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chrono-vi · 2 years
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3 - Sundered
Content Warning: Violence, Swearing
Sidenote! Some of these characters speak languages I don’t speak, and I’m apologizing now if anything is inaccurate--
“It was always like a walk of shame. To make the trek back to the resting place of her mother, Betty felt like her whole life was wasted. As a spiritual woman, she was heartbroken upon realizing she’d never seen her mother’s ghost - and to visit her resting place only made her that much more upset. Had she done something wrong?”
** melanie and trucidar belong to @namnori143
** chad and virgil belong to @bitchasstrashcan
She parked her car at the cemetery, walking past the large steel gates. The path wasn’t long to where Imelda Garcia lay, but today it was heavily different.
The sight of red and blue flashed across Betty’s vision. Parked police cars swallowed up the view of her mother’s plot. Adrenaline rushed through her body; she took into a sprint to see what had happened.
“Excuse me!” She called, racing up to the cautionary yellow ribbons. “Hey, what’s going on here?!”
“Ma’am, please stay back, this is a crime scene,” the policeman responded, hand out to stop her from getting closer.
“This is my mother’s grave, I have a right to know-!” But as she turned her gaze to gesture to it, she realized what was happening.
The hole in the Earth was just that. A hole. No longer a mound of dirt, now a cavernous, gaping wound in the ground. And it was directly below her own mother’s grave marker. Her body felt cold, sparkling with numbness. What happened?
“Well, if that’s the case,” the man stepped aside slightly. The team behind him was quickly exhuming what was left, searching for clues, “do you have any idea what may have happened here?”
“I…” Betty felt her throat go dry. “...I was just here a month ago. She was still there, as far as I knew.”
“A month? I see. It seems someone had been here just overnight, so I doubt you would’ve seen anything that long ago.” He remarked, thoughtful. “But if you remember anyone else who may have been lingering nearby, possibly planning this? Please, let us know.”
“I will. Is…” She was afraid to ask. “...is my mother still in there?”
“Her body is gone. As well as a few of the things she was buried with.” He turned back to his team. “What’s missing, Jones?”
“It says here she was buried with, originally, her journal recounting, and a few charms and artifacts. Only that journal’s entirely missing. Not sure the value of it to a graverobber, but clearly it’s been stolen,” the man called Jones responded with a shrug, standing from his crouched position by the grave, “as well as a small lockbox that had no key attached. I don’t know if there may have been a key on her person, which may provide a cause to steal her body as well. Though, it’s unclear why they wouldn’t just look for it while she was here, but that's not my call.” He dusted off his hands as he spoke, nonchalant in his explanation.
“A key?” Betty put her hand on her chest. She had been given a small key before her mother passed away. Was this key meant for the lockbox her mother was buried with? And if so, how was she supposed to retrieve it? Was this…?
“Heard anything about one? Maybe she left it somewhere in her will?” Jones queried. Betty shook her head.
“Not that I recall. I’ll have to check her old belongings - we still have some of it in a storage container my father owns.” She responded gently. If she told them she had the key, they may suspect her of tampering with her own mother. And that, would be too much.
“Damn.” He shook his head. “Well, just stay safe. We don’t know if they might be looking for it, so you may need to watch your back. Make sure your father knows too; we don’t want anyone to get hurt.” 
“Thank you, Mr. Jones. My mother was… is, very important to me. And I want to see justice brought to her.” 
She said her goodbyes to the policemen, and even took down the number of the detective working on the case. Heading back home in silence, the paranormal investigator felt a sense of sheer terror overwhelm her.
Was it the work of her mother? Was she walking the Fold, undead and searching for her daughter? Betty quickly shook the thoughts from her head. That would be ridiculous. Her mother wouldn’t do something so crazy as to raise herself from literal death. She knew better than that!
But even still, for someone to rob her grave and only take things of significance to her life? That seems unlikely. Unless it was someone she knew well…?
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She entered the apartment. Her keyring clicked and jingled with the various protective charms she wore at all times, returning quickly to her side by the assistance of a bungee cable. She was immediately greeted by the smell of burning incense and alcohol; not an unusual mix of smell.
“Hey guys,” she called into the living room, regarding her three roommates, “you’ll never guess what happened today.”
“Did sthomeone die at the cthemetary?” Melanie lisped out, not looking up from the Nintendo Switch playing on the large TV before her. A beer bottle sat next to her on her side table, telling Betty that she was taking a needed relaxation day from work.
“Oh dude, that’d be sick! Do you think you’d get a free spot out there?” Chad chimed in, taking another swig of his own beer. “I totally know where I’m going when I kick it now.”
“I really doubt they’d just give you one, I think your family would still have to buy it,” Virgil shook his head, skeptical, “I say die in a church. That’d be a free ticket to a gravesite.”
“You guys are freaks.” Betty chuckled, rolling her eyes. “But no, you’re all wrong.”
She caught their attention, watching the three lean in to hear her tale of the day.
“Stho, what really happened, Betty?”
“Yeah, you look kinda spooked.”
“Did you see something out there..? Was there a ghost?”
“...Someone robbed my mother’s grave last night. Her body and some of her stuff is missing.” Betty smiled, despite the stress evident on her face. The merriment of her friends completely melted away; Betty’s mother was incredibly important to her, so much so that even Chad’s “yo mama” jokes could land him in the hospital if he wasn’t careful. 
Melanie scoffed in disbelief, “well, I wasth gonna ask if you wanted to play with usth, but… you should probably take it easthy right now.”
“Damn, her whole ass body? That’s fucked up--” Chad began, but Virgil quickly nudged him in case he was gonna say something stupid.
“We’ll be here if you want to talk about it, Betty.” The dark-haired man smiled sheepishly at her. “But Melanie’s right, you should probably just go relax. That’s… a lot to take in, I’m sure.”
“Yeah. Thanks, guys.” Betty nodded slowly, before she slowly made her way to her safe space. Her room down the hall.
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“Shit,” Melanie whispered as soon as Betty was out of range, “her whole body wasth sthtolen?”
“That’s really fucked up,” Chad winced, “she’s probably wrinkly and dusty and shit. Why the hell would someone take a whole dead body?”
“Unless she’s like, undead and walking the earth?!” Virgil exclaimed, though the other two glared at him. “What? It’s totally possible! She said that some of her personal stuff was missing too, maybe she’s not sure she’s dead!”
“Not helping.” Melanie scolded him.
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Betty leaned against the door to her bedroom, listening in to their conversation. A quiet sadness lingered here, in her room, for the many nights that the woman had given up to thinking about her mother’s silence on the other side. And now, she stood alone again, wondering what could’ve possibly happened to her entire deceased body. A new sorrow engulfed her.
She slowly sauntered her way into the room itself, pulling back her covers to lay on her bed--
“...Verga. You’ve got to be kidding me.” 
Those were the only words Betty could utter at what she saw beneath her sheets. She dropped the comforter where it was, staring down at the massive amount of graveyard dirt surrounding two objects she hadn’t seen since she was ten years old.
Her mother’s leatherbound journal, and a small lockbox. They were in her bed. They were in her bed, and no one knew why. No one had even known her mother was missing. 
She took a step back, cautious and terrified. She quickly stared at her closet, the door closed. If someone was in here with her…!
Unsure why she was suddenly gripped by fear, Betty felt a twinge of something she’d forgotten. Helplessness. The veteran investigator was never afraid. Never for something relating to spirits, or the unknown. But this… this was personal. Whatever brought them here knew it would hurt her. And for something to know her so well?
That was truly terrifying.
“...Dios le da pan al que no tiene dientes,” she muttered under her breath, stepping towards the closet with a deep sorrow in her heart. The otherworld just exists to mock her, doesn't it?
She grabbed her blessed dagger on her dresser, knuckles white with the grip she had on it. An arm outstretched for the closet door, she swallowed her fear.
The sound of flipping paper paused her in her tracks. When it stopped, she glanced over her shoulder to see the journal open to a specific page. Though still skeptical of the closed closet, she inched back to the book to glance at the entry.
“I’ve left something vastly important in my lockbox. I know someday Betty will need him just as I have, and I have a feeling my time is over. They’re coming for me now. Not even he can save me.” The entry brought tears to Betty’s eyes. What was she talking about? “But he can protect her. He’ll be with her where I cannot. He’s stronger than I am.” 
Betty pulled the necklace from her sweater, the key dangling from it.
“This… this is what you want, isn’t it?” She spoke to the empty air, holding tight to the metal object. “You want me to open this box. Whatever mom thought was important... YOU want it?” 
No response came, but she could feel anticipation in the air. Something was desperate to get into this lockbox, and had been for a long time.
“Why now? Why are you after me now?” She insisted again, “Mother has been dead for years; why now are you coming to me with this!?”
The silence deafened her. She ripped the key from her neck, holding it up tauntingly. She wasn’t going to be bullied by some quiet specter!
“If you want it, come and get it!” She howled, reeling back and dangling it above her open mouth. She dropped it, swallowing it whole in an act of sheer defiance.
It was then that her room began to shake, horrific growling ringing through the once-silent area. Her mirror shattered, her window cracked, her bedframe splintered - the world around her suddenly became dyed red, walls being riddled with violent scratches.
“Qué cabrón,” she scoffed, finding the temper-tantrum amusing, “go ahead and throw a fit, you aren’t getting it back!”
Her words elicited a deeper grumble, her midsection suddenly constricted by an unseen force. She was thrown back against the wall, the harsh thud knocking her breath from her body. Bile threatened to rise into her throat and, with it, the key - but she refused to let it surface. She clamped her mouth shut, swallowing desperately as this hidden demon squeezed her harder and harder. Acid swirled with saliva, words tumbling through her brain. What can she do? What can she do?
Puppeteered by something she could barely fight, she watched her arm jerkily raise that long silver dagger. Her time was running out. Whatever wanted this box open was not afraid of taking drastic measures. 
“Verga,” she coughed out, desperately wriggling against the control of the unholy beast, “let go of me!” 
The shining metal of her blade reached her throat, dancing down towards her clavicle. The demon was to split her open - killing her for this meaningless little key she’s carried for years! It felt so stupid; so pointless of a death! To think she’d spent so long on her own, researching and surviving everything so far, only to die by something that was too afraid to confront her before?!
Her deep blue eyes welled with bitter tears, the futility of it all starting to billow in her chest. Could the others not hear her? Was the demon keeping her quiet? Would they find her bisected body and wonder why? Would they blame themselves?
She croaked, feeling that overwhelming helplessness had arose in her soul once more.
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“Mama!”
She cried into her sheets, balling them up against her chest in an attempt to hide herself.
Her mother came running, quickly barging into her room, “Niña, what’s wrong? What happened?” She rushed to her daughter’s side, holding tightly to her.
“Mama, I saw a scary man!” Betty despaired, clinging to her just as tight. “He said he’d eat me alive! He said you would die, a-and you wouldn’t be able to stop him!” She wailed.
It didn’t occur to her then, but now she recalled it clearly.
Her mother tightened her grip and steeled her expression, staring into the darkness. She knew exactly what Betty was talking about. Imelda had been running from something this whole time…
“He won’t hurt you, mi amore; he can’t.” She told Betty. “You’re protected. He can’t hurt you.”
She never said anything about her own safety. Even after the funeral, not a month later, did Betty truly realize what that meant for her and her mother.
Something was closing in to kill Imelda Garcia. And it wanted Betty too.
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“Mama!!!” Betty hadn’t realized the same word in her memory had slipped through her lips, a cry of an innocent girl echoing in the rumble of demonic snarling. It was like a trigger on a loaded gun - a flash of yellow blinded the woman, and the forces on her body dissolved into nothing.
She collapsed to her knees on the floor, the dagger clattering to the hardwood as she scooted herself back into a corner by her nightstand in fear. She held her breath and her legs tight; eyes locked on the room itself.
She felt a chill overtake the room, accompanied by a roar she could only describe as “cat-like” - an invisible battle knocked over her vases and knick-knacks, though she seldom felt concern for them in the moment. 
Black splattered across one of the walls, and a yowl faded into the distance. Something had surrendered… but was it for the better?
“Você está bem, docinho?” A voice rang out gently, the source unknown. Despite the situation, it sounded so… sweet. 
Slowly, she stood up from her hiding place, hands clutching her soured stomach. She swallowed again, wiping spit off her lips.
“I’m fine,” she responded, though hesitantly, “I’m fine.”
With her confirmation, he once again appeared to her. Tall and muscular, the demon she’d come to know finally stood again before her.
“You really pissed somebody off, hm?” He chuckled. 
“Great timing as always, “uncle” Trucidar,” she nudged him, teasing, “I was almost mincemeat.”
“Hey, I thought you said you could handle yourself~”
“Just help me clean this place up, gilipollas. You could've handed me my gun."
"No no, I couldn't! It burns, remember?"
"Oh, right. I guess you weren’t just watching me get my ass kicked."
She picked up her things hesitantly, T's eyes never leaving her form. It was a moment of gentle concern he didn't show to anyone but Betty.
"Are you sure you're alright?"
"I'm…" She paused, hovering over the lockbox on her bed. "...Trucidar, do you know what's in this box? Can you see it?"
She handed it to him without worry. She knew Trucidar was trustworthy; and he knew her mom. If anyone would know…
"I've seen this box before." He remarked, turning it over in his hands. The contents rattled. "This is the box she bought at a flea market because she liked the sigils. It was a warding spell for unsavory demons and other meddling energy…" 
"...but what's in it?" Betty pressed, coming closer to him. She put her hands on the box as well, as if she could try and read the energy in it. Unfortunately, she wasn't Melanie.
"If I had to guess…" He glanced up. "...it's her contract with me."
"Her contract…?"
"I just know she wanted it kept safe at all costs. Didn't tell me why." He mused. "That other demon must've been looking to destroy it."
Betty furrowed her brow. Infighting amongst demons over souls was no surprise, especially not among Envy Soulstealers. However, for someone to attempt on a human life just to spite another demon? That was unusual.
"I suppose we'll never know," she sighed, "I don't know if you noticed, but I swallowed the key."
"Oh, I saw. That was so gross, why’d you do that?~" 
The two of them laughed for a while, before Betty stuck the box and journal safely upon her closet shelf. Perhaps one day she'd have the answer…
But for now, her connection to her mother is still sundered and fragmented. The pieces are still too jagged to pick back up yet.
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gfanlocalcryptid · 10 months
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Cry Baby - BillFord Playlist
I read the lyrics and thought: is it Bill talking to Ford?
You seem to replace Your brain with your heart You take things so hard And then you fall apart
You try to explain But before you can start Those cry baby tears Come out of the dark
(...)
Your heart's too big for your body It's why you won't fit inside You pour it out Where everyone can see
They call you cry baby, cry baby But you don't fucking care Cry baby, cry baby So you laugh through your tears Cry baby, cry baby 'Cause you don't fucking care Tears fall to the ground You just let them drown
You just let them drown Cry baby, cry baby
You're all on your own and You lost all your friends You told yourself that It's not you, it's them
You're one of a kind And no one understands But those cry baby tears Keep coming back again
Someone's turning the handle To that faucet in your eyes They're pouring out Where everyone can see
(...)
I look at you and I see myself And I know you better than anyone else And I have the same faucet in my eyes So your tears are mine~
They call me cry baby, cry baby But I don't fucking care Cry baby, cry baby I laugh through my tears Cry baby, cry baby 'Cause I don't fucking care Tears fall to the ground I just let them drown
(...)
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allamericansbitch · 2 years
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based on this thread, here is a list of famous people who have supported johnny depp and/or made fun of amber heard. fuck all of them:
Aly & AJ
Alissa Violet (Influencer)
Anitta
Ann Coulter
Ashley Benson
Ashley Park (actress from Emily in Paris)
Auli'i Cravalho (actress from Moana)
Bailey Muñoz
Bella Hadid
Ben Shapiro
Booboo Stewart
Chase Hudson (Lil Huddy)
Chase Stokes (actor from Outer Banks)
China McClaine
Chris Rock
Cierra Ramirez (actress from The Fosters/Good Trouble)
Cody Simpson
Connor Swindells (adam groff on sex education)
Cazzie David
Critical Role
Dakota Fanning
Dakota Johnson
Daniel Ricciardo
Diana Silvers
Dillion Francis (DJ)
Dominic Fike
Dove Cameron
Elle King
Emma Roberts
Florence Pugh
Gabby Douglas
Gemma Chan
Halle Bailey
Henry Golding
Ian Somerhalder
Jaime King
Jamie Campbell Bower
Javier Bardem
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Coolidge
Jeremy Renner
Jessie J
JK Rowling
Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
JoJo Siwa
Jordan Fisher
Julian Kostov (actor from Shadow & Bone)
Justin Long
Kali Uchis
Kat Von D
Kelly Osbourne
Kelsea Ballerini
Kyle Rittenhouse
LaKeith Stanfield
Lance Bass
Lennon Stella
Lewis Tan
Lucy Hale
Madelyn Cline (actress from Outer Banks)
Maren Morris
Matthias Schoenaerts
Michael Clifford (of 5 Seconds of Summer)
Molly Shanon
Nicholas Braun
Norman Reedus
Nyane (popular instagram model)
Olivia Jade
Paige (from WWE)
Paris Hilton
Patti Smith
Paul Bettany
Paul McCartney
Penelope Cruz
Perrie Edwards
Phillip Barantini (director of Boiling Point)
Pokimane (Twitch Streamer)
Reeve Carney
Robert Downey Jr
Rian Dawson (Drummer of All Time Low)
Riley Keough
Rita Ora
Ryan Adams
Sam Claflin
Samantha Hanratty (actress from Yellowjackets)
Samuel Larsen
Seth Savoy (Director)
Shannen Doherty
Sharon Stone
Sia
SNL cast and writers
Sofia Boutella
Sophie Turner
Stella Maxwell
Tammin Sursok
Taika Waititi
Tony Lopez
Upsahl
Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Morgan
Vanessa Paradis
Vincent Gallo
Yungblud
Zachary Levi
Zedd
Zoe Saldana
Zoey Deutch
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Alex Winter
Alexa Nikolas (actress from Zoey 101)
Amanda Seyfried
Amy Schumer
Anna Sophia Robb
Bianca Butti (Amber's ex)
Busy Philipps
Chace Crawford
Chloe Morello
Christina Ricci
Constance Wu
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Corey Rae
Dana Schwartz (journalist and writer)
David Krumholtz
Dolph Lundgren
Edward Norton
Elizabeth Lail (actress who played Beck from you)
Elizabeth McGovern
Elizaberh Reaser (Esmé in Twilight)
Ellen Barkin
Emeraude Toubia (actress from Shadowhunters and With Love)
Emily Ratajkowski
Evan Rachel Wood
Finneas
Howard Stern
Ira Madison III
Jamelle Bouie (NYT columnist)
Jessica Taylor, Dr
Jon Lovett (podcaster & former White House speech writer & fiance of Ronan Farrow)
John Legend
Julia Fox
Julia Stiles
Julianne Moore
Kate Nash (singer, actress from Glow)
Kathy Griffin
Kristen Bell
Lauren Jauregui
Lena Headey
Lindsay Ellis (YouTuber)
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsey Gort
Mia Farrow
Michele Dauber (Stanford law professor)
Millie Brady (actress in The Last Kingdom)
Mel B
Melanie Lynskey
Melissa Benoist
Monica Lewinsky
Nathalie Emmanuel (actress on Game of Thrones)
Neil Gaiman (writer of Caroline, American Gods, Good Omens, etc.)
Nikki Glaser (comedian)
Patricia Arquette
Rachel Riley
Raphael Bob-Waksberg (creator of Bojack Horseman)
Robin Lord Taylor
Rian Johnson (director of Knives Out)
Ryn Weaver (singer)
Samantha Bee (comedian)
Sarah Paulson
Sarah Steele
Selma Blair 
Sophia Bush
Uzo Aduba
Willa Fitzgerald
Zach Kornfeld (from the Try Guys)
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aloneinthehellfire · 3 months
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Chapter One: A New Friend, A New Enemy
The Pariahs That Saved The World (Masterlist)
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Warnings: mentions of death, canon descriptions (vecna's curse)
[A/N: Thank you to everyone who seems really excited about this! I am going to try and post for this one weekly, just so I have enough time between uni and work to write new chapters :) This one is a little long, but I needed to set up Reader's character a little more so enjoy!]
The Introduction <-
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A New Friend, A New Enemy
“Y/n!”
You slip off your headphones and greet your grandmother with a smile, laughing when she squeezed you tight. It had been almost 8 months since you watched her wave her hand of farewell in the rear view mirror. You had missed her the most, you think. Her warm hugs, her calming perfume, the way she cared for you.
“Come on, I’ve made us some lunch.” She hurries you inside and you laugh again.
“I need to grab the rest of my things, first.” You shake your head in amusement, escaping her clutches and darting back to the taxi, thanking the man for pulling out your luggage.
Just as you hitch your duffel bag over your shoulder, your eyes catch something familiar a few houses down. A worn out and beaten Chevrolet sat abandoned outside of its former resident’s house, a white piece of paper resembling a ticket you had seen when the mechanics would return your property if not claimed. You could just make out the ‘for sale’ sign driven into the mud, your heart wrenching. You had hoped your return would be free from unwanted memories. That obviously didn’t exist in Hawkins.
“So, tell me everything. How’s Stanford?” Gran rushes through with excitement just as your feet are barely inside the door. “Oh, we are so proud of you, honey. Our little star, a Stanford journalist!”
“Gran, you know it’s only my first year, I haven’t even managed to write anything let alone publish it.” You say, following her with your bags. She was leading you up to the guest room. Well, technically, it was your room. You had never really accepted that.
“Oh, did you notice the Hargroves house is for sale?” She whispers out like an unspeakable secret, and you dump your bags on the floor.
“Yeah, I saw.” You try to remain emotionless, rolling your shoulder until the usual ache faded. You were used to it now, the muscles flaring up every now and then.
“Apparently- now, you didn’t hear it from me…” She starts to lean in and you suppress a smile. Your grandmother, the gossiper. “Apparently, the husband just took off.”
“What?” You suddenly gain interest, frowning.
“Oh, yeah. The end of last summer.” She nods knowingly. “Must have been hard for them after their son died. It was a tragedy. And that poor girl… Andrea down the road told me she and the mother were forced to move into the trailer park down by Kerley. Not fit for a child, if you ask me.”
“They obviously couldn’t afford anywhere else.” You say, mostly to yourself, and Gran simply hums in agreement.
“Oh, which reminds me, Melanie, the one with the bird nest hair, she…”
She begins rambling once again about the neighbourhood, obviously pleased to have her granddaughter back so she can share the gossip. You listened intently, nodding when you needed to, offering your own remarks when prompted. You loved your Gran. The thought of her being alone in this house affected you more than you realise.
The real reason you were back wasn’t because you had missed Hawkins. In fact, you were set on your Spring Break exploring Stanford and all it had to offer. But about two months ago, your grandad was omitted to the hospital and a week later, he was no longer with you. Your Gran had shared how his health had been deteriorating for a while now, that they had expected it sooner or later. So, in the end, it wasn’t a surprise. It didn’t make it any less sad.
“Should I be expecting guests for dinner?” She asks and you blink, frowning.
“Guests?”
“Your friends.” She reiterates, already busying her hands by pulling out your already folded clothes from your suitcase and refolding them how she liked it. “I assume everyone will be anxious to see you. It’s been eight months, hasn’t it?”
“Uh…” You purse your lips, shrugging. “I don’t know, I thought it could just be the two of us tonight.”
Gran gently places down a sweater and eyes you suspiciously. “So, you’ll be seeing them tomorrow?”
“Maybe.” You give off the first vague answer in your head, fiddling with the sleeves of your jacket and sitting down on the plush bedding behind you.
“Hm.” She sounds, sliding shut the first drawer before she silently walks around the bed and sits beside you. “You won’t be seeing them, will you?”
It wasn’t a question. You lift your eyes to meet hers and sigh.
“We aren’t as close as we were before, Gran. It’s… complicated.” You decide and she takes your hand in hers.
“You’ve known them since you were just a little sprout.” She ruffles your hair and you cringe, laughing and batting her hand away. “I’m sure whatever happened can’t be so complicated that you can’t… I don’t know, catch up over coffee? Or whatever you kids are doing these days.”
“I wish it was like that.” You say, and you meant it. After a moment, she seems to understand that you didn’t want to continue this particular conversation and she stands, brushing her outfit back into simple perfection.
“Well, sandwiches, anyone?” She offers and you grin, nodding.
The day before you left for Stanford, you were contemplating whether or not it was the right choice. Gran was right, you have known them since you were a kid. But last summer changed all of that. You weren’t sure you could see their faces ever again.
So, rather than try and find them, you decided to spend the next day unpacking. You’d be here for a month so it made sense to have everything neat and tidy. It was just until the funeral, and then you’d be back at college and studying away any memory of Hawkins being your home. Because it wasn’t. Not anymore.
You can hear the distant ring of the phone echoing up the stairs, continuing to pull out your books. You might as well be caught up with your classes if you were going to spend all your time inside.
“Y/n!” Gran calls up and you push away from the desk to lean over the banister.
“Yeah?” You ask as she stares up at you, the phone in her left hand while the right covered the receiver.
“It’s your friend.” She says with a small smile and your face drops into a frown. “She says it’s urgent.”
“Uh…” You shake your head. Who would be calling you? “Yeah, I’ll be down in a sec.”
Gran nods and relays the information, setting the phone on the side table and disappearing back into the kitchen.
Your footsteps were wary as you descend the staircase, eyes set on the white object beside one of your grandmother’s vases. There was a hauntingly familiar rush of adrenaline coursing through your body, one you hadn’t felt in a long time. Once you reach the table, you shift your focus to the photo frame. It was small, a collected memory from a few years ago now. You were stood there smiling, the camera capturing you in pleasant surprise when a brunette girl behind you had jumped onto your back. It made your eyes sting, and you knew you had to make the decision to answer the call.
Hesitantly picking up the phone, you hold it to your ear and close your eyes.
“Hello?”
“Y/n?” Nancy’s voice blares through and your eyes snap back open.
Barrels of apologies and excuses spewed from her lips and you stand in silent shock, clutching the receiver a little too tight. She could only be calling for one reason. You had known it before you had even answered the phone.
Something was happening in Hawkins. Again. And if Nancy was calling for help, then she truly needed it.
And you’d never let her down.
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“Have we met before?” You ask, studying the girl stood next to you.
The walls of the archive were surprisingly bright, shining an iridescent hue on her dark blonde locks. Her blue eyes were blinking back at you, pink lips stuck in a soft pucker of indecision. She was pretty. Really pretty. And at the same time she looked effortlessly cool, a jacket you wished you own. Something about her felt familiar to you, drawing you in.
Then a pang of guilt hits you and you force your concentration on waiting for her answer.
Robin felt weak. Who were you? It was taking everything in her to open her mouth and speak which, as literally everyone knew, was incredibly unlike her.
“I don’t think so.” Robin finally breathes out. There was softness in the way you spoke to her too, calming her nerves. Those strange waves of anxiety were being taken with the tide like you were her lighthouse in the stormy sea of her mind.
“Oh.” You scrunch your face with a smile. “Well, it’s nice to meet you.”
She was surprised to see you put out your hand but she willingly shakes it anyway, smiling back.
When you pull away, Robin seems a little more comfortable, coming closer to peer down at your old project folder, reading along with Nancy. You tried not to stare, busying your eyes with your own work in Nancy’s hands.
“Anything… juicy over there?” Robin asks Nancy and the girl throws her a tight lipped smile.
“Nothing new yet.” She responds and you notice the strain in her voice. She adopted it any time she was struggling to enjoy somebody’s presence.
“Victor seemed like a normal guy. Dead family, missing eyes, took a plea deal, sent to Pennhurst. Blah, blah, blah, blah.” Robin utters as she skims over the page below, slowly raising her head to look at Nancy. “What are we looking for exactly?”
Nancy doesn’t respond and continues flicking through the pages, making Robin’s eyes widen.
“Nance?” She tries again and you frown.
“She’s focused.” You offer, smiling. “She zones in so much that she zones out sometimes.”
“Right.” She nods slowly, still staring at her. “Um, so are we, uh… looking for any mentions of dark wizards or alternate dimensions? Things in that vein?”
You remember something and open your mouth to speak before Nancy interrupts with a huff.
“I don’t know, okay?” She sighs loudly, leaning against the desk and meeting Robin’s eyes. “It’s starting to seem like this was just a big waste of time. And you’re obviously bored so why don’t you just call Steve? I’m sure he’ll come pick you up. And I mean, I’m not really in danger here, so…”
With that, she walks away from the table and grabs another folder you had brought, furiously flipping through as she travels down a different staircase to the filing room. Your eyebrows raise.
“Woah.” You simply say, noticing Robin’s frown. “She’s, uh… hell, I don’t even know. Nance gets ultra focused when she thinks she has a lead on something and, well… she doesn’t like to get it wrong. Which is understandable.”
“So, she acts like this with other people?” She asks and you tighten your lips.
“Um…”
“Okay, that’s a no.” Robin groans, dragging her hands down her face. “I’m trying, I really am, I just struggle with whatever the hell bonding is meant to be, I mean me and Steve literally only bonded because we were both getting tortured and thought we would die. Which, no, not an ideal way to start a friendship but you know what, it’s better than whatever the hell this is.”
“You were at Starcourt?” You frown and she looks back at you, eyes wide like a deer in headlights. “Sorry, I shouldn’t have brought that up-”
“No, no, it’s okay.” She waves her hands, “I, um… no one really mentions it anymore. Unless it’s the news and they’re pretending like it was a-”
“Fire, yeah. I heard.” You say, staring at the stairs Nancy descended. “How did all of this start?”
“Excuse me?” She blinks and you turn your attention back to her.
“This… Vecna, was it? How did it start?” You repeat, shaking your head. “Nancy could only tell me so much over the phone so I’m a little behind.”
“A girl was found dead in the trailer park.” Robin relays, gulping. “Chrissy Cunningham? She’s a cheerleader. Was. They found her with all her bones snapped and her eyes were… gone. They think Eddie Munson did it-”
“Eddie?” You gasp, and Robin looks surprised. “No, Eddie wouldn’t do that-”
“We know. Trust me.” She says hurriedly, “He told us everything that happened. Apparently she was floating in the air and her bones were snapping- it’s a really gruesome story but the same thing, like, just happened to Fred and we need to figure out who this Vecna is before someone else gets hurt.”
“Okay.” You breathe and she raises her brow.
“Okay? I just unloaded a dump of hell onto you, and it’s okay?” She sounded intrigued and you shrug.
“The last few years have been… weird. To the point where weird sounds normal now.” You say, a soft frown on your features.
Robin wasn’t entirely sure where you fit into all of this. Sure, you had information they needed, you’ve been a part of their group for some time, you made sense. What she was struggling to understand is why you were here now. And why you weren’t here before.
“How’d you meet everyone?” You ask before she can. Any thought she had of questioning your arrival was cleverly misplaced. For the moment.
“I worked with Steve at Scoops Ahoy last year.” Robin nods and you frown.
“But I never…” You start before your eyes widen, mouth curling into a smile. “Oh my god, yes! I do remember you!”
“You do?” Robin tries to comb back through her memories.
“Yeah, Max dragged me there maybe… a week after it opened? She was telling me about Steve’s little sailor outfit and of course, I didn’t believe her, so she had to show me proof.” You giggle to yourself, meeting her eyes. “I remember you were taking a break outside, Max introduced us. Well, kind of. She never got to my name before Steve arrived with that stupid frown on his face.”
“I don’t remember that.” She frowns and you bite your lip, shoving your hands into your jacket pockets. “Sorry, I don’t mean that in like, a mean girl way. I mean, my memory is apparently broken because I’m very sure I would have remembered you. Not in a weird way, either, like- I just think you make an impression on people- a good one. Not a bad one.”
“It’s okay.” You laugh and she shakes her head enough to make her bangs sway in her embarrassment. “I looked a lot different then. And I was, like, super shy. I was probably hiding my face or something.”
“Hold on.” She blinks with a smirk. “You’re the girl? Like, the girl?”
“Am I meant to know what that means?” You squint your eyes.
Robin simply laughs to herself until she clocks your confusion. “No, I… Max did bring someone in for, like, one of our first ever shifts together. I remember because when they left, Steve looked like some kicked puppy and I couldn’t work with him and that stupid frown so I made him tell me what was bothering him. Apparently, the girl that left was the girl he couldn’t get in high school and it ‘haunts’ him. It’s so stupid.”
You go quiet and her eyes widen.
“Oh god.” She covers her mouth. “Did I talk too much again? God, I’m sorry- I literally can’t control my mouth.”
“No, you’re right.” You say, shaking your head. “Steve… he and I don’t really get along. Opposite ends of the high school popularity pool until I won this debate contest and suddenly everyone wanted to be my friend. I didn’t think it was that big of a deal, but suddenly I was on Steve’s radar and, well, you know the rest.”
“You can do better.” She simply nods and you raise your eyebrow at her remark. “What? Oh, he’s amazing now. Like, a genuine gentleman kind of guy, but King Steve? Whew, that boy needed a leash or something.”
“You guys are pretty close, huh?” You ask and she smiles.
“Yeah, he’s my best…” She begins before her face drops. Oh.
“What?” You ask when she starts walking away.
“I know why!” She exclaims before turning her heel and marching down those steps to Nancy, finding her sorting through the filing cabinet.
If Nancy heard her, she didn’t acknowledge it. Robin felt so stupid. It had been a while since she’d been a part of ‘girl world’ or, more specifically, ‘girl-code world’. The thought of there being any tension hadn’t even crossed her mind before.
“You do know that Steve and I are, like, totally not a thing, right?” Robin asks breathlessly, leaning against the wooden banister.
“What?” Nancy frowns, shaking her head and turning to look over her shoulder.
“So I figure that you and Jonathan are still going strong ‘cause you guys are going to college together, and you’re like one of those unstoppable power couples, but I… I just… I wanted to make sure that you knew that Steve and I are just friends. Like, platonic with a capital P.”
Nancy’s response in underwhelming at best, a tight lipped smile and Robin almost groans in frustration. She can hear your sneakers steadily descend the stairs and she turns back.
“Just in case that’s adding any tension between us.” She expresses to Nancy and you frown at the interaction.
“It wasn’t.” Nancy replies and Robin sighs.
“Uh…” You start to say, both pairs of eyes immediately looking at you. “Sorry to, um, interrupt. I have stuff I need to do…”
“Right.” Nancy blinks apologetically, looking back at the folder in her hands. “I’m so sorry, I really thought I was going to find something. I… I didn’t want to drag you into this, really, it’s just-”
“Hawkins.” You finish her sentence, stepping off the final stair and leaning against the banister. “Yeah, I know.”
“Holy shit.” Robin gasps, suddenly grabbing the folder out of Nancy’s hands despite her silent protest. “Is that from The Weekly Watcher?”
She points to a specific part of one of the tabs and you move to peer over her shoulder, nodding.
“Don’t they write about, like, Bigfoot and UFOs?” Nancy scoffs, already dismissing the idea.
“First of all, UFOs are absolutely real. Bigfoot I’m still on the fence about.” She comments and you hum agreement. “But may I remind you we are looking for information on dark wizards? If someone’s gonna write about that, it’s gonna be these weirdos.”
“She’s not wrong.” You add and Nancy’s eyebrows raise in surprise. “Yeah, there’s a whole article about Victor Creel. He claimed that a vengeful demon killed his family. Obviously I only added a reference for context, I never actually believed it. You know, before…”
You vaguely gesture the space around you and Robin flips the page over.
“According to several insiders, Victor believed his house was haunted by an ancient demon.” Robin read aloud, and you could feel the goosebumps prickle along your skin. “Victor allegedly hired a priest to exorcise the demon from his home- pretty novel for the 50s, Exorcistwasn’t even out yet.”
“Keep- keep going.” Nancy insisted and Robin frowns.
“That’s all that’s here.” She says and Nancy looks at you.
“He claimed that the exorcism failed.” You recall, staring at the cut out photo of the Creel Family. “He said it angered the demon. It murdered his family, removing their eyes.”
“Did it say why he wasn’t killed?” Robin questions.
“Victor believed he was spared as a punishment.” You say with a twist in your stomach. His whole family died. He was all alone.
“Yeah, that’s pretty convenient for Victor.” Nancy mumbles and Robin frowns.
“Yeah, or super inconvenient.” She challenges, her eyes looking at yours for support. You simply nod, feeling sick. “Victor was declared legally insane by the court, right? Well, what if this is why? I mean, it sounds pretty insane, it just didn’t go public because-”
“The plea bargain.” Nancy jumps in, and you can see her trying to slot all the pieces together, “The records were sealed.”
“What if a demon did invade Victor’s home.” Robin glances between you both. “It’s just, this demon wasn’t any old demon.”
“It was Vecna.” Nancy finishes, and you immediately start shaking your head.
“Okay, you guys got everything you need?” You quickly rush out, sorting the folder around so it would shut. “Actually, you know what, you guys can just keep that, I need to-”
“You’re leaving?” Nancy frowns, following you as you jog back up the stairs and to where you had dumped your bag before. Robin hurriedly grabbed your folder and followed suit.
“Yeah, I told you, I have stuff to do.” You mutter an excuse, slipping your bag over your shoulder.
“But what about-”
“No, Nance.” You suddenly say, much stricter than you intended it to be. You pause your steps, taking a deep breath to look her in the eye. “I hate that there’s something new terrorising Hawkins. And I’m sorry you have to deal with it. I am. But that’s your choice. I can’t do this again.”
Robin stood there, clutching your folder to her chest. Nancy was struggling with her words, and you didn’t look like you were going to stick around long enough to hear them.
“We need you.” Robin blurts and you look at her, frowning. “I’m sorry, but we do. You know more about this case than any of us, you dedicated, what, a whole month? Maybe more? To learn about the Creel House, about the murders. You have information we can’t possible find because Hawkins doesn’t like to keep around its records of murder, and- and Nancy said you were great at this detective stuff which basically means you know what we need to do next.”
Rather than respond, you start weighing your options. The best decision you ever made was leaving all of this behind. Stanford had everything you wanted; hope. Anytime you decided to help them, it was always your life you were risking. That they were risking. Why would this time be any different?
“I really hope you win this.” You finally say, offering half a smile before you push through those doors and don’t look back, disappearing into the darkening shadows outside.
“Damn it.” Nancy curses, resting a hand on her hip and the other on a table.
“What happened between you guys?” Robin asks into the silence and Nancy looks up.
“What do you-”
“I don’t want a vague answer.” She says, still clutching onto the folder pressed against her chest. “She looked terrified. Which, yeah, it makes a lot of sense under normal circumstances. But this was more like PTSD kind of terrified. What the hell happened last year that no one’s telling me?”
The silence left Robin in the dark, Nancy’s features pouring over in restrained emotion.
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By the time you had dug out your keys with trembling hands, you could feel the prickling of tears threaten to spill at any moment. They had no right to ask that of you. Especially not Nancy. She was there last year, she knows why you left. And yet again, none of them were listening to you.
You sat in your grandad’s old armchair for about an hour, a book resting on your lap but it remained untouched. It would just be another distraction, another reason to pretend like nothing was wrong. To stop yourself from remembering, feeling.
It’s why you went to Stanford, really. You didn’t care about journalism like you used to. But the work load was almost unbearable, which meant that every waking moment would need to be dedicated to studying. If you didn’t occupy your mind, you’d have to relive last year.
“Hi, sweetie.” Gran says as she enters the room, a shopping bag in one hand. You hadn’t even heard her key in the door. “Did you see your friends?”
“Yeah.” You clear your throat, setting aside the book and leaning forward.
“What did you kids get up to?” She asks before quickly disappearing into the kitchen to set down her groceries. When she returns, you have your head in your hands.
You can feel her fingers gently pry away your hands as she takes the chair opposite you, smiling like she already knew what was going through your head. Looking at her, the way her eyes were glazing over, you felt so selfish. You had left to escape everything that happened last year, and you had left her for months to deal with it all alone. Here you were, wallowing in self pity because your friends hadn’t been there for you when you needed them, and it turns out you’re doing the exact same thing to her.
“I’m so sorry.” You say, wiping away the tear that trickles down your cheek. “I should have stayed with you and Grandad.”
“What?” She frowns lightly, shaking her head. “Darling, no. All we ever wanted for you was to get out into the world, find something that made you happy.”
“But I’m not happy.” You express, catching a sob that threatened to escape. “I just wanted to get away, get out of Hawkins. I wasn’t even thinking about it, I- I just couldn’t…”
Her hand suddenly finds your own, squeezing it tight.
“It’s okay.” She says and you lift your head up. She continued smiling, but it was much sadder now. “No one can expect you to move on from what happened last year as quick as that.”
“And what if I never move on?”
“It’s not about moving on.” She smiles. “It’s about acceptance. It’s about holding onto the memory because you cherish it, not because you are haunted by it.”
The clock in the distance could be heard counting the seconds as you sit there in silence. She was right, as per usual. You weren’t letting yourself feel. You should be embracing the fact that you still had her. Even with all Hawkins has been through, you still had her.
Your heart pangs with panic. She was still here.
“I should be getting to bed-”
“Come with me.” You offer suddenly and she raises her eyebrows.
“To Stanford?” She says as if it were absurd.
“I’m serious. Let’s move away, start fresh. We’ll find somewhere new, Gran. Please.” You beg and she offers a smile, capturing your hand by placing another on top.
“Hawkins is my home. It always has been. I was born here, I met the love of my life here. I watched my little one grow up and, when he had little ones of their own, I watched them grow up too. This is where my family is. I… I can’t leave.”
“No, don’t worry, I’ll get it.” You say, smiling. “You should get some rest.”
Your heart wrenches. If only she knew what you did. About what really happens in Hawkins, what lurks there in the dark. She can’t stay here, not when you know it isn’t safe. Not when she’s all you have left.
Three knocks echo out from the front door, and Gran shifts in her seat, quickly glancing at the clock. Who would be here at this hour?
“Thank you.” She stands with you, squeezing your hand as she dropped it. “Try and get some rest.”
You wait until she’s heading up the stairs and out of earshot before you rush to the door, gently brushing aside the small curtain and frowning at the silhouette. It wasn’t who you had expected.
The door is open barely four inches before she starts talking at you, ring-donned hands clasped together.
“Look, I know we’ve literally just met. And I probably- no, I definitely don’t have the right to ask you to stay with us, but we’re basically alone right now. Half of us are in California, we don’t have any connections in the sheriff’s department anymore. Everyone who would know what to do is gone, and you’re kinda the only person left who can help us. I get so much happened to you last year and I- I can’t imagine what you’re going through, but if there’s even a tiny part of you that wants to do this, then please listen to it. Please.”
Robin didn’t know what she was expecting when she left the school. Her feet had taken her further than her mind was planning, but she knew she had to find you. Max was in trouble, and they were all way in over their heads to not have help. Nancy refused to bother you any further, and she understood, she really did, but this wasn’t a normal circumstance. This was bigger than all of them, bigger than everyone.
“Robin?” You say, brows scrunched together in surprise. She thins her lips.
“Sorry to just blurt that all out, but I didn’t know if you were just gonna slam the door on me- or maybe I’d forget what I wanted to say.” She explained, feeling the embarrassment creeping up her cheeks. She didn’t want to say the wrong thing to you. “Max is in trouble.”
“What?” You sobered at the thought, leaning closer to her. Then, in a moment of split decision, you glance back up the stairs before stepping outside and closing the door behind you. “What happened?”
“We found a connection between all the victims.” Robin tries to explain, and you noticed how expressive she was with her hands. “Basically, Max has the same symptoms as the rest of them, and she’s, like, 100% sure she’s next of Vecna’s kill list.”
“Is she okay?” You ask, and Robin can see the desperation behind your eyes.
“Yeah. Shaken up, but she’s fine. For now.” She clears her throat, a pleading look as she stares at you. “We need to find Vecna as fast as we possibly can before he can get to her. I… I know about what happened last year. About your dad.”
You seem taken aback by her knowledge, eyes darting down to your shoes.
“I don’t blame you for wanting to leave all of this behind.” She sympathises, and she let herself be much calmer than she felt. “But I’m asking you if you’ll help us.”
Your heart was aching as you wipe your sweaty palms against your jeans, barely even feeling the cold rush of wind hitting your bare arms. You had meant what you said earlier; you couldn’t do this again. It took everything in you to move out of Hawkins, go to college and live a life the person you loved the most couldn’t do anymore.
But you were currently stood in front of a door. And behind that door, was the last person you had left, and she wasn’t planning on leaving her home any time soon. As it turned out, fleeing wasn’t an option for everyone else.
“I’ll do it.”
Robin blinks, studying you for any ounce of uncertainty. You looked deadly serious.
Maybe, just maybe, with you by their side, they were taking down Vecna after all.
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An Open Letter Denouncing the [RACIST] Attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas
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An Open Letter Denouncing the Attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas
By Glenn Loury & Robert Woodson Sr.
July 13, 2022
White progressives do not have the moral authority to excommunicate a black man from his race because they disagree with him.
And those – regardless of background – who join in the charade or remain silent are guilty of enabling this abuse.
We, the undersigned, condemn the barrage of racist, vicious, and ugly personal attacks that we are witnessing on Clarence Thomas – a sitting Supreme Court justice. Whether it is calling him a racist slur, an “Uncle Tom” or questioning his “blackness” over his jurisprudence, the disparagement of this man, of his faith and of his character, is abominable.
Regardless of where one stands on Justice Thomas’ personal or legal opinions, he is among the pantheon of black trailblazers throughout American history and is a model of integrity, scholarship, steadfastness, resilience, and commitment to the Constitution of the United States of America. For three decades Justice Thomas has served as a model for our children. He has long been honored and celebrated by black people in this country and his attackers do not speak for the majority of blacks.
He is entirely undeserving of the vitriol directed at him. Character assassination has become too convenient a tool for eviscerating those who dare dissent from the prevailing agenda, especially when it is a black man who is dissenting.
This is not about the content of the court’s decisions or Justice Thomas’ personal views; some of the undersigned agree with his judicial decisions and some do not. We speak out – as black people and Americans – to condemn these attacks and support Justice Thomas, because to remain silent would be to implicitly endorse these poisonous schemes as well as his destruction.
Sincerely,
Glenn Loury
Professor of Economics
Brown University
Providence, RI
Robert Woodson Sr.
Founder and President
The Woodson Center
Washington, DC
Charles Love, Executive Director, Seeking Educational Excellence, New York, NY
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford, CA
W. Barclay Allen, Havre de Grace, MD
Christopher Arps, Co-founder, Move-On-Up.org, St. Louis, MO
Dr. Lisa Babbage, Babbage America, Suwanee, GA
Leon Benjamin, Pastor, Life Harvest Church, Richmond, VA
Claston Bernard , Olympian, Author, Former Congressional Candidate, Gonzales, LA
Shamike Bethea, Fredrick Douglass Foundation of NC, Fayetteville, NC
Harold A. Black, Emeritus Professor University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Kenneth Blackwell, Chairman, Conservative Action Project, OH
Tony Blount, Member / Coalition of Concerned Freedmen, New York, NY
Jordan R. Bolds ,New York, NY
Robert Bracy, President/Pinnacle Business Management, New York, NY
David Brooks, Former Rich Township IL Republican Committeeman, Indianapolis, IN
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Don Carey, City Councilman, Chesapeake, VA
Tess Chakkalakal, Associate Professor, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
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Dr. Carol M. Swain, Be the People News, Nashville, TN
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Greg Thomas, Stratford, CT
Roderick Threats, Black Patriot Media Group, Palm Beach, FL
Jimmy Lee Tillman II, Founder/President, Martin Luther King Republicans, Chicago, IL
Stephanie W. Trussell, Republican Candidate for LTG Illinois, Lisle, IL
Jesse C. Turner, Senior Pastor, The Historic Elm Grove Baptist Church, Pine Bluff, AR
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Craig Shirley: Donations To Reagan Library Will Trickle Down After Liz Cheney Speech, "The Debates Are Over"
Occam's Razor (the simplest explanation is usually correct) would say that Cheney saw the GOP departing from everything she represents and did her best to poison every Republican Institution she can touch before she's driven out into the wilderness.
FNC's Peter Doocy To White House: Does The President Think It Is Appropriate To Protest Outside A Supreme Court Justice's Home?
So the Biden Administration thinks it's OK to shadow these Justices, or any other public figure, from location to location to disrupt their lives and possibly expose them to threats. You have a right to peacefully protest but their are restrictions on time, place, and manner...and one of those is a restriction (a law against!) on protesting outside the homes of Justices. So, the Administration is approving and tacitly encouraging illegal behavior. The only reason to protest outside the homes of these Justices is to intimidate them; it certainly isn't aimed at persuading fellow Americans on the issue.
Zelensky: "The End Of The World Has Arrived" I'm Embarrassed This Is Happening In The 21st Century
Some may remember the Cuban Missile Crisis in the early 60s. Castro was in power in Cuba and the Russians began bringing nuclear missiles into Cuba. JFK was President of the USA at the time. A nuclear was was barely averted and Russia took their missiles home, but exacted some concessions from Kennedy, one of which was pulling our missile capability out of Turkey. At the end of the Cold War promises were made to Russia that NATO would not expand into the Russian sphere of influence. That promise has been broken many times. Havana Cuba is a bit further from Washington, D.C., than Kiev is from Moscow. Biden signed a paper in Nov 2021 that invited Ukraine to join NATO. See " The Two Blunders That Caused the Ukraine War" in the March 4th WSJ. One might ask why Biden opened the door for Ukraine to join NATO? Did he think that Russia would do nothing with the prospect of being squeezed by another NATO country? Or did Biden want Russia to attack the Ukraine to take the heat off the dismal prospects of the mid-term elections?
Recall, Remove &amp; Replace Every Last Soros Prosecutor | RealClearPolitic
Recall is not feasible particularly since many states do not have recall. But voters should pay more attention to these DA, AG, and prosecutor races. Republicans adopted a from the ground up strategy to win state legislator races and it was a spectacular success. Democrats, with Soros money are trying to do the same thing with DA races. Republicans should engage them and voters should pay more attention or we will end up with more non prosecution of crimes and release without bail.
Tucker Carlson: Arrest Of Bannon And Navarro Is A Huge Escalation In Democratic Party's Weaponization Of DOJ
The whole premise of the J6 witch hunt is that an insurrection to over-throw the US gov't was planned. Mind you, this was planned without a single weapon to be used, and relied on the police abandoning post, and the Capitol doors to somehow be opened from the inside. Once inside these "insurrectionists" took selfies. This narrative is so dead.
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Book available for preorder
"Modular Synthesis: Patching Machines and People" is available for preorder. The release date is April 30th, and it will be available in pdf, paperback and hardback.
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Introduction - Andreas Kitzmann and Einar Engström
Preface (All Patched Up: A Material and Discursive History of Modularity and Control Voltages) - Ezra J. Teboul
1. The Buchla Music Easel: From Cyberculture to Market Culture
Theodore Gordon
2. Modular Synthesizers as Conceptual Models
Jonathan De Souza
3. A Time-Warped Assemblage as a Musical Instrument: Flexibility and Constauration of Modular Synthesis in Willem Twee Studio 1 
Hannah Bosma
4. Interview
Dani Dobkin
5. Gordon Mumma’s Sound-Modifier Console
Michael Johnsen
6. Artist Statement: Switchboard Modulars – Vacant Levels and Intercept Tones
Lori Napoleon
7. Eurorack to VCV Rack: Modular Synthesis as Compositional Performance
Justin Randell and Hillegonda C. Rietveld
8. Strange Play: Parametric Design and Modular Learning
Kurt Thumlert, Jason Nolan, Melanie McBride, and Heidi Chan
9. Grid Culture
Arseni Troitski and Eliot Bates
10. Modular Ecologies
Bana Haffar
11. Ourorack: Altered States of Consciousness and Auto-Experimentation with Electronic Sound
William J. Turkel 
12. Patching Possibilities: Resisting Normative Logics in Modular Interfaces
Asha Tamirisa
13. Draft/Patch/Weave: Interfacing the Modular Synthesizer with the Floor Loom
Jacob Weinberg and Anna Bockrath
14. Composing Autonomy in Thresholds and Fragile States
David Dunn and David Kant
15. Virtual Materiality: Simulated Mediation in the Eurorack Synthesizer Format
Ryan Page
16. Interview: Designing Instruments as Designing Problems
Meng Qi
17. Interviews with Four Toronto-based Modular Designers
Heidi Chan
18. Interview
Dave Rossum
19. Interview
Paulo Santos
20. Interview
Corry Banks
21. Modular Synthesis in the Era of Control Societies
Sparkles Stanford
22. Randomness, Chaos, and Communication
Naomi Mitchell
23. Interview
Andrew Fitch
24. From "What If?" to "What Diff?" And Back Again
Michael Palumbo and Graham Wakefield
25. Interview: The Mycelia of Does-Nothing Objects
Brian Crabtree
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Tier 5 Recap
96. 210. Melanie King from The Magnus Archives
95. 241. Vriska Serket from Homestuck
94. 93. Cure Passion from Fresh Precure
93. 44. Stanford Pines from Gravity Falls
92. 265. Otome from Video game (Gnosia)
91. 173. Lucian Lockhart from the submitter's imagination
90. 4. Pyotr 'Pierre' Bezukhov from War and Peace
89. 6. Mia "Maps" Mizoguchi from Gotham Academy/DC Comics
88. 76. Meridius from Venom
87. 268. daniil dankovsky from pathologic
86. 55. Nona from Nona the Ninth (book)
85. 24. Prince Peasely from Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
84. 298. IMOGEN from stellar firma
83. 52. Jordyn Khaos from The chronicles of Destiny
82. 166. Gideon Nav from The Locked Tomb
81. 282. Obi from Snow White with the Red Hair
80. 281. Dalinar Kholin from Stormlight Archive
79. 140. Tim Drake from DC Comics, Batman Comics
78. 248. Brightheart from Warriors
77. 23. Garwin Chang from Keeper of the Lost cities
76. 109. Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist
75. 289. Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul
74. 114. Vinnie Dakota from Milo Murphy's Law
73. 14. Jin Macchiato from Fuga: Melodies of Steel
72. 101. Hendry Lowe from All of Us Villains
71. 212. Annabel McAllistair from Dolls of new albion
70. 258. Sanji from One piece
69. 214. God from the Bible
68. 73. Kosane Kiriha from Null Magical Girl
67. 218. Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit
66. 118. anakin skywalker from star wars
65. 90. Adina Astra from Lost Constellation (Night in the Woods Supplemental)
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MARIE SPENGLER - OC INFO
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FULL NAME: Marie Rae Spengler
NICKNAMES: Sisi (by Callie), Mimi (by Cathleen), Brown Eyes (by Julian), Dear Friend (by Ariadne), Sweet Child (by Ariadne), Brainiac Junior (by Peter), Freak (by Summerville citizens), Dirt Farmer's Daughter (by Summerville citizens)
FACECLAIM: Kara Lindsay
FANDOM: Ghostbusters (1984-1989; 2021)
BIRTHDAY: January 1st, 1990
ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn
SEXUALITY: Demisexual
GENDER: Female (she/her/hers)
OCCUPATION: Assistant professor of psychology at USC (2018-2020, lost job due to COVID), virtual lab researcher at Cornell University (2020-2021), Adjunct professor at Columbia University (2022-currently), Ghostbuster (2021-currently)
BIRTHPLACE: Manhattan, New York City, New York
LIVES IN: Manhattan, New York City, New York (birth-age 3, age 28-31, age 32-currently) || Summerville, Oklahoma (age 3-16, age 31-32) || Stanford, California (age 16-19) || Chicago, Illinois (age 19-23) || Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (age 23-28)
NATIONALITY: American
FAMILY:
Julian Matthews (lover/partner/significant other)
Egon Julian "E.J." Spengler (son)
Hazel Spengler (daughter)
Elijah Spengler (son)
Egon Spengler (father, died 2021)
Cathleen Paige Spengler (mother)
Callie Spengler (older sister)
Unnamed ex-brother-in-law
Trevor Spengler (nephew)
Phoebe Spengler (niece)
Edison Spengler, Sr. (paternal grandfather), deceased 1983)
Ruth Spengler [nee Westelman] (paternal grandmother, deceased 2001)
Elon Spengler (paternal uncle, deceased 2014)
Noelle Spengler [nee Rosenfeld] (paternal aunt)
Edison Spengler, Jr. (paternal cousin)
Cyrus Spengler (great uncle, deceased 2002)
Benjamin Paige (maternal grandfather, died 1988)
Colleen Paige [nee Tillens] (maternal grandmother, died 2008)
David Paige (maternal uncle)
Joanne Paige [nee Vogel] (maternal aunt)
Jill Paige (maternal cousin)
Mark Paige (maternal cousin)
Mitchell Paige (maternal cousin)
Lucinda “Cindy” Paige (maternal cousin)
Christopher Paige (maternal cousin)
Theresa Paige (maternal cousin)
Sharon Paige (maternal cousin)
Caroline Tiffin [nee Paige] (maternal aunt)
Glenn Tiffin (maternal uncle)
Ronald Tiffin (maternal cousin)
Anthony Tiffin (maternal cousin)
Jackson “Sonny” Tiffin (maternal cousin)
Abel Paige (maternal uncle)
Rebecca Paige [nee O'Connor] (maternal aunt)
Loretta Paige (maternal cousin)
Erika Paige (maternal cousin)
Dominic Paige (maternal cousin)
Eleanor Paige (maternal cousin)
Melanie Paige (maternal cousin)
Katrina Paige (maternal cousin)
Constance “Connie” Whelan [nee Paige] (maternal aunt)
Douglas Whelan (maternal uncle)
Monty Whelan (maternal cousin)
Timothy Whelan (maternal cousin)
Gina Whelan (maternal cousin)
Felicity Whelan (maternal cousin)
Adam Paige (maternal uncle)
Helen Paige [nee Rafferty] (maternal aunt)
Olivia Paige (maternal cousin)
Holly Paige (maternal cousin)
Cynthia Paige (maternal aunt)
Peter Venkman (honorary uncle)
Dana Barrett (honorary aunt)
Oscar Venkman [born Wallance, formerly Barrett] (honorary cousin)
Eliana “Elly” Venkman (honorary cousin)
Andrew Venkman (honorary cousin)
Kelly Venkman (honorary cousin)
Ray Stantz (honorary uncle)
Willow Olson (honorary aunt)
Addison Stantz (honorary cousin)
Natalie Stantz (honorary cousin)
Grace Stantz (honorary cousin)
Janine Melnitz (honorary aunt)
Louis Tully (honorary uncle)
Lily Tully (honorary cousin)
MOODBOARD
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CHARACTERISTICS: Intelligent, academic, plucky, organized, reserved, brilliant, bright, tortured, stoic, self-sacrificial, cocky, poised
LIKES: Science, occult, classic literature, spending time with her father, playing the piano, playing the violin, baking, libraries, theater, working in the lab with her father and with Phoebe, atmospheric music, Julian's voice
DISLIKES: Being bullied, Summerville, Gozer the Gozerian, the Peck family, Callie's ex-husband, how clingy Lily can be, being touched when she's feeling overstimulated
WEAPON OF CHOICE:
PKE Meter
Proton Pack
Ghost Trap
Gigameter
Tobin's Spirit Guide
Occult Reference Net
OTHER PERSONAL INFO:
Was diagnosed as autistic around her second birthday.
Graduated from high school as valedictorian at age 16, completed her bachelor's degree in theoretical physics at Stanford in just one year, completed her master's degree in both criminology and psychology from Stanford at age 19, completed her first PhD in psychology from Northwestern University at 23, completed her second PhD in parapsychology from Drexel University at age 27, and received her third PhD in nuclear engineering through an accelerated doctorate program at age 28.
Was born in the early hours of 1990 following the defeat of Vigo the Carpathian.
During her time at Northwestern, she saw Callie in a grocery store with five-year-old Trevor and two-year-old Phoebe. The sisters were estranged at the time, so Marie did not approach them, and left before Callie could see her.
Fluent in Hebrew, Yiddish, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, European and Latin Spanish, Flemish, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Latin, and Sumerian
INSPIRATION: Katherine Plumber Pulitzer (Newsies), Amy Santiago (Brooklyn Nine Nine), Jemilla (Firebringer), Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Bones), Nina Rosario (In The Heights), Will Graham (Hannibal), Marian Paroo (The Music Man), Dr. Elizabeth Weir (Stargate: Atlantis)
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The dramatic increase in earnings inequality in the U.S. over the past several decades has been driven by an increase in between-firm pay dispersion—the variance of average earnings across firms. Isaac Sorkin of Stanford and Melanie Wallskog of Duke find that this increase is well explained by cohort effects: successive cohorts of businesses have continually higher between-firm pay dispersion than their predecessors. Newer cohorts also have more sorting of workers across firms on the basis of pay, education, and age, and display greater productivity dispersion across firms. After controlling for year and life cycle patterns of firms, the authors conclude that these cohort effects may explain between 50% and 100% of the rise of between-firm earnings inequality from 1993 to 2013. The authors expect inequality to continue to rise as older and more equal cohorts of firms are replaced by younger and more unequal cohorts.
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thanksgiving blurbs from my classmates last year. i remember feeling so loved and special reading these. now idk if these really describe who i am anymore. i dont feel v bubbly and inclusive and party planning. idk if i'll be able to make these same kinds of impressions on my new classmates.
Love your fun, always-positive, caring, and smart personality!
Your energy lights up the room
Mel, you are so friendly! I haven't had the opportunity to get to know you super well yet, but you always make me feel valued and part of a community. I have such a great time talking with you and I'm excited to get to know you more!
I love how outgoing and friendly you are! Always up to do anything and everything!!
Always including those around you!
Mel it has been swell joking with you this quarter. Thanks for being a good sport and one of the people that I have really enjoyed hanging out with this year. Also if you can help it please try not to hit another volleyball off my face thanks!!
Mel is always so much fun to be around! You can count on her to have a good time.
You are simply such a bright light to be around and your loving, bubbly presence is ALWAYS appreciated!!!! I so appreciate and admire how you carry yourself and the natural charisma you bring to every space!! You have this genuine aura about you that makes everyone feel so loved, supported, heard, included and it's absolutely contagious!!! You are truly the type of person that everyone wishes to be friends with because you exude compassion for every one you meet!!! I am so honored to call you my friend, classmate and colleague! And ANY patient under your care will be so lucky to have you as their clinician! I have no doubts all your future patients will feel so cared for, supported, heard and advocated for!!!!!
Mel you are such a beautiful person to know. You are so thoughtful and giving, always taking the time to think about others around you. You have such a positive energy and we can always count on you to put a smile on our faces. Also your style is unmatched! You are so fashionable and have the best outfits.
Mel has a gift for making everyone feel seen as an individual and including them in every event.
Your bright and bubbly personality is so refreshing
Mel. You're fucking lit. You're such a jovial and humble person and I'm so happy to be able to become closer to you over the last month. Is this the perfect time to announce that we're trying to plan something for Christmas?? ahaaaa
You are hands down our class’ MVP.
You are so friendly and have such a warm heart <3
Straight up BALLER
Thank you for making Stanford feel like home!! Early on I felt like you were someone I could connect really well with and I'm grateful we have each other to share this new experience with. Being around you inspires me to be a better person, and I feel honored to be your friend because I feel like I can learn a lot from you. I appreciate how you are always looking out for others around you and generously thinking of how you can bring more good into the world. I feel extremely comfortable, happy, and myself when I'm around you. Excited for all the upcoming time we get to spend together and hopefully beyond Stanford too <3 (let's play don't starve!!)
Melanie, thank you for your warm and bubbly demeanor every day!! You make the 8:30am class time just a little more bearable. I admire your charisma and ability to make the best of every situation. I'm honored to get to call you my classmate!
Mel--you are a true badass woman, and I'm so privileged to be your friend and classmate. You have so many talents, and are somehow also crazy intelligent? Wow, who is she. You're beautiful on the inside and out--whenever you're around I can't help but feel a little happier inside because of your personality and bubbly (although sometimes sarcastic bubbly) demeanor.
You have a heart that keeps giving <3 I love your energy and your presence!! Also an amazing make-up artist!!
Bomb dance moves and an even more bomb personality!
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theembcnetwork · 2 years
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Music In The Hospital with Melanie Ambler from THE EMBC TV NETWORK on Vimeo.
Melanie Ambler is an aspiring physician-artist from Redding, CT. She is currently a medical student at Stanford School of Medicine and a classically-trained cellist. She graduated from Brown University in 2019, then spent a year in Caen, France as a Fulbright Scholar where she researched music and dementia at a neuroimaging lab. She currently plays weekly virtual concerts for critically ill patients and is interested in how the arts can be integrated into the medical field.
From Melanie: I believe the arts bring humanity back to the field of medicine. I find that playing cello for patients can be incredibly calming and cathartic for them. In addition, I research the use of music in pediatric surgery and have done work on music and dementia, as well as music and adult surgery.
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The 22nd Annual Bryan Awards - First Year Categories
Nominations Announced on July 18, 2022
Winners in these categories (except for New Series) will be announced on Sunday September 11, 2022.
New Series of the Year: Abbott Elementary (ABC) Beyond Salem (Peacock) Ghosts (CBS) Life & Beth (Hulu) Only Murders In The Building (Hulu) Schmigadoon! (Apple+) Severance (Apple+) The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max) Squid Game (Netflix) Yellowjackets (Showtime)
Lead Actress in a New Series: ABBOTT ELEMENTARY - Quinta Brunson as Janine Teagues (ABC) LIFE & BETH - Amy Schumer as Beth (Hulu) ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING - Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora (Hulu) SEVERANCE - Britt Lower as Helly Riggs (Apple+) YELLOWJACKETS - Melanie Lynskey as Shauna Sadecki (Showtime) Lead Actor in a New Series: ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING - Steve Martin as Charles-Haden Savage (Hulu) ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING - Martin Short as Oliver Putnam (Hulu) SEVERANCE - Adam Scott as Mark Scout (Apple+) SQUID GAME - Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun (Netflix) WINNING GAME - John C. Reilly as Jerry Buss (HBO) Supporting Actress in a New Series: ABBOTT ELEMENTARY - Janelle Jones as Ava Coleman (ABC) ABBOTT ELEMENTARY - Sheryl Lee Ralph as Barbara Howard (ABC) THE GILDED AGE - Christine Baranski as Agnes van Rhijn (HBO) SEVERANCE - Patricia Arquette as Harmony Cobel (Apple+) WINNING TIME - Sally Field as Jessie Buss (HBO) YELLOWJACKETS - Christina Ricci as Misty Quigley (Showtime) Supporting Actor in a New Series: ABBOTT ELEMENTARY - Tyler James Williams as Gregory Eddie (ABC) JULIA - David Hyde Pierce as Paul Child (HBO Max) LIFE & BETH - Michael Cera as John (Hulu) SEVERANCE - John Turturro as Irving Bailiff (Apple+) SEVERANCE - Christopher Walken as Burt Goodman (Apple+) SQUID GAME - Park Hae-soo as Cho Sang-woo (Netflix) Guest Performer in a New Series: AND JUST LIKE THAT - Willie Garson as Stanford Blatch (HBO Max) ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING - Tina Fey as Cinda Canning (Hulu) ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING - Nathan Lane as Teddy Dimas (Hulu) ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING - Jane Lynch as Sazz Pataki (Hulu) SQUID GAME - Lee You-mi as Ji-yeong (Netflix) 
Writing in a New Series: Abbott Elementary (ABC) Beyond Salem (Peacock) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Severance (Apple TV+) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Directing in a New Series: Beyond Salem (Peacock) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Severance (Apple+) Squid Game (Netflix)
Yellowjackets (Showtime) Performance By a Cast in a New Series: Abbott Elementary (ABC) Beyond Salem (Peacock) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Severance (Apple+) The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max) Winning Time (HBO) Theme Song of the Year: 1883 (Paramount Plus) - Brian Tyler, Composer The Gilded Age (HBO) - Harry & Rupert Gregson-Williams, Composers Loki (Disney+) - Natalie Holt, Composer Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) - Siddhartha Khosla, Composer Severance (Apple+) - Theodore Shapiro, Composer The White Lotus (HBO) - Cristobal Tapia deVeer, Composer
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I couldn’t resist an A4 Melanie - she already wears a graphic tee with an alien head; supernatural extraordinaire has to have a ghost tee too!!
Melanie is my girlfriend’s - @namnori143! <3
Outfits by @pq-sprite-edits​!!
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strangenoquestion · 4 years
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The servants left, and I was alone. Married.
Melanie Stanford, The Darcy Monologues 
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