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TWST: Hot Pot/K-BBQ
[Synopsis]: All eight dorms trying Hot Pot/K-BBQ.
[(A/N)]: The family and I went out for Hot Pot during New Year’s Eve in which this idea popped up because I don’t think anyone else thought of this.
[TW]: Some cursing in the HCs and food.
[Edit]: There would be some changes to the writing as I realized there’s some grammatical errors needing to be fixed.
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HEARTSLABYUL
Riddle Rosehearts
A first-timer as the concepts of cooking for yourselves at a restaurant is completely foreign to him.
Still new to everything, he probably tried to count how long the food is supposed to cook and/or what to combine which sauces unless there’s a guide to mixing up the franchise’s signature dipping sauce.
Overall he’ll definitely enjoy the experience.
Unless a certain duo ruins the moment.
Trey Clover
Obviously the “unofficial chef” of the group.
Helps orders most of the food for everyone and the other members pitch in for what they want to try.
Has to remind everyone not to forget to eat their vegetables.
He may have more than one dipping sauce from the sauce bar.
Definitely has interesting combinations of food during Hot Pot/K-BBQ.
Cater Diamond
The one who recommended trying out Hot Pot/K-BBQ.
The type who would try out the viral trends involving these kind of eateries like the Meat Strip twirling trend. (Totally did not accidentally flung his strip somewhere at somebody’s face.)
If there’s Hot Pot, he’s ordering the spiciest broth; if there’s K-BBQ, he’s ordering the spiciest marinated meat. Either spicy Bulgolgi or Samgyeopsal.
He takes many pictures and records everything for MagiCam.
Ace Trappola
Most definitely orders more meat/seafood until Trey reminded him to eat his greens.
He would be impatient waiting for the food to be safe to consume.
Would definitely attempt to take one bite of a lettuce wrap. (He almost choked-)
He would fight against Deuce for the last piece of Kobe beef.
Deuce Spade
Would try anything if he likes it or not.
Definitely would order 계란찜 [Gyeran Jjim] [Korean steamed egg] as one of the side dishes.
Planning on taking his mother and grandmother out for Hot Pot/K-BBQ next time.
Would also fight against Ace for the last Kobe beef until Riddle scolded the two.
SAVANACLAW
Leona Kingscholar
We already know this motherfucker hates vegetables so he only orders from the meat section of the menu.
Probably goes to an high-end Hot Pot/K-BBQ restaurant.
Definitely has Ruggie in charge of cooking the food.
Doesn’t really order side dishes.
Ruggie Bucchi
Oh, he hit the jackpot.
He would order something expensive and new because the Savanaclaw Dorm Leader is paying for everything.
Put in charge by Leona to cook the food and also getting the dipping sauces.
If allowed, he’ll ask the waiter/waitress to pack some leftovers so they’re sent to his granny and the other kids back home.
Jack Howl
Actually enjoying the experience.
He’ll order assorted meat and vegetables moderately while also creating his own dipping sauce of his liking.
Waits patiently for the food to be ready to consume.
Would go again, but next time with the First Year gang.
OCTAVINELLE
Azul Ashengrotto
Absolutely coming up with new ideas for the Monstro Lounge while trying out Hot Pot/K-BBQ.
He’ll order whatever he thought would be a new idea as a upcoming concept for the menu back in his business.
If it’s Hot Pot, I can see him ordering a Miso-based broth.
He would absolutely strike up a deal with the restaurant’s owner if they can collaborate with their establishment and the Monstro Lounge.
Jade Leech
One word. Seafood. (Minus any conger eel.)
With Hot Pot, he’ll order some wood ear fungi (plus other assorted mushroom) and let me tell you, they tasted amazing while having a crunchy texture.
With K-BBQ, King Oyster mushrooms (or any available edible fungi) with everything. (Unless he somehow snuck his shrooms in.)
He has patience for the food to be ready to consume.
Floyd Leech
Orders mostly seafood, especially a ton of shrimp related items like Shrimp paste balls, prawns, etc.
Also waits impatiently for his food to be ready.
Has ordered some side dishes to munch on.
He would also try doing one bite of a lettuce wrap. (Not surprisingly, he didn’t choke.)
SCARABIA
Kalim al Asim
Absolutely having a great time trying an experience where you cook food in front of you.
He’s the one asking if the food is ready yet.
Kalim: Is it ready? How about now? What about now?
Has to be careful not to burn himself as he’s basically cooking up close.
Very generous to paying for everything. (Staff members having a pay day.)
Jamil Viper
We already know he’s the “chef” during the experience.
He also has to taste-test the food if there’s no poison or anything lethal to harm Kalim.
Has the best dipping sauce out of everyone in the HCs.
He probably added his own spices in his broth/the meat during K-BBQ.
POMEFIORE
Vil Schöenheit
Last time he went out in public to a Hot Pot/K-BBQ, all franchises of the name were packed with his fans.
Most likely went to a high-end Hot Pot/K-BBQ restaurant like Leona.
He’ll order an herbal-based/a vegetarian broth and more on vegetables than meat.
He would shower three times as this is a downside for this type of meal, every time after you have Hot Pot/K-BBQ, you would reek of smoky barbecue and strong broth smells.
Rook Hunt
He would voluntarily be the “chef” for Vil.
Would likely to ordered something like coagulated pigs blood. (Why? Probably because it reminds him of his favorite food, Liver pâté.) [(A/N): Also don’t be weirded out from this HC because that’s what I grew up eating with whenever I have hot pot.]
He would praise everything. The food, the atmosphere, the service, and the staff members.
He also needs to shower three times because if he decides to roam around doing his “hobby”, it’s better to not let anyone know where he’s hiding.
Epel Felmier
This country boy is having a great time of his life.
Meat is his favorite so he orders a lot of it, but got scolded by Vil to not forget his veggies.
Like Ace and Floyd, he tried to one shot a whole lettuce wrap. (He barely swallowed.)
He tries to not shower as he doesn’t smell anything, but everyone else can so off to the showers he goes. No protests with Vil.
IGNIHYDE
Idia Shroud
We already know this guy is extremely anxious of going outside without the sanctuary of his room, so he used the equivalent of DoorDash to order Hot Pot/K-BBQ.
He’s picky to some of the food, but gets scolded by Ortho for that.
Would have an effective built-in ventilation system to get rid of lingering smells.
Would order again for a Pre-game meal.
Ortho Shroud
He’s just analyzing the food like from the Culinary Event.
Searches interesting facts about Hot Pot and K-BBQ.
Would find recommendations of different franchises.
Scolds his Nii-san for not getting a balanced meal.
DIASOMNIA
Malleus Draconia
Never had Hot Pot/K-BBQ before because…you know. Uninvited and stuff like that.
Had found out from the other Dorm Leaders during their usual meetings and chatted about their times while dining with their dorm mates.
Now he wants to join and luckily found a decent restaurant to try out with the others.
If there is an ice cream bar at the restaurant, he’s down for it.
Lilia Vanrouge
Oh my god, this old fae would have a blast.
You can imagine he’ll order the most oddest choices from the menus. (Like Coagulated pigs blood, pig brains, Gopchang, chicken hearts, etc.) [(A/N): I need to clarify that not all Hot Pot/K-BBQ places have these items I named off of and as a reminder, most of everything I mentioned is what I grew up eating. It’s part of my culture.]
He would have the most smelliest broth for Hot Pot.
Afterwards, he’ll pack some leftovers and would use them for his cooking.
Lilia: Leftovers for the next few days!
Malleus, Silver, & Sebek: *Sweating bullets*
Silver
This sleepy prince would fall asleep while waiting for the food be cooked.
Would order something for his own, even though Lilia insisted on ordering some items. (You already know what bat daddy will get.)
If there’s Hot Pot, I see him getting a something simple like mushroom broth. (Which is an option at a restaurant I went to with the fam.)
I can totally see him having a food coma after the meal.
Sebek Zigvolt
He would try Hot Pot/K-BBQ because Waka-sama also wants to try out the experience. (Fucking simp follower.)
Definitely orders salmon as a start.
Tries to stomach what Lilia offers from his plate.
Needs to shower afterwards if he doesn’t want to reek of barbecue/hot broth during his knightly duties.
Ramshackle ft. Miyeon Choi
MC/Yuu/[Y/N]
Definitely getting their money’s worth because after all they deserve a feast from going through a ton of messed-up shit. (i.e. Overblot cases, NRC students being assholes, etc.)
Also Miyeon is treating them because variants needs to treat each other/themselves.
Just enjoying their meal from assorted meat to seafood to vegetables to interesting fish cakes. (Almost the whole necessary food groups.)
Miyeon would show them some tips and hacks when doing K-BBQ.
Grim
He was mistaken as a wild animal before entering the restaurant.
After the misunderstanding was cleared up, he’s going to gorge himself with so much food.
Also goes crazy with creating his own sauces but MC/Yuu has to stop him from creating a mess at the sauce bar.
He needs to take a bath because the smell got into his fur. (Smelly feline bastard.)
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*heavy breathing* you knew it was coming... Mermaid/Fish AU Smarty-Pop!
Whether you imagine them being complete fish or merpeople like I am right now, this will without a doubt be a scary but cute dynamic? Conger Eel Smartass and Goldspotted Rabbitfish Poppy. He's probably eaten some of her kind before. But somehow, this easily frightened fish caught this eels eye, and now she's got the eel gang on her side of the reef ^^
//My eyes got so wide reading this oh my god it would be so awkward at first 😂 He probably invades her space a bit too, the way a predator would when it's trying to intimidate prey. But believe it or not, he has friendly intentioms. Well, as friendly as henchmen to Doom can be. He does that lifts one side of his face up to do the sideways leering grin or just plain smirks at her and she's like "Oh I...I've got to go now!"
"What's da rush Angel Fins?"
"N-No rush! But surely we can discuss somewhere more private, like the Coral Gardens?"
"*cocks his head* I don't think I'm allowed in there no more. Folks aren't as 'respective' to eels as you are."
"I don't see what being an eel has to do with being barred out of places, as long as you don't eat anything you shouldn't."
"That's cuz ya got a brain on ya!"
"*blushing* ...Thank you."
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Hero Worship
Without a doubt greater
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 Whether is here and far 
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Now swear to be on fire
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By being as who they are
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Tubeshoulder, Tui chub, Tuna, Turbot, Two spotted goby, Uaru, Unicorn fish, Upside-down catfish, Vanjaram, Velvet belly lanternshark, Velvet catfish, Velvetfish, Vermillion Snapper - Rhomboplites aurorubens, Vimba, Viperfish, Wahoo, Walking catfish, Wallago, Walleye, Walleye Pollock, Walu, Warmouth, Warty angler, Waryfish, Waspfish, Weasel shark, Weatherfish, Weever, Weeverfish, Wels catfish, Whale catfish, Whalefish, Whale shark, Whiff, Whitebait, White croaker, Whitefish, White marlin, White shark, Whitetip reef shark, Whiting, Wobbegong, Wolf-eel, Wolffish, Wolf-herring, Worm eel, Wormfish, Wrasse, Wrymouth, X-ray fish, Yellowback fusilier, Yellowbanded perch, Yellow bass, Yellowedge grouper (Hyporthodus flavolimbatus), Yellow-edged moray, Yellow-eye mullet, Yellowhead jawfish, Yellowfin croaker, Yellowfin cutthroat trout, Yellowfin grouper, Yellowfin Tuna - Thunnus albacares, Yellowfin pike, Yellowfin surgeonfish, Yellowfin tuna, Yellowmargin triggerfish, Yellow moray, Yellow perch, Yellowtail, Yellowtail amberjack, Yellowtail barracuda, Yellowtail clownfish, Yellowtail horse mackerel, Yellowtail kingfish, Yellowtail snapper, Yellow tang, Yellow weaver, Yellowtail catfish, Zander, Zebra bullhead shark, Zebra danio, Zebrafish, Zebra lionfish, Zebra loach, Zebra oto, Zebra pleco, Zebra shark, Zebra tilapia, Zebra turkeyfish, Ziege, Zingel. Amphibians: Frogs and Toads, Painted frogs, Disc tongued frogs, Fire Belly toads, Litter frogs, European Spadefoot toads, Parsley frogs, Tongueless frogs, Clawed frogs, Mexican Burrowing Toad, American spadefoot toads, Screeching frogs, True toads, Glass Frogs, Poison dart frogs, Ghost frogs, Shovelnose frogs, Tree frogs, Sedge frogs, Southern frogs, Narrow-mouthed frogs, Australian ground frogs, True frogs, Moss frogs, Seychelles frog, Giant Salamanders, Asiatic Salamanders, Mole Salamanders, Pacific giant salamanders, Amphiumas, Lungless salamanders, Mudpuppies and Waterdogs, Torrent salamanders, True salamanders and Newts, Sirens, Common caecilians, Fish caecilians, Beaked caecilians. Reptiles: Turtles, common snapping turtles and alligator snapping turtle, pond turtles and box turtles, tortoises, Asian river turtles and allies, pignose turtles, softshell turtles, river turtles, mud turtles, sea turtles, leatherback turtles, tuataras, scaled reptiles, agamas, chameleons, casquehead lizard, iguanas, Madagascar iguanids, collared and leopard lizards, horned lizards, anoles, wood lizards, Neotropical ground lizards, geckos, legless lizards, blind lizards, spinytail Lizards, plated lizards, spectacled lizards, whiptails and tegus, Lacertids, skinks, night lizards, glass lizards, American legless lizards, knob-scaled lizards, gila monsters, earless Monitor lizards, monitor lizards, worm Lizards, shorthead Worm Lizards, two-legged Worm Lizards, snakes, wart snakes, false coral snakes, dwarf pipe snakes, African burrowing asps, stiletto snakes, boas, anacondas, Old World sand boas, Mauritius snakes, Colubrids, typical snakes, Asian pipe snakes, cobras, coral snakes, mambas, sea snakes, Mexican pythons, pythons, dwarf boas, pipe snakes, shield-tailed snakes, vipers, pitvipers, Fae's viper, night adders, pitvipers, rattlesnakes, true vipers, sunbeam snakes, blind snakes, primitive blind snakes, slender blind snakes, thread snakes, blind snakes, typical blind snakes, Crocodiles, alligators, garials. Aves: Ostrich, rheas, cassowaries and emu, kiwis, elephant birds, upland moas, great moas, lesser moas, Tinamous, Australian brush turkey,megapodes, chachalacas, curassows, and guans, Guineafowl, pheasants and allies, New World quail, pheasants and relatives, mihirungs, screamers, magpie-goose, ducks, geese, and swans, grebes, swimming flamingos, flamingos, pigeons and doves, sandgrouse, mesites, Tawny frogmouth, Nightjars, oilbird, potoos, frogmouths, owlet-nightjars, treeswifts, swifts, hummingbird, cuckoos and relatives, turacos and relatives, bustards, hoatzin, cranes and allies, cranes, limpkin, trumpeters, rails and allies, adzebills, finfoots, flufftails, rails and relatives, thick-knees and allies, thick-knees and relatives, sheathbills, Magellanic plover, plover-like waders, golden plovers, ibisbill, oystercatchers, plovers and lapwings, jacana-like waders, painted snipes, Egyptian plover, jacanas, seedsnipes, plains-wanderer, sandpipers and relatives, buttonquail, gulls and allies, coursers and pratincoles, crab-plover, skuas and jaegers, auks and puffins, gulls, skimmers and terns, sunbittern, tropicbirds, penguins, albatrosses, austral storm petrels, northern storm petrels, petrels and relatives, White stork, storks, frigatebirds, boobies and gannets, darters, cormorants and shags, ibises and spoonbills, hamerkop, shoebill, pelicans, herons and relatives, New World vultures, secretarybird, osprey, hawks, eagles, buzzards, harriers, kites and Old World vultures, barn owls, true owls, mousebirds, cuckooroller, trogons and quetzals, hornbills, hoopoe, woodhoopoes, bee-eater, rollers, ground rollers, todies, motmots, Kingfisher, jacamars, puffbirds, African barbets, Asian barbets, toucans, toucan barbets, American barbets, woodpeckers, honeyguides, seriemas, falcons and relatives, kakapo, kea and kakas, cockatoos, African and American parrots, Australasian parrots, Pesquet's parrot, vasa parrots, Pitta cyanea, Lyrebird, New Zealand wrens, suboscines, Old World suboscines, sapayoa, Calyptomenid broadbills, pittas, broadbills, asities, New World suboscines, bronchophones, manakins, cotingas, sharpbills, royal flycatchers and allies, becards and tityras, spadebills, many-colored rush tyrants, mionectine flycatchers, tyrant flycatchers, tracheophones, crescent-chests, gnateaters, antbirds, antpittas, ground antbirds, ovenbirds, oscines, scrub-birds, lyrebirds, bowerbirds, Australasian treecreepers, Australasian wrens, bristlebirds, gerygones and allies, honeyeaters and relatives, Australasian babblers, logrunners, quail-thrushes and jewel-babblers, cuckoo-shrikes, whitehead and allies, sittellas, wattled ploughbills, whipbirds and quail-thrushes, Australo-Papuan bellbirds, crested shriketits, painted berrypeckers, vireos and relatives, whistlers and relatives, Old World orioles, Boatbills, woodswallows and butcherbirds, mottled berryhunter, ioras, bristlehead, bushshrikes and relatives, wattle-eyes and batises, vangas , fantails, silktail, drongo fantail, drongos, blue-capped ifrits, Australian mudnesters, birds-of-paradise, monarch flycatchers, shrikes, jays and crows, berrypeckers, satinbirds, Australasian robins, stitchbird, wattlebirds, rockfowl, rock-jumpers, rail-babbler, fairy warblers, hyliotas, penduline tits, chickadees and true tits, Nicators, bearded reedling, larks, African warblers, cisticolas and relatives, marsh warblers, pygmy wren-babblers, grass warblers, Malagasy warblers, swallows and martins, bulbuls, leaf warblers, bush warblers , Bushtits, true warblers, parrotbills, fulvettas, white-eyes, babblers and relatives, fulvettas, ground babblers, laughing thrushes, kinglets, spotted wren-babblers, Hawaiian honeyeaters, silky-flycatchers, waxwings, Palmchat, hypocolius, wallcreeper, nuthatches, treecreepers, wrens, gnatcatchers, dippers, thrushes and relatives, flycatchers and relatives, oxpeckers, mockingbirds and thrashers, starlings and mynas , sugarbirds, dapplethroat and allies, flowerpeckers, sunbirds, fairy-bluebirds, leafbirds, olive warbler, accentors, pink-tailed bunting, weavers and relatives, whydahs and indigobirds, weaver finches, Old World sparrows, wagtails and pipits, finches and relatives, longspurs, snow buntings, rosy thrush-tanagers, Old World buntings and New World sparrows, American sparrows, palm-tanager and allies, New World blackbirds and New World orioles, Cuban warblers, wood warblers, cardinals, grosbeaks, and New World buntings, tanagers and relatives. MAMMALS: Rat, Bat, Horse, Standardbred, Throughbred, Saddlebred, Arab, Palomino, Australian stock, Appaloosa, Barb, Lippizaner, Mustang, American Shetland, Falabella, Percheron, Shire, Mule, Bullock, Setter, Oxen, Camel, Tiger, Lion, Hyaenas, Leopard, Bear, Cat, Dog, Sheep, Goat, Cow, Cob, Pig, Chamois, Bulldog, Borzoi, Loris, Longspur, Harvest mouse, Spiny – ant eater, Duck – billed platypus, Elephant, Rhinoceros, Tonkinese, Ragdoll, Margay, Tapir, Seal, Sea lion, Walrus, Dolphin, Bactrian camel, Arabian camel, Bushbaby, Burmese cat, Whale, Porpoise, Aardvark, Ape, Monkey, Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Flying Lemur, Hare, Pika, Macaque, Rabbit, Colobus, Antelope, Caribou, Cattle, Deer, Grizzly bear, Hyrax, Armadillo, Porcupine, Hedgehog, Arctic hare, Mole, Shrew, Beaver, Asian black bear, Polar bear, Sloth bear, Spectacled bear, Mouse, Squirrel, Dugong, Moose, Fallow deer, Reindeer, Red deer, Manatee, Egyptian Mau, Scottish fold, Himalayan, Birman, Red squirrel, Hippopotamus, Weasel, Whale, Wither, Blue whale, Sperm whale, Killer whale, Wallaby, Beluga, Baird’s beaked whale, Grey whale, Bryde’s whale, Pygmy right whale, Southern right whale, Seal, Ape, Indri, Aye – aye, Alaskan Malamute, Dobermann, Beagle, Kinkajou, Afgan Hound, Rough Collie, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Sheepdog, Pointer, Poddle, Weimaraner, Bloodhound, Zebra, Giraffe, Yak, Arctic fox, Polecat, Golden Retriever, Kerry Blue, Prairie dog, Airedale, German spitz, Pekingese, Otter, Shih Tzu, Proboscis monkey, Orang – utan, Red Howler monkey, Spider monkey, Sloth, Koala, Pangolin, Mustelid, Mongoose, Guinea pig, Malayan Porcupine, Naked Mole rat, Capybara, Pallid Gerbil, Brown rat, Somali, Ocicat, Balinese, Bengal, Cymric, Chartreux, Devon Rex, Turkish Angora, Russian Blue, Yellow – necked woodmouse, Hamster, Grey squirrel, Chipmunk, Fox, Blue Longhair, Chinese Pangolin, Blue – cream shorthair, Tortoiseshell and white shorthair, Brown spotted shorthair, Red and white Japanese bobtail, Javanese, Red Persian Longhair, Brown classic tabby maine coon, Lilac angora, Seal point Siamese, Brown and white sphinx, Red classic tabby manx, Vampire bat, Proboscis bat, Franquet’s fruit bat, Bengal Tiger, Horseshoe bat, Noctule bat, Funnel - eared bat, Blue exotic, Foreign lilac oriental shorthair, Boxer, Bay, Cream point colour pointed british shorthair, Abyssinian, Cinnamon silver Cornish rex, Wolverine, Skunk, Human being, Pine marten, Stoat, Chocolate point longhair, Husky, Ant eater, Kangaroo, Gray Mouse Lemur, Musk oxen, Raccoon dogrie, Pasnda, Bouto, Pembroke Welsh corgi, Whippet, Whisker, Indus river dolphin, Franciscana, Sorrel, Finless porpoise, Jerboa, Harbour porpoise, Bottlenose dolphin, Border Collie, Diana Monkey, White – beaked dolphin, Atlantic white – sided dolphin, Bobcat, Alpaca, Aberdeen angus, Lynx, Pacific white – sided dolphin, Rhesus monkey, Irish wolfhound, Baboon, Slivery marmoset, Puma, Ocelot, Norwegian Forest Cat, Basenji, Keeshond, Akita, Samoyed, Briard, Brittaney, Vizsla, Weimaraner, Saluki, Greyhound, Rottweiler, Bullmastiff, Newfoundland, Puli, Bombay, Sphynx, Kangaroo rat, Humpback whale, Red panda, Maltese, Pug, Chihuahua, Papillon, Pomeranian, Schipperke, Aardwolve, Cheetah, Civet, Red – Bellied Lemur, Moustache, Monkey, Yorkshire terrier, German shepherd, Clumber spaniel, Bouvier des Flandres, Belgian sheepdog, Boston terrier, Italian greyhound, Chesapeake Bay retriever, Genet, Musk deer, Bichon fries, Rock Hyrax, Pony, Mink, Mammoth, Mastodon, Giant sloth, Llama, African Elephant, DeBrazza’s Monkey, Siberian Tiger, Hackney Pony, Bonnet Monkey, German wirehaired pointer, Ferret, Jaguar, Dalmatian, Red Bengal Tiger, Badger, Shunk, Skye terrier, Great dane, Grampus, Bandicoot, Wolf, Marmot, Squirrel monkey, Sable, Minke whale, Spectacle porpoise, Opossums, Airedale, Wombat. etc , Ramapithecus, Australopithecus bosei or Paranthropus bosei, Zinjanthopus bosei, Homo – erectus ( Java man, Peking man, Heidelberg man ), Homo – Sapiens ( Neanderthal man, Cro – Magnon man) to the modern humans with their development and structure of their Heart, their contributions to the formation of the modern humans. What is the origin of the heart? In which place the heart is situated? What is the weight of our (modern humans) heart? Can a person live without a heart? What is the function of the heart? How heart pumps blood to the body? What type of circulation takes place in the human heart? How big our human heart is? Why is our (modern humans) heart considered as the most developed in the world? Why does heart stop? What are heart sounds? What are the types of heart sounds? What causes the heart sounds heard with a stethoscope? What is the anatomy of the heart? Why heart is considered an important organ in the body? Why can’t people live if heartbeat stops? Where is heart located in? How many chambers are present in the heart? What is the number of heart beats per minute? What is the amount of blood pumped by heart? How much blood does the human heart pump in a lifetime? And Short notes on heart attack i.e. what is the definition of a heart attack? Why does a heart attack occur? What are the types of the heart attack? What happens if human get a heart attack? What are the symptoms of Heart attack? What are the causes of the Heart attack? What are the risk factors related to the Heart attack? What are the types of risk factors cause the Heart attack? What are the complications of a Heart attack? What types of diagnosis useful in detecting and treating a heart attack? What treatment is needed to treat heart attack patients? What are 5 strategies to be maintained after the heart attack? What to do after recovery from a heart attack? What is cardiac rehabilitation? Why cardiac rehabilitation is needed to heart attack patients? Does cardiac rehabilitation create positive effects? What are a lifestyle and home remedies are to be maintained? What type of coping and support should be given to heart attack patients? What are the immediate measures should be taken when you encounter an emergency of heart attack patient? What signs and symptoms list should be made to consult a doctor? What is a widow maker heart attack? What is the definition of a widowmaker heart attack? What are the symptoms of Widowmaker heart attack? What are the causes of Widowmaker heart attack? What are the risk factors related to Widowmaker heart attack? What are the complications of a widowmaker heart attack? What types of diagnosis useful in detecting and treating a widowmaker heart attack? What treatment is needed to treat heart attack patients? How to make over your lifestyle? What type of measures should be taken to stay away from a heart attack? What are 20 types of foods should be taken to keep your heart healthy? Solutions and answers of above questions, material and topics are included and cleared in this book.'
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Bulots Definition
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jump to navigation Jump to search. French Noun. Plural of bulot. Bulots, palourdes sauvages, amandes, praires, clams mais aussi moules d'Espagne, moules de Bouchot (selon saison) et oursins (selon saison). Whelks, small and big clams, 'amandes de la mer', venus, but also Spanish and 'Bouchot' mussels (depending on the season).
Seafood is extremely popular in French cuisine, and the Catholic tradition of eating fish on a Friday still lingers in some areas of France, particularly on the French coast where fishing is still a part of daily life.
Whether you’re at a local fishermen’s stall in a seaside town, a local market, fishmonger, or when trying to navigate your way around a French menu in a restaurant, you may sometimes struggle to identify your favourite seafood dishes by name. We’ve assembled a list of the most popular fish, with their names in French and English. You’ll be confident picking out your poisson préféré in no time!
A dictionary of French fish names
Abadèche rouge – type of sea bass Abusseau – type of sea smelt Aigle de mer – skate Aiglefin/ Lieu – Haddock (if smoked) – Haddock Ailes de Raie – Skate wings Amandes de Mer – Dog Cockle (type of Clam) Anchois – Anchovies Anguille – Eel Araignee de mer – Spider crab Baleine – Whale Bar or Loup de mer – Bass / Sea Bass Barbue – Brill Brochet – Pike Brochet de la Mer – Barracuda Brocheton – Young Pike Bulots – Whelks Cabillaud – Cod Calamars – Squid Carrelet or Plie – Plaice Couteaux – Razor fish Coquilles St. Jacques – Scallops Congre – Conger Crevette grises – small Shrimp (brown) Grosses Crevette / Crevettes Royale – large Prawns Crevettes (roses) – Shrimps – common prawn Crustacés – Shellfish Darnes de poisson- Fish steak Daurade – Sea Bream Dorade commune – Red Bream Dorade grise – Black Bream écrevisse – crayfish Espadon – Sword Fish Esturgeon – Sturgeon Etrilles (small crabs with flat legs) – Velvet swimming crab Friture – Whitebait Gambas – King Prawn Homard – Lobster Huître – Oyster Julienne – Ling (type of Cod) Langoustine – Langoustine (Dublin’s Bay Prawns) Lieu Jaune – Pollack Lieu Noir – Pollock Limande – Dab – member of the plaice family Limande sole – Lemon sole Lotte – Monkfish Merlan – Whiting Merlu/Colin (various names used for the same fish) – Hake Morue – Salted Cod (fish when fresh is Cabillaud ) Palourdes – Clams Perche – Perch Requin – Shark Roussette – Dog Fish Sandre – Zander Saumon – Salmon Seiche – Cuttlefish Thon – Tuna Tombe – Gunarde (fish) Tourteaux or Dormeur – Brown Crab Truite – Trout (as a general term) Truite Arc-en-Ciel – Rainbow trout Truite Fario – Brown trout
We hope this comprehensive A-Z Guide to French fish names will help you next time you visit a French restaurant! If you are a fan of French food, you’ll love our sister publication, Taste of France! Your one-stop guide for recipes, restaurant reviews and interviews with the best and brightest voices in French cooking today.
Travelling to a foreign country opens up new experiences, sites, and tastes. I have encountered a few things in France that did not turn out as I had expected. Some turned out well and some did not. It was definitely a unique experience eating some of these French foods. Would you try them?
How About Eating These French Foods?
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Bulots
One summer, I was in Honfleur, in Normandy. It has a beautiful port and my friend and I wanted to have a seafood lunch at a café overlooking the port. I wanted escargot but they didn’t have them so the waitress suggested bulots. In French she stated they were snails, like escargots. I agreed to try them. Surely they’d be like escargots!
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Maybe my French was lousy at the time because escargots I did NOT get. Bulots are French sea snails that are white and I recall they were in the shape of a spool of thread, like a cylinder. They were, however, VERY tough and served with a garlic mayonnaise (I think to hide the strong flavour). Maybe they weren’t cooked well. Regardless, they are not on my “favourite French foods” list. Some people love these French foods. Just not me.
(Sorry, no picture of the bulots. They give me nightmares! But Honfleur was beautiful.)
Le Pont l’Évêque Cheese
Cheese at Ecole des Trois Ponts France
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When I was in Normandy, there were so many great cheeses besides the popular Camembert, and Le Pont l’Évêque is one of the oldest Norman cheeses still around….and it smells like it’s been around a LONG time! It stinks. It REALLY stinks! (OK, connoisseurs would say it has a “pungent” aroma, but I say it “stinks”). So, would you take the chance and taste this cheese?
Quail’s Eggs
At Ecole des Trois Ponts, one of the hor d’oeuves we made was quails eggs with chives, butter and cream. It is not something I would have chosen to make or eat; however, this was a good opportunity to try something new. The quail’s egg was very small, served in a shot glass and eaten raw. What was it like? Like eating a raw egg. Sorry, no surprise.
Ecole des Trois Ponts website.
Quails Eggs at Ecole des Trois Ponts, France
Bavette
When I was in La Rouviere, renting a house in the south of France for the first time with my friend, Laurie, we decided to go out for dinner to a local restaurant that had a French-only menu. This was at a time when cell phones and quickly looking up translations online were not in available. We had the trusty French-English paper dictionary, which we carried around with us. There was “bavette de boeuf”. OK, I know “boeuf” is beef. But bavette? We looked up the word. The only translation given was “bib”. Hmmm. Order or not order?
I took a chance and ordered the “bavette”. What was it? Flank steak done in a red wine and shallots. No risk there. For years I never knew what I had really eaten. Not an unusual food; however, you may encounter a time where you have no translation for the food listed in front of you. Would you try it?
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Steak or Salmon Tartare
Steak and salmon tartare are very popular in France and I have had both. At Le Foodist in Paris, we prepared the Salmon Tartare for our lunch and it was incredibly easy. It is basically raw salmon and seasonings. In this case we had the salmon on soya infused turnip and Yuzu Foam. Some people shy away from raw foods, but I must say, the flavour of raw steak or salmon is powerful…in a good way.
My experience at Le Foodist is in this post.
Which foods would you try?
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Decorate Your Life and Home With Mirrors
They capture images of our lives and permit us to see ourselves and the numerous dispositions of our lifetime. Mirrors are positive increments to the décor in any home, carrying another point of view to the personality of our home. Like a mirror into our personality decorative mirrors will exhibit whatever we pick, regardless of whether it be a wide decoratively outlined mirror over the chimney mantle or a more modest model introduced in a bathroom.
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Inside decorators love mirrors for the impact
Mirrors can make the deception that a room or area is bigger than it really is. Decorators love to develop spaces, for example, lobby ways and corners with mirrors. They might be unframed and not in the slightest degree decorative yet give the room or area an appearance of polish and grandness in an entirely reasonable manner. Mirrors can be things utilized for reasons for vanity when utilized in changing areas or bathrooms to perform personal toiletry undertakings, for example, shaving and applying makeup.
Mirror on the wall
A mirror can speak to numerous things to individuals. It congers up dreams we may have found in fantasies when we were kids. The evil witch showed up in a "mirror on the wall" asking who was the most attractive in the land and made numerous youngsters dread mirrors! Obviously they later grew up and figured out how to value the decorative parts of mirrors in their home. Permitting a gathering of mirrors to emphasize a room can give the appearance an inside decorator has been grinding away and immensely upgrade the presence of any room in the home. The utilization of home plan and inside decorators is evidently very unique in the UK, differing limitlessly from how they are used in the US. Training the unpredictable style engaged with planning a home or business workplaces can include numerous parts of style and the joining of numerous mirrors, in changing sizes, shapes, and styles can thoroughly adjust the presence of any home or office.
Mirrors spread a wide arrangement of purposes
We discover mirrors today intended for numerous reasons past their motivation as review images. Detached gadgets, acoustic mirrors can coordinate sound waves, reflecting them into a beam of light, for example, for a kind of radar. They distantly test the environment utilizing a thin bar. This diffraction restricted light or pillar is additionally utilized submerged for social occasion images, otherwise called sonar. Dynamic mirrors enhance light as they reflect it, and are known as circle lasers. This likewise requires some outer force source. Nuclear mirrors can mirror the issue waves making holography conceivable. This type of light isn't of a ruinous kind and requires a nanometer of goal to be obvious.
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Turns Out Being a Super Hero Is Actually Really Gay! - Chapter 7
*nervously sweating* Heeeey guys, it’s been a while huh? I’ve been busy with a lot of shit and my mental health has not been the best for my motivation. But I’m kind of sorta back on that grind and am going to try my best! So like I have a Ko-fi now so can go support me there if you’d like or if you’re interested I’m Open for Commissions! Once more I would like to thank the wonderful @sugarglider9603 and @ask-spiderverse-virgil for their endless inspiration, you two are the best! ENJOY!!!
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Virgil’s Suit 1 Virgil’s Suit 2
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“It’s true!” Roman huffed.
“No, it isn’t!” Logan groaned, rolling his eyes in annoyance.
It was training time again and the boys plus Thomas had gathered on the roof of their usual abandon building to stretch out. They have been training for about two and a half weeks now and Thomas had to admit they were learning pretty fast, a few tweaks and bumps but nothing they wouldn’t be able to catch up on. The boys were all a very smart and hard-working bunch, they complained sometimes like most teenagers do especially if Thomas punished them by making them do extra laps or push ups or something, but they did them anyways and then some. Sometimes they got a bit rowdy but they always knew how to settle down when things got serious. Of course, they still bickered a lot with each other (mainly Roman vs Logan and Virgil) but most of the times it wasn’t anything serious, like today’s topic.
“Yes, it is!” Roman said as they continued doing jumping jacks “Almost every queer person like or know the same songs!”
“Look, obviously if the song is popular most people are going to know it,” Logan scoffed “but you’re not accounting for different taste in music. It’s stereotypical to put us all under the same metaphorical umbrella because the majority know the same trashy pop song.”
“Okay, one: pop is not trashy…most pop is not trashy,” Roman stated “and two: I’m not grouping everyone into the same category, I know people have different opinions, Einstein. I’m just saying that isn’t it kind of funny that when a particular song starts to play almost every gay in a hundred foot radius will turn around and be like: Oh my god, I know that song!”
“A lot of non-queer people do that too,” Logan argued as he bent down to touch his toes “they might like that certain song as well, it isn’t exclusively for a single community.”
“No, that’s not what I’m saying,” Roman groaned, stretching out his arms “it’s like…you play a certain song, right, and you attract certain people. The Beatles are either gunna get you those classic rockers or people raised in that era, same thing with Elvis or Selena. Play an intro to an anime and you’ll attract a lot of otakus or a song from My Fair Lady, more then likely gunna get a lot of musical geeks.”
“Is there a point to this?” Logan asked, brow arched and arms crossed.
“Hold it, Nerdlock, I’m getting to that,” Roman quipped, stretching upwards “all I’m saying is if you’re lost queer youth walking the streets of New York in a shady part of town and hear Cher’s Do You Believe In Life After Love coming from one direction and I Walk The Line by Johnny Cash coming from the other, you’re gunna more then likely follow Cher. And it may not be because you particularly like her but it’s the least likely possibility that it’ll lead you to a country sports bar full of conservative, homophobic, Trump supporters. And it’s not to say that Johnny Cash is a beloved icon among conservative, homophobic, Trump supporters but unfortunately that’s usually the crowed you attract with that type of music.”
Logan paused for a moment, frowning deeply, “But not all conservative, homophobes, Trump supporters like country music.”
“Oh my god, that’s not what I’m saying!” Roman groaned, rubbing his hands over his face.
Virgil snickered from behind them, “Forget it Princey, Logan isn’t really all that into music OR social media so most of this stuff is just gunna go over his head.”
“It just doesn’t make sense why most believe that certain groups of people like a certain genre of music,” Logan explained honestly “music is supposed to be a widespread thing that all kinds of people can listen to and enjoy.”
“Well, it’s good that you think that way Lo, music really is something that should be appreciated by all kinds of people,” Patton smiled sweetly “unfortunately not everybody thinks that way and our society has placed stereotypes on to certain types of music.”
“If we’re done questioning the morals of society and it’s god awful social norms we should continue on with our training,” Thomas pipped up, having been amused with the conversation but they really needed to get started “we’re stamina building today.”
A collective of loud groans and Virgil pipped up as their voice, “Of course, it’s fucking stamina day.”
Thomas chuckled, pulling down his mask and jumping towards the next building, “Five laps!”
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“It seems like so long as the material makes contact with your skin it’ll turn invisible too,” Joan said, fascinated as he looked over the schematic on the computer “I wonder if it’ll work on a larger scale?”
“Let’s try baby steps first please,” Virgil murmured, nervously fidgeting on the stool he was once again sitting on with suction cup wires on his head and neck “I don’t even know how I turned myself invisible let alone other things.”
“Right, right, sorry, I’m getting a head of myself,” Joan apologized as they turned to Talyn “Any readings that may help us determine what triggers Virgil’s invisibility?”
“Hmm, so far all I’ve got is spikes of adrenalin,” Talyn informed them “which makes sense, if coming from a spider DNA then these powers would most likely be used as a defense mechanism when put in danger. Though it be useful to know if the invisibility could be triggered when not in destress or if Virgil could falsely trigger it.”
“Well, I’m always in high destress so that’s no problem.” Virgil chuckled nervously, feet swinging back and forth.
“Wait, that’s right!” Talyn exclaimed in sudden realization, though what it was Virgil didn’t know “You have anxiety right?”
Virgil corked an eyebrow, curling a bit into himself, “Yeah…why?”
Talyn stepped back a moment before continuing with a much calmer approach, “Sorry, got excited, it’s just that Thomas has anxiety too and it sometimes has a lot of effect on his powers. Over the years he’s been able to over come it and get a lot better as well as being able to use it to help him with his powers.”
“I don’t follow?” Virgil said honestly.
“When climbing walls,” Joan butted in “you have to tense your muscles a bit to help trigger the hair follicles that help you stick to things, right?”
Virgil nodded and Joan continued, “Tensing is a form of physical stress, usually the body does it when it feels stressed or in danger. But you and the others to it willingly…most times, at controlled points on your body.”
“I still don’t follow.” Virgil sighed, starting to feel very stupid right now.
“Your invisibility is triggered by a spike in adrenalin,” Talyn explained “which is due to stress, caused by being in danger. If you can artificially conger up that feeling of stress, of being in danger, you can trick your brain into that spike and maybe turn invisible.”
“But what if I can’t?” Virgil asked meekly “What if I…”
“What if you what?” Joan urged on “If you’re concerned about something please tell us Virgil, we don’t want to accidently hurt you.”
Virgil fiddled with the sleeves of his hoodie, “What if I…accidently…stupidly…trigger myself to have an anxiety attack?”
“Don’t worry,” Talyn assured him, a soothing hand on Virgil’s shoulder “that’s another thing we’ll be working on as well. We’re gunna need to know your limits and what you’re comfortable with so that we can help you. But for now, me and Joan have created a temporary aid to help better control your invisibility powers.”
Joan had left to rummage through one of the work benches and came back with a metal case, carefully opening it and turning it towards Virgil. Inside siding atop spongy black foam was a Rainbow Weaver mask but this one was white with purple accents around the eyes. Talyn had been maneuvering around Virgil and removing the suction cup wires before gesturing towards the mask in the case. “Try it on.”
Virgil hesitantly reached forward, gently cradling the mask in his hands because this was most likely more then a mask and worth more then his life. He didn’t want to risk braking it and ruining all of Joan and Talyn hard work. He peeked through the opening and saw that it was just fabric, plus the lenses for the eyes. Virgil corked a suspicious eyebrow but didn’t say a word as he pushed back his hair and carefully slipped on the mask.
“How is it?” Joan asked.
Virgil shrugged, “Fine, I guess. Am I supposed to see something?”
“Not yet,” Joan replied, grabbing a nearby tablet “I have to activate it first.”
Virgil tilted his head in a very Patton like fashion, “Activate?”
Talyn nodded, “Thomas’s mask has a lot of features: telecommunication, police scanners, heat vision, night vision, and a lot of other things. You’re and the others will essentially be the same, give or take a few unique features.”
“Like helping with my invisibility?” Virgil asked dumbly, because of course he would.
“Precisely,” Joan said “what we’ve done is added a sort of mini electromagnetic pulse wave scanner to your mask. It’ll activate the exact brainwaves needed to trigger your invisibility just like we’ve been doing here with the computer but portable. Which you can activate at anytime with this button here.”
Joan carefully took Virgil’s hand, making sure it was always in Virgil’s line of sight, and guided it up towards the side of his mask. There Virgil felt tiny divots against his mask which he had not felt while holding it or while putting it on. Joan lead his finger towards a certain divot and stepped back, gesturing for Virgil to press down on it. Virgil took a breath, preparing himself for what was about to happen, closing his eyes shut and pressing the button. He didn’t really feel anything happen but by the excited noises Joan and Talyn were making he guessed that it worked and that was enough for Virgil to crack open his eyes just a bit.
“This is great!” Talyn cheered, a wide smile displayed across their face “How do you feel Virgil?”
“Uh, okay, I guess,” Virgil replied distantly, looking down at his hands and seeing nothing “kind of sort of freaking out a bit to be completely honest.”
“Hey, hey, it’s okay,” Joan said gently “you can turn it off if you want to, we just wanted to see if it worked.”
Virgil didn’t need to be told twice, hands trembling just a bit, he quickly found the button and deactivated his invisibility. He sighed out a long breath of relief, hands on his knees as he lowered down his head between them. It was still very, very disorienting not being able to see yourself and essentially not existing in the visible eyes of others. It was all very existential and Virgil really didn’t want to think about it all too long.
He felt a gentle hand rub against his back and Virgil looked up to see the smiling face of Joan and Talyn, peeking out from behind their shoulder. “You okay?”
Virgil smiled thankfully though they probably couldn’t see it through the mask so he nodded instead, “Yeah, I’m good. Just got a bit freak out is all.”
“It’s all fine,” Joan assured “you can always duck out when you need to.”
There was a pause and awkward staring, as if waiting for something.
Then Virgil giggled, “I was half waiting for Patton to say: quack-quack.”
Joan and Talyn nodded, laughing along, “Same.”
“Anyways,” Talyn continued, a fond smile still on their face “now that we’ve brought up the mask, we should tell you that the rest of your costume is almost complete…kind of.”
“Kind of?” Virgil asked, taking off the mask and ruffling his hair back to maximum messy floofness.
Joan clicked away at his computer and brought up a hyper real 3D replica of a plain white full body suit with minimal purple spiderweb accents. “We have the concept of how the interior design will be, mask software as well as heating and cooling for the body. But we don’t really have a design for the exterior. We thought it be too plain to give it to you like this so why not change it up to fit your taste. Within reason of course.”
Talyn handed Virgil a tablet with a stylist pen and gestured towards the screen, “Add whatever you want.”
Virgil chewed at the inside of his lip, looking down at the tablet then back up towards Joan and Talyn before meekly asking, “Can…can I add a hoodie?”
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Thomas had let the group to a nearby abandon construction sight where they were quickly weaving in and out through open walls, vents, and cement tubes. The whole thing was basically a giant jungle gym, great for working on dexterity and quick reflexes. They were basically playing follow the leader, if Thomas was being honest, he maneuvered around objects in a certain way and the boys would mimic his movements as they tried to keep up.
Currently they were taking a breather and leisurely walking across large metal beams and swinging across dangling hooks. It was quiet and kind of peace, then Roman started singing, “Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want!”
“So, tell me what you want, what you really, really want!” The group replied without missing a beat.
Roman laughed triumphantly, poking at Logan’s shoulder, “See, see!”
Logan huffed, crossing his arms in annoyance, “That doesn’t prove anything!”
Roman slightly lifted his bootleg Rainbow Weaver mask to stick out his tongue, “Party pooper.”
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“Think of your empathetic powers as a metaphorical muscle,” Talyn explained “it’s something that should be worked on and trained so that it can get stronger.”
“How do I do that?” Patton asked curiously “I thought it was just like I touch someone and feel whatever their feeling?”
“It’s a lot more then that,” Joan said thoughtfully as he rapidly typed away at his computer “without think about it you can just barely touch the surface of someone’s emotional state. Of course, if this person’s emotional state is heightened, be it negative or positive, it’s much easier to read. But you really concentrate and focus you’ll be able to get a deeper, more complex reading.”
“Hmm, I never thought of it like that,” Patton said “but how will I be able to practice if I have to constantly be in contact with someone? Won’t that be a little suspicious and weird?”
“Try doing an air scan.” Talyn suggested.
Patton tilted his head in confusion, “What’s that?”
“You’re an empathetic person by nature, even before the bite,” Talyn said “how were you able to tell how people felt before?”
Patton shrugged, “I didn’t really, it’s just…people sometimes have this air about them. I mean, sure there’s facial features and body language but sometimes people are good at hiding those so you have to be extra aware of them. Like you enter a room and you can feel the air tense up or feel relaxed and airy. Kind of like an aura…geez, I kind of sound like a hippy.”
“No, no, you’re right,” Joan reassured “people do have auras, just like all of you do. I’m sure you’ve noticed the waves of colors surrounding each of you. That is your aura and spider sense which you all can see because you’re on the same frequency. Everyone else is sort of invisible but you can still feel it, in a sense.”
Patton hummed thoughtfully, “I guess…can I ask you two a question?”
They both nodded, Talyn seeming particularly curious, “What’s on your mind Patton?”
“Well, I mean…” Patton began bashfully “I don’t really…get my powers.”
“You don’t get your powers?” Joan replied in a confused tone “I’m not sure I follow.”
“Like, I don’t understand why I have them,” Patton corrected before back tracking a little “I mean, I know why I have them, cause I got bit by a mutant creepy, crawly death dealer. But I don’t under why I have this power specifically. It’s kind of…not really spider related.”
Patton had originally planned to say that these powers weren’t very useful for anything hero related. Don’t get him wrong, it’s great to know how people are feeling, he liked knowing when people are having a bad day or feeling sad so that he can help cheer them up. Very useful in dealing with stubborn friends who don’t really know how to let their walls down and talk things out. But other then that it didn’t have very much use in the super hero business.
Admittingly, Patton knew he wasn’t the best here (yet) even if he did try his gosh darnest every day. But Patton knew where his abilities were and none of them were on any use to being a hero; Logan was smart and new a lot of strategy, Roman was brave and great at adapting to new situations, and Virgil stealthy and flexible. Patton was a crybaby, clumsy, naïve, scared of spiders and the dark, was way to sensitive, and honestly not that bright. He could barely keep up with the training that they’re doing plus everyone else had cool and (most importantly) useful powers to help them become heroes. All Patton could do was tell if you were happy or not and really that kind of bummed him out a bit.
Both scientists nodded in understanding, Talyn quickly typing away on their tablet, “It has to do more with your spider sense then anything else. It tells you when you’re in danger but it can also alert you to when others are in danger as well. With you it’s been amplified a bit more and is able to pick up more than just distress.”
“Remember, humans are naturally emotional and empathetic beings,” Joan explained carefully “and god only knows what the hell else Oscorps put into that thing. Being that you’re a very sensitive and empathetic person by nature the spider’s venom latched on to that trait and mutated it because it thought it best for survival.”
“Survival?” Patton asked, very, very confused now.
“Prime animal instincts is to survive,” Talyn filled in “they either adapt to their environment in order or evolve using the traits they have. Animals and insects are very sensitive to emotions since they don’t have any other way of communication other then body language. So, your empathy is actually really natural and could potentially become a great asset in missions.”
“Really?” Patton said excitingly, a fiery determination in his eyes.
Joan smiled at the teen’s enthusiasm, “Absolutely, if you can build up your power strong enough to the point where you don’t have to be in physical contact with someone to sense them, you can essentially use it as a sort of echo location. Great for stealth missions.”
“What can I do to help build it up faster?” Patton asked enthusiastically.
“Take it slow,” Talyn warned “you could really hurt yourself if you push yourself too far. Like I said before: think of your powers like a muscle. You slowly build it up over time so that it can properly and safely carry the weight you want it to. If you dump that weight all in one go you could end up hurting yourself.”
Patton bit his lip ashamed, “Sorry, I, uh, got excited.”
“It’s fine,” Talyn soothed “it’s fine to get excited but you also have to remember that you all are still training. Still new to all of this, so you have to be careful because not only could you hurt yourselves but you could also accidently hurt others around you.”
“We just want to make sure that everybody is safe,” Joan added “there’s no need to rush into things. Take it at your own pace and I can guarantee you that your powers will flourish naturally on their own.”
Patton gave them both a small appreciative smile, their words did make him feel a little better about himself. He found comfort in knowing he’ll be able to contribute to the team even just a little, but even so he’ll work extra hard to be the best hero he can be. “Where should I start?”
“Try to sense the people in the house,” Talyn suggested “take a deep breath, close your eyes, and try to focus on the energy around you. See if you can try and distinguish each person from their aura, though it might be a bit harder to catch on to mine and Joan’s aura since we’re fully human.”
“I’ll bring up the security cameras on screen to see if you’re right or wrong,” Joan said “though knowing their location isn’t the important part, it’s weather you can sense them or not.”
“Alright, let’s try it.” Patton said with a determined nod, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath just like Talyn had said. A few moments passed before Patton peeked open an eye, “I don’t think it’s working.”
“It’s gunna take a minute,” Joan explained “remember you can’t rush into it, take your time and ease yourself into it.”
Patton nodded again, reclosing his eyes and taking a much slower breath, in for four, hold for seven, out for eight. The world became dark and quiet around him but Patton wasn’t scared, he instead focused on the energy curled up inside his chest and let it seep out in every direction. It stretched and curled around the room, not really sure where it was supposed to go, until it finally hit something, two somethings actually. They were a bit fuzzy but Patton was soon able to see a warm, bright orange figure with swirls of soft browns stood a few feet in front of him, along side a neon magenta figure with electric pops of black, neon green and blue.
“I can see you guys!” Patton exclaimed, excitingly wiggling in his chair “You’re so colorful!”
“What else can you see?” Talyn’s voice urged on curiously.
Patton focused a bit more, his energy stretching out and winding up stairs in endless directions until it hit something else. Swirls of dark blues with dots of bright grey that light up like a galaxy of stars, humming like a soothing melody, it was so beautiful. Patton cheeks warmed and a smile appeared across his face, “I think I found Logan, he seems to be in the living room, probably reading. Thomas has a little reading nook by the window that he likes to occupy when he isn’t busy with training or homework.”
He heard a fond chuckle from both of them before Joan asked him to continue, “Can you find the others?”
Reluctantly, Patton pulled himself away from Logan’s aura, his mind still tingling with buzzing warmth as it moved on towards other places. He felt it stop at the kitchen where it bumped into two more figures, one a bright sheen of white with streaks of red and gold, dramatically dancing and singing, the other a dark storm of blacks and purples and white lighting that felt cozy to listen to. Patton giggled, “Roman and Virgil are in the kitchen, more then likely arguing about something or another. Their auras seemed pretty riled up so it’s more likely they’re arguing about Disney again.”
“All that leaves is Thomas,” Joan said “you think you can do it? Or would you rather take a brake now?”
“No, I’m fine,” Patton assured “I think I can find him, let me see…”
He let his energy freely float around the entire first floor but still he could not find Thomas anywhere. After collecting himself a bit Patton twisted himself towards the second flight of stairs up to the second floor. He spread himself out once more looking through every nook and cranny each room and hallway had to offer but still no sign of his mentor. Collecting himself once more Patton decided he should try going further up, weaving through the attic and up to the roof where he was hit with a burst of technicolor.
“Found him,” Patton announced, giggling at the rainbow light show displaying behind his eyelids “he’s like a homing beacon you light up when it gets super foggy. I was wondering why I hadn’t been able to find him sooner, turns out he’s just on the roof. He feels…a little down.”
“It’s like that sometimes,” Talyn sighed sadly “he’ll sometimes go up there to clear his head. Don’t worry, he’ll be fine when he comes down, just needs a bit of space right now. You can open your eyes now, be make sure to ease out of it slowly. The state you’re in is very open and delicate and we don’t want you to get overwhelmed by all your senses.”
Patton nodded, his energy collecting back into himself and slowly slinking his way down, down, down, from the roof, the attic, the second floor, the first floor, down the stairs, and back to the basement. He took another slow breath; in for four, hold for seven, out for eight…and slowly let his senses fully comeback to him. He could feel the world around him move once more, becoming more lively and clear instead of a muffled echo. Carefully and slowly Patton opened his eyes to find Joan and Talyn in the same spots, staring at him curiously.
“Did…did I do good?” Patton asked shyly.
“You did amazing!” Joan smiled, stepping aside to show the computer screen which displayed which displayed different sections of the house through black and white security cameras. Three of them were brought forward for closer inspection and as predicted Logan was in the living room reading by the nook, Roman and Virgil were in the kitchen and looked to be in a very heated debate about something, and Thomas was lounging on the roof, looking off towards the city skyline. “Even better we previously predicted!”
“And that’s because your powers are fairly new and haven’t been practiced on much,” Talyn added proudly “imagine what else you could do with them, even just a little bit of training.”
Patton flushed a deep crimson, shyly coving up his smile with the neck of his shirt, “I mean…I did okay, I guess.”
“Hey,” Joan said softly, placing a firm hand on Patton’s shoulder “give yourself credit where credit is due. You can do this Patton, you’re capable of so much more then you think.”
“Aw geez, thanks you guys.” Patton muttered bashfully, fiddling with the hem of his shirt.
“Now, on to more fun business,” Talyn clapped their hands excitedly as they reached for another tablet along with a styles. The computer behind them displayed a 3-D design of a plain white spider suite with pink web accents. “We’ve finished calibrating all the equipment you’ll need fitted for your suit but we decided that each of you will design the exterior. Put in a little bit of yourselves in the costumes you’ll wear, add on anything you want. Within reason of course.”
“Can I not have a spider logo on it?” Patton asked hesitantly “I mean I’m fine with the spiderwebs but not with the spider.”
Joan nodded, “That’s fine, anything else?”
Patton thought for a moment before beginning to doodle over the image on the tablet, “Can I wear a hat?”
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They moved on to wall climbing now, nothing too fancy, very much like running laps except that they’re climbing up and down the side of a building. First, they climbed forwards, then backwards, then sideways, just to make sure they were proficient in every angle. It was actually really boring but Thomas told them it was something that was necessary so that they can get use to sticking and unsticking to stuff. He told them that just like walking wall climbing should become second nature to them so they’ll have a much better time controlling what they’ll be able to stick to.
Right now, they were learning how to walk up the side of the building without using their hands. It looked much easier than it actually was, your body had to be stiff and tense so that it could hold itself up because gravity wanted to pull the rest of you down. It had the same feeling as if you were climbing up hill with a ton of rocks strapped to your back.
But even with all the moaning and groaning that came with the strain of walking sideways up a building, Roman still had enough energy and focus in him to sing, “I get so emotional, baby!”
“Every time I think of you!” The group sang back, almost instinctively, even as some of them momentarily lost their balance.
Roman snickered while Logan rolled his eyes as he re-centered himself, “It’s a popular song Roman, of course a lot of people are going to know it!”
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“Let’s try something,” Joan said as they lined up a few glass bottles on a table a few feet across where Roman was sitting, once more attached to suction cup wires. “Your vocal projection powers are very spread out, when activated the sound disperses throughout the entire room. But I want to see if you can train it to focus on one point, that way you can have a little bit more control over it.”
“How would I go about doing that?” Roman asked, absentmindedly tugging on one of the suction cup wires. Talyn gently swatted his hand away and gave him a friendly smile, “Taking a breath first would do you well, you seem a bit nervous.”
“Whaaaat? Me nervous? Never!” Roman scoffed flippantly before meekly ducking his head when both scientists gave him an unconvinced look “Okay…maybe a little.”
“It’s okay be to be uneasy Roman,” Joan said soothingly, walking forward to place a hand on the teen’s shoulder “these are brand new things happening to your body all at once. It’s okay for it to be a little scary, just know that we’re here to help you through it. Which means we need to know when you’re uncomfortable so we know where your limit is. The absolute last thing we want is to unintentionally hurt you.”
Roman bit his bottom lip nervously, eyes down casted as he fidgeted in his chair, “I mean, isn’t the whole point of this plus the training about me being able to go past my limit? Superheroes aren’t meant to have limits or walls and stuff, right?”
“Yeah, no, unfortunately that is a very common misconception,” Joan said with a frown “remember, behind the mask heroes are still people just like everybody else.”
“Plus, weather you like it or not, you’re still a kid,” Talyn added firmly “you’re still growing and learning about things and how to live life. This responsibility you boys have is going to make you grow up so fast it’s not even funny. So, you’re gunna have to be care in everything you do, know your limits and learn when to duck out if needed.”
“It’s absolutely okay not to be perfect at everything,” Joan said gently “you’re still human.”
“Thomas said that people don’t take too kindly when heroes make mistakes,” Roman mumbled nervously “I just…I don’t want to let anybody down. Even if I am young and stupid and reckless, I want to show people that they can count on me and that I’m able to do things without fucking them up.”
“That’s another unfortunate truth to being a superhero,” Joan sighed tiredly, rubbing the back of their neck “though I don’t think Thomas said that to discourage you, more as a warning. He doesn’t want you boys to get hurt, be it physically or emotionally, the public’s words can be…harsh.”
It was quiet for a moment, Roman chewing at the inside of his cheek as he thought over their conversation. He wasn’t an official superhero yet but as time when on and their training progressed Roman, admittingly, was getting a bit nervous. Thomas, Rainbow Weaver, both, were these huge inspirations to the world. One brought joy through entertainment and activism and the other saved lives on the daily, both were idols and had enormous shoes to fill. Though Roman knew he shouldn’t be comparing himself to Thomas since the older man had a lot more years under his belt but it was still difficult. Roman wanted to be a hero that everybody would be proud of, that Thomas would be proud of…that his dad could be proud of.
“Do you think…” Roman took a deep steady breath, calming his racing mind before asking “…do you think everybody will hate me at one point?”
“Probably,” Talyn said with a melancholy smile “like Joan said: public opinion can be very harsh. But so long as you know that you’re doing good that’s all that should really matter. It’ll be difficult but thankfully you boy all have one advantage.”
“What’s that?” Roman asked curiously.
“You have each other,” Joan helpfully provided, a bit of enthusiasm behind their voice “you’re not alone in this, remember that.”
Roman shrugged, a soft smile appearing on his face, “Eh, I guess so.”
“Shall we move on to our experiment?” Talyn asked gently “Or do you need a bit more time?”
“Mmh, I’m good to go if you two are,” Roman hummed thoughtfully “plus, I think I thought of something that might help.”
“By all means, go right ahead.” Joan said, stepping away from the table lined with bottles and standing next to Talyn behind Roman.
Roman stared at the bottles with full concentration, taking a couple of deep breaths before a sharp high-pitched whistle was heard. A gust of wind blew in their faces as the sound traveled right through the center of the table, shattering three bottles. Roman grimaced, “Sorry, I tried to aim for just one but…”
“No, no, this is great!” Talyn exclaimed excitedly, patting his shoulder “We totally forgot that pitch and range have a lot to do vocal precision. Whistling is a much more easier to controlled then vocal range, which is why the last time you used these powers it got a bit out of control. You were dispersing the sound waves all over the place because you sang in a much wider range of sound unlike right now where it was more controlled.”
“Oh, well I was just kind of thinking that whistling was more like…” Roman gestured forward with his hand “…an arrow that could shoot straight ahead while riffing was more…earthquake-y?”
“Yeah, that’s basically what Talyn was saying,” Joan chuckled, ruffling over Roman’s hair “but the fact that you were able to come up with that conclusion on your own is very impressive.”
Roman smiled shyly, a swell of pride bloomed throughout his chest, “Yeah, well, I was mainly just thinking back to my vocal lessons in theater class and how Mr. Bell used to teach us about projection and controlled range.”
“Well, there’s another thing we’ll need to study up on,” Talyn said with a weary smile “maybe Thomas can help us, he did double major with theater.”
“True,” Joan nodded before turning back to Roman “you think you could try hitting the rest of these bottles?”
Roman nodded with confidence, “Absolutely.”
They spent the rest of their time running more test with Roman and how wide of a range his sonic wave could be. It could go from bullet precision to catastrophic earthquake levels of damage. They also tried to figure out what triggered would trigger the power to activate but were unsuccessful in their findings. So they left it dormant once more until Roman could have enough control over it so that he won’t accidently blow out the speakers in the theater or cause a building to collapse while singing in the shower. By the end of it Roman was able to shatter each bottle individuating and was very proud of himself for accomplishing that goal.
“I think we have sufficient data for today,” Talyn said as they reached over to grab another tablet and styles pen “now for the fun part.”
Roman was handed over the items before being gestured to look at the computer screen in front of him which displayed a 3-D model of a white spider suit with red web accents. Roman wiggled in excitement, “Is that my suit?”
“Not quite,” Joan said with an enthusiastic glimmer in his eyes “the internal structure is finished but the outside still needs to be designed. So long as it’s within reason you can add anything you want.”
“Anything I want?” Roman smiled mischievously with a tone that sounded like trouble.
“Within reason.” Joan repeated with a raised eyebrow.
Roman thought a moment before that mischievous smirk returned to his face, “Boots?”
“Sure, why not?” Talyn shrugged, though they knew that wasn’t the end of it, not by a long shot.
“Gold boots with red accents?” Roman asked.
“Doable.” Joan nodded.
“Roses?” Roman hummed, tapping his chin with the styles pen as he doodled over the blank canvas that would soon be his suit.
“Real or designed on the suit?” Talyn questioned.
“Designed on the suit, duh,” Roman said as he sketched out another idea “what am I gunna do with real roses?”
“Throw it around like confetti?” Joan chuckled.
“Don’t tempt me,” Roman smirked “what about a cape?”
“Why do you want a cape?” Talyn asked “It’s like the least useful accessory you could ever have!”
“Thomas has a cape.” Roman countered.
“They’re gliders!” Joan exclaimed, irritation clear on their face “I’ve been arguing with people for years on this, I’m not gunna start again! They’re gliders end of story.”
Roman huffed out a laugh, “Okay geez, but still can I have a cape?”
“I draw the line at capes,” Talyn said firmly “they serve no purpose what so ever! Absolutely useless!”
“Come on!” Roman whined “They’re super cool though!”
“Have you not seen the Incredibles?” Joan said desperately “Those things are a fucking death trap!”
“Then I’ll die looking fabulous!” Roman said stubbornly.
“Look,” Talyn sighed tiredly “how ‘bout we replace the cape with a vest that has a long-ish tail and throw in an anime scarf, deal?”
Roman frowned, silently thinking over his options before a sly smirk slid across his face and he stuck out his hand to shake, “Deal.”
Joan and Talyn glared at him suspiciously, “You bamboozled us, didn’t you?”
“Yeah, I kind of did.” Roman giggled.
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Thomas has slowly been teaching them how to use the web shooters, there apparently was a lot more to them then just shoot and swing. They had projectiles, pre made netting, extra sticky, different densities, and even an exploding one! (Thomas said that it was only to be used in absolutely desperate situations) In other words, it was much more complex then the boys had previously thought. Since Roman and Virgil could produce their own webbing they only had to work with the web shooters about half the time, the other half working with their natural webbing. But Thomas had told them that it was better for them to use artificial webbing instead of their own because they’d tier out quicker otherwise.
Currently they were doing what Thomas called reverse rope climbs, where they’d shoot a string of web up on the ceiling and retract it back in to pull themselves up before letting it back out and slowly lowering themselves down. Again, seemed simple enough but it was actually hell to do in real life. Still, the boys were getting better as their training continued on, shooting with more accuracy then when they first started out and a bit more muscle on them so that they could hold on longer.
And of course, this was absolutely the perfect moment for Roman to burst out into song, “Let’s have a kiki, I wanna have a kiki!”
“Lock the doors tight!” They all replied.
“Let’s have a kiki!” Patton chimed in.
“Motherfucker.” Virgil mumbled.
“I’m gunna let you have it!” Thomas sang.
Logan gave a sideways glare towards Roman who smiled haughtily in his direction. He merely shook his head in reply, ignoring the theatrical teen’s antics and continued to climb up his web rope. Roman pouted, calling up to him, “Just admit I’m right!”
“I rather chew off my own foot!” Logan called back.
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Logan didn’t really have much to work on power wise, which he was fine with, night vision didn’t require a lot of training. Though it did make remembering to turn ON the lights at home a bit difficult, his parents have caught him reading in the dark a couple times. But other than that, there wasn’t much for Logan to work on, so why did Joan and Talyn call for them to meet one on one?
He knew about the other’s extra training with them so that they could better understand and control their new powers. But as far as Logan knew he was perfectly fine in that area and Thomas could probably teach him all that he needed to know. Yet still they called for him.
“So,” Joan began, wiggling a finger in front of Logan’s face “a little birdy told us that you hacked into the US Pentagon when you were in 7th grade.”
Logan flushed pink, nervously straightening out his tie, “Technically, it was me AND Morgan but…who told you that? Was it Virgil?” Logan muttered under his breath “Asshole, I swore him to secrecy! And so did the FBI!”
“Don’t worry, we have our own way of finding out things,” Talyn chuckled “but that’s quite impressive, even if you did have help. Me and Joan couldn’t hack the Pentagon until senior year of high school.”
Logan shrugged, “Everybody has hacked the Pentagon once in their life, they have a very flimsy security system. You’d think they’d learn to beef up their security after being hacked so many times but sadly no. I have no idea how they keep functioning like this.”
“I’m pretty sure Tony Stark had something to do with it,” Joan theorized “he’s hacked into the Pentagon enough times to know what’s going on in there. Probably installed a secret security system to encrypt the REALLY important stuff.”
“It’s possible,” Logan said thoughtfully “unless the Pentagon is just a coverup to distract from the real secrets hidden away elsewhere.” He paused, remembering the question he previously wanted to ask “Other than discussing the Pentagon’s atrocious security system, uh, why was I called down here. Have I done something wrong?”
“No, not at all,” Talyn assured “on the contrary, we brought up the Pentagon situation because we thought you could help us with a little…project of ours.”
“Project?” Logan asked, a small hint of excitement in his voice “What kind of project?”
“Well, remember when we brought up Tony Stark?” Joan said as he rapidly typed away on the large computer, bringing up the Stark Industries’ website.
Logan’s eyes widen in shock, “You want me to hack into Stark Industries?”
“Not exactly,” Joan said “we’re using Stark Industries as more of a back door to enter into the SHEILD data base and using that as a back door to enter into the Avengers’ data base.”
“Why go through all the trouble of hacking through Stark and SHEILD?” Logan asked curiously “Wouldn’t it be easier to just head hack into the Avengers’ data base since up front? I mean it is the end goal to all of this is it not?”
“We thought so too,” Talyn began to explain, bringing up a diagram of sorts on screen “at first we had thought that all three industries were separate since they were three different companies. And that used to be the case until that whole Hydra fiasco a few years back, long story short they now all function with Stark technology.”
“And we all know how well Stark’s security system runs,” Joan added, gesturing towards the diagram, a large circle with a smaller circle inside going inside of smaller circles and so on “I can’t believe I’m going to say this but think of it as an onion and we all know that onions have layers. Before we can even think about snooping through the Avengers’ files and data logs, we have to go through Stark’s security system then SHIELD’s security system then finally the Avengers’ security system.”
Logan nodded in understanding but he still had more questions, “Why do you want to look thru the Avengers’ data base?”
Talyn gave him a forced smile, irritation clearly visible on their face but it was not directed at Logan, “Let’s just say that Tony Stark has a way of pissing off the wrong people-”
“They mean us.” Joan said honestly.
Talyn continued without waiting, “…and he sometimes has to be reminded that his actions have consequences and he’s not the only genius in the world.”
“He hacked into our system and copied some data about Rainbow Weaver so that he can file and save it for SHEILD and maybe the Avengers protocol,” Joan filled in “honestly, he could have just asked us and we probably would have given it to him because it’s the Avengers. If they ever need an extra set of helping hands we would have been on tab for them but no! Tony Stark can’t ask for ANYTHING to be handed to him so he has to be a little shit!”
“So, this is a revenge plan?” Logan questioned, trying to see if he had all the facts right.
Talyn shrugged nonchalantly, “Yeah, pretty much. We understand if you don’t wan-”
“Okay.” Logan cut in with a small shrug of his own.
“Okay, what?” Joan and Talyn asked tentatively.
“I’ll help you.” Logan replied coolly.
“Really?” The duo exclaimed in surprise.
Logan shrugged again before giving them a mischievous smile, “Truth be told I’ve always wanted to see what the inside of Stark’s security system looks like. Figure out how everything works and all.”
Talyn fist pumped the air, “Yes! We’re coming to get you Stark! You Gucci sunglasses wearing mother fucker!”
“I’m pretty sure it’s Prada.” Joan said.
“Actually, it’s Chopard.” Logan corrected, already having rolled up his sleeves as he rapidly typed away at the key board of the large main computer. “I see that he’s been using the Lava Lamp coding technique, so this is going to take a while.”
“You’re telling me,” Talyn replied, sitting next to him with their own tablet connected to the computer “there’s not goddamn pattern with this type of coding, it’s a pain in the ass!”
“Don’t you two use a similar kind of coding with your system?” Logan asked “How was he able to hack into it?”
“That’s another thing we’re trying to find out,” Joan said, sitting on Logan’s other side with a laptop “though I’m pretty sure he had that stupid AI of his do it for him.”
“Ah yes, he has an AI controlling his system,” Logan said thoughtfully “that’ll be even more tricky to get around. I had read an article discussing his AI and how he programed it and the article said that it was the most advanced AI in the world, it even passed the Turing test.”
“No need to discourage us even more.” Joan half joked.
“No, not discouraging just…” Logan paused a moment, thinking deeply “…what would you think would happen if an AI and an AI stopped to talk to each other.”
“Not sure I’m following.” Talyn admitted.
“Yeah, I’m kind of lost here too.” Joan added.
“We could go at it from all angles and it would still be able to catch us,” Logan explained “but if we have, say, an AI of our own Stark’s AI will be forced to overt all of it’s attention towards it because it’s supposedly a major threat. Meanwhile, we would have a chance to sneak passed it, find an encryption key and bypass all the barriers with ease.”
“I guess that could work,” Joan said “but that means we’d have to build an entire AI from scratch that is equal to that of Stark’s AI. And that’s another tedious thing all by itself.”
“And that could take months, maybe even years, to code and build,” Talyn added “at this point I think it’s better to make a mess of ourselves and cause chaos throughout Stark’s system then take on a task that’ll slow us down immensely.”
“Not quite,” Logan said distantly, rapidly typing over the key board once again “if I can find the base coding Stark used to build his AI I can ultimately use it as a structure to make one for ourselves.”
“How would we even go about doing that?” Joan asked curiously.
“Fake virus,” Logan said simply “the system will pull me in to be terminated but of course it won’t work at first so I’ll have time to look around until the system updates itself and finds out how to properly get rid of me.”
“Then why couldn’t we just use that to hack into the system?” Talyn asked.
“Because the coding I use for it is pretty weak and flimsy since it’s only meant for quick in and out missions,” Logan explained “I wouldn’t be able to make a strong enough overlayer to disguise us long enough without rising a lot of suspicion and having the entire AI’s security system on my ass.”
They both nodded and waited for Logan to continue, “But if I’m able to find at least the majority of Stark’s AI’s base coding we’ll be able to use it as we’ll be able to use it as a structure to build our AI around and have it done in, say, a few weeks.”
“So, essentially, we’ll be using his own work against him?” Talyn asked.
Logan smiled slyly, “Essentially, yes.”
Talyn slung their arm over Logan’s shoulder and gave him a hardy squeeze, “You absolute, evil little genius! Where have you been all my life?”
“It’s no wonder you’re on the FBI watch list.” Joan chuckled good-naturedly, ruffling Logan’s hair.
“Speaking of which, this won’t be going on my record right?” Logan asked pointedly.
“Oh, don’t worry we’re government funded,” Talyn explained “technically we’re higher ranked then the FBI so you’re good so long as you have our permission and we’re here supervise.”
“Excellent,” Logan cheered softly “this’ll take but a moment. And afterwards…may I ask a favor from both of you as well?”
“If you can help us do this, we’ll get you anything you want,” Joan offered dramatically “you want access to Area 51? Boom! We’ll get you that access!”
Logan chuckled softly, shaking his head, “No thank you, though the offer is tempting. I was just wondering if you two could help me with a little project of my own.”
“Sure, what is it?” Talyn asked.
“Uh, well,” Logan kneeled to rummage through his backpack, coming back ups with a worn-down spiral notebook stuffed with notes “so, I heard that we would be personalizing our costumes and I was wondering if I could add something?”
He opened the note book and flipped through several pages before stopping at a particular set of notes. There was a sketch of four robotic spider limbs coming out from a mechanical looking back pack, along with more notes that explained how it would function. Joan and Talyn took turns looking over the notes as Logan silently continued his work, unknowingly holding his breath in anticipation. Once he was finished and had gotten all the data he needed Logan turned back towards the two scientists who’ve been suspiciously quiet the entire time.
They were still looking through Logan’s note book, past his spider leg design and skimming through the rest of his notes from different projects. Logan fidgeted nervously, they both seemed so intense while looking through his notes and Logan couldn’t help but wonder if they were unimpressed by them. Most of his projects were theoretical because he would never in his life have the funding to actually build them, so he wasn’t sure if any of them were even possible. That included the spider leg design he made, he had spent weeks rewriting the design and scale and mechanisms that would go with it. He wanted to make absolutely sure that they would be possible to build, but he had no way to test them so he only had his mind and imagination to help him through it.
Joan and Talyn were world renowned robotic and biological engineers that were government funded to help their best friend watch over Manhattan. They were creators of amazing technology they built themselves that take inspiration from many other famous scientists but is still uniquely theirs. They were just…really cool and Logan kind of sort of looked up to them just as much as he looked up to Thomas, so he really, really wanted to impress them.
Joan was the first to speak, smiling big and wide, “Logan, these are incredible!”
“Did you design these all yourself?” Talyn exclaimed, eyes glittering in awe and excitement.
Logan blushed, bashfully rubbing at his wrists as he tried to give a nonchalant shrug, “Yes…but I haven’t really built or tested most of them so I’m not sure they’re even remotely possible.”
“Oh, anything is possible if you’re stubborn enough,” Joan quipped “what I’m more impressed with is how accurately structured these are, especially since you haven’t tested any of them. Like, we can’t even come up with stuff this precise without fucking up a few prototypes.”
“How were you able to do all this?” Talyn asked “Did you run it through a program to test it through at least digitally?”
“Uh, no,” Logan said, a shy smile appearing on his face “I just kind of, think about it in my head and write down how I think the structure and dimension would be like.”
“All in your head?” Talyn gasped in awe, Logan nodded and they squealed in excitement “Logan, that’s amazing!”
Logan didn’t think his face could get any redder, nor did he think the fluttery feeling in his chest could get any warmer. He wasn’t really used to being praised so openly and with such enthusiasm, it felt…nice. Really nice, and Logan just wanted to hold on to that feeling for as long as he could.
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They were taking a brake on a nearby roof, Thomas having provided drinks and snacks like always. The weather was starting to get colder as September reached its peak but thankfully today was just the right amount of breezy to cool down their over heated bodies. It was quiet, nothing but the breeze and bustle of the city as background noise while the group munched away on their snacks and silently enjoyed each other’s company. It was nice, very relaxing.
And of course, Roman had to ruin it, “You are my fire!”
“Oh my god!” Logan groaned, flopping onto his back.
“The one desire!” Patton chimed in enthusiastically.
“Seriously!” Logan said, exasperated.
“Believe when I say!” Thomas sang with a laugh.
“It’s Backstreet Boys!” Logan exclaimed “Everybody knows Backstreet Boys!”
“I want it that way!” Virgil cackled while Logan glared at him in betrayal “Virgil, I trusted you!”
Roman jumped up to his feet to strike a pose, “Tell me why!”
“Ain't nothin' but a heartache!” The other three joined in with him and Logan could only lay star fished on the ground hoping he look dead to the world.
“Tell me why!”
“Ain't nothin' but a mistake!”
“Tell me why!” Roman pointed an invisible mike down towards Logan who sighed and mumbled in reply “I never want to hear you say…”
“Whoa!” Roman cheered.
“I want it that way!” They finished with a dramatic group pose kneeling around Logan.
“I hope all of you know that you’ve officially wasted thirty whole seconds of my life,” Logan grumbled “I’m thirty more seconds closer to death, are you all happy?”
“Drama queen.” Roman snickered.
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Thomas watched amusingly as Joan and Talyn moved back and forth between the boys’ suits, putting on the finishing touches. He was brought in to provide a third opinion on weather or not the boys would like them. Obviously, they would and Thomas said just that but for some reason Joan and Talyn kept fretting over them, adding this or recalibrating that or “do you think it be a bit too constricting in the chest area for Roman?” or “Virgil gets cold really easily, make sure the thermal software is working properly!” or “make sure the pants on the suit fit Logan well, that boys got legs for days and I don’t want him to feel uncomfortable!” or “I noticed that Patton’s feet are a bit flat so I added extra cushion in the shoe to help him out a bit!” And so on and so forth.
“What’s with the face?” Joan asked, as they fiddled with the pack attached to Logan’s suit which held four long, metallic spider legs.
“Oh nothing,” Thomas replied smugly “just irony.”
Talyn gave him a raised eyebrow, “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“It means that you two are a bunch so hypocrites,” Thomas snickered “you guys kept giving me shit for being maternal and being manipulated by puppy dog eyes yet here you two are giving them state of the art suits that are probably MUCH more advanced than mine.”
“Yeah, well they’re kids!” Talyn countered “Didn’t we want them to be safe? We’re just upgrading the suits a little bit and adding a few extra safety precautions.”
“Does Roman really need that long ass anime scarf and tail coat?” Thomas asked with a smirk.
They were quiet for a moment before Joan dramatically exclaimed, “He bamboozled us!”
Thomas stuck out his pinky and twirled it around, “Wrapped around their little finger, all of us, we never stood a chance against them.”
Talyn sighed in defeat, “Tell me about it. Anyways, I think we’re about done with the suits. What do you think? Think the boys will like them?”
Thomas could definitely tell who each suit belonged too, they were all so uniquely different and specifically fitted to their person. Virgil’s suit was a mix of violet along his arms, legs, and waist, and white with a hint of lavender. The top part was like a baggy hoodie but still meshed flawlessly with the rest of the suit and of course the shoes were purple ballet slippers tied up with ribbon. Patton’s suit was mixed with various shades of pink, minimal web design and absolutely covered in hearts. There was a pink baseball cap attached on top of his mask, a ribbon tied around his waist, and a pink cardigan wrapped around his shoulders. Roman’s suit was just as dramatic as he was; white with accents of red and gold, ruffled sleeves, and of course the long tail coat and scarf. He had an intricately designed half mask which didn’t cover over his hair and held a reddish gold feather on the side of his head. Logan’s suit was the most technologically advanced and also the most formal looking, with mixes of dark blue. Of course, he had a tie and a practical half mask as well, and the spider legs attached to the back reminded Thomas of that little alien from Invader Zim who had a similar looking set.
Over all, these suites were absolutely amazing, Thomas smiled proudly at his friends, “They’re gunna love them!”
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Wannabe by Spice Girls
So Emotional by Whitney Houston
Let's Have A Kiki by Scissor Sisters
I Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys
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All Things that are Good
Author: Tartpants
Year: 2006
Rating: PG
Characters: Old Gregg
I'm Old Gregg. That is my name, that is who I am, but you don't know who I am. Not yet. I'm Old Gregg. I'm Old Gregg and I have all things that are good. I have words, and I have sweet, creamy Bailey's. I have a heart, it bubbles to the surface so fast you can't see it. I got my heart from my father, the perpetrator Rick James, who took a speedball and had it off with a dolphin he purchased off Ebay. The perpetrator Rick James left my mutha in a cove, drunk on malt liquor; he took one look and named her Super Freak, then stumbled away to a future of Folsom prison and junkie call-girls. I was born with a speedball heart and jheri-curled seaweed, and my body was strange material that took to water better than land. I clung to my mutha's back like a barnacle until the day she swam into a tuna's net. She was glad. She barely thrashed. I hugged her dorsal fin then drifted away, so fast she couldn't see it, and the current swept me into a river, and the river dumped me into a lake, and the lake opened its deep mouth and swallowed me whole. That's where I stayed. I have things here, good things. Everything good is forgotten then swallowed up, and Old Gregg keeps it safe. At first, I didn't have the words of others. These words I use now aren't my own, but the words of men like the perpetrator Rick James. My own words are understood only by me, because they came to me as I floated in the soupy darkness and grew into a scaly man-fish. When something hard floated into my cave and hit me in the head, I didn't know it was hard. I didn't know it was something. It was just nameless and strange material, like me, and I called it mine, and after that it was good. Good isn't a word, it's just a feeling, and all things can be good once they know they're no longer alone. It was the Funk who taught me the language of men. He fell from the sky (though I didn't call it that, not then) and bedded down with a conger eel (though I didn't call it that, not then). I found him and took him to Old Gregg's Place as another good thing, and he used his funky mouth to tell me what the word meant: good. But I already knew what it meant. You don't need a word to know what something means, you only need mainline of your own speedball heart. The Funk gave the good things names. Here, this is a football. Here, this is a bottle of sweet, creamy Baileys. My speedball heart told me that the good things were less lonely once they had names, so I asked the Funk to give me one, and he named me Old Gregg. Old Gregg is who I am, but you don't know who I am. Soon, you will. *** You came to me first as a hook. It was shiny -- a man's word, which means to catch the light, to send sparkles shivering down the walls. It was a hook swallowed up by the lake and of all the good things it wanted me best, and it snagged in my jheri-curls like a crab-claw and hauled me up faster than bubbles to the surface. Outside, the air steamed and the moon blinked stupidly. I was sitting in a boat, and the hook was no longer a hook -- it was you. Your name was Howard, but to me you were just you. You goes with me, you see; that's how the word was made, and that's how we were made: you and me together, at that moment, peering at each other through that meddling bitch, mist. I scared you, fuzzy little man-peach. I didn't mean to, but the words of men are a second language to me, and sometimes they collide in my fleshy mouth and come out wrong-ways. I told you my name. I said "I'm Old Gregg!" But you didn't make an assessment. You shuddered and stammered and shied away from my speedball heart, so I had to lift my skirt and show you the path to it. You were blinded by the sight of me, as most men are blinded when the truth passes over them, brighter than a police strobe. And like the lake I swallowed you up, and you floated in darkness like strung-out donkey. *** Now I've laid you out like a plank of drift-wood on the rocks of Old Gregg's place. Water drips from your hair slowly, as if pained to leave, and I feel its pain keenly. It's like a slow drowning, a word which here means to be at odds with ones muthafucking desire. I swirl my webbed fingers in a bottle of Bailey's -- it's beige, you know, like you -- and you suckle the sweetness from them, murmuring in your own sleepy mumbo-jumbo. It's a language built on a single word, Vince, and my ears hear it as the word of the thing you want best, but that you know you can never have. But you could have me. Because I can tell, even as you nibble on my thumb like a whiskery catfish, that you need to have something. I have lots of somethings down here: footballs, grills, bar stools, the Funk. But nothing has ever had me, not until I was snared on the end of your hook. I think I've been waiting to be hooked. I think I've been waiting to be someone else's you. You, a word which means things never said but that are felt, just the same. The meaning of you and love is identical. This is something that most men don't see or know. But you've seen me, you know me. So when you wake, promise that you'll say my name and know what it means: the best of all things that are good.
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Trump Justice Dept. Tried to Use Grand Jury to Identify Nunes Critic on Twitter WASHINGTON — The Justice Department under President Trump secretly obtained a grand-jury subpoena last year in an attempt to identify the person behind a Twitter account dedicated to mocking Representative Devin Nunes of California, according to a newly unsealed court document. But Twitter fought the subpoena, as well as an associated gag order barring the company from talking about it publicly. Twitter executives raised skepticism about whether the Justice Department might be abusing federal criminal law-enforcement power to retaliate against a critic of Mr. Nunes, a Republican who is a close ally of Mr. Trump, in violation of the First Amendment. Ultimately, according to a person familiar with the matter, the Justice Department withdrew the subpoena this spring, after President Biden took office. What was going on behind the subpoena remains murky. The filing — a motion to suppress the subpoena and lift the gag order that Twitter filed in March — shows that the Justice Department sent the company a demand on Nov. 24 to provide identifying information about the user @NunesAlt. Twitter appears to have immediately been suspicious about the legitimacy of the request. The user of that account, the filing said, “appears to be engaged in clear First Amendment activity, discussing stances on current events, government policies and one elected official in particular — Congressman Nunes.” The filing provided examples of some of the account’s tweets, such as a photograph of Mr. Nunes with text superimposed over his face: “Believe in conspiracy theories. Even if there is no evidence.” As the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee until Democrats took control of the chamber after the 2018 midterm elections, Mr. Nunes used his position to put forward claims that supported Mr. Trump’s contention that the Russia investigation was a “deep state” conspiracy against him. Twitter’s filing also noted that Mr. Nunes and his lawyer had separately filed a series of lawsuits in efforts to unmask pseudonymous social media users who criticized him, including an account that purported to be the congressman’s cow and the @NunesAlt account. When Twitter pressed the Justice Department for an explanation, the filing said, the government said the subpoena was part of a criminal investigation into a possible violation of a federal statute that makes it a felony to use interstate communications to threaten to injure someone. But the government refused to point to any particular tweet that made a threat. The company’s filing asked the judge overseeing the matter to take a searching look at the basis for the Justice Department’s motivations in going after the user. “As the custodian entrusted with the private identifying information that the government seeks, Twitter is concerned the subpoena may not be supported by a legitimate law enforcement purpose, and that therefore, there cannot be any need — let alone a compelling need — for the government to unmask the user,” a lawyer for Twitter wrote in the court motion. It continued: “As such, Twitter asks that the court engage in a searching analysis of the government’s bases for issuing the subpoena in order to determine whether the subpoena violates the First Amendment and should be quashed.” The grand-jury subpoena had been obtained by the office of the United States attorney for the District of Columbia. At the time, the office was run on an acting basis by Michael R. Sherwin, who had been installed by Attorney General William P. Barr. A spokeswoman for that office did not respond to a request for comment or explanation, including whether the underlying investigation remained open. The text of the subpoena, which was attached to Twitter’s court filing, suggested that the inquiry was being run by the Capitol Police, which protect members of Congress. A spokesman for Mr. Nunes did not respond to a request for comment. The person who operates the @NunesAlt account appeared to be surprised by the filing, writing in a post on Monday afternoon that there was “nothing remarkable about me” and adding, “So then why am I being sued by a US congressman? Why would the DOJ ever target me? Is it the mean tweets and bad memes?” Twitter said in a statement that it was “committed to protecting the freedom of expression for those who use our service. We have a strong track record and take seriously the trust placed in us to work to protect the private information of the people on Twitter.” Kate Conger, Katie Benner and Nicholas Fandos contributed reporting. Source link Orbem News #critic #Dept #Grand #identify #jury #Justice #Nunes #Trump #Twitter
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By Mike Isaac and Kate Conger from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/technology/facebook-trump-ban.html?partner=IFTTT Technology “We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, said. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/technology/facebook-trump-ban.html?partner=IFTTT from Blogger http://ddigitaltech.blogspot.com/2021/01/facebook-bars-trump-through-end-of-his.html
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Facebook Bars Trump Through End of His Term
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By Mike Isaac and Kate Conger “We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, said. Published: January 6, 2021 at 04:00PM from Technology via New York TimesNYT
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Facebook Bars Trump Through End of His Term
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By Mike Isaac and Kate Conger “We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, said. Published: January 6, 2021 at 07:00PM from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3bkdIu2
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