#delta hill riders

[pintsizemama]

Sledding

Day 2

Summary: Frankie, Santi, Will, and Benny take you sledding…but you hate heights!

Pairings: Frankie Morales, Will Miller, Benny Miller, Santiago Garcia x Reader (gender neutral), Frankie Morales, Will Miller, Benny Miller, Santiago Garcia x You

Fandom: Triple Frontier

Rating: Teen

Word Count: 550

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You stood at the top of the hill chewing your lip. You were nervous, but you didn’t want to let on just how nervous you were. You glanced over at the guys to see how they were reacting to the height you had climbed. They looked super chill. But you guessed that was to be expected. They were former Delta Force…not exactly easily intimidated.

“You ok there, gorgeous?” Will asked quietly. You nodded, not trusting your voice. You were not good with heights.

“It’s alright,” Benny assured you. “It’s not as high as you think.” You swallowed audibly.

“You don’t have to do this if you don’t want to,” Santi immediately said once he noticed the fear in your eyes.

“No,” you croaked out. You cleared your throat. “No. I want to do this. I can do this.”

“Yeah, you can, baby,” Frankie said with a smile. “It’s really not as high as it seems.” You snorted.

“Yeah, that’s because you’re used to being thousands of feet in the air,” you told him.

“It’ll be fine,” Frankie brushed off your worry. “You can ride down with me. It’ll be fun.” You swallowed again and nodded.

“Ok,” you finally said.

“Benny, you go first so we can watch,” Santi suggested.

“You got it!” Benny whooped. He was always more carefree and reckless than the others. He set up his sled at the top, teetering over the edge. He sat down and settled himself before turning to look at you.

“See you at the bottom!” He called out before tipping down and speeding down the hill. He yelled the whole way down. You all couldn’t help but laugh at how ridiculous he was.

“You brave enough yet, or would you rather watch me and Santi?” Will asked you.

“Y-You guys can go,” you stuttered. Will smiled and placed a kiss on your cold nose.

“You got this,” he whispered before hurtling himself down the hill. Santi followed soon after which just left you and Frankie. He picked up your sled and sent it down without a rider. The other guys grabbed it as soon as it reached the bottom. He set up his sled and sat on the back.

“Come on, sweetheart,” he said gently. He held his hand out and helped you sit in front of him. He tucked you in between his legs and held the reins of the sled in front of you. Which meant his arms framed either side of you. You were completely surrounded by Frankie, and—despite your fear—you felt completely safe in his arms.

“On three,” Frankie warned you. “One…two…three!” He tipped you down and you zoomed across the snow. The cold wind rushed into your face. You grabbed Frankie’s legs. About halfway down your fear dissipated and the fun settled in. You screamed excitedly. You were going so fast, the beautiful scenery around you was just a blur. Too quickly, you were at the bottom of the hill. The other three ran over as soon as your slid to a stop.

“Are you ok?”

“It wasn’t so bad, right?”

“You did great, baby!”

You chuckled. They waited patiently to hear your verdict.

“Let’s go again!” You shouted. The men cheered, and you all began the climb back up the hill.

Day 3

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[crimechannels]

By • Olalekan Fagbade Mob lynches Police Inspector before his Wife, Children A mob suspected to be Fulani Okada riders have reportedly killed a 45-year-old police inspector, Festus Onori, in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State. As reported by The PUNCH, the mob pounced on the police inspector in the presence of his wife and children on their way to church on Sunday. Narrating the incident, the deceased’s elder brother, Austin Onori, said Inspector Onori was on his way to church with his wife and three children when a commercial motorcyclist said to be of Fulani extraction hit his vehicle from behind in Okpanam. He said, “My brother drove a distance of about one pole after the minor accident to park properly and came down to ensure that the Okada man and his passenger were unhurt only for more than 20 men pursue him with sticks and clubs, prompting the deceased to run back into his car. “As my brother drove off for fear of being lynched, the Okada riders pursued him and as they continued to chase him, their numbers increased. “When he got to marble hill (Okpanam) he diverted through that road to express thinking that his chasers would be discouraged and retreat. Behold, they pursued him down to Ogwashi-Uku Community even facing Kwale when the fuel in his vehicle got exhausted on the Ogwashi-Uku-Kwale expressway. “At that time, his pursuers numbers increase. Then, they mobbed him to death in the presence of his wife and three children. “They also destroyed his vehicle. It was a passerby, who according to the wife’s statement, that carried the Inspector Onori to Ogwashi-Uku police station before he was confirmed dead. Austin said that the deceased, Onori, was an Inspector at Marine Police Station Cable Point Asaba. According to him, the wife narrated that the Okada rider and his passenger who hit the inspector’s vehicle at the back did not sustain injuries in the earlier accident that led to her husband’s death. When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer Delta State Command DSP Bright Edafe said he is yet to get official information on the incident. He said, “I have not gotten official information on the incident and so cannot comment on the matter”

[waterparkwetnjoy]

The Best Theme Parks and Activity Parks Near You: Wet'nJoy Lonavala

Wet'nJoy Lonavala is a water and amusement park located in Lonavala, Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest water parks in India and offers a variety of rides, slides, and attractions for all age groups. The park is open from 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM and tickets can be purchased online or offline at the gate.

Some of the most popular rides at Wet'nJoy Water park Lonavala include:

Space Trainer: This is a high-speed roller coaster that takes riders on a thrilling journey through twists and turns.

Sky Screamer: This is a giant Ferris wheel that offers stunning views of the surrounding area.

Delta Hoppla: This is a water slide that drops riders down a steep hill at high speed.

Super Splash: This is a wave pool that creates huge waves for riders to surf.

Hose of Mirrors: This is a maze of mirrors that challenges riders to find their way out.

The Amusement Park some popular rides are

Bumper Cars: This is a classic amusement park ride that is sure to provide hours of fun.

Tea Cups: This is a ride that spins riders around in a circle, creating a feeling of dizziness and excitement.

Haunted House: This is a dark ride that is full of scares and surprises.

Mirror Maze: This is a maze of mirrors that challenges riders to find their way out.

Wet'nJoy Lonavala is a great place to visit for a enjoyful day out with friends or family. The park has something for everyone, from adrenaline-pumping rides to relaxing water slides. So if you're looking for a day of excitement and adventure, be sure to check out Wet'nJoy Lonavala.

The other theme parks and activity parks near Wet'nJoy Lonavala:

Imagicaa: This is a theme park located in Khopoli, Maharashtra. It is home to a number of rides, shows, and attractions, including a water park.

Cartoon City: This zone is based on the popular cartoon characters of Chhota Bheem and Krishna. It features rides such as the Chhota Bheem Train, Krishna's Swing, and the Dholak Ride.

Greek Mythology: This zone is based on the stories of Greek mythology. It features rides such as Poseidon's Fury, Medusa's Revenge, and Icarus's Fall.

Adventureland: This zone is for those who are looking for thrills. It features rides such as the The Storm, the Dare Devil Drop, and the 4D Theatre.

Water Park: This zone is a great place to cool off on a hot day. It features water slides, a wave pool, and a lazy river.

Land of Fantasy: This zone is for those who want to relax and enjoy some family-friendly fun. It features rides such as the Magic Carpet Ride, the Snow World, and the Fairytale Garden.

Water Kingdom: This is a water park located in Karjat, Maharashtra. It is home to a number of water slides, rides, and attractions.

Most popular rides at Water Kingdom:

Aqua Loop: This is a high-speed water slide that takes riders on a looping journey.

Tornado: This is a water slide that twists and turns riders through a series of loops and corkscrews.

Wave Pool: This is a large pool that creates waves for riders to surf.

Lazy River: This is a slow-moving river that riders can float down on inner tubes.

Children's Pool: This is a pool specifically designed for children, with shallow water and a variety of water features.

Water Kingdom is a great place to visit for a fun-filled day out with friends or family. The park has something for everyone, from adrenaline-pumping rides to relaxing water slides. So if you're looking for a day of excitement and adventure, be sure to check out Water Kingdom.

Krushnai Water Park & Resort: It is spread over an area of 15 acres and features a variety of water slides, rides, and attractions for all ages.

Some of the most popular rides at Krushnai Water Park & Resort:

Pirate Island: This is a water play area with a variety of slides, fountains, and water cannons.

Black Hole: This is a water slide that takes riders through a dark tunnel.

Twister: This is a water slide that twists and turns riders through a series of loops.

Wave Pool: This is a large pool that creates waves for riders to surf.

Lazy River: This is a slow-moving river that riders can float down on inner tubes.

The Other attraction at Krushnai Water Park & Resort

Game Zone: This is an area with a variety of arcade games.

Snack Bar: This is a place to buy snacks and drinks.

Restaurant: This is a place to eat a meal.

[stevestonbike]

One more ride with the club then a party.

There was a nice quick ride into the city and back. It was about 60ish km. In 7 more klicks I meet last years September. I have a few rides to do including one more club do before then. They apparently are crossing the river to Delta and a nice craft brewery. I have been there. Not by bike though.

I asked the fast riders what the route was and they could not decide. There is a lazy loop that uses a bus shuttle but that only carries 6 or 7 people and their bikes. It runs every hour one way. The other way is a longer loop over a bridge then a busy truck route that is scary. I have done both. Likely the fast guys will hit the bridge and not look back

I know the area and know the back roads to minimize the exposure to the 18 wheel death machines. Not eliminate it mind you.

Years ago when I was new I used to go over that bridge to find hills. The bridge was a climb and there were some big ones on the other side. I learned how to not fail there. So we will see what happens.

They announced a party in a pub on Oct 1. I will go. I may walk there as it is almost close to my home. Avoids the risk of DUI. I will go to that one.

Then the rest of the year no club stuff at all. I expect a restart in April or May.

[valentinesgoldartsaward]

Ayanna Witter-Johnson & Nubiyan Twist

Ayanna Witter-Johnson

The Jamaican Cellist and singer shared sweet melodies that she composed and the way she builds a song on stage is mesmerising. Wearing a catsuit that reminded me of her nothing less video  and so I could stop seeing a warrior from Wakanda exuding elegance and prestige that was just further solidified the composer played a commissioned work she created for the Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company the rendition of Romeo. A song that in the songs she share and I say shared is because of how she presented the music, introducing her cello Ruben and cowbell Penny. She was not alone on stage where she not only seemed comfortable on the platform inferno of the lights she was with us. Inviting us to a join in on a call and response song of Hill and Gully Rider. And the more soulful R&B songs the song Romeo is a clear display Ayanna’s innovative style of making anew the old text of the Shakespeare classic into such modern and defined format with her composition of sound that frankly was cinematic. 

Nubiyan Twist

The stage filled with all 12 members of the band. It was very easy to forget the capacity the space could hold coming from the intimate and close atmosphere form the support act we now had drummers and from my angle I couldn’t make out how many were beside the drummer as they were behind the 4 piece horn section who stood beside a saxophonist and at then bassist? I lost count. Because they began to play. And the jazz music made me recall the tunes that I would wake up to briefly when my family would take us on a road trip and the sun would be rising. My older brother driving and the views of South Africa on the long road. That quickly changed to more urban and somewhat American jazz, the old Delta blues of Mississippi to be more exact moving more industrial and more forward intake with the keyboard tones. The vision of the the drum tempo picking up, the horns starting to jump into the mix and the sounds were developing more electronic and with a funk cut to the shape. All the elements of the group were individually clear but in the song created a full soundscape. Just then Ria Moran joins the stage and KOG. 

As the singers opened the music to less scene sounds and more dance sounds. And this continued ramping up and broke through with KOG’s electric rap and seemed to display the audience energy in him, as he got more excited so did the room. The whole performance seemed to keep returning to the jazz and free as they moved to a jamming session the keyboards to horns, the saxist the drums were somehow still able to keep everything in line while also just flowing around the music, falling and crashing and picking up and sharing it drew people closer to to want to see the performer hidden behind the members on the crowded Stage. 

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[regexkind]

☕music?

First order approximation: Music is great and makes me happier.

Second order approximation: There is a lot of music I enjoy, but whether or not I get to control when I listen to it is everything. I tend to find music played in a public space to be very hard to handle, regardless of whether it’s acceptable (performing musicians at the farmer’s market!) or unacceptable (you have a bass-boosted system in your car! I am going to steal the bricks from your house one by one while you aren’t looking!). Music has also at various points been a mechanism of social control--there are rules about what music you’re ‘supposed to’ like or not, and whether you’re ‘good enough’ to sing out loud. I realize this sounds incredibly vacuous but a lot of what music I listened to growing up was molded by e.g. my older brother’s tastes. Deciding that I will enjoy my music unironically and unashamedly and sing whenever I’m happy has made my life so much, much better, and I wish I had done it earlier.

What follows is an obscenely long and not even necessarily comprehensive list of things I will listen to for enjoyment. Consider these higher-order terms in the approximation--If you put all of these into your Taylor series, your computer algebra system will stop dreaming of electric sheep and start dreaming about thumbscrews and waterboarding. Consider also that this is an approximation because I spent an hour writing this and I’m sure it wasn’t comprehensive at all.

- Johnny Cash: “Big Iron”, “Highwayman”, “Further On Up The Road”, “A Boy Named Sue”, “One Piece At A Time”, “Man In Black” “Folsom Prison Blues”, “Devil’s Right Hand”, “Ghost Riders In The Sky”, “Streets of Laredo”, “If I Were A Carpenter”, “Sixteen Tons”, “Hurt”

- Marty Robbins: “El Paso”, “The Strawberry Roan”

- Johnny Horton: “The Battle of New Orleans”, “North to Alaska”, “Sink The Bismark”, “Honky-Tonk Man”

- John Fogerty: “The Old Man Down The Road”

- Gordon Lightfoot: “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”

- Kenny Rogers: “The Gambler”

- Bob Seger: “Turn The Page”

- Lavender Country: “Crying These Cocksucking Tears”

- Death Cab For Cutie: “Crooked Teeth”, “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”, “Where Soul Meets Body”, “I Will Possess Your Heart”

- Green Day: “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, “Brain Stew”, “Wake Me Up When September Ends”, “Disappearing Boy”

- Cyndi Lauper: “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”

- Radiohead: “2 + 2 = 5″, “Creep”, “Everything In Its Right Place”, “No Surprises”, “Karma Police”, “Paranoid Android”

- Queen: “Under Pressure”, “The Show Must Go On”, “Don’t Stop Me Now”, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Killer Queen”, “Somebody To Love”, “Spread Your Wings”, “Bicycle Race”, “Fat Bottomed Girls”, “We Will Rock You”, “Another One Bites The Dust”, “We Are The Champions”, “Radio Gaga”, “I Want To Break Free”, “One Vision”

- David Bowie: “Space Oddity”, “Ashes to Ashes”, “Rebel Rebel”, “Changes”, “Let’s Dance”, “Life On Mars?”, “The Man Who Sold The World”, “Starman”

- Nirvana: “Lithium”, “Come As You Are”, “Heart-Shaped Box”, “In Bloom”

- Arcade Fire: “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)”, “Mountains Beyond Mountains”, “Everything Now”

- SIAMES: “The Wolf”, “Mr. Fear”

- C2C: “Delta”

- The Beatles: “A Little Help From My Friends”, “Come Together”, “Hey Jude”, “Norwegian Wood”, “Strawberry Fields Forever”, “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”, “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”, “Eleanor Rigby”, “Penny Lane”, “Hello, Goodbye”, “Let It Be”, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, “Nowhere Man”, “I Am The Walrus”, “The Fool On The Hill”, “Magical Mystery Tour”, “Your Mother Should Know”, “Blue Jay Way”

- Utada Hikaru: “Beautiful World”

- Walk The Earth: “Shut Up and Dance”

- Harry Chapin: “Cat’s In The Cradle”

- Kansas: “Carry on Wayward Son”, “Dust In The Wind”

- Elton John: “Rocket Man”, “Tiny Dancer”, “Crocodile Rock”

- Marina And The Diamonds: “Numb”, “Oh No!”, “Are You Satisfied?”, “Primadonna”, “Starring Role”, “Fear And Loathing”, “Froot”, “Happy”, “I’m A Ruin”, “Savages”, “Immortal”, “Girls”, “Venus Fly Trap”, “Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land”, “About Love”

- Sia: “Unstoppable”, “Chandelier”, “Elastic Heart”, “The Greatest”, “Wild Ones”

- Olivia Rodrigo: “good 4 u”

- Billie Eilish: “bad guy”, “everything i wanted”, “you should see me in a crown”, “all the good girls go to hell”

- Dove Cameron: “boyfriend”

- Ava Max: “Salt”, “Sweet but Psycho”

- Cosmo Sheldrake: “Pelicans We”, “Tardigrade Song”, “The Moss”, “The Fly”, “Come Along”, “Wriggle”

- Rubblebucket: “Inner Cry”, “Donna”, “Major Roxy”, “If U C My Enemies”, “Not Cut out For This”, “Forlornification”

- Studio Killers: “Jenny”, “Eros and Apollo”, “In Tokyo”, “Ode to the Bouncer”, “Friday Night Gurus”, “Party Like It’s Your Birthday”, “All Men Are Pigs”, “Grand Finale”, “Dirty Car”, “Who Is In Your Heart Now”

- TMG: “No Children”, “This Year” (I am a fake rat because I don’t listen to too much TMG)

- Pretty much all the songs from Hamilton, but especially “The Room Where It Happens” and King George’s songs

- The entire Evita soundtrack, but especially a really fucking short song called “The Art of the Possible”

- Coldplay: “Viva La Vida”, “Politik”, “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face”, “Clocks”, “Daylight”, “A Whisper”, “A Rush of Blood to the Head”, “What If”, “Talk”, “Speed of Sound”, “Low”, “Twisted Logic”, “Lost!”, “Life in Technicolor”, “Lovers in Japan”, “Death and All His Friends”, “Yes”, “Shiver”, “Yellow”, “Don’t Panic”, “Spies”, “High Speed”

- Keane: “Somewhere Only We Know”, “Bedshaped”, “Can’t Stop Now”, “Sunshine”, “Bend And Break”, “Is It Any Wonder?”, “The Lovers Are Losing”, “Nothing In My Way”, “A Bad Dream”, “Try Again”, “Everybody’s Changing”, “Spiralling”, “Perfect Symmetry”, “Love Is The End”, “Burning Black Heart”, “Strangeland”, “Silenced By The Night”, “Disconnected”, “Neon River”, “Day Will Come”

- Katy Perry: “California Gurls”, “I Kissed A Girl”, “Last Friday Night”, “Firework”, “The One That Got Away”, “Teenage Dream”, “Wide Awake”, “Hot n Cold”

- Fleetwood Mac: “The Chain”, “Dreams”, “Go Your Own Way”, “Landslide”

- Hozier: “Take Me To Church”, “Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene”, “In The Woods Somewhere”

- Led Zeppelin: “Kashmir”, “Ten Years Gone”, “Misty Mountain Hop”, “Battle Of Evermore”, “Immigrant Song”, “Black Dog”

- AC/DC: “Highway to Hell”, “Dirty Deeds”, “Thunderstruck”, “Back In Black”, “You Shook Me All Night Long”, “TNT”, “It’s A Long Way to the Top”

- TMBG: “Istanbul”, “Experimental Film”, “Triangle Man”

- Pretty much all the songs from Cyrano (2022) but especially “Wherever I Fall” and “Someone To Say”

- Regina Spektor: “The Call”, “Blue Lips”, “On the Radio”, “Hotel Song”, “Samson”, “Edit”, “Eet”, “Two Birds”

- Florence and the Machine: “Delilah”, “Ship To Wreck”, “Cosmic Love”, “Dog Days Are Over”

- Train: “50 Ways To Say Goodbye”, “Soul Sister”, “Drive Bye”, “Hey, Soul Sister”, “Drops of Jupiter”

- AJR: “Bang!”, “Sober Up”, “Burn The House Down”

- lovelytheband: “Broken”

- Billy Joel: “We Didn’t Start The Fire”, “Piano Man”, “Uptown Girl”, “Vienna”, “My Life”, “Movin’ Out”

- Weird Al Yankovic: lots but especially “Amish Paradise”, “Party In The C.I.A.”, “Everything You Know Is Wrong”, “White & Nerdy”, “Truck Drivin’ Song”, “The Saga Begins”, “Your Horoscope For Today”

- MGMT: “Kids”, “Time To Pretend”, “Electric Feel”, “Flash Delirium”, “Your Life Is A Lie”

- M83: “Midnight City”, “Reunion”

- Of Monsters And Men: “Little Talks”, “King And Lionheart”

- Mumford and Sons: “The Cave”, “Hopeless Wanderer”, “I Will Wait”, “Little Lion Man”

- Snow Patrol: “Chasing Cars”

- The Verve: “Bittersweet Symphony”

- The Killers: “Mr. Brightside”, “Smile Like You Mean It”, “Somebody Told Me”, “All These Things I’ve Done”, “Human”, “Read My Mind”, “When You Were Young”, “My List”

- Homestuck Tunes: “Sunslammer”, “Showtime”, “Sburban Countdown”, “Upward Movement (Dave Owns)”, “Explore”, “Gardener”, “Sburban Jungle”, “Three In The Morning”, “Black”, “Doctor”, “Homestuck Anthem”, “Skaian Skirmish”, “Savior of the Waking World”, “Aggrievance“, “Welcome To The New Extreme”, “Skaia (Incipisphere Mix)”, “Crystamanthequins”, “The Beginning Of Something Really Excellent”, “Pyrocumulus”, “Umbral Ultimatum”, “Trollcops”, “At The Price of Oblivion”, “I’m A Member Of The Midnight Crew”, “Flare”, “Crystalmethequins”, “Ascend”, “Carne Vale”, “Savior of the Dreaming Dead”, “Black Hole / Green Sun”, “Cascade”... actually just a fuckton of these tbh

- Soundtracks from Persona 3 and Persona 4, but especially: “Shadow”, “Heaven”, “Pursuing My True Self”

- The Seatbelts: “Tank!”, “Bad Dog No Biscuit”, “Autumn In Ganymede”, “Call Me Call Me”, “Fingers”, “The Real Folk Blues”

- Lil Nas X: “That’s What I Want”, “Montero”

- Foster The People: “Pumped Up Kicks”, “Sit Next To Me”, “Coming Of Age”, “Helena Beat”, “Houdini”

- Empire of the Sun: “Walking On A Dream”

- David Guetta: “The World Is Mine”

- Modest Mouse: “Float On”, “Dashboard”

- R.E.M.: “Find the River”, “Night Swimming”, “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite”, “Man On The Moon”, “Losing My Religion”, “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It”, “Everybody Hurts”, “The One I Love”, “Orange Crush”, “Shining Happy People”, “Ignoreland”

- Genesis: “Invisible Touch”

- Pogo: “Murmurs Of Middle Earth”, “Boo Bass”, “Joburg Jam”, “Data & Picard”, “Boy And Bear”, “Davyd”, “Wizard of Meh”

- Lana Del Rey: “Born To Die”, “Summertime Sadness”, “Drive”, “Video Games”, “Dark Paradise”, 

- Imagine Dragons: “Believer”, “Radioactive”

- Capital Cities: “Safe And Sound”

- Caravan Palace: “Lone Digger”, “Comics”, “Aftermath, “Wonderland”, “Tattoos”, “Midnight”, “Russian”, “Human Leather Shoes for Crocodile Dandies”, “Lay Down”, “Dragons”, “Star Scat”, “Suzy”, “Brother Swing”, “Bambous”, “We Can Dance”, “Maniac”, “Rock It For Me”, “Clash”, “Dramophone”, “Beatophone”, “Miracle”, “About You”, “Moonshine”, “Melancolia”, “Plume”

- Miike Snow: “Ghengis Khan”, “Animal”, “Silvia”, “Sans Soliel”, “A Horse Is Not A Home”, “Cult Logic”, “My Trigger”, “The Heart Of Me”, “Back of the Car”, “Lonely Life”, “The Wave”, “Devil’s Work”, “Black Tin Box”, “Paddling Out”, “Billie Holiday”, “Archipelago”

- Swingrowers: “My Mood”, “The Queen of Swing”, “No Strings Attached”, “Enjoy The Moment”, “Butterfly”, “Midnight”

- Tape 5: “The Magic Slapstick”, “Step Into My Time Machine”

- Parov Stellar: “Sally’s Dance”, “Jimmy’s Gang”, “The Mojo Radio Gang”, “Booty Swing”, “Baska Brother”, “The Ride”, “Mama Talking”, “Nosferatu”, “Catgroove”, “Black Coffee”, “Soul Fever Blues”, “All Grown Up”, “The Princess”, “Step Two”, “The Burning Spider”, “Chambermaid Swing”

11 Acorn Lane: “Let’s Face It I’m Cute”

Dimaa: “Zero O’Clock”, “Out Of Time”

- JS Bach: “Air on G String”, “Crab Canon”, Goldberg Variations, including “Variation 1 a 1 Clav”, “Variation 3 a 1 Clav”, “Variation 5 a 1 overro 2 Clav”, “Variation 8 a 2 Clav”, “Variation 16 a 1 Clav”, “Toccata and Fugue in D minor”

- Mussorgsky: “Night on Bald Mountain”

- Strauss: “Also sprach Zarathustra”

[thechanelmuse]

Delta Hill Riders 

Black American Cowboys and Cowgirls of the Mississippi Delta photographed by Rory Doyle.

“Being a Delta Hill Rider is like being a member of a biker club. They have been riding horses for generations, and they take great pride in passing down the skills – riding, grooming, competing – from one generation to the next. The riders go to R&B clubs dressed as cowboys and the DJ will play cowboy songs and zydeco music. To begin with, I had very minimal knowledge of the deep history of Black cowboys.” (x)

“It's estimated that just after the Civil War, one in four cowboys were Black American. Yet this population was drastically underrepresented in popular accounts, and it is still. The ‘cowboy’ identity retains a strong presence in many contemporary Black communities.” (x)

Here’s one more:

Captured by the same photographer during a rare snowfall in Bolivar County.

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💗 i would like a list of all 3 million potential pairings please 🙈

my god, i would love to take the time out of my day to give that to you, and just know that we can ship literally anybody and everybody because that’s all we ever do in the first place and you know how much i love doing that with you too. my favorite writing partner everybody, bre is hands down the best partner in the whole world, and i’m lucky enough to be able to have her at all. she’s mine and i’m never going to let her go because i love her so much! she’s literally the best thing to ever happen to me and i know i wouldn’t be here through the shitty times and all without her! everybody better go follow her right now and send her all the love i swear to god, because she’s the only person on this hell site that shows me the attention that i deserve! also that list of potential pairings is below the cut, and don’t say i didn’t warn you. 👀

send 💗 if you’re open to the possibility of a romantic ship eventually happening between our muses

all these characters are up for shipping with all your characters:

alex gardiner (paul rudd) alexander hamilton (lin-manuel miranda) alex mullner (brant daughterty) alice liddell (madelyn cline) alisha khara (jameela jamil) annie abel (luna blaise/anya chalotra) antonia moreno (victoria justice) apollonia levine (anastasia karanikolaou) arthur pendragon (niall horan) ashley spinelli (ursula corbero) aspen rhodes (sofia black-d'elia) astrid porter (karlie kloss) audrey ramirez (selena gomez) august khalil (rami malek) axel turner (charlie weber/skeet ulrich) aziz hassan (riz ahmed) bailee rose (jenny boyd) bambi prince (lachlan watson) barbie roberts (kate upton) barley lightfoot (michael clifford) beatriz velasco (camila cabello/diane guerrero)  beau hester (froy gutierrez) beck collins (joe keery) bellatrix lestrange (carmela zumbado) belle dubois (margaret qualley) belle summers (candice king) berliouz bonfamille (alex fitzalan) bernard davenport (gavin leatherwood) billie groves (kiana lede/emmy raver-lampman) billy hargrove (dacre montgomery) bindi culver (meg donnelly/rachel mcadams) bo-peep ‘bo’ patterson (amanda seyfried) brady gardiner (nathaniel buzolic) brielle stewart (alexandra daddario) bronwyn pierson (madelaine petsch) buzz lightyear (paul mescal/chris pine) calliope jung (phillipa soo) camille aguilar (jeanine mason) carl fredricksen (tye sheridan) celeste quintana (rosalia/maite perroni) chandler armstrong (iwan rheon) cinderella tremaine (lily james) clementine ahn (jamie chung) cliff egan (stephen amell) colleen lowell (jodie comer) connor catrell (thomas doherty) copper slade (nick jonas) cordelia goodwin (ryan destiny/candice patton) coriander thompson (dacre montgomery/chris evans) cornelius robinson (simon baker) cruella de vil (melanie martinez) cyrus quinney (owen joyner) daisy vaughn (isabella gomez/aimee carrero) dakota atkins (amber midthunder) dale monks (keiynan lonsdale) dalton davis (harris dickinson) daniela ‘dani’ costello (becky g/eva longoria) dash parr (jaden smith) delilah diaz (camila cabello/diane guerrero) delphine washington (antonia thomas) delta montgomery (manu gavassi) denver koch (thomas elms) devon montgomery (iain de caestecker) diego hargreeves (david castaneda) dorcas meadowes (ariela barer) dory blau (julia louise-dreyfus) duke blaise (ashley graham & matthew daddario — reincarnated)  duncan traeger (zac efron) edmund whittaker (richard madden) edwin orwell (nicholas galitzine) elena flores (jenna ortega) eleonora moretti (benedetta gargari) eleven (millie bobby brown) elio montgomery (noah schnapp/brendon urie) elisabeth ‘elsa’ andersson (candice king) elliott murdoch (kj apa) eloise thompson (taylor hill/zoey deutch) elwood leith (sam claflin) emerson wheaton (beau mirchoff) emily sondheim (eve fraser) emmy silverstein (nat wolff/michiel huisman) ericka ‘ricki’ santos (danna paola) esmeralda guybertaut (priyanka chopra) everest sorenson (adam driver) ezekiel ‘zeke’ bauer (neels visser) fa mulan (awkwafina) felix dawson (lukas gage) ferris rockwell (joshua bassett) five hargreeves (aidan gallagher/rob raco/john mulaney) florence prata (barbie ferreira) flynn rider (jacob elordi/steven r mcqueen) frank castle (jon bernthal) gabrielle dupres (louriza tronco) genevieve rizzo (troian bellisario) gill moorish (harrison ford) godwin vivar (diego boneta) grainger anslow (justin hartley) grant wesley (keanu reeves) griffin price (liam hemsworth) guinevere ‘gwen’ flores (ester exposito/ana de armas) gulliver kennedy (robert sheehan) gunner mccoy (miles heizer) halston krogen (nick robinson) hamish duke (thomas elms) harper graves (sydney sweeney) harry potter (alberto rosende) harvey wolff (joaquin phoenix) hawke bradbury (brenton thwaites) helen parr (megan thee stallion/kerry washington) hendrix palmer (mark fischbach) henley howell (dylan everett/paul wesley) henrik nilsen (herman tommeraas/chris evans) hercules sabri (aubrey joseph) hermione granger (quintessa swindell) holden krogen (jack falahee) holly la stella (olivia holt) honey lemon (irene ferreiro) hudson reid (jaeden lieberher/paul mescal/james mcavoy) irving reid (matty healy) isobel evans (lily cowles) jacoba ‘cobi’ abernathy (geraldine viswanathan) jake bennett (joe jonas) jake breckenridge (landon liboiron) james potter (noah centineo) james ‘sully’ sullivan (hozier) jane porter (zoe sugg) jasmine agrabah (naomi scott) jessica jones (krysten ritter) jim hopper (david harbour) johanna ‘jo’ gardiner (carlson young) josefine olive (lili reinhart/maika monroe) joseph ‘joey’ carnegie (chris o'dowd) juliette russo (camila mendes) juno nicks (gideon adlon/linda cardellini) justin miller (michael b. jordan) keaton green (charlie plummer/austin butler/alexander skarsgard) keifer fry (nathan parsons) kennedy sutherland (florence pugh) khalid farid (mena massoud) kiernan jost (jack barakat) kiki penn (natalie alyn lind)  kim possible (karen gillan) kit dempsey (aaron taylor-johnson/michael sheen) kristoff bjorgman (ben hardy) kuzco inca (tommy martinez) lady alvarez (camila cabello/diane guerrero) lake montgomery (jace norman/casey deidrick/jeff goldblum) lazarus (sean teale/tom ellis) lennox wells (billie piper) leonardo ‘leo’ light (armie hammer) levi wesley (gerard butler) liam wheaton (lucas lynngaard tonnesen/dominic sherwood) lilac montgomery (sophia lillis/deborah ann woll) lila pitts (ritu arya) lilo pelekai (courtney eaton) lola carver (carla gugino) macy merritt (kylie jenner) madeline hawkins (rowan blanchard/kaylee bryant) madison bloomfield (gwyneth paltrow) maggie wheaton (virginia gardner) maria deluca (heather hemmens) mariana de la cruz (victoria justice/salma hayek) marianne darden (elizabeth olsen) marisol torres (alexa demie/salma hayek) marlene phan (brianne tju) matilda franks (brooke markham) matthew murdock (charlie cox) max tian (chloe bennet) mckenzie whitman (danielle rose russell) megara creon (ashley moore) melanie carter (brenna d'amico/zooey deschanel) melody burns-newman (camren bicondova) mercutio bellini (giancarlo commare) merida dunbroch (bree kish) michael ‘goob’ yagoobian (dylan o’brien/andrew scott) mickey hader (shawn mendes) miguel rivera (diego tinoco) mike wheeler (finn wolfhard) mildred ‘millie’ brantwood (stella maeve) milo martinez (itzan escamilla/tyler posey) milo thatch (jason ralph) minerva ‘minnie’ winslett (jenna coleman) mischa locklear (jenny slate) moana motunui (auli'i cravalho) molly wheaton (saoirse monica jackson/kristen bell/kristin chenoweth) monet bugg (annie murphy) mordecai ‘cai’ baird (joseph morgan) murray bauman (brett gelman) nadja (natasia demetriou) naomi phillips (hunter king) natalie fuller (krysten ritter) nate gardiner (tom holland/thomas hayes/joe keery/adam scott) nemo fisher (nick robinson) nick novak (jon bernthal) nick wilde (jake johnson) nina baxter (laura harrier) nolan van ness (louis hynes/benjamin wadsworth) nymphadora tonks (kennedy walsh) odessa barnes (inanna sarkis) osbourne russo (oliver jackson-cohen) otis richardson (finn jones) owen monroe (zachary levi) paloma katz (brittany o'grady) paxton gardiner (douglas booth) pearl turner (maia mitchell/aubrey plaza) penny proud (sarah jeffery) perdita ryan (alisha boe/zoe kravitz) perrie wheaton (ariela barer/jessica alba) peter pan (rudy pankow) peter pettigrew (alex lawther) phil mcdermot (leo howard/dylan o’brien) phineas flynn-fletcher (michael provost) piper donahue (millie bobby brown/katherine langford/felicity jones) pippa mei (amy okuda) pollux isola (camila mendes) portia sadler (hayden panettiere) prairie gallagher (lucy boynton) quaid ‘q’ wright (jake gylenhaal) quinton saunders (jamie dornan) rain montgomery (nick jonas) ramona montgomery-wallis (lana condor/ashley park) reed knightley (arthur darvill) reign fentworth (madison bailey/vanessa morgan) reno thames (joshua bassett) richie tozier (finn wolfhard/bill hader) river montgomery (jack griffo/tyler blackburn) robin buckley (maya hawke) roger holtz (ben platt) roger radcliffe (aaron tveit) romy reyes (carmela zumbado) ronald ‘mac’ mcdonald (rob mcelhenney) roosevelt banks (spence moore II) rowan burke (andy biersack) roxanne sutton (lady gaga) rush mccoy (cody fern) russell montgomery (ian harding/hugh jackman) russell montgomery II (jack dylan grazer/timothee chalamet/adam brody) sable rosales (catherine bascoy) saint fentworth (reece king) sally finklestein (marina ruy barbosa) salvador ‘sal’ mendoza (jorge blanco) samson gardiner (cole sprouse) sandy diamandis (christina hendricks) sawyer bell (penn badgley) seamus kennedy (aria shanghasemi/michael sheen) seb seif (zeeko zaki) selena hada (camila cabello/diane guerrero) severus snape (rob raco) shawn taggart (ben barnes) shay strauss (chris wood) shia zoheir (rami malek) shiloh young (devery jacobs) shiri madani (inbar lavi) simba king (john boyega) sloane shapiro (diana silvers/linda cardellini) sofia ramirez (camila cabello/camila mendes/morena baccarin/fluvia lacerda) stefani vidal (louriza tronco) stella romero (adria arjona) steve harrington (joe keery) stevie wagner (anne hathaway/jennifer garner) sutton reiser (katherine langford/kat dennings) tandy hawthorne (giorgia whigham) tanner cohen (ross lynch) tarrant ‘mad hatter’ hightopp (hale appleman) tarryn fischer (giorgia whigham/perry mattfeld) tatum barton (ben schwartz) teddy flood (james marsden) tex navarro (bad bunny) thad abraham (dylan sprouse/chris evans) the handler (kate walsh) thomas gardiner (felix mallard/paul rudd) tierney kennedy (maisie williams) timothy ‘tigger’ trigger (jeremy allen white) tinker bell (sabrina carpenter) tj lieberman (armie hammer) tommy burns (will poulter) topher larkin (alexander hogh andersen) trey turner (jonathan daviss) ursula celia (normani/lizzo) vaughn abel (max greenfield) veronica lodge (camila mendes) vidia viento (emma dumont) vivica lang (madison pettis/tessa thompson) wanda cowell (brenda song) warren wentz (robert pattinson) wendell langston (link neal) wilbur robinson (david mazouz) winnie knox (sophie turner/jessica chastain) wren green (alexander calvert) wynona winstead (sarah hyland/cristin milioti) xander talbot (g-eazy) york pemberton (heather baron-gracie) yusef barlas (zayn malik) zack abrams (alex fitzalan) ziggy (taron egerton) zoey matthews (olivia munn)

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Songs for Halloween Parties

Halloween parties offer the most wide open subject possibilities of any type of celebration. Halloween is the one day of the year that lets you be any living thing or dead thing, any occupation, any human or non-human and any personality type. You can be a cartoon character if you like. Since Halloween can go hundreds of different directions, the playlist will likely be a diverse list of novelty songs. The Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett Rock Lobster by The B-52's Creep by Radiohead Everyday Is Halloween by Ministry Space Oddity by David Bowie Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo It's the End of the World As We Know it (and I Feel Fine) by R.E.M. Planet Claire by The B-52's Mad World - Tears For Fears Hell by Squirrel Nut Zippers Wicked Game by Chris Isaak Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack by Andrew Lloyd Weber Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon Black Celebration by Depeche Mode Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles Walking On The Moon by The Police The Fly by U2 Lola by The Kinks Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress by The Hollies I Wanna Be a Cowboy by Boy Meets Girl 2000 Light Years From Home by The Rolling Stones The Munsters TV Theme Not Afraid by Eminem Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down Enter Sandman by Metallica Superstition by Stevie Wonder People Are Strange by The Doors Evil Ways by Santana 1999 by Prince Revolution 9 by The Beatles Twilight Zone TV Theme Hotel California by The Eagles Season of the Witch by Donovan Psycho Killer by Talking Heads The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band Highway to Hell by AC/DC Devil Inside by INXS Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran Thriller by Michael Jackson Super Freak by Rick James Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. Le Freak by Chic Rapper's Delight by Sugar Hill Gang Girlfriend in a Coma by The Smiths Dark Lady by Cher Scary Monsters by David Bowie Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival Devil Woman by Cliff Richard Riders On The Storm by The Doors Runnin' With the Devil by Van Halen Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones Crocodile Rock by Elton John Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group Nightmare on My Street by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Time Warp from Rocky Horror Soundtrack Rapture by Blondie She Said She Said by The Beatles Wanted Dead or Alive by Jon Bon Jovi Out of Limits by The Marketts Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell Bad Girls by Donna Summer Black Magic Woman by Santana Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses Welcome to My Nightmare by Alice Cooper Boris the Spider by The Who Jungle Boogie by Kool & The Gang Roxanne by The Police Back in Black by AC/DC Addams Family TV Theme The Blob by The Five Blobs Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson Take the Money and Run by Steve Miller Band Mama Told Me Not to Come by Three Dog Night Witchy Woman by The Eagles Speed Racer TV Theme Let's Go Crazy by Prince King Tut by Steve Martin Another One Bites the Dust by Queen Erotic City by Prince White Wedding by Billy Idol Hells Bells by AC/DC Fly Like an Eagle by Steve Miller Band Bad Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult Tarzan Boy by Baltimore Rocket Man by Elton John Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney & Wings Genie in a Bottle by Christina Aguilera Copacabana by Barry Manilow Black Cat by Janet Jackson You Dropped a Bomb on Me by Gap Band Zoo Station by U2 My City Was Gone by The Pretenders Eye of the Tiger by Survivor 99 Red Balloons by Nena Spirits in the Material World by The Police Monster by Fred Schneider Union of the Snake by Duran Duran They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha by Napoleon XIV Rebel Rebel by David Bowie State of Shock by The Jacksons Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles Freakazoid by Midnight Star Low Rider by War Church of the Poison Mind by Culture Club Rebel Yell by Billy Idol Valley Girl by Frank Zappa E.T. by Katy Perry and Kanye West We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions by Queen All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix Strange Magic by Electric Light Orchestra Burning Down the House by Talking Heads Der Komissar by After The Fire Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive by Men at Work Taxman by The Beatles Monsters and Angels by Voice of the Beehive Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz Spiders and Snakes by Jim Stafford Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers 2001: A Space Odyssey (Also Sprach Zarathustra) by Deodato Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band by Meco Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead by XTC You Are a Tourist by Death Cab for Cutie The Joker by Steve Miller Band Run Through the Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes Head Like a Hole by Nine Inch Nails Jerry Was a Race Car Driver by Primus Clap For the Wolfman by The Guess Who Fear of the Unknown by Siouxsie & The Banshees I Ran by A Flock of Seagulls Centerfold by J. Geils Band Black Velvet by Alannah Myles Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, also The English Beat You Be Illin' by Run DMC Criminal by Fiona Apple Shout At The Devil by Motley Crue Weird Science by Oingo Boingo Swing The Mood by Jive Bunny and the Mix Masters Wild Thing by Tone Loc Whip It by Devo Planet Claire by The B-52's Legend of Wooley Swamp by Charlie Daniels Band Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley The Freaks Come Out at Night by Houdini The Road To Hell by Chris Rea Billionaire by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars Devil With a Blue Dress by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield Space Cowboy by Steve Miller Band Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash, also Social Distortion Walk the Dinosaur by Was (Not Was) Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace N.W.O. by Ministry Paranomia by Art of Noise Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might Be Giants If I Only Had a Brain by Lee Marvin from The Wizard of Oz Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini Orchestra Smuggler's Blues by Glenn Frey She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby Runnin' Down a Dream by Tom Petty Axel F by Crazy Frog (You've Got to) Fight For Your Right (To Party) by Beastie Boys In The Year 2525 by Zager and Evans Major Tom by Peter Schilling Man On The Moon by R.E.M. Happy Days Theme by Pratt & McClain Send Me an Angel by Real Life Convoy by C.W. McCall Particle Man by They Might Be Giants Pinball Wizard by The Who Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown It's a Mistake by Men At Work Synchronicity II by The Police Mr. Roboto by Styx Wipeout by Surfaris Evil Woman by Electric Light Orchestra King of Pain by The Police Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody by David Lee Roth Twilight Zone by Golden Earring Rockin' Robin by Michael Jackson Spooky by Classics IV Jungle Love by The Time A View To a Kill by Duran Duran Rain on the Scarecrow by John Mellencamp Love Potion #9 by The Searchers Cult of Personality by Living Colour The Candy Man by Sammy Davis Jr. Authority Song by John Mellencamp Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog The Bird by The Time Lil' Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs Canary in a Coalmine by The Police Octopus's Garden by The Beatles Maxwell's Silver Hammer by The Beatles Puttin' On The Ritz by Taco Livin' La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin The Streak by Ray Stevens Bat Dance by Prince Theme from Greatest American Hero by Joey Scarbury Fame by David Bowie Eye In The Sky by Alan Parsons Project Devil in Disguise by Elvis Presley Mommy's Little Monster by Social Distortion Deadman's Curve by Jan & Dean Creature from the Black Lagoon by Dave Edmunds Zombie by The Cranberries The Killing Moon by Echo and the Bunnymen Haunted House by Jumpin’ Gene Simmons It's Halloween by The Shaggs Dragula by Rob Zombie Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone I Was A Teenage Werewolf by The Cramps Eye of the Zombie by John Fogerty Halloween by Misfits Pet Sematary by The Ramones Horror Movie by Skyhooks The Raven by Alan Parsons Project Bloodletting by Concrete Blonde Feed My Frankenstein by Alice Cooper Don't Be Afraid of the Dark by Robert Cray Hypnotized by Fleetwood Mac The Scientist by Coldplay Run For Your Life by The Beatles Dig My Grave by They Might Be Giants Waltz in Black by The Stranglers I Put a Spell on You by Screamin Jay Hawkins, Creedence Clearwater Revival Ghost Riders in the Sky by The Outlaws, Johnny Cash Ghost of Tom Joad by Rage Against the Machine, Bruce Springsteen Dead Souls by Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails Swamp Witch by Jim Stafford I'm a Goner by Matt and Kim w/ Soulja Boy & Andrew W.K. Mekong Delta - Night on a Bare Mountain Nightmare by Brainbug In the Hall of the Mountain King by Sounds Incorporated One Piece at a Time by Johnny Cash Tequila by The Champs I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night by The Electric Prunes Nasty by Janet Jackson No More Mr. Nice Guy by Alice Cooper Backstabbers by The O'Jays Pets by Porno For Pyros Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins Ghost of a Texas Ladies' Man by Concrete Blonde Dr. Tarr & Professor Feather by Alan Parsons Project To Live and Die in LA by Wang Chung Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo, also Camper Van Beethoven Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves by Cher Land of Confusion by Genesis I Fought The Law by Bobby Fuller Four Naughty Girls by Samantha Fox Jimmy Olson's Blues by Spin Doctors Nightmares by Violent Femmes I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie 42 by Coldplay Haunted House of the Century by Tangent Sunset The Warrior by Scandal Pacman Fever by Buckner & Garcia Planet Earth by Duran Duran Skeleton River by Tangent Sunset Junk Food Junkie by Larry Groce Everything Is Broken by Bob Dylan The Gambler by Kenny Rogers Shark Attack by Wailing Souls Season of the Witch by Joan Jett Superman's Song by Crash Test Dummies Brain Damage by Pink Floyd Paranoid by Black Sabbath He's a Vampire by Archie King Mad Scientist by The Zanies

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Lost in Space 18

Hello, Isolans! We have conducted an activity check for the month of March!

If your character isn’t on this list, make sure to check this page to see how many stars that character has earned this month! Stars can be used for purchases at the marketplace.

The blogs that were removed from the Isola Radiale masterlist are under the cut. Note that both blogs with broken links and deactivated accounts will be included both at the top of this list and in their proper categories.

If you were removed in error, please simply send a re-application message. Several different people work on the activity checks, so it’s possible there are mistakes! If this happens to you, you will be able to keep everything you previously had, you just may be placed in a different residence.

Our general activity rules regarding checks are as follows:

Make at least three in-character posts during a calendar month (for instance, if the activity check is for January, have three in-character posts between the 1st and 31st of January).

Only one drabble and/or meme response of 300+ words counts as activity.

One-liners or minis not tagged #isola mini also do not count.

Please Note: Anyone removed during the activity check will have a 12-hour window from the time of posting to re-claim their character. Any character not reclaimed during that period will be open to the community at large.

Please send in your reapplications from the account of the character that was removed.

Broken URLs:

Roman Sionis (Black Mask) (DC COMICS)

Berserker (Minamoto no Raikou) (FATE)

Tifa Lockhart (FINAL FANTASY)

Zero (MEGA MAN)

Saeyoung Choi (707) (MYSTIC MESSENGER)

Hera Syndulla (STAR WARS)

 4 CUT HERO

Zeed Toven (APARTMENT 313)

 THE ADVENTURE ZONE

Roswell (HOUSE 134)

 AKATSUKI NO YONA

Shinah (APARTMENT 307)

 ARKNIGHTS

Silence (HOUSE 147)

 ASTRO BOY

Atom (Astro) (CONDO 415)

 BANG DREAM

Sayo Hikawa (CONDO 447)

 BEASTARS

Haru (APARTMENT 335)

 BIOSHOCK

Jack (CONDO 430)

Subject Delta (TOWNHOUSE 226)

 BLAZBLUE

Hazama (APARTMENT 336)

Jubei (TOWNHOUSE 205)

Nine the Phantom (APARTMENT 334)

Noel Vermillion (TOWNHOUSE 218)

Nu-13 (TOWNHOUSE 247)

 BORDERLANDS

Gaige (APARTMENT 312)

Handsome Jack (HOUSE 113)

 BUNGOU STRAY DOGS

Chuuya Nakahara (TOWNHOUSE 205)

 CARDCAPTOR SAKURA

Sakura Kinomoto (HOUSE 116)

 CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD

Toshiki Kai (Aichi's House [Cotes])

 CLAYMORE

Priscilla (APARTMENT 317)

 COWBOY BEBOP

Vicious (CONDO 407)

 CRASH BANDICOOT

Nina Cortex (HOUSE 129)

 DARK SOULS

Fire Keeper (APARTMENT 315)

 DC COMICS

Barbara Gordon (Oracle) (APARTMENT 336)

Bart Allen (Impulse) (HOUSE 124)

Clark Kent (Superman) (CONDO 427)

Rogue (HOUSE 144)

Roman Sionis (Black Mask) (CONDO 418) *BROKEN URL

 DEATH MARK

Kazuo Yashiki (HOUSE 125)

 DEATH NOTE

Light Yagami (HOUSE 172)

Misa Amane (APARTMENT 365)

 DISGAEA

Laharl (APARTMENT 336)

 DISNEY

Prince Edward (CONDO 419)

Prince Hans (TOWNHOUSE 217)

 DRAGON QUEST

Veronica (HOUSE 104)

 DURARARA!!

Izaya Orihara (CONDO 467)

 ENSEMBLE STARS

Eichi Tenshouin (CONDO 415)

Leo Tsukinaga (CONDO 408)

Rei Sakuma (HOUSE 175)

 FATE

Alter Ego (Mecha Eli-Chan) (HOUSE 135)

Alter Ego (Meltryllis) (CONDO 441)

Archer (Emiya) (HOUSE 104)

Avenger (Antonio Salieri) (APARTMENT 332)

Berserker (Minamoto no Raikou) (TOWNHOUSE 227) *BROKEN URL

Berserker of El Dorado (Penthesilea) (CONDO 428)

Rider (Mandricardo) (HOUSE 113)

Rider of Red (Achilles) (APARTMENT 316)

Saber (Arturia Pendragon Alter) (HOUSE 141)

Saber (Charlemagne) (CONDO 403)

 FINAL FANTASY

Aerith Gainsborough (CONDO 431)

Alisaie Leveilleur (HOUSE 137)

Cloud Strife (APARTMENT 306)

Garnet Til Alexandros XVII (HOUSE 115)

Livia sas Junius (HOUSE 139)

Nero tol Scaeva (HOUSE 118)

Tifa Lockhart (CONDO 416) *BROKEN URL

Warrior of Light (Scholar - Stolas Malqir) (APARTMENT 328)

 FIRE EMBLEM

Panne (APARTMENT 306)

Zero (Niles) (CONDO 401)

 GRANBLUE FANTASY

Drang (HOUSE 127)

Lowain (TOWNHOUSE 208)

You (HOUSE 130)

 GRAVITY FALLS

Stanford Pines (CONDO 435)

 GUILTY GEAR

Baiken (TOWNHOUSE 219)

Faust (HOUSE 107)

 HEART NO KUNI NO ALICE

Vivaldi (APARTMENT 324)

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RORY DOYLE: DELTA HILL RIDERS NOW ON VIEW AT THE NATIONAL COWBOY POETRY GATHERING Miss Rosen for Feature Shoot

You wouldn’t know it from the films or the television shows, but the Lone Ranger was a Black man by the name of Bass Reeves. Born into slavery in Crawford County, Arkansas in 1838, Bass won his freedom during the Civil War by beating up Colonel George R. Reeves, a member of the slaveholding family.

Bass fled north, living among the Cherokee, Seminole, and Creek Indians until 1865. His knowledge of Native languages made him highly desirable to the U.S. marshals who were expanding west, and in 1875, Reeves became the first Black deputy U.S Marshal west of the Mississippi. Over a period of 32 years, Reeves nabbed 3,000 felons, and is said to have killed 14 outlaws in self-defense. By the time he died at 71 in 1910, Reeves was a legend — though his legacy was whitewashed and stolen.

Reeves is one of countless great Americans whose contributions have been rewritten, revised, or erased to fed the voracious appetite of those who craft self-aggrandizing tales to cover up their darkest sins. Yet, the beauty of history is that the truth will always out, and those who have inherited the great traditions of the past continue to practice and elevate the culture to this very day.

Read the Full Story at Feature Shoot

Photos: Rory Doyle

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(via R.I.P. Billy Drago, Untouchables villain and prolific character actor)

...Though his performance as Al Capone henchman Frank Nitti in 1987's The Untouchables was a high point, Drago also stole scenes in films like Clint Eastwood’s Pale Rider, Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin, and Alexandre Aja’s The Hills Have Eyes remake. You may also remember him as a heavy in Chuck Norris films like Invasion U.S.A. and Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection, or from his appearance in Michael Jackson’s “You Rock My World” music video...

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Blackwatch Chapter 1: We Are Blackwatch

In 2014, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed a covert black ops unit, bringing together members from the shadows with a certain set of skills, all curated from the best with the best. They operate in countries that revolves in reconnaissance, rescue, counter-terrorism and assassinations. If they are compromised, NATO was not involved. They do not exist, they do not have records. They are ghosts. They are Blackwatch.

5:06 AM, Local Time

Ukraine

April, 2017

Elsewhere far towards the yet to be risen sun, the War of Donbass continued to rage on in the distance. The gunfire and the roars shut out the outside world between the Russian army and the Ukraine forces. Footsteps and war cries rattled the village as a rocket obliterated a chunk of a house.

Dust, debris and glass powdered as a group of armed and masked(with the exception of certain members) operatives evade and escape from an army of Kadyrovtsy soldiers and Pro-Russian rebels, peppering after them with their rifles. Their mission was to rescue missing CIA agent Clint Goddard who was captured by Chechen forces and set to be executed. But when the captors have Pro-Russian rebels on their contacts list, what do they do? Now they were on the run, desperately making their way for the helicopter evac a few blocks away.

Gabriel Reyes, ex-Delta Force and the front man, turned around and fired automatic bursts with his 10 inch barreled HK416 fitted with an Eotech sight, a tactical foregrip, an AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL and a suppressor while the team ran past him. His signature skull balaclava topped with a black hood glared at the rebels, designed to strike fear into their hearts, thus earning his nickname, Reaper. Doesn't seem to be working so far.

He stopped shooting and retreated, catching up with Amélie Lacroix, the team's sniper and second in command. Apart from the others, she was armed with a HK417 with custom attachments consisting of a RIS foregrip, a suppressor, a Harris bipod and a laser designator. As one of the most deadliest snipers from France, Amélie was known for her sharpshooting skills and her combined use of hand-to-hand combat and ballet dancing. Therefore, the others knew her as Widowmaker. Shortly, Reaper's earpiece from his comms radio brightened alive.

"Ghost Rider to Shadow 1, get your asses moving. I'm running out of fumes here and I'm getting shot at, over!"

"We're on the move right now! Stand by, over!" Reaper replied while hopping over uneven terrain.

Making their way down a hill through a blasted hole on a wide fence, American country-man Jesse McCree turned around and burst rounds with his AR-15 5.56/223 Carbine attached with a Crimson Trace lasergrip and ACOG scope against their pursuers. Everybody was quick to call him a cowboy based on his thick beard, ragged hair and the cowboy hat whenever he wasn't on the field. The Japanese Genji Shimada was also beside him, doing the same thing with his TDI Kriss Vector SBR .45 ACP attached with an extended mag, Trijicon SRS sight and an Osprey suppressor. He also had a hood over his balaclava.

Another operator assisting them was the newest member in Blackwatch. Keenan Cortell, AKA. Marvel, straight out of the US Air Force bringing in his experiences as a fighter jet pilot. Unlike everybody else, he only carried an automatic Glock 18, firing rapid bursts. He always preferred a pistol over an assault rifle but if he had to choose, his first pick would be his custom UMP-45. After taking down a group of rebels, another wave of them clambered after them, forcing the three to fall back.

"This mission was supposed to be clean and quiet!" McCree yelled while sliding down the rocky but short hill.

"How would it be if we're in the middle of a goddamn war-zone?!" Marvel retorted, following him.

While the rest of the team ran through the wide dry area, Irish operative Moira O'Deorain carried Goddard by his shoulders. Even though he went through some beating sessions, he was still able to walk on two feet. Ex-Delta Force operative, Nicolas Beltrán or Nico for short fought back against the rebels trying to flank their east using his camo AK-12 with Eotech sights, AFG grip along with the Mexican, Sombra. Nobody knew her identity when she joined, not even the FBI. Her beanie covered her purple highlighted hair with sunglasses. Her custom silver blue MP7A1 attached with a suppressor, vertical foregrip and an Eotech sight was able to pick off a row of rebels charging after them.

"It would be better if you guys lent me a gun." Goddard croaked.

"Sorry sir but you're our mission and we can't risk you getting killed." Moira said.

The operatives caught up and they formed a line, fighting back against the pursuing rebels far from their distance while Moira brought Goddard to the front. After what felt like forever, their pilot in a PZL-Świdnik Mi-2 arrived and landed in front of the team. The rotors hovered, blowing away the remaining grass on its landing zone.

"Ghost Rider to Shadow 1, we're here. Get your asses in. I don't wanna stay long."

"Copy, Ghost Rider."

As the rest of the team provided covering fire, Moria quickly placed Goddard into the helicopter. Once he was strapped in, Moira stepped near the doors and called after the team.

"Objective secure, everybody in the helicopter now!"

Genji and Marvel were the first to jump in while the rest continued to shoot back. One by one, the team jumped in while taking shots. Now it was Nico and Sombra's turn to get in. As Sombra removed her clip while backing towards the helicopter, Nico's gaze fell upon to his west where he saw one of the rebels crouched and aiming something pointy at them. It didn't take long for him to realize what it was.

"RPG!" He shouted.

Wasting no time, Nico pushed Sombra out of the way just in the nick of time. As Sombra fell to the ground, Nico was unfortunately standing on the radius of the missile seconds away near him. As soon as it landed, an ear-crunching thwoom erupted and smoke formed the area. The explosion damaged the helicopter, which almost had it tilting to its right with its rotors grazing the ground. As the smoke cleared out and the team got back to their senses, Sombra who had covered herself from the blast looked up and found Nico on the ground but he wasn't responsive.

"Nico?" Sombra called. He didn't move or cough, prompting her to get up and check on him. "Dios mios, Nico!"

When she got to him, it wasn't a pretty sight. Sombra almost felt something forced up her throat. Nico's body has almost turned into a limbless statue with both of his legs and left arm missing, as well as burns all over his chest and face. A puddle of blood formed underneath him, soaking the dry grass. His eyes were shut tightly as if something dug inside it.

"N-Nico's down! I repeat! Nico's down!" Sombra yelled.

Everybody gasped silently and gave each other glances except Reaper. He jumped out of the helicopter while bullets continued to rain after them. He went up towards Sombra and helped her pull Nico to the helicopter while the rest of the team provided covering fire. Moira got out as well armed with a spare HK416, managing to take out a pair of rebels closing in.

Once Reaper and Sombra got in with Nico's body, Moira stopped firing and hopped back in. The helicopter began to lift from the hot-zone and Marvel shut the slide. The rebels continued to shoot at them but the ceased shooting proved that the rebel's efforts were fruitless.

As the helicopter flew out of sight from the village, Reaper bent down near Nico's body and pulled his mask off along with hood, revealing his brown goatee. He began to apply CPR while Goddard and Moira came to assist with cleaning up and bandaging the missing limbs with the provided first aid. Blood was now forming on the surface, slowly sliding downwards.

"Come on, Nico! Wake up!" Reaper begged as he pressed his chest repeatedly.

There was no response. No cough or a faint feeling of a breath. Reaper didn't want to believe it. He kept on pressing his chest while the team waited for a miracle. Moira was the only person who knew an injury like this wasn't bound to be healed.

"Nico, don't you fucking die!" Reaper growled, raising his voice progressly.

He continued to press his chest to the point where it was starting to get pointless. Goddard and the team couldn't do anything but watch as Reaper slammed his hands on Nico's almost limbless body while throwing his entire energy on him. Eventually, Reaper stopped while heavily panting. His hands were covered with Nico's blood and went limp onto the surface. The fact that they were together in the Delta Force added further injury to his pain, like a bullet to the heart.

"Goddamn you, Nico," he whimpered as the wine red blood reached the end of the door slide, dripping off the gap. "Goddamn you."

(1 Year Later)

Even being awake, the alarm clock continued to beep without even stopping. Reaper was already up, sitting on the side of his bed while staring down at the floor. Only dressed in worn sweatpants with his old dog tags, the rest of his body was not so pure. There were multiple healed wounds on his body, a healed gunshot wound on the waist with an exit and another on his right shoulder. There were several more on his back, including some healed burns. His right arm also had a healed burn wound. As the alarm beeped mindlessly, Reaper sighed, fed up and turned off the alarm clock.

8:23 AM, Local Time

Rome, Italy

Embassy of the United States

May, 2018

Blackwatch was never assigned any stations but the associates from NATO were kind enough to lend in the Embassy of the United States in Rome as the team's station. The Embassy was big enough for Blackwatch to fit in their own quarters and their operation centers for their missions, similar to the CIA and the DSS. Reaper parked his rented Fiat at the nearest parking garage and got out, dressed in all black rolled up shirt and pants with a NATO ID badge, because Blackwatch isn't an official unit. He didn't have time for breakfast since he wasn't much of an eater.

Reaper had to meet up with Widowmaker as the two have a debrief with Major Salvatore of NATO. After getting checked by guards and processed, Reaper picked up the FNG at the front entrance as ordered yesterday and made their way down the hallway, going into an elevator. While in the elevator, Reaper briefly glanced at the FNG. He was a black guy with a temple fade haircut and a beard. He looked like any average soldier: standard build and six feet tall. He also wore a navy blue t-shirt with tan pants and carried a backpack.

Before he went to the meeting, Reaper took the black guy to Blackwatch's quarters. When the two entered the room, the team who were inside stopped what they were doing once Reaper stepped inside. All of the members were in their casual clothes.

Genji was leaning at the corner, wearing a grey sweatshirt with the hood completely shading half of his face alongside black jeans. Marvel had a grey polo shirt and a cap topped with Ray Bans. McCree had his signature cowboy hat with a brown leather jacket over a blue tucked in shirt and tan pants.

Sombra's appearance has made some drastic changes for the past year. Although her shaved side hasn't grown back, her remaining hair was shorter and red highlights replaced her original colour as well as her clothes, shifting into a burgundy raglan tee and black skinny jeans. Other than Reaper, she had a NATO ID badge on her belt. Moira had her usual black shirt with a purple waistcoat. Their pilot, Tamara "Fio" LaPaglia, stood next to Sombra in a green open short sleeve shirt with a white t-shirt underneath. Born with a Brazilian descent, Fio shared similar experiences with Marvel as a US Marine pilot with the exception of a fighter jet.

"Who's this guy, Reaper?" Sombra asked, pointing at the black guy.

"This is...the FNG," Reaper answered. He didn't sound enthusiastic. "Sorry, didn't really catch your name."

"Raymundo Owens. But you can call me Ray."

The team were surprised about the news since nothing bad happened after the death of a former member but nonetheless, none of them had a problem with the news. However, Sombra didn't seem to like the new guy. Its like questioning a nobody in a top secret covert unit sent to replace a previously deceased member. Reaper also noticed that Widowmaker wasn't anywhere to be seen.

"Where's Lacroix?" He asked.

"Already waiting for you at the meeting." Sombra replied, ignoring Ray as much as possible.

"Alright, while I'm at the meeting, you guys make Ray feel at home," Reaper then turned to Ray. "And you...don't cause any trouble while I'm gone."

He replied with a nod. Shortly, Reaper was out of the room and the door swung shut. There was nothing but silence surrounding the room as the team stared at Ray. The silence was eventually broken once McCree got up from the cases he was sitting on and approached Ray. His index finger was tapping intensely on his upper thigh as if he really wanted a cigar.

"Well, I suppose we make ya feel comfortable," he held out his hand. "I'm McCree, Jesse McCree."

Ray shook his hand back. "Nice to meet you."

He seemed warm enough. McCree then let go of his hand.

"So, which branch you from?" He asked.

"Army, 75th Rangers. You?" Ray replied.

"Marines, Force Recon. Those were the days, partner."

McCree then turned around and planned to introduce the team. He first gestured towards Moira.

"This is Moira, ex-Irish Army Ranger Wing. She's our field medic but if you're a bad guy who just got shot or just piss her off in general, she'll murder you slowly and painfully."

Moria warmly smiled and waved like it was a normal thing. After a moment of awkward silence, McCree then pointed towards Fio.

"This is Fio, our pilot. When it comes to any sort of aircraft, she'll fly 'em."

Fio simply smiled and nodded at him, prompting him to do the same. McCree then pointed to Sombra.

"Over there is Sombra, NSA's top cyber security agent and hacker. Her past is a mystery and that's why the NSA want her. She's wicked smart and asks no questions. Ask her to break into Elon Musk's servers, she'll get it done in no time." When Ray looked at her, Sombra avoided eye contact. McCree wasn't surprised at all. "Oh, don't worry about it. She's not so into new guys. She'll soften up eventually."

McCree turned towards Marvel where he was staring at Ray.

"That's Marvel, fresh out of the US Air Force. He's a pro with a fighter jet and he can take on just anybody with his hands. Trust me when I say you'll only last three seconds on the mat."

"Hey." Marvel uttered without waving.

Ray nodded. McCree eventually got to the last part, pointing at the hooded guy.

"And last and not least, Genji Shimada, our other hand-to-hand expert. Actually kicked Marvel's ass a buncha times."

"Once, actually!"

McCree ignored his comment and continued.

"Genji's a former Japanese officer from the Special Assault Team. Had a great record of locking up many bad crooks, especially one of the most ruthless Yakuza clans of Tokyo."

Genji just showed him a peace sign without a word.

"Widowmaker's our leader's second in command but she's currently in a meeting with the boss. You might get to meet her later. I'm gonna assume it's gonna be 'bout our next mission so don't get too comfy. But other than that...welcome to Blackwatch."

McCree patted Ray on the shoulder with a smile before walking away, leaving Ray alone. As everybody else got back to whatever they were doing, Ray stood there, figuring out how to get used to being in a special black ops unit. It was quite hard, especially for new guys like him.

As soon as Reaper and Widowmaker entered the briefing room, they were greeted by Major Salvatore, serving NATO for twenty years, sitting at the middle of the room with a desk containing folders along with two chairs. A pair of guards were also stationed at the corners. As the two sat down, they noticed the two folders conveniently placed for them.

"We have a situation in Zambia," Salvatore stated. "Two days ago, a squad of peacekeepers from the United Nations were captured and publicly executed during their routine patrol by a local militia group. We caught the word when a group of villagers came to one of our nearest bases in Zambia with the decapitated heads of the peacekeepers."

Reaper opened up the folder and picked up a file, showing four seperate pictures of men with blue berets. Underneath were some bullet points and additional notes with one of them by the name of 'Ejner Lütken' highlighted for whatever reason. Maybe he was the leader. Either way, Reaper had some divisive opinions on the decision.

"Obviously it was a stupid call to send in a four man team unarmed into a bad neighborhood." He said, leaning back on his chair.

"They were only ordered to observe and possibly maintain order there." Widowmaker added.

"She's right, Reyes," Salvatore said. "Zambia is still a war-zone and the UN were trying to maintain the peace by using their hearts and minds, not automatic weapons."

Reaper scoffed. "I've seen the work the UN does and with all due respect, this shit ain't working at all. It's just making the situation worse. I hardly believe they're even brave enough to handle this or even give a rat's ass about it."

Salvatore wasn't fazed by his comment but he just handed Reaper another folder. "Either way, this is a Blackwatch operation, Reyes. We've identified the militia who executed those peacekeepers."

Reaper flipped over the folder and took out the paper with a blurry photograph of a black man with braids and sunglasses, standing beside a couple of armed men in shemagh scarves.

"Your target is Arno Macaba. Younger brother of former warlord, Dede Macaba who was killed by the Namibian Defence Force five years earlier. Arno is trying to finish what his brother started by taking full control of South Africa. They had control of both Zambia and Namibia earlier but ever since the death of Dede, Namibia is in the government's hands which leaves Zambia, the only hole left for Arno to fill. The NSA has managed to pinpoint his location at a large camp which is 3 miles away from the village where the UN peacekeepers were killed. Airstrikes are a no go because the NSA has also found out that the militia are using the villagers for labor and we can't risk casualties or worse, have the CNN snoop around on NATO's activities. Which is why we need you and your team on the ground to eliminate him. Keep the mission as quiet as possible. We can't afford any traces leading to NATO. The C130 will be wheels up at 10. Good luck."

After that, words were exchanged and the two left the room. They went down the corridor towards the elevator where they passed a man carrying some files. It was dead silent on their way back.

"Heard about the new teammate." Widowmaker said, breaking the silence.

"You okay with that?" Reaper asked.

"Oui. You think I don't like newcomers?"

"I do, actually. Hell, I don't even want any more members on the team."

Widowmaker chuckled for a moment. The two both stopped after arriving at the elevator. "There's nothing wrong with having a new member on the team, Gabe. You didn't say anything when Marvel first arrived."

Everything went silent again as they stood together. The elevator sign above changed numbers.

"Considering what happened back in Ukraine, it shouldn't be a big deal with the new guy on the team."

Reaper sighed, silently admitting she had a point but he was still concerned.

"Lets just hope the kid won't screw up the mission and get himself or all of us killed."

The elevator arrived just as he finished and they were silent again for the rest of the trip back to the quarters.

10:20 AM, Local Time

Flying over Africa's Airspace

Prior to the boarding of the C130, everybody swapped into their compatible clothes to blend in the dark. Their weapons, each different, were also packed in containers for the mission. Marvel and Fio piloted the aircraft as part of their skills. Shortly, the aircraft went for the sky and made an estimated time of a twelve hour trip to Zambia.

Two hours has passed during the flight and everybody has been minding their own business. As the aircraft rumbled and shook lightly on the sky, Ray looked around where the team were. Sombra and Genji were resting, McCree had earphones on while napping, probably listening to some country music by the looks of him and Widowmaker was writing something on a notepad. Moira was reading a book titled "The Human Anatomy" which seemed to unsettle Ray but he pretended as if it wasn't a big deal. Sighing underneath his breath, Ray looked at the ring on his finger. A small smile slowly grew across his face.

"You're married?"

Ray looked up and noticed Reaper standing above him. He laid his finger off the ring.

"I am, sir."

Reaper nodded and handed him a small container. Ray looked at it in confusion before looking back at the leader.

"Leave the ring in the C130 once we get out," Reaper said. "We don't let our enemy know what we have in life for them to use against us…"

Ray's eyes slowly descended down to the surface of his ring. He had a point there.

"Plus you make us look bad. We're still single." Reaper added.

That comment was enough to make Ray chuckle, brightening the tension a little bit. After taking the container from Reaper, he left him to himself and Ray pulled the ring off his finger, placing it into the container. Just as he removed it, Ray seemed to feel a sense of guilt and pity. Maybe he never had taken the ring off for a while. Could be.

10:43 PM, Local Time

Zambia, Africa

Militia Camp

After arriving in Zambia, the team made another half hour ride towards the marked camp with the supplied helicopter. Fio landed them a few miles away from the camp before taking off. Apart from the other villages where it was pitch black, the camp was decently lit well enough to expose their presence. Prior to their mission, they all suited up in plate carriers although Marvel and Widowmaker had chest rigs and Kevlar under their clothes, ballistic helmets with night vision goggles, bandanas and ski masks except Marvel and Widowmaker and go bags.

First impressions of the camp: easy but looks don't fool anyone. The voices coming from the camp seem to give away more than just a group of useless goons. Shouts and wails can be heard from a distance. It was also surrounded by a line of fence which doesn't look professionally set up. Everybody else was fully armed.

While the rest of the team are moving to the camp, Sombra and Moira stayed back to keep watch in case any reinforcements arrive with Sombra using her personal tri rotor drone controlled by a tablet. The drone hovered above the camp where it was dark for anybody on the ground to see.

"Mini drone's activated." Sombra said on the comm.

The rest of the team moved through one part of the fence at the side of the entrance which was torn open where Reaper suddenly raised a hand, prompting the team to freeze. In front of them was a guard in a tank top with a chest rig standing in an isolated area. Smoke was visible in front of him.

"Genji, take him out." Reaper whispered, gesturing towards the guard.

Just as ordered, Genji moved forward while the team snuck behind the huts, consuming themselves in the shadows. The guard remained unaware of the green visor lighting up the shadows behind him. As the guard continued smoking, Genji slung his suppressed HK416C rifle. Once he was close enough, Genji went for the strike. He kicked the guard's calf, sending him on one knee and wrapped his elbow around his neck. Genji pulled him away from the open and towards the dark while he held onto his neck tightly. Once he stopped struggling, Genji slowly placed him aside and finished him off with a suppressed P229 Elite.

"Clear." He said with elusiveness within his tongue.

The team advanced from the shadows and towards the opening where light was with their weapons raised.

"Shadow 2," Reaper ordered. "Take the overwatch position and prepare to provide cover once we capture our objective. Shadow 5, provide cover for Shadow 2. Shadow 3 and 7, take the east side of the camp. Shadow 8, with me. Engage all hostiles with discretion and silence. Now let's move."

Everybody moved out once Reaper made a hand signal to confirm his command. Eventually, the team dispersed without looking back. Reaper and Ray made their way to the center of the camp where activity was more active. There were several posts with loudspeakers positioned around the camp and if they were to be activated...

While the team moved on, Widowmaker advanced towards the area of makeshift huts. She side glanced the huts around her for a brief moment before moving past a guard sitting on a pile of crates while sharpening his machete. He had just saw her walk past him once he looked up. He let out a shout and grabbed his rifle, calling after her. Before he could move towards her, he loosened his grip on the rifle and slumped onto the ground, face first. Blood began to form from the surface of his face. Genji appeared from the shadows, aiming his HK416C to his body.

Widowmaker unsurprisingly paid little attention to the scene and continued to make her way towards one of the towers nearby. Genji simply went off and dispersed into the shadows. Widowmaker climbed onto the top of the tower and the first thing she noticed in front of her was a guard on a chair asleep. His rifle was also on the floor. Widowmaker slung her rifle away and took out a fibre wire attached to her belt.

Slowly walking up to the guard, she quickly wrapped the wire around his neck once she reached a suitable distance. The surprise attack was enough to jolt the unsuspecting guard awake, causing him to writhe around and make choking noises helplessly. Her strength was intense, having dug into the skin of the neck with the wire. He tried to reach for the wire holding him back, only to pull himself off the chair, giving Widowmaker an even deeper choke. Shortly, he began to relax and his hands went limp. She dragged his body to the corner and unwrapped the wire off his neck.

Widowmaker raised her suppressed HK417 with the safety off. She looked through her Leupold Mark 4 scope, revealing a much proper view of the camp. She adjusted her scope, focusing her sights on the other tower placed across the camp. Two guards, both awake and on duty. Without skipping a beat, she picked off the guard behind the one watching. He suddenly turned but he too was taken out, joining his partner's fate. Thankfully, none of them fell off the tower. Soft smoke escaped the hole of the suppressor, disappearing into the sky. There was still enough bullets in the mag.

"This is Shadow 2, hostiles on the towers have been taken care of, over." She said, tapping into her earpiece.

After the notification, Widowmaker caught sight of Reaper and Ray below. She held her gaze at them, watching behind their backs.

"Shadow 1 and 8, drone's picking up three heat signatures in a hut, fifteen steps from your position. Possible location of the HVT, over." Sombra said.

"Copy. Moving to that location, out." Reaper replied.

As Ray and Reaper walked down between the huts, they noticed a figure a couple of steps away from them. They approached him closer and they find a guard in a shemagh scarf and a teal striped polo shirt smoking while leaning against a pile of weapon crates with his back facing the duo. Reaper slung his LWRC M6A1 carbine over his shoulder and took out a knife from his sleeve as he slowly approached the guard. Ray followed him and hid behind the crates he was on.

Once the time was right, Reaper grabbed the guard's shoulder and pulled him onto the crate's surface. He plunged the knife into the guard's torso rapidly before dragging his body off the crate. Blood was left behind on the surface. Just then, Ray caught another guard walk out of a hut near them. He had just discovered the absence of the guard when Ray aimed his SIG 516 at him. He opened suppressed rapid rounds, bringing the unsuspecting guard down with bullets in the torso. Reaper stood up from the body and noticed the dead guard Ray shot before equipping his rifle and continuing to move. While the two searched for the hut, Ray froze on the spot after looking at something shocking.

Through a wide gap from the huts, there was an open field heavily lit as if it was important. There were guards with rifles supervising with kegs of water placed around the area. Ray stared at the villagers digging something up at the middle of the field. He counted more than a dozen children, five slender and frail elders and almost half of the women. Even worse, he discovered a pair of them pregnant. Ray remained fixated on the field, having that urge to save the villagers. His hand on the foregrip tightened and his finger on the verge of slipping on the trigger. Suddenly, he felt a hand slap his shoulder and spun him, directly towards Reaper.

"Hey, we're not here for them. Macaba's our mission. Let's move."

They continued moving although Ray was still focused on the villager's suffering. Shortly, they found the hut with their target, evident by the flag attached to the front door. The two stacked up next to the door, holding their rifles tightly. They were able to hear muffled voices from the room. Reaper tapped on his earpiece, exchanging communication.

"This is Shadow 1. Me and Shadow 8 are preparing to breach on possible HVT location, out." He said.

Reaper made a hand signal, indicating breach and Ray nodded. The two got their rifles ready and Reaper turned the doorknob open. They went in, aiming their rifles. There were three men standing by the desk with their backs on them and the man in the middle had the same dreads from the picture but with a floral shirt and worn cargo pants. In front of them were some pictures attached on a board. That was definitely their target, Macaba.

One of the guards wearing a dirty sweatshirt under a Kevlar vest had just looked behind his shoulder to discover some uninvited intruders and said something in his own language to Macaba. The other guard also caught them once he let out some noise. However, they weren't quick enough once Ray and Reaper dispatched them instantly. Ray fired suppressed bursts at the guard with Kevlar to his nose and mouth while Reaper fired rounds at the other guard to the forehead.

Both of Macaba's guards fell to the ground with blood sloshing from their heads onto the wooden floor along with their rifles. Just as they took care of them, Macaba had fast reflexes to grab a M1911 from the desk. Ray had just noticed Macaba aim his pistol, directly at Reaper's line of sight.

"Look out!"

Ray swiftly stepped in front of Reaper just as Macaba pulled the trigger. The bullet struck Ray's left chest, stinging him hard. The loud gunshot rang across the entire room and possibly the majority of the camp. As he fell to the ground, Reaper caught the chance and shot Macaba, hitting him in the upper arm. Macaba let out a shriek and pressed his gun to the bicep before trying to retaliate by aiming back while leaving his arm to soak in blood. Reaper quickly finished him off with the 5.56 bullets sawing into his chest. As he slammed onto the desk, his pistol went off at the same time, hitting the wall. Reaper approached his body and shot at what once was the would-be warlord further with a suppressed Glock 17, staining the desk and the photographs with blood.

Confirming he was taken out, Reaper slipped his pistol back into his waist holster and ran up towards the new guy on the ground. That bastard's crazy, he thought. He bent down near Ray who was feeling for the spot where the bullet hit him. Surprisingly, he was fine.

"I'm good, sir." Ray assured. "Round only caught the plate."

Reaper silently sighed with relief. "Then get the fuck up. We gotta move now. Everyone sure as hell heard that shot by now."

Reaper held out his arm, prompting Ray to grab him by the forearm. After getting Ray up, he handed him his SIG 516. As Ray ejected the mag in exchange for a new one, he took point with Reaper following. They opened the door and prepared to hit back with anything the militia's got. Through Widowmaker's scope, all of the guards have begun to take their duties even serious and ran around, searching for the gunshot while the villagers stood in confusion.

"Chicos, you got hostiles moving towards your location, over." Sombra warned from the comm.

"Copy we're exfiling now. HVT has been neutralised." Reaper replied.

Widowmaker moved her focus onto Reaper and Ray. They stopped and took cover behind some rusty sedans as several guards approached their position. Widowmaker shifted her scope and aimed at the guards firing at the intruders. With immense accuracy, she managed to take out the group trying to waste them. Meanwhile, McCree and Marvel made their advance to the east entrance with McCree leading the escape. Suddenly, the two get a warning from Sombra.

"Shadow 3, you got three incoming hostiles approaching from the left corner."

Just as she said so, two guards ran past the left corner of the hut in front of them, just noticing the two. Before they could react, McCree mowed them down like cheese with his modified M4A1. However, the last one wasn't present. Marvel left a signal, prompting McCree to stand by while holding his rifle high. He hid behind the corner and slightly raised his suppressed FN Five Seven, the only weapon he brought with him. He moved a few feet back to make sure his shadow didn't give away his position. The guard's shadow below him got closer and once he appeared from the corner, Marvel shot a round at his foot, causing the guard to shriek and lose balance. Marvel shot his head as he fell forwards. Once the guards were dispatched, the two took a brief breather as if they ran a mile.

"Thanks for the heads up, Shadow 4!" McCree said.

There was a sudden pause. "Not a single thanks for my Azúcar?"

"That thing's got a name?"

"It's the only reason you two are still alive."

McCree turned towards Marvel, only to receive a glance from him. Marvel slightly waved a hand from his hip.

"It's kind of a cool name." He commented.

Meanwhile, Widowmaker continued to cover for Reaper and Ray, taking out guards trying to approach them with their rifles. At this point, most of the guards were aware that one of their tower guards aren't doing their job. Which was why Genji remained in the shadows, taking care of guards trying to reach the tower. After emptying the rest of the mag on the guards, Widowmaker ejected the mag with a tap on the mag release. As the empty clip bounced on the wood, she reattached a new clip from her pouch and retracted the port.

She regained her sight through her scope, noticing the villagers spinning around in confusion. Some of the guards were rushing towards them and mouthing orders at them while raising their rifles, scaring them back into the digging point.

"Shadow 3 and 7 are out." McCree notified on the radio.

Elsewhere, Ray and Reaper arrive at the eastern entrance but stop at the very spot. They crouched and positioned their rifles behind them, aiming across the area.

"Shadow 2 and 5," Reaper said. "Me and Shadow 8 have reached the east entrance. We'll provide covering fire for your escape. Get outta there now."

"Copy, Shadow 2 out." Widowmaker replied.

Widowmaker lowered her rifle and climbed down the ladder, landing back on the surface where Genji was waiting. As they head towards the east entrance, Widowmaker took point while Genji covered their rear. He still remained a stranger with that ski mask under his helmet. Shortly, a group of guards armed with rifles appeared in front of them and opened fire. Widowmaker hid behind a parked pickup truck while Genji disappeared into the shadows. As they continued to fire at them, Widowmaker picked off a flashbang grenade from her chest rig.

"Flashbang!" She exclaimed, tossing it out in the open to where most of the guards were.

There was a thunderous explosion, ceasing the gunfire. It appeared the militia has never heard of a flashbang before. Switching her rifle into automatic mode, she appeared from the truck and opened fire with rapid bursts, gunning down the blinded guards. At the same time, Genji appeared from the corner and shot down the remaining two guards, kicking one of them into a pile of crates. The two continued to head out of the open.

"Shadow 2 and 5, you have two hostiles about to cut you off." Sombra warned.

As usual, two more masked guards appeared from the corner of the remaining huts. Widowmaker quickly slung her rifle and pulled out her suppressed MK 23 from her waist holster. With extreme precision, she dropped them down one by one with a headshot for each. As they both slumped to the ground, the two walked past their bodies and headed off where the gunfire has seemingly started to die out.

The two finally made it to the east entrance where Reaper, Ray and the rest of the team were waiting. As they escaped to the extraction area, Ray hesitated for a moment. He looked behind, feeling concerned for the villagers who were still in the camp. A couple of seconds later, Ray eventually turned away and caught up with his team.

11:25 AM, Local Time

Aviano Air Base, Italy

After another flight back to Italy, the C130 touched down at the Aviano Air Base miles away from Rome. As the team walked down on the platform with their weapons in their crates, Ray slipped his wedding ring back on while everybody else went on their way. Several vehicles passed them and loud aircraft occupied the airfield.

"Hey Ray, hang back for a bit."

Just as he stepped on the surface, Ray heard Reaper call him. While the others walked away, Ray got back into the aircraft where Reaper leaned against the side. Ray felt uneasy, worried about his actions earlier. It would make sense since he wanted to try to rescue the villagers from the militia. Reaper let out a sigh before looking back at Ray, uncrossing his arms.

"Listen," he started. "I appreciated your intention to protect me back at that camp but you need to understand that this unit is not your average team. I have responsibilities and I'll be damned if I lose anymore of you. So I'll keep this brief. Don't ever try to sacrifice your life again just to save mine. I also get that you wanted to help those people back at the camp, believe me, but you must understand that the mission comes first. There were other ways we could save those villagers without getting them killed in the crossfire."

The scariest thing about what Reaper said was...he was right. Who knew what could've happened if he actually did let the villagers loose. This would've resulted in the villagers getting hit and possibly killed in the crossfire. Reaper sighed once again and looked back at Ray with a slight sight of gratitude.

"Other than that...you did good." He said, patting him on the shoulder.

As Reaper walked past him and stepped onto the surface, Ray could only stand there wondering. He looked back at Reaper who was still heading off while the vehicles passed and soldiers marched away. Ray still felt uncertain about his position in a black ops unit.

1:00 PM Local Time

Rome, Italy

Embassy of the United States

While the rest of the team stayed in the embassy doing whatever they usually do, Reaper had just finished his report on his mission for NATO and eventually took the rest of his alone time on the balcony on the third floor. Although there were guards patrolling the area, it didn't bother him. In front of him was the open view of the city of Rome. The baby blue sky occupied the horizon with no sign of any clouds. From a distance, he watched a plane silently fly off above and beyond.

"I knew I would find you here."

Reaper didn't need to look behind. The French feminine voice was enough to give away her presence. As he remained attached to the horizon, Widowmaker approached beside him, joining him.

"Guess the rookie did alright for his first mission." She said.

"He did." Reaper replied, trying to drive the conversation away.

"Then what seems to bothering you?"

It was normal for Widowmaker to be persistent. She always found out, eventually. That's what makes her good at her job. After all, she was his second in command and the deadliest of the team. Reaper sighed deeply and took his hands out of his pockets.

"The rookie took a bullet for me."

"And that's a bad thing?" Widowmaker asked. "Je ne comprends pas. He saved your life."

"Yeah but he almost died. Who knows what could've happened if the bullet penetrated the armor."

She wasn't surprised. It was a normal thing since she was with him for years.

"Gabe, we all knew the risks when it came to jobs like this and you forgot that it's our job to keep all of us in one piece."

Reaper stayed silent. He didn't look in the mood to continue the conversation. Widowmaker got his message and started to turn away.

"Maybe you're right," Reaper suddenly said. "I just hate losing more people on this team."

Widowmaker didn't expect him to reply at all. She sympathized with his idea of losing another member close. It started to remind her about her loss of someone dear to her. Widowmaker eventually walked away, leaving Reaper to himself.

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Title: 19 Minutes to Live - Helicopter Combat in Vietnam

Authors: Lew Jennings

ISBN: 1548484539

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"19 Minutes to Live" illustrates the incredible courage and determination of helicopter pilots and crews supporting those heroes that carried a rucksack and a rifle in Vietnam. Over 12,000 helicopters were used in the Vietnam War, which is why it became known as "The Helicopter War". Almost half of the helicopters, 5,086, were lost. Helicopter pilots and crews accounted for nearly 10 percent of all the US casualties suffered in Vietnam, with nearly 5,000 killed and an untold number of wounded. Lew Jennings flew over 700 Air Cavalry Cobra Gunship Helicopter missions and received Three Distinguished Flying Crosses for Valor. This memoir describes first-hand the harrowing experiences of helicopter pilots and crews in combat operations, from the far South to the DMZ, including the infamous Ashau Valley, Hamburger Hill, LZ Airborne and others.

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