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fallin-flcwer · 4 years ago

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Japan Interview // Georgie Heo

WHO ARE YOU?

what’s your star sign? "A gemini!"

what’s your favourite holiday? "Christmas."

what colour are your eyes? "Dark brown, but it's freakishly close to being black."

if i went on to your spotify right now, your most played song would be what? "HIP by Mamamoo."

do you read much? "Not really. I did have a phase when I was younger and read all the popular dystopian books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner, etc."

where did you grow up? "I grew up in Seoul, but my family travelled a lot so I only really spent a small majority of my life there."

when it comes to siblings; are you oldest, middle, youngest or only child? "I'm the youngest."

what were you like in high school? "I was a very bubbly student. I wouldn't consider myself popular but I was very well known for being the captain of the dance team at our high school."

if you could be any magical creature, what would you be? "A dragon! Mostly because I've seen a lot of people compare my appearance to Light Fury from How to Train your Dragon 3, but regardless I think it'd be pretty cool."

where is your happy place? "The dance studio."

can you tell us about a hobby you have that has NOTHING to do with your career? "Annoying my brothers."

CAREER STUFF

which academy do you attend? "Blossom Bell in Tokyo."

do you have a routine that gets you in the right frame of mind for work? "Just to go straight to the dance studio as soon as I can."

can you give us some insight into your next big project? "I'm going to be in a girl group! Each of the members are going to have a role in the production of our group, like styling, songwriting, producing, etc. I'm the choreographer of the group, but I'm also going to assist in music production as well."

if you weren’t at a talent academy, what occupation would you be working towards? "I think I'd be a dance teacher, or maybe a producer with the help of my dad instead of a talent academy. He went through it all as a Blossom Bell and St Judes student, so I'd probably get the same tips they'd give me through him. Loopholes."

are you a ‘work hard, play hard’ or a ‘work hard, sleep hard’ type? "Work hard, Play Hard."

what’s your proudest moment in your career so far? "There isn't one moment specifically, but just getting on stage and showing people my choreographies has been such a good experience."

do you remember where you were when you realised you were accepted into your academy? "I was in the studio with my dad and my brothers. Minhyuck and I got the letter around the same time."

did you get rejected from any academies? do you care anymore? "I did apply for Liberty as a second preference and got rejected. I'm not upset about it though."

what is your DREAM achievement? "To become a well known dancer and choreographer. I'd love to work for big names in the industry."

finish the sentence: “when it comes to my career, my goal is to make sure that…” "I have fun, and do things I'm 100% happy with showing off."

SPILL THE TEA

are you single or taken? "Single."

what’s your snapchat score? "25,600"

read us your last received text… "i told dad we would meet him in the lobby in 10 min so you better me there"

would you ever date a fan? "I wouldn't be opposed to it."

how could somebody go about getting your attention? "I think in a way, I'd have to see a bit of myself in order for someone to get my attention, so if you like, i don't know, just match my energy you'll probably get my attention."

have you ever stalked an exes socials? "Yeah."

have you ever stalked an exes new partners socials? "Nope."

which song best describes your last crush or relationship? "Slow Dancing In The Dark by Joji... The guy singer, not me."

have you ever used tinder? "Nope."

who on tour would you most like to see naked? "Nobody."

who’s the most annoying person on tour? "Minhyuck."

which person on tour would you NOT let your hypothetical son or daughter date? "Minhyuck, for very obvious reasons."

what’s the grossest thing you’ve ever done? "My oldest brother dared me to eat a worm when I was five, and being the innocent five year old I was, I did it."

have you ever peed in the shower? "Anyone that says no is lying."

who is one person on tour that you trust more than anything? "Dad and Minhyuck."

BRING ON THE FUN

what kind of drunk are you? "I'm the same as my brother. We definitely become more crazy and hyper but the second I run out of energy I go straight to sleep.."

if you could spend a day inside one movie, which would it be and why? "Step Up because dancing."

if you could have any piece of music play whenever you entered a room, what would it be? "HIP by Mamamoo. I might be a little bit obsessed."

everybody has ONE word tattooed on their head that most describes who they are, what does yours say? "Hyper."

if i came round your house for a dinner date, what would you cook me? "I'm more into making desserts and baking but I can make a bomb cheese tonkatsu, which is like a korean cheese pork cutlet."

do you have any guilty pleasures or weaknesses? "None that I can think of."

say a word that you HATE the sound of… "Oppa.. I'm not sure if it's because I genuinely hate the sound of it or if it's because I've said it so many times to by brothers and guy friends it doesn't sound like a proper word to me anymore."

what is one country you have no desire to visit that other people do? "Australia. Me and heat don't mix well."

if you could rename yourself, what would your name now be? "Technically I've already renamed myself Georgie -not really though because it's just the English version of my actual name, Joji- but I generally like names that end in the -ee sound. So maybe like Lucy or Maisie.. Something like that."

if these were your famous last words, what would you say? "Minhyuck did it."

#next gen: georgie

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littlesin · 7 years ago

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At this point I’m compelled to think that dacre during PR era was just for the movie and being the super hero role model for kids. He had to interact with fans to promote the movie and may have been a little more humble. But the good boy image was probably for the movie. Now that he’s seen as the sex symbol for ST hes being himself with a little bit of ego added. But for the most part he may have always been like this. It’s wild to think fame would change him that much and so fast. If so..yikes

I think that the wide-eyed innocencewe saw during PR was probably genuine. I agree that the foundation of the Dacrethat we are seeing now has probably always been there, but he was right out ofdrama school during PR and was finally seeing all his hard work come tofruition. I think he was genuinely stoked and grateful. What I think triggereda change was getting Stranger Things right after Power Rangers, and thengetting all the attention after ST2, not just from fans, but also from peoplewithin the industry. All of the sudden he’s getting invited to everything andworking with stylists who are dressing him in expensive high-end clothes. Thenhe gets back to Perth and everyone is worshipping the ground he walks on,including the girls who wouldn’t have spit on him if he was on fire back inhigh school because he’s the boy from Perth who made it in Hollywood. And BOOM,we have this messy “new” Dacre. My very personal opinion is that he feels he’sfinally getting the recognition and treatment that he deserves. And well, goodfor him. I can’t be bothered to get in my feelings about it anymore.

Anonymous said: I think another issue with thedryness in Dacre’s tag is he hasn’t been in the business that long. Othercelebs have interviews from 5 years ago, etc that people can watch. Dacre onlyhas recent interviews that a more still on people’s minds so people get boredeasily. Compared to somebody who has a large collection of press, TV, andmovies.

I don’t disagree with this. He’sonly done two projects, and anything there is to see or hear about him has alreadybeen seen or heard. But I think that is what makes his long silencesso deafening. There are only so many old interviews and pictures you can watchor look at before there’s nothing else to do. So yeah, you are right.

Anonymous said: I feel like Dacre really bought intothe idea of being the next Leo Dicaprio or something. Dating models and allthat, thought to Leo’s credit he seems to have stayed away from drugs. I hopeit’s all worth it for him in the end as it’s become very off putting as oflate.

The difference between Dacre and LeoDicaprio is that Leo paid his dues and had a resume before he started partyingwith models on yachts. That’s what makes what Dacre is perceived to be doing sograting. Like, dude has done one movie and one TV show. Calm down. You’re notthere yet. Or at least make sure you aren’t being exposed by hangers-on who aregiddy at posting all your personal business on their Instagrams.

Anonymous said: Joe isn’t as obvious as Dacre andobvs has more diverse talent than just acting but he’s out there at hollywood“free swag” parties and conventions working the hollywood game andlooking a hot mess. He may be more lowkey with his drinking and drug use. Ialso would not call his relationship lowkey (in comparison to Dacre’s sure) buthe “upgraded” to a more famous and hollywood suited gf as soon as hefound fame and she looks very comfortable being his arm candy and going to allthose parties.

I’ve seen this argument a lot comingout of the Joe fandom, and it mostly revolves around his girlfriend and how he “upgraded”on his ex. I don’t know what his ex looks like and I don’t think Maika Monroeis all that pretty (she looks average to me), so I can’t tell if he upgraded. WhatI will say is that it seems that’s all people can come up with to drag Joe for.I haven’t really seen anything else coming out about him that people can be madat. So, if the only thing people have beef with is him supposedly “upgrading,”then he’s doing pretty damn good in my book.

Anonymous said: You said everything I’ve beenthinking about Dacre and his mess. I also completely agree with what you saidabout Joe having a full life outside of the fame and not having changed due tohis fame. I respect him a lot and will continue to be a fan. He seems so kindand mellow and seems to realize there’s more to life than fame and acting. Goodfor him. Dacre could learn a thing or two.

I going to take this opportunity tosay that I don’t want this to become about pitting Joe and Dacre against eachother. I personally don’t think that’s a necessary thing to do. You can be madat Dacre’s messiness without dragging Joe into it. This is no shade at you, anon.I agree with what you’re saying. I just don’t want Joe fans to start draggingDacre to prop up Joe or vice versa. Dacre has done enough to be dragged on hisown without equating him to Joe because that’s just not a fair comparison.

Anonymous said: i had a dream last night that Dacreposted a video of himself basically apologizing for all of the stuff about himrecently like saying I’m sorry that you’re getting this image of me, I take myimage really seriously and will be trying to get ahold of it all from now on,etc hahahaha i wish this dream was real. He is being so sloppy with all of thisstuff coming out ffs

Yeah, that’s definitely a dream. Ican say with confidence that he will never do that. I think he thinks there is noproblem. And there may not be one to be honest. Just because you, or I, or otherpeople feel some kind of way about the image he’s projecting, or is allowing tobe projected by other people’s messiness, doesn’t mean he or his people feellike there is anything wrong. So, yeah, I doubt we are going to see any kind ofchange.

Anonymous said: That’s definitely coke. I used to doit back in high school and you often hold your nose up to let the coke slidedown also my white boy Chris Evans used to do coke now he’s an Avenger.

I had no idea Chris Evan used to docoke. I’ve said before that I don’t think any of this is going to have alasting effect on Dacre’s career, so I can’t say that you’re wrong.

Anonymous said: None of those girls on the boat looklike models 😂😂 apart from liv I guess but youcan’t even see her

I actually think those girls are herfriends from high school. Apparently, she was a part of what looked like a richgirl/mean girl clique (although I don’t think she had as much money as her friends) and she’s still friends with them, which makes sense becauseshe’s only really been out of high school for about a year. Also, I don’t thinkit takes much to call yourself a model in Australia. It looks like there are alot of teen girls who do some “modeling” for dress shops during prom season orwhatever and then suddenly they are calling themselves professional “models.”

Anonymous said: His friend Robbi looked like he wasquite worried about him in the video. I think that kind of gives away that whathe was doing might not have been innocent

It did look like he was looking inthe cabin wondering what exactly was going on, but we can’t really speculateabout what people are thinking from an instastory that’s a few seconds long.But I can see how you’d see that.

Anonymous said: The friends of this chick begin toput their IG in private, I find it suspicious a little

Another anon told me that the JosieGarza chick put her Instagram on private. I wonder if it has something to dowith the anon who pointed out that on the infamous birthday pic that may havegotten that fan account banned, she refers to the IG Model as “her black bff” implyingthat she is black or part black. They included the Insta handle in their ask soI’m sure people went looking. That ask peaked my interest because a while backI speculated that the IG Model may be bi or multi-racial. I wonder if people straightup asked her if the IG model was black and that’s why she went private.

Anonymous said: any news on that sag tea? did theyauthorize you to tell us?

I took a break from the fandom, so Ihaven’t talked to them about it recently. The tea is pretty old at this pointand not really all that relevant anymore. And back when I gave a shit, I washesitant to push spilling it because I didn’t want to put anything out therethat would make Dacre look bad, but now that I don’t care, I may ask again.

#anonymous #anon ask #dacre montgomery #I refuse to tag this girl

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littledonkeyburrito · 7 years ago

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So Unclean

1. Quick! Chinese or Mexican? Both!

2. How many significant others have you had in your WHOLE life? I don’t think any of them would count as “significant”

3. I have to ask: What does the last message you received say? “I saw the corpse touching party photo again”

4. How about the last message you sent? *laughing face emoji*

5. Have you shared any kisses today? No.

6. Did the last person you kissed have soft lips, or were they kind of crusty? Soft. Can I just say that “crusty” is like the worst possible adjective you could have used.

7. Do you think your life will be any different a year from now? Yeah because I’ll probably be in Australia and working and stuff

8. What is in your wallet? My licence, bank card, health insurance card, metro ticket and I think about 30 euro

9. Have you ever been in a fist fight? 11 years of martial arts will do that to you

10. When was the last time you went to the doctor? Back when I got my yellow fever shot in august

11. Are you going out of town anytime soon? I'm going back to australia in 2 weeks. There was talk of a family friend maybe paying for me to visit her in london next week but idk what’s happening with that.

12. Do you hate your ex? There is one I dislike, the rest are fine.

13. When are you going to get a haircut? When I’m back in Australia

14. Can you fit your hand around your wrist? Yes

15. When was the last time you applied chapstick? A couple of hours ago. Need to put more on though. Winter is a bitch for cracked lips. I swear I have to drink like 10 litres of water to stop them drying out

16. Are you a coffee person or a tea person? Neither, but if I have to choose, then tea.

17. When’s the last time you had a phone conversation for more than ten minutes? Does a voice call on google hangout count? If yes, then today with Maggie and Patrick while we played The Elder Scrolls

18. All the people you’ve kissed, what did their names start with? God, I’ll just list the letters in alphabetical I guess: A, B, C, D, E, I, J, M, N, R, Z Most of those letters are multiple people though. Surprisingly there are two Z’s and neither of them are a name you expect.

19. What did you and your ex fight about most? I have never had anything last long enough for fights.

20. Don’t you love long hugs? Generally, no. But if they’re from certain people, yes.

21. And long kisses? Sure, why not

22. Have you ever purchased condoms? Yes

23. Do you have a dirty mind? My mind is So Unclean.

24. Do you check the mail everyday, or somebody else? Nah I never get post here so I only check like once a week.

25. Did you think braces were cool when you were little? I don’t recall ever having an opinion

26. Put your iTunes on shuffle RIGHT NOW and tell me the first song it plays. I can’t be bothered waiting for itunes to open but I can tell you that I currently have “La Raza Es La Pura Raza” by Molotov currently playing youtube.

27. What is the last song you added to your iTunes library? That would have been an album by Alvaro Soler. But I’m going to put a bunch of new songs on there soon before my flight back to aus

28. Are you embarrassed by any of the songs in your iTunes? Not really. I have no shame.

29. When was the last time you were sick? No idea but I’ll probably get a cold from the 26 hours of flying I’ll be doing soon.

30. Who was your Valentine this year? Nobody

31. When did you first kiss the last person you kissed? September

32. And when did you last kiss the last person you kissed? October

33. Did you borrow that shirt from somebody? No

34. What was the last thing you put in your mouth? Dark chocolate with almonds

35. Do you like to swim? I used to hate it because long hair took forever to dry. Now I don’t mind but I don’t actively try to go swimming often.

36. How many vacations have you been on in the past year? Oh My God so many this year has been awesome. And since I’ve been living in spain the whole time I guess it’s basically been a year long vacation.

37. Have you ever gone on vacation with your boyfriend/girlfriend? No

38. Do you have to wake up early tomorrow? No but I might anyway because I barely slept last night and I’m going to bed after I finish this quiz.

39. When you put an album into your iTunes, do you delete all of the songs that you dislike, or do you prefer to keep the complete album in your library, and why? I keep the whole album. But I have playlists of my favourite songs.

40. How often do you get confused about someone’s tone through the internet or texting? (For example, taking something serious that was intended to be taken sarcastically?) Not often. My friends and I get each other pretty well and if we can’t understand the tone we just ask.

41. What was your most awkward sexual experience? (If you don’t have one/are too embarrassed to share, what is the funniest sex story you’ve heard?) I don’t think I really have any funny or awkward stories. The most amusing one for me was fooling around in the back of his car and ducking every time another car drove past and him saying that if anyone looked in they’d only see me because I’m so pasty I pretty much glow in the dark.

42. Have you ever called in and won a radio contest, and, if so, what was it, and what’d you win? No but this reminds me that when I was a kid I won an easter colouring competition and my prize was a 3kg chocolate bunny which my dad smashed up with a hammer and put all the pieces in a cooler and then most of it was eaten by him and my brother. Although in fairness to my brother he did trade me a stuffed monkey toy for half the chocolate.

43. If you’ve used pads, do you prefer them with or without wings and why? What kind of sadistic fuck uses pads without wings? Fun fact: pads are the reason I know the spanish word for “wing”

44. Who was the last person you had actual sex with in a dream? I think I had a sex dream about my ex recently

45. If you went to a bookstore, what section would you most likely end up at? The exit, tbh. I’m not a big reader.

46. What is in your left pocket? There is nothing in any of my pockets

45. How much alcohol did you have this weekend? I think I had 2 beers on Friday night

46. Do you eat gas station food? Pies.

47. What color underwear do you have on? White and blue speckled

48. Do you sit or stand in the shower? Stand, unless I’m particularly tired or I’m feeling sick. Sitting under the shower is a really effective method of stopping nausea for me.

49. Where were you born? UK

50. Where do you work? Or go to school? Or are you a bum? Currently a total bum but soon will be back working in security

51. What do you want to be when you grow up? Who the fuck even knows. I’m open to suggestions if you wanna throw some at me

52. When did you join Facebook? Why? 2008 because all my friends had facebook. I think I got myspace then too.

53. Do you like to cuddle? Only with sexual partners.

54. Do you believe that the last person that you kissed cares for you? Don’t know. Maybe a little?

55. How long does it take you to fall asleep at night? Lately, so fucking long. Like, 4 hours.

56. Do you prefer to take your showers at night or in the morning? Morning because I’m a sweaty sleeper.

57. Is there a night you would like to repeat and allow it to live on forever? Yeah, there is one night that comes to mind

58. Name a person whose name starts with the letter M. Me, Maddie

59. Do you eat ranch with your pizza? I am but a simple australian and I’m not even entirely sure what ranch dressing is

60. Is there a place that you wish you could visit? So many

61. Do you believe that this weekend will be a good one for you? Depends if I do actually end up going to London

62. Is there anyone that is jealous of you or anything that you have? I hope so. People’s jealousy of my travel kinda fuels me tbh

63. Have you told anyone that you missed them lately? Yeah I told my mama I miss her

64. Why will/won’t you and your ex get back together? We probably will when I’m back in australia. We’ve already agreed to catch up once I’m back.

65. Have you ever kissed anyone while driving? No, that sounds dangerous

66. Think of the last person you kissed. Have you ever kissed them on a bed or a couch? Yes and no I don’t think we ever kissed on a couch. It was mostly in hotel rooms so I don’t think there were any couches

67. Is your best friend single? Yeah

68. What are you going to be doing later? Sleeping hopefully. I’m so tired

69. The last kind of lotion you used, what does it smell like? Probably like lotion with argon oil. Y’know because that’s what it was.

70. Have you hung out with any guys recently? I have not physically hung out with anyone for a long time.

71. Can you go a whole day without drinking any pop or eating any sweets? Yeah, that’s not uncommon. I’ve kinda surprised myself by how unintentionally healthy my diet has gotten this past year. Like, I eat a ton of vegetables every day and drink mostly water, milk and orange juice. And I started eating eggs for some protein too.

72. Who’s the weirdest teacher at your school? There was a teacher at my highschool called (I think) Mr. Moore. He was always powerwalking and/or spilling his coffee. He was just.. hell I don’t even know how to describe him but I guess he was like a human version of a hyperactive vibration. I’m sure that makes absolutely no sense but that’s all I think to say

73. How old were you when you learned how to ride a bike? 5 or 6

74. Who do you talk to first when you’re upset? Mum or Maggie

75. Do you have nightmares often? Not proper nightmares but my dreams are often quite anxious

76. Do you think you could be with someone for over four years? No idea.

77. Were you happy when you woke up today? No, I just wanted to go back to sleep. I only got like 3 or 4 hours sleep.

78. What are you thinking about right now? Which surburbs in Brisbane I should look for apartments in

79. Are you wearing jeans, shorts, or sweats? Jeans

80. Would you live with someone without marrying them? Yes. I wouldn’t marry someone if I hadn’t lived with them for a while first

81. When is the last time you really laughed? When I read that story about communion with the life size bread jesus earlier

82. Have you ever skipped school because you were tired? Not school but I skipped uni lectures a lot

83. What was the last thing you had to drink? Water.

84. Your most recent ex needs you at 3 AM, do you go? Depends what he needs me for, but probably 85. Would you rather kiss someone 5 years older or 5 year younger? 5 years older. Five younger is like 18 and hell nah I’m not going to kiss an 18yo kid.

86. Do you like your parents? Yeah they're pretty awesome as far as parents go. My Ma especially is just a fucking awesome lady, I know it sounds cliche but she is genuinely one of my best friends.

87. Do you make smart decisions? Usually but I have been known to fuck it up every now and then, usually with money stuff.

88. Would you consider yourself tall? No. I can’t use the top 2 shelves of my fridge.

89. Have you answered all of these questions honestly so far? why would I lie?

90. Have you ever lived in a house with a basement? I don’t think so

91. What woke you up this morning? My alarm

92. How many hours of sleep did you get last night? 3 or 4

93. Anybody tell you they miss you lately? When I told Ma I miss her she said she misses me too

94. Have you ever kissed someone who was high? Yeah

95. What were you doing at 4am this morning? I’ll tell what I wasn’t fucking doing was sleeping even though I’d already been in bed for 3 hours.

96. Would it be hard to kiss the last person you kissed? Well he’s in Costa Rica so the physical distance would make it a little more difficult.

97. What time is it right now? 10:23pm

98. Have you ever been led on? I wouldn’t even notice, I am so oblivious to that stuff

99. Do you know a secret about your ex and if he/she pisses you off, will you tell? No

100. Are you excited about anything today? I’m getting kinda pumped to start looking at apartments back in Brisbane. I really like looking at rental apartments. That’s why I always offer to help my friends find a place.

101. Do people ever call you by your last name? Actually yeah there’s one guy at work that calls me by my last name but he’s gonna get confused once I’m back because my brother works there too now.

102. Have you ever gone camping? I used to spend a couple of nights with my aunt and uncle every year when they went camping over the christmas break

103. Would you sleep with the last person who Facebook messaged you? Probs not

104. When’s the next time you will consume alcohol? Whenever I buy beer next, probably within the next week

#Other potential titles:#I guess it’s basically been a year long vacation #I’m so pasty I pretty much glow in the dark #dad smashed it up with a hammer #a human version of a hyperactive vibration

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walkerbaby-blog · 8 years ago

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The Oxford Incident -- First Chapter Teaser (Original Fic)

I can’t believe I’m doing this... Anyway, here it goes the first chapter of the steampunk ya I’m working on at this retreat:

“This may be the dumbest thing we’ve ever done,” Jessa said as she stared at the imposing white stone facade of Majors and Sons, Mayfair’s finest jewelers and the Queen’s favorite place to acquire her shine.

She tugged on the bottom of her brown braid, making sure it was secure. The last thing she needed was for her hair to come lose in the middle of cracking a safe and getting in her way. She could see it play out in her mind. There she is, crouched in front of the safe, ear trumpet pressed against the door, clicking through the dials and her hair gets in her eyes. And that’s when the Metropolitan Peelers crash in and catch her in act of pinching the store’s newest acquisition of diamonds and sapphires.

They’d hang her before breakfast sure as Queen Vicky had a perfumed chamber pot.

“This is a brilliant plan,” her partner — Archie— said and then rolled his eyes at her. “The best plan I’ve ever come up with.”

“That’s not saying much,” Jessa said and fought the urge to roll her eyes.

They were going to get caught. She knew it.

“You just follow my lead across the street,” Archie said, giving her his sternest stare, “and then shimmy yourself up that drain pipe and come back down with the goods and then Bob’s your uncle, Fanny’s your aunt and in under ten minutes we’ll have the haul that Nell Planker’s been dying to get her thieving red fingers on. And then? It’s easy street for us. One way tickets to Australia and you’ll be wrangling those giant rabbits by dinner time.”

“And if anyone suspicious comes by? Anyone who suddenly thinks they need to be in that shop for some reason?”

Archie twitched his shabby brown coat backwards and Jessa could see the club he always carried. The length of her arm from wrist to the tip of her middle finger, as thick as her wrist, it was made of solid wood, polished to a gleam. It wasn’t a big weapon but she knew from experience that when Archie put his considerable enthusiasm for mayhem behind it he could make the weapon an effective deterrent for anyone who thought to keep the two of them from their target.

“Right.” Jessa pulled on the dirty gray cap that she’d stolen off a drunk lamp lighter and tucker her braid up underneath it before glancing over at Archie.

He’d donned his own cap and had opened a glass bottle. Archie took a quick nip off the bottle and then splashed another dose onto his own coat. “Here.” He passed her the bottle. “If we’re playing at being drunken sots, we’re going to have to smell like it.”

The acrid smell of aether laced gin assaulted her nostrils and Jessa fought the urge to gag. Aether gin had taken over as the ruin of choice in Whitechapel and she’d seen plenty of dead in the early morning, unfortunates who’d thought the new drink would keep them warmer than a roof and walls would and froze to death in the biting London winters instead, their lips blue and their chest rattling from the particles that had turned their lungs to metal as they lay passed out in the gutters. “Right.” She spilled some of the clear liquid onto her own, soot covered, coat then took a small sip, wrinkling her nose at the way the alcohol burned on its way down her gullet.

Archie picked up the long torch they were supposed to be using to light the lamps, and rubbed a hand along the ashes collected in the thick wick. He rubbed some on his own face and then brought his hand up to Jessa’s cheeks, brushing them gently.

“There now,” His voice sounded rough. “We’ll make you a bit less of a pretty boy. Otherwise you might stick out in somebody’s mind. The too pretty lamp boy hanging around in Mayfair.” He fit the snuffer — the small cap that the real lamp boys would use to douse the lamps at dawn— onto the torch and then leaned on his left foot, resting his weight against the long length of the pole.

Jessa glanced over and fought the urge to rub at the cheek he’d brushed his fingers down. “Shut up Archie,” she muttered, trying to ignore the fact that a simple touch that she wouldn’t have noticed three months ago suddenly made her heart beat a little faster. Then again, it seemed to her that three months ago, Archie was much less likely to find excuses to run his fingers gently down her cheek. Or mention more about her appearance than whether or not she’d gotten a tear or a smear somewhere that she hadn’t already noticed.

Now though, it seemed Archie was always mentioning her hair or her eyes. Telling her he thought she looked too noticable in green. Throwing glares at the other young men around Whitechapel when they suggested she partner with them for some mayhem or a bit of burglary. Last week he’d threatened to break Edgar Whitman’s jaw if he didn’t leave off buying Jessa gins that she kept refusing to drink.

It was almost like Archie was trying to act like he was her man, courting her in his own street rat sort of way. And if the way her pulse raced every time he did something foolish and charming was any indication then Jessa was afraid that perhaps she’d grown a little too fond of the other thief. Maybe her brother-in-mischief was becoming…

She pulled away from that thought and shook her head violently from side to side, hard enough that she thought she could make the thought slosh completely free of her brain. The last thing she needed was to start mooning after some boy like a silly society twit with fluffy skirts and too tight corsets and more money than sense. She had no time to worry about dresses and curls and sweet smelling perfume. She had three sisters at home, each of them with a belly to fill and a doctor who demanded payment up front to give her sister Philodendron the medicine that allowed her to breathe.

Plus, Archie was her partner. They’d been working London’s streets as a team since she’d been eleven years old, newly orphaned with three younger sisters to care for, determined not to let the charity people pull them into one of their homes to be sold out as labor for the factories that had killed their parents. But Archie was more than just her partner. He’d been her first friend in Whitechapel. The one who’d brought her into the gang of street urchins and pick pockets that had given her and her sisters a home. She wasn’t about to complicate that with sweet words and kisses in dark alleys.

“Let’s get this done,” she said, glancing first left and then right, before linking her arm through Archie’s much more muscled one and lurched against him.

“Oh pretty Peggy,” Archie began to sing, slurring the words in his fine Irish tenor. “She was my queen. I’d spend all my coppers just to listen to her sing.” They stumbled across the street, lurching one way and then the next. “Oh pretty Peggy, she’d dance and sing. When the punters would throw their coins, then she’d show her knees.” Archie took a loud breath as they reached the other side of the road. “Oh pretty Peggy, my pretty pretty Queen. But I’m a poor man, with a skin full of gin, and my pretty Peggy she won’t let me in.”

Jessa waited until he was in position, his body blocking the entrance to the alley, singing loudly about all the things Peggy the barmaid wouldn’t let her suitors do, and then hurried further into the alley. There, just above a set of metal bins, was her way in. One window with nothing much to look out at besides the sooty bricks of the building next to it. She reached into her jacket for the coiled up length of rope she kept there, a claw hammer’s head tied to the end. It was one of her sister Delphinium’s gadgets, something she’d gotten the idea for out of one of the adventure magazines she sometimes read between bowing and scraping to customers in the automata store where she worked the counter.

Jessa uncoiled the rope enough to swing it in a circle, the weighted hammer head causing it to pick up speed. Then, just as the air started to whistle from the rope’s speed, she released, throwing the iron head towards the window ledge. The glass shattered and Archie raised his voice to cover the tinkle of glass as it rained down on the alley. She was getting better at hitting the glass and breaking it but she wasn’t nearly as good as Delphi expected her to be. Then again, her sister didn’t actually have to use the gadgets she created.

She pulled on a pair of thick gloves and then gave a sharp tug on the rope. The head had caught fast on the other side of the window and she was certain it would hold her weight.

Well pretty certain. Possibly a little bit better than half a chance that it would hold her weight.

She tugged on the rope again, harder this time. She hoped it would hold her weight.

She put her right foot against the brick wall and prepared to—

Gaslights flared to life along the roof of Major’s and Sons, bathing the alley in gaslight. Loud ringing, the sound of a thousand angry bees woken to find that their honey was under attack, began to pour from the broken window and echoed against the brick walls of the alley.

Well there went that plan

She dropped the rope like it was a scalding tea kettle and bolted toward Archie at the mouth of the alley. “I thought you said you checked to make sure that Major’s didn’t have an alarm,” she screamed as they sprinted out of the alley and turned down the street. Major’s and Sons store was on a road that was a busy shopping plaza during the day but in the wee hours before dawn not many fine ladies were out and about looking for jewels and the whole street was empty. If they were lucky, perhaps no one would hear the alarm and they could make it to freedom. She kept her hands over her head, waiting for the instant when the security bees reached them and she felt the sharp prick of a stinger loaded with a paralyzing concoction to keep her in place until the Peelers arrived.

“Stop! Ruffians! Thieves!” A hoarse male voice bellowed.

Jessa didn’t stop. Even if she was inclined to find herself in the gaol for a bit of burglary— which she wasn’t-- she wasn’t about to stick around and let one of those buzzers get their stingers in her skin. Been there. Done that. The three days of fever and hallucinations made her certain it was an experience she did not want to repeat.

“Come on,” Archie panted beside her, keeping pace but not running ahead like she knew he’d easily be able to do. “There’s an alley down here we can duck into and the buzzers won’t follow.”

“What about the Peelers?”

“It’s out of this sector’s footpath. They won’t chase us if we haven’t actually got the goods on us. Not worth their time.”

“Right.” She tried to run faster, her lungs on fire. Behind them she could hear the whistles and the crank crank of the police clackers, waking anyone who might be in Mayfair to let them know that thieves were afoot and that the chase was on. Then the clack clack of the rattles grew louder.

“Bloody bollocks!” Archie cursed, his breathing easy even as she struggled to keep up her pace. “Majors must have paid off two sets of police. Sly old fox.”

“What do we do?” She panted as he grabbed her arm and pulled her right at the next street, circling them back towards the blaring alarm.

“We find somewhere to wait them out,” Archie retorted. “Unless you think we can outrace—”

Just then an arm shot out of nowhere, slamming across Archie’s throat and he jerked away from Jessa’s hand.

She turned as the heavyset man who the arm had belonged to stared down at Archie and then back at her. “You’ve done a naughty thing my boys,” the man grinned.

She saw the shadow behind him a brief second before something thick came down on the man’s head and his eyes rolled backwards in his head, while his knees collapsed beneath him.

“Aye, and they’re still a better prospect than you, you worthless tub of knuckles and blubber.” A thick Welsh accent announced and Jessa stared, open mouthed at the slight man who had sneaked up behind their attacker and coshed him over the head with a club.

“Come on,” the still hidden Welshman prompted. “I can’t carry your friend all on my own. Help me give him a heave. Unless you feel like spending the last of your short days in one of Queen Vicky’s cells.”

She grabbed Archie’s right arm, while the Welshman grabbed his left, and helped him to his feet.

“Can you stand?” the Welshman asked.

Archie coughed thickly and then nodded.

“Can you run?” Jessa looked around, the street was still empty besides the three of them and the now unconscious man that their savior had smashed in the head but she could hear the clackers of the police rattles getting louder as their whistles echoed off the nearby buildings.

“Come on then, we’ll have to find out how steady you are as we move.” The Welshman looped one of Archie’s arms over his shoulders and hustled them toward a shop on the corner. The lamp at the corner illuminated the sign above the door. Flincher’s Fine Books.

“You’re a bookseller?” she asked as they started helping Archie up the three shorts steps into the store, dragging him most of the way.

“Among other things,” the man replied hurriedly as he closed the door behind them. “Come on you two. Best if we’re out of the window before those half-wits come racing by. It’s not likely they’ll have a thought to search the stores but you never know when one of them might suddenly get smarts to go along with his whistle and his hat.”

Archie coughed once, wetly, and then pulled away from Jessa’s hands. “I’m fine.”

“Are you—”

“I’m fine. He just took me by surprise is all. I’ve had worse.”

“Yeah?” Jessa muttered as she followed Archie and the other man deeper into the shop. “I’d hate to see what the other guy looked like after that.”

“About the same as he looked when he started in on me,” Archie answered. “Not much fight in a six year old, no matter how brawny he might be.”

“Here now.” The Welshman led them into a back room and turned up the gaslights that ringed the room. “This is a bit better. You can wait here until dawn, leave while they’re changing the guard.”

“Right.” Jessa stared at her surroundings. The room was shabby. Nothing more than a storage space. If a bookstore were in need of a storage space filled with boxes and barrels. A collection of fine pocket watches scattered across one of the tables. Two automatons in the corner. Typical shop drones. Most likely for shelving books or washing windows.

“Charles Flincher.” The Welshman stuck his hand out toward Archie. “Purveyor of fine literature for the educated London public. Or what passes for educated in London these days.”

Archie took the man’s hand and gave it a brief jerk up and then down. Just barely a handshake instead of an attack. “Archie Parker.”

“Erstwhile jewel thief.” Flincher added helpfully before he glanced at Jessa. “And you?”

“Curious.” She looked pointedly around the room. “Why does a bookseller got a storage room full of unlabeled gin?”

“A clever one aren’t you?” Flincher looked at her appraisingly. “I wonder why it is that Mr. Archie Parker and his clever girl companion — “

Flincher narrowed his eyes at her and cocked his head to the side like a dog waiting outside the horse butcher’s stall. “You are a girl under all that soot and cap aren’t you?”

Jessa pulled her cap off and her braid fell free as she narrowed her eyes at him.

“Yes, I thought so.” Flincher nodded before he turned to Archie. “You’ll want to quit using trousers as a ruse for this one, otherwise you’re going to attract more attention than you deflect. And none of it the kind you’ll like I imagine.”

Jessa gaped. “I’ll thank you to keep your thoughts about my trousers to yourself!”

“It’s not just my thoughts love,” Flincher said, letting his eyes graze over her in a slow up and down. “It’s any man in London. Including this one here I expect. A bit of an ogle is fine boy but not if it’s going to make your thieving go pear shaped. But that would be something a smart thief would think of and you two don’t impress me as having an overabundance of brains, considering you didn’t make sure Majors didn’t have an alarm in place before you went a burgalling.”

“I did check it though. Last week.” Archie protested. “Bashed the glass in the main door and then ran for it before anyone could catch me. There was no alarm.”

“Aye, and then Majors, who’s not as dumb as you two,” Flincher said, his voice easy, “had his glass replaced and an alarm added in the last two days. Seems he was worried about thieves since it became public that he had some fancy royal shine coming into the shop and then someone bashed his glass. Got him to thinking that maybe a little extra security might not be such a bad idea. And he was right too.”

Jessa glared at Archie. “I thought you were keeping an eye on the store so we’d know if that happened?”

“I was.” Archie protested. “But people started to notice I was hanging around too much. So I thought it would be smarter to avoid attention and spend most of my time in the pub instead. But I walked by Majors at least twice a day.”

“A not so sound bit of logic there,” Flincher pointed out. “But clever thinking for those of us who always appreciate themselves a bit of drink.” He motioned toward another door on the far side of the room. “That’ll lead you out to the alley. Streets should be clear of Peelers between five and six. That would be the best time to slip out of the neighborhood unnoticed. And if I were you? I’d forget about trying to steal in this area for the next few weeks. I don’t think your odds are good. Especially now that Tesla’s introduced his newest automata alarm systems. All the same security, no worries about the clockwork buggers being bribed or falling asleep like you’d worry about with a human guard. Not to mention they’re a bit more sensitive about the ears.”

“We won’t.” Jessa agreed before glaring at Archie, who looked sheepishly at his feet.

Mayfair was where they’d scored all their biggest hauls. There were plenty of rich nobles with creaky windows and poorly locked safes that liked to leave their wealth laying about. But now that they were on the London Metropolitan Police’s radar all those rich treasure troves had just slammed shut. After their failure in Kensington, robbing the Viscount Townshend and his American wife, if they weren’t careful they’d be back to picking pockets in Covent Garden and Nell wouldn’t be pleased to see a drop in their profits. Not that she’d take any less than when they were earning regular. Instead they’d be forced to live on less and there wasn’t much less they could take and still keep themselves alive.

“And if you ever happen to pick up anything of interest,” Flincher said as he opened the door he’d led them through. “Do remember that one good turn deserves another and I always like to pay a fair price for my steals.”

“We’ll keep that in mind Mr. Flincher,” Jessa said as he stepped out of the room and closed the door behind him.

She slumped heavily to the floor and stared at the ticking clock hanging from the wall across from her. Archie slumped down beside her. “Rough nigh huh?”

“If you’re not careful it could get rougher because I’ve half a mind to bash your brains in myself.” She brought her right hand up and slapped the back of his head.

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Inside McLaren: Secrets and techniques of Fernando Alonso’s unbelievable Baku drive

Alonso’s entrance proper tyre might be seen beginning to collapse after a collision on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso described his drive within the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, by which he took a badly broken McLaren to a seventh-place end, as “probably the greatest races of my life”.

Solely now, although, can or not it’s revealed precisely how good a efficiency it was.

The Spaniard slipped beneath the radar within the rapid aftermath of the race in Baku, most likely as a result of occasions on the entrance have been so dramatic.

However Alonso’s afternoon additionally deserves exploring.

BBC Sport was given unique entry to the two-time champion’s automotive on the McLaren manufacturing unit because it arrived again from Baku and might reveal the extent of the injury and the impact on its efficiency.

Alonso himself was proven images of the injury to his automotive on Monday, and stated on Twitter: “Now I’ve little doubt. It was an unrepeatable race.”

It isn’t the primary time the two-time world champion has talked up his personal performances since becoming a member of McLaren and being saddled with an uncompetitive automotive. With out judging the opposite events, although, this time it was undoubtedly justified.

Racing director Eric Boullier, who confirmed me across the automotive, stated the Spaniard’s efficiency was “a mega race. What he did is unbelievable.”

Alonso tweeted this picture of his automotive after the race, saying he was “proud” of his drive

How unhealthy was the injury?

Alonso was caught in a collision with two different vehicles between turns two and three on the primary lap and suffered punctures in each his right-hand tyres. By the point he reached flip 15, two corners earlier than the lengthy pit straight, it was right down to its wheel rims.

The 36-year-old in some way dragged the automotive again to the pits, however within the course of it suffered in depth injury.

The aerodynamics of System 1 vehicles are extraordinarily delicate, and every flick and curve on the extensively sculpted bodywork is there for a purpose – to reinforce efficiency.

I used to be not allowed to take images, for confidentiality causes. However essentially the most dramatic injury to Alonso’s automotive was to what’s referred to as the ‘tea-tray’ – the a part of the ground that stands proud beneath the drivers legs, and which helps outline the airflow beneath and across the sides of the automotive.

Within the entrance of this there was a triangular gap, about 30cm by 20cm, in addition to important injury to the forefront, as if somebody had set about it with a strong hammer. A few of the heavy tungsten ballast that’s saved within the flooring was lacking.

Behind the automotive, there was injury alongside the right-hand aspect of the ground all the best way from the very again of the diffuser – the upward slope on the rear – to ahead of the rear wheel.

Two sculpted curves on the right-hand aspect of the rear diffuser have been gone. In entrance of the rear tyre, two key aerodynamic shapers have been lacking, too – what McLaren name a fence, a longitudinal curve, and a spat, a form of vertical, rectangular scoop-shape.

All in all, Boullier, stated the injury price “20 factors of downforce, roughly – so half a second a lap”.

Regardless of this, after altering tyres and entrance wing, Alonso returned to the race and lapped sooner than team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne on all however a handful of laps.

How did he get it again to the pits?

Even getting the automotive again to the pits within the first place was one thing of an achievement, Boullier stated.

“The entrance tyre deflated right away after flip three after which it takes a while earlier than you lose the tyre from the rim,” Boullier stated. “The rear proper tyre deflated I feel round flip 15.

“You possibly can see [from the television footage] that after coming into the pit lane, the automotive is just not driveable, and truly he hit the wall on the right-hand aspect.

“At that stage, he instructed us after, he didn’t know learn how to deliver the automotive to the pit. He did not know if the automotive would steer. He simply tried to go straight on the quick lane and he thought he would depart it there and we might take it out [of the race].

“On the final minute, he turned and the automotive steered into the pit-stop bay. We made a joke with him and stated it was the very best positioning of the weekend.

“He stated: ‘Let’s change the tyres and entrance wing and go.’ From the pit wall, I noticed these flames throughout the ground. The automotive was on hearth.”

McLaren couldn’t see all of the injury, as a result of the entrance flooring is hidden by the aerodynamic shapers behind the tyres.

So after checking the automotive was structurally sound and secure, they despatched Alonso again out with new tyres and entrance wing. He spent a few laps asking what they may see from the information and whether or not they wanted him to alter any settings. It turned out that, whereas it had misplaced downforce and was theoretically slower, it felt OK to drive.

“Truly, the automotive was nonetheless roughly balanced, surprisingly,” Boullier says. “The rationale was there was this huge gap within the entrance flooring, so we misplaced downforce on the entrance and rear. So the automotive was not very effectively balanced, however it was nonetheless driveable. He did not complain about something, not even driveability.”

How did Alonso’s efficiency evaluate with Vandoorne’s? The Belgian was “struggling together with his tyres greater than common,” Boullier says, however Alonso completed two locations forward, and his common lap time was 0.521 seconds faster, in a automotive theoretically 0.5 seconds slower.

Particles spills throughout the monitor as Alonso continues to drive his broken automotive

How did Alonso do it?

This isn’t the primary time Alonso has over-achieved in a broken automotive.

In qualifying on the 2006 Italian Grand Prix, a rear tyre failure left his Renault with damaged rear bodywork, however he went on to set the fifth fastest time – and sooner than team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella in a wholesome automotive.

Renault’s sporting director Alan Permane, then a race engineer on the group, stated of that efficiency: “Half the automotive was ripped off. We measured the downforce he’d misplaced, calculated what that ought to have translated to in lap time, and he misplaced nowhere close to that. It is like he form of refuses to simply accept it.”

Now, Boullier says: “He has this facility to modify his driving fashion all the time to go well with the automotive steadiness. He is likely one of the very uncommon ones. Relying on the steadiness, whether or not you will have entrance [brake] locking, rear locking, right away he adjusts his driving to not harm the tyres. In that case, it helped him loads.

“I evaluate him generally to a shark when it smells blood within the sea. Then it begins to chase. Fernando is similar. In that mode, he determined: ‘Change the tyres, let’s return racing, simply examine the steadiness and inform me what I have to do if I want to alter one thing.’

“All weekend, truly, he was telling us: ‘Nothing is vital aside from ending the race. It’ll be chaos. We have to undergo the chaos and end the race and we might be within the factors.’

“I feel that is why he got here again saying: ‘Change the tyres, change the entrance wing, don’t be concerned, I’m going to drive it like it’s.'”

Boullier believes that Alonso’s mindset in these early races has been affected by the group’s tough begin to the season, with a automotive far off the tempo they have been anticipating.

After justifying their resolution final 12 months to separate with engine companion Honda on the premise that they’d probably the greatest chassis on the grid, McLaren have joined forces with Renault solely to seek out they’re round a second lap slower than Crimson Bull, who use the identical engine.

Alonso has certified 11th as soon as and 13th 3 times within the first 4 races. McLaren’s lack of tempo has led to chief technical officer Tim Goss being faraway from his submit.

But, within the races, Alonso has taken three sevenths and a fifth, and he’s sixth within the drivers’ championship. Largely because of him, McLaren are fourth within the constructors’ championship.

This, Boullier believes, has influenced the group as effectively. In any case, they may have determined to retire the automotive in Baku, given the extent of the injury.

“Possibly we received conditioned as effectively by him all weekend saying: ‘We have to end the race; that is the important thing,'” Boullier says. “We are also in a unique place. Qualifying tempo is just not our greatest and so now we have shifted our mindset to: ‘We have to seize any factors we are able to.’ And meaning by any means we have to end the race.

“That is our mindset since Australia. We wish to capitalise on the primary 4 races and seize as many factors as doable.”

Was it considered one of Alonso’s greatest races?

Alonso is a two-time world champion having received the 2005 and 2006 Drivers’ Championships

Drives like this go down in F1 folklore. Ayrton Senna profitable in Brazil in 1991 caught in sixth gear for the previous few laps. Michael Schumacher ending second in Spain in 1994 caught in fifth gear for a lot of the race. Or Alonso himself in Malaysia in 2010, scuffling with a malfunctioning gearbox whereas battling with Jenson Button’s McLaren.

Boullier has labored with Alonso at McLaren for greater than three years, and earlier than that they have been rivals when the Frenchman was at Lotus – now Renault – and the driving force at Ferrari. How does Boullier fee Alonso’s race in Baku?

“Whenever you see the situation of the automotive, positively it is likely one of the greatest ones,” he says. “He did another superb issues – some instances whenever you really feel he’s in one other world.

“The consistency he had with the tyres and tyre degradation and managing the tyres, particularly with the protection automotive and every little thing, and he did it.

“Then, on the last security automotive restart, we stated: ‘Oh my god, with the automotive he has, everybody goes to move him.’ However no.”

Actually, Alonso went on the assault, and took seventh place from Williams’ Lance Stroll on the final lap.

“He’s an actual fighter,” Boullier says.

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