed at them before straightening up. "Hope you know Spanish."

[battlevann]

fucking look at it. look at how beautiful it is.

i used to have like a really really deep fixation on the smiler in elem school and then it punched me full force in middle school

anyways im bringing this up because i found my old oc based off it and now i need to redesign him

bbg why do you LOOK like THAT

this post is made slightly funnier when you realize i am genuinely terrified of rollercoasters irl

[knightobreath]

time to strawpage

since my inbox is still kind of really broken and im gonna close it again so im gonna be answering stuff from my strawpage

mepad (slanted) i love him.

im stealing this for my branding. Evil laugh

the happy smiler!! :)

these drawings are actually so adorable...tragig story though,..

that is the most miserable and goopy cat i have ever laidmy eyes on.

a balloon! how joyous!

youre right. because i have a terrible fear of being wrong. and also because i can barely make out (haha get it)whats happening in the background. did you steal comicy's bitch or is thatcomicy. either wayt i love how comicy looks

WHAT HTE SIGMA!!!! GAY PEOPLE?!?!!? squishesthem like bugs

you and so many other people . idont get it. why does confessiony get so many Bitchs

ummmm

thats okay i appreciate the zerta anyways. love u zerta

awww :3 !!

[bronson4444the2nd]

Due to the fact Hasbro owns both the transformers & power rangers brand,and Hasbro has been doing an crossover toyline with multiple brands with the transformers. It seems obvious that they should do a crossover figure between the 2 brands. The difficult part is: how do you make 2 different transforming robot brands cross over when they both handle it so differently?

I think there are 2 options,both will be using the original Mighty morphing power rangers sense that's the most recognized of the multiple series.

1: A box set where each zord can transform into there own separate figure,maybe make them resemble the ranger that pilots them for consistency, wether they can still combine into the Megazord is up to Hasbro.

Or

2: A box set of the classic zords,but with a bonus Optimus prime figure that can replace the Red Tyrannosaurus in combined form, smiler to the dragon zord. Call it Megazord prime or something.

[21stcenturyschizoidfag]

ur trademark is highkey ur username… every time I send one of your posts to my GC everyone rejoices and goes “ITS SCHIZOIDFAG!!!”

ok i lied this turned me into a bigtime smiler because you send my posts to your groupchat...? (blushing) (flipping hair behind me) thank you anon for enjoying my offerings here... i love being the schizoid fag and im glad others enjoy my brand of silliness :))

[thevalicemultiverse]

Smiler: [pouts] Only 5%?

Victor: Smiler.

"Congratulations, you are a statistical improbability! To be born, on this day, in that year, in universe, within that part of the galaxy, on that planet...[Letter continues to denote place of birth in increasing specificity]...is nothing short of a miracle! And that makes you special :). In celebration of this, enjoy this delightful confectionary! Signed, Dr. Daniel B. Arkham, P.H.D."

*The letter is accompanied by a package of small, blue gummy mushrooms. Somehow, they pulse with a dim light. A label on the package reads "Gummy Glowshrooms, Raspberry Flavor"*

Alice: [looking between the letter, which is freakishly specific about the circumstances of her birth, and the softly glowing gummy mushrooms] I am -- concerned, to understate the matter most grossly.

Victor: [also looking at the package] I -- I assume they're not radioactive?

Smiler: I really, really want to eat one.

Alice: Please don't until we find a way to guarantee they're safe for consumption.

[victorluvsalice]

Sims 4 Valicer Outfit Fun

So, as I said at the end of last week’s “episode” of the Chill Valicer Save, the next scheduled update, of the gang celebrating SimCity Founding in San Sequoia, is actually better-suited to be posted NEXT week, as it would fall then between 4th of July (the holiday SimCity Founding is based on) and Victor and Alice’s wedding date (for reasons to be explained in the update ;) ). So this week, I’m doing a post showcasing some new Smiler looks I made recently while saving an all-human Valicer trio to my Gallery (with the Smiler I mentioned curing of vampirism with MC Command Center back in the “Happy Smiler Creation Day” post), along with a couple of Victor and Alice looks! :)

First up, we have another variant on the Valicer In The Dark AU Smiler look -- this time we have the black hat, the yellow vest, AND the yellow shoes! And also that one bracelet that seriously looks a bit like something they’d make as official Smiler merch. XD I think this is pretty much the “final” VITD look for Smiler, though don’t quote me on that. :p

Here’s another idea for a “formal” Smiler look I came up with while playing around with some of the new clothes from the recent packs -- I’m like 99% certain that ruffled yellow shirt is from High School Years. It’s got some good vibes, but I’m not sure about the pure black shoes paired with those pure black pants. It feels a little too samey. Plus I wish the top hat was in a swatch other than “brown.”

There’s a similar problem with this “fancy party” Smiler look -- I really like the fancy purple vest and yellow tie combo, but those black pants and shoes. . .little too plain for my liking! That being said, I like the eye makeup I gave Smiler in this outfit --

Something about that soft pinkish-purple “glow” really suits them, I think! Though maybe for this outfit it should be a tad darker. . .we’ll see what happens as I continue playing around with stuff!

An “athletic” Smiler, with a neon-yellow hoodie and bright yellow sneakers I knew I had to use for them. I’ve been trying to get them more “yellow and black” looks to go with The Smiler’s official color scheme -- a process hindered by the fact that The Sims 4 doesn’t have a lot of great yellow swatches. And sometimes a really good item in yellow is paired with another item in a not-so-good color. *sigh* I really wish layered items, like shirts and vests, had swatches you could customize separately! Meh.

On the other hand, the sweater in this winter look is totally them. XD Not totally sold on the pants, but the bright yellow boots are nice, and of course I like the hat, given I used it earlier in their VITD look. :p

And here’s a very casual Smiler more appropriate for the summer heat -- perhaps the shirt is a bit paler than I’d like, but it’s got a good “chill” vibe! And I like the black sneakers with the colorful shiny stripes on them. :)

Onto some Victor looks, with one that I was playing around with trying to find a VITD outfit for him. It’s a little monochrome (which, uh, I guess DOES suit his source material), but it’s got a good vibe of “was once more formal, is now a little more casual“ with the open collar and whatnot. I tend to lean toward vest-based outfits for Victor, given he’s originally from a Victorian-esque film and sometimes it can be hard for me to picture him in more casual wear.

Case in point, I’m not sold on the belted jeans here, but the blue vest with its little stripey tie works for me! I tend to default to putting Victor in blue if he’s not in black or grey -- he feels like a “blue” person to me.

Okay, I’m not sure this one is really Victor, but I honestly love how silly he looks, especially with the shades. XD It’s like, he’s trying just that little bit too hard to be cool. In all senses of the word. XD

And now onto Alice looks -- though this first one, as you can see, is less of a “look” and more be playing around with body details. Specifically, this is me slapping on one of the new birthmarks in “skin details” on her shoulder because I think, in that particular color variant, it might sub nicely for the burn scar I’ve always headcanoned her having there. The actual body scars from Werewolves never fit because those were explicitly claw and bite marks, but this. . .yeah, it at least has the right vibes! Though, of course, if anyone can point me to any actual scars that might look more like burn scars, I’m all ears.

This was a “party” look I played around with for her -- I’m not totally sold on it, but I do kind of like how this dress, at least on the top, has sort of the opposite vibes from her standard Wonderland outfit. And it’s a good color combo for her!

And here we have a summer look for a more modern Alice -- I think this is a dress she’d wear, and the white-framed sunglasses go well with it! Though I just realized, the color scheme actually roughly matches Victor’s summer outfit above. XD Well, they do say that couples do tend to start dressing alike. . .

And yeah, that is your lookbook for this week! Hope you enjoyed, and hopefully I shall see you next week for SimCity Founding shenanigans in the Chill Valicer Save! :)

[thesmilerofficial]

What would the American smiler be called and what would it look like

EXACTLY THE SAME BUT IT'S WALMART BRANDED PROBABLY 8)

[beardedmrbean]

Finnish President Alexander Stubb's quips on alcohol and double-entendre Estonian words during his state visit to Estonia were not too well-received by some Estonians and Finns, according to an Iltalehti report.

Finnish experts on Estonia suggested to Iltalehti that the jokes were outdated, and hearkened back to the alcohol tourism of the 1990s.

At a dinner on Monday evening at the Tallinn cruise terminal, Stubb mentioned his playlist of Estonian artists like Eleryn Tiit, Stefan and Karl-Erik Taukar. He noted that Taukar has a song called 'Cuba Libre' and Smilers has a song called 'Mojito.'

Stubb then quipped in English, "I wonder when Eleryn Tiit will release a song called Viru Valge?" This remark was met with awkward chuckles, particularly from the Estonians. Viru Valge is a popular Estonian vodka brand.

In his speech, Stubb also mentioned Estonian words that mean something entirely different in Finnish. One of them was 'ämmä' which Stubb explained means a grumpy old woman in Finnish.

Tapio Reini, editor-in-chief of the Finnish-language radio station SSS-radio in Estonia, was among those who felt Stubb's jokes were distasteful and outdated.

"The rule of thumb is that if a Finn starts telling alcohol jokes in Estonia, they always backfire," said Jari Havia, a Finnish non-fiction writer specializing in Estonia.

On Tuesday, Stubb visited the Rakett69 science studio in Tallinn, where Estonian IT guru Taavi Kotka introduced the HK Unicorn Squad, an initiative promoting women in tech. To this, Stubb quipped, "In Finland, the name HK is already claimed by sausage."

This particular HK sausage also represents an unfortunate chapter in Finnish-Estonian economic history, as HKScan, the manufacturer of the HK sausage, owned production units in Estonia for over 20 years but ultimately withdrew from Estonia and the Baltics.

Parties say EU must pay for border fence

The EU should pay for a fence to be built on Finland’s eastern border — this was the opinion of the representatives of all nine parliamentary parties in Ilta-Sanomat’s European election debate on Tuesday.

The debate at Sanomatalo in Helsinki featured several votes where participants displayed their stance on various issues with yes or no placards.

Helsingin Sanomat reported that the question about funding the eastern border fence was the only one to receive unanimous support from all nine parties.

The question read: "Should the EU pay for a fence to be built on the eastern border?"

Those who raised the green placard were Petteri Orpo (National Coalition Party), Antti Lindtman (Social Democratic Party), Riikka Purra (Finns Party), Petri Honkonen (Centre Party), Li Andersson (Left Alliance), Sofia Virta (Greens), Anna-Maja Henriksson (Swedish People’s Party), Sari Essayah (Christian Democrats), and Harry Harkimo (Movement Now).

All parties were represented by their leaders at the event except the Centre Party, which sent former Culture Minister Honkonen.

After the vote, Finns Party chair and Finance Minister Purra said the EU’s border security funding instruments currently do not allow for funding of the fence from union funds, but hopes it could be possible in the future.

Purra added that Finland’s 1,300-kilometer-long eastern border cannot be protected entirely with fences and that such barriers are expensive. Fences are being built only in areas where the Border Guard deems them most beneficial.

The Border Guard plans to build about 200 kilometres of barrier fence on the eastern border from 2024 to 2026. In the first phase, a total of 70 kilometres of border fence will be built at border crossing points and their surrounding areas. The total cost of the project is estimated at 380 million euros.

End of Foodora market

Food delivery service Foodora plans to shut down its online grocery store, Foodora Market, in Finland, as reported by Taloussanomat.

Foodora Market's director Anni Ahnger confirmed to the paper that the company has started layoff talks with employee representatives aimed at ending Foodora Market's operations in Finland. The talks will potentially affect 80 employees.

The company has a total of seven Foodora Market stores in Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Espoo, Jyväskylä, and Oulu. Products could be purchased from these stores through the Foodora app and then delivered to the customer. The first Foodora Market opened in Helsinki in December 2020.

An Aamulehti report stated several reasons behind the closure of Foodora Markets, with consumers' price consciousness being one of them.

Online grocery shopping has also not developed as hoped in Finland after the boom during the Covid period, compared to other European countries, Ahnger told Aamulehti.

She added that the profitability of Foodora Markets in Finland is impacted by regulation. In Sweden and Norway, Foodora delivers alcohol, tobacco and pharmacy products.

Foodora Market will continue to operate normally in other countries.

Foodora, which is a part of the German group Delivery Hero, has faced significant financial losses in Finland over the past years. In 2022, the company reported a loss of approximately 15.5 million euros despite generating a turnover of around 175 million euros.

Finland among hottest in Europe

Finland is currently basking in some of Europe's warmest temperatures, as reported by commercial broadcaster MTV.

While southern and eastern Europe boast similarly warm or even hotter conditions, cooler air masses dominate in the west.

MTV Meteorologist Aleksi Jokela explains that the reason behind Finland's exceptionally warm May is a high-pressure area formed over northern and eastern Europe and Russia. Continuous cold air flows into Siberia through the high-pressure area, but the high pressure system transports warm heat masses from southern Europe to Finland via eastern Europe.

On Wednesday, some parts of Finland are expected to hit the 30-degree mark.

[straycalamities]

I NEED to know more about ace. I'm home of sexual for him

hee hee :-)))))))) okay have a lil summary rundown of the Lad

name: Ace Dale Miller age: (typically) early 30s pronouns: he/him identity: transgender panromantic asexual man birthday: June 7 height: 5'10" (177cm)

how he dresses: always nice, always sharp. any dishevelment is calculated. wears either real designer or fake designer depending on where he's at financially. typically blazers, loafers, and slacks, but will go e3 announcer w a tshirt, brand new sneakers, and jeans (underneath a blazer) sometimes. yknow. casual. sleeps in tshirt and sleep pants

alignment: (typically) true neutral religious beliefs: nonpracticing Christian (barely above the atheist line) hobbies: darts, flirting, mobile games, cards (games and tricks), being right and flaunting it habits/quirks: pops his gum, chews his food obnoxiously even while talking, fidgeting with pens (and other objects), drumming, leg bouncing likes: money, luxury, fame, attention, bars, casinos, winning, pop music, comedy, musicals, gold, the number 7, praise, compliments, did i say attention?, being catered to, travel, being right dislikes: being touched, his upbringing/hometown, certain drunks, being by himself, boredom, being quiet, extreme violence, being dirty, being ignored, physical labor, creepy crawlies fears: being irrelevant, growing old, ending up anything like his father, certain bugs aspirations: be so fucking rich and famous skills: silver-tongue, sleight-of-hand, street-wise, poker face, speeches, singing, thinking things through from a social/human standpoint, kinetic learner secrets: lol like...everything that isn't already on the surface. he's a very private person

typically carries: wallet, phone, keys, caffeine gum, deck of cards

personality traits: snarky, fake-smiler, egotistical, charming, charismatic, sarcastic, doesn't believe in scenarios where he'll lose, classist, hyperbolic, deflective, bratty, large ham, drama queen, people-smart, private, optimistic when it comes to himself, braggart, loud, stubborn, coward, smug, must be on top/right/the best, tsundere (once u reach that layer. honestly there's just a whole new slew of personality traits every time you break through one of his layers)

background summary: i wont get too into it bc :) secrets. but he's a rags-to-riches self-made man. forced to grow up way too early and clawed his way to the top. daddy issues.

favorite color: gold favorite band: 3Oh!3 favorite crooner: Frank Sinatra favorite music genres: pop, jazz, swing favorite games: poker, bejeweled, candy crush favorite food: deluxe cheeseburgers favorite drink: apple juice favorite movie: (uh...this is actually hard bc we wouldnt have the same taste at ALL so i havent seen...most of the movies i think he'd like LOLLL i'll just say Mean Girls because he does like it but i dont think it's his ultra fav)