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[6pillars]

Women Life Freedom Radio Broadcast - Iran

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Iran Protests – Women Life Freedom. In Iran and around the world, momentous and incredibly moving protests for 40 days today, since 16 September 2022, have raised a movement labelled the “first feminist revolution”. A reaction to the death of 22-year-old Kurd Mahsa Amini, the country and its diaspora, customarily locked in fear of repercussions, now speak out with a burgeoning political arts and…

[dejwrld]

⤷‧₊˚ driver roll up the partition, please.

┊ •° ੈ ⋆° ┊ warning readers discretion is advised — female reader, written with black reader in mind, established relationship between reader and shiu kong (engaged), gangster!shiu, fingering, usage of spit, praise kink (good girl), pet names (doll,sweetie), exhibitionism (kinda), mentions of illegal activities, mentions of reader being a wedding planner, reader calls shiu by his firt name once, mentions of other jjk characters (mainly toji), not proofread at all sorry, standalone one shot for debt, | mdni, other creations

The two of you have been so busy that even your shared expensive loft apartment felt as if it was brand new and no one lived there. On some nights, the two of you had no energy left in your tank to do anything but crash in bed, wake up and repeat the previous day's routine. Shiu doing whatever illegal activity he had on his agenda. Then you probably planning a wedding that wasn't yours. You were planning a wedding between some lawyer's daughter and this actor. Granted, the demands the couple wanted were a bit much (requesting gold silverware for guests to eat with)—the check looked wonderfully in your bank account. So, your own planning for your wedding was put on the back burner until further notice.

This date night though, you were grateful for. You missed the quality time with your fiancé. You missed him coming inside your office with lunch and you two ate together until work tugged you out of that romantic bubble. You missed him picking you up instead of one of the many private drivers that worked under him. Obviously, you missed the lingering touches of his hands touched by sin caressing random parts of your body. From the small of your back to your feet when they were prompted in his lap after a long day of dealing with bridezillas.

"I have reservations at that restaurant you always wanted to go to." Shiu comments to break you out of the sudden trace of your own thoughts.

"How? They're booked for the rest of the year. Not even one of my clients could get a reservation for her engagement dinner." You broke your gaze from looking out the tinted windows of the car you were in to catch Shiu's reaction.

His lips curve into a smirk before sinking further into the leather seats behind his body. "Doll, you know I have connections. Perhaps the owner owes me a flavor or something." His lips curve into a smile that you couldn't quite read.

Your eyes playfully roll at him before speaking, "If I find out that restaurant is just there to clean dirty money for you, I'm going to kick your ass."

His arm snakes around your body—completely displaying his love language of physical touch. His fingers tap at plush thighs in the rhythm of the song that hummed out the car's speaker. You couldn't believe how much of a charm, the man had on. Simply putting his arm around your waist to bring you closer to him in the back of this car caused goosebumps to flutter upon your brown skin. And he knew this. You could sense his smirk as you glanced ahead humming along to the song on the radio.

Your tongue ghosts over your lips before you feel Shiu lean over to kiss your neck. The scent of his Sauvage Dior cologne swirled up your nostrils causing you to feel intoxicated for him. Your thighs clasp together tightly in the heat of the moment before you nudge him away lightly due to the driver having a clear view of the two of you.

"Kong Si-woo, don't start it!" You warned while shooting him a look.

"He's not paying attention to us—" His words were cut off as the partition of the car was rolled up as if Shiu gave him a cue to do that.

"See, doll. He doesn't care." Shiu's voice comes off as a childish whine before he's back kissing your neck. You even can hear him inhale sharply taking in the scent of your expensive flowery perfume that he adored.

His hand reaches in between your thighs to spread them apart. Now it was you who was inhaling sharply to anticipate what was to come. Your teeth nibble on your lower lip muffling a moan when you felt his fingers rub you through the black thong you wore.

Through the sheer fabric of the Versace dress you wore, your nipples hardened at the feeling of Shiu's hands rubbing your pussy through your panties. Your hips roll just a bit to feel a bit more friction, but a little desperate enough for it to be like you're riding his hand.

With your panties pushed to the side and your leg propped on Shiu's thigh to give him more excess to your pussy. Even though he already knew how wet you were, he brings his index and middle up to his mouth coating it with his saliva.

The pad of his fingers rubs at your clit and instantly sends a shock upon your body causing your legs to clasp shut. Shiu kisses his teeth before prying your thighs back off.

"Come on beautiful, you're soaked and eager for just my fingers." He peppers your jawline and neck with kisses before he tries again to fulfill his need for you—even if that is simply wanting you to cum on his hand.

His fingers rub at your wet folds before his index and middle finger sinks themselves inside you. His fingers immediately curl inside you tapping at that spot that causes your toes to bend in the expensive high heels you wore for the evening. Your body arches off the leather seats and your mouth gasps apart to let out a moan. Like a little sinner, your thighs spread apart further because you wanted more—you craved more.

You knew your Shiu was smirking at your actions before he gave you exactly what you wanted. That's the thing you loved about Shiu. You were pretty sure that he got more off at the thought and actions of you being pleased than actually ensuring he get a nut.

With his fingers knuckles deep inside of your pussy that was causing a mess on the black leather interior of the car, he removes his fingers just in time to see you let out a long drag of his name. His fingers rub at your clit in a slow circular motion to tease you because he adores seeing tears of satisfaction pool upon your lash line and the only thing you can call out is his name.

"Shiu, I'm going to—" Your voice cracks in desperation.

But he knew where this was heading. He knew your body so well that he knew you were unraveling like a fresh pack of yarn. Shiu inserts his fingers again, this time it's three and the pace is much quicker. The sound of his hand slapping against your scorching skin echoed upon the back of the car and drowned the sound of the music.

"Shit." You cursed closing your eyes tight in anticipation of your orgasm. You felt like you were on a rollercoaster and just any second as you were sitting at the top, it would drop down quickly.

"Look at me lovely," Shiu says and you couldn't look at him.

You felt so embarrassed as you were almost cumming on his fingers. The majority of the blood in your face felt like it rushed to your cheeks to make them feel so hot. Your eyes were blurred with tears of pleasure that decorated your lash line like the expensive lash extension set you just got done. Your body felt like it would explode any second and if you looked at Shiu's handsome face—oh boy were going to be a cumming mess in the backseat of this car.

Shiu's finger moves your face to look at him and you fall in love again. As the explosive feeling of your orgasm crashed into you like a reckless car accident, the look that Shiu gave you—you've seen it so many times. When you first met at Nanami's engagement party some months ago—once again you were working that day, but he still made it his mission to leave with your number. The same look when you went on your first date. The same look when you made love for the first time as if you two were the only ones on the planet. When he got on one knee in the middle of your office after a late night of work and sharing many takeout entrees. This look was engraved in the back of your mind because you were so in love.

"That's it, let it all out." His soaked fingers remove themselves from your pulsing cunt to rub at your clit steadily to get you through your orgasm. "That's my girl. Good girl."

Your body vibrates against him while you whimper out his name repeatedly like a sweet tune. Your chest heaves upward and downward as you were trying to tug yourself down the floating cloud your body was on. Shiu places a kiss on the side of your temple before he's searching for napkins to clean up the mess that you made in the backseat.

"Joon, could you just take us home for the evening. My lovely fiancé here suddenly got very tired." Shiu said after pressing the button for the partition to be put down.

"You're going have to ask for another favor from that restaurant owner for another reservation," You pointed out while fixing your underwear and dress.

"Sweetie, I'll do anything to ensure you're happy. Even if that means going to that fuckin' restaurant." He flashes you a smile that you can't help but return.

You truly did love this man.

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[dayslynthesix]

i think it's missing something really important at the Ferrari garage: a Brazilian mechanical engineer, so let's work

after the double failure in azerbaijan, mattia went to his last resources to bring the brilliant engineer a colleague indicated him, what he wasn't expecting was for his first drive fell for the girl, or the friendship she built with almost all the paddock

ps: im so happy about the p5

ps2: i was waiting canada gp to post this one because i was so afraid about the bad luck

charles leclerc x fem!reader

pronouns: she/her/hers

an: as i said before: english it's not my first language, so be patient with me, please, and nothing write here is real, its juts fictional

Welcome to the team | Charles Leclerc imagine | part 1

y/n was having one of those days, her boss was being an asshole with her ever since day one and today she decided to put a final dot at the shitty behavior he was putting with her. she quite, pretty and simple, she packed it up and went back to new york, a place she should have never left, after four and a half years at the best institute in the us and close to a year and a half working in some stupid company in las vegas she was done. y/n was seriously considering coming back to her home country, she missed brazil. what y/n wasn't expecting was a phone call from one of her mentors from college, anna only call her if it's big news.

"anna?" y/n answered the phone

"hey you, it's been a while, how are you?" anna asked on the other side of the line

"fine?" it wasn't an affirmation

"ok, you know im terrible with small talk, i heard you quite your job back in nevada and I'm calling to see if you had any interest working with ferrari in formula one?" the coffee you were drinking was spilled into your notebook

"am i what?"

"ferrari job, they need a new mechanical engineer and i suggested you because, well, i was your mentor and im pretty good at my job, but i can't switch places, mercedes would hate me for that and im not opening hands here, so i put your name on the table, and the board liked you"

"you're saying that they want me to work with them?"

"yesss! you just need to sign the contract, read first and sign latter, i emailed you"

"i think you got all fixed, gonna read it and maybe I'll say yes"

"that's my girl, and it will be nice having you around, i feel pretty lonely being one of the only women engineer here, think about it. i had to go, bye"

ok, you were definitely not expecting that. you liked the contract, but if your putting your hands inside the next world champion's motor car, you would be the only one doing that, you can handle the mistakes you commit, but you cannot handle others people mistakes falling into your account. you take a quick look into the contract and sign it, sending it back and less than 5 minutes later you've received another email with all the data you'll need to fix the car, a pair of tickets to montreal and a phone call from mattia and his lawyer (this wasn't that funny) but it was how y/n end up inside the first new york-montreal flight.

CANADIAN GP WEEK

y/n arrived in canadadian lands three days before the team, she had time to work through the paperwork and study the data they send her, the first recommendation she would make was to them to switch the whole block, the motor and everything. the cars and the engineers arrived the next day and the whole team the day after, she was getting along with the mechanics and they were able to full fix carlos car, charles, on the other hand, they were having trouble with the time gap, he would practice with the old motor and switch everything for qualy and the race. y/n spent the whole qualy day and night working on the hood, people got in and out of the garage, they gave her full time and space to operate the miracle they were saying she could.

it was late at night when charles got into the garage and sit down on the firts surface he saw, he stood there for a few moments, waiting for her to get out of under the car.

"hi you" charles said and y/n flinched

"dear lord, you scared the hell out of me, i could have killed you" she said with one hand on her chest, heavy breaths and sweat on her neck and hairline were evident

"with the screwdriver?" he asked and pointed to the red tool she had in hands

"of course not, with my karate skills"

"them im in seriously danger" he chuckle

"you bet you are"

"i didn't want to scare you, sorry about that, i was just passing by and decided to introduce myself" he's brake accent were really cute

"you don't have to, i know who you are and you don't need to worry, im taking good care of your car"

"but i don't know who you are, and it's rude not to introduce myself to people" he said and a small expression mark was visible in his forehead

"ok, I'm y/n, y/n y/l/n, your new engineer for the next 24 hours" you said and went to hold his hands, but quickly stopped, your hands were all dirty with grease and residue from the screws and residue from the engine, you gave him a small smile

"im charles, what about the next 24 hours?"

"well, i made a deal, if the car works good tomorrow then im staying, other way im leaving, if im not putting anything more in the team i don't see a reason to stay here"

"then i think we should hope the results. anna always says nice things about you so i think the team is in good hands"

"anna likes to flatter herself because she was the one who taught me everything i know"

"even with the car issues mercedes is doing fine, so she can show herself" charles said and it was the first time his eyes sparked, it could be because of the lights, but they were a beautiful shade of green

"she has a big ego, i hope lewis and george can handle that" y/n turned back to the tool rack

"you're not from here..." charles started in a no subtle way to make a conversation

"im not, im brazilian, i moved to boston when i was 17 because of college and never went back" he got closer "why do you ask?"

"you have a nice way to pronounce the s, it's cute, anyway, it was nice to meet you y/n, hope to see you around tomorrow"

"you will" you gave him a small wink and he became ferrari red, you keep working with the tools and the car until nearly the sunrise.

RACE DAY

you knew the race was gona be tough, alonso in one of the most difficult drivers to surpass, but carlos was pretty confident so if he was confident, you are confident, about the motor change, charles would be starting p19, it wasn't good, the way would be long and the strategy needed to work perfectly - which it didn't, charles was able to race more than 35 laps with the hard tires, he left from p19 to p6 and the pitstop put him back in p12, it was already frustrating watch those things on tv, in person was 100 times worst, but he went for it and put himself back in p6 and finished p5; it was a great result, the motor worked fine and he finished the race, carlos tried really hard to surpass max, but red bulls car was better, and if y/n were staying, she would work a lot in that car and make them look better on the straight lines.

y/n went to congratulate charles after the press, it was easy to find him, he was sitting inside the garage, writing something in his journal, he looked less unhappy than earlier, as someone who takes a lot on yourself, you knew he was struggling a little bit, hoping for a better result, he didn't see you coming

"hey you" you repeated the gesture from the day before, he raised his eyes meeting your own

"hey", he closed the small journal and paid full attention on you

"so... i came to see you and obviously congratulate you, it wasn't perfect, but with the things we gave you you did the best you could, and also ask you how the car feels, if we need to make more adjustments and stuff..." you were playing with your fingers; you never got nervous to speak with someone, but charles had something on him, probably the race suit, that make him less approachable that moment

"well, i appreciate that, honestly. thank you for coming here. and the car was nice, nothing wrong, it feels good to finish the race"

"and im sorry to interrupt your moment" you said and started to walk away

"you didn't" he stand up, you never pictured him as a tall person because you weren't a short one, but he looked so tall and his presence inside the room was so noticeable that got you an little overwhelming, again, the suit was notable "so the motors working today means that you're coming with us back to italy?"

"uh... yeah, i think so... i don't know, but probably yes, i didn't speak to mattia yet" and part of you was afraid the car died in lap 38 or something

"it was in the contract, right? the motor work and you stay" he think your accent its cute, but you could hear him talk the whole day, you had seen interviews, but in person was so graceful and you could understand him so clearly, he was so talking expressive... "y/n?" he called, taking you away of the moment

"yup, it's in the contract, so, anyway, see you, congratulations and nice race, bye" you walked away, nearly run into someone's chest

"hello, y/n. i was looking for you" mattia said with a smile

"mattia, hey, what's wrong?"

"oh, qualsiasi cosa, i mean, nothing, just checking if you're things are packed, our flight to Italy leave at 3PM tomorrow"

"so you're keeping me?"

"of course we're keeping you, you did an incredible job these two days, and we're expecting updates to silverstone and we want to see what you can do with these upgrades"

"well, thank you for the confidence and yes, my things are packed" you smiled back, mattia reminded you about your dad, and you missed your old man

"i think you and charles will get along really well" and there it was, the prophetic thing saying things like that wasn't true, but anyway, silverstone it is, you need to study the track, the race, the strongs and weaknesses about the Ferrari cars... it would be long two weeks

next part here

lets wait to Silverstone to see the way this one is gonna take, byeeee

[multishipper-baby]

Feeling on owonnie(I think that's how it's called)

I like shipping Owynn with all of the Animatronics because I have a big weakness for villain/hero ships and I feel like all of them have somewhat different flavors of that dynamic. I don't think I've ever talked specifically about Owonnie, though, so I'd love to get into it!

This is a ship that I think could really help dig into Bonnie's character, most of all, because I feel like he's the character that would be most susceptible to Owynn's manipulations in our main cast. From what we've seen of the show, we know Bonnie's interest in music (and especially guitars) motivates him a lot- it's what makes him try to reach out to Bon in the first place, despite Bon acting antagonistic before their little competition and clearly trying to avoid him after it. This also shows us that Bonnie doesn't take the things people do to him seriously, a trait that's repeated all throught the series multiple times: he quickly forgives Bon for the papers incident, he doesn't defend himself when Shadow Joy continuously insults him to his face (and tries to stop Bon when he tells her to leave), he brushes off Fox threatening to beat him up in the firts episodes, he downplays his injuries whenever he is attacked by the Nightmares or other bullies... Bonnie is just all around alarmingly willing to let people walk over him and then sweep it under the rug.

So, Owynn has something he can use to start a relationship (being a fellow guitar player) without having to worry too much about staying overly palatable. Because it's clear that most other characters Owynn tries to join find him odd at best, or irritating at worst. Bonnie, though... he takes things as they are- he'd accept Owynn's oddities, just like he wishes people would accept his. And Bonnie has always been the type to be overly honest, direct or (in earlier episodes) mean; so of course he'd be able to handle Owynn's more unpleasant personality traits (and that's without taking into account his aforementioned tendencies to let people mistreat him). Out of everyone, Bonnie would be the person most likely to accept Owynn as he is, without having to hide anything, which would be a great opportunity for Owynn to open up to someone without fear of judgement. And maybe that's what Owynn needs, truly.

Basically, Owonnie as this

On the other hand, you could also go the opposite route, and have Owynn help Bonnie realizes how fucked up everything he's gone through is and offer him revenge. Owynn who helps Bonnie stand up for himself, teaches him stop brushing off people's mistreatment, and then uses Bonnie's newfound anger to his favor. He fixes him and makes him worse!

[andhereisthetea]

Entrapta Headcanons I've starting to think about during lockdown

• Entrapta's parents aren't death, or maybe one of them died but there is one still alive.

• There's absolutely no reason for Entrapta not to have siblings.

• If the above theories aren't true, Is very likely Entrapta's parents might have been older than most royalty and they had Entrapta at 40-50, maybe her mother died in childbirth and her father was the older one. Reason for the robo-parents. Following thus, they knew they weren't going to be around before their daughter reached adulthood.

• Most of their story was lost or was kept secret by the Dryl's kingsdom, the kingdom traded metals and minerals to Bright Moon and other kingdoms, making their relationship mostly diplomatic. Is very likely Dryl stayed neutral that way, but it might be also possible they had connections with the Scorpion Kingdom. I support a lot @cruelfeline headcanon about The Scorpion being evil monarch, something that helped Hordak to create a rebellion against them. But I think Dryl stayed neutral until the end.

• Entrapta's intelligence and even physical resistance (fighting her own war bots, resistance even to be electrocuted, total lack of self-preservation bcause girl knew...) Is actually a genetic inheritance from the vestiges of a lost rune stone.

• But her hair is actually a creation of her own; a cybernetic neural implant.

• The reason behind why Dryl is such a hermit kingdom which seems not to be connected to any element of Etheria is because they don't come from Etheria, but are descendants of the First Ones.

• The Dryl royalty used their rune stone, there are several hints about that, from the first season to the final ones:

> Alternatively they might have created an artificial rune stone with First One's tech.

> Entrapta has a high affinity to humanize robots, but this is not a coincidence when you think that maybe one of her powers is to bring life to inanimated objects, maybe using a hidden ability without understand it quite well, might be because is just something instinctive in her and she has no reason to explain it, she sees is as completely normal and thinks everyone does so, or she doesn't even realize what she is doing. That is one of the reason why her robots, MOST of them in Crypto Castle, have runestone sharps as "hearts" and their light are purple, and also most of them, including Emily, respond to Entrapa's emotions, or even to her friend's emotions as well.

> One of the main reasons behind that theory is supported by the observation of Emily changing her color from Horde-red to Dryl-purple, without any explanation at all, just at the same time the bot started to develop intuition and became sentient.

> Entrapta might have picked her runestone from Dryl's mines without realizing it and because she has been studying first one's tech for quite some time, she didn't even mind to explore a deeper connection with the thing beyond the scientific data, even if there was already a connection going on.

> Absolutely ALL Dryl's lights are purple, and the castle seen to attract electricity.

> Is also a headcanon of mine that Entrapta isn't actually connected to a specific runestone but actually to an electric node which connects all Runestones in Etheria, reason for her to understand them almost instinctively.

> The Dryl's runestone might even been something similar to a nuclear reactor, and when activated looks like Chernobyl.

> The first time we saw the Evil First One's tech she found in Dryl's mines, the things was Galactic Horde's green, but it turned Red and stayed that specific way until it was destroyed by Scorpia in White Out. This might be a hint to her relationship with Hordak, specificlaly his colors; he was a clone from the Galactic Horde who turned from green to red when disconnected from Prime's Hive Mind, creating his own evil army in Etheria.

• The Crypto Castle is bigger than it seen. What is visible is just the front door. The kingdom is inside the mountains, ans is actually very inaccesible to outsiders if they don't know how to enter it. In other words, the Horde conquered shit in season 4.

• Entrapta killed her parents

No really, heard me out

She killed her parents.

> Her control over inanimate objects could have been the reason after the disappearance of her parents and also why she doesn't even seen to even realize something weird is going on and is not normal to have robots as parents, is because her special bond with tech and even first one's technology led to those both robots to take care of her when all things went wrong, be it for a sudden tantrum when she was a girl, or something accidental, which led to the death of both king and queen, and she was left orphaned until her connection to the technology around her led to THAT technology to take care of their creator.

• She says she is the designer of the Crypto Castle's labyrinth, but why a labyrinth with hidden bobby traps??? Which leds me to the theory that Entrapta has unconscious need to follow a plan that has no reason whatsover even when she seen to be the most logical character in the show: basically, Entrapta made a plan to shut herself out from the world, following an order that precedes her own reasoning, and even added traps around in her own castle that are very much designed to kill whoever who gets near her. Was she really the creator of all that? That has no scientific reason, has no purpose to collect data, but its motivation seen to be fear. She even seen not to understand her castle at all, which is very unlikely from someone who lives to remember all kind of data, specially about what she creates.

• Following the headcanon of her family being First Ones, she knew Hordak's portal equations, she was quite familiar with the theory. But who more in all Etheria could have been playing with the idea of portals?? Curious.

• Most of her memories about her parents and first ones are hidden in her unconscious, that explain how she can understand what is going on during the Portal episode, hy she can translate and understandand first one's language so well, even when she has a king of instinct to do so without a translation, just like Adora, who is firt one as well. She just know, and when the mystery is related to herself, she seen to don't even want to explore it futher, which leds me to the question...

Is she hidding something, and she doesn't even know what it is?

• It seems that Entrapta has an almost instinctive need to lock herself in an endless maze, or even someone before her had that need and was handed over to her when she was little, she just went on with the job without questioning the reason, especially when you are a child who grows up in an environment far from normal behaviors, and your parents or guardians tell you that setting traps and creating meaningless mazes is the right thing to do. In the end, it seems that everything, more than being entertaining, is a work led by a feeling of paranoia, not towards an external element, but towards something internal.

• She works via impulsivity, but it seen to be a behaviour more complex than that; she seen not to take into account the consequences because she might have been taught not to ask more questions beyond the data she collects. Think of it as a defense mechanism, the only thing that matters is the results of the experiment, not the past, not the emotions or the intuition that something is wrong. This can lead to ignoring your own emotions because you have been instructed not to listen to them, listening to your instinct would awaken something in you that you do not want, or you were instructed to ignore, something like selective memory. In the Portal episode she just knows what is happening, and works with the equations but never stops to even think why I can sense something is wrong when everyone around me seen to be lost in their own heaven??

• Other reason for this might be in fact she has had brain traumatisms in the past, something addresses by herself in the show (doesn't remember the specific ep), when explaining she uses a recorder around because she has survived explosions of her own experiments, but suffered amnesia afterwards, and this also can be connected to her selective memory and even past traumas.

• Other headcanon favorite of mine is the one by @etherian-affairs about Entrapta having robotic prosthetic limbs, specially on of her arms, due to her lack of self-preservation and several past lab accidents.

• Entrapta's soundtrack very much hinst to the convination of magic (very harry potter-ish) and science, but gets crazy and darker in the end. It doesn't seen to be the same when is mixed with Hordak's music, because the mix hints affinity.

• Entrapta knows how to use magic, but her high skills with science are enough for her.

[maggyme13]

Sugar (1/?)

AN: And as a starting gift for you lovely readers: here is the firt part^^

Warnings: assholes and swearing

Sugar Masterlist

Masterlist

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„Who are you?“, an unknown male voice asked from behind you, causing you to jerk together.

Turning around, you noticed a man with long black hair (dressed in a suit) standing in the entrance of the appartment.

“Ehm-”, you answered confused.

“So? What are you doing in my eployers appartment?”, he frowned.

“I-I am (y/n) (y/ln).”

“Well, Ms (y/ln) what do you want?”, he sighted.

“Excuse me?”

“How much money for you to leave?”, the man asked, already opening the jacked of his suit.

“I don´t-”

“Fine, here- 5k and now leave.”, your opponent handed you a bunch of dollar notes.

“Bu-”, you wanted to exclaim.

“Leave, or I will call security.”, the man now growled, and a shiver went down your spine.

“Yes, Sir. Can I get my things first?”, you asked defeated.

“5 Minutes.”

You were gone before that timeframe closed.

Most of the money was tucked inside your bra and shoes, so no one would be able to easily steal it.

It was already dark outside, and you made your way to a cheap motel you knew to sleep at for the night. Tomorrow you would place the money into your bank account.

The money needed to last as long as possible, even though you felt dirty even accepting it.

After a short and restless night you bought some breakfast for yourself and Bob and Monty at a local bakery. Though when you exited the store (after a quick greeting) you ran into someone with full force.

“Oh my god. I am so sorry.”, you apologised, taking a step back and looking the person over for any damage you might have caused.

“You-”, it was the man who had kicked you out the night before, “-again. Good. I was inf-”

“I won´t tell anyone what I saw in your employees rooms. I will sign a faver. I promise.”, you panicked, noticing a few cops standing near by.

“That´s- good. But not the reason I am here for.”, he frowned confused, “But I still need you to come with me.”

“And if I don´t?”, you asked with huge eyes.

“”Do you want to find out?”, he contered and you shook your head.

“No- I will come with you, but- can I get this food to my friends over in that park first?”

“Hurry up. I will join you.”

“Yes Sir.”, you sighted.

Bob and Monty thanked you with a smile and once again told you how happy they where that you had gotten of the streets.

“Take a seat. My driver will get us back to my appartment.”, the man ordered and you oblieged, getting into the dark limousine.

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“This will be your room. I has a joined bathroom and a walk-in closet.”, the man (you still did not know the name of) exclaimed, pointing at a white wooden door, “Over there is the kitchen with joined living-room. And that´s my room. Do not enter without a direct order or permission.”

“What, I don´t understand?”, you stated confused.

“What is there not to understand? You will stay here. Or do you want me to involve the police for trespassing and probably tried theft?”

“N-No, but-”

“I give you a place to life, food, water, clothing and other things you might need, and I only need one thing in return.”, he stated.

“And that would be?”

“You. So decide: Jail or staying here?”, he demanded to know and you sighted.

“I will stay.”, you ansered in defeat, not wanting to go to jail.

“Good to hear. I want you to go to your room and change into something else. Lunch will be served at one. Until then you have time for yourself.”

“Yes-”

“Loki. Loki Laufeyson.”, he introduced himself.

“Yes, Mr Laufeyson.”, you nodded, entering your room.

It was huge. Almost as big as your old appartment. A Queensized bed stood in the centre, facing the windowfront of the tower. On the left of you where two doors that must lead to the bath and closet you assumed.

Curiouse, you opened one of the doors, only to find the closed and you stopped dead in your tracks. The few clothes looked expensive and not like things you usualy wore. Looking through the fabrics, you tried to find anyhting for you to wear and finally found it in a rather comfortable looking dress. (at least more comfortable than the other things).

This will have to do. I fear. Now time to shower.

The pure luxury of the bath you stepped into took your breath away. It was gold and black with white highlights.

Is this gold?

A big bathtube dominated the centre of the room, and just like the bed, it was faced towards the windowfront. The shower was right next to at the wall.

A variety of soft looking towels laid arranged on a wooden commode next ot the tube.

Clothing the door behind you, you slowly stripped and made your way to the shower.

Luckily this is one of the higher floors and no one can look inside.

Eying the different kind of offered bottles, you found an arrangement of shampoos conditioners and other kinds of soap and things you had never heard of before.

Laying the towel down next to the door of the shower, you stepped inside and let warm water rain down over your tense body.

Slowly you were able to relax, the fruity scents of the shampoo helping further.

That was when an thought crossed your mind.

Cameras. What if he has cameras installed and it watching me now?

Tense again, you hurried to finish your shower and pulled the towel around your body. Hiding as much as possible from possible views.

Your eyes darted around the walls on the look out for any lensen or blinking red lamps. But nothing. This was the same in the closet.

You chose a simple and loose dress and a pair of leggins to wear for the time being.

The golden clock on the night-stand showed it was ten minutes before you were told lunch would be served, so you left your room and made your way towards the kitchen.

It was empty.

He is not here.

Not knowing what to do and what you were allowed to do, you stood awewkardly next to the dark oiled wooden table; not daring to sit on one of the definetelly expensive leather chairs.

“You are on time. Good. I don´t like to wait. Sit down. Food will be brought any second now. After that, we will talk.”, Mr Laufeyson stated upon entering the living area on his own.

You nodded and slipped onto the nearest seat, your eyes cast on the wooden tabletop, not daring to look up.

“I ordered some chinese to be brought up here. I hope that is to your delight.”, he continued, “Dinner will then be at seven. Now I want you to eat and then we will retreat into the living area to talk about, what will come next.”

You nodded in understanding once more.

He wanted to say something, but a knock on the door interrupted him.

“Yes?”

“It´s Sam. We met the delivery guy in the lobby and took the order for you.”, Sam´s voice called through the door.

“Come in.”

“Since when do you- Oh, hay (y/n). Was wondering where you where. Now I know why the order is bigger than usual. Well, gotta go. See you around, (y/n). Are you going to be at the club tonight Boss?”, the dark skinned male grinned and you smiled. Not wanting him to know of your uncomfortable situation.

“I am not sure yet. I will let Steve know. You and Barnes are both scheduled, am I right?”, the boss answered , accepting the food from the other man.

“Yes. Nat as well. A Businessman requested her being their VIP server.”

“Good. Maybe until tonight then.”, he dismissed his employee, who in return send you another warm smile and a wave before leaving.

__

Loki Laufeyson placed some dishes on the table and then the food containers in the middle; they looked not as those you knew, they looked expensive.

“I ordered a bit of everything. Take what you like.”, he hummed, already placing food onto his own plate.

You chose a small bit of everything: not too much to seem gready and not too less to seem ungreatefull. Though you were still hungry.

The question about the male´s reason was still burning in your mind.

“Let´s talk.”, he finally ordered, looking straight into your eyes, “As I already informed you, will you be staying here until further notice and I will take care of your needs. In return you will do as I ask you to and not speak with anyone about or little deal.”

“Like a slave.”, you mumbled more to yourself, though he still heard you, “Or a pet.”

“If that´s what you think. You are allowed to leave any time you want. But then I will tell the police about your trespassing. I own a large business, and a few smaller establishments where I am needed to be present at different kind of events. You will join and represent me. Dressed accordingly ofcourse. The first one will be next week. Other than those little things, you have to do nothing and can live in luxury.”

You shook your head.

“I don´t want pity or gifted money.”, you mumbled, tears gathering in your eyes, you always hated to depend on others and now you had no other choice. Or so it seemed.

“Interesting.”, he thought aloud, “If you feel better, you can take care of the houshold a bit, or so.”.

An amused smirk danced on his lips. Though deep down he was believing she was just playing him.

“Any questions?”, he finally asked after watching you for a few seconds.

“Cameras-”, you breathed, “ I mean, are there Cameras in here?”

“Why? Do you want to steal something?”, he mused with a smirk.

“NO!”, you quickly defended yourself.

“But yes, there are hidden Cameras in this appartment. Though no one has access to them unless something happens. They are positioned, so they capture who enters and leaves the appartment, as well as who enters the different private rooms. Those are not under surveilance, as long as no one calls out a safeword. Then everything is recorded and security informed. So no worries, I do not intent to spy on you whilst you are in your bathroom.”

“I- “, your eyes got huge, fearing you insulted the one who held your freedom in his hands.

“-am not mad. It is a thought anyone in your situation would have. Now, I have to do something -important- I will take you shopping tomorrow. You can´t wear those simple things when you are seen with me.”

And with that, he left through the front door and you alone in the foreign rooms.

Well, lets take care of these dishes.

Part 2

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Another ML fanfiction idea

And here we go for another prompt fic idea that I got while reading a fanfiction on AO3. I want to write this idea but I’m too lazy for writing a whole fanfiction.

And just want to keep in my head but it was driving me crazy sooo let's go.

Btw I inspired by the fanfiction MDR by Yilena  (on AO3) (@xiueryn on tumblr)  (also I haven’t finish the fanfiction yet but I need to let go the idea of my head)  

(let's go for translate everything a wrote again T^T and I just saw how long a wrote, the translation it's gonna be looong x.X also idk some term are correctly translate sorry if it's not)

Also warning, i’m going to talk briefly about eating disorder, bullying and suicide so skip the part in italic if the idea or the word can triggered you.

Have a nice reading on my 2.am writing idea. \0/ 

AU steamer / youtuber Marinette

Marinette begging steaming around her fifteen, and she become quickly know for her skills for some game

Marinette have now like 19 yrs old, almost 20.

She plays a lot of different games.

At first (when she was 15 ) she wasn't doing face cam steaming. After a years and a half, she start face cam but disguise. Her disguise is, a clothes always in polka dots red and black, and she have a mask which hide almost all her face and she wear a red wig (she have different wig, pixie cut, big curly, straits, ect,... But they're all red)

On twitch she is know as Ladybug, and she have a YouTube channel where she post all her rediffusion of her twitch live.

Marinette have a big community verry supportive and nice. She's the kinda of girl that going to play with her fan during live if she met them on the game.

She doing some explained and tip live on game that she's really good at or that she's love.

Her favorite game are Ultimate Mecha Strike saga. And a new independent MMORPG game call " The Tale of Miraculous" a kinda fantasy/fantastic game, that's become more and more difficult when your reach a levels.

Also it's a no-miraculous idea

At first, when she started live’s, qhe was doing a lot, like every night she was doing a live which ended around 4 or 5am. But after a big meltdown on live (she was around 17 years olds) she make a calender, which sometine change depending on he mood.

Monday Night : Games of her choice, most of the time she play at TTOM (The Tale Of Miraculous) or fighting games. From 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. or 2 a.m.

Wednesday Night : if she started a let’s play, she is doing the let’s plays, if she not she’s doing two or three games, most of the time horror games or strategy games. From 8p.m to midnight or 1 a.m.

Calender most of the time : 

Friday Night : chill night, she talk or debates with viewers while playing at Minecraft or she opening fan mail or for some occasion she is cooking. From 8p.m to random but between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.

Sunday Night : Let’s plays or games selected by the community. From 8p.m to Midnight.

 Marinette has become very hermits and go out just a few time. She works at her parents bakery and has her own shop (known as Ladybug) her community know that she makes homemade clothes and she has a lot of customers from her community but also from famous people. 

Every other week she doing a live between 9 p.m. and 12 a.m. in addition, where she plays indie games or flash games or during fashion week (or any fashion show) she like to do reviews about it and commentary.

Marinette finished school at home because of harassment, she had ended up making several suicide attempts, and had a severe eating disorder and was anorexic 

She suffered bullying very early, already in elementary school, and it got worse in middle school where the physical attack was violent. She got kicks, push down the stair, she got a lot a fractures, spit on, etc,..

After a big lynching after school, she try to kill herself, she got hospitalized and her parents finnaly knew about what she suffered. After that she become homeschooled.

A lot of cosplayers ask for commisions.

Chloé had started insults her in primary school but had stop everything before middle school except that others took over, like Lila.

Chloe apologized to Marinette after her suicide attempt. Even though Marinette and Chloe are not best friends, the two get along. Chloé always feels it's her fault that things got there

During her convalescence it’s when that she became Ladybug but was not in face cam.

She started streaming after being released from the hospital

She had a general ES bac (it’s a degree in french school, if you want i can explain french school in a other post... because I’m french ._.) and she studied fashion by correspondence.

For the 3 years anniversary of her twitch channel, she explain her firt years as the stramers, he past, and explain that twitch literaly save her live.

She self-harm for a long time (betwenn 11 and 16 years old)

She still have drugs and antidepressant, and she is follow by a doctor for her eating disorder.

During her depression, she developed agoraphobia, she doesn’t go to convention where she’s invited because of that, also because she wants to avoid overloading Tikki.

Fu is her psychologist.

Tikki is her service dog because she have anxiety attacks and panic attacks and she can hurt them during those.

Tikki is a Labrador, viewers sometine see her during live (try to climb on Marinette lap’s)  or hear her bark (very rare but can alway happen) 

Marinette loved roasted the clothing collections and clothing choices in video games. She also loves talking about RuPaul Drag Race.

She’s  openly bisexual and gender fluid,

She lives in a small apartment not far from her parents to be able to stream quietly.(And without disturb her parents)

Viewers know other room of her apartment. She stream on green screen, but when she live and do open fan mail she is in front of a wall with drawings and gifts from fans that she received. They also know her kitchen but she rarely on the kitchen. 

She don’t do much live on the Kitchen but she doing some videos edited on cook video for explain some bases and some recepis. It is to teach the beginner how to cook or the person who is on a tight budget.

Her first cooking live become a meme. She fall several times, managed to stick an egg to the ceiling (god know how), set fire to heroven, and spilled milk and flour all over her floor.

In her live chill, call “let's talk little, let's talk well” in her playlist of rebroadcast on her youtube channel, she brings people on discord to give their opinion on the subject or their experience. She has with subjects from religion, the LGBTQ community, mental illness, to motor disease, to lighter subjects like which animal people find the cutest or whether or not she should go and throw eggs at her neighbor that she hates or she talks about the series or TV show she watches.

Marinette only go out, for work, appointment or hang out with Luka, Juleka and Rose, all are her childhood best friends.And all know that’s she is Ladybug.

Marinette is known for screaming when she plays horror games and there's quite a lot of compilation of her falling off her chair or screaming, often accompanied by Tikki who jumps on her knees think of a panic attack and suddenly she falls off her chair because of Tikki.

*scene*

Marinette after a litlle jump scar : 

“ son of bi-”  * Tikki jump on her laps*

Luka is also a stramer mostly music related, but he some night doing game stream. He also have a youtube channel dedicate to music. He is call The Viperion Silencio.

 “what the fu- !”  *fall off her chair with Tikki on her, Tikki laying on her*

Luka and Marinette dated for a year and a half before realizing that they were better as friends that as couple. Their get along even better after they break.

Hours : 

Tuesday night: 8:30 p.m. to midnight, play video games

Friday evening: 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., review and play with Marinette at Minecraft

On twitch he sing or do some music reviews that viewers recommend. And if not play

He always showed his faces.

On youtube he does covers, original songs, has critical videos. All the videos are directed by him and edited by Juleka, him or Rose.

He also have odd jobs 

Saturday: 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., sing, some reviews and a the end he play video games

Nino, Alya and Adrien, are TTOM players, and Adrien is a huge Ladybug fan along with Alya.

He has always been close to Marinette and helped a lot especially for her eating disorder. It helps her eat and regain a healthy relationship with her body and food.

Nino and Alya hang out in each other's apartment in turn

Nino is not a big fan of Ladybug but likes to watch her lives sometine.

Nino and Alya live close to each other and are dating

On the other hand, he's a huge fan of what Luka does.

 Nino meets Adrien on a dating site, he made a account for joking (before he dated Alya) and the two got really well, and they started exchange discord, and phone number, playing together, and they already saw each other.

Sometine, Alya and Nino go to Paris and sometime Adrien go to Bordeaux.

Nino and Aly live in Bordeaux.

Alya joined them and the three are very close and have already met in Paris.

 Nino, Alya and Adrien are 20 years old, soon 21.

Inside joke between Adrien and Nino, on the fact that Nino “cheats” on Alya with Adrien or vice versa.

Too many “bro” between Adrien and Nino, and too many bro joke

Like, I imagined, Alya hant out  at Nino place, the three playing at TTOM.

Nino die

Adrien it’s like “Noo bro, you’re my whole world bro, you can’t live me broo”

Nino is like “ Broo I hace to leave, Bro my end is close, I love you soo much broo, live my life broo”

And Alya his laying on her stomach on Nino bed, head buried in Nino sheets and she growls and insults both them and call them "drama queen"

Alya is a huge sore loser and a salty loser.

In the evening and especially when he is tired Nino is a big game trollers.

Alya is a Ladybug Twitch Admins, she was one of the first on Marinette's channel and she quickly was in her Discord. She chats a lot with her on Discord. And she helps Marinette to make special videos where there is real editing. Other admins do it too.

Adrien, Nino meets Marinette thanks to TTOM because Marinette has created a beginner party where no one knows her, she becomes friends with Nino (whom she quickly destroy) and TIN TIN TIN group chat between the 4 (with Alya in it).

Kim is Nino's childhood friend and he started playing TTOM to spent time with his bro, and ended up in group chat (with Alix because he drag her in the game too), he's not good at games and and just a cannonball but he like let off frustration by beat out the hell of the enemy

Baby step by baby step, the group chat add more people

 He live with Alix in Toulouse, their roomate.

Alix plays a bit at TTOM but plays a lot of flash and horror games.

Ivan and Mylène have 22 years old and are a couple, they don't know Ladybug much, but they've already received a lot of donation from her for their environmental association and Marinette has advertised for them for free

Alix likes Ladybug but she is not her favorite streamer.she understand Marinette's struggle on her eating disorder  because she had eating disorder since she was a child, Kim helps her a lot with it

Nathaniel lives in Auvergne with Marc, the two work together on comics but Nathalie also works as a freelance illustrator and he has already made the banner and stickers for steamers and youtubers, including Marinette.

Ivan and Mylène do vlogs and have a site and an environmental association that Marinette really appreciates.

Max is a little streamer well known to be one of Marinette's best rivals, especially on Ultimate Mecha Strike 3. 

He also does video thumbnails and cover video illustrations for a lot of youtubers including Luka.

Nathaniel started chatting with Marinette because of this (Marinette commissioned him for her website, and her channels) and the two became very good friends.

He lives in Strasbourg and works in engineering stuff.

He does very little live but has a very loyal audience because he's a goddamn god on some games.

And some compilation of their best roasted and sassy moment are on youtube.

The two fight each year for the prize of UMS3

The two like to throw shades at each other  when they playing together.. Very big sassy and roasted moment.

* A bit like RuPaul's Reading season 5 between Alaska and Alyssa Edward * (Yeah i’m kinda in some fever of RPDR right now)

Like : 

There is a roasted meme running in their respective communities, because Max had been champion for two years when Marinette arrived and took that cup from him.

“Hey Bug In !  Here Ladybug, I'm with our dear friend The Gamer, undefeated champion of UMS3 oh whait -

They talk on discord

Okay I finish to translate everything, and shame on my I finish juste by copy paste from google translate. 

* gasp then clap * bravo, it was a good one, Miss [insert thing that Marinette lost or meme of her]

And their conversation is basically shades and meme.

Bruh I wrote a lot :o

I don’t know if I’m going to do some update on it. Give me your opinion on it ! Also you can take some idea just tag me and let’s me see what you have do ^^ !

Good Night  

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Crossover theory: Miss K Enigma 2.0 X The Beatrice Letters Theory X Prufrock Prep Puzzle

This is part 11 of the Strange Interpretation of Jean Lúcio from Brazil

To understand this text, it is necessary to read some of my previous texts.

Part 10

Miss k Enimga 2.0

The creation of the "Miss K Enigma 2.0" Theory has created so many possibilities that I am still digesting everything. I am currently developing the Prufrock Prep Puzzle theory, and will now present the initial results of the research.

The first question is what is the function of Prufrock Prep from the point of view of VFD?

I believe I found the answer in the minutes of the meeting in Chapter 3 of the UA. Observe the following excerpts:

 “R: R's right. We are entering people's homes -

J: We get permission first.

L: Let her finish.

R: I will finish. We are entering people's homes, taking young children who show exceptional observational and/or notetaking skills, and isolating them, for long periods at least, from people they know. We assign them to strangers and scatter them across the globe, PERFORMING ERRANDS THAT ARE PERPELXING TO THEM, UNTIL THEIR ANKLES HAVE HEALED, UNTIL WE KNOW THEY CAN BE TRUSTED, AND UNTIL WE KNOW THAT NO ONE IS SEARCHING FOR THEM ANY LONGER. THEN, FINALY, WE BRING THEM TO HEADQUARTERS SO THEY CAN LEARN THE SKILLS THEY NEED BEFORE THEY ARE INTRODUCED BACK INTO SOCIETY, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THE WORLD RMAINS, AS WE SAY, QUIET. ... As we know from S's report on Prufrock Preparatory School, if young people do not get enough sleep, their work is likely to suffer. “

 “Exceptional observational and/or notetaking skills.” Have you noticed that classes and exams from Remora and Bass teachers test exactly those students' abilities? In addition, at the time of this meeting, there were VFD informants inside the school.

I believe Prufrock Prep is viewed by VFD as a great recruiting site.

On page 189 of TUA, we look at some methods used by VFD to recruit people after Schism.

“Perhaps a waiter said something strange to you in a restaurant. Perhaps a librarian asked you a question concerning your mother, or your mother asked you a question concerning your librarian. Perhaps your techer gave you a list of books that had coded messages inside, or perhaps you detected a message in a newspaper you found blowing around your neighborhood.”

So Miss K went to Prufrock Prep to recruit students for VFD. She took a list of books. In addition, according to Carmelita Spats' autobiography, the Prufrock Prep librarian asked about her mother. (The UA pag. 171) This shows that VFD faced Prufrock Prep as an excellent source of volunteer recruitment. The two orphans captured by Miss K evidently received a more direct invitation to join VFD because they were orphans.

The next question is: Where are the people recruited by VFD taken?

The minutes of the meeting explained: "isolating them, for long periods at least, from people they know."

It is good to know that this is a practice on the "noble" side of the split. Isolating the neophytes should mean that these youngsters caught by VFD are taken to some kind of boarding school. Interestingly, since the VFD Great Schism, children do not get tattoos on their ankles. Still, VFD does something that hurts their ankle the moment they are captured. Perhaps the literal act of holding the neophytes by the ankle could hurt their ankles in some way. Therefore it is necessary to spend some time, until their ankles are healed. This means that some people who were already studying in a boarding school were taken to another boarding school when they were captured by VFD. What happened to Olaf seems to have been this. Olaf studied at the Wade Academy. Like Prufrock Prep, Wade Academy should be considered by VFD as a good place to recruit neophytes. Of course, schools were not the only sources of neophytes. But it is good to know that Mr. Remora does not seem to be a member of VFD. Note this scene, which occurred at the Hotel Denouement (chpter 6, TPP). Hal was the waiter:

"Can I help you?" - Nero mimicked. "Of course you can help us! We're starving! "

"I did not realize this was a sad occasion," said Hal, squinting through his glasses.

"It will not be a sad occasion if you feed us," Mr. Remora said.

Hal frowned, as if Mr. Remora had given the wrong response, but he quickly used the three guests to a wooden table in the otherwise deserted restaurant."

If Mr. Remora were a member of the Noble side of VFD, he would know the answer should be: "The world is quiet here."

This is evidence that "vocational" classes for a young man who will become a VFD agent were not taught at Prufrock Prep.

This also explains the secret number 5 and 6 of the pamphlet "13 Shocking Secrets":

# 5 - Lemony Snicket grew up with a terrible villain.

# 6 - "Lemony Snicket attended boarding school."

Lemony grew up along with Olaf, because Olaf studied in the VFD boarding school together with Lemony.

This also helps us understand the letters from BB to LS # 4 and # 5.

In the letter from BB to LS # 4, Beatrice states:

"I'm in my Business Letter Writing Class, wich is taught by a flat-footed man so sa and inaware that I am certain he will give me an A on this assignment without reading anything but the firt sentence of each paragraph. I could say anything here at all. For instance: A "baticeer" is a person who trains bats. I learned that in a poem I watched you read....

…That was me, knocking on your following information. That was mr, knocking on your office door yesterday evening. I know you were inside, because I followed you from the library, where you stood for nearly an hour staring into a glass case containing old documents on display for the “Staged Poetry: Sonnets by actors & Actresses” exhibit….

Why didn’t you answer? Why won’t you answer any of my questions? I must have at least twelve.

In closing, please do not hesitate to contact me at your earliest convenience. Just one letter can change everything. The three Baudelaires my be long gone, but there is a fourth Baudelaires here, waiting for you to untie “My silence Knot” and help me find the end of a story that began with you – in the very room where I sit now, about to hand this letter to my business letter writing instructor so he will grade it and mail it.”

In this letter, Beatrice claims that she is in some kind of school. This school was the same one Lemony was studying at VFD when she was 11 or 12 years old. The teacher in question is not Mr Remora, because it is not the Prufrock Prep school.

In the letter from LS to BB # 2, Lemony wrote:

”I’m writing you this letter, as usual, for no particular reason, and I’ll try to have R. deliver it to you so you can read it before we meet for fencing practice. It’s easy to write letters during Code Class, as the tedious, flat-footed instructor simply mutters the same lessons about business letter writing over and over. He’ll probably drone on for years and years to come.”

Note that Beatrice chose the same adjective Lemony had chosen many years earlier to describe the same teacher: "flat-footed." I believe this is another indication that the letter from BB to LS # 4 comes from the mother of the Baudelaire siblings. Using the same phraseology that Lemony had used in an old letter is a way for Beatrice to show Lemony that she was Beatrice herself who had read these letters before. But besides, it is evident that Beatrice was studying with the same teacher and in the same classroom in which years before Lemony had studied. And as I explained, it was not Prufrock Prep. Another detail is the reference to the letter from LS to BB # 5. Beatrice had asked 13 questions, of which Lemony was able to answer 12. Probably this response letter never reached Beatrice's hands.

Already in the letter BB to LS # 5, Beatrice explained how she got to be admitted to VFD school. She basically studied first in Prufrock Prep, and then waited until she was recruited by VFD, then went to VFD school, the one Lemony had studied years before. She had already studied at the same institution. But Beatrice had faked her own death. So now she thought that in order to be reunited with Lemony, it would be necessary to go back to studying in VFD, like a neophyte again. Note this section:

“Violet told me once that I saved her life, and Klaus claimed that I had not died in despair not long ago the destruction of the Denoument Hotel. Even Sunny said she could not have survived without me. But I don’t have to tell you how brave and resourceful, hoe loyal and well-read those three people are. It is I who would have been lost without them. Without Violet’s emergency repairwork, I never would have found my way to the city to search for you. Without Klau’s notes on mountain climbing, I never would have left the city to search for you again. Without Sunny’s extensive knowledge of making snacks from wildflowers and weeds, I Never would have found the strength to return once more, first by yak, then by foot, and then yak-fot, to wind my way back to the city in the hopes of finally meeting you face-to-face. And without the stories all three siblings told me of their troubles – which in some cases differs wildly from your accounts –I never would have found the secretarial school, where I wrote my previous letter to you. It was not a secretarial school, of course – not really – but I had to sit through that tedious business letter writing class before they would believe the name I gave the vice principal upon my arrival. Without Violet, Klaus and Sunny I never would have continued my studies with these last few volunteers, and become the “baticeer” I am today. I owe my life to them, and now that we have been separated, I will not rest until I find them again.”

I ask you to pay attention to the following detail. In the letter from BB to LS # 2, Kit's daughter informs Lemony that she is separated from Klaus, Sunny and Violet for many years. Not at all seems Kit's daughter first came to the City with Violet's help. She wrote: “I am heading for the hills, so that I might find, after all these years, the three siblings who are the only Family I have. Without Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, I am an orphan…”

And according to Kit's daughter in the letter from BB to LS # 3, the time she had spent away from the Baudelaires siblings was so much that even most of her memories about them had disappeared. She wrote:

“As time goes on, many memories fade. Violet tying her hair up in a ribbon, to keep it out of her eyes, Klaus squiting at a book through his glasses, Sunny appearing on the radio to discuss he recipes – I don’t want these to be the only things I remember of the three most important people in my life.”  

The mother of the Baudelaire siblings met with her children, and apparently they spent a good time together. They told her mother about Prufrock Prep, so she went there, gave the vice principal a false name, and went through a student. She stayed there until being recruited by VFD, and transferred to the "Secretarial School", in fact the same VFD school that Lemony had studied years before. She did all this to try to reunite with Lemony, the person she loved very much. Lemony found the photo of Beatrice along with other students in Prufrock Prep. This photo was taken after Miss K was fired, and Lemony made it clear from the remark he wrote in the photo that at that time he wanted to find his beloved Beatrice again.

But evidently something happened, and changed Lemony's view of Beatrice. For some reason, Lemony did not even want to meet Beatrice face-to-face. In the next text I will begin to discuss what this might have been.

[herzenswarme]

"Naruto: Passion of the Shinobi": A Naruto fan-made fighting game #1

Last edited: 2019-02-11

The Project

“Naruto: Passion of the Shinobi” (temporal name) is a personal passion project of mine consisting in a 1v1, 2D fighting game developed for PC with a custom engine (i.e. not a MUGEN game). As the passion project it is, I’m working on it entirely on my own, though relying on existing resources to fill the gaps of my knowledge (I’m a programmer, not an artist). The main scope of the project is to create a fighting game offering the core essential functions of a fighting game: local VS, online VS, training and tutorial; which will include characters from the first part of Naruto at first but may be expanded upon depending on reception (hopefully it will) towards the other sagas, including Boruto. The inspiration for this project came from 3 main factors. I love the first part of Naruto, I love fighting games, and Bandai Namco will not make it. Even if they were to make a fighter, I don’t think it would satisfy my fighting game needs. From this, I decided to go all in and try. It’s a large, ambitious project and it’s hard to keep motivation; but right now it is what keeps me going and I whole heartedly hope it gets somewhere. I can only wish for this game to be appreciated and enjoyed and I’ll do my best to try to do so. ♥

An introduction to the game's design philosophy

Wihout getting into too much detail, in this post I want to present the core ideas of the design of the game. When firt approaching the design of the game, there are some questions than immediately come to mind, things that are the main characteristics that a player use to summarize what a game is like. Things such as:

Is it a competition focused game or a casual game?

What is the neutral like?

Is it combo focused?

Are there many “gimmicks”?

What is the movement like?

How does it compare to other games?

Under this section I’d like to answer all of those questions before delving into the mechanics or the characters, which will be left for later posts.

The competitive focus of the game: Creating a competitive game without alienating the existing fanbase

I’m a fighting game enthusiast and, as such, I would not settle for less than a competitively viable game. A pure, standard fighting game where balanced, skill based gameplay imperates over fanservice and the canonical “power levels”. However, being a fan-game that revolves around characters and a world as loved as Naruto, one should always take into consideration the rest of the fanbase. This, as it will be made obvious when describing the mechanics of the game and the characters, will make itself present in the shape of quite unorthodox mechanics that merge my desired gameplay design with the canon. This way, while the aim will be always to have a competitive game, as a Naruto fan myself I’m trying to build everything around a canonical design, from universal mechanics as the chakra system to character specific mechanics, such as Gaara’s sand protection.

The gameplay: neutral, movement, influences and goals

Having played so many different fighting games, when coming up with the idea of how I wanted the game to work and be played, there are many ideas borrowed at least partially from existing titles, though there wouldn’t be a single specific central influence. What most influenced the design of the game is how I am as a player: what kind of things I like in a game and in my characters. What that implies in my case is a focus on the neutral game in an unorthodox way, usually focused in the (relatively) long term. Lingering projectiles, interactive projectiles and additional resource management are things I love and it is present even in the universal mechanics. The main consequence this has on the gamelay in general terms is that there is a huge focus in approaches and zoning as opposed to mix-ups and okizeme. It also means that there is a huge focus on projectiles of many types and plenty of the so called “gimmicks”. After all, the great thing about Naruto when it comes to a fighting games is how incredibly diverse the techniques and styles are, which is what made it feel like such a waste when Bandai Namco opted for a Dragon Ball fighting game. With all this taken into account, my aim is for the game to be focused on building their way through the neutral game. All these long-term tools are to be used to gain the leading hand and eventually win the neutral. For most characters, this will also mean get their reward in the shape of damage and return to neutral. Another key idea is the idea of creativeness and options. And this is a complicated thing to do correctly. While all characters have an overall playstyle, my hopes are to give the player different tools they can use in their own, unique way to approach that playstyle. However, making it so there is not a single, most efficient approach seems extremely daunting, to say the least. Regarding options, it is really important to me not to limit the options of the player. This will be a huge factor (among others) leading to the lack of the standard meter system, which is replaced by the chakra meter. I’ll comment in this further in the entry about universal mechanics. Finally, as a consequence of these character mechanics with so much lingering projectiles and other such elements, it has been decided at this point that the movement will be that of the usual anime/air-dasher fighter, including running and air-dashes for most of the cast. When putting it somewhere in the fighting game landscape, this game would be somewhere between Guilty Gear and Under Night In-Birth; offering unorthodox, quirky character mechanics and fast movement like Guilty Gear but with less focus on the okizeme and the mix-ups.

The balance

Balance is an extremely complicated yet essential part of any competitive game The more complex the game, the more complex the balancing process is. For a fighting game, this means an herculean task, to say the least.

When thinking about the balance of the game, my first doubt was the start line, the point of reference. We all know what the goal post is: for all characters to be equally viable under optimal human performance. However, where does one start from?

In the case of SFV, and according to a now quite old panel in which the game was presented to the fighting game community, Capcom took a character (in this case Ryu) and set him as the reference point to balance the rest of the cast. But this approach seems to me like a flawed one, as it does not take into account the compatibility between the other characters outside the Ryu match-up. The balance in a match-up is not transitive, that is, a character with a 5-5 match-up with Ryu doesn’t necessarily have a 5-5 match-up with any other character that has a 5-5.

So based on this, reference that’s common to every character and does not depend on any of them whatsoever. This leaves me with a question that remains still unanswered, at least not with certainty.

Nevertheless, there’s are 2 hypothetical principles that remain the most relevant: mirrored work*complexity and neutral result.

In any given match with any given characters, both players put in a certain amount of work, with player skill being a limiter to how much work a specific player can put out. In a mirror match, the obvious implication is that whoever puts out the most work, i.e. whoever offers the most skill, should win. This has a secondary consequence, that is that nothing should be outside the realm of human skill, such as the so called “50/50 mix-ups”. Which is still pretty obvious.

However, not all match-ups are mirror matches, and thus some characters are more difficult to play than others while some characters are more difficult to play against that others. This two properties are not necessarily directly proportional. As an example, Millia Rage from the Guilty Gear series can, without much work, apply a level of pressure and mix-ups that requires a lot of work to fight. While this is supposed to be compensated through other aspects, history has proved, mainly throughout the older entries, that it wasn’t the case.

This method tries to balance the game by balance the amount of work required from both sides relative to the complexity of the characters involved. Thus, a complex character should be as hard to play as it is to play against and a simple character to play should be simple to play against. That is the principle of mirrored work*complexity.

Then, there’s neutral result principle. By this principle, the result of 2 equal inputs of work should be neutral. Two Ryu players perfectly clashing hadoukens should end up in an equal situation. That’s a practical example of this principle at work. However, regardless of how well you defend, most games will leave you in a disadvantage. Guard break, RISC, and chip damage are some of the things that make even the greatest defense a net loss. By this principle, the rewards and/or costs for both parts should be equal under equal work.

Footnote: The (initial) exclusion of Shippuden

To end this post, I wanted to address what may be a big question from the Naruto fanbase: Why not cover Shippuden? There are two main reasons to why I decided to focus on the first part. First, it’s the one I personally like the most, for various reasons. Which personally inclined me to go for the first part version of the characters. Secondly, Shippuden is not so fit for a fighting game as the first one is due how the “power levels” are handled and how the techniques start to getting out of hand and leave the scope of 1v1 battle to go and cover more of a “man vs army” environment. This is detrimental to the gameplay as space starts to matter less as ranges get too crazy, while at the same time adapting the big, flashy attacks to a smaller scale results in an anti-climatic alteration of the canon. There is, however, a handful of characters that I find can offer some interesting chances for unique character mechanics such as Deidara, Pain, Sai and Kaguya. But at this point I want to adjust the scope to Naruto and extend to Shippuden or even Boruto depending on the results. This will raise a final question: What about fan favourites like Madara or Obito? Well, so far I don’t have a special interest in them as I don’t see interesting, well functioning fighting mechanics for them, but I’m open to suggestions and would gladly implement them down the road if they seem viable.

[ctionalyarns]

The anticipated benefit from lower fibre prices by the Indian cotton spinning industry

The anticipated benefit from lower fibre prices by the Indian cotton spinning industry is now expected to be more than offset by DTY Polyester Yarn the challenges due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to CARE Ratings, which said the cotton yarn industry is staring at extremely challenging next two quarters with shutdown of manufacturing units and weak downstream demand. COVID-19 is expected to lead to a drop in revenue along with moderation in profitability margins and debt coverage indicators apart from impacting the liquidity profiles of most of the companies engaged in the sector. Smaller companies with high debt level, limited access to bank funding and limited liquidity buffer are expected to be affected more, compared with their larger counterparts, the rating agency said in a press release.

For the last few years, Indian cotton yarn spinners have been jostling with various headwinds, including subdued export and domestic demand coupled with fluctuating cotton fibre prices. Cotton yarn exports over the last few years have taken a hit, mainly on account of subdued demand from China (largest contributor to India’s cotton yarn export). After more than doubling in fiscal 2012-13 (in volume terms) and increasing by more than 50 per cent in the subsequent year (on a higher base), the yearly shipments to China in 2016-17 slumped by more than 25 per cent from the 2013-14 level. Though exports to China increased by around 47 per cent in 2018-19 over 2017-18, it declined significantly by 43 per cent in first ten months of fiscal 2019-20 on a year-on-year basis. China’s major cotton yarn demand is now being catered to by Vietnam which enjoys duty-free access to China. In the last few years, Chinese companies have invested heavily in Vietnam to expand their spinning capacities leveraging low labour cost there along with favourable trade agreements. In 2019, China also allowed Pakistan to supply 350,000 tonnes of yarn at nil rate of duty, while Indian cotton yarn, on the other hand, attracts a duty of 3.5 per cent in China making Indian cotton yarn less competitive in the Chinese market. In the first ten months of fiscal 2019-20, India’s average monthly exports of cotton yarn stood at ₹1,616 crore, significantly lower than the monthly average of ₹2,278 crore, witnessed in the same period last year. Indian cotton fibre prices remained firm, especially in the first quarter of 2019-20, contrary to the international cotton prices, which made domestic cotton yarn spinners less attractive in the export market. In addition to lower exports, demand of cotton yarn from the domestic apparel industry has also remained muted in the recent past.

After witnessing a decline in two consecutive years (2017-18 and 2018-19), apparel exports remained almost flat (marginal increase of 0.2 per cent) in In the first ten months of fiscal 2019-20 compared with the same period in the previous fiscal. Domestic demand for apparels has also remained subdued during this period. Lower exports and muted domestic demand has resulted in an oversupply situation in the domestic market resulting in lower realizations for cotton yarn. Operating income for the sample of leading companies (listed on Indian stock exchanges) in the industry increased by 11 per cent in 2018-19 compared with 2017-18 figures on the back of increased export demand. However, it remained flat in the first nine months of fiscal 2019-20 on a year-on-year basis. The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has projected a record cotton crop of 354.5 lakh bales for cotton season (CS) 2020, which is around 14 per cent higher than the last season crop of 312 lakh bales. In anticipation of higher output, and in-line with the international cotton prices, domestic cotton prices also started correcting in the second quarter of fiscal 2019-20. Average prices of Shankar-6 variety remained around 9 per cent lower in the July 2019 to February 2020 period compared with the same period last year. However, owing to subdued demand, yarn prices have also started correcting, leading to diminishing spreads. Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the demand for cotton yarn is expected to decline significantly in the firt two quarters of this fiscal, leading to deterioration in the operational and financial performance of the companies engaged in the segment.

Cotton yarn prices, which were already under pressure in the last fiscal, are expected to decline further this fiscal. With yarn realization expected to decline, and majority of the procurement cost already fixed, the spread and profitability margins of the industry players are expected to witness a further deterioration. Also, with declining cotton prices, domestic spinners could be looking at inventory losses in the future. With major procurement of cotton almost done, majority players will be having limited cushion available in their working capital borrowings. Delay in payment from customers has also increased their reliance on the external borrowings. CARE Ratings does not expect any major capacity increase in the industry in the next one year, with only a few large integrated players expected to undertake some capacity expansion. However, with declining profitability and increased working capital borrowings, the rating agency expects debt coverage indicators of the companies in the industry to remain under pressure at least in the next two quarters.

[angelageme]

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LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY.

I've been through a lot of heartaches and got to the point of not wanting to be in a relationship anymore. Until last 2016 when I met this person who's not a stranger and I knew her personally. I was single for a long time until that person came into my life and we get the chance to chat/text all the time. She sends me food at work, even gave me a rose and visits me everytime after my work. And that moment not knowing I already fell for that someone. And at the church while we were attending mass that person held my hand and I looked at her and I felt that butterflies in my stomach. At the back of my mind I was asking God is she the one I've been waiting for? And starting that day we always went out together until she finally asked me to be her girlfriend. And without second thought I said yes. Within those months that we are together everything went well. We were happy. Until the day, that I left going to another country and thats the time when everything changed. It was really a rollercoaster ride. I caught her cheating on me with her ex. Even saw pictures of them together and it really broke me. I got depressed for almost 3 months. Sleepless nights, I keep on crying and even almost wanted to just end my life but she begged and I accepted her back in my life because she assured that it will never happen again. And that time, I accepted all her apologies and tried to fixed our relationship. After that our relationship got stronger and we were happy again even if we are in a long distance relationship. Someone told me that she has a fling with someone. At firts I didn't believed her but I confronted her many times, and everything that happened from the past came back, my fear of losing her, my fear of betrayal, my fear of me losing myself again. So, because of my eagerness to find out the truth I was able to open her account and saw the threads of her and the girl. I was in shocked, my hands were shaking, shivers all over my body and I don't know what to do but breakdown into tears. I send her everything but she denied all my accusations even if I have all the evidences. Worst is the girl who she communicates knows our relationship very well. After that I broke up with her but she tried to fixed it. I accepted her, trusting her not to do the same mistakes again but in the end it was all make believes. She changed a lot, she fights with me and even accused me that I am cheating kn her but well that was just her excused because she was the one who's doing it. We broke up because we don't understand each other anymore and just after we broke up I got a news that the day after we broke up she was already in a relatioship with the girl which she denies having communications with.

Honestly its been 6 months now when we broke up but all the pain is still here. I still break into tears everyday, at work, at home and most of the time before I sleep. I tell no one about how I'm going through, even my family and my close friends. I am depressed and just tired of life. Being cheated multiple times is like you've been stabbed multiple times on the same wound.

You can always see me goofing around, laughing, smiling like I don't have any problems. But those are just masks I always put on my face because I don't want them to know how miserable my life is right now.

I wrote this incase ..... Because i'm so tired of living and feeling this way.