#tech CEO

[opossum-writes]

TANTRUM

A1, P3

1716 words

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2:00 𝙰𝙼, 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 5𝚝𝚑

𝚂. 𝙿𝚊𝚞𝚕'𝚜 𝙱𝚊𝚛

𝚆𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝙳𝙲

An all black armored Cadillac escalade is parked in the shadows in the parking lot. It’s still running. In the driver’s seat sits Lorenzo Bertinelli, dressed in an all black suit with an earpiece and dark sunglasses.

He’s a hired gun, who’s been working for Commander Lawrence since the beginning of his career. “Are you sure about this?” Asks Lorenzo. “Calm down. He won’t hurt me. And if he did, that’s exactly why you’re here. He is valuable. You’ve seen his work. We need double sided coins like him.” Lawrence replies.

“I trust your judgment, Commander.” He huffs. A dark grey pulls into the spot beside them, and parks. “You know the code?” Lorenzo asks. He knows she does, but he just needs to make sure. “I created it.” She replies, and steps out of the vehicle.

Truett steps out not long after. “Hello there, Mr. Jackson.” Lawrence greets. “It’s a pleasure, Commander.” Truett nods. “Did you bring your suit?” Lawrence quirks an eyebrow at him. Truett nods his head toward the trunk of his car. “Of course I did.” He replies.

Lawrence nods. “You first. Safety precaution. You understand.” She states. Truett walks over to his trunk, and a light blue beam of light scans over his face, and the trunk pops open. He grabs a silver briefcase from inside and hands it to her.

“Don’t look at it here. You want it to be a surprise, don’t you?” Truett says. Lawrence chuckles, and nods. “You know me so well. I’ll have my driver pick up your vehicle.” Lawrence explains. “Oh, he can’t. I’m the only one with access to it.” Truett chuckles.

“You’re working for me. We need to search the car. You know this.” Lawrence says, eyes furrowed. “I know, but the car will trap anyone without authorization inside and call the police. It’s better if I follow you to the destination.” Truett replies.

“Fine. I’ll send you the coordinates. Cars following us stresses out Lorenzo.” Lawrence states, and Truett nods. Truett closes the trunk. “Oh, by the way, that suit is just a preview. Not the real deal. I can’t risk theft. Nothing against you, i’m sure you understand.” Truett warns. “Of course. Drive safely, Mr. Jackson.” Lawrence nods, and steps back into the passenger seat of her car.

Truett steps back into his car. Lawrence and Lorenzo drive off. “Evis, activate T-Protection.” Truett asks. “Aye aye.” Evis responds, and two way mirrors cover up the windows, making it impossible for anyone to see anything on the inside.

A metal plate covers up the license plate, and hidden turrets disguised as brakes reveal themselves. As soon as Truett receives the coordinates, he puts them into the car’s gps and starts driving.

“So, you just met Commander Lawrence, AKA Alexia “Lex” Lawrence. She runs S.P.A.L, which stands for Super-powered Assassins League. Pretty cool, huh?”

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4:46 𝙿𝙼, 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 5𝚝𝚑

𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎

𝙹𝚊𝚡𝚃𝚎𝚔 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢

“So, is you-know-who coming?” A woman with light blonde hair neatly tied back into a professional bun. She’s wearing bright red lipstick, and some light mascara. She’s wearing a black sundress and mary janes. The party is being hosted in the backyard.

“Meet my younger sister, Harlow. She’s still in college. She’s the only person who knows i’m dating Leon.”

“I mean, I hope so. We got into a dumb argument yesterday. I offered some financial help, but he refused because he isn’t with me for my money. I got frustrated, and said his pride is going to get him in debt…” Truett replies. Harlow visibly cringes. “Sheesh. How long have you been dating, again?” Harlow asks. “Four months.” He answers.

Harlow chuckles. “Yeah, you’re not comin’ back from that.” Harlow laughs. Truett groans. “My relationship struggles are not funny, you goof.” Truett says. “My bad, my bad. I’m gonna make myself busy by the food. Enjoy hosting, Tru.” Harlow smiles, and walks off.

“She’s… something, alright. But, I love her to death. If anything happened to her, it’s game over.”

“My baby boy!” Cries a womans voice from behind Truett. Truett turns around to see his mother, Florence Jackson, arms outstretched and walking as fast as she can towards him, which isn’t very fast due to the tight blue dress she’s wearing.

Her hair is styled similarly to Harlow’s. Harlow resembles her in almost every way physically, except for her hair. She got her blonde locks from her and Truett’s father.

Speaking of their father, he is walking beside Florence, a bright smile etched on his face. He limps toward his son and hugs him tightly. “Oh, son, I am so proud of how far you and this company has come.” He says. Truett laughs happily and wraps his arm firmly around his father, making sure he doesn’t lose his balance.

His father is a retired police officer turned politician. In his cop days, he was stabbed in the back by a drug dealer, which severed a nerve, permanently giving him a rough limp and balance issues. He usually brings his cane, but he hates using it, and only uses it because Florence gets upset with him if he doesn’t.

The two part from the hug. “You look so handsome!” Florence compliments, and holds Truett’s face. “My boy is all grown up.” She laughs. “Mom, i’ve been grown for years now.” Truett replies. She lightly smacks his shoulder and backs away from him. “Oh, shush.” She smiles.

“Where’s Justice?” Truett asks. “Oh, he’s running late. He’ll be here soon.” His father, Kieran Jackson, explains. Truett nods. “Alright, well, we’ll make ourselves busy so you can get back to hosting. I am so proud of you, Tru.” Florence reminds him, and the couple walk off to mingle with the guests.

Truett sighs, and walks over to the minibar and grabs a non-alcoholic beer and opens it and takes a sip. He’s been sober for years. “Oi! Mr. Jackson!” Calls a voice from beside him.

Truett turns to see a teenager no older than 16 wearing a white button up and black slacks with a silver wallet chain and combat boots adorned with safety pins. He has black makeup smudged on his eyes and a black septum ring. His hair is blonde, and cut in a mullet. He has dark grey, square-shaped aviator prescription glasses and blue eyes.

“You know my mom!” He says, and walks up to Truett. He’s a bit short for his age, at around 5’4. “Enjoying the party, bud?” Truett asks, taking a sip of his beer. “It’s full of boring rich people.” He sighs.

“Fuck the 1%!” He chuckles. Truett raises his beer. “I can cheers to that.” He laughs. “But you’re apart of that.” The kid looks up at him in confusion. “I know. I don’t need this much money. Nobody should have this much money. I may be a millionaire, but I know it’s unethical.” Truett explains.

“So… you’re one of the good ones?” The kid asks. “I guess? I mean, depends on what you mean by that. I try to be the best I can.” Truett shrugs.

Another kid, who looks around the other’s age. He’s taller, wearing similar boots to the other one. He’s slightly pale, with long blue scene hair covering half his face. “Dude, dad is looking for us. Let’s go.” He says.

“But I’m talking to the host! What if he gives me like… a shit ton of money?” The blonde crosses his arms. “Who’s your mom? You said she knew me.” Truett asks. “Anna McKye. I’m Malachi, and this is my older brother Awsten.” Malachi replies. “Oh! Where is she? I was under the impression that she wasn’t coming.” Truett asks.

Malachi shrugs. “Alright, you big freak. Let’s go.” Malachi insults Awsten. Awsten flips off his little brother, and Malachi pretends to bite his hand.

Truett laughs at the two as the walk away, bickering. Truett leaves his place at the bar and starts searching for Anna.

Eventually, he finds her sitting next to her partner, Awsten and Malachi still bickering, but now nearby in the two’s field of vision. “Mr. Jackson!” Anna smiles, and stands up, brushing off her white dress and walking towards him. “Anna! It’s so good to see you. I thought you weren’t coming! I’m glad you changed your mind.” Truett smiles.

“Yeah, I hope you don’t mind that I brought my family.” Anna chuckles. “Not at all. I had a small chat with Malachi not too long ago. Seems like you’ve got your hands full with that one.” Truett replies.

Anna sighs slightly. “Guess we do, huh? Anyways, this is my partner, Maria.” Anna introduces her partner, who then stands up and smiles politely. “I’ve heard about your offer, and I hope you know that we all greatly appreciate it.” Maria thanks him. “It’s no issue.” Truett turns to Anna. “Email me with the verdict on that, okay? You still have my email, right?” Truett asks, and Anna nods.

“Perfect! Well, i’ve got to greet new arrivals, it was lovely seeing you. You have a beautiful family.” Truett says, and walks into his home and to the front door.

Inside, he sees Leon dressed in a black suit. His braids just long enough to be tied back, revealing the shaved parts of his hair. “Leon, hi. I’m glad you came.” Truett smiles. Leon sighs. “I’m sorry about yesterday, Tru.” Leon apologizes. “No! Don’t be, I know it’s hard to accept help like that. I shouldn’t have said what I said, and i’m sorry.” Truett assures him.

Leon smiles slightly. “Thank you. Uh… if that offer is still on the table, I would like to accept it.” Leon replies. Truett nods. “Of course.” Truett places his hand on Leon’s shoulder gently and starts leading him to a bench near the door.

“Kinda sucks we’ll have to pretend to be friends.” Leon chuckles. “Well, we don’t have to.” Truett replies. Leon looks at him skeptically. “What about the press?” Leon asks. “Let then talk. I have enough money to shut them up.” He smiles.

“Sounds like a plan.” Leon hugs Truett. “Time to go public.” Truett says, and they part and walk to the backyard together, hand in hand.

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[nando161mando]

Remember Luigi is currently innocent

Couldn't Be Any Conflict

[suzilight]

The Story of Erin Valenti - Into The Matrix

by Stephanie Harlowe

Valenti, 33, told her family, "It's all a game. It's a thought experiment. We are in The Matrix." before going missing in San Francisco after attending two workshops on a business trip in October 2019.

Sadly, her body was found 7 days later in the backseat of her rental car that was parked on the street. Her death left her family and everyone with questions.

Erin Valenti - Entrepreneur, Founder and executive director of Tinker Ventures, where she managed a global team.

[digitaldreamscapeblog]

[morganbritton132]

17 year old, CEO Tim Drake canceling a press conference and then putting out a statement like, “Sorry for canceling last min, Alfred said that he was going to run my laptop through the dishwasher if I didn’t clean my room. I think he’d do it :/. Also, wasn’t really in the mood. Cya -Tim.”

[kropotkindersurprise]

^^ That's the CEO, he lives in San Francisco. This ad campaign purposely antagonizing workers must have been conceived and planned before a certain recent news story involving a widely hated CEO. "The way the world works is changing", indeed.

[risestarkiss]

✨The Fashionista✨

Rise Ramblings #234

While watching “The Clothes Don’t Make The Turtle,” I noticed something.

I found it interesting that Raph, Mikey, and Leo were content with Raph’s outfit choice until Donnie stated that he wasn’t “in love with it, ya’ know.”

Suddenly, Raph declares “I’m a disaster!” Albeit ridiculously endearing, it was a little strange to see his sudden shift from moderately content to absolute dissatisfaction. Huh…

Then, the disaster twins decide to help him out.

Take a note of their outfit choices.

Raph tries on all of these fits and more.

Donnie’s first choice is a mild “no.” Leo’s choice is a hard “NO.” (Not surprising, lol.) But then, the overwhelming consensus lands on Raph’s fourth outfit, which ended up being Donatello’s other pick for his brother.

So, in summary, Raph tried on his personal choice for an outfit, of which they rejected. Then, ultimately, Donatello picked out an outfit for his brother, and that pick ended up being perfect. Hmm…

Then I noticed something else. In this episode, we never get a Donnie “curtain reveal” moment, to our disdain. I mean, Raph, Leo, and Mikey got to try on several different outfits in order to get their brothers' opinions before landing on that “perfect outfit, you know the one.” All of his brothers got to shine. Why not DonTron?

Then it hit me.

The try-ons were to get their brothers' opinions and approval. And, for his brothers' choices, he was a major contributor in assisting them in pulling their looks together.

What if, bear with me, Donnie didn’t need the "curtain scene" because he was so confident in his fashion sense that he didn’t need to ask his brothers for help to pick out a great look.

…or they figured out how to break Hypno’s spell before he could get a “curtain reveal.” BUT STILL-

Look at his outfit choices in this episode. Some of his wardrobe changes were off-screen, but all of them were fire.

(I added the baseball cap pic because it makes me happy. I wish we'd seen more of that fit.)

To me, he makes some really smart choices for himself, pushing the envelope of what is expected and taking chances: an open collar with no tie for a “black tie” event, a beanie and spiked wristbands for their “gansta look,” no socks with loafers (a viral fashion trend that actually began in Africa) with old man slacks in his reclined pose. *muah* Chef’s kiss!

But Don’s fashion sense doesn’t just shine in this episode.

In “Reparin’ the Baron” the boys go to Draxum’s apartment. Leo and Donnie show up in some extra nice “Sunday Dinner” twin drip.

The gold is in the details. Everything Leo is wearing, Donnie rocks its compliment: for Leo’s round collar, Donnie’s is angled, for Leo’s blue shirt, Donnie’s is white, For Leo’s light slacks, Donnie’s are dark. Blah blah blah. It’s so good!

Look at the winter fit in Snow Day.

Again, Donnie is Leo’s perfect compliment. As a pair? Fire.

Donnie has “the eye.” I can go on and on with examples, but I’ve said all of that to say this…

In the future, we see that Donatello’s technology had major pull in the resistance. He had drone ships patrolling the skies. He built and designed Leo’s arm, Casey’s chainsaw-hockey stick, and Casey's mask. The list goes on…

But, when Donatello from the past see’s Casey’s clothing from the future, he says this:

We know about the “Genius Built” brand. We’ve seen that logo on all of his tech up to this point. But, here he didn’t just say “Genius Built.” He said, “Genius Built Apparel.”

“Apparel” is not a tech brand. “Apparel” is a fashion brand. Of course, tech is incorporated into the clothing, but still.

This means that past Donatello secured this trademark with plans of creating a fashion brand, comparable to the likes of Gucci, Ralph Lauren, or any other modern clothing brand, as a subsidiary of “Genius Built,” the tech company.

And why not? The evidence has been in front of us this entire time. He has a sharp eye for style, fashion, and trends. It is easily canon that he can sew. Splinter sewed their ninja garbs in “Insane in the Mama Train,” and there is a sewing machine in the house.

They already learned Ninjutsu through basically osmosis, so learning to sew is not too far-fetched.

And here it is, right in front of us, Casey’s entire ensemble, from mask, to weapons, to clothing, was made by Donatello in the middle of the apocalypse under the brand name “Genius Built Apparel.”

And that was just in the bad future. Resources were limited, they didn’t have access to much of anything in that broken world as they were survivors of a devastating Krang invasion. Yet, he created all of this.

However, now that they’ve changed the future, his future as a fashion designer is limitless. Think of what Donatello could produce with unlimited resources, unlimited technology, and unlimited creative freedom.

Tech genius. Clothing designer. Fashionista. Future Genius Built Apparel Owner and CEO. I’m sorry, but I have to call it...

Donatello Hamato of the present, of the bad future, and of the good future is a fashion icon, the likes of which the world has never seen. ○○○○

Update: I've decided to make this concept into a mini-comic series!

2025 Update:

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[t00thpasteface]

absolutely sick and twisted to see a community get recommended to me for queer people to "express themselves" with ai. politicians all across the globe coordinate plots to eradicate our communities and yall want to outsource your own creative thinking to luxury software products? what the hell is wrong with you?

[cosmic-jesterz]

microappel

[eggcats]

I do like how I've accidentally changed my Housewife Vox AU to be less "Vox is a housewife" and more "he just likes to be feminine and submissive sometimes 🫶 but overall his trajectory into having a monopoly of all the technology in pride is still about the same"

The way my brain was like "he's projecting being feminine with being a housewife because he's uncomfortable with the idea of being a man who wears dresses and it's easier for him to accept if it's in the guise of this fantasy vs how he's living" lmao.

In my defense, the AU was born bc the idea of Vox masturbating in a dress and panties was so hot I passed out and woke up with a fic written, so it's not like it was meticulously planned in any way.

[nando161mando]

[my-midlife-crisis]

You owe him nothing.

[pendulouspuppyudders]

bsky immediately double labeling my pics and hiding them from all my followers once again proving that site is still just as bad as tumblr when faced with transfem bodies, they just don't have a ceo that stalks and harasses us publicly

[mudwerks]

title says it all

[source-co]

Oooookay. Is this on?

Uhhhh. Mmmmmaybe I should've gotten 37 to stick around and help with this...

no wait this looks like it

Ye01 is now AVAILABLE! The rest of the staff are now UNAVAILABLE for the time being...

[risestarkiss]

Sooo..."✨The Fashionista✨" is set to launch!

Although I'm still working on the subtitles, etc. on the backend of YouTube,

"✨THE FASHIONISTA✨" YouTube video will premier THIS SUNDAY on my channel!

I've been working on this for MONTHS so I am just SO EXCEITED for you see it!!!!

So, mark your calendars and make sure you're [Subscribed]

Because, on January 26th, ✨The Fashionista✨ is finally coming to the small screen!

Also, at the end of the video, there will be a VERY special announcement...😌💜

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