#Advance Alignment

[the-ghost-king]

final throw - a short jasico poem by me

[fairylando]

so something is definitely in the air after this scorpio moon... carlando back stronger than ever and my period finally came back after being a week late Mmmmm

[genjyoandgojyoandhakkai]

The modern!Crow AU no one asked for. Especially not me.

Compliance Department Viago is a menace, and I blame this monstrosity on @gatesofminrathous and this post by the always funny @rookanis-de-riva

unbeta'd, mistakes are from the last 2 hours of my life laughing at my keyboard

800 words

Viago de Riva loved his job. Senior Vice President of Corporate Resource Optimization & Workforce Strategy. It was a mouthful - he allowed employees of his department to lovingly call themselves CROWS, but only internally. Viago had worked for Advanced Negotiation & Tactical International Vacancy Alignment (A.N.T.I.V.A.) for twenty-five glorious years, and every department he’d ever worked in was the better for it. Viago’s organizational skills were legendary, and though many of his coworkers flinched when they saw him coming, Viago recognized grudging respect when he saw it. 

This particular Monday marked the kickoff of internal compliance undertaking season; Viago’s favorite time of year. He had circled in on the desk blotter calendar, with the letters ICU written in precise block script, diagonally centered. Viago sat at his desk in his top-floor corner office of ANTIVA HQ (the furthest corner from the front door, but a corner office nonetheless), tapping his long fingers impatiently on his mousepad. The time was 7:04 in the morning. 

“Arthik,” Viago called softly, knowing his assistant would hear him regardless. 

“Boss?” Arthik leaned back in his chair, cracking the door to Viago’s office open a little wider. He pulled the vertical blinds open wider, offering Viago a view of Arthik’s desk space and the open office beyond. “What’s up?”

Viago steepled his fingers, elbows placed on the corners of his calendar. “Do you know what today is?” 

“ICU,” Arthik replied without missing a beat. “We’re deploying the email campaign at 8:30 this morning, just as planned.”

Viago’s satisfied smile was all the confirmation Arthik would get. He’d lasted eight months as Viago’s assistant and was familiar with recognition for a job well done by now. 

“Coffee?” Viago inquired, but Arthik had turned away to look at a new face, mostly hidden behind a double-stacked tier of Karasu Kafe carryout cups from the cafe downstairs.

Viago knew it was a new face because:

He didn’t recognize the hair that went with it

Coffee was due at 7, and 7:05 was unacceptable

HR had informed him there was a new hire starting this week, and the hiring of said person was not negotiable, nor did he have insight into the hiring process.

“De Riva?” a melodious voice asked. “This is the 5th floor, exec suite T, correct?”

“You’ve got the right place,” Arthik said kindly. “Are you the new guy?”

Before the hair could respond, Viago intoned, “Send them in, please.” He needed to see the miscreant himself. 

The coffee cups made their way into Viago’s office, followed by the shiny white hair of their bearer. Viago watched with (internal) mild amusement and (mostly) withheld judgment as the person shifted their stack of cups and placed them on the chair just inside the door. 

“Good morning, Mr. Viago de Riva!” the person chirped. 

They wore a velvet suit jacket, shiny satin slacks that didn’t reach their ankles, and colorful socks with sneakers. A clear violation of the ANTIVAn dress code, if Viago had ever seen one. 

“It is morning,” Viago said dryly, trying not to make eye contact.

“I’m Aydenne de Riva, no relation, but isn’t that weird?” Viago didn’t have a chance to process this odd coincidence, because the Aydenne kept speaking. “I’m your new seasonal intern temp-to-hire shadow, and today’s my first day!”

Viago’s jaw dropped. This...Aydenne...with that suit...in his department? Shadowing him? He’d thought the hiring was for a replacement for Arthik, who seemed to show more frequent signs of interest in other roles.

“Leave the coffee. Arthik will show you where to go.” Viago turned his chair to face the wall, as clear a dismissal as he could give, with so little time to prepare himself for this news. 

There was no sound of a subordinate exiting in an orderly fashion with their eight little coffees (which clashed unpleasantly with Viago’s aroma diffuser in the corner). Viago waited five more seconds in case the newcomer was unclear as to their directive. 

“Mr. Viago?” the beautiful voice asked, sounding unsure. 

Just great. Viago now faced the predicament of turning to address this person once more, or waiting to see if they would finally understand what was being asked of them.

Power plays on a new hire’s first morning, before 8 AM? 

Viago allowed a hint of his arctic annoyance to creep into his tone. “I trust you know which one of us is Arthik?” 

“I...yes?” the newbie said uncertainly. 

“C’mere, Rookie, I’ll take you around the office and show you to a desk you can use,” Arthik said helpfully, if belatedly. 

“Arthik. Please ensure the...Rookie reviews the employee handbook and signs off on their compliance training before you start with the tour.” Viago needed this eyesore to understand what the rules were before they knew which cubicle the headhunters kept their peanut butter and cracker stash in. 

“My name is Aydenne,” the Rookie said. “I use he/him pronouns, if that helps.”

“I use Excel whenever possible, but it’s nice to meet you,” Viago responded crisply. “Hand me my coffee, if you please, and close the door behind you. It’s an important morning, and I have much to do.” 

I truly and honestly enjoyed this and it's going to live in my WIP bin because I think I'd commit to a whole story or series about them 🤣 writing about a hapless new hire and their dramatic manager in corporate hell is certainly a topic close to home lolol

[smimon]

KCU alignment charts part two

[link to part one]

[atticcreationz]

Today I realised, while describing Jason and Janet to my partner, that the reason I love them is that they are the same kinda ship as Tootsie and Megagirl

[starlene]

The marketing department hit me with a presale e-mail and I cracked like an extra dry piece of knäckebröd; let me know if you, too, are going to see Moulin Rouge! in Göteborg on October 23, 2025

[istherewifiinhell]

i gotta kinda laugh either at the. People talking about it or the system that produces it that “society that can produce so much cheap delicious, shelf stable, dense, food” is like. A problem. I very much understand that u can have nutrient deficits eating that kinda stuff. Belief me my body often craves the healing aura of a vegetable. But like. L + ratio are u listening to these words. That fucking rules. Clown.

[chuuyrr]

it's a hard fact that i die a little every single time i do not see chuuya in the new bsd chapters.

[krishnaengineering25]

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[slashingdisneypasta]

I literally cannot wait to see Heretic XD I need a new horror dilf and I cannot hang around until the new Pinnochio movie comes out with Richard Brake and Robert Englund!

[rivilu]

Every time I start any new rpg there's always this moment of realization that the dragon age wiki has me absolutely SPOILED

[genjyoandgojyoandhakkai]

Aydenne de Riva

Because the CROWS of A.N.T.I.V.A. are a thing now

Aydenne (he/him) is just a normieman. Low on thoughts, big on social media, uses Chat GPT. Definitely has never heard of Tumblr.

First: this is who Viago WISHES he got. Facts and the final hair Aydenne under the cut.

sorry everything is so big i'm on my phone lol

I gave him masculine voice 2, low

Starbucks order: blonde vanilla latte w/four pumps of vanilla syrup

Has tried the Ice Bucket Challenge

Played soccer in high school

Is friends with his mom on Facebook and likes her posts unironically

Drinks light beer - brings Heineken Light to work parties

Owns an Xbox but only plays FIFA and Call of Duty

Never likes the first photo anyone takes of him

Has a hair routine

Wishes the romper trend would come back because his favorite thing about himself is his Soccer Thighs

Is a very kind friend but not the one you call if you're having a crisis. You go to the bar with Aydenne.

"The face of someone experiencing their first thought" thanks @gatesofminrathous 😂😂

Bonus: His badge photo. He can't help if it he's really really really really ridiculously good looking, mmkay?

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

Hahaha what if since we know the Second Coming is happening and the Book of Life was established as a plot point what if they erase Adam and that resets the Apocalypse

:) :) :)

What then…………….

[mubthemoff]

Posting a doodle a day part 4: Can't go wrong with egg that lies, especially not on Magolor day!

[loki-zen]

‘we (as a Society) replace stuff with less good stuff that is cheaper all the time actually’ is an important thing to remember imo…

yes, RETVRN stuff is bullshit whatever political flag it’s waving but don’t lose sight of how Global Capitalism absolutely will fob you off with things that are less good than the things that came before and then aim to convince you the things they made impossible to get must have been worse than what you have now because of Advances In Technology

[mincedpeaches]

was big time jump-scared by seeing #transformers trending on tumblr on my phone earlier. The trend is already seemingly gone but between rotating Earthspark Megop in my mind a little while ago and also very recently allowing Transformers One to enter my brain space I couldn't help but be like "news?? transformers news???"