#taken around 19h tonight

[justwaterflow]

Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada

October 20th, 2024

[kurtty-drabbles]

House of M Redone part 5

N/A: I got Netflix but I´ll not let my writing stop. Here we go, Kurt, you´re so whipped.

@dannybagpipesarecalling @muninandhugin @tieflingteeth

The school has upholds many traditions, smaller and bigger, among teachers and students. It was a way to bond with the old and next generation. So far, so good. Except, a new novelty roaming around the halls and classroom. 

Said novelty is nothing more or less than Nightcrawler, one of the most famous Red guards. Whispers, speculations, including some autographs-sometimes, follow by requests of petting his fur- however, what fuels the rumors are two facts:

1) Nightcrawler is taking his time to visit one person.

2) The said person is none other than Kitty Pryde.

Kitty is spotting a new hairstyle. Fluffy and Jewish style will never out of the menu but is possible to change a few things. So, Kitty has a wavy short style.

(Kitty hairstyle)

At this very moment, Kitty is reading some essays with a knee eye to any strange line regards Namor- some of her students have mothers who like to help in the essays. Some mothers have an extreme adoration- causing an exasperated sigh.

"Oh my God, if I read another line about Namor´s abs..." Kitty taps her pen in a nervous tick. One time, two times, furthermore three times. Now, she´s writing something in the essay. "Tell your mother I´m not interested in knowing about Namor´s sex life...doubt his dick could have stopped the grand war! But rest assured he did try" 

"So, not a fan of Namor?" a male voice draws in. Kitty humms in agreement as she picks another essay.   Doe-eyes lift up to see Nightcrawler smirking at her. "He can be a hassle to deal, let me tell you that... he and his fangirls" mentally add and his obsession with Sue Storm

"Hello, Nightcrawler, what a surprise to see you, in my office, may I help you? Soon, we´ll dive into the history of the Red Guards...I´ll spares no one of my witty" she promises.

"As I would expect of such a teacher like you" Kurt´s smooth line must be appreciated. "I´m here to ask for a favor. Kitty, would you like to go with me to the royal ball? The royal family has many parties and gatherings and I, as a member of the Red Guard, must attend and be on my best behavior" Kurt notes sagely how her doe eyes are glued on his golden ones.

"Oh, you mean ...no orgies?" her question is childish, filled with innocence as her grin got wider.

Kurt wrinkles at this. His fangirls seem to appreciate his sexy appeal too much sometimes.

"No, no orgies." is important to emphasize this as strongly as possible. Again, some of his fandoms really enjoy Kurt´s sex appeal. "But I do need to be on my best behavior..."

Kitty´s eyes look down as her fingers tap on her desk. She looks up again to send the pitiful stare Kurt ever saw. "Oh, elf, I´m so sorry...who is this stupid lady that refused you? Look" she clicks her tongues and has a contemplative expression written on her face. "I´m a big fan of enemies to lovers and all that, but in real life, if a lady says no...date another lady won´t make her magically love you. LET IT GO, elf"

Kurt can only narrow his eyes at this. " Are you...using Frozen/Disney jokes on me?"

Kitty is the image of the innocent. As usual.

"There´s no other girl, just you" Kurt promised never seeing the appeal of dating a girl to make another jealous. "I must say...your self-deprecating humor is not flattering" smirks at her expression. 

"So, let me get this straight, you" points to Kurt vehemently with her pen. "could have any lady to the royal ball and for some reason, one I´m not getting, you want to go with me? What about them?" the pen now points to the pair of eyes staring at them with wide eyes.

It took a minute for Kurt to look. It took a minute for all of them to leave.

"I want to go with you....I feel you, in all your wisdom and wit, won´t let me go to an orgy party" humor is the best weapon. Case and point, Kitty smiles at this.

"Well, I would love to...but, you know, in the program X...they didn´t add in my DNA how to dance and talk to royals" Kurt pouts. Kitty smiles- one must observe, as Kurt did, how her face is perfect to smile- the answer to such line is being waited for.

"You´ll never let me forget that, will you?"

"NOPE"

"Fine, I deserve, I guess. I still think it was strange a ..." thread this line with a clear mind and common sense. "civilian, I would say civilian, manage to handle the situation with Juggernaut so calmly"

"Elf, I´m a teacher...Juggernaut is nothing compared to that" winks at him. "Ok, guess I pick you up at 19hs?"

The nerve of this woman.

Then her face gets serious. "Look, I have to ask...what happened to nurse..." Kitty and embarrassed shouldn´t walk together. She puts her hands in front of her chest to make a point. "you know, the nurse I have a big personality?"

Oh, the nerve of this woman.

"Christine...well, she won´t bother us, I hope"

"She seems ...good"

"You can say she´s not very bright, she asked me if I was German"

"Normally, I hate a man calling another woman dumb or anything like that, but...yeah, in this case...I feel you. Is she alright?"

"Finally got we´ll never happen and took a job in Chicago"

"Well, good for her"

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(Emma´s dress)

Emma Frost is more than used to those social events. Having her school, and her name as well, in such high regard means doors are open for her.  The events that almost happen to her students have prevented only thanks to Juggernaut´s stupidity and Emma is well-aware of that.

Oh, right. Kitty and a certain Red Guard are in this equation as well. Not that Emma needs to point this one out.

Oh, speaking on the devil. Emma´s blue eyes narrow as she notices Kitty Pryde, of all people, present in the entrance gate having her arms locked with a certain Red Guard. Oh, Nightcrawler, you´re as subtle and discreet as an elephant in a china store.

Felicia Hardy is Black Cat. Felicia Hardy is a businesswoman and right now, Emma´s date. Coming closer to Emma´s ear to whisper always have double meanings. "Is that...Nightcrawler?"

Nightcrawler is really that popular.

Emma wouldn´t want to introduce herself or have to speak with Kitty Pryde. Sadly,  Black Cat has other ideas.

"Oh my god, you´re Nightcrawler, sorry, that sounds stupid. You know who you are. I just want to say I´m a fan" Felicia speaks in an amicable tone and shakes hands with the azzure man.

Her eyes notice Kitty. Kitty, for her part, was too busy sending death glares to Emma. It was a mutual action.

"Oh, you must be Kitty Pryde, Emma told me a lot about you" Felicia smirks. "anyone who can make the great White Queen nervous is a powerful foe"

Kitty now is taken back by this line. "She used to parade around wearing a corset and nothing else"

"Only because you know it looks good on me...not my fault you have a problem with your body"

"Oh, Emma, don´t confuse my ability to use pants to shame over my body. And for the records, all those plastic surgeons ...and no change on your terrible personality" Kitty has a mock concern expression.

Emma won´t dare to cause a scene. Not tonight.

"Nightcrawler, careful with this one. She´s a handful" Emma decides to say only this. Felicia and Emma are holding hands and walking away.

Kurt couldn´t leave this reply without a proper answer. "Oh, God. I hope so. I hope she´s the kind of the woman my mother warned about"

Emma has no response. Felicia is cackling. Kitty is looking at her shoes- if anyone asks, she can say how she was admiring such expensive shoes. Only that- and Kurt wonders if that is the right thing to say.

(Kitty´s dress)

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(Wanda´s dress)

Wanda Maximoff is the Witch Queen, as most of her followers and family love to call her, and while she understands traditions and its importance...she must confess how this gathering almost didn´t happen. Wanda is as social as a person can be. 

Tonight, she´s on the edge. Lorna and Pietro aren´t good actors to pretend otherwise.

"Anyone wants booze?" Lorna suggests already with some drinks in hand.

"Sure, but I can´t get drunk" Pietro confessed. "thanks to my powers"

"Wanda?" Lorna asked as Wanda is looking Cap Marvel guiding the boys around - a subtle body-guard. A powerful body-guard- her eyes snap back to Lorna as the other is offering drinks to Wanda.

"Yes, please. I´m not feeling this is a good idea...After everything, I feel we´re sitting ducks waiting to be attacked"

"Wanda...you´re not alone, ok? We´re here to protect you, and everyone else. Let´s be real, not the first time a villain wants to conquer Genosha" Lorna half-joke. No one seems to get her sense of humor.

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Kitty was admiring the view. Not Kurt, if he asks, but the people in general. Everyone is so famous and important. Hell, even Emma Frost is important. If her eyes linger on Kurt´s handsome face is only to prove how important he is.

After all, Nightcrawler is the famous Red Guard. The fact he´s here with her still seems a dream.

"Am I that handsome?" Kurt asked smiling showing a part of his fangs.

"I think you know this by now...I´m just impressed by how much important people are here" Kitty confessed. Too honest. Too raw and too afraid at the same time.

"Yeah, everyone here is important"

"I know"

"Even you"

"What?"

Kurt feels this is a small victory. Especially seeing her blushing face. A small victory.

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The Queen is not one to ignore heroes. So, once she caught the word Nightcrawler and the famous teacher Pryde are present in her ball, Wanda makes her mission to at least say hi to them.

Poor woman! if she hasn´t thought quickly...her students...

The Queen needs no introductions. Everyone knows her face. Kitty´s eyes widen and without thinking much-if she was thinking at all- she makes a bow and puts her right hand´s palm in her forehead and speaks this line.

"Enchanted to meet you, Witch Queen"

It came out so naturally. Kitty wonders if someone is controlling her movements or something because she feels too abashed to say anything else.

Kurt is at a loss for words here.

Wanda claps her hands together. "Oh, a fellow witch too?" her eyes are glowing. For once, not with her power.

"No, Your Highness. One of my students is a witch and goes to the Cackle Academy in the summer. Her parents believe in education in the magic system and in the mutant system...and I can always learn something new"

Better be honest with the Witch Queen.

Is the wise decision as Wanda nods in approval.

"Still, it's nice to see people paying respects to the Witchcraft rituals. Anyway, you´re Katherine Anne Pryde. I...just want to say how brave you were for dealing with Juggernaut until the Red Guards arrived" Wanda speaks with poison. As a real Witch Queen should.

"Well, he didn´t want to lead me any sword...I had to be creative" Kitty responds.

Wanda chuckles and nods. "You´re creative enough. Maybe next time, Nightcrawler can lean one of his swords" and adds. "still, I´m happy you and your students are unharmed and I promise you...this won´t happen again"

Kurt is really at a loss for words here.

Wanda excuse herself as she has to talk with the Queen of Wakanda. Ororo Monroe.

"Katzchen...what are you?"

"At this moment, I don´t know...Kurt, can I stay the rest of the night holding your arm?"

"Please"

"Thank you"

[almondeyes-biased]

Taeyong x Face to face by RUEL

for anon ❤️ I recently found out about RUEL and I must tell you, I'm in LOVE. This one was so exciting to write, thank you! ❤️

[16:23] Taeyong looked at his phone for the millionth time that day, and sighed. His Erasmus+ program week had turned into a living nightmare the moment he realized he desperately wanted to go out with you, and if he didn’t do it now, he wouldn’t have the chance to do it later. But he started feeling that this was all going in vain. About 21 hours after he’d texted you the day before had passed and he still hadn’t gotten himself a response. And he had spent all of last night wide awake, scrolling down your instagram profile, and then through all the photos you had taken together this past year, and then he checked the text he’d sent you. It was a simple message, “Do you want to go on a date with me? Like, tonight?” yet the little shreds of shyness and the anticipation that there were hidden behind made it really special, they showed that he really cared about the answer.

It was also the reason that had you smiling the whole night that passed, when you barely slept from the stress, but also the next day. But you still hadn’t replied yet, although you didn’t know why. It was out of custom really, you were tired of all the guys who had been texting you lately, showing sudden interest, and soon turning into gross teens who couldn’t control their hormones. So you decided that the best way to avoid that kind of situations was to avoid their message for as long as possible. But Taeyong was different. You had met him during a group presentation in first year university, when everyone still talked to everyone, and you had talked here and there. You had also hanged out a couple of times with common friends from your year of older, and he was a really nice guy. You didn’t know him very good, of course, but still you sensed that he wasn’t like others. You still didn’t know what was taking you so long to respond, of course you wanted to go out with him, but you wanted to wait if he’d start bombarding you with questions and constant text messages, like everyone else did. But no, he didn’t, and his room in the university dorm that was hosting your common group of Erasmus students in Rome was right across yours. He could just have started banging the door, or calling for you from outside. But he hadn’t.

You stood and walked to your suitcase and picked your favorite dress and black leather jacket, then your army boots. It was spring in Rome, which meant that the weather would be nice but still a bit cold, so you had to be prepared. You smiled to yourself, you knew how good you looked in that dress. Nervousness started taking over, as you wanted to be beautiful in his eyes as well. Biting down the small left of flesh on the corner of your nails, you picked your phone from the nightstand and texted him.

“Is 19h okay or are you a nighttime - date type of guy?”

You were ready at least 10 minutes before seven o’clock, your dress falling nice on you and your jacket around your shoulders, your lips tinted in the most attractive shade of red you owned and your light, vanilla perfume carefully sprayed on your neck and wrists. And when, some minutes later you opened the door to come face to face with a nervous but smiling Taeyong, dressed in total black, his light brown hair fresh and loose, looking at you with admiration behind those beautiful lashes, you know it was going to be a nice evening, and it was all worth the slow burn.

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[tsuyu-season]

Like... please guys take this pandemic and the rising numbers in our country seriously...

I’m going to give a image ID, translation and some context at the same time, because not everyone here speaks Dutch.

Anyway, here is a screenshot from twitter taken around 11 o’clock on 14 December 2020 and the tweet + 3 reactions are about an hour old. I’ve cencored the names, tags and profile pics from all those reacting, although they would deserve some of the heat, but privacy laws are also a thing.

First we have a tweet by Xander van der Wulp, who is one of the main reporters on all things Dutch government for the NOS, the national dutch news reporting platform (tv, radio, website, app) that is government funded, but independent (and multiple other news reporting sites, apps, tv programms, etc. exist).

Xander tweets: “Break [note: as in news breakthrough]: Tonight at 19h a speech by Prime Minister Rutte about the covid-19 measures from the little Tower [note: the Dutch Prime minister’s office].

Then there are 3 tweets in reaction to this announcement. The identities of the reactors are concealed.

Reactor 1: Oh god.... (this was not translated and yes when we say this in Dutch we mean the same thing)

Reactor 2: Will your performance still continue? [note: I’m not sure why this is directed to this reporter only, I think this person might have meant to ask a friend or performer this question. As far as I know this reporter was not putting on a performance.]

Reactor 3: Better quickly go to the barber!

I end my translation efforts here, please let me know if I made any mistakes!

Dutch government: So, the numbers of new infections are rising really hard. We’re gonna have to do something to stop this and to show it’s serious we’re having a meeting on Sunday. Dutch commentators: Will this be where the government finally takes the controversial step of also closing the non-essential shops? The one they didn’t dare to take until now? Germans shopping in the Netherlands: I hope not, those shops are already closed in our country. Where else will we go? Dutch government: Tonight there will be an announcement re: coronavirus on a day we usually don’t. Some random idiot on Twitter: Oh better go to the barber quick b4 it’s too late lol.

[rnrmarineservices-blog]

Alex Thomson hailed by French for 'magnificent 2nd' in Vendée Globe but admits “It was brutal”

Alex Thomson claims 2nd place in the Vendée Globe race, admits it was gruelling but hints that he will be back next time to win

Alex Thomson finishes the Vendée Globe 2016/7

Alex Thomson finished the Vendée Globe solo round the world race in the biting cold of dawn today to take 2nd place in a time of 74d 19h 35m.

Like the winner ahead of him, Armel Le Cléac'h, Thomson showed intense and mixed emotions. He fist pumped vigorously as he crossed the line, but later said that the disappointment of his foil breakage and his months-long pursuit was not something he wanted to talk about.

“This race is brutal, absolutely brutal,” he commented. “These things definitely have an impact and I've spent the last two months internally being frustrated and considering what could have been.

“I had to challenge myself mentally to be positive and to view things instead of the glass being half empty, considering it to be half full.

“So I have stopped wondering 'what if'. I think you guys can decide what if and I'll be very satisfied with my 2nd place.”

Watch him talking to Elaine about the race here>>

Thomson's statement ashore was greeted with a round of applause and he was given a standing ovation at his press conference. Thomson has been taken to the hearts of the French public for his 'magnificent 2nd', and gained a legion of supporters in the UK and abroad.

His on board videos have allowed people to see the open-hearted, funny, slightly cheeky guy that exists alongside the serious-minded, determined competitor. His character is more appreciated now than at any other time in his three previous Vendée Globe races.

So much so that French press were asking whether he would return in 2020 with an almost wistful longing.

Thomson answered that he'd have to talk to his wife, but left the strong impression that it would be a short chat (Kate, his wife, smiled warmly at this remark) and as much as said he will return in four years' time – to win.

He said he had had three objectives coming into this race: first to finish; second to podium; and third to win. “I'm happy we got two of those,” Thomson said.

Finish arrival of Alex Thomson (GBR), skipper Hugo Boss, 2nd in Vendee Globe

He seemed happy and full of life despite being exhausted from coaxing Hugo Boss to the finish without properly functioning wind instruments and thus autopilot. But he freely conceded that the race was “gruelling,” and he spelled out the remorseless stress of this long race.

“It can't be healthy. You know, the physicality of moving the sails around and pulling them up and down is hard, the lack of sleep, the decision-making and the clarity you need in your brain is massive. I think the bit where you really notice it is when you finish and the responsibility and the stress of the whole thing, not just the stress of the competition but of what can go wrong.

“Anything can go wrong at any moment and so I'm constantly planning and preparing. I make a thousand different plans, what if this happens, what if that happens. It's incredibly painful on your brain.

“And when you cross the finish line it's all over and it does feel like the whole world is lifted from your shoulders.”

Thomson spoke briefly about his foils, the major step change in evolution in this fleet.

A huge question before this race was just how durable these foils would be – there were many sceptics. Yet there has been only one retirement (Seb Josse, Edmonde de Rothschild) as a result of foil damage. Thomson broke his port foil but was able to carry on and remain fast without.

But he did emphasise the advantage of using foils (and disadvantage of being without) when he stated that without a foil he was sailing at just over 80% of polars, whereas when he was using a foil he was able to sail at 120% of polars. Foils clearly give these boats another gear.

Without a starboard foil though the Southern Ocean, Thomson was having to push significantly harder than Le Cléac'h just to hang on to his coat tails.

There is much more to be gained from foil development, and more speed to gain, he said.

“Isn't it fantastic that we are in this class where we are able to progress sailing in the way that we are doing?

“For me, being able to sail on a boat with foils and not with foils is the world of difference. There was lots of debate beforehand whether it was right or wrong. I've been surprised. The public have been fascinated by the different choices and fascinated by the speeds.

“Personally I don't think we made extreme choices, we just took them a little bit further than where they were. So the next development, who knows? Are we going to fully fly? Are we going to be more efficient in waves?

“As for our foils, they were the fastest in some conditions but not in other conditions. There's always a trade-off. How do you find the middle ground? But what is for sure, we've moved a long way from the designers' drawings when they did not even know if it was going to work. Now we know it works and we have a bit more time. So quite possibly we might make bigger gains in four years' time.

And that is one of the attractions for me.”

What next for him?

“I'm going to have some sleep and then I have a party to attend tonight,” he laughed.

“Often people ask me what is the best thing about offshore racing and most of the time it's the party at the end!”

Alex Thomson with his daughter, Georgia (2) and wife, Kate, at the finish of the Vendee Globe 2016/7

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