#she nabbed like $40

[vstheworld]

had a customer steal everything out our tip jar

security shows up, follows her off the property, does not get our money back, tells us they can’t physically stop anyone

so what I’m hearing is next time, we handle it ourselves

[romanreignseater]

Press Play Pt. 1

Roman Reigns x Black Female! OC! (Xena)

Rating: 18+

Warning: Smut, sex tape, leaking of relations, angst, breaking up with Roman, and a cliffhanger 🙂.

“Being the girlfriend to a famous divorced father of 5 wasn’t your plan at 26 years old. You trusted him with your life, so you agreed to film a little something, but now you regret ever meeting him when your whole life is exposed.”

A/N: The first part to my three part series, the next two parts will be out on the next two Sundays!! I’M SO EXCITED, I’m showing substance 😆!!

GIF: @jeysuso

“Turn on the camera baby.”

“Arch your back.” Roman gave a swat to Xena’s ass as she failed to arch her back.

“I can’t, it’s too much…” She begged for him to show mercy, but he still wasn’t satisfied.

As Roman’s iPhone recorded the whole thing.

Wanting to spice up the relationship, Roman asked if it’ll be okay to film some personal tapes. In order to suffice the physical intimacy when they were away from one another.

Little did she know…

“I’m not gonna say it again, arch that FUCKIN BACK NOW!!” Following his orders and wanting to cum again so badly after being denied, Xena let her back arch and stretched her arms forward.

“That’s it baby, now look at the camera while I fuck the shit out of you.” Xena’s eyes glossy as she stared up at the 6.7” screen showcasing the vision of her Samoan beast, body clad in sweat dripping from his head to his toes.

He slowly stretched her cunt out with deep strokes, taking the breath out of her as she looked at his eyes through the screen. Xena fell underneath his spell once again, her eyes rolling to the back of her head, her g-spot being hit instantly.

Once his assistant, now his girlfriend of 3 years. After a messy divorce with his wife, Xena soon came into his life and the rumors began.

“New Assistant?! More Like Old Affair.”

“Young Woman Nabs An Almost 40 Year Old Professional Wrestler, Roman Reigns.”

“Roman Reigns’ New Slut Gold Digging Girlfriend.”

They were harsh, but Xena was tough.

It had been almost 7 years since she watched WWE, and she remembered Roman during his Shield days and the roaring boos of the Big Dog. But, he did a complete 360. Bigger build, bigger personality, and a different outlook of his career in general.

Xena had no intention of even starting a relationship with him, but everything fell into place.

“Right there, please.”

“Please what mama?! Tell the camera what you want.”

“I want your cum to fill me to the brim.”

“Ya wanna have my baby you little slut?!”

“Yes daddy please.”

His pace quicken, his dick gliding in and out of her pussy smoothly. Xena’s ass galloping against his toned thighs. Roman’s thumb lodged into her winking hole, beating her cunt into a pulp. Her head bowed down into the sheets, writhing at the immense pleasure. Soon to be lifted up, staring directly at the camera.

“Take this dick and say ‘I’m a little slut.’ Go ahead. Straight into the camera.” Saliva decorating the entirety of Xena’s chin as she babbled. “What was that baby they can’t hear you?!”

“I’m SUCH A LITTLE SLUT!!”

“Good girl.”

“FUCKKKKK!! I’m gonna cum, keep fucking me please!!”

Roman’s thrusts hit harder and harder and harder, so hard the Xena was almost sent flying into the camera. Her pussy began to convulse as it was obliterated by a giant Samoan cock.

Xena’s arch reversed as she reached her high. “Fuckkkk..” A guttural grunt came from the mouth of the Samoan as he spilled his seed inside of pulsing cunt. He pulled out as Xena laid slump on the bed.

“That’s a wrap folks.” Roman ended the video. Roman’s choice of recording was clips on Instagram. How smart… As he went to turn off his phone and get a rag for Xena, his finger slipped and he pressed “Add to Story.”

He grabbed a rag and cleaned her up. Putting his phone in charge, it was now set to self destruct.

The Next Morning.

Xena woke up to the sound of her buzzing and vibrating phone. She sees 20 missed calls from her best friend. High on alert she called back. “Taylor what happened? Is everything okay?!”

“Your sex tape is ALL OVER THE INTERNET!!”

Chuckling, “What are you talking about Taylor?! Tell me you’re joking…”

“I’m serious and it’s trending number one on Twitter.”

Checking social media, her getting the shit fuck out of her was sprawled number one all over the internet.

All the breath was sucked out of her as she felt the urge to cry, but then a surge of pure anger came over her.

She turned to a peacefully sleeping Roman and repeatedly slapped him across the chest. Jumping up from his sleep, using his arms to bar the attacks. “What the fuck are you doing?!”

“I HATE YOU, WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?!”

“What are you talking about?!”

In a broken voice, “You released our tape last night?!”

“WHAT?!?!”

“IT’S ALL OVER… EVERYWHERE!!”

“I never released our tape.” Checking his phone, Roman realized what happened. He accidentally released their tape on his Instagram story. Even though it was 1 minute, that 1 minute went a long way through the internet.

“Baby it was an accident.”

“I can’t believe you did this to me, after everything the media already says about me?! You’d betray me like this…”

“Baby please my finger accidentally slipped last night when I was closing my phone. I promise on everything, it was a mistake.”

“You’re right. This whole thing was a mistake.”

Grabbing her belongings from the closet, she threw on her crocs and shorts, and stormed downstairs. “Baby stop.” Roman putting on his sweats while running down the stairs.

She placed her items in her car and slammed the door before Roman could reach her. He banged on the window begging for her forgiveness. Rolling down the window slightly, “We’re done.”

And with that she backed out of his driveway, with his mind spinning about when he would see her again.

He collapsed to the ground and cried.

“I’m sorry.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Will Xena hear him out or shut him out completely?! How will this breakup affect Roman’s career?!

Find out next week on “Press Play.” 😜.

THE END!!

That was a little rollercoaster, but I hoped you all enjoyed and I released this way too late, I’m so sorry ☹️.

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[chaifootsteps]

Just watched Viv's IG stories and she booked a flight to NYC to, you guessed it, see a Broadway show. This time Back to the Future.

And guess what? She was front row. Like directly in front of the stage. Super close to the actors. Also praising them, trying to sink her hooks into them.

I know I sound like a jaded asshole but... imagine how her animators feel. The amount of money she has is unfathomable. I scrounged to be able to see Beetlejuice once, and had to work overtime to recoup that money back. She watches Broadway shows like people watch movies in the theater (even that's pretty damn expensive nowadays).

She is so fake and pompous. Even if interest in her and shows goes down, she'll be financially stable forever.

But she cried over 40 dollars.

*sighs*

She would be less creepy if she just waited around behind the back of the theater with a tranquilizer pole and a bag. Whoever she's able to nab before the cops show up is the voice cast for S2.

[broadwaydivastournament]

Will She Get a Tony Nomination?

Tony nominations are out tomorrow morning, and how am I coping, you ask? Like Madeline Kahn's (Not) Getting Married Today.

This season, eleven of our beloved Divas have opened a show on Broadway. In a remarkably overcrowded season for musicals, the competition is stiffer than ever, especially for our women of a certain age. Statistically, women over fifty (or even forty-five) are less likely to be nominated and/or win a Tony. I have done the math, I’ve crunched the numbers, I have a stupidly detailed spreadsheet, and the mean age for both nominations and wins of Leading Actress in a Musical is under 40. This is largely because the parts for older women just aren’t there in the same quantity as younger women. Since the Tonys began in 1947, only twelve women ov 50 have won for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. And two of them were Chita Rivera, so like… eleven, technically.*

*I have thoughts on why Bette Midler (oldest winner) should not have won but that’s a separate post…

That being said, let’s talk Tony likelihood. But wait, you say, what makes me (@droughtofapathy) remotely qualified to predict anything? Well, nothing. I’m just some stranger on Tumblr who doesn’t do theatre professionally. However. As of today, I have seen 209 Broadway shows, and by the time the Tonys roll around in June, I will have seen every new show eligible.

Also. I read the Tony Award Rules & Regulations handbook (all 26 pages) because why not?

Unlikely:

Andrea Burns (Featured Actress in a Musical: The Notebook)

Andréa Burns has never been nominated for a Tony before, and is unlikely to do so in a fiendishly overcrowded musical season this year. I love her dearly, and she always steals the show, but she would be entering as Featured Actress in a Musical, and it is rough out there, let me tell you. There’s probably over fifty featured roles for women, if not more (though most would not be serious contenders), and only maybe fifteen even considerable. Andréa Burns alas, falls short. She does basically nothing.

Emily Skinner (Featured Actress in a Musical: Suffs)

Oh, I love me a broad, but Emily Skinner is kind of your definition of a working actress who’s generally pretty well-employed, but not your top-line star, or even your go-to featured. I adore her, she’s wildly talented. And she plays bit parts on Broadway. Her roles in Suffs, an ensemble show at its core, are small and offer just a few opportunities to ham it up, but are not going to nab her a nomination. She’ll be one of almost twenty women on stage, with at least half a dozen meatier parts. Still. I am deeply obsessed with her whole performance and I need her carnally.

Jennifer Simard (Featured Actress in a Musical: Once Upon a One More Time)

Darlings, if you asked me this in the fall, I’d say she had a great shot. Was the show good? Nope. But was it fun? Yeah, it was pretty entertaining. Was Jennifer Simard the singular best thing about it? Oh, fuck yeah. She had audiences screaming and crying with laughter as Cinderella’s Stepmother (one of three Stepmothers in three separate shows on Broadway in 2023, and probably the one with the best part). Her “Toxic” is on youtube right now, and you need to see it. The vocals will blow you out of your seat. But it’s crowded, and that show did not last at all. Recency bias is against her. I don’t see it happening, but it’s the one in this category I would be most ecstatic about.

Long-Shot:

Uh, disclaimer, I will be seeing Uncle Vanya one day after nominations come out, so I'm just guessing here and don't quote me on any of this...

Lea Salonga (Featured Actress and Producer: Here Lies Love)

For the record, while I do think Lea Salonga realistically has less of a shot than Jennifer Simard for Featured Actress, I still put her here instead because she’s a beloved Broadway Diva who starred in a creatively innovative and novel show (that I hated it is, again, a separate post). I also don’t think the role itself is nearly large enough to garner a nomination, nor is it the sort of one-scene showstopping wonder that Katie Finneran was in Promises, Promises. So, unlikely, but hey, I’d love a win for Asians. She's also one of the show's many producers, which is more likely to net her a nomination. (Note: Lea Salonga getting a producer nomination for Here Lies Love is a likely for me, so move that down.)

Laurie Metcalf (Lead Actress in a Play: Grey House):

There are, I believe, eight leading actresses eligible for the Tonys, making this probably a four-person category, maybe five if they don’t hate women like they always do. And it is with great devastation that I report the four leading contenders are all white, blonde, screen actresses and I hate it. I hate everything about it. But I digress. Laurie Metcalf deserves to be nominated. Her performance was harrowing, unsettling, and so fucking weird. Grey House was an experimental horror play that didn’t open at the right time (mid-summer instead of Halloween? What the fuck?) and didn’t find its audience. But she had me in tears. If the world is good, and I doubt it, she'll get that fourth nomination. She's a Tony darling, so maybe?

Beth Leavel (Featured Actress in a Musical: Lempicka)

Almost no shot given the small part she has. The Baroness doesn't get much more than one heartwrenching 11 o'clock number at the end of the show, and little other chance to sing or shine. The book also doesn't lend her any opportunities to do much with the awkward and inelegant dialogue. But she's also a beloved industry favorite, so perhaps some miracle will happen? I doubt it. Especially given how the show's been received...

Jayne Houdyshell (Featured Actress in a Play: Uncle Vanya)

Jayne Houdyshell was a solid maybe/likely for me. Career vet with a great performance. I thought she'd get in. She got in for Music Man in 2022 and who the fuck saw that one coming? Yeah, she was good, but like…seriously? I mean, I know it was our first year back and all, but-- Actually, strike all that. I’m looking at the season list here and yeah, no, she deserved it. That tracks. I mean, I’d have put Luba Mason (heartbreaking) or Samantha Williams (a fucking delight) over her, but it makes sense. It was not a time in the world for downer stories. We needed levity and light and hilarity and that was Jayne Houdyshell. But apparently her part has been reduced in this production, so I'm amending my statement. Less likely than I thought. Sad times.

Anika Noni Rose (Featured Actress in a Play: Uncle Vanya)

Anika Noni Rose was our last hope of saving the Leading Actress category from the fucking white ladies with their A-list Hollywood names. But per the final eligibility ruling, she's featured. So there goes everything. Featured is just so damn stacked this year (and every year) that I don't know. But I swear, if I see the nominations for Leading Actress and it’s just a four-person box of white blonde Hollywood women, I will burn the American Theatre Wing to the ground.

Likely:

LaChanze (Producer: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Here Lies Love, The Outsiders)

What a career transition this has been for LaChanze. From being nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Play in 2022 to winning TWO Tony Awards for producing in 2023 (Kimberly Akimbo for Best Musical and Topdog/Underdog for Play Revival), she’s on cloud nine. And now she’s back again with three more contenders. I think/hope Jaja gets a Best Play nomination. Out of the ten new plays, four are hard nos, but the other six are strong. Jaja's was fantastic. I loved this play. Strong and smart and well-received. It’s a decent, but not guaranteed, candidate. As for Here Lies Love, well… maybe. It was an ambition and creatively novel endeavor. I personally hated it for political reasons, but maybe it gets a nod? It’s a bloodthirsty year, but this show is shaping up to be one of the best-reviewed of the season. The most likely candidate would have to be The Outsiders, which may also be a moderate contender for Best Musical overall. However, having seen it, I hate it.

If She Doesn’t, I’ll Eat My Sondheim Hatbox:

Something something parallels, doomed relationships, exquisite performances, chemistry...

Kelli O’Hara (Leading Actress in a Musical: Days of Wine and Roses)

I know I’ve been saying it’s a crowded year for musicals, but this one was already locked in from day one. It is unfathomable to me that Kelli O’Hara would not be nominated for an eighth time. She has been nominated for every single role she’s had on Broadway since 2005. She is the darling of Broadway, beloved by all, genuinely kind, unproblematic, hardworking. If you’re going to love a (living) white blonde lady, this is the one. Aside from that, she’s going to be nominated because her performance was exquisite. Heartbreaking, ugly, excruciating, gorgeous. Her voice in this show was as close to an aural sexual experience as you will ever get. Statistically, she probably won’t win. Leading Actress in a musical has not gone to a closed show since Angela Lansbury in 1975. But she’ll be recognized.

Bebe Neuwirth (Featured Actress in a Musical: Cabaret)

Bebe Neuwirth back on Broadway in a beloved classic role of a beloved classic show. It is a match made in paradise. Fraulein Schneider is a wonderful, understated, deeply moving role. It’s been nominated four times for every Broadway iteration there ever has been. Thrice in featured, and was even considered a leading role in the original 1967 Broadway production (hello, Lotte Lenya). If the streak breaks with Bebe, I’ll riot. The circumstances, crowded or not, are favorable. Bebe is a veteran stage actress. Voters and audiences think of her fondly. It’s a Kander and Ebb. She got the biggest rave reviews I've ever seen, even as the show itself got panned. Right now, I would say there are three sure-fire nominees, and she’s one of them. I want her to win. I need her to win. I need her to be one of only three nominations this goddamn production gets. (Her, Skybell, and maybe scenic design, even though I'm mad about that too.)

[mean-scarlet-deceiver]

Scans from Railway Archive No. 19's print of "The H.L. Hopwood Collection 1901-1926 Part 2: The Furness Railway at Barrow in 1902"

Scanned these primarily for @angryskarloey, but posting them here along with some very basic explanations of the engine classes seen.

Original scans as pdfs available upon request.

Harold Hopwood was a rail photographer. He seems to have been particularly Useful for nabbing high-quality images of endangered railway engines. (You should get a load of how often RA managed to use the words "antiquated," "elderly," and "anachronistic" in the ~1000 words dedicated to its write-up and captions.)

Below Mr. Hopwood takes us on a day trip to Barrow Dockyards in the summer of 1902.

Just to orient the general reader: The original Bury Copper-Nobs are not pictured because three of them were gone and No. 3 was in storage, still awaiting the construction of a glass house.

However, have you heard of... Fairbairn Copper-Nobs?

The Furness Bury bar-frame engines were already so dated on arrival that, eight years later when the F.R. wanted to purchase more, Bury was out of business. To a normal railway this might be a sign to gracefully move with the times. But this is the F.R., lol. They knew what they liked, and Fairbairn's had inherited the blueprints, so Fairbairn's built them a total of 8 more from 1854-1861.

F in the chat for the two poor engines built to this design in 1861. I mean there's nothing inherently wrong with it—witness their useful 40+-year careers—but they definitely never got to be fashionable, lol.

The Fairbairn bar-frame engines were different from the original Burys in various small technical respects that are all too boring to get into (bit bigger and stronger, mostly). The most visible difference is the splashers—as one can see above, the Fairbairns had closed splashers with a handsome brass detail that RA calls "beading."

(The "closed splashers" probably mean you can actually get from the footplate to the buffers without hopping down to the ground, walking, and then hauling yourself back up again. Which is very useful for rail-sanding. Especially in tunnels.)

After Fairbairn's went out of business, the F.R. applied for its new 0-4-0 goods engines from Sharp and Stewart. However, S. & S. produced them from its own coppernob-less, bar-frame-less design, like the COWARDS they were—

Eight of this class were added to F.R. stock over the course of the 1860s. The preserved engines 20 and 25 are of this class, being of the six who were sold to Barrow Hematite Steel Company and rebuilt as saddletank engines between 1870-1873. The above picture shows one of the remaining two, No. 28, the youngest of its class.

The caption observes that 28 does not appear to have any lining. This would make No. 20's current paint job technically inaccurate, but who cares? She deserves it.

Here's a change of pace! There's a lot going on in this picture: a close-up of the tracks (TIL that this is called inside-keyed track), a flatbed, a little old tar tanker, some cattle trucks, and a Sharp 0-4-0ST, presumably built in 1874.

The caption claims that there is a great mystery as to why the engine's buffer appears to carry the number 4 instead of 94, but I think the answer is pretty obvious. She deliberately lost the 9 so that she could pay tribute to her old friend and mentor No. 4, at this point only a couple of years scrapped and its number unceremoniously handed to some new-fangled 0-6-0 who didn't appreciate it.

There is a good bit of discussion (both published and internet) about whether 94 is carrying a special hose as firefighting equipment. I can shed no light on the matter but I certainly prefer to think that she is.

Because it's more fun that way.

A 2-4-0 for ya! No. 58, est. 1871. There seem to me to be several questionable claims in the caption: 1) This is the only place I've seen it claimed that the Bury 0-4-0s were anywhere near regular passenger traffic as late as 1871 (I think RA just forgot the 2-2-2WTs existed), and 2) Given the mention of a new locomotive shed nearby (hey wait is this the same one whose roof D5714 would torch 60+ years later? lol but i'm really asking), I would not be so fast to assume 58 was awaiting shunting duty rather than a passenger train.

I'm going to go ahead and assume this source is right about everything, though. Laughing at the bit that's like yeah, you might think ol' 58 here looks to be in pretty fine nick, but if this were in Scotland in the same era the smokebox hinge and buffers would ALSO be burnished. Just sayin'!

This is an 0-6-0 "Sharpie" from 1866. I don't have much else to say that the caption doesn't: They're cuties, and the location here is close to the original Barrow station (which is where passengers used to have to terminate, before they built Barrow Central).

Below, for our final exhibit, is a map. Study carefully. There will be a test.

... I was lying, pfftttt. My eyes start swimming in my head the moment I examine it.

[countrymusiclover]

40 - The Fate of Three Children

Part 41

Gemini Runaway

Tag list ask to be added @dragonixfrye @secretdreamlandmentality

Author - I feel slightly sorry for basically skipping over season 1 here. But basically everyone still happens like it did in the show. I just couldn't wait to start writing season 2.

"Nik, seriously. You didn't have to buy the entire strawberry stand product." I giggled sitting in a chair in front of the full table of fruit and whatever else he could fit on it.

He walked to me with hands crossed behind his back smiling at me. "I don't mind filling your need for whatever cravings our princes or princess want. Money isn't an issue as you know."

"I appreciate the offer then. Jacob and Hayley should be searching the bayou for her family. But one of these days we might go see my father. You know pay respect to our mother.' I told him shoving some fruit in my mouth while I talked.

"He could always come live here with us. Once I take back Marcel's house and kingdom from him. We can live like royalty." Nik sat down on the edge of the table tasting some strawberries for himself.

Raising a brow at him I smirked. "I believe we already do."

"You deserve it, Rae." He leans down kissing my forehead gently.

Tossing a strawberry into his mouth I responded back. "As for my father living with us. I think he's quite alright with where he is. He's out in the countryside."

“Ah I see. Well it's always on the table if he wants to.” He shrugs his shoulders jumping from the table picking me up where he sat down in my chair. He placed me onto his lap wrapping his arms around the middle of my waist. “I want you to know that when the day comes and you give birth. I will make sure that I am by your side.”

Looping my fingers with his I leaned my head back against his chest where he placed his chin on top of my head. “I know you will always be there for me. Together forever, Nik.”

“Together forever, Rae.” He muttered into my hair, kissing it gently.

Thrashing against the vervain ropes I wanted to escape and tear the witches apart but nothing was going to work. Through my whole back and stomach I was feeling contractions left and right. I knew I was close to my due date yet this was about a week sooner than we had planned for. “Who are you…and if you’re so concerned with more power why didn’t you nab Daivina too.”

“My name is Geinueve. We couldn’t grasp onto her life force but we sensed a strong one inside you.” The orange haired witch explained grabbing a knife before shoving my legs apart. “We’re almost ready to begin.”

By now the three had magically transported us into an abandoned crypt where I gripped the side of the table feeling more pain when she got down telling me to start pushing. “Klaus will kill all of you for kidnapping me!”

“No you won’t. No matter how powerful you think you two are. You two will not be able to stop us once we have our ancestors' power.” The other witch standing beside me declares not fazed by what they were doing to me.

Clutching my eyes shut I began pushing as much as I could hearing a baby cry out. One of the other witches picked up the baby before I felt more pain coming through me. “Don’t you dare touch my babies….ah!”

Suddenly the door behind my feet gets thrown open and I gasped in relief seeing Nik rushing inside. “Nik!” Klaus lunges toward a witch guard and rips his head off. Abigail and Genevieve link hands and telekinetically pin Klaus to the wall beside me.

Geinueve pulled out the second baby where it began crying immediately. Shortly after that I bared my teeth giving the last bite of strength I had to push out the last baby. Klaus fights against the spell pinning him to the wall, but he cannot get free. He shouted at the three seeing the small infants laying on the table beside me wrapped in blankets. “I will bring hell to your family! I will bathe in rivers of your blood! You will die screaming!”

One of the witches helps cut the umbilical cord, and Genevieve wraps the last baby in a blanket. “You have a beautiful baby daughter. And a set of twin girls. We must start the sacrifice as soon as the moon sets with the morning sky -“

“Did you say twins?” I cut her off feeling my throat so raw from screaming, tears were flowing down my face never moving off my children.

She nodded, holding our first born child in her arms. “Yes and I am truly sorry for this. I’ll make it quick for them.” One of the other witches behind me grabbed my neck, twisting it where I collapsed backwards. It was a few minutes after that where I woke up frantically looking around seeing that it was just Klaus and I were the only ones here.

“Raelyn!” Someone hollers my name bursting the doors open where I saw Jacob rushing inside with Hayley and Elijah in toe with him.

Sitting upright as best as I could Nik vamped to my side, placing a hand on my lower back. I could feel pain between my legs but I wasn’t bleeding out anymore thanks to being a vampire. “Jacob. They took them - they took my babies!”

Hayley pushed her hair out of her face. “I should be able to track them if I get your scent.”

“We will get them back.” Elijah said before I jumped off the bed stumbling toward the doorway vamping outside seeing that we were still inside the witch cemetery. We began searching for a while until I could hear chanting.

“Nouvel vie, nouvel ame, me longe avec nous.” Jacob, Hayley, Elijah, Klaus and I turned a corner and saw Genevieve holding a Knife above the babies heads.

Vamping forward I smacked into an invisible barrier. “Leave my children alone!”

Elijah picks up an urn and lobs it at the witches, which slams against Genevieve's hand and knocks the athame onto the ground. The five of us run toward them, so the other two hold each other's hands and channel the ancestors' power. “La mère, le père, le frère, la sœur... La mère, le père, le frère, la sœur…”

The girl with black hair declared. “You fools! To come against us in our place of power, in our strongest hour. You don't face three, you face us all.”

Hayley ran forward but the witches knocked her back. Jacob took her hand in hers trying to break their spell but he wasn't strong enough. Elijah kept trying to run forward while Nik and I vamped off in different directions. Halting in my tracks I got blocked my two girls in dresses. "You won't murder my kids!...Invidia tenebris lapsus!" The two fell down in front of me but the second I moved forward by another pair flinging me onto my back.

Nik ran into the same problem where two guy witches threw him into a brick building. He got to his feet seeing there was a metal fence where he broke off a piece of that. He charged past Elijah launching it towards the witches killing one of them causing the group of dead witches to disappear from our view. Scrambling to my feet I clutched my hands into fists at my sides launching my powers towards the others blocking our path. “Phasmatos tribum, exum sue, redem su pas quo. Phasmatos tribum, exum sue, redem su pas quo. Phasmatos tribum, exum sue, redem su pas quo!”

The dead witches fade out even more yet I saw Geiuneve running over to my brother. She throws him onto the ground causing pain in his body until I vamped behind her holding her by her neck. She did a spell dropping me to my knees until Hayley came behind her knocking her onto the ground. The remaining witch that was standing over our babies was almost done with the spell until a throwing star ended up inside her stomach. Everyone turned their heads seeing Marcel standing behind us. He vamped forward snatching the three girls. “Oh no he doesn’t.” Vamping after him I knew Nik followed me.

We needed up at his place where Nik vamped in his face when he sat down the infants. “Give me one good reason not to kill you for taking my children!”

“Because…I…helped…saved…their…lives.” Marcel choked until he dropped him.

Rushing forward I picked up our second born child holding her in my arms so afraid she would break if I dropped her. Nik picked up the other two. Glancing back to the vampire I glared at him sternly. “You’re the reason that this happened in the first place. You frustrated the witches where they wouldn’t wait. And they are so desperate to sacrifice innocent babies!”

“Hey, I have a rule that no one hurts kids!” He shouted at me.

Nik shifted his gaze downward to the two other babies then he focused on me. We had gotten to the point where neither of us needed to say a word. We just knew what the other was thinking by now. “I’ll compel him to not remember anything of this, Raelyn. We will protect our children from harm from this day until eternity.”

“Good. Geiuneve can’t remember either. I’ll meet you back at the mansion.” I declared managing to hold the three babies in my arms entering the compound and laying down two of them in the crib. Holding the first baby in my arms with my hair falling in front of my eyes it was shortly after that I heard Nik and Elijah come back inside.

The pair were sitting in the living room while I stood over our sleeping kids. “We should have felt our mother's hand in this. We should have known she would not be bound by anything as obvious as death. And now, she has control of the witches. They will never stop.”

Elijah said back. “No.”

“They will never be safe. What was it you said to me earlier? That I have made enemies every day of my miserable life? Well, the worst of them are within these borders, brother. I have brought into the world a weapon they can use against me.” Nik made a good point.

Elijah responded to him. "Then we will arm ourselves! Brother, we have fought every adversary in this town, and we have won. And we'll fight them again, no matter who they are! We will make this home a fortress."

Nik lowers his voice. "I will not have them live their life as prisoners."

Elijah points a finger at him. "Then we leave here, together. All of us."

"Wherever we go, however far we run, those who seek power and revenge will hunt us! They will hunt her. She has inherited all of our enemies with none of our defenses." Nik shifted his gaze to me when I was standing in the doorway holding one of our children.

Elijah muttered under his breath. "So, whether we stay, or we leave - we condemn her."

"We have a third option. We can send them away for safety. Until we sort this out. My mother separated Jacob and I from the Coven for the same reason." I explained sniffing through tears not wanting to separate them from one another.

Footsteps came inside the house where the three of us noticed that it was Jacob and Hayley. "We could always take the twins to dad. He’s already learned how to handle two troublemakers at once.”

“That could work. And I know just the person to take the first, Rebekah.” Nik rose to his feet, coming to place a hand on my shoulder where I leaned into his touch.

Elijah and Hayley each make a face when he replies back, not sure about the plan. “Are we really going to separate them?”

“I hate the thought just as much as you do, Elijah. But for their safety we have to. If we aren’t worrying about Esther hunting them all. Then we also have to worry about my uncle Joshua or someone else from my coven sensing the twins' magic.” I huffed staring back at the sleeping twins behind us before the others left us alone with our children.

He slowly followed me inside the kid’s room we had started fixing together. I lay down the baby in my arms when he wrapped his arms around my waist. I felt him place his chin on my shoulder. “So have you decided on any names yet, my siphon queen?”

“I have actually…this one shall be Alina Josette Mikaelson.” Pointing towards our second born daughter who was the older twin by a second.

He clicked his tongue nuzzling his nose into my hair kissing my cheek. “And the other twin.”

“Melissa Luna Mikaelson or Missy for short.” Turning around in his arms I draped mine over his shoulder laying my head against his chest since we hadn’t really gotten any time alone to ourselves like this lately.

He rested his forehead against mine when I lifted my head up meeting his gaze. “We will get them back to this place, I swear to you.”

“I know, I know. I just don’t want to let them go. I mean they’re my babies after all.” I sniffed through tears where he wiped away tears with his thumbs with me watching him crying lightly too.

He pressed his forehead back against mine with our breathing mixing together. “Believe me. I am going to hate this too. But we have to do this to ensure that they have a better life than we did before we met each other.” It was nightfall when a car pulls up and Rebekah gets out since we are the sign that says now leaving New Orleans with us waiting for her. When she sees her brother and her newborn niece, she smiles. “Hello, sister.”

“Thanks for coming, Bes.” I hugged her gently before we broke the hug quickly.

Rebekah gently touches the baby, and stares in wonder. “Oh, she looks like her mother. Maybe there is a God after all.”

Klaus laughed at her. “Well, she has a hint of the devil in her eyes. That's all me. I need a witch you can trust to cast a cloaking spell.”

Rebekah nods. “I'll get one.”

I warned her. “No one can ever find her.”

Rebekah understood and didn’t need to be told a second time. “I know what to do, Nik. Perhaps we'll get a white fence. I think that would be lovely.”

Nik and I both shifted our eyes downward to our first born daughter where I placed my fingers onto the side of her cheek while holding her in his arms. “This city would have seen you drad. But, I will have it your home. And every soul who wishes you harm will be struck down, just as sure as my blood runs in your veins. You will return to me.”

“In spite of our differences, Rebekah, there is no one I would trust more with my daughter's life. “ Klaus hugs Rebekah and kisses her on the cheek. “Be happy, sister. “

Rebekah smiled upwards to us. “She will be happy, Nik. I promise. What's her name?”

Klaus declares handing her over to her aunt. “Hope. Her name is Hope Andrea Mikaelson.”

Intertwining my hand with his he squeezed my hands gently glancing down at me with some tears in his blue eyes like me. “I can come with you if you want. But I understand if you want this to just be something for you and Jacob.”

“It should just be us, Nik. You don’t have to worry I’ll be home before you know it.” I told him leaning up on my toes kissing his cheek before we headed back to the car to meet Jacob back at the mansion with the twins.

Comments really appreciated ❤️

[nancypullen]

Hello, October!

Oh, how I've missed this beautiful month. October is the best month of the year and you can't change my mind. What other month spends thirty days painting the world with jewel tones and then ends it all with a big costume party? I love my birthday month, but I do consider it just one long October Eve. And speaking of costume parties, I know a little girl who is very excited about dressing up for Halloween. Let's start at the beginning. Our precious grandgirl started kindergarten in September. She loves it. A couple of weeks into school the kids were tasked with bringing a "Me Bag" for Show and Tell. They were supposed to bring a few things at home that are special to them and basically tell the class about the things they like. A short time later there was a sort of open house at the school and this is what Tyler sent us.

Just a few short days later, she was out shopping with her parents and the very same girl who had been saying that she wanted to go trick-or-treating as Jasmine spotted this and declared that she had found her Halloween costume. I wish I could show her face because she is quite pleased with herself in the photo. Looks like she wore it right out of the store.

Is that a precious little witch or what? I wonder if her classmates went home and told their parents that there's a witch in their class. Much like her Grancy she may end up on prayer lists far and wide. Too funny.

While we're on the subject of magic, guess who colored her hair? I thought about it for a long time. I'd grown out the white for a year and though I didn't hate it, I also didn't love it. I suppose I just wasn't ready. I placed an order to Sally's (the closest one is about 40 minutes away) and chose a color I'd safely used over and over. Good ol' 9NN. I'm telling you, when I mixed the color and developer I felt like a junkie cooking up fix. I couldn't wait. The color is not what I remembered. Yikes. Maybe it seems darker because I spent so long with white hair. But I'm fine with it.

I hope that neck wrinkle is caused by the seatbelt and not old age. Pretty sure it's age. Oh well. I was actually on my way to a dinner with women! You guys, I'm trying so hard to break into this town and find friends. It really shouldn't be this hard. I swear I don't stink and I'm really very nice. I have even applied for a job. It's with the library, the same library that kept turning me away as a volunteer. I'm more than qualified, do you think I'll even get a call? I'll be surprised if I do, but I'll keep hope alive and try to keep positive thoughts. If it doesn't happen, life will still be dandy. Besides, I know a little witch who might be able to cast a spell for me. Alright, enough of this prattle. My bag is waiting by the door and I'm heading to bed early to try to sleep before our early morning wakeup. I can never sleep the night before a trip. I suppose I could nibble a gummie. I have to leave those behind because Ireland has very strict rules about any sort of cannabis product and I really don't care to be nabbed at customs and thrown in prison. I've seen enough episodes of Locked Up Abroad to know that I'm too nice for prison. Looks like I'll be popping ibuprofen for a couple weeks. A little discomfort in exchange for castles and the Cliffs of Moher That's a good trade. Oh, the word comfort reminds me. One of the many gift cards I received on my 60th was an Amazon card. One of the purchases I made with it was this outfit to wear on the flight.

I will admit, that for just $29 I did not have high hopes - but it's fabulous!! So comfy, so soft and light. It's wonderful! Four pieces, the jogger pants, a short sleeved tee, a tank, and a cardigan, all in a lightweight jersey-type fabric. I love it so much that I'll definitely buy it in another color (my set is basic black). It runs true to size, so just order your regular size and it should fit just fine. Here's a link:

I'm really leaving this time. Going to grab a book and hopefully read myself to sleep. Tomorrow will be a long day. Because of an airline schedule change we have an extremely long layover in Toronto, like most of the day. Maybe that will work in my favor and I'll conk out on the flight to Dublin. I rarely sleep on planes and that makes me bleary-eyed on arrival. This might be just the thing to make me tired enough to get some shut-eye on the way over. Fingers crossed. Next post will be from Ireland. Our Air BnB supposedly has excellent wi-fi, probably better than many of the hotels we've stayed in on past trips. That's good news. Brace yourself for too many photos. Stay safe, stay well. XOXO, Nancy

[cyarskj1899]

This story is getting interesting

Sweet Day-Date Turns Sour: TJ Holmes And Amy Robach Spotted For The First Time Since Removal From ‘GMA3’

Bossip

Bossip Video 

Source: Bryan Bedder / Getty

The twosome were spotted appearing pensive in New York amidst ABC’s investigation of their workplace romance. This is the first time the anchors have been pictured together since they were removed from GMA: What You Need To Know.

In the photos obtained by the Daily Mail, the couple walked arm-and-arm as they began their outing in the Big Apple. The new boos initially seemed happy to emerge from hiding (or they could simply be keeping up appearances since their jobs are currently hanging in the balance) but their emotions were a stark contrast by the end of their day-date.  

The couple kept it casual sporting hoodies, jeans and trench coats to weather the chilly Manhattan day. Amy entered through the back entrance of TJ’s apartment but the two exited through the front door to take the short walk through the Financial District to The Capital Grille.

On the journey to the restaurant, they were full of smiles and giggles but after Amy enjoyed a salad and TJ a steak, the two headed back to Holmes’ apartment in a more somber mood. It was likely due to the paparazzi who were able to enter the restaurant and nab photos of two as they dined. One photo even captured the couple from above – over a railing.

The paps continued to follow the 40-somethings home, which cast even more gloom over their initial elation. The looks and whispers of people who passed may have also contributed to their now joyless faces.

TJ and Amy have endured public shaming amid speculation the two cheated on their respective spouses as they remain on hiatus from GMA3. The ABC network is still investigating what transpired and when. 

As previously reported, Robach and Holmes allegedly began their relationship in March when the two were still married to their longtime partners’ actor Andrew Shue and attorney Marilee Feibig. The anchors didn’t formally separate from their partners until August.

The source told People,

“There are no suspensions here at all. The network is just gathering information at this time.” The source continued, “They’re investigating the relationship and understanding the details before figuring out what’s next.”

The president at ABC News Kim Godwin penned a letter to staffers addressing the scandal. She wrote, the kissing co-workers will,

“remain off-air pending the completion of an internal review” and the media coverage “can be distracting from the incredibly important work our team does here at ABC News.”

Godwin added,

“It is my hope that we will continue to focus our energy on what we do best. And I want all of you to know how immensely proud I am of your hard work and professionalism.”

I know this debacle has taken the GMA work gossip to a whole new level. If only I could be a fly on the water cooler.

Romances in the workplace never usually end successfully. Take advice from Tyra’s legendary Top Model line, “Learn from this!”

[autumn-foxfire]

Oh that. Yeah it's been a hot minute so your anons might have forgotten, but the villains never came back for Twice's corpse. It was a fear Hawks had yes, but remember this guy zoomed right back to clean up the corpse and blood. He knew for damn sure nobody found Twice. If Twice's body was missing he would've sounded an alarm about it, but it wasn't. He found the crime scene intact, and that's why as soon as he sees Toga use SPM he knew it was Dabi who must've done it, because he was the only one present and near the body. And I wonder if Hawks asking him all those questions was also partially to distract him from the body? Because he only started asking after Dabi said "with Twice around, my dream had a way better chance of coming true!" that would've made him fear Dabi realizing he could just take Twice's blood and give it to Toga. He was right too, but after he heard the League got grabbed by Machia, and found Twice's corpse undisturbed when Compress could've marble-d it, he must've thought it was safe.

What happened was that after Tokoyami left, and right before Machia grabbed the League, Dabi says in chapter 341 that that was the moment he nabbed some of Twice's blood. Idk what that anon is on, there was no blood taken from the Twice clone, it was all goop. Dabi's word choice is interesting, because he strictly says "original body" so I don't think Toga can use clone blood, or if she can, she just won't think to. She has a 30-40 minute then SPM is over.

And Hawks couldn't have found Ujiko's hideout no matter what he did. Because he only knew what PLF was planning, not what AFO and Ujiko were planning with freeing AFO's main body and making him healthy again. He had no involvement in the OFA-AFO plot bullshit, neither Shigaraki nor PLF knew about it either. It was all secret. And tbf, on Ujiko using the Double Clone idk if the heroes knew about that, but it's not important. He's captured, Miruko found the original, the Nomu with the quirk was killed, it caused absolutely zero issues for them and was cleaned up neatly. Hell, thanks to them finding the fake Ujiko before the real one, it led them to Ujiko's lab with Shigaraki's tank. Worked out fine in the end, it's not really something to bring up. I will say tho, the Jeanist revival is definitely some insanity we have no answers for. That's a fair complaint. The least Hori could've done is said the docs revived him, but he went and had Hawks say that he, personally revived Jeanist, and last I checked he wasn't a mad scientist capable of reverting Nomu death states. So what gives Hawks?!? As for finding him despite the cameras on his wings, I suppose he could've sent a feather to drag Jeanist's corpse out of the fridge or sweet talked Skeptic into shutting the cameras off for a bit to steal him. Or just taken the whole wings off and made it seem like he was chilling on the roof, facing one way while his wingless body zoomed in and out of the storage, before sneaking up behind his own wings at an angle the cameras couldn't see and carefully reattaching them.

Yeah, I thought that was what happened in regards to Hawks and Twice's body. Also it points towards Dabi's planning that not only did he go into the fight with a camera to film Twice's potential death, he also thought to bring something to store his blood just in case as well (yet this goes ignored by fandom because Dabi has to have been so broken up about his death...)

Sadly the anime never made Hawks finding Jeanist any clearer T-T In fact he was there in person for his rescue, something I don't really know how he accomplished with the cameras considering Hori had him be so careful when creating a code for the heroes. My guess is that he never really thought much about it even though he wanted Jeanist to be rescued and revived.

You're theory about how he removed his feathers to make Skeptic think he was somewhere is probably the soundest theory over how he succeeded. Makes you wonder why they kept them on his wings though when they should know that Hawks can remove them XD

Again, it probably wasn't Hori put much thought into.

[elvisabutler]

dove career anon here! i feel like dove would be nonchalant about the oscars. like yeah, she'd be sad for the team and for austin but in the end i feel like she'd be like "well, life moves on and so should we"

so here's the funny thing with this, i honestly when i conceived of everything with eurus- her doing her version with birdie, me with dove. we both of agreed you know what austin's winning his oscar so i never actually contemplated a world where he didn't win. i know- silly of me but i really wanted him to win y'all. hell, him being drunk off his ass and whispering that he'd give dove an oscar baby despite them having been broken up for at least a year at that point was part of the basis of the when i'm 30 and you're 40-esque au one anon asked me for one time.

but i'm always a sucker for exploring what ifs and what have you and i think you're right. i do think she'd be ready to fight when it came to production design because they recreated graceland in australia come on that wins over dirt. it does not help that dove hates war movies in general but that's because she finds them a bit- overrepresented some times. but she'd know that austin has something that could nab him an emmy heading down the pipeline and that bikeriders was already getting oscar buzz before it even was seen by anyone so this was just a detour when it came to everything. and assuming it's a complete shut out and even she loses her nom ( because i've decided she'd just replaces jamie lee curtis in the supporting actress nom ), she'd probably be congratulating angela or stephanie for the longest out of anyone because those women deserved it etc etc. but yeah after the initial this sucks that night she moves on and tells everyone that they'll all get it next time. because they're all too good to not.

i will say dove definitely did have at least one drunken rant on the award circuit to austin and baz bemoaning the fact that BAZ LUHRMANN DOES NOT HAVE AN OSCAR FOR DIRECTING AND THAT'S BULLSHIT. it gets picked up by the media but she refuses to retract the statement because it's true though.

[hellsbellschime]

I dont know how demanding your job is but if you do want to move you could always get part time work wherever you are in addition to your regular job. one of my friends also works mainly from home and then just nabbed a part time gig when she moved and eventually transition to a new career. good luck though whatever you do.

I work 40 hours a week so if I left the country it'd be much easier to go somewhere with a better exchange rate, I'm just so freaking bummed though like I was HAPPY and had PLANS I was literally going to apply to grad school in January and now I'm waffling because FFS the world sucks even more today than it did yesterday AND IT WAS PRETTY DAMN SHITTY YESTERDAY

[kmp78]

“years she'll be closer to 40 and her chances of nabbing herself a Prince Charming like Dims will be slim, or even nonexistent. 🤷🏼‍♀️” well maybe she won’t meet a trust fund baby but still can meet a loving man. Women still get married at 40 and date. Let’s not boost agism. Look even at CS, she met SL pushing 40

I didn't say she couldn't meet a man.

I said it's highly unlikely she'd have the same luck and opportunities as VK in finding a man. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[mirandamckenni1]

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[copperbora]

This is my two year old baby boy Keplar, aka the mortal enemy of my marine nano aquarium Purrling Reef.

A few weeks ago I had to put fortifications around the tank because he kept attempting to hunt my Ocellaris clownfish Moby and Purrling's other inhabitants as well.

I love Keplar dearly but he also recently decided that my emergancy airline's airstone did not actually 'need' to actually be in the water. The problem is, Keplar happens to have ferociously sharp claws, which I am very well acquainted with personally thanks to the fact that he loves rearing up against my leg when he is hungry to get my attention as well as recently, hopping up on my shoulder. So, this morning I discovered that he had finally poked enough holes in the airline that not enough air was making it to the airstone in the water anymore.

Why is this important, you ask? Because should the power go out - which it does reasonably frequently here although mercifully usually only for a few hours - the regular injection of air bubbles into the water from the air stone will keep my water oxygenated, therefore keeping Purrling's beloved (and expensive) marine inhabitants alive.

(And what do I mean by expensive? Oh ho - saltwater fish are not your $5 Betta splendens or cheap $2 zebra danio of yore - my baby clownfish cost me $24 - which is cheap for a marine fish. His neighbour yellow watchman goby Clyde cost $40, and I expect my future royal gramma basslet to cost between $80-$100. I'm lucky because the fish that I can get for my little tank are actually relatively inexpensive. It's not uncommon for reef fish to cost $100-$400+ a pop.)

Lieutenant Skitter the blue eyed hermit crab was a fortunate nab: my livestock dealer gave him to me for free because he felt bad that I had driven an hour to see him and he didn't have any of the fish that I wanted in stock.

So, first thing's first: I attempted to repair the airline with black electrical tape which is both waterproof and reasonably Keplar-proof.

Unfortunately, the tube was too far gone, so I had to replace the whole thing. I armoured this in electrical tape too.

Success!

Another thing I did as an anti-Keplar measure is let the back and sides of my tank become absolutely covered in beautiful algae. The algae naturally blocks Keplar from looking in and the fish from looking out so that they only have to deal with my snuggly feline demon from one angle. (I do plan on wrapping these sides with dark construction paper in the future because the algae may disappear once I add corals and the algae no longer has those nutrients to munch on.)

While Moby and Clyde are scared of Keplar, my newest addition yellow-tailed damselfish Jewel doesn't mind him and happily watches him back. In fact, she seems less afraid of Keplar than she is of me! I hope that Moby and Clyde will learn from her brave example. A lot of people despise damselfish because a lot of them can be jerks (fun fact: clownfish are also damselfish,) but marine fish breeder ORA swears that Jewel's species is mellow. So far, ORA is right and Jewel is doing an awesome job of doing what I bought her for - being a 'dither' fish. Dither fish are fish whose confident swimming inspires calm in more nervous ones, like Moby, who I swear was getting depressed before I introduced her. Now he's eating again and swimming more readily around the aquarium!

Hopefully Jewel won't harass the royal gramma (to be named Amphritite) when I get it; I plan on buying a little pen to secure Jewel while I introduce Amphi. I doubt that Jewel will pose any issue with the introduction of Moby's future mate, Cousteau, as Cousteau should flock straight to Moby. Eventually (soon, hopefully,) I will supply Moby and Cousteau with at least a couple of LPS coral from the genus Euphillia - hammers and frogspawns, specifically. Torch corals are nastily aggressive to other corals and need lots of space so I won't be adopting any (they are horrendously expensive anyway.) Hammers and frogspawns also need space but I factored that into the design of my aquascape with a seperate little island for them.

Marine aquarium keeping is a really fun and complex learning curve; there's so much that I am still learning and perfecting! (Like temperature; I thought that I had that figured, but I don't yet. I honestly think that I need a higher wattage heater because the one I have doesn't seem to be maintaining temps well enough. I accidentally left the floor fan beside the aquarium on last night and my water temps plunged from 25°C to 18.3°C. Fortunately my temperature controller's alarm went off and I was able to quickly turn off the fan!)

I'm enjoying this very slow adventure. Every new livestock addition makes my tank so much more interesting and I can't wait to see how Purrling Reef will look a year from now!

[stoptellinglieslois]

Principal of pleasure part 40

The gang start to have a little too much fun as thing get a bit heated up as they loosen up further into the night.

Superman x Nightwing pairing

Dick

I watched Kal and Bruce dance now at a fair distant from each other.

I grabbed Roy and Jason by the arm and pulled them in the middle of the living room.

I put myself in between them as the tempo went from slow to fast moving beat.

I sway my waist with the beat of the song I pulled Jason in front of me and Roy went behind me.

This is how I would distract Bruce.

Jason stared at me unsure but put his hands on my hip as Roy followed suit.

I can't ever imagine doing this type of thing with Jason but, I found a chance to pull this off if Jason brought Roy here for this reason then I needed to use it.

Bruce stood there now watching us dance to the beat of the song.

Kal watched me the whole time as soon I pulled Jason and Roy Kal attention was automatically on us.

I could see Kal enjoying this I never knew he was into this type of stuff, I mean he told me what he liked but this was new.

Jason kissed Roy from behind me and I let them knowing we are doing a show for them.

When they broke off Conner and Tim were standing there. Tim face red as a tomato and Conner had a big smile on his face I looked at him he looked so much like Kal it was unreal.

Conner looked at us and felt content in being here. he didn't feel weird at all dancing like this open and free.

Alfred put something in the bloody Mary's I swear.

Kal went in between me and Jason Kal facing Jason as he held on to him pressing himself onto him. I turned to Roy and dance with him.

The boys stared in amazement as Bruce just watched us.

He leaned by the fireplace cool eyes on me mostly.

I watched Kal discretely in the corner of my eye he was loosened up a whole lot the way he is dancing with Jason.

Jason enjoying every minute of it.

I smiled to myself this was nuts good let be nuts I needed it.

"What are you thinking about." Roy whispered in my ear.

"Oh nothing you dance well."

"Liar."

"They're hot."

"Tim and Conner."

"They're cute I was talking about Jason and Clark."

"Hmm you like to watch." I instantly blushed at that and I am very stunned Roy would say this type of stuff.

"I...no Jason my brother."

"Yeah only by name...So you're into that stuff or what." I laughed I am into my own kink but voyeurism I never tried that and I don't think I would ever get off on that.

But watching Kal and Jason made me feel drawn to them, I shook my head. "I don't know if I can give a real answer to that." Roy hummed at that and spun me around and he was strong and it thrilled me a bit but I didn't know why.

"Did you and Jason ever do that type of stuff."

"Not as much now but back then yes all the time."

"Oh... Well that's something."

"Is it. I applaud you nabbing Superman he's everyone's hot dream." As Roy stroked my face and licked his lips.

I didn't know what to do or say I wanted to leave but he didn't let me break out of his grasp he held on tighter.

"Don't run." He said swinging me a way from Bruce who is watching Kal dance with Jason.

"Roy let go." I started to pull a little.

"Kiss me and I will let go." I didn't want to do that here but in a way it would take the suspicion off of me and Kal.

I leaned in and kissed him on the lips Tim yelp and Conner cat called.

Roy's tongue sneaked in then I pulled back.

Barbara I thought but she didn't call me I was thinking something was wrong but I was being silly.

Bruce I wonder why he broke Jason and Roy a long ago.

I never understood the real reason why.

Jason came and pulled Roy away from me and they grabbed more bloody Mary's.

"I don't think any of you could go home tonight we can't have you drinking and driving, Stay the night all of you I needed to go to the cave for a moment." Bruce left us as he made his way down the hall.

I went outside Kal and Jason Roy followed after me leaving Conner and Tim behind.

I needed some air and to think I was trapped like a rat in a maze wanting to leave.

"I can't stay here we can't stay here I mean I am tipsy but that's it."

"You kissed Dick why ?" Kal replied to Roy arms crossed

"I needed to flirt with him Bruce is watching our interaction and the fact that you two haven't said one word to each other is better that way the tension is not on you and Dick."Roy said apologetically.

"Forgive us Bruce knows something."

"I ended my marriage with Lois to be with Dick." The two of them went quiet as a church mouse.

"Wow you and Lois were together for like a hundred years or something and it took Dick to dismantle it." Roy said as he pulled on the iron gate.

Jason went quiet. "How will you keep it a secret from Bruce and the rest, It will be difficult for the both of you to keep that a secret." Jason said but with no judgement.

"I need to keep this quiet till we could stall for more time for anything really." Kal said.

"You two are so hot together though don't you think babe." Roy turns to Jason who is scrubbing his face. "I think the bloody Mary's are getting to you." Jason quipped.

"No I am serious look at them." Roy insisted and Jason turned and looked at us.

"Huh my older brother with Superman it is what it is."

"Maybe he can go to my club and have some fun." Roy said tugging at Jason sleeve.

"I don't know...... that's for people who are into that shit." Jason frowning at Roy.

"I am gamed."

"No Clark your not."

"Yes I am."

"Clark Roy over-thinks things and he gets carried away with this type of stuff." Jason is trying to make an excuse for us not to be pulled into Roy's ploy.

But they didn't no Kal from what he told me and how he is a total freak when he needs to turn it on.

"I 'm gamed boys."

"Fine but have a feel of the place first." Jason said worried the fact that Jason worries makes me feel humanity hasn't failed on us yet.

"Fine."

"Great."

"We better get inside before Bruce notice we left."

We all went inside the manor quickly.

End of part 40 next is part 41

Thank you for reading

[thebeginnersguide-mkg]

“You all… are really weird, you know. Never met a group of people so willin’ to have fun and talk to others as easily as most of you. Even when someone looks like they’d sooner kill you than wanna talk. But… thanks… for talking to me anyway.

“You still think I’m pretty…” You want to know what happened, don't you?

The sky goes blank-- as this time, there's no visual, but instead, only audio. From a very excited sounding, mid 40's man, giving it his very fuckin' all. Folks, hell of a match today, we're gonna give you the play by play, for everyone who wasn't here the first time. No time to lose, so let's get started.

Right now, we got a picnic. Simple, easy. Klara in one corner, and look over there, Una's eating tape. LOOK at that smile at her face, everyone, she knows she's here to win!

Win more than she thinks-- she goes down to the beach, and seems like she has something special to show! What's that in the treasure chest? Well, can't see what it is from here, but that doesn't matter, folks! She's using it, and well….look at those shackles come RIGHT off, and check out that SHINY NEW FORM!'

Klara, now, she's scribbling away on that pad of hers, she's DEAD curious! Now, looks like our newly massive Una wants to check it out…she's curious. She's curious as hell, but with those massive lobster arms, looks a little dangerous. She's gonna try to join her, and OH! OH, OW!

Folks, looks like she sat RIGHT on Klara's legs, she's firing off a single shot to let her know THAT'S NOT OKAY!! Una's getting up, but Klara looks at least a bit sprained from that, but she got her RIGHT off!

Klara's running for the cave, gonna see if she can get her to leave, but that lobster is SCUTTLING after her, she's cornered! Well, she's still got that gun- making a warning, but it's not enough! Una's real stimulated now, she's REAL curious-- AND KLARA FIRES OFF A SHOT AT THE CEILING, AND IT HITS! THAT STALACTITE HITS UNA DEAD ON, THOUGH THE TORSO, AND SHE'S STILL GOING!!!!!!!

Una's fascinated now, maybe she'll check Klara out- SHE'S GOT HER, FOLKS! SHE'S PICKING HER UP, SHE WANTS TO FIGURE HER OUT, AND!

Oh, folks. No, no no no. Couldn't be worse timing, now.

Curious Milo, looks like he was going to take some pictures for a study, and BOY is this a bad scene to scramble upon! Klara, upside down, Una couldn't want to know what the deal was more-- Milo screams and starts CHUCKING those wrenches like mad, folks! Definitely has Una's attention, she's coming closer, for sure!

He's engaging briefly, but it's not going his way, folks! Una even nabs his jacket, so he's going to RUN for it! Now, Una's not the best size for doors anymore, so with those claws…she's RIPPING A HOLE IN SPACE, EVERYONE, AND TAKING MILO WITH HER! Where it seems like poor Milo is running, is….oh, no, folks. That's right, you feared it, it's the infinity tower- WHERE A MASSIVE UNA CRASHES DOWN FROM A PORTAL, LANDING RIGHT ON HIM!

Smearing that red, and folks, it doesn't even seem like she noticed she was ON him at first! Cute little Dr Lucky, now he already went for help, as fast as his little feet weeties can take him, look at that little freaking guy. Una has some time now, she really did want to just check things out…she realizes, these two are hurt REAL bad. This ain't great, folks. Now, as Lucky sees a figure over at the pool….that's right, folks. It's Jinhai.

The jumpy little guy looks at the big guy, who was checking out the pool on his own, and gets him to come over and see this terrible scene. Now, what he sees, is a giant lobster monster with two gravely injured people. The lobster, of course, says they're fine. She means it. But, Jinhai has not a clue. Una says something that comes off the wrong way, folks, a bit too cryptic- and he's not having it. He asks her to move, but she's not listening.

So, folks? What do we see next? Well, it's a HELL of a scene. Jinhai leaps into the pool, and what comes out seems larger than a school bus-- a lithe, massive, monsterous, LONG, shark-like form, with teeth and claws to boot! What we have now is the fight for the ages, folks. And for the ages…it doesn't quite go so well for Klara and Milo. Trying to flee during the brawl as these two titans smash at it, they get knocked into the pool in the process, and with one terrible shock, they're OUT for the count.

Now, Una manages to notice with. That big shine catches her attention, and she absolutely doesn't want to make things worse. With real concern, she hops over, and scoops the pair up, teleporting away to get it done. She takes them to the tower, placing them down gently-- and of course, Jinhai doesn't have a REASON to trust this, folks. Why WOULD he? Why wouldn't he think he was up to something else NEFAROUS?! It seems like we're here for the final fight, folks. They're talking.

They're bantering during it, Una's dong her best to explain, but folks? Neither are in the best of states, right now. He grabs her, and DUNKS into the infinity pool- they go down, down, DOWN folks! By the time they finally get to the singularity, Una gets off another shot, striking one of his teeth, as that white chunk falls to the ground. There's not much time left. Jinhai…goes for it, everyone. THE STEEL CHAIR. Aiming for the target, he strikes true, his massive form sweeping the streets, his claws stabbing away, he HITS THE TARGET, AND SHE'S DOWN, SHE'S DOWN, SHE'S DOWN, FOLKS!

….seems like someone else is there, to talk? Puzzle Master, wastes no time. Seems like they're having a conversation. Can't tell what it is, folks. But…that's it! OUT FOR THE COUNT. DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, AND….

THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE! Splash by Star Exe by Knightly