#cedric dupont

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[ghostwritcr]

open to :  f / nb , 21+ muse :  cedric dupont ,  early - twenties ,  law school student , heterosexual .

' you knew i had a girlfriend when we started this , you said it didn't matter . so why does it now ? c'mon, we had such a good summer together ... don't ruin it now . '

[ulkaralakbarova]

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Phileas Fogg: David Niven Passepartout: Cantinflas Whist Partner: Finlay Currie Ralph: Robert Morley Monsieur Gasse: Charles Boyer Mr. Fix: Robert Newton Achmed Abdullah: Gilbert Roland Saloon Hostess: Marlene Dietrich Saloon Pianist: Frank Sinatra Train Conductor: Buster Keaton Proctor Stamp: John Carradine Steward: Peter Lorre Saloon Bouncer: George Raft Colonel: Tim McCoy Stationmaster: Joe E. Brown Princess Aouda: Shirley MacLaine Mr. Talley: Melville Cooper Police Chief: Reginald Denny Railway Official: Ronald Colman Denis Fallentin: Trevor Howard Hinshaw: Harcourt Williams Tourist: Martine Carol Francis Cromarty: Cedric Hardwicke Roland Hesketh-Baggott: Noël Coward Foster: John Gielgud French Coachman: Fernandel Paris Tart: Evelyn Keyes Flamenco Dancer: José Greco Abdullah’s Henchman: Cesar Romero British Consul: Alan Mowbray Steamship Company Clerk: Charles Coburn Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon: Red Skelton SS Henrietta First Mate: Andy Devine SS Henrietta Engineer: Edmund Lowe SS Henrietta Helmsman: Victor McLaglen London Carriage Driver: John Mills Sporting Lady’s Companion: Glynis Johns Sporting Lady: Hermione Gingold Prologue Narrator: Edward R. Murrow Drunk in Hong Kong Dive: Mike Mazurki Reform Club Member: Ronald Squire Reform Club Member: Basil Sydney Bullfighter: Luis Miguel Dominguín Elephant Driver-Guide: Robert Cabal SS Henrietta Captain: Jack Oakie London Revivalist Group Leader: Beatrice Lillie Club Member: A.E. Matthews Club Member: Walter Fitzgerald Club Steward: Ronald Adam Clergyman: Frank Royde Extra (uncredited): Abdullah Abbas Extra (uncredited): Jesse Adams Extra (uncredited): Fred Aldrich Extra (uncredited): Ray Armstrong Extra (uncredited): Gertrude Astor Extra (uncredited): Walter Bacon Extra (uncredited): Rama Bai Extra (uncredited): Leah Baird Extra (uncredited): Brandon Beach Extra (uncredited): Eugene Beday Extra (uncredited): Helena Benda Extra (uncredited): Audrey Betz Extra (uncredited): George Blagoi Extra (uncredited): Eumenio Blanco Extra (uncredited): Nina Borget Extra (uncredited): Danny Borzage Extra (uncredited): Hazel Boyne Extra (uncredited): George Bruggeman Extra (uncredited): Bob Burrows Extra (uncredited): Paul Busch Extra (uncredited): Gordon Carveth Extra (uncredited): Spencer Chan Extra (uncredited): Jack Chefe Extra (uncredited): Sing Chen Extra (uncredited): Dick Cherney Extra (uncredited): Bud Cokes Extra (uncredited): Louise Colombet Extra (uncredited): Bill Couch Extra (uncredited): Paul Cristo Extra (uncredited): Roy Damron Extra (uncredited): Eddie Das Extra (uncredited): John Davidson Extra (uncredited): Jack Davies Extra (uncredited): Jack Davis Extra (uncredited): Anna De Linsky Extra (uncredited): Gloria Dea Extra (uncredited): John Deauville Extra (uncredited): Harry Denny Extra (uncredited): James Dime Extra (uncredited): Joe Dougherty Extra (uncredited): Dan Dowling Extra (uncredited): Harry Duff Extra (uncredited): Arthur Dulac Extra (uncredited): Charles Dunbar Extra (uncredited): Renald Dupont Extra (uncredited): Larry Duran Extra (uncredited): Minta Durfee Extra (uncredited): Jack Ellis Extra (uncredited): Richard Elmore Extra (uncredited): Frank Erickson Extra (uncredited): Bob Evans Extra (uncredited): Harry Evans Extra (uncredited): Franklyn Farnum Extra (uncredited): Art Felix Extra (uncredited): Grace Field Extra (uncredited): Sam Finn Extra (uncredited): Bess Flowers (uncredited): Frances Fong Extra (uncredited): Otto Forrest Extra (uncredited): Helen Foster Extra (uncredited): Jesús Franco Extra (uncredited): Ben Frommer Extra (uncredited): Curt Furburg Extra (uncredited): Joe Garcio Extra (uncredited): Joe Gilbert Extra (uncredited): Mary Gleason Extra (uncredited): June Glory Extra (uncredited): Albert Godderis Extra (uncredited): James Gonzalez Extra (uncredited): Carmelita González Extra (uncredited): Dick Gordon E...

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Another Cedric AU where the rival boys take the role of the DDLC dokis and instead of being a children's series, a dating video game was created for educational purposes that goes wrong.

[astra-galaxie]

"The Bureau? Then you must know my son, Elliot! I trust he hasn't been getting into trouble?" - Cedric Clayton

Biographical information

Full Name: Cedric Clayton

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Bisexual

Status: Alive

Age: 48 (season 3)

Birth: 1968

Race: Human

Nationality: British

Origin: Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

Residence: Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

Profession(s): CEO of Clayton Technologies

Family:

Evangeline Clayton (wife)

Eliza Clayton (daughter)

Elliot Clayton (son)

Esther Clayton (daughter)

Affiliation(s):

Clayton Technologies

SOMBRA (unwillingly & formerly)

Profile

Height: 5'7" Age: 48 (season 3) Weight: 147lbs Eyes: brown Blood: O-

Cedric is the father of the Clayton siblings. He is a businessman of average height with neatly combed black hair, a clean-cut beard, and brown eyes behind a pair of purple-framed glasses. Wearing a dark gray suit, green dress shirt with a black vest, purple tie, and shiny black shoes, he is always ready to talk business. He also wears his gold wedding right on his left hand.

The scar under his right eye was given to him by a SOMBRA agent ten years ago.

Per his suspect appearance in The Brave and the Dead, it is known that Cedric eats Halo-halo, has visited the Caribbean and knows electronics.

Synopsis

Cedric Clayton is the CEO of one of the world's largest tech companies, Clayton Technologies. They have contracts with hospitals, militaries and global organizations to which they provide top-of-the-line technology. They are a leading innovator in their industry, competing against companies like iPear and Dream Life.

The Bureau met Elliot's father when he became a suspect in Wilfred Pennyworth's murder. He and the victim had argued a few hours before the murder; Wilfred wanted to kill Malaya Mendoza, a SOMBRA agent assigned to watch the Claytons. But Cedric refused to resort to murder. Ultimately, Wilfred died, and Malaya was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for his murder.

Later, Cedric revealed how he and his wife had been forced to work for SOMBRA. Not only did they threaten to kill their children, but the first and only time the couple tried to escape SOMBRA's clutches, they were attacked. SOMBRA broke into the Clayton mansion one night and entered the master bedroom. The agents tied Ceridc to a chair and forced him to watch as they tortured Evangeline, beating the woman into a coma.

They survived the attack, but Cedric still struggles to look at his reflection. Every time he sees the scar SOMBRA left under his eye, he is reminded of the threat against his family brought on because he was too naive and ambitious to say no when SOMBRA first approached him about wanting to buy his technology.

After proving they weren't willingly working for SOMBRA, Cedric and Evangeline vowed to help the Bureau take down the criminal organization. Cedric and his son have also slowly begun reconnecting as they work together to strengthen Clayton Technologies' servers and networks against cyber attacks. And now that he will be spending more time at home and Eliza has moved back into the mansion, he plans to reconnect with his daughters next.

Elliot briefly mentioned Cedric during Return To Killer Bay when he helped take Eclipse Technologies away from SOMBRA. The Bureau got Christopher Hanson to sign over the company to Cedric and Clayton Tech to take away one of SOMBRA's strongest resources. Cedric was more than happy to take away a piece of SOMBRA after being under their control for so long and couldn't wait for the day when they were defeated.

And when that day arrived, Cedric, Evangeline and their daughters travelled to New York to be with Elliot and the Bureau. They all celebrated the victory and mourned the loss of Dupont by giving the historian the funeral he deserved. And while there was still a lot of work to be done to clean up SOMBRA's messes, Cedric looked forward to a brighter future with his family and new friends.

Story Information

First appeared: The Brave and the Dead

Trivia

His vision is worse in his right eye because of the SOMBRA agent who stabbed just below his eye socket

He never needed glasses before the attack; he had perfect vision

He (with help from Evangeline's family) forged his wife's engagement ring

Later, the couple forged their wedding bands together

He struggles with human interaction beyond business-related meetings/conversations. He's always found it easier to understand technology than people

He and Elliot used to build miniature robots when the teen was younger. Cedric hopes that the two of them can start that hobby again someday

He and Evangeline began wearing their children's colours (purple, black and green) to feel closer to them when SOMBRA forced them apart

Gallery

According to the site I used, this is one variation of the Clayton family crest. I chose the black-and-white version because it fit the family's aesthetic better. The small crest inside Cedric's briefcase did not have the banner with the family's name on it.

Disclaimer: Character design was created using Rinmarugames Mega Anime Avatar Creator! I have only made minor edits to the design! Background courtesy of CriminalArtist5

Links to my stories:

The Case of the Criminal (Ao3/Wattpad) Killer Bay (Ao3/Wattpad) Where in the World are the Killers? (Ao3/Wattpad)

[natalouca]

Mermão, tu viu que MELISA DÖNGEL veio para Copacabana? Ah não, é apenas NATALIE PEREIRA DUPONT, a moradora local que mora na Av. Copacabana desde ADOLESCENTE e tem 26 ANOS. Dizem que ela é INTELIGENTE, mas, nos piores dias, é OBSESSIVA. Espero que possamos ser bons amigos!

Informações Básicas

Nome completo: Natalie Pereira Dupont

Apelidos: Nat, Lalie, Powpow, Natusha (apenas Sérgio)

Idade: 26 anos

Aniversário: 19 de janeiro

Altura: 176 cm

Face Claim: Melissa Döngel

Naturalidade: Epernay, França (tripla nacionaldiade: Francesa, Portuguesa e Brasileira)

Orientação sexual: Heterossexual (?)

Ocupação: Designer de joias

Label: THE VIXEN – someone who is alluring and manipulative ; uses their good looks to get what they want.

Alinhamento: Chaotic Evil

Vício primário: Gula

Traços positivos: Inteligente, eloquente, extrovertida, comunicativa

Traços negativos: Obsessiva, maquiavélica, mimada, falsa

Biografia

TRIGGER WARNING: Relacionamento abusivo/tóxico, stalking

Na cidade vizinha à Capital do Amor, a filha da união Pereira-Dupont foi recebida com enorme comemoração. Filha da herdeira de uma grande vinícola no sul de Portugal e do atual dono da linha de joias francesas Breguet, a garota de dupla nacionalidade viveu uma vida maravilhosa e de uma verdadeira princesa. Suas primeiras memórias consistem em brincar por largos campos de parreira e cheiros fortes dos mais diversos tipos de uva. Sua felicidade não foi muito duradoura, porém. Na época, com seus doze anos, não sabia o porque da tia bonita que visitava seu pai quando sua mãe tinha de voltar para Portugal iria se tornar sua nova mãe. Não sabia o porquê foi tirada do seu conforto na Europa para poder ter sua vida inteirinha mudada... No Brasil.

Claro, a história oficial para a família era que o casamento de Cedric Dupont com sua antiga esposa já havia se encerrado informalmente há muito tempo, e a nova moça, Melissa, havia chego imediatamente depois, mas Natalie sabia que a mulher havia roubado seu pai da sua mãe, e sabia que ela havia conseguido fazer a cabeça dele para irem para o Brasil, sua terra natal. Só não entendia o porquê de sua mãe não ter disputado mais pela sua guarda, porque a havia deixado ir e rompido completamente o contato consigo.

Enquanto lutava para utilizar o pouco de português que já sabia, ainda que com muito sotaque português (a fazendo ser alvo de piadinhas na escola), sentia que seu pai estava cada vez mais dando atenção à nova esposa do que para ela, principalmente depois que ganhou uma meia-irmãzinha. Depois disso foi só Laurinha pra cá, Laurinha pra lá. A madrasta ainda fazia questão de deixar claro o quanto detestava a presença da francesa ali, a lembrando que seu plano de ficar com o dono com um nome não tão limpo assim não havia sucedido 100%.

Foi nessa época que conheceu Sérgio. Ela gosta de fantasiar que foi amor à primeira vista, mas na verdade demorou um tempo até os dois começarem a conversar e ficarem íntimos-- tudo por causa de Heloísa, mãe de Sérgio, que era amiga de Cedric. Ela a recebia em casa melhor do que a própria madrasta, e Nat, desesperada por uma sensação de pertencimento, abraçou a oportunidade e não a deixaria escapar. Depois de anos de convivência e de jogar verde, finalmente conseguiu fazer o garoto arranjar coragem de pedi-la em namoro. E assim viveu um sonho! Ele a mostrou coisas maravilhosas em seus três anos de relacionamento firme, ainda que ele a traísse a cada primeira oportunidade depois do primeiro ano. Mesmo que suas brigas fossem terríveis, que sua retaliação fosse sempre tremenda, que fosse obcecada a ponto de sempre saber onde Sérgio estava e com quem estava, que ela distorcesse a realidade sempre para que ela saísse como a vítima, que ela sempre saísse como a certa, santa imaculada... Mesmo com tudo isso, superou todas as dificuldades, porque eles se amavam! Por conta de um quarto ano de namoro tumultuadíssimo e cheio e indas e vindas antes do término definitivo, até hoje ela crê efetivamente que estão juntos, e aquele tempo é só um pouco maior que os outros.

Formada em design na PUC-Rio, com pós-graduação em design de joias na mesma faculdade, Natalie está assinando as novas coleções da Brequet, esperando que, um dia, ela consiga tomar a posição do próprio pai. Almeja, inclusive, a posição de CEO-- sendo esse seu final feliz, ao lado de Sérgio Magalhães.

Personalidade

Na frente de pessoas que importam para ela (como a sogra querida, clientes, amigos ou pessoas que pode tirar alguma vantagem), Nat é um anjo. A pessoa mais prestativa do mundo, inocente, cheia de sorrisos e extremamente educada. É o tipo de pessoa que vai ouvir os seus problemas, te abraçar, oferecer um lencinho para secar as lágrimas (porque manchar o vestido caro já é demais) e dizer, com uma voz melodiosa e repleta de calma, que tudo ficará bem. É claro que essa persona é completamente diferente da verdadeira Natalie, que é maldosa e desrespeitosa. Sendo muito mimada e crescendo com a concepção errada que “os fins justificam os meios”, ela não irá medir esforços para conseguir o que quer, mesmo que isso signifique pisar de salto alto em uma amizade.

Headcannons

ODEIA o sobrenome lusitano, e o abrevia sempre que pode. Se for falá-lo em voz alta, dá uma “afrancesada”, puxando ainda mais o sotaque já pesado. Isso é porque as pessoas costumam olhá-la com admiração quando menciona o sobrenome francês, mas ficam a cutucando sobre suas raízes portuguesas. Ela prefere só ignorar essa parte da sua vida.

Mesmo que seja por causa de trabalho, Nat sabe desenhar muito bem-- e adora! Mesmo se não fosse trabalhar na empresa do pai, ela seguiria para alguma área que precisasse de habilidades artísticas. Secretamente, adora assistir filmes de animação (principalmente os clássicos 2D da Disney e Pixar), e quando é flagrada, diz que é para admirar a técnica dos desenhos.

Tem dois furões chamados Abelard e Heloise que tem três anos de idade -- nomes inspirados no “Romeu e Julieta franceses” --, e eles são seus xodós. Provavelmente os animais têm mais conforto do que muita gente na Zona Leste.

É ratinha de academia para manter o corpo em perfeito estado, mas o esporte que ela mais gosta de praticar mesmo é tênis, e ela está treinando sempre às segundas e quartas nas quadras do clube privado. Isso acaba a fazendo ser muito boa e muito competitiva em tênis de praia. Não a desafie; principalmente se acabar ganhando dela, ela vai pegar birra de você.

É uma amante do bom vinho. Natalie é o tipo de mulher insuportável que pergunta ao garçom do restaurante qual o ano da safra da garrafa da casa. Ela diz que uma boa dama deve saber reconhecer seu bom vinho, mas aprender tanto assim sobre a bebida era uma maneira de manter um fiapo de conexão com as memórias de infância.

Seu pai, Cedric Dupont, é um dos atuais representantes mundiais e principais sócios da Brequet, sim, mas tornar-se um milionário não veio sem algumas vidas destruídas ao longo do caminho, principalmente no ramo da joalheria. É dele que vem sua mentalidade de “os fins justificam os meios” que leva para todas as instâncias de sua vida. É com ele também que pegou a mania do tratamento “mon cher”, mesmo no Brasil.

Conexões Requeridas

Conexões  não riscadas ainda estão em aberto, mesmo que já tenham outros nomes  associados. Todas as relações estão abertas para personagens de qualquer  gênero, a não ser que seja especificado.

EX-NAMORADO (M): O amor da vida de Nat, de longe! Não consegue perdoar MUSE por ter terminado com ela. A garota ainda é louca de amores por ele, e as recaídas que têm a fazem JURAR que MUSE ainda a ama incondicionalmente. ➸ @serginhx

MELHOR AMIGO: Até mesmo as víboras conseguem fazer amizades verdadeiras, né? Ainda que seja difícil, claro. Quando pensa  na palavra melhor amigo, com certeza MUSE vêm à cabeça. ➸ --

CRUSH: Bem, Nat é uma mulher bonita, e a carne de MUSE é fraca. Ele não consegue ver muito além da personalidade falsa que Nat usa com todas, então ela é, para ele, realmente uma princesa perfeita, boa e educada com todos. Coitadinho. (SEGUNDA VERSÃO: MUSE sabe bem da personalidade terrível de Nat, ele só acha isso mais atraente). ➸ --

INIMIGO: É muito fácil alguém detestar Nat e vice-e-versa,  mas MUSE é uma pessoa que ela admite em voz alta sentir um ódio tremendo. Ugh. Provavelmente vai arranjar alguma briga aleatória com MUSE apenas para demonstrar-se superior. ➸ --

INIMGO...? (F): Ok, veja bem. A linha entre o amor e o ódio é BEM fina, principalmente para uma mente maluca como a de Natalie. É fácil confundir a obsessão com uma pessoa em específico de “eu estou apaixonada” para “eu irei saber tudo para destruí-la”. A questão garota sente sentimentos muito forte por MUSE, e ainda não consegue descrevê-los bem. ➸ @carlinham

PEDRA NO SAPATO (F): MUSE tem algum caso com Sérgio, e, haha, Nat não vai perdoá-la por cometer um pegado tão horrendo. Seja lá o que precisar fazer para deixar ela longe do seu namorado, ela fará. ➸ @ccrolinc​

CONTATOS: Não, esse não é o tipo de contatinho interessante. MUSE é o contato que Natalie têm para conseguir informações valiosas sobre o paradeiro do seu namorado, ou informações a mais sobre as meninas que ele ainda saindo que não são ela. Não importa o preço que MUSE pede, ela vai entregar o que for preciso para conseguir uma informação. Precisa se manter informada com a concorrência! ➸ --​

EFEITO COLATERAL: Não que MUSE esteja exatamente tentando ficar com Sérgio, mas infelizmente, está atrapalhando seus planos da mesma maneira. Ops! Talvez MUSE nem saiba o que fez para merecer aquele tipo de tratamento, mas quem mandou ficar no caminho de Natalie? ➸ @meuiaiameuioio

AMIGO INTERESSEIRO: Natalie é uma mulher de negócios, e ela entende quando as pessoas precisam dela. Ainda mais MUSE, de quem ela também precisa de um favorzinho ou outro. Uma mão lava a outra, é o que dizem. ➸ @suellcn

TÃO QUERIDA, ELA: MUSE acha que Nat é uma mulher incrível e talentosa, enganada pela fachada. É uma amiga que não consegue ver o mal da garota, e genuinamente acha que ela é tudo aquilo que diz. MUSE é o tipo de pessoa que nem confirma a história duas vezes, porque a palavra de Nat é o suficiente. Tadinha. ➸ @mundorosadorafa

BOA INFLUÊNCIA: MUSE tem uma bússola moral bem mais afiada que a de Natalie (o que não é difícil). Consegue ver as rachaduras na máscara de porcelana, e até tenta ser a voz no ombro direito tentando puxá-la para tomar decisões um pouco mais saudáveis. ➸ –

AMIGO DE ADOLESCÊNCIA: MUSE acompanhado a trajetória de Natalie desde que ela pisou no Brasil! Até hoje eles se dão muito bem, e as histórias são rodeadas de “nossa, cara, lembra quanto tu…?”.  ➸ --

SINAIS CONFUSOS (M): Ok, às vezes tem dias que, se não tem Sérgio disponível, MUSE serve. Desde usá-lo para tentar fazer ciúme no ex, até para descontar as frustrações em uma noite, Natalie faz MUSE de gato e sapato e claramente suas ações não combinam com suas falas, sempre doces e manhosas. ➸ @joca-avries​

[tothelasthoursofmylife]

4th Anniversary Stuff

I had quite the long day yesterday and now I am a day late^^’

But, well, anyway... Watchdog of the Queen turned four yesterday! Yey!

I have been terrible again with updates in the last few months, so if you’re still here and waiting - thank you! Life and university kept me busy and exhausted lately (and I was, to my surprise, picked for a zine!), but I’m still working on the next chapter and have no intention of dropping this story anytime soon! Not when it is still keeping my brain busy.

I think I’m always getting so melodramatic and repetitive in these posts^^’ Sorry...

Well, last year, I put together some trivia and notes and I thought I would do the same this year! But that’s not everything...

When I started writing this fic, I created a file to collect little bits and pieces as I thought of them. So far, I have 258 snippets in that file^^’ Some are just a sentence long, others some pages. And I thought that, if someone’s interested, you can send me a number between 11 and 258 and I’ll post either the entire thing or part of it. However, if it’s just a sentence or a joke I have saved for later, I will reserve not to post it. (And it’s from 11 to 258 and from 1 to 258 because the first ten are just too old and irrelevant.)

Thank you so much for sticking with me for four years now! And let’s hope for many more^^

Story

The little “add-on” about Oscar and Cloudia on the intermission chapter was actually supposed to be much longer. It would have not just been about Cloudia returning to the townhouse and talking to Oscar there after she met Cedric for the first time, but it would have been an extended version of the entire first three chapters. It was supposed to start with the morning before Cloudia went to that party and end with her conversation with Oscar. It even had a proper name: “The Countess, Once Again.” But I thought it would be too long and too boring, so I just kept the last part of it. I did like the beginning part when Cloudia woke up; I was quite sad to cut it. (I wrote it in late 2017/early 2018… while it was snowing! *sigh*)

While finishing the general outline and concept of Arc 4, I thought about roughly basing it on a fairy-tale, and because it’s set in France, I thought about picking a French fairy-tale. (Also the term “fairy-tale” was actually introduced by Madame d’Aulnoy, a Frenchwoman, so it would have been perfect!) Unfortunately, it did not work out because the arc became too stuffed with other things.

Originally, they were supposed to go to Réchicourt-le-Château, not Nanteuil-la-Forêt, but I changed it to cut their travelling time shorter. They were also supposed to stay at the proper Château Dupont, rather than at an acquaintance’s place. I changed it because I thought it would be too silly to say that, of all places, Nicodemus Townsend was spotted/the Clockmaker is living so close to where Cloudia’s relatives live. I just couldn’t do that – not after reading Villette…

Very early on, Townsend was to appear from the start of Arc 4. He was still the one who stole Queen Victoria’s super-secret box, but it would not have been so blatant. Instead, Townsend would aide Cloudia and Cedric and try to divert the investigation from himself. Cloudia was actually supposed to start liking Townsend (for some reasons), much to Cedric’s chagrin, but this particular aspect was so silly, I scrapped it all and rearranged it.

Originally, the last chapter (Mystery), the next chapter (Malady), and the one coming after it were one chapter. Please remind me to provide a word count for them when I have finished all three. What was I thinking…

Cloudia was lamenting about having apparently lost her family ring in the intermission chapter… Actually, I planned for Cedric to give her the ring in Faint and Low, wrote it into my outline, but I somehow forgot including it. Thankfully, I did not forget to make him return it to her in the intermission.

While working on the intermission, I thought about writing that Cedric and Milton met every now and then in the past year and became more acquainted with each other. Like, Cedric would come to Cloudia when she was extra busy, she would send him to town with Thomas, and they would run into Milton and Wentworth. But then, I finalised Milton’s story and decided that it would be better to say that he did not set foot into England since his villa was destroyed.

Milton and Cloudia met at a reception in 1846 because, years ago in English class, my teacher talked about how “receptions are little parties,” I jotted it down and thought “that might be a good place for their first meeting!” But, according to Wikipedia, “Formal receptions are parties that are designed to receive a large number of guests, often at prestigious venues [..]. The hosts and any guests of honor form a receiving line in order of precedence near the entrance. Each guest is announced to the host who greets each one in turn as he or she arrives. Each guest properly speaks little more than his name (if necessary) and a conventional greeting or congratulation to each person in the receiving line. In this way, the line of guests progresses steadily without unnecessary delay. After formally receiving each guest in this fashion, the hosts may mingle with the guests.” – which is not really what I had in mind back then. But I had already said that they met at a reception, so there was no going back.

 There will be a total of three side stories for this arc. The Poker Game was the first. The second will come sometime in the middle after certain pieces of information were revealed. The last will come right after the arc wrapped up.

“The Earl, Reckless” and “The Siblings, Partners” are actually the first two pieces in a little series of five stories about Vincent and Francis. I hope to get out the third next year!

There will be a few more stories about them, but they won’t belong to that collection because they won’t be very readable as “standalone” fics. One of them is the pirate story which was mentioned in the second zucchini bonus chapter.

 Names

Anaïs was always supposed to be a girl, but her name used to be Amable because it means “lovable” and I thought it’s such a cute name! Turned out it’s a boy’s name, so I changed it last-minute to Anaïs after the character from The Amazing World of Gumball.

Her aunt Sylviane was originally named Renée. I changed it because I remembered that “Renée” is the name of one of the musketeers in Barbie and The Three Musketeers, and I really dislike that movie.

Aurèle used to be named Gervais. But then, I named another character Gervais and forgot that I already had a character with the same name. Because I had worked more with the second Gervais in my head, I decided to rename the first one to Aurèle. At some point, I cut out the “final” Gervais (who was the original Clockmaker) though and replaced him with the current Clockmaker. So, there’s currently nobody with the name “Gervais” in the story…

I am actually quite lazy when it comes to picking names for any secondary characters. The names of the Dupont servants and most names of the inhabitants of Nanteuil-la-Forêt were generated with a random French name generator.

As I already said, I like naming characters after other fictional characters. I often base their personalities and stories on them as well. When I read a book or comic, or watched a movie or show which I did not like, I name and base characters who get killed, villain characters, annoying characters etc. after the characters from that book/comic/movie/show I did not like. For example, Maven, Manon, Axel, and Brenton were named and based on characters from Red Queen. Maven is, obviously, Maven. Manon is Mare, but her name is from Miraculous Ladybug because she was supposed to be the “puppeteer.” Axel Shade is named after Shade. (But his middle names are from The Infernal Devices which I do like.) Brenton is based on Cal. I chose the name “Von Brandt” because “Brand” means fire or blaze and Maven has fire powers in Red Queen. (-1/10 would not recommend that book.)

Nicer characters are, in turn, named after characters from media I liked. For example, Dahlia, Duke, Cas, the man Cas talked to in Duke’s tavern, and Lucas Renn are named/based after/on characters from A Darker Shade of Magic. Dahlia is Lila. Duke is Barron. Cas is Kell. The man he talked to is Ned. Lucas Renn is Alucard Emery (whose nickname is “Luc”).

 Characters

Milton is my least favourite character to write because he has no humorous bone in his body. (Almost) everyone else is joking around, but I simply cannot picture him doing the same. At least, he can talk in waterfalls like most others – even if it’s in a different way. (This does not mean that I dislike Milton as a character! It just makes his dialogue a bit more challenging because he’s always very kind and never sarcastic. He’s the kind of person who, if you were to stab them, would calmly and softly tell you that it’s fine and that they have no ill-feelings for you even though they are literally dying and you are just a random thug.)

His rain-induced-heartache-memory-return is based on a similar thing a friend of my father’s has. When I was little – like six or seven – he and his family were visiting us. It was raining, and he explained that he had a heart operation many years ago on a rainy day and now, every time it rains, his heart phantom-pains. For some reason, it stuck with me, and I eventually decided to give Milton the same condition.

Townsend was a Frenchman (“Nicodème Etienne Bellamy”) for a very short time period because I thought “The arc is set in France, shouldn’t it have a French villain?” But then, I realised that it made no sense why a Frenchman should steal the Queen’s super-secret box and changed it back.

I wrote two stories for a Kuro Advent Calendar in 2017: Waiting and Warming. They were only replacement ideas though: Waiting was the replacement for a little game I wanted to put together but did not have the time for in the end. Warming was the replacement for a clockwork/clockmaker/machinery fic which I could not make work at that time. The Clockmaker Cloudia is searching for is something of a “remnant” from that fic idea.

Actually, Kamden was supposed to be the fidgety one before I gave that trait to Milton.

Misc.

While Milton is someone who does not really hate anything or anyone, I think he would very much dislike the song “Love is an Open Door” if the fic was set in modern times.

Because my sister once asked why “I draw Cloudia with short hair when she has long hair”: I do not draw her with short hair. I draw her with barley curls and a chignon, but the chignon is never visible.

  Outtake – beginning of “The Countess, Once Again.”

The day Cloudia Phantomhive was to kill Ronan Parrish, she was tired – tired, bored, and wishing to be somewhere else.

She hadn’t slept well – she never slept well here – and her body both carved and dreaded more hours of sleep and rest. Cloudia had woken up far too early this morning and the dispute in her head had made her decide to stay awake and wait for the sun to rise – and in January, the sun was just as sleepy as she, but unlike her, it took its time to wake.

Not knowing what to do, Cloudia had taken the book she was reading from her bedside cabinet – The Chimes by Charles Dickens – but even though it was written by her favourite author, even though it was “just” a novella, she hadn’t been able to read more than a few pages. And so, until the sun rose and Lisa came, Cloudia spent her time staring into the darkness, the novella still in her hand. And when the sun had finally risen and Lisa had arrived, Cloudia nearly did not notice it; and when she was washing up and getting dressed, her head was still heavy and her body numb and she did not say a single word. Lisa did seem concerned, but Cloudia was thankful that she didn’t address it, that her concern was only shown in her gaze which Cloudia avoided.

Afterwards, Cloudia walked down the stairs to breakfast, the sun shining dimly through the ice-touched windows, and when she entered the parlour, Lisa in her wake and Newman opening the door for her, Oscar was already there.

Almost thirteen years ago, Cloudia’s father had died at the Phantomhive townhouse, and Cloudia herself had lost her memories. Since that day, Cloudia had never felt comfortable or safe or free inside the townhouse again – considering that she had ever felt like that here –, and because she was always sent back to that day whenever something triggered her – and this was even more likely at the townhouse – Eleanor and Barrington had decided that, even if she had Newman and Lisa with her, Cloudia was not to stay at the townhouse without another person. As both Barrington and Cecelia were busy and Oscar had helped her finding out about Parrish, although this “case” had been fairly clear from the very beginning, Oscar was staying with her.

“Good morning, Oscar,” Cloudia greeted him while sitting down, her own voice sounding odd to her.

“Good morning, Mylady,” he said, waiting for her to break her scone in half before he sunk his fork into his cake.

“Cake for breakfast again?” Cloudia remarked, but, instead of directly responding to her words, all Oscar said was, “Mylady, you should make sure to sleep more. Or, at all. It is not good for your health if you keep refraining from sleeping, even if it is the townhouse.”

Cloudia nodded absentmindedly and put cream on her scone. “I will when Parrish is dead and I can return to the manor,” she said, but Oscar did not reply and only ate in silence.

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Blond boys drawing their adorable Asian girls 🖍️❤️

He drew Kuki smiling with the sun shining behind her. She’s his sunshine! I bet you anytime Kuki comes over, he takes the drawing down and hides it under his pillow until she leaves.

[metalsongoftheday]

Tuesday, June 11: Symphorce, “Truth to Promises”

“Truth to Promises” opened with bass popping straight out of Seinfeld, but soon turned into a prototypical power metal stomper.  Andy B. Franck howled and growled like the mid-tier frontman he would soon become, while future Freedom Call guitarist Cedric Dupont had clearly studied his Gamma Ray records.  It wasn’t especially enlightening, even by power metal standards, but “Truth to Promises” did have a bit of life to it, and the aforementioned intro from Dennis Wohlbold was certainly an unexpected wrinkle.  Symphorce was one of Noise’s last signings, and their brand of Germanic power metal was familiar to anyone who’d even heard a bit of the label’s catalogue.  Truth be told, Karl-U Walterbach had lost most of his interest in running Noise by 1999, so even if Symphorce checked the basic boxes, he wasn’t going to go to the mats for these guys.  But either way, Truth to Promises was fine traditional power metal that set the stage for a reasonably lengthy run.  

[aiutantedivinodiriso]

Gérard Cedric Berger-Lacroix’s background.

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Gérard Cédric Berger-Lacroix is a 38-years-old African-European man. Born of a Cameroonian mother, Nadine Berger, and a French father, Cyril Lacroix, Gérard was mostly raised in France, his home city Strasbourg in the north-east of the country.

Since childhood Gérard had showed a disposition towards the military career, thanks to his love for precision, schedules and hard work; his family could not expect anything less, since the Lacroix’s had a military history of great relevance.

His studies were focused on his future as an operative soldier, the peak of it was the admission at the illustrious École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr where he impressed most of his superiors thanks to his dedication, his determination, his love for his country and his innate skill as a leader. Gérard’s military career started officially on his 22nd birthday as a special operative on the German-French border, where hundreds of rebellious Omnics had formed a command centre. In six months, Gérard’s war merits gained him a place as his unit’s commander, and later commander of the entire platoon. What Gérard excelled at was covert ops, information gathering and espionage-oriented missions; he was offered a place in DGSE, France’s external intelligence agency, but he preferred to continue his career inside the military.

The containment of the threat and the Ominum data gathered by Gérard and his men caught the attention of several pairs of eyes. When the war was won, Lacroix’s name was suggested as a member for Overwatch’s covert team Blackwatch.

There, Gérard worked closely with Gabriel Reyes and Jack Morrison (under the callsign “Prophète”) to flesh out the team and its objective; and it became clear that one of Blackwatch’s main objectives had to be stopping Talon. His immediate commitment to Overwatch (as much as he was committed to his country during the military) gained him the regard and the respect of most of the Overwatch/Blackwatch team, especially those whom had already been in the organization for quite some time.

Shortly after, in Paris, Gérard met the regarded ballerina Amélie Guillard. He was 27. In a year, he and Amélie got married. In the meanwhile, Gérard’s career inside the organization proceeded fast. Thanks to his successful operations devised against Talon, Lacroix was assigned his own squad, named Overwatch Anti-Terrorism Division (OWATD), whose duty was to operate espionage and counter-espionage missions against major terroristic organizations (Talon, Beznă, and several others); to put it in Morrison’s words, Gérard’s division was “Blackwatch’s public façade”. For five years Gérard (known as “Le Étranger”) had been more than a thorn in Talon’s side, costing their criminal empire great losses in money and operatives. Talon’s counter-attack didn’t take long though: Amélie, Gérard’s wife, was kidnapped and Gérard moved heaven and earth to retrieve her from their hands.

Bringing her home, anyhow, didn’t help Gérard to cope with his burning sense of failure and disappointment in himself… on the contrary, it only caused him more fears. Gérard was not, indeed, a fool, for just a fool would think Talon would give up the ace up their sleeve so easily as they had given up on Amélie. He hated himself for thinking ill of his wife, yet he could not rest at night, watching her ever so peacefully closing her eyes and cuddle next to him. You are just being paranoiac, elle est ta mignonne Amélie, Gérard. And yet, she had that gaze… Lacroix made a deal with an old friend of his, Jean Dupont, now working for France SS; had Gérard stopped reporting for more than four hours, he had to be considered dead. Amélie attempted to poison Gérard on Christmas day. Gérard was 35. Thankfully, Jean rescued Gérard before it was too late, but there was no turning back for Amélie. And, in a certain way, for Gérard too.

Overwatch declared him and Amélie dead. The first hypothesis formulated involved Talon in the murder of the Lacroix spouses. Gérard never bothered to correct Overwatch; Gérard was no longer Gérard indeed.

Born again with the name “Le Pendu”, Gérard’s only life goal is to destroy Talon piece by piece to pay them back for the existence they robbed him of… and to bring Amélie back. He has raided one of Talon’s facilities in Europe, only to acquire insight and data on Project Widowmaker. In this occasion, Gérard has stolen the blueprints of Widowmaker’s Recon Visor.

[ao3feed-snape]

Alice Dupont, a Strange Ball of Light and the Absolute Worst Summer of her Life

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/cGK6Un7

by MyHeelsAreLongerThanYourDi

Alice Dupont was suffering through a hot, muggy summer (August of 2022) when she suddenly gets transported to another world in another body. Watch as she tries to navigate the life of Sally-Anne Perks, and save the Harry Potter universe while trying to find her way back home.

I know y'all might be put off by the 'original Female Character' tag, but I promise she's not a y/n kind of girl.

Updates are inconsistent. I'm going to try to do once every two weeks.

Words: 2226, Chapters: 1/14, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: Gen

Characters: Sally-Anne Perks, Hermione Granger, Daphne Greengrass, Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Original Non-Binary Character, Original Female Character(s), Ronald Weasley, Tom Riddle | Voldemort

Relationships: Cho Chang/Cedric Diggory, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Luna Lovegood & Sally-Anne Perks, Sally-Anne Perks & Albus Dumbledore, Hermione Granger & Sally-Anne Perks

Additional Tags: Manipulative Albus Dumbledore, But he's not evil, just an old dude a bit past his prime who's too paranoid and doesn't allow enough new ideas, It's really not his fault, It's Not Paranoia If They're Really Out To Get You, Abused Harry Potter, but not overdone, just showing what he really would've acted like if he was abused how he was in canon, Smart Hermione Granger, Smart Ronald Weasley, Magic has rules in this fic, because canon was a complete shitshow and we all know it, No Mary Sues, No Gary Sues, Horcrux Hunting, Runes, Arithmancy (Harry Potter), Arithmancy is magical physics, Runes is magical computer science, LGBT characters, but that's not the main focus of this fic, Don't Like Don't Read, Not A Fix-It, not a muggle weapon wank, not a mAgIcAL cOrE fic, No Bashing, just realistic, Human, nuanced characters., Canon Divergence - Post-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Dimension Travel, Really Cool Rollerskates and Sunglasses, If cool meant NEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/cGK6Un7

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Ama sonunda (neredeyse) yiyebiliyorsa XD

Cedric'in ,Chen'e "üzümlü kekim" demesinin sebebi,Cedric'in üzümlü keke alerjisi olması ve hayatı boyunca üzümlü kek yiyememesiymiş.Ve Chen'de onun için üzümlü kek kadar imkansızdı..

Üzümlü kekim..

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This series was and still is the love of my life 👌❤️

[automobilesandmotorcycles]

Bugatti of the Americas Receives a New Leader

Bugatti Chiron Dealer News Hard work pays off, and its great to see a friend finally get rewarded for years of leadership in the exotic car world. That’s why we’re proud to announce that Bugatti of the Americas has received a new boss. In a press release moments ago, Cedric Davy was named as the new Chief. The headline from Molsheim: ” With effect immediately, Cedric Davy is the new Head of Bugatti of the Americas. He will report to the Bugatti headquarters in Molsheim. In this function, Davy succeeds Maurizio Parlato, who after six years with the French hypercar manufacturer resigned from the company for personal reasons.“ Christian Mastro, Bugatti Board Member for Sales, Marketing, Customer Service and Licensing: “In Cedric Davy we have the ideal replacement from within Bugatti of the Americas. With his experience in the industry in general and with Bugatti, in particular, he will be up to speed in no time.” All Bugatti fans should be as excited as we are because Cedric has the foresight and a skillset that is unique among the automotive top brass. Literally starting at the bottom, we have partnered with him on events and advertising for years so congratulations my friend, from all of us at duPont REGISTRY!

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Cedric fankids references (I also redesigned them).