#it helps lend to the idea this was a 'cheap' suit

[danielpowell]

Like yeah... these are two different energies. Could you imagine a world where we got a serious looking Reigen ?

#mel talks mob psycho 100 #the pink tie adds character #it helps lend to the idea this was a 'cheap' suit #iirc he's had this for some time and just tailored it to fit over the years #he bought one suit and damn if he isn't going to use and never buy a new one #honestly I found it bizarre that they only use the og suit for ONE SCENE #it's to be serious it's a seance #and it's a nice detail for manfa readers #but it does makee wonder why we never see him change ties #I guess a small change like that could distract from the moment #consistency's sake

[hehe-hoho-ohno]

What if the Muppet guys... were Muppeteers? 🤔

Dialogue taken from the Who's On First skit.

Archeops is a live-hand puppet. Emmet operates the head and right hand, while Ingo controls the left hand. Normally it's the right hand that is controlled by a different puppeteer but Emmet is left-handed so they are doing it this way round.

Archeops is a himbo type character. He is gullible, eager to help and frequently comedically misunderstands what other characters want from him.

Emolga is a Fozzie bear-esqe character who tells bad puns. She often has grand plans that are poorly thought out and never work. She is frequently paired up with Archeops in B plots, where she fails her way through her latest idea while Archeops helpfully makes things worse.

Emolga is a rod puppet. There have been two versions of the Emolga puppet made. The second version has movable eyelids and is generally better quality. The old one still occasionally appears in skits as her slightly lopsided twin sister.

Elesa voices both of them, but Skyla or one of the twins has to puppet the "ugly twin" whenever both are in the same shot.

This has led to many jokes and light-hearted arguments as to whether Ingo or Emmet is the ugly twin. ("Ingo must be the ugly twin. He does not blink."/"Still salty about losing the staring contest, I see.") Skyla takes over just so they will stop.

Skyla mostly works backstage, running the lights. She occasionally helps out in other ways, but mostly she does the lights.

Skyla does have some characters, most notably Swanna, whose reoccurring gag is that she looks elegant and sophisticated but then she does something stupid like eating a tire to the tune of Flight Of The Bumblebee.

Elesa still does model work alongside puppeting. This comes as a suprise to her model fans and vice versa.

However, Elesa has started to lean more towards puppeteering as she gets older. She started out just popping into the workshop during her free time to lend her friends a hand, but these days it's her main job, with modeling becoming more of a side gig.

Ingo and Emmet are more behind the scenes guys than performers. They make the puppets. They really like anamatronics, but the show normally doesn't have the budget for that.

Emmet keeps building Joltik puppets. Everyone keeps telling him to please stop because they already have more than enough. But they are small, cheap, easy to make, and most importantly Emmet finds them delightful. So he keeps making more. He likes to hide them around the set.

The joltiks' appearance has changed over the years as Emmet has gotten better at making puppets. The earliest versions were just pom-poms with googly eyes stuck on.

The twins have gotten more involved with performing as time goes by. Ingo is more camera shy than Emmet is, and he usually sticks to "left handing" for Emmet.

Ingo also plays similar support roles for other performers. He puppets Chandlure, while Shauntal (script writer) voices her. He is the right claw of Clay's Excadrill. He also helps with Drayden's dragon puppets, many of which are huge and require 2 or more people to operate.

Haxorus was initially Drayden's character. But after an injury he was unable to operate Haxorus (a full-body walk around suit). The initial plan was for Ingo to wear the suit and have Drayden dub him in post. However, everyone thought Ingo did such a good job (including Drayden) that they kept his voice lines in and had Ingo keep playing Haxorus even after Drayden got better.

Part of the reason Drayden was okay with this is becuse Haxorus was too similar to his other characters and didn't really stand out: a serious and sarcastic 'straight man' for the other characters to bounce off of, generally fed-up with the rest of the cast's nonsense. Ingo brought some much needed bombasity to the role. Now Haxorus comedicly overreacts to being bothered by the other characters, often in violent ways that result in an earthquake (camera shakes and performers toss their puppets up in the air, higgledy-piggledy).

The other reason was that Drayden liked seeing his nephew being more confident on camera.

Ingo does not get a mic. He shouts through the suit. He's just that powerful. Also he broke the last one.

Ingo also voices and puppets Gliscor. Gliscor was a henchman to a minor antagonist, but he wasn't very good at it - cheering on the heros that came to stop him (he didn't want to be rude). Gliscor was a break out character - becoming a reoccurring presence becuse the fans liked him.

Emmet controls Gliscor's right claw.

#submas #subway boss ingo #subway boss emmet #Elesa #Emolga #Archeops #my art #Muppeteers AU #Nimbassa Trio

[sirfrogsworth]

Looking Forward

If I trust my brother... and he did my dad's will properly... and set up my trust correctly... then I should be able to stay in the house for roughly 2 years.

If I trust my brother.

Then I can either sell the house and use that money for a small apartment or try to find a roommate situation to help me stay in the house a little longer. The nice thing about paying the mortgage is I can get most of that money back if I ever do sell the house. It's almost like a savings account with all my stuff inside.

Let's just hope the property value doesn't plummet for some reason. Though it has been around the same amount for many years.

I like living in my house. It's what I've known for 30 years. But being alone in the house is going to be a hard adjustment. After two years (or sooner) I may want to move near Katrina or Delling so I am closer to a support system. I wish we could all live next door to each other. Or live on a farm/ranch situation. And instead of chickens it is just a bunch of free range corgis.

I tried convincing Katrina to build a pool house, but she has a small backyard and no pool. HOWEVER... Apparently Florida has a lot of "mother-in-law suites." I had no idea that had a name, but I could be Katrina's mother-in-law. I have the skill set to guilt trip, make passive-aggressive comments, and judge how she raises her future kids. (And any other outdated stereotypes I've learned from 80s comedians.)

But I also like the idea of having a roommate. I could accommodate a single person or a small family. And I'd love to have an animal of some kind around. We have a huge fenced-in area left over from Otis.

I think I could offer someone a pretty sweet living situation. I have a full basement apartment that I reside in and so the entire upstairs is available for people to live in. I could charge cheaper rent than a cheap apartment in exchange for helping with chores that I struggle to do.

There is plenty of furniture and appliances ready to use. Full laundry room. I've got a really nice home theater in the living room so they can watch movies in style. I also have a few hundred TV series and several thousand movies on Plex. They get a full kitchen and bathroom to themselves. Plenty of garage space and a long driveway to park vehicles. They can have up to 5 rooms to do whatever in. They could do 3 bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a small den area. My mom liked the den because she could watch her Judge Judy shows while my dad watched JAG in the living room.

If they don't have a family, they could convert 2 of the bedrooms into office space or craft rooms or S&M dungeons. They can decorate any way they'd like. But they have to keep the sex swing clean so I can use it. Not for sex--I just enjoy centripetal forces. And they'll have great privacy as I will be in the downstairs apartment. They'd only see me if I exit the house or if they invite me to dinner or movie night.

All they would have to pay is whatever I can't cover. I'd estimate in the $600-$800 range once the trust fund runs out. Plus the chores like cleaning and yard duty. That's a good deal, right?

The only downside is the house is in a deteriorating neighborhood. Businesses are closing and people are moving away. Our street is pretty isolated so there isn't much danger or crime. But we are adjacent to a dangerous neighborhood and the schools aren't great. That said, while there isn't much around here, in St. Louis you are always ~25 minutes from anything you need. The highway is literally down the street so driving to anywhere is fairly hassle free.

Also, I'd be happy to lend out the car for transport to a job. I'll only need it to get groceries every few weeks. They'd have to get added to my insurance and help with gas and maintenance.

Soooo... yeah, I think I have a lot to offer with my house.

They do have to be okay with my big subwoofer rattling things. The sound doesn't really travel through the floor, but the vibrations can. I can tone it down if they are sleeping though.

Oh! We also have a huge workshop on the property too. It could be used for working on cars or woodworking or an art space. It has electricity, lighting, heating and is perfect for anything that requires getting dirty. If that makes sense.

One idea I have been considering is seeking out an unhoused queer individual who was kicked out or is struggling to afford a decent place. If their parents don't want them, maybe I could provide a safe place. Things are so scary for LGBTQ+ folks right now. Especially in Missouri. St. Louis is a pretty blue city, but Missouri is a blood red state. If I could do something small for someone like that, I would be happy to help. Could be mutually beneficial.

So those are all of my thoughts and ideas as of now.

Again, if I trust my brother, I should have a decent amount of time to figure things out.

If things go sideways, I might be screwed.

So far he seems to be doing all the things he should be doing to get me sorted.

I'm going to choose to trust him.

With my life.

Oof.

[mariacallous]

When real-estate-startup cofounder Vai Gupta visited downtown San Francisco from the suburbs last year, he borrowed a conference room at a branch of Silicon Valley Bank to host a quick business meeting, just like he has several times over the past decade. Gupta also has leaned on the bank for networking events, financial tutorials, and discount codes for business software and services. Other banks offer competing perks, but SVB’s total package had won Gupta’s loyalty, until the tech-focused financial giant cratered last week.

Now Gupta is among thousands of customers wondering whether they will ever again find a financial institution that offers the unique blend of benefits, savvy, and speed that SVB delivered to entrepreneurs. Founded about 40 years ago by a Stanford University professor who teamed with banking experts after noticing students struggling to fund business ideas, Silicon Valley Bank treated startup founders like royalty long before their companies ever generated a profit or even raised significant funding.

By offering loans, guidance, and bountiful bottles of fine wine and all-expenses-paid ski trips to companies too small in sales for bigger banks to handhold, SVB quickly became the go-to bank for anyone intersecting with the San Francisco Bay Area’s globally known startup community. Clients who have grown with SVB’s help include Cisco, Coinbase, and Etsy.

But a bad bet on interest rates staying low—they have risen sharply since the start of 2022—and poor crisis communications led to its customers launching a run on the bank over fears about SVB’s financial health. Regulators took control of the bank on March 10, and the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation stepped in over the weekend to fully guarantee the remaining deposits.

SVB’s future remains uncertain, and several entrepreneurs say they are finding that financial institutions rushing to fill the void are falling short in matching its suite of services and extras. Most of all, they wonder what it might mean for them and startups more broadly to lose a trusted partner that helped early-stage companies and founders survive difficult times and secure mortgages or loans others wouldn’t provide. 

“They understand our innovation ecosystem and build all of their offerings around that,” says Hemant Taneja, the chief executive and managing director of General Catalyst, a venture capital firm that banks with SVB. “They have the trust of the VC community that they will help these companies through thick and thin.”

Taneja’s firm joined several others yesterday calling for companies to restore their deposits and lending with SVB, describing it as “now one of the safest and most secure banks in the country.” The bank posted on its website yesterday that under the oversight of federal regulators it is honoring all existing loans and welcoming new clients. SVB deferred a request for comment for this story to the FDIC, which declined the invitation. A source at the bank says a few dozen companies expressed interest yesterday in securing new loans.

SVB's at-least temporary demise has added to existing economic uncertainty in tech. Rising interest rates have throttled startups’ access to cheap cash from investors over the past year. Losing access to the loans and connections that SVB provided could accelerate the collapse of some companies and force others to pare their ambitions—and potentially payrolls—until consumer and investor confidence in the economy rebounds.

Gupta, the real estate entrepreneur, is already missing SVB. He wires money internationally at least a couple of times a month for his startup BonfireDAO, which aims to lower barriers to buying properties using blockchain technology that underpins cryptocurrencies. He estimates that Chase, his new bank, will charge him $5,000 a year for the transfers, which SVB provided for free.

SVB also offered customers freebies through a dedicated section in its mobile app long before other banks dangled similar discounts to startups, says Gupta, who from SVB has taken advantage of Amazon Web Services cloud computing credits and free DocuSign e-signature services. He attended over a dozen SVB events, including sessions on finding cofounders and pitching investors. The bank would also let him stop by for a free lunch or to use a meeting room during business trips. “They were very hospitable,” Gupta says. He says he might now have to shell out for a WeWork membership.

Entrepreneur Adam Zbar has enjoyed the use of an SVB ski house with a dock on California’s Lake Tahoe. As CEO of meal delivery company Sunbasket, he would use it to host weeklong retreats for his management team. The bank would bring in a top chef for a night and exclusive wines from SVB’s winery clients. “It was phenomenal,” Zbar says.

SVB sponsorships also helped pay for trips for Los Angeles tech entrepreneurs to ski at Mammoth Mountain in California and surf at a human-made ranch constructed amid farms, says Zach James, co-CEO of ad tech company Zefr. SVB would take clients to race fancy cars, go backstage at music festivals, and meet vintners at private sessions at Napa Valley wineries to the point that it hosted 300 wine-related events one year.

Rivals had ramped up. JPMorgan Chase announced hiring several top bankers from SVB over the past few years. First Republic Bank was making progress adding tech clients. But their main focus remained elsewhere. 

Law firms and recruiting and consulting companies are also major sponsors of tech industry schmoozing, though none of them—and certainly no other bank—came close to matching SVB’s largesse toward companies far away from listing on Wall Street, the entrepreneurs and several investors say. “They were one of the key underwriters of the community,” says Paige Craig, who has been a customer of the bank as an entrepreneur and a venture capitalist. “It’s a big hole to fill.”

For all the fancy perks, the ease of borrowing money from SVB has been the biggest draw for many companies. Startups take out bank loans to diversify their financing, and they often can secure the dollars without giving up as many shares as they have to provide venture investors.

Zefr’s James has taken out loans for his company several times through SVB after shopping around. In some cases, the bank takes a small ownership stake in the borrowers. Other times it defers principal payments for a year or two or allows for repayment in a single lump sum. “It was the catch-all for startups,” James says of SVB.

Generally, it offered among the least-restrictive terms and equally competitive interest rates, entrepreneurs say. If a borrower failed, SVB was known to handle it more gracefully than other lenders. Effectively, according to language seen by WIRED, SVB would support companies as long as their venture capital backers, often clients of the bank, did not abandon them. “Bankers become a lifeline when you get into trouble, and if they stand by you, I take that seriously,” says James of his loyalty to the now crushed bank. 

Roger Smith, SVB’s founding CEO, told the Computer History Museum in 2014 that the bank did not sacrifice profits by being flexible. “When the music stops, we want two chairs, not just one,” he said. “But we were able to help people grow and … we were part of the flow.”

Just ask Zbar, the former Sunbasket chief. He dreamed up the meal delivery company in 2013 after he had spent through the venture funding he had raised for a different idea. He had no money to pay back a bank loan. But his banker at SVB loved the Sunbasket pitch, and investors were supportive, so SVB agreed to allow Zbar to keep operating month-to-month on new terms as the food venture progressed.

“I remember having some unpleasant conversations where I was like, wow, you know, you took a piece of my hide, but my business still survived,” says Zbar, now chief executive of HamsaPay, which uses blockchain for commercial loan financing. He believes other banks are less flexible than SVB. “They just freeze it, and you're done,” he says.  Zbar even welcomed his SVB banker as a bachelor-party guest. 

To be sure, Silicon Valley Bank’s reliance on relationships and knowledge of venture capitalists to guide its lending decisions raises questions about whether it perpetuated exclusion of women, racial minorities, or other groups historically overlooked by the startup financing industry. Investors say some of those issues may be valid, but the bank did open up opportunities.

SVB fronted cash to people of underrepresented backgrounds trying to buy into venture capital funds, says the investor Craig, who runs Outlander VC. It provided home mortgages to investors early in their careers who couldn’t get them elsewhere, based on a deep understanding of the tech companies its customers were betting on, Craig says. “I really hope they rebuild and reconstitute. No one understood founders and innovators as well as SVB,” he says.  

As entrepreneurs have fanned out to other banks in recent days to shift their deposits from SVB, their experiences have reminded them of what they enjoyed about SVB. James’ Zefr has not found a single bank that can offer every service he wants, so he is using one to borrow money and another for conventional accounts. He does not expect Zefr’s growth to slow, but says his company “will have to suffer worse terms or take on a bit more risk.”

Gupta, who is chief technology officer of BonfireDAO, recalls how he was able to open an account with SVB entirely online while in Singapore at his previous startup a decade ago, an option he has not found as he now searches for SVB alternatives. “They were just the first one to really propose solutions,” he says of his early interactions with SVB. “I never shopped around again.”

He wrote on LinkedIn last week that “many startups like [his] have lost a valuable friend, partner, and source of support.” He says his heart wants to stick with SVB if it resurrects, but he’s no longer sure it’s financially prudent to do so, no matter the constant aid, invaluable discounts, or occasional free conference room.

[momwithdog]

11 Eco-friendly Organic Dog Beds – Perfect ZZZs for Your Furry Baby

Organic dog beds? Isn’t that a bit of a stretch? Does the material of the dog’s bed really matter that much? Isn’t picking out a bed that’s the right size and offers adequate cushioning enough? Yes, the idea of an all-natural dog bed can bring up questions like these in your mind. And I won’t fault you for wondering whether it is really a necessity or just another marketing ploy to get doting pet parents to invest in yet another product that may add no significant benefit to their pooch’s well-being.

In fact, I had similar reservations, that’s why I decided to delve deeper into the utility of an eco-friendly dog bed. Turns out, it’s not just another fad. Why is that? Let’s take a look at the benefits of organic dog beds to help you make an informed decision. And then, we will get to my selection of hand-picked non-toxic dog beds.

Benefits of Organic Dog Beds

When buying a bed for your pet, what aspects do you typically look at to make a selection? Dog bed construction? Dog bed upholstery? Sturdiness? Color? Cuteness? But do you think about the dog bed filling — the material on the inside? Well, it’s about time that you do because not all dog beds are created equal. Most are made of mass-produced, cheap materials that not only fall apart easily but may also contain harmful chemicals, such as

Lead

Arsenic

Bromine

Formaldehyde

Phthalates

These can be far more toxic to dogs than humans. A 2011 study showed that the concentration of chemical flame retardants is five to ten times higher in dogs than in humans. Another study established a link between various airway irritations and emissions from different mattresses.  

The takeaway is, that your dog has a higher chance of absorbing chemicals from a bed and these chemicals can prove toxic to them, disrupting the balance of micro-organisms in their system responsible for healthy skin and immune system, among other things. Besides, an overzealous puppy, or even an adult dog, may chew up their bed, and end up ingesting these harmful materials.

Protection from these nasty effects of a poorly constructed bed is one of the leading organic dog bed benefits. When you choose dog bed filling of natural materials like cotton, wool, hemp, bamboo, kapok, buckwheat, cedar, eucalyptus, coconut fiber, or natural latex, you naturally eliminate the risk of exposure to toxins. Besides, a lot of these beds are designed to offer orthopedic support. Definitely a great choice for dogs with allergies as well as dogs with arthritis.

The outer material as well as inner fillings used in a lot of eco-friendly, sustainable dog beds are made of recycled plastic bottles, which means they’re not just good for your pet but also the environment. And they are, typically, washable, making them easy to clean and maintain.

11 Eco-friendly Organic Dog Beds

A lot of wins for organic dog beds, I’d say! Now, to the next likely question on your mind: how to choose one that suits your dog’s needs as well as yours? Take a look at the 11 hand-picked all-natural dog beds I’ve shortlisted, and I’m sure you’ll find one that fits your needs.

1. Avocado Organic Dog Bed

A long-time favorite in mattresses for humans, Avocado has forayed into the segment of eco-friendly dog beds. This organic dog bed is biodegradable, antimicrobial, hypoallergenic, and completely free from pollutants, pesticides, artificial dyes, and toxic chemicals. The natural latex, which lends it its antimicrobial and hypoallergenic properties, goes a long way in preventing the growth of harmful bacteria, making it a great fit for pets (and their people) prone to skin irritation and allergies.

The mattress of this eco-friendly dog bed is supported by a waterproof lining and a zippered outer cover. It comes with a dog bed pillow with an organic cotton cover and buckwheat hull stuffing. Avocado also offers a wooden bed frame for additional support to this comfortable dog bed.

These are available in small, medium, large, and extra-large sizes, and adorable color variants — Mailman Blue, Field of Green, Salmon Pink, and Squirrel Grey.

2. Beans Products Hemp Dog Bed

This premium organic dog bed from Bean Products is the perfect pick for pet parents who want a sustainable, comfortable sleeping experience for their four-legged babies.  This chemical-free dog bed is made from premium-quality organic hemp fabric and organic natural latex filling. Given its constitution, you’ll never have to worry about the bed going limp or flattening out from prolonged use.

It comes with a removable cover, which makes dog bed maintenance hassle-free. You can remove the cover for regular washing and air drying, ensuring your pet has clean and comfortable bedding at all times. The cherry on the cake is its chemical-free composition, with zero formaldehyde, mercury, lead, or other heavy metals, making it a non-toxic addition to your home.

The bed is available in sizes XX-Small to XX-Large, and exciting color options — Blueberry, Cocoa, Cactus, Cranberry, Natural, and Shadow Gray.

3. The Wolf Nest Dog Bed

The Wolf Nest dog bed is a must on your bucket list if you’re searching for a sustainable dog bed, not just for its quality materials and construction but also for the brand’s origin and vision. A woman-run business, The Wolfe Nest stands for its chic and comfortable no-frills dog beds made from locally sourced deadstock fabric that would otherwise end up in the landfills and hypoallergenic memory foam that sets your pooch up for a comfortable nap.

What’s more, a portion of the purchase goes toward Los Angeles-based rescue centers, giving you can chance to help more than just your furry baby. This minimalistic organic dog bed is available in sizes Small to Large, and earthy colors — Desert, Natural, Ochre, and Sage.

4. Rawganique Organic Cotton Dog Bed

Rawganique is another front-runner in making safe, non-toxic, eco-friendly dog beds. Case in point, their Organic Cotton Dog Bed. With a thickness of 4 inches at the center and tapering edges, this bed has an ergonomic design meant to offer ease of accessibility and use to your pup.

These beds are free from harmful chemicals, polyesters, fire retardants, and other materials that can be potentially harmful to a dog. You have the option of buying just the dog beg insert made of organic cotton batting, or the complete package with the removable cover, which comes in dye-free natural and black colors. Since these beds are custom-made, it can take up to 2-3 weeks for your order to arrive.

5. Essentia Kingston Dog Bed

This eco-friendly dog bed from Essentia Kingston comprises a natural latex memory foam mattress and a soft organic cotton cover that can be easily removed and washed. It comes with a SoftGrip base that prevents it from sliding on the floor.

The all-natural materials used for this dog bed are of the same grade that Essential Kingston uses for its mattresses intended for human use. They’re also an environment-conscious company that is committed to reducing its carbon footprint, so you can rest assured that the product you get will be sustainably manufactured. These are available in sizes small to large and have a chic design in minimalistic colors.

6. West Paw Heyday Bed

This dog bed from West Paw is a super soft and snuggly option in the line of organic variants. What truly sets this apart as a sustainable, eco-friendly dog bed is that the fill is made of recycled plastic bottles. The entire bed, the fill as well as the outer cover, are machine washable. Also, the bed comes with a money-back guarantee, just in case it doesn’t agree with your dog. It’s available in sizes small to XL, and three color variants: Boulder Heather, Oatmeal Heather, and Midnight Heather.

7. OMI Organic Pet Bed

OMI (Organic Mattress Inc.) is a leader in mattress manufacturing and caters to both humans and their animal companions. This organic pet bed from OMI bears the same hallmark of durability and quality as its other products.

The beds are free of anti-fungicides, chemical flame retardants, formaldehyde, pesticide-treated cotton, polyurethane foam, or other harmful chemicals, and are made in a smoke-free, non-toxic environment. The inner cushion is made of organic cotton and organically grown buckwheat hulls. The outer cover is an organic cotton dye-free canvas with a zip closure and a 100% natural rubber ring supporting it on the sides. These beds are available in small, medium, and large variants.

8. Delilah Home Pet Beds

This organic, all-natural dog bed by Delilah has a luxurious feel to it. A curious mix of recycled PET bottle filling and premium quality organic cotton gives you a soft, comfortable bed that your pooch will love spending time on.

The outer cover is removable and suitable for machine washing. The bed, unfortunately, comes in only standard size and has two color variants: gray and pink. While Delilah has scope to work on the variety it offers with this bed, it more than makes up for the lack of options with comfort and durability.

9. Harry Baker Dog Bed

For anyone looking for an eco-friendly dog bed, the search concludes with this stellar piece by Harry Baker — a dog bed made from a combination of hemp and polyfiber from recycled plastic. They use a variety of upcycled and recycled materials to produce their dog beds, along with azo-free dyes. In addition to the hemp-based dog bed cover, you can also choose a cover made from jute. The beds are available in sizes small to large.

10. Beco Pets Donut Bed

This donut bed from Beco Pets, a popular UK-based brand, is a great choice for an eco-friendly dog bed. The dog bed insert is made of recycled plastic bottles polyfiber and comes with a cover in hemp and cotton variants. The bed has antibacterial properties, making it a great fit for dogs with allergies. It is also odor-resistant, can be machine-washed, and is durable.

The sturdy build and thick padding offer your pooch the right amount of support and comfort, making it a good choice for older dogs who have joint or mobility issues.  It is available in sizes XS to L, and three color variants — Paddington Brown, Kensington Green, and Piccadly Blue.   

11. Molly Mutt Sheepy Wool Crate Mat

This crate mat from Molly Mutt is a good choice for those looking for natural dog bed options for a pooch who has been/is being crate-trained. The wool-filled dog mattress is ideal for all seasons but especially helpful in keeping your pooch snug and warm during winter.

The outer cover is made of cotton and comes in an eclectic mix of vibrant colors and design patterns. It is available in 7 different sizes, which means you will find the right fit for a crate of any dimension.  

I hope this curation of organic dog beds will help you find one that meets your pet’s needs perfectly. Whether you’re looking for a bed for a dog with arthritis, joint issues, allergies, a senior dog with mobility issues, or a pup who doesn’t like to be contained, there is something for everyone here. Pick wisely, and give your furry baby the comfort of a blissful sleep.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Trends in Penology: Work Camp Plan Could Help Both Parolees, Taxpayers,” The Globe and Mail. October 15, 1960. Page 4. ==== By LEX SCHRAG Globe and Mail Reporter In Ontario localities where there are no branches of the John Howard Society, the provincial probation services lend a helping hand to the men on parole from the federal penitentiaries. The parolees must still report to the police, but they look to the probation officers for aid in re-establishing themselves in their communities.

The Diamond is the magazine published by and for the inmates of the Collin’s Bay penitentiary at Kingston. It tries to present the inmates’ views to the world beyond the walls.

In its September issue it proposes a plan which, the editor feels, would help the prisoners to stay out of the penitentiary when they are released.

Under this plan, prisoners would be transferred from the penitentiary to a work camp a month before they were due for release. They would be employed in a factory, manufacturing goods for governmental use tour prisons must not compete with private companies. ‘To overcome any union objections to cheap labor, let’s pay these men wages on a par with those earned by free men in a similaar industry.’ Income tax would be deducted from these earnings. Accommodation in the cam would be better than tat in the penitentiary. The prisoners would pay board of, say, $10 a week, out of a wage of not more than $50 a week (the editor has not been able to discuss wages with union officers, evidently).

The men in the transit camp would be given a measure of regulated freedom. They would be permitted to go shopping, perhaps attend movies or hockey games, attended by guides rather than guards.

They would be able to save enough money to buy clothes when they were discharged. ‘Prison suits have improved over the years, but in most cases they still leave much to be desired.’

When the man is released, ‘he won’t be stepping out the gate into a world that bewilders him - of which he is a little bit afraid. The defense mechanisms won’t make him put on that veneer of toughness.’

Counselling by such agencies as the John Howard Society and the National Employment Service could be carried on while the man is in the transit camp. Efforts could be launched to find a job and a place to live. Driving tests could be taken by those who would have to earn a living as truckers.

The procedure, the editor suggests, should be made available to all inmates of the penitentiary due for discharge, but should not be compulsory. To clinch the argument, an account is given of the experiment at London’s Pentonville Prison. 

There, a group of prisoners soon to be released live in a hostel within the prison walls and go out to work each day.

What do men in the provincial probation services think of the transit camp Idea?

Wallace Bunton, York County administrative supervisor, and W. R. Outerbridge, case work supervisor, favor it. In their experience, any procedure which will break down the imaginary barriers that divide us - the men with prison records - from them - the public - is valuable.

‘I had to deal with one man,’ said Mr. Outerbridge, ‘who, at 25 years of age, had spent 10 years of his life behind bars. I wanted to help him, but when I would make an appointment to see him at my office, he wouldn’t come. He just couldn’t face the public. So I went to the place where he was staying. It took days, but finally his antagonism disappeared. he got a job and became a self-supporting citizen.’

Unlike the John Howard Society, the provincial probation officers have no funds with which to aid men who have been paroled from the penitentiaries. They must enlist the aid of service organizations to provide food and shelter for men who have no funds.

Yet, they find the parolees ready, even eager, to talk to them. They are authoritarian figures and they never try to conceal the unhappy fact that the man with a prison record has a long, hard, up-hill fight before him before he will be completely assimilated to his community.

#words from the inside #collins bay penitentiary #penal press #penal reform #correctional work camps #pre-release camp #release from prison #prisoner release #paroled convict #parole #probation #probation officer #john howard society #rehabilitation #canadian penitentiary service #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada

[falloutjay]

Can I please have the boys with a S/O with short hair and wears vintage suits, newsboy hats, vintage casual clothes and sometimes steals the characters clothes?

Happy to be done! I hope it came out to your liking and I tried to stick as close to your requests as I could.

Next up is the Mysterion/Civillian!Reader request, so stay tuned you fabulous beings! 🌸 (っ◔◡◔)っ ❤

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The boys x vintage!Reader

Cartman:

Any stupid comment about your style from anyone and they will have Cartman personally torment them.

The boys would have never guessed that Eric can be so head over heels for someone like you, because they would have guessed he would bully you or make stupid comments.

But no. He is just a fool in love and adores your suits. There are some he doesn’t like as much, but mostly he likes them.

He ain’t a big fan of short hair, but since you rock it so well, he likes it.

When it comes to the roller skates, he rather just watches you. Roller skating isn’t his thing and as most people know, if he doesn’t want to do something, no one can force him.

Eric generously lets you borrow some of his clothes. “I wasn’t gonna wear that anyway.” “Yeah, I guess you can have it.” He won’t admit that he actually loves seeing you in his stuff, so he tries to play it like he doesn’t care. (But you see right through him)

 Stan:

Stan likes how different you are compared to others.

He loves it when people are unique and do their own thing, express themselves.

Big fan of the roller skates.

He’s not good at skating but gets better over time.

He’s not the one to copy anything from your style but loves lending you his clothes.

You’re not allowed to take the horrible Farm-Merch that is buried deep in his closet though.

Otherwise, he doesn’t care what you want to have. Be it his favorte sweater, some sweatpants or his hat. He doesn’t care, he just loves seeing you in his clothes.

He doesn’t have a strong opinion about your hair. Its your thing. Hes just here to support how you express yourself.

 Kyle:

Kyle calls you his little time traveler, since he thinks you look like one.

He will certainly copy some nice shirts with fancy vests from your style, since he loves how stylish you look.

Regarding your hair, he loves it. He likes how fluffy it looks and likes touching it. He will also gladly accompany you to any hairdresser and you even inspire him to also let something be done to his precious hair.

Roller skating is somewhat new to him, he certainly didn’t do it on the regular, but like Stan, he gets better over time and actually enjoys it.

In his closet, there are some things you aren’t allowed to take, like expensive shirts that his mother got for him. But he will make a pile with clothes that are for you, that you can take as you want.

 Kenny:

Kenny can’t help but wonder, how much your style costs. His mainly consists out of the same clothes that can be bought in big packs and that are cheap.

He felt so touched when you asked for one of his simple white shirts. He was about to cry from joy.

Kenny loves messing up your hair and digs your style.

When is comes to the roller skates… He will try a few times and do it for a while when he comes along, but he will rather quickly tell you he’s tired or something and just watch you.

If he can, he will love to match with your look, since he thinks he will look great in your style.

 Butters:

He will ask you to show him where you buy the suits so he can copy your style a little.

He absolutely loves and adores your style and loves to go shopping for new outfits with you.

Loves the short hair. Butters loves the confidence you radiate and how good you look.

Did anybody say roller skates? Because oh boy, he will so be your man. You guys make people jealous with how angelic you look on the rink.

He’s the one you can have actual big performances with and learn cool figures to make everyone gasp.

Happily lends you anything you desire from his closet.

Butters is a big supporter in everything you do and loves copying things you do, since you inspire him so much.

 Clyde:

Clyde is a fan.

He loves how good your style looks and how well thought out all of your outfits seem.

While he’s a big fan of long hair on girls, he has come to accept your short hair and has even grown to like it.

He is a clumsy boy on roller skates, not like you would have expected anything else. You try your best to help him but whenever he screams: “Look Y/N! I can do it!” He will fall over. Its like he is cursing himself.

Clyde has shirts you’re not allowed to take, like his lucky-shirt, but he gladly gives you his football- college-jacket or some sweatpants.

He loves seeing you in his jacket, it makes one proud boyfriend.

 Token:

Token will adapt a little to your style.

Most stylish couple in the whole school? Oh, hell yeah!

You two just rock the vintage look and make everyone turn their head.

Token is happy to lend you anything you desire. Some slick shoes you fit in? Sure, take them. He doesn’t care all that much.

He has no preference when it comes to hair and will only support you in whatever you do.

“You do you Hun!”

He will gladly try roller skating and he’s surprised when he grows to like it. He even pretty decent at it and it becomes a nice mutual hobby for you two.

 Craig:

He is pretty nonchalant about your style. Craig is someone who doesn’t care all that much about how his partner looks or how they dress.

To him personality matters and that you don’t look like a slob.

He likes how you dress and the vibe you give.

Craig doesn’t get the appeal of borrowing clothes but if it makes you happy, he doesn’t mind giving you a shirt he doesn’t care about.

Like Kenny, Craig will give the skating a try, but isn’t a big fan. He will stop after some round and relax, watching you do your thing.

 Tweek:

Like Craig, Tweek cares about personality, not looks.

That doesn’t mean he wont like how you dress.

It has a certain appeal for him, but he won’t copy your style, as its too much for him.

He also doesn’t care about how you do your hair. He will like anything on you.

Roller skating is a scary thing for him at first. He will be nervous about, asking if you are sure, he wont break all of his bones.

Once he gets a hang of it, he will be godlike.

Tweek has no idea why you would want any of his clothes, but he gives them to you. He just asks you to be careful with them.

 Jimmy:

He has a big thing for the newsboy hats, and he will so definitely ask you where to get one and which suits him best.

He loves the suits and the whole aesthetic you represent and his head over heels for it.

As one of his hobbies is writing for newspapers, he loves to partner with you and have you both look like old school newspaper boys when he goes around school handing everyone their news.

Jimmy doesn’t care how your hair looks, he just likes if it fits your vibe, and it sure does.

Roller skating is a no-no with him for obvious reasons. He will happily watch you though and maybe sketch something in his notebook or something alike.

#eric cartman x reader #stan marsh x reader #kenny mccormick x reader #kyle broflovski x reader #butters stotch x reader #clyde donovan x reader #token black x reader #craig tucker x reader #tweek tweak x reader #jimmy valmer x reader

[spreens]

'charred wedding photograph' FIRST OF ALL HOW DARE YOU. SECOND, THAT IS BRILLIANT (aaa but pAIN). the perk builds fits them really well!! how about scar or etho? :O i'd say Bond for scar (s1 reputation point system) but he's more into scamming people so.. :/ honestly i kinda wanna start playing dbd again because of this crossover -dbd anon

AHHAHA I KNEW THAT OFFERING WOULD HURT!! and true dbd anon, i started playing demo and pig again when last life started previous week because i was like huh . . hu h hhmmm.

scar joel and eefo below >:)

As you mentioned, Bond would be a great choice for Scar because of his actions in s1, but I also believe it's a fantastic perk for him because of it's frequent ingame use as a double-edged sword for teammates. Yes, it's a fantastic perk for helping your friends, but there's a reason why Bond is considered one of the essential perks for a sandbagging/kill your friends/make randoms hate you match, and it's not so you can avoid the jungle gym they're hiding in.

Diversion is a fantastic meme perk, and I feel like where Scott would get his serotonin from stabbing attackers, Scar would take great joy in throwing various debris away and at the assaulter. Also incredibly infuriating and/or endearing for the killer at the receiving end of it. Is there anything more Scar?

If Dead Hard antis even exist, I'm one of them. I love getting outplayed by the letter E. However, I can't deny this exhaustion perk's place in Scar's roster, considering it's use straight up requires him to be injured. I feel like he would get the most v a l u e out of the perk than anyone else in previous or future perks.

Up the Ante is an Ace perk, for one, which immediately favours itself to Scar's personality, but also his insane luck/"""plot armour""" in s1 lends itself to great synergy with the perk. The more people alive, the luckier he is, which roughly lines up with the s1 timeline.

One brown medkit to get a cheap, quick self heal off of, and a shroud of union for... friend :)

YOU THOUGHT JOEL WOULD GET A SURVIVOR BUILD? FOOL (disclaimer i am a fake trapper player my trapper is p1 but my skill is p-1)

Hoarder is both for funny and sad because he spent basically most of the beginning of his red life experience getting robbed by multiple factions- something tells me that might become a sore spot in the future.

Rancor is an extremely fun one for Joel, both playing into the obsession mechanic and the fact that I have no idea if it'd be Lizzie or Pearl as the obsession, each with their own valid reasons. Both the aura exchange and the endgame kill mechanic are terrifying factors for whoever's unlucky enough to become the obsession.

M&A is just a lucky guess right now- people only seem to notice him when he's in talking distance, but that changes as soon as people spot him and go on high alert.

Bitter Murmur again is just creepy. Knowing (or not knowing) that through every death your position is being completely revealed, no matter how well you're hidden.

The logwood dye would help him hide his traps better (he needs it after that extremely shoddy one this session), and... the padded jaws are until he can get used to the fact he's setting fucking bear traps for his friends?

Etho here uses off-meta perks with good synergies because this man doesn't need a 5-gen chase to survive. Quick and Quiet, Iron Will and Dance with Me is a classic combo to escape most chases efficiently. The only major difference here is that instead of Lithe to make it even better, he's got Blast Mine because I genuinely cannot think of a more Etho perk than setting up a fucking flashbang for shits and giggles.

The key is there for a quick and easy escape when or if times get tough, and the offering basically guarantees a hatch spawn in or around the shack, which is extremely convenient. I fully believe he's got the skillset to support altruistic actions, he just has a preference more suited to blending into the shadows and frying killer retinas.

#last life spoilers #last life smp #llsmp #dbd #dbd anon #asks #goddd making builds is so fun #chirps #dbd LL

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

I really want to read the post where you say "why Ravenclaw is the House that suits MC the most in the main story" but I dont find it

I haven’t ever made a full length post about it, come to think of it. I’ve talked about it in previous Ask responses but admittedly I have quite a few of those. So I suppose now is as good a time as any! 

Ultimately, HPHM’s story is designed so that any House can work for Jacob’s Sibling. Obviously, no one House is “canon” over the others. But in my personal opinion, certain Houses do make more sense for different reasons. Everything can change based on how you characterize MC, but setting aside the dialogue choices, they tend to have a general personality that fills in for most of the scenes. It’s average, a kind of “everyman” type. And certain choices can arguably be considered “canon” when they’re the ones that are free, placed next to choices that are locked behind attributes or friendship checks. That is the general vision of MC that I’ll be analyzing. 

But first, the characters. 

One of the primary reasons that MC fits Ravenclaw the best in the Main Story is because there are several characters who are aligned to MC in their Sorting. They always follow MC to whatever House they go to. Thus it becomes a question of which house suits them the most. Rowan Khanna, I think, speaks for them-self. I could see them in any House but they are a Ravenclaw through and through. I bet the only reason they ever get Sorted anywhere else is because they ask the Hat to let them follow MC. They are absolutely brilliant, with a love of reading and learning new things. They’re eccentric as well, deeply creative and good at coming up with plans. They dream of being a Professor, and they turn to books above all else. Next we have Jacob. Another character who could go anywhere based on interpretation, but he strikes me as a Ravenclaw too. Several of the options you can give when expressing speculation about him suggest that the reason he probably investigated the Vaults in the first place was his thirst for knowledge, his desire to know their secrets. To be specific, his stubborn and obsessive need to know. I feel like Jacob couldn’t let this go until he had learned all of the hidden magic and secrets of the Vaults, until he realized far too late that he was in over his head, mixed up with R and everything. 

Then there is Flitwick. A canon Ravenclaw of course, and one of the four Heads of House. It could be coincidental, but even if it is, Flitwick is easily the most developed of the Heads of House within this game. McGonagall is totally in character, but she’s part of the sideline outside of a small section of Year 2. Sprout contributes absolutely nothing, and Snape is likewise in character, but lacking anything to do until Rakepick shows up. Flitwick prepares MC for the first duel with Merula and gives them counsel. I suppose it’s not that much more than McGonagall teaching them the revealing spell in Year 2, but this felt so much more personal. You have the chance to make a promise to Flitwick, and either keep it or break it. In Year 4, he is I think the only teacher to speak up in Rakepick’s defense, and this leads into even further development of his character. By Year 5, he starts to warn MC not to investigate the Portrait Curse, but stops mid-sentence as he realizes that nothing he can say will stop them. I bring all of this up because Flitwick being such a fleshed out character in this game kind of goes hand in hand pretty well with the idea that he is MC’s Head of House. He is the only Head who shows the slightest bit of remorse when banning MC from Hogsmeade. With him, you really get the sense that he’s being overruled and doesn’t agree with it. That he’s in MC’s corner. And god I love him.  I won’t stray too far into the Quidditch characters, but I will say that Murphy and Orion are two other characters that stick with MC, who I could very much see as Ravenclaws, both in different ways. But still, it’s Jacob and Rowan who are most important in affecting the story.

Which brings me to the story itself. 

Hogwarts Mystery is different from the story of Harry Potter. This is the tale of Jacob and his Sibling. In HP, we know from the beginning who the villain is, that he’s an evil monster. We know what he wants, and that he failed. It gets fleshed out more later but everything you need to know is in that first book. We see him, he clashes with Harry, and loses. The books are a hero’s journey. A story of good versus evil. They do have mystery aspects, each of the books has a mystery told within it’s pages. But the overarching story is not about what’s hidden in the trapdoor, or who opened the chamber of secrets. It’s about Harry and Voldemort’s rivalry, their hero/villain dynamic. Everyone knew going into DH that Harry would defeat him in the end because that’s how these things go. OOTP basically confirmed it but most fans had known for years. 

HPHM is different. 

There are heroic moments, and Merula in particular compares MC to being a “hero.” But nothing they do is heroic in the same way as Harry. They both take active roles in the story but in different ways. Harry is still reactionary. He takes it upon himself to solve the problems, but he still waits until the problems show up. MC plans to open the Vaults even before the Curses show themselves. They arrive at Hogwarts with a goal in mind, finding Jacob. And with Hogwarts Mystery, the overarching story is not a hero’s journey. Because MC is so much more ambiguous than Harry. It might seem redundant to say that this story is a Mystery, but it is. An ongoing investigation, the unraveling of a conspiracy. Learning the truth about just what went down during Jacob’s years at Hogwarts. By HBP, Voldemort was such a familiar presence that we were learning the ins and outs of his childhood, right down to how his parents met. By Year 6, we still have no idea what R really is, or what they want. We don’t even know what it stands for. The black and white of the books, the heroes and the villains...that’s all replaced with shades of gray. Jacob is constantly in the gray. So is Rakepick, at least at first. Don’t get me started on Merula. Ben is another character who is definitely good, but has gone through such a roller coaster about who he is and whether he can be trusted. 

Then there’s the ambiguity of MC them-self. The hints that they don’t share everything with people, are prone to tricking others, and for all we know, might wind up on the Dark Side someday. I’ll admit, this can also lend itself well to MC being a Slytherin, and indeed there are dialogue choices that are locked behind being one. But I still feel as though MC playing detective throughout this entire game, that whole premise lends itself pretty damn well toward a Ravenclaw MC. They’re trying to defeat the bad guys, but their main method of preparing for that fight is not train up an army of students, it is to investigate the Vaults, and investigate R. Even going as far as to work with Wizarding police. Granted, I know Harry poked around a lot too. And MC does form the Circle of Khanna, just like how Harry formed Dumbledore’s Army. Both of them do exhibit both behaviors, but MC specializes in covert investigation more than preparation for combat. Again, at least they do so in the main story. The Circle of Khanna was not meant to be like Dumbledore’s Army, at least not in concept. MC first conceived it as the idea of standing toe to toe with the Cabal by having a secret organization of their own. I know that didn’t really land perfectly in actual practice but that was the whole idea. And if there’s one thing MC has a constant stream of, it’s ideas. Not always the right ones, not always fast enough, but they do have them, and these ideas steer the plot. In the main story and otherwise. 

It’s probably a bit cheap to get meta, but so be it. 

I can’t help but notice how, if we take every other contribution to the Potterverse into account...well then, we’ve got a Gryffindor Protagonist in the form of Harry. We’ve got a Slytherin Protagonist in the form of Albus Severus. And a Hufflepuff over in Fantastic Beasts with Newt Scamander. If MC is a Ravenclaw, then that completes the quartet. But there’s another Quartet out there as well - that of the Original Four. Rowan, Ben, Penny, and Merula. The Year 1 characters and the OG leads of the Hogwarts Mystery story. Notice anything about them? We have a Hufflepuff, a Gryffindor, and a Slytherin...but no Ravenclaw. None that is, unless MC, and therefore Rowan by extension, is a Ravenclaw. MC being Sorted into the House of Eagles completes both of these groups. I dunno, I just find it curious that unless the Player goes to Ravenclaw, the first student character we meet in that House shows up in Year 3. Because Jam City wrote in some amazing characters for Ravenclaw. My love of Tulip Karasu is well documented, but I also think Talbott is pretty damn fascinating. Andre and Badeea rock too! Ravenclaw is also a relatively neutral House. I’ve said before that HPHM ignores the House rivalries, and that’s easiest to incorporate in the House of Eagles, which mostly keeps to itself. It would not be socially strange for a Ravenclaw to have so many friends from different Houses. I’m not saying a Slytherin MC couldn’t befriend Ben, for example, but he’s a Muggle-born Gryffindor and that would be a big deal to everyone else. Again, not saying it couldn’t happen, just that it would turn heads and people within Slytherin might go as far as to treat MC like a traitor. I like this premise, but...would Felix seriously help MC prepare to fight Merula, a fellow Slytherin, on behalf of someone like Ben? There are other trivial problems, like the question of two male Prefects if MC is Gryffindor, etc. 

But that’s just a few thoughts. Again, there’s clearly no “canon” House, and neither of my MCs are even in Ravenclaw. But I think it’s fun to explore the idea as Ravenclaw is a House that, I think, is sorely needing development.

#Harry Potter #Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery #HPHM Analysis #HPHM Jacob's Sibling #HPHM Jacob #Rowan Khanna #Filius Flitwick #HPHM #Ramblings #Long Post #Patricia Rakepick #HPHM R #The Circle of Khanna

[unmaskedagain]

Best Birthday Wishes

Quick one shot. I rushed through at work. Nothing special. But I thought this was a decent idea.

           It took less than a year for Lila to make due on her promise to turn the class against her. Most of her former friends would go out of their way to avoid her. Some took the cowards way out and just did nothing; Adrien and Rose. A few went out of their way to bully Marinette in a misguided idea of revenge; mostly Alix, Kim and Alya. The ice-out got even worse when Marinette resigned from being class president and no one (Lila) could managed to manage to do the job as successfully as she did. School field trips were with really bad or just cancelled altogether. School dances sucked. Fundraisers always fell short. No one would speak to Marinette because, as Alya said, if she just stopped being such a brat none of this would’ve happened.

           Marinette shrugged it all off. She had decided if they could buy into Lila’s lies and turn against her so easily, they weren’t worth her time or effort. She made friends in other classes Aurore, Ondine, Claude and Marc quickly became her best friends. Once she did this, and the rest of the school saw she was out of the clutches of her class, the drama club quickly approached her and commissioned her for work for the school play. They were right to do so, as Marinette gave them a great deal, mostly because someone offered to pay her instead of just expecting her to do it. The art club practically got on their knees begging for help with funding their field trip. Comic Book club did the same but Marinette did one better and got them a tour of Marvel studios.

           The funniest request was from the home economics class and cooking/baking club who just wanted a tour of her parents’ bakery. And maybe an internship or two, pretty please. Her mom and dad had been stunned when she asked. However, they were more than happy to lend a hand, and an internship, to the next generation of baker’s.

           The best part was that no one expected her or left her to do the all work herself. The other students, her new friends, made sure that it was clear they were on a team. And if they asked her to make them something, they expected to have to pay for it. This allowed Marinette to have a lot more free time then she thought she’d get.

           So much so that Marinette decided to create a website for custom designs by MDC. Once she spread the words about that, Jagged and Clara requested commission, naming her as the designer. This sparked a slew of celebrities reaching out for their own MDC design; from futball players, a few tv stars, singers, directors, a b-list movie star, were among them. Marinette got to meet them to do the designs.

           Word quickly spread about the lovely young designer who didn’t bat an eye when she met them, and provided better quality then they could ever dream of. That brought in other celebrities. Celebrities who, when they publicists called Marinette, she fainted. She swore her heart stopped.

           When one celebrity asked for a environmental fabric, Marinette was quick to show ones she had already created. It was a synthetic fabric that she created with the help from a local engineer and scientist who’s wedding dress she designed.  It was cheap and easily replicated. The material was a hit; gaining the attention of Prince Ali who was always looking for new go-green projects to fund.

           Marinette learned quickly just how tight-knit her class seemed to be. So close, other students don’t even try befriending them, after seeing many others fail. It was like there was a wall around Bustier’s class and no one could get in. And those inside never even bothered to really look outside it. It was suffocating to think about.

           Marinette ended up joining the fashion club, gamers’ club, and got on the student council. Her popularity at school rose dramatically. Though, her classmates never realized.

           When Marinette’s birthday rolled around, her classmates snickered when they realized that no one would be planning her birthday party. Alya guessed she spend the day with her parents but otherwise alone like she deserved. Alix vocally hoped even her parents forgot what day it was. Kim nodded along because Marinette was mean to Lila, and Lila was… Everything. A few were sad that Marinette would have such a bad birthday.

           Bustier’s class were surprised when they received a text invitation to Marinette’s birthday party. Lila gets an idea and of course gets someone else to instigate it; Alya.

           When Marinette arrives to class, Alya is quick to tell her that they can’t come to her birthday because they already have plans. She makes sure to add that Marinette wasn’t invited.

           Marinette just shrugged, and said, “Okay, just trying to be nice.”

“Little late for that,” Alix snapped.

           The class expects Marinette to announce that she cancelled her party but the news never comes. On the day of her birthday, they all threw a picnic to celebrate their new “Everyday Ladybug” Lila.

           It wasn’t until Monday, did they learned just how bad of a decision that was. The moment they walked into school, it was clear that something was amiss.

“Jagged Stone was there!” A student said excitedly as she showed off the pictures of her phone. Alya tried to sneak a peek but couldn’t get close enough.

“I saw Chrissy Teigan.”

“Clara Nightingale,” Another said as Nino walked by. “I nearly died.”

           A group of girls were giggling with each other. “Stranger things,” One hissed with a red face. “I got pictures with Finn from Stranger things.”

“Screw Stranger Things,” A girl taunted. “I got pics with the Stark sisters.”

“They have real names,” A girl tried to correct.

“Who cares?”

           Nathanial overheard Marc saying something about a party, “Jagged Stone dedicated a song to her. And Clara brought her up on stage.” He wanted to ask his old comic book partner what he was talking about but after Lila convinced him to go solo, Nathanial couldn’t bring himself to.

           Rose heard, “Prince Ali was there. They danced together. It was so sweet,” While walking through a crowded hall. And nearly had a fit trying to figure out who said it.

“Jonas brothers!”

“Gigi Hadid!”

“Selena Gomez!”

“Tony Stark!”

           And the name drops went on and on until the entire class thought they were going crazy. Particularly Lila who was used to being the only ones dropping names.

           When the warning bell rung, Sabrina, surprising was the first to ask the question on everyone’s mind, “Does anyone know what’s going on?”

           Heads shook no. Alya stood up frustrated, on her phone, “No. But I’m going to find out.” Within seconds the determined expression on her face, shifted to surprise, then disbelief, then shocked. And when she looked up, the stunned look was still on her face. “Marinette’s party,” She said slowly as if she couldn’t believe what she was saying. “Everyone’s talking about her party.”

“No way,” Alix sneered as she pulled out her own phone. Others followed suit. Lila had her phone out before anyone could blinked.

           Jaws dropped. Marinette’s birthday was a tag trended of Twitter, Instagram and nearly every social media site. Celebrities who couldn’t make it gave their best wishes to the young designer.

           The pictures were everywhere. Marinette with one celebrity after another. Even Ladybug (Master Fu letting Trixx, Tikki, and the other Kwami giving their regards) wished her a happy birthday.)

           They quickly recognized the faces of other students they knew at the party, some pictured with a celebrity or two, themselves.

“Luka was there,” Juleka whispered.

           Mylene frowned, “He performed without us. Without kitty section.”

“Prince Ali,” Rose whispered. “Marinette danced with Prince Ali.”

           Lila quietly seethed. How could this happen, she wondered. How come she never knew Marinette knew all those celebrities. The worst picture of them all didn’t even include a celebrity just the mountain of presents she got.

Adrien was supposed to be my way in, Lila thought with a frown.

           Alya gasped, “You were there!” She hissed at Chloe. “You don’t even like her.”

“But I was invited,” Chloe smirked, “Of course I was. Dupain-Cheng throws the best parties.” She stated. “Like I’d be stupid enough to miss it. Even Mama went. But that was mostly because Miranda Priesley announced she was going. As did Wilhelmina Slater. It seems anyone and everyone in fashion wanted eyes of Marinette Dupain-Cheng, MDC, the up and coming designer for the stars. Including Gabriel Agreste,” She added with smug look.

           This caused Adrien to frown. He didn’t know his father had been invited. Or that he’d actually gone. Why didn’t Marinette tell him?

           The bell rang just as the bluenette in question walked into class. Only to once again see all eyes on her. She ignored them and went to her seat in the back. Marinette had a great weekend, and so was going to let anyone ruin her good vibe.

“So… Marinette,” Lila purred, in a way that reminded Marinette of the way she said Adrien’s name. “How was your birthday?”

           Marinette eyed her suspiciously, “Good. More people than I thought came.” That was an under-exaggeration if that was possible. She didn’t know exactly how word spread but she blamed Jagger… And Clara… And Audrey Bourguis… Nadja.

“Girl, everyone was there,” Alya said excitedly. “Ladybug was there. I forgot you two knew each other.”

“Yeah,” Marinette raised an eyebrow. “I figured.”

           Alya continued on like she never said anything, “I’d have killed to be there. Jagged Stone sang you a song.”

“Well I’ve known him for a few years now,” Marinette said, because, duh. “He’s like my uncle.” Her crazy, wild, decide to do an entire firework show, and nearly get everyone arrested uncle. “I went to his wedding. I design Penny, his wife’s dress. And his tux. And the bridemaids gowns. The tux for Fang,” Freaking Fang.

“Fang?” Ivan asked.

“His pet crocodile,” Marinette answered. “The same pet he’s had for twenty years. Anyone can find article about Fang, if they. Checked. Their. Resources.”

           If Alya noticed the callout, it didn’t phase her as the girl didn’t even blink.

           Nino looked confused, “I thought he had a cat?”

           Lila’s eyes widened.

I thought you had a brain, Marinette nearly snapped. “Turns out a lot people were wrong.”

“Why didn’t you tell us who’d be there?” Adrien asked. “That my dad was invited. I would have gone. He hates parties.” (“He hates fun,” Chloe snorted.)

“Yeah,” Alix huffed. “Do you have any idea how awesome it would’ve been to meet a pro-skater.

“Or a Futball player,” Kim added.

“A director!” Nino went. “Or those actors.”

           Marinette leaned back in her seat. “I didn’t know who all was coming,” She said. “You were invited. I just to invite Everyone I worked with as well. It was a party for a fourteen-year-old girl, I didn’t think they’d come.” At all, what’s so ever. Marinette had just did it to be polite.

“Worked with?” Rose’s mouth opened in awe.

“I designed for them,”  Marinette offered. “But I didn’t think they show.”

“Nearly everyone in school was there,” Nino complained.

“No,” The bluenette was quick to correct. “I invited my friends; the ones I know from gamers club, design club, drama club, backing club, the students council. And I invited you, because I thought it was the polite thing to do.”

           The clear distinction between the two was obvious.

“My friends came,” Marinette said. “Celebrity or otherwise; they all came. They wanted to wish me a happy birthday. Because they care.”

“Some of could’ve had our big breaks.” Alya snapped, anger in her eyes.  “You invited us because you knew we wouldn’t show up!”

           Marinette just stared at her before shaking her head, “I had guessed you wouldn’t,“ She admitted, and then smiled. But you were invited.”

#ml salt #ml fic #marinette dupen chang #Marinette deserves better #class salt

[scarlet--wiccan]

your ideal billy/teddy duo comic (plot, character designs, artists and writers involved etc)

One thing that I've always wanted to see is a comic about Billy and/or Teddy that was produced entirely by mlm creators. Vecchio, Robles and Gracia are all gay artists who've worked with the characters on recent titles, and I'm eager to see more from them. While none of these artists have ever shown the characters in a way that exactly suits my wants, they've each demonstrated a clear personal vision of who Billy and Teddy are that I can respect. I find that Vecchio and Robles, as illustrators, both articulate a gay sensibility in their designs and are able to represent a range of gay identities and expressions with not only dignity, but real love, which is frustratingly hard to come by. Oh, also, Kevin Wada covers, because duh.

Writers are a little bit more difficult for me. I love Anthony Oliviera and I know that he's got a lot of ideas for the characters, so I'd be delighted to see anything that he might pitch. Vecchio also does write, and his creator-owned series, Sereno, is an urban superhero story in a modern fantasy setting-- something he describes as Batman Beyond meets Sailor Moon. Based on that, I think he'd do a great job telling a story about a witch and shapeshifter from New York. I know that Sina doesn't work for Marvel anymore, but I've always wished he could've done Billy and Teddy in a sweet little rom-com miniseries, or even just a single issue special. He's particularly good at writing tender, funny, and just unapologetically gay characters who signal authentic elements of our culture and community without making them cheap or laughable. That is a quality which I find essential for Billy and Teddy, and it's part of why I want more mlm creators to work with them.

If you had asked me this question last year, I would have had an easier time pitching ideas for these characters. I'm eager to see what the future holds for them, but "rulers of an interplanetary nation" was never part of my vision for how Billy and Teddy would be spending their early twenties. I did have this idea for an ongoing series about their "college years", wherein Billy would be studying magic with Wanda and Agatha, and Teddy would work part time with Carol or Alpha Flight while attending community college or learning a trade, like piercing or tattoo artistry. The idea was that they'd often spend time apart, as they'd each be focusing on their own careers and having individual storylines, but they'd always come home to each other at the end of the day and lend each other support, in ways both mundane and super-heroic.

I used to imagine that they'd stay in that nice apartment Sunspot got them, which would act as sort of a crash pad/base of operations for a revolving cast of their friends. They could convert one of the rooms into a magical sanctum for Billy, and another into a study room or art studio for Teddy. Tommy, America, Kate, or whoever could crash on their sofa whenever they're in town or need to do a team-up. Wanda could help Billy ward the apartment so that he and America are the only ones who can portal in and out, but then Loki would find a way to get around the wards and cause trouble, and there'd be a whole dramatic reunion. The whole idea could easily be adapted as a Young Avengers ongoing if you widened the focus from the main couple and treated it as an ensemble piece with individually chunked plot-arcs, much like the original series.

Unfortunately, that idea no longer holds as much water as I'd like because, for one thing, they lost that apartment and never explained why-- it seems like it was passively retconned out in between New Avengers and Death's Head. More importantly, they now live in space, with Teddy being a busy ruler of an interstellar Alliance, and Billy his prince-consort.

I would still like to explore the idea of them pursuing separate goals and working in separate fields while never being truly apart. Empyre introduced a clever plot device wherein Billy is now able to sense Teddy's location and teleport to him instantly, no matter the distance, which, I assume, works in reverse as well. This feat of magic is made possible by their marriage, which binds them symbolically and draws on the power of their love. They can go anywhere and do anything on their own, and still be together again at a moments' notice, which is super romantic and also affords them more flexibility than most superhero couples. I would still pitch a series about Billy doing magic work on Earth while Teddy does diplomacy in space, and one can always warp to the other when they need backup fighting a bad guy. They could even switch back and forth between staying on Teddy's throne-ship, and getting cozy at Billy's little Manhattan apartment when they want to get away from it all.

I guess my final answer is that I want the two of them to be fully realized, individual characters whose love is illustrated through mutual support rather than, like, being glued to each other's hips. The things that I want to see Billy doing are very far removed from the things that I want to see Teddy doing. Superhero characters tend to lose momentum when you marry them off, and superhero couples tend to fizzle when you keep them apart, but Billy and Teddy's unique strength is that they're never truly apart, and their relationship never seems to lose steam-- they've been a pair from the start, and... they're a little obsessed with each other.

The Billy story that I most want to see right now is a full Maximoff team-up. It could go in one of two directions: A) a quest to uncover Natalya's history and finally vanquish the Emerald Warlock, in which they're waylaid by Doom and other magic villains from their past, while teaming up with their magical friends around the world-- basically a sequel to Scarlet Witch; or, B) a showdown with Krakoa and a resolution of their relationship with Erik, which, best case scenario, partially reverses the Axis retcon and proves once and for all that the Maximoffs are mutants. If we got a longer series, we could actually do both plots-- they learn something about Natalya which leads them back to Erik, and the two arcs become a larger story.

The Teddy story that I most want to see is a Guardians-esque space romp with political elements featuring Teddy, Xavin and Noh-Varr as, like, a sexy-alien-boys version of the Gullwings from Final Fantasy X. Does that make sense? I don't have a great grasp on the political landscape of Marvel Space so it's a little hard for me to come up with details, but I know that the status quo has been totally upended, so there are going to be different factions and movements springing up, and likely no shortage of villains and space monsters rearing their heads when the dust of the war has fully settled. Teddy's a monarch now, but he's also been set up as this Arthurian hero-king, so I think there's still room for him to go on adventures and fight his own battles with his magic sword and, maybe, a crew of loyal space knights.

Having said aaaallll of that, I would absolutely die for a full-on fantasy adventure story with Billy and Teddy. I mean, Teddy's a king with a magic sword and his husband is a super-powerful witch. It's gotta happen. I'd actually be into them having a rematch with Mother, who is a pretty adaptable villain, in that her abilities and motives will differ depending on how she's been summoned. I'd also really like them to have a chance to go up against Sequoia directly, and on more even grounds. Quoi is such a great enemy for them because they represent the same generation of Avengers babies, and, actually, Quoi's origins are directly tied to Billy's-- their respective parents had a double wedding together. Sequoia and Teddy's arcs in Empyre paralleled and contrasted each other beautifully, but the two characters had no meaningful interactions. I want to see thems as arch rivals, and maybe, begrudgingly.... friends? Plus, I love that they're both alien princes who live in sci-fi stories, but whose aesthetics and powers are pure fantasy-- Quoi's a dryad wizard and Teddy is King Arthur, if King Arthur was a gay anthropomorphic dragon.

Anyways, that's my Wiccan+Hulkling pitch. The first arc is Billy and Teddy facing off against Sequoia in a magic forest that he's grown on his new planet, only to find out that they've been set up by Mother.

In the second arc, the three of them grudgingly team up against Mother while hashing out their shared backstories and giving Quoi, who's literally never had peers to relate to, a chance to fully come to grips with the way he was conditioned and manipulated by his father. Instead of conjuring dead parents, Mother seems to be able to summon dead children, which makes her particularly dangerous around the Cotati, Kree and Skrull, who've just emerged from a war and have countless recent dead.

In the third arc, Mother has freed R'kll and they've set their sights on Earth. Billy heads out with America and Tommy to ask Loki for advice on defeating her, while Teddy brings Sequoia before the Avengers as his charge in order to ensure that Quoi receives provisional immunity.

Loki is able to provide insight on how Mother might have been summoned and what the parameters might be for breaking the spell that's tethering her to Earth-616. It turns out that Mother is essentially holding Anelle's soul hostage and has been appearing to R'kll in her form. Mother's hold, at this point, has spread to the entire Alliance, and Teddy will have to defeat her or else she'll use it to destroy Earth and decimate his nation in the process.

Teddy recruits Wanda to help face Mother down. (side note, I'm desperate to see more of their relationship as in-laws.) Wanda agrees to work with Sequoia but insists on calling Mantis and making them talk.

The final showdown is the three boys, plus Wanda and Mantis, against Mother, R'kll, and an army of dead alien soldiers. Mantis and Wanda are able to pull Anelle's soul from Mother's grasp, but this doesn't banish her-- Mother's true anchor was R'kll, who'd been carrying Anelle's ghost in her heart ever since the destruction of Tarnax.

R'kll believes that she's always acted in the best interest of her nation, and she thought that bringing back Teddy's mother would finally make him see her way. Anelle and Teddy have a tearful reunion, but he admits that the only mother he's really mourned was the woman who raised him.

Wanda, Mantis, and Anelle, as a trio of mothers united with their lost sons, are able to reverse and seal Mother's power, which was based on lost children. They are not able to banish her, however, until R'kll steps forward and sacrifices herself, believing now that the best she can do for her nation is to rid the Alliance of the curse she brought upon it.

R'kll and Anelle begin to dissipate, but R'kll's sacrifice has called forth the spirit of Mrs. Altman, who is finally granted some closure and dignity in death by getting a chance to see how far Teddy's come and the peace that he's built in her memory.

Lots of crying! I made this sad. I'm sorry.

#young avengers #teddy altman #hulkling #wiccan #billy kaplan #empyre #robintext

[alerigotoro]

Five Factors & Product Success

Rogers' five factors provide a framework for us to determine whether or not a new product idea will be able to gain traction in the market.

As a point-in-time evaluation, this is a useful tool, but we have to take it with a grain of salt as many of these change over time. Additionally, I believe that these factors should not necessarily be viewed in isolation; in my system dynamics class, we have considered how many different variables can build on themselves and each other in order to form complex systems, and that those variables change drastically given the existing conditions. This is especially true when we consider where people fall along the innovation spectrum - different populations will respond to different forces: where an innovator might focus on relative advantage when deciding whether or not to make a purchase, a lagger will place significantly more weight on simplicity and compatibility. Therefore, in order to ensure success we must shift these factors over time.

Replacing complexity with simplicity, we can provide different products a score from 1 (low) to 5 (high) along each of Rogers' five factors to determine whether or not they should be pursued:

PB Slices - maybe, in the right market

PB slices were rated low on relative advantage. It is simple enough to use a knife and peanut butter the bread - if its too hard, you can microwave it 10s to soften the PB and avoid tearing it. It scored low on observability as well: you might see people buying it or packing as a snack, but rarely will see people making sandwich. PB slices scored slightly higher on compatibility, as they might not be compatible with peoples' traditional perspective on peanut butter. However, they are pretty compatible with existing activities, such as eating fruit or assembling a sandwich.

PB slices did score high on both simplicity and trialability. The design, similar to Kraft singles, is simple enough for children to use and is already familiar to consumers. Assuming free samples come back to us, it's also very easy to trial - even if not, should be a cheap enough option that you can buy one pack to see if you like it. I'm not sure if a post-covid would helps or hurts these - on one hand, we are less likely to get free samples, but on the other, people prefer single-use, individually wrapped items, so it may be a good time to launch this product if one can get contracts with lunch box prep services like the one we have at MIT

Collapsible wheel - nope

The collapsible wheel scored the lowest out of the four products. IT has practically no relative advantage over locking a bike up - true, the tire won't get stolen, but now you have to lug around a bike wheel. It's incompatible with existing bikes and requires a different model, so compatibility is low. Additionally, it seems difficult to use, and is likely difficult to fix in the event that it breaks

The wheel scored slightly higher on trialability and observability. At this point, they would be even lower, but as this bike becomes more popular over time it would be easier to try it at a store, or borrow a friend's (though it's so expensive I wouldn't lend mine to anyone). As bike racks are in public spots it would be hard to miss someone collapsing their bike tire. That said, these both require a high enough degree of adoption before they become meaningful.

Stave Puzzle - sure, for a cult following

Personally, this was my favorite product! I am a huge puzzler. Unfortunately, these are too expensive to be trialable (you also can't truly trial them without completing one), and as most puzzlers enjoy their hobby indoors, is not very observable, leading to low marks on both of these criteria. It received high marks on the other three, as it's a very unique take on a simple, familiar concept. One might say that it holds limited advantage over a traditional physical puzzle or brain teaser, but it holds a significant advantage over a traditional puzzle (not to mention these are significantly harder for my dog and nieces to eat)

If Stave is able to make these more affordable, they would become more trialable and better-suited for a larger product market; however, this would cause it to lose its small-town, handmade charm. In reality, it lends itself to a cult following

Polytrack - yes!

This scored the highest of all the products. It received the lowest marks for observability, as it is difficult to distinguish between polytrack and traditional sand. However, tracks that use it are likely to be proud and therefore would have signage or PA announcements at races. In terms of compatibility, it's very similar to the existing sand and should have no issue in replacing it; however, it gets a lower score because of the traditional mindset and the momentum required to shift it. Lastly, it gets a 3 for trialability - in theory one could test it out on other tracks (as a rider/owner) but as a track-owner it would be difficult to do so.

Polytrack received full marks on both remaining criteria. Regarding relative advantage, the main issue is that it is expensive to install, requiring $5M to convert one track - however, the amount saved on horse injuries/euthanizations and the increase in starts that you get from horses means owners might be more willing to pay to enter their horses in races on polytrack tracks, breaking even quickly. In terms of simplicity - it's sand, but better! How hard is that to understand?

Solos glasses (branding project)

The product for my branding project (smart glasses) has a high trialability, and is highly compatible with existing systems and mindsets for people who already wear glasses. I imagine we might struggle with observability, as they are very sleek and look like normal glasses. Additionally, they are relatively simple to me but might not be for my parents' generation. As we conduct market research, it will be interesting to see what the perceived relative advantage to these glasses are, so that we can focus our efforts on bridging the gap and enticing potential customers.

#2021sloanbrandingb

[worryinglyinnocent]

Fic: The Toy Box

Summary: Whilst helping Belle pack her things prior to her moving in with him, Gold is introduced to some interesting items in a box in her bedroom. 

Written for the @a-monthly-rumbelling prompt: Fun with toys. 

Rated: E

The Toy Box

It was only once she was in the process of packing up her belongings that Belle realised just how much work went into moving in with someone. 

When Gold had asked her if she would like to live with him, Belle had said yes without any hesitation. She already knew – and Gold already knew – that she loved him, and she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him. Cohabiting was just the first step towards the realisation of that dream. She already spent so much time in his house that she practically lived there anyway. 

Even now, surrounded by packing crates and bubble wrap, with all her stuff strewn across every surface, Belle didn’t regret it. She just wished that it wasn’t so time-consuming. It felt like she’d been at this for days already.

Making decisions about what furniture to keep and what to sell had been easy, since most of her large items were second-hand and bought for cheapness rather than any sentimental reasons. She was lucky that Gold had more than enough space in his house to hold all her books, so no agonising decisions needed to be made there.

No, it was just the process of packing and tidying that was so all-encompassing. 

Belle left the boxes of books for the moment and went over to her closet, beginning to fold her clothes into their waiting suitcases and stack her shoeboxes next to the door. Gold would be arriving in a few minutes, along with Dove in the van, to take the first load of boxes away, and she wanted to have something to show for all of her packing efforts. She’d been at it since early morning and it didn’t feel like she’d achieved anything at all. 

She picked up one shoebox and smiled before lifting the lid and peeking inside. This box had not contained shoes for a long while. This box was home to far naughtier items. Belle’s grin widened at the thought of her toy collection now being housed under her boyfriend’s roof. 

He wasn’t a complete stranger to the things in the box, but she had not had as many opportunities to try out the different items as she would have liked, and now she would have so many more chances to explore with him. Belle opened the box fully and took out her bullet vibrator, turning the purple silicone this way and that, and thinking of all the fun she could have with it, watching Gold come apart and beg for mercy.

A string of anal beads was the next thing out of the box. She’d never used them with Gold before, and she wondered what his reaction would be. 

She didn’t have to wait to find out. The van had pulled up outside the library, and Belle could hear Gold calling up the steps. 

“Belle, love? Are you there?”

“I’m in the bedroom. The front door’s unlocked, come on in. Dove can take the boxes in the kitchen.”

A few moments later, Gold poked his head around the door, giving the room a onceover. 

“I have to say, it looks like a glitter bomb exploded in here, except with books instead of glitter.”

“I know. I should have just taken the books off the shelves and put them straight into the boxes, but I kept getting side-tracked.”

“It seems you’ve got side-tracked again.” There was no admonishment in his voice, just amusement. “Somehow, I don’t think that those are the kind of beads you wear round your neck as statement jewellery.”

“Oh, they’d make a statement, all right.” Belle looked down at the string of beads draped over her fingers, and then back up at Gold, a little smirk creeping over her face. “I could teach you where you’re supposed to put them, if you want.”

Gold raised his eyebrows, clearly in two minds, but Belle saw the moment that she won him over, a smirk of his own appearing at the corner of his mouth as he stepped into the room fully, closing the door behind him. 

“I think that would be an excellent idea,” he said. Although the words were conversational, there was a husky tone in his voice that was anything but, and the first frisson of excitement ran through Belle’s veins as she heard it. Yes, she was definitely going to have a lot of fun introducing Gold to the contents of her toy box. 

She stood from her position kneeling in the bottom of the closet, casually tossing the beads and a bottle of lube onto the bed before smoothing down her skirt demurely.

“Are you going to give me any enlightenment yet?” Gold asked. Belle came over to him, playing with the knot of his tie and loosening it a little. 

“Well, we should probably wait until Dove isn’t in the apartment with us.” She leaned in and whispered in his ear. “I know you like it when I’m loud.”

Gold gave a huff of mingle amusement and arousal. “Yes, yes I do.”

Belle undid his tie completely and pulled it off, tossing it down onto the floor. She probably shouldn’t be adding to the mess of everything that needed to be packed, but it was all going to end up back in Gold’s house anyway, so the need to get him as undressed as possible as fast as possible outweighed the other concerns. 

“Honestly,” she said. “I can’t believe you’re still wearing a three-piece suit and tie whilst helping me move.”

“It always pays to look one’s best.”

“You won’t be looking your best when we’re through.” Belle slipped her arms around Gold’s neck and pulled him in for a long kiss. “You’ll be looking very thoroughly fucked.”

“Oh, I’m counting on it.” Gold’s voice was a low growl. and it made Belle’s stomach flip-flop in anticipation. She wrestled him out of his jacket and had just begun work on his waistcoat buttons when there was a discreet tap on the bedroom door. 

“Mr Gold, I’m taking the first lot of boxes over to the house now. Just call when you’re ready for me to return.”

Belle waited until she heard the front door close behind Dove before resting her head on Gold’s shoulder with a groan. “Oh my God, he so knows what we’re doing.”

“Well, at least he’s got the courtesy to leave us alone whilst we’re doing it. So…” Gold’s hands came around her back and swept down to cup her ass, squeezing her cheeks through her skirt. “Are you going to show me where you should wear these very interesting beads then?”

He pulled the zip of her skirt down, pushing it off her hips, and Belle stepped out of it, kicking it off to the side. She looked up at him with a smirk. “You know, I think you’ve got a very good idea about that yourself. You’re not as innocent as you make yourself out to be, you know.”

It was the work of a few moments to get the rest of their clothes off, the fact that they were supposed to be packing and moving lending a sense of urgency to the occasion, and Belle pulled Gold over to the bed, flopping backwards and bringing him down on top of her. 

If there was one thing that Belle loved the most about sex with Gold - however hard it might be to pick just one thing - it was his thoroughness. Even during the most hastily snatched of encounters, he always took the time to make sure that she was gasping in pleasure by the end of it. Today was no different as his lips trailed down from her mouth, over her neck and breasts, tugging on each nipple in turn and making her cry out. She could feel him beginning to twitch and harden against her thigh, and she wondered how long he would be able to last. When it came to giving her the best orgasms of her life, he could hold out for a remarkably long time. 

She was already wriggling beneath him when he finally pulled away, sitting back on his heels and smirking down at her as he reached for the lube and the beads, other hand slipping between her thighs to pet at the wet heat beginning to show at her entrance.

“Now, my love, I think it might be best if you turned over.”

Belle was happy to oblige, rolling over on the sheets and wiggling her bum at him, looking back over her shoulder as he pressed a kiss to each cheek. The lube was colder than she was expecting as he squeezed it out over her skin, and he laughed at the jerk of her hips against the sensation. 

Then his fingertips were rubbing at her asshole, massaging in the lube before pushing inside by tiny degrees, achingly slow as he worked her up. It wasn’t the first time they’d had anal sex, but it wasn’t something they did regularly. Belle wondered if she could turn the tables at some point in the future, hopefully soon, and the thought sent a fresh new wave of arousal washing through her veins just as Gold pulled his fingers out of her, making her groan. 

She closed her eyes, hearing his chuckle. “I think you’re ready to wear these beads now.” The first one pushed inside slowly. “Is this ok?”

Belle nodded enthusiastically. “Yes. That’s great, keep going.” She could hear him squeezing out more lube, and then his other hand was snaking between her legs and into her cleft, finding her clit and pinching gently. Her hips bucked up, the angle of the beads changing inside her as she rubbed up against his hand, squealing as the second bead pushed up inside. She could feel herself beginning to sweat, the damp prickling at her skin in the small of her back. 

“Oh Belle…” It sounded like Gold was just as short of breath as she was. “Oh Belle, I can’t lie, this view is wonderful.”

She craned her neck, looking over her shoulder towards him. His cock was bobbing proud in front of him, the tip flushed red and leaking.

“Yeah, mine’s not bad either.” Her hips jerked again, nudging her clit against his fingers once more. “Come on inside,” she gasped. “I want you to feel it too.”

His hand slipped away from her clit and a moment later, she felt him pushing into her vagina, and she heard his low moan as he began to move, feeling the beads in her ass from inside her. 

“Oh God, Belle…”

Gold’s pace was getting quicker and quicker, his rhythm erratic, and Belle could barely think straight for the indescribably sensation of having his cock and the beads in her at the same time. Just one more little push would take her over the glorious edge, and she reached down to touch her clit, screaming unashamedly as she came. Gold followed her over just a moment later, and for a while they just lay quietly, both of them panting heavily in the wake of the intensity they’d just experienced. 

“Do you think I should take these out now?” Gold tapped at the string of beads, sending an aftershock of pleasure through Belle’s body. She shivered and nodded, groaning as he pulled them out as slowly as he’d put them in.

“You know,” Belle began, rolling over and stretching out beside Gold, “I think that was just what I needed to relieve some of the stress of packing.”

“Hmm.” Gold glanced over at her. “You know, we have all weekend to get you moved. It doesn’t matter if we don’t get finished tonight.”

Belle grinned, knowing exactly what he was thinking as both of their eyes alighted on the innocent-looking shoebox.

“So, what should we try out next?”

#rumbelle fic #A Monthly Rumbelling #Belle French #Mr Gold #Fic: The Toy Box

[purrfectstrangers]

The Crimson Emperor

Loud.

That was the only way to describe the throne room. It was loud.

Gold pillars upheld a gold celling that gold chandeliers hung from. It glittered and glowed to a blinding degree, only cut off by banners of a pink Peixes symbol that miscellaneously decorated the walls. Red carpets covered the white tiled floors, providing the only real color variation in the room.

Karkat had to squint as he was dragged in. The room seemed to be made out of pure pride and ego, like a neon sign loudly declaring "I am here, look at me, I am the center of your world". Karkat's eyes didn't have time to adjust before he was forced to his knees by the meaty hands on his shoulders. His head was forced up so he could stare at the center of it all. A big, garish, bedazzled throne, decked out in all matter of gems and designs, that currently seated Her Imperious Condescension.

If the room was loud, The Condesce was big.

The chair, more than big enough to hold three people, barely managed to fit her titanic ass. The Empress' royal attire wasn't fairing much better, stretched thinly across her breasts as it was. It resisted tearing in a way only latex could, highlighting every detail. Though it honestly seemed as if one movement too quick could rip it open. Not that Condy seemed to mind, the suit seemed tailor built to allow any troll to admire her at any time. It's not like she was hard to spot, she looked at least twelve feet tall, minus the hair and horns.

Condy hadn't even bothered to look up from her shell phone, she was reclined back into her seat like it was a couch. She seemed used to seeing prisoners brought before her, and Karkat could guess why. You didn't get a figure like that without a lot of meat in your diet. "Whale, buoys, what did you bring me? A small shrimp snack, a quick fuck, or a nice, big..." Condy stopped and did a double take as her eyes trailed down to Karkat. She did an honest double take, recognition and suprise crossing her features. Karkat really hoped it was the defiance in his eyes, like some kind of internal fire that intrigued her, but her reemerging smirk killed any chance of that. 

"...Buffet." Her shell phone snapped shut, a smug grin crossed her features as she stood up. Her hips bounced and swayed with every step, her strut was designed for that. It was hypnotizing, intoxicating even, to look at. "Whale, whale, what do we have here?" Even as Karkat was forced to stand, he barely came up to her thighs. The Condesce still had to bend over to speak to him. "Never thought I'd see a mutie like you again."

Karkat glared up at her. "ARE YOU DONE BEING NAUSEATINGLY SMUG? BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOOD AT IT. I HAD TO PUT UP WITH SERKET FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, I CAN HANDLE A LITTLE ATTITUDE FROM YOU." Condy gasped in mock admonishment. "Why, Mutie. You've got some mouth on you. Judging from the last crabby shrimp I had to deal with, I was expecting some manners." Karkat's scowl tightened. "JUDGING FROM YOUR DECENDANT, I WAS EXPECTING YOU TO HAVE A PERSONALITY. YET, HERE YOU ARE, STUFFING YOURSELF ON PRISONERS TO SATIATE YOUR EGO, ALL WHILE WEARING THE TIGHTEST CLOTHES YOU CAN FIND IN THE HOPES THAT SOME SAD SAP WILL JACK OFF TO YOU. I'M UNIMPRESSED."

Condy cackled. "Oh, you poor little guppy. You have no idea what you're getting into do you?" Condy snapped her fingers. Quickly, the guards unlocked Karkat's cuffs, shoving him forward into Condy's arms before hustling off. The Empress simply hummed merrily as she lifted the troll up like a feather, the lift killing any rant he could start. "You've got such a creative mouth on you," she remarked, toying with his cheek, "I'll enjoy hearing you use it... after a break you."

Karkat sputtered. "WHA- BREAK ME! YOU COULDN'T BREAK A FUCKING PAPER BAG WITHOUT IT BEING SOFTENED UP FOR YOU FIRST. YOU'D BE LUCKY TO- AAaaaa-" Karkat's rant was cut off as Condy groped his ass, bedazzled claws scrapping against tight denim. "And you've got such a dumptruck on you too. Almost don't know which hole to break first. You a pred too, shrimp?" Karkat just scowled. "SOME OF US HAVE TO HUNT FOR OUR FOOD, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE EXHILARATING, YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME." 

Condy lazily fell back into her throne, squishing her ass and jiggling her hips in one swoop. Karkat was preached on her lap, cradled like a baby. His exasperated expression told her exactly what he thought of that and she was loving it. "Between you and me, crabby, I'd love too. You should tell me more aboat it when you're... broken in." Condy snapped her fingers again, and a floating camera emerged from the floor, hovering around the duo. "For now, just be a good guppy and help me put on a show."

Televisions all across the Empire flickered, billions of shows and broadcasts were cut off. The Alternian Empire leaned forward eagerly. It was time for one of those very special broadcasts. "Buoys and gills, lend me your eyes." Condy said smugly, wrapping her claws around Karkat's cheeks. "We've got a very special toy joining us tonight." Karkat scowled and shoved her hand away, much to her amusement. "He's still got an attitude. Place your bets. How long will it last?" If the Condesce was amused, Karkat was equally unamused. "ARE YOU GOING TO START OR WHAT? CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU THINK, THE AUDIENCE ISN'T HERE TO WATCH YOU TALK." 

Condy smirked. "I'm gonna enjoy making you scream." Something writhed beneath Karkat's ass, something that stretched the latex to its breaking point. For a moment, Karkat almost looked nervous. "Yeah, there it is. You're a shrimp under that scowl, aren't ya Mutie?" Karkat tried to look eyes with her again, but she clearly wasn't buying it. "Don't worry, it'll only hurt a lot." 

The tip of a pink bulge creeped onto his lap, staining his jeans as it began to slink around his waist. Condy let out a low chuckle, sadistically showing her prey what she'll be ruining them with for the next few hours. "How big do your prey get, guppy?" Condy asked smugly. "Cause this? This is a solid ten feet." Condy stopped admiring her own bulge to drink in Karkat's expression. But... he wasn't scared. He didn't look unnerved, intimidated, or even suprised. Hell, he didn't even look mad.

He looked... unimpressed.

"...TEN FEET?" 

"That's what I said. Suprised?" 

Karkat blinked and shifted awkwardly.

"I MEAN, I GUESS. IT'S JUST... SHOULDN'T IT BE A LITTLE.... BIGGER?" Condy looked confused for a second, before nearly doubling over in laughter. "Bigger? Beach, any bigger and I'd pop you with it." She leaned in, talking down to him like a child. "What's the word on the street? 11? 13? What were you expectin?" Karkat just raised an eyebrow. "PRETTY SURE YOU'RE FUCKING WITH ME BUT... ALRIGHT." Karkat casually unwrapped himself, shaking some pink slime off himself as he got up. He took a few steps back away from the throne.

"AT LEAST BIGGER THAN THIS."

Karkat unzipped his jeans and his bulge fell out with a thunk. The rest unsheathed slowly to reveal at least 15 feet of twisting, writhing, dripping meat. With a base that nearly encompassed his thighs, it was a miracle Karkat could even stand. 

The Condesce's silence could be heard around the world.

Her shocked awe was shared by the world. All anyone could was stare with mouths agape at the sheer girth of it. Karkat grinned. "YOU WERE SAYING?" Condy stammered. "I-Whale... uh..." The tip of Karkat's bulge jutted into her face, instantly flooding her nostrils with a musky, sweaty scent. "NO NO, GO ON. LET'S HERE IT. WHAT WERE YOU SAYING?" The Condescension took a deep, steadying breath. "I was sayin, uh..." A facsimile of her earlier smug demeanor returned, back it rang a lot more hollow. "I was saying, get that little thing over here." 

Karkat snorted, bemused. "GLADLY." The dripping red tentacle wrapped around her leg, pulling her off the throne with ease. Karkat loomed over her, camera hoovering over his shoulder. Even on the ground, Condy still tried to look smug. "Where you gonna put it, guppy?" Her eyes flickered between Karkat and the bulge. "Doesn't matter. I can handle it either way." Karkat just kneeled down, pulling her pants down to her ankles. It took some harsh tugging given how tightly her ass was wrapped in it. "I HOPE SO. I PLAN ON FITTING IT ALL IN." 

Condy's fins flared, a pink blush spreading across her cheeks.

"Why... Mutie..." 

"KARKAT. MY NAME IS KARKAT."

Karkat positioned himself over her, his hands wrapped around her arms as best as he could.

"HOW ABOUT YOU PRACTICE IT A LITTLE? BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU SCREAM IT."

Condy gasped wordlessly as Karkat's tip penetrated her nook. "I think, aha..." Condy bit her lip as Karkat burrowed into her, every little thrust shaking her body. "I think I hit the jackpot." Karkat grunted as he thrust in again, her abdomin already bulging. "I THINK I'M HITTING YOUR SWEET SPOT."  More accurately, he was hitting every spot. Condy moaned again. "Cod, feels like I'm sucking in a whole troll. Just a lot more... squirmy."

Karkat smirked. "LIKE YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DO TO ME?" Karkat pulled his sweater over his head, letting his glistening, sweaty chest free as he tossed the black cloth aside. The Empress licked her lips as she admired the view. "Like I might still do to you, Crab Kat." Karkat thrust in deeper, cutting Condy off as she stifled a grunt. "TRY IT, APPETIZER. WHEN I'M DONE, YOU'LL BE BEGGING FOR ME TO EAT YOU." Condy's claws wrapped around Karkat's shoulders. "Promise?" Karkat gave her a slow once over. 

"PROMISE."

That's when the niceties stopped.

The challenge was voiced, the gauntlet was thrown, and Karkat was done playing nice. "YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU JUST ASKED FOR." Karkat pulled back slowly. Dragging himself out inch by inch. Once he posed, he trust in.

One. Condy grunted, her abdomen bulged, her breasts jiggled like cheap balloons to a degree they shouldn't have been able too. 

Two. Condy gasped. Her legs spread. Her shirt creaked in protest.

Three. Condy screamed. Her legs wrapped around Karkat instinctively. Her latex top ripped and her womb bulged.

Karkat was only halfway in.

Past that point he sped up. Moving less like a sledgehammer and more like a jackhammer. Wet slapping sounds filled the air as Condy's mind raced. His sweaty scent was filling her nostrils, invading her mind. "SO FAR, YOU'RE REALLY NOT IMPRESSING ME." He barely sounded winded. "COMPARED TO OTHER PEOPLE I'VE MANAGED TO BREAK, I MEAN." Condy's ego roared at that, but was quickly shut up as another thrust forced a moan out of her. 

"I MEAN, FIRST THERE WAS NEPETA. SHE HAD WANTED ME FOR SWEEPS, SO I FINALLY ROLLED OVER AND GAVE HER WHAT SHE WANTED."

Karkat slid deeper still, and Condy's arms briefly spasmed.

"SHE LASTED THREE HOURS."

Karkat's grip tightened. Her mind fogged.

"THEN THERE WAS TEREZI. THAT WAS MORE OF A ONE NIGHT STAND. SHE WAS AT MY HIVE AND WE FIGURED, WHY NOT?"

Karkat growled. Condy's legs spasmed. She didn't notice either.

"SHE LASTED AN ENTIRE DAY."

She could smell him, his breath, his sweat. His voice drowned out her own.

"LAST ONE I HAD WAS VRISKA. SHE DARED ME THAT I COULDN'T BREAK HER. SHE WAS REAL SMUG ABOUT IT."

Her heartbeat pounded, roared in her chest. Despite that, she couldn't even hear it over his. She soundlessly screamed his name.

"SHE ONLY LASTED TEN MINUTES."

Karkat slid in with a pop, soon followed by his bulge blasting forth gallons of genetic material. Condy's gut ballooned, bloating out like a used condom. Her eyes rolled back, her mouth gapped open, her mind filled with static. As Her Imperious Condescension lay limp on the ground, all she could think about was Karkat Vantas.

"...STILL A LOT LONGER THAN YOU LASTED." Karkat got up, sheathing his bulge and pulling his jeans back up. He turned to the camera and halfheartedly gestured at the broken Empress. "IF ANY OF YOU ARE STILL WONDERING, THIS ISN'T HER SHOW ANYMORE. IT'S HARD FOR A STUFFED FISH TO RUN AN EMPIRE."

Condy laughed deliriously as she twitched on the ground. "Crab... kat. Crabby crabby kat. Karkat...." Karkat walked over to her, crouching down by her head. "Kat... oh, Karkat, yes.... oh...." He waved his hand in front of her face. It took a few seconds for her to follow it. "Yes... Karkat... darling... ?" 

"YOU'RE ON THE MENU. GET UP." Karkat stepped over her, taking his seat on the throne. Condy slowly got to her feet, swaying back and forth with each step. "A... meal... I've always wanted to be your... meal...." She ripped off what little was left of her shirt and quickly kicked away her pants to join them. She stood bare before him, covered only in her own sweat and material. Karkat put out his hand. "CROWN." 

The Imperial Crown. A symbol of unwavering power. Handed off to an off spectrum mutant without a single thought. Karkat rested the crown on top of his head, only pausing to shake some of her sweat off first. Condy bent over before him, showing off her gloriously thick ass. "If you want to take me... one more time..." Karkat raised an eyebrow and shrugged. "I HAVE THREE BETTER ONES THAN YOU ALREADY. BESIDES, I'M HUNGRY." Condy fell forward onto her bloated belly, sticking her feet up into the air.

Karkat grabbed her ankles and gave one of her feet a tentative lick. He smacked his lips, his default, unimpressed scowl still crossing his face. "...GOOD ENOUGH." Karkat stuck the feet in his mouth, savoring the rich, salty taste of the former Empress. She tasted like a well cooked beef and was likely about as juicy. Still, this was hardly the epicenter of her flavor. Her ass on the other hand.

Karkat tilted his head back and swallowed, sucking in her legs like noodles to get the the juicy core of his meal. His stomachs growling was soon satiated, as it only took three gulps for her feet to bulge out his gut. Karkat tilted his head back forward, letting her ass rest on his his face and her bulgle hang loose on his chin. The Condesce, in the meantime, was just muttering his name with a far off expression, enjoying every moment of her devourment. Karkat's jaw clicked as it unhinged, forcing her ass in between his jaws one labored gulp at a time. 

Condy gasped as her master's tongue slathered all over her ruined nook and writhing bulge, her bulge wrapping itself around his tongue. Karkat just moaned in appreciation. Her rich, juicy flavor flooded his tastebuds and her succulent scent only enhanced the experience. He could've sat their for hours, exploring every inch of her ass with his tongue, but his stomach growled demandingly.

Her ass stretched his ribcage to their limits as his lips crept around her cum fillied belly. It sloshed and swayed with every gulp. With how badly he ruined her entrance, Karkat was worried one grip too tight would squeeze all the material out of her. "Oh, cod... you're so warm... so tight..." Condy twitched and moaned as his guts pulsated around her. "Eat me up.... come on, Karkat.... I'm yours..." Her breasts jiggled was one more swallow pressed her guts into his throat. Her hair fell into his eyes before brushed it away. Two big, juicy melons stood between him and his meal.

Glk!

Condy moan breathlessly in time with each gulp. Each nibble kneaded her flesh, each lick memorized her taste, each swallow sealed her fate. It wasn't long until her breasts were just two lumps in Karkat's throat. "I love you... so much... Thank you... for having me, Karkat." One more gulp sent her head down his throat and Karkat quickly slurped down her hair and horns like noodles.

A loud, crass belch rang out around the throne room. Karkat's gut gurgled and groaned as he rubbed it absent mindedly. "OH GOD..." He belched again, spraying put excess spit. "YOU'RE SO FUCKING FILLING." His stomach churned happily in agreement. Karkat looked at the camera. "THERE'RE GOING TO BE A FEW CHANGES AROUND HERE. BUT FIRST, I'M GOING TO SLEEP HER OFF." Karkat snapped his fingers and the camera disappeared.

~

Four days later. Four days later and she was still alive. His gut gurgled and churned around her softened for form and all she did was moan. She worshipped him, muttured his praises with her final shaky breaths. She didn't have much longer.

As she melted, Karkat sat back in his throne. His ever loyal servants -- Terezi, Nepeta, and Vriska -- messaged his grumbling gut and worshipped his body as he rested his head on his fist. His new crown showed off his symbol proudly and the drapes flaunted his royal crimson color.

Alternia would reach a new age of prosperity under The Crimson Emperor.

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God I will always swoon for Karkat. Call me the most loyal subject, holy shit. xwx

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Three for one hosting 2020 Review 

Three for one hosting 2020 Review  – Introduction

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Three for one hosting 2020 Review  – What is three for one hosting 2020?

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THREE FOR ONE HOSTING 2020 RATING

EASY TO USE

          PRICE

          FEATURES

          QUALITY

          SUPPORT

          BONUSES

          SUMMARY

Basically, Three For One Hosting is a web hosting that offers you three years of quality webhosting for less than the price of one, of course with high quality.  During the period, your can get three years of hosting for as little as 2.5 cents per day!

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OVERALL

4.9

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Friendly-user you can access and make use of in minutes regardless of the skills level you are at technology

All-inclusive web hosting that offer you literally everything you need to launch and sustain your domains

Real time upgrade to provide you the best and better supports

Cons

I haven’t found any uncomfortable and drawbacks of this amazing software so far.

Three for one hosting 2020 Review  – Features

Three for one hosting 2020 Review  –  Features and Benefits

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Friendly-user you can access and make use of in minutes regardless of the skills level you are at technology

All-inclusive web hosting that offer you literally everything you need to launch and sustain your domains

Real time upgrade to provide you the best and better supports

Cons

I haven’t found any uncomfortable and drawbacks of this amazing software so far.

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RWBY Ancestries Chapter 5 Part 2 of 3

* Hello Everyone! I’m back with part 2 to the 3 part chapter 5. I’ll admit took me longer to write but that’s because I have been busy with work and didn’t have enough energy to fully finish this part. But here it is and hope you all enjoy!*

* Also to clarify because I completely forgot to explain how the dialect goes here’s a chart. So you all won’t be confused. *

Talking: Something.

Thinking: 'Something'

Telepathy: 'Something'

- Schnee Manor -

Jaqcues: Arthur! What are doing here?! Nevermind, that, why have you been not answering my attempts to contact you?!

Watts: Hmm? Oh yes! How rude of me. I have been noticing your attempts contact me but you see I’ve been preoccupied with other matters at the time. Such as making it to your lovely home. And as you see I had the trouble of bringing my colleagues along with me.

Jaqcues Schnee is honestly baffled by Arthur’s blunt explanation. He had been having a panic attack for a good two hours before he started his attempt to flee, and here comes the source of his unrest and what does he say?

Jaqcues: You mean to tell me you avoided all my calls today, just so you come to here to tell me you were busy with other matters?!

Watts: That would summarize what I just said yes. But enough about that, you see I need to ask a favor of you. You see my colleagues and I are in desperate need of shelter and transportation for the night. So because of our partnership I thought that, well, if you allow us to borrow one of your personal ships.

Jaqcues couldn’t believe what he was hearing. This man who had persuaded him to give him access Atlas’s Control grid in exchange for assurance that he would have been the victor of the election and to have Ironwood’s figurative head on a platter. Seemed like a worthwhile deal at the time. Now, Arthur assumes that he has him around his finger. Because of this, Jaqcues finally sees his fears are coming to fruition.

Jaqcues: You’re leaving. What’ve our previous arrangement, your promise of my victory against Hill and Ironwood.

Watts: Oh yes, well you see some pressing matters compel me away for the time being and well I cannot simply ignore it for the time being. Though I have not forgotten about our deal.

Jaqcues: Oh really now, and what assurance do I have to know you will keep your promise.

Watts: Well, on that matter it will need to be a matter of trust.

Jaqcues: Trust, how exactly do you expect me to trust you? Not only have you not yet fulfill your part of our agreement but you are also asking me if I could lend you a airship. If anything I’ve put more trust in your hands than you can assure me.

Watts: Jaqcues I just need this small favor and then you will have-

Jaqcues: NO!!! YOU’RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING MORE FROM ME! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I HAVE RISKED FOR YOU?! AND THEN YOU ASK ME FOR MY DAMN SHIP!! I’M TIRED OF YOUR DAMN PROMISES AND NEVER GETTING THE RESULTS I WANT! WELL GOOD SIR I’LL TELL YOU WHAT I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO ME! GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE, TAKE YOUR FUCKING CHEAP PROMISES, AND FUCK OFF!!!

Jaqcues takes a few deep breaths to recompose himself, but damn did it feel good. Honestly, while he is normally never so vulgar he must admit after these past few days he feels he needs the stress relief. He looks to Arthur to see he has an unamused face, but he couldn’t care less about what this man cared about.

Watts: So...I assume that this means the end of our partnership then, yes?

Jaqcues: Oh gods sakes- YES! I’m ending our partnership!

Watts: Oh good, I just wanted to make sure. Tyrian if you’d please?

Jaqcues: 'Tyrian? Who’s- Wait where did that Faunus go-!' AAAGH!!

From behind him felt two arms wrapped around his mouth and torso in the span of a two seconds, then in less than one he felt the stinging sensation of a needle being stuck into his neck and feeling a injected dosage being sent into his body. In a matter of three seconds he feels light headed and has feeling of vertigo. He looks towards Arthur only to see in appear to move in slow motion. Then he feels the most disturbing thing he has ever felt in his whole life. The Faunus behind him exhaled a breath, what’s terrifying is that the breath seemed to sting like residue of burning Dust. And when he spoke it was like hearing a spectral phantom.

Tyrian: Oh what fun!~ It’s been awhile since I have seen Watts lose his nerve like that! Bet you feel special, don’t you.~

Jaqcues:MMFF! MMMMFFFF!

Tyrian: Ssssshhh. Don’t rush the moment.~ Saver it.~ My poison won’t kill you just yet, it’ll just make you experience everything at ten times more sensitivity. Oh how I wish this could go one for longer.~ But alas we are rushed on time so~!

Jaqcues: MMAAAAFFFF!!!

From behind Jaqcues, Tyrian unwrapped the arm around his torso, switching for his mechanical tail, and used one side of his bladed weapon to impale Jaqcues from the back. Without ever having his Aura unlocked, the blade finds no resistance in going through his abdomen. The blades, thanks to the poison, feel like they could have been chainsaws being stabbed through him at ten times the agony. It was a pain too much for the old man and in a matter of seconds to them, his eyes rolled into his skull and hangs his head limp, succumbing to his injuries.

Tyrian then looks behind the suit of the man just murdered and sees the pool of blood coating the prestigious white suit, and begins to cackle. His laughing is heard by his colleagues and besides Watts, who is unfazed by his antics, disturbed the two youths. While Emerald and Mercury were no strangers to killing, having to do so on occasions, the pleasure that Tyrian was getting from this was disturbing none the less. They haven’t found out until recently that the man was a infamous serial killer and that shocked them quite a bit. Eventually settles down his laughing and places the dead man on the floor.

Tyrian: Aaahhh!~ That was very savoring, out of all the victims I killed, I think that will stick with me the most. I mean who else can say that they killed someone as big as Jaqcues Schnee.

Watts: Yes, yes, you can celebrate your popularity later. We have pressing matters at hand.

Tyrian reluctantly does as Watts says and along with Mercury and Emerald, move pass Jaqcues Schnee’s dead body and make way to find where the ship garage is. Not knowing that they had a hidden witness watching their escape from the crime scene. Their watcher was none other than Willow Schnee, who was hidden around the corner of a room near the front door. She had a hand covering her mouth silencing any noise that they could hear and bore a haunted expression.

Originally, Willow came out here because through her camera system around her house, she saw her bastard of a husband strike her poor youngest child Whitley across the face and dared asked him to apologize for it. She had lived with the man’s neglect and mental abuse of herself and her children for many years, but never was she aware that the bastard was actually physically abusing her dear boy. Out of all things that man has done to this family, that is what broke the camels back. She was done, she was so done with this man’s abuse to her family. She was going to confront the man herself about this and see just how long had he been mistreating her children as such. But before that, those people came. They killed her husband and she could only watch hidden away from their sight. Now Willow could only feel shock but also despair. Why? Because now, all the years she had spent trying to keep her family safe from that man, were wasted. After finally finding something that could incriminate him enough to send Jaqcues away for good. The man is killed in her home. Which now means that everything, the evidence she held was null and void. For how can one incriminate a dead man.

Now those people are in her house, looking for a escape. But then she had a horrifying thought. What if they find anyone else in the house, more specifically her Whitley. She needed to find him before they do and get to safety. Who knows what these people will do to any of them if they find either of them. However, while she feels much complement to find her son, she feels as movable as a stone pillar. Had the assailants scared her to the point of fearing to move?

Willow: 'No...NO! I need to get to him before they do! Now is not the time to play frozen statue right now, your son needs you! ....my son.....my baby.....Who probably will want nothing to do with me. No! Don’t think like that, even if you had been the worst example of a mother you need to get to him! His life is not yet decided, you can save him! ....but I’m afraid....I don’t want to die....what can I do to save him if I can’t save myself....'

Willow can’t help but feel frozen in place. As much as she tries to move her will is to weak to make her move on her own. She looks down and in her right is a half full bottle of ‘Six Swans’ white wine. Willow recalls taking the bottle with her to give her courage to confront her husband and hasn’t let go of it since. She looks at herself, the daughter of Nicholas Schnee a renowned huntsman and founder of one of the biggest Dust company on Remnant, who is a foolish alcoholic who can’t even lift a finger to save one of her own children. She desperately wanted to I cry at her cowardice. For all the years she allowed that horrible man to ruin her own and her children’s lives. For being a failure to her father’s name. Why couldn’t she had been like him? Where did all of her courage go?

She looks towards a portrait of her father on the wall next to her, as if it was casting judgment on her she looks away in shame from her father’s gaze. Too ashamed to call herself a Schnee. What would he say if he saw her now?....Maybe a sip of her wine will numb her pain? Yes. Numb her and take her away. She brings the bottle close to her lips, just one sip couldn’t hurt.

...

Immediately she tore the bottle away from her face and turns away in disgust. What she been thinking? How could she possibly even think of getting drunk while her defenseless boy is alone at the mercy of these assailants. She looks towards her father’s portrait once more to see his eyes as if they were looking into her soul, disappointment clear in his lifeless face. She swallowed a very large lump in her throat, and not even looking at the bottle, she turned it and poured it’s contents on to the floor. She may have failed as a daughter and a mother, this she knew to be true. But she’ll be dammed before she’ll let her son suffer a worse fate than her. With one step forward, she moves towards the staircase and in the direction of Whitley’s room. She will not lose him, there’s still time. If she was a failure, so be it, but she will save her precious boy.

- Somewhere In Mantle -

Jaune: Auuuughh...

Jaune wakes up having a splitting headache, wondering had what happened. From what he recalled they were flying to face the Wyvern, he was hearing more of the same voice in this head. One the thought was imagining. But what happened after that. He opened his eyes to see he was in the deck, with all his teammates scattered about-!!!

Immediately Jaune refocuses and sees that he lying in a crashed airship. That was right they did crash, right after colliding with the Wyvern. It was coming back to him. He rose to his feet only to wince a moment later, but continues to stand. He surveyed the deck to see if his teammates are okay. He moves forward, using the wall as his support, he sees Ren being the closest to him and sees Nora right next to him. Huh, even in a airship crash and they still are inseparable.

Jaune: 'Not the time Jaune'

He moves his gaze past the two and sees his youngest teammate... With blood on his forehead! He immediately moves to the boy’s side and shakes his shoulder gently but urgently. He knows that since Ozpin no longer aiding Oscar in his training, he still doesn’t know how to manage his Aura’s protective abilities.

Jaune: Oscar! Oscar can you hear me, please you got to get up!

Oscar: Uuugghh... Was’ that. Jaune is that you- Agh! My leg hurts! What’s going on?

Jaune: Turns out our plan didn’t go as smoothly as we thought buddy, we got hit by that Wyvern pretty hard. Hang on, let me heal you you’re pretty banged up.

Oscar: Wait shouldn’t you save your Aura, I know you’ve been training it but healing somebody else’s still takes a lot out of you.

Jaune: Hey don’t you worry too much about me, from where I’m standing you are in some desperate need of healing. Besides I’m the leader here so I can pretty much order you to accept the healing.

As Jaune starts to amplify Oscar’s healing, both Ren and Nora starts to come to. They untangle from each other and noticed their two other teammates. Nora is immediately alarmed by Oscar’s critical condition.

Nora: Oh my gods, Oscar! Are you ok?! Oh I knew we should have had you in a secured seat!

Oscar: Nora! Don’t worry I’m ok. Jaune’s is healing my aura so I’ll live. Nothing fatal.

Jaune: Don’t think that’s gonna calm her down there buddy. (Noticing Nora’s still panicked state)

Nora: What happened? One minute we’re in the sky, now we’re grounded!

Jaune: The Wyvern is what happened. Turns out our plan didn’t work out, because it went back to flying to hit us again.... Oh my gods! Ruby and the others are still out there!

Jaune after done healing Oscar to the best of his ability, reaches his scroll and tried to contact Ruby, only to see that it was damaged during the crash.

Jaune: Damn it my scroll is damaged! Nora is your scroll working?

Nora: Let me see... Oh no mines busted too! And it’s the fancy new one too.~

Oscar: Wait... where’s Ren and the pilots?

Both take notice of their absent teammate and see that he has made his way to the cockpit.

Jaune: Keep an eye on Oscar for me a moment, I’ll check what Ren’s up to.

Nora:(Nods) You got it fearless leader. Don’t take too long, I’m kinda starting to feel claustrophobic in here.

Jaune moves towards the cockpit, using a small bit of his semblance to heal himself. While not at 100% he would gladly take anything if it meant he could help his team. As he reaches the cockpit Jaune does find Ren, right next to the pilots who look like they didn’t make it through the crash.

Jaune: Ren...are they?

Ren: Dead, both of them. Appear to have suffered from the impact of the crash.

Jaune closed his eyes in sadness, he knew Ren was somber over their deaths. These men were the same ones to fly them during their first mission when they came to Atlas and got their modifications. While not particularly close to either pilots, it was sad to see them suffer such a fate. He recalled trying to warn them of the danger but alas he couldn’t get there in time.

Jaune: Ren...I-

Ren: How did you know what was going to happen?

Jaune: Huh?

Ren:(Turns to face him) How did you know that the Wyvern was going to attack us? Because even I didn’t sense that before you apparently had.

Jaune:(Looks to the floor) I...don’t know.

Ren: How could you not know! Jaune I’m not blind, Nora and I could see that something has been bothering you since this mission started and you’ve been zoning out for instances at a time. I know it’s not sleep deprivation because I male sure you don’t wander into the night to....Look just tell me what’s going on, Jaune, I don’t want there to be anymore secrets that we have to keep to ourselves. Please.

Jaune: I....I can’t explain it exactly but I can try. It’s like I’m hearing something or someone trying talking to me but I can’t see them. I thought at first I was imagining it and blamed it on my nerves, but it persisted. I kept hearing them, and the weirdest part, I feel like a familiarity with the voice, but it’s of a person I have never met before. I didn’t want to say anything because I thought it would bring down the team but here we are. I’m sorry if it doesn’t make sense but that’s all I got.

Ren tried to process what his friend told him, given how bizarre it sounded. It sounds like someone or something was trying to contact him telepathically? Not too out there as there are different semblances in Remnant but they knew no one with such a ability. What’s worse is that Jaune doesn’t know who the person was. All in all while it doesn’t explain how he is able to hear such a voice, Ren could clearly see why such a thing would be bothering Jaune. It’s not everyday you have something talking into your head.

Ren: I’ll admit what you’ve said is strange, but not unsympathetic. I guess one would act strange if they heard someone talking to them in their mind. Sorry if I seemed too pushy on the matter.

Jaune: No you’re fine Ren, I guess I shouldn’t keep things like this to myself too often. Make myself crazy. But maybe let’s not explain this to Ironwood or Ace-Ops until we have a proper explanation for this. They may try to lock me up for being crazy.

Ren: You’re not crazy. Though I do agree that we should probably keep this incident close to the chest.

Jaune: Thanks Ren. Oh! Yeah, forgot do you have your scroll intact. The rest of ours are damaged by the crash.

Ren: I do. I’ve been trying to get in contact with Team RWBY but to no avail. However, I have been able to use the ships distress beacon to pinpoint the location of the other airships crash site. So hopefully we can find them.

Jaune: Ren, this is brilliant! I never knew you were so good with machines!

Ren: Well when you have been with someone who’s as hyper as Nora, you have a lot of time to get things done quickly.

Nora: I heard that mister!

Both winced at their fellow teammate overhearing them about the slight comment about them, one thing was for sure. They were both in trouble once this was over. Once they were all ready they made the difficult of breaking down the airship’s escape hatch. All of them came out one by one and they gathered together once they were a good distance of away from the ship.

Jaune: Ok so Oscar and Ren’s scrolls are the only ones that weren’t destroyed from the crash. Which means can track the others location and meet up with them.

Nora: Alright, lets get moving then.

Jaune: Ok let’s move out team.

*Clang*

Jaune: Huh?

They all look to see what Jaune stepped on and sees that it was a piece of a Atlesian Knight that was in beyond repair damage. Upon noticing their full surroundings they see that they were surrounded by mangled and destroyed Atlesian Knights all over the place.

Oscar: What the-? Why are there Knights here? I thought they were supposed to meet us at the rendezvous point.

Ren: The way they were damaged doesn’t look like they fought the Wyvern, it looks like they were facing a human sized opponent, maybe more than one.

Nora: Guys....look.

All three boys turned to their female teammate and saw what she was holding. It was a piece of a glass knife. With a distinct orange markings. The sight of the weapon caused Jaune’s blood to run cold.

Jaune: No...no, no, no, No! That can’t be what I think it is. There’s no way!

Ren: Who else do we know that happenes uses glass weaponry.

Jaune as much as he wants to deny the truth, the proof was in his presence. Cinder Fall was alive, and apparently she wasn’t alone. He clenched his right hand into a fist. He desperately tries to calm his thoughts but the negative emotions and thoughts were coming faster than he could handle. His brow furrowed in anger.

Jaune: 'She’s alive. Cinder is here In Mantle. But if she’s here then that means....!' RUBY!

His thoughts are going a million miles per hour as it was not hard to picture the scenario. Ruby and her team were here but in a state of shape he didn’t know with a woman who’s got a fierce vendetta against his silver eyed friend. Who could be in a vulnerable state. While he’s standing here just doing nothing about it! Quickly he snatched Ren’s scroll and earning a cry of protest from his fellow teammate but dismissed it.

Jaune: Change of plans! You guys need to contact Ironwood and send back up. I’ll go find Ruby and her team.

Nora: Jaune wait! Where are you going!

It was too late to stop their leader as he made a mad dash towards the direction of the other ship. Hopefully with enough time he can make it there before them. However his team did not have the same thought he did. Quickly Ren chases after him only turning around to call out to Nora.

Ren: Nora! Stay with Oscar I’m going to go with Jaune.

Nora: Wha- Like hell I am!

Oscar: Wait shouldn’t we be sticking togeth-WOAAH?!

Nora proceeds to pick up Oscar and carry him by the shoulder and makes chase after theirs two other teammates. Not noticing the two figures watching over them from a roof of a building. Cinder Fall watched as the blonde fool took her bait and now sees that they are making the path to the target she and Neo both seek. Ruby Rose.

Cinder: Come Neo, looks like our time for vengeance is at hand.

Neo: (Grins sinisterly)

-End of Chapter 5 part 2-

Preview: Part 3

Ren: Jaune you need to stop! You’re not thinking straight!

Jaune: Cinder Fall is out in the streets of Mantle, probably planning to make Atlas another Fall of Beacon and you want me to calm down!

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Qrow: Team JNPR is not here!

Winter: Could they have?

Qrow: No, they’re not dead. We would have found bodies if that were the case.

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Whitley: M-Mother what are you-?

Willow: Whitley we don’t have much time we need to leave the mansion! There are intruders in here, they’ve attacked your Father already. So we must leave at once!

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Watts: It appears we are not alone...Tyrian, Mr. Black, you both know what to do.

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???: Oscar, Oscar! Can you hear me!

Oscar: ...Ozpin!

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Salem: Jaune Arc, I finally found you.

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