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Who Can Apply To The TR To PR Pathway

The government of Canada provides an immigration option for many temporary residents in Canada called  TR to PR Pathway. The program is for certain temporary residents who are currently working and staying in Canada with their families. At Dastur Immigration Services, we can assist you and guide you to increase your chances of getting your permanent residency through this program.

Who Can Apply To The TR To PR Pathway

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has launched this program to create a pathway for certain temporary residents to get Canadian Permanent Resident  Status. You can check if fit broadly into one of three categories in order to apply for this program:

Requirements For TR To PR Pathway

Proof of Your Entry and Status in Canada: The applicant can submit a study permit to  work permit  as proof of their stay in Canada. Proof of Current Employment in Canada: A  reference letter from your current employer with the contact details of your current organization. Language Test Results: To prove your language efficiency, you need to submit the scores required for the pertinent stream (English or French). Immigration Medical Exams: The application for the Permanent Resident pathway requires applicants to submit Immigration Medical Exams. Family members also need to submit these documents. Police Certificates: The police certificate has to be added for the TR to PR Canada application.

[vers150516]

The day Max finally decides to retire, I’m of course going to be upset but I’m genuinely going to be so excited for him. We all know how much he’s looking forward to it and he can finally be free from all the pile ons from media and fans. For the first time he can just do what HE wants, when he wants.

I can already picture it. Him sitting on a beach somewhere with a gin&tonic and probably his own kids running around (while his 100cats are waiting at home). No more diet plans or strict workout routines (which we know he hates) and just living a quiet life surrounded by his family and friends.

He’ll of course go on to probably drive WEC, Le Mans and focus most of his time and money into forging a pathway from sim racing to real life motorsports.

And don’t get me wrong, Max is very clearly passionate about F1 but he hates everything that comes with it- fame, PR, the show element, the exposure. I think when he’s finally ready to leave it behind he’s going to feel a sense of freedom and god damn does he deserve it after everything he’s gone through.

[herejusttosufferalong]

Re: anon who said...

"I don’t see Shondaland/Netflix ever doing Promo as huge as this one ever again, honestly."

I know this sounds callous, however, I believe if they have willing actors, they would definitely continue with this line of PR.

Shondaland/Netflix do not care about manipulating fans to sell their product. In fact, that's the whole point of PR. They also do not care about 'blurred lines'. They wanted that for the show to assist with 'suspending disbelief' and it ran over into the PR tour as well. They are looking squarely at the numbers, the buy-in, which was hugely successful. It was the first time that Shondaland controlled the PR tour for Bridgerton - an audition if you will. They nailed it, and I suspect will continue down this pathway in future. But do I think LT or CJ will take it to the levels of N and L - no, I don't. For several reasons.

Shondaland/Netflix is overjoyed with N's participation during the PR tour and are publicly rewarding her, left, right and center. Less so for L, which I suppose brings up more questions. Although, tbf he hasn't really released anything for them to back or support at this stage.

Personally, the whole situation makes me feel uncomfortable, particularly with L's situation. If he felt any pressure to conceal A, that really would be peak disgusting behaviour from Shondaland/Netflix. Even still, he is his own person and we don't know exactly what kind of relationship he had with A at that stage (or even now, tbh).

Let me be very clear though. IMO, the success of the PR tour, was largely due to the authenticity of N and L's real connection. People can spot BS, and there were times, particularly with L, where he'd say something cheeky and a little disingenuous (e.g., knowing N's perfume, saying he gives her hugs all the time, etc.). Interestingly, N would always clarify the truth (e.g., 'do you really?', "well you don't like to give out hugs that much, but I'll often sidle up to you..."). She has a very attuned BS reader (which is probably why her friends are people like JVN and CW who don't seem to have much of a filter).

However, on the whole, L and N presented as genuine, even ott honest at times disclosing things that I haven't seen actors disclose before. What they have, their comfortability and warmth in each others presence, is magic. And yes, I use present tense because I still haven't seen anything of worth to shift my mindset.

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[allthecanadianpolitics]

its the trans us american anon from the other night; id first of all like to thank everyone who answered my previous ask. ive been thinking about going to college in canada (more specifically toronto) for a bit but havent looked into it as much as i probably should have, but based on a lot of the answers it sounds like it would be very financially straining. that being said, would anyone happen to know if it would be easier to immigrate with a student visa?

International Student tuition is higher in Canada compared to rates for Canadians, but American university tuition is a lot higher than Canada, so depending on the university you're looking for it might actually be significantly cheaper.

The University I went to, tuition is on average around $4500 for an undergraduate degree per year, and for International students is about $8500 per year. But the average tuition in the USA seems to range from $10k to 40K depending on if its public/private. The bigger universities in Canada have higher tuition but there are many medium sized ones of good reputation that are not very expensive.

This might be worth looking into as for your 2nd point:

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you can apply for immigration to Saskatchewan, you must determine if you meet the eligibility criteria for one of the province's immigration streams. The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) offers several categories, including the International Skilled Worker Category, the Saskatchewan Experience Category, and the Entrepreneur and Farm Category.

[landthatplane-blog]

Another steam of consciousness on Mr Daniel Ricciardo and no sleep so apologies in advance if things are a bit scattered.

A little scared to post because tags have been intense.

Anyways....

Happy for Daniel. Everyone criticized him for taking a break last year (which he clearly needed) and not taking a Haas/Williams seat. People thought that he thought he was too good. Well, he's now taking a seat at the last place team, to rebuild and prove himself. He sees a pathway, but he's taking the step down in hopes for a long view move. He is a multiple race winner and probably could have retired but of course, unfinished business. Beauty of the sport. The comeback. He's allowed the chance to rebuild and is literally starting with a back marker team now and knows he has to prove himself. But now, people are pressed he is in a seat. Again, obviously Red Bull see something in him. If they weren't seeing some indication - based on Red Bull's history of being cutthroat - this wouldn't be a conversation. Even on that Simon Rennie/RB podcast, Simon mentioned not wanting to basically lie or hype Daniel up if the results weren't there. There's a trust there. Luckily, they saw something. They literally can't hire Daniel solely for markeing/PR. Does it help? Of course. Everyone has to find value wherever they can. There's only 20 seats people have to take their opportunities where they can.

Alpha Tauri is a junior team narrative. It was but they've obviously repeatedly put out there they're looking for a restructure with one experienced driver and one younger, and they're going to be using Red Bull parts. Two young drivers (unless you're a generational talent like MV) could very well result in little to no points and they're dead last right now. Haas had to bring back two experienced drivers to make up for the previous years of two young drivers. They need an injection of experience.

Pay Driver - He has not had a family member nor a huge corporation buy his way into the sport. He's built a career where people are interested in him - over 10 years - how can people find a way to penalize that? Again, he can't win. Just because he can pull in interest from huge sponsors - again, after years of building a career, that's just the business. If it was based on that person's definition alone - Lewis, Lando would also be pay drivers. But it isn't based on that factor alone. There's so many factors.

A lot of people deserve things, but this is a competitive sport, so nothing is ever guaranteed. Liam may very well deserve a spot on the grid, but you could also say he never would have had this opportunity if not for DR's accident. Also, if he’s as great as people think he is - I’m not too worried for him. People keep going back to Alex Albon's appendix causing the string of recent events but sometimes I think - this all wouldn't have happened if Daniel hadn't left Red Bull in first place lol. Maybe he'd still have his Red Bull seat now! I don't mean that in a he shouldn't have left, just that his leaving kind of caused a similar effect and gave all these other people opportunities lol. But again, that's not really how it works. They're making decisions based on today's circumstances. And now, he's come back but has to re-earn his spot. His leg up is Christian Horner supports him, but he still has to perform to get back. Just think it's funny people are acting like, there won't be hard work or there's no talent (again, drivers don't forget how to drive). It's complicated and impossible to identify who "deserves" a seat more or less. So many variables and impossible to be definitive (the way some people speak as if they know everything/must be right). Guess, we could argue forever which is what's entertaining. That said....

Professionalism/Kindness. While I think everyone knows that the way McLaren handled Daniel's exit was in poor taste, never once did Daniel complain or make excuses. He was professional and continues to be. The results weren't there. When he was fired (let go, released), he understood it. Acknowledged the results weren't there and this was part of the sport (I'll get into that NY Times article another time - but it was clearly not for a lack of trying). Daniel called Oscar Piastri to tell him no hard feelings. Wanted him to still have a positive start. Even Checo has been asked about Daniel "coming after his seat" and presumably under a lot of pressure for 2025 and his response was also professional and an understanding of the sport. He said Daniel's a friend and there are only 20 seats, there's no hard feelings. It's up to him (Checo) to perform. They all understand. Nobody inherently deserves or is guaranteed a seat. Wish some fans would understand. If the drivers aren't publically pressed about it themselves - maybe everyone just calm down. People are just so nasty, and without actually knowing all the information. Twitter/X is the worst. This should be fun, juicy, competitive but no need to bring hate or be nasty.

That's all for now🤷🏻‍♀️. As always, happy to discuss but please be kind (or funny).

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Obedient Chapter 18

Roman Roy x fem! reader

Summary: Kendall's attempt to recruit the family to join him had desperately failed. Roman and you recover from his insecurity issues.

TW: Logan Roy, parental trauma, verbal abuse, panic attacks

WC: 5.6K

Notes: As soon as I was about to post Tumblr was down!!!

Chapter 18: One Direction Interviews

After the media storm that was Kendall’s stunt against his father, work was a complete nightmare. You had left Roman’s apartment with him to only have to wait in the car for what seemed forever to have the guards clear the pathway for the both of you. The media hounded and shouted with protestors screaming horrific things. You kept your head low, grabbing onto Roman’s forearm in hopes of not getting lost in the crowd. “Fucking psychos…” Roman said to you loud enough for you to hear over all the yelling.

You both escaped the crowd and walked into the building to only see the horrors of the office as people were scrambling. “Fucking Kendall…” Roman was obviously annoyed. The office was trying to keep all its investors in place. It was bad enough that the scandal was getting to them, but a family member speaking against the company, the CEO, and his father made it worse. You sat in Roman’s office, making calls before being interrupted by Gerri. She had her phone in hand, clearly annoyed. “You both have issues. Right now.” She showed us her phone and saw another headline. But the headline read about Roman. You read the title, your heart sinking immediately after.

‘Roman Roy, Waystar CEO son, caught multiple times with young assistant.’

There had been photo after photo of the two of you, mostly from the night before and this morning of the two of you being close and sneaking off to go to Roman’s apartment. You had been named, with your age being prevalent in the story. The article went into detail about apparent sources finding out about the relationship early on along with lies. The lies just went into multiple inappropriate comments Roman had made towards you and a possible pressure to sleep with your boss. And worst of all, “Roman kissed her and got really mad when she rejected him. She felt like she needed to apologize to him by running to his house 2 days later. That’s the earliest I think their relationship started”. You felt sick. The article made it a point to constantly bring up your age difference about you being a broke out of college student, ‘just freshly 22’, as the article stated, and Roman being 36. The article was a complete smear campaign against Roman, essentially painting him off to be some kind of predator. You had no idea how anyone could’ve known this. Who the fuck could’ve gone to the press about this? There was only one person. Jess. You went into panic, standing up and pacing as Roman was still reading what was happening. “This is bad. We need to issue a public statement.” Gerri tried to find the best way to figure out how to stir this into a direction that could’ve been better. This only made the sexual assault scandals worse. Waystar made it a point to denounce the actions and compared it to something of the past, to only see that maybe the CEO’s son is also taking advantage of his power. “Where do you guys wanna go with this?” She asked. You had no idea. Roman just was going to listen to whatever advice the PR team had for the two of you.  “I’ll just send in Hugo and Carolina.” She mumbled before texting them to come in. They rushed in and sat on the couch that was in Roman’s office. This was probably the most anyone has ever even gone into his office.

Hugo sat you both down, your leg bouncing up and down nervously as Roman was oddly calm about it. He was only nervous about one thing, and it was his father. He knew Logan would be pissed about the article. But they didn’t have the heart to tell him yet. Not for a bit anyway.

“Okay, well I’m going to be completely honest with the two of you, this is bad. Especially now. This is the worst case scenario right now admit the scandal.” Carolina started as she scrolled past her notes. Hugo had already made a call to every major interviewer who didn’t belong to ATN. It would only raise suspicion if you, a member of the company, spoke to the company's news network. “Janice Reeds is coming in half an hour. We need to prep now.” Hugo announced.

“Wait- wait, what’s the move though? Gerri-“ You looked at her for help, but she shrugged. “Sorry- we only can make this public.” Hugo responded. “No, that’s smart. It’s the only option we have. I mean- these pictures date back pretty far.” Gerri shrugged. It was honestly the only thing you both could do. Roman’s hand covered his mouth, deep in thought as he stared at everyone. “So, you’re gonna have to talk to her and just make up some story about how you both got together. Just make this as fairy tale as you can.” Carolina chimed in. You glanced over at Roman, concerned about your life now being turned upside down. You never expected people to ever know who you were. Now everyone knows your name, age, where you work, and the person you’ve been practically seeing for months now. Worst of all, they know it was your boss. “How did it start?” Hugo asked. “Exactly like the article, except cut out all the rapey part.” Roman finally spoke up. He rubbed his forehead, looking at you apologetically, his eyes growing softer whenever he looked your way.

“Okay- well, that’s not good enough. We need to make this like it was her decision.” Carolina cut it off. Roman felt a sinking feeling of guilt of this ending up biting you so harshly. You nodded, trying to think of how you could make this sound good enough.

“Well- we could add some details to the account. Whoever it is, they know. They’ll know some details. Who have you both told?” Gerri asked you both.

You looked at Roman, wondering who he told. You knew he told Gerri, but it made you wonder who else he might’ve told. He had too big of a mouth.

“Oh, fuck off.” Roman responded to your fearful gaze. “I only told Gerri.”

“Are you sure though?” You tried to remind him.  You needed him to remember.

“I don’t have fucking memory loss.” His tone grew even more annoyed with your responses. You sighed in relief.

“I told Jess, but that’s only because she caught us.” You defended yourself.

“You both have not been very discreet about it. Trust us.” Carolina annoyed having to deal with one more scandal along with the shit storm of the Cruises scandal. This scandal only put more gas onto the fire than it was already. They tried to cover it as a few bad people in the past, but now it was the CEO’s son taking advantage of his power.

Not only that, but the age gap made it weirder for people on the outside. People tweeted things about it being predatory and borderline pedophilic, bringing Roman’s past relationships into it. One of the tweets read ‘reminder of how fucking creepy this is: he just entered high school when she was born’, while putting up young photos of Roman next to a picture of an ultrasound. Another one made it seem like he picked you out of a daycare center. Sure, they were funny, but not when thrown at your expense.

“How long have you all known?” You nearly yelled.

“I knew back in Dundee.” Hugo, softer with his tone, worried to offend you.

“It took you that long? I’ve known since Argestest.” Carolina shrugged. You pressed your head into your hands, completely stressed out. “You both were practically dry fucking the entire time.”

“Okay- fuck. So, what the fuck do we say?” You asked them, begging them to switch the topic.

“So, how did it actually start?” Gerri helped you out. “Okay, well after the dinner at the Pierce’s, we were hanging out and Roman kissed me. I reciprocated feelings and then I told him it was a bad idea. So, we weren’t on speaking terms… And then I went out, got drunk then went to Roman’s place at night and kissed him.” You tried to recall without getting too in-depth with everything, just trying to give enough to give them a story.

“Which I rejected, by the way.” Roman tried to chime in. “I put her to bed and got her some whatever she would eat.” He tried to save his reputation as it was being dragged through the mud on social media and all over the traditional media. But he was only preaching to people who didn’t even believe in what the media was saying.

“Yeah- he got me food and nut milk… so we then talked about it and decided to keep it a secret.” You added. Hugo got an idea out of it.

“Okay, so we can keep the small details of that. Add that story about Roman buying your food and whatever the fuck. People will eat that up. Just let’s say you made the move instead. And it started from there. You were there for him and you told him how you felt and then it started. There. Right?” Hugo looked at Carolina for advice. She nodded, trying to think harder if there could be cracks. “Okay- this could work. That could work…” She mumbled.

“She said she’s a block away. Okay, so just stick with the story. Uh- just bring up stupid memories you both have. I don’t know. Make it sound magical or something.” Hugo quickly said, trying to get ready for her appearance to come.

“It’s gonna be okay…” Gerri tried to reassure you before leaving you and Roman alone. Carolina had tagged along with Hugo.

“Are you doing alright?” You asked Roman. You knew this must’ve been just as hard for him as it was for you. He just quietly nodded, biting his bottom lip. “Do you think this is weird?” He wondered. It made him question himself. He was already known by so many people as a weirdo sex freak, but this might’ve proved it to people. “Huh?” Your eyebrows scrunched up, turning your body towards him.

He shrugged, letting out a breath. “Just- this. Whatever the fuck you wanna call this. Do you think it’s weird? Like am I some sex freak pervert?” He was genuinely questioning himself. You shook your head, grabbing his hand in yours. “No- It’s not. I’m literally an adult. They can’t say anything. It’s not like I’m freshly 18.” You tried to reason. Despite the rough patch you both went through; you were still very much in love. You just thought there was a lot of stuff to work on before getting back.

“You did say that last night. That this… was ‘not normal’.” He quoted you. You sighed, pinching your nose bridge. “Fuck- Roman… It isn’t, but it’s not weird. Plus you said fucking worse that night. Reminder.” You tried to defend yourself from Roman. “It’s out there already. Weird or not, this is going public. We have to put our shit aside to make this okay. Okay?” You asked him. “Okay- yeah- sure- fucking whatever…” He mumbled. It wasn’t only you who brought it up. Kendall did too. Along with Shiv. The only one who didn’t make fun of him for it was Connor. But Connor was paying for his clearly young girlfriend to give him a slight bit of attention. He stood up, pacing around. “Be honest. Is it fucking weird? Everyone thinks so. Do you?” He was stressed. He knew this was gonna go one or two ways. Either okay with people will going on his case about the weirdness of this relationship or either terrible and Logan was going to blame him.

“No- I really don’t think so. Listen- you’re a fucking asshole dipshit pervert. But- you don’t like underaged women. You like women of an appropriate age. You may be awful, but you are genuinely the nicest man I’ve ever been with. Ever.” You followed him, looking at him, hoping you convinced him to get out of his own head a little bit. “And despite being so incredibly pissed and annoyed with you, I still love you. Especially after defending me to Ken. I know it wasn’t easy.”

You reminded yourself how kind Roman was. Most people looked over his kindness with all the terribleness he’s done. But you knew he never had bad intentions.

You planted a kiss over his lips and pulled him into a hug. He rested his head on your shoulder, letting his guard down. But you heard a knock, seeing Hugo, Carolina, and a tall brunette woman in her 40s at the very least. “Oh hi, bad time?” She cracked a joke about interrupting an intimate moment with you and Roman. You shook your head no, pulling away from Roman. “No- no. It’s fine.” You tried to ease the awkwardness.

“Good.” She grinned before taking a seat on one of Roman’s chairs.

“Roman. Come on.” Gerri instructed him. “He’s not joining?” You asked, anxiousness kicking in. You did not want to be alone. You were hoping Roman would be there, but it made sense. It would seem like there was pressure. Gerri shook her head no. Roman kissed his hand, blowing you a kiss before leaving, once again hoping to see you smile. You did. You waved bye before they left. You sat down across from the interviewer, hands in your lap and legs crossed in hopes they wouldn’t shake. Anything could be used against you.

“Wow, you guys are very… in love.” She made a comment before pulling out her tape recorder to document every word you said with a notepad to track everything you did that wouldn’t be heard.

“Yeah...” You laughed, trying to keep up the façade. “He’s really great.” She had already hit record. She set the recorder on the table as she had pulled a pen out. “Have you ever done one of these?” She wondered. You shook your no, her writing down that you essentially said no. “Well, it’s easy. I’ll just ask you a few questions and that’s all.” She smiled. It seemed exaggerated. She didn’t care. “I’m pretty sure you read magazine interviews of… oh what was that boy band named… Oh, One direction!” She tried to remind you of your age.

“No, I didn’t. Just other kinds though.” You tried to deviate from your age being a main talking point. “Oh, magazines are probably out of your age range anyways. All about the digital, huh?” She fake laughed.  “I just never read up on interviews honestly. Digital or paper…” You responded. She nodded, hoping to be able to get you to confess something juicy for her article. “Well, It’s easy. I’m just gonna ask you a few things. Uh- should we start?” She smiled. You nodded. “When did you first get hired?” “I think about 5 months ago. My best friend works for Kendall, and she said there was a position open for me.” You simply said.

“And what were your opinions of Roman during that? I mean was there anything? Did he make any suggestive comments or?” She tried to insinuate.

“No, he never really did any of that.” You lied. He constantly did. He had always made flirtatious comments your way, but you always took it as a joke since he did with everyone.

“Okay and how was he as a boss before you got together?” She questioned you.

���I mean at first it was just like any assistant position. But as we got to be around more, we became really good friends. We hung out regularly, we talked a lot. We laughed. We just naturally felt very comfortable with each other.” It was true. Once he started being awful, you both had such a strong dynamic. It was like talking to someone you’ve known for years. You both understood the other so well and just bounced off of each other’s personalities so well.

“When did you graduate college? Why an assistant position?”

“I graduated in the Spring. Uh- I just need to make an entry, don’t I? It’s kind of something opened and I knew there was room to move up.” “Did you think you’d get there faster because of Roman’s status?” She was trying to paint not only Roman, but you in a bad light of you being a gold digger using a rich older man for a higher position. “Well- no. I work really hard and I’ve proven to everyone in the company that all my hard work paid off.” You were slightly offended, but this was exactly what you were afraid would happen once people found out about your relationship with Roman.

“That’s fine. So, how did you two even become a thing? I mean we heard, but is it true?”

“No, it’s kind of fabricated. Roman never made a move on me. We just got done having dinner with the Pierce family and we all had been outside, I pulled Roman off and we just wondered a bit. I actually had a bit of a crush on him at that point. So, when we just sat out there and talked it made me really realize how much I genuinely did like him though. I mean if you got to know him, you’d know how genuine and sweet he truly is. I mean seriously. An absolute sweetheart. About a week after we went to his apartment, he specifically went out to get me vegan snacks and milk because he didn’t have any. But anyways, I just realized I had a major crush on him. So when we went back inside I told him.” You smiled, even though it was fabricated, it made you remember why you loved Roman so much. Everyone saw his flaws as a major point of him. But he had so much more than that.

“I mean, it wasn’t like he didn’t have some kind of feelings for me too. But god if you could only see the way he looked at me.” You tried to emphasize it. But some parts of it felt real. Anytime Roman looked at you, it melted you from the inside. He had this kind of admiration in his eyes every time he looked at you. You never could tell what it was he was thinking. Whether if it was love, lust or some kind of weirdo thought that popped into his head. All that you knew was just by looking at him, you were adored. Everything you did and said was met with adoration.

“What kind of look?” She teased. “It was like he was already in love with me. I mean stuff out of movies y’know. So, I just made a move. I just told him I had some kind of feelings for him. And he rejected it at first, but we just both admitted to it.” You continued to feed into this snowball of lies.

“Did the age difference ever occur to the both of you?” She asked.

“No, not really. It just started becoming a thing til people found out. But I never considered it to be a factor. I mean we’re both adults. If I’m smart enough to own a gun or drink or to even, make major life decisions for myself what’s the issue?” You tried to rebuttal her concerns. “Plus, I didn’t just turn 18.” You reminded. “I’m an adult. Not a teenager.”

“But your birthday just passed, correct?” She asked. You nodded, knowing this would be another point to her. “Yeah- but again. I’m not a teenager.”

“Well, what about the source? They said Roman had constantly made jokes at your expense to force some kind of relationship. Who do you think might’ve said that?” She questioned.

You paused to really think about it. There was no one knew really knew how you and Roman first even got together. You couldn’t wrap your head around it. “I honestly have no idea. I don’t know if they’re mad at the company. Or me. Or Roman. But everything they said was completely fabricated. I mean- we really needed the privacy and for someone to use it against us was awful.” You wished this would just end.

“Well how long until you got hired did you and Roman get into a relationship?”

“Maybe 2 months in. I don’t keep track of that sort of stuff. We just kind of did what feels right.” You shrugged. Your eyes darted to see if anyone was there, but not a single person you knew or were comfortable with was there. Just other staff gawking at you to know some kind of drama. It was sickening. You had no support system with you.

“Well, was the family’s knowledge? Or the companies?”

“Well, we didn’t know where it would lead to, but we did tell Gerri, the company's lawyer immediately. But yeah- it’s been really great until now. The whole article about us really shook us a bit. We hadn’t told any family. Only my best friend and Gerri. It’s still a very fresh relationship.” You reminded her. You and Roman hadn’t been with one another for that long for this all to be broadcast. It was something you both wanted to wait out and see. But now it was under a telescope to evaluate.

“How do you think your family would react to the news of you dating a man 14 years older than you?” You froze. You didn’t expect them to ever be brought up. You couldn’t tell her. That was too much of a personal matter for you. You only had to lie.

“I mean- I don’t think they’d mind. If they saw how happy I was, that’s all that matters. Right? Wouldn’t your parents feel the same?” You questioned her instead.

“Well, I just have two more questions before we leave. You were a college student before this, right? At Fordham?” You nodded. “You just left college. That must’ve been some debt huh? Did money ever become an issue? Did the job help that? Did Roman ever increase your pay after you both started your relationship?” She wondered. “Well, I was doing okay at first. I paid off most of my loans. But that’s why I asked Jess for a job. Sorry, Kendall’s assistant, and luckily there was an opening not long after graduating. But no, I never got a raise.”

“And this might be a bit off-topic, but you, as a young and brilliant woman,” She boosted your ego before dropping the question to you. “What do you think of the scandal going around? With the sexual assault and workers being thrown off shit.” She asked you, watching your face intensely to see if she could twist the narrative.

“I think whoever used my story with Roman to feed into the scandal doesn’t actually care about the women or workers. As a woman who has gone through such harsh things like that, it is disgusting to see them use our pain for their own gain. Waystar is doing everything they can to right the wrongs they have done. It had been a very disgusting group of men who unfortunately worked with the family and used it to their own power. But no one currently, of our knowledge, is continuing the behavior.”

“Wow, okay… A lot of powerful words there.” She was astonished that you’d ever bring up your own sexual assault into the mix.

“Well- again as a woman and a past victim of other men, it is really hurtful to see what people are doing to spin this on people who had nothing to do with it. Like me and Roman. If anything, we should be focusing on the men who did it. And that’s what Waystar is doing. We are staying nights to find evidence of our other staff doing this.” “We’re all done. But thank you so much for your insight, dear.” She said in a cheerful tone. It all felt so disgusting and fake. You needed to leave. You thanked her before rushing out. “I think I have all I need.”

She gathered her things before shaking your hand and finally leaving the room. You finally were able to get a breath of fresh air. That was excruciating. Hugo came in with Roman following behind. “That was fucking awful…” You revealed. “Let’s not jump to conclusions yet. Let’s wait and then jump into that.” Hugo tried to reason. He had faith that you wouldn’t ruin it. No one at Waystar was allowed mistakes. Unless they wanted to lose a position here.

“She asked about the Cruises.” You dropped. Hugo’s faith disappeared. He didn’t know how this would end for them if you didn’t say the right things.

“It’s okay. She’s a fucking feminist.” Roman tried to stand up for you. He thought it’d be enough. “Fuckin’ she watches the notebook and shit.” He thought that was all that was required to be called a feminist.

“Rome-…” You mumbled, covering your face with your hands once again. “Listen, once the article drops that’s when we should tell Logan.” Hugo finally dropped the bomb. You nodded, and Roman grew silent. He was nervous. He didn’t want to ruin the relationship with his father that he worked so hard to build over him and you not being careful enough. “It’s going to be alright. Just… we have to play the waiting game.” Hugo reminded the two of you. The article would drop any minute now. Possibly in an hour or two. You both just needed to wait and see. It seemed like days waiting for the article. You had laid down on the couch, your head resting on a throw pillow, your legs bent to not go over Roman. It finally dropped.

‘Interview with y/n y/l/n: Asking about their relationship, her home life, and the Cruises Scandal.’

“What a catchline?” You sarcastically said. You didn’t bother to read it, but everyone did. The intro started as another smear campaign. ‘Roman Roy, potential CEO of the Waystar company and son of the current CEO, amidst the cruises scandal was caught several times with an employee who was 14 years his senior. The recent graduate, Y/n Y/L/N, had been an assistant for 5 months and had agreed to speak to us.’ The interview read as me being nervous at first, but then dived into it could’ve been other factors. Nonetheless, the interview was good. It made Roman look better than before. “This is good. This is perfect. So, who wants to tell him you two are now under the lens?” Hugo congratulated before dropping the news.

“I can do it.” Gerri said. She was acting CEO; it would be better. It would prove to Logan that she was effective at her job. “I need one both to come with me though.” You huffed, knowing this wouldn’t be that great. You reluctantly got up and followed Gerri. “Good luck you two.” Hugo tried to ease the awkwardness. Gerri knocked on Logan's door before heading inside. “Uh Logan, we have a slight issue.” Gerri eased him in, this was the only way she knew how to do it. “Now, it’s been settled. We had it all cleared, but it’s still a slight issue.” “What the fuck is it now? Who fucked up now? Was it Frank? Or fucking Karl this time?” Logan had been stressed out, trying to find a way to keep his investors kept and trying to find a way to save the company. It was like watching the greatest empire in the world completely break down in modern times. It was humiliating.

“Well- I think it’s a good thing to consider that it’s handled now. And there is more positivity than before. Even with the Cruises case.” Gerri tried to ease Logan’s nerves. Your response to the Cruises struck a few women. Painting yourself publicly as a past victim was hitting strong with women. But men used it as a way to paint you even more evil and gross, a victim who is only with an older man because she was fucked up. But women resonated with you, seeing maybe Kendall wasn’t so genuine. Maybe he had been playing them all along like you said.

“What the fuck is it? Go on.” Logan snapped. “The news broke out against y/n and Roman. Tons of photos came out.” Gerri finally put the information out. Logan was confused about why it would affect the company. He had been with multiple assistants. It never seemed to be an issue. He was currently even cheating on Marcia with one of them. “A source said Roman pushed himself on her.”

“It was Kendall, wasn’t it?” Logan theorized. You thought about it for a second before it finally hit you. Jess wouldn’t possibly betray you like this. But Kendall would definitely betray Roman.  

“Holy fuck! It was Kendall! Holy fucking shit. It was fucking Kendall!” You shouted. Roman’s eyebrows furrowed your way, wondering how you would ever come to that conclusion. “He’s fucking mad at both of us from last night so he called in. Holy fuck.” You couldn’t stop yourself. Logan's annoyance with you grew, wishing you’d stop. “Alright. Enough with that.” Logan ordered. You obliged, holding in your shock. “Gerri, what happened?” He needed more details. Gerri tried to save you from being berated by Logan, but it didn’t work. “All 'cause these two fucking idiots couldn’t keep it in their fucking pants? Fucking Christ! I’m surrounded by fucking perverts!” He slammed his hands on the table.

“Dad… Come on, you can’t group us in with those…” Roman tried to defend himself, his voice soft and careful.

“Oh? I can’t? Well, who has an article about their perversion? Hm? Me? Kendall? No. It’s my pervert son.” Logan reminded him. He just nodded, deciding it wasn’t worth trying to argue anymore. “Well despite all that… we had someone come and interview y/n, and the response has been good. They asked her about the cruises and a lot of women have sympathized with her response.” Gerri hoped it would die down Logan’s anger a bit. But Logan felt betrayed that he wasn’t told sooner. “If you’re trying to push me out of my own business, it isn’t going to work. Why wasn’t I told before? Huh? Are you trying to fuck me? Hm?” Logan tried to intimidate, but Gerri had known Logan for too long to let it get to her. “Why was I not fucking told?” He started shouting, proving his own point.

“Logan, this is a good step of action. Just look at the responses.” Gerri handed off her phone. Logan put on his glasses, pulling the phone slightly farther away as he stared at the screen. His finger slid down the screen as he read one tweet one by one.

“What would’ve been better is if these idiots didn’t run off together constantly like fucking morons.” He rebutted. He couldn’t let any one of this be a win. He was glad that some women were siding against Kendall now but disappointed any of this had to even come up. “Kid- you did fine. But next time, when you’re fucking your own boss, don’t make it so easy to spot.” He spoke to you. You just kept your own mouth shut and nodded before walking off.

Roman tried to apologize before being sent off with his father. “I wanna fucking rest. This day has been a nightmare…” You sighed. But one more disaster was about to happen. You and Roman decided to leave together, deciding it would be best to take care of one another. You entered the lobby to see a familiar face. Not just one. But two.

“Y/n…” Your mother said. You hadn’t heard your name out of her mouth in years.

A deep seat of panic set in. It felt as if a tsunami had run over you. Your lungs felt as though it was burning. Your heart was racing at the lack of air entering your lungs and your body shut down. Your eyes automatically welded up with tears as one of them suddenly fell, knocking you out of the trance you were in. They looked older. You never thought you’d see them again. Let alone hear their voice again. Your body went into complete shock.

“Nuh-uh. No. Fuck this. Nope. Security!” You began to scream. You gripped Roman’s arm and began to run but were stopped as you felt a familiar grasp on your arm. It wasn’t rough, but it felt excruciating. It felt like it was being crushed. “Ow!” You nearly cried as you crumbled. “Let go of me!” You shouted. Roman stepped in between the three of you, picking your body up.

“Hey- don’t. Security. Get these two fucking nut jobs out! Fucking shit! Who the fuck is watching this building?” He shouted out for help. He helped you out as your parents tried to reach you. But Roman dragged your panicked struck body out. You clung on, hyperventilating.

Once you had gone into the car, you laid your head on his lap. His hand graced your hair as if to tell you he was there for you. “Who were they?” He finally asked.

“Ang-My mom and dad…” You managed to whisper.

Notes: It took 4 seperate times to write this. This chapter was cursed

Chapter 19

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Guts (part 1)

A VAT7K Mini-fic

Hugo and Yong get separated from the group and have to make their way through a Labyrinth.

"Do ya think Varian and Nuru are okay?”

“Probably.”

“Do ya think they’re lost like us?”

“We’re not lost, Yong. We’re…finding our way out of here.”

“…it sure feels like we’re lost.”

Hugo had to keep himself from groaning at Yong. The two of them had not only managed to get separated from their party but found themselves in the middle of a labyrinth of some sort. Initially, it was supposed to be a shortcut for their group to take towards the next city in their journey for the Eternal library.

“Shortcut my ass,” Hugo mumbled.

“Huh?…did you say something?” Yong asked, looking up at him. 

“No,” the blonde replied curtly. “And hey- keep up! You don’t want to get left behind, do you?”

Yong quickened his pace, staying close to Hugo at the threat of being split up. When the group had first learned about the labyrinth, they were informed it was a secret technological passage that could cut their travel time to a week instead of the two months it would take to go around the northern mountain ranges. Finding the secret passage was easy and so was entering it, but finding their way out was proving to be a nearly impossible task. The maze consisted of multiple hallways and rooms with one door to enter in through and two to three doors to exit. But no matter how many doors they went through, there was no telling how far they were in the maze. Even worse, there were instances that one of the halls/rooms they would access was one they’d gone through earlier in their trek. 

They had tried drawing out a map, leaving marks on hallways and rooms they’ve visited, and using their tools to navigate the maze, but the team couldn’t figure out how to progress further. The entire place was aggravating and slowly driving them crazy.

At this point, Hugo could feel the insanity of the maze getting to him now that it was just him and Yong. But he couldn’t lose his nerve. Not yet.

Instead, he focused on the path ahead, an L-shaped hallway that led to another automated door. The door swooshed open as the two approached it, showing another hallway up ahead with the similar wall colors and tile flooring. Unfazed, as this had to be the 100th door they’ve walked through, the blonde stepped through, making sure the shorty behind him was close. After they stepped through the doorway, it closed behind them with a clicking sound.

“Varian? Nuru?” Yong called out ahead, hoping they were close by. No answer. The older teen could see his companion being more disheartened at the possibility of never reuniting with Varian and Nuru again. He could understand why Yong was so concerned about finding them, since he was the reason why they got separated in the first place.

At some point in the party’s venture through the secret passage, Yong had gone up too far ahead of them. When the kid stepped through one of the doorways, it began to close before the others could go through. Hugo, quick on his feet, managed to slide through the doorway before it shut, but when the two tried to go back, the automatic door was locked. Hugo and Yong struggled to reopen it as it clicked for half a minute before unlocking again. Still, when they looked through the reopened door, the previous hallway had changed completely, and Varian and Nuru were nowhere to be seen. The two had called out for Varian and Nuru, but there was no response, and Hugo concluded that each pathway was soundproof. From this point on, he and Yong were on their own. 

“Come on, maybe they’re close by,” Hugo tried to encourage him, but even he couldn’t muster a hopeful tone strong enough to cheer Yong up. After another 5 doors, Yong started to trail behind again.

“Hugo..,” he whined. “I’m not feeling so good.”

The engineer looked back to see his teammate looking worse for wear. He wasn’t sure if the kid was sick or just tired from the constant walking, but he looked pale and ready to puke. While he would prefer for them to keep moving forward, he figured the small break would give him the chance to think of another plan other than roaming blindly.

“Come on, Sparks, let’s take 5,” Hugo suggested, walking back to where Yong was before sitting on the floor. Yong plopped down next to him, relieved to get a bit of rest. The blond removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes a little before putting them back on. He placed his hands in his pockets, feeling whatever items he had in them that could be useful. He felt his lockpick tools, a pocket knife, compass, and broken pieces of his old mechanical mouse he kept for sentimental value. He didn’t have any water or food on him to give to Yong; their rations being held by Varian’s donkey, Prometheus, when they entered the passage. Yong carried a small satchel with him, but all he had in it was his firework powders and materials. Hugo hoped that they could find their way out, or at least rejoin Varian and Nuru again before either of them started to get hungry or thirsty.

“I’m sorry.”

The words were so sudden, Hugo twitched in surprise at Yong’s apology. 

“I didn’t mean to get us lost,” the kid continued. “And I don’t mean to hold ya back either.”

“You’re not holding me back,” the teen interrupted him. He was not going to have a kid feeling guilty over a situation Hugo himself couldn’t get them out of.  “And it’s okay. If I had to choose someone from the gang to get lost with, I’d prefer it be you.”

“…Really?” 

“Yep.”

“Even over Varian?”

Hugo scoffed, not understanding why Yong would think he’d prefer being stuck with that goody-goody alchemist.

“Especially over Varian,” he promised. “Being lost with him would definitely drive me nuts.”

“I don’t know,” Yong chimed in. “I think both of ya would actually get along, and even find an answer to this maze.”

Hugo stared at Yong with a raised eyebrow.

“Well…,” Yong corrected. “Maybe after you two finished fighting on who got who lost. Plus, you like him, don’t ya?”

Hugo nearly choked on air.

“W-what?! No! Why would you think I like him?” the blonde sputtered. Yong gave him a puzzled look at his response.

“Well, because we’re all friends,” Yong responded honestly. “As friends, we gotta like each other at least a little bit.”

Embarrassment settled on Hugo’s face, realizing he mistook Yong’s meaning of ‘like’.

“We’re not friends,” he sighed. Instantly, he noticed Yong looked rather hurt by his words. “I mean-…What I meant to say is we’re teammates. It’s different. You don’t have to like your teammates. And I do not like Varian. Or Nuru.”

“…or me?”

“…I didn’t say that,” Hugo spoke softly. “Honestly, I think you’re the only teammate I like. I guess.”

That was enough for Yong, who gave Hugo a small smile.

“Well, I like you too Hugo,” Yong stated. “And if you’d like. We can be teammates and friends.”

“Heh…maybe,” he mumbled, taken aback by the offer. Hugo wasn't in their group to make friends. On the contrary, he was only using them to find the eternal library as his boss, Donella, ordered him to. It would be best for him to not create any sort of attachment to these nerds. Still, it puzzled him to know the genuine offer of friendship could stir up these feelings in him.

“Anyway,” Yong continued. “I’m sure you and Varian would have solved this maze together a lot quicker.”

Hugo considered Yong’s words but shook his head. Hugo could tell that if he was lost with Varian, they’d spend more time bickering on whose idea was best than navigating this hellscape. “I think you’re wrong. I think you and I could solve this maze before Varian and even Nuru could. They may have the advantage of all their experience from experiments and research during their time as a fancy princess and royal engineer, but we got something better.”

“Better?”

Hugo smirked, proud of himself that the kid’s complexion became less pale as took interest in his words. “We have intuition. Guts! That’s something no amount of studying can get you. You’re just born with it.”

“And ya think I have guts?”  

“Are you kidding me?!” Hugo scoffed. “You have loads of guts! How many times have you almost blown yourself up just this past week?”

“16-no…17 times,” Yong answered. “But that’s cause I keep failing- “

Hugo cut Yong off and placed his hands on the boy’s shoulders, making sure he was looking straight at him.

“But you don’t give up,” he explained. “You take what you learned from your failures, and you try again. Even if the next try can be just as dangerous, you still do it. The science you study is hazardous and for someone to practice it everyday requires guts of steel like yours.”

Yong’s lips curved into a wide smile, touched at the compliment. With his eyebrows straightened and eyes lit up with determination, Yong no longer looked ill. “You’re right! I do have guts!” The kid got up off the ground, standing proudly and ready to take another shot at getting through the labyrinth. “And we’re gonna find our way outta here.”

Hugo grinned as Yong held out a hand to him to help him up. He took the kid’s hand in his, being pulled back up to his feet.

“So Sparks, what does your gut say?” Hugo asked as they walked toward the choice of 3 doors, one straight ahead, one on their left, and one on their right. His ally closed his eyes to focus. For half a second, Yong’s complexion seemed to blanch again.

“My gut feels dizzy,” the shorty confessed, smiling a little sheepishly when he opened his eyes. “Like we’ve been going in circles.”

Hugo chuckled at first at his friend’s answer but suddenly froze, his body stiffening.

“Hugo? What’s wrong?”

“…that’s it.”

“What’s it?”

“I think you’re right Yong, we are going in circles!” Hugo beamed, reaching back into his pockets.

Yong gave Hugo a confused expression. “And that’s a good thing, why?”

Hugo took out the compass in his pocket, taking note that they were currently facing west. He grabbed Yong’s hand and stepped through the door straight ahead. The blonde continued to stare at his compass as the door closed behind them with the clicking noises starting. Slowly, but surely, the arrow on the compass gently nudged until they were facing north, although neither had turned directions. Once the clicking sound coming from the door stopped, the arrow remained still.

“These individual pathways are slowly rotating,” deduced Hugo. “Every time we enter a new room or path, the doors lock, and we’re being turned around. That’s why we’ve been so lost and why we’ve ended up in rooms and pathways we took before. You figured out the problem, Sparks!”

Yong laughed as Hugo placed his hand on top of his head and messed up his black hair.

“Well, it was my gut that found out the problem.”

“But now that we know what the problem is, we can find our way out.”

The two moved along, and Hugo found a pattern on how many times the pathways turned clockwise and counterclockwise, using the compass. The two of them figured that as long as they stayed heading northward, through each doorway, there wouldn’t be a chance they’d end up in the rooms and halls they were in before. 

Finally, the two entered a room that was very different from the rest of the maze. The walls were covered with light up panels, all shining a gentle yellow color. The only three panels that were lit differently were a red one in the center of the low ceiling that hung above them, a green panel at the bottom of the right-side wall, and a blue panel that blinked and traveled across the left-side wall in an indiscernible pattern.

In the center of the room was a red control console. Hugo walked up to the console as Yong investigated the wall panels. There were a small number of controls on the panel, but the issue was he couldn’t decipher what each control did. 

“I think this is Varian and Nuru,” Yong piped up, looking at the blue blinking panel that slowly traveled along the yellow lit wall. He ran over to Hugo and pointed at the red panel in the ceiling. “And we’re here!”

“Which probably means our exit is the green light there,” Hugo suggested. “Now to find out how to get Varian and Nuru here and get us all out.”

The older teen looked closely at the switches and buttons, trying to determine which ones looked more worn out and pressed. They mustn’t have been the only people to use this secret passage before, so those who have taken this route before them would have left some remnants of their actions.

“Hey Sparks, you got any charcoal powder on you?”

“Yeah!” Yong exclaimed, reaching into his satchel to pull out the black powder. Hugo gently sprinkled the charcoal across the panel before softly blowing it away. The dust remained on three of the controls, sticking onto the oils left on them by previous travelers.

“Now…which control to try first…” Hugo mumbled. 

Yong looked at the panel before looking up at Hugo. “…what does your gut say?”

Hugo grinned at Yong before proceeding to push down on a blue button that opened all doors in the labyrinth. Next, he pulled down one of the switches which stopped all pathways and rooms from rotating. Lastly, he pressed on the green button to his right. Panels from the red light on the ceiling to the green one on the wall turned green, making a pathway from the control room to the exit, lighting up the matching rooms in a greenish hue.

“Ha! Just as I predicted,” Hugo smugly stated. “See Sparks? We solved this maze our way.”

“With our guts!” Yong cheered, raising his fists in the air. The kids’ excitement was contagious, and Hugo raised his fists as well in victory, chanting ‘Guts! Guts! Guts!’ with Yong. He was sure they looked silly, celebrating their victory, but he had to admit it was fun basking in their success. Eventually the two settled down and decided to go back and find Varian and Nuru. As Hugo turned to look at the panel once more, something caught his eye.

Surprisingly, one of the buttons that wasn’t lit up before was now blinking orange. The older teen peered down and took a closer look, seeing that there was a faint bit of charcoal powder on it that he hadn’t noticed before. 

“Hey, hold up Shorty,” he called as Yong was about to walk away. “I think we forgot something.”

The kid turned to look at the panel, seeing the blinking light as well.

“Huh…what do ya think it does?”

“I don’t know…”

Whatever this button was, it was pressed before, so it was needed...right? Hugo moved his finger to press down on it but paused for a split second. Something felt off. Hugo couldn’t understand why they would need to press on any more controls now that they had a path out of the labyrinth.

Still, maybe he was overthinking this. Maybe the button would reset the maze. And if so, the two of them could just open the pathway again with the panel. Hugo waived away his concerns and proceeded to press the button. The two heard a click and turned to the right-side wall to see a secret panel open. The blonde made his way towards opening, peering in to see a secret hall. The entry was narrow, allowing only one person to go in at a time. 

“Hugo?” Yong called, still back at the panel. “What is it?”

“Looks like another pathway,” Hugo answered, walking into the entrance. As he took another step, his face slammed into something hard. The teen hissed in pain, holding his nose and realizing the pathway was fake. It was an optical illusion to look like a hall. Hugo had fallen for the stupid trick and had walked face first into a wall of a small room, not a hallway. “What the-“

“Hugo!” Yong cried out in warning, rushing forward toward him. Whatever Yong was trying to warn him about, he was too late.

Hugo yelped out in pain again as the panel behind him shut quickly, scraping his shoulder blade. Suddenly, everything went dark. Hugo turned around to see he was now trapped in a narrow, suffocating, pitch black chamber.

To be continued.

Part two here.

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Democratic PR:

Democratic policy:

They argue the deadly fire should never have happened and are placing at least some of the blame on the Biden administration and its expansion of the policy, known as Title 42.

Its use forces the migrants into dangerous, overcrowded conditions in Mexico, they say.

"Exploiting a human tragedy to illustrate the 'risks' of irregular migration ignores the fact that the Guatemalan victims of this fire had no viable legal pathways and the Venezuelan victims were detained as a result of the Biden Admin's expansion of Title 42," Andrea Flores, a former member of Biden's National Security Council who handled border policy said via Twitter.

The Trump-era policy gives border agents the power to turn away migrants without legal process. It's set to end on May 11 when the administration allows the public health emergency for Covid 19 — that is the basis for Title 42 — expires.

How's the meme go? Men can't trust women cuz of makeup and women can't trust men cuz of assault. Well, BIPOC can't trust a single political party in the US government because of systematic abuses.