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The Mayor's Daughter and the Outlaw

Summary: After ten years, you've finally got your shot at your revenge. You've found the Hero. You have him in your sights.

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Pull the trigger.

You’ve worked too hard not to pull the trigger. The sweat, blood and tears you’ve shed have been the least you’ve given to be here. The air is crisp and clean nearly a hundred feet up in a pine tree overlooking a remote forest. You’re probably the only person in the world capable of spotting the brown, camouflaged building spanning the length of the small river running through the valley. There’s a hologram of the river it’s covering playing over the building’s walls. Hell, there are even birds flicking occasionally across the illusion, not often enough to draw attention, but just often enough their movement sends your eyes darting to other trees, trying to find where they went.

You breathe in the scent of sun-heated sap so slowly that it takes a solid minute for your lungs to expand. Your pupils flex and adjust whenever the wind rocks your tree. The window you’ve been staring at for the past hour remains in your focus.

The Sun, hair just as fake-gold as it was ten years ago, sleeps on. He’s definitely older now that you can see him in real life instead of on magazine covers or under studio lights. The skin of his neck is loose and folded under the weight of his chin drooping towards his chest. His eyes flicker under his eyelids. The bastard still has the audacity to dream. His arms are crossed over the sun motif emblazoned across his breastplate, his dust-covered boots kicked up on his desk so you can see how worn the soles are. Judging by the way his lips tremble, he’s snoring.

Pull the trigger.

You exhale. This is when you should do it. When your shoulders drop and the wind dies so that, for a moment, the world stands still. There are no whispers across the canopy. Every bough is frozen. The reflection of the sun in the river is overcome by a well-timed cloud and the Sun’s head tilts back to expose the long line of his throat.

The trigger presses back against your finger like an eager puppy. There’s nothing special about the bullets, nothing special about this gun. It’s not the right weapon for what you’re asking it to do, but you’ve had longer and harder shots. You know that you’ll shoot true and the confidence steadies your hand even more. You smoothly pull--

If you kill a Hero, there’s no going back.

Your pupils dilate at the memory. For a moment you don’t see the Sun; you see her with her face burned as red as her prom dress. You try to dispel the image, try to remember that she didn’t die in her prom dress, but it’s too late.

I want you to live, Elian.

You’re suddenly aware of how your lungs ache and your legs burn from the way they’re wrapped around the tree and the bark is digging into your cheek and your fingers are like ice on the trigger. You’re out in the middle of nowhere. This is the Sun’s private residence. The security must be insane even if there doesn’t seem to be anyone else around. What’s your exit strategy again? Your thoughts scatter as her voice rings through your head again.

More than anything, I want you to live.

-------Ten years ago----

You’re what the heroes tactfully call a nuisance. A juvenile delinquent with powers, aka a kid that the police aren’t equipped to handle and the local Hero chapter is too overqualified and too understaffed to address often.

 Your moral compass has never had a true north and it only gets worse the more your powers develop. Soon you aren’t just stealing your mom’s car – you’re stealing the neighbor’s and then the neighbor’s neighbor’s and then the neighbor’s neighbor’s neighbor’s until you’re breaking into houses at the top of the hill and joyriding in a car worth more than your entire neighborhood together.

You find out pretty quickly that the heroes care a lot more when money is involved.

You spend your first night in jail after getting chased for three hours in a neon green lambo by the four heroes packed like sardines in a standard issue SUV. It’s laughably easy to out-drive them, choking around corners and careening down alleys that you scouted in the afternoon. Honestly, it would have been easy to get away, but your mom called just as the tank hit empty, asking when you were coming home.  You decided to give the heroes a break before they decided to play too rough with a minor.

Mom isn’t thrilled when you tell her you won’t be home in time for school tomorrow.

You kind of expect to be sent to prison the next day when you find out just whose car you stole. The Mayor’s daughter’s car, bought new for her seventeenth birthday a month ago. There are two open secrets about the mayor. One, he’s probably one of the heroes that protect the city judging from how much he praises them every time there’s a mic nearby. Two, he loves his daughter more than anything else.

So when you’re released the next day with a slap on the wrist? Yeah, you’re surprised.

When you’re released the next day to find the golden-haired, blue-eyed Mayor’s daughter waiting outside? Having just bailed you out?

You feel fear for the first time.

“You could have at least crashed it,” she says when she notices you gaping at her from the end of the parking lot. She’s leaning against the hood of a black SUV that looks a lot like the one the heroes chased you in last night. She waves a hand in the air. “Dad says the dents you put in the side will be out by tomorrow.”

Fear, apparently, makes you snarky. “What, you wanted to spend another week getting chauffeured by a hero?”

Her brows jerk up towards her hairline. She throws a glance over her shoulder. “You seeing ghosts? Nobody’s in there. I drove myself.”

“Good for you,” you say. You think you smell. They didn’t give you access to a shower last night. You’re upwind from her and damnit why are you embarrassed if you smell or not? Your chin jerks forward in a challenge. “You gonna give me a ride back home?”

You’re joking, but she nods like it was the plan all along. “Let’s go.”

Is that an answering challenge in her words? Your teeth grind as you force yourself forward. “Very kind of you,” you chirp, swinging up into the passenger seat. The car smells like leather and justice. “Just drop me off on the other side of the train tracks. I can find my way home from there.”

She snorts. “Is that a Footloose reference? Very dated.”

You stare at her profile. “…No. I literally live on the other side of the tracks.”

She flushes. “Right. Well…I’m not dropping you off yet. I want to talk first.”

The doors are locked. You swallow as she carefully pulls out of the parking lot and then guns it into the road without looking. Luckily, no one’s there. “Talk? About what?”

“About how you’re going to steal my car again,” she says. “And this time you’re going to crash it right.”

“You hate the color that much?” you joke.

Her tone is not joking. “You have no idea.”

You don’t find out her name until dinner when your mom’s managed to entice her into a third slice of homemade pizza. She stares down at the slice while your mom waves for you not to stay up too late before going to bed early. Gamely, you’re already on your fifth helping. Criminal activity takes a lot of energy.

“Does your mom know who I am?” she asks.

“Like, in theory,” you say. You’re full and warm as you lean into the hard wooden back of your chair. Mom added olives to your side of the pizza. “She probably doesn’t know you’re the Mayor’s daughter though. Just that he has one.”

“The Mayor…right,” she says. Her jaw firms. She flicks some olives off her pizza and then eats half the slice in one bite. “I’m Gina.”

“Elian,” you say instead of No, you’re the Mayor’s Daughter. You refill her soda cup before your own, just to show her you can be fancy and have manners too. She’s so out of place in your family’s one bedroom apartment. Her shirt is crisp and white, her gold necklace so shiny, that it’s like there’s a sepia filter over the eggshell walls and oak cabinets. “Sprite. Only the finest for the lady who bailed me out.”

“I’m thinking you can take my car next weekend,” Gina says so abruptly you nearly spit out your soda. There’s a hard light in her eyes. “Dad’s out of town for…business. He won’t notice for a few days. You take it, you get out of the city, you drive it off a cliff once you’ve wrecked it doing donuts or whatever.”

“A cliff?” You know exactly where she’s talking about. There’s an abandoned quarry about an hour outside of town. You shake your head. “That’s where people dump bodies. No way am I going out there.”

“They find bodies there because it’s outside of Hero Force’s patrol,” Gina says. She waves her hands in the air so the yellow light from the inset ceiling lights catches on her golden manicure. “If you think about it, it’s the best place to dump a car. Especially when the heroes are going to be out of town.”

You stare at her. “Did you just admit your dad is part of Hero Force?”

Her eyes skitter away from yours. “No.”

“Your dad is out of town next weekend.”

“Yes.”

“And the heroes?”

“Maybe they’re traveling together.”

“I don’t think anyone is supposed to know when the heroes are going to be out of town. Isn’t that like a national secret, or something?”

“We’re not a big enough chapter for it to be a national secret,” she denies. She bites her lip. “Probably a state secret though.”

You stand and your chair chatters against the linoleum. “No. Absolutely not.” It’s time for Ms. Mayor’s Daughter to leave.

She scrambles up after you, following you into the living room. “Why not?! You already mess with the heroes. Weren’t you the one who kept breaking into the mall on a motorcycle? You hijacked one of their delivery trucks a month ago—”

“A food delivery truck,” you say. “Which was more of a commentary about the city’s investment in Hero Force luxury rather than after school programs—” You bite your tongue. You spin so that the couch stays between you. You glance at your mom’s closed door and consciously lower your voice. “How do you even know that?”

“I’ve been watching you,” she says. She laughs without humor, dragging one hand through her golden hair. “Sometimes living in this town is like being in a simulation. We have four A-class heroes for a population of 30,000 and everybody loves them. Nobody thinks it’s strange to have walking nukes in a small town. They love my dad. Did you know no one’s even run against him for the past two elections? It doesn’t matter what he does. He owns this place and these people. He has – could commit murder and it would be justified. People would think it would be justice.”

“He loves you,” you say weakly. Isn’t four heroes a pretty normal number? Sure, the ones in your town are big names, but that’s not weird.

Is it?

“He loves me so he gets to be a tyrant?” Gina scoffs. “If he’s even capable of love.”

“I’m not going to mess around with heroes’ civilian identities just because you’ve got daddy issues,” you say. When hurt flashes across her face, you wince. “Sorry. But it’s one thing to mess with heroes in masks, okay? Messing with a hero’s family—”

“You didn’t seem to have a problem when you were stealing my car the other night.”

“That was before I knew your dad was Mr. Solve or whatever—”

“The Sun,” Gina says.

“What?”

“My dad’s the Sun.”

“That,” you say, “is so much worse. Didn’t he burn some minor villain’s eyes out last week?”

“Yes,” Gina says. Her mouth twists. “The guy got off easy compared to some others.”

You stare at her, momentarily speechless. “And you wonder why I’m not going to antagonize the guy?”

“But you already do,” Gina says. Her eyes are glinting. She looks so out of place against the dim interior of your home, a radiant girl dressed all in white and gold. She rounds the couch and snatches up one of your hands between two of her own. “Everyone else loves my dad. Except you. My entire life, and you’re the only one who dares to make—make statements about Hero Force consumption by stealing their deliveries or make the heroes chase you around an abandoned mall on foot like regular people. You challenge them, Elian. All I’m asking is that you do it again.”

“That sounds like a lot more than just crashing your car,” you say. Your voice sounds very far away. You never thought of your actions as so noble. There’s a tingling in your stomach that you’ve never felt before and your hand is so warm. She sees you. You shake the fantasy out of your head. “I—look. I’m flattered, but I’m not your guy. The heroes know my face. It’s only a matter of time before I get sent to whatever detention super-powered kids get sent to. I have to graduate high school.”

Rather than discourage her, Gina presses closer. “What if I told you there’s a way to do both?”

Her closeness fogs your brain. “Both?”

“Take the heroes down a notch and maintain your identity,” she says. She releases you and whirls to get her purse off the couch. “I can help you. We can train so that the heroes never recognize the new you. You can use your powers in new ways. And you can wear this.”

She thrusts a piece of chewed leather into your hands. A mask.

“I’m thinking,” she says, “we call you Outlaw.”

------ Now ----

You can’t shoot. Night is falling by the time you admit it to yourself. You press your back against the rough bark of the tree and stare up at the first stars. You cradle your gun in your hands.

The bloodlust is still there. You aren’t a fair lily incapable of staining your petals red (as red as her). So why can’t you pull the trigger? Because of her ghost? Her last message to you?

If you kill a Hero, there’s no going back. More than anything, I want you to live, Elian.

You grind your teeth. Easy for her to say. The dying never have to feel the weight of consequence. They can just say whatever the fuck they want.

You aren’t thinking when you climb down the tree. Your powers give you a lot of things – speed and healing, an instinct for the outdoors, and excellent eyesight. You don’t need to look to find one branch and another, dropping to the forest floor in ten-foot increments. By the time your boots hit the ground, you know what the problem is.

Unlike your other kills, this one is personal. It was never going to be enough just to see him dead. You need him to know why you’ve got him in your sights.

The Sun is an old school hero. The traps you were so afraid of are predictable, turns out. You pick your way around bear traps and landmines, sharp eyes easily picking out silver trip wire when it glints in the moonlight. There are cameras, but there’s likely only one person with access. In the past ten years of following the Sun, you’ve learned two things about him.

One, he’ll kill the things he loves before he loses them.

Two, he doesn’t trust anyone but himself.

You get to the building inside of an hour. The first floor is hidden by steel shutters and there’s no light peeking out from behind them. The second floor window where he’d been sleeping for most of the day shines with the faint blue glow of a television.

The front door looks like a bank’s with how thick it is. There’s a keypad and a biometric scanner you don’t have a prayer of hacking.

That’s okay. You’ve already seen your way in.

You climb up the nearest pine tree. The Sun likes to think of himself as a competent hero, but too many mayoral kickbacks over the years made him soft. He surrounded himself with powerful heroes and never once struggled to win. Because of that, he’s missing some caution and common sense. The building’s first floor is locked up tight, but the windows on the second are regular glass.

And he hasn’t trimmed the tree line back far enough.

You fire your first shot of the night into his empty desk chair, exactly where his chest had been hours earlier. Immediately a siren sounds, and the TV glow coming through the office’s open door is consumed by bright light. You run two steps and then leap, neatly flipping through the empty window frame. Your boots slide for a moment on the broken glass and you catch yourself on the edge of his desk. There are medical papers scattered across it, prescriptions and diagrams of the face and eyes and heart.

You chew your cheek at the sight of a pill bottle. There had been rumors that the Sun is sick with his own radiation poisoning. It’s good you’re here before nature runs its course.

The siren wails for another beat before dying. The silence rings. Your heartbeat picks up as your ears strain to hear if anyone’s coming to meet you. Strange. The Sun had to have been the one who shut off the alarm.

So where is he?

You hold your gun out in front of you and check your mask. The Sun knows who you are by now, but you want him to see the mask she gave you. The handsewn leather, patched more times than you can count, is recycled from one of his old leather jackets. It feels oddly poetic to be dressed in the first iteration of your costume, cowboy hat tipped back and a biker vest embroidered with the name she gave you.

Is the Sun hiding? You creep out of the office, eyes darting from the quaint landscapes hanging on the wall to the tasteful wooden floors. The Sun’s safe house feels more cabin-y than you expected. The property deed has been in his name for the past fifteen years. Did Gina ever visit? Her ghost runs ahead of you, golden nails dragging along the peach wallpaper to the first open door on the left. She looks over her shoulder and smiles.

There are times when you’re glad for the afterimages your brain conjures. This is not one of those times. You don’t think she’d be happy to see what you’re about to do.

You swing around the doorway gun first, a snarl on your lips. “You old bastard, drop what—”

The smell of antiseptic hits your nose first, dashing away the red haze filling your vision in an instant. A TV murmurs against the wall, some rerun of an old western, but it’s not what holds your attention.

There’s a bed in the center of the room. The Sun sits at bedside, his attention wholly invested on the hand he’s holding up. Carefully, he applies gold paint to the nails without once looking up at you.

The woman in the bed is obscured with white gauze and beige compression bandages. Her breathing is soft and even. The one eye you can see is closed and still. No dreaming, no awareness.

“Outlaw,” the Sun says. He gently sets Gina’s left hand down on her stomach and picks up her right. He squints at her pinky nail. “Close the office door, would you? I don’t want the heat to escape.”

“What,” you breathe, “the fuck.”

-----Ten years ago ----

It’s a good year with Gina. You never realized how friend-starved you were until she was there, over at your house every day after school. She always makes it sound like she’s coming over to talk about the Outlaw thing, but there’s other stuff too. Movies and cooking and tutoring.

“Life is about balance,” Gina says sagely during one such tutoring session. “Besides, even heroes don’t go on more than two missions a month. We’re doing just fine.”

There’s always a pressing need to do more though. Whenever you pull off a particularly daring heist, she smiles this secret and pleased smile that makes your stomach flip. Sometimes, when the two of you watch news coverage of your getaways, she murmurs how impressed she is, how smart you are, how cool your powers are.

It makes you want to do anything for Gina.

You’re watching the news one day, waiting for a recap of how you stole the Sun’s favorite shield from the armory, when a rare story comes on. A Hero is dead, some guy named Ibis from Atlanta. There aren’t any leads to the culprit except for eyewitness accounts of a mysterious, winged super-powered individual flying low over the city, hiding in storm clouds.

“I’d kill a Hero,” you blurt out.

Gina jerks so hard that the popcorn bowl goes flying out of her hands. She doesn’t seem to notice. “What?”

“N-not your dad or anything,” you say quickly although yes, if you had to kill anyone, you’d start with the man who makes Gina cry like that. “Just…in general. The news anchor said Ibis was connected to a civilian’s death, right? I could kill a Hero like that.”

“No,” Gina says. She drops off the couch to kneel by you. “No, Elian.”

You flush like you’ve done something wrong. You sink into your hoodie. “I’m not going to, I’m just saying—”

“If you kill a Hero, there’s no going back,” Gina says. She’s too close, so close that you can see the flecks of gold hidden in her eyes. “Your life—it’s not like what we’ve been doing. Dad’s got rules when it comes to stealing. But if you kill a hero?” She shudders. “I want you to live, Elian.”

“I got it—”

“Please,” she blurts out. The plea in her voice makes you really look at her despite the pounding of your heart. Her eyes are wild and her mouth is pressed into a thin line. “No matter what. Promise me.”

“I—” No matter what? You slowly shake your head, trying to get away from the instinctive desire to agree with her. “I-if someone is really bad, I’d—”

“Elian—”

The tension makes you truthful.

“If your dad hurt you, I’d kill him,” you say. When she rears back, this time you follow. You brace your arm against the couch so you can lean into her space. With your other hand, you trace the fading burn on her cheek that could pass for an old sunburn if you didn’t know the truth. “I know you don’t think he will, but he’s been erratic lately. And I know about his temper. If he hurts you, I’d kill him.”

The air thickens between you. It’s rare that you don’t back down, but you’re not backing down now, staring into her eyes. Competing wills. For a moment you let everything you feel come to the surface. Your frustration when she visits with that fucking shadow in her smile, the helplessness when there’s another burn on her arm, the adoration when she’s just there.

Gina shudders and looks away first. She licks her lips. “I—I…appreciate what you’re saying, but I’m fine. You agreed I got to make the rules for Outlaw. I’m telling you one. Don’t kill heroes.”

She’s pulling away. You do too, falling to her side and sitting next to her rather than hovering over her. You try for a careless shrug but fall short. How can she make you feel so powerful one second and so powerless the next? You avert your eyes. “I won’t kill heroes,” you promise.

You hear her suck in a breath. “Good. Because I need you alive.”

“I do like being alive,” you say and don’t finish the sentence with with you.

“We’re done studying,” she decides. She darts up towards the kitchen. “I’m getting another bowl of popcorn before we start the movie. You want some?”

You stare at your reflection in the dark TV. Your jaw works. Finally, you say, “Nah. I’m good. I’ll just eat it off the floor.”

“Don’t be gross, Elian!”

------Now.----

“I will regret that day for the rest of my life,” the Sun says. He hasn’t looked at you once. His eyes are glued to the steady rise and fall of Gina’s chest. He times his breathing to hers and then sighs. “What a fool I was. Drunk on power.”

You’re standing on the opposite side of the bed. Your gaze flicks from Gina to him and back again. “Is she ever conscious?”

“It’s a medically-induced coma,” the Sun says. “The doctors say she should wake up any day now that most of her injuries have healed. Her last surgery was the final one. Now it’s up to her.”

This might be the first time in ten years that you’ve breathed. You suck in air greedily and imagine you can taste her scent under the layers of sickness and medicine. “They told me she died.”

“I told Hero Force you did it,” the Sun says. There’s no remorse in his voice. “They always tell villains they were successful, so they don’t try again.”

A decade of rage slides around your ribs. “You fucking bastard.”

“I did think it was your fault ten years ago.” He carefully picks up Gina’s left hand again to apply a second coat. It takes all your willpower not to slap him away from her. “If you hadn’t stolen Hero Force data, I wouldn’t have had to come after you with my full power. She would never have been in the line of fire.”

You’re fists shake at your sides. “I didn’t steal Hero Force data, I stole your fucking car. Don’t rewrite history.”

“There was Hero Force data in that car.”

“It was your Porsche, your civilian Porsche!”

“My fault to have left sensitive data out,” the Sun says. His confession surprises you into silence. “But I had to get it back no matter what. Then I blamed you by thinking how if you’d only asked me to take my daughter to Prom, I would’ve known she was in the car.”

“She’s not your property and it’s not the 1800s, of course I didn’t ask if I could take your daughter to—”

“I’m telling you what I thought,” the Sun interrupts. He finally looks at you. He looks worse than he did earlier, the years cutting deep lines into his face. There are black bags of exhaustion under his watering eyes. He breathes out shakily. “I had to tell myself it was your fault. It was the only way I could survive, Elian.”

Your real name shocks you. You stumble back. “How do you know that name?”

“She calls for you sometimes,” the Sun says. He drags a hand over his face before grimly returning to his daughter’s nails. “She’s never been really conscious for long. The d-damage took a long time to heal. But when she’s awake, she calls for you and she calls for Outlaw. Wasn’t hard to put the pieces together.”

Your chest throbs. “I should have been here. You should have—I could have—”

“Blaming you let me keep her by my side,” the Sun says. “I don’t expect you to forgive me or even understand me. But I…I regret more than anything what I’ve done to my daughter.”

“You’re going to regret it even more,” you say. The rage you feel is like a tidal wave. Ten years. Ten years. You could have held her hand through her recovery. You could have been there for her. And this selfish asshole who never even loved her like a father should took that away from you. You remember your gun. “You never deserved to be her father.”

“I didn’t, did I?” the Sun asks. He sets her hand down and swallows hard. He looks down the barrel of your gun without flinching. “She says one other thing, you know. When she asks for you.”

The curiosity stills your trigger finger. “What?”

“She says, Don’t kill heroes.”

Your face contorts. There’s the memory of popcorn in your mouth and the heat of her eyes on you. “Yeah, she said that to me before too. Back when I offered to kill you the first time.”

The Sun hangs his head. If he’s surprised to hear that, he doesn’t show it. “I wasn’t a good father.”

“No. But she didn’t want you dead.”

Understanding dawns. “Don’t kill heroes.”

“Exactly.” You tilt your head. “Do you feel like a hero?”

His lips tremble. His gaze drifts back to his daughter. Her eyes are flickering under eyelids. “I—I—”

The trigger presses back against your finger, eager and ready. “Do you?”

He licks his lips. “N-no,” he whispers. He closes his eyes. “No, I don’t suppose I do.”

This time, it’s easy to take aim. Steady your breath. And—

Fuck.

“Leave,” you say. You drop your gun back to your side and scowl when the Sun’s eyes fly open in surprise. “If you do what I say, you’ll live long enough for Gina to decide what to do with you. Leave and don’t tell anyone about this.”

The Sun shakes his head. “No, no I can’t leave her—”

“Then die here,” you snap. You bare your teeth at him. “Leave. We’ll be gone in a week. Maybe she wakes up and calls you. Maybe she—” You take a deep breath. “Well. Maybe she doesn’t. Either way, your part is done here.”

“I need to be there when she wakes up. Please, I’m her dad—”

“You’re her murderer,” you say. More than anything, you want to pick Gina up and run out of here before the Sun can stop you. You eye the monitors and know three people you need to call for advice before you even attempt to move her. A week should be just enough time to disappear. “You think you deserve to stay by her side?”

The Sun opens his mouth twice before he finds words. “I just—let me stay until she wakes up. That way I’ll know.”

“I spent ten years thinking she was dead,” you say. “You can last a month in limbo. If I have to ask you again, we’ll finally see who’s stronger now that I’m all grown up.”

The Sun picks himself up slowly. You think he cries. You’re not sure. He may even plead with you again. You’re deaf to it. Your brain has given up on splitting your attention and every atom of your being is homed in on Gina.

She’s alive. She’s alive.

You kneel at her bedside and wait for her to wake up.

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Based off this prompt (X): Love determines how long you live, some people are in their hundreds, but some don’t even live to be 20.

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head in the clouds | lando norris social media au

pairing: lando norris x fem flight attendant!reader

there's no one more attractive than the stranger at the same gate as you at the airport and sometimes that stranger works on your best friend's private jet.

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user2: how did you get this job?

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danielricciardo: i think you masked it pretty well for the first three hours

yourusername: THANK YOU

danielricciardo: but i did hear you throw up around hour four

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landonorris: i for one couldn't tell you were hungover

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user3: always obsessed with this pairing

user4: they're cute but i know they're so annoying to fly with

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oscarpiastri: i'm just gonna take the compliment, thanks dan :)

danielricciardo: massive compliment, i'm extremely sexy

user5: thank the lord daniel is back who was going to make lando blush all the time?

danielricciardo: believe me he doesn't need me to do that when he flies on air max that's all y/n

landonorris: DANIEL?

danielricciardo: she took these photos - look at the blush. LOOK AT THE MATERIAL

yourusername: i think i'm just a better photographer than you two combined so i just capture my subjects well

danielricciardo: nope. i think lando just has a BIG FAT CRUSH

maxverstappen1: LMAO

yourusername: who wouldn't? (i'm shaking)

user6: wtf is going on here?

user7: i think we're witnessing bullying

maxverstappen1

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maxverstappen1: getting some padel in on the weekend off

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user9: max really puts his hyperfixations above his beef because who thought we'd see him playing with george after baku

danielricciardo: how did lando get through a whole session with y/n there he can barely get through a sentence around her

landonorris: why are you so obsessed with exposing me in public

danielricciardo: funny.

yourusername: he did very well, he took a few balls to the face but he took them like a champ.

maxverstappen1: i'm sure he'd rather be the one putting balls in your face. get it? his balls? sex?

yourusername: i got it, you're not funny pal

maxverstappen1: well i think i'm hilarious so

user10: poor lando is going through the ringer rn

yourusername: whipped all of your asses call yourself professional athletes?

alexalbon: you were freakishly good what is your trick?

yourusername: only time i'm not playing padel is when i'm asleep or on a charter with max it's the only thing i can be better than him in

landonorris: you're definitely better looking than him and like 10 million times nicer than him

yourusername: you're not too bad yourself norris, you've just bagged yourself an extra bag of peanuts next flight x

alexalbon: romance is dead

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f1wagsupdates: this is y/n y/ln potential new girlfriend of lando norris. she is a close friend of max verstappen, to the point that after she finished university and was without a job, he financed her education to be a air hostess, the job she now has on max's private jet. as far as we know she's never been in a public relationship but she also lives in monaco, is a padel enthusiast and has exchanged flirty comments with lando. also, she's a real one because she refuses to charter if jos wants to fly on air max - she slays for that one

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user13: if she's a longtime, potential childhood friend of max, the jos thing probably makes sense

user14: gosh she's so pretty

user15: giving your bestie a job and a life where you get to have her travel with you everywhere is really what nepotism should be

user16: for real where's my friend who will pay for me to learn to be a air hostess so we can hang out all the time

user17: i think her and lando would be cute

user18: and they would also make sense, they'd have a schedule that completely lines up and y/n would understand the sport and the lifestyle

user19: she also knows all of his friends already and they seem to get on with her

user20: "never been in a public relationship" she's just like us

user21: except she's gonna pull lando freaking norris and we're all still lonely

yourusername

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yourusername: THE way to spend your saturday, perks of the job x

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user22: hey siri play that should be me by justin bieber

maxverstappen1: glad you could take a break from being a tourist to actually come watch me

yourusername: lies i'm always there you just don't know because i sit in hospitality so i can drink ;)

maxverstappen1: is that why my mum looked so happy to see me after sitting with you in hospitality?

yourusername: NO! sophie just loves me

user23: omg y/n and sophie just chill in hospitality? i love them

landonorris: i heard mclaren have great hospitality and actually has a cup of tea with your name written all over it

yourusername: hmmm we'll see if it beats the team who broke the cost cap on catering but i'm willing to take that risk

landonorris: i promise it's worth your time

danielricciardo: @maxverstappen1 look he's finally making a move 👀

maxverstappen1: ugh finally !!!

yourusername: yall mind? ACTUALLY i'm not coming back to red bull you're annoying

user24: has the bullying worked ?

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mclarenf1: lando is back on the podium with a p2 finish with oscar just behind in p4 congrats papaya boys!!

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user25: LET'S GOOOOOO THE WIN IS COMING I CAN FEEL IT

oscarpiastri: congrats lando :)

landonorris: your podium will come oscar you're killing it right now

user26: omg faves i can't wait until the double podium

user27: y/n in the likes ..... 🤔 makes you think

yourusername: idk what you conspiracy theorists want to hear but you don't need to know everything that happens in the drivers' personal lives and i can like posts of my friends doing well

user28: so you're not together

yourusername: you people have the reading comprehension skills of a rock

maxverstappen1: congrats mate, try not to get too drunk tonight, air max is scheduled early in the morning 👍

landonorris: i'll be there no worries

danielricciardo: of course he will, his favourite will be there

landonorris: laugh all you will but i have a pack of peanuts promised to me

yourusername: i'll put salt in their drinks don't worry lando

maxverstappen1: i have done nothing wrong?

yourusername: i am in solidarity with lando

maxverstappen1: i'm ur best friend?

yourusername: he's cute :)

user29: you can't tell she doesn't like him back

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danielricciardo: podiums give you balls. balls get you girlfriends.

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user32: HOLYYYYYYYYYY SHIT

maxverstappen1: they are not awake yet lol they're going to kill you

danielricciardo: i'd like to see lando try. y/n i am afraid of though.

maxverstappen1: you should be, a girl once threw a drink over me in the club for walking into her and y/n went feral. i was afraid and impressed

yourusername: had to protect your virtue max

maxverstappen1: much appreciated, probably the only time i've been attracted to you

landonorris: AND THE LAST TIME

user33: considering their new relationship just got exposed, they're doing pretty well

yourusername: oh we're waiting until daniel is in an enclosed space where if he tries to escape we all die :)

landonorris: he's going to regret this before such a long flight, esp with a hungover y/n

danielricciardo: is it too late to say i love you guys?

yourusername: free enchante merch and i'll drop it

danielricciardo: done.

landonorris: Y/N???

yourusername: what were we really going to do? plus i've had a crush on you for so long people would definitely know by now if i wasn't dead in bed

landonorris: you had a crush? why was i the only one getting bullied?

maxverstappen1: please refer to my comment about the feral club night

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landonorris: on a scale of 1 - 10 how annoyed would you be if someone joined a particular club on your private jet?

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user35: THE MILE HIGHER CLUB?

maxverstappen1: you're banned from the bathroom now, get a UTI i don't care do NOT shag on my plane

landonorris: so is that a 10 definietly not?

maxverstappen1: i will make sure you will never be able to use it again if you have sex on my plane with my best friend

landonorris: understood 😅

yourusername: i don't know how you did it but you made your first post about me even less romantic than dan's and his mentioned balls TWICE

landonorris: but i love you so that's all that counts right?

yourusername: i love you too but i also clean that plane so no one will shag on it or i'll scrap them

landonorris: i get the message no mile higher 😭

yourusername: but at least you get extra peanuts and the best pillow for life

landonorris: you spoil me too much

oscarpiastri: happy for you mate, it was painful watching you mope around the garage

yourusername: awww you moped ???? that's so cute

landonorris: i moped because i really liked you and daniel made it his mission to embarrass me constantly in front of you

yourusername: babe i've cleaned dan's sick off the floor of the jet nothing he could say could make me not like you

landonorris: thank the lord cause if i didn't ask you out i think i may have combusted

yourusername

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yourusername: the 4am call times and mad max tantrums have all been worth it to meet you <3

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user36: god i have seen what you have done for others

maxverstappen1: now you're together i can say this, 1) i love you guys and i'm glad you're happy. 2) lando saw you once at a karting competition and had a crush ever since this was not new

landonorris: THAT WAS BETWEEN ME AND YOU

maxverstappen1: and he confessed that seeing you in your uniform is what finally pushed him over the edge

landonorris: STOP WHAT ARE YOU DOING

maxverstappen1: bro don't worry you guys are together, you're set for life

landonorris: thanks for having faith i guess?

maxverstappen1: BRO SHE IS SUPER DUPER IN LOVE WITH YOU

yourusername: he's not wrong

landonorris: hehehehehehehehe

oscarpiastri: he's literally sat in hospitality giggling and kicking his legs btw

landonorris: proudly so, my gf LOVES me

user37: lando got a gf before a win and i respect that

landonorris: i love you, can't wait for the rest of my life with you

yourusername: i can't wait, i'll even play golf with you x

danielricciardo: mate at least wait until the six month mark before you propose

landonorris: no promises x

note: hope you enjoyed, had this thought and i just had to do it. i'm working on requests and mamma mia p4!!

[anaszpan]

[ IMAGINE ] : You're a waitress at The Tracing Pony. One night you are serving Thorin.

[ A/N ] : English is not my native language. Don't hesitate to use this idea in your story. The photos / gifs do not belong to me. I do not claim any copyright to them and do not own any. 📷

[ ( ´ ꒳ ` ) ♡ ] : The inn was warm, the flickering light of the hearth casting a cozy glow across the weathered wood and faces of patrons lost in their own musings. As I maneuvered between tables, I spotted Thorin Oakenshield seated in a corner, his unmistakable blue hood pulled low over his brow. He was a dwarf of regal bearing, a prince among men, though in the dim light he appeared more weary than grand.

I approached with a steaming bowl of goulash, the fragrant spices wafting up like a seasoned embrace. The rich aroma of meat simmering with root vegetables tickled the senses, a dish hearty enough to satisfy any traveler. "A warm meal for a cold night." I offered with a bright smile, setting down the bowl before him alongside a tankard of frothy ale.

Thorin glanced up, his steel-grey eyes meeting mine, and for a brief moment, I saw a glimmer of gratitude beneath the weight of his burdens. "A fine way to end a long journey..." he replied, his voice deep and resonant. He scooped a spoonful of goulash, the savory broth cascading like molten gold as he tasted it. His expression softened slightly, a rare chink in the armor of his stoic demeanor. "You have a knack, lass." he admitted, eyes crinkling in a way that suggested he rarely found such satisfaction in food.

"Just a humble waitress in a humble inn." I said, trying to downplay his compliment. Curiosity flared within me, yet decorum held me back. Dwarves were notoriously private about their journeys, and I would not pry. Instead, I ventured, “So… What do you think of The Prancing Pony, Master Dwarf? It’s a far cry from the grand halls, I wager?”

“Perhaps, but I find that sometimes the heart of a place lies in its strength of spirit.” he replied contemplatively as he raised his mug in a toast to the mingling patrons around us.

As he took a sip of the ale, the inn doors swung open, letting in a gust of cold evening air, ushering in two strangers. Their presence seemed to sap the warmth from the room—their intentions clouded like the stormy skies outside. The chatter of drunken patrons stilled as the inn took notice, eyes flicking from me to the newcomers.

Draped in dark, tattered cloaks, their faces obscured, one was tall and imposing, the other wiry, with lips curled in a sly smirk. They surveyed the room, taking stock of each face, lingering a moment too long on Thorin before they approached the bar.

"Drinks for two!" the tall one boomed, voice as thick as the ale he desired. But it was the way he leaned toward Thorin, a flicker of recognition mixed with something darker, that sent a shiver through me.

[georgegraphys]

2024 team sponsors recap!

this is completely irrelevant to F1 but i study and do these stuffs for a living sooo 😩😩 2023 sponsors are based on the sponsors that are there at the beginning of the season (new sponsors that join in the middle of the season will be classified as 2024's)

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team:

New sponsors: Whatsapp, Luminar (American tech company), SAP (German software company), nuvei (Canadian credit card services), Sherwin Williams (American painting company) 2024 data last update: 2024/02/14

Old sponsors that left: Monster Energy, Pure Storage (American technology company), fastly (American cloud computing services), Axalta (American painting company), Eight sleep (American mattresses company) 2023 data last update: 2023/01/07

Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team:

New sponsors: Yeti (American cooler manufacturer, joined later in 2023), APL (American footwear/athletic apparel manufacturer, joined later in 2023), CDW (American IT company, joined later in 2023), Sui (American tech app by Mysten Labs, joined later in 2023), Patron Tequila (Mexican alcoholic beverages company, joined later in 2023) 2024 data last update: 2024/02/15

Old sponsors that left: CashApp, Walmart, Therabody (American wellness technology company), Ocean Bottle (Norwegian reusable bottle manufacturer), PokerStars (Costa Rican gambling site), Alpha Tauri (? no info if they're official partners or not but Austrian clothing company made by Red Bull), BMC (Switzerland bicycle/cycling manufacturer), Esso (American fuel company, subsidiary of ExxonMobil), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (American technology company) 2023 data last update: 2023/03/07

More: Esso is a subsidiary of Mobil so there's possibility they merged or something

Scuderia Ferrari:

New sponsors: VGW Play (Australian tech game company, joined later in 2023), DXC Technology (American IT company, joined later in 2023), Peroni (Italian brewing company), Z Capital Group/ZCG (American private asset management/merchant bank company), Celsius (Swedish energy drink manufacturer) 2024 data last update: 2024/02/15

Old sponsors that left: Mission Winnow (American content lab by Phillip Morris International aka Marlboro), Estrella Garcia (Spanish alcoholic beverages manufacturer), Frecciarossa (Italian high speed train company) 2023 data last update: 2023/02/16

More: Mission Winnow is a part of Phillip Morris International. They are no longer listed as team sponsor but PMI is listed instead.

(starting here, 2023 data last update is 2023/02/23 and 2024 data last update is 2024/02/15)

McLaren F1 Team: (Only McLaren RACING's data is available idk if some of these are XE/FE team partners but anw..)

New sponsors: Monster Energy, Salesforce (American cloud based software company, joined later in 2023), Estrella Garcia (Spanish alcoholic beverages manufacturer), Dropbox (American file hosting company), Workday (American system software company, joined later in 2023), Ecolab (American water purification/hygiene company), Airwallex (Australian financial tech company), Optimum Nutrition (American nutritional supplement manufacturer), Halo ITSM (American software company, joined later in 2023), Udemy (American educational tech company, joined later in 2023), New Era (American cap manufacturer, joined in 2023), K-Swiss (American shoes manufacturer, joined later in 2023), Alpinestars (Italian motorsports safety equipment manufacturer)

Old sponsors that left: DP World (Emirati logistics company), EasyPost (American shipping API company), Immersive Labs (UK cybersecurity training company?), Logitech, Mind (UK mental health charity), PartyCasino (UK? online casino site), PartyPoker (American? gambling site), Sparco (Italian auto part & accessory manufacturer), Tezos (Switzerland crypto company)

Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team:

New sponsors: Valvoline (American retail automotives service company, joined later in 2023), NexGen (Canadian sustainable? fuel company), Banco Master (Brazilian digital banking platform, joined later in 2023), ServiceNow (American software company, joined later in 2023), Regent Seven Seas Cruise, Wolfgang Puck (Austrian-American chef and restaurant owner, joined later in 2023), Financial Times (British business newspaper), OMP (Italian racing safety equipment manufacturer), stichd (Netherlands fashion & apparel manufacturer)

Old sponsors that left: Alpinestars (Italian motorsports safety equipment manufacturer), crypto.com (Singaporean cryptocurrency company), ebb3 (UK? software company), Pelmark (UK fashion and apparel manufacturer), Peroni (Italian brewing company), Porto Seguro (Brazilian insurance company), Socios (Malta's blockchain-based platform), XP (Brazilian investment company)

Stake F1 Team (prev. Alfa Romeo):

???? Can't found their website (might be geoblocked in my country???)

BWT Alpine F1 Team:

New sponsors: MNTN (American software company), H. Moser & Cie (Switzerland watch manufacturer), Amazon Music

Old sponsors that left: Bell & Ross (French watch company), Ecowatt (??? afaik French less-energy smthn smthn company), Elysium (French? American? Software company), KX (UK software company), Plug (American electrical equipment manufacturing company)

Visa CashApp RB F1 Team (prev. Scuderia Alpha Tauri):

New Sponsors: Visa, CashApp, Hugo Boss, Tudor, Neft Vodka (Austrian alcoholic beverages company), Piquadro (Italian luxury bag manufacturer)

Old sponsors that left: Buzz (?), Carl Friedrik (UK travel goods manufacturer), Flex Box (Hongkong? shipping containers manufacturer), GMG (Emirati global wellbeing company), RapidAPI (American API company)

Haas F1 Team:

New sponsors: New Era (American cap manufacturer, joined later in 2023)

Old sponsors that left: Hantec Markets (Hongkong capital markets company), OpenSea (American NFT/Crypto company)

Williams Racing:

New sponsors: Komatsu, MyProtein (British bodybuilding supplement), Kraken (American crypto company, joined later in 2023), VAST Data (American tech company), Ingenuity Commerce (UK e-commerce platform), Puma (joined later in 2023)

Old sponsors that left: Acronis (Swiss software company), Bremont (British watch manufacturer), Dtex Systems (American? cybersecurity company), Financial Times (British business newspaper), Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts, KX (UK software company), OMP (Italian racing safety equipment manufacturer), PPG (American painting manufacturer), Umbro (English sports equipment manufacturer), Zeiss (German opticals/optometrics manufacturing company)

[im-so-normal-i-swear]

Give me that Scylla thing you said you were gonna write or ill eat you anyways love you, buddy system, yada yada 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

I got you pookie beat

Scylla lifted her dress over her head and slipped into her spring, warm from Helios’s sun. Willow leaves and rose petals drifted across the surface, tangling in her long blonde hair. She closed her eyes and sank underneath the surface.

The sweet, clear water soaked into her skin as she floated there, delighting in the luxury of her private spring. Her hair swirled around her in a cloud, and her body became weightless in the sun–bright spring.

Scylla was beautiful, enchanting, and by the gods, she knew it. Her sunlight hair flowed like a waterfall. Her tanned skin was unblemished and perfect. She had golden eyes framed by luscious black eyelashes, and she always knew exactly how to enhance her looks with jewels and clothing. She was a vain creature, but anything that looked this good was allowed to be.

A golden leaf drifted by, the exact colour of her eyes, trailing a sweet-smelling sap. That was odd, Scylla had never seen that type of plant before.

As an immortal naiad, Scylla had never seen anything that couldn’t be explained with a simple “the gods are fighting, darling”. This leaf felt unnatural, riddled with purple veins and pulsing with sap. Unnatural, and frankly, unpleasant to look at.

Scylla reached out a delicate finger and touched the leaf.

It began to spin in the water, faster and faster. Golden sap–oh gods, it looked like ichor–filled the spring, rushing towards her.

She tried to swim away, but the sap was faster, writhing like Medusa’s snakes. It wrapped around her wrists and ankles, tearing at her skin, her eyes, her hair. It swirled around her in a vortex, taking pieces of her with it.

Her hair was ripped from her scalp. She reached a hand–a claw?–out to catch it, but it dissolved in her fingers. She could feel each bone in her body as it shattered, then re-formed, shredding her perfect skin, turning her into something horrible. Scales pushed their way out of her body. She grew and grew, heads and tentacles and teeth made to kill. Her ichor mixed with the plant’s sap, muddying her crystal waters.

Scylla’s new body was burning with pain. Her claws, still fresh, scratched at her scales, ripping them off, swipe after agonizing swipe.

She was screaming by now, a haunting sound, rattling her aching bones. Scylla couldn’t have made that kind of sound. No nymph could. Nothing she knew could have thrashing tentacles, and six massive heads filled with teeth.

Only a monster could.

~~~

The first time ships came to Scylla’s cave, a dark mockery of her old spring, she hadn’t eaten for months. She was still immortal, but in her new, monstrous form, she felt hunger and pain and sorrow.

Terrified of being seen as she was now, she had found this cave, far from where she’d lived before. She had planted herself in this spot, and she had no plans to come out and face her family, ever.

The ships floated into the strait, slowly, almost nervously. There were three of them, each one laden with mortals, running around trying to get wherever they were going. Were they leaving home? Returning? She couldn’t ask. She had lost her language along with her lovely blonde hair and lithe naiad body.

Scylla turned her ugly heads away. She might have looked like a monster, but she would not become one. She was better than that.

But weren’t mortals so plentiful? Weren’t they so fragile? Besides, there was a chance they wouldn’t make it home anyways. Travel was dangerous, and wasn’t she just another part of the dangers now?

Her stomach screamed at her, begged her to take a bite. Just one mortal, just one.

Before she could think, react, stop herself, all six heads darted out from her hiding place.

The mortals shrieked and rowed as fast as they could. Their efforts were useless. Six heads dove down, six heads snatched six screaming mortals. Six men died to fill her stomach.

Tears flowed from her eyes. Had she really killed six men? Was satiation worth it, to know she stole fathers, friends, brothers? Could she really live like this? Scylla wanted to go home to her spring. She wanted to kneel to Circe, for that was who had turned Scylla into this, and beg her to change her back. She wanted her old naiad life back.

The next few times the ships came, Scylla didn’t hesitate. She lifted her heads and brought the ships closer with her tentacles, taking six, twelve, eighteen mortals if they were slow enough.

She still felt that pang of guilt, gods, she did. It tore her up inside to kill that many. As a nymph, she had never killed before.

At least, she didn’t think she had. Time was becoming… odd. She couldn’t remember certain things, and some details were fuzzy. She knew she had been a nymph once, beautiful and cruel, but not a monster. She had started out as an ethereal creature, she knew, but what colour had her hair been? How had her body been shaped? Did she ever have fingers that didn’t end in claws?

The only thing she had kept from her days as a nymph were her golden eyes.

She never looked at her reflection anymore. It was too painful.

When the ships returned, Scylla didn’t see mortals with lives, with families. The ships were devoid of life and thought. Nothing aboard them mattered, not really.

Scylla only saw food.

[karoiseka]

23) On Cloud Nine

((Have some supreme sap, thanks to the wol question of the day the other day! I realized that Karo/Than had a really cute private first kiss, so did Than/Raha.. but Karo/Raha's was... chaste and with Than there, and .... well. This was spawned. Takes place immediately after this short tale!))

She loved him.  She had said that she loved him.  G’raha tipped over on the bench, feeling more like the young man he once once, before the Tower.  Curling up on his side, he hesitantly reached up to touch his lips–still burning with the overwhelming sensation of her touch, memory searing into his soul.  Laughter finally bubbled through, incredulous and joyful.  She loved him!

It took nothing away from what he was feeling knowing she still loved Thancred as well–in fact it relieved him to know that they had each other as well.  Nothing was diminished, only showing how much love Karo had in her heart to give.  He rolled to his back, tail swishing in earnest, raising his crystal hand straight in front of his face, watching the afternoon light reflect through it.

How had he become so lucky?  The most recent memories flooded his brain first–her shy smiles, her fierce protectiveness while facing down Emet-Selch.  The way her eyes had widened in absolute shock at seeing his uncovered face even as she was dying from the overabundance of Light he was attempting to take from her.  That probably hurt the most–knowing that she knew who he was in what he thought was the end.  He had wanted to keep her from that pain, to let her remember the cocky young scholar she knew once upon a time on the shores of Silvertear Lake.

The trail of his thoughts jumped back to that time–oh so long ago for him now–to when he had first met Karo.  Dropping his crystal arm across his face, he groaned embarrassed of how naive and exuberant he had been.  That was not to say that it wasn’t a grand part of who he was, and where he had come from, but, looking back he could see how the hero-worship had  fueled much of his early obsession with her.  From the moment he first saw her, blue eyes shining in the shade of the Twelveswood, he was enamored.  

From there she had done naught to dissuade his interest, gracefully beating his challenge, and then when she seemed some distant star, brought herself back down to his side.  She shared her fears with him, her theories on the Tower, despite knowing next to nothing about it before starting the expedition, and most importantly, listened to him when it seemed no one else would.  She quickly went from the unreachable perfect hero to friend and confident.  Someone he could pour his heart to that wouldn’t dismiss his dreams out of hand as he talked about Allag and his various theories deep into the night.

He remembered her dislike of the spotlight, and musing to himself why, when being a Hero was all he had ever wanted.  The lessons she taught him in that time lasted with him even now, humbling him.  He remembered her tears upon the eve of battle–frustrated and a bit fearful–having to lead the vanguard once more.  He had wanted to kiss her then–holding back due to his own insecurities, unsure of how she would react.

He remembered the doors to the Tower shutting, and her schooling her stricken face into a smile to remember her by, even as tears flowed down her face, and her hand stopped half-raised as if to beg him not to follow his destiny.

Destiny that charted his course by her star, finally reuniting them as strangers.  Greater than a single lifetime having passed as he strove to find a way to save her.  To save both Source and Shard.  Mere years had passed for her–though from the changes wrought, it might as well have been a lifetime for her as well.  Her star had already begun to burn bright by the time he captured her brilliance–and dulled it.

For there was the truth that had him still in awe of her declaration and the kiss to seal it.  He had put her directly in harm’s way, led her to the vanguard to fight and become a vessel for something so wretched and powerful that she was the only one able to hold it–and even then only temporarily.  And she still somehow had forgiven him.  Had still allowed feelings for him to grow and blossom, to want to protect him after all of that.

He did not deserve it.  That much he knew.  His heart still beat a ragged beat in his chest as his mind repeated the words over and over in his head.  He would not make a promise to himself that he would not hurt her again–for such a promise would be folly.  He would only promise to himself that he would do his best not to–for even trying that there was wont to be a time he would.

His ears twitched as he heard the door to his quarters creek open slowly, and he rolled to his feet in a quick motion–brushing down his robes as he looked with curiosity to who had come calling now.  His answer came in a blur of blue and black that slammed into him, knocking him back a step, even as his arms reflexively wrapped around Karo as she had hurled herself into his embrace.  Hands dug into the back of his hair, greedily pulling his face down to her’s, before capturing his lips once more. 

This wasn’t the tender kiss of confession.  This was a different sort of confession, one that burned between them as he moaned into her fierce affection.  Bodies pressed tightly together, he could feel the heat radiating off her bare skin, his hands grasping at her back, trying to bring her even closer.  He could taste the light salt from her happy tears earlier, mixed with the light musk of Thancred as well.  

He had to have gone to the Heavens–for this euphoric sensation blew the prior one away as he buried his head into the crux of her neck, kissing every ilm he could reach.  The encouraging sounds coming from Karo only made his heart beat faster–unable to believe it was real.  Making his way back to her lips he could swear that she attempted to press even further into him as she nipped at his lip, making him gasp.  Their tails had stopped lashing, only because they had found each other, and entwined, lazily swayed beside them.

Cracking his eyes open the tiniest bit, heart near stopping with the sheer eroticness of the way Karo was looking up at him as well, eyelids heavy as she licked her lips while meeting his gaze.

“Well, hello again,” G’raha could barely recognize his voice, raspy and deep.  He brought up his non-crystal hand to brush away the hair hanging down in front of her face.  Leaning into his palm and nuzzling it, a smile tugged at the edges of her lips.

“Hello,” voice as husky has his own, Karo kissed his palm, a blush starting to form as if she just realized how forward she was being.  Her next words confirmed his suspicion as his fingers rubbed into her head and to the base of her ears causing her to shut her eyes even more.

“Ah-that wasn’t too much too fast, was it?” doubt had crept into her voice.  Tipping her chin up to make her look straight into his eyes, he wondered once more that she had chosen him.

“No,” his heartfelt reply came.  “All of me is yours, for as long as you’ll have me, body, heart, and soul,” sighing in relief, she leaned up once more to capture his lips with her own, the evening sprawling out ahead of them.

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Cloud-based ERP and Business- Right Time to Migrate is Now

Many businesses rely on SAP Business One (SAP B1) to optimize their workflows and increase operational efficiency. However, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with diverse business models require more advanced solutions to stay competitive in today’s fast-paced environment. Cloud technology can address this need, and the SAP Business One Cloud solution offers numerous benefits, giving businesses an edge over competitors.

In this article, we will explore the importance of cloud-based SAP Business One and key factors to consider before migrating your existing SAP B1 to the cloud. Let's begin by understanding the concept of cloud-based ERP.

Importance of Moving On-Premise SAP B1 to the Cloud

A cloud-powered ERP solution differs from an on-premise one in that it doesn’t require any hardware or software installation. As a managed cloud solution, it provides seamless access from anywhere, anytime, as long as there is an internet connection. SAP Business One Cloud is an example of such a cloud ERP solution.

In today’s environment, where digital transformation is key to success, transitioning to a cloud-based solution is a strategic decision for businesses. Migrating your on-premise SAP B1 to the cloud offers benefits such as scalability, agility, and flexibility, all at a lower cost.

For many SMBs and startups, this cloud-based solution helps reduce costs and enhances productivity through the power of cloud technology. However, it's essential to consider several factors during SAP Business One Cloud migration to fully leverage these benefits. Let’s look at these factors before outlining the step-by-step guide for migrating your SAP B1 system to the cloud.

Key Considerations Before Migrating to SAP Business One Cloud

SAP Business One Cloud can provide significant advantages for forward-looking SMEs. However, migrating your existing SAP B1 to the cloud is a complex process with many factors to consider. When deciding to migrate to SAP Business One Cloud, keep the following factors in mind:

1. Cost of Ownership

This is one of the most crucial factors, whether you're deploying SAP B1 to the cloud or migrating your current ERP. Cloud-based SAP Business One requires monthly subscription fees for access to licenses. However, this cost is much lower than that of on-premise solutions, which demand expensive in-house infrastructure and continuous maintenance.

2. Implementation Time

Implementing an on-premise SAP Business One ERP can take anywhere from 3 to 6 months. Many small and mid-sized businesses find this process cumbersome and time-consuming. Cloud migration is generally quicker and more efficient. A trusted managed cloud services provider can handle the migration process with minimal disruption and in less time.

3. Collaboration and Accessibility

With remote or hybrid working becoming the norm post-pandemic, it’s essential to ensure the cloud-based ERP is easily accessible for remote teams. The SAP B1 Cloud should be available to users anywhere, via the internet. Additionally, it should support seamless collaboration between different teams, no matter their location.

4. Reliability of Provider

The reliability of your cloud service provider is a critical factor. Many cloud providers offer cloud migration services, but it’s vital to choose a trusted and reputable one. Understand the terms of maintenance, upgrades, and technical support to ensure minimal disruptions during your SAP B1 migration to the cloud.

Step-by-Step Guide to Migrate Your Existing SAP B1 to the Cloud

SAP Business One Cloud is a popular solution for small and mid-sized businesses. Regardless of the industry, businesses can benefit from a cloud-based ERP solution by migrating their on-premise SAP B1. Here’s a step-by-step guide to completing the migration process effectively:

Step 1: Assess Existing Environment

Before initiating the migration, it’s crucial to evaluate your current setup and business needs. Examine dependencies, customizations, goals, and integrations with the help of a cloud service provider. This will help you identify potential challenges and ensure a smooth transition from on-premise to the cloud.

Step 2: Choose the Right Plan

Managed cloud providers offer various plans to meet different business needs. You’ll need to select a plan that aligns with your company’s size, goals, and performance requirements. Consider factors such as data storage, scalability, and processing power when choosing a package.

Step 3: Backup and Data Storage

During the migration process, protecting corporate data is vital. Make sure to back up your on-premise SAP B1 data to prevent any data loss or corruption during the migration. Using advanced migration tools can help ensure a seamless transfer and minimize downtime while maintaining data integrity.

Step 4: Application and Database Migration

The next step is migrating your SAP Business One application and databases to the cloud server. A technical team from your cloud service provider can assist in ensuring a secure and efficient migration. Once the transfer is complete, validate the functionality of your SAP B1 application in the new cloud environment.

Step 5: Integration and Performance Testing

Thoroughly test all integrations with other business applications and processes to ensure seamless connectivity in the cloud-driven environment. Extensive testing will help identify and resolve compatibility issues, ensuring uninterrupted workflows and synchronized data.

Step 6: User Training and Adoption

Prepare your team for the transition by providing comprehensive training on the new cloud-based environment. This will help users familiarize themselves with the enhanced features, accessibility, and collaboration tools available in the cloud.

Step 7: Go Live and Monitoring

Coordinate with your cloud provider’s support team to finalize the process and go live. Implement robust monitoring tools to track system performance, identify issues, and ensure the continued optimization of your SAP Business One application in the cloud.

By following these steps, you can ensure that your migration process is successful, allowing your business to unlock the full potential of a cloud-based SAP B1 solution.

Conclusion

Migrating your existing SAP Business One on-premise solution to the cloud can be a complex process, but with the right strategy and approach, it can bring substantial benefits to your business. By following the step-by-step guide and considering key factors during the migration, you can ensure a smooth transition and a successful cloud implementation. The right cloud partner will help you minimize downtime and safeguard your data, unlocking new possibilities with SAP B1 Cloud.

B1 Partner Cloud is a trusted SAP solutions provider, offering a full range of services from implementation to maintenance, upgrades, and cloud migration. Contact us today to learn more about how we can assist with your SAP Business One cloud migration.

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Charting the Course to SAP HANA Cloud

The push towards SAP HANA cloud shift stems from the need for agility and responsiveness in a dynamic business climate. The cloud promises reduced infrastructure expenses, robust data analytics, and the nimbleness to address changing needs quickly. However, for many companies, transitioning from on-premise SAP HANA to the cloud involves navigating concerns around data security, performance, and potentially relinquishing control of business-critical ERP systems.

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud: A Tailored Offering

In light of these challenges, SAP presented the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC), a private cloud service designed expressly for mission-critical workloads. HEC advertises no compromise on performance, integration, security, failover, or disaster recovery. It spotlights versatility, strong customer support, and end-to-end coverage - from strategic planning to application management. This offering intends to provide the cloud’s agility and innovation under SAP’s direct guidance and expertise.

Actual Delivery of HANA Enterprise Cloud

Despite SAP’s messaging, the HEC’s delivery involves a consortium of third-party providers, including HPE, IBM, CenturyLink, Dimension Data, and Virtustream. SAP collaborates with these partners, who bid on projects often awarded to the lowest bidder, to leverage specialized capabilities while upholding SAP’s standards.

Weighing the Pros and Cons

Partnering with competent vendors ensures clients receive secure, best-practice SAP hosting and support. HEC’s comprehensive solution integrates licensing, infrastructure, and support with touted scalability and integration.

However, several customer challenges emerge. Firstly, leveraging SAP’s brand for cloud hosting and SAP managed services risks diminishing anticipated cost savings. Secondly, the lack of direct engagement with third-party providers raises concerns about entrusting critical ERP operations to unseen partners. This dynamic obscures visibility and control over SAP HANA migration and management.

Furthermore, the absence of a direct relationship between SAP HANA users and cloud suppliers may complicate support, especially for urgent issues warranting rapid response. While SAP’s ecosystem aims to guarantee quality and security, intermediation can hinder the timely resolution of critical situations, affecting system uptime and operations.

SAP HANA Cloud: A Strategic Decision

As SAP systems become increasingly vital, migrating SAP HANA is not simply a technical or operational choice but a strategic one. SAP HANA transcends a database or software suite – it constitutes a competitive advantage that, when optimized, can spur tremendous innovation and success. This migration necessitates meticulous planning, execution, and governance to ensure the transition empowers rather than compromises SAP HANA’s strategic value.

In this context, selecting the ideal cloud model and service providers represents critical decisions. Companies must scrutinize partners beyond cost, evaluating track records, SAP skills, security protocols, and the aptitude to deliver personalized, responsive service.

The Future SAP HANA Cloud Trajectory

As we advance into 2024, the SAP DATA Cloud Analytics landscape continues evolving. Innovations in cloud technology, security, and service creation provide new prospects for migration planning. Firms must stay updated on cloud service advancements, SAP’s strategic direction, and cloud shift best practices to navigate this transition successfully.

To accomplish this, companies should:

Collaborate cross-functionally to align SAP HANA cloud plans with broader business goals and technology roadmaps.

Ensure chosen cloud environments and suppliers meet rigorous data security, privacy, and regulatory standards.

Assess infrastructure ability to support SAP HANA performance requirements and scale amid fluctuating demands.

Institute clear governance and support structures for effective issue resolution throughout and post-migration.

Transitioning SAP HANA to the cloud is complex but ultimately rewarding, unlocking efficiency, agility, and innovation when executed deliberately. By weighing the strategic, operational, and technical dynamics, businesses can drive this migration smoothly, fully capturing SAP HANA’s power to fuel future prosperity.

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Business Rules Management System Market Size, Share, Analysis, Forecast, and Growth Trends to 2032: Top Vendors Focus on Scalability and Agility

The Business Rules Management System Market was valued at USD 1.48 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach USD 3.35 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 9.52% from 2024-2032. 

Business Rules Management System Market is witnessing robust growth as organizations prioritize automation, agility, and compliance in decision-making processes. These systems allow businesses to define, deploy, and manage rules independently from application code, enabling faster adaptation to changing regulations and customer demands across key markets like the USA and Europe.

Exploring the Business Rules Management System Market in the United States: Opportunities and Challenges

U.S. Business Rules Management System Market was valued at USD 0.39 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach USD 0.87 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 9.40% from 2024-2032. 

Business Rules Management System Market is evolving with the integration of AI and low-code platforms. Enterprises are leveraging these systems to enhance operational efficiency, reduce manual errors, and ensure consistent policy enforcement across departments. The rise of digital transformation in both public and private sectors is accelerating adoption.

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Market Keyplayers:

IBM (Operational Decision Manager, Automation Decision Services)

FICO (FICO Blaze Advisor, FICO Decision Management Suite)

PEGASYSTEMS (Pega Decision Management, PegaRULES Process Commander)

Oracle (Oracle Business Rules, Oracle Policy Automation)

Progress Software (Corticon, DataDirect)

SAP (SAP Business Rules Framework, SAP Decision Service Management)

Broadcom (CA Aion Business Rules Expert, CA Process Automation)

ACTICO (ACTICO Rules, ACTICO Platform)

SAS (SAS Decision Manager, SAS Intelligent Decisioning)

InRule Technology (InRule Decision Platform, irAuthor)

Software AG (webMethods Business Rules, Apama)

OpenText (OpenText BRMS, OpenText AppWorks)

Newgen Software (Newgen Decision Management, Newgen OmniFlow iBPS)

Fujitsu (Interstage Business Process Manager, iFlow)

Experian (PowerCurve Strategy Management, Experian Decision Analytics)

Sparkling Logic (SMARTS Decision Manager, RedPen)

Business Rule Solutions (RuleGuide, Proteus)

Decisions LLC (Decisions Platform, Decisions Studio)

TIBCO (TIBCO BusinessEvents, TIBCO Rules Management Server)

Intellileap (Decision Management Suite, IntelliDecisions)

Agiloft (Agiloft Workflow Rules Engine, Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management)

Signavio (Signavio Process Manager, Signavio Business Transformation Suite)

Decision Management Solutions (Decision Requirements Modeling Tool, DMN Method and Style Training)

CNSI (eCAMS, evoBrix X)

Market Analysis

The Business Rules Management System (BRMS) market is driven by the need for streamlined business operations and regulatory adherence. Organizations in finance, healthcare, insurance, and logistics are turning to BRMS to manage complex decision logic with transparency and scalability. In the USA, adoption is being fueled by innovation in fintech and healthcare tech, while in Europe, GDPR compliance and government digital initiatives are driving BRMS integration.

Market Trends

Increased demand for AI-enhanced decision automation

Integration with BPM (Business Process Management) and ERP systems

Growing popularity of cloud-based BRMS platforms

Rise of low-code/no-code interfaces for rule editing

Regulatory compliance as a primary adoption driver

Real-time decision-making through dynamic rule execution

Expansion into SME segments with modular offerings

Market Scope

BRMS platforms are enabling organizations to separate business logic from application logic, making systems more adaptable and transparent. Their role is critical in sectors requiring frequent rule updates without disrupting core applications.

Dynamic rules engine for fast policy updates

Role-based rule management for security and clarity

Seamless integration with legacy and modern IT stacks

Cross-industry use cases from banking to supply chain

Enables faster compliance with evolving regulations

Supports multilingual and multinational deployments

Forecast Outlook

The future of the BRMS market is strongly aligned with the acceleration of digital enterprise frameworks. As businesses strive for agility, scalability, and customer-centricity, BRMS adoption will expand into new verticals and use cases. USA and Europe will continue to lead in implementation, driven by high regulatory pressure and a mature digital ecosystem. Emerging enhancements like explainable AI and contextual decision engines will further amplify market potential.

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Conclusion

The Business Rules Management System Market is not just a trend—it’s a strategic enabler of smarter, faster business decisions. With real-time adaptability and clear auditability, BRMS solutions are becoming essential for forward-thinking enterprises. Whether optimizing claims processing in Germany or streamlining loan approvals in the US, organizations investing in BRMS are positioning themselves for a more responsive, compliant, and intelligent future.

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Digitale Transformation: BA nutzt das Private Cloud Angebot von RISE with SAP

Die Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) setzt auf private Cloud-Technologie in einem deutschen Rechenzentrum. Die Auszahlungssysteme für Sozialleistungen, wie Arbeitslosen-, Bürger- und Kindergeld, werden künftig cloudbasiert betrieben. Der zuverlässige und pünktliche Zahlungsverkehr von Sozialleistungen zählt zur kritischen Infrastruktur (KRITIS) und hat für die BA höchste Priorität. Andreas Nahles,…

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Best Tally Software Price in UAE & Leading IT Companies in Dubai – A Guide by Xedos

In the fast-changing business scenario of today, efficient accounting and lean enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions are key to long-term success. For UAE businesses, especially those in Dubai, Tally software has become one of the most relied-upon platforms for financial management, inventory management, and legal compliances. Apart from that, due to fast digitization of the services and the growth of automation, IT firms in Dubai are leading the way in business transformation. Through this guide, we at Xedos bring a detailed perspective of Tally software rates in the UAE and the major role of the leading IT firms in Dubai.Tally Software price UAE

Tally Software in UAE – A Powerful Business Tool Tally is not merely a accounting software but an end-to-end solution that allows companies to handle finance, inventory, payroll, tax, banking, and so much more with precision and ease. Tally Prime, the new version, is extremely popular among companies operating in Dubai and the rest of UAE because it comes with an easy interface, real-time data access, and robust capabilities.

Principal Features of Tally Prime: GST and VAT Compliance: Designed specifically to comply with UAE's VAT standards

Inventory Management: Instant tracking of stock, reorder levels, and godown-wise management

Multi-Currency Support: Best suited for UAE-based international trading companies

Payroll Management: Simple payslip generation, attendance, and employee record maintenance

Remote Access & Security: Data can be accessed securely from anywhere by authorized personnel

Tally Software Price in UA The cost of Tally software in UAE is based on the version, license, and type of support services that come bundled with it. Xedos provides affordable Tally software cost in UAE, offering the highest value to businesses.

Tally Software Cost Breakdown: Tally Prime Silver (Single User)

Recommended for individual users or small firms

Estimated Price: AED 750 to AED 900 (one-time)

Yearly renewal for support and updates: AED 150 to AED 200

Tally Prime Gold (Multi-User)

Appropriate for medium and large enterprises with multiple users on LAN

Estimated Price: AED 2,250 to AED 2,500 (onetime)

Yearly renewal for support and update: AED 400 to AED 500

Tally On Cloud / Tally Subscription Services

Yearly or monthly subscription for organizations looking for cloud-hosted access

Fees differ based on storage, number of users, and cloud provider

Average price: AED 100–150/month/user

Tally Customization and Add-ons

Fees differ based on business-specific customization needs

Add-ons consist of high-end reporting, POS integration, barcode generation, etc.

At Xedos, we also offer authorized installation, training, and post-purchase support to make sure your business extracts maximum benefit from Tally.

Why Tally Software in UAE? Regulatory Compliance: Tally is well prepared to take care of the UAE's VAT needs, making your returns and audits hassle-free.

Scalable for Growth: Being a starter or an establishment, Tally scales up as your business expands.

Data Safety: With robust user access control and backup functionality, your financial information is secure.

Offline Use: No connectivity? No issue. Tally is offline capable and synchronizes when connected.

Multi-Language Support: Facilitates Arabic and English support and is thus versatile for UAE businesses.

IT Companies in Dubai – Enabling Innovation & Digital Transformation Dubai houses some of the most vibrant IT firms in the Middle East. From software development to cybersecurity, cloud computing, ERP, and AI solutions, Dubai IT firms are aiding the development of virtually every sector. These companies are a major facilitator of digital transformation for both SMEs and large businesses.

Services Provided by Top IT Firms in Dubai: ERP Implementation (Tally, SAP, Oracle)

Cloud Solutions (AWS, Azure, Private Cloud)

Website and App Development

IT Infrastructure Setup & Support

Cybersecurity & Data Protection

CRM Integration and Custom Software Solutions

IT AMC (Annual Maintenance Contracts)

Why Xedos is a Trusted IT Partner in Dubai At Xedos, we are experts in delivering solid IT solutions to cater to the requirements of today's businesses in the UAE. Being a Dubai certified Tally partner, we not just provide the most competitive Tally software price in the UAE, but also complete IT services which encompass:

End-to-End Tally Implementation & Training

Cloud Hosting for Tally and ERP Solutions

Website and Application Development

Custom Software Integration with Tally

Data Backup and Recovery Solutions

Managed IT Services and AMC Support

We are committed to equipping businesses with products that make things easier and improve decision-making. Our experienced consultants, developers, and support engineers guarantee that your business remains at the forefront in the digital era.

Selecting the appropriate Tally Package & IT Partner When choosing a Tally software solution in the UAE, think about the size of your organization, complexity of business, and need for remote/cloud access. Xedos offers a complimentary consultation to assist businesses in selecting the most appropriate Tally version and license model.

In the same way, when selecting an IT company in Dubai, check for:

Experience in your business sector

Certifications and affiliations

Timely support and maintenance offerings

Ability to customize

Pricing and SLA transparency The affordability of Tally software in the UAE and the technical expertise of top IT firms in Dubai such as Xedos, provides a competitive advantage to businesses. From a retail shop to a trading house, manufacturing plant, or a service enterprise, Tally software can ease your accounting and compliances, while the professional IT firm takes care of the scalability and security of your infrastructure.

Reach out to Xedos today and get expert advice on Tally software, cloud hosting, ERP solutions, and end-to-end IT services customized for your business in the UAE. Let's work together to make your business smarter, faster, and more efficient.