#oc: memphis six

[aliypop]

Help Me Make It Through The Night

Word Count: 1.383

Writers Note: An angsty fic with the help of @sissylittlefeather

Warning: Mentions of a heart attack

Pairing: POC OC x Elvis

Summary: August 16th, 1977 all is right at Graceland until suddenly things go a bit arye.

Taglist

@darkmoviesquotespizza

@sissylittlefeather

@richardslady121

@thegettingbyp2

@presleyenterprise

@sissylittlefeather

@dkayfixates

@rjmartin11

@thetaoofzoe

@your-nanas-house

@zayurir

@60svintage

@sillybookmarks

@leapresley

Memphis, Tennessee, August 16th, 1977

"You sure you don't need anything, honey?" Elvis asked as Cecelia sat on the red velvet and gold couch, "Not right now, but thank you for asking." She looked up from her typewriter, "Alright. Well, I'll be upstairs." He said, wobbling up the stairs. Cecelia was worried about her husband. Lately, he'd been having more medications added by Nick, and his weight was increasing. Her and Marys's homecooked meals were to blame just a little. "Hey, Daddy, I have a date tonight with Stella, so... Can I go!" Elaine asked. She was sixteen now, but in his eyes, she was still six,

 "Fine, but remember..."

"I know, I know, no hanky panky." She laughed as he kissed her forehead, "Hey, daddy, you okay?" Elvis gave her a nod as he kept walking towards his bedroom, 

"Alright, well, Jessie's still at the studio with Carla,"

"So then, I told Carla I'd buy her a promise ring." Cecelia chuckled, hearing her son talk as she was typing away at another business proposition for Paradise Records, "Mama, are you listenin." 

"Of course I am." She hummed, still typing away. Her son kept talking as she saw how in young love he was, "Well, you can go in my jewelry box and get my old promise ring. 

"You mean the one that..." 

"Mhmm." She smiled. Jessie ran upstairs and heard a thud from his parent's room. Elvis clutching his heart, a tight, breathing feeling in his chest. He was stumbling around for medicine, but he couldn't reach it. Elvis tried to call for help, but his voice was stuck in his throat. He remembered he was lying on the red floor of his bedroom. 

"MAMA!!!!" 

"MAMA!!! QUICK, SOMETHING HAPPENED TO DADDY!!!"Jessie and Elaine were standing there, Jessie on the phone calling an ambulance. Cecelia ran upstairs to see the commotion, as her heart dropped inside her stomach, and her mouth was dry. This couldn't be happening right now, watching the EMS workers come and take her husband's body away to the hospital, 

"Mrs. Presley, you need to meet us at the hospital..." 

"Kids, call your grandparents and tell them to meet us at the hospital." Her voice was as cold as her mother's the night her father died. The twins nodded as they tried not to panic. Elaine could see the sorrow in her mother's eyes as she tried not to hope for the worst. 

"1...2...3... Clear!" 

"He's flatlining!" 

"1...2...3... Clear!

Elaine and Jessie were lying on their grandparents' shoulders as Jerry and Midge tried to comfort Cecelia, "I NEED TO BE IN THERE WITH HIM!" Cecelia shouted, her eyes puffy and her cheeks red from rough tissues, "You need to breathe, Elvis is going to be okay. He always is when these things happen." Midge said as Cecelia growled, 

" I HAVE ALMOST LOST ELVIS 3 TIMES MIDGE, 3, MY HEART CAN'T FUCKING TAKE THIS!" She sobbed on her shoulder as Jerry hugged her, "I can't lose him... I'm not ready to... He's the only thing I got, Lord..." she sniffled, 

"Mrs. Presley..." The doctor said as Cecelia cleaned herself up and walked towards him, 

"Yes, sir..." She followed him as Vernon and Denise prayed for her.

"How is he..."

"Things aren't looking good if we don't start operating on him,"

"Wh-Wha-What do you mean operate..." 

"Well, there's a bowl blockage and-"

"Do whatever you need to do." She began to shake worse than Elvis would before a concert, "If there's anything we can do for you, Mrs. Presley, please let us know."

"Just save my husband, please...." The doctor nodded, walking away,

"Well..."

"He needs a few procedures, but he'll be okay." She smiled as Vernon and Denise hugged her. The rest of the day was spent at the hospital. Midge and Jerry left first, then it was Vernon, then Denise and the kids, who didn't want to go until they knew Cecelia was okay, but there she was waiting until they said.

 "Mrs. Presley, you can see him.

Walking in, she saw his boylike features asleep on the hospital bed. He was hooked up to different machines, but she didn't care. He was here on this side with her, and she was happy, 

"He's going to sleep for the rest of the night, maybe even tomorrow. You're welcome to -"

"I'll stay." Cecelia smiled, sitting in the rocking chair. The TV was on, and it was The Jeffersons, "Look, Elvis, it's almost like we're home." She smiled, watching his stomach rise and fall. Soon, the TV played the national anthem, and it faded into static until the next day, but no matter how hard she tried to sleep, she couldn't. Cecelia had to look over him to make sure he was still breathing, so she'd pace around the room, talk to the twins, then she'd pray and talk to God, then pray again. 

"Elvis... I know you probably can't hear me, but.." She took a deep breath, "I love you, and you're my guardian angel. You are my everything, and I'll never forget that night back in 54, or our wedding day, or every day with you. Just promise me you'll pull through this." She looked at him as his lips were curled in a smile.

Memphis Tennessee August 17th

"I will spend my whole life through, loving you, just loving you." Elvis's eyes opened slowly. As he heard her singing, his arms wrapped around her tighter as she kept singing. "There is only one for me, and you know who you. I'll always be loving you..." Cecelia looked up as she heard him singing with her,

 "ELVIS!!!"She kissed him softly as he kissed her back, "Where am I?"

"The hospital, you had a heart attack and a few other things, but you're alive and-"

"Little darlin, you've been cryin'... and you didn't sleep, did you?" He asked, 

"El...I couldn't sleep, but you looked like you got caught up on the best sleep you've ever had." She laughed a little as he nodded, 

"Would'a been better with you in my arms." He mentioned as she slithered under the sheet in the small bed with him. 

"You mean like this?"

"Mhmm." He kissed her forehead. He could feel her falling asleep as he hummed Cotton Candy Land. 

"IS DADDY U-" Elaine and Jessie bumrushed the bed. They had teddy bears and bears in their arms as he tried to shush them, 

"Are you okay! Are you coming home soon?"Jessie asked,

"Do you feel funny?" Elaine asked. Elvis tried to respond as they kept asking questions. 

"I'm fine, your mama's sleepin, but I'm fine..."

"The doctors said to stay in bed. And to start a better diet and less stress and-" Elvis kissed her. He was back home with his now sexy doctor, Cecelia. "I'll heal then I-I-I finish my concert an-" Cecelia glared at him as he gulped, 

"You are not touring until you're healthy," 

"But The Colonel?"

"Fired..." Looking at her manicure, Elvis laughed,

 "So, who's my manager now..." 

"Good morning, Mr. Presley. Welcome to the Valmos sound label." Denise walked in as Elvis smiled, extending his arms out to his mother-in-law as she came to hug him, 

"Your Mama?"

" Yes."

"How's my Elvis feeling?" Denise kissed his forehead, 

"Gotta lay off the soul food for a while, but I'm alive." He sighed. Playfully, as Cecelia nudged him, 

"Good, you could manage to trim those sideburns too and a bit of the belly fat," Denise commented, 

"And that's the Mama I know." He mumbled, watching her walk away. Cecelia then got under the covers with her husband as she held him tighter than usual. But he understood why, tears on his back as she was inhaling the scent of his robe, 

"Baby..."

"Hmm..." She sniffled,

"You okay?" Elvis asked, turning to face her, his blue eyes still vibrant, 

"I thought I lost you this time..."

"Baby..." 

"Please promise me, no more pills, no more stress, and you'll take better care of yourself?" 

"I promise." He kissed her forehead,

"Good..."

CRASH!!!!

"OH SHIT, I THINK I JUST HIT DADDY'S LINCOLN!" Elaine shouted as Elvis turned to look at his wife, 

"Well, so long for stress..." Cecelia laughed,

"My Licoln is in the garage."

"DAMN IT ELAINE MARIE LOVE PRESLEY!!!!"

#fanfiction #oc #new stuff #new #romance #elvis presley #elvis fanfiction #elvis x oc #elvis fanfic #elvis x poc #the Memphis mafia #oc x canon #cecelia valmos #70s elvis #Spotify

[thatbanditqueen]

Alright I will bite. I am interested in all of them. However the one called "enough" is calling my name. This one could really be anything a romance, angst, Austin boosting readers confidence, the reader boosting Austin's confidence, hell even the ghost of Elvis is giving Austin some confidence. It could be a mystery GASP a murder mystery. Maybe of Austin getting over a really bad break up. The Reader getting over a bad break up. The Reader or Austin are finally in a good place. Alright I think I got it all.

Sorry if I'm rambling. I am not doing well. I am struggling at work.

Dear Art Lover Love, thanks for biting, as long as you don’t break the skin it’s all good.  “Enough” is def angsty romance... its chapter seven of my Elvis fic set in the 1960s called “The Only Sure Thing.” The last chapter ended with my OC leaving him after he pulled some real dark bullshit trying to get her to quit her job by intentionally having her find him with another woman, and this next chapter is about how hard it is for her to stay away from him after she left him. What I have is mainly notes....

- Elvis has the Memphis Mafia take the bed and frame Midge caught him in with the other woman and burn it in a bonfire in the back yard bc he promised her it was their bed.

- she won’t see him, so he starts showing up at her work and she hides in the bathroom, before deciding to work somewhere else anyway

- she is strong and stays away - this is what I am struggling with, for six months, a year? i can’t decide....  Midge goes on a few other dates, but she is still in love with Elvis, so they don’t go well... she is just trying to protect herself and be rational/logical/smart and stay away from him.

- anyway, she runs into him at an event, a Bat Mitzvah or wedding, and he is there with Tuesday Weld, but he cuts in on a dance, and they flirt/exchange barbs. 

- when she gets home that night, she finds Elvis waiting on her steps and he tells her “Enough with the games, “ or something like that and carries her inside her apartment bridal style.... 

oh god this sounds stupid as i write it .... ha.... oh well, that has never stopped me before......

I actually love your idea of murder mystery better! I wanted to write an Xmas murder mystery Agatha Christie style that took place at Graceland and the Colonel was found dead...but I didn’t have the drive to get it done. I’m sorry to hear that work is getting you down. I’m also sorry that you picked one of my Elvis fics, I can tell you have Austin on the brain - here is gif to cheer you up @artlover8992

#wip #only sure thing #elvis fanfiction #banditqueenscribe

[sativerse]

OC ARCHIVE!

this is Ottos's OC Archive! OCs will be organized from oldest to newest, and it'll probably be updated frequently! be PREPARED! i have too many OCs!! they'll be dated if i know exactly when they're from :)

a lot of the older ones are FNaF OCs, so just like be warned lol

there were a lot of ocs lost in between that i can remember but not find their names.. :(

Key! OC Name ~ OC Title/Affiliation (month created)

don't say i didn't warn ya!

Mallory, Razz, Charlie, Ray ~ Early Main OCs (2018-2019 roughly)

2020

Doodle (1.0 + 2.0) ~ Main OCs (Early 2020) Sherbert, Annerose, Jax, Tamarin, Andre, Quinn, Nadia, Bailey ~ FNaF OCs (May) Akira ~ Alien (sorta) (June) Marki Bird ~ Animatronic Son To Akira (June-June[rip]) Peony & Rose ~ FNaF OCs (June) Duckie ~ Main OC (June) Spice / Pumpkin ~ FNaF OC (June) Muzari ~ FNaF OC (June) Muzi ~ FNaF OC (June) Silver ~ FNaF OC (June) Drama ~ FNaF OC (June) Beatrix "Bean" Diane Beau ~ From a FNaF rp initially? not a FNaF OC (July) Stanley ~ [see Beatrix] (July) Froggie ~ Main OC (July) Ant / Antonin ~ Main OC (Earliest Date Found > August[was definitely created months before this]) Cadence, Shelly ~ Internal Personifications [intrusive thoughts, brain] (September) Alvah ~ 7 Deadly Sins RP OC [Wrath] (September) Anubis, Khonsu ~ OCs stolen from Egyptian mythology (October) Villain!AU Ant & Hero!AU Ant ~ Main OC alts (October) [i don't remember their names but they represented my subconscious and my brain and they were in love dont ask me idk] ~ Main OCs (October) Ant / Antonin (REPRISE) ~ Main OC (November) Ant / Antoinette ~ Invert Main OC (November) Olive ~ Antionette's cousin (November) Alvah (REPRISE) ~ 7 Deadly Sins RP OC [Wrath] (November) [all the planet names] ~ Planet Personifications (December) Marietta and his siblings [I DONT REMEMBER THEIR NAMES BUT HE HAD LIKE SIX (6) SIBLINGS] ~ Plain 'ol OCs (December) Ant / Antonin (REPRISEx2) ~ Main OC (December) Ant / Antonin (REPRISEx2) 2.0 ~ Main OC (December)

2021

Muzari (REPRISE) ~ FNaF OC (January) Muzi (REPRISE) ~ FNaF OC (January) Tucker ~ OC (January) Villain!AU Ant (REPRISE) ~ Main OC Alt (January) Debra ~ Main OC Alt[hard to explain] (January) Jake ~ Tucker's Brother (January) Rich ~ Jake's BF (January) Rainey ~ Rich's Sister (January) Gavin ~ OC (January) Clarke ~ Intrusive Thoughts Personification (January) Pirate!AU Ant (Pirant) ~ Main OC Alt (January) Laura ~ Jake & Tucker's Mom (January) Clarke & Antie ~ Main OCs (January) Anton ~ Main OC Alt [extREMELY hard to explain] (January) Moss ~ Main OC (February) Michael ~ OC (Febuary) Nathaniel, Bailey, Jackson, Grey ~ Michael's Siblings (Febuary) Miceli ~ OC [affiliated with Michael's family] (Febuary) Malcom ~ OC (Febuary) Jamie ~ OC (March) Solstice ~ OC (March) Gavin ~ OC (March) Mockingjay / Stanford ~ OC (March) Chirp / Stanley ~ Mockingjay's Brother (March) Tucker ~ OC [he's the step brother of the other tucker] (March) Snail ~ Main OC (March)

Chirp & Mockingjay (REPRISE) ~ OCs (December) Vesper / Valerie ~ Demon[Fallen Angel] / Angel (December) Apricot ~ OC (December) Connor ~ OC (December) Pine / Zealous ~ OC (December) Benjy ~ Fox (December) Blue & Red ~ OCs (December) Sol ~ OC (December) Marlo ~ OC (December) Sami ~ Shark (December) Oracle / Ori ~ Orca (December) Orcus ~ Orca (December) Sphinx ~ Bobcat (January)

2022

Akita [my beloved] ~ Wolf (January) West ~ Akita's Cousin (January) Xavier ~ Hyena (January) Bliss ~ Pine / Zealous' Brother (January) Valor ~ Bliss's Twin (January) Arch ~ Valor's Younger Brother (January) Cobalt ~ OC (January) Qiao Orlov ~ Tiger (January) Miceli ~ Werewolf (January) Memphis ~ Miceli's Twin (January) Cerci ~ Bat (January) Falcon ~ Miceli's Little Sister (January) Kimberly ~ Friend of Miceli (January) Eris ~ Miceli's Daughter (January) Pepper ~ Dog (January) Ozzy ~ Raccoon (January) Trent ~ Eris' Secret Twin (February) Xani ~ Hyena (February) Indigo ~ Wolf (February) Sheila ~ Squid (February) Angel ~ Angler Fish (February) Pierce ~ Catboy (February) Dan ~ Catboy (February) Chester ~ Catboy (February) Wilson ~ Catboy (February) Franny "Bug" ~ Insect (February) Beau ~ Shark (February) Fern ~ OC (February) Sinopia ~ Chimera (February) Aesop ~ Changeling (February) Zeus ~ Changeling (February) Tale ~ Changeling (February) Folke ~ Changeling (February) Myth ~ Changeling (February) Elliot ~ My Only Memory of Him Was 'Little Blue Dude' (February) Arin ~ Selkie (February) Lavender ~ OC (February) Candy ~ Lavender's Bestie (February) Tam ~ OC (February) Reymond, Spencer & Dimitri ~ Personified Plushies [belonging to an oc] (February) Mongoose ~ Hare's Partner [in crimes] (February) Hare ~ Mongoose's Partner [in crimes] (February) Preston & Poppy ~ Possum Twins (March) Winter, Springer, Autumn, Summer ~ Seasonal Siblings (March) Prickle ~ LabRat (March) Oak ~ Werewolf (March) Briar ~ Werewolf (March) Tallulah ~ Cat Lady Lab Experiment (March) Nip ~ I Honestly Do Not Remember (March) Vetis ~ Uber Demon (March) Ameni ~ Little Sub-Demon (March) Yosem ~ God on the Coucil (March) Ullo ~ Demon Greed Guy (March) Seme & Dimitrik ~ Demons (March) Emilie Dubois ~ Professional Psycho (March) Emily ~ Emille's Intern (March) Barb, Thrush, River, Juniper, Rocky, Tulip, Chrysanthemum ~ Werewolf Family :) (April) Birch ~ OC (April) Kirsten ~ Birch's Husband (April) Wolfsbane & Petunia ~ Extensions of Werewolf Family (April) Benoit ~ Monster Guy [my beloved] (April) Vanessa, Shade, Frenchie ~ Monster OCs (April) Arlo, Hyde, Zeke, Royal, Nico ~ Vampire Hybrid Type Deal Family [siblings] (April) Cayde & Banshee ~ Roommates (May) Arcite ~ Business Associate of Banshee (May) Hazel ~ Dominatrix (May) Quinlan ~ Tiger, Qiao's Sister (May) Faris ~ Bear Man (May) Atticus ~ 'Lil Nerd (May) Bennett ~ Sea Bunny (May) Ezekiel ~ Bennett's Brother (May) [unnamed] ~ Bennett's Sister (May) Alistair ~ Mercenary (May) Keystone ~ Changeling[Lab-Created] (May) Ocean ~ Professional Asshole[But Actually An Absolute Pussy] (May)

Xiāo "Viper" ~ Serial Killer/Exotic Pet Shop Owner (May)

Malachai ~ Bodyguard/Security Man (May)

Mykola ~ Insane Circus Performer (May)

Patrick ~ Bodyguard/Security Man (May)

Sawyer ~ Hes Just A Little Guy (May)

Sloane ~ Sawyer's Insane Sister (May)

Walter ~ Hes Just A Baby (May)

Matcha ~ Walter's Sibling (May)

Angel & Eden ~ Walter's Siblings (May)

Amari ~ Walter's Youngest Sibling (May)

Flowers ~ Street Urchin Rat (May)

Grif ~ Rat (May)

York/Wash ~ Trans Rat (May)

Simmons ~ Rat (May)

Rowan ~ Lion (June)

Lex~ Lemur (June)

Hugo ~ Femboy Red Panda (June)

Soren ~ Snow Leopard (June)

Midway ~ Old OC Remake (June)

Blake ~ Old OC Remake (June)

Layla ~ Old OC Remake (June)

Nexo ~ Old OC Remake (June)

Nelly ~ Nexo's Sister (June)

Mima ~ Renamed Old OC Remake (June)

Cailean ~ Cinnamon Roll of a Monster (June)

Orion ~ CatBoy (June)

Dyon (Dionysus) ~ Orion's Half-Brother (June)

#oc archive #saturdays ocs #my ocs stuff #oc #my ocs

[sakuramidnight15]

-HSA Second Batch Team-

(Group Theme Song)

Here's the second batch team!

Welp, their chaotic doings are somewhat second to the main six's chaos XD

Next group coming soon-

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(-Photo Down Below-)

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Ft. OCs- (By Order)

-Yuzuki Furukawa

-Izumi Fukuda

-Jovanni Santiago

-Doremi Lennon

-Irelyn Mendoza

-Chouka Memphis

-Aimi Hestia

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#mc #oc #twisted wonderland #disney twisted wonderland #gacha club #gacha games #hourglass station academy #hsa #yuzuki furukawa #yuzu #izumi fukuda #izu #jovanni santiago #jovan #irelyn mendoza #ira #chouka memphis #chou #aimi hestia #ai #doremi lennon #dore

[feelslikeacruelsummer]

my oc headcanons

!! this is an exercise i’m doing with OC’s i’ve created for fics i’m writing, I do this to get to know my characters better and to help develop them into deeper and more complex characters. !!

(highly recommend doing if you’re any type of a creative writer its vv fun)

James O’Connell from Just a Summer Thing

17

hikes with his dog, sasha every weekend.

a bit of a homie-hopper

LOVES to fish

lacrosse boy (ick)

loves boating, swimming, and fishing in the lake in his town.

very popular

skateboards everywhere

takes sasha on her walks but skating with her running by his side

obsessed with dogs

his obsession with his pup and how good he is with little kids makes him pull hella bitches

has a little sister that he loves more than anything, he spoils her

works at the small business, local-run home depot type store in his town

has two moms

Augusta (August) Taylor from Just a Summer Thing

17

moved to the town from manhattan, nyc with her dad and dog

severe anxiety

bakes to forget her feelings

her mom died of cancer when august was 3

wants to be a baker when she grows up

has a wiener dog named weenie whom she loves very much

bikes everywhere

reads reads reads and reads more

stresses to get good grades

very close with her dad and is an only child

bisexual with a female preference. even tho her dad is accepting she’s not out.

iced latte addict

moved to the town after her dad got a new job working at a real estate firm

her dad started seeing this lady named Claire who worked at the same firm and August HATES claire.

claire hates weenie which only makes august hate her more and august tries to be a good sport but her dad and her fight about claire a lot.

suffers with disordered eating when she’s anxious, and tends to accidentally go days without eating when life is hectic

is a super helpless romantic

Bettilyn (Betty) Hugo from Just a Summer Thing

17

divorced parents but her dad lives in chicago so she lives with her mom and three little sisters

has lived in this town her whole life

natural redhead and hates it

bisexual and demigirl

she / they

lives on a farm with ducks, cows, alpacas, barn cats, horses, goats, sheep, a couple dogs and lots of chickens—though her family doesn’t profit off of it

loves animals more than people

when she’s anxious she’ll go out on the cow pasture and just sit.

used to get in trouble because she’d go missing for hours just for her parents to find her in the fields talking to the animals

refuses to see a therapist and claims that cows are great listeners thank you very much

has a special bond with a certain alpaca named willow

works at the coffee shop slash cat cafe slash book store chaos that her mom runs, and she hates it when the popular girls from her school come in

is a firm believer that skinny dipping is good for the soul

hates the party + drug + alcohol scene with a passion

has only 2 close friends, Ivy and Dorothea; and that’s all she needs.

Emmeria (Emma) Cohen from When Emma Falls In Love

23

speaks hebrew with her family

very successful actress

always cusses out the paparazzi in hebrew and finds it hilarious when they don’t understand what she’s saying

lives part time in LA and part time in New York, though her parents live in Tennessee

grew up in Memphis tennesee, since thats where her parents moved when they immigrated from israel

has naturally super curly hair but hardly anyone knows since she always keeps it straightened

emmy winning actress for her lead role in ‘The Last Star Of Endor’

lesbian but not out publicly

throws herself into her work unhealthily when everything else is spiraling

always goes and celebrates hanukkah with her sister (and her wife) and their parents to see their extended family in Haifa (Israel)

is gluten free

goes by emma because she gets less questions then if she goes by Emmeria

has a dog back home named cracker, who she named when she was six because “cracker” is the first word she learned in english

she always mixes up english and hebrew in her sentances

hates nepotism babies with a passion because her parents had to work so hard to even survive here in the us and provide for emma and her sister, and then emma had to work 3 times as hard to earn her spot in the industry and some people were just handed everything on a plate

chronically late and her publicist hates her for it

cannot follow interview training whatsoever so she always says random shit and leaves a mess for her publicist vera to help fix, but vera just finds it funny

thinks coffee is a sin to the mortal world

best friends with her costar, Star and very close with her sister and parents.

Elliara (Ellie) Cohen from When Emma Falls In Love

26

Emma’s older sister

works for the idf (israeli defense forces)

works as a K9-unit with her K9 Luna

loves her sister but is secretly scared that she wont be able to handle the pressure from the media

bisexual but hides it from her parents even if they are accepting of Emma, Ellie just can’t let go of that oldest sibling perfectionism

secretly has a girlfriend who she met working in Israel, they’ve been dating for three years and no one in Ellie’s family knows

Ellie and her girlfriend Miriam have talked about marriage but Ellie’s scared as shit of telling her parents that she not only dated a girl in secret for three years but also found the one she wants to be with forever and the one she wants to start a family with.

while working, Ellie’s sector was bombed and in the bombing while helping civilians to the bomb shelter, she injured her leg to the point of amputation. in the hospital there, Miriam went face to face with Emma and Ellie’s parents

after recovering from the surgery, Ellie trained Luna to be her Ptsd service dog, and ellie, luna, and miriam moved to the us to be closer to ellie’s family and to start their own.

is very content working at the israeli comfort meets american comfort food diner she and miriam started while miriam is pregnant with their first child.

#wait tell me why i’m more invested in Ellie’s story than i am Emma’s #i am writing the book abt emma tho #ToT #nooo #the other three #are from a #folklore love triangle #au #taylor swift #headcanons #ocs #idk man

[westcoastfallout]

4 and 5 for the fallout ask thing ^^

you didn’t specify which oc so i’ll just do all!

4. Give us a summary of their backstory

VAULT DWELLER: answered here

CHOSEN ONE: winifred had a standard upbringing in arroyo, spending a lot of time with her cousins and siblings and making trouble. they taught her boxing and miscellaneous survival skills and she always liked to learn from them. she was the baby of the family, besides the actual baby that her cousin had before she left arroyo. and as i’ve said, she was kind of a bully to others growing up but she grew out of that by the time she was in her preteens/teenage years.

her mom was the one who was related to the vault dweller and her dad was an outsider who made his place in the village before dying of a heart attack when she was three (which is why she worries so much for john cassidy).

COURIER SIX: memphis grew up a bit south of nevada. her name given to her at birth was elizabeth ponders but she couldn’t remember it after she got shot. her biological dad was a preacher and his husband was a mercenary. they knew they wanted a family, but struggled with finding a child to call their own until a disillusioned doctor came to their town and overheard their problem. she knew she didn’t want to travel anymore and wanted a family etc. etc. basically everything just fell into place. she grew up learning medicine from her mom and listened to her father preach every sunday. After benny shot her, she found herself drawn to religion inexplicably, and it only started to make sense after she started getting her memories back. she also learned fighting and bartering from her mercenary dad. 

she found herself a part of the mojave express after running a few independent courier jobs and they didn’t like that she was lowkey stealing business. they hired her for more than she was making, so she took it. 

5.  what’s their full name and does it have a meaning? do they have any nicknames and how did they get em?

VAULT DWELLER: mary’s name came straight from the vault’s baby book. i personally headcanon that no one in a vault can have the same first name so they give each expecting parent a baby naming book with names that haven’t been used yet. her last name was the same surname that her ancestor who entered the vault had - the iranian ambassador. 

CHOSEN ONE: winifred has no last name, but her first name came from a popular horror novel that her outsider dad had brought into arroyo. he admired the female protagonist, who was strong enough to escape the hotel with her son despite being scared out of her mind, and she never pretended to not be afraid. she valued her gentleness and determination - funnily enough, his daughter was not gentle like her, but she is determined. not naming what it is specifically, but it starts with “the” and ends with “shining” lmao

COURIER SIX: memphis chose her name after waking up in goodsprings and heading to primm. at the mojave express, she saw a brochure map for tennessee that had floated west and chose the capital to be her name. and her last name, six, was just because she was familiar with being called courier six.

thanks!! 

#asks #oc: winifred #oc: mary anahid #oc: memphis six #finally got around to fixing the fuck up that tumblr had to do #fallout #fallout 2 #fallout new vegas

[angstyaches]

8 or 9 for Shayne, 14, 20, 25, 26, 32, 33, 34 pls <3

Thanks so much, anon! Sorry for the wait 🖤

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8. Is there a certain song or playlist of songs you have that make you think of an OC/your story for them?

Shayne is my main comfort character, and I associate a lot of songs with him, but here's a list of some that are specifically on my Swallow the World playlist because they specifically make me think of him:

"RIP", "Teeth", and "Eye for an Eye" by 8 Graves (honestly, all of their music is a Shayne Vibe for me)

"Little Poor Me" by Layto

"Spit it Out" and "Wish I Wasn't Me" by Solence

"Over It" by Memphis May Fire

There are some that I specifically associate with Shayne and his relationship with Charlie:

"Lovely" cover by Lauren Babic

"Looks Like Rain" by The New Shining

"Beautiful Way" by You Me At Six

"Heaven" by Solence

9. What is one of your character's theme songs?

If I had to pick just one, it'd be "Eye for an Eye" by 8 Graves.

14. Which OC/s do you relate to the most?

I relate most to Shayne and Felix. 

20. Do any of you OCs have pets? What kind? NAME?

Right now, Nancy is the only one from Swallow the World who has a pet. He’s a chameleon and his name is Turquoise (mushroom anon yelled at me about this before so now I’m scared lmao)

There may or may not be another pet who’ll be introduced... eventually. I’m way too excited about it not to give you guys something, though, so let’s just say that her name is going to be Three.

In Lucyverse, Donnacha has a dog back home! She’s a golden lab/mongrel named Millie and she’s a big, goofy sweetheart. 

25. Are there any two characters that are like a dynamic duo/group?

Shayne / Charlie - I mean, come on. 

Elliott / Felix - always a crowd pleaser. 

Shayne / Felix - Shayne gets so freaked out by how intense Felix can get, it’s adorable.

Shayne / Elliott - these two idiots can barely function as individuals, let alone take care of each other.

Ryan / Nancy - one’s an airhead, the other uses too much logic. Recipe for (heavenly) disaster.

Rin / Charlie - neither of them ever had a friend who was so unconditionally kind to them before. They have a really beautiful friendship based on careful listening and responding to the other’s needs.

Lucy / Henry - neither of them has their life together, yet they will always try to fix the other.

Donnacha / Henry - my dumb, queerplatonic boys, I love them, that is all.

Payton / Autumn - they’re both so perfectly sweet, I find they’re an extremely self-indulgent couple to think about.

Autumn / Claudette - best friends with no secrets and no sense of embarrassment around each other.

26. What’s your favourite relationship/dynamic between a set of OCs?

This might be the most obvious answer, but Shayne x Charlie. There’s so much angst going on there and if I was really mean, I’d let it go on forever (but I don’t, because they do, in fact, deserve to be happy. Eventually. Hehe.)

32. What’s been the most ambitious project you’ve made/are making surrounding your characters?

Hmmm. Off-blog, I have about three novel ideas that I want to finish working on, but I have also considered turning Swallow the World into a novel too, editing it a lot more, and maybe (maybe?!) self-publishing it someday. Whether it would be quite as indulgent in *ahem* certain aspects or not, remains to be seen. I’d hate to have a book out there and not to able to tell any of the people in my life about it. 

33. Have you ever had to kill off an OC? How hard was it?

One of my off-blog projects actually revolves around the death of an OC. It wasn’t difficult, particularly because of the devastation it causes the protagonist. Another angsty boi. Who would have guessed?

34. What scene that you’ve written/imagined is your favorite?

One I always come back to is the scene that takes place in Shoes on the Covers, one of the first chapters I ever posted on my blog. I definitely plan on rewriting it someday, and getting rid of the first-person POV. Shayne shows up at Charlie’s house after having a really horrible day, before they’ve even become friends, and acts like an asshole as Charlie continues to be kind to him, until he eventually winds down and admits he’s not feeling well, and lets Charlie try to take care of him... Guys, it’ll never not make me feel warm and cosy inside.

#StW Shayne #ask #anon #ask game #ask meme #OC asks #writing stuff #get to know Flick I guess

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Keeping Secrets Ch. 27

Keeping Secrets Masterlist

Pairings: Damon x Oc, Tyler x Oc for a hot minute, Elijah x Oc for a hotter minute, Klaus x Oc endgame. Warning: Mental and physical abuse in some chapters.

Alaric spoke to one of his buddies at Duke University and got Katie into a three week medical internship program for students who want to pursue a career in the medical field. While she was there, away from Mystic Falls and the vampire/werewolf craziness, she started to change. She felt free and more herself than she had in a long time. It only made her more eager and excited to get into college and out of Mystic Falls.

Her third day there they were given a tour of the nearby hospital’s neonatal unit and nursery. “Babies who are not held, nuzzled, and hugged enough can stop growing and if the situation lasts long enough, the baby may even die.” The instructor who was leading around the group of students told them where they stood in the middle of the room full of clear hospital bassinets and incubators, a few of which held babies. “Baby Smith here is a prime example.” She told them as she walked over to a bassinet with a baby inside wrapped up like a burrito in a white hospital blanket. “Her father signed all rights over before she was born and her mother passed away during the birth.”

“So she’s orphaned.” Katie was talking more to herself than the nurse, but she caught the nurse’s attention.

“Yes.” The instructor answered. “What is your name?”

“Katie.” She answered.

“Katie, would you like to hold her?” she asked, putting Katie on the spot. “She needs all the love she can get.” Katie just nodded and stepped through the group to the hospital bassinet. “Do you know how to hold her?”

“Yes, Ma’am.” Katie answered with a smile down at the baby as she gently slid her hand under her head and another under her back. As she picked up the tiny baby and moved her into the crook of her arm, making sure to support her head, it started crying. “Hey, sweetheart, no tears.” Katie told the baby softly, temporarily forgetting about the other people in the room. “I got you, it’s alright.” She started gently bouncing the baby, humming a lullaby and the baby’s cries quieted.

“You have the magic touch. Baby Smith usually cries the whole time she’s being held.” The instructor told her with an impressed look. “Does anyone else want to give it a try?” Katie almost didn’t want to let the baby go, but she knew she had too.

--That night—

~Dream~

Elijah opened the door of their cabin, letting Fiona, who was cradling a six month old baby in her arms, inside. “He is absolutely perfect.” Hannah gushed as she caught sight of the little boy’s dark complected face that was surrounded by a soft hand made blanket.

Elijah moved behind her and took a peek at the baby over her shoulder. “Hannah is right, as usual.” He told Fiona then looked at Hannah with a look that said he was kidding with her. “May I?” he asked with a motion to the baby.

“Of course.” Fiona told him then passed him the baby.

The sight of Elijah, a strong man that some would call a monster, holding something as small and fragile as a baby caused Hannah’s heart to skip a beat. Fiona saw the look on her friend’s face and nudged her shoulder with hers. “Do you need this?” she asked holding burp cloth out to her.

Hannah blushed and slapped it away. “Oh stop it.”

“You know,” Fiona started with a look between Elijah and Hannah as she sat down at the dining table, “Julie over at the inn is in bad health and looking for someone to take in her two year old if you two would like to consider it.”

“Oh, Fiona, I don’t…” Hanna drawled with an unsure look at Elijah.

“We will talk about it.” he told Fiona surprising the hell out of Hannah. Elijah’s eyes found Hannah’s before he looked back down at the baby in his arms and started talking to him in a soft voice that made Hannah smile.

~End of Dream~

The whole time she was gone she dreamt of Elijah.

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Katie walked into the boarding house to find that, nothing had changed. That was until she walked into the parlor and saw Damon, covered in soap suds while wrapping a red throw blanket around his hips and Elena stood across from him covering her eyes. “What’s going on here?” she asked a little shocked at the scene.

“Elena doesn’t know how to knock.” Damon answered with a smirk. “I thought she was you.”

“He’s covered now. You can put your hand down.” Katie told Elena who peeked through her fingers then dropped her hand as Damon walked over and kissed Katie on the cheek.

“Sheriff Forbes gave us another location to check.” Elena told Damon as she pulled a slip of paper out of her pocket then held it out to him as Katie ducked under his arm and he wrapped it around her shoulders. “Memphis.”

“Another dead end, you mean?” he asked as he took it from her.

“You don’t know that.” Elena told him.

“You’re right, Elena. This could be the one.” Damon told her. “After almost two months this could be the clue that tells us Stefan’s alive and well and living in Graceland.”

“Fine. I’ll go by myself.” Elena took the paper from him and walked around him, but he whooshed in front of her and took the paper.

“And let Klaus know that you’re tracking him? He thinks you’re dead. Let’s keep it that way.” He told her as he looked at the paper.

“It’s a new lead, Damon.” Elena argued. “We haven’t had one in a while.”

“Okay. I’ll check it out. If I find anything, I’ll call you.” he told her then turned around and walked off leaving Katie alone with Elena.

“So, how was med. camp?” Elena asked with a sigh and an aggravated look on her face.

“Good. I’m going to be a pediatrician.” She answered getting a raised brow look from Elena.

“Really?” Elena said as she pulled the ponytail holder out of her hair making it fall around her shoulders.

“Yep.” She said with a shrug as she watched Elena gather her hair back up and tie it back up into a ponytail. “Are you excited about your birthday party tonight?”

“I don’t even want a party. Caroline is-”

“Being Caroline?” Katie asked with a smile and Elena nodded. “It’s happening, so the least you can do is make an appearance and eat a piece of the cake I’m making you.”

“Wait, you’re making the cake?” Elena asked as Katie headed into the kitchen to get to work.

“Yep, you said no gifts so I’m making you something you can’t say no to and it’s not technically a gift if everyone enjoys it.” she told her as she started looking around the kitchen for cake pans.

“Since when do you cook?” Elena asked as she sat down in one of the barstools.

“If you ask Elijah you might have to run to the store and buy a second one, but that was before these were invented.” She told her as she grabbed the chicken shaped timer and set in within arms reach. “So I guess the answer to your question would be since freshman year, home economics.” Katie said as she slammed a cabinet door shut. “How is it possible that there isn’t a single cake pan is this big ass kitchen?” she turned around to see Elena looking at her. “What?”

“Do you miss him?” she asked, making Katie give her a confused shake of her head. “Elijah. That’s at least the fiftieth time you’ve mentioned him this summer.”

“I’ve been at a medical camp half the summer and a lot of medical emergencies happened when we were together. It’s just drumming up old memories.” She answered truthfully as she tapped her ear and pointed up.

“Have you heard from Bonnie recently?” Elena asked, getting the hint that Katie wanted to change the subject.

“I talked to her this morning. She compared her father’s family to wet paint that never dries.” Katie answered as she pulled her car keys out of her pocket. “I have to go buy cake pans you wanna tag along or…”

“No, Caroline is on her way over with Tyler to decorate.” Elena answered so Katie waved over her shoulder and left.

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Katie worked on the cake all day and was putting the finishing touches on it when people started showing up for the party. “Are you done with that yet?” Caroline asked as she walked into the kitchen to see Katie still slaving away over the cake.

Katie ignored her and finished writing Elena’s name in cursive with black icing. “Done.” She stood up and motioned to the cake with the hand that wasn’t holding the icing bag. “What do you think?”

Caroline walked around the white three tiered, topsy turvy cake covered with pink and black poke-a-dots glaring at it with her appraising eyes. “A professional could have done it better, but I think Elena will like it.”

“Okay, now that I have your seal of approval I’m going to go get dressed. Make sure no one messes with this please.” Katie didn’t wait to hear what Caroline had to say as she headed up to her room to change.

She was straightening the neckline of her white, spaghetti strap sundress with a scoop neck and a floral print of small red flowers, when Damon walked into her room. “I missed you.” he wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his head on her shoulder.

As Katie turned in his arms a hard box in his pocket brushed her leg. “What’s this?” she asked, tapping it with her finger.

“Elena’s birthday gift.” He answered as he stood up straight and pulled a small black box out of his pocket then opened it for her to see Elena’s necklace that Stefan had given her laying on a pad of white fluff. “Alaric found it in his apartment. I thought it might make her feel like she still has a piece of Stefan.”

“That’s sweet of you.” Katie thought out loud then walked over to her dresser and grabbed a pair of small silver hoop earrings off of it. “So how was the road trip?”

“Interesting.” He told her. “Stefan killed two people, but the interesting part is there was a secret werewolf holding cell under the house.” He didn’t give her a chance to say anything before he said, “I’ll meet you down at the party.” as he tucked the box back into his pocket and left the room. Katie couldn’t help letting her ears follow Damon up to Stefan’s room where Elena had been getting ready. “I got you something.” She heard him tell her. “I know I promised not to buy you anything. So don’t worry I didn’t pay for it.”

“You stole it?” Elena asked and Katie rolled her eyes.

“No.” Damon told her with a scoff. “I found it.”

“My necklace.” Elena said quietly. “I thought I’d never see it again.”

“Alaric found it in his loft. I figured you’d be happy to get it back.” he told her.

“I am happy.” Katie could hear the sad, but slightly happy tone in Elena’s voice. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” Damon told her.

Katie left her bedroom just as she heard them walking by and a little jealousy shot through her when she saw Elena’s arm looped through Damon’s. He could see it on her face so he held his other arm out to her. She took it, but as soon as they were at the bottom of the stairs she let go and headed to the kitchen to make sure no one had messed with the cake. However when she got in the kitchen she found that it was gone.

Worried she headed to the parlor where she saw Elena and Caroline getting a cup of beer from the keg in the corner. “Caroline!” Katie called getting Caroline’s attention so as soon as she could Caroline and Elena headed over to her where she stood on the steps.

“I moved the cake to the laundry room.” she told her then offered her a cup of beer.

“Thank god.” Katie sighed as she took the cup from her. “Where’s Damon?”

“I think I saw him go outside with Alaric.” Elena answered.

“Happy birthday by the way.” Katie told Elena then looked at Caroline. “I’m gonna go see if Damon wants to dance.”

She found Damon and Alaric out back sitting on the brick half wall between the cement and the grass. “How was the internship at Duke?” Alaric asked when he saw her walk up. “Did you decide if med. school was right for you?”

“Yep. You’re looking at a future pediatrician.” She told him with a proud smile.

“My girl, the future doctor.” Damon said as he grabbed her hips and pulled her to stand between his knees as he pulled her in for a kiss.

“Hey, can you keep the p.d.a. to a minimum please?” Ric complained and Katie laughed as she moved to sit beside Damon on the brick wall.

Before she could ask Damon to dance Elena walked out, said “Drink”, grabbed the glass of bourbon out of Damon’s hand and took a large drink. “Jeremy’s smoking again.”

“Is his stash any good?” Damon asked, getting a slap on the arm from Katie.

“You’re an ass.” Elena told him with a pissed off look then turned her eyes to Alaric. “Talk to him, please. He looks up to you.” she put the glass in Damon’s hand spilling it everywhere.

“You’re screwed.” Damon told Alaric who just shook his head.

Katie nudged Damon with her shoulder to get his attention and he looked over at her. “Wanna dance?”

“Na, I’m good.” He told her then refilled his glass with the bottle that was sitting between him and Alaric.

Katie sighed in disappointment. “Okay then. I’m going to go get another beer.” She said more to herself than him as she hopped down off the wall and headed inside. She had gotten a refill and was headed to her room to change shoes because the ones she was wearing were impractically high heeled when she saw Caroline leaning on the wall watching Tyler and Slutty Sophie dancing as she drank straight from the bottle. “Would you two just hook up already and get it over with?” Katie asked, getting Caroline’s attention.

“He’s had all summer to do something about us.” Caroline told her. “Besides, it’s…complicated.”

“Okay,” Katie started as she walked up the steps to stand beside her and watch people dancing on the dance floor, “weren’t you the one that told him you didn’t want to go there after he kissed you?” Katie asked, getting a look from Caroline across her shoulder. “You are also the one that said and I quote, It’s easy. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy. Sex.”

Caroline laughed remembering that she told Elena the same thing when she first met Stefan. “That’s not exactly one of my best quotes.”

“Either way the ball is in your court now. Pick it up and take a shot.” Katie told her with a smile and a pat on her shoulder as she headed up to her room. She expected to find some random couple making out on her bed, but instead she found Stefan, sitting at her desk reading her journal. “Stefan?”

He looked up at her with an emotionless face then whooshed over to her and stabbed her in the neck with a vervain dart causing her body to grow weak. It affected her more than it should have considering she ran out of vervain two weeks into her trip and hadn’t had a chance to drink any since she got back. She stumbled to her bed and grabbed the post of the footboard, holding herself up. “Hello, Katie.”

“Why are you doing this?” She groaned.

“Because I need to send a clear message to my brother.” He told her as he pulled his phone out of his pocket.

“What message?” she asked quietly.

“He and Elena need to let me go.” He told her in a matter of fact tone “Just like you need to let him go.”

“What?” she asked with a weak frown.

“I thought I heard you kiss Elijah before we went to Klaus.” He grabbed her journal and held it up. “I was right. You need to let Damon go. The longer you draw this out the more it’s going to hurt him.” He told her as he pushed buttons on his phone. Before he could hit the call button Damon walked into the room and Stefan grabbed Katie, holding her back to his chest with his arm wrapped around her chest. “Hello brother.”

“Stefan.” Damon greeted him worriedly. “What did you do to her?”

“Vervain.” He answered as if it was obvious.

“I swear if you hurt her…” Damon threatened.

“Now that I have your attention.” Stefan said, making Damon look back at him. “I need you to stop following me. It’s causing some…problems.”

Katie, growing weaker and weaker as the vervain spread through her system, couldn’t hold her head up any longer and it fell limply back onto Stefan’s shoulder. “With who, Klaus? I’m supposed to care what he thinks?” Unlike Katie, Damon could see the stake in Stefan’s hand and knew that if he made even one move toward her Stefan would stab her and possibly kill her.

“What you’re supposed to do…is let me go.” Stefan answered as Katie’s eye’s slipped shut, slowly losing consciousness.

“I’ve got a birthday girl downstairs that isn’t going to let me do that.” Damon answered.

Stefan stabbed her in the side with the thick stake making her wake up and scream. “I said…let me go.” He let Katie fall to the floor then whooshed out the window.

Damon pulled the stake out of her side making her scream again before she passed out. Damon sighed and picked her up in his arms. He laid her on her bed and brushed her hair out of her face. He tore a clean page from the notebook on her desk, wrote her a note and left it on her bedside table in case she woke up and he wasn’t there. Reluctantly he headed down stairs to make sure Stefan hadn’t gotten to Elena.

When Katie woke up she saw the note. “Went to find Elena.” She read then tossed the paper to the side as she stood up and walked over to her door. The party was still going on, but as she pulled the door open Damon and Elena’s voice’s hit her ears and she stopped. “All summer, every single time I came to you with a lead you made me feel like an idiot for having hope.” She heard Elena saying.

“You were an idiot. We both were.” Damon told her as Katie made her way toward Damon’s room.

“Tell me what you know.” Elena demanded and Katie could tell just by the tone of her voice that she was really upset with him as she should be.

“I know you need to get back to your party, Elena.” He told her dismissively.

“We’re supposed to be in this together. Why didn’t you tell me you’ve been tracking Klaus’ victims?” Elena told him.

“Because they’re not Klaus’ victims, Elena, they’re Stefan’s!” Damon snapped at her.

“What?”

“He’s left a trail of body parts up and down the eastern seaboard.” Damon told her, his voice agitated.

“No. You’re wrong.”

“I’ve seen it happen before. He’s flipped the switch, to full-blown ripper!” Damon practically yelled at her and Katie wanted to step in, but she knew Elena needed to hear what he was telling her.

“Stop it Damon.”

“No you stop, Elena. Stop looking for him. Stop waiting for him to come home. Just stop!” instead of standing out in the hallway eavesdropping Katie went back to her room to wait for them to get done arguing. “Stefan’s gone and he’s not coming back. Not in your lifetime.”

Katie didn’t know where Damon went from there, but he didn’t come to her. So she headed down to the party that was almost over and started compelling people with the line, “you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here”.

She was picking up the plastic cups and trash that lay around when she heard Damon destroying Stefan’s room. Deciding that it would be best if she didn’t interrupt she kept cleaning. She was picking up the study when Damon found her. “What are you doin’?”

“Cleaning. This place is disgusting.” She shoved a plate with half a piece of cake on it into the black trash bag she held in her hand.

“That’s what maids and compulsion are for.” He took the trash bag out of her hand and tossed it to the floor. “Come shower with me. You still have blood on your shirt.” His hands found her hips and pulled her into him. “How long have you been awake?”

“Since you and Elena started fighting about you keeping secrets from her all summer.” She answered as she lifted her eyes to his. “I guess I really could use a shower.”

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“Are you okay?” Katie’s eyes didn’t look at his, but at her hand that rested on his chest, knowing their conversations like these usually went better without eye contact. “I heard you in Stefan’s room earlier.”

“It’s been a long time since Stefan and I have been as close as we have been recently. I screwed everything up.” He answered.

“You didn’t screw everything up.” She told him as she trailed her fingers down the center dip of his abs. “It wasn’t your fault Tyler bit you. I never thanked you for saving him and Caroline. I know you mainly did it to try to stop the sacrifice, but it still means a lot.”

“You need to stop…just stop trying to make me feel better about this.” Damon snapped at her. “Stefan is gone because of me.”

“Stefan may be gone and he may be off the rails, but he is alive.” Katie sat up and looked at him with insistent, stubborn eyes. “Had you not done what you did not knowing you would get bit, my friends would be dead. Dead, Damon. It sucks that Elena may never see Stefan again, but one of these days you and I will and well go Lexi 2.0 on his ass as soon as we do.”

“Katie, he vervained you and staked you in the side.” Damon argued.

“But he didn’t kill me. If he was really as gone as he wants us to believe he would have killed me.” She argued. “I will help you get him back even if it means I get staked in the side a thousand times over. Hope isn’t lost, Damon, not yet.”

“Either way I’m done chasing him.” Damon’s words made Katie breathe in a deep breath then led it out as she nodded.

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Katie woke up from another Elijah dream to the smell of burning paper and sat up in bed with a sigh as she saw Damon throwing his research on Klaus and Stefan into the lit fireplace. “Are you sure you want to do that?” Katie said as she grabbed one of his shirts out of his dresser and pulled it over her head. “Maybe you should sleep on it. You might change your mind and decide to not give up on him.”

“I have slept on it, Katie. Last night, nothing’s changed and nothing is going to change. So Let it go.” He told her, not looking at her.

“Okay.” She sighed as she held her hands up in surrender then headed to her room to get dressed.

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She was sitting on the couch in the living room reading a book when Damon walked over and sat down next to her. When she didn’t look up from her book he started walking his fingers up her hand and over her arm. She smiled but didn’t look at him so he grabbed the book out of her hand and tossed it across the room. She laughed as he grabbed her by her shoulders and moved her to straddle his lap. “Are you bored?” she asked as he slid his hands up her sides. He hummed as she started unbuttoning his shirt then grabbed his sides and caught his lips in a kiss.

He had moved her around to lie on the couch when his phone started ringing. He ignored it, but as soon as it was done ringing it started up again. So he pulled it out of his back pocket with an aggravated groan and answered it. “Bad time Ric.” Damon told him as Katie started kissing his neck, not paying attention to Alaric. “She what?” Damon’s change in tone made her stop and pull back to look at his eyes, wide with worry and aggravation. “Yeah we’re headed your way.” Damon told him as he got off of Katie and hung up the phone. “Stefan and Klaus are in the Smoky Mountains. Elena talked Alaric into going with her to find Stefan.” he told her as he headed to the door.

“Is she insane?” Katie asked as she stood up and rushed after him.

“She has to be because I’m about two seconds away from locking her in a padded cell.” He said as he walked over to his car and pulled the door open as Katie opened the passenger door. “What do you think you’re doing?”

“I’m going with you.” she told him as if it were obvious.

“No. Tonight is a full moon and we will be in werewolf country. It’s too dangerous.” He told her over the roof of the blue mustang.

“All the more reason for me to come with you.” she argued and he took a deep breath and let it out in a huff. “I’m not going to just sit here and not help make sure my friend gets her stupid ass back here in one piece.”

“Fine, just…don’t do anything stupid.” He told her and jerked his head for her to get in the car.

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When they found Alaric and Elena halfway up the mountain, Damon, still pissed at Elena, pushed her off the ledge she was standing on into the water below. “Damon, Katie, what…? How are you even here?” Elena asked, soaked from head to toe as she stood waist deep in the muddy water.

“Thanks for the tip, brother.” Damon told Alaric over his shoulder.

“You sold me out.” Elena asked Alaric with her hands held out to the sides over the water.

“You think I’d take you to a mountain range of werewolves on a full moon without backup?” Alaric asked, getting a pissed look from Elena.

“Just get out of the water so we can go home.” Katie told her with an aggravated tone.

“No.” Elena answered making Katie sigh and pinch the bridge of her nose.

“Get out of the water, Elena.” Damon told her with more force.

“No. If I get out of the water you’re going to make me go home.” She stated the obvious as Katie dropped her hand from her face and rolled her eyes.

“Yes, because I’m not an idiot like you.” Damon told her as he propped his arm up on the tree beside him.

“Right now, you’re both acting like idiots.” Alaric spoke up, over their arguing.

“You gave up on him, Damon.” Elena told him standing her ground in the water.

“I didn’t give up on him, Elena.” Damon told her as he walked a little close to the small ledge. “I faced reality. Now get out of the water.”

“No!” Elena argued as she crossed her arms over her chest.

“What’s your big plan Elena?” Damon asked as he hopped down to her level. “You gonna walk into a campsite full of werewolves,” he started walking out into the water, “roast a marshmallow, and wait for Stefan to stop by?”

“My plan is to find him and help him.” Elena argued. Seeing as how this was going to take a while Katie walked over to a tree and leaned back against it, content to watch them argue. “This is the closest that we’ve been to him since he left. I’m not going home.”

“Klaus thinks you died when he broke the curse. That makes you safe.” Damon told her with a glare. “This?” he asked with his hands held out to the sides. “This is not safe.”

“I’m not leaving before we find him.” Elena told him.

“It’s a full moon tonight, Elena.” Damon told her really getting aggravated.

“Then we’ll find him before then.” Elena told him and as a moment of silence passed Katie realized something. Damon was actually listening to Elena and considering letting her stay. Normally Damon didn’t listen to anyone but himself, and on the rare occasion, Katie. “Damon, please.” Another moment passed Katie turned her eyes up at Alaric to see if he was noticing the same thing Katie was, that Elena had more power over Damon than they thought. He looked at her then down at Damon and Elena then back at her.

“Ok.” Damon caved. “Okay, but we are out of here before the moon is full and we’re wolf bait.”

“I promise.” Elena nodded.

“Are you freaking kidding me?” Katie asked, jealous anger bubbling to the surface. “The plan was to bring her home not go on a hike in werewolf territory. I’ve lived in Irish werewolf territory as a human and I gotta say I’m not liking it any more as a vampire that could die from a single nip.”

“If you don’t want to be here, go home.” Elena snapped at her.

“Unfortunately I’m just as stubborn and stupid as you are, so no. I’m not going home unless you’re coming too.”

“Not happening.” Elena told her stubbornly.

“Then let’s stop wasting daylight.” Alaric spoke up with a look between the two girls.

They had been walking in silence for an hour when Alaric, who was walking behind Damon and Elena spoke up again. “So you lived in Ireland?” Katie knew he was trying to break the tension and she decided to let him.

“In the 1800’s, yeah.” She nodded.

“Why didn’t you just move out of werewolf territory?” he asked just to keep her talking.

“Because I was a struggling single mother with nowhere else to go.” She answered. “They killed my sister one full moon. Bit my son another, and one would have ripped me to shreds on another. Elijah saved us both.” She saw Damon look back at her at the mention of Elijah. “Before Elijah showed up I wasn’t even aware werewolves were a thing. I just thought there was an overpopulation of wolves.”

“How you doin?” Damon asked Elena when he noticed she was getting winded.

“Fine.” She told him aggravatedly.

“You know I can help you.” he told her.

“No thanks.” She replied as they climbed a small hill.

“Just one little whoosh.” He told her as he moved his arms out in front of him like superman.

“Yeah, with my luck, you’d drop me.” Elena said with a groan as she took a large step up.

Alaric looked at Katie who was still walking beside him. “You’re not whooshing me.”

Katie laughed with a shake of her head at the thought of how awkward it would be to have to grab him and whoosh him that far. She loved him as a teacher and friend of friends, but it would have to be an emergency for that to happen.

They had been walking for what felt like forever when Alaric said, “We’ve got about a mile left.”

“And the sun isn’t far from setting.” Katie told them, getting antsy.

“I can see that, Katie.” Elena told her with an attitude. “The moon doesn’t reach its apex for a while. We have time.”

Damon’s walking slowed, sensing someone else around them so Katie opened her ears and heard someone’s shambled footsteps and beating heart. She was about to say something when a guy in jeans and a red flannel shirt over a grey t-shirt stepped out of the woods. He had blood on his face, dripping from his eyes and down his throat and his t-shirt. When he saw them he looked up and said, “Vampire”.

In a flash he grabbed Damon, spun him around and pinned him to a nearby tree. Damon was keeping him from biting him with his hand on his throat. In a flash Katie grabbed the werewolf guy around his waist and slammed him on the ground. She pinned him down with her body and placed her converse clad foot under his chin to keep him from biting her. “Someone wanna help me out here?” Katie asked, surprised that the werewolf seemed to be on the verge of overpowering her when most werewolves couldn’t take a vampire out of wolf form.

Alaric grabbed a wolfsbane dart out of his backpack and stuck the guy in the neck with it, weakening him enough that Katie could stand up, but she kept her foot on the guy's neck as Damon and Alaric started tying him up. “Let me guess. Hybrid.” Alaric said getting a look from all three of them. She only moved her foot when Damon tapped her ankle then picked the guy up from the ground. After using everything they had the guy was tied to a tree, but still managing to fight. Nothing seemed to be holding him down for long. “Alright, that’s the last of the vervain.” Rick said as he tied vervain soaked ropes around the guy. “We don’t have enough stuff to hold him. I don’t think we’re gonna make that ridge before the full moon.”

“If we can get him to talk we don’t have to.” Elena was reaching her hand out to the hybrid guy when he took in a deep breath, lifted his head and screamed out as his neck started twitching, the sickening sound of breaking bones filled the air around him.

“Is he turning?” Damon asked with a frown as he looked up at the setting sun.

“It’s impossible. It’s still daylight.” Elena said as she too turned her eyes up to the sky.

“Tell him that.” Alaric popped off.

“There aren’t supposed to be werewolves out here until the moon is full.” Elena said freaking out as Damon placed his hands on the hybrid’s shoulders keeping him pinned to the tree.

“Those ropes and us are nothing to a wolf, much less a hybrid with wolf and vampire strength.” Katie told Elena and Alaric as the hybrid leaned forward trying to bite Damon.

“We’ve got to get out of here.” Elena said and Katie breathed a small sigh of relief that Elena was starting to see the light on this whole adventure of hers. “Damon, we’ve gotta get out of these mountains, now!” she shoved Damon and he took his hands off of the hybrid as they all made a run for it.

Katie wished with everything in her that she could just whoosh away to safety and a dark part of her thought about it, but she couldn’t leave Elena and Alaric behind. So she stuck with the group. The sun had completely set when Elena tripped over a tree root and they all stopped and turned to look at her to see a wolf staring her down where she sat on the ground.

Katie’s eyes looked at the wolf, then Damon who knew what she was thinking just by looking at her eyes. Damon mouthed the word no at her. She was about to whistle at the wolf to get it’s attention before she ran when Damon said, “Here doggie, doggie.” and zipped away with the wolf on his trail.

“Son of a bitch, Damon.” Katie cursed him as Elena stood up.

“Come on. Let’s keep moving.” Alaric waved his hand for them to follow him.

“We can’t leave Damon.” Elena argued.

“He can handle himself. Let’s move.” Alaric argued.

Elena looked at Katie. “Go after him.”

“I can’t Elena. So let’s go before I throw you over my shoulder like a sack of potatoes and carry you down kicking and screaming.” Katie told her as she put her hand on Elena’s back and gave her a small push to get moving.

“I’m the reason he’s out here, Katie.” Elena argued.

“I’m the reason he’s out here.” Alaric snapped at them. “I told them where we were and I’m telling you to keep moving!” Elena hesitated, but started walking down the mountain.

Katie was leaning against Alaric’s car waiting for Damon, seriously considering going to find him when he came out of the woods and she whooshed over to him. “Are you okay, were you bit?” she asked, getting an aggravated look from him.

“I’m fine, Katie Cat.” He sighed as they started walking toward Alaric and Elena who were getting out of the car as they neared them.

“Damon, are you okay? Did you-” Elena asked as she rushed over to him.

“I’m fine, bite free. Get back in the car, please.” Damon told her as he put his hand on her chest and pushed her back.

“Can you just give me a minute to appreciate that you’re not dead?” she asked.

“I’ll give you ten seconds, 9, 8...” he grabbed her by her shoulders and turned her around. “Hey Ric, did you happen to see where I parked my car?” he pushed her toward her car.

“Damon, stop being such a caveman.” Elena complained as he opened her door and pushed her into the car then shut it behind her.

TVDTVDTVD

“What happened out there?” Katie asked as they headed into the boarding house, Katie walking behind Damon. “You haven’t said a word since we got in the car.” He turned and looked at her with wide pissed off eyes. “You’re mad at me. Why am I not surprised?”

“Probably because you know I’m pissed at you for even thinking about letting that wolf chase you. Do you have some sort of death wish?” he asked as he walked closer and closer to her. “If you keep putting yourself in harm's way you’re going to end up dead and you know it.”

“What I know,” she started as she took a step back, “is that my best friend, my family, was in danger and I will die before I let my family die knowing there was something I could have done to prevent it! If you call that a death wish then fine. I have a death wish!” Damon just stared at her.

“No. I refuse to let you get yourself killed just because you think you will come back in god knows how many years.” He told her with rage in his eyes.

Katie took a deep breath and held it as she placed her hands on her hips and looked down at the ornate rug that covered the floor. Those three words, I refuse to. They started ninety percent of the sentences that her grandfather had ever said to her and in that moment, in the tone of voice Damon was using with her, she got jerked back in time and heard her grandfather’s voice in her head. Then once again heard her first father’s voice telling her ‘you will do this’ or ‘you will not do that’. “Damon,” she let the breath out and looked up at him, “I have been told all my life, in both of my lives, what I can and can’t, will and will not do. Please don’t be another one of those people who refuse to let me do something. What I do with my life, my choices, are mine to make.”

Damon didn’t say a word as he walked to the front door, opened it, walked out and slammed it behind him causing Katie to jump and the pictures on the wall to shake. With a heavy sigh she dragged herself upstairs to her room and took a shower. When she was done she threw on some cheer shorts and a tank top then sat down at her desk and let her hair fall around her shoulders in loose wet ringlets. She grabbed a pen and opened her journal to a fresh page.

“I don’t know what I’m doing anymore. I love Damon, I do, but when he says things to me like he did tonight it makes me wonder if why I put up with it. When we first got together it was just for the fun of it. Then I saw how good of a person he could be and I fell for him. Even though I knew we wouldn’t last…I fell. He’s fun to be with, but here lately it feels more like we spend more time fighting to have a relationship than we do actually having one. When we’re not fighting about Katherine or Elijah we’re finding something else to argue about. I’ve never actually seen a functioning relationship, but I’m pretty damn sure this is not what one is supposed to be like.” She lifted the pen from the paper, debating on if she even wanted to write down what she was thinking and feeling. If she wrote it down, she’d have to accept it and it would become all too real. But she forced herself to put pen back to paper. “I’ve been dreaming about Elijah. I know it’s no longer the spell making me have dreams. It’s me. It’s my subconscious pushing me to be with him. To follow my heart and stop pushing back everything I feel for him. I love Damon. He has been with me through everything and we’ve been through so much, but it feels like we are slipping apart and I don’t know what to do.” Getting aggravated she threw the pen on the desk and slammed the journal shut.

She thought she heard something and she followed the sound to Damon’s room where he was getting out of the shower. “What?” Damon asked as he wrapped the towel around him.

“Where’d you go?” she asked timidly.

“I needed some fresh air.”

“You know I can tell when you’re lying to me right?” she asked as she leaned on the door frame.

“I went to Elena’s okay?” he told her then turned to his dresser and pulled the drawer open.

“Why didn’t you just tell me that in the first place?”

“Because I know how jealous of her you can be.” He told her in a choppy tone without making eye contact.

Katie bit her lips closed and nodded. “Okay. Goodnight I guess.” She went to her room, flipped off the light switch, slid into bed and closed her eyes. The image of Damon on his deathbed filled her mind as his words echoed through her head, “Thank you for choosing me. You have no idea how much that means to me.” Feeling the stabbing pain of her heart breaking, she rolled over and pressed her face into her pillow then covered her head with the second one she never used and sandwiched her head between then as she let the tears flow.

On any other night, Damon would have come to her in the middle of the night, claiming that he couldn’t sleep without her, but tonight…he didn’t.

#damon salvatore #damon salvatore fanfiction #damon salvatore x oc #damonxoc #tyler lockwood #tyler lockwood fanfiction #tyler lockwood x oc #tylerxoc #elijah mikaelson #elijah mikaelson fanfiction #elijah mikaelson x oc #elijahxoc #Klaus mikaelson #klaus mikaelson fanfiction #klaus mikaelson x oc #klausxoc #tvd #tvd fanfiction #the vampire diaries #the vampire diaries fanfiction

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* 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 / 𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑾

               all things london     &&.     interactions                                          visage     &&.     musings                                                                                    graphic ©

B A S I C

NAME: london mary webster. NICKNAMES: just london is fine. FACE CLAIM: amber stevens west. AGE RANGE: twenty six (26) to thirty six (36). BIRTHDAY: 17 october. SPECIES: human. GENDER: cis woman. PRONOUNS: she/her. HOME FANDOM: unaffiliated oc. AVAILABILITY: open for plotting. more below, subject to change depending on verse.

F A M I L Y

MOTHER: jennifer duffy. FATHER: paul webster. FAMILY: family is the only rock i know. SIBLINGS: unknown half sister.

P H Y S I C A L    A T T R I B U T E S

RACE/ETHNICITY: african american, norwegian, german, english, dutch, distant scots-irish/northern irish, remote welsh. NATIONALITY: american. HEIGHT: 5 feet and nine inches (5′9) WEIGHT: irrelevant. BUILD: slim. HAIR: usually down, medium length. HAIR COLOR: brown. EYE COLOR: brown. DOMINANT HAND: ambidextrous. ANOMALIES: none. SCENT: whatever is new and on trend. ACCENT: american. PHYSICAL DISABILITIES: none. LEARNING DISABILITIES: none. ALLERGIES: eggs, soy. DISORDERS: undiagnosed anxiety. FASHION: is always on trend. NERVOUS TICS: clicks pens until they break.

L I F E S T Y L E

HOME ADDRESS: varies, verse dependent. RESIDES: varies, verse dependent. BORN: memphis, tennessee. RAISED: memphis, tennessee. VEHICLE: 2019 mini cooper. PHONE: one so big it could be an ipad. LAPTOP/COMPUTER: mac desktop, but also has an ipad mini for when she’s on the go. PETS: cannot be trusted with pets.

HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION: graduated. COLLEGE EDUCATION: attended cornell, new york. CAREER: lifestyle blogger, varies, verse dependent. EMPLOYER: herself, varies, verse dependent.

POLITICAL AFFILIATION: has no interest in politics, asks her father who to vote for. RELIGION: raised going to church every sunday, will go for important events but not regularly. BELIEFS: in a higher power. MISDEMEANORS: none. FELONIES: none. TICKETS AND/OR VIOLATIONS: none. DRUGS: panics when she has to take antibiotics. SMOKES: never. ALCOHOL: not often, but does enjoy a fruity cocktail. DIET: varies depending on what projects she’s working on, usually pretty good.

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: undetermined. SEXUAL ORIENTATION: undetermined. MARTIAL STATUS: varies, verse dependent. CHILDREN: varies, verse dependent. AVAILABILITY: varies, verse dependent. LOOKING FOR: varies, verse dependent.

LANGUAGES: english, some italian.

PHOBIAS: disappointing others. HOBBIES: enjoys painting. TRAITS: idealistic, sweet, generous, codependent, hesitate, gossip. SOCIAL MEDIA: it is literally her day job.

F A V O U R I T E

LOCATION: her old sorority house, for the memories. SPORTS TEAM: sports doesn’t exist in london’s world. GAME: jigsaw puzzles to relax. MUSIC: varies, she has a wide taste. SHOWS: medical dramas. MOVIES: all the disney classics. FOOD: pancakes. BEVERAGE: flavoured water. COLOR: teal.

C H A R A C T E R

MORAL ALIGNMENT: true neutral. MBTI: estj. ENNEAGRAM: type 4 - the individualist. TEMPERAMENT: sanguine. WESTERN ZODIAC: libra. SONG: countdown - beyonce.

IDEOLOGIES: if you put your mind to it, you can do just about anything.

#&&. london webster. #&&. london webster & musings. #&&. london webster & threads. #&&. london webster & visage. #&&. stats.

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OC Interview - Evelyn

Tagged by @life-is-no-sugarlicking​ and tagging @catastrotaffy​, @amalthemir​, @scarecrow-forest​ and @raesand​!

What is your name?

"Evelyn Richards. Syracuse, to some.”

How old are you?

"Forty-nine."

What do you look like?

"I don't see why that's being asked, it certainly doesn't seem like the most necessary information. I suppose you'll insist on an answer anyway. Five foot six, dark skin, dark hair."

Where are you from? Where do you live now?

"Well, I grew up here in West Virginia, though we moved a few times throughout my childhood. Spent half my life in Vault 76, which was lucky, I suppose, when you consider everything that's fine on out here. Haven't been back since the doors open. I've seen enough of that place to last a lifetime. Now I spend my time in a few different spots, including a government bunker."

What was your childhood like?

"Hectic. I had wonderful parents, though we had quite a string of bad luck for a while."

What groups are you friendly with? Are you allied with any factions?

Evelyn laughs. "Well, with the state of things right now, there aren't many groups out there. I've been working with the Enclave, though I'm halfway expecting that to start falling apart. There's also ORE, with Memphis and the others, though that's a much smaller organization."

Tell me about your best friend.

"I'm not sure I'd declare anyone a best friend. Never seems right to single someone out like that. I've seen it lead to hurt feelings."

Do you have a family? Tell me about them!

"... Not after the bombs dropped. Not that I can tell." She looks solemn, before redirecting the topic. "MODUS has saddled me with a squad, and all of us in ORE are pretty close. I'm not sure I want to see these two groups meet, though. Well, Tino might be fine. Sinclair would absolutely do something stupid. As entertaining as it might be to see him and Memphis meet, I'm sure that would end poorly."

What about a partner or partners?

"Never really thought about settling down. Sure, there were a few flings back in 76, but nothing long term."

Who are your enemies, and why?

"Sinclair, on a bad day. Sometimes I hope a scorchbeast will eat him."

Have you ever heard of The Brotherhood of Steel? What do you think about them?

"I've mostly just seen them lying around dead. Found some holotapes, camped out in some of their old forts. They didn't do so well for such gung-ho military types."

What about The Enclave?

Evelyn raises an eyebrow. "Quite familiar with them. Did you miss what I said about working with them?"

How do you feel about Super Mutants?

"Loud, stupid, and a pain in the ass. Definitely one of the worst things out here. I've… been through the West-Tek facility, seen what went on in Huntersville. Hard to believe."

What’s the craziest fight you’ve ever been in?

"The answer really should be that one time with the Scorchbeast Queen, but given how prepared we were, it wasn't that bad. Now, there's this cave in the Savage Divide - they call it the Wendigo Cave, but that's not what ambushed Sinclair and I. It was a mirelurk king - this awful fishy thing, no clue what it was doing up in the mountains - and we only barely made it out of the cave that day. Toughest bastard I've ever met." It's not clear if she's talking about the mirelurk king or Sinclair.

Have you ever fought a Deathclaw?

"From a distance. I've got no plans to get up close and personal with one. Tino can do that."

Do you like fighting?

"I don't enjoy it, no, but it's got to be done."

What’s your weapon of choice?

"I've got a combat rifle for most situations. A shotgun as well. Pump action."

How do you survive? Your wits, your charm, your skills, brute force, some combination? (a.k.a. what’s your S.P.E.C.I.A.L?)

"Staying smart, keeping my eyes open, and never traveling alone, if I can help it."

Have you ever been in a vault? What do you think about them?

"Vault 76, yes. You don't know the meaning of cabin fever until you're locked underground for twenty-five years. I've seen a few other vaults around Appalachia, but they're still shut tight. Well, there's Vault 51, but given what I've heard about the computer running that place, I think I'll stay out."

How do you beat all the radiation around here? Has it affected you?

"The bunker has decontamination arches. I make heavy use of those. Rad-X, too."

What’s your favorite wasteland critter?

"Anything that's not trying to chew on my face."

What’s your least favorite wasteland critter?

"Have you ever seen a sheepsquatch? I was all set to call them bullshit, after that dressed up assaultron. But no, the sheepsquatch is a real thing, and it's awful."

How do you feel about robots?

"They're a pain in the ass, honestly. The less I have to deal with them, the better."

How many caps do you have on you right now?

Evelyn narrows her eyes. "Why do you need to know that."

Nuka Cola or Sunset Sarsaparilla?

"Can't say I've heard of the second one, so I guess Nuka Cola. It's better with rum."

Do you do chems?

"On occasion, unfortunately. Med-X, most commonly."

Do you ever think about the Pre-War world?

"I'd rather not. It's gone, it's not coming back, and I'm not going to waste any more time mourning it."

What’s your deepest regret? What would you do differently?

Evelyn drums her fingers on the table, staring into the distance. "Regrets? I'm not sure. Maybe wasting all that time on university only to have the entire fucking world get blown up. Fat lot of good a degree will do me now."

What’s your biggest achievement? Or what do you hope to achieve?

"Biggest achievement? Hell if I know. Everything I did before 2077 is absolutely worthless now."

What do you want for the future? For yourself? Your friends? The world?

"At this point, most of my goals are pretty short term. I think we all just have to keep going until this whole scorched thing gets sorted out. Maybe then there'll be something else to work towards."

#fallout 76 #screenshots #fallout oc #Evelyn Richards #beetle's ocs #radbeetle screenshots #radbeetle writes #gif tag

[fitemilk]

mmmm. i guess this is an oc intro post?

all of my fallout ocs are contained/allied with one group that is making a niche for themselves, the karanth trading company

led by daeris karanth, whose grandparents lived in vault 15 and left as part of the original great khans. iarcir’s mother and daeris’s mother lived in new reno by the time daeris and iarcir were born. daeris is seven years older than iarcir, and is very much like a big sister to him (and is considered as such; word of god they’re adopted siblings to one another) even though they didn’t meet until iarcir was 10.

they both lived rough young lives. when iarcir was 22-23, she asked them, “we can go. i’ve got the means. do you want to?” and iarcir was more than content to leave their life at the golden globes behind. actually, beyond elated. u couldn’t get them to move any quicker.

thus started the karanth trading company. iarcir got a job at gomorrah as a dancer due to their prior work. and they’re the eyes and mouth as to what’s happening in vegas. they may look dumb to the untrained eye? a bit vain to the truly uneducated? but they’re exceptionally perceptive and can read body language like a child’s book. he’s a social butterfly, hence daeris’s nickname for him: “butterfly”. not only bc he’s social, but also how they’re distracting. fun personality. prefers to go topless half the time (with shorty shorts). but other times he can look suave. has long blonde hair and a very curious resistance to radiation.

he then relays what he saw to daeris, who has bigger plans in mind.

most don’t see daeris’s soft side, but all of the company has seen it at least once — iarcir the most of all. she isn’t afraid to be vulnerable around iarcir, who she can tell almost anything to. she loves stargazing and pit roasts and calm, quiet nights where she can enjoy either a brew of a coffee (depending on which hours she wants to be up)

there’s the rest of the company: fabian, an omerta who turns (and is a skilled thief). princess, an ex-ncr sniper that likes to look pretty and shoot precisely. memphis, a khan scout that lost an eye (and is usually with princess). and then there’s bastius, who i never talk about ever. bastius is the baby of the bunch (18), former legionary who escaped at the age of 16. goes by bass (pronounced like the fish). knows legion patterns and methodology. has helped the company out of trouble. he’s also the actual “trader” (along with princess, when she’s taking a break).

(oops, i forgot about sparrow, courier six themselves. the company can play with or without sparrow). sparrow’s a wild one. giant goof. ngnm courier personified with extra fun (depending on who ur talking to; iarcir loves sparrow, while daeris thinks they’re Too Much). “fuck yeah i’m a maiiiiiiiiilmaaaaaaan” -sparrow, yelling from the top of the lucky 38 somewhere

uhm i hope this is an okay intro

#patton.txt #i left out like uh. a lot. but thats basically it #ktc basically vying for vegas (or allied with a no gods no masters courier) #me fallout oc shit #long post

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Muleriders go 2-0 on final day of UCO/OC Tournament

Source: https://muleriderathletics.com/news/2022/2/20/softball-muleriders-go-2-0-on-final-day-of-uco-oc-tournament.aspx

Box Score 1 OKAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Southern Arkansas University softball closed out the UCO/OC Tournament with two big wins on Sunday afternoon and have now won three games in a row. The Muleriders took down Fort Hays State 3-2 in the first game followed by a 4-2 victory over Nebraska-Kearney in game two. SAU now moves to 7-8 on the season after going 3-2 this weekend in Oklahoma.   SAU 3, FSU 2 The Muleriders never trailed in game one as they jumped out in front of FSU in the top of the second inning as Jaxynn Dyson hammered a solo blast, which was her second of the tournament. Mariah Hamilton was able to push across Uchenna Jong Loy on a single to go up 2-0 in the top of the fourth inning, while the other Mulerider run would come one inning later off of the bat of Sarah Evans as she drove in Jade Miller. FSU was able to push across two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, but Memphis transfer Macie Welch was able to relieve Kiana Pogroszewski to pick up the final six outs of the game and earn a save. Pogroszewski moves to 2-1 in the circle after picking up the win today. She tossed 5.0 innings while allowing six hits on five strikeouts and no earned runs. Welch was able to strike out three of the six batters she faced in the save effort. Hamilton led SAU with two hits, while Evans, Dyson, Jade Miller, Jong Loy and Taylor Murphy all collected one. SAU 4, UNK 2 Game two saw another good pitching performance from Sydney Ward as she picked up her 4th win of the season. Ward pitched 5.0 innings while allowing just one run on five strikeouts. Welch picked up her second save of the afternoon after tossing the final 2.0 innings as she struck out three batters and allowed one run. Jong Loy led SAU with a two run single and sac fly for three total RBI. The Muleriders will return to Magnolia this week as they are set to host their home opener on Tuesday against Texas A&M Kingsville in a double-header. The first game is set to start at 2:00 p.m. while game two will start at 4:00 p.m. You can find live links to both games here.

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Bucks or Suns? Our writers share their picks

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Bucks or Suns? Our writers share their picks

Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images

What the Suns need to do to win

Limit the Bucks’ second and third options. Giannis Antetokounmpo, who remains day-to-​day with left knee injury, will find a way to hit baskets when he gets on the floor. It might be in transition. It might be in the half-court. But over the course of the series, he will have one or two Giannis Games. Limiting Khris Middleton, Jrue Holiday and Antetokounmpo’s supporting cast will be the key. As the Suns’ rim-protector, much of the defensive responsibilities will fall on Deandre Ayton. The former No 1 overall draft pick has undergone a metamorphosis during this year’s playoffs, and he will need to bring every bit of his defensive savvy to bottle up the Bucks. Oliver Connolly

Related: Scottie Pippen’s latest bridge-burning tour is a reminder that hurt people hurt people | Andrew Lawrence

Keep doing what they’ve been doing. Offensively and defensively, the Suns have been one of the best teams in the postseason. If they continue to outscore their opponents while continuing to give up the least amount of points of any team in the playoffs, it will be too much for the Bucks to overcome. Tyrell Feaster

This will be easy for the Suns if they can keep rotating lead scorers: in the first game of the Western Conference finals against the Clippers, Devin Booker went off for 40 points with Chris Paul out. In their Game 2 win, Cameron Payne (!) went for 29, and then Paul returned, eventually dropping 41 in the Game 6 finale. Hunter Felt

The Suns’ assist-turnover ratio of 2.13 is second-best in the playoff field behind the long-gone Nuggets and practically in step with their league-high 2.15 rate during the regular season. The Bucks have forced 13.2 turnovers per game in the postseason, third-most in the tournament behind first-round doormats Miami and Memphis. Taking care of the ball against Milwaukee’s opportunistic defense as well as they’ve done all year is every bit as important as more obvious musts like keeping Devin Booker fed. Bryan Armen Graham

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What the Bucks need to do to win

Run and run and run. Give Antetokounmpo credit, he has adapted his game from series to series throughout the playoffs, leaning more on his burgeoning post game while serving as a screener and rim-runner. But there are still growing pains, and Antetokounmpo in the half-court – while still a great player – is not the unstoppable force that can carry his team through the finals. It will be difficult, but to overcome the (slight) talent gap, the Bucks need to revert as close to their traditional freewheelin’, up-and-down style as possible. They need to run. OC

Limit the Suns’ backcourt. This may be easier said than done, but if the Bucks can stop Chris Paul (playoff averages: 18.1 points, 8.7 assists, 3.9 rebounds) and Devin Booker (27.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists) from producing at their normal output, Phoenix will be in danger. TF

Get Antetokounmpo completely healthy somehow, first. If he can’t go or is less than 70%, the Bucks just might not have the firepower. He doesn’t even need to be Milwaukee’s best player; Khris Middleton could do that, but he would have to make an outsized impact. HF

TNT pundit Charles Barkley may have been on to something when he characterized Antetokounmpo’s knee injury as a blessing in disguise for Milwaukee. No one can credibly say the Bucks are better without the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, but his absence has clearly opened the floor for the supporting cast of Jrue Holiday, Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez and Bobby Portis. To me, Holiday is the key. The veteran point guard averaged 22.0 points and 10.0 assists against the Hawks, shooting 46.4% from the floor and 37.0% from three-point range. Holiday’s maintaining his aggressive tack whether Giannis is on the floor or not will create opportunities for himself and his teammates while keeping 36-year-old Chris Paul’s hands full on both ends of the court. BAG

Your NBA finals MVP will be …

Chris Paul. NBA finals Most Valuable Player awards are as dependent on narrative as merit. Chris Paul has the best story of any player in the finals, and he just so happens to be the player that makes the Suns’ machine tick. It’s his time. OC

Mask on or mask off, it’s Devin Booker. One of only six players in NBA history to score 70 points in a single game, Booker has carried the Suns’ offense through the regular season, the postseason, and all signs point to him continuing to do so in this series. Booker will have to be on his A-game defensively in order to stop Khris Middleton and that will only help his MVP bid. TF

It feels like this is Chris Paul’s award to lose. The voters are dying for a chance to give him his flowers after a career’s worth of playoff futility (an occupational hazard of getting stuck on the Clippers during your peak years). Should the Bucks pull off the upset, however, it will be because Middleton absolutely goes off. If it makes Sheryl Crow happy, how bad an outcome could it be? HF

Related: Chris Paul: after 16 NBA seasons of bad luck has Point God’s time finally come?

Let’s take a flyer on Jrue Holiday. This traditionally narrative-driven plaudit is a fait accompli for Antetokounmpo if he returns for a meaningful chunk of the series and the Bucks prevail. But the recently unleashed Holiday could well become Milwaukee’s most important player on both sides of the ball the longer their leading man is sidelined. BAG

Unheralded player to watch

Mikal Bridges. Bridges is the kind of prototypical team-first, do-everything, three-and-D player that helps elevates a contender into a champion. He doesn’t fill the stat sheet, but he is a relentless defender and enough of an outside shooter to give Chris Paul and Devin Booker the space they need to operate on offense. OC

Jae Crowder on defense. While his teammates get all the attention for their offensive prowess, Crowder will have the tough task of defending Giannis Antetokounmpo. Limiting the Greek Freak will go a long way to determining this series, regardless of if he is slowed down by his hyperextended left knee. TF

It seems inevitable that we will have a Jae Crowder Game. Every so often, the Suns forward will go on stretches where his string of absurd three-pointers stop bouncing off the rim and start falling in every single time. When that happens, opposing defenses basically run out of workable tactics. HF

Mikal Bridges, the 6ft 6in swingman who is Phoenix’s fourth scoring option after Booker, Paul and Ayton, was something of a barometer for the Western Conference champions during the regular season: making 48.8% of his three-point attempts in the Suns’ wins and 30.6% in their losses. No stranger to high-pressure moments after winning a pair of NCAA titles with Villanova in 2016 and 2018, Bridges will be called upon to keep Milwaukee’s defense honest in the finals and create space where Paul and Booker can thrive. Even during a somewhat quiet postseason so far, Bridges’ 14 corner threes are second in the playoffs only to team-mate Cameron Johnson (15). BAG

One bold prediction

Every player makes it through the series without injury. Given the spate of injuries throughout the playoffs, the Basketball Gods owe the viewing public a healthy series. The CP3-v-Giannis-for-their-first-title storyline is too tantalizing. OC

Someone will thank Kobe after they win. At some point over the last year or so every NBA star has had some story about Kobe Bryant inspired them and there is no doubt someone will share one of these stories in the aftermath of the clincher. And that’s not a prediction; it’s a spoiler. TF

No more injuries. OK, this might be more of a prayer than a prediction. I think it was after Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals where it became a cruel joke: the Hawks came in missing Trae Young and then, during the course of the game, the Bucks lost Antetokounmpo to that hyperextended knee. We simply must beseech the Basketball Gods to lay off for the extent of these finals. HF

Well, a Twitter user named Jarrett Plahmer is the clubhouse leader in this category, but I’ll play anyway: Holiday wins NBA finals MVP after spiriting the Bucks until Giannis can return. BAG

Who deserves a title more: Chris Paul or Giannis Antetokounmpo?

Chris Paul. Deserves is a loaded word, but after a lifetime of being a maybe-nearly-almost player, if anyone deserves a NBA finals appearance, it’s Chris Paul, the Point God. The only thing lacking from Paul’s Greatest Point Guard of his Generation résumé is a title. In the present-day culture where ringz are all that seem to matter, winning a title will formalize a historic greatness that needs no validation. Giannis will have plenty more shots to win a title; this is it for Paul. OC

Chris Paul and it’s not even close. Paul has long been viewed as one basketball’s greatest point guards and an NBA title remains the only thing missing from his Hall of Fame résumé. Paul’s influence both on and off the court has taken a young Phoenix team that went off as 40-1 underdogs in the preseason to the oddsmakers’ favorites in the NBA finals. A championship ring would be the perfect way to cement his legacy. TF

I mean, obviously, this is Paul’s category. He’s a Hall of Famer, one of the greatest point guards of all time and he’s never even been to the NBA finals until this year. He’s 36 years old, on his fifth team, and it’s a fair bet that he will never get a better shot at a championship. Antetokounmpo will get another chance, it feels like. HF

I’m more from the Will Munny than Little Bill school when it comes to deserves. Paul is the sentimental favorite on circumstance, but Antetokounmpo’s preposterous stat-sheet stuffing over the past half-decade is a body of work no less worthy of a ring. Interestingly, the Greek Freak is one of only two players in history to have earned back-to-back MVP awards without having won an NBA title … along with longtime Suns talisman Steve Nash. BAG

The winner will be …

Phoenix in six. Typically, finals matchups are dictated by whichever team can get buckets late in the shot clock: cheap buckets, dirty buckets, tough buckets. As the level cranks up in the playoffs, the ability to play within a set, free-flowing offense rolls out the window. Things get stodgy. Winning comes down to whichever team has the most shot-makers who can hit shots off-the-dribble, in isolation. The Suns have more reliable shot-makers from three to 16 feet out than the Bucks. For Milwaukee to win, it’s going to take an extraordinary defensive effort. OC

Phoenix in six. The Suns’ storybook season will get its happy ending and Phoenix will win their first NBA title. Paul’s leadership and ability to elevate the already talented Booker and Ayton will create too many problems for Milwaukee to stop. Giannis and co will pull off two games, but Phoenix will win a close hard-fought series on the road in Game 6. TF

Phoenix in five. Even without Antetokounmpo, the Bucks are good enough to steal a win away from the Suns. But even if he returns, it doesn’t strike me as realistic to hope that he’ll be in the MVP form the Bucks would require to make this a serious contest. The third time will prove the charm for the Suns, after their 1976 and 1993 heartbreaks, as they finally lift the trophy in their 53rd season. HF

Milwaukee in six. Yes, it was against a middleweight Hawks team only in the East finals because of Philadelphia’s stunning collapse in the semis, but you can’t help but marvel at how the Bucks circled the wagons after Antetokounmpo went down. The Holiday-Middleton-Lopez triumvirate was never better than in Milwaukee’s two closeout games, including a combined 72 points, 19 rebounds, 16 assists, seven steals and five blocks in the Game 6 clincher. All Things Must Pass was top of the US charts last time Milwaukee won the NBA championship in 1971; if the title track can also apply to the fourth-quarter fizzles that have routinely undone the Bucks as favorites in the past two postseasons, a long-awaited second title is theirs for the taking. BAG

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Why this could be Memphis’ best football season ever

Mike Norvell’s Tigers return more high-upside pieces than even UCF and are favored in every game. The main concern: new coordinators.

Bill C’s annual preview series of every FBS team in college football continues. Catch up here!

If you want to gauge how Norvell is doing, look at how many major assistants he’s had to replace in just three full seasons.

In 2017, Notre Dame took offensive coordinator Chip Long. Norvell replaced him with longtime assistant (and former North Texas head coach) Darrell Dickey.

In 2018, Texas A&M took Dickey. Norvell replaced him with Kenny Dillingham, with whom he had coached at Arizona State.

In 2019, Auburn took Dillingham. Plus, Northern Arizona chose Norvell’s defensive coordinator, Chris Ball, as its new head coach, and Texas Tech stole his dynamite special teams coach, Joe Lorig. (Weeks later, Penn State stole Lorig from Tech, too.)

Plucking is the purest form of flattery. This is the price Memphis pays for finally becoming the program it always felt it should.

After decades of almosts and why-aren’t-they-betters, the Tigers have won 45 games in five years. Their previous five-year high was the 38 games they won in their first five years at the Division I level (1960-64).

The program bottomed out in two years with Larry Porter. But Justin Fuente built a hell of a foundation, and when he took the Virginia Tech job (plucking!), Norvell provided a seamless transition.

Their second-order win total — which basically looks at what your record should have been, based on the key stats of each game — has improved from 7.7 to 9 to 9.6 under Norvell. They were a hair fortunate in 2017 and won 10 games; they were unfortunate and won only eight last fall. But the key indicators continued to improve.

There’s a good chance that continues this fall. That feels like a strange thing to say when Norvell has not only three coordinators, but also maybe the best running back in FBS to replace (1,900-yard rusher Darrell Henderson). But on the field, that’s almost all he has to replace.

Memphis ranks seventh in the country in returning production, and for the second time in three years, Norvell signed the second-best class in the AAC. My redesigned S&P+ formula is less friendly to non-power-conference teams than the previous iteration, but Memphis is still projected 26th overall. The Tigers are a projected favorite by at least six points in every game, and that includes a Week 1 visit from Ole Miss.

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Mike Norvell

This could be Memphis’ best football season ever ... as long as Norvell has nailed his coordinator hires. Here’s who he chose:

Offensive coordinator: Kevin Johns. Johns was a GA under Kevin Wilson and Randy Walker at Northwestern at the turn of the century, studying the evolution of one of the most successful strains of spread offense. He served as Wilson’s coordinator at Indiana, then moved to the same title at WMU in 2017 and Texas Tech in 2018.

Defensive coordinator: Adam Fuller. Fuller was Chattanooga’s DC from 2009-12 before joining Doc Holliday’s Marshall staff in 2013. After five seasons as DL coach and special teams coordinator, he took over the defense in 2018, and the Thundering Herd fielded their best defense in nearly 20 years. They ranked 22nd in Def. S&P+.

Special teams coordinator: Pete Lembo. The former Ball State head coach served as Rice’s STC in 2018, and the Owls improved from 117th to 29th in Special Teams S&P+. Granted, he struggled in the same role at Maryland, but he’s gotten a taste of extreme success.

Norvell didn’t didn’t try to find the 30-year-old next big things (which is basically what he was when Todd Graham promoted him to co-OC at age 29). Perhaps he knows what he could have on the field this fall and didn’t want any growing pains.

Or perhaps he was just tired of losing young assistants. Couldn’t blame him for that.

Offense

The Wilson-Walker version of the spread was more physical and run-heavy than others, and you can see why Norvell might be drawn to that, as he and Dillingham presided over one of the most terrifying run games in the country last fall.

Henderson was amazing, averaging a downright stupid 8.9 yards per carry and nearly rushing for 2,000 yards while averaging just 16 carries per game. Patrick Taylor Jr. and Tony Pollard contributed another 20.4 carries per game and combined for 1,674 more yards.

Henderson and Pollard are gone, but in Taylor, Memphis returns a big back (6’3, 223 pounds) who could probably handle a bigger load. The rest of the remodeled RB corps is young but exciting. Redshirt freshman Kenny Gainwell carried only four times last season, but one was a 73-yard score against Georgia State. (Gainwell also has one of my favorite quotes of the spring: “I’m really just trying to be fast because if you’re not fast, you get caught by slow people.” So true, Kenny. So true.) A few other sophomores and redshirts saw action, and mid-three-star freshman Rodriques Clark also waits his turn.

This is a lot of youth, but having Taylor as the anchor makes it seem manageable. And if anything, the biggest concern here isn’t the RB youth, it’s the line.

Memphis has to replace three linemen who combined for 127 career starts, including all-conference tackle Trevon Tate. There are still some seniors in the mix, and Norvell added two three-star JUCOs just in case. But he’s also got tantalizing players like four-star sophomore Obinna Eze and redshirt freshman Titus Jones.

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Damonte Coxie (10) and Kedarian Jones (13)

Memphis ran the ball a lot, and with obvious reason. But the Tigers also operated at a tempo high enough that Brady White still got to attempt 30 passes per game. And if the run game is a hair glitchier, that’s okay — with this receiving corps, White can probably handle more of a load.

A former blue-chipper and Arizona State transfer, White completed 63 percent of his passes at 13.4 yards per completion in his first year as starter. He had a nice mix of vertical weapons (Damonte Coxie, tight end Joey Magnifico) and horizontal ones (slot receiver Pop Williams, plus Pollard/Taylor/Henderson).

Coxie was a revelation. After coming on strong late in 2017, his freshman year, the former star recruit was steady and explosive as a sophomore. In two weeks in September, he caught 14 balls for 236 yards against Georgia State and South Alabama, but he also torched some of the better opponents on the schedule: he had eight for 111 against Missouri and a combined seven for 128 in two games against UCF. He scared safeties enough that it opened occasional up-the-seam opportunities for Magnifico.

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Joey Magnifico

Everybody but the backs return. Williams averaged only 9.2 yards per catch last season, but his return prowess shows he’s a breakaway threat, and the requisite crop of recent star recruits — sophomore slot man Calvin Austin III, redshirt freshman Jeremy Tate Jr., freshmen Tahj Washington and tight end Drew Martin, etc. — will just have to wait their turn.

Despite the coaching turnover, Memphis has ranked 17th and 14th in Off. S&P+ over the last two years. There’s a smidge of concern about glitchiness in the run game here, but I’d be surprised if this were anything other than another top-25 unit.

Defense

By AAC standards, Memphis’ defense hasn’t been all that bad of late. But it hasn’t been good. The Tigers surged to 32nd in Def. S&P+ in 2014, back when Missouri head coach Barry Odom was leading the D, but they have ranked between 74th and 87th each year since.

That No. 87 ranking came last year, when Norvell and Ball basically handed the defense over to sophomores — three of the top five linemen, three of the top seven linebackers, and seven of nine defensive backs were sophomores, and that says nothing of freshman safety Sanchez Blake Jr., who might have been the steadiest DB on the field.

Memphis was devastatingly young, especially in pass defense, so maybe the fact that the Tigers ranked 49th in completion rate allowed and 43rd in sack rate is an exciting sign of things to come.

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Sanchez Blake Jr.

Sophomores become juniors, and Memphis is loaded with returning experience. Blake and fellow safeties Tyrez Lindsey, Josh Perry (who, due to overcrowding, is evidently moving to more of a nickel/OLB type of role), Carlito Gonzalez, and La’Andre Thomas are all back, as are corners T.J. Carter, Jacobi Francis, and Chris Claybrooks. Norvell signed a couple of JUCOs (including mid-three-star sophomore safety Rodney Owens Jr.) as insurance, too. I would expect improvement, potentially drastic, in the back.

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Bryce Huff

Said improvement could reach mach speed if the pass rush improves further, too. Three Tigers recorded at least six sacks in 2018 — OLB Bryce Huff and DEs Joseph Dorceus and Jonathan Wilson — and they’re all back. JUCO speed rusher Everitt Cunningham and four-star redshirt freshman Kayode Oladele could threaten for playing time, too. For that matter, high-three-star freshman ends Cole Mashburn and Jalil Clemons were two of the jewels of the 2019 signing class, too.

The run defense, which was decent in 2018 (50th in Rushing S&P+), should at least hold steady. Six Tigers recorded at least 11 run stuffs (stops at or behind the line) last year, and they’re all back. That includes not only Huff and the aforementioned ends, but also linebackers Austin Hall and JJ Russell and nose tackle O’Bryan Goodson. And junior nose John Tate IV combined four sacks with eight run stuffs in a backup role last year. If he made a play, it was probably in the backfield. Fuller helmed one hell of a run defense at Marshall last year. He should know what to do with these pieces.

Goodness, I just listed a lot of potential stars. If experience tamps down the glitches even a little bit, the defense should serve the offense opportunities.

Special Teams

Special teams can be pretty flaky, but under Lorig, Memphis had maybe the most consistently strong ST unit in the country. The Tigers ranked first in ST S&P+ in 2013, 2015, and 2016, and ranked between 29th and 41st in 2014, 2017, and 2018.

The last couple of units have been dragged down by Riley Patterson’s growing pains. The place-kicker has been a starter since his freshman year, and while he’s got potential (he was 5-for-8 on FGs longer than 40 yards), he missed three PATs and two shorter FGs. If he stabilizes as a junior, then the rest of the unit is loaded, from sophomore punter Adam Williams to punt returner Pop Williams.

2019 outlook

2019 Schedule & Projection Factors

Date Opponent Proj. S&P+ Rk Proj. Margin Win Probability 31-Aug Ole Miss 39 6.2 64% 7-Sep Southern U. NR 44.5 99% 14-Sep at South Alabama 127 30.5 96% 26-Sep Navy 118 31.0 96% 5-Oct at UL-Monroe 103 18.6 86% 12-Oct at Temple 66 7.6 67% 19-Oct Tulane 98 21.9 90% 26-Oct at Tulsa 95 15.7 82% 2-Nov SMU 85 17.0 84% 16-Nov at Houston 73 9.5 71% 23-Nov at USF 71 8.8 69% 29-Nov Cincinnati 44 7.7 67%

Projected S&P+ Rk 26 Proj. Off. / Def. Rk 10 / 70 Projected wins 9.7 Five-Year S&P+ Rk 7.7 (41) 2- and 5-Year Recruiting Rk 68 2018 TO Margin / Adj. TO Margin* 4 / 7.2 2018 TO Luck/Game -1.1 Returning Production (Off. / Def.) 80% (79%, 82%) 2018 Second-order wins (difference) 9.6 (-1.6)

Opportunity awaits. Memphis returns more high-upside pieces than maybe any G5 team in 2019, and that includes UCF and Boise State. They’ve got an experienced blue-chip quarterback, a burly running back, a loaded receiving corps, and a playmaking (and sometimes play-allowing) defense that returns almost everybody.

If they’ve also got a pair of good coordinators — and you never know in advance whether that’s the case — then they’ve got everything they need to make a run at ... well ... name your goal. AAC title? Twelve wins (or more)? The G5’s New Year’s Six bowl bid? It’s all on the table.

It’s been really fun watching this program grow over the course of what is now my ninth year of writing these previews. When I started doing this, I was talking about Porter’s Tigers and some of the worst Memphis teams of all-time. Now I might be writing about the best.

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ABOUT my OCs

an excuse to talk about my OCs basically but also for future ask games i can link this post to anyone asking who tf they are

COURIER SIX: memphis six

memphis is 19 in canon and doesn't really remember who she is when she wakes up, so when she wanders back to primm and finds an old brochure abt tenessee that floated back to the mojave via the mojave express, she just starts calling herself memphis six.

basic info is that she is skilled with melee weapons, medicine and speech. independent vegas and she travels mostly with boone, arcade, veronica and ed-e. loved by the ncr anyways and hated by the legion, and shot house to death. she is a lesbian and sucks at gambling but likes playing caravan

she is the daughter of a priest and his husband, a mercenary, and her mom was a wandering doctor before deciding to settle down and create the 3 parent family and having memphis (longer story). basically her dads are in love and her mom is a part of the family even if she isn't in their relationship. they live somewhere south of nevada and she reunites with them a couple years post-game

other things abt memphis is that she is religious, even after getting shot, but grapples with the definition of "god" in the mojave. she claims to be non denominational but most of her religious practices and beliefs reflect baptist christianity. throughout her "canon", however, she will expand her views and appreciation for other interpretations of god and comes to the conclusion that all are true, in a sense, and religion is most valuable when it's used to bring people together to do good.

her religion is also a conflict for her because she's also very prone to violence over forgiveness and repents everytime but struggles to change her ways because she just fucking hates those legion bastards and starts firing on sight. she also tends to choose violent solutions on impulse. it's not that she has a bad temper, necessarily, but more of a bloodlust.

CHOSEN ONE: winifred

born in arroyo, winifred was named after a female protagonist in a very popular horror novel about a family in a hotel during the wintertime. growing up, she never really thought much of what was beyond the bridge, content with her home. while she was hesitant to leave, she understood that if she didn't try then arroyo would certainly perish.

basic info is that she is 17 in canon, skilled with unarmed, first aid and outdoorsman primarily (but quickly learns to improve her speech skill as well). travels mostly with marcus, john cassidy and goris and earns the title of champion for her good karma

she is very temperamental and picks a lot of fights, even if she can't win, but can also talk her way out of a situation in the same breath. growing up, her older cousins taught her boxing and she was a sort of a troublemaker (and a bit of a bully when she was a lot younger). as she grows and finds her morals, she becomes a good person but, like, aggressively good. she will bully you into doing the right thing and bully you into loving yourself, y'know?

what she hates about the developing wasteland is everyone's affinity with technology beyond what is needed for survival (i.e. new reno, the enclave). she would totally join the BOS if that was an option in the game, but reject their personal use of energy weapons and tech. she's a very DIY, nature loving girl preferring to do things "the old fashioned way"

she is also terrified of losing the people she calls family. her companions and her home are all very important to her and she becomes very domestic after the events of fallout 2.

VAULT DWELLER: mary anahid

in vault 13, when the bombs were dropping, an iranian ambassador was granted entry. he had a son, and then he had a son and so forth until mary was born as the first girl in his line (thus how she kept the surname anahid through so many generations).

basic info is that she is skilled in lock picking, small guns and speech.

mary is born with both parents still alive, being the last of three siblings, and they were older and became a bit sickly when she reaches the age of 23, when the events of fallout take place for her. within the vault, her g.o.a.t. was vault loyalty inspector which was ironic because she had a lot of anger towards jacoren. when the water chip broke, and the other vaulties perished not long after being sent out, jacoren decided that sending mary out would be a good way to get rid of her since she was raising a lot of animosity amongst the other dwellers against him.

once she left, she got the water chip on her own because she was very untrusting and wary of people. however, she hooked up with ian, katja and tycho when jacoren sent her back out to stop the mutant invasion. the adjustment to wasteland life was harder than she thought, but she manages. unlike my other ocs, she's very thoughtful and dislikes impulsivity.

also, before finding arroyo near the end of her life, she becomes a stand up comedian and was a bit of a popular act in new reno, before it was the bit city you see in fallout 2. she is very fond of writing and preforming.

SO YEAH feel free to ask questions about them

#anyways thanks for reading if u did #pls pls pls ask abt my ocs #oc: memphis six #oc: winifred #oc: mary anahid #fallout #my posts