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I did a thing.

I still need to get an about and what have you up, I might tweak the theme buuuut... That's where I'm at for now.

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I've been really tempted to make a Nico Minoru blog lately.

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"Right." Augustine replied with a raised brow.

He was far from the most powerful sorcerer in existence, but he was sensitive to the weaving of magics. With eyes keener than most, he could occasionally see the weft as threads strung by casters. He had been investigating an anomaly and that investigation had lead here.

"If that changes, and you do need help..." He flicked his wrist, turning his hand over to reveal a business card. To most, it would look like a flashy bit of sleight of hand- a trick for amateur magicians to do at parties. A small handful of people, however, would be able to detect the flash of arcane as he pulled the card from elsewhere. A subtle wink and nod. "Don't be afraid to reach out."

@shieldmagicops asked: "I’m not here to ask you for anything. I just wanted to make sure you’re okay."

"Don't know why you'd do that. I am totally A-Okay, sir, thousand percent. Completely fine, absolutely great, no need to worry, what's going on?"

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//Comment on this post what you meme tag is, and I'll raid your ask box with some. Or let me know if you'd like me to do it as @callmeoperator instead.

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//Comment on this post what you meme tag is, and I'll raid your ask box with some. Or let me know if you'd like me to do it as @callmeoperator instead.

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From Sentences, Vol. 1

(Sentences from From (2022-). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Denial is a major branch of my family tree."

"We had an arrangement. You don't come here."

"You're like a poem, you know that? You make everything around you beautiful."

"Can we go back to some place that resembles civilisation?"

"I don't trust these people. There's something really weird here."

"This, unfortunately, is going to be the worst conversation of your life."

"If I untie you, do you promise not to do anything crazy?"

"I feel like I'm hanging on by a thread here. I can't find any more bodies. I just can't."

"Those things, they walk, they never run - you ever notice that? It's like they're taking their time because they know there's only so many places we can go."

"I wasn't always like this, you know."

"Aren't you supposed to be talking to me about the virtues of mercy?"

"You know how sometimes you dream and you forget, but then later you start to remember, and you realise that it wasn't a dream and all of it maybe really happened?"

"I think I'm starting to remember things. Things that I thought were dreams."

"I wasn't hallucinating, trust me! I've done a fuck ton of drugs; I know what hallucinations feel like, and this was different!"

"I wish you had the luxury of grief, but you don't."

"There are no mistakes, just choices."

"If someone asked for a sign, how would they know what they were looking for?"

"What did you really come here to ask me?"

"How do you know any of this is real?"

"Hey! You don't walk away when I'm talking to you!"

"People tell me I'm not great when it comes to talking to people. You have no idea what it's like being smarter than everyone you know!"

"You know, you should really work on your party face."

"What are you doing sitting here all by yourself?"

"You did enough. You did more than anyone should ever have to."

"You come back, okay? Who the hell else am I going to argue with!"

"Now, get the fuck out of here before people start thinking we're friends!"

"Let me explain to you again how this works. I say jump, then you jump. I ask you a question, then you goddamn answer!"

"One thing I always appreciated about your predecessor is he minded his own business."

"Calm down! I'm not a fucking psycho!"

"Are you real?"

"Do you think we made it angry?"

"You know cigarettes are bad for you, right?"

"I know you're scared - I'm scared too - but we have to move, okay?"

"You're a creepy little kid."

"There's darkness in the forest. Nightmares you can't even begin to imagine. Things we were never meant to see."

"What's your favourite book? You do read, right?"

"It's your move, but I've got to say, your options don't look great."

"I'm going to put this as delicately as possible: how fucking stupid are you?"

"What do you want? Do you want my approval? Do you want absolution? Because you're not going to get it here!"

"You playing your whole creepy mystery man routine isn't exactly helping me feel any better!"

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Starter call

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"Everyone here is stubborn as hell, myself included. Our greatest strength is our biggest flaw." He breathed out a slight huff of amusement. He had always been stubborn, but his time working here served to tempered his tenacity, for better or for worse.

"We're definitely not getting younger." His chuckle at that statement was cut short by slight wince. He closed his eyes, focusing on his breathingfor a moment before speaking again. "I think we could work something out with that. I've actually been thinking about running some sort of open training program for anyone who is interested, but the logistics of it are difficult. My team and I have a lot of on our plates currently."

Slowing down doesn't mean stopping.

"Those are words I think a lot of people here need to hear. Myself somewhat included." He'd slowed down a lot since his daughter was born. He took less risky assignments, he designated a work from home day to be with her more, and he didn't work such long hours anymore when he could help it. Still, it sometimes felt like he wasn't doing enough. He'd been living full speed ahead for so long stopping to breathe felt like falling behind and getting trampled.

"I suppose we're all getting old." Sterling grinned as he worked, eyes constantly cast down as he focused. "But if you'd like some mutually beneficial training, I could use some help defending against magic. Admittedly I have zero contingency plans for foes with magic."

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first impressions matter a collection of meet cutes and meet uglys from yours truly. (add a “swap” to swap the sender/receiver in the prompt (or just do it manually).)

ankle, sender twists their ankle and stumbles forward, coincidentally falling into receiver's arms.

bark, a dog barks loudly, making sender jump and send their phone flying into receiver's face.

chips, sender and receiver both reach for the last bag of chips in the grocery store, their fingers touching by accident.

drink, sender chokes on their drink and ends up spitting it out all over receiver as they walk past.

emergency, in the middle of an awkward blind date, sender pretends to be receiver's friend and helps them get out of the date by faking an emergency.

french, sender pretends they can only speak french to get out of giving a stranger directions. receiver is a witness.

gift, sender is about to get scammed into overpaying for something before receiver steps in to help (and haggle).

hair, sender gets something they're wearing caught in receiver's hair and ends up yanking a chunk of it out when attempting to separate.

ice, sender is ice skating for the first time and skates uncontrollably in receiver's direction.

jail, sender and receiver are both thrown into the same holding cell at a police station.

kid, sender loses a child that they're caring for, only to end up finding them in receiver's company.

lock, sender crashes their ex's wedding, and receiver, a bridesmaid / groomsman, locks them both in the bathroom to prevent sender making a scene.

match, sender and receiver both end up being sat at the same table in a full restaurant.

nauseous, sender is drunk, and while receiver is attempting to help them, ends up throwing up all over receiver's shoes.

oops, sender is carrying a bag full of groceries that ends up breaking. receiver helps them pick their groceries back up.

plug, receiver walks into the bathroom to find sender stuffing tissues up their nose in an attempt to plug up a nosebleed.

quarter, sender doesn't have enough coins for the vending machine, so they stick their hand up the flap and gets their arm stuck just as receiver approaches.

rain, sender and receiver both get stuck under the same awning when seeking shelter from sudden rain.

shh, sender and receiver are both sitting beside each other at the movies. sender keeps whispering to themself every few minutes.

tooth, sender accidentally bites down too hard on their food, resulting in a tooth falling out and skittering across the floor to land at receiver's feet.

undone, the laces on sender's shoes ends up coming undone and they trip and fall, bringing receiver down with them and into the fountain beside them.

vacation, there's a problem with the booking of sender and receiver's hotel rooms and they end up having to share one. thankfully there are two beds.

woods, sender and receiver bump into each other in the woods. one of them is holding a shovel.

x-rated, in a bookstore, sender accidentally drops a few of the erotic books they were planning on purchasing on the floor, which receiver picks up.

yawn, sender, who is dressed down and has not yet slept, bumps into receiver, who is dressed up and just woken up, in line for coffee.

zap, sender calls out to receiver to ask for directions, but as it's late receiver mistakes sender for a creep and tases them.

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"Humm, well. I was most certainly one of those stupid field agents. I still might have fallen back into the habit if I didn't just have to strongarm Marquez into agreeing to get medical attention. A fresh reminder." He tutted and shook his head. "I've been trying to remind myself lately that slowing down doesn't mean stopping. Easier said than done."

He held still as Sterling started treating his injury. As he had said before, it was far for the worst he had received- the scars on his body told that story all too well- but that didn't mean that it still didn't hurt. He focused on running through the series of event that lead up to this, how he'd word his report. Work had always been a good distraction for him. "I think I need to work on my shielding. My response times used to be better than that."

"We were opposites, it seems." Sterling laughed. "I used to think field agents were stupid for hiding injuries all the time and acting like it doesn't bother them. Then I started doing it as I climbed ranks. This job gets to you in ways that make you feel like you have to carry the world. It's a tough lesson to unlearn."

Sterling talked as he worked, pulling the fabric of Augustine's clothes away from the injury and started to clean it with extra supplies one of the medics had brought when they saw he was lending a hand. He'd never done this in an official capacity. Having to treat other people's injuries always seemed to crop up on him and he had to scramble for supplies to dig out bullets and sew up gashes.

This was so much less chaotic.

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"You're losing blood" no I know exactly where it is. The floor. Don't ever underestimate me.

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Supernatural & Paranormal Sentences, Vol. 1

(Sentences from various sources for muses exploring the unexplained. Adjust phrasing where needed)

“I don’t believe in ghosts, or Heaven or Hell.”

“It’s not paranoia when it’s real.”

“You gain nothing by chasing bogeymen and you stand to lose everything.”

“You’re chasing phantoms again.”

“Everyone is saying that the killer isn’t human.”

“This is impossible. Nobody disappears into thin air!”

“I don’t believe in magic, and I don’t believe in monsters either.”

“Unexplained phenomena isn’t proof of the supernatural. It simply means you’ve overlooked a perfectly rational explanation.”

“The forces that drive me come from centuries of history.”

“There are things in this world that defy explanation.”

“Sometimes, the line between reality and the supernatural blurs.”

“Legends and folklore often hold grains of truth about things that remain hidden.”

“In the face of the paranormal, scepticism can only shield you for so long.”

“To confront the unknown is to confront the deepest fears within ourselves.”

“It’s hard to deny the existence of things beyond our understanding when you’ve witnessed it first-hand.”

“If there is a monster out there, there’s only one thing to do: find out where it lives.”

“Look, we have to be rational about this.”

“You can’t actually believe that you saw some kind of monster?”

“You were about the suggest there may be some supernatural agency involved in this matter, and I was about to laugh in your face.”

“You may rest assured that there are no ghosts in this world, save those we make for ourselves.”

“I have never been so impatient to be attacked by a murderous ghost!”

“I saw the ghost with my own eyes!”

“Maybe there are one or two things that I know that you don’t.”

“Nothing’s impossible. You of all people know that.”

“You have no idea what you’re dealing with. None at all!”

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With the rise of magic users misbehaving, SHIELD found it prudent to have Magic Ops look over the various facilities to see what magical defenses might be possible or useful at each location. As Magic Ops was currently stretched quite thin, it fell to Augustine to take the task on himself.

Finding out the room had been double booked was a disappointment, but at least the room had a fold out sofa, so sleeping arrangements would be a little less awkward at least.

He set his bag near the sofa, ready to claim it and to allow his temporary roommate to have the likely more comfortable bed as he dashed to the restroom. Well, travels didn't agree with everyone he supposed.

With a shrug, he took off his shoes, sat down at the sofa, and pulled out his earbuds out of his pocket. Pulling up a meditation playlist, he put the earbuds in and closed his eyes. This was bound to be a busy few days, he might as well try to find a moment of peace when he had the chance.

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They find out their seat/cab/cabin has been double booked and they have to share for the rest of the journey

It had already been hard enough for Nathan to even get out of his workshop at SHIELD. But apparently, he's the only one of SHIELD's engineers smart enough to fix what someone else has broken. Great

A flight to another state wasn't really something someone with social anxiety liked to do. The airport, the flight, and even the taxi drive to their hotel was a trip through hell for Nate, who just tried not to get an anxiety attack in front of his colleagues.

Finally, at the hotel, Nathan just wanted to be alone to deal with his anxiety before he couldn't hold it into him any more. But then the concierge told them about a double booking. That was too much.

"Excuse me for a moment." Nathan said trying so hard to sound like a normal person before he dropped his bag and quickly went into the nearest bathroom.

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Like for a starter

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"You know, at one point in my life I would have tried to power through, tough it out, try to talk you off and minimize. 'It's fine, don't worry about me,' yada yada."

"But now I've been on the other end of it, and by god, it is infuriating."

"I've had worse."

"Oh, I'm quite sure you have. Doesn't mean I'm going to just let you bleed like this."

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I want to raid people's meme tags and send people things :V

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i’m burning the candle at ends you’ve never heard of