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cutiedwaekki · 9 months

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a cute carnival au !! jisung works as a carny, either aiding other acts or performing his own jester/trickster act, and meets his new rival jeongin the acrobat. wanting to sabotage the other to maintain his popularity, he tries to get jeongin to ruin his diet, but each one of his plans backfires on himself and causes him to gain weight instead. meanwhile jisung has been viewing jeongin as his enemy, jeongin has actually started falling for the comedic performer, especially since hes started gaining !! bonus points if they decide to perform together as a duo in the end instead of competing acts ☺️💜

the concept ? I love it.

The idea ? Perfect.

I wish you ? A happy birthday

Hotel ? Trivago.

HAHAHA

CIRCUS

Jisung was at the hall of his fame. Having worked in the circus for years, he was finally receiving the recognition he had always craving for.

He wanted to be a ringleader, the one who would present the circus shows and finish them off with his own part: magic ~.

As he prepared in his dressing room, he rehearsed his lines.

-May i have attention my ladies and gentlemen, the show can-

- "Han-ah , han-ah, han-ah !!"

- "What now Felix? You know I have to know my lines for tonight".

Indeed, despite all this, what Jisung had to learn from was his haughty nature, which only his best friend Felix could manage.

Felix was also part of the circus, coming in second with his juggling tricks just before Hyunjin, who was literally playing with fire.

But anyway, enough about the program, after all Jisung didn't care, he only cared about one thing: the show started and ended with him and him only!

-It's Mr Bahng, he wants to see you!

Confused, Jisung put down his paper and followed Felix to Director Bahng's office room. He's the head of this circus, the one who manages everything from A to Z, looking after everyone's well-being.

What a load of crap! He spends most of his day stuffing his face with popcorn while we sweat! Thought Han

But once in his office, he was surprised to see that next to Chan was a young boy. Not much taller than him, with blond hair and visibly shy.

-Here he comes! Jisung, meet Jeongin, our new recruit", exclaimed Chan, gently pushing Jeongin towards Jisung to greet him.

But Jisung barely reacted to this information. So he had an assistant, so what?

-You called me here just for that?

- "Don't be so haughty, Sungie, everyone knows you don't do anything except go over your lines!"

- "It's my duty as the show's leader to know my lines!"

This made Jeongin chuckle and earn a sideways glance from Jisung.

I already don't like this one , he thought.

But the worst was yet to come

-"As you know, Changbin decided to change his talent presentation for ... some reason ... and so there's no fun left to close the show".

Meh rather say that these "certain reasons" were due to his fat ass who couldn't swing without risking breaking something.

-Why do you need acrobat to end up the show? I'm here with my magic trick!"

- "But Minho is just doing magic by cutting Seungmin, you know I agreed that you'd do the end only until I find a replacement! I'm sorry, but from tonight you'll have to be content with doing the show's introduction."

Han's mouth fell, so Chan stole his moment of glory from an incompetent youngster.

It's best not to describe all the sins that came out of Jisung ace's mouth at this point, but let's just say he was clearly very angry with Chan.

On his way out, he was closely followed by Jeingin, who would be under his orders for a while until the show began.

-I... I'm sorry, I didn't know I was going to take someone's place-".

- "Spare me your lame excuses, I've got other things to do.

And so Jisung walked away, leaving a lost and confused Jeongin.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

Jisung was angry, very angry. He was angry at Chan for his decision and at Jeongin for his talent.

Because yes, that evening he had been grandiose, a star among the stars that everyone had applauded and Jisung had been so speechless that he had apologized to the youngest for what he had said earlier. And everyone knew that the great Han Jisung never apologized!

So he now hated Jeongin, who had humiliated him by making him demean himself in order to apologize.

He wanted to get the last part of the show, it was his not Jeongin's!

Then a thought popped into his head. After all, Changbin had become a clown because he'd become dangerously too fat to be an acrobat.

What if he did the same to Jeongin? After all, the youngest seemed to admire him and followed him whenever he saw him, so it would be easy to fatten him up, sabotage his show and get his place back!

Yah you're a genius he muttered to himself.

His plan was about to start today

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

-Innie yah! Come I have something for you!"

Jeongin turned and walked impatiently into Jisung's dressing room; for two weeks now he had been part of the circus troupe, everyone had been so kind to him but he much preferred Jisung; he saw in him the soul of someone he could trust, someone who knew how to take responsibility for his mistakes, the proof being that the one and only time he had spoken badly to him, he had come to apologize!

(The other times, Jisung ignored him, but Jeingin took it as a moment when they missed each other).

- "What is it hyung?" he asked curiously as he caught a whiff of a strangely attractive scent.

- "Changbin hyung gave me all these cinnamon buns and I thought you'd like them, since you know... you're the baby bread of the group".

Jeongin then started to blush, it's true he was nicknamed that, but when it came out of Jisung's mouth, it was totally different.

-Oh ... I'd love to, hyung, but ... with tonight's show, I've got to maintain a strict diet, otherwise I'll miss my turn and ruin the whole performance".

Jeongin pouted as Jisung, taken with pity, advanced one of the buns to slui oiur the fakre to smell the sweet scent of sicre and cinnamon mixed together.

-Just one won't make you miss the whole show, right? I'll eat one with you if you like, so if you miss out then I will too".

Wow, even Jisung surprised himself with his own words, which came out so naturally it gave him the shivers.

But at least it worked, because Jisung accepted the bread and ate it happily while Jisung had to do the same.

Unfortunately, no sooner had Jeongin taken a bite of his bread than Minho called him over.

-Oh no, hyung, i got to go! Thanks anyway for the bread" he said before leaving.

Jisung then left alone with a barely devoured cinnamon bread and a full basket that he hadn't been able to give to Jeongin.

-Well ... I'm not going to waste such good food right?

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

And these moments went on and on, becoming too frequent.

Jisung would bring a whole bunch of food to Jeongin, who would either politely refuse or eat only a little, leaving the rest for Jisung, who didn't like waste food.

As a result, two months passed and two different visions of the situation emerged on both sides.

-He offers you food every week?

- "yes"

- "Just for you?"

- "Yes"

- "And he complimented you?"

- "Yes"

- "Man ... i think Jisung's in love with you."

Jeongin blushed, although charmed by this idea, after all it seemed clear that he was acting like this because he was shy and had trouble expressing his feelings properly, right?

-Thank you Seungmin Hyung, you're a great help!

But on the other hand...

- "Suck in your belly!"

- "I already do it, I don't want to do any better"

- "Jisung ah I think this corset has become too small for you"

- "You're talking nonsense Felix, try tightening, no one can be too big for a corset!

And Jisung was the exception, after all that gorging on so many sweets every week had caused his otherfiidly thin waistline, which he accentuated with a red-threaded black corset, to expand, as did his tummy, which was beginning to hang out of his black shirt.

And let's not even talk about his thighs, which had become so thick they were fortifying with every step he took. He'd gone from a dream body to a chubby one in such a short space of time that people dared to compare him to Changbin! Yes, Changbin the old acrobat who become a clown , a clown so fat that people laughed more at his fat body than at his tricks!

-The Jisung said, "You've put on weight! Don't worry, we can ask Haewon to make an plus-sized outfit that would be better for-" .

-I'd rather die than admit that i'm now olus-sized! I'm going to wear that corset , period!

In the end, he made the show wearing one of Changbin's old stage outfits, which miraculously seemed perfection, and let's just say that during his presentation, a certain acrobat had his eyes riveted on him.

- "Looks like someone's enjoying the view~"

-"'Hush shut up hyung the others might hear you "

Seungmin simply chuckled, it was obvious that Jeongin also had a soft spot for Jisung, but that evening, he was totally captivated by his body, after all, he was usually wearing a corset to hide his growing belly, but this day, for the first time, he wore a checked shirt that seemed to fit him perfectly even if it does seems a bit tight on his midsection.

Jeongin then imagined how cute his hyung would look if this shirt pressed against his swollen belly. How with just a few more pounds this shirt could also become really tight on him.

-Why is your face so red, Innie?

- "For nothing hyung .. for nothing"

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

Jisung was definitely defeated.

For one thing, he hadn't recovered by the end of the show, and now Jeongin had become so popular that Chan even suggested he take a seat next to him at the beginning of the show!

Secondly: his plan had failed, Jeongin hadn't taken a single pound, but Jisung was swelling up like a blimp.

And, of course, this second point was also a good point, as he had seen more people de coming since he had stopped wearing corsets.

Maybe fat admirer that just wanted to see how their favorite carny turned to a total hog in just a few month

And third: Jeongin didn't stop sticking to him h24 nonstop. And since then, he even offered him sweets and other delicacies in large quantities.

Was he trying to fatten him up? So the little acrobat was vicious? Jisung had to watch out for him at all costs.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

-Hyung, I brought you some cookies from your favorite bakery.

- "How do you know my favorite bakery, you idiot?

- "Felix hyung told me"

Jisung clicked his tongue on his puck before sighing, even Felix was betraying him now.

But then again he's not going to turn down free food right?

He didn't bother to thank Jeongin as he grabbed the box and devoured one, followed by a second and before Jeongin even realized what was happening, Jisung had just finished and was rubbing his belly as he sat heavily on his seat.

-"Well, if you've got nothing else to do, I'll be off," Jisung began before rising from his chair. It took him longer than usual to get up, but he had to understand that his whole body had become so heavy that he had to exert himself for such small things.

A great effort that tore his pant in two, letting the sound reverberate throughout the room that everyone present had heard what had just happened.

Jeongi was both shocked and excited, while Jisung was flushed with shame. He turned to Jisung and let his rage do the talking.

-Are you satisfied now? You stole my place and now I'm a lazy pig! Look at me I'm a fat slob with a lazy fat ass!!! I hate you Yang Jeongin! I hate you!!!" He said before waddling off.

Jeongin was hurt by his words, but he didn't let them stop him, he saw his crush in pain and by his own fault ! He had to go and confort him

He followed him and didn't toruva him anywhere where he was normally. Not in the dressing room, not in his bedroom and certainly not in the toilets or fitting rooms.

He was about to give up when he heard sobbing not far away, near the still-closed dart shooting range.

He stepped forward and saw Jisung crying, the poor selblait so helpless and weak that the youngest felt sick to his stomach at the sight.

He approached him shyly and put his hand on his shoulder before speaking in a low voice "hyung".

Jisung looked up and didn't even bother to get angry "What? Have you come to gloat over your victory in front of me?"

-No ... I just wanted to cheer you up".

- "I don't need tour pity, I understand you're perfect and I'm not"

-"Don't say that, you're extraordinary! You're so talented, when you do your show at the start I have butterflies in my stomach"

Jisung stopped in his tracks and turned to Jeongin confuse "Do you really think so?"

-Obviously that I think so! Tiut the world finds you talented Jisung hyung! "

There was a silence as the two looked at each other in silence.

Suddenly Jeongin cleared his throat before adding

-You know, if I decided to join this circus, it's because in the evenings before exams I loved going to the circus, it allowed me to relax and make me realize that there was more to my life than books and teaching.

And then ... there was that evening when I saw you ... you shone, your look showed that you loved what you were doing, it made me want to throw everything away and become an acrobat and here I am! I'm sorry that you thought I was stealing your place hyung, I was just in awe of you and I-

But as Jeongin spoke, he was suddenly stopped by a pair of lips that landed on his own, Jisung's own lips, he was kissing him!

The kiss was both short and simple, yet lingering and passionate. All kinds of emotions flowed through the two bodies as they kissed again.

This time Jisung spoke up

-"I'm sorry for what I said, I was jealous of you and your talent, but I guess deep down I just couldn't face the fact that I was crazy about you".

Jeingin smiled shyly before kissing his hyung again with tenderness.

-"There's a first time for everything, as they say, there's only one step between love and hate".

Jisung chuckled before kissing him again.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

-Where the hell have you been? We've been waiting for you for hours! Chan shouted as he saw how the two new lovers had arrived totally out of breath and in bad shape, their hair and clothes in disarray.

-' Jisung change your shirt, it doesn't fit you at all! And you Jeongin put on your outfit, the show starts in less than an hour!"

Chan clapped his hands to make them hurry as they both went to get into their show clothes.

That evening, Jisung agreed to wear the plus-size outfit Haewon had prepared, after all a certain acrobat had expressed his admiration for his plump body and finally accepted that his extra kilos made him cruelly seductive.

And that evening, a certain acrobat had drooled a little too much over his boyfriend's presentation.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

"So you want to share the stage at the beginning AND the end?" Asked Chan confused as the two mutually agreed

- "Yes, for presentation Sungie- I mean Jisung hyung does some magic tricks where I appear as his assitant and"

Jisung then cut Jeongin off to continue "And in the last stage Jeongin comes on stage and I'm his assistant who comes to pick him up and make him disappear!"

Chan was confused by these rather messy exolanation but the couole seemed so passioned et determined by this idea that he ends up accepting

And he was right, that stage was such a success that Jeongin and Jisung's part became one of the circus's main attractions.

But by this time, the coupke were taking advantage of their day off to go to the funfair, they had decided to take a ride on the ferris wheel , admiring the fireworks in the sky with their hand squeezed tight and our fingers intertwined .

-"You want to know something fun?"

Jeongin then turned to Jisung, curious.

-"At first, my plan was to make you bigger so that you would become like Changbin hyung, so that I could have my stage again".

Jeingin then laughed at this sudden declaration before placing his hand on his lover's growing belly. In recent times, Jisung's weight had increased tenfold, to the point where he was now forbidden to take some attraction like the rollercoaster in the fairground, which was both frustrating for Jisung and exciting for Jeongin.

-"Hyung, you're such an idiot but it's so cute".

Jisung then puffed out his cheeks, making is double chin stand out.

-"But I'm your idiot, aren't I?"

- "Of course , your my favorite plump idiot ."

Jeongin kissed his idiot's cheeks before lying down beside him to watch the fireworks.

#skz chubby #my fics #my fic #weight gain

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togeqii · 8 months

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I meant K-Pop!! I haven’t found any good K-Pop fics lately and that’s why I wanted your recs lol sorry for the confusion :)

omg! yes i can definitely recommend a few good fics haha i haven't been an avid reader for a while but i Do have a few notable favorites! i'm kinda just taking this from my rec tag on wuahae lol but . i'm ngl all the fics by these authors are so good like if you like the writing (You Will ....) you should def check out their other fics in their masterlists! also if you like the fics pleeeaaase leave feedback in their askboxes or in their notes :( i know it would mean a lot to them because it always means a lot to me!

eat, play, love by @husbandhoshi

e2l romcom au .... really Reads like a romcom i can talk at length about this fic but also lily is just a great writer . it's just good fic!! the perfect amount of funny with a touch of angst and as always Real Genuine feeling . will always rec this one <3

gold rush by @dkfile

exes-to-lovers mingyu it is just SO scrumptious .... ci masters the art of the small town nostalgia haze and the dynamics in this fic are just MWAH . conflict is perfect, characterization is perfect ... if a fic is named after a tswift song you just know it has to be good!

parallels & almosts by @httplastic

vernon friends to lovers! it's almost wong kar wai esque the way peach writes their prose ... so so pretty. always so meaningful i loved reading and analyzing their words trying to dissect metaphors and double meanings :") the type of fic where i read and i go "i wanna write like that!!!" one of the top fics i'll go to when i wanna read a nice comfort fic in winter <3

those are the most recent ones i've read but here are a few honorable mentions from fics that were released a while ago but i think about almost daily . fics that rewrote my brain chemistry .

the times we couldn’t say goodbye (the times i loved you most) by @/husbandhoshi

SORRY this is another one by lily but its the one that made me follow her.... she just gets the Hoshster im sorry ..... also this fic deserves like 10 million notes with how it made me feel . fantasy au where hoshi is a wizard and yn is the innkeeper and even though hoshi isn't someone who Stays you're always going to be the one he returns home to . GUNSHOTS .

just us and the moon (till the sun starts waking) by @97-liners

THE FIC THAT MADE ME START CARATBLR ....... actuallyyyy just read all of jackie's fics 😁😁 i feel like i rave about this fic every chance i get but its deserved idc idc i come back to read it regularly . yn in this fic is so real like the me of last summer was bawling her eyes out because of how peeled i felt reading it...... anyway its fwb!woozi and Obviously that means don't read this fic if you're a minor but . but .... i became a changed woman after i finished it . Again the perfect amount of humor + angst + Implied smut without feeling gratuitous or out of place . my hall of fame for realsies.

other people's weddings by @neonunau

ok i Just checked after going back to link this fic and i saw its at 2k notes?!?!? deserved /srs . but Again it's giving romcom ... its f2l seungcheol but the way mads depicts him is SO chef's kiss. like if lily gives him the insufferable former frat boy energy with dusty cheeto fingers then Mads writes him as Sufferable college friend cheol. the yearning is so real from him . he holds your purse . swallows his feelings it practically gives him And you (the reader) constipation but every court needs their jester and he's happy to provide ..... not to mention the side characters are so funny its insane. humor is perfect . romance is perfect . writing is perfect ..... its just good fic!!!

#.xx #sorry can you tell ive reading from the same circle of blogs NSFDJLDFJ

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arnold-layne · 7 months

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Hiya, NeverLove anon here.

If you’re still up for translating one of their songs I would appreciate it if you could do either track 1 or six from their Sex metal album. No pressure intended. I’ve slowly started listening to more Russian music and it’s been really interesting so far! Do you have any Russian rock or metal bands you recommend?

sorry this took me so long! i'll go with Лисий-кисий because i like that song too. so the title is a little bit hard to crack because officially the word кисий doesn't exist in russian. but it means something along the lines of 'cat-like'. Лисий-кисий thus can be translated as 'foxy - cat-like' (it's about a girl's gaze)

first goes the chorus:

Oh i like her foxy-cat-like gaze so much Look at me again Like this, foxy-cat-like Oh i like her foxy-cat-like gaze so much Look at me again. Hey, hey, again

chorus again

The devil's in the details, in the stuffy hall There's chemistry of young bodies You came here without a boyfriend Seems like he gifted you to me Closer-farther, let's play Until your hair is on my bedsheets I know, too cheeky That's what you like

Your boy calls, you don't answer Tell me I have hallucinations You look at me so bravely Kitty, don't snort so much You know you'll go with me Anticipating an adventure My fingers go up your skirt Don't mind me, it's just a joke

chorus

Good morning, you have 7 missed calls Let's make up a legend for you That you hung at the friend's You'll have to tell him that with courage This wasn't cheating You just decided to take your revenge on him Let's do it again and I'll call the taxi

Don't open your soul to me I don't want to listen to this I saw how bright were your eyes When you betrayed your feelings You fed your demons You needed it Don't mind it, it's just a joke Single-use joke

chorus

oh boy do i have recommendations for russian music for you! i've only started listening to it like a couple months ago (avoided it all that time thinking it was bad, yes i was very stupid), so i don't have many but i do want to give you some

Green Apelsin - great folkish music with acoustic guitar, texts are folk-related and love songs. i personally like the album Северный ветер (The north wind)

Эпидемия (Epidemic) - amazing power metal band! their songs usually border on fantasy, as it is with power metal bands. my fave songs are Всадник из льда (Ice rider), Письмо ведьмаку (A letter to a witcher) and Рожденный для битвы (Born for battle)

СЛОТ (Slot) - hard rock with insane female vocals. Check out their songs Круги на воде (Circles on water), Бой! (Fight!) and Мертвые звезды (Dead stars).

Нуки (Nuki) - solo project of SLOT vocalist. Страна (Country), Бойся (Be afraid) and Пищевая цепочка (Food chain) are very good! Obligatory mentions:

Король и шут (King and Jester) - probably the most famous band in the country. initially punk-rock, then they branched into several genres, including acoustic ballads and metal. i couldn't really get into it, but my boyfriend is a huge fan. there was a biopic recently which rejuvenated the fame of the band, idk if it's available in english tho

Ария (Love song) - an old heavy metal band that existed since the 80s. think russian iron maiden

Кино (Movie)- another incredibly popular rock band from 80s-90s. released some of the biggest hits in russian music, my first song i learned on guitar was Кино song even though i don't particularly like it. inactive since death of its founder, Victor Tsoi. there are legends that he's not dead, which gave birth to a famous saying Цой жив! ("Tsoi is alive!") ok this is all i can now offer but i'll keep looking and maybe make a list when i collect enough! russian music is definitely underappreciated on worldwide scene (we all know why) and that's very unfair, a lot of it is very good. ive sought a moment to talk about it for a long time, thank you for giving me an opportunity! hope you enjoy it!

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kinshenewa · 2 days

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Hall of Fame, featuring: @tway-la and what she said about the Celestial Jester story

Some spoilers.

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#kinshenewas-writing

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mustycelery · 4 months

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Okay shit y'all! Let's talk about MCR.

my inner 12-16 year old self was entranced by the edgy, full sound that My Chemical Romance shares with its audience. Gerard Way (lead vocals) has such a unique tone as well as accent, it perfectly complements the back vocals by Frank Iero (lead guitar) and Ray Toro (drums.)

Mcr's first album released in 2002 was perfectly garage band - "I Brought You Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love" took the rains of the budding genre "emo." This album is beautiful. Simple music in a lower quality production which somehow has its own vibe. The guitar is heavy, and so is the sound. Gerard Way isn't shy to heavy metal growls - as seen in multiple other features - but is also traversed in his own works.

Their second release (and my personal favorite), made only two years later, is titled "Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge." The vocals are just phenomenal, when I was younger this was the album that put me in a different setting than reality. These songs have such strong themes, almost like stories. This is also the album to produce two of the most streamed songs by MCR. "I'm Not Okay" and "Helena" as well as "The Ghost of You."

Okay let's be honest you know what's next! Truly a stepping stone to put My Chemical Romance in the Rock Hall of Fame: The Black Parade. This soared charts with releases like "Welcome to the Black Parade", "Dead!", and "Cancer." Also the best song on this album is "Sleep"; fight me!! Anyway the vocals and parade, almost jester themed album, conquered every emo person's heart. In other words: this shit good frrr

The next album is so underrated it kills me. "Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys" was an absolute banger. The theme was so strong, truly putting you in the scene of abstract times. Not to mention tracks like "Na Na Na Na..." and "The Only Hope For Me Is You." Also fun MCR fact: summertime is written because Lyn-z and Gerard were fighting on tour, and he was battling with addiction - it was his last resort for her to not leave him.

anyway I hope this encourages you to take a look at mcrs shit because they are a really good group <3

#mcr #my chemical romance #my chemical gerard #gerard way #music review #so silly #just for fun #pls dont hate me

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400legends · 8 months

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In the Company of Hackers (Day 186)

Merrin slid into the chair beside me at Comms. "Lira?" she muttered. "I thought you were still impressing the suits at Belfor."

All the screens still showed the dancing jester. The figure held its belly, laughed, and pointed a finger right at me. "You got hacked! Your ship is mine!"

As of to punctuate the taunt, Malaka banked hard left, and I slid into Merrin. "Excuse me," I said automatically, and before I could reposition myself, Merrin had silenced the hacker's comm access. The ship became blissfully silent.

"Quinn!" The captain's voice growled from one end of the ship to the other. "Get your metal ass in gear and fix this!”

"Merrin and I are on it," I yelled back. To her I said, "Do you think you know the hacker?"

"Nah, no way she'd be at the ass-end of the galaxy still acting like a 17 year old hotshot. But they're good, whoever they are."

"Do we know anything yet?" Requiem was suddenly behind us. "Is it the Veerux?"

"From what I've seen, definitely not their style," said Merrin.

I braced against the console as the ship tilted downward. "EDI? I need HVAC access--"

"Yeah, no," said Merrin. "She's hard down. Are you thinking we can harness the algorithm doing the real-time crunching on the ship's HVAC as the basis for, like, a shield?"

That was better than my plan, but I nodded and reached for the keyboard. As I touched the metal, energy crackled, and I felt like I was suddenly standing backstage at a grand concert hall. Famed composer Misha Mali - famed dead composer Misha Mali - was putting papers into an expandible case and saying, "You see, there are resources that strike a chord. Galactic resources, big and small, all creating the layers of vibrations that make up the galaxy, that make up us."

A voice said, "You're talking about more than music."

He paused with his hands braced on the table. "Yes. My time here has been fruitful, eye opening. To harness the strings that connect us.... Imagine, Trak. Imagine that we could share our consciousness, hear a voice halfway across Nacora as easily as strumming a guitar."

Although I couldn't move or speak, a small thrill ran up my central core as I realized that I'd uncovered one of Trak's memories.

The voice - her voice - said, "That's a little farfetched, don't you think? Besides, every government frowns on talk about networking sentient beings."

Mali shook his head. "Those connections, they're written in the fabric of universe. No law can change that." He laughed. "It's so simple. And thank you, my friend for helping me get this residency. Without this time and the universities archives, I--"

"Just, just help my friend. Use this crazy theory to--"

"I don’t know much about wireborn, you know that, Trak."

"Dr. Quant says you are just the person to help her."

***

The ship landed with a thump, and I heard EDI say, "I’m sorry, Captain. It was as if I were in a dark room. I didn’t like that.”

Over the ship's comms we heard someone say, "Sorry. Hello? Please forgive my comrade for their aggressive communication and even more aggressive flying."

Cosmic Peanut said, "Please identify yourself."

"I am Echo. Hello!"

"Who are you with? Lua Tua? KGC?"

"I will explain. Ah, tell me, you have Requiem? She is on your ship?"

"Nope," said Cosmic Peanut.

"Unfortunate. We want to have a friendly conversation," said Echo. "Friendly words about the bad things that happened to Hanadar. We brought you here because we can’t talk outside the planet."

"Ah, you hijacked my ship, but we were already here."

The voice tittered. "So funny! We allowed your Proxy to see our little moon and to see that you were being followed."

"How do you know about Quinn? We--"

Echo said, "We see everything. Esmae, is your head alright? That was a nasty fall. And Requiem, your abomination... so cute. Hide and seeking. So cute. Come on in and we will chit and chat and discuss small things like the future of the galaxy and why everyone wants to kill Requiem."

"Wait a fraking minute" said the captain. "Are you threatening Requiem right now?

"No! No-no. Protecting. Specter, she is a very big fan. She went to the same college as Requiem. Later class but a big big fan." In a whisper the voice said, "Really in love, too. I’m sorry. Awkward but very much in love. So she pulled the strings to bring Requiem here. And all of you came along. So lovely."

I heard Merrin comms Cosmic Peanut. "Cap, what's a successful outcome, here?"

"Hello! We hear everything, Merrin. Successful outcome? Not killed by Veerux. That is a successful outcome."

Malaka's airlock opened. "Come in," said Echo. "We can't wait to meet you. Oh, but Dr. Quinn - so called Doctor Quinn, I can find no record of your medical degree - please to leave the shotgun on the ship. It would be sad, so sad, to bring you all this way only to kill you on our doorstep."

Requiem said, "Were you responsible for…. Something strange happened to me. Like I was somewhere else for a moment....?"

Echo laughed. "Oh yes, we have a barrier around the outpost to combat that. Otherwise we would be floating on memories all day. Good, bad, forgotten, oft revisited. All the memories."

That explained how I got to experience Trak's memory. And that meant that the others likely had their own memory moments - Requiem certainly had.

I set the shotgun down and followed the others into the outpost. We were greeted by a Maeshari wireborn with tattoos and circuits wrapping around their arms. "Hello! You look just like you did on camera. Captain! Welcome. Esmae." Echo bowed to their fellow Maeshar. "Here's Merrin and oh so unhappy Hex. Hello! Come in, Doctor." Echo clasped their hands. "Requiem. Welcome to our humble home. Would you like some tea? Come meet Specter."

Five desks sat in the middle of a huge room ringed with servers. A young Hanadarian sat at one of the desks surrounded by lights and cameras. She bounced from her seat as we entered, and I saw that she was wearing the same outfit style that Requiem had worn for her Sundry Station concert. She looked down and said, "No no,” and waved her hand. Suddenly she was in the midnight blue gown that Requiem wore at the casino. “What do you think?"

Requiem smiled. "You HAVE been following me, haven't you?"

Specter hung her head, but the huge smile showed through. "Ah how was your trip?"

"I understand we have you to thank for this adventure."

She nodded. "I'm sorry; I knew you were in trouble. Saw that you were being followed. Surveilled. I was only 99% sure we got the bug, so we had to bring you here."

"I might not be fond of the method, but I appreciate the warning," said Requiem. "I hadn’t heard of danger against me personally."

"I saw the bug and went digging. There are some disturbing things on your phone. Oh. Sorry. I hacked your phone.”

Echo laughed and clapped their hands. "We're all friends here! We hack each other all the time. All the time. I know who your 1am appointment is, Specter!" They wagged a finger at the young Hanadarian.

"You know--"

"Phaedra," said Requiem. "What do you know about Phaedra?"

"I.... I think she knew. About the attack, I mean. A handful of reports out there that some people made, um, financial choices ahead of time. Beneficial choices. For sure Phaedra has a contact in KGC - she got a call just minutes before the planet exploded. It was from a number registered to Mordikane Corp."

Three other desks were occupied by a Glabrovian in a mechanic's jumpsuit, a holographic image, and a human with glittering cybernetic eyes. The Glabrau gave me a small wave when she saw me looking, but the other two didn't seem to even know that anyone else was alive.

"I could choose to be really mad about being tricked," I said to Echo. "But, teach me. Please. I put my team in peril. I want to learn how to do what you do."

"Dr Quinn!" Echo grinned. "Very clever. You want not to be a baby in the wide world. Smart. How do you want to learn, eh?"

"Can you teach me?" I said to the Glabrau. She had a friendly feeling, and I wanted to get a better look at the pile of tools on her desk.

"Ah, I-- Sure? What do you want to know, Mrs. Doctor Quinn? Um Doctor." She bowed. "I'm Neon, by the way. Hi."

"I see you are fond of tools." I pulled out my screwdriver gadget. "Me too." I hit the button to cast dancing lights across the face of the closest servers.

"That is so cool! May I?" Neon held out her hand. "This is really neat. Nice lines. I think...." She thumbed open the cover and peered inside. "Yeah. Hang on." With one hand she felt around her desk and came up with a small chip. "I downloaded this from an Ezonite military database. It's like elemental magic code or something. Might increase the spell capacity of your tool." She slotted it in, closed the cover, and handed it back.

I flipped on the display and saw that indeed, the new code had increased the Dark Matter capacity of the onboard battery. "Thank you," I whispered. "Captain! Permission to take Neon to the ship. I want to show her EDI. Maybe we can make some improvements."

Cosmic Peanut led me away from the group. "You trust her?"

"They have been helpful so far. We could have died - I mean, they could have killed us about a hundred times before we ever landed. So yeah."

She sighed. "Try not to break anything."

As I walked to the door, I heard Specter say, "I haven’t been able to hack the Veerux yet, but that AlphaRuxmore is one tricky, tricky bitch. Are you going to B'Austin? You have to go to B'Austin. How else can you get to the prison ship?"

Requiem said, "I have a feeling we're going to have to, but she's expecting a human version of me."

To Neon I said, "We did this VR thing. A really scary Veerux meeting room, but we had to be human. Look human."

"Yeah, Specter was ready to drop that DCS station if you guys hadn't have extracted yourselves. She was in the power grid ready to drop the servers, for real." She shook her head. "Man, she is really into Requiem."

Once onboard Malaka, I said "EDI, I want you to meet Neon."

"Hi EDI. How are you feeling today?"

"I am fully operational, thank you, Neon."

"Do you mind if I run some diagnostics?" Five minutes later Neon sighed. "Yeah, I see what you mean. You guys did a fine job with that Level 2 overhaul, but it's a dead end." She patted her pockets. "I think...."

She unzipped a pocket and then unzipped an inner pocket. "Here we go." She held up a memory stick. "Ah EDI, do you have enough autonomy to make a decision about your programming?"

"No, I would need Captain Cosmic Peanut's approval for any programming changes."

I commed Cosmic Peanut and said, "Remember when we upgraded EDI's AI and you said you wanted her to be able to fall in love? This is our chance. Please come to the ship and approve an EDI upgrade."

When the captain joined us Neon said, "Ok-ok funny story. I met this Glabrau when I was on R&R last. Nice guy. Smart, a little older. Anyway, I stole his keycard. See, he ran cargo on-book and off-book, right? He had a bunch of AI parts, and I got this chip. I knew it was valuable because it was in a lockbox in a safe inside a smuggler's hole. I looked it up. It's built to help Level 3 AIs that are having issues with contradictory thoughts."

"So let's say you do this, and there's a problem," said Cosmic Peanut. "Do we call you?"

"I don't know how it works. I just think this would create an organic path to sentience, right? Some short term loss of efficiency, I am certain, but long term, I think she'll regain that and more."

Cosmic Peanut shrugged. I said, "Is that approval, Captain? Do you approve the upgrade?"

"I want YOU to want this, EDI," said the captain. "I don't want to make this choice for you."

"Captain, the irony is that I can’t fully consent until it is done."

Neon nodded. "You heard all that about the organic path - what I hope is an organic path - to sentience, the short term drawbacks. You ready?"

"The captain indicates that she wants this, as does Dr. Quinn." A port opened on the communications console.

Neon blew on stick, looked at each of us, and inserted it.

EDI said, "Woah, woah, WOAH!" and all the ship's lights went out.

#dnd stories #spaceships and starwyrms #dnd

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dearyallfrommatt · 10 months

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“The Winner“

Bobby Bare’s an interesting figure in country music. During the ‘60s, he was one of mainstream country’s biggest stars with not only his own compositions becoming country music standard but he was also very active in bringer more younger, more daring songwriters. He was an early champion of Kris Kristofferson and had a fair number of hits written by folkies like Tom Paxton. He was always solid Nashville, though, and would cut an album that had a Dylan cover on one side and a song making fun of, well, earnest, poetry-minded songwriters like His Bobness.

When the Outlaw thing came along in the ‘70s, he was one of the old guard (like Johnny Cash) who got thrown in with them without really changing his sound. He grew his hair out a bit and started wearing interesting cowboy hats but was still playing the same thinking man’s country music. This song comes from an album of songs written by poet/songwriter/jester Shel Silverstein called Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends, & Lies. It was released in 1973 and reached Number Five, his highest-charting album. It was recorded live in front of a few dozen friends, family, and general honky-tonk heroes and is one of the best things in existence.

It was re-released on 1976′s The Winner And The Losers. Country music used to do that all the time, and this was the same recording but cast in a different light with a collection of loosely related songs concerning, well, winners and losers. It’s also the album that “Drop Kick Me, Jesus” is on if you need to hear that.

Bare stayed a reliable chart presence through his last major-label album, Drinkin’ From The Bottle, Singin’ From The Heart in 1983, leaning heavily into the whole “thinkin’ man’s beer joint country singer who occasionally does songs like ‘Drop Kick Me, Jesus’ as well” thing. He more or less retired after that, releasing the occasional Christmas album before teaming up with Jerry Reed, Mel Tillis, and Waylon Jennings for the Old Dogs records. His son Bobby Jr. started making a name for himself on the indie rock scene with the same sort of smart, heart-on-the-sleave wiseass sort of stuff his dad championed. He also got the old man back into recording, starting with 2005′s The Moon Was Blue.

He’s still out there playing music for the smart guy on the crew when he’s three beers into a six-pack and hasn’t yet talked himself into an ass-whipping. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016, was re-inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2018, and came in third (duet with Peter Øien) in the 2012 Eurovision Contest. All of that is true.

#youtube #Bobby Bare #Shel Silverstein #Peter Øien #eurovison song contest #country music

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jude-thedude98 · 11 months

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Bombs burstin but we callin em fireworks

I question myself how to do right and kill everything

But this dream I have of speaking

In front of crowds getting them to leave pasts behind

Seats them and me in a different position

Even in the pain you should pose it shun's

You when you don't so be a boat a float

Karaok

And sing out the piano that you wrote

Keys of Pain

A Pin that's 15 Reasojs

Not to love the world more than God

Cause this is God's Plan

We just a vessel gettin pumped into the next you'll

Get it when it hits you like epiphanies

Upon fannies

Bones marrowed I deserve a grammy

Cripplin conversations I think I needa cane

Stop standin up for rap about that gets you all up on a phannie

But if that's what we writin

Let me put a line in

Drop them panty linins

I'm doin just fine in this moment

Boyz II Men in the ocean

Just realized the water runs dry

This my drought like 2 plus

My rhymes eleven

Yall workin on a ten scale shoot n you only at a 7

I told yall this tha takeover

I am the NXT drop the e in wrstling

That's too much ecstacy

I get high of these lines

Thought Coce was the sniffer

Blew out the senses

Scuse me I think I went epi- above your head I'm 2 chainz different

These the bars you dream of

Like a little bit of cinnamon and lotta bit of love touch

Not too much

Cuz we 'on wanna think about it too much

I'm up all night in a hard steak I'm too tuff

Like so ruff

I got bark n bite back

So watch me go back to back on these bars

Dream cars

Chevy stingray

Lines killer than Steve Irwin

I go deep in the brain psychologist

But from Australia to America I'm a biologist

This some Jeff Corwin shit

But shift gears like a Tokyo drift

Lemme dumb it down n get on your level since

Eleven ain't ten I go 11 to 100 nigga real quick

This that Coke n Smoke Gang

I'm fast and furious then a walkin diesel

Vin Paul in the jail cell

My mind on dragon ballZ

Sittin Adam Copelands

I be profound in peacefully

These bars be my safe haven

Like a sci-fi network I'm the kid star trekkin

Star wars outta this world beggin

To be put to rest bed ridden

But like I said in Styles there might be Harry times

And maybe you gotta dig a little dipper

Cookies and bullets crisper than they used to

Be out here wishin to

Stars that be shootin jus like you

Nothing was the same since truth

Rapsure endin doubtin fools

Courtin jesters who been in dungeons too

Dragons n damsels distressin you

But I keep blessin you

Sneezin emotions somebody get em a tissue

I'm done with this blowin away pain itsnot

13 21 3 21 19 alphabetic trot

Yall think I'm horses ass well this my drop in shit stop

Hope you can scoop up what I did clop

Stoopin low to stampede the flops

Fake love knots what you want

I take care of the twisted metals so let go of the gaunt

If your reading this it's too late the street lights is on tome ro go home to yo aunt

They stealin flows but I rowed it

Your boats is snorin hope it bill fits

Messages in a bottle these my envelope hits

This just for the two of us it's

A quick breather like will smith

I'm a Miami dolphin findin your love in this summertimin

But I'm a winter baby so I'm cold wit

The wind chills

Check the date January 30th

Spellcheckin n autocorrectin tryna remind me of January 20th

Megan Dixie Chix I'm not ready to play nice

This pain is hard to swallow like jasmine rice

Hit a thugs bone wit harmony I tried

But this my dream pool so in it I'll cry

Pryed they say is the devils sin

But I joined a community so I'm water polo gang Ralph Lauren

I'm so high as an eagle in

The sky I ain't even got time to catch my own emotion

This be the dedication

My hewlin medication

Shin kicks like I'm soccerin in

The game this my play station

My Hall of Fame Inducted by My Pooch in

This moment I'm still swimmin

I'm over the fray of where you headin

Call me Davis Derwin

Not monkeyin around when I say I got more voices in my head than the family wayans

Charles Darwin I stay evolutin

N o pollutin

First email ever GBKid

Does that make me the recycle bin?

I swear I need a friend and lover

And I feel you here carryin me like a mother brother in a Kansas summer

Givin more pennies for thoughts to end world hunger

Kightnin feedin thunder

I'm Storm in the X-Men

This that soultree poetry you can stand and sip in

The language

Askin for mercy like the opposite east of Jay Z friend

An oops I put an X in

There first should be a purpose to sign in

No? Password forgotten?

Remember where you came from then

Life ain't all about Tha C.R.E.A.M. in

The middle Malcolm Jamal Warnerin

Poetically poundin the ones who paved a way in

Cakin deserts cactus jackin

What's sometimes sweet don't always mean it's worth tastin

But here's my life taste in

It's fun to be entertainin

But the real beat boss levelin

Comes from within

Within the moments of gettin yourself outta peanut butter in jellyin

Sticky situations

This my blue jelly fishin

I'm jus here for bobbin thoughts wit my F.U.N.in sponge cleanin

Up All Night Rmeix (R-ME¹⁰)

Inspired by all Drake everything. Someone please get this to him because I've had a lil wheezy day n I'm tired of weepin. So I'm sweepin up these emoceans n frankly moppin up da drought cause sky's the limit n its no biggie

#drake #aubrey drake graham #lil wayne #dedication #da drought #skys the limit #poetry community #poems by mrpoetall #get this to drake #biggie smalls

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