#cola cars

[alocowberry]

Falloutober day 5: That Thing Called Defeat

Prompts by @falloutober

"The Overboss held up the head of some no good scavver, it was a normal friday evening for him..Finishing up fights in the Cola Cars Arena, planning on getting some drinks with Mason after it was all done. But, as he went to throw the head down, to be cleaned up later by the settlers, he caught a glimse of its face.. he was young, probably younger then the Boss himself, maybe 21..23 even. This kid threw away his life to fight him, he didn't have a choice, no one did. The screams and cheers of the raider's around him would become muffled as he stared at the scavver's now brusied, bloodied head. This could've been him if Gage hadn't stepped in when he was fighting Colter, it *would've been him*. He raised the head to look at it closer, examining the scars, enamered by the fact he was holding someone's entire life in his hands.."Boss! You gon' keep admiring that head or are we gon'a get out've here!" A familar, raspy voice would call out, knocking the Overboss out of his thought. In that moment he would drop the scavver, turning to his right hand man, "Yeah.. I'm coming.""

[newwavesylviaplath]

in these stolen moments, the world is mine.

[retropopcult]

Times Square, 1979

[elextricbeauty]

Baby Blue Love 💨🌪️

[little-mouse-adventures]

@orangerosebush's post here, with my comment and @fowlblue's tags today got me thinking.

Artemis Senior has been teaching his son matters of business from a young age. Not only was Artemis, at 11 years old, discussing stocks with his father, but Fowl Senior had been imparting his wisdom onto his son for years by that point, discussing the ever-increasing value of gold with him before tucking him into bed. Even outside of pure monetary value, Sr. had tried to go legitimate with his business dealings, leading Artemis to have a few legal ventures of his own.

We also see very early on in the books that Artemis has been regularly using Butler as a resource for his plots: bouncing ideas off him was apparently a fairly common tactic when he was scheming.

Both Artemis Senior and Butler are interested in (or at least, not opposed to) educating Artemis on the ways of their lifestyle(s). It would be Artemis Senior who would have taught his son the value of banks and safety deposit boxes and hidden safes but it was Butler who was actively working with Artemis to rob those safety deposit boxes.

In the same vein of breaking-and-entering, TLC also gives us the fun little moment where Butler hands Artemis his own lockpicks, to get into the workings of the bomb.

With one line we learn that Artemis knows how to pick locks, but does not have his own set of lockpicks. Butler, on the other hand, has both the tools and knowledge how to use them. Partnered with a brief mention in TTP of some the specific trades of those previously employed by Artemis Senior (including such things as crime lords, insider traders, and cat burglars), we can extrapolate that Artemis Senior would generally hire someone to pick a lock for him, rather than do so himself.

It's pretty logical to conclude then that Artemis learned big-picture management from his father, and day-to-day skillsets from his bodyguard.

Essentially, Artemis Senior taught Artemis how to run a criminal empire. Butler taught Artemis how to be a criminal.

[americanbabydoll]

red, white, blue is in the sky

[kiwicidios]

͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏high fashion. ⠀ ☆⠀ִ ⠀ ⠀ׂ⠀

[specialcar]

VW

[cerealkiller740]

1954 Coca-Cola advertisement

[orchidrush]

Malt liquor on your lips

[mudwerks]

(via Coca Cola cans from the 1930s looked like cans of paint thinner | Boing Boing)

[moregraceful]

max and i are closing in on launching [redacted sports rpf charity fest] and i am once again pondering how do i write "experience with writing form emails and manipulating google forms in ways no one has dreamed of" in a cover letter without saying "i did it for the rpf grind"...like there's no way unless everyone in this microsoft teams meeting gets really cool about a bunch of stuff really quickly. you know

[newwavesylviaplath]

summer has officially started!!

[retropopcult]

Hollywood Boulevard, December 1952 

[cherri-cola-soda]

Mmnnmg

[americanbabydoll]