#ref: garrett starters

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Open to: Anyone (mun/muse/fc must be 21+) Plot: long-term pen pals where he was in the military and y/m has written to him since basic training after they were paired up through a program. They finally decided to meet up and have never seen each other because of a pack to not add each other on socials or send pictures. Y/m has agreed to attend his 'retirement' party/new job celebration. Muse: Garrett Turner, 35, was a medic in the Army Special Forces and will be a U.S. Marshal on a team with his brothers.

Garrett had planned to show up to the airport with a 'Welcome to Montana' sign and a gift bag full of all the key Minnesotan staples they'd talked about along with all of their favorite snacks. Then his truck broke down and the flight was delayed, and traffic backed up the freeway because of an accident. With shuffling and a little help from his brothers, they agreed to meet at the hotel. With the party taking place in the venue's great hall, where they usually held wedding receptions, it seemed like a simple enough solution, but he still brought his gift for them along.

Family and friends, members of his pervious units, were all staying at the hotel for the event. While Garrett wasn't excited to be the center of attention, he was glad his pen pal had RSVPed with a 'yes'. His phone chimed with Rhett's ringtone and he immediately answered, "Hey, what's up? Are you here yet? What do you mean their room was given to someone else? I'm coming down from mine, be there in a minute. Tell them not to worry, we'll get it sorted out." With one more quick glance in the mirror, Garrett brushed his hair from his face, tucked his phone and key card in his pocket, and took the stairs to the lobby. There was only one person at the front desk, his brother nowhere to be seen but he approached slowly. Uncertain of what to say since he was definitely staring, he offered up a simple, "Where'd Rhett run off to?"

//if you'd rather have one of the other Turner brothers for this please DM. Here are my muses.

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MVP-less Warriors fall to Kings 110-106

Golden State Warriors' Zaza Pachulia loses the ball against Sacramento Kings' Skal Labissiere and Zach Randolph in 1st quarter during NBA game at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, November 27, 2017.

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Maybe the Warriors can weather the absence of one MVP — but not two.

Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant both missed Monday night’s game against Sacramento. And it showed, as the Kings surged late to snatch a 110-106 victory at Oracle Arena.

The Warriors missed their final seven shots from the field, including Klay Thompson’s three-point attempt in the closing seconds with his team trailing by two.

Thompson led the Warriors with 21 points, and Patrick McCaw added 16. Willie Cauley-Stein led the Kings with 19 points.

The Warriors were 4-0 this season without Durant (sprained ankle) and 1-0 without Curry (bruised hand). But this was their first game without both players, who together have three MVP awards and are averaging 50.7 points per game on the season.

Thompson gave the Warriors a 106-102 lead with a three-pointer from the corner at 3:11. But the Kings soon tied the game, on two Garrett Temple free throws and a resounding dunk from Cauley-Stein.

After Thompson missed two more shots, Sacramento’s Bogdan Bogdanovic made a tough bank shot in the lane — over Draymond Green — with 12.6 seconds left. That pushed the Kings ahead 108-106.

The Warriors had one more chance — Thompson again missed a closely contested three-pointer from the top of the key — and Bogdanovic sealed the deal with two free throws.

Golden State had won eight consecutive games against the Kings in Oakland. The Warriors’ last loss to Sacramento at Oracle occurred on March 27, 2013, more than two full years before Curry and Co. earned their first NBA title.

Curry’s absence Monday night paved the way for McCaw to make his first start of the season. He had become somewhat of a forgotten man in the first 20 games, often stuck on the bench behind fellow wing reserves Nick Young and Omri Casspi.

Shaun Livingston would have been the logical choice to start in Curry’s place, but head coach Steve Kerr tapped McCaw instead. Kerr called it a “good opportunity” for McCaw, who also has the youth and quickness to cover crazy-fast Kings rookie De’Aaron Fox.

The Warriors led by only two points at halftime (55-53), but that wasn’t a terrible predicament given their missing MVPs and Thompson’s subpar first-half shooting. He went 3-for-11 in the half, including 1-for-4 from three-point land.

And then, naturally, he heated up.

Thompson made three long-range shots, McCaw became more aggressive offensively and the Warriors momentarily stretched their lead to seven points late in the third quarter. But the Kings kept hanging around — and then they stitched together a 9-0 run to end the quarter, pushing them ahead 83-82 heading to the fourth.

Even without Curry and Durant, the first half offered some lively entertainment. McCaw and Casspi stepped into the starting lineup, and the makeshift unit — including usual starters Thompson, Green and Zaza Pachulia — played Sacramento to a 18-18 tie before the first substitutions.

Young soon gave the Warriors a jolt of offense, scoring eight quick points upon entering the game (including two three-pointers). Still, neither team gained much separation until midway through the second quarter.

That’s when Jordan Bell showed up.

Moments after checking in, Bell soared for an emphatic dunk. The crowd’s reaction made it clear Warriors fans are pining for Bell’s raw, exuberant athleticism.

He immediately sparked a 7-0 run, following up the dunk with a slick “hockey assist” — Bell whipped a pass to McCaw, who fed Thompson, who drained a wide-open three-pointer. Bell later swooped into the lane to block Fox’s layup attempt.

The Warriors twice stretched their lead to 10 points, on McCaw’s steal and breakaway dunk (50-40) and soon thereafter on Casspi’s skyscraping three (55-45). They seemed poised to pull away, as they so often do.

This time, though, the Kings responded. They closed the first half on an 8-0 run, trimming their deficit to 55-53 at the break. Ref - http://www.sfgate.com

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