#dark carnival boutique

[ericswiftie]

Here's a good look at some of the witchy books, decks and jewelry I carry in my store. I ship most places so take a look. This shop is my passion project.

[chenedarling]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: DEAD TO YOU SKELETON TANK TOP GLOWS IN THE DARK.

[gloriabomfim]

Part 1: Bumpy and Cutiey in Cutiey's Cute Places

Bumpy and Cutiey visit Cutiey's adorable pastel-colored home. Bumpy accidentally trips over a cute, plush unicorn, causing it to tumble onto him.

They go to the candy store in Cutieland. Bumpy slips on a rainbow candy wrapper and crashes into a mountain of cotton candy.

Bumpy and Cutiey have a picnic in a field filled with fluffy bunnies. Bumpy's sandwich squishes into his face when he tries to take a bite.

They visit a cute-themed amusement park. Bumpy gets stuck in a spinning teacup ride, and Cutiey's laughter is infectious.

Cutiey takes Bumpy to a kitten cafe, where he ends up covered in adorable kittens, causing him to sneeze.

They explore a garden full of blooming flowers and butterflies. Bumpy gets tangled in a web of flowers and falls headfirst into a pile of petals.

Bumpy tries to help Cutiey decorate her room with cute plushies but accidentally knocks them all over.

At a cute bakery, Bumpy attempts to carry a tray of cupcakes but slips on a spilled sprinkle and creates a cupcake explosion.

Bumpy and Cutiey go to a charming tea party with teddy bears. Bumpy spills tea everywhere and ends up in a cupcake hat.

Cutiey and Bumpy visit a cute-themed spa. Bumpy gets tangled in a fluffy robe and slips on a banana peel.

Bumpy joins Cutiey for a cute dance-off in Cutieland, but his clumsy moves lead to a pileup of cuteness.

They spend a day at a cheerful carnival with colorful rides. Bumpy accidentally sends a giant plush duck into a spinning frenzy.

Bumpy and Cutiey go to a photo booth to capture cute memories. Bumpy gets his foot stuck in the curtain and tumbles out.

In a cute crafting session, Bumpy's glue mishap leads to a sticky situation involving googly eyes and pom-poms.

They have a playdate with adorable puppies in a park, where Bumpy ends up buried in a pile of puppies.

Cutiey takes Bumpy to a cute-themed fashion show, and Bumpy stumbles on the runway, creating a unique fashion statement.

Bumpy and Cutiey visit a cute-themed cafe with heart-shaped pancakes. Bumpy's syrup spill turns into a pancake slip-and-slide.

Bumpy tries to help Cutiey pick out cute outfits at a boutique but ends up tangled in a tulle dress.

They explore a cute toy store, where Bumpy's attempt to reach for a high shelf results in a cascade of toy boxes.

Bumpy and Cutiey have a fun day at the adorable amusement park, riding the carousel, and Bumpy hilariously ends up on the wrong horse.

At a cute art class, Bumpy's paintbrush mishap leads to a colorful mess on the canvas and his face.

They go on a cute-themed nature hike, and Bumpy's attempt to hug a giant, stuffed tree ends in a tumble.

Bumpy tries to help Cutiey bake cookies, but flour clouds and dough mishaps create a kitchen mess.

Bumpy and Cutiey visit a cute-themed ice cream parlor, and Bumpy's triple-scoop cone topples over.

They attend a cute-themed costume party, and Bumpy's cute costume keeps falling apart as he tries to dance.

Bumpy and Cutiey visit a cute playground, where Bumpy's attempt to use the slide sends him spiraling into a sandbox.

Bumpy and Cutiey have a bubble bath adventure, and Bumpy's attempt to make cute bubble animals results in a bubbly blunder.

They go to a cute-themed movie night, and Bumpy's clumsy popcorn spill leads to giggles and popcorn showers.

Bumpy tries to help Cutiey with her cute garden, but his attempts to water the flowers end up in a floral fiasco.

Bumpy and Cutiey share a heartwarming hug after their day of cute adventures, despite all of Bumpy's slapstick mishaps.

Part 2: Bumpy and Spookie in Spookie's Scary Places

Bumpy and Spookie venture into a haunted mansion, where Bumpy's attempts to escape from ghosts lead to comedic chase scenes.

They explore a dark, eerie forest filled with spooky sounds. Bumpy gets spooked and jumps into a mud puddle.

Bumpy and Spookie visit a creepy, abandoned carnival. Bumpy's encounter with a malfunctioning roller coaster leaves him disheveled.

In a spooky graveyard, Bumpy accidentally topples over a tombstone, thinking it was a decorative prop.

Bumpy and Spookie enter a spooky laboratory, where Bumpy's mishandling of bubbling potions results in comically changing forms.

They take a trip to a haunted house attraction, and Bumpy's exaggerated reactions to jump scares keep Spookie entertained.

Bumpy and Spookie dare to enter a creepy cave with glowing eyes. Bumpy's fear-induced clumsiness causes a cave-in.

At a spooky-themed restaurant, Bumpy's struggle to use utensils leads to food flying everywhere.

They visit a haunted shipwreck, and Bumpy accidentally releases a bunch of ghostly seagulls, creating chaos.

Bumpy and Spookie explore a spooky maze, where Bumpy's wrong turns and panic lead to hilarious encounters with costumed creatures.

Bumpy and Spookie enter a spooky art gallery, and Bumpy's clumsy attempt to admire a painting ends in a comedic mess.

They investigate a haunted library, where Bumpy's fright leads to him knocking over shelves of books.

Bumpy and Spookie take a ride on a haunted Ferris wheel, and Bumpy's wild reactions have Spookie in stitches.

Bumpy and Spookie go on a spooky-themed ghost tour, and Bumpy's over-the-top fear responses entertain the tour guide.

They visit a spooky-themed escape room, and Bumpy's inability to solve puzzles results in amusing outcomes.

Bumpy and Spookie enter a creepy doll shop, where Bumpy's accidental bumping causes a cascade of creepy dolls.

Bumpy and Spookie explore a spooky cave with glowing crystals. Bumpy's attempt to collect one ends with him covered in crystals.

They dare to enter a haunted mirror maze, and Bumpy's reflections cause him to trip over his own feet.

Bumpy and Spookie take a spooky boat ride through a haunted swamp, where Bumpy's exaggerated fear sends them off course.

Bumpy and Spookie visit a spooky-themed amusement park, where Bumpy's encounters with spooky animatronics lead to laughter.

Bumpy and Spookie explore a spooky-themed hotel, and Bumpy's mishap with the revolving door becomes a running gag.

They enter a haunted mine, and Bumpy's mishandling of a pickaxe results in a humorous rockslide.

Bumpy and Spookie attend a spooky costume party, and Bumpy's attempt to dance in a scary costume leads to funny moments.

Bumpy and Spookie visit a spooky-themed arcade, where Bumpy's gaming skills (or lack thereof) provide entertainment.

Bumpy and Spookie dare to enter a creepy circus tent, where Bumpy's encounters with clowns become comedic highlights.

They explore a spooky-themed escape room, and Bumpy's creative but wrong solutions lead to amusing consequences.

Bumpy and Spookie visit a spooky-themed haunted village, where Bumpy's antics with scarecrow props cause laughter.

Bumpy and Spookie enter a spooky-themed restaurant, where Bumpy's fear of menu items results in quirky food orders.

Bumpy and Spookie have a spooky movie night, and Bumpy's jump scares make Spookie laugh throughout the film.

Bumpy and Spookie share a spooky, yet humorous, adventure, with Bumpy's slapstick antics making even the scariest situations amusing.

[darqkrafts]

Darqkrafts Presents Dark Carnival Incense Sticks  https://www.ebay.com/itm/204456331488

Dark Carnival.  The name alone stirs the senses.   The rich Autumn night is illuminated by faint lamps casting shadows about.   The cool air dancing with sweets to sate all manner of desires.   Sights and shows to fill the darkest cravings.   What mysteries are behind each tent flap? 

This is a strong blend!  Chocolates, Sugars, Coffee, Smokey Woods, blend to make this sinful, spicy delight! 

*** Buy Two Get One Free - Buy any two of our 25-count incense packs and get a third for free.   You must contact us within 24 hours of your scent choice, or we will choose for you. *** 

*** Disclaimer – all statements by Darqkrafts are based on the Lore, Spiritual Practices, and Theories of Magic, Magick, Energy Work, and the Occult and should be a substitute for legal or medical advice.   Buyer understands they are responsible for any spiritual, supernatural, and occult occurrence that may result from the use of our product ***

*** Darq Philosophy – We believe all people deserve nice things.   We believe you deserve nice things!  We believe that you, the serious, powerful witch, Wicca, pagan, heathen, vampire, therian, otherkin, Luciferian, Satanist, or however you describe yourself, deserve to best quality Altar Décor, Altar Tools, and Witchcraft Supplies that is equal to anything to find in a boutique or night market!  That is why we sell our art and products at the amazing price that we do! ***

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Our customers are the heart and soul of our business!   We love and appreciate you! 

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Happy Hunting Darkling! 

Michael Vachmiel

[wise-journey]

Immerse in the Vibrant Journey through Singapore's Chinatown

The moment you move away from Singapore's bustling arteries and into the pulsating heart of Chinatown, you become a willing captive of its vibrant culture melting pot, its tantalizing gastronomical offerings, and its vivacious visual feast.

Unravel the Cultural Fabric Interwoven in the Urban Core of Singapore

Dive headfirst into the Chinatown experience, like immersing yourself in a treasure chest of history and culture. . It's in this magical carnival where age-old traditions seamlessly blend with contemporary flair. The Heritage Enshrined in Chinatown's Heart An exploration through the lively lanes will guide you to the historical jewel that is the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, an architectural marvel showcasing an interior design resplendent in opulence and grandeur. For those partial to history, the Chinatown Heritage Centre is a treasure trove. It offers a vivid snapshot into the arduous journey and humble beginnings of the Chinese pioneers.

The Gourmet Palette of Chinatown

Not only a feast for the senses, Chinatown's culinary landscape is a veritable gastronomic tour-de-force offering an eclectic mix of dishes representing Singapore's multicultural fabric. - Savor the Char Kway Teow, a mouthwatering mix stirred with flat rice noodles, a ubiquitous staple in the local hawker centers. - Indulge in the Hainanese Chicken Rice, a harmonious medley of simplicity and rich flavors that has won over the hearts of locals and tourists alike. - Revel in the fiery passion of Chilli Crab, a testament to the culinary prowess of Singapore and a dream come true for seafood aficionados. Local Delights at its Bustling Night Markets As darkness cloaks the city, Chinatown metamorphoses into a vibrant night market teeming with street food vendors, fashion boutiques, and eclectic souvenir stalls, turning it into a sensory kaleidoscope. Awaken in Chinatown to the harmonious cacophony of the city waking up, the aroma of traditional Singaporean coffee - kopi-O, fresh from the kettle, and the sight of locals practicing Tai Chi in city parks, a wholesome sight that primes you for the day ahead. As night blankets the town, witness the charming streets bathed in the soft glow of hanging lanterns, creating an ethereal ambiance. The mellow murmur of late-night dining and laughter serves as a soothing lullaby, singing you to sleep.

Chinatown: Your Gateway to a Multisensory Experience

Chinatown's rich cultural and historical tapestry, delectable cuisine, and the vibrant street atmosphere create an indelible imprint on the visitor. It stands as a living testament to Singapore's cultural diversity, positioning itself as an essential pitstop in every traveler's itinerary. Conclusion Chinatown isn't just a district of Singapore; it opens up an immersive cultural landscape filled with colorful experiences waiting to be discovered—it is a world tucked away within a city awaiting your exploration. Chinatown isn't merely a location; it’s an enchanting journey into the heart of multicultural Singapore. Read the full article

[baphy1428]

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[bunny-j3st3r]

Wanted to do my own addisons :} plus spamton 

info about them under the cut

These addisons take on more animal like features, they tend to hop similar to rabbits, kangaroos or a jerboa when excited/busy/rushing but most of the time they walk (thinking furries tbh)

They are extremely fluffy and tend to make a slight glow when in the dark

They can deliver quite strong kicks that are used to stop any potential thieves or just annoyances in general.

There tails and ears are sensitive.

Mal: Mal is the second oldest addison, he’s a photographer for big magazine publications, he works along side Locket to show off Locket’s fashion designs. He is tired a lot and can get annoyed easily but loves his brothers dearly. He believed Spamton to be dead for years but was the first to see him again when he was tasked with a photoshoot at the church and carnival. To say he was surprised was an understatement, he was pissed, he refused to tell his brothers for awhile until he understood what was going on. He is still mad at (both) Spamton’s to this day but still loves them.

Emote: Emote is the second youngest, he’s a bit off a shut in and does not often get along with other pink addisons who are loud and flirty, he prefers to be a recluse. He spends most of his time in his home making new teas, his home is kitted out like a laboratory. He tends to eat quick and easy meals so his brothers tend to bring him food over. He also likes to collect oddities that some would see unusual, this has him take frequent trips to the city dump. He was the only one who believed Spamton was not dead and had fallen into a down spiral of a manic and depressive episode trying to prove his point. Turns out he was right and cried for a long time sitting with both priest and Ring master.

Locket: Locket is the middle addison, he takes on a sweet and a slight flirty personality, he has an eye for fashion and spends nearly all day in his workshop making new designs. Mal photographs these designs for him so there is often high demand for his clothes. He operates a small boutique. He also adopted another addison called Addi when she was a baby (he’s not good with names) he does not recall if Addi even remembers her uncle but Locket dislikes talking about Spamton and would rather forget about him. It takes him awhile to warm up to either spamton when he found out they were alive, he was hurt and angry but didn’t show it.

Chip: Chip is the youngest addison, he has a hyper personality and works as a model for sports magazines and energy drinks, he has a small fan following and tends to stream and snapchat/instagram A LOT. He does not understand why others nickname him pikachu. He was very young when spamton vanished so he doesn't recall him that much but he still loves his brother(s). He is spoiled by spamton now a lot as the “favourite” brother.

Spamton: Spamton in his big shot era before his... dip. He was loud, a party goer and practically disregarded his brothers feelings. He loved to wear sparkles but had a nervous habit of twirling his tail in his hands forming it to curl, his brothers often joking it looks like the phone he’s so attached to.

After he fell into acid all of his fur began to fall off, his tail practically burned off which still causes slight pain if he sits at an odd angle to this day and his ears shrunk significantly.

But something odd began to also happen, his body practically tore itself in two from distress and whatever the acid did to his DNA, separating his two personalities. In fear both took off from each other, eventually reconciling when in there EX bodies.

The more the two heal the more that pats of there older addisons bodies return, there fluff and ears have slowly began to return to normal, they may possibly gain tails in the future, who knows. 

[mariequitecontrarie]

The New Girl

Summary:  David talks Gold into attending Storybrooke’s annual spring fair, and Belle has to sit in Gold’s lap in the car on the way there. Notes: For @rumbelleishope, an excuse for awkward Rumbelle mutual pining and Charming Gold friendship moments. Part of Cufflinks, but you don’t have to read the series. Rating: T

On AO3

Gold peered at his laptop screen with a frown.

The error-riddled marketing proposal for Seven Dwarves Landscaping wasn’t going to correct itself, but the juicy crunching sound coming from his doorway wasn’t going away, either. Someone was eating right outside his office.

With a disgusted sigh, he pushed up the glasses that had slid down the bridge of his nose. This would be the last time he tried to work with the door open. Open door policy indeed. Regina and he were overdue for another conversation about office dynamics. It would be short, simple, and to-the-point: he would make the rules and everyone else could follow them.

He clenched his jaw and tapped the keyboard with renewed vengeance, hoping to drown out the annoying noise.

Finally, the crunching abated. Blessed silence. And then, “Hey, Mr. Gold.”

“Nolan, you chew like a Missouri fox trotter,” he said, without taking his attention from the screen.

“How’d you know it was me?”

David sounded so impressed that Gold looked up from the overdue proposal. The company’s Director of Advertising was leaning against the doorjamb holding a paring knife and a shiny apple. “Since you’re here and clearly not busy, go fetch the centerspread for the Storybrooke Social,” Gold ordered. “And close the door on your way out.”

Satisfied that he’d shooed Nolan away, Gold resumed his work.

But the chewing started again, only this time, Nolan had the nerve to amble in Gold’s direction and make himself comfortable in the leather barrel chair opposite his desk.

“Fox trotter,” David said when he finally swallowed, “that’s a hell of a horse.”

Gold snorted. “It wasn’t meant to be a compliment.”

“Because if you like races, Mary Margaret’s parents have box seats to-”

He held up a hand to stop the invitation midstream. “I don’t socialize.” He didn’t care how well connected Nolan’s future in-laws were. And for reasons he couldn’t understand, the younger man was always inviting him somewhere.

“Right. I forgot.” David furrowed his brow, then grinned. “Why is that again?”

“Because I’m working. You should try it sometime.” Gold’s glasses slipped down his face again, and this time he used it to his advantage. “Get the spread,” he said, looking down his nose at Nolan.

“I’m on it,” David said. But instead of heading toward his own office, he stretched his long legs and carved off another wedge of the fruit. “Apple?” he offered, holding a perfect crescent out on the tip of the knife.

“No, thank you.”

“Hey, I’ve been meaning to ask.” He paused to swallow. “How do you like the new girl?”

Gold pursed his lips. Should he propose a six-month or a 12-month contract? “New girl? What new girl?”

“You know,” Nolan gestured with his knife. “Brunette, petite, blue eyes. She has the workspace next to Ruby.”

He pushed the laptop to the side, knowing a lost cause when he saw it.

They hadn’t hired anyone new since...Nolan couldn’t mean...He swallowed reflexively.  ”Belle French?”

“Yeah!” Nolan slapped his knee in recognition. “She’s great. Pretty too.” He smiled, a sparkle in his eyes.

The telltale redness of embarrassment crept up Gold’s neck and toward his ears. Thank God for his shaggy shoulder-length hair that covered their pointy red tips.

Pretty didn’t begin to describe Belle French. On most days, he had to take a cleansing breath simply to enter the conference room and sit down opposite her or walk past her desk. The mere mention of her name turned him into a blushing, sweaty mess. Belle was more than a lovely face, though. She was intelligent, capable, and had been hired to do a job, one she performed with mastery and infectious cheerfulness. All the clients loved her. But he was her boss. He had no business thinking of her in any way that wasn’t professional.

He coughed, trying to clear the thickness in his throat.

“Two things, Nolan. One, she has a name. It’s Belle French. Two, Miss French has worked here more than six months now, which hardly qualifies her as new. And three—”

“You said there were two.”

“And three,” he said, glowering with all the superiority he could muster. “This is a boutique marketing company of 50 employees of which you are advertising director. As such, we pay attention to details around here. We get to know our people. Miss French has been an employee here for some time. Do you even know her?”

“You make a good point.” Nolan nodded his enthusiasm. “People are the heart of the business and it’s important we spend time together.”

“Exactly.” He clasped his palms in satisfaction, wishing Regina were walking by to witness this conversation. She claimed he was a poor people manager, said he scared their employees away and they wouldn’t confide in him. But hadn’t Nolan approached him today? And here he was, teaching Nolan about the power of valuing people. If his methods were a touch severe, so what? This was the workplace, not his bloody grandfather’s house.

“So I’ll see you tomorrow, then? At Picnic in the Park.” Smiling, Nolan tossed his apple core into the wastebasket and stood. “What a fun way to get to know some of the people we work with.”

Gold swallowed heavily. Blast, he’d forgotten all about that dratted event.

Picnic in the Park was Storybrooke’s annual spring fling. It was a company-wide outing--Regina was crazy for them--and everyone was expected to attend. With its fried foods, rigged games, and death-trap of a Ferris wheel, Picnic in the Park was part fair, part carnival, and one hundred percent nightmare. There was even a dunk tank that Regina was threatening to make him sit in.

Gold eyed the letter opener on the corner of his desk. He would rather gouge out his eyes with the blunt end of the thing than go, but he’d just lectured Nolan about the importance of caring for the people one worked with. No, there was no backing out now.

The sparkle in Nolan’s eye had progressed to a gleam, leaving Gold with the distinct impression that he’d been played.

“Picnic in the Park.” Gold bit back a defeated groan. “Can’t wait.”

xoxo

The plan was to close the office and leave work early. As Gold’s rotten luck would have it, the day was clear and beautiful. Warm, but not hot, and a light breeze ruffled the Oxford shirt and jeans he’d changed into. He felt ridiculous and underdressed, but he wasn’t traipsing about in a field wearing his favorite Armani. If only he were a wizard, he could make it rain and spoil the entire occasion. Why couldn’t one of their high-maintenance clients call a meeting that questioned the entire future of the company?

Work was something he understood. Contracts, words, the fine point of a deal--business made him salivate. Social events made him ill at ease.

But Nolan had thrown down the proverbial gauntlet yesterday, and he had no choice but to assemble in the parking lot with the rest of the sheep. The sun beat down on the back of his head and he ground the tip of his cane into the asphalt with a long-suffering sigh.

Regina, never happier than when she was ordering people about, clapped her hands and blew a whistle.

“What, no megaphone?” he grumbled under his breath.

“Okay, team!” she shouted. “Parking is limited at the event, so we’re going to carpool. Fit as many people into as few vehicles as possible.”

Things seemed to happen quickly, as people swarmed around Gold and darted toward vehicles like an army of ants. All of them seemed to know what to do. All except him.

A white minivan pulled up a few feet away, driven by the unflappable Mary Margaret Blanchard. Beaming, she beeped the horn and waved at him. She was the only person he knew who could get away with driving a minivan that wasn’t filled with children and marching band equipment. David Nolan, her fiance, rolled down the front passenger side window and grinned.

Gold acknowledged him with a cool nod, yesterday’s charade with the apple still fresh in his mind. He’d been tricked into going to this event today and even worse, he’d been tricked into getting his boxers in a twist about Belle French. Nolan knew Belle quite well if the way they were ribbing each other in the breakroom yesterday afternoon was an indication.

The back door on the passenger side slid open. “Hurry up, Gold!” Regina called. Seated next to her in the middle was her girlfriend Emma Swan. Ruby Lucas and her boyfriend Archie Hopper were crowded together in the third row, their knees almost touching their chests.

On the opposite side of Emma sat Belle French, looking so fresh and lovely she eclipsed the beauty of the fine spring day. Her cheeks were a delicate shade of pink, and her chestnut brown hair curled around her shoulders and down her back. The shy smile she sent his way made his heart turn over.

“Gold,” Regina said again, “we’re waiting.”

Where was he to sit? The van was filled to bursting. “Why not rent a bus?” he asked with a wave of his hand.

“Great idea. Next year,” Regina promised, deliberately missing his sarcasm.

He took a half-step backward. “I don’t need to go.”

A chorus of protests met his excuse. “You have to come! Plenty of room! Gold, you can’t miss this!” Only Belle sat in silence, watching him. He wondered what she was thinking.

He squinted into the shade of the building, where his roomy Cadillac was parked.” “My car is right—”

“Not enough parking, Gold,” Regina reminded him. “Come on, everyone else is already on their way.”

“Emma,” Ruby piped up from the back, “why don’t you sit in Regina’s lap?”

Regina pinched her red lips into a thin line. “Em’s wearing dark jeans. I’m wearing white linen.”

Gold nodded in agreement. The delicate linen would stain and Regina would be a crumpled mess by the time they arrived. All the more reason for him to sit this one out. He threw a longing look toward his office windows, which seemed to wink in the sunlight, beckoning his return. “Really, it doesn’t—”

“Hey!” Emma exclaimed, “Here’s a thought. Belle, would you mind sitting in Gold’s lap? It’s not a long drive.”

Gold squeezed the head of his cane, wishing the pavement would open up and swallow him. Why would a sweet young woman like Belle want to sit in the lap of a crippled old grouch? He shot Emma a glare, annoyed with her for putting Belle in an awkward position.

“I wouldn’t mind at all,” Belle replied. Her bright blue eyes seemed to search his face. “But only if Mr. Gold is comfortable.”

Seven sets of eyes were pinned on him, waiting for him to move. Regina tapped her manicured fingers on her thigh.

He wasn’t sure how long he stood on the warm asphalt frozen with indecision before Belle took action. She scurried out of the van and ushered him into her vacant seat with a gentle push.

The tan leather was warm from her body and smelled faintly of roses and mint. Even crowded in shoulder-to-shoulder with Emma Swan, he had to admit the seats were comfortable. Belle climbed in after him and sat down, straddling his thighs like a side-saddle. Her upper body was as straight as an arrow.

“Everyone ready?” Mary Margaret chirped.

Following a round of affirmatives, she set the van in motion and glided out of the lot.

“Is this okay?” Belle asked him quietly, settling more firmly in his lap as they made a right turn onto Highway 212.

“Yes,” he said, trying to sound neither put out nor too comfortable.

She was a delightful warmth against his body and his nerve endings zinged with the unexpected pleasure of holding her close. He thought back to the last time anyone had sat in his lap. Back when his son Neal was a little boy and loved to be bounced, they used to pretend Gold’s leg was a horse named Peggy.

Having Belle sitting in his lap was an altogether different feeling.

Unsure of what to do with his arms, he settled for letting his hands rest against the seat. The van hit a bump and Belle swayed to the side toward the window. He caught her around the waist, his fingertips digging lightly into the fabric of her blue sundress. He wondered if the skin beneath the dress was as warm and soft as the material.

She turned her head to offer him a private smile. “Thank you.”

Satisfied she was balanced, he reluctantly dropped his hands back onto the seat. He didn’t want to let go, but he could see no other reason to continue holding her.

Quiet conversations between the other three couples in the vehicle buzzed around them, but he was strangely unbothered by their presence. Instead, he focused on the woman in his arms. Her head was turned toward the window, her cheeks flushed. Up close, he was surprised by the length and thickness of her eyelashes. He also noticed she had a delightful habit of dragging her lower lip under her teeth, and it turned her plump lips a lovely shade of deep coral.

“You can lean back a bit if you like,” he offered. For some reason, it was important to him that Belle felt at ease. Maybe it was his ego, or maybe it was the confusing attraction he felt toward her--an attraction he decided was better left unexamined.

She settled back against his chest with a soft, contented sigh that sent a thrill up his spine.

At 5’7”, he wasn’t a tall man, but Belle was quite petite. If she were to lean back even more, her head would be resting against his shoulder. And if she turned toward him fully, he would be looking directly into her eyes.

He felt the stirrings of arousal, tamping down on his body’s reaction by biting the inside of his cheek. All she needed was to feel him poking her in the arse like some old lecher in a van filled with people.

Without warning, the van brakes squealed and Belle pitched backward. On reflex, his arms wrapped around her. At the same time, she twisted and threw her arms around his neck. Her breasts were crushed against his chest and her fresh, floral scent tickled his nostrils. He wasn’t sure if the rapid thudding he felt against his ribs was Belle’s heart or his.

“Everybody okay?” Emma asked, ever the policewoman. “Nice reflexes, Mary Margaret.”

Removing his nose from Belle’s hair, Gold looked up in time to see a family of deer scamper across the road.

“Sorry,” Belle whispered to the top of his head before she moved away.

“Quite all right, Miss French.” It was more than all right, which was a serious problem. Having Belle in his arms was quickly becoming habit-forming and he mourned the loss of her closeness.

From across the backseat, he saw Regina flash Emma a triumphant grin before she whipped her head back to stare out her window. He glared daggers at the back of her head.

Carpooling was turning out to be hazardous to his blood pressure.

xoxo

Belle dropped into the Ferris wheel cabin with a grunt, still dazed from her carpooling experience. They’d been here at Picnic in the Park for about thirty minutes, and she’d managed to avoid Mr. Gold for the entire time.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to see him, quite the opposite. When they’d piled out of the minivan and entered the carnival, she’d thought about asking him to join her for a game of skeeball or a funnel cake, but she didn’t want to prolong his misery any longer.

Although she knew he hadn’t wanted to ride with her sprawled across his lap, he’d been painfully polite about the entire episode. Ever the clumsy one, Belle had almost toppled headfirst into the side window, forcing him to catch her. And then when Mary Margaret slammed on the brakes to avoid a group of deer, she’d clung to his shoulders as though her life depended on it. Then she had held on for far too long, but she couldn’t seem to help it. The muscles of his shoulders were strong and smooth through the thin fabric of his shirt and he smelled divine. Like sandalwood and peaches and masculinity.

“Lonely rider!” the Ferris wheel attendant crowed, bringing her back to the present. “Single! Single!”

Belle winced as several people turned to stare at her sitting alone in the car, while everyone else was paired off. Riding alone was nothing to be ashamed of, but she didn’t want to be gawked at by everyone at the fair. “Do you have to yell it quite so loud?” she asked.

“Sure I do!” The attendant stroked his thick handlebar mustache with a grin. “Lonely rider! Single!”

Single . Belle groaned, wishing she had remembered to toss her well-loved copy of The Secret Garden in her purse. As the last person to be hired at Regal Marketing in the last six months, she was still fondly known as the new girl. The others at the office were friendly and fun, and they had made her feel like part of a large, silly family. But today almost everyone was paired off with their special someone and she was feeling single and new.

The only other single person in the office was Mr. Gold, and he barely knew she was alive.

A shadow fell over the Ferris wheel car and she looked up. There stood the man himself, shading his eyes from the sun, a bit of powdered sugar gracing his square chin.

“If you’ll permit me to join you, Miss French?” He offered a slight bow.

“Really?” This was more than unexpected. From the way she’d overheard him grumbling about the “death traps” at the carnival yesterday, she didn’t think he would care to ride. “Why, yes, kind sir, I would be delighted.”

He handed his cane to the attendant and took the swinging seat, settling beside her so their thighs touched. The attendant dropped the safety bar into place.

His long-fingered hands rested lightly on the bar, and the tiny silver cufflinks adorning wrists gleamed in the sunlight.

“It seems you’re to be my hero twice in one day, Mr. Gold,” she said, as the car began its slow ascent into the sky.

“Accompanying you on the Ferris wheel is hardly heroic. And it was you who saved me in the car. If you hadn’t given up your seat...”

“You’d have simply taken your own vehicle and driven home,” she finished. “Or perhaps turned around and gone back into the office?” From his conspicuous absence at office birthday lunches and bowling outings, it was clear he didn’t care to socialize with the members of the office.

His expression was severe and for a moment she worried she’d overstepped. Then his frown melted into a lopsided smile. “Touche, Miss French.”

Goosebumps spread over her skin, part relief, and part attraction. Gold’s silver-streaked hair and olive complexion made for a striking combination, but when he smiled his looks were positively devastating. For someone who never had a hair out of place and was always wearing a pressed suit with a coordinated silk tie, seeing him in jeans and his face decorated with powdered sugar only enhanced his appeal.

Why no one had snapped him up was a mystery, but selfishly she was glad. She’d been interested in him almost from the first day she’d started work at Regal. There was something magnetic about Gold that drew her closer, made her want to know him.

They stopped again about halfway up, the car see-sawing as another cabin was loaded, and Belle took the opportunity to study Gold’s profile in the bright afternoon light. He had a strong, sharp nose that looked infinitely kissable. The memory of his warm, strong hands on her waist in the van made her pulse skitter. “Out of curiosity, why did you board the wheel?”

“It should be fairly obvious, Miss French.” He waved over the expanse of the fairground below with another twisted smile. “I’m high on life.”

Belle giggled, then gripped his arm as the fully loaded wheel gained speed, carrying them around in circles, faster and faster.

By the time they reached the apex for the third time, her fingers were digging into his bicep and he touched her shoulder, moving his fingertips in a soothing circle. “Are you all right?”

“Oh yes,” she assured him, the wind rushing through her hair and lungs making her feel somewhat breathless. “I’m a bit afraid of heights.”

The glance he gave her was puzzled. “Then why ride the wheel?”

“For the adventure, of course.” She laughed, the exhilaration of the ride and the energy of the man beside her making her feel happy and carefree. “Why does that not surprise me?” His caramel eyes danced with amusement.

“My mother always says do the brave thing and bravery will follow,” she said. “Truth be told, most of my adventures have happened in books rather than real life.”

“I think it’s time to change that,” he said.

“Oh really?” She batted her lashes a bit, unable to resist the urge to flirt. “What do you have in mind?”

“Over there,” he said, pointing down to a large red tent on the ground, “are the best hamburgers in Maine. And once a year, at this event only, Mrs. Lucas does something rather shocking.”

“What?” she asked, her excitement mounting even as the wheel descended. Soon, it would be their turn to exit the car.

“Instead of using regular rolls, she sandwiches the hamburgers between…” Mr. Gold paused for dramatic effect, waving his hand with a flourish. “Glazed doughnuts.”

“Sounds like heaven,” Belle said. Her mouth watered with hunger; she hadn’t had anything to eat yet and the closer they got to the ground, the smells of buttery popcorn, sizzling meat, and fried, sugared dough became even more tantalizing.

Their Ferris wheel car approached the loading dock, coming to a stop with a rocking jolt.

“Lead the way, but first, there’s something I need to do.” She leaned toward him and carefully wiped his chin with her thumb. His eyes darkened at the contact and she swallowed a gasp. “Just a bit of sugar. From your first hamburger, perhaps?” she teased.

”Funnel cake,” he confirmed, an adorable flush creeping up his neck.“That’s been there the whole time, hasn’t it?

“I won’t tell a soul,” she promised, secretly delighted to discover that the oh-so-serious Mr. Gold had a sweet tooth.

They disembarked from the ride, Gold collected his cane, and they started in the direction of the hamburgers. “I hope you like ketchup,” he said.

“It’s one of my four major food groups,” she said with mock solemnity. “Along with iced tea, chocolate, and pickles.”

“Pickles, obviously,” he said. His soft laughter skidded over her, soaking into her bones like sunshine.

It was the first time she’d heard him laugh and she decided she liked the sound of it. Maybe she could get him to do it again before the day was through.

“Shall we?” He offered his arm and she took it, more than happy to allow him to guide her. The rides whirred, voices lifted in laughter and cheers, and the air crackled with glad expectation.

David passed by with Mary Margaret, each of them holding huge cones of cotton candy, and flashed her a wink. “It’s good to see you two having a good time,” he said.

“We are, Nolan, thank you.” Gold said pleasantly. He gave Belle’s arm a subtle squeeze.

Butterflies exploded in Belle’s stomach at the light pressure and she returned Gold’s lopsided grin with a bright smile of her own.

“Care to join us on the Tilt-a-Whirl?” David asked. “Afterward, we’re going to buy some candles from the convent. Mary Margaret helped make them this year.”

Belle’s good mood faltered a bit. She enjoyed David and Mary Margaret a lot, but she wanted to spend time with Mr. Gold. Alone. Alone in public, yes. But still. But before she could figure out how to respond without hurting their feelings, Gold was already answering.  

“Can’t, thanks,” Gold replied. “The new girl and I have a date with a hamburger.”

Belle waved goodbye to Mary Margaret and David and sailed away with Gold, feeling like she was floating on a cloud.

Perhaps Mr. Gold could be interested in her after all.

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[sparklyjojos]

THE SAIMON FAMILY CASE recaps [1/13]

These will be full recaps of the latest JDC book, The Saimon Family Case (彩紋家事件) from 2004, which is a prequel taking place in the late 70s. While it’s a prequel, it can be read without any knowledge about the series. (It does spoil one death from Carnival at the end, but I feel like everyone already knows about this particular one).

It won’t be obvious in the recaps, but the book consists of seven parts seven chapters each (similar to Maijo’s Tsukumojuku) with two additional parts at the end.

The novel is light in terms of content warnings (for a murder mystery, anyway), but small kids WILL die in this, and we’ll be talking a lot about a specific type of systemic xenophobic violence near the end.

See that big family tree above? Save it somewhere for future reference. Believe me when I say you will need it. (Also, as always in the recaps, family name will be given first, Japanese-style.)

Well then—has everyone found their seats? Is everyone ready to witness the most splendid illusion?

Let's start the show.

PART 1

A note at the beginning informs us that soon 20 years will have passed from the end of the famous Saimon Family Murder Case, often called the “Crime Revolution” because of its impact on the future of similar complicated incidents. The details of the case have been hidden from the masses, but the time will soon come when everyone will learn the truth.

--

It’s the very last day of the year 1999. The mysterious first person narrator of the framing device is an older gentleman attending a New Years celebration in Las Vegas with his wife. They watch a fairly young blond magician perform close up magic for the guests. The magician borrows a 10,000 yen bill from the narrator, seals it in an envelope, sets it on fire, and it suddenly turns into a rose in his hand. When the narrator is asked to check his wallet, inside he finds a bill with the same denomination and serial number, but of a noticeably larger size… among a few other stunning differences.

“Happy New Millenium!” the magician exclaims.

This little illusion awakens memories from that case in both the narrator and his wife. As the world heads towards the new century, they are the only people left who were so closely involved in those tragic events of old.

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It's September 19th 1977, and the entire Saimon family celebrates the 99th birthday of their old matriarch, Saimon Tamako. The celebration takes place on a performance stage next to the family's main residence in Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture. Tamako’s daughter Akiko pushes the matriarch’s wheelchair towards the stage.

A perceptive guest may notice two other old women in the crowd who look astonishingly like Saimon Tamako, though they are a little younger (97). These are twin sisters called—if you can believe it—Tsukumo Tamako and Tousen Tamako. The three Tamakos look near identical, and in fact once used that similarity for their magic acts: all secretly shared the single stage name of Soga Tenju. That was decades ago, of course. The Tamakos no longer look like the beautiful young woman (actually women plural) known from her most famous illusion, Courtisane and Bell.

Once Akiko and Tamako take their place on the stage, all the lights suddenly go out for just a second, and in that brief darkness two things happen.

One: the red-and-white stripes of the celebratory curtain decorating the stage suddenly turn into black-and-white stripes of a funeral curtain.

Two: Saimon Tamako dies.

--

Saimon Tamako is ruled to have died of natural causes, not unusual at her age, and the curtain changing color must have been just someone’s attempt at a distasteful joke.

However, the threat of something darker going on still seems to lurk in the background. There’s a lot of people with bad intentions in this world. As part of the Saimons, Akiko is well aware of that. She recalls what she knows about the family's past.

Back at the beginning of the 20th century, Saimon Tamako made her living performing magic with a traveling circus group. Eventually she met a rich man, married him, and with his financial help established the Soga Tenju troupe.

Of course, the magician Soga Tenju was actually three women, all looking identical, all having similarly unclear pasts and wandering with the same group, all being called simply Tamako because no one even knew their real names.

It happened that three rich men of Tsuwano, who all have been friends—Saimon Taishin, Tsukumo Taigen, and Tousen Taikun—fell for the same “Soga Tenju”, and upon discovering the secret behind the magician decided to marry one member of the trio each. Since this was the era it was, the women didn’t really have a say in the matter. (Akiko hopes for more emancipation in the future and feels sad that she probably won’t live to see it; she’s over sixty herself.)

The tendency for similar names came with all sides of the family, it seemed. The three rich men were themselves a little weird, and that shared “Tai” in their names was something they added intentionally to show their bond. Their respective firstborn children—Tsukumo Haruko, Tousen Natsuko and Saimon Akiko—were given names referring to haru (spring), natsu (summer) and aki (fall). Since the Tamakos were so similar looking, their daughters also looked close enough that one could mistake them for triplets.

Akiko herself has three sons—Taishi, Akio, and Takayoshi—but now that they are all adults, they no longer feel so close to her, especially the youngest Takayoshi, who never felt inclined to stage illusion and broke all contact with the family. He didn’t show up for Tamako’s birthday and even now, a month later, hasn’t contacted them yet.

On October 19th, Akiko is busy sewing new props for a magic routine, the Five-Ball Cascade, in which juggled balls seem to change colors between red and white in mid-air. Remembering her times as the young magician Soga Tenshuu, she attempts the act just one more time. As she throws the balls in the air, she feels a stabbing pain in her chest and suddenly sees familiar faces in the balls—her mother, her husband, her sons—changing from white to red, like a bloody cascade. As they fall to the ground, Akiko does too.

--

A month later, on November 19th, a few members of the Saimon family are combing the Tottori sand dunes in search for young Saimon Yuuta, who went missing the previous day after announcing he’d like to show them something at the site. Everyone’s on edge; it’s barely been a month since Akiko's death.

A rope is found sticking out of Umanose, the famous “horse-back” dune, and several people pulling on it manage to unearth what looks like a giant card—four of diamonds—and Yuuta’s corpse tied to it.

--

--

Not even a few years have passed since JDC’s founding when young detective Ajiro Souji and his wife Mizuki take part in Saimon Tamako’s tragic birthday celebration.

The couple feels at home in Shimane, both because Mizuki was born in the prefecture, and because Ajiro has been friends with the Saimon family ever since receiving their help during the Ajiro Family Murder Case—the experience which prompted him to create JDC in the first place.

That case, as usual, was solved by his grandfater Soujin and mentor Shiranui Zenzou [and if you want to know more about it, read Carnival]. Both of them are splendid detectives, but decided young Souji should be the one to become JDC’s representative instead.

...but we keep saying "JDC" here, and the truth is the tiny group doesn’t call itself by the fancy English name Japan Detectives Club yet. It goes simply by Nihon Tantei Club and occupies the third floor of an office building filled with boutiques, clinics and the like.

Aside from Ajiro the representative, the staff consists of six office workers and twelve detectives (not counting Soujin, who is almost always out on business). The detectives are divided into the Shiranui Section and Kirigirisu Section, named after their respective leaders. There is some tension between the sections: the Shiranui part puts more value on past experience and doesn’t approve of choosing young Souji as their representative, while the Kirigirisu part praises his potential and thinks of the organization’s future.

So far Nihon Tantei Club is pretty unknown, no dramatic and giant solved cases to their name, and everyone has a strange conflicting feeling: at once wishing for the peace to never end and wishing for the inevitable tragedy to just happen already; to just get to the point where what should be unusual becomes the new normal, because everyone knows deep down it has to happen one day.

On November 22nd, Kirigirisu Tarou as usual takes the train to work, thinking about how the world will inevitably change as the new century comes around—though, of course, he can’t be sure he will actually get to see it, as nobody knows what will have happened in over twenty years.

Maybe he’s mulling over the passage of time and worries about the future so much because he's a man without a past. Kirigirisu lost all his memories to head injury a few years ago, at the same time when he was wrongly accused of murder. Fortunately, he was proven innocent thanks to both Ajiros, could begin new life as a detective, and even found a wonderful wife called Kano. He would love it if this usual everyday life could continue indefinitely… although without crime, a detective like him would be out of a job. For now he wants to focus on helping the Ajiros as he can.

Kirigirisu arrives at the office, which is mostly empty this early in the morning. Well, except for the delinquent detective Raiouji Rokenrou, looking just like you’d expect a punk named after rock’n’roll to look like (sunglasses, a lot of hair gel…) and taking a nap on the couch. Apparently Ajiro Souji had a long meeting with him about something last night, and now wants to talk to Kirigirisu.

Ajiro Souji is a sharply dressed 29-year-old man, easy to mistake for a normal office worker in the crowd. (Kirigirisu always flinches a bit seeing his elegant tie; he himself has a strange phobia of wearing anything around his neck, which he suspects has to do with an unknown event forever hidden behind his amnesia).

They each light a cigarette and have a friendly conversation. Ajiro mentions that he recently tried to switch to cigars, but alas, it seems that it’s still “too early” for him to appreciate them; about forty years too early, according to grandpa Soujin. [Seeing as Ajiro is a huge cigar fan in most of the series, grandpa miscalculated by at least two decades.]

Soujin is a thin man of short stature who hardly looks like someone in their seventies, although his hair is just as white as his usual suit, with just a black bowtie breaking the color. He always gives off the air of a mafia boss, his sheer power of personality taking hold of everyone around. Soujin apparently feels constant wanderlust, so he almost never shows up at the office. In fact, Kirigirisu hasn't seen him in over two months now. Who knows what he’s doing.

But back to the situation at hand, Ajiro wants Kirigirisu's help. For the next few days, they will investigate a case together in another prefecture, Rokenrou taking care of Kirigirisu’s section in his absence.

The case surrounds a strange series of deaths. First, Saimon Tamako dying (seemingly) of old age on her birthday on September 19th. Second, her daughter Akiko suffering a (seemingly) accidental death on October 19th, when a misplaced sewing needle stabbed into her heart. And third, a very strange but (seemingly) accidental death of another Saimon family member that has just happened on November 19th. Ajiro and Kirigirisu are to investigate whether or not the perfectly spaced string of incidents may be an act of serial killing.

The case is of personal importance to Ajiro. After all, the person who requested their services is the same man that helped solve the Ajiro Family Murder Case: Saimon Ryuusui, known better as the great magician Soga Tensui.

--

(The third person narration swaps here to a completely different font, and informs us helpfully: but ah, before the two detectives could head to Tsuwano, they would go to Yamaguchi first, to watch the magic show of the Saimon family, a marvelous experience that Ajiro has already had a few times because of his friendship with the family, and that Kirigirisu would witness for the first time.

And from the very moment they were invited to see the show first, they felt uneasiness settle inside them. Only much, much later would one realize just how deep the hidden meaning of the show really was, and that solving all its mysteries was crucial to solving the Saimon Family Murder Case.

You could even say that the show itself, filled with so many wondrous mysteries to solve, was the true Saimon Family Murder Case. If so, then the magician Soga Tensui could be defined as its culprit—and if so, then Ajiro and Kirigirisu have just walked right into a marvelous illusion indeed.)

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[>>>NEXT PART>>>]

[chenedarling]

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[imaginethesonsofipswich]

October Drabble # 12 (Caleb Danvers)

Caleb had always been a very simple guy. He surrounded himself with semi-Spartan articles of clothing and furniture. He stuck to dark or neutral colors. And then his wife came along.

🎃

At first, she was just another face at the academy but he saw her with some of her friends in town. There was a small carnival in town, so he and the guys had decided to check it out. She stood out in her teal sweater, the gold jewelry hanging from her neck caught the light just right. She looked in his direction but didn't really see him. For some reason he felt a pull. He brushed it off.

He started to notice her more and more. It slowly turned into him looking for her in the crowd.

They started talking by coincidence, brought together by a random school project. She had a "go-with-the-flow" attitude that was less of a "oh well" and more "always have plan B's and C's."

"Sometimes you just gotta have backup plans for your backup plans," she'd said once.

It was the smile she wore that stayed with him.

He understood but as someone who tried to be ahead of the curve at all times, it seemed a foreign concept. Even the best laid plans can have cracks in its foundation.

🎃

After the project, they still found time to hang out. There were no dates. There was just something about her outside of the academy's uniform. She told him the reason she wore bright colors was because they reminded her of her hometown. It rarely rained and never got cold enough for the probability of snow.

"Never thought I'd miss the sun," she laughed, "I complained about it everyday back home."

"Anything you complain about now?" he teased.

"While snow is aesthetically pleasing during the winter months, I'd rather not deal with all the problems it brings."

They talked about their families, their plans after graduation. She still didn't know what she'd study or if she would study at all.

"I hate to rag on my fellow peers but I'm not exactly looking forward to getting into some Ivy League school. That just pressure I'm not willing to deal with."

"There's nothing wrong with being a free spirit."

She looked at him then quickly averted her eyes to the table between.

"Truth be told, I had this weird thought that I'd find someone in high school and we'd get married and blah, blah, blah. It was stupid of me."

He smiled, "So you're a hopeless romantic, a dreamer, and a free spirit."

They both laughed and the strange atmosphere faded. But he kept this exchange in a constant loop in his mind. It resonated with him.

While he hated how his father and fallen under the sway of his own power, the beginning of his parents' love story gave him hope. Whoever he married would know beforehand about his powers. He planned to explain everything.

🎃

He hadn't planned on accidentally using his powers in front of her. He hadn't planned on her being completely accepting. He hadn't planned on her equating his powers to an autoimmune disorder.

"What?" he spit out.

"Listen, don't question my metaphors. Take 'em at face value, ok?"

She never told anyone. He felt surprisingly better knowing he wasn't omitting the biggest part of himself in their conversations.

It wasn't long after that they went to the academy's October Ball together. Snyder looked fit to be tied. It wasn't a big deal to her. She would've rather stayed home but since Caleb asked, she didn't see the harm in saying "Yes."

The night went smoothly. He got her home a little after midnight.

"What are we?" she asked as they sat in his Mustang outside her house.

"I don't know," he paused, "What do you want us to be?"

"That's my line," she replied.

"Then you already know the answer, " he supplied.

AqShe smiled and said, "Goodnight, Caleb."

He watched her go walk into her house and close the door.

🎃

Things had progressed rather quickly after that. They were engaged by the end of their first year of college and married by the second. She withdrew from college after realizing it just wasn't for her. She managed to get a part time job at a small boutique in town. The young love birds kept in touch often.

By their third anniversary, Caleb had graduated and was ready to see what he could do with his degree. It took a while but they were finally in a comfortable, stable place. After six years, he couldn't imagine how his life would've turned out without her in it. Now he watched her fuss over interior decorating.

She made it her mission to expose me to color in the form of house decor, all tasteful of course.

"Every room doesn't have to be a different color palette."

"You're only saying that because you're no fun, Mr. Danvers," she stated.

"Well, Mrs. Danvers, I have on good authority that I can be fun when and where it counts, " he lifted his eyebrows.

"...You're ridiculous."

[evilsupplyco]

Kissing at the Carnival

Petal went to the boutique after work and picked up the pink dress she’d been eying, the one with the bow on the collar. She went to Bat Heart Spa, coming out fresh, clean, and smelling like lilac wyvern scales. At home, she considered two lipsticks. Unable to decide, she showed both to the lazily judging cat lounging on her bed. “This is…?” it asked. “Date two.” Indigo.

“So you met at the Grossery Store?” the cat asked, flicking its tail and rolling over. The evening looked better upside down.

“Yeah, I was looking for toadstool broth and all the jars were out of reach— I think she did it on purpose so I’d have to ask her for help.”

Across the village, May ran around her small apartment yelling, “Has anyone seen my black shirt?!”

“You will have to be a bit more specific,” a raven chimed sarcastically from its perch above bedroom door.

“It has skulls and ghosts,” May’s voice began to rise with panic as she tore through her closet. “And ice cream cones and I am already weeaaaring it,” came the half-cry-half-shout stress volcano of relief.

The raven flew down and nuzzled her cheek, “You’re going to do great, kiddo, relax.”

“She’s really cute,” May mumbled happily as she fussed, somewhat successfully, with her hair.

As twilight settled in, May stood in front of the Ghost’s Crush Cave of Might and Terror, anxiously looking around. The Halloween carnival roared around her, the other guests cheering and screaming, the haunted house behind her ooing and booing tantalizingly. “She’s late. She’s not coming, this was a mistake. She changed her mind. She saw me and hates my shirt.”

“She loves your shirt, she is buying you a cotton candy,” Petal said as she approached, smiling. “Hi.”

May turned around, her face lighting up like a strawberry moon, “Y-you look b-beautiful.” May kissed Petal’s cheek and accepted the bouffant of sugar spun spiderweb candy. Hand in hand, they entered the haunted house. The ghosts were real, but the Cave relied more on imagination than horror to scare and delight. The effects were cheesy and garish, the colors alternated between black light glows and just pure darkness. The fog was cool and omnipresent. A perfect haunted house for a date. As they exited, Petal ran out laughing and tittering with joy. May caught up and took her hand in hers. “I-I’m sorry about before, about freaking out.”

Petal smiled. “It is okay, just know I’m not planning on going anywhere.” Dinner was served on a stick, dessert came in a hallowed out pumpkin filled with a fizzy drink and ice cream. It was delicious, too sweet, too large, and very enjoyable.

“I’m thinking about becoming an adventurer.” May said as they eyed a carnival game across the midway — toss a skull, knock down cans, win a prize. “I’ve been training after work.” May steered them towards the booth, then handed a few coins to the goblin running the game.

“Magic? Melee? Mix?” Petal asked as she picked up one of the game’s balls and pretended to eat it. A trap. “Ranged, actually.”

May took the ball and Petal kissed her — a trap sprung. “For luck,” Petal smiled, “And I want that giant plush ghoul, please.” It took a few rounds, but May won the big prize, much to Petal’s delight. She hugged it close and kissed May again, who blushed mightily and happily.

The night began drawing to a close. May took Petal’s hand and they ran into a photo booth to capture the evening. Silly faces were made, hands were held behind heads to make rabbit ears and horns, kisses were shared.

Afterwards, eying the piles of pictures and laughing madly at the other’s expressions, they gravitated towards a storm-cloud themed ferris wheel. As they rose into the sky, all of Peyroux opened before them, the village’s lights twinkling silently. Petal laid her head on May’s shoulder, thoroughly enchanted by her charming awkwardness and kind-hearted bumbling.

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[wise-journey]

Quebec City: A Captivating Chronicle of a European Gem in the Heart of Canada

Quebec City, a radiant, historical gem nestled in the bosom of Canada, offers an intoxicating blend of culture, gastronomical delights, and engaging activities. It's akin to stepping into a charming European enclave, sans the Atlantic crossing. Its cobblestone streets, 17th-century houses, and the iconic Château Frontenac majestically presiding over the city almost trick you into believing you've time-traveled into a charming French hamlet.

Time to Travel: The Best Seasons to Visit

Quebec City thrives throughout the year and the ideal time to visit depends largely on your preferences. The city is transformed into a sparkling winter wonderland during winters, perfect for those seeking snowy adventures. It's also when the city comes alive with the Carnaval de Québec - the world's biggest winter carnival. However, if you prefer milder temperatures, the radiant fall colors or the blooming summers might be more enticing.

Journey to the City: How to Reach

Quebec City is conveniently reachable via multiple transport modes. The most common way to arrive is via Jean Lesage International Airport, with numerous carriers serving major North American and European cities. It's a quick 20-minute taxi trip from the airport to the city center. Alternatively, comfortable intercity trains and buses connect Quebec City to Montreal and other major Canadian cities.

Home Away From Home: Accommodation Options

From the grandeur of the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac to the quaint allure of Auberge Saint-Antoine, Quebec City offers an extensive range of accommodations to suit all budgets. The city also boasts an array of bed and breakfasts, guest houses, and vacation rentals for those seeking a homely vibe.

A City of Wonders: Activities and Attractions

Quebec City teems with vibrancy and attractions. Meander through the historic Quartier Petit Champlain, uncover the history at the fortifications of Québec, and stand awestruck by the towering Montmorency Falls. For art connoisseurs, a visit to the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is indispensable.

Delightful Delicacies: Gastronomical Adventures

A culinary journey in Quebec City is a feast for the senses. Enjoy traditional French-Canadian dishes at Aux Anciens Canadiens, or indulge in innovative cuisine at Laurie Raphaël. Don't forget to savor poutine, a quintessential Quebec delicacy. For dessert, treat yourself to the sinfully delicious maple syrup-infused treats.

Beauty and History: Sights, Tours, and Tips

A trip to Quebec City is incomplete without a Ferry ride across the St. Lawrence River, offering breathtaking city views. Guided tours provide insider insights into the city's rich history and hidden gems. Don't forget to explore the city's beautiful parks, including Battlefields Park and the Plains of Abraham.

Currency: Money Matters

While most establishments accept international credit cards, Canadian dollars come in handy for smaller outlets. ATMs are conveniently located around the city for easy access to cash.

Night Life: After Dark Adventures

Quebec City's nightlife is eclectic, with a plethora of live music venues, chic bars, and some of Canada's best craft breweries. Whether you seek a quiet evening or a vibrant night out, Quebec City will not disappoint.

Getting Around: Transport Options

Quebec City, given its compact size, is best explored on foot. Extended journeys can be made via efficient public transportation, including buses and trams. Taxis are readily available, and for the more adventurous, bike rentals offer a fun way to explore the city.

Retail Therapy: Shopping in Quebec City

Whether it's stylistic boutiques, artisanal stores, or bustling local markets, Quebec City offers a shopping experience for every type of shopper. Antique lovers should make a beeline for Rue Saint-Paul, a haven for vintage finds. Quebec City's culture is deeply rooted in its historical past, traditional values, and strong French influences. It truly comes alive during its numerous festivals and celebrations. Experience the city's life through its street performances, characteristic architecture, and vibrant murals. Quebec City's gastronomy is a delicious fusion of classic French cuisine and unique Canadian elements. Seasonal produce, innovative restaurateurs, and a love for comforting meals culminate in a culinary culture that's extraordinarily dynamic and ever-evolving. From hiking scenic trails, ice-skating in Place D’Youville, to cruising along the St. Lawrence River, Quebec City caters to every adventure type and energy level. The city is a playground for outdoor enthusiasts, history buffs, art lovers, and foodies alike. In conclusion, Quebec City offers a delightful amalgamation of old-world charm and modern conveniences. If you're seeking an experience that's distinct, culturally rich, and magnificently charming, Quebec City is the perfect destination for you. Quebec City, with its deep-rooted history, enticing cuisine, vibrant celebrations, and friendly locals, promises an experience that's truly unparalleled. This city invites you to step into a fascinating French fairytale that's come alive, hidden right in the heart of Canada. Don't wait, let the story of Quebec City unfold and become an unforgettable chapter in your travel memoirs. Read the full article

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Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Rides - Ranked from Worst to Best

Hi, guys! This is my personal list of all the Magic Kingdom rides, ranked worst to best. I’m basing my list on wait queues, ride time, actual quality of the ride, and other little factors. For my list, I won’t be including attractions like The Carousel of Progress or Philarmagic. This is solely things you ride, and not a staged show. Let’s get started!

22. Tomorrowland Speedway

Honestly, I’ve just never liked this one. It’s not fast enough to be really fun, but not slow enough to be relaxing. And while you do have a steering wheel, you’re limited to a small strip of space to steer within, which roughly jolts you if you get too off track. The wait is boring, and the ride itself is boring. I could forgive it if you at least saw some cool things next to the “road” as you drive, but there’s nothing there.

21. Liberty Square Riverboat

If you’re looking to just get off your feet for a while, this is... Well, it’s an option. It’s a large and fancy looking riverboat that you can ride around for a bit. To ride a whole round trip, it’s around 17 minutes. While a relaxing boat ride sounds nice, you’re still technically outdoors, and if you aren’t one of the first people on the boat, you could be stuck standing. It’s not a very fun ride, and really, it doesn’t have a whole lot of Disney magic to it.

20. Dumbo the Flying Elephant

I think this is a cute ride for small kids, but really? It’s just another spinning ride. You know those rides, the ones at cheap carnivals. If the line is short, I’d say go for it, but if there are longer wait times for this ride, it’s really not worth it, since there’s another ride exactly like this one.

19. The Magic Carpets of Aladdin

This ride is almost exactly like Dumbo. But, I do like this one a little better. The magic carpet is a lot more fun to me than the flying elephant. The details are fun, and the ride itself is right next to Aloha Isle, where you can get yourself a Dole Whip. The wait for this is usually a bit longer than Dumbo, but I personally think this one is better.

18. Mad Tea Party

This is a classic ride, and I don’t hate it or anything, but it’s not one I typically go on. The whole design and aspect of it is super fun. Spinning around in a teacup at a crazy tea party is a great idea! But, I kinda wish it could be something you just sit in, rather than get an arm workout in while having to manually spin the teacup yourself. The wait line also leaves something to be desired, since it’s just another place where you stand. Nothing fun or interactive about it.

17. Prince Charming Regal Carousel

The carousel is cute and classic, just not a go to for me. I think this is the perfect ride for kids aged maybe four or five to feel like royalty, especially if you pair it with the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique or dinner in Cinderella’s castle. The details in the ride are gorgeous, and it makes for a great photo opportunity.

16. Walt Disney World Railroad

This ride is partially meant to take you from Main Street to Fantasyland to Frontierland without you having to walk so much, but really it’s better as just a standalone thing to ride and get off your feet for 15 minutes. It’s sometimes pretty inconvenient to walk from the station to your actual destination, and is a lot more fun to just walk through the park to get there.

15. Jungle Cruise

This is another Disney classic, that I honestly think could use some updating. The animatronics are pretty old and out of date, and the only thing I really like about this ride is getting to sit down and the large amount of puns. I mean, SO MANY PUNS. Unfortunately, it isn’t a ride you can just walk up to and ride, you most definitely need a fast pass for it, as wait times are usually pretty high.

14. Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid

This is a typical Disney dark ride, perfect for any princess fan. The Under the Sea segment of the ride is probably the best part. The queue is decorative and ends up taking you under the Little Mermaid castle. And this might just be me, but I always lose cell service in there, and it makes the wait feel so much longer. The only other thing I don’t like is that with rides like this, they try and cram the whole story into this short ride. They do a fine job of it, but it really makes you miss the parts of the story that aren’t included.

13. Astro Orbiter

So, this is another ride like Dumbo, but this one is my favorite of the spinning rides. This starts off with a wait for an elevator, which takes you high up to the actual spinning ride, where you can get a view of the whole park. The little rockets you ride in are super cute, and if you ride this at nighttime, it’s absolutely breathtaking. 

12. “it’s a small world”

Say what you want about the creepy little dolls, I still love this ride. I go on it every time I’m at Disney, without fail. The song is a classic, and it’s really fun to see all the different sets and details of the ride. The wait for this ride isn’t too bad, it kind of feels like you’re walking around backstage for a play. It’s also a fun tradition to toss a penny into the water while you wait and make a wish! The very first wish I ever made at this ride actually came true that same day! (I wished I wouldn’t have to ride Haunted Mansion. It happened to be shut down at the time.)

11. Splash Mountain

So, I have a love-hate relationship with this ride. What I love about it is it’s fun, and it has a great combination of thrill ride and dark ride. It’s just a really fun and great ride, where the whole time you wait, you can feel the anticipation building. My big problem is I HATE getting wet. Especially because I like to go to Disney with makeup and curled hair. And cute clothes. I don’t like getting my clothes wet or my makeup ruined. The other con is this ride breaks down a lot. Way more often than anyone would like.

10. Haunted Mansion

Haunted Mansion is a fun and creepy ride where you are literally in a haunted mansion. The music and the details are great, I love the Ghost Host, and the queue is so fun and interactive! I’ve never been bored waiting for this ride. The only thing I don’t like about it is the wait times can get pretty high and you risk waiting in the sun if it’s a crowded day. And, I do get scared easily. It’s spooky.

9. Pirates of the Caribbean

So, I haven’t been on this ride in a few years, but I do remember liking it a lot. It’s a fun and classic dark ride with some nice animatronic work, and I’m especially pleased that they’ve recently gotten rid of the ‘wench for a bride’ scene. I know it’s a classic part of the ride, but as a ten year old, it made me a little nervous and uncomfortable.

8. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

So, this ride is meant more for young children, but I love this ride! I love Winnie the Pooh. This ride takes me right back to my childhood. You ride in an adorable honey pot and travel through some adorable scenes from the different Winnie the Pooh stories. They don’t make sense as a story, but it’s still a fun experience, especially when your honey pot bounces along with Tigger or rocks or sways. You feel very immersed in the world of Winnie the Pooh. The queue is also interactive and PERFECT for little kids and keeping them busy.

7. The Barnstormer

This was the very first roller coaster I ever went on, and I think it’s a perfect introductory coaster for young kids. It’s mild and fun, but also EXTREMELY short. It’s one minute long, but the actual time where you’re going fast and having fun is much less than a minute. Either way, it’s a great ride for kids, or adults who aren’t so fond of the larger coasters.

6. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

This is one of Disney’s super fast and fun coasters. It has an interactive queue for the standby line, which is honestly pretty fun and helps to pass the time. The ride itself is fast and crazy and a lot of fun. Another great thing about it is that it’s a longer ride, so when you get off, you’re able to feel like it was worth it. 

5. Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin

This is SUCH A FUN RIDE!! It’s a shooting game combined with a dark ride, taking you through one of Buzz Lightyear’s adventures through space. You have a gun, a score, and a little lever in the middle to spin you and your shooting buddy around. And, when the ride momentarily stops to help someone in a wheelchair board, you have time to score more points!

4. Tomorrowland Transit Authority Peoplemover

This ride definitely doesn’t get enough love. The wait time is relatively short, you get to ride a pretty cool escalator with no stairs, and the ride itself is really fun. You get to go on a tour of Tomorrowland, getting a backstage look at Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear, and you even get to see a scale model of Walt Disney’s original plans for EPCOT. It’s super fun for Disney geeks like me, and it’s a great break from the heat and the walking.

3. Peter Pan’s Flight

This is my absolute favorite dark ride at Disney World. Period. It’s fun and immersive and beautifully detailed. The best part is that the pirate ship you ride in is not on a straight track on the ground. It actually switches to a track in the ceiling, so your pirate ship flies over the city of London and Neverland. Out of every ride on this list, I think this one really provides you with the most Disney magic and gives you that sense of wonder and amazement.

2. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

This is Magic Kingdom’s newest coaster, and like Splash Mountain, it’s a combination of a thrill ride and a dark ride. Both aspects of it are much different than anything else in the Magic Kingdom. The coaster itself has swinging cars that rock back and forth to add to the fun, and the animatronics have digitalized faces that are able to give more expressions and look more like the movie characters. The first time I ever rode this was with a free fast pass and while the fireworks were going off. It was a genuinely magical experience, and this ride holds a special place in my heart.

1. Space Mountain

My Disney trips never feel complete without a ride on Space Mountain. It’s a classic Disney coaster, and I can’t find a single flaw with it. It’s a fun space themed coaster where you actually get to see projections and lights to make it look like you’re in space. You ride in a pretty comfortable single seat with any of your party members in front of or behind you, so you aren’t squeezed in or knocking around next to somebody. And the queue is amazing. It’s full of cool maps and 3D images and a lot of the line is made up of games. I personally think this is the best ride at Disney, it feels very magical and fun and futuristic, and riding it gives you that same feeling as when you first walk into the parks.

That’s my list! Every ride at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, ranked from worst to best! I’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions. If you liked this, please let me know, and I’ll see about doing the same posts for Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Bye!

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18 Must-Visit Attractions in Toronto

What do a pair of Elton John's high heels, a Gothic castle as well as the globe's biggest hydraulophone share? They all function on this listing of the top tourist attractions in Toronto, Canada.

Some destinations in Toronto-- such as the skyline-busting CN Tower, the turrets of the Casa Loma and also the thunderous Niagara Falls down the road-- stand apart like Drake in the front row of the Scotiabank Sector. Nevertheless, others-- like the vendors of St Lawrence Market, the stores of the Distillery Area as well as the murals of Kensington Market-- take a little bit more exploration. Culture Journey has actually done the hard work for you by assembling the leading 18 attractions in Toronto you require to include in your schedule.

CN Tower

Leaving Toronto without scaling the city's most famous site would resemble visiting Paris as well as not bothering to see the Eiffel Tower. This trip gives a special perspective from the sharp end of the CN Tower, thanks to the stomach-churning glass flooring that looks overs the Toronto roads 1,122 feet (342 meters) below, in addition to the Hunt level and al fresco SkyTerrace staring out over Canada's most significant city. It leaves at 9am everyday from Nicholby's memento store on Front Street West for 150 Canadian dollars ($ 116.93).

Gallery of Impressions

If you're expecting your stock-standard hall of mirrors and a number of shrinking hallways, get ready for a shock. Toronto's Museum of Illusions is an extremely contemporary take on the old fairground funhouse-- a minimalist space that opened in 2018 with an Instagram front of mind. Found on Front Street East with tickets starting at 23.50 Canadian bucks ($ 17.93), the museum feels even more like an art gallery than some tacky carnival tourist attraction, with each item discussing the aesthetic hoax at play along with a pen explaining the best selfie area.

Ripley's Aquarium of Canada

With vicious tiger sharks, slippery eels, entrancing jellyfish and 450 various other types of unique aquatic life inhabiting the country's largest indoor aquarium, Ripley's Fish tank of Canada brings in substantial groups. While long lines snake around the block in the darkness of the CN Tower, you can avoid the line with this ticket for 49.80 Canadian bucks ($ 33.76). It's supplied directly to your smart device, and also the rate includes pet feedings and talks. Under the sea, easy.

Hockey Hall of Popularity

If hockey is a faith in Canada, after that this is the cathedral where the faithful come to prayer. Occupying Brookfield Place's historic Bank of Montreal building in the heart of midtown, the Hall of Fame flaunts the globe's largest collection of hockey artefacts, consisting of the original Stanley Cup locked away in the bank vault. Nevertheless, you don't need to be a hockey nerd to appreciate the reproduction NHL clothing space or the interactive video games-- as well as at 20 Canadian dollars ($ 15.59), admission is a bargain.

Distillery Area

Once home to the largest whiskey manufacturer in the British Empire, the cobbled alleyways of Toronto's Distillery District supply a flawlessly maintained time capsule of Victorian-era commercial design. This heaven of red-brick storehouses can be difficult to navigate for a first-timer, so leave it to an expert overview. On this one-hour tour for 23.73 Canadian dollars ($ 18.42), you'll stroll via the indie dining establishments, boutiques, bars, galleries and cinemas that make the Distillery District among The Six's coolest cultural districts. You'll additionally get to example some local craft beer and chocolate at the end. Yum.

Casa Loma

Seldom has a name fell short to record the grandeur of a place fairly like Casa Loma, which implies "Hillside Residence" in Spanish. An even more accurate title would've been "The extravagant Gothic castle plonked in the middle of Toronto," which just starts to explain the majesty of this 18th-century masterpiece just north of the bohemian Annex area. The royal residence of Sir Henry Pellatt eventually bankrupted the power tsar in the 1920s, although Casa Loma is a lot kinder on the purses of visitors than the man that developed it-- you can tip inside each day for simply 30 Canadian dollars ($ 22.89).

Royal Ontario Gallery (ROM).

Greater than 13 million artworks, social things and natural history samplings live under the ROM's jagged, ultra-modern roof covering ignoring Queen's Park in the city's north; on a busy day, it feels like there's practically the same variety of site visitors who have actually crowded in to see them. The good news is, you can get hold of a skip-the-line ticket for just 20 Canadian bucks ($ 15.32) and also access an exclusive share entrance point, giving you more time to look into the globe's biggest fossil collection, a colossal variety of dinosaur skeletons and also the largest event of Chinese architectural artefacts outside China.

Bata Shoe Museum.

While a gallery dedicated to footwear could seem around as amazing as a trip to a cardboard box manufacturing facility, the Bata Footwear Museum is just one of the quirkiest, coolest and also most compelling collections in all of Canada. Sitting simply down the block from the ROM in a building formed like a shoebox, this gallery steps (get it?) with the 4,500-year history of footwear, from indigenous boots put on in the Arctic to stylish sliver systems worn by Elton John. At 14 Canadian dollars ($ 10.89), it's also one of one of the most budget friendly destinations in Toronto.

Toronto Islands and Centreville.

Not all of Toronto's big-ticket items lie on dry land, as you'll figure out on this one-hour cruise ship of the harbor. For 26.55 Canadian dollars ($ 20.61) and departing from Queen's Quay Terminal-- southern of the city center-- this excursion takes in the shallows of the Toronto Islands, the nude beach at Hanlan's Factor, the glamorous Island Yacht Club as well as the serene wildlife haven, as well as the panoramic view across the water back towards The Six's soaring horizon. The Centreville Theme Park on Centre Island is an excellent stop for the children, as well.

St Lawrence Market.

A symbol of the Old Town area because the early 1800s, St Lawrence Market made the title of the world's leading grocery store from National Geographic in 2012. And also to taste the best of the 120 merchants that converge on this grand old industry, you require a little professional advice. For 89 Canadian bucks ($ 69.38), join your guide on a walk with a smorgasbord of St Lawrence's most mouthwatering specials, sinking your teeth right into every little thing from Indian candy and Ukrainian pierogi to Toronto's famous peameal bacon. Mmmmm, bacon.

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DJ Mag Reveals Nominations For Annual “Best Of North America” Poll

DJ Mag might be most well known for its Top 100 DJs ranking every year, but it also hones in on North America every year in its Best Of North America poll. With the region driving so much traffic and interest in dance music across the world every year, a poll focusing on North America is only logical.

Sixteen categories are presented, from Best DJ to Best Live Act to Best Label and all the other accolades that come in between. Some notable entries are Marc Rebillet for Best Live Act and 1788-L’s remix of “Disintegrate Slowly” by The Glitch Mob for Best Remix/Edit.

Notable exclusions include not a single Las Vegas club in either Club category, as well as the omission of both Electric Daisy Carnival and Ultra Music Festival from Best Festival.

Voting for the poll opened this morning, and ends on April 23; results will be announced on May 28.

Go HERE to vote, and see the full list of nominations below.

Best DJ

Robert Hood Honey Dijon DJ Stingray AC Slater Jubilee

Breakthrough DJ

Jayda G Eris Drew Justin Cudmore Bedouin Attlas

Best Live Act

Marc Rebillet Chromeo GRiZ Model 500 Robert DeLong

Best Producer

Octo Octa Diplo Jlin Virtual Self (Porter Robinson) Zeds Dead

Breakthrough Producer

J. Worra Ciel Textasy LSDXOXO Baltra

Best Label

Dark Entries Records Tri Angle Mad Decent Razor-N-Tape Ghostly International

Breakthrough Label

100% Silk FTP Country Club Disco In Toto Jack Dept.

Best Album

REZZ – Certain Kind of Magic [Mau5trap] Zhu – Ringos Desert [Mind of a Genius] Lotic – Power [Tri Angle] Kamasi Washington – Heaven & Earth [Young Turks] Mariel Ito – 2000-2005 [R&S Records]

Best Track

NGHTMRE & Big Gigantic – Like That [Mad Decent] Peach – Silky [Intergraded] Claude VonStroke – Maharaja [DIRTYBIRD] Marie Davidson – Work It [Ninja Tune] RL Grime – I Wanna Know [WeDidIt]

Best Remix/Edit

Sophie Lloyd – Calling Out feat. Dames Brown (Floorplan’s Extended Club Remix) [Classic Music Company] Cygnus – Iaafos Blank Mix (Textasy Dance Floor Dub) [Craigie Knowes] Pendulum – The Island – Pt. I (Dawn) (Skrillex Remix) [Earstorm] The Glitch Mob – Disintigrate Slowly (1788-L Remix) [Glass Air] FaltyDL – If All the People Took Acid (Octo Octa Loop Me into Infinity Remix) [Blueberry Records]

Best Large Club

Elsewhere, New York Exchange LA, LA Echostage, Washington DC Club Space, Miami New City Gas, Montreal

Best Small Club

CODA, Toronto Halcyon, San Francisco Floyd, Miami Smartbar, Chicago Good Room, New York

Best Club Event/Series

Prototype, LA Unter, New York Piknic Electronik, Montreal We Still Believe, Nationwide QUEEN!, Chicago

Best Festival

Coachella Movement Lightning in a Bottle Shambhala Music Festival Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

Best Boutique Festival

Sustain-Release Holy Ship! Elements Lakewood Bass Coast Seismic Dance Event

Hall of Fame

K-Hand Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy Gary Richards a.k.a DESTRUCTO Armand Van Helden Moodymann

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