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fortunately, ghostbusters; afterlife and ghostbusters; frozen empire are the best remakes of an intellectual property ever.
you cannot argue against me on this one. ghostbusters itself is already campy and cheesy and fucking great, obviously. it’s the perfect series for a 40 yrs later sequel.
it has the perfect amount of fan service (which i eat up every time), classic moments that i adore (oh no! i can’t hold the proton pack straight; the whole team has to grab on and help me!), and random new world lore just for the sake of lore (well the god wants to end humanity because he wants to)
plus they gave mckenna grace a lesbian ghost lover, what’s not to love
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gato3pero · 6 months
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INTRODUCTION—
i’ve been a tumblr user since 2015, middle school, and yet i have, not once, attempted to post. so here i am now, 2023, almost out of highschool, finally picking up this goddamn cursed app out of the trenches. the trenches of apps that were EXTREMELY close to being offloaded for storage saving… thats how much i used it
and now, motivated by my partner (unknowingly) to give a single shit abt this app, here i am making an introduction post.
so first off, im robbie, zara, whatever. two names because im genderfluid and have fought and been annoyed of the name i had been given at birth, only to start accepting it again when i had finally been accepted with my chosen name. i make my own problems. hence, i use both, i don’t care anymore.
i go by any pronouns, i used to have a preference but i realized…
1. theres too many people in this world that aren’t going to care about what i want, and im tired of pushing that, not that its not awesome TO push that agenda, but personally its not something i have the energy for. 2. i literally feel comfortable with one pronoun one day, and then i don’t the next, so why even bother. and im not going to bother with making people ask what im comfortable with that day, because chances are, i don’t know myself.
another awesome thing, im gay! lesbian. i fancy all types of women and don’t plan on stopping. particularly adore handsome women, or handsome people in general, that can also be cute and pretty. (is it obvious enough my lesbianism is fluid? ofc no men, but ykw i mean.)
and most importantly, INTERESTS.
i have so many that im not sure i can name every single one to count, but i’ll make a list anyway
-splatoon, mario, legend of zelda, animal crossing, pokemon, anything studio ghibli, sailor moon, vocaloid, utaloid, demonslayer, fate series, black butler, soul eater, anohana, orange, bloom into you, five nights at freddys, DUNE, sanrio, genshin impact, cookierun kingdom, identityv, hermitcraft, grian, mumbojumbo, goodtimeswithscar, minecraft, cavestory, momodora, garfield, poetry, anime(not like that), nintendo, gaming, reading, art, painting, biology, science, marine biology, cephalopods, sharks, sea bunnies, princess jellyfish, monster high, the magnus archives, markiplier, gab smolders, roblox, the backrooms….and the list goes on!
basically, anything i repost, im interested in, and its cool if you are too, so if you bother to read this, and see i like anything that you like, i’d appreciate it if you gave me a follow, though there might not be much i post…
particularly, i would post art, fanart, or random thoughts, on the rare occasion that i do.
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spikybanana · 2 years
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get to know me: tag game
tysm for the tag @mkaugust <3<3!! I loved these questions
Relationship status - *error: field does not exist in database* *system has been thrown into infinite loop* (me + romantic relationship is not making sense in head and I'm overthinking now, don't mind me XD)
Favourite colour - I'm on a bit of a navy blue/black kick recently :3
Favourite food - idk actually. I don't spend enough time thinking about food ahaha. I say "rice" whenever my brother asks this question and it annoys him so much, it's so cute. ("what do you mean just rice?? you've got to be lying!")
Song stuck in your head - OKAY LOOK, I'm actually proud of figuring this out: this is always the song I paused on before going to do something else, and if I go back to listen to the song the whole way through, it stops being stuck in my head. (right now it's Over & Over by Fleetwood Mac)
Last thing you googled - "where does nietzsche say if truth exists it doesn't matter to me" IDK I'm trying to pull an essay out of thin air here D;
Time - 21:05, on the whole a very sane hour to be on tumblr?
Dream trip - drop. me. in. the. middle. of. tibet. and. I. will. live. there. forever. (yes yes college hippie urge to abandon society etc it's true I admit it)
Last book/fic you read - I'm slowlyyy listening to Crime and Punishment atm? and last book I finished was Nietzsche's the Gay Science which is like, idk WHY I do this to myself. he just makes me want to bang my head on the table. And uhhh I really haven't had mental space to read a good long fic recently it's so sad!! I can't wait for holidays when I can spend 2 whole days thinking about nothing else and sink my whole body and soul into a story lol
Last book you enjoyed - I actually really like Crime and Punishment. but also: Worlds of Exile and Illusion by Ursula Le Guin
Last book you hated - Dune. I hated reading it so much really could not stand the prose sorry:((( I rly hope my own sci fi au doesn't read like that haha...
Favourite thing to cook/bake - I'm a rly impatient cook so recently it's a simple spicy soy sauce soup noodles. it's so quick and warm and tastes of home :)
Favourite craft to do in your free time - >:) *inserts my origami sideblog* again, haven't gotten around to anything seriously cool recently but I love a little modular origami/kusudama
Most niche dislikes - (august I stole the beverages theme) idk if this counts but I always go "heh?" when people call bubble tea "boba tea" ahahaha this is so dumb & there's like NO reason at all I don't know why it irks me so much
Opinion on circuses - ...? (I don't... think I know anything about modern day circuses but I suspect it's the sort of thing that could send me into an existential spiral lmao)
Do you have a sense of direction and if not what’s the worst way you’ve gotten lost? - oooh you know what, I'm pretty good with maps and am quite proud of it haha, I did the directions for dad when I was 11 and we had like a week long road trip. that's not to say I've not had the dumbest way of getting lost though— was on a multi-day camping hiking trip this summer and literally FORGOT to bring a map, which is still fine as long as I had my phone but then MY PHONE DIED in the middle of a really fucking long day and then there was a military zone diversion and I couldn't find the fucking path and had to trek on the ROADS for like 2 hrs but then this rly nice man gave me a lift to the next town and all was well.
no pressure tagging: @shipsgaysfordays @whywcd @everythingbutcoldfire @lavenderandliliesx @fonkeloog
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last-capy-hupping · 2 years
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So, I was gonna do a detailed recap of my thoughts on Top Gun: Maverick, but now I’m just gonna hit the highlights. As for why I saw this movie on 4th of July weekend? Because my fiancé loves planes. And I owe him one because he watched Dune with me. Also, I liked the first one because of the iconic homoerotic Volleyball Montage scene. Anyway, here goes…
1) This sure is military propaganda. But not the outwardly jingoistic, American Sniper kind. It’s the fun kind, where it’s about how great and fun being an aviator for the Navy. And also, the Navy needs to have fewer rules and regulations and just let mavericks like Maverick (hahaha) do what they want. This isn’t a criticism of the military. This is a criticism of bureaucrats who want the military to have to follow rules and be accountable.
2) Related to point 1: the movie opens with an anti-drone message, but it’s not one of the ones that make sense. If Eye in the Sky was trying to tell us that drones were bad because it makes killing real people seem like killing video game characters, then the first ten minutes of Top Gun: Maverick is trying to tell us that drones are bad because Maverick won’t get to fly cool planes, and Lockheed Martin (I guess?) will lose out on some of its contracts. (My fiancé also added that the mission that made up the rest of the plot could’ve probably been flown risk-free and more effectively with drones.)
3) Ed Harris is an infinitely more fuckable old man than Tom Cruise (caked in stage makeup), but he’s only in the first ten minutes of the movie. He’s a pro-drone admiral, and you think that he’ll be the villain. He won’t be. This movie doesn’t really have a villain, apart from bureaucrats who care about safety and responsible defense spending.
4) Miles Teller was literally the perfect choice to play Goose’s son. And his call sign is Rooster. Get it? Also, for the first time in my life, I’m sexually attracted to a man with an 80s pornstache. Well done, Miles Teller. Well done.
5) The movie teases us early on with the idea that there’s gonna be a homoerotic rivalry between Rooster (this isn’t a dick joke, it’s a bird joke) and Hangman (played by Glen Powell, who as far I can tell, can only play pilots; astronauts; and cheeky, annoying men who fly things) that will echo the iconic homoerotic rivalry between Maverick and Iceman. This is a lie. Do not get your hopes up. Keep your dick in your pants. There’s nothing there.
6) You know how we all loved that homoerotic volleyball montage in the first movie? Well, this movie gives us a…foam football in the ocean montage. It’s…kinda homoerotic, I guess.
7) I feel like someone told Tom Cruise how flamingly gay the first movie was, and he set out to correct it.
8) On the other hand, he and Iceman (in his phone as Ice) text a lot and have more chemistry over text than he does with Jennifer Connelly, who is playing Kelly McGillis in this movie. (The character is Penny, but she’s basically replacement Kelly McGillis because they decided that Kelly McGillis didn’t age well enough or something.)
9) Val Kilmer is back to play Iceman, and he was happy to do it, but like…Iceman is also suffering from the same cancer that stole Val Kilmer’s voice IRL, and it’s too close to reality, and it’s too sad. Also, Iceman dies. From the cancer. Fuck. This. Movie.
10) John Hamm is in this movie. He’s also an infinitely more fuckable middle-aged man than Tom Cruise, and he’s in this movie way more than Ed Harris is, but he…doesn’t do anything. The movie makes poor use of John Hamm.
11) The main emotional core of this movie is the quasi-father-son conflict between Rooster and Maverick. It’s fine. It works. Neither one of them die.
12) Early in the movie, Rooster plays “Great Balls of Fire”, the song that Maverick, Goose, and Goose’s wife Meg Ryan played in Top Gun while baby Rooster sat on the piano. Everyone in the bar immediately knows it. Everyone in the bar. Not just Rooster’s friends in the navy. Everyone in the bar. I don’t think that “Great Balls of Fire” is that famous. Maybe they all saw Top Gun and immediately remembered that scene?
13) In spite being at least sixty, Maverick flies the impossible mission (and yes, there was a trailer for the new Mission Impossible movie, Dead Reckoning: PART ONE) and leads it because he’s still the best dog fighter there is. I haven’t spoiled anything. I knew that he was gonna fly it. You did. Your dog did. The people buried in the cemetery closest to the theater did.
14) Absolutely nothing in this movie is surprising, but that’s fine and oddly comforting.
15) I’m not a man, and I don’t have a dick, but I did get hard watching planes take off and land on an aircraft carrier while Danger Zone played. Granted, that could’ve been the theater vibrating, but I am glad that this movie gave me the ability to live vicariously through Tom Cruise while he lives vicariously through all of the F18s that the military let him use for propaganda…I mean out of the goodness of their hearts.
16) The mission is destroying a uranium enrichment plant for an unnamed “enemy” nation without having to engage their 5th generation fighter jets in a dog fight. They just refer to them as “The Enemy.”
Anyway, the country is Iran, and the planes are a loan from Russia. Very cool, very vague and Cold War.
17) There’s a moment where you think that they’re gonna make you watch Tom Cruise pretend to fuck Jennifer Connelly, who is playing Kelly McGillis. They don’t. I appreciated it.
18) I kept hearing “North Island” as “Northern Ireland,” so I kept wondering if Maverick was gonna do a raid against the IRA. That’s on me, not the movie, but I wanted to mention it.
19) Even though she was a scientist and instructor in the first movie, Penny now owns the bar on North Island. She plays a very unfunny prank on Tom Cruise where she makes him buy everyone in the bar drinks and maxes out his credit card. I almost had an anxiety attack and wanted to run out of the theater to check my banking app. Not cool, movie, not cool!
Anyway, those are my thoughts.
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vanishedangels · 2 years
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Clan of Warriors
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Summary: While rebuilding Mandalore, Mand'alor Din Djarin is questioned by his people because of his beliefs and origins. In the dawn of a civil war, the council resolves that The Mand'alor must join in marriage with someone close to Bo-Katan Kryze. He's forced to marry Koska Reeves and accept a loveless union. In the meantime, Din is having a secret relationship with his son's Master, Jedi Luke Skywalker, his dream of having his own clan of warriors is about to fade away.
I wrote this fic a year ago, that's why the TBOBF events are not considered.
Pairing: Din Djarin/Luke Skywalker
Characters: Din Djarin, Luke Skywalker, Grogu, Leia Organa, Cara Dune, Koska Reeves, Bo-Katan Kryze, Axe Woves. OC. Peli Motto. Fennec Shand. Boba Fett, Paz Vizsla. Owen Lars. Beru Whitesun.
Rating: Mature (Rating will change)
Warnings: Canon Typical Violence.
Tags: Canon compliant, Post Season 2 Finale, Mutual Pining, Slow Burn, Friends To Lovers, Fluff, Angst, Demisexual Din Djarin, Top Luke Skywalker, Bottom Din Djarin, Top Din Djarin, Bottom Luke Skywalker, Protective Din Djarin, BAMF Luke Skywalker, Adorable Baby Yoda, Sassy Leia Organa, Gai Bal Manda, Sub Din Undertones, Fantasies, Jealous Luke.
Chapters: 14/?
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Chapter 14: Happiness
"Did you find Koska?"
"I wasn't looking for her."
"Seems like you two are close." It didn't matter what the little Jedi was saying, Din could only focus on his lips.
"Right."
"How close?" Luke asked him taking another slice of fruit.
"Very." Of course Din was on autopilot.
The moment they heard the knock on the door, Luke pulled away from Din, ruining the magic.
"Who's there?!" Din sounded really annoyed.
"I'm sorry, Mand'alor. It's Reeves." Her voice muffled behind the door.
Din walked to the door. "What is it?" He asked as he opened the door.
"The council ask for a meeting with our Mand'alor." Koska bowed her head before him.
"Don't do that. I'm Din for you. Come on! Stop it, I'm serious." He said as he put his hand on her shoulder.
Luke was raising his eyebrows staring at them.
"But, the Master Jedi, Your Highness." Koska shifted her gaze, looking behind Din, where Luke was standing holding Grogu in his arms.
Din chuckled "He's a friend. No need for protocol."
Koska smiled at Din, touching his arm. "Alright Din, they're waiting for you, I can stay with the Jedi Master and the child if you think that's necessary."
Din looked at Luke and Grogu "Is that okay with you guys?"
Luke nodded.
When Din was leaving the room he could swear that little Jedi looked annoyed.
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There he was, in front of the council again. They asked him about his negotiation with The New Republic, when he told them that the Senate was looking for an association between Mandalore and the Core Worlds, everyone looked very satisfied, even Bo-Katan. They really needed all the support they could get.
"Now, the other matter, Mand'alor." Shrune said leaning forward. "The child and The Jedi Master. I understand that the child is very close to you, Your Highness. Is that right?"
"Yes."
"Is he a foundling?"
"He was once a foundling, until we became clan. He's my clan." Din's mouth was dry all of a sudden. "He's my son." He added.
"So do you know his name as your child?" Shrune asked him.
"Yes." Actually no, Shrune was trying to know if Din adopted Grogu under the mandalorian ritual. Not yet, but he was doing it right away.
"Good. Our Mand'alor has a son. We're proud of you, Your Highness, and your clan." Shrune seemed truly proud of Din, like a father would be.
Paz was clapping his hands.
"And why did The Jedi come to visit our planet, Your Highness?"
"He's my son's Master. My kid, Grogu, he's... He's a youngling, he's force sensitive." That was the first time Din said that out loud, and he was worried about giving that secret about Grogu away.
"He's becoming a Jedi!" Shrune was now concerned.
"He's my son, he's a Mandalorian, that's all that matters." Din deadpanned.
"These are new times for The Galaxy, I think if we're working on an alliance between Mandalore and The New Republic, we could have good relations with the jettise as well." Paz tried to help Din.
Shrune looked at his sides searching for the reaction of the rest of the members, then he touched his beard as he frowned and nodded in silence.
"Vizsla is right." Bo-Katan said. Din couldn't believe it. That was a first. "We're writing a new story." She smiled.
Weird.
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As Din walked to his bedroom, he was thinking about Grogu, now he truly was the Mand'alor's son. Not quite yet, tonight. He thought.
He found Luke and Grogu sleeping on the couch, cuddling face to face. Din thought that that was the most beautiful scene he had ever seen in his life. He kneeled beside them, and carefully petted Grogu's head.
Luke opened his eyes slowly, looking at his visor. Din was more attracted to the little Jedi than ever after that. "Din... I'm sorry, I was tired and..." He didn't move, it seemed like he didn't want to wake Grogu up. "How was it?"
"Good, they asked me about you two." Din couldn't stop smiling behind his helmet since he walked into the room.
"Oh, any problem?" Luke was looking worried.
"No, little Jedi, everything's fine!" Luke was narrowing his eyes the minute he heard Din calling him that. "Where's Koska?"
Luke looked surprised now "Koska? Uh, I-I don't know, I told her she could leave when I noticed I was falling asleep." Luke looked away from Din, frowning "Do you need her?"
"No." Fuck, where did the magic go? Din thought. Little Jedi was on a different page now.
Grogu woke up and Luke could sit on the couch, putting the baby in Din's arms. "Maybe, I should meditate. You stay with Grogu."
"I'll take you to your room." Din told him standing up.
"Don't worry, Koska showed me to my room when you were in the meeting." Luke smiled at them. "Enjoy your time, guys. See you later."
"Luke?" He looked at Din. "You tell me if anything happens, you come here and tell me, promise."
"I'm a Jedi, remember? But you're right, I'm telling you if anything bad happened." Luke was still smiling but it looked different, it left Din empty.
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Din was sitting on his bed, Grogu was holding his shiny ball, cooing happily.
"Hey little one, I need to ask you something. Is that true? What you said to Luke, that I'm your Buir?"
Grogu smiled at him "Patoo".
"I want to give you everything I didn't have, Grogu, I think I can do that, not only me, but Luke too, you know."
Din's helmet was on the bedside table, he held Grogu close and pressed their foreheads together and while staring at the baby's big eyes he said "Ni kyr'tayl gai sa'ad, Grogu."
He felt his heart racing, Grogu smiled and then laughed, and Din's heart was full for the first time in his life. "I love you, son." Tears running over his cheeks. Grogu cooed and caressed his face, so soft, so warm. "I love you, ad'ika."
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That afternoon Grogu was sleeping as usual. Din left his room and was standing in front of Luke's door. Before he even dare to knock, Luke opened the door. "Din!" The little Jedi said with a huge smile.
"Grogu's taking a nap. Would you like to come over?"
Luke considered it and then he agreed. When they were in Din's room, Luke sat on the couch, Din was staring at him.
"What is it, Mand'alor?" Luke was looking up at him.
"Get out. You know I hate it when you call me that." He said as he was sitting down next to Luke.
"I know. Din." Little Jedi was smiling at him with his head resting on the couch. Beautiful.
"Are you having a good time here?" Din asked him.
"Yes."
"If you want something, anything, just ask for it." Din was over the top.
Luke frowned "I'm dying for some fruit."
"Oh, they brought some food, let me see." He walked to the desk and took a bowl of fruits. "Here." He said walking back to the couch.
Luke was amused "Look at this! Where did you get these?"
"We're recovering the ground, you know. We're working very hard." Din stared at Luke who was resting the bowl on his thighs.
Luke smiled and took a slice of melon between his lips, Din was in trance. "Your lips..." He said without even thinking.
"What?" Luke asked.
"Nothing, just, a napkin! Here." He handed Luke a napkin.
Luke reach out to take it "Did you find Koska?"
"I wasn't looking for her."
"Seems like you two are close." It didn't matter what the little Jedi was saying, Din could only focus on his lips.
"Right."
"How close?" Luke asked him taking another slice of fruit.
"Very." Of course Din was on autopilot.
"She's a very interesting woman. Good for you, Din." Luke said, staring at the blow, with tense lips.
"Good for me?" Din woke up suddenly "What do you mean?"
"Good for you, you know, being in a relationship with such a fine woman." Luke said staring at his visor with cold eyes.
"What? No! She's not... I mean, I do care about her, but she's like a sister to me. She helped me a lot these past months. Paz is my right hand, and she's my left hand... I've never thought about her like that."
"Oh, okay." Luke's eyes were sparkling again. Juice fruit was dripping over his shirt. Din couldn't help but try to clean it by brushing his gloved fingers on it. "Din..."
"I'm sorry." Din was staring at Luke's chest, sitting next to him. "I shouldn't..."
Before Din could remove his hand from Luke's chest, Luke took his hand holding it gently "Why are you sorry?"
"I-I don't know." Din stuttered. His heart running wild at Luke's gentle touch, Luke's warmth and the intensity of his blue eyes boring into his soul.
"Then don't." He held Din's hand tighter. Din could feel the beat of Luke's heart going faster too.
"I've just adopted Grogu." Din said out of the blue, almost trying to escape from his own feelings.
"Oh!" Luke loosened his grip on Din's hand. "That's beautiful, Din."
"Thank you".
A knock on the door.
"What the kriff now?!" Din said and then sighed. Luke laughed.
"What is it?" Din asked as he opened the door.
Paz was standing in front of him. "Vod! I came to have dinner with you, I missed you a lot." Din looked at Luke who was laughing, still sitting on the couch.
"Alright vod, come in." Dank farrik, Din was cursing his friend under his breath, he thought that maybe this was the night little Jedi finally made a move on him.
Maybe not.
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cherokeegal1975 · 5 years
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Unexpected Cargo Illustration #2 by CherokeeGal1975
 Finally finished it!  This one took me a long time.  There is a floating sand ship driven by my main protagonist being pursued by the royal guards in their jeep like trucks.  A sand ship is a cross between a RV and a cargo train and when the "don't-notice-I'm-here" spell is turned off, it is actually very neat, tidy and colorful (though that will never show in my illustrations because they all have to be in black and white).  But for this scene, it's dirty, dingy and rusty looking and shot full of holes.  In a matter of moments one of those guards is going to land a lucky shot and blast  hole in the main engine, which will cause the whole ship to crash to the ground and skid to a halt.
    If you would like to know what happens next in the plot, just read my book either in my Books folder posted right after Eden Symbiotic or even better buy the book from Create Space or Amazon.  If you like fantasy, magic, talking animals, friendly gay werewolves, demons (well only one demon) and one unexpected situation my main protagonist can't escape...then check out my book Unexpected Cargo!
www.amazon.com/dp/1537355236/r…
    Here is an excerpt from my novel that corresponds to this scene:
He liked Princes Elena, but he wanted nothing to do with politics.  Getting too much attention from royalty meant they might discover the less than legal cargo he sometimes carried.  He would honor the contract that he made with the Princess to the best of his ability, he had a reputation to maintain.  Besides, Elena could take care of herself.  In addition to her personal guards she was powerful in her magics.
            Johnny had no knack for spells himself, so he could not divine what the princess had done to him while he lay in his enchanted stupor.  Nor had he been able to ask any practitioners of magic along his usual trade routes.  Since agreeing to help the Princess, every time he stopped for more than a few hours, Prince Richard's guards would find him again.  Why Prince Richard wanted that stupid hunk of metal bad enough to kill him for, he didn't know.
            The cramps started just twelve hours after he had escaped capture from the royal guards.  They started as annoying twinges he forgot about as soon as they passed, but the steadily became worse.  The cramps would go from a dull pain nothing would fix, to so agonizing that it left him sick and weak until it passed and he could catch his breath.  The constant dull pain passed in a couple of days, but the periodic attacks would come and go without  warning.
            After four days of this, he realized couldn't continue business while trying to hide from the guards.  So, he stocked up on extra supplies and headed out into the deep desert intending to stay there until things cooled down and Prince Richard lost interest in him.
            For three days the ruse seemed to work, relatively few people dared to live in the largely unmapped and completely untamed wilderness where water sources were unknown to the city dwellers and royal houses of the Red Sands.  Johnny had grown up there and had lived with a nomadic tribe of honorable thieves since he was twelve years old.  He knew how to survive in the desert far better than any of the royal guards that were chasing him.
            Then somehow they located him, after he had passed briefly through a tiny trading post looking for any useful local gossip.  They chased him down with their heavy wheeled vehicles after he and his family had fled back into the Dune Lady, driving away as fast as his sand ship could go.
            Johnny might have gotten away if they didn't have a powerful armor piercing rifle that took out his main engine before he could make it to terrain too rough for them to cross at any great speed.
            Little Girl had been sitting in the passenger seat in her child form holding Goldie in her lap when the sand ship suddenly dropped out of the air and skidded to a halt in a cloud of dust, nearly tipping over sideways more than once as it came to rest.
            "Get out!"  Johnny had ordered desperately as he leaned over them and shoved open the passenger door.  "Take Goldie and fly away from here!  Go find the other dragons and stay with them!  I will catch up when I can."
            "Daddy, no!" she cried in protest as she hugged the frightened rat to her bare chest, terrified tears running down her cheeks.
            Already he could hear the guards approaching through the rapidly dissipating dust cloud.  He couldn't fight them all, defend them both and he wasn't fast enough to escape them on foot.  He had to get Little Girl to flee.
            "GO!!!" he shouted at her with a gentle shove toward the open door.  "Fly into the sun as fast as you can!  Do it now!"
            With a sob, the brave and beautiful child tumbled out of the passenger door and shifted into her true form with Goldie still in her arms.  She did as she was told, flying into the sun as fast as she could.
            The guards fired their guns at her, blinded by the bright sun they missed their target and she was soon out of sight altogether.
            They had hauled him out of his broken ship and attempted to subdue him with great difficulty.  He couldn't fight them all, he knew, but he was determined to kill as many as he could before they killed him.  He could at least buy Little Girl and Goldie some more time to get away.
            He managed to break free of the first guard that grabbed him, killing that one first with his pistol and then several more.  They rushed him before he could reload, but he managed to kill three more with his curved short sword.
            He might have brought down a few more, possibly even escaped in spite of his initial misgivings, if he hadn't come down with another attack of those damned debilitating cramps that caught him by surprise and involuntarily doubled him over in agony.
            Johnny cursed the princess under his breath, face pressed in the dirt, as they pinned him to the ground and took his sword.  They tied his hands behind his back with rough hemp ropes and hobbled his feet then stood him up again.
            He watched helplessly as they ransacked his sand ship's cargo hold, tore up his and Little Girl's few personal belongings and maliciously blew small holes into his ship's hull with their fire arms after they finished with their reckless search of his ship's interior.
            They found the seal.  He didn't have time to hide the troublesome thing while he was busy running and hiding in the oasis towns that were his usual haunts.  They "officially" declared him a thief, a murderer, and a traitor to the crown and he was to await judgment by his Highness Prince Richard, the heir apparent...blah, blah, blah...
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