#William Kraft

[anotherguynamedjeremy]

Oh. We lost another great comedy figure, Martin Mull.

While I'm more familiar of him through Danny Phantom as Vlad Plasmius, I did watch Sabrina The Teenage Witch, where he played the high school principal Willard Kraft.

He was also in Two and a Half Men and Arrested Development.

[coern]

top ten normal galleries to have

[marvelousmrm]

Defenders #47 (Kraft, Slifer, & Warner/Giffen, May 1977). Still reshuffling the status quo of this book! Clea gives Valkyrie new duds, Moon Knight rescues Val’s stupid husband from SHIELD, Patsy picks a fight with Wonder Man, and Kyle takes a bath.

[karloff-the-uncanny]

A clip of Boris Karloff terrorising Al Jolson as Santa Claus in “The Kraft Music Hall”.

Air date was December 25th 1947.

[linefed]

Exterior Siding Houston Inspiration for a large craftsman gray two-story mixed siding gable roof remodel

[psychicreadsgirl]

Pick a Novel: Keywords/prominent themes in your life

Pick the novel that draws your attention the most. If you can't decide between two, then look at the 2 readings. This is a general reading, so not everything will apply. Please take what resonates and leave what doesn't behind!

#1

Keywords: love, lust, passion, fun, temperament, cafe, sweet, bicycle, pen, books, music, loyalty, winter, sofa, furniture, thoughts, light, intuition, soulmate, art, obsidian, cake, carbonated water, skincare, socks, cooking

Celebrities/Public Figures: Audrey Hepburn, Min Yoongi, IU, Claude Monet, Angela Merkel, Andrew Carnegie, John Johnson, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Howard Schultz, Sam Walton, Amancio Ortega, Queen Elizabeth I, Jane Austen, Jennie Kim

Countries: Italy, Canada, South Africa, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Greece, Madagascar, Qatar, Sweden, Zambia, Taiwan, Solomon Islands

Numbers: 11, 1, 5, 9, 80, 888, 6

Brands: Hermes, Tiffany, Apple, Instagram, Taobao, Lamborghini, Deloitte, Microsoft, Chopard, Givenchy, Patek Phillipe, Chloe, Alaia, Kraft,

Kpop songs: Young Forever by BTS, Shine by PENTAGON, Me Gustas Tu by GFRIEND, Run to You by DJ DOC, Love Lee by AKMU, Deja vu by TXT, Back Down by P1Harmony, Love shot by EXO

#2

Keywords: economy, job loss, new opportunities, play, drama, anger, frustration, lost, compass, computers, battery, feet, head, brain, summer, pearl, avocado, junk food, fried chicken, challenge, frugal

Celebrities/Public Figures: Grace Kelly, Billie Eilish, Keanu Reeves, Rosé, Jung Hoseok, Salma Hayek, Pablo Picasso, Princess Diana, Thomas Edison, Sergey Brin, Mary I, William Shakespeare, Lee Nayeon

Countries: New Zealand, USA, Maldives, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Lithuania, Nepal, Portugal, Poland, Lebanon, Mali, Netherlands

Numbers: 4, 99, 101, 33, 13, 14, 0

Brands: Masion Margiela, Amazon, facebook, Shein, PWC, Missoni, Moschino Couture, Toyota, citi bank, Chaumet, Polene, Pizza Hut,

Kpop songs: Love Dive by IVE, Shangri-la by VIXX, Sweety by Clazziquai, I NEED U by BTS, The Chaser by Infinite, Magnetic by ILLIT, My House by 2PM, ICY by ITZY

#3

Keywords: tales, gossip, lies, funny, movies, theatre, cell phone, cool, kpop, magenta, ancient, history, claws, cats, tiger, fall, jealousy, games, aquamarine, lemons, makeup, pencil, groceries

Celebrities/Public Figures: Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Morgan Freeman, Kim Seokjin, Jang Wonyoung, Matt Damon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Shinzo Abe, Steve Jobs, Voltaire, Kim Jisoo,

Countries: Ethiopia, France, Russia, Ireland, Argentina, Afghanistan, Libya, Rwanda, Nigeria, Pakistan, Morocco, Malta, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Iraq,

Numbers: 2, 7, 69, 25, 55, 79, 1182

Brands: Saint Laurent, miumiu, Starbucks, Mercedez-Benz, Nestle, Oracle, Tod's, Bulgari, Rolex, KFC, SUBWAY, Carrefour, Kellog's

Kpop songs: Supernova by aespa, Maestro by seventeen, Not by the moon by GOT7, Alone by Sistar, Hip by MAMAMOO, Good Day by IU, Bite Me by ENHYPEN, Work by ATEEZ, The Feels by TWICE

#4

Keywords: foreign, spicy, peppery, rice, no, objection, resistance, control, storms, thunderstorms, shower, tension, crush, pop, paper, mango, legs, fragrance, emerald, clothing rack, tomatoes, defeat,

Celebrities/Public Figures: Judy Garland, Margot Robbie, G-Dragon, Jeon Jungkook, Pharrell Williams, Emmanuel Macron, Bill Clinton, King Charles, Warren Buffet, Cleopatra, Kim Mingyu

Countries: South Korea, Philippines, Scotland, Spain, Albania, Guatemala, Malaysia, Iran, Romania, Honduras, Georgia, Croatia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Gambia, Guinea

Numbers: 31, 75, 412, 43, 486, 640

Brands: Chanel, Prada, Bentley, Gucci, Samsung, Disney, BMW, Hyundai, cisco, Van Cleefs & Arpels, Dior, Loro Piana, Shake Shack

Kpop songs: Gee by SNSD, If you by BIGBANG, Antifragile by LE SSERAFIM, Up and Down by EXID, OMG by NewJeans, Lion by (G)I-DLE, Hello by TREASURE,

#5

Keywords: death, mystery, mirror, reflection, shadow, black, grey, white, funeral, video, sprint, pool, gym, streets, metro, subway, chocolate, broken, knees, moon, ruby, surgery, teeth, race

Celebrities/Public Figures: Marilyn Monroe, Barack Obama, Kate Winslet, Kim Taehyung, Aamir Khan, Marie Antoinette, Elon Musk, Robert F Kennedy, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Edward VIII, Charles Dickens, Abraham Lincoln, Park Bogum,

Countries: North Korea, China, Vietnam, Brazil, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Germany, India, Israel, Laos, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Congo, Cuba, Egypt, Mongolia

Numbers: 3, 97, 17, 19, 52, 98

Brands: Ralph Lauren, Celine, Ferrari, Huawei, Uber, intel, UPS, Calvin Klein, Piaget, Guerlain, Berluti, Pepsi, Cadbury

Kpop songs: Shut down by Blackpink, Seven by Jeon Jungkook, God's Menu by Stray Kids, Love Love Love by Epik High, Very Nice by SEVENTEEN, Birthday by Jeon Somi, Psycho by Red Velvet,

#6

Keywords: travel, toxic, break away, departure, memory, dreams, truth, unveil, diary, journal, coffee, jacket, shoes, hands, social media, news, competition, autumn, diamonds, electricity, TV, cheat, fashion

Celebrities/Public Figures: Jane Birkin, Kim Jiwon, Gigi Hadid, Charlize Theron, Park Jimin, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Maximilien Robespierre, Bill Gates, Queen Elizabeth II, Vladimir Putin, Henry Ford, James Joyce, Lalisa Manobal

Countries: Japan, Australia, Mexico, Iceland, Finland, Eritrea, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Bolivia, Botswana, Bahamas,

Numbers: 8, 646, 152, 37, 49, 22

Brands: Louis Vuitton, Lexus, Tesla, Fendi, Walmart, Nike, Siemens, Google, Cartier, Burberry, Ferragamo, Burger King, Unilever

Kpop songs: ROCKSTAR by LISA, Cherry bomb by NCT 127, Move by Taemin, Dramarama by MONSTA X, Love Scenario by iKON, Get a Guitar by RIIZE, Replay by SHINee, Candy Sugar Pop by ASTRO, Mr. Simple by Super Junior

[mcxcuseme13]

Why did I have to live in the universe where Logan and Alex drive a Kraft Mac and Cheese box for a living? Like put me in an elementary school science class, and I can build a better car out of recyclables than Stake and Williams can build with millions of dollars

[kwebtv]

Dabney Wharton Coleman (January 3, 1932 – May 16, 2024) Film, stage and television actor.

Coleman's notable television roles included Merle Jeeter on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977), the title characters in Buffalo Bill (1983–1984) and The Slap Maxwell Story (1987–1988), and Burton Fallin on The Guardian (2001–2004). More recently, he portrayed Louis "The Commodore" Kaestner on Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011) and made a memorable appearance on Yellowstone (2019) which was his final role. As a voice actor, he is best known for providing the voice of Principal Peter Prickly on Recess (1997–2001) and in several movies based on the series.

Coleman was a character actor with roles in well over 60 films and television programs to his credit. In a 1964 episode of Kraft Suspense Theatre titled "The Threatening Eye", Coleman played private investigator William Gunther. Two years later, he played Dr. Leon Bessemer with Bonnie Scott as his wife Judy, neighbors and friends of the protagonist in Season 1 of That Girl, episode 3, "Never Change a Diaper on Opening Night".

In 1986 Coleman co-starred opposite Carol Burnett, playing his comic villain persona to the hilt as nefarious raisin tycoon Tyler Cane in the cult 1986 satirical miniseries Fresno, which parodied prime-time soap operas like "Dallas" and "Dynasty". (Wikipedia)

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[caroloftheshells]

lit masterpost

as “a music theorist” a lot of what i read is basically a really specific slice of sociology, which may be of interest to folks here, so: here’s my reading list for comprehensive exams (skimming / intros & conclusions for now and i’m going to try and do more of a deep dive later). starred stuff is on zee lib btw (which, if you recall, still exists but under that new format where you sign up for a personal domain link). non-starred stuff might be on there too; idk (haven’t checked yet; i have some of these in physical form from my library). this stuff is all about genre theory, popular/classical crossover, music recording/production, and economics.

*adorno - current of music

*adorno - introduction to the sociology of music

*attali - noise: the political economy of music

*benjamin - “the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction” [a classic!]

born - rationalizing culture: ircam, boulez, and the institutionalization of the musical avant-garde

born & haworth - “from microsound to vaporwave: internet-mediated musics, online methods, and genre” [really good. plenty of old vaporwave bloggers on tumblr.edu make cameos, which is entertaining, but it’s basically about the construction of diff electronic genres around diff aesthetic values, methods of file-sharing, & community organizational properties]

brackett - categorizing sound: genre and twentieth-century popular music

burgess - the history of music production

chapman - “the one-man band and entrepreneurial selfhood in neoliberal culture”

*drott - “the end(s) of genre”

echard - psychedelic popular music

*eisenberg - the recording angel: music, records, and culture from aristotle to zappa

fabbri - “a theory of musical genres: two applications”

fellezs - birds of fire: jazz, rock, funk, and the creation of fusion

frow - genre

gjerdingen & perrott - “scanning the dial: the rapid recognition of music genres”

holt - genre in popular music

johnson - “analyzing genre in post-millennial popular music”

*kittler - discourse networks 1800/1900

*kraft - stage to studio: musicians and the sound revolution, 1890-1950

kronengold - living genres in late modernity: american music of the long 1970s

moore - “neoliberalism and the musical entrepreneur” [side note. spellcheck did not recognize the term “neoliberalism,” lol??]

negus - music genres and corporate cultures

*ritchey - composing capital: classical music in the neoliberal era

robin - “balance problems: neoliberalism and new music in the american university and ensemble”

robin - industry: bang on a can and new music in the marketplace

sterne - the audible past: cultural origins of sound reproduction

waksman - this ain’t the summer of love: conflict and crossover in heavy metal and punk

*williams - marxism and literature

[logi1974]

Südengland / Cornwall 2024 - Tag 14

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Heute haben wir wieder einmal Dreckswetter, deswegen streichen wir die ursprüngliche Planung Isle of Portland und entscheiden uns statt dessen für ein Ziel, das in der näheren Umgebung liegt: Montacute House in der Grafschaft Somerset.

Zusätzlicher Nutzen: auch diese Sehenswürdigkeit wird von unserer National Trust Karte abgedeckt.

Das honigfarbene Montacute House ist ein Glanzstück der späten elisabethanischen Architektur und des Designs der elisabethanischen Renaissance.

Mit seinen hoch aufragenden Glaswänden, der Fassade aus Hamstone und der umliegenden Garten- und Parklandschaft ist es ein überwältigender Anblick, selbst bei miesem Wetter, wie heute.

Schon während der Durchfahrt durch das Dorf Montacute mit seinen hübschen Häusern und malerischen Gasthäusern, die alle ebenfalls aus dem gleichen Hamstone, wie das Schloss, erbaut wurden, weiß man gar nicht wohin man zuerst schauen soll.

Dann erhascht man Blicke, durch das imposante zweiflügelige Tor, auf das beeindruckende Gebäude am Ende der ehemaligen offiziellen Zufahrt.

Dies ist das Montacute House, das von Sir Edward Phelips, einem wohlhabenden Anwalt und Mitglied des Parlaments von Elizabeth I., erbaut wurde - ein Ausdruck von Reichtum, Ehrgeiz und Schaustellung.

Als Sprecher des Unterhauses war Phelips ein einflussreicher Mann, der am Prozess gegen Guy Fawkes und die Gunpowder Plotters beteiligt war.

Das Haus wird William Arnold zugeschrieben, einem der talentiertesten Maurerarchitekten der Provinz seiner Zeit. Der Grundriss von Montacute besteht aus der orthodoxen H-Form, die in vielen Häusern dieser Zeit verwendet wurde.

Arnolds Verwendung von Renaissance-Motiven an der Außenseite – darunter klassische Gebälke, die die drei Stockwerke trennen, Segmentgiebel, die die vorspringenden Erker überragen, und die Nischen mit Muschelköpfen unter den Fenstern im Erdgeschoss – zeigen, dass Arnold das neue Haus mit Elementen verschönern wollte, die in der zweiten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts aus Frankreich und Flandern nach England strömten.

Die Innenräume sind mit ausnehmend schönen Kaminen im Tudor-Stil und im darauf folgenden elisabethanischen Stil ausgestattet, sowie einer Reihe heraldischer Fenster aus der Zeit des Baus des Hauses.

Das Haus wurde um 1598 erbaut. Sir Edward Phelips war die visionäre Kraft und das Geld, die hinter der Schaffung dieses Meisterwerks steckten, das 1601 fertiggestellt wurde.

Das Haus war jahrhundertelang das Zuhause der Familie Phelips und bewohnt, bis es 1911 vermietet wurde.

Als man es 1929 zum Verkauf und Verschrottung anbot, wurde es 1931 vom Enkel von Thomas Cook, dem Gründer des bekannten Reisebüros, gerettet.

Er verfügte über die nötigen finanziellen Mittel und erklärte sich bereit, das Haus zu kaufen, um es dem National Trust zu übergeben.

Dieses denkmalgeschützte Gebäude ist eines der wenigen Häuser, die seit der elisabethanischen Zeit praktisch unverändert geblieben sind.

Die beeindruckende Ostfront mit ihren großen Sprossenfenstern vermittelt den Eindruck, dass die gesamte Fassade aus Glas besteht. Die Tudor-Westfassade wurde vom nahegelegenen Clifton Maybank House entfernt und 1786 in Montacute wieder aufgebaut.

Im Erdgeschoss befinden sich die Große Halle und die Küchen. Im ersten Stock lagen die Große Kammer zur Bewirtung sowie einige Schlafzimmer und andere Räume, die von der Familie und ihren Gästen genutzt werden.

Eines der Schlafzimmer im ersten Stock, die Gartenkammer, beherbergt eine einzigartige Einrichtung: ein Sanitärbad, raffiniert in einem Kleiderschrank versteckt!

Es wurde von Lord Curzon, Vizekönig von Indien, der von 1915 bis 1925 in dem Haus lebte, in seinem Schlafzimmer installiert.

Fun Fact: nach seiner Gattin, Lady Curzon, wurde die berühmte Schildkrötensuppe benannt - wahrscheinlich für alle Zeiten DAS! Aushängeschild der englischen Kochkunst.

Im zweiten Stock ist die 172 Fuß lange Long Gallery die längste ihrer Art in England. Neben der Sammlung von Porträts der Familie Phelips befindet sich eine herausragende Sammlung von Tudor- und frühen Stuart-Gemälden, die von der National Portrait Gallery ausgeliehen wurden.

Ganz besonders beeindruckt hat uns allerdings der abgedunkelte Raum im Erdgeschoss, in dem der Wandteppich, mit dem etwas sperrigen Namen: Knight with the Arms of Jean de Daillon, ausgestellt ist.

Der Ritter-Wandteppich ist der einzige aus dem 15. Jahrhundert, von dem bekannt ist, dass er bis heute überlebt hat. Es wurde 1480 fertiggestellt, als die Stadt Tournai den Wandteppich als Geschenk an Daillon „als Belohnung für zahlreiche Gefälligkeiten und freundliche Gesten, die er dieser Stadt erwiesen hat“ bezahlte.

Nach vier Jahren der Konservierung und Reinigung, unter anderem durch Spezialisten in Belgien, wird der älteste Wandteppich in der Obhut des National Trust wieder im Montacute House ausgestellt.

Allerdings nur limitiert und unter strengen Auflagen, ähnlich wie bei der "Blauen Mauritius": Licht, Wärme und Feuchtigkeit würden der kostbaren Antiquität schlichtweg zu sehr zusetzen.

Außergewöhnlich schöne Gärten umgeben das Montacute House und umfassen eine Sammlung von Rosen, gemischten Rabatten und die berühmten Wackelhecken (wibbly wobbly).

Es gibt zwei schöne Gartenpavillons, eine Orangerie, ein Eishaus, ummauerte Gärten und natürlich eine Teestube des National Trust.

Der Landschaftspark drumherum eignet sich hervorragend zum Spazierengehen und Picknicken. Markierte Wanderwege führen rund um das weitere Anwesen, zu dem auch der St. Michael's Hill gehört.

Das Montacute House hat natürlich auch schon in mehreren Filmen und Fernsehproduktionen mitgewirkt, darunter in der 1995er Version von Jane Austens „Sense and Sensibility“, im Film „The Libertine“ von 2004 und in der BBC-Adaption von „Wolf Hall“.

Wir waren wirklich zu tiefst beeindruckt und begeistert und haben diesen Notfall-Tag keine Sekunde bereut.

Den Nachmittag verbringen wir wieder mit Packen, denn es steht der Wechsel nach Cornwall an.

Unsere langohrigen Nachbarn beobachten unser Tun äußerst aufmerksam.

Good Night!

Angie, Micha und Mister Bunnybear (Hasenbär)

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[dutzervonmezzenbrau]

𝚆. 𝙴𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚜...

Das über fünf Jahrzehnte umfassende Werk von William Eggleston hat wesentlich zu diesem Paradigmenwechsel beigetragen. Neben Stephen Shore, Saul Leiter und Evelyn Hofer erkannte Eggleston früh die unverwechselbare Kraft der Farbe und ihre einzigartige Qualität zur Abbildung des Alltäglichen. Zumal Eggleston keineswegs vorgab, im Beiläufigen das Schöne bloßzulegen. Stattdessen überzog er das Banale mit einem Moment des Unheimlichen und Rätselhaften: Gerade weil Farbe der menschlichen Wahrnehmung so nahekommt, musste Eggleston die eigene Umgebung mittels der Fotografie immer wieder überprüfen – als seien ihm selbst die gefrorenen Lebensmittel im Eisfach nicht geheuer, nicht die Ketchup-Flaschen auf der Theke, und schon gar nicht die Waffen, die wie zufällig in so vielen seiner Bilder auftauchen.

Ausstellung C/O Berlin vom 28. Januar bis 4. Mai 2023

[hippycomix]

Jack Kirby Museum and Hippy Comix Panel

@ Empire Comic Fest 2024

For Immediate Release:

This weekend in Rochester, New York, Empire Comic Fest 6 proudly hosts the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center and Hippy Comix LLC, celebrating the rich and diverse history of Comic Books in America.

Kirby Museum President Tom Kraft and Hippy Comix Guru Dan Fogel team up on Saturday July 13th from 2:00 to 2:45 PM for the panel: "Reflections Of Comics From Undergrounds To The Mainstream". Tom and Dan will share the stories of the visionaries who created comics from the Golden Age to today, including the iconic artist Jack Kirby (1917-1994). Moderated by Jack DiMartino of Jackie D's Pop Culture Emporium.

A comic convention with Free Admission and 100% comic book vendors and comic guests, Empire Comic Fest 6 2024 is now two big days: Friday July 12th (1:00pm - 7:00pm) & Saturday July 13th (10:00am - 5:00pm) at the Louis S. Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave, Rochester, NY 14618

Other Special Guests appearing both Friday and Saturday include: Al Milgrom, Keith Williams, Fred Stresing, and Meg Casey, and on Friday only: Rick Arthur, Nigel Carrington, David Edeltoft, and Sam Fratto.

For the latest details on Guests and Panels please go to:

www.EmpireComicFest.com

www.kirbymuseum.org

www.hippycomix.com

[spacetimesally]

the first image is Vivian Larsen from an episode of Kraft Suspense Theatre, "Kiss Me/Kill Me" - if you flipped the channel that night, you would also see Vivian Larsen in the Spacetime Sally episode, "Farthest Away"

(fun fact, John Williams composed the theme music for Kraft Suspense Theatre)

[doodling-doodle]

A Modern Great War (PT.1)

The last known appearance of any Dark Aether activity was in 1985. Nearly four decades.

So why the fuck are they back? Why now?

And why did it have to be the 141 to fix it? Only one of them believes it was real, even though they’ve all read the old reports.

Of course it was Kyle to be the one to fix it.

Why the fuck is it always me?” Kyle whispered to himself as he rummaged through the base. An Omega Group base. It was so weird. Why were they just now going through it?

He just wanted to go home. Alex was worried about him going alone, he was waiting, likely impatiently, for him to come back. To be fair, he was worried too. He knew why he was sent alone, though. It made sense. Alex still fought Price and Norris about it. But only he believed that everything in Project Aether was real. He was sure that it was the reason. And it was a good reason.

He just took all the old documents from… William Peck, he guessed, though the name was redacted.

He thought this was it. He could call in exfil, go home, and cuddle with Alex and Rose.

ETA was thirty minutes.

He could walk around a bit more.

He found a… bunker-type thing?

He took a look. And there wasn’t much, but… God, what was that noise? It sounded like some sort of whisper, and it got closer as he went through the near pitch-black halls.

He found what it was.

A glowing blue Horn. He knew what it was. He damn well what that was.

So why was it calling out to him?

He didn’t know what to do. He wanted to. But why?

He did it.

He touched it.

He passed out, but judging by the clock on the wall, it was only a few minutes.

He rubbed his eyes as he sat up, almost waiting…

“That was very bold of you, mortal.”

He gasped as he heard that.

“I-I fucking knew it…” He whispered, a small chuckle leaving his lips.

“Knew that we were real?”

“Yeah… The others didn’t believe it. Well, I was managing to get Alex on board, but… Holy shit.”

He stood, looking around the room. He knew it was in his head, but… he almost didn’t believe it.

“Who am I, then?”

He smiled, “Norticus The Conqueror. One of the Elder Gods. But… I thought the Dark Aether was destroyed?”

“It was. But, recent events that no one had any control over has had it trying to rebuild itself. It has a… Mind of it’s own, if that’s the right wording. Kortifex has been trying to get back in charge.”

“You can’t let that happen- it’ll just be the ‘40s repeating itself.”

“You’ve really done your research. Kraft would be impressed. But, no. We can’t let that happen. But we need eyes in the real world to help.”

“Why me?”

“Your special, Sergeant. We looked through the others in your task force. Only you have… What should I call it?... A special energy. We couldn’t even identify what it was. But only you have it. And it seems important. And you’re the only one that believes we were real. The stars aligned.”

He was even more shocked. But he was going to do it.

“What do you need me to do?”

“Take my Artifact. You’ll need it. And we’ll need to start finding the others.”

“Where are they?”

“I’m not entirely sure. But I can find them. And you’ll have to keep the Artifacts.”

“Okay…” He carefully took the Horn, and hid it in his bag. How he’d fully hide it from the others, he wasn’t sure yet.

“You are not to tell a single soul about this.”

“Understood.”

“Good.”

He heard Nikolai’s chopper getting closer, and he went to the roof.

“Stay quiet. I don’t want a random voice in my head telling me stuff while I’m around people. I’ll probably look insane.”

“Understood.”

Once he got on the chopper, he realized that it was empty… Save for Alex, who jumped up, hugged him, and frantically checked him for injuries, even though he said he was fine about five times.

“Let’s get you home, darlin’. Rose is getting impatient.”

He was still a little off. But he couldn’t say it.

He stuck around Alex while he was writing his mission report, and he finally got to his room, and saw Rose in his bed, nice and curled up.

“Your lover seems to be a man of touch, not words.”

He jumped, cursing under his breath. But he smiled.

“Very much so. I love it.”

“Really?”

"Yeah. He just… Loves having me close to him.”

“Seems possessive.”

“There’s a difference between protective and possessive. He’s protective. For good reason, considering the start of our relationship. To be honest, I love the feeling of… being wanted.”

“As long as he doesn’t get in the way.”

“Deal with it. He’s my boyfriend. I’ll choose him.”

“Understood. You should rest, Sergeant. You may need to… sneak out, if I find the others.”   

“Okay… But I’ll tell you now: I won’t betray my family. If I need to make a choice, I’ll choose them over you.”

“We’ll deal with it. Rest.”

He laid in bed, and tried to sleep. But it was hard.

Until Norticus just knocked him out…

[i-spaced-sorry]

For day 9 enjoy a little fluffy Will and Jay brother bonding as kids time! I was inspired from watching people at the park near my house feeding the ducks with bread and wondering what if they took it from their parents secretly!

Will is 10 in this and Jay is 8 in this! Enjoy:)

Title: Saturday mornings

"shhh, you'll wake dad" angry whispered Will, as he pushed little brother Jay out of the way and shut the kitchen cabinet himself.

"Sorry" whispered Jay back.

It was early Saturday morning and the boys decided that instead of watching cartoons like they did every Saturday that they were going to go feed the ducks at the lagoon in the next neighborhood over.

"Won't mom get mad we took her sandwich bread" asked Jay as the two biked away from 47th street and towards 37th street and towards the bus they would need.

Shrugging his shoulders Will replied, "as long as we don't use all the bread, we can claim we were really hungry and made pb&j sandwiches after school on Friday."

That sounded like a solid albi to young Jay so he backed off his questions.

Hopping off the bus, the boys headed straight for the lagoon and nature trail. Their mom had taken them here plenty of times and occasionally Jay's little league soccer team would have a game out here, so they were rather familiar with the layout of the park.

"Ooh, look at the goose!" Exclaimed Jay while fishing out a piece of bread out of the bag his brother held.

The boys spent the next 45 minutes feeding the geese and squirrels, and looking at the birds flying around the nature trail.

"Hand me a piece, I want to feed the little guy!" Stated Jay while honing in on a squirrel near the tennis courts.

"Last one, then we should head back, it's already 9" replied Will while holding the bread bag out for Jay to take.

Sticking his hand in, Jay realized just how far his hand had to go to reach a piece, "uh oh" he stated when he looked down and realized more than half the loaf was gone!

"Uh, it's okay, mom probably won't notice! I've been making our lunches the past 2 weeks anyway" reassured Will.

"I think she goes on another grocery run this week anyway" added Jay.

The boys started their trip home while adding to the story of hopeful reassurance that they wouldn't get in trouble for using up all the bread!

Several hours later, Mary Halstead decided that she was going to make her sons' their favorite lunch....grilled cheese and Kraft Mac and cheese, it was the one meal she knew picky eater Jay would eat and big brother Will never complained about it.

Opening the kitchen cabinet that housed the bread, she noticed 75% of the loaf was gone.....she had just gone grocery shopping on Thursday night right after she got paid.

"Jay Alexander! William Patrick!" She shouted

In the living room, the boys turned from watching TV to look at each other and they muttered,

"shit"