#Cooper Gang assemble

[inspector-montoya-fox]

i've always found it to be such a bland choice for the gang to recruit the Panda King, although as i grew up i realised it made for some more mature storytelling because Sly has to co-exist with someone who killed his father and Panda King, as someone who isn't the most colourful character, contrasts nicely with the rest of the cast. but today i want to indulge in that infatuation i had of having the gang work with their past enemies, and discuss what would happen if Bentley decided to recruit any villain other than the Panda King

i remember how much i wanted them to recruit Mz Ruby, because i used to be obsessed with her as a child. and honestly i think it's within the realm of possibility. i mean, apart from Muggshot (who got more development in Sly 3) and Clockwerk, i think if they were ok with Panda King joining why wouldn't they be with the rest of the Fiendish Five? also, sidenote: i'm kinda bummed we never got to see Panda King interact with Muggshot like two ex-team members but one's still rotten and the other's working with the heroes? give us the banter give us the drama honey come on where is it

i feel like if Mz Ruby joined she'd get along most with Murray, the Guru and Dimitri, but she'd absolutely loathe Sly, Bentley and Penelope. Murray would show her some long overdue tlc and make her feel like she belongs (which would tug at her heartstrings because that's what turned her to a life of crime); she'd exchange notes with the Guru on mind-control and stuff; and i think she'd have a massive crush on Dimitri honestly, two reptiles and all. i also think that Sly wouldn't be so vehemently pressed about the whole thing and i'm not sure why. maybe it's because we see Panda King outright bury a whole-ass village in snow in A Perilous Ascent, whereas, to our knowledge, Mz Ruby only robbed banks with her voodoo. i can't see her getting close with the gang or sharing any sweet moments but i think she'd be a valuable member, albeit very similar to the Guru. she could definitely fill in for Panda King in Kaine Island but instead of fireworks she'd shoot some ◻︎◎△, she'd help Guru with controlling Crusher, and she'd give some valuable insight on the hopping vampires although without Panda King in the picture A Cold Alliance would probably never happen.

moving on to Sly 2, the only available options are Rajan, Contessa and Jean Bison. due to the segment in the credits where they're shown moving on with their lives as well as the fact that they didn't murder ConnEr, i feel like these three are even more realistic candidates than Panda King. out of the three, Rajan would definitely be the most beneficial asset because he could summon lightning like duh ??? (although unsure as to whether he could still do that without the Clockwerk heart) but i think he'd reject the offer after how hard the gang fucked him over like they really destroyed the guy. personally, Jean Bison as a member would be as bland as Panda King, so that leaves us with the Contessa. yay, another female member but oh my god would she be a nightmare to work with. she'd undoubtedly betray the gang, probably hang out with them for like one or two adventures, try to sabotage the missions, and then secretly contact Dr Mauricio and tell him everything, leading the gang to Kaine Island just to snatch Sly's cane and then get half of the contents of the vault (or betray Dr Mauricio too after delivering the cane). she'd hate everyone on the team but would tolerate Bentley and Penelope. i'm unsure as to how she'd behave around Dimitri though.

anyway i'm in a very feisty mood because i've just had Toblerone ice cream so let's discuss other, more far-fetched possibilities. what if, after getting fired from Interpol, Winthorp contacted the gang to join? he'd be such a disaster like combine Bentley's cowardice from the beginning of Sly 2 and Murray's uselessness from Sly 1 and he'd match that lmao. he'd also cream his pants every time they had a run-in with Carmelita. 0 redeeming qualities as a gang member but i kinda want him to be the underdog. maybe like a romcom montage of Dimitri teaching Winthorp how to "get the girl"? hmmm... what about the gang recruiting Don Octavio after literally just sending him to jail a few months prior? 'if we wanted to get inside the Cooper Vault, we needed a musician - we'd have to break Don Octavio out of prison' and the episode would be like Jailbreak: the Sequel and its climax would be a Jailhouse Rock operation where Sly and Murray organise a prison riot as a diversion and the Don narrates it musically, occasionally breaking the fourth wall. you'd have to shake your controller to get him to sing the more difficult notes (bellydancing-gate flashbacks). i mean, it's not like he has anything better to do, opera isn't coming back any time soon. i'd also suggest Mrs Puffin from the orphanage but she'd probably be dead by this point, right? anyway, what do you guys think about them recruiting Le Paradox?

[ao3feed--bughead]

Better Than Pizza

by lady_grey_reborn

When the gang assembles for Veronica's mandated yearly Secret Santa party, Jughead is sure he's got this one in the bag. Finally, the perfect gift for Betty. He may have missed a few instructions. Will he somehow salvage the day?

Words: 4317, Chapters: 1/4, Language: English

Fandoms: Riverdale (TV 2017)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M

Characters: Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Cheryl Blossom, Toni Topaz, Fangs Fogarty, Kevin Keller, Reggie Mantle, Josie McCoy

Relationships: Betty Cooper/Jughead Jones, Archie Andrews/Veronica Lodge, Fangs Fogarty/Kevin Keller, Reggie Mantle/Josie McCoy, Cheryl Blossom/Toni Topaz

Additional Tags: Secret Santa, but gone wrong, veronica loves to be in charge, Longtime friends, who tease the shit out of each other, Funny underwear, we'll see who thinks so, based on a prompt, i got three years ago, can't say i'm not tenacious

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53843890

[godheadjones]

riverdale infodump pls? 👉👈

okay. this is gonna be wild knife

we start off with the murder of jason blossom. whodunit? no one knows. jughead, our narrator, writes from his booth in the only diner in town, pops. shit happens. veronica comes to town and hits on archie a few time before they move from closest fucking to being in a relationship. archie struggles with his feels for betty and they immediately disappear as soon as veronica closest fucks him. this is one episode. more shit happens this season, like the revelation of the blossom/cooper family incest, cheryl calling archies dad a dilf as a not-yet-lesbian, betty and jughead start dating, jughead hates his birthday, sticky maples and clifford blossom hangs himself just after his daughter tries to kill herself. cliffored is revealed as being the killer cause jason said "no! im not taking over your maple syrup buisness which is actually a cover for heroin business" blah blah. shit happens in this town then archies dad gets shot in pops and even more shit happens. archie, without his drivers license but with an undiagnosed hero complex rushes his father to the hospital. everyone comes and is worried and theirs heart to heart and cheryl burns down her house. why not. new killer: the black hood. and he wants to purge riverdale of sinners. now theres a new drug dealer, the sugarman, who sells jingle jangle to the kids of southside high, where jughead attends school now with his foster family. another big bad rolls into town and his name is hiram lodge. hiram is hiram forever, we chant as veronica kisses his cheek in the dark. more shit happens, then, they think they finally caught the black hood! its a random janitor! haha, the students think, we can return with our life. nope. the janitor really was just a random janitor. at their musical production of carrie, played by cheryl, whos finally realized she gay and is dating southside serpent toni topaz. midge turns up dead in their show and the town is haunted. they hold each other, fuck each other, and interrogate half brother imposters whove come to town. jughead is caught up in drama with southside serpent member penny peabody. he cut off her tatoo cause he joined a gang, hes badass, he has to prove this blah. penny takes over another gang, the ghoulies, and jughead approaches them and is like "just kill me" so they do. or so they think? jugheads alive! jughead besting death 1/? gifset when? anyway hes alive. then betty catches the black hood and its none other than her father! hal how could you. he says bettys speeech at the 75 years jubilee (in season one) inspired him to go shoot shoot shoot. mystery solved! yippee! assembly time then uh oh. hiram lodge has nailed archie for the murder of some guy while archie was at a fuck cabin with bughead (betty and jughead) and veronica. hes going to jail. archies 3 friends try to save him along with his mother, who is a lawyer. good for her! they spend all summer trying to save archie from prison but its all for nought cause archie confesses under threat from hiram. farewell archie andrews. new school year but its weird since archie isnt there. hes teaching other prisoners about the epic highs and lows of high school football. as he does this, the school gets addicted to g&g, which is just d&d on jingle jangle. its all part of a larger scheme of the farm, a secret cult harvesting organs for a dying girl pretending she’s in high school. meanwhile with archie, hes in a wrestling ring for the prison and hes very good at it. he espaces with the help of monica posh, undercover vee lodge. when he does he runs away to hide from hiram with jughead because they are gay. not really both are in straight relationships. archie has kissed men tho. hes on thin ice. hes in canada has some trippin visions of killing himself and its all fun and games until he comes back. turns out the gargoyle king, the second g in g&g is penelope blossom, cheryls homophobic mother along with the help of fake jason blossom (imposter half brother) and the black hood!! gasp!

I can’t believe I’m even saying this. part two will be out soon

[rametarin]

I think there's a new wave of struggle building in Latin America.

And.. spoilers, but.. I think it's the start of something good!?

Latin America, from this humble Anglo-America perspective, has been a battlefield both hot and cold for the arguments between socialist(and communist) and liberal democratic methods of doing economies and governments. To... understandably, mixed results.

The combination of the ease of guerilla warfare as well as grinding poverty and the risk of socialist/communist guerillas financed and backed by Russia to rip down any attempt at establishing a sheltered harbor for the economic and government systems, has made actually unfucking the problems of Latin America.. hard, to say the least.

Similarly, to Mexico. Between the native social problems, corruption, the contamination and manipulation from external countries like Russia and China (and lesser ones, but primarily those two) and mismangement and greed have meant actually dealing with our neighbors in central and south America a difficult prospect.

But, I think given the widespread bilingualism as well as growing resistance by our neighbors down south, as well as Russia once again crushing itself with its own ass in Ukraine, may just create a point of weakness to help the populations and nations to the south to start improving their setups and unfuck the corruption problems, and be less hampered with fears some fabian socialist will sneak into the assembly and either corrupt the legislation, or outright coup it on some guerilla fighter tinpot dictator shit.

The reason you don't see Canadians and Americans violating eachothers borders and sneaking over for jobs and trying to live outside society's legitimate lines, is the systems are stable and otherwise workable. You do see entire families and populations from South America- to say nothing of the undeveloped nations that find their ways to the US by way of the porous borders- sneaking in to escape the corruption, the futility, the mismangement, the gang warfare, the mafioso and corruption.

But what if Mexico was unfucked overnight? What if Mexico suddenly had the legal and political stability and economic strength akin to the US?

Hilariously you'd probably start seeing Mexico screaming about closing its borders further south to keep the desperate OTHER kinds of South Americans from sneaking in, living under the census and legitimate society and taking sweatshop labor jobs from the Native Mexicans. That.. probably ALREADY happens, and has since forever but especially since Mexico has more recently started flexing its industrial muscles and growing stronger.

But what if we just went across South America and, in this spot of weakness, encouraged a wave of anticorruption as well as good policy for business and law? Encouraged changes to their legal system, standards for environmental laws and helped set up blueprints for and funding for things like waste management- and ways to hit the embezzlers with rocks that compromise the good faith.

I think we're going to see a bigger, grass roots push for this sort of thing in South American populations by their citizens. And ways for them to organize that undermine the violent bullying of groups like FARC in Columbia.

In which case, you're going to start seeing transcontinental cooperation and more healthy growth to eliminate the obscene amounts of poverty and jobslessness.

[aacd2020]

Organized crime in Vancouver, Canada. Publicly defrauded and robbed a sole proprietorship of $230 million in property.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police believed this was legal and not illegal, so they refused to call the police and opened a case.

Organized crime in Vancouver, Canada. Publicly defrauded and robbed a sole proprietorship of $230 million in property.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police believed this was legal and not illegal, so they refused to call the police and opened a case.

Most Respected Canadian Judicial Leader, Federal Prosecutor: Legal Expert Hello, Your Excellency

1. Robbery of 2 business vehicles of the company, (three years), the company lost 3 million Canadian dollars, law enforcement officers. court security company

2. Freeze, seize, and confiscate: Vancouver: four independent, wholly-owned, joint-stock companies, bank accounts + credit cards; the company immediately went bankrupt

3. Freeze, seize, confiscate: (Single-family villa worth CAD 6 million + castle worth CAD 20 million) The victim chose to commit suicide, Law Enforcement Officers: (Gibson Local Police + Courthouse Security Company)

4. Freeze, seize, confiscate, sell: Vancouver: independent, sole proprietorship, joint-stock company Property: 250 acres, urban development, sea view land, total value 200 million Canadian dollars, criminal organization criminal fraud gang: more than ten individuals forged false sales transactions, CAD 16.39 million has been received,Law enforcer: (Court Security Company + Housing Authority Property Rights Center)

5. Fraud and robbery crimes; the total amount is 230 million Canadian dollars. It is more vicious and powerful than a bank robbery, with more serious consequences.

6. The legal basis for robbery: (Canada’s judicial collapse + legal failure + extreme chaos + a country governed by the rule of law + reduced to a terrorist country),(No debt + no trial + no judgment signed by a judge + no company financial settlement + debt audit + no tax payment)

(No debt + forged debt + no judgment + forged judgment + deceiving the court security company + based on court security inspection + legal support from the Housing Authority Title Center) Preparation (production, supply, sales: design plan + forged evidence + forged sales + one piece Robbery. Assembly line operation)

7. Why did the public security police commit the crime of robbing private residences on behalf of the state? Is there a confiscation order from the court? Our (Constitution + Human Rights Law + Criminal Law + Property Law) are all invalid. Private property is sacrosanct. Are you lying to me?

8. How much power does the court security company have? How are profits distributed? Do they have more power than the state's attorney general? They represent the country, represent justice, write court checks, and rob everywhere.

9. How does the Housing Authority Property Rights Center cooperate and support the law: how are benefits distributed? Representing the country, representing the law, (constitution + property law + human rights law + land property law) are all invalid.

10. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police refused to call the police and opened a case. This is a huge "myth". This is: a huge, earth-shattering "judicial miracle" that shocked the world.

Why are you afraid of filing a case? Evidence must be provided to establish a case. Why are fraud and robbery cases civil disputes? There is strong power to protect the local area. Is there any interest relationship?

11. This case includes: four; highest level, highest treatment, "earth-shaking", "extremely major case",

A. Federal criminal offense conditions: Violation of (Constitution + Human Rights Law + Criminal Law + Company Law + Commercial Law + Tax Law) (the first major case)

B. Conditions for national security crimes: damage: (national image + national security + public interests + social security + legal protection) (the first major case)

C. Criminal conditions for handling major cases: Creation: Unprecedented special major case + judicial miracle + recorded in history (the first major case)

D. Terrorist crime conditions: creating a major terrorist case "public robbery" with an extremely huge amount of hundreds of millions of Canadian dollars, which is more than robbing a bank. Extremely serious in nature. They are also "protected" by the law and their crimes exceed those committed by terrorists. (The first major case)

12. Introduction to the characteristics of this case: (This case has four special circumstances)

A. An unprecedented special case in Canada + created a Canadian judicial miracle + recorded in Canadian history + shocked the world

B. The amount of crime is extremely huge. C$230 million. That's more money than robbing a bank. Its nature is extremely serious. It is also "protected" by law. Their crimes exceed those of terrorists. Several of our companies went bankrupt immediately, and so did our families. What about the Constitution and human rights? , it’s all a lie

C. Criminal organization + fraud group: planning and designing a robbery plan: (forging debts + forging judgments + deceiving the court + robbing cars + robbing houses + robbing

在加拿大温哥华犯罪组织犯罪.公开诈骗抢劫独资股份公司2.3亿加元财产.

加拿大皇家骑警,认为合法,没有违法,拒绝报警立案

最尊敬的.加拿大司法领导,联邦皇家检察官:法律专家,阁下,您好

1,抢劫公司营业商务车2台,(三年),公司损失300万加元,执法人.法院保安公司

2,冻结扣押没收:温哥华:四个独立.独资.股份公司,银行帐户+信用卡;公司即刻破产

3.冻结扣押没收: (价值600万加元独幢别墅+价值2000万加元城堡)受害者选择自杀

执法人:(吉布森当地警察+法院保安公司)

4,冻结扣押没收出售:温哥华:独立.独资.股份公司财产:250英亩,城市开发,海景土地,总价值2亿加元,  犯罪组织犯罪-诈骗集团:十多人,伪造虚假出售交易,已获得1639万加元,执法人:(法院保安公司+房管局产权中心)

5,诈骗抢劫犯罪案;总金额2.3亿加元,比抢劫银行,更凶恶,更厉害,后果更严重,

6,抢劫法律依据: (加拿大司法崩溃+法律作废+极其混乱+法治国家+变成恐怖国家)

(没有债务+没有审判+没有法官签字判决令+没有公司财务结算+债务审计+没有交税务)

(无债务+伪造债务+无判决+伪造判决+欺骗法院保安公司+依据法院保安支票+房管局产权中心法律支持)编制(产,供,销:设计方案+伪造证据+伪造销售+一条.抢劫流水线作业)

7,为什么治安警察代表国家实施抢劫私人房屋犯罪行为？有法院没收判决令吗?我们的(宪法+人权法+刑法+物权法)全部作废,私人财产神圣不可侵犯,假话? 8,法院保安公司有多大的权力？利益怎么分成?他们比国家总检察长的权力还大吗?他们代表国家,代表司法机关,开具法院支票,到处抢劫,

9,房管局产权中心,法律怎么配合支持:利益怎么分配?代表国家,代表法律,(宪法+物权法+人权法+土地产权法)全部作废, 10,加拿大皇家骑警拒绝:报警立案,这是天大的”神话”这是:天大.地大”的:震惊世界”司法奇葩”

为什么害怕立案?立案必须提供证据,为什么将诈骗抢劫,说是民事纠纷案,当地有强大的势力保护,有不有,利益关系？11,本案具备:   四个;   最高级别,最高待遇的,“惊天动地”“特殊大案”,

A,联邦刑事犯罪条件:违反(宪法+人权法+刑法+公司法+商法+税法)                     (第一大案)

B,国家安全犯罪条件:破坏:(国家形象+国家安全+公共利益+社会安全+法律安全) (第一大案)                                                                                                         

C.大案管理犯罪条件:创造:史无前例,特殊大案+司法奇葩+载入历史                      (第一大案)

D.恐怖分子犯罪条件：创造恐怖大案,”公开抢劫”,金额特别巨大.数亿加元.比抢银行钱还多.性质特别严重.还受法律”保护”,犯罪超过恐怖分子犯罪,                                              (第一大案)                                                                         

12,本案特点介绍 :(本案具备四个特殊条件)

A,加拿大史无前例特殊大案+创造加拿大司法奇葩+载入加拿大历史+震惊世界

B,犯罪金额特别巨大.2.3亿加元.比抢银行钱还多.性质特别严重.还受法律”保护”,犯罪超过恐怖分子犯罪,我们数个公司即时破产,我们家破人亡,什么宪法,人权,全部是骗人的

C,犯罪组织+诈骗集团:策划设计抢劫方案:(伪造债务+伪造判决+欺骗法院+抢劫汽车+抢劫房屋+抢劫公司亿元土地),诈骗集团.伪造四个关键证据:(债务证据+审判证据+判决证据+扣押出售证据).诈骗集团说,只要警察,检察官,不立案,不审查证据,诈骗抢劫成功！

D,严重破坏加拿大法律(宪法+人权法+刑法+合同法+公司法+物权法+商业法+土地产权法+合伙企业法+税务法+法院命令执行法+欺诈性优惠法+企业破产法+公示拍卖法+审判法)

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Two Thieves Sentenced," Windsor Star. June 25, 1943. Page 3. ---- Mindorff Is Given Three Years and Dawson Six Months ---- "It is a serious crime when goods to this value are taken from their rightful owners," Judge J. J. Coughlin remarked in County Judges' Court today in sentencing John Mindorff, 29, Pitt street, to three years in Portsmouth Penitentiary for being one of the ringleaders of a gang implicated in the theft of $5,934 worth of car parts from the Ford Motor Company in an early morning robbery.

SECOND SENTENCED A second man, John Dawson, 44, of Davis street, Sarnia, driver of a transport used in the robbery, who was described in court as a tool of others, was given six months in Ontario Reformatory at Guelph.

Before sentence was passed, Mindorff said he had nothing to say after His Honor reviewed a chain of evidence heard yesterday which led him to the judgment given today that the prisoner was guilty. Dawson had pleaded guilty at the opening of the trial and asked to be given an opportunity to make a clean breast of things.He then named Mindorff as the man who had approached him and asked him to drive his transport into the Ford Company to load the parts. In answer to a question of Acting Crown Attorney C. P. Hope, K.C., he said no money was mentioned.

"I am satisfied that both these men are among a number who were implicated in this theft," His Honor said,referring to the robbery on March 22 when a transport was driven into the Ford ground and loaded with materials. "I am also satisfied that the whole number involved has not been before this court."

GIVEN CONSIDERATION In reference to Dawson, he said that the fact that he pleaded guilty and had frankly stated his part was being taken into consideration, also character evidence that he had been a good workman previously. "We cannot over-look that no one should expect an honest deliveryman to come into his place and steal," observed His Honor.

In regard to Mindorff, Judge Coughlin said he felt that he had added to his offence by telling a false story after being caught.

He then referred to a discrepancy in the story Mindorff told police and his evidence in the case. His honor said he held it significant that the accused, an employe of the Ford Company, had started moving boxes of the goods taken before the transport arrived. When questioned by the police, Mindorff first said he had moved only a few boxes, but when confronted with other evidence in court he admitted he had piled them all. These included cartons of fuel oil pumps and 37 of carburetors.

"THREE YEARS" Neither prisoner made any comment after sentence was passed. When Judge Coughlin first pronounced the three-year term on the younger man,he apparently did not hear and asked His Honor to repeat the number of years. "How many, your Honor?" he interrogated and the court repeated, "Three Years."

The judge remarked that Dawson appeared to have been a simpleminded man who had been led astray. The prisoner spoke with a stutter when giving evidence.

"You have both betrayed those whose interest it was for you to serve," Judge Coughlin told the prisoners.

According to the evidence given before Judge Coughlin yesterday. Daw-son drove a truck into Plant No. 2 of the Ford Company in the early morning of the day in question and drove out with over 80 cartons of carburetors and oil fuel pumps.

Stated to have helped Dawson load, Mindorff, an employe of the Ford Company at the time, told the court that he did so when Dawson requested it. He denied that he had any knowledge he was loading goods to be stolen.

MINDORFF'S EVIDENCE Under questioning by C. P. Hope,K.C., acting Crown attorney, Mindorff admitted he had been employed in the axle assembling department and loading was not one of his duties but he said he frequently helped to do so.

Five crane operators, Gordon Cooper, James Black, William Bartlett, Leo Chalut, and Alfred W. Peters, all gave evidence that Mindorff had helped them in loading at various times.

John Langman, Sarnia, owner of the transport firm for whom Dawson was driving at the time of his arrest, said he had always found the accused hon-est in handling collections for the company. A previous employer, Alton B. Wright of Strathroy, gave similar evidence.

[thxnews]

Addressing Haiti's Security Crisis: Global Collaborative Efforts

  Urgent Response to Alarming Atrocities

In a unified and determined effort aimed at addressing the escalating security crisis in Haiti, Barbara Feinstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti at the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs spearheaded a crucial discussion on this pressing matter. The assembly underscored the imperative of prompt action to effectively counteract the ongoing atrocities perpetrated by gangs. These egregious acts span from indiscriminate attacks on vulnerable individuals to the rampant occurrences of kidnappings and extortion.   A Multifaceted Approach to Stability Highlighting the gravity of the situation, Feinstein underscored the United States multifaceted approach to restoring stability in Haiti. This comprehensive strategy encompasses not only bolstering security forces but also extending humanitarian, economic, and health aid to safeguard essential aspects of livelihood. The United States remains committed to fostering inclusive political dialogue and supporting Haitian-led initiatives, such as the CARICOM Eminent Persons Group, to establish a roadmap for political consensus and pave the way for upcoming elections.  

Strengthening Haitian National Police

Central to the security initiative is the strengthening of the Haitian National Police (HNP). The United States has allocated substantial resources – more than $120 million over the past two years – to enhance the HNP's capabilities in countering gang violence. This includes equipping specialized officers for complex anti-gang operations, collaborating with community policing units, and providing advisory support to HNP leadership. Feinstein emphasized the necessity for additional international assistance to further amplify HNP's effectiveness.   Kenya's Crucial Leadership Role A pivotal development emerged as Kenya expressed its affirmative consideration to spearhead a multinational force to aid Haitian security efforts. The Kenyan Government's commitment includes offering 1,000 police officers to serve in this force. This groundbreaking decision is poised to infuse fresh momentum into the security landscape by augmenting personnel dedicated to safeguarding vital infrastructure sites. This, in turn, would enable the Haitian National Police to intensify their focus on combatting rampant gang activities.  

Path Forward and Collaborative Endeavors

Feinstein detailed the forthcoming steps in this collaborative endeavor. The Kenyan Government plans to carry out an on-ground assessment in Haiti in the coming weeks. They will engage with various stakeholders within the country and at the United Nations. Once they secure domestic approval, Kenya will cooperate with the United Nations to obtain authorization for the multinational force. The United States is prepared to introduce a resolution for this goal, collaborating with Security Council partners to swiftly secure approval. Feinstein also pointed out the forthcoming United Nations report on security options for Haiti, expected by August 15th. This report is anticipated to influence the force's direction.  

Rallying International Support

Feinstein's address concluded with a call to action for the broader international community. She urged other nations to contribute crucial resources, including funding, equipment, and personnel, to bolster the security initiative. This unified approach underscores the determination to alleviate Haiti's security concerns and signals optimism for constructive collaboration with Haitian stakeholders, the diaspora, Congress, and global partners in this vital mission.   Sources: THX News & US Department of State. Read the full article

[college-girl199328]

For the last three years, Alberta police services have seen a new trend in illegal firearms: a surge in guns built using privately manufactured or smuggled parts that make them untraceable. These are often referred to as ghost guns.

"It's becoming a massive problem for Canadian law enforcement and the public," said Sgt. Richard Kurina is an officer with the Lethbridge Police Service who monitors southern Alberta and its border crossings as an RCMP National Weapons Enforcement Support Team. 

Canadian firearms laws regulate receivers, where information like serial numbers is stored. These privately made guns exclude regulatory information, causing challenges for investigations, prosecutions, and proactive operations. "Our crime gun picture has probably doubled or tripled," said Acting Staff Sgt. Ben Lawson of the Calgary Police Service's firearms investigative unit.

Calgary police seized 31 PMFs last year, including 16 3D-printed guns. That's about six percent of all crime guns in 2022, with one each in 2021 and 2020. 

The force also recently conducted two operations targeting 3D-printed firearms. One of those investigations seized three printers and five completed handguns, resulting in 66 charges against two men running the gun printing and trafficking operation in Calgary.

Edmonton police recovered seven 3D-printed firearms in 2022. The force only just started keeping statistics for them in southern Alberta said he was aware of a handful of cases last year involving 3D-printing operations last year, including in small rural communities.

That part of the province has also been seeing more Polymer80s—mostly assembled gun kits from the United States that people can finish with unregulated parts.

"In the last several years, we've seen an uptick or increased presence of privately manufactured firearms," he said, "and this is going to grow exponentially."

These untraceable guns, assembled in garages, basements, and warehouses or smuggled from the U.S., present new challenges for law enforcement. And police investigations are working to stay on pace with the developments, and I think we're on the beginning of that trend," said Doug King, a criminology professor at Mount Royal University.

"It's the age-old issue of how law enforcement and criminal law keep up with technological changes. Violence has in Alberta between 2017 and 2021; firearms-related offenses jumped 66 percent, according to Statistics Canada crime data. 

The Calgary Police Service said 126 shootings occurred in the city last year. That's 33 percent higher than in 2021 and 45 percent higher than the five-year average of 500 crime guns seized in 2022. The police were unable to trace the origins of half of them. 

Alberta's government is increasing support to tackle gun crime, including $4.4 million in this year's provincial budget to create firearms investigative and gang suppression units in the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams, an umbrella of multiple levels of law enforcement where there is no place for illegal activity in Alberta must be consequences for criminal activity," reads an email response from the minister of justice's spokesperson, Ethan Lecavalier-Kidney. 

"A proactive increase of resources to the Alberta Chief Firearms Office is part of our strategy to make our communities fund law enforcement with files like illegal firearms manufacturing, 3D printing, and more resources for Crown prosecutors. 

But law enforcement teams say it'll take more cooperation between forces and better follow-through on prosecutions to keep pace with the people manufacturing these guns. "One hurdle that I find is the follow-through on the prosecution of the offenses," Kurina said. 

This is the way to tackle PMFs. Instead of leaving it up to individual police agencies to do it, who are absolutely strapped right now in terms of workload, I think the federal government needs to step up and fund these kinds of interagency investigation units," he said.

Calgary police are working with the chief firearms officer to get information about the people and things involved in these crimes to assist in investigations are also trying to make sure police are providing the information they need to see charges through to convictions.

As law enforcement adjusts, Kurina says this will be a test for police because this type of activity is really at its core what the criminal use of firearms is in Canada and Alberta."

[thetoxicgamer]

Payday 3 Now Has a Steam Page

Finally, a new criminal dawn has arrived. The makers of the cooperative heist-failure simulator Payday 3, which has a Steam page today, are Overkill Software. Additionally, there is a teaser in which four enigmatic characters watch as fireworks explode over the New York cityscape. One of the few details we are aware of regarding the newest instalment in the series, Payday 3, which Koch Media, the series' publisher, has picked up for its Prime Matter label, is that it will take place in New York. The original four members of the Payday Gang, Dallas, Chains, Wolf, and Hoxton, will be back following Hoxton's brief replacement by his brother Houston in Payday 2. "Step out of retirement back into the life of crime in the shoes of the Payday Gang," says the store page, "the envy of their peers and the nightmare of law-enforcement wherever they go. Several years after the crew's reign of terror over Washington DC has ended, they assemble once again to deal with the threat that roused them out of early retirement." During a 10th anniversary stream in 2021, Overkill explained that it wants Payday 3's New York to be "enormous" and "living", with locations that change significantly once the alarms go off and the shooting begins. It also plans to modernize things with high-tech surveillance, new gadgets, and media commentary on the gang's criminal exploits. Apparently cryptocurrency and tech giants will play a part in the plot. The deal between Starbreeze, who published Payday 2, and new owners Koch Media includes up to 18 months of post-release support. That's not surprising, given that a return to Payday 2 and steady stream of DLC helped keep Starbreeze alive following the disastrous launch of Overkill's The Walking Dead, a CFO convicted of insider trading, reconstruction to avoid bankruptcy, and laying off 60 employees. As acting CEO Tobias Sjögren said in a triumphant financial report covering the end of 2020(opens in new tab), "Our Payday franchise and 'games as a service model' really showed their muscles during the year with several successful releases of content for Payday 2. By late December, Payday 2 had become the biggest game community on Steam, with 7.1 million members. We have executed two capital raises during the year and paid off a large proportion of our debts, strengthened our financial position and thus enabling the continued successful development of Payday 3 in 2021—all key steps in putting Starbreeze back on the map as an industry leader." Basically, don't be too shocked when Payday 3 turns out to be a fully live-service game, possibly with some kind of battle pass. Read the full article

[extraneousdominomask]

Putting all of my Sly fics into one semi-unified timeline because I got bored

1868-1899

William "Tennessee Kid" Cooper is active as an outlaw across various states and territories within the continental United States

197x

"Cunning" Conner Cooper first meets Beatrice "Trixie" Fletcher, during a(n attempted) heist in Milan

1981

Carmelita Montoya Fox born to Zoe Fox Hayek and Antonio Montoya Vulpín

1984

Slytunkhamen "Sly" Cooper born to Conner Cooper and Trixie Cooper, née Fletcher. Murray the hippo born to unknown parents. Bentley the turtle born in a swamp.

1992

Cooper family home/farm/safehouse attacked by Fiendish Five, resulting in two deaths and an orphaning. Sly, Bentley and Murray first meet

2002

Sly and his friends defeat the Fiendish Five. Subsequently, he visits his parents' graves Intertwined Tails: Carmelita confronts a grey-furred, ringtailed security guard

2002 (Omega Timeline)

Sly perishes while fighting Clockwerk.

September 23rd, 2003

Carmelita successfully apprehends Sly, albeit briefly, and learns a surprising personal fact for the first time

2003 (Gamma Timeline)

Inspector S. Cooper unsuccessfully attempts to apprehend Carmelita, and learns nothing

2004

Sly and his friends defeat the Klaww Gang, but temporarily disband in the aftermath Unbeknownst to her 'colleagues', Neyla obtains a sample of Sly's fur from the Contessa's prison, and sets an unusual contingency plan into motion IT: Sly helps Carmelita escape from Prague. Later, they discuss things during a post-adventure helicopter ride

2005

Sly and his friends defeat Doctor M (and a smorgasbord of other dirtbags), and once again disband, this time more permanently. Sly moves in with Carmelita, while Bentley settles down with his new girlfriend, Penelope. All is well IT: Carmelita learns about Sly's unhealthy sleep patterns

2006

Penelope, for reasons which will never become fully clear, betrays the Gang, threatening the Cooper lineage under the guise of a new 'Black Knight' persona. Sly, who had been having trouble adjusting to his new domestic life, decides to deal with this problem without telling Carmelita. She (inevitably) discovers his duplicity and kicks him out, forcibly reverting the Gang to its globetrotting ways

2007

In the heretofore-unmentioned metropolis of Zootopia, rookie cop Judy Hopps and conmammal/ice-cream salesman/tax evader Nick Wilde uncover and foil a political conspiracy, getting two consecutive mayors arrested. Nick begins the process of becoming Judy's partner on the force

May 2008

During the mayoral election season, the world's new largest diamond is uncovered and brought to Zootopia. It becomes the target of both the Cooper Gang (echoing an achievement of Conner Cooper's) and another, hastily-assembled criminal gang. Nick and Judy aid Carmelita in protecting the diamond, while learning more about the Cooper Gang and resolving their own friction

Summer 2008-Autumn 2009

Having forged a strong bond in their week working together, Nick and Carmelita maintain a long-distance friendship

October 2009

Sly and the Gang attempt to finally apprehend Penelope, but the attempt fails badly and they, in desperation, take three separate "vacations". Sly travels to Zootopia, where Judy is happy to see him and Nick is not. However, mere hours after Sly's arrival, a non-living entity targets Nick and implicates him in a gruesome murder

December 3rd, 2009

To the shock of the world, particularly the Cooper Gang and Carmelita, Clockwerk attacks Zootopia in broad daylight. They, Nick and Judy, and young pilot James "Fox" McCloud Jnr. race to resolve the situation before more blood is spilled

2011 (Alpha Timeline)/2018 (Mu Timeline)/2017 (Rho Timeline)/201x (??? Timeline)

Sly, Carmelita, Nick and Judy share an enjoyable evening

2011

Beatrice Zoe "B" Fox-Cooper is born to Sly Cooper and Carmelita Montoya Fox IT: Sly and Carmelita, assisted by Bentley and Murray, handle a job in Madagascar

2012

IT: Sly and Carmelita have their first out-of-the-house date as new parents

20xx (Delta timeline)

Sly journeys into the mythical Kingdom of Monsters and steals the crown of its ruler. He and Carmelita, who naturally followed him, are beset by the Royal Guard

2017 (Mu timeline)

During an undercover operation, Nick and Judy run into Sly, also in disguise. Judy handles the objective while Nick and Sly distract their host, and each other

2022

Sly and Carmelita, raising their daughter in a quiet North American town, are attacked by Elyna, a half-clone of Neyla using Sly's DNA as the 'father'. IT: Sly and Carmelita discuss vacationing to Paris with their two daughters The last point on the main timeline, and the perfect place to conclude this post

2022 (Dreamworks timeline)

Carmelita investigates a recent major crime in Los Angeles, taking her concerns directly to Governor Diane Foxington. The little details, they bother her

[inspector-montoya-fox]

Let’s talk about Sexual Frustration as Dr M’s real motive

Ok this a big one but if there’s one thing i love about my degree is watching movies and reading books and then just saying that the reason the characters act the way they do is because they’re gay. I 100% think Dr Michael falls into that category.

Y’all have changed my mind about ConnEr like i’ve genuinely garnered so much hate for him at this point that it even extends to Sly. He is truly ConnEr’s son in some regards: in the way he treats his teammates and how he operates, or how his thrill-seeking stunts come at the expense of others’ frustration or worry. If we’re going by Dr Mauricio’s dialogue (with literally everyone), all these negative aspects must’ve come from ConnEr surely. Although we never meet ConnEr, Sly, as a reflection, is an indication of what he was like.

With that being established, let’s use Sly and Bentley’s dynamic in Sly 3 as a parallel to ConnEr and Dr Matthew: ConnEr is a dashing suave young man who assembles a band of thieves to help with his heists but little does he know one of them has a crush on him. In Matthew’s eyes, ConnEr is a form of masculinity he could never have. Just like Arpeggio, he’s a puny nerd with limited physical prowess. He relies on brains rather than brawn and that’s not appreciated in society. On the subject of society, I’m assuming at the time ConnEr’s gang was operating, Matthew coming out wouldn’t really be an option.

Dr Mario’s limited physical abilities and outcast status (which probably led him to a life of crime in the first place) leads to a romanticized “invasion of the bodysnatchers” moment, where he wants ConnEr in order to satisfy his frustrations. It’s territorial in its psychological root. If ConnEr was his boo he would do anything for him, especially the tasks that seem impossible to someone with Mario’s body. It’s the “nerd wants jock” archetype. Taking it a step further, Mario probably liked being neglected by ConnEr, in a submissive bottom way (even though, deep down, he always wanted to top ConnEr to really drive home the territorial aspect. I mean... why else would he spend so many years of his life trying to drill the Cooper hole Vault). ahem Yes, Mario enjoyed playing second fiddle to ConnEr because as long as ConnEr was the strong alpha male who led his team, it kept the dream real. Why else would Mario stay in the team? He longed for the heists that had him work closely with ConnEr, and ConnEr being the aloof idiot that he was never even considered the possibility that Mario wanted him.

It’s not until Sly’s mom entered the scene that Dr Mahershala really started losing his shit. She was the monkeywrench (lol) to his gay plans because she had him face the facts: that ConnEr never gave a shit about his teammates, that the crush was one-sided, and, worst of all, that ConnEr now belonged to someone else. The metaphorical ownership ceased and Mahershala must’ve been pissed to say the least. His pent-up sexual desires led to anger no doubt and that must’ve been the point in the timeline when the gang started breaking up. I’d even suggest that once ConnEr started dating Sly’s mom and things started getting serious between them, Mahershala came out to him and received backlash. Or, if we’re dead-set on painting ConnEr as the bad guy, he knocked up Sly’s mom and couldn’t get out of marriage, which drove Mahershala over the edge. If Mahershala confessed his true feelings in a desperate last attempt, ConnEr would have 100% shun him, rejected him and shamed him. That encounter could be the last encounter before ConnEr chose the domestic life, leaving Mahershala and McSweeney behind. Those two didn’t really mesh so everyone went their separate ways and Mahershala was so angry at how things turned out that his eternal grudge was born. Acquiring the deed to Kaine Island was like how some people steal underwear as a souvenir.

Flash-forward to the current timeline when he sees Sly trying to break into the Vault. To Dr Murphy, Sly is the living reminder that the love of his life chose someone else over him, the child of a man he loved and a woman he loathed. So, the immediate response is undoubtedly: destroy. Murphy sees himself in Bentley and tries to warn him without revealing too much because the pain of being rejected by ConnEr for being gay is too much to relive. The trauma that must’ve caused probably led to him not coming out to anyone else ever. He doesn’t want Bentley to repeat the past but Bentley’s doing his own thing or whatever the fuck. Then, when Murphy goes head-to-head with Murray, it’s clear that his grudge had him try to gain ConnEr’s physical prowess to fulfill those aforementioned desires. If ConnEr couldn’t satiate his weak body, he’d work out and become as tough as him. I mean, by the time Dr Murphy faces Sly and the Gang, he’s all three members combined: the brains he always had, McSweeney’s strength and ConnEr’s alpha masculinity. But even after acquiring that form of masculinity, he realised that in the end what he really wanted was ConnEr himself and nothing could ever fill that void.

Depending on the angle you see it (but also considering that now in my 3rd year of uni i’ve become an expert in slapping labels on fictional characters), we could even say that Bentley’s inner turmoil following A Flight of Fancy is pretty fruity. He’s not jealous that Penelope wants Sly instead of him, he’s mad that Penelope is out to steal his man. All he wants is for his shell’s holes to be filled ok i’m done now

[writingquestionsanswered]

Hi! Do you have any tip choosing a group name? All the ones I can think about sounds stupid. I really want a group name for muy main characters. Thank you.

Choosing a Group Name

The answer depends on what kind of group it is.

Is it a big group or a small group? A formal group or an informal group? Is it a Team Good group or a Team Bad group? Is it a group based around a business, service, or industry? Is it a social group? Is it a philanthropic group?

Group Synonyms for Social Groups

group, cortege, gang, association, band, crowd, faction, circle, society, bunch, clique, crew, league, lot, pack, coterie, platoon, posse, set, club, clan, retinue, cortege, entourage, squad, troupe, peeps. Also: boys, boyz, girls, girlz, guys, ladies, gents, folks, kin, kids, etc. You could also use any collective name, like idiots, nutters, geeks, nerds...

If it's a business or corporation, my guide to Naming a Fictional Business or Corporation might help.

Otherwise, Group Synonyms for Business/Organizational Groups:

group, association, faction, society, league, club, federation, guild, league, alliance, coalition, confederation, fellowship, fraternity, consortium, syndicate, company, union, team, community, assembly, order, organization, cooperative, institute

Now, look for a word that will go with one of the above synonyms. Let's say we're trying to come up with a name for a group of friends who go to Seaside High School in a town called Nanover, in an area called "the bight." Their town mascot is a seagull, and as a social thing, they all drive red cars.

They could be known as...

The Seaside (Group, Gang, Circle, Girls, Society...)

Seaside (Girls, Boys, Kids, Peeps...)

The Seaside Gulls

The Gull Gang, The Gull Squad, The Gull Guys

The Bight Bunch, The Bight Boys, The Bight Band

The Nanover Nerds

The Red Ride Crew

You can also look at shared hobbies, jobs, or events. The B-Ball Bunch, the Paris Pack, The Homecoming Club, The Cinema Crew

Play around with things. List out common elements among this group and try them out with different synonyms. See what works!

You can also try the Fantasy Name Generators site to see if it offers anything that works.

Good luck!

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[brokehorrorfan]

Walter Hill's 1979 cult classic The Warriors is being turned into a cooperative survival board game. The Warriors: Come Out to Play is due out in January 2020 via Funko Games with a $24.99 retail price.

Designed by Prospero Hall, the game includes eight Warriors mover pieces and seven sculpted gang leader miniatures (Furies, Lizzies, Turnbull AC's, Hi-Hats, Punks, Rogues), along with five dice, 20 tiles, 1000 cards, 21 tokens, a game board, and instructions.

2-4 players play as members of The Warriors as they navigate New York City to survive the night. Game play is approximately 45 minutes. Additional details can be found below.

No place to run to, baby. No place to hide! The roughest and toughest gangs of New York have assembled at a midnight summit when Cyrus, leader of the powerful Gramercy Riffs, is murdered! Everyone wrongly thinks you, the Warriors, are to blame, which means every gang in the city is gunning for you as you try to make your way back to your home turf of Coney Island! In this rowdy, cooperative strategy game, you’ll need to watch each other’s backs to navigate the dangerous streets and subways of New York, dodge rival gangs, and maintain your rep. Make it back to Coney Island and show the Gramercy Riffs you’ve been framed to prove the Warriors are not just good but are the best the best! Can you dig it?

Pre-order The Warriors: Come Out to Play.

[heytherejulietx]

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the rumble of the motorcycle underneath her was normal. the cool leather of her jacket against her skin was normal. the pressure of the helmet against her ears was normal. what wasn’t normal, was parking her bike in front of riverdale high in the north side. as much as she somewhat cared about her education, she’d much rather go to school literally anywhere else.

fuck this.

betty unclipped the clasp from underneath her chin and took her helmet off, shaking her head a little to loosen up her hair as she hung the helmet over the handlebars. she straightened up her jacket before she swung her leg over the bike to stand up, sighing as she looked up at the school.

for the town with pep this was probably the peppiest place that riverdale had to offer. riddled with annoying cheerleaders and noisy jocks and everything that betty pretty much despised about high school. at least at south-side high, everyone was too worried about getting stoned to bother her. now she actually had to face people. gross.

“cooper!”

betty turned her head, and leaned back against her bike as she spotted sweet pea walking over towards her, toni and fangs following shortly behind him. they were probably just about the only people she could actually tolerate. on a good day, anyways. sweet pea tended to get annoying a lot. although she had stayed at his place for the past few nights, which she appreciated. anything to get away from her trailer.

“you guys better get your pep on.” betty commented as they walked over and fangs snorted.

“can’t believe we actually have to go here, it’s bullshit.” sweet pea rolled his eyes and dropped the cigarette he was smoking on the ground, stepping on it afterwards.

“bullshit we’ll only have to put up with until we graduate.” betty pointed out as she pushed herself up from her bike, glancing over at the school with a sigh.

riverdale high was a completely different experience from south-side high. as soon as they walked in betty could see that, even just in the air. it was clean, and didn’t smell like weed. at least they wouldn’t be second hand smoking all day. it looked like it had just been renovated, honestly. none of the lights flickered constantly. the floor looked like it had been polished five seconds ago. none of the lockers had dents in or had been spray painted. and all of the students looked so… pristine. honestly, they looked like they were all about to walk into the set of some dumb teen drama. it was a joke.

everyone was looking at them strangely as they walked through the school. betty could feel them burning holes into the side of her head as she walked past, and she had to roll her eyes. it was like they had never seen other people before. before they could even get to the end of the first corridor the intercom crackled to life, and a voice traveled through the building. “will all new transfer students please come to the main hall.”

great. an assembly just for them.

“ten dollars we spend the next half an hour being told the dangers of gang activity in school.” toni scoffed, and betty chuckled as she looped her arm through the pink haired girl’s.

“i bet so.” betty nodded, catching the blue eyes of a boy staring at her down the hallway before she carried on to the main hall. she didn’t know where it was, though sweet pea seemed to have an idea of where it was so she just followed him.

toni was right, of course. they were lectured on all sorts of things for thirty minutes; drug use, fighting, weapons, even the indoctrination of other students into the gang. they had to be joking by the end. and if they weren’t then sweet pea and fangs must’ve been laughing over nothing. betty just wanted nothing more than to start her lessons and let the day go by as quickly as possible. as much as the south-side was a shit hole, she much preferred it to the north. at least there she wouldn’t be judged on her shitty life, and she could live said shitty life in peace.

when the principal had finally let them go, under a final warning to “behave like proud students of this school” she took a beeline for the exit and left quickly, promising to catch up with her friends at lunch. during the assembly of mostly patronising nonsense, something had caught her attention; the blue and gold, which was the school’s newspaper. when it had first been introduced, betty had run the red and black for a while, though with the lack of funding and minimal interest that students had in it betty stopped after a few months. though the blue and gold seemed promising, and maybe it would help make her experience at riverdale high a little more bearable.

when betty had finally found it’s office after five minutes of looking (seriously, this school was huge) she pushed the door open and stepped inside, honestly a little disappointed that someone else was there. she had been looking forward to spending her time there alone. the boy sat in the office turned to look at her, and she briefly remembered meeting his gaze earlier when he was staring at her.

sheesh, he looked like he was full of enough pep alright. the boy was almost too pristine. he was probably the epitome of “small town boy“, with a shirt and round-neck sweater, polished shoes, and small riverdale high badge pinned to his bag which sat on the desk. the only thing that stuck out was a grey beanie that sat atop his head, though even that screamed soft. he was adorable.

“oh, hi,” he smiled, obviously surprised to see her there. “what can i- how can i help?”

“your dumb principle mentioned the blue and gold being open to new members,” the boy blinked at her, obviously taken aback. though whether it was about the name-calling to the principal or her willingness to join the newspaper that she was uncertain of. “i’m interested.”

“oh,” he seemed to come to after a moment, and a smile covered his once bewildered expression. “great. yes. we’d gladly have you,” he nodded and stood up from his seat.

shit, she’d underestimated how tall he was. at least he had one thing going. he must’ve been six foot tall at least, and when he stepped out towards her she had to tilt her head up to look at him. at least he wasn’t as tall as sweet pea.

he held his hand out and smiled again. “nice to meet you.”

betty stared at him for a moment before she gripped his hand in return and shook it for a moment. “right. likewise.”

when she had pulled her hand away the boy nodded, and he opened his mouth to say something, though the bell ringing for the next class got to it first and cut him off.

“oh, well i’ll see you soon to sort out what times you can be here?” the boy asked, and betty nodded as she headed to the door.

“hey white collar?” she called back to him as she swung the door open, and his blue eyes met hers again across the room. “what’s your name?”

“jughead,” he responded after a moment, and if he was embarrassed at her entertained smile at his answer he didn’t show it. “what’s yours?”

“betty cooper.” she told him, and before he could say anything else she stepped out of the office and shut the door behind her. that was enough social interaction for one day, even if she’d be working with jughead every day now.

-

“so, what, you’re going to be working with her? alone?” veronica gasped, as she leaned across the table towards jughead. “what if she, like, has a knife on her or something? oh my god, what if she had drugs-“

“veronica, i highly doubt she has drugs.” jughead shook his head as he took another bite of his apple. the way that people were reacting to the south-side high students was mostly irrational, and it was getting a little annoying. he’d had to listen to reggie ranting about how he thought that one of the new students was going to kill him for an hour in his english class.

“some of them do. aren’t they all drug dealers? they’re in a gang.” she pointed out with a huff.

“none of them would be dumb enough to actually bring their drugs into school, even for lowlifes like themselves.” cheryl piped in from beside veronica. jughead wasn’t particularly friends with the redhead, but he tolerated her for veronica’s sake as they were on the cheer team together.

jughead found himself looking past the girls as veronica carried on about drugs, and found betty sat across the room. she was sat with another girl with pink hair, and two guys - one of them taller than the other. all four of them were wearing those gang jackets, though he could see the snake symbol from the jacket on the taller guy’s neck.

jughead didn’t believe that betty was dangerous by any means, but he was a little worried. there were a lot of rumours surrounding the south-side serpents, and it was hard to distinguish gossip from actual facts. were they really drug dealers? did they actually carry weapons on them? did the big guy sat next to betty actually kill someone? okay, jughead was less inclined to believe that one as it had come from reggie, but still. he was unsure on the situation, but there was nothing any of them could do. they’d just have to stick it out.

the rest of the day passed relatively quickly. in history jughead had to listen to a few cheerleaders giggling and fangirling over the taller serpent who had sat in front of them, and then in biology he had to put up with another thousand questions from veronica, though as soon as the bell went he managed to escape and headed to his locker quickly. as he was packing up his things betty passed him in the hallway with the tall guy again, and he couldn’t help but wonder if they were dating.

jughead closed his locker as he shrugged his bag onto his shoulders before he made his way out of the building, and put his headphones in for the walk home. he took the long way back to his house, putting off what he knew was coming. his dad had been more annoyed by the south-side high students joining the school than anybody in his class, and he knew when he got home he’d have to hear it all over again. jughead had decided to not tell him about betty, at least not yet. he didn’t want to give his dad an aneurism or something.

his father’s car was in the driveway when he got home and jughead frowned as he unlocked the front door. he had been hoping that fp would be out of the house for whatever reason, so he could avoid the bombard of questions that was sure to come and just escape upstairs to his bedroom.

“jug? that you?” he heard from the kitchen, and jughead rolled his eyes as he shrugged his coat off. no, he wanted to say, it’s a stranger who somehow has a set of keys to the house.

though instead he called out “yeah.” and walked through to the kitchen, where he found his father sat at the table surrounded by paperwork and his laptop.

“those students all in school todsy, then?” fp asked, and jughead sighed as he took off his bag and went over to the fridge to get a drink.

“yeah, they’re all-“

“they didn’t give you any trouble, did they?”

jughead clenched his jaw and willed himself not to snap at his dad. of course they didn’t, they weren’t monsters, they were still people, no matter where they came from. he couldn’t understand why that thought was so hard for people to grasp.

“no, it was all fine.” he forced a smile as he turned to face his dad, and met his eyes in his reflection of the laptop screen.

“good, just don’t get too close to any of them. god knows what they all get up to.” fp scoffed, and jughead gripped the bottle in his hand tighter as he took a drink from it. they went through all of this yesterday. and the day before. and the day before that. and every day since it had been announced that the schools were merging.

“i’m going upstairs. i have homework.” jughead excused himself to get away from the conversation, and he watched as fp nodded before he grabbed his bag and headed for the stairs, escaping from the lecture that he was sure fp would finish at dinner anyways.

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Oooh a strongly worded letter from a cat!

Okay, so I had this idea where Toffee airs her grievances to Betty in the form of a letter. There's not much in the file, just some notes/bullets. Here they are:

-Toffee is unhappy with the management/staff/Betty.

-She's particularly miffed that Betty left her in the care of Glen. Toffee doesn't like Glen. He's not mean to her or whatever, he just sucks.

-Toffee somehow got out for a period of time (two weeks? a month? who knows? it's Riverdale so it doesn't matter). Maybe Glen/Betty didn't know she had a trick to get out. Or Glen's just dumb and left the door/window open.

-She braved the woods around Quantico (are there woods around Quantico?).

-Either she's smart and adapted quickly, or this was not the first time she went rogue in the woods for a period of time without Betty's knowledge (i think i like second option better).

-She joined a gang of cats and they did things (not sure what or whether they were for good, evil, or somewhere in between). She quickly ascended to a leadership position.

-She eventually came back to the apartment or somehow returned to Betty (maybe someone found her and ran her chip?).

-She's now stuck in Riverdale. She thinks this is the least desirable situation she's been in yet since meeting Betty.

-Complains about Riverdale, the Cooper household, the neighbors, the food, the Chicles wedding, etc.

-Maybe it's the letter she leaves Betty before fucking off to the woods/the bunker for awhile. (Maybe she's going to assemble a new gang of cats and they take on crime/wild dogs/mothmen?).

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Darken

Summary: Jughead/Reader Request: Jughead goes to dark side when he join the Serpents? Maybe he get jealous?

You’re trying your best not to fall asleep in class but it’s too boring to bother staying awake and you’re being blocked by some bulldog so you don’t bother hiding as the teacher can’t see you. “Y/N. You okay?” Veronica asks and you nod. “Yeah just had to get up early for Vixen practice; since I live farther away; I forgot how exhausting it is to adjust.” “Hopefully it won’t be long. You’re still up for the welcoming committee tomorrow right?” You grin nodding. “Of course; can’t have the southsider’s thinking we’re all like Cheryl now can we.” In truth you’re dreading it; you don’t want to expose yourself as a southsider and you know the Serpent’s will; they won’t understand the precarious position you’ve built yourself into.

You can see the surprise on Toni and Fang’s face and you put your finger to your lips and they nod a fraction; you can see Fangs explain to Sweet Pea and Toni is talking to Jughead; FP Jones’s kid; you heard he was the reason Southside High had gotten shut down and you can’t help but wonder how he managed that; the Ghoulies had bombed it before you’d left and that still hadn’t gotten it shut down. You can tell he’s watching you; you wonder if he recognises you from the Wyrm; or the trailer park. He doesn’t say anything and you decide he doesn’t recognise you at all. This is proven wrong when he approaches you at lunch. “Y/N; what’re you doing here?”

‘Same as you, got transferred with the rest of southside high.” “You weren’t in when I went for the past week.” “It was like four days; ever heard of skipping?” You laugh when he grins. “I’ve heard of it; but we both know you’ve been going here for years.” “Oh you noticed me?” You roll your eyes when he grins and nods. “Course; pretty snake like you in a dog pound; you always notice what’s different.” “Different isn’t good here; gets you killed.” “You saying you’ve been killed?” He laughs and you smirk. “I haven’t been exposed yet; so I haven’t but you and the rest of the Serpents; that could be a threat.” He stands leaning over you. “You think of me, your leader as a threat?” “To my safety at school; yes, to my position in the Vixen’s; yes. You’re dangerous socially to me.” “Not physically?” “You wouldn’t hurt something you care about.” You grin and he smirks showing his teeth.

“You think I care for you?” “You would have exposed me if you didn’t.” He shrugs turning slightly and you catch the other Serpents hesitating as they walk in. “We interrupting?” “No; we were going to Pop’s you want anything?” You follow Jughead after he gets everyone’s orders. “So?” “We’ll be back with their lunch; but first.” He grins as a shake is set between you both. “Splitting a shake? Isn’t this something Cooper would do with you?” “She had some good ideas.” “Some?” You tilt your head and he doesn’t explain farther. “I was thinking of going on a scouting mission; just something for us to keep and eye on the Ghoulies.” “Sounds fun; when do we leave.”

You meet him by his bike at midnight and as you swing around it; hands gripping his waist you wonder how exactly he’s planning to not get caught. “Go along with whatever I do; understand?” You nod as he drags you around the street and back towards the forest that backs up on the house of the dead. “So what’s-“ He cuts you off kissing you; pulling back to mumble into your ear. “If we make enough noise they’ll come running; we can see how many they have guarding this place.” “So what we fake being to northsider’s hooking up? You really think they’re going to buy that?” You snake your arm around his shoulders.

“If we make it believable.” He winks and you laugh pulling him down for a kiss. The ghoulies show up five minutes after Jughead complains you’re not being loud enough and you quip back he’s not doing a good enough job. “What the- god dammit; fucking Northsiders. Get lost. This isn’t a stupid haunted house for you to fuck in and then gloat to your friends.” You try not to laugh at the Ghoulies grumbling and as you gather your clothes you count six extra’s hovering by the sides of the house. “So that went well. I counted seventeen in total.” You grin when Jughead pushes a shake over towards you. “Good job.” He grumbles and you frown. “Are you upset cause you didn’t get to fight or cause you missed out on getting this.” You drag your hands down your body laughing and joking watching as he glares. “They were staring.”

“Well yeah; they’re guys; I was half dressed. What did you expect?” “For it not to bother me.” He hisses and you wait for him to explain the joke. “Oh; it actually bothers you?” “Yeah you’re; you’re a serpent.” “What were you going to say? You changed it.” “Nothing. I didn’t change it.” You arch and eyebrow and nod to him. “Mine; you’re mine.” “And? That doesn’t change the fact they’re guys; they’re still going to stare.” You pull your shake over.

You’re confused when everyone stares at you when you walk in. Toni laughs when you ask what’s going on. “Really Y/N? You have no clue?” “Apparently Jones went on a rampage last night, two ghoulies ended up in the hospital and whenever his dad; who was pissed; asked why he said it was cause of you. Fangs and Sweet Pea overheard and they told Joaquin and Kevin who told Cheryl and Betty. Betty printed out an article about the dangers of gang violence and now Weatherbee is calling an emergency assembly to talk to us about it. We might have to give up out jackets. What happened between yesterday and this morning?” “Jones called me for a scouting mission and a couple of the Ghoulies got too close so we had to bolt.” It’s not a lie you think and Toni nods. “That’s what Jones said but like hell if his dad believed him; so it’s good it’s the truth.” You grin nodding as you and the rest of the Serpent’s file into the school gym.

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