#u&e station twins

[planetformer-central]

Earth's two space stations developed sparks and Moon is not prepared to be a father.

He'll be fine. He just needs to adjust to having two small space stations who really really want to come visit their dad when they have human passengers on board.

[c-hrona]

- ° N i̊   e R:  S u b m a s _ .

As I said, the brainrot is powerful, and I'll shove it down your throat.

Here we go with the First Arc!

Other illustration | First Part

More infos below!

- When they encounter H2 for the first time, things go south verrrrry quickly. Elesa commands the twins to escape from the situation as H2 is extremely dangerous. H2 goes to attack 3M, because he recognizes him as the “android in white” he oh so much hates. I4 brotherly instincts kicks in and they escape. Before they can evade, H2 tells them that he’s not the only one that has forgotten.. What does it mean?

- Some time later, a powerful machine emerges from the bottom of the ocean: Giratina seeks revenge for being exiled because of its violence and destroys everything with its powerful ultrasounds that can distort space and time. - I4 has a plan but while trying to execute it, Giratina’s ultrasounds hit him. Hard. - He gets thrown far from the battefield, where a strange machine capture him... while another part of him, of his body and his memories, gets sent hundreds of years in the past, where he doesn’t remember anything... (do you see where I’m going with this? :3c )

- The machine that abducts I4 is Volo, an humanoid machine that the twins already encountered and beaten. Volo particulary hates them because of it, so now he seeks revenge by torturing I4 while 3M searches for him, while trying to accomplish his dream: destroy the world that hated his kind and recreate it again. - When 3M finds Volo, he beats the shit out of him again, quite furious for what he did to his brother. But before being destroyed, he activates “Arceus”, a powerful virus that makes the machines (and the androids) extremely aggressive. 

- I4 helps his brother to destroy the enraged machines, but 3M is the first that falls victim to the virus. He tells I4 to kill him, but he orders him to disconnect from the server instead (what even is informatics at this point, am i right?). This buys them some time, but they must hurry: the connection with the Station, YoRHa's main base of operations, is interrupted and nobody knows what’s going on.

- At the Station, they try to warn Commander Elesa, but she’s already infected. So she orders them to go away and survive, while she tries to buy them time from the inside, with what little clarity she has left. It seems like every android is infected, and now the two of them are the only one that can stop all of this from the outside.

- They return to the battlefield, but I4 makes one last sacrifice, and he makes sure his brother can save himself, while he goes and tries alone to defeat Arceus alone.

[usafphantom2]

IMAGES: USAF this time performs a "Mammoth Walk"

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 06/08/2023 - 18:02 in Military, War Zones

The U.S. Air Force's most recent "Elephant Walk" was so impressive that the U.S. officially called it the "Mammoth Walk", or Mammoth Walk.

On May 5, 57 subordinate aircraft of the 7ª U.S. Air Force from the bases of Osan and Kunsan, where the 51ª and 8ª Air Wings are stationed, respectively, were aligned at Osan Air Base, South Korea.

There were on the runway forty F-16C/D Fighting Falcons of the 35º, 36º and 80º Fighter Squadrons, twelve A-10C Thunderbolt II attack jets of the 25º Fighter Squadron, two U-2S Dragon Ladys spy planes of the 5º Reconnaissance Squadron and three C-12 Hurons transport turboprops from the 2ª

The F-16 and A-10 aircraft shown in the photos were armed with real missiles and bombs of various types, such as AIM-9 and AIM-120 for air combat, AGM-65 to attack ground targets and AGM-88 HARM for anti-radar, and GBU-38, GBU-54, GBU-31 and GBU-31(V)3 (Pilantogi

Some F-16s have also been equipped with the HARM system, which is rare in the Block 40 versions, but allows them to perform SEAD (anti-aircraft defense) missions such as the Block 50 versions, which are usually designed for this.

With the exercise, the United States of America impressively emphasized its commitment to the Indo-Pacific region. The presence of its air forces in South Korea should contribute to the stability of the region. Osan is the closest air base to communist North Korea.

Since World War II, the "Elephant Walk" has been a constant term in the U.S. Air Force. The Army Air Forces had a large number of bombers available in 1944, with which the U.S. regularly flew attacks with more than 1,000 aircraft. For this, the heavy planes rolled to take off in long rows one after the other. The image resembled the march of heavy elephants on their way to the next water point, the USAF statements described. The term remained and even entered the USAF regulations and since then, the Elephant Walk has been the official expression of an exercise with a maximum number of aircraft.

In elephant marches, the machines roll one after the other on the track. In their simple variant, they occur as a rolling exercise without takeoffs and subsequent landings. With the exercise, the air forces regularly check all aspects of a squadron's readiness to fulfill its war mission. "Correct" Elephant Walks end with the departure of all participating machines. Each aircraft capable of flying and ready for use and each crew must comply with the starting window of the war plan.

The recent "Mammoth Walk" at Osan Air Base was impressive, among other things, due to the wide variety of participating aircraft types - from twin-engine turboprop connecting planes to high-altitude reconnaissance jets. One of the largest Elephant Walks in number, on the other hand, is one that occurred in the 1980s, when 120 F-111 bomber fighters took off in less than an hour as part of Operation Desert Storm of 2003.

Tags: Military AviationElephant WalkUSAF - United States Air Force / U.S. Air ForceWar Zones - Korean peninsula

Fernando Valduga

Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Daytona Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work around the world of aviation.

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DIVERACE E CLASS 5D/4N 15Dive Similan-Bon-Tachai-Richelieu-Surin NORTH ANDAMAN ITINERARY 

The DIVERACE E CLASS is

01. 4 /5 Night liveaboard to the Similan Islands, including Koh Bon, Koh Tachai, Richelieu Rock

02. 4Night Surin Island plus Southern island trips to Koh Ha, Hin Daeng, Hin Muang, Lipe, Phi Phi or Racha Islands.

 

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ITINERARY 5D/4N 15 Dive – Similan-Koh Bon-Koh Tachai-Richelieu Rock-Surin

DEPARTURE DAY

18:00 – 20:00

Pick up from hotels in Phuket or Airport Transfer by minibus to Thap Lamu Pier 1-2 hours

19:00 – 21:00

Pick up from hotels in Khao Lak Transfer by minibus to Thap Lamu Pier 20 minutes

22:00

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DIVING DAY 1 – 3

07:00  Wake Up, Coffee, First Dive

08:30  Breakfast

11:00  Second Dive

12:30  Lunch

15:00  Third Dive

19:00  Night Dive OR

17:30  Dusk Dive

20:00  Dinner

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DIVING DAY 4

07:00  Wake Up, Coffee, First Dive

08:30  Breakfast

10:30  Second Dive

12:00  Lunch

14:00  Third Dive

15:00  Cruising to Thap Lamu

17:00  Arrive at Thap Lamu

18:00  Arrive at Khao Lak Hotels

19:30  Arrive at Phuket Hotels

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Koh Haa, Hin Daeng, Hin Muang, Pidda Nai, Pida Nok, King Cruiser, Hin Musung and Koh Dok Mai, Koh Lipe

DEPARTURE DAY

17:00 – 19:00

Pick up from hotels in Phuket or Airport Transfer by minibus to Phuket Pier 1-2 hours

19:00 – 21:00

Pick up from hotels in Khao Lak Transfer by minibus to Thap Lamu Pier 20 minutes

22:00

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07:00 am-06:30 pm

Two day dives around Koh Lipe and 8 Miles

Two  dives  Talung and Stonehenge

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07:00 am-06:30 pm

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07:00 am-12:00 pm

Two dives around Pida Nok-Nai (Phi Phi)

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[k0kichiimagines]

saeyoung !! happy birthday!! my love as well!! alsomykin!! sorry this is late (its past midnight here)

- mod kokichi

A = Attractive (What do they find attractive about the other?)

your humour, your bravery! physically - your eyes and cheeks

B = Baby (Do they want a family? Why/Why not?)

he does! he has a call where he wonders if he can actually have his dream of a family :) equally he's more then happy with just you, saeran and vanderwood. he would want time to strengthen his relationship with saeran especially, but after a few years...if you want. i feel like he also would only want a few, and a few years apart. he would want to give them his attention fully,, equally if you have twins he'd be overjoyed too.

C = Cuddle (How do they cuddle?)

clings to you! he likes any position (aha), but expect a lot of protective ones, especially while he's in / just left the agency

D = Dates (What are dates with them like?)

eventful LMAO

honestly, it depends, he'll take you star gazing and to the movies, and theme parks

but also driving at 2am, and making robots, the list is endless and half the time spontaneous

E = Everything (You are my ____ (e.g. my life, my world…))

"you are my world, my dreams, my future"

F = Feelings (When did they know they were in love?)

over the chatroom, and he felt awful and selfish, he led you one despite feeling like he could never actually date you

G = Gentle (Are they gentle? If so, how?)

very gentle!! he'd feel awful if he ever hurt you,, the whole 'im dangerous' would come back

H = Hands (How do they like to hold hands?)

he likes to have your hands near each other, little fingers linked, or fully hand holding, he'll do the 'bring hand to lips to kiss' thing a lot

I = Impression (What was their first impression?)

someone cute and who clicked instantly with him!

J = Jealousy (Do they get jealous?)

yes.

he'll hug you from behind in front of them he has no shame, resting his head on your shoulder / head and glare at them

might even try kiss your neck too

K = Kiss (How do they kiss? Who initiated the first kiss?)

i think the first kiss was more a 'both sides drawing in',, his kisses are unpredictable, sometimes soft, sometimes teasing, sometimes 'misses' just next to your lips,, but always gentle

L = Love (Who says ‘I love you’ first?)

you kinda say it when saeran grabs you, but in terms of sitting down and etc its him ,, and it feels like a weight of his chest, pure euphoria filling him when you say it back

M = Memory (What’s their favourite memory together?)

any moments where he felt pure joy,, which happens a lot round you, wether its falling asleep or chasing each other, or running from either of the other two roommates, you're his joy

N = Nickel (Do they spoil? Do they buy the person they love everything?)

not buying so much, but he makes you a lot of stuff :) some of it is jokes, some of it actually really useful

he does buy you some stuff though !

O = Orange (What colour reminds them of their other half?)

blues! your favourite colours!

P = Pet names (What pet names do they use?)

"606, my love, my baby, my star," a lot of overdone cheesy joke ones

Q = Quaint (What is their favourite non-modern thing?)

probably old technology, stars,

R = Rainy Day (What do they like to do on a rainy day?)

complains, sulks, pouts, he likes going out once he's free but he doesn't actually hate the rain that much. he'll try cooking, and you'll need to help or the kitchen will be a mess of flames (he is a good cook, he just 'experiments' a lot)

S = Sad (How do they cheer themselves/others up?)

bottles everything up, admits he's kinda sad in jokes, you'll need to confront him and be insistent to get anything out of him

he'll drop his jokes when you're upset, trying his best to be a shoulder to lean on and support for you.

T = Talking (What do they like to talk about?)

look hes a nerd (lovingly) he'll talk about maths, robots, hacking and cars, but equally games and shows and whatever you're into!

U = Unencumbered (What helps them relax?)

he likes making things !! if you read to him, or just talked about something he'd like that - might even fall asleep! not because hes bored, he just finds your voice soothing

V = Vaunt (What do they like to show off? What are they proud of?)

his babes (the cars. and you/lh) but honestly all his gloating is jokes, he's pretty insecure

W = Wedding (When, how, where do they propose?)

like saeran, he wants to make sure you want to as well! he'd do it under the stars, with a camera somewhere recording, music playing

he's a romantic at heart

X = Xylophone (What’s their song?)

,,,,Line Without A Hook- sorry its for everyone i know

i cant think of any love songs :(

Y = Yes (Do they ever think of getting married/proposing?)

you guys had matching rings and bracelets which im still sobbing over,, plus the normal ending,, and the the fact saeyoung is catholic i feel like the answer is yes.

plus...marriage at the space station :)

Z = Zebra (If they wanted a pet, what would they get?)

cats!! we all know the man loves them to death

[sunlightinourheadlights]

HANANENE HUB SECRET SANTA FICS MASTERLIST

Happy holidays everyone! This year we did an art/fanfiction secret santa swap on the Hananene Hub, and here is the masterlist of the christmas/winter themed fanfics! They are in alphabetical order according to fic title. Thank you to the amazing writers on this list and for everyone who contributed in the event. 

[WARNING: it may be the holidays, but do check the ratings and read the tags for each fic carefully. Not all the fics are fluff. This is still JSHK after all.]

Hope you all enjoy!

Give Me Your Stars to Hold by sincerelyand (me!) for Rapid (@rapidfur) -  If Nene knew one thing, it was how difficult it was being childhood friends with the Yugi Twins.

Honey, Don't Feed Me, I Will Come Back by thebonezone  (@fangirlingforeverz) for sincerelyand (me) - Nene wants to marry a prince more than anything.And what price will she pay for that wish? (Bluebeard AU, Aged Up Characters) 

Imperfect by thatsrightdollface (@thatsrightdollface) for hopesartcastle ( @thehopeelias)- When she was young, Aoi Akane had liked the funny-shaped, imperfect sugar cookies best of all.

if anything happens i love you by zileywrites (@muffindounat​​)  for teafloof (@teafloof) - Amane was a young precious boy with stardust running through his veins and galaxies swirling in his soul, who had been trying in vain to protect himself from the harsh realities of life. [or, three times Yugi Aname felt utterly alone in december after the passing of Tsukasa, and one time he didn’t.]

Lemon and Peach (and you and me under the mistletoe) by Baronesscmd (SweeterThanYourDarkestSin) (@baronesscmd) for HanaNoHanabira -  Tsukasa has a plan. It may involve threatening his brother's little assistant and making Natsuhiko's life a living nightmare, but if Sakura is happy in the end it will all be worth it.

No Place Like (Someone Else's) Home for the Holidays by Hammsters (@uglierdaikon) for Sharkbytez - Yashiro Nene is down on her luck; dumped and alone in a new city where she knows no one, she's preparing to spend her holidays alone for the first time. That is, until the flirtatious bartender at the restaurant where she works makes her an offer she might regret accepting- an invitation to spend Christmas with his family instead.

Once Upon A December (Things I Almost Remember) by banjjakz (@banjjakz) for piyo_nii (@piyo-nii) -  Aoi went missing last Christmas, and the chilling bite of the new year rendered her case cold to the touch. This year, on December first, Nene opens an anonymous Christmas card to find a lock of deep purple hair. Terrified, jaded, and freshly incensed, she teams up with the boy next door to track down her best friend before it's too late.

partly cloudy, chance of snow by sourlemoncandy (@sour-lemon-candy) for Naomi -  Amane is right in at least one respect- his apartment is close to her job, vacant, and perhaps most importantly, he makes the best chocolate chip cookies she's ever tasted. 

Pining Amongst the Pines by corologs  (@corologs​) for Cheyenne / Anu (@anubis-005) -  Just as Prince Hanako had found his favorite little gardener, news of an accident brings about an opportunity for Nene Yashiro to prove her usefulness.

snowfall and frostbite by lilaflo (@istoleyourboat) for sourlemoncandy ( @sour-lemon-candy) - After blossoming into a stunning, young college student, Yashiro Nene decides to push all her past regrets and mistakes behind her.That is... until her graduating class decides to throw a high school reunion on Christmas Eve. After finding out that her ex will be there, Nene seeks out a fake boyfriend to spare herself the humiliation.And who better than her best friend, Yugi Amane.

Time, Space, and the Worlds in Between by milkteamoon (@spades-queen) for Indigo_Floof (@indigosienna) -  Amane Yugi is an astronaut stationed on a planet far away when he catches a glimpse of something he's not meant to see.

the golden age of something good by piyo_nii (@piyo-nii) for Hammsters (@uglierdaikon) - Under the silver-streaked heavens, you pray to whoever is listening. You vow to become someone she can come to rely on. Someone who can protect her, someone she can learn to love.(That night, you dream of Yashiro’s shy smile and the clicking sound of a turning lock, and that can only be an omen.)

The Greatest Gifts Come in the Most Unorthodox Places by insipidenvy (@insipidenvy) for paopu_moo (@macey-wacey) - Hanako and Tsukasa spend Christmas catching up on lost time and opportunities. The past and present couldn't be any more different.

Threads of Nettle, Threads of Gold by Indigo_Floof (@indigosienna) for thebonezone (@fangirlingforeverz) -  Nene's siblings have been cursed to turn into swans, and as for the solution...she literally can't say anything about it.

When you get together with your friend to bake, it's usually a good idea to get the recipes beforehand by Chykori  for Miko (Mito Mitochondria) -  Amane and Nene cooking together at Amane’s house! With no adult or Kou supervision. Lots of fluff, no angst allowed here in this household. At one point they do pull up Kou on the videochat because he is on a vacation trip with his family and couldn’t make it to their baking day.

Please make sure to leave the incredible authors kudos and comments! Everyone worked very hard! ❤️

[yakumtsaki]

Which premade do you think has the most wasted potential? In the sense of "EA had a cool idea and did nothing with it", not "they got good grades and now work in a gas station".

oh good q. there’s so many possible answers here, starting with ‘everyone in desiderata other than natasha and john’ but for specific premades i think the top 3 are: mortimer goth: mortimer in his later years should have been up there with olive as a stylish and darkly fascinating elder premade. instead eaxis: a) gave him a literal face template b) dressed him like my grandpa so if u want a lecture on kids these days not knowing proper greek mortimer is ur guy, if u want the gomez addams icon we should have gotten better look elsewhere c) didnt change his bio to include any reference to his state of mind about bella. like we get one pic of him looking up at the sky and that’s it. the mortimer we kno would have been monomaniacal about finding bella and obsessively coming up with all sorts of weird inventions to contact the aliens or w/e. u could have all of the above and STILL have him being golddug by dina bc he’s lonely and all the searching has taken a toll on him etc. instead he’s generic af in literally every aspect, like if his name wasnt ‘goth’ no player would give a crap about him. total waste of potential #1

cordial sisters: oh look it’s twin sisters who are polar opposites, where have we seen that before. the cordials aren’t bad per se they’re just so similar to the pleasant twins that their existence is pointless other than the magic factor. like literally any single difference would have made them more interesting, make them poc, or male, or not sisters, or w/e else to sufficiently differentiate them from the pleasants and make them stand on their own instead of a literal rehash but #withwitches. they dont even have an actual reason for their sibling rivalry, it’s just ‘one sister is intrinsically a troublemaker and the other is an angel’ like literally just name them lilith and angela and be done with it. total waste of potential #2

titania + oberon summerdream: starting to notice a pattern here where eaxis has like one interesting factor be it the goth name or witchery or being an elf and thinks thats enough. titania and oberon are the only elves in the game, dressed like royalty, and have 2 adopted elf children. how about some backstory on oh idk.. everything?? they’re clearly from another ~realm~ why arent they there anymore? are they exiled royalty and they took in these orphans b4 leaving? or is veronaville originally the elf homeland and the humans came in later and now they just cohabit? but let’s say the above isn’t important and the elves are just *there* and thats it, how about basing them on the actual book fairies and making them all mischievous and meddling in human affairs instead of ‘i want to master the art of home video editing’ and ‘i have a crush on a gay guy’. like way to give the literal supernatural royals desiderata-tier bios. so that’s total waste of potential #3 and imo the most inexplicable one bc eaxis had iconic source material here and just decided to not do it. 4 shame

[morimallow]

SFW/ Fluff Alphabet (Suna Rintarou)

A = Admiration (what do they absolutely adore about you?)

He is well-aware that he has a salty attitude. Up until now, he still wonders how you can still somehow manage to deal with his shit and stay with him and he adores you for that. Your patience is unfathomable. Whenever he rants about a recent issue regarding him, you can always sound unaffected and not sarcastic when in comes to your responses. He also admires how you respect his privacy and personal space. You would always ask him if he wants to talk about it and when he says no, you'd just stay with him until he's ready or when he gets over it.

B = Body (what is their favorite part of your body?)

Eyes. HE LOVES THE FEELING OF GETTING LOST IN YOUR EYES. It's like he could totally see your feelings for him. He looks at it to know whether or not you're lying, to know if you're joking, and to prepare himself if he sees your eyes getting glossy or maybe he just looks at it because ✨force of habit✨. AND YOUR SQUISHY CHEEKS. He likes to pinch them whenever you're within his reach because.. well, he just wants some sort of physical contact? Plus you're really cute.

C = Cuddling (how do they like to cuddle?)

Spooning. He doesn't want you to see that faint smile of his after he kisses your hair and shoulder once you settled against him. He loves your satisfied sigh when he lightly rubs your skin, his breathing lulling you to sleep. If you're just chilling on the couch though, he likes to snake one arm around your waist then he starts playing with your tummy like a fidget something.

D = Dates (what does their ideal date with you look like?)

Classic stay-at-home date. He doesn't want other people to meddle with your time together because he knows for a fact that someone from his team EHEM, TSUM-TSUM, EHEM always goes out and there's this possibility that you'd bump into him with girls swarming around him. Experimenting Osamu's recipes! He loves it when you appreciate things he does. Then after you'd just cuddle while watching horror movies.

E = Emotions (how do they express emotion around you?)

We all know he ain't verbal unless he's spouting insults so he's more into actions. Simple things like holding the door for you, bringing you lunch when it's near exams (he'd sometimes pull you to the cafeteria for a breather), and a silent trip with him walking you to your home. He isn't expressive either so you'd just have to decipher what his feelings are by looking at his eyebrows.

F = Family (do they want one? If they do, when?)

Hush, he maybe low-key probably theoretically might like babies. Doesn't mind if it's a girl or boy, he'd teach them how to roast someone. Plus just the thought of you holding your baby makes his heart go doki-doki. AFTER MARRIAGE, OF COURSE.

G = Gifts (how do they feel about gift giving? What are their habits when it comes to this?)

He used to think of it as a waste of time and money but now it's more like a way to say he cares about you. He buys you things you need like ink refills when he notices your pen nearly out of ink. He doesn't spoil you that much with material things because he knows you're already satisfied.

H = Holding Hands (when/how do they like to hold hands?)

The typical you'd-get-lost-and-it-would-be-hard-for-me-to-find-you-and-it's-too-much-work typa guy when you go out. He does creep his hand towards yours when you're alone but there are also times he just wants to link your pinkies because he finds it cute? Occasionally kisses your knuckles when you take a break from studying. He'd tap his thumb multiple times on the back of your palm before games and you'd tap back two times as a good luck.

I = Injury (how would they act if you got hurt?)

If it's a minor one and he can just patch it up, he'd be silent, just making one-word commands as he takes care of you. Once done, he'd call you stupid can't you say “be careful next time” like a normal person and kiss your forehead after flicking it. If it's an accident in school, he'd be the one to take you to the clinic or if he's out, he'd have your friends reporting to him.

J = Jokes (do they like to joke around with or prank you? how?)

YOU WOULDN'T REALIZE IT'S A JOKE. He considers himself funny though because his team laughs when he insults the twins but he realizes it's different with you. It's kinda like this: he asks you a question with his usual serious face, “What do you call a pony with a cough?” Silence. “A little hoarse.” He'd suppress his laugh because he really thinks it's funny but you just give him an unimpressed look.

K = Kisses (how do they like to kiss you?)

Light. Feathery. Ones. On your forehead, nose, cheeks after he pinches it, side of your mouth. Even his pecks feel like one, long, passionate kiss. Keeps his kisses short and simple unless you show him signs of you-know-what. Likes to kiss the back of your head while he squishes your face with one hand.

L = Love (how do they show you they love you?)

Hugs. Plenty of them. It's a way of saying you're safe with him and he won't do anything to hurt you. Smothers you with kisses from time to time when he feels like you need reassurance. He takes care of you. He leaves a glass of water on your bedside table so you wouldn't have to walk in the dark.

M = Memory (favorite memory together?)

That time after one of the games when you came up to him and shamelessly kissed him in front of the whole team. He was frozen like the rest of them and they swore they saw him smile a bit as you smile up to him while playing with his hair.

N = Nightmare (what is their worst fear?)

Fears that one day, he won't hear your satisfied sigh when you're settled against him. That would mean he's not your safe space anymore and you already tired and uncomfortable.

O = Oddity (what quirk/s do they have?)

He likes to believe that cracking knuckles can release stress. After an argument, whenever he studies, he cracks his knuckles.

He says ‘I love you’ back ALWAYS. He's always conveying his feelings through actions so the least he could do is to reply to your I love you's. Even if he's already near dream land, he'd still say it back.

P = Pet Names (what do they like to call you?)

He usually sticks with “oi” but ehem, he likes to call you by sickly.. icky.. weak-to-the-knees endearments with that hot voice of his HAVE YOU HEARD HIM IN EPISODE 14 I WAS SCREAMING. He saves the darling, sweetheart, honey, boo when it's just the two of you but calls you by your cute nickname followed by baby when he wants to flaunt you.

Q = Quality Time (how do they like to spend time with you?)

NAP DATES. NAP DATES. NAP DATES. NAP DATES. NAP DATES. NAP DATES. NAP DATES. YOU'RE HIS CHARGING STATION. YOU. ARE. HIS. REST. MAKING BULALO (I think it's called beef bone marrow stew in English???) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT JUST BECAUSE. Drowsy kisses just because also. (╥﹏╥)

R = Rhythm (what song reminds you of them?)

The Simple Things by Michael Carreon because... just listen to it.

S = Secrets (how open are they with you?)

ABSOLUTE TRUST. Y'all are faithful and respect each other's privacy. If he doesn't wanna talk about it then no. If he does, then you'll listen. If you ask him something that's been bothering you like seeing him and one of his classmates walking through the school gates together while you're outside waiting, he'll explain. No arguments. He knows you're there for him and you know he won't tell you anything if he knows he can handle it himself. You're fine. He's fine.

T = Time (how long did it take you to get together?)

Probably 2-3 months? He was whipped when you snapped at him. Man, his mind was blank. No rebuttals. Took him a week to confess to you then y'all started dating but you made it official by attending one of his games.

U = Upset (how do they act when you’re upset?)

He'll buy you your comfort foods. Lightly squeezes your shoulder while you rant about the reason you're upset. OVERALL, HE WON'T TALK BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT YOU AND YOU ALONE. Would probably do everything you make him do because you're upset. Keeps his nasty remarks when you're feeling better.

V = Vaunt (what are they proud of? Do they like to show you off?)

Either he won't talk about you or presents you to everyone with a smug look on his face, he's never in between. He is rather proud about you and your achievements because he's seen you through the process of it all. PROUD BOYFRIEND.

W = Warrior (how do they feel about you fighting? Would they fight for you, beside you, etc?)

If it's a physical fight, he'd fight behind you because he knows you can handle it. If some bastard harasses you, he'd fight for you. If it's a mental battle, he'd fight beside you. He knows you're strong but that doesn't mean you have to go through it alone.

X = X-Ray (how well are they able to read you?)

Very, very well. Slight movement of your eyebrows and he knows you're uncomfortable. When you bite your lower lip, he knows you're gonna cry. With simple hand gestures, he knows you're hiding something. He's just very observant and he wants you to know that he knows what you're implying without even a word. One smirk, and you're pranking Atsumu the next second.

Y = Yes (how would they propose to you?)

Asks you to marry him out of the blue. On your couch. With matching fuzzy socks, fox slippers, and satin pyjamas. While sipping on your hot beverage. Honestly so sweet, you can't change my mind.

Z = Zen (what makes them feel calm?)

Your gentle hand on his cheek and your soft gaze. Plus ice pops.

NSFW Alphabet (Suna Rintaro)

M. List

[killer-queen-kira]

JJBA Fighting Game Concept

Characters – 77 Characters

Phantom Blood - 8 Characters

·       Jonathan Joestar: (Hamon)

·       Dio Brando: (Vampire)

·       Will. A. Zeppeli: (Hamon)

·       Robert. E. O. Speedwagon: (Ogre Street)

·       Dire: (Hamon)

·       Straizo: (Hamon)

·       Bruford: (Zombie)

·       Tarkus: (Zombie)

 Battle Tendency - 9 Characters

·       Joseph Joestar: (Hamon)

·       Caesar Zappeli: (Hamon)

·       Lisa Lisa: (Hamon)

·       Von Strohiem: (German Engineering)

·       Kars: (Light)

·       Ultimate Kars: (Ultimate Life Form)

·       Esidisi: (Heat)

·       Wamuu: (Wind)

·       Santana: (Pillerman)

 Stardust Crusaders - 12 Characters

·       Jotaro Kujo: (Stand – Star Platinum)

·       Old Joseph: (Stand – Hermit Purple)

·       Muhammad Avdol: (Stand – Magician’s Red)

·       Jean Pierre Polnareff: (Stand – Silver Chariot)

·       Kakyoin: (Stand – Heirophant Green)

·       Iggy: (Stand – The Fool)

·       Hol Horse: (Stand – The Emperor)

·       Vanilla Ice: (Stand – Cream)

·       Death 13: (Stand – Death 13)

·       Pet Shop: (Stand – Horus)

·       Mariah: (Stand – Bastet)

·       DIO: (Vampire/Stand – The World)

 Diamond is Unbreakable - 10 Characters

·       Josuke Higashikata (Part 4): (Stand – Crazy Diamond)

·       Jotaro Kujo (Part 4): (Stand – Star Platinum: The World)

·       Okuyasu: (Stand – The Hand)

·       Koichi Hirose: (Stand – Echoes)

·       Rohan Kishibe: (Stand – Heaven’s Door)

·       Yukako: (Stand – Love Deluxe)

·       Akira Otoishi: (Stand – Red Hot HHot Chilli Pepper)

·       Keicho Nijimura: (Stand – Bad Company)

·       Yoshikage Kira: (Stand – Killer Queen)

·       Kosaku Kawajiri: (Stand – Killer Queen)

 Golden Wind - 10 Characters

·       Giorno Giovanna: (Stand – Golden Experience)

·       Guido Mista: (Stand – Sex Pistols)

·       Bruno Bucciarati: (Stand – Sticky Fingers)

·       Panacotta Fugo: (Stand – Purple Haze)

·       Trish Una: (Stand – Spice Girl)

·       Diavolo: (Stand – King Crimson & Epitaph)

·       Vinegar Doppio: (Stand – Epitaph)

·       Risotto Nero: (Stand – Metallica)

·       Ghiaccio: (Stand – White Album)

·       Chiocolatta (w/ Secco): (Stand – Green Day & Oasis)

 Stone Ocean - 10 Characters

·       Jolyne Cujoh: (Stand – Stone Free)

·       Weather Report: (Stand – Weather Report)

·       Emporio: (Stand – Burning Down The House)

·       Narciso Anasui: (Stand – Diver Down)

·       F.F: (Stand – Foo Fighters)

·       Ermes Costello: (Stand – Kiss)

·       Enrico Pucci: (Stand – Whitesnake)

·       Sports Maxx: (Stand – Limp Bizkit)

·       Gwess: (Stand – Goo Goo Dolls)

·       DIO (Part 6): (Vampire/Stand – The World)

 Steel Ball Run - 10 Characters

·       Johnny Joestar: (Stand – Tusk)

·       Gyro Zeppeli: (Stand – Ballbreaker)

·       Diego Brando: (Stand – Scary Monsters)

·       Diego Brando (The World): (Stand – The World)

·       Funny Valentine: (Stand – D4C)

·       Blackmore: (Stand – Catch the Rainbow)

·       Ringo Roadagain: (Stand – Mandom)

·       D-I-S-C-O: (Stand – Chocolate Disco)

·       Sandman: (Stand – In A Silent Way)

·       Oyecomova: (Stand – My Rhythm)

 Jojolion - 10 Characters

·       Josuke Higashikata (Part 8): (Stand – Soft And Wet)

·       Joshu Higashikata: (Stand – Nut King Cole)

·       Jobin Higashikata: (Stand – Speed King)

·       Yoshikage Kira (Part 8): (Stand – Killer Queen)

·       Rai Mamezuku: (Stand – Doggy Style)

·       Hato Higashikata: (Stand – Walking Heart)

·       Josefumi Kujo: (Stand – Soft And Wet)

·       A. Phex Twins: (Stand – Schlott Key 1 &2)

·       Kei Nijimura: (Stand – Born This Way)

·       Tooru: (Stand – Wonder of U)

Stages

Phantom Blood

·       Joestar Mansion

·       Ogre Street

·       Dio’s Castle

 Battle Tendency

·       Air Supplena Island

·       German Base

·       Avalon

 Stardust Crusaders

·       Steets of India

·       Cairo Rooftop

·       Dio’s Mansion

 Diamond is Unreaakable

·       Morioh Town

·       Boing-Boing Cape

·       Kira’s Villa

 Golden Wind

·       Naples Station

·       Sabbath Courtyard

·       Colosseum

 Stone Ocean

·       Green Dolphin Street Prison

·       Cape Canaveral

·       The End Of The World

 Steel Ball Run

·       Rocky Mountain

·       Devil’s Palm

·       Philiadelphia

 Jojolion

·       Higashikata House

·       Wall Eyes

·       Shakedown Road

Skins, Heat Attacks and more coming soon!

[cruddyborderlandstheories]

Okay I was talking to the amazing @border-spam and I kinda accidentally Went Off in her inbox so imma ramble here instead cuz I wanna go more in depth on the topic of the afterlife in the borderlands universe bc it is definitely canon thru the Guns Love and Tentacles dlc

Tl;dr: at least they didn't introduce time travel [stares directly into Lilith's fucking soul]

So she brought up the whole aspect of the siren afterlife where the siren can choose their successor or let their powers go off and choose 'their own' user (and they usually choose young kids for some reason) which is a weird thing to suddenly introduce in the 3rd game, because this should've been, if it did exist, talked about before in past- Maya would not have been the first person to know about this. And the fact that this siren afterlife even exists is a weird thing to have in general, to even introduce as a story point when they could've kept it as randomly chosen people getting siren powers (because what sort of sicko wants to give a little girl a probably shortened life of pain and fear that they themselves had to live through).

And it IS weird because introducing an afterlife is just a wild thing to do in a universe where technology can be used for all sorts of weird shit and magic borderline (pretty much) exists. I mean ik we're all pretty much on the page that siren stuff ISN'T actual magic and is instead Eridian stuff that hasn't been explained, but still you get what I mean it is insanely advanced tech or science that looks like magic to us

Because listen. In GLaT that side quest where you go help the dead little girl. That happens because of Maliwan tech. I remember, because I remembering musing to myself that it is probably the same sort of Maliwan tech used to access Heck during the Bloody Harvest event. I am going somewhere with this I promise

Firstly, since this afterlife or weird death dimension is Officially Canon (idk if the Bloody Harvest event is canon but this is official main DLC so it's canon), why is it never mentioned by the characters? I feel like they wouldn't keep quiet about it, and told Tannis, and I don't think she would have let that go without investigating it. The characters don't know they're in a story, and they don't care about satisfying character arcs or development or shit. If Lilith or Tina had the ability to see Roland again, don't you think they'd try? If Ava or Krieg knew there was a chance they could speak to Maya, even if for one last time, don't you think they'd go for it?? Like they don't care about satisfying character arcs, they would try it. Tannis invents a machine that lets us go inside people's heads, this is a universe where you can copy/turn people into AI, and put that AI in a robot body, don't you think SOMEONE would try to make that happen??? When the afterlife scientifically EXISTS?? This removes, like, ALL stakes if we're literally able to open portals to this death dimension and talk to the people in it. And in a game where the writers were soooo adamant that the new-u stations aren't canon, why did they introduce the concept of an afterlife in a dlc that is canon

There is more to this, hang on, I'm not just bitching abt logistics I swear

Okay so when you go thru that quest, there are manticores that appear. Manticores are enemies on Nekrotefeyo, so it's weird that they suddenly appear in this 'completely unrelated' area of the game. I put that in quotes because it's probably related tbh. The green colors in this dimension and the wisps and everything remind me a LOT of Nekrotefeyo's core spilling out. It also reminds me a lot of the wisps we see when we kill Guardians, of their souls/minds getting whisked away to be put in either the main place they're stored OR into another Guardian body, but those are usually R e d. It ALSO reminds me a lot of Krieg's mind's planetscape in his dlc, same color scheme and everything

So u guys know I am a big fan of the whole Eridians created humanity as a step up from the Guardians theory, because we see guardians/Eridians in the murals of the Vaults interacting with humans and gifting the babies Eridian relics and such and such. There are human statues in the Vaults, sirens are obviously linked to Eridians, etc etc. They clearly, at the very least, lived side-by-side, tho I believe the Eridians created humanity. I believe this theory very hard, I wrote a whole essay on it previously, yada yada. So if we take it one step further and imagine that the Eridians created a place to store Guardian souls when they die before they find a new vessel (the inside of Minos Prime, perhaps? The inside of Nekrotefeyo?), what is stopping them from doing the same thing for humans??

Which would explain how this place is accessible through technology- it is a physical place created by Eridians. If it IS the core of Nekrotefeyo, given the color scheme being the same as the death dimension and human 'wisps', it would make sense that dark Maliwan is there doing research and why it is their portals specifically that can access this area, and, if bloody harvest IS canon, why we only fight Maliwan soldiers in Heck (besides ratch). They were exploring their new discovery until we came along

It would also explain how sirens are able to choose their successors after they die- they're brought back to the 'collection unit', the 'soul storage place', idk, and they can either choose someone to burden, or let the powers go and choose a random person.

Which is really messed up if u think about it, but then I don't believe the Eridians are good people ever since they started feeding us to the Destroyer, soooooo.

I wonder if wisps eaten by the Destroyer are lost forever. If so, then I wonder if Steele's Siren powers are gone and that's why her resurrected claptrap body couldn't use her powers, or if her wisp just escaped and her powers went to some random person.

Also why didn't Nyriad choose Leda instead of the twins to give her powers to. It's like Nyriad wanted them to suffer bc she locked herself in the Vault they were conceived in. And like... Can wisps not escape Vaults? Then that brings me back to Steele's Siren powers. She did technically die? Outside the Vault? I think? It's not 100% clear cuz she was definitely impaled outside of it, but idk when exactly she died died. I mean there's the whole thing about how they recovered her body in the first place, buuuut let's not go there bc I'm already brain hurt for today

The main point is: the afterlife is weird. I think it's a place created by the Eridians to store people when they die, and that's why it's a physical place we can go to and open portals to and why the Sirens have the opportunity to burden other people with their powers when they die. It does make me wonder if Troy had absorbed Maya's entire fuckin wisp when he turned her into hot chocolate powder, or just her powers. Cuz the powers go to Ava when Troy's dead, meaning Maya DID choose, but did she choose immediately after she died, or only after Troy died.

These are questions that MUST be answered they're IMPORTANT HHHHH

[daily-best-jokes]

Help, my wife is missing!!!

Sergeant at Police Station: What is her height?

Husband: Gee, I'm not sure. A little over 170 centermeters tall.

Sergeant: Weight?

Husband: Don't know. Not slim, not really fat.

Sergeant: Color of eyes?

Husband: Sort of brown I think. Never really noticed.

Sergeant: Color of hair?

Husband: Changes a couple times a year. Maybe dark brown now. I can’t remember.

Sergeant: What was she wearing?

Husband: Could have been pants, or maybe a skirt or shorts. I don't know exactly.

Sergeant: What kind of car did she go in?

Husband: She went in my landcruiser

Sergeant: What kind of Landcruiser was it?

Husband: (sobbing) It's a 1980 hj45 with 12ht, full custom dolbinson springs tough dog big bore foam cell shocks superior engineering extra heavy duty anti inversion shackles, 1350 RE Reel Drive Shafts, Method 105 Bead Locks, Coopers stt 285/75 16Tires, Custom Big ass steel roo stopping bull bar with Thomas pto winch, hid spotlights narva led light bar codan HF, Rock Hard Under Armor, Posion Spyder Sliders, Posion Extreme Duty Trans-Mount Cross Member, lambs wool seat covers, twin stacks with custom 3 inch exhaust, 200ltr long range tank. Ol e lockers front and rear,Teraflex D-44 Diff Covers, Wild Boar Grille, (At this point, the sobbing has turned into a full cry.)

Sergeant: Don't worry buddy. We'll find your Landcruiser.

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Park Jaehyung Fanfic Recommendations

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A

Accidentally Kissing Him Goodbye: You bumped into your ex boyfriend at a club

Accidents Happen: Jae accidentally confesses to you

Alls Fair in Love and War: You and your lovely boyfriend Jae are at war. A hashtag war. And poor Dowoon is stuck in the middle of it. 

A Little: Maybe he was a little soft for you.

A Snowflake: Vlogger!Jae vlogging on your guys anniversary

A Soda and some Flamin’ Hot Cheetos: You, a broke college student, frequently go to this gas station to get some cheap food 

B

Baffled: Vlogger!Jae; Husband!Jae; “can I pet your dog” 

blanket burrito: You and Jae spent your anniversary in the comfort of your home

C

Call My Name: Every relationship has a story, and yours seems to always involve his name.    

Chocolate Kisses: Costco Run! 

Cookies and Kisses:  you’re baking together 

D

Driving Lessons: Jae teaching you how to drive

Drabble #29:  “Does he know about the baby?”

Drabble #2:  Falling asleep together

Drabble #3:  Wearing each other’s clothes 

Drabble #9:  Taking goofy photos in a photobooth 

Drabble #12:  Jae to buy tampons and pain killers while you're stuck in the bathroom 

Drabble #20: You are really short and Jae loves it 

Drabble #21:  you two finally have a movie date at home but instead of watching the movie the 2 of you end up just talking and cuddling and showering kisses onto each other 

Drabble #27: “How drunk was I?”

E

F

Frustration: Jae calming you down after you were becoming moody due to school

G

Guilt  Part 1, Part 2: An argument with Jae turned out to be more damaging than you initially thought 

H

I

If I Ever Fall in Love: A drunk mistake allows Jae to find out your true feelings about you and his break up

J

K

L

M

Make Me a Sandwich: You can only suffer through my whining for so long until you get up and make me a sandwich 

N

O

P

Pepero Dare: You and Jae were dared to do the pepero challenges by 4 idiots 

Pillow fight: Jae takes gaming VERY seriously

Q

R

recording sessions:  “stop looking at me like that.” “but you’re so pretty.“ 

Remember When: Remember when we were dating?

S

safe: taking the next step on a relationship seemed easy until a confusing and hurtful episode crossed your life, making you afraid and unsafe even with the person you loved the most

Snooping: “She’s my daughter, I can read her diary.” 

Sudden Change: Friends with Benefits to lovers 

Sweater Paws: You stole Jae’s hoodie but instead of looking like a sweater, it looks like a dress

T

Tickle, Tickle - Jae x Reader: mornings with Jae

The Best Things: It’s tradiition that Jae sings to you during bedtime 

The Twins: Having twins with Jae 

Too Close (Angst): Sometimes jealousy does ruin everything (Part 2)

To Study? :  where you two are studying in the library but he keeps being all fluffy and adorable that it´s distracting you

treat you better: After an awful break-up, you went to your best friend for comfort only to be surprised 

U

Untitled: Jae’s date idea goes incredibly wrong but that’s fine because he’s really cute anyway.

V

Q

W

X

Y

You’re Annoying (But I love it): “Oh my god Jae, shut up” 

Z

[theaurorfileshq]

R I L E Y   M E T Z E R  /  A U R O R   C A D E T

AGE: Forty

BADGE NUMBER: U81J33

BLOODSTATUS: Halfblood (No-Maj Born Father, Wix Mother)

GENDER/PRONOUNS: Trans Man, He/Him

IDENTIFYING FEATURES: That Sweet Sweet Louisiana Accent, Plaid Shirts, Dog Hair on Nearly Every Belonging.

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES:

(+): Seer (Post-Cognitive, Almost Useless), Vehicle Proficiency, Animal Skills.

(-):  Extremely Weak Magical Ability, Avoids Conflict.

BACKGROUND:

(tw: mentioned alcoholism, murder, vague transphobia )

(i.) – childhood.

Their mother left early on, and when Riley was young their father hated him for the resemblance. He looked too much like her, even when he carved out a new body for himself, to better fit his shape. He’s the eldest child yet somehow the second son, always lesser somehow in his father’s eyes. There is a sense of otherness that haunts him through the years, one he can’t dwell too much on as he lays in his cramped bed, brother not more than a foot away on the other tiny twin mattress, in their tiny box room. Riley always blames the cramped circumstances of his upbringing for planting his anxiety in him, for making him afraid of big crowds and wide open homes.

He does his best to learn to live life on his own terms, to take care of himself and his brother and leave their father unbothered. Riley learns to cook dinner, and help with homework, and smile strained smiles at the grocery store clerk. Their father teaches him things young, leads by example. He tells Riley that if he insists on being a man, at least he’d better not be some kind of priss. He drinks too much and passes out early, and Riley learns to ignore the stench of beer on the couch, and learns to hide the way he looks at other boys.

His brother is special. They learn that young too. At eleven he’s secreted away to a world that Riley doesn’t get to be a part of. Magic school. He takes after their mother in a way that Riley seemingly doesn’t. Sometimes, he feels like he’s missing out on something. He feels like he missed a moment of revelation, like something should have changed when he was younger, but he wasn’t paying close enough attention. Sometimes, he wonders if he could ever be special, hopes and dreams to be something more than he is.

He gets a job as a teenager and contributes to the family, and lets his father teach him how engines work, how to drive. He has an anxious heart, and he’s a fucking weirdo, he knows it. People don’t like him, and he doesn’t want them to. Riley gets bullied at school, and bullied at home, and he swallows it all down and forgets it.

He regrets his wishing that he could be more, when it starts at sixteen. The… visions? He doesn’t know what to call them, but he learns to tell when they’re coming. They build like a vicious and sharp migraine behind his eyes, leave him dizzy and half blind, and after they hit he breaks out in sweats and usually empties out his stomach. His father doesn’t even notice, and the school nurse tells him he’s fine, nothing out of the ordinary. But he sees bloody phantoms, strange things he can’t explain. He sees Nancy Walker cheating on a math test that happened two weeks ago. He sees the Ryan boys playing ding dong ditch last halloween. Useless things. When he tells his brother, the reaction isn’t good. You’re making shit up, you just want to be special like me. He doesn’t know how to explain them in any other way, so he keeps his damn mouth shut, just like daddy taught him.

Their father disappears when he’s eighteen. It isn’t a surprise, and he’s done it before. A weekend long bender here, an extended trip away. Riley doesn’t think anything could have gone wrong, until a full week passes and he doesn’t turn back up. It leaves Riley feeling hopeless and helpless. He considers the police, what his father would say if he told them and everything was actually fine. He considers missing person’s reports, and people eyeing him with scrutiny, and he freezes up a little. Anxious heart beating fast, body aching with nerves. Sometimes, he can’t make words come out of his mouth, can’t form sound. When he’s nervous, he goes quiet. A defense mechanism, a last line of support. He picks up the phone to call the police, and can’t get the words out, so he just hangs up.

Riley figures that everything will be fine. Dad will come  home soon, and they’ll go back to the way things were. School ends and he skips graduation, glad to escape high school, glad to work more hours at the gritty and dirty mechanics down the street from their tiny cramped house. His brother comes home from school for the summer, and he imagines that everything will be fine, and then he has a vision. A hold up on the road out of town, where the land becomes wild again, swampy land and his father’s car, his father’s blood. They do go to the police, finally, but it’s his brother that does all the talking.

(ii.) – an education.

He strikes out on his own, after their father dies. Tries to, at least. His haunting little problem only gets worse, and his anxiety stops his heart more often than not. He’s a broken shadow of a thing, a strange man that makes people uncomfortable. He loses his job at the mechanic shop, and then at the grocery store, and then again at the other one across town. He stops and wonders why he’s doing this, why he’s staying in this town where no one likes him and no one needs him.

It’s a flight of fancy that has him selling his father’s house and moving out, moving away. He packs up everything they owned and sells everything he doesn’t want, everything his brother could do without. He finds pictures he’s never seen before, his mother with shining eyes, and she does look like him. There’s another man in the picture with her, and he looks like her too. A twin. He scours through the rest of the tucked away boxes, finds a letter from her tucked away inside one, and wonders if the address on it is still good.

He isn’t sure what he expects from her, when he finds her. He isn’t sure if he should be angry that she left, or glad that she never had the time to learn to hate him. Mainly, he just wants answers from her. He just wants something. He finds the apartment from the letter, on the west coast, and decides not to write ahead, not to warn her of his imminent arrival. A letter is a lot easier to ignore than a son on your doorstep.

She isn’t there, when he knocks. But the other man is. The uncle Riley never knew he had. His name is Alastair and he looks at Riley with sad eyes, and he has a kind smile, and he explains that she died a long time ago. Years and years ago. Before Riley ever knew where to look. Riley turns to leave, but Al invites him inside and lets him stay the night, lets him stay for a week. When Al asks if he can do magic, at all, Riley shakes his head. There’s nothing magical about him. He’s a squib, that’s what Al says, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t part of the magical world. But even that much isn’t right.

He’s at Al’s when the visions shift. Ever since his father, they’ve taken on a bloodier edge. No more math tests. No more ding-dong-ditch. Riley is the eternal victim now. He’s attacked, murdered, more than once. And apparently that means he might not be a squib after all. There’s magic in him. Just a bit. Just enough, and he’s very special indeed. Al gets in contact with an old professor, who gets in contact with an expert in the field of seeing the future, who gets in contact with an expert in the field of seeing the past. Riley reports the crimes in his head to the police, to the aurors, and forgets how to sleep at night without dreaming of death.

Riley learns magic from his uncle. It’s too late for school. He’ll always have missed something formative, something necessary. But he wouldn’t have thrived there, wouldn’t have blossomed. He learns all the theory, but he can’t manage most of the actual magic. A few spells here and there, but the rest is beyond him. He can boil a kettle, open a door, turn on a light. He can’t make a shield, he can’t throw his body across time and space, he can’t turn a teapot into a turtle. So, he doesn’t expect to go far in life. He gets a job in a diner and for some reason, Al lets him stay in the spare room of his apartment, his mother’s old room. There are pictures glued to the wall that he can’t get off, attached with magic that he’ll never be strong enough to counter. He could ask Al, probably, but he doesn’t have the heart to.

(iii.) – career progression.

Things go as they always do. He lives. It isn’t quite happy, his existence, but for a brief few years it’s the best it’s ever been. He has an uncle that loves him. Someone to count on. But Riley Metzer isn’t a person who is allowed to have comfort, and everyone he loves turns to ash eventually. Al dies, just like everybody else. Well, maybe not. It’s an accident, brutal in its simplicity, one of those strange things that could happen to anyone and everyone. He leaves Riley some money, and he’s gone, grief left in his wake.

Riley buys himself a trailer he parks out in the woods, and buys himself a dog. Tiny little thing named Titan, sweet and comforting, unlike any human he could fill his life with. He gets a job in the nearest city, at an all night diner, and tries to cope as best he can with existence.

There’s  this problem he has when he can’t ignore the things he’s seen. He’s become an eternal victim, and there are horrors unfolding before his very eyes. But he’s also the kind of man who hates to be seen, to be noticed, to be scrutinized. He knows now that his visions are real, but they’re still difficult to deal with, especially when it comes to no-maj police. It’s hard to walk into a station and give information about a murder no one is aware of, to give details that have never been supplied to the public. If he doesn’t want to be mistaken for some kind of weirdo serial killer, he has to do better than that. So he becomes the master of the anonymous tip. Phone calls from old, practically defunct payphones. Notes written on random scrap paper.

It’s easier with the Aurors, who understand at least in the vaguest sense that Riley gets his information through traumatic recollections of things that never happened to him. They understand he knows the details because he lived them, because when he sees a murder he lives in the victims shoes for a day. He’s been strangled, stabbed, and left for dead. Once, he was buried alive. He knows he can go to them and for the most part, they’ll get it – but he’s still strange, still  unusual, as far as seers go, and he still hates it when they talk to him for hours at a time. So he tries to cheat that system too, uses Al’s old owl to send notes to headquarters and hopes that they never track him down for further comment.

Of course, someone does track him down, eventually.

They appear in the diner in the middle of his shift, order coffee with too much sugar and a slice of pie. Sol LeRoux has kind eyes and what must be the brightest smile in the world. He must be a few years older than Riley, but he looks younger. Something sweet and bright and innocent inside him that sets him apart, where the opposite is true for Riley, old beyond his years. He flashes a badge that says he works for Central Squad, and Riley thinks his heart is going to beat right out of his chest. Sol is there for him, because of something that he saw, because he’s the man with the insider knowledge, and there’s a serial killer on the loose. Riley helps in every way he can, but there’s clearly more than that going on.

Sol looks at him like he’s something sad, but something with potential, and his heart doesn’t stop beating too fast. They stop a serial killer, and Sol tells him that he’s wasting his life, tells him that he could do so much more if he put his mind to it. Apparently, Riley’s tips have helped them close a dozen cases on the big squads. When he points out that he did all that anonymously, that he’d be useless as an auror, that he can barely do magic anyway, Sol smiles at him. He smiles and he shakes his head, and he looks at Riley with kind eyes. The words stay with him for a long time: well, i’ve seen your future, Riley Metzer, and I think you’d do pretty damn great.

Sol gets him into the academy somehow, and he passes as best he can. By the skin of his teeth, or by the grace of god, he does become an auror. Riley calls his brother to share the news, and the conversation is tense, the way it always is. Part of them will always know that Riley isn’t meant for this world, that no matter what anyone else says, he’s a pretender through and through. Still, Riley wants to hoard it selfishly, wants to be part of it for as long as he can, before they realise their mistake and take away his badge again. They assign him to the squad in Louisiana, and then to Washington, and then to Tennessee. He never expects for more than that, to be passed around to where he’s needed most, to be loaned out whenever he has a vision that might help.

He doesn’t expect MACUSA or Pacific Squad to come calling. But eight months ago they did, and then he began a life of bigger and better things. He moved his trailer and his dogs to the west coast for good, moved into a big office with way too many people, and had to fight just to make himself say a word. He’s still waiting for them to realise that he doesn’t belong, he’s still hoping that they never do.

[angeldolanx]

Chapter 9. /- go on a road trip/

20.06.'19

In our friend group Ethan was the only one, who knew about our kiss.. or kisses. That was probably the most awkward, when we were stuck in a car for hours with Corinna, Daniel and Ethan and we tried our best to act normal with each other like nothing happened. The kiss was a few days ago, which gave us time to process what happened, but I was still a bit embarrassed next to him.

Our plan was to go on a road trip to San Francisco. The boys reached out to me and wanted me to join them to their trip to a festival next to the city. The original idea came from Daniel to go with the twins, but one of the boys immediately thought of me and of course I brought Corinna with me. Our plan was to go there today, spend the night there, go to  the festival tomorrow and come home on monday, so basically I only needed to take one day from Veronica since mostly I never work on the weekend.

The heatwave was pretty crazy in LA. I even thought the spring weather was too hot for me, but as the days passed and we went closer and closer to the summer, the temperature was higher everyday. At the same time I was excited. I knew this summer can be something, that I always dreamed of and I can do stuff, that I wasn't able to do before.

The road trip was a dream too. I always loved to drive around, see new places but it was even better, because I was with my closest friends. With the friends, who probably weren’t completely normal. It was hard to them to figure out who's where gonna sit in the car. After we placed our bags to the trunk I took a big sigh while I listened to Ethan's and Corinna's fight over the front seat.

"Why is it so important to sit in the front, hun?" I asked Corinna. I started to lose my patience in the hot parking lot and I was ready to finally go.

"Because it's comfier" she rolled her eyes.

" You can switch later, but please let's go."

Thank god they were bored from the fight as well so Corinna ended up sitting in the back seat with me and Grayson, while Ethan set in the front seat and Daniel were our driver today. In the beginning of our trip there was a bit awkward silence in the back. Ethan and Daniel had a conversation in the front and music played softly in the background. That was the first time I saw Grayson since the kiss. Even though I tried to not make a big deal in my head about it, I still felt a bit embarrassed and I didn't really knew how should I act around him.

"What do you think?" showed Corinna her phone screen to me with a Tinder profile, which broke the silence.

"Too muscular" I said.

" Hell no, I just matched with him" rolled his eyes Corinna and I saw how Grayson's body shook a bit as he tried to not laugh on her reaction.

" And him?"showed another dude.

"He is fine" I said while I took his phone from her hand, to check him out more and Grayson leaned to me closer to see him too. Someone is really nosey.

"You just like him, because he is in a freaking leather jacket" laughed Corinna.

" What is up with you and leather jackets?" asked Grayson.

"I just like it on men, I think it's sexy."

"Do you wanna take a break in a mall bro?" asked Daniel which made all of as laugh in the car.

"Shut up " rolled his eyes Grayson while he pushed his hair to the side, it was probably something that he did when he was embarrassed but I found it really cute, how he just smiled slightly.

Almost three hours later Ethan was the one, who suggested that we should stop, take a break and buy something to eat. As soon as Daniel stopped the car in a gas station / cafe all of as was quite happy about the fact we finally get out from the car. Corinna, Gray and Daniel went straight to the store, while I went after Ethan to the small road next to us when I saw him grabbing his skateboard. First I just watched him how he road the board, but then I got all curious and excited.

"Can I try it?" I asked. He nodded and gave me his board, but as soon as he saw how unsteady I was he grabbed my hand.

"Wait, have you ever tried this?"

" Once maybe, I don't remember. It's gonna be alright, just hold my hand" I laughed slightly, meanwhile he just shook his head and I could see in his eyes that he wasn't too sure about my safe skate riding skills.  But, he was cute. He grabbed my hand and let me push myself away with my leg and ran next to me. " Aah, I don't know how  to turn" I screamed, then I jumped off with a loud laugh from the board before I landed in the grass.

"Bro, take her. I can't handle her" shook his head E, when he saw Grayson coming out from the store. He just grabbed the sandwitches from his hand and went straight to the side of the road to set down and eat.

" I can do this alone " I rolled my eyes, and picked up the board to put it back to the road so I can step on it again. As soon as I pushed myself away I put my other leg up too now.

" Put more weight to the side, where you wanna go" said Gray, so I tried to do it but before I could do anything the board stopped under me and I jumped off again. As I looked back to Grayson's face, I saw how he laughed at me sightly which made me smile too. I loved how his eyes sparkled up while he laughed. "Step up with both of your legs."

I was a little bit confused, but I did what he said. He immediately come behind me, and stepped up too with one leg, while he pushed us with the other.

"Try to balance" he laughed, while I just screamed and tried to move back and forth to find the balance but I wasn't able to do it so I jumped off and pulled him with me too, because he hold me by my waist. Basically his hands saved me from falling on my face as soon as my foot met with the ground. Our loud laugh filled the small road. Everytime I heard him laugh, it always made me smile so big. It could be in a video or in real life, he was like an angel.

"Can we go before you break a leg?"shouted Corinna from the car.

"Ah, you are so boring" I rolled my eyes and went back to the car with Grayson next to me.

Our road continued, but a lot quieter then before. Corinna got, what he wanted and switched with Ethan, so now I sat in the back seat between the twins. After I looked through all my social media apps on my phone I started to get bored and couldn't wait to finally arrive to our hotel. As I was deep in my thoughts while I stared out from the window I started to realize how Gray's hand rested on his own thigh first, but as he moved it further now he touched my thigh too with the side of his hand. He slowly moved his hand more, and when I didn't pushed him away he got breaver and grabbed my thigh. I really hoped he didn't noticed how his touch sent shivers all over my body and my muscles tightened a little. I looked up to his eyes and I saw how he smirked, when I pushed my legs together and his hold got a little stronger on my bare skin. When he grabbed his phone with his other hand I thought he is just texting to someone, but it surprised me, when my phone vibrated on my lap and showed his name on the screen with the massage.

Grayson: i wanna kiss u so bad

I bit my lip while I tried to hide my smile. I saw his eyes on me, that's why I didn't wanted to show him how I reacted to his massage. I felt a little tingly feeling in my stomach, and it just got stronger when I looked at him again and saw how her eyes were on my lips. He looked up to my eyes for a moment, but her attention went straight back to my lips. It felt like her eyes made fire in me, and I really tried to not think about how I would sit on his lap right now and how I would kiss him so passionately until we can't breath.

" Is the aircon on, the air is a little hot in here" said Ethan, which brought us back to reality.

" Yeah, but I put it higher then" replied casually Dan, and in that moment me and Grayson really tried to hide our laugh on Ethan's stupid comment.

Even though Ethan distructed our heated moment, for Grayson it was pretty easy to bring us back again. Basically I got used to the fact that her hand was still on my thigh, my muscles relaxed so I didn't pushed my legs together anymore. That was, what gave Grayson space to start to move his hand upper, and upper on my inner thigh till I closed my legs again in time. If I wouldn't closed them, he would have touch me in places, where I was not sure if the car was the perfect place with all of our friends around us. My whole body heated up again and I really wished if we were somewhere else on that moment.  It was weird how there was this attraction between us every time we were next to each other, a attraction that no one really saw around us, but it was definitely there. The attraction that made me think of the dirtiest things, every time he slid into my thoughts.

To make sure our rest ride stays peaceful, I pushed Grayson's hand off from my thigh and as soon as I didn't felt his touch I took a deep sigh and already missed it, and wanted is back.

I couldn't even believed when we finally got into our hotel room around nine pm. The ride was already really long, and it seemed even longer because of the tension between me and Gray. Our room was cute, nothing too special. We’ve had a living room with a small kitchen, and two bedrooms for the boys and for me and Corinna.

After we ordered room service and had dinner we thought we sat out to the balcony, where the other's went out sooner and I stayed in the room and answered to my mom’s call first. It could sound childish, but it's important to me and my family too to at least talk once a day. I'm just so far away from them, of course they wanna make sure everything is fine. These calls alway fill me up with love, and they always misses me more and more everyday.

After I finished I went out too to the balcony, which was filled with loud laugh from them. I was happy that Corinna got on well with the boys. I would be probably a lot more uncomfortable without her on this trip. As soon as I stepped out everyone looked up at me and looked around because there wasn't more space. Daniel and Corinna sat on the sofa, Ethan in a chair while Gray laid down in the big armchair. Basically as soon as I stepped closer to them Grayson got my hand, and pulled me next to him, which made me laugh loudly. The armchair was big, but I still laid basically half on him because there wasn't more space. I mean it would have more, but Grayson didn't moved all the way to the side to give me more room.

" What? There isn't more place to sit" asked Grayson, when he saw everyone's surprised and suspicious face.

" Of course" said Corinna with a wild smile. She is gonna kill me, if she is gonna figure out that I didn't told her what happened between me and Grayson yet.

At this point I just listened to the conversations between the others. I was really tired, I was over of everything today and even had a migraine from the long road trip. I tried to slide lower in the armchair and turned more to the side to put my head on the pillows, when Grayson put his hand under my neck and pulled me closer to his chest. The whole situation was way too comfortable to me to move away. The scent of his deep muscular parfum and  the way he draw small circles on my shoulder with his fingers calmed me down way too much. I totally zoned out and just enjoyed how close he was to me.

"Bro, I thought you two are just friends" said Dan. I saw how he kept staring at us and  since I came out he wanted to say something about this situation. He was way too curious to hide it anymore.

"We are, I am just tired and have a migraine, so don't even try to mess with me" I replied before Gray could say anything. His body shook a little bit because of my dry answer. I really turned into the worst when I've had a migraine.

" Really you are the one who shocked on this, meanwhile you were in a friends with benefits relationship for two years " grinned Ethan, which made Daniel roll his eyes.

"Yeah, that's why. We looked like this in the beginnings, those were the best time man" he started to talk about it, and thank god it was not about us anymore.

We sayed out under the city's lights and sounds till midnight. The weather was still warm, the slight wind was quite nice after the long hot day. Corinna was the first who went to the room, and soon after Daniel and Ethan followed her as well. I just started to stand up too, when Grayson's hold tightened around me and didn't let me move from his chest.

"Stay a bit" he said. I looked up at him with a slight smile, as I rested my chin on my hands that were on his hard muscular chest.

"You are tired too, and tomorrow is gonna be a long day too".

"At least give me a kiss" he replied, when I started to sit up and looked back at him with a confused look.

"What? No" I shook my head, and even laughed a bit. Maybe that's how I tried to hide how he made me blush and all excited at the same time. As I stood up and stepped to the door, he followed me quickly and grabbed my hand to turn me back to look at him. He looked deeply in my eyes, while I smirked at him. He turned his face to the side to point on his cheeks, and my smile got even bigger. I was sure he didn't meant such a innocent kiss a few minutes ago, he just realized I'm not that easy. And because I was definitely more complicated than he thought I was, I stepped on my tippy toe to reach his face and placed a long kiss on his cheek, which touched his lips a tiny bit as well.

"You already did this once" he sighed, and I just laughed and stepped towards the door.

" Good night" I looked back, and went quickly to the room before my mind would fill my whole head with a thought of I going back for a real kiss. That's what I truly wanted and desired but I held myself back. He just made me feel some type of way with his words and how how he looked at me, that I never felt before. I never in my life had that strong crave for a man before. Everytime he was near me I felt myself different. Next to him I felt like I am a confident woman. I enjoyed his touches on my skin, I just wanted to rep him around my fingers and basically learn from him how it is really, when the pure desire controls everything between two people.

- go on a road trip √

[garden-ghoul]

Subway Stops in the Evil City

If you don’t want to read a full list of all 143 subway stops in the Evil City and how they got their names, this post is not for you. If you do, rejoice!! For reference, a copy of the official MPATH subway map here.

TARR - The Trestle & Ainsdale Rail Road, with its first line completed in 1894, was the very first subway in Evil City. It is one of only two non-union lines, rents out shared subway stations to the U at great price, and is fiercely territorial about union rail lines going through its territory.

Trestle - Downtown of Trestle, named for the Trestle Carryfar Bridge (in turn named after some guy named Trestle). Probably should have been incorporated into Evil City, but wasn’t. Originally a railroad town, officially founded in 1871. Famously terrible train station mentioned in ‘Sleeping on the TARR Tonight.’ I’d like to say it’s the worst one, but in the interest of journalistic integrity I cannot say that. It DOES have some fun fence murals, and fare machines, but it’s still Trestle so they’re always out of order.

Nilton - A neighborhood of Johnstown, just inside the Evil City border. Depressing station. Grimy and full of trash but mostly just sad. No fare machines.

Johnstown - A mill and manufactory town founded by someone named Johnathan who I’m sure has a surname but I can’t be bothered to find out. The Johnathan Swift Bridge at 9th Crossing is named for him. The station has some really cool paintings, but apparently the TARR didn’t authorize them so they keep getting painted over. I’d just let them make my station prettier, but I’m not the TARR big cheeses! No fare machines.

Reliable - Although the Reliable Cable Ferry was replaced by the Mauricio Reliable Bridge when the TARR was built, the neighborhood is still called 8th Crossing. It’s an okay station. It’s fine... for a TARR station, which means it actually sucks. No fare machines.

Ratlands - Today a jazz club, when the stop was named I think Ratlands was some kind of pub. A fun fact about the name: rats have always been associated with intellectualism and, today, jazz, and were actually trained to carry messages during the Munyenem War. There aren’t any far machines, but the turnstiles are permanently broken ‘cause of token suckers so it’s impossible to get on a train by paying a fare anyway.

Pearl Road - An important road that crosses both the Mauricio Reliable and Helia Adamant bridges and defines the boundary between Sospero and Jubilation. Pretty cool architecture and has fare machines. One of the more pleasant TARR stations.

5th Crossing - Since this stop was named, the Sinklow Cable Ferry at 5th Crossing has been replaced by the Helen Highwater Twin Bridge. I don’t know why they don’t name stops after cable ferries... maybe they’re hoping to get rid of all of them one day. Usually someone is busking here, which I love! And it has fare machines, which are broken half the time in a way where you can just whack it and tokens come out.

Rockrist - I don’t actually know why this one is called that! There’s not a Rockrist Street and I don’t know of any kind of encyclopedia of subway station names, so it will remain a mystery. This is a butt ugly station and also if you are on the wrong platform you have to leave, cross the street, and pay another fare. And no, of course it doesn’t have fare machines.

Clagg & Starling - Named after the Clagg & Starling Petrochemical Plant, which I believe famously set the Howlbank River on fire in 1952. I think maybe everyone who actually uses this stop works there. No fare machine.

E St. - The station is on E Street. All the north-south roads in the western half of Eimett have letter names. This station is very boring to look at in kind of a peaceful way. No fare machine and no-one ever uses this station even though it’s a mostly residential neighborhood.

Eimett - A residential neighborhood. Only good thing about this station is the reappearing graffiti that says EIMETT SOUP. No fare machine.

Steady - Named for the Rosalind Steady Bridge that replaced the Steady Cable Ferry at 4th Crossing in 1854. Gross but in an average kinda way. Surprisingly has working fare machines.

South Bank - I wouldn’t call this South Bank because it’s in the Narrows, but I guess South Bank technically includes the entire waterfront of South Ward? This station is unnecessarily snazzy because of all the expensive apartment buildings in the Narrows, and nobody even uses it because Archbow is two blocks away. Also, no fare machines. But at least you can jump the turnstiles because even cops don’t bother to go there.

Archbow - Named for the Eleanora Archbow Tunnel they dug for the Coastal Line. I assume this station was called Pull-together Station before Eleanora Briarcliff paid for it to be renamed. Either way, this was still the Pull-together Cable Ferry for about 20 years until they built Crosslightly over it. An actually nice and impressive station, which when it’s clean and empty reminds me of a museum. Not that it’s ever either of those things, but in old photographs it’s so pretty. It has fare machines for both TARR and U/NECR tokens, and also one of those weird horoscope scales. If you jump the turnstiles here you stand a pretty good chance of getting written up or arrested.

Municipal Intersection - This one’s named for a really ugly courthouse building everyone calls The Intersection, and apparently they have for like 200 years. I think this station is only well-maintained because it’s shared with the U. Kinda pretty. Only U/NECR fare machines. Like all shared stations they actually have guards here, so no jumping.

Benbassat - Named for the administrative building of the Evil City College of Architectural Design. Since this building was very famously built in 1929, the stop must have been called something else when it was named, but I don’t know what. Very artsy, they must have let the ECCAD students at it. Of course it has a U/NECR fare machine, I always feel like the TARR fare machine here was also built by students? It feels bootleg. Anyway this station also has guards.

Redding - Named for Redding University, which was founded in the 1800s some time. For downtown, this station is shockingly bad. I think the Redding students keep complaining and the TARR never does anything, so every so often they have a cleanup day and it immediately gets gross again. No fare machines.

Leekeeper’s Bridge - The bridge to Leekeepersland has a NAME but the TARR doesn’t care, huh? Kind of dilapidated but in a way that inexplicably feels oceany, so it’s nicer. No fare machines at all.

Wharf St. - On Wharf Street? Yeah it was on Wharf Street. Basically Leekeeper’s Bridge but they sweep once every two weeks instead of once a month. No fare machines.

Longshoreman’s Rd. - It has a REALLY good sandwich shop in it, but otherwise it’s almost exactly like Wharf and Leekeeper’s Bridge. No fare machines.

Ainsdale - And we’ve come to the other terminus of the original TARR line! Ainsdale isn’t so much a town as a neighborhood in the port district but maybe it was more of a town back then. A lot of the people who use this station are genuinely dock hands, I think. It’s very grimy. The fare machines actually work, though.

Nusquam St. Bridge - On to the TARR north line, which was completed in 1909. I think this might be the only bridge in the city that doesn’t have a name! When the TARR extended service north of the river, nobody could agree on who should sponsor it, so the money came out of the TARR’s budget and it was never named. It’s super weird to see a bridge with no charms on it, but who’s going to put charms on a dead bridge? Another fun fact about this one is that the subway stop is on both sides of the bridge, which is like a mile and a half long, and each of them only gets trains bound one direction. They’re really badly maintained and don’t have fare machines, so they’re a nightmare to use. Just avoid this stop(s) altogether. If they ever name the bridge it will probably be a better station, maybe check back in 40 years.

3rd Crossing - This station is named for the Faithful Cable Ferry it stops next to, not the neighborhood of 3rd Crossing, which is on Billygoats Bluff. Huge cable ferry transfer station, so the TARR actually puts in a little effort. Most of the effort is that the fare machines work and they often have guards there. Sad little mosaics.

Gale Rd. - Gale Road is North Bank North Bank. So nobody ever uses this stop, they all have chauffeurs or something. And there’s no fare machines anyway. Clean, though.

Cornet Shrive - After the neighborhood, which I guess is named after the Little Cornet River? They have the coolest Jhinyad grocery stores there where you can do a full tea and lunch ceremony. This station has great buskers, both musicians and storytellers. No fare machines, and pretty gross.

Kill Neck - I THINK Kill Neck means “the narrow part of the river” in another language but I forget which one. An absolutely nasty TARR station. For some reason there’s always at least one seagull in there. No fare machines.

MPABT - The Metropolitan Port Authority Bus Terminal. It always cracks me up that they have a bus to Iron Mountain, as if anyone would not just take the ferry. This is the actual worst station in Evil City. It’s full of trash at all times, smells indescribable, and I think if I ever went into the bathrooms I would probably die. They have fare machines, but I’ve never seen anyone dare touch them.

Doghouse - Apparently Doghouse, the neighborhood, is named after part of the glass manufacturing process (so is Cold End). The doghouse is where the molten glass comes through before you pour it. This station is almost as infectious as MPABT, but it doesn’t have fare machines. I kind of feel like something bad is going to happen to me there.

Fireproof - Yeah this is named after an asbestos processing plant. Clean, in a depressed sort of way, and without actually being clean. No fare machines. Sospero - Sospero is called that because it’s SOuth of PEarl ROad, get it? I think the southern boundary is Linden Road. I’m pretty sure this was the terminus of the northern TARR line until it connected up with the southern one in 1948. Nasty in an almost perfunctory way. Everyone in Oxbow is too tired for fare dodging. They just put tokens into the turnstile when they want to get through. It’s so sad. No fare machine.

Narrows - Back to South Bank for the 1948 line, Narrows is named after the neighborhood, which is at the place where the river narrows. There’s nothing wrong with this station, except no TARR fare machines, but what were you expecting?

Delmer - I assume this is named after someone? Like maybe the library is in Delmer Square or something? I literally only get off here when I need to go to the library. It’s a nice station and has plaques about the library’s history, which I have only read on the northbound side because I’m not a tourist, and has well-maintained (relatively) fare machines for both U/NECR and TARR tokens. This is the one station where the U and TARR trains share track, which means there are turnstiles that take both types of tokens. But why would you use TARR tokens when the U ones are 5 cents cheaper?

Queen St. - Severin has never had a queen so I don’t know what this is about. Maybe it’s because it goes to Queenstock? But why is Queenstock called that? This is another kind of fancy neighborhood, but people in Martinet Heights think riding the train is somehow morally superior. Very clean station but no fare machines.

Medicins - This means medicine or doctor or something in Arinese I think. There’s like 15 hospitals in Martinet Heights, including the teaching hospitals for ECU south campus. Kind of nice for a TARR station, but surely the doctors don’t take the train. Maybe the nurses’ union complained and that’s why it has fare machines.

Trapezoid - Named after the large bronze trapezoid set into the plaza. My friend’s grandma said it’s actually a conspiracy the city covered up when a bunch of people died and the trapezoid used to be a memorial plaque, and when I went asking around a lot more people confirmed that there used to be a garment manufacturing company called Trapezoid there until it burned down in the 19-teens and a bunch of people died. Now it’s all office buildings so everyone who gets off at this stop is very stressed. Okay station though, with trapezoid tiling. No fare machines.

Firesein Park - I guess the neighborhood is named for the park. It’s a pretty cool park even if the landscaping sucks, they have concerts there in the summer, which I don’t think they have a permit for. Sometimes the cops bust up the concerts, when they have nothing better to do. The station is always super gross. I think some people vandalize the fare machines on purpose.

Mosslow - Mosslow is kind of like a mini neighborhood between Firesein and Little Orele, which was probably named that because it’s in a dip. Quiet station, nothing architecturally interesting, but good graffiti outside. No fare machines.

Little Orele - Lots of immigrants from the Ohrland have been coming here since I think the 1870s and recently there have been even more because of the Ðlyan annexation and the immigration quotas in the Big One, so the neighborhood is spreading out into Tolly Bank. Best pickles in the city and some very cool murals, including in the station (again, illegally, but they never get painted over). No fare machines.

Strongox - The cable ferry at 6th crossing used to be called just The Ox, which owns, and was replaced by Ɱora Strongox Bridge when the TARR southern line was built. Pretty cheerful for Oxbow, which means you can have a nicer time at certain funerals. No fare machines.

7th Crossing - It’s named after the neighborhood, because they definitely replaced the Steel-Grip Cable Ferry when they built the line. I approve of this one because Munye Steeleye is a very cool name for a bridge. It’s weird for the TARR to go through an actually nice neighborhood, but it wasn’t one when this line was built. Everyone in Longwood uses the Millstone Junction Line anyway. No fare machines.

Longwood Heights - I think it’s funny that they didn’t name this stop Longwood, considering it was built before the Longwood stop on the Millstone Junction extension. It’s nice now because so many artists get in--they’re like raccoons. They put in fare machines just to paint clouds and stuff on them. If you pick a random person in this station there’s 50/50 odds they have a taco in their pocket.

Clearwater - I think it’s VERY funny that there’s a town named Clearwater like a mile downriver of the Muddy River confluence. People there like to take the TARR one stop and immediately transfer to the Millstone. No fare machines.

Confluence DoubleDown - Apparently DoubleDown was established in 1930, and apparently there’s nothing in that weird nebulous area that might or might not be West Montrose except the DoubleDown. This station is the most depressing place I’ve ever been. No fare machines, but you can buy TARR tokens at the checkout in the DoubleDown.

Scrippetts - I think this one is named for a historic pharmacy that got turned into an X-Drug a while ago?? This is a terrible station, only good if you want to walk three blocks and transfer to the B-M Line. It does have a fare machine, but no guards so nobody ever uses it.

Coastal Line - Completed in 1901, the Coastal Line has a reputation for being used mostly by rich fucks in the North and South Wards to go to the beach. But you can also use it to get from my house to a transfer station, so it’s not all bad.

Palisades - The train station is associated with a little shopping center that probably didn’t exist before it was built. I’m pretty sure everyone who lives in the Palisades has two cars and only takes the train for the novelty value. The neighborhood is named for the columnar basalt cliffs north of the harbor, which look like a stakewall. This station is insanely cute in a way that makes me kind of mad. And I lowkey feel like I’ll get arrested for loitering. Does have fare machines, but no guards, because can you imagine rich people jumping a turnstile? They might ruin their manicures.

Brandywine - Named for Brandywine Shoal, a bar district ‘where sailors went to get wrecked.’ Now all the bars are way too expensive for sailors to go to. The station has some pretty funky murals that I’m a fan of, but no fare machines. Maybe they’re afraid drunk rich people would try to vandalize the machines and then sue them for injuries.

Anchor St. - Anchor Street is actually named after the Steadfast Anchor that they keep in the tiniest little public park and it’s worn shiny on the tips from people touching it for luck. You’re not allowed to put charms on it so people leave them around the base of the plinth. The station itself is nothing special. No fare machines. It’s Coastal Line so it’s nice.

Bessemer Forge - There used to be a major forging operation in North Bank! There was one in Queenstock too, unless that was smelting. Bessemer Forge was owned by Charles Bessemer and operated up through the 50s, when it moved out to Oxbow. Also has history plaques, but I’ve never read them because I have no reason to be on Cross Street. I can’t remember if this one has fare machines. Probably, because it’s a ‘transfer station’? That’s just a little joke for all my Orbital Line non-acknowledgers.

Alliance Square - Dedicated on Alliance Day 1722 for the 50-year anniversary of Severin’s formation. Only tourists get off here, and only the stupid tourists who transferred because they didn’t realize you can get off at Millennium and walk. Does have fare machines, because tourists.

Millennium - The Millennium Center was built in 1900 in anticipation of the new millennium, showcasing the architectural specialties of Evil City. The Millennium Fair drew a huge amount of international attention for its flashy futuristic aesthetics and predictions for the year 2000. At this point most of them are probably not going to come true. The station is gorgeous, and was built alongside the Millennium Center with the same aesthetics. It’s also a tourist attraction, so has fare machines.

Union Station - The Coastal Rail Company, the Sea Gate Railroad, and Millstone Passenger Rail united in the early 1900s under the authority of MPATH and completely refurbished Oxbow Street Station into the daring architectural feat it is today. If it weren’t so busy it would be very clean, but it is. You can catch actual heavy rail trains up the coast from here, following the Pike. Not only do they have fare machines, you can also buy tokens from an actual person behind an actual desk. Decent sandwich shops, but overpriced.

Queenstock - Maybe the word queenstock is actually a reference to some kind of smelting jargon? I need to find a book on smelting. This area is where all the students go drinking, so this not a lovely station, especially on weekends. I’d avoid getting off here. Does have fare machines.

Ring 55 at Big Tern St. - Big Tern Street might be named after the island or after the Tern’s Nest or both, I don’t know. I always thought it was dumb to name this station after the ring road around the old city center. You could have just called it Big Tern Street. Cleaner and much less busy than Queenstock, pretty spare decoration and no fare machines.

Long Shore - Longshore is a term for currents or sediment deposition running along the shore rather than into it, which I don’t think is what’s going on here. Probably it’s back-derived from ‘longshoremen.’ But this is the station by my house! I love Long Shore Station, it’s really easy to get into downtown but it’s not super busy, and the ocean waves tiling is so pretty. And. It has. Fare machines. So there.

Flatlands - It’s in Flatlands. The lands, they are flat. Nobody uses this station except people who missed getting off at Long Shore because they were reading or something. Really boring decor. No fare machines.

Lookout Rd. - Lookout Road is named for the Lookout, the lighthouse on Lookout Point, which is where this road goes. Tourists get off here. The station is pretty for them, though, and has not only history plaques but some really lovely art of the Lookout. And yes, fare machines.

Brambling Hill Beach - For rich fucks who want to tan. There aren’t actually turnstiles here. I’m not sure you... have to pay to get on the train here? Fuck the rich.

Brambling Hill - For rich fucks who want to do some shopping. My theory is that all the sunburned and shopping-addled rich people couldn’t handle the concept of turnstiles, or paying for public services, so they took them out.

Millstone Jct. Line - When it was built in 1922 the Millstone Passenger Rail ran from VISTA to 9th Crossing Boulevard; in 1940 it merged with the Sea Gate Line to share track and improve coverage, and in 1943 it extended further south to give service to Birchbrake.

Valentine Institute - It always trips me up that this station isn’t officially called VISTA. It’s just more elegant, guys! The Valentine Institute for Science, Technology, and Arts is maybe the most famous liberal arts college we have. They wouldn’t let MPATH build a line through their campus, so when they wanted to build an extension they had to put the other half of VISTA Station a quarter mile away and make people walk through the tunnels under the college. Architecturally it’s pretty nice, and there are fare machines at both ends.

Monument - Named for an obelisk dedicated to the Birchbrake wreckers and Evil City soldiers who died in the Munyenem War in the 1620s-30s. I always thought it was weird that it’s in Millstone rather than in North or South Bank. It’s kinda cute because it has one of those little news shops where they sell candy. But no fare machines. You can’t even get tokens at the shop.

Millstone East - The eastern part of Millstone. They do have the park here that the original millstone is in, but it doesn’t have a name. The stone, I mean, the park is called Millstone Park. This station always freaks me out a little because it’s so clean. No fare machine.

Azalea Lynn Beacon Drive - Named for the longshoreman and labor rights activist who got us the 8-hour work day. She was shot in the 60s and everyone knows the police had her assassinated. Fun fact, I went to Azalea Lynn Beacon Primary School. This stop is the amount of grimy I expect. It has murals from local schoolkids with quotes and portraits and stuff about ALB. Fare machines usually work.

Linden - There is literally nothing interesting about Linden. Or the station. Or its lack of fare machines.

Marshland - You can walk straight from my house to the marshlands up the Ainsdale Estuary if you take Pier 14 Road. There are some really nice walking trails and sometimes we go birdwatching. This station nominally serves the neighborhood and the depressing little mall on the other side of the estuary, but it’s usually almost empty. No fare machines.

Tern’s Nest - Named for the neighborhood on the hill. Like all hills, it’s inhabited by rich people. I’m not sure if terns used to actually nest up there or if it’s just the sort of place people thought they would nest. I want to climb the rocks but it’s all private property. Nice station, no fare machines.

Legion - Named for the headquarters of Legion Inc. When the station was named in 1922 Legion probably just made paper but now they make plastic stuff as well. The headquarters, built in 1920, was one of the first buildings to showcase Evil City’s trademark structuralist-geometricalist style. You can tell they’re proud of it because the station is built to match. Plus they put the exit right across the street from the building so you come out looking at it. No fare machines.

ECU North - There’s an ECU campus in West Ward too, but it doesn’t have its own subway station. This station is always trashed because of college kids. Does have fare machines. On average one is working at any given time.

Elm Creek - Technically this station is named after the neighborhood/creek that comes down through North Ward, but literally everyone I know calls it Refrigerator Building Station. Because of the refrigerator building owned by United Severr Refrigeration, which has really cool turn-of-the-century architecture and plays little animations in neon on Kingkiller Day. The station has kind of a weirdly corporate vibe. I don’t like it. Does have fare machines though.

Pikes Crossing - Named for the intersection where the tollpike crosses the ring road. It’s possible that the pike was once an actual pike with defensive barriers, maybe back in the 1600s? This is a weird null zone where it’s not quite residential yet but it’s no longer nice or businessy, and it’s not part of any neighborhood. Nonetheless, it’s always completely packed at rush hour. No clue why. Does have fare machines.

Eichelborough - This is very obscure trivia but Eichelborough (pronounced Eckelberg, he was foreign) is named after Eichel Strash, who fled the breakup of the Empire in the early 1700s and somehow got a town named after him. This station has inexplicably bad vibes. No fare machines.

Nasser Rd. - A road. This is also in Eichelborough but a less worse part of it. The station is still a little depressing I guess, but in a normal subway station way. No fare machines.

Cadbury - Named after Cadbury Park, where there is a statue of someone named Cadbury. Apparently people in Cold End really don’t like her because someone keeps graffiti-ing the statue to say ‘Cadbury Sucks Eggs.’ The station is also a mess most of the time and I think the U has given up cleaning graffiti off most parts of it. Has permanently broken fare machines.

Cutty Heights - Another hill full of rich people. Station is hilariously gross, which means none of the rich people use it. I guess who uses it is people who work at rich people’s houses, and people from... Clermont? Is that a real place? No fare machines.

Rush - I do not know why it is called this but people joke it’s because the platform is standing room only at rush hour (which would mean the neighborhood is named after the station, which is very funny). It IS weirdly busy for a commuter suburb. I’m not sure what the station looks like, I’ve never seen the floor. Does have fare machines.

Tanna St. - A street. Nobody ever uses this station. Due to some kind of stupid districting thing it’s not even in Evil City. Awful architecture and no fare machines.

9th Crossing Blvd. - 9th Crossing Boulevard is also Highway 117, which they did a good job not naming the station after the highway. It’s named for 9th Crossing, now the Johnathan Swift Bridge. Very busy station, and actually pretty cool architecture characteristic of the early 20s. Has fare machines! They work!

Promenade - First station on the southern extension of the Millstone Junction Line, completed in ‘43, and from here on the stations are aboveground. The Promenade is a mall, but a fancy old mall from when Sunrise was a new suburb for upper-middle-class people. So the station is also kind of fancy and has patterned brickwork instead of just being cement. And it has fare machines.

Blount St. - If you get off here and you’re wearing a hoodie you get arrested on sight. A very nice looking station that somehow manages to have the vibe that it hates you, personally. The fare machines don’t actually charge you more, but you feel like they want to.

West Castle - I went to the library to look up a map and it turns out there IS a town called Castle east of West Castle (I realize there’s literally an O-Line stop called Castle but in my defense who cares about the O-Line?). They do have a castle but they built it in the late 1800s for tourism reasons and it’s not very good. There’s a casino in it now. Anyway this station is the terrible and inexplicable terminus of the Brinell-Montrose Line, which would mean it didn’t even GO to Montrose when it was built?? It has a sandwich shop which sucks SO bad. The fact that the fare machines work feels weirdly like an insult.

East Montrose - This is the boring part of Montrose. The station: painfully average. No fare machines.

Sliver St. - I understand that this street is named after the cotton thing, due to Badgett’s concentration of textile mills, and therefore is pronounced ‘slyver’. This station is absolutely in the middle of nowhere and it’s just aboveground so you have to pay your fare on the train itself. No fare machines, obviously.

Riverbend - There is no river, stream, or creek here. Maybe it was named as a joke. This is right by the highway and has the distinction of being less smelly inside than outside. It’s not totally enclosed though and it gets really cold in winter. Has fare machines that WE deserve.

Herringbone Rd. - The fact that for the stop in Smelt they picked Herringbone Road is excellent, because it really highlights the fish half of the fish/ironworks pun. Herringbone Road is also Route 40/82 there, so it’s obvious why they picked it, but I’m still pleased. It also has a herringbone mosaic pattern on the walls of the shelter, which is so cute. Didn’t expect to like a station in Birchbrake this much, but here we are. At least it doesn’t have fare machines.

Duliamen - Duliamen has got to be a foreign word but I have no idea where it comes from. Sound vaguely Munyenem. The edge of Birchbrake is kinda a cool area and has some good cafes with an offputting industrial vibe. The station has a minimalist raw concrete thing that kind of scares and comforts me at the same time. No fare machines.

Lamplighters - Named for the Birchbrake lighthouse keepers who lived in the neighborhood. Famously affiliated with the wreckers who foundered merchant ships by tricking them with lamps, and then used the same technique to take down an entire Munyenem fleet. And people say Birchbrake isn’t badass. This neighborhood is way cute so it’s kind of disappointing that the station isn’t. No fare machines.

Birchbrake Center - Honestly I’m not sure they needed three stops in downtown Birchbrake, it’s not like it’s a shopping destination. I will note that the Millstone Junction Line is almost completely useless for 70% of the residents of Birchbrake, but they have a pretty good bus system so it doesn’t matter that much that the subway coverage is so bad. This station has fun murals and fare machines.

Breakwater Rd. - There is no way they ever had to build a breakwater in Birchbrake Harbor, the water is already VERY broken by the time it makes it past the Gravediggers. I always forget this station exists. Fare machines? No fare machines? Who can say.

Iron & Steel - Named for the Iron and Steel Institute of Severin, a trade institute founded in 1788. They have the most amazing museum of steel jewelry. The station has an exposed beams aesthetic that kind of reminds me of the Millennium Center, but it’s probably modelled after the Institute, which did it first when they retrofitted and remodelled in 1897. Does have fare machines.

Blunt Leadenhall - First station on the western extension, completed in 1955. Blunt Leadenhall is a place that makes lead pipes and stuff. I guess it’s historic now but I don’t know why they would have wanted to name a station after it in 1955. It has plaques about the leadworks that I am confident not a single person has ever read. No fare machines.

Longwood - Yep! It’s in Longwood! Unlike the TARR station a block away, they let the artists in on purpose and commissioned a super cool mural about the history of the Evil City. No fare machines though.

Vinegar Hill - A neighborhood in Longwood Ward. I was hoping I would find something like they used to brew vinegar there or it smells sour for some reason, but nobody seems to have any idea why it’s called that. Nobody uses this station. No fare machines.

Southgate Center - A shopping center constructed in 1949. Charmingly old-timey and yet irritatingly upper-middle-class. Almost exactly like Promenade except worse in every way. No fare machines.

Crizzling - Yep! It’s in Crizzling! I guess it was very important for people from Crizzling to be able to commute into the city and that’s why they built this entire line. A totally pointless station that really tests my enduring love of all subway stations. It’s not even underground. And it has no fare machines.

Brinell-Montrose Line - Originally the Sea Gate Line, built in 1921 to serve the Montrose area, it later joined the union with the Coastal and Millstone Lines. Unusually, one of its termini (West Castle) is in the middle of the line, because the Millstone Junction Line extended past it in 1943. I have a theory that West Montrose actually used to be the terminus but they changed it so there wouldn’t be twice as many trains on part of the track.

Grove - It’s my understanding that there is a grove of elm trees. I have no idea who uses this station, and it has no identity to match. And no fare machines.

Brinell South - There is nothing in Brinell whatsoever. It’s only notable because it’s on a grid system unlike any other town I’ve ever been to.

Brinell North - Yanus Brinell thought that his stupid town would become a real city if it had some subway stops.

M54 - He was wrong. Oh, yeah, this stop is called M54 because that’s the intersection number. The grid system has letters going one way and numbers going the other way and it makes everything sound heinously stupid. And to add insult to injury, ALL the stations in Brinell have working fare machines.

Arcair - Renamed for the Arcair Building in south Linden when the Seagate Line became the Brinell-Montrose Line. Arcair is a refrigeration and air conditioning company based in Iron Mountain. This station is corporate in a way that’s trying to be cool and totally misses the mark. Bad! Does have fare machines.

Dearborn - A neighborhood in Brambling Hill. I think this is where everyone lives who works in the fancy shops and at the boardwalk. The station is kind of depressing-cute and has no fare machines.

Karona Rd. - A road, not in any particular neighborhood because neither Flatlands, Canal Road, or Brambling Hill wants to claim it. Kinda middle class, unremarkable station with no fare machines.

MPAFT - The Metropolitan Port Authority Ferry Terminal. I love taking the ferry to other cities, the boats are so nice. This station kind of rules, it’s very boat-themed and has all these white-painted catwalks in a way that makes it fun to run around. And, of course, it has fare machines and you can buy ferry tickets in the ferry terminal part.

Six Bells - Named after the Bellringer (officially known as the Six Bells Light). This is the only lighthouse I know of that also had bells to tell time and deliver storm warnings to the city and the people fishing in the harbor. It was built in 1605 and continuously improved until it was sturdy enough to stand for hundreds more years. The Longshoreman is my local lighthouse but I think the Bellringer is just cooler. Very cute station that seems like it was designed by the same people as MPAFT, and has fare machines because there’s honestly not much reason to go there unless you’re a tourist since MPAFT is so close.

Longfellow - Named for the Acacia Longfellow Bridge, which as the name suggests is the longest bridge in the world! It barely beat out the Miette Crosslightly Bridge at 2nd Crossing, which had been the longest bridge in the world for the previous 8 months in 1921. They used to be the Takes-a-village and Pull-together Cable Ferries, which were maybe even more impressive feats of engineering since it’s still almost 3 miles of river to cross and they did it in the 1700s. There’s not much at this stop, though, just a little neighborhood of old houses cut off from the rest of North Bank by the Brandywine Estuary. Badly maintained in kind of a cute way, no fare machines.

Sea Gate - This neighborhood is named for the fact that it’s the gateway to the sea, which I really feel should have been on Back Head or Cape Hook but nobody lives in either of those places, so. Mostly insanely expensive old greenbrick apartments with nice river mouth views, very nice architecture but pretty grimy and no fare machines.

Sentinel St. - Named for the fact that it goes toward the Sentinel. Sea Gate Station is also on Sentinel Street, and Sentinel Street Station is also in Sea Gate, so theoretically their names could be switched. Another pretty but dirty station but does have fare machines. I’ve been trying to figure out if this was the terminus of the Sea Gate Line way back when, because it couldn’t have used Union Station, right?

Tomisin Square - All the way back south since the rest of the stations between North Bank and Montrose have been covered above. Tomisin Square is named for a family who came down the Hallasford River in the 1700s with a bunch of good seeds and farming practices and made South Castle a thriving agricultural region. Very good shops, and the station has cute art. Yes fare machines!

West Montrose - IF this station was built to be the terminus of the Brinell-Montrose Line that would explain why it it looks a little like a fancy wine cellar. Despite the dumb fancy station, West Montrose is where it’s at. Cool independent stores, pretty good cheap restaurants, and surprisingly interesting architecture. More evidence for the original terminus theory: it has fare machines.

Hwy. 40 at Sarch Rd. - I hate the name of this subway station. It is named after both a highway and a street that is really horrible to say. Sarch. Eugh. The station is in the most depressingly pointless part of Montrose and also both grimy and depressing, and has no fare machines.

Salom Pier - Named for one of the piers in Badgett, mostly used for shipping raw cotton in and cloth out to the Howlbank. An okay station. A fine station. Whatever. I can’t remember if it has fare machines.

Nine-Mile Drive - Named for the road that runs from the Hallasford River north of the confluence to the southern edge of Badgett. My map of the Evil City greater metro area confirms it’s about 11 and a half miles long. Kind of a warehouse-y car dealership-y area that I wouldn’t go to if you paid me. No fare machines.

NECR - The North Evil City Railroad completed its first line in 1947. Although it is not a union line and isn’t administrated by MPATH, it’s still known as part of the U and has a far more cordial relationship with the union lines than does the TARR. If you say ‘en ee cee ar’ you’re a cop.

Locust St. - It seems strange to me that NECR decided to put its southern terminus in a place that already had such a high density of subway stations. There’s a Bido literally right outside Locust Street Station but because of the transfers involved it’s much easier to walk from Wharf Street.

Cross St. - Skipping all the way to North Bank, we have the unimaginatively named Cross Street Station.

North End - Yeah, it’s in North End.

Greenmarket Square - Site of a farmers’ market from the 1500s until now! The only place with prices better than your average Goods Barge is the part where they sell vegetables at a discount because they’re starting to go off.

Edgewater Rd. - This road seems to be named for the very short distance it follows the edge of the Barrow River rather than actually being near the coast.

Barrowmouth Ferry - If you want to get literally anywhere by ferry it’s easier to go to MPAFT and they have more destinations. But the Barrowmouth Ferry (if you’re not from around here: pronounce it Ber-mith) has been running for a couple hundred years and they don’t want to stop now.

Roselawn St. - A street.

Woollingfuoy - I love to say Woollingfuoy. Never been there, though.

Backbarrow - Ditto Backbarrow.

Garlsbrood - I LOVE to say Garlsbrood. It used to be a pretty important railroad town, but these days the trains don’t need to stop as often and GST is out of business.

High Hill - Cute town. Kind of kitschy. More train memorabilia than even *I* think is tasteful.

CNR Research Park - The first stop on the northern branch of the NECR, which was completed in 1954. Nobody I have asked has any clue what CNR stands for, or what they research. Maybe another government conspiracy??

Breitseid Place - An experimental suburb of Backbarrow that reportedly has prefabricated houses they have to decorate a LOT to make you forget they all come out of the same mold. Kind of creepy.

Newkirk - What on Earth is in Newkirk? Commuters, I guess.

Orbital Line - Widely agreed to be the most useless rail line, it was completed ten years ago during the economic boom from war manufacturing. Since large portions of it are aboveground or utilize existing tunnels it was relatively cheap to build despite its long track length.

Sharpe St. - Starting up in Sea Gate we have Sharpe Street, named for Mayor Ghiris Sharpe (1878-1886), who was one of the most corrupt mayors we’ve ever had, and that’s saying something. Outrageously sucky station for North Bank, as if the O-Line needed to prove how much it doesn’t deserve to exist. No fare machines.

Callen Yards - A railyard that has been in use since the mid-1700s. I believe this is technically the terminus of the O-Line because it’s where trains go at night (service stops at 1am). And yet it has no fare machines. The architecture is so boring, but given that it’s in Callen Yards that’s forgivable.

Graves Hill - Perhaps the one hill in Evil City not occupied by living rich people. Most of the people who die in Ends or Kill Neck Wards have been buried there, rich or poor. The difference is you’re not allowed to walk on rich people’s graves. They have little wrought-iron fences. I like this station, even though people do live around there it’s always a little somber. No fare machines, though.

South Ends - Ends sucks and I don’t like to be there. I don’t know why it has the vaguely ominous name it has and neither does anyone I’ve asked. This station would be nice if it didn’t have an aura of being in Ends. No fare machines.

Broodway - Named for the road that goes to Garlsbrood. Even stronger Ends aura, but near some okay shops and it does have a sad little mural and one (1) fare machine.

Fester Highlands - If I hadn’t decided to ride the entire circle of the Orbital Line that one time I never would have seen Fester Highlands. I wouldn’t be missing much. I can’t remember anything about this station.

Backstairs - I’ve heard that Backstairs is supposed to be kind of a pun on the fact that it’s at the back end of Hell’s Gate, but if so I don’t get it. It is, however, definitely the coolest neighborhood in the ward. The station has great decoration by local artists, and some art pieces that are made to look like fare machines but don’t give you tokens, so if you’re dumb enough to put your money in there the artists get it as “donations.”

Swift - Named for the Johnathan Swift Bridge that replaced the Swift Cable Ferry at 9th Crossing in 1837. Station that wants to eat you I guess and has no fare machines.

10th Crossing - Named for the site of the Take-it-easy Cable Ferry, the only cable ferry in Evil City still operational besides the one at 3rd Crossing. Take-it-easy has been in dire financial straits since the early 40s when a road bridge was built nearby, especially since the ferry operator (Mr. Milonnillo, he’s kind of famous) refused to raise prices. But since the Orbital Line station was built, a lot more people use the ferry to cross over to it because the parking is so bad! I think Mr. Milonnillo’s friends decorated this station because it’s unusually cute for being in an area no-one gives a gull’s ass about. No fare machines, but I’ve heard Mr. Milonnillo will sell you tokens because people sometimes give them to him instead of money.

West Trestle - Due to the terms of the rental contracts the TARR got MPATH to agree to for shared subway stations, nobody is allowed to build subway stations in their territory, which includes the entire town of Trestle. So MPATH built a station juuuust outside the town boundaries. It’s the only way to get from Trestle to Montrose without taking an incredibly stupid route, so it’s pretty busy and pretty disgusting. Does have fare machines.

Muddy River Park and Ride -  A supremely redundant train station right across the river from Crizzling, but I can’t stay mad because the name sounds like a theme park. Muddy River Slip and Slide. Boring open-air station with fare machines.

Hwy. 19 at Hallasford River - This might be the only genuinely useful station on the Orbital line, because prior to 1974 if you lived in the far suburbs you would have to walk several miles and cross at least one river in order to get to the nearest train station, and parking was probably a nightmare there anyway. Depressing, disgusting station with no fare machines.

West Castle East - No, this is not a station in Castle. No, even though it’s 2 blocks from the Brinell-Montrose Line there’s no stop there and you can’t transfer. West Castle is a fake town anyway. Bad architecture and no fare machines.

Castle - Yes, this is a station in Castle. Castle is a very slightly less fake town but the fake tourist castle really hurts their case. The station is really gaudy and they have way too many ads for the casino. They have a slot machine and a bad little news shop but no fare machines.

Bondurant St. - I don’t really know that much about the history of Birchbrake, okay, everyone I could ask is from Evil City or Ramshead. All I know is there’s a Bondurant School of Metallurgy at the ISI. Anyway this station isn’t too bad. Hasn’t got the shine worn off it yet, but no fare machines.

Near North - Another neighborhood of Birchbrake with a lot of warehouses. It’s just north of downtown, which I imagine is how it got its name. The station disappointingly does not match the nearby MSJ stops and is very boring. Fare machines here for some reason.

Brigantine - Brigantine is a weird little not-quite-a-town between Brinell and Long Neck Bay. I can’t tell if it’s trying to be Brambling Hill 2 or if it just wants to be left alone. Don’t think anyone ever uses this stop, and it has no fare machines.

Long Head - Named for the headland north of Long Neck Bay, which is named for the long neck of land that makes it extremely difficult to get into Birchbrake Bay (waves Wreckers Day lantern). Absolutely no reason for there to be a stop here, I can’t remember anything about it.

GST - Garlsbrood Shipping and Transit was a short-lived rail company that only operated from 1897 to 1909. According to old maps it originally went from Garlsbrood, through Ends, to Linden, where I think they were planning to extend to Birchbrake, but they went out of business shortly after building a rail bridge right next to the Nusquam Street bridge. I can’t find anything on what the bridge’s name is, but nobody uses it now. This section is for rumors I’ve heard about ‘the Ghost Line,’ an unreliable rail line made entirely of abandoned stations with tragic pasts. I am not including non-tragic stations on the historic GST Line.

Garlsbrood Station - Okay, just one, but only because it’s spooky. This is the original terminus of the GST. No tragic past here as far as I can tell, unless you count the GST going out of business. It’s closed down but there’s a cool illegal skate park inside and the skate punks say sometimes a completely empty train comes in.

Station in Long Shore - Another original terminus. GST used to own a dock there, and the rails still exist, but I’ve personally never seen a train stop there. It’s where Azalea Lynn Beacon worked and organized, so my aunt calls it Beacon Station.

Secret station under 5th Crossing - I can’t believe the TARR would have ever let another rail company dig under their lines, and I can’t work out the geometry of this, if the GST crossed the river at Nusquam Street. But I’ve been down there and there is a station in the same style as the terminus in Garlsbrood. I didn’t explore too much because I think there were people living in there and I didn’t want to meet them. The only tragic past I can figure for this one is the time Clagg & Starling set the river on fire in the 50s.

Station near the White Star chemical plant in Backstairs - This station is on private property, so maybe it was intended to be used for deliveries to the plant. Again, it isn’t actually on the route that the old maps show for GST, and I wouldn’t even put it on this list if my friend didn’t insist that it’s haunted by the ghosts of people poisoned by improper cyanide storage at White Star 20 years ago.

Johnstown Flood Station - This one is pretty well documented, partially because it has a long informative plaque about the 1848 Johnstown Flood, and partially because someone I know has actually managed to get on a train there! She said it was black with a gray stripe and had more of a nose than the modern subway trains (I’ve never found a photo of the GST from when it was running so I can’t confirm). It was raining hard that day and the river was rising really fast, so she took shelter in what she thought was an abandoned subway station--so imagine her surprise when a train picked her up!

Trapezoid 2 - She got off at the next station, where it wasn’t raining, and it was straight up Trapezoid Station, nothing in between. Except that when she went aboveground there was a burning building in Trapezoid Plaza. She went looking for a pay phone to call the fire department but she couldn’t find any anywhere. Eventually she went home to use the phone there, but the fire department thought she was making a prank call, and when she went back there was no building, on fire or not.

Station in Eimett - The entrance is between two TARR stations, and it’s boarded up. I didn’t manage to get inside, and I can’t figure out what tragedy would have happened there, so this is more of a speculative one. But there aren’t a ton of abandoned subway stations downtown because GST is the only one that actually went out of business instead of merging and keeping its stations.

Station at the bottom of Cutty Hill - My friend’s uncle swears this station wasn’t here 15 years ago, before the phosgene riot, and he’s lived in Fresh Pond his whole life. He said when he was released from the hospital there was a new train station two blocks from his house and nobody else thought it was weird. He admits he could be having some kind of memory problem from being poisoned, but it’s also not on any maps and doesn’t belong to ANY railroad company we could find. My life’s mission is to get my hands on some bolt cutters and break in there.

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Gulberg Residencia Islamabad

Gulberg Residencia is a commercial and residential project based in Zone 5 of Islamabad. It is situated on the main Islamabad Expressway and is a project of Intelligence Bureau Employees Cooperative Housing Scheme (IBECHS). Gulberg Residencia is one of the divisions under Gulberg Islamabad which also include Gulberg Greens and Gulberg Commercial. More than 70 percent of the society has been developed and many houses of Gulberg Residencia have their residents settled in. It is one of the most searched and luxurious housing societies of Islamabad with the experience of a city within a city. Neighboring areas in the north of Gulberg Residencia include Darwala and Channol. The South of Gulberg Residencia includes Naval Anchorage, Sher Dhamial, Kangota Syedan, and Jandian. Gulberg Greens, Jinnah Gardens and Madina Town is situated at the West of Gulberg Residencia near Islamabad Expressway. East side of the Gulberg Residencia has Dhoke Khuda Bakhsh, Channi, Chontra, and Dhoke Kanaty.Gulberg Residencia is located nearly 6 to 7 kilometers off the Islamabad Highway where a 220ft wide Gulberg Expressway connects Gulberg Greens with Gulberg Residencia through a bridge. The project of Gulberg Residencia is spread over an area of around 15000 kanals of land comprising of nearly 10,000 residential plots. It is a luxurious housing society with a total of 21 blocks from Block A to Block V, except U.

However, Block D of the Gulberg Residencia is a fully developed commercial block also referred to as the Commercial Centre of the community while the remaining 20 are residential based. This Block is home to the Gulberg Markaz including several malls namely Marvel Mall, The Arcadia, Opal Square, Gulberg Oasis, Alpha Tower, Grand Xcito and Mall of Gulberg Islamabad. Besides residential plots of 7, 10, 14 marla, 1 Kanal and 2 Kanal, Gulberg Residencia also offers penthouses, duplex garden homes, and apartments for sale. Residents of Gulberg Residencia enjoy their close proximity to the city centers of twin cities; Islamabad and Rawalpindi as it lies at a distance of only 20 kilometers from Aabpara, 15 kilometers from T0Chowk Rawat, 8km from Koral Chowk and 20 kilometers via Gulberg Expressway and Islamabad Expressway. However, a self-financed and signal free underpass has been built by Gulberg Islamabad on Islamabad Express Highway. It has two respective entries and exits from Chak Shahzad and Naval Anchorage saving much time without driving several kilometers to get a U-turn. This organically makes Gulberg Residencia an attractive place for investors to invest in.Areas nearby Gulberg Residencia include Lake View Park at a distance of 25 kilometers from the society. It offers a range of activities from rides to physical activities like paintball, F1 racing tracks, rock climbing, and boating. Other options include the Kachnar Park, Shakarparian which has its own open-air theatre and Mohammed bin Qasim Park at a drive of 20-25 minutes from Gulberg Residencia. Cine Gold Plex in Bahria Town is also part of the nearby amenities.If you are finding houses apartments and plots in Islamabad Click now.Gulberg Residencia is seeing a fast-paced development work and thus progress has been seen in multiple sectors. Possessions of Block E, Block F, Block G, and Block J have been given. Block I and parts of H, O, V, T, and L are closing development. Being close to Naval Anchorage, Block V is expected to have an access gate from Naval Anchorage. Being a luxurious and one of the top searched housing communities in Islamabad, Gulberg Residencia offers world-class amenities including solar energy wide roads, knowledge villages, lakes, bridges, underground gas, water and electric connections, filtration and sewerage treatment plants, sports complexes, recreational parks, dine out places, hotels, cinemas, New Blue Area, fuel stations, transport terminals, emergency stations for fire, pharmacies, hospitals, auditorium, gymnasiums, public library, schools and colleges including community centres.As society is located at a prime location, public transport for the residents of Gulberg Residencia becomes hassle-free. They can find bus stops near Judicial Colony, Airport Society, PWD, and Koral Chowk. Shopping has become a daily need and thus the necessity of shopping centers being close to the housing communities cannot be compromised on. Gulberg Residencia has several of its markets under construction. In the meanwhile, however, Ghauri Town Phase 7’s mini market, Madina’s Yousafzai market, mini marts in Naval Anchorage and more are easily accessible from Gulberg Residencia. Gulberg Residencia has its own mosque Masjid Ameer Hamza R.A in Block D of the society. Other nearby mosques include Jamia Masjid Nooria Ghausia in Gulberg Greens Block A, Jamia Masjid Siddique-e- Akbar in Madina and Naseeria Masjid in Koral Town. A dedicated land for Knowledge Village has been spread over 550 kanals dedicated solely to schools and colleges. These include Roots Millennium School, Froebel’s International School, Riphah International University and Agha Khan University. Society ensures the highest standards in security, health, and infrastructure. Outside the society, educational institutes that are situated off in nearby areas include The Smart School in Airport Employees CHS, Siddeeq Public School in Madina Town, Islamabad Model College for Girls (IMCG) in Kirpa, Bahria Foundation College and Bahria College in Naval Anchorage and FC Group of Colleges in Ghori Town. Banks like United Bank Limited (UBL), MCB and HBL. Allied Bank and Summit Bank are in close proximity to Gulberg Residencia to ensure an uninterrupted possibility of daily transactions for the residents of the society. In regards to health care facilities, hospitals and clinics are under construction which includes a 600-bed hospital equipped with the latest technologies. Another project includes the establishment of a medical city spread over a land of nearly 200 kanals. 

It will be home to a medical mall, orthopedic and cardiology centers. In order to provide a complete and self-contained shopping experience to its residents, several malls are in the process of construction and are accessible by those who live at Gulberg Residencia. These include Gulberg Emporium Mall & Residency, Samama Gulberg Luxus Mall & Residency, Roshan Heights & Residency, Gulberg Arena, Gulberg Regency and more. Other amenities in Gulberg Residencia include a 5-star hotel, a Gulberg Club and Riders Club, Golf Course, a 1000 Kanal artificial lake and the Gulberg Greens  Zoo as places of recreation for the residents of the housing society. Gulberg Residencia has to offer a lot of international standard facilities and the expectation of higher ROIs have increased the demand for the purchase of property in this area. Not only has it built multiple farmhouses but also sold land to top-notch educational institutes and built a Telenor HQ. With the expansion of Islamabad Highway, Gulberg Greens will become an attractive place to live and invest in which may result in the shooting up of prices. SALIENT FEATURES OF GULBERG ISLAMABADAs mentioned above, Gulberg Islamabad is one of the most serene and greenest neighbourhoods of the federal capital, located in the foothills of Margalla. However, apart from the breath-taking natural beauty, this housing society boasts a wide range of top-notch amenities and facilities, ensuring a better quality of life for its residents. Here are some of the main features of Gulberg Islamabad that have made it one of the most popular places to buy property in Islamabad among investors, as per the search trends of Zameen.com – the leading real estate portal in Pakistan. This residential scheme enjoys an ideal location in the Twin Cities The construction of a dedicated underpass has ensured a hassle-free commute to and from the project Almost 80 percent of the area has been dedicated to green spaces and green belts, ensuring a healthy lifestyle among those living in Gulberg Islamabad. The society boasts a durable and sustainable infrastructure. It has a wide network of well-paved roads, including the 12-lane and 220 feet wide Gulberg Expressway. Meanwhile, other roads and boulevards in the project are about 50 to 160 feet wide One of the most essential facilities in Gulberg Islamabad is its safe and secure environment. With a team of 500 security personnel, the neighbourhood features 24/7 security As per its master plan, the housing project will also house campuses of reputable schools as well as state-of-the-art medical facilities. In fact, the campus of Froebels International School in Gulberg Greens Islamabad, among a few others, is already open and functional Gulberg Islamabad will also feature a 5-star hotel, mega shopping mall, corporate buildings and a number of recreational spots for a complete living experience All plots are developed on 50 to 160 feet wide roads Basic amenities such as water supply, gas connections and uninterrupted electricity are also among the most notable features of the residential scheme The underground cable and electrical wiring ensure the housing society looks clean and well-maintained as per the international standards of living Gulberg Islamabad has proper waste management and underground drainage system The street lights installed on the main boulevards as well as service roads are all solar-powered, which show the society’s focus on sustainable living.If you are finding houses apartments and plots in Islamabad Click now

PROPERTY PRICES IN GULBERG ISLAMABADIf you are finding houses apartments and plots in Islamabad Click now.Let’s take a look at the prices of residential properties in Gulberg Islamabad. Plots for sale in Gulberg Residencia are available in area sizes of 5 marla, 7 marla, 10 marla, and 1 kanal. The prices of 5 marla plots in the area start from PKR 19.8 lakh, while 10 marla residential plots in the housing society are available for the starting price of 40 lakh. The lowest price for 1 kanal plots in Gulberg Residencia is PKR 62 lakh. However, it is pertinent to note that the prices of properties significantly fluctuate with each block in the neighbourhood. Also, the prices of corner and park facing plots are also higher than the rest. As for buying flats in Gulberg Residencia, a 1-bed apartment cost around PKR 37 lakh at the very least. The starting price of a 2-bed flat for sale in the area is around PKR 54 lakh. Of course, these prices vary with each project and block. In case you are interested in buying plots in Gulberg Greens, the plots for farmhouses are only available in the area sizes of 4 kanal, 5 kanal and 10 kanal. The starting price of 4 kanal plots in Gulberg Greens is PKR 2.7 crore. On the other hand, you can purchase a 5 kanal plot in the area for 3.3 crore at the very least. The sales trend for 10 kanal plots for farmhouses in Gulberg Greens starts at PKR 7 crore. So, that was our comprehensive overview of facilities in Gulberg Islamabad along with its location, development status and prices. If you have any other questions about buying a property in Gulberg Islamabad, feel free to send us an email on blog@zameen.com. In the meantime, don’t forget to take a look at the 2019 Real Estate Market Report for the Twin Cities to see which area performed better than the rest last year. Also, stay connected to Zameen Blog – the top real estate blog in Pakistan – to learn more about investment opportunities in different cities. Last but not the least, don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter if you want to stay updated about the latest property and construction trends in the country.If you are finding houses apartments and plots in Islamabad Click now.