#got my business cards!! lemme know if you want one ☆

[roadkill-dreaming]

♡

[princessbrunette]

when spoiledexgf!reader ponders on her relationship with rafe, it always come down to one thing. how on earth did they end up together in the first place? her scowl upon thinking of this would often soften into a reminiscent smile in realisation. it was his attitude that drew her in.

you remember where you were— at the county club, shock horror, and you were all alone. you weren’t in the mood to socialise that day, after one hundred things had already pissed you off you were simply there to pick up some lunch and head on home.

you frequented there, so you knew all the faces. even guys like rafe cameron, who would always stare or have something to say like you didn’t know all his tricks already. yes he was fine, but he was going to have to work a lot harder if he wanted to actually stand out.

you totter through the club in glittery sandals headed straight through to the bar where you could order your food and drink to go. you do so, and stay there whilst you wait for the order to be prepared. you’re actually lost in thought, tapping your nails on the plastic menu on the counter before you feel a big looming presence at your side.

rafe cameron leans on the counter top, already that smug little smile on his face. the one that made him look all smarmy and expensive. he’s nursing a whiskey in his hand despite the time being only along the lines of 4PM — and you move along slightly, clearing your throat. now he’s just blatantly staring at you.

rolling your eyes, you feel your lashes kiss your brows as you turn to face him. “can i help you?”

his mouth turns down in amusement as he holds his hands up defensively. “nah, just here to talk. is that… is that not okay?” he plays it off like a nice guy, but you know how fucking crazy he is. you’ve heard the tales. the future version of yourself bangs on the glass wall of the memory, begging you to just walk away.

you say nothing, turning to face the front once more. this doesn’t deter rafe from making conversation.

“y’know i uh, couldn’t help but notice how good you look today… i mean you always look fine as hell but today… mhm.” he hums, taking a sip of his whiskey and you feel him lean back just a little so he can eye you.

“thanks.” you state blankly, trying to ignore the way his special attention warmed your stomach ever so slightly. you wanted to slap yourself for being so pathetic.

“yeah… for sure.” he licks his lips before moving up alongside you to stand closer. “look, lemme get to know you, alright? i’ll take you out.” he offers.

“i have a man.” you blurt out, and it’s instantly met with a scoff that melts into a strained chuckle as he runs a hand down his face, shaking his head. oh? you blink at him. it wasn’t technically a lie. you were seeing someone, whether or not you’d call him your man was unimportant. “what?”

“nah, nothing.” he smirks, still clearly amused as the aftershock of his laugh still bubbles past his lips. “you got a man, huh? then uh, why are you here… ordering n’payin’ for your own shit?” he reaches down and gently plucks your hand off the counter, observing it. “and uh, why are your nails not done? yeah i’m not sure this guy knows what he’s doing ‘cause uh—”

you snatch your hand away, feeling your face heat as you huff. “its not your business.” you stare up at him, probably thinking you look real intimidating but those doe eyes only made you reflect the appearance of an angry little kitty-cat. you’re distracted, so when the country club worker returns with your food in its to go box, rafe maintains the eye contact with a lazy smirk, leaning over you to tap his card on the reader, paying for it.

“you’re welcome.” he states, before sliding your phone off the counter where you’d rested it and holding it out for you to take. “guess you owe me now huh? why don’t you go ahead and unlock your phone so i can put my number in there n’i’ll go ahead n’call it even. alright?” he raises his eyebrows, and you couldn’t believe it — but something about the way he was handling you made you wanna back down. submit like prey. you swallow, feeling that attitude disappearing little by little as you silently unlock your phone and hand it to him on the contact page.

he smiles, satisfied and nods before typing it in and handing it back. “text me. i’ll get you right.” he lets his lips curl up a little again, all pleased with himself as he finally steps out of your space — instantly striding off without a glance over his shoulder as he heads towards one of his friends that had just entered.

you couldn’t help your intrigue. but as the famous saying goes, curiosity killed the cat.

[chrissdollie]

Dad Bakugo x mom reader - I need more children in my life 😭✋🏾

def calls his kid "squirt" and "buddy"

in mY universe, he has a boy and a girl bc he needs the best of both worlds

CALLS YOU "MA" GOODNIGHT

we all know he wakes up really early, earlier than you even, so he's the one to check on the babies/kids every morning to see if they're ok :)

definitely keeps schedules of you and your kids days like exams, report cards, if they're going to a friend's house, etc

yk how most kids tend to be like "ewwww" whenever their parents kiss?? not ur kids nono. first of all, your son is the quieter one. not that he's not talkative, he just has a little bit of a hard time expressing himself. anyhow, his sister is very loud. but either way, they both think its sweet. your daughter even said something like "i hope my husband kisses me like that" once (when she was an older kid tho lol)

your son goes to talk to you a lot. he adores you so so much. but one day when he wanted to hang out with you, you weren't home. you were busy running errands while katsuki was at home watching tv. your son started crying and katsuki was like wtf?? eventually, your son grew accustomed to speaking to katsuki. as he got older, he actually talked to him more than you.

teaches your son how to be a man :,) katsuki knew he was bitchy in his younger years and he didn't want either of his kids to be like him. he taught them both manners and how to properly have a conversation.

little pitter patter of their feet ran into your guys' shared bedroom on christmas morning and began jumping your bed. katsuki groaned and rubbed his eyes aggressively. "it's christmas, mommy!" your little boy shouted. "wake up daddy!!" your daughter shouted in his ear. "alright alright you rugrats"

at your daughter's kindergarten graduation (idk if everyone had this but i did lmao), katsuki was tearing up and although he tried to hide it, he had to remain the strong one while comforting you while you bawled your eyes out.

p.s your daughter is the oldest

when she brought home her first boyfriend... ooo chile

i see a lot of people writing how katsuki would act up but tbh in his older years, i think he'd be a lot more mature. he'd greet the dude politely and treat him like he would any of her friends

btw lemme just say: your daughter is a mommy AND daddy's girl. she loves u both insanely

honestly while eating dinner with the boyfriend or something, katsuki would be very blunt and not pay too much mind to him LMAOO he'd be like "'tis is great, doll" as if you don't cook dinner every week and it's only when your daughter brings up how he wants to work at katsuki's angency, where he perks up

"oh shit, no kiddin'?" and you smack his arm lightly.

well this changes everything! he practically gave the kid his blessing. "welcome to the family son"

your son doesn't really care about them together, he just doesn't wanna see his big sis get hurt. lets say that your son is 15 and your daughter is 17. "so, bf/n. have you fucked her?"

you almost spit out your drink like a cartoon. your daughter is shook, katsuki's rage from UA is all coming back to him, and the boyf is scared for his life

you, katsuki, and your daughter have a little talk after dinner

"use condoms" kats stated. "i- WH- nono you can have sex next year." you corrected but ur daughter is like huh?? "wha why next year?" you scoff. "because you'll be a legal adult thats why." "no offense, momma, but that's really dumb. when did you and dad start having sex?" she folded her arms. katsuki shrugged. "like i said, use condoms."

you and your daughter gossip like crazy alr?? ur like the gilmore girls except you're married and didn't get pregnant at 16 (almost)

and this is nothing new to katsuki, he's heard u guys gossip trillions of times. but when he found out you guys talked abouy HIM TOO??

he busts into the room. your daughter squeals and runs behind you. "hi honeyy-" he shushes you, "you guys talkin' shit 'bout me?" "nope" you guys say in unison. "there's this other guy, uh.."

[prncessjaeger]

every girl gets her wish ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚

ღsyponosis: eren’s pink obsessed spoiled!gf goes to the mall!

ღan: idk this is kind of a selfship then again idk, anyways song inspo for title: every man gets his wish

ღcw: suggestive ending but that’s it.

“baby, you think this top is cute?” you held up a pink longsleeved shirt and showed it off to eren, who was currently on the phone with his co-workers talking about boring business bullshit, “hm yeah but it’s pink…again-” “so?” your lips formed a pout, knowing he might not even buy the shirt (mainly cause you already have like 3 similar ones in your closet but who’s counting?) and that saddened you deeply. “soo you should pick the grey one, goes well with those pink patricia pants right?”

“they’re called priscilla pants and i mean yeah they do, but i wanna do pink on pink though…” your pout was evident and eren knew this tactic from a mile away…but he couldn’t just keep you sad all day, so! he sighed and grabbed the shirt, adding it to the pile with all the other clothes you’ve chosen. “so i can get it?!” “just keep looking for things you want, i’ll be at the front waiting.” he walked away, clothes in hand and you smirked to yourself, knowing you got your way once again. 

once he paid for your items, you took him inside of this cute daiso like shop, and eren internally sighed before walking in, “oh my god eren! look at these cute headbands, wanna get em?” “no-.” “yes? okay, get that white basket and hold it please?” he snatched (playfully) the basket up and let you sit both headbands in there. you both browsed around the shop, grabbing anything, whether it was perfume sets, stationary sets, and other miscellaneous items. “i’m finished-and the basket’s not even that full this time, baby!” “right…” he looked down and saw the basket (which was full) and just agreed with you, wanting to keep you happy! “your total is $137.20! cash or card?” “card.” eren grabbed his card and you smirked once he tapped it against the green. “thank you for shopping here, girl! your outfit is too cute!” “thank you! yours as well!” you both left the store and immediately you grabbed the bag with the headbands in,

“eren-” “no.” whining, you ignored him trying to move his head away from you  and put the headband on him anyways,

“aww you look adorable! now, let’s go get smoothies!” he finished up his call and smiled softly at you, grabbing you hand and instead of going to the smoothie section, he took you straight into victoria’s secret. 

“oooh they have pink bralette sets and the teddy to match, grab those yoga pants eren with the pink lettering- oh my god! they have pink and grey sets!” eren picked up a few things and walked back to where you were, checking out the new scents for fall, “go try these on.”

“okay, you coming in?” he nodded, “yeah, give me a minute though.” you grinned and walked into the dressing room the worker, kira, opened for you and you checked out the cute set he picked out for you, and hastily tried it on. “eren!” “yes, my love?” “it’s on.” you could hear the scuffles from his shoes rushing to the dressing room, “lemme see it baby,” opening the door you pulled him in, not wanting anyone around you to see you in such little clothing, “soooo…?” “you look…beautiful baby, do a spin for me?” he took your hand and raised it up, twirling you around twice, “yeah, this is real nice…can’t wait to fuck you in it too-”

“eren! people can hear?!”

“so? now c’mere,” grabbing your waist, his lips connected to yours in a soft kiss, moving one hand cupping the fat of your ass cheek as he deepened the kiss, “mmh- eren, c’mon let’s buy it already?” he saw that certain glint in your pretty doe eyes and poked his tongue in his cheek,

“yeah, come one, we’re ending this mall trip a bit early today.”

ღan: boring, yawning, sloppy….lazy.

[accio-victuuri]

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, MAKE A LEMONADE 🍋🍋🍋

this post is connected to the whole cotti drama that i talked about here & here. the brand has since then posted their statement and apologized, and make no mistake, this has nothing to do with cpf and even if they are szd. it’s all about pr damage control and wanting to gain back the loyalty of wyb’s core fans. i wanna say (sadly) this is not something new in c-ent. so/o fandoms do this all the time, they want the “best” for their idol so they throw tantrums and stage boycotts. what a lovely group of people, nope. brands (should) know this. that popular idols bring in their fandom/money, but one misstep can be a huge problem. for example with cotti, they had a collab with dove last year (august 2023) , xz was already endorsing them at the time but wyb wasn’t. so it’s not like this was done out of nowhere. they just did a repeat collab. but we all know the difference now.

i made a boxiao endorsement cpns post before and consider this as a continuation. cause funnily enough, some so/os started digging up previous “incidents”. thank you for giving us more examples i guess…. 😂😂😂

lemme make a lemonade out of this then!

i will start with this reaction from a passerby because of the hs tag that went on earlier:

There is Cotti downstairs in the company, ever since WYB’s endorsement, there are so many people who buy itevery time. My children also like Dove chocolate.

I saw the hot search today and I was very curious, so I checked 1005. Why can't it be stuck? Isn’t business cooperation normal? Why do fans keep making trouble?

I'm just very curious, so I searched about the product again. WYB and XZ are tied. That’s it! I didn’t know they were in love before!

LOL OMG HAHAHAHAHAAH IM CRYING 🤣🤣🤣 Please!!! If some people just kept quiet then it would be fine. CPFs are such a small group of people that were only commenting on the collab and buying products. So i don’t know what’s the problem. I understand how some fans are sensitive with how WYB is perceived in relation to XZ. and that they don’t want him to appear like he needs XZ to succeed. but aren’t these toxic fans the very people who should know that it isn’t true? both boys are where they are now because of their own merit.

It’s hilarious cause the normal passerby just found out that WYB and XZ are “in love” lol all because of people over reacting.

These are legit brands doing this. CPNs are for CPFs. you know what, sometimes, so/os are so much better at picking up cues like this 😂😂😂😂

THIS SISTER GAVE EXAMPLES OF WHEN WYB ENDORSED BRANDS USED 10:05. cause apparently, XZ owns this number and time.

Redmi (p2) posting at 10:05 for the new year greeting and K70, Lowen (p3) doing the same and setting 10:05 as the time for sales to be opened. I already talked about shu uemura in my old post so better refer to that instead. Chanel (p7) selling perfume and how you can customize it, the example on their website is 肖战. i didn’t even know that happened. lol. i’m such a bad cpf. 😅😅😅

let me expound on p6 cause the photo is too small.

it says WYB got stuck at 10:05 card point 9 times.

so the examples are ariel (bilang), redmi, stride, ping an and then yibo himself. i think the example could the legendary colgate post ( if you know, you know. it’s a big fandom cpn ). and last is richora using 10:05 on their watch. so suspicious lol. must all be connected to XZ! i don’t get it! who is the cpf now??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

here are some more! this time, XZ brands/magazines trying to associate themselves with WYB by using the time 18 ( yibo ) or 08:05 p3 is crest. p4 is kxz and p5 is zhenguoli.

next is this one they dug out for GUCCI. it’s a customized tag. dude. why? do people really think this is a backhanded way from GUCCI trying to tie XZ and WYB? lol. This is obviously a CPF who bought from them and wanted that to be on there because they are a customer! Should GUCCI screen that? make sure every single customer doesn’t associate XZ with others? Make it make sense 🤪🤪🤪

li-ning using a design of someone skateboarding. lol. the brand has had their own street wear and skateboard line for some time now. and then breo japan tagging wyb on their twitter. which is i guess, more of a mistake on whoever their social media person is. they wanted more likes and saw xz and wyb are usually tied together so they added wyb.

lastly, the game xz was promoting before using 85. and then pokemon x dove collab. which is again — makes me go what??? pokemon is such a huge brand that companies love to collab with. as a cpf, i have boundaries when it comes to cpn, i even have disclaimers but i guess solo fans don’t. everything must be related! 👀

i guess there are more examples but these are the ones i have been seeing from so/o fans as proof. of what exactly? i don’t know 🤷🏻‍♀️ coincidences for a lot of these and not an attempt to associate with someone. i can understand why some brands will do it back in 2019, during cql promos, because it was expected and they were actively promoting a show together.

so what are cpfs doing now? well. supporting cotti ( sample video here ) coffee as fans should and enjoying the unintentional candies the solo fans have prepared for us 😌😌😌

[fortemelody]

I'm bored so imma send an ask but what are your Amy Rose headcanons?

HI HELLO IM SORRY THIS IS SO LATE!! i didn’t know how to answer it and then i got busy and then i forgot but i’m here now!

and tbh i still don’t entirely know how to answer it becus im not someone who makes headcannons very often. i usually just see some on my feed and be like “oh yeah that’s so them” and then immediately forget about it LMAO but i do have a couple even tho they are a bit basic and so i’ll try to describe those few in as great detail as possible

knuckles and amy are sibling 100%. they have that dynamic for sure! they train together and they tease each other. amy’s in the small demographic of few people he trusts too. many have also pointed out that they look similar and some people hc her as part echidna which im not really opposed to either

amy and shadow are definitely besties. whenever sonic is too stubborn to do “girly” things such as try on makeup for example, shadow would do that with her instead. he doesn’t care about his public image unlike sonic. music is something that brings them together too, seeing as we already know that they’re both swifties and went to hot honey! and she was the one who brought him back to his senses in the ending of SA2 (which btw im praying that the third movie has that scene aughdkftk). shadow has a clear soft spot for her that can only be brought out by amy. i feel like the next follow up question would be if i ship them and the answer is…not really?! i think it would be a situation where maybe amy is a bit touchy at times without realizing it and shadow blushes, or shadow does stuff to make sonic jealous (to clarify them hanging out in general is purely becus shadow wants to -not just an act so he can get back at sonic- but i think it would be funny if he would take the opportunity to brag about it when sonic gets on his nerves). i do not think either of them would actually date tho even with these one off situations and they are way better as platonic besties fr ong ‼️

this one is a bit random but i’ve always thought of amy being like… a starbucks addicted girly (in the world of mobius- not irl where they could possibly be funding a genocide 😭). and it’s kinda an ironic thing in my mind. yes, she’s the least ordinary girl you could get: wields a giant hammer, incredibly strong, is hyperfixated on and can use tarot cards as weapons, and has an indescribable intuition. however, calling back to the events of SA1, she really is just a normal hedgehog at the end of the day trying to lead a normal life. she had to learn all of these attributes, she wasn’t really born with an ability like the rest of team sonic. she also lived in an apartment for part of sonic x (i think?? haven’t watched the full series and i don’t remember everything) and actually liked it. so i think she would really enjoy simple more earth like customs. i think she honestly might be embarrassed of this fact too, seeing as she’s come all this way in her life just to resort to her old ways of living.

(…okay i’m gonna be honest that last one was a bit of a stretch and it originated from me and my friend calling her a basic white girl at one point as a joke LMAO but then i thought more about it and it kinda made sense once i put it into context)

the last one is a concept i kinda stole from a comic i saw a long time ago (i have no idea of the username- but if someone does lemme know). it was the idea that sonic started liking amy once she had started to move on, how the “chasing” kinda switched roles, and after she dialed down her “fangirling”. how sonic now wants her to be obsessed after she’s made so much progress in being her own person. i kinda wrote a fanfic based off of this and expanded upon my interpretation of it through amy’s POV. although i never posted it, i think the words i chose still capture it well so i’m just gonna copy and paste that:

“When Amy started to slowly change her childish and obnoxious mannerisms towards Sonic, he immediately felt more comfortable around her, and even started subtly reciprocating his feelings to her. Amy was obviously maturing no doubt about it, but she felt as if she had lost a part of herself in doing so. That side of her that would boldly protect and proclaim her love to him. That side to her that wouldn’t stop until she got her way. That side of her that was, as Jewel stated “…constantly following him”. She felt as if she had given up so much of her personality just to feel less incomplete, to have that soulmate she always dreamed about. On top of that, Sonic loved to come and go as he pleases. She knows that he was always going to be the adventuring type, but she wish more often that he would make an effort to chat or to invite her to tag along. Chaos knows when she tries to plan anything with him, she’s too paranoid for her own good, wondering if he’ll instantly interpret it as a date and chicken out.”

-different scene-

“Amy was surely blushing before, but nothing could’ve prepared her for that statement. She felt her heart beating, no, throbbing out of control. She looked like a full on tomato now. It’s always been her dream to dance with Sonic, but in the past he always ran away, so she gave up after several attempts. But this was the “new” her. He liked the “new” her, apparently enough to dance with him.”

(ik a lot of this doesn’t make sense without more context but uhhh this is getting too long already so if you wanna know details just DM me ig 💀)

and if it wasn’t obvious already- i take a lot of what is said in the twitter takeovers, tailstube, and idw comics to heart becus i think they have the most genuine and interesting versions of these characters and tell us about small details that we wouldn’t otherwise know. i not only make this info my hcs but also like to expand upon them and use them in my evidence- so that’s what most of the things i said above are referencing.

sooo yeah i think that’s all i got. sorry i guess a lot of these were more about dynamics of character interactions rather than amy herself… i hope that’s okay! tysm anon this was a lotta fun to answer and i hope to get more of these types of questions!!

[daftpatience]

Do you have any tips or advice for running an artists booth at a convention? I'm thinking about doing it eventually and been wanting to hear from people who have done it before :^)

yeah!!! lemme rattle off a few things off the top a my head also, pardon me 4 using amazon dot ca links for products that i mention. its just easy to find references that way (and often u can look up the brand and find their non-amazon store etc etc)

this got super long so im putting it under a cut!!

• join an artist alley group!! i'm in this artist alley discord and it is a fantastic place to get info about cons, table display ideas, manufacturer recommendations, etc. there are more than just this group out there and i think there are bigger ones but i personally really like this one ^u^ i make a ton of use of the display resources and manu recommendation channels!

• if you can afford it, be choosy about the events you apply to. there are a lot of cons out there that are fantastic, and a lot that aren't worth the trouble, and i don't necessarily mean small vs big cons. some of my fav events are smaller artist alleys local to me, and most of the artists i know avoid informa (fanexpo) like the plague. check out what other artists have to say about past events and keep an eye out for red flags: personally i find cons with really out of date/poorly advertised social medias and websites that have mismatched info are a warning sign of a mismanaged and not well attended event. • you don't need a lot of fancy display stuff to start, those sorts of things you can build up over time. im a fan of getting a ton of my display stuff from the dollar store >:)

when you're ready and need the space to display a good amount of art the main thing you wanna pick up is definitely something that gives your table some verticality, whether that's a pvc pipe style setup, pegboards, or modular cube shelving (we all used to use these big heavy grid ones until the plastic sheet covered ones came out and now we all use those. theyre cuter and lighter and fit better on a table and come in more colours yayay. im sure some people still like the grid ones since they fit gridwall accessories tho) there are lots of other ways to display stuff but these r what i am most familiar with. definitely helps to look at youtube and pinterest and discord groups for display ideas!!

another thing you will want to start is a tablecloth. not every con has their tables already covered! there are those plastic picnic ones at dollar stores, and you can thrift bedsheets/fabric too.

• depending on the type of display and art you do you'll need some way to attach signs/prints/charms/etc to your display. i just moved from blu-tack to magnets but i used to use sewing clips (back when i used the grid cubes) and before then masking tape. all of them are okay and cool! except blu-tack. don't make the same mistakes as me it adds like 40 whole minutes to teardown and it leaves gross oil on the prints after some time. evil

• if you don't have business cards you can make a sign with a qr code that links to you/your shop! there are lots of qr code makers online that u can even customize with images and colours and stuff. there will be people that wanna know how to find you again after a con!

• these days a lot of people don't bring cash to conventions and it's pretty vital to bring some sort of card reader or other digital payment method. most of us use square - they recently made it so that the phone app can accept tap! so you don't need to jump for the expensive physical readers. i've also got a paypal dot me qr code and my etransfer email (i think this is a canadian thing) on a lil sign on the table so people have lots of payment options. usually over 50% of my con income comes from non-cash sales!

• make sure to bring change!! we've forgotten in the past and done okay but it's always handy to be able to make change for people. you'll want a secure place to put cash as well, whether it's a locked moneybox that you keep out of sight or a place on your person (friend of mine uses a fanny pack!) you never wanna leave your table completely unattended but especially when it comes to the moneybox. if it's a multi day con this is an item you mustn't leave at your table overnight.

• keep count of your sales and expenses properly so that you can see how much you made at the end of the con. i really like spreadsheets but you can even just note it down in a book. here's a little example of one con for me:

• you'll want to make a checklist of stock and display stuff to bring, but don't forget to make a list of minor stuff like phone chargers and scissors and tape and glue and pens and paper. multiple types of tape and paper if possible. they don't feel super important until you're stuck because you forgot to make a price sign and have to get by with a sharpie and a napkin. don't let that be you!! dollar store sticky note pads are super useful for this type of thing.

• plan out your prices and do as much prep (counting, sign making, display planning, packing/sorting) as you can beforehand so that the event doesn't feel too stressful. make sure your merchandise is stored in an easily accessible way for you behind the table so you aren't scrambling or rummaging too much when people are asking for stuff!

• similarly, whatever you can leave out for people to just pick/grab themselves, the more of it you're likely to sell. things like stickers and charms are good for this - people like to touch stuff! and it makes it so you don't need to go fishing for items for people as frequently. generally i don't do this with more expensive items just to be safe.

• if you sell prints, people are gonna ask for sleeves to keep them safe, especially at outdoor events. sometimes people ask for sleeves/bags even if they dont buy anything. they're a good idea to have on hand and you can find em for pretty cheap online and for a bit more expensive at dollar stores (i use OPP bags. if you dont wanna use plastic you can always get paper bags/envelopes/glassine bags instead)

• a cushion for the chair is a good idea. lots of conventions have really uncomfy chairs. some folks even bring camping chairs instead!

• pack snacks/lunch/water/drinks/have lunch plans. if you have a table buddy that is able to run out for food that's always nice. you might be sitting but it uses a lot of energy to interface all day!! you'll be exhausted and hungry and it's gonna be important to get enough fuel for your brain to function properly. i genuinely would recommend juice/soda/coffee/energy dink alongside water and food if you wanna live, especially if its a multi day con. get good sleep on days between!

• if you're excited to do trades with other artists during the con, the general etiquette is to wait until later in the day/near the end when the crowds are winding down! it's always okay to ask if someone's doing trades, and don't be upset or press them if they aren't interested or have certain stuff they don't want to trade.

• speaking of con etiquette, depending on the type of vert you are (intro/extro) and or how much customer service experience you have, interfacing can be nervewracking. my general rule is that if they stop to look, i say Hello and let them browse. if they seem interested in my table i try and do some small talk. stuff like How are you/How's the event been for ya/compliments on their outfit/cosplay/merch they have on like pins etc are good! kids and old folks love this. as tiring as it is to do some of my favourite parts of cons is talking to nice people that like my art!! all the folks that say nice things about my work are what keep me drawing ;w; i keep my sketchbook with me to jot down/doodle nice and funny encounters just cus it makes me happy to look back on XD

• when it's teardown time try to put stuff away as neatly as you can. you might be tired and just wanna toss all your stuff into whatever it is you brought it in but i promise future you (especially next-con you) will be so thankful that you put all your price signs into one baggie etc etc.

• speaking of bringing and putting away merch - you'll need a way to get it all from your home/car to your table and back. lots of people use dollies and other types of utility cart (i can guarantee there are a bunch of those grandma grocery ones at your local thrift store!!) - i personally use a big luggage bag and a collapsible wagon, but back in the day we used to CARRY bin after bin of stuff from the car and back in multiple trips which i would NOT reccomend lol. not every convention hall is easily accessible or close to parking so not having to lift stuff if you can avoid it is gonna be vital.

[chiiyuuvv]

XIKERS AS TYPES OF PHYSICAL AFFECTION °

• PAIRING — xikers x gn reader

• GENRE — established relationship, cute, mentions of biting, minjae is slightly suggestive, yeah thats it

• WORD COUNT — 869

• AUTHORS NOTE — cute idea i got. I tried making a paragraph for each but some are longer.. shorter.. yeah. Requests will not be closed, but will be ignored until Saturday since i have other things i need to get done

MASTERLIST!

Kissing

"Minjae!!" You spin around his chair as he furiously clicks on his computer. "Lemme save the song first then i'll-" lifting his head, you kiss him, your hands going through his hair as you lift him out of his chair. "Baby.." he mumbles into the kiss as his eyes shut, his lips moving in sync with yours as he pushes you back on the bed, hovering over you to play soft kisses on your neck. "Hyung did you ever finish that- oh." - yechan

Cuddling; biting

You loved snuggling up with your boyfriend, your limbs basically connected as you basically shared the same breath. And he loved to wrap his arms around your waist, his head resting on yours as your head rests on his chest, listening to his quicken heartbeat. When you tease him, he'd let out a series of whine, and you could feel your heart melting. He was so cuteee. But sometimes he was too cute that you didnt know what to do. So you decided to bite junmin. "Yahh what was that for?!"

Holding hands

It was a small habit of his, his hands ghosting over yours before finally lacing your hands together. Sometimes sumin would lift up your intertwined hands to place a soft kiss on your knuckles, other times he would simply play around with them, fidgeting with your hands as one of his friends were talking. If you were alone, he likes to twirl you around, his hand remaining on yours as his other hand comes to your waist, swaying you back and forth. If you were in public, he likes to play around with your rings. And if you ever call his hands small, he would always burst out into a fit of giggles, squeezing your hand a little tighter.

Staring fondly

"Why hello there.." jinsik blushes at the sudden eye contact. You were staring at him — not that you realized at first. Your eyes just naturally shifted to his and you were unable to stop, as a teasing smile appears. "W-what are you doing?" Jinsik scoots back while you scoot forward until he's trapped in place, enabling you to tug some hair behind his ear. "Just admiring my pretty boyfriend.. why, is there something wrong with that?"

Resting your head on the others shoulder

A movie was playing yet you couldnt focus, hyunwoo's smile catching your eye. He was laughing at the screen, his eyes forming into cresents as you felt yourself smiling too. So you laced your hands with his, resting your head on his shoulder. He was a little taken back but that didnt stop him from wrapping his arm around your waist, his head resting on yours. "Isn't this so funny, babe?"

Laying on their stomach

The silence was comfortable as you leaned back against the bed frame, your hand scrolling through your phone when the door opens. Junghoon doesn't say much, crawling right beside you as he curiously peeks at the device. The soft peck on his cheek encourages him to crawl between your legs, laying his head on your stomach. Yet he didnt fully grab your attention. So junghoon frees your hand from your phone, placing it on top of his head. And you finally give him the attention he wanted, carding your hands through his hair as you lay another kiss on his forehead, his eyes closing shut as he drifts off to sleep.

Late night talking

It was three in the morning, any normal person would be fast asleep but not for you; you were busying talking. "And then i said.." seeun glances up as he retells his day, the second time in 2 hours but you didnt mind. Curled in a blanket with your boyfriends arm over you, his soft voice finally making you sleepy was the life. "Anyways enough about me, how was your day?"

Rubbing your nose against the other

Yujun runs back from the stage, the biggest smile on his face as he picks you up and spins you around. "You did it baby!! I'm so proud!" "Thats only because you helped me practice for being mc." "Aishh!!" You hit his chest with a playful whine. He only smiles back as he cups your face and rubs his nose against yours, breaking into the cutest fits of giggles.

Back hugs

You were sauteeing some vegetables when you felt someone wrap their arms around your waist. "Hiya hunter," you look up, a small giggle escaping out of your lips as he smiles back. He buries his head into the crook of your neck, laying a few tiny kisses while he rocks your body from side to side. "What are you cooking?" "Vegetables, you can't only eat protein."

Kissing all over their face

"You look so cute." Yechan comments as you stuff some food into your mouth, yechan cupping your cheeks as he pulls you closer. You almost choke on your food as he lets out a breathy laugh, his face looked like it hurt from smiling so much. You only avoid his gaze as yechan pouts, turning your head back to him. "Wha-" "mwah mwah mwah!!" He covers your face with kisses, bursting out laughing when he sees your blush.

[corporatefrog]

꒦‧₊ ꒷ headcannons: team stan with a careless friend✧.*

✧.* tags: college au

✧.* Characters: kenny mccormick, kyle broflovski, stan marsh, eric cartman, butters stotch

a/n: I usually don't add cartman to these things bc he stinks+loser+annoying+suckmydick but I know he'd take advantage of someone who hod so sense of mortality so he gets a pass this time ig.

masterlist

Kenny

He mistakes the carelessness for spontaneity and immediately assigns you as his go to “lets do something stupid I just thought of” partner

He’s a “try everything once” kind of guy so it’s perfect that you have no sense of self preservation

“Kenny stand on the other side of the field, I wanna see how far I can throw my phone.”

“Okay.”

You both infuriate stan to no end

#annoyingduo in the best way possible 

Do NOT put the two of you in the same room at a party

All of a sudden there’s a 15 person game of just dance happening but there’s no screen?? You’re all just doing moves you saw on just dance

Everyday is a new adventure

Kenny probably has an eye out for you though

He can die doing something stupid and be back the next day but you on the other hand are not 

Gotta keep his partner in crime alive! There’s a bunch of other things on his “before I die (for real)” bucket list that you still need to mark off

Kyle

You just get caught up in the moment! You have such a wonder for life!

Kyle doesn’t get it sometimes seeing as he tries to view everything logically. 

He’s more like a babysitter when you both go somewhere

“You did not just spend $300 on knock off jordans from a random man on the street corner.”

“I did and they’re the comfiest shoes I’ve ever worn. He told me they’ll cure my posture problems.”

“Do you just believe anything someone tells you?”

“Coming from someone who almost cried when I didn’t use his Candy Crush referral code so he could get more lives, that’s really rich.”

Okay so he gets swept up in trends sometimes. At least he understands his own mortality!

After the third time you try to learn how to do a backflip and fail miserably, he has to leave the room to keep from screaming 

keeps a mental count of the things you do every day that should kill you

the current record is 14

Stan

He doesn’t understand how you can just go through your day without a care

Are you not afraid of dying? That’s like 32% of his thoughts during the day

“Fuck I dropped my credit card down the drain. Stan, hold my ankles while I reach down to grab it.”

“I can literally see the used heroin needles down there.”

“Okay and??? Not my fault the city doesn’t have a safe use zone, I need that card!” 

One time you guys were leaving a store and the alarm went off 

Stan turned to ask you if you got the security tags removed but you we’re already sprinting halfway across the mall

Not because you stole anything, but because you saw jimmy, clyde, and tolkien walking out of a store and wanted to say hi

And then you spent the rest of the day being lectured by an underpaid paul blart wannabe

Stan was freaking out because he thought you would get arrested for causing a scene or something (they find any reason to arrest someone in south park) 

But all you did was laugh in that light hearted, careless way you always do

Cartman

Bro will manipulate your carelessness for all its worth

You are now the second person he calls when he has some stupid plot that needs someone who doesn’t understand the concept of death

If kenny’s busy, you’re on speed dial

Honestly, you’re probably the first call because you’ll do something stupid without needing to be paid! 

Free labor!

Wanna work at dicknbaus hot dogs for 14 hours with no pay? It’s free hotdogs! You’re in! 

Hes an exploitative motherfucker 

Thats all im here to say about it

butters 

You’re going to give him a heart attack

One time you purposely kicked a medicine ball to see how far it would go and broke your foot

And he was more worried about your foot than you were!

“Oh jesus, can you move it?”

“Um… no I don’t think so. Lemme take off my sock”

“AH ITS PURPLE!”

“Oh damn, you’re right. That’s a nice shade though, I was thinking of painting my room that color!”

“NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS”

Unlike kyle, he can’t force himself to ignore your careless nature

He’s always worrying about you 

He’ll suggest you both go to first aid classes or cpr training whenever you hang out “just for fun!”

but really he needs to know that you at least have some first aid knowledge if you're going to keep running around like death is a social construct

[buckyseternal]

S for Johnny please 🙇‍♀️🤎

I know I'm two days late, I'm so sorry 💀 I got so busy all of a sudden but I have not gotten this out of my head since I started on it two days ago prompt: seduction – what do they say to make you melt? what's guaranteed to seduce them? warnings: unprotected sex, spanking, dirty talk, degradation, cute lil aftercare 18+ only, minors DNI

Soap gets seduced easily. it just takes one look from you, one subtle action for his eyes to darken and he knows what you want. but the way he seduces? the man is an expert in dirty talk – you’ve never heard it better from anyone in your life.

you’re walking around the house, the rest of the boys sitting around cleaning weapons, playing cards, doing anything to pass the time. you see Soap in the living room, sitting in a chair next to Price who’s on the couch sleeping.

“whatcha doin?” you ask him as you walk into the room.

“jus’ waitin’ for this TV to turn on, the damn thing takes forever,” he tossed the remote onto the table in front of him.

“oh, cool,” you smiled. it was quiet for a moment as you tinkered with whatever was on the cabinet across the room. walking over to him, you started your plan. “think I’m gonna go take a nap.”

you kissed him once and he smiled up at you, thumb brushing along your wrist. you kissed him again, smiling as you backed up and walked towards the room. his eyes widened, looking over at Price still asleep on the couch. getting up, he followed you to your assigned room, shutting the door and locking it behind him.

you stood at the edge of your bed, back turned to him as if you weren’t expecting him. as if you hadn’t beckoned him to follow you back.

he knew whenever you kissed him twice like that, that you were already wet – you weren’t considering it anymore, you had decided at that point that you needed him as soon as he was available, and luckily for you (and him), he was available right then and there.

strong arms wrapped around your smaller frame, pressing kisses to your neck as you hummed. you turned around in his arms, chest pressed against him as you looked up. “been needing you all day.”

“yeah? how bad?”

“bad.”

it was enough for him. his hand creeped up, brushing your arm and leaving goosebumps in its wake. he grabbed the nape of your neck, holding you still as he leaned down to kiss you. his tongue immediately invaded your mouth, taking control and almost shocking you. you were expecting him to stay in a calm mood, but the way he was pulling moans from you with just a kiss made your panties soak.

“take it off,” his voice was demanding, and your hands scrambled to your waistband to pull your shorts down. before you could though, his grip on the nape of your neck tightened and he turned you around himself, pushing you down onto the edge of the bed.

he ripped your shorts off, dragging them down your legs to your feet and you could hear his belt unbuckle. “been prancin’ around all fuckin’ day with these tiny little shorts on and now you come up to me in front of fuckin’ Price and do that?”

“he- he was asleep though,” you protested, wiggling under his hold.

he spanked you, the slap ringing across the room and you whimpered.

in one motion, he buried himself in you, cock pressing in all the way to the hilt. your moan was pornographic, but cut short by the man behind you pushing your face into the mattress.

“you just want cock so fuckin’ bad, is that it?” he set a brutal pace from the beginning, letting your head up but still pushing you down in between your shoulder blades. “keep those pretty moans down lass, wouldn’t want the whole 141 to fuckin’ hear you.”

the very idea of the rest of the team hearing you and knowing that johnny was the one making you feel this way made you clench down hard around him.

“oh you’d like that wouldn’t you?” he groaned out from you tightening up around him. “you’d like them hearing you moan like a slut around me.”

“please johnny, please lemme cum, ‘m so close,” you pleaded with him, getting closer with each word.

he pistoned harder into you, hand grabbing a fistful of your shirt as he pushed you down more. “maybe I should call them in here and they can watch you, watch you come apart on my cock. watch you take me like the slut you are. then they’ll know that you’re mine.”

the idea of the entire 141 squad watching you be claimed by johnny sent you over the edge, your moan faltering into a high pitched whine as your vision went black, the strong orgasm washing over you. the way you squeezed around his cock was enough for him, thrusting in a few more times before he pushed deep into you, his cum shooting into you in spurts. both of his hands gripped your hips with enough force that you knew there would be marks.

you basically melted into the bed after you came down, the post-orgasm haze clouding your mind for a few minutes. you could feel johnny make patterns on your skin, running his hands over your ass and along your waist to soothe the both of you. pulling out slowly, he leaned over to kiss the side of your head.

“stay here, I’ll be right back,” he said quietly, leaving the room. when he returned, he had a warm cloth in his hand, gently cleaning you and him up.

“that was nice. you’re nice,” you mumbled to him, small smile on your face.

“you deserve it, lovey,” he pressed a kiss to your lips, repositioning you on the bed and pulling the covers over you. “now go take that nap you were planning on.”

you chuckled, forgetting all about the excuse you had made to get him in here in the first place.

[brandogenius]

Valentine's day request! A fic where julien is readers secret admirer 🤭💓

this has been in my drafts since 12th february 😭 not proofread + it’s terrible i apologise i was in that angsty mood

‼️RPF‼️

ONE SHOT - julien x reader - a failed chance

“i’m only saying, maybe it’s someone you know?” you inspected the letter in your hand throughly. today was valentine’s day, you were supporting the boys on their tour as their concert photographer.

hanging out in the backstage area, you were greeted with one of the security guards coming in with a big bouquet of flowers and a letter. a nearly folded envelope with your name handwritten in a style you don’t recognise.

you found yourself stressed, sitting at the small lunch table. julien beside you and phoebe across from you.

“i - just.. who writes like this? i don’t know anyone who writes like this” you stared at the words closely. maybe if you held them up closer to your face you’d figure out who sent it. neat cursive hand writing, similar to phoebes but bigger. it wasn’t phoebe. why would it be her? she’s taken.

“i dont know- lemme take a look” julien snatched the letter from your hands, doing a quick scan over. she shrugged her shoulders, placing the card back on the table. “not a clue. but they sure do know what type of flowers you like, so i’ll give them that”

your eyes shifted to the bouquet of flowers in front of you. placed nicely in a red vase, red roses mixed with pink carnations and baby’s breath. “i guess? they must know me then right? i think i’ve only ever said it to you, and my mom - maybe my old friend in school” you rambled on, focusing your attention to julien as you theorised

phoebe looked up from her spot on the chair, eye shifting between the two of you. she gave julien a knowing look, quickly sitting up from her chair and clearing her throat. “huh- would you look at that. lucy needs help with tuning her guitar- i’ll see you guys later” you didn’t even have time to say goodbye, the platinum haired woman running away, down the hallway and turning a sharp turn around the corner.

you sighed. closing your eyes, you leaned your head on julien’s shoulder, smiling slightly when you felt her arm wrap around your waist.

“don’t stress yourself”

“i just want to know who sent it”

“maybe they don’t want you to know?” you frowned, lifting your head up and looking at julien. “why?”

“why not?” julien chuckled, playing with the envelope that was left on the table. “isn’t that what a secret admire is about?”

“i guess?” you took one of the roses out of the bouquet. “she really knows my type”.

“she?”

“only a woman would be on this level. i don’t think a man would put this much effort into a bouquet right?” you gave juliens a small smile, amused when her face went red. her cheeks and ears glowing a small shade of pink. she grabbed her cup of water, taking a small sip

“i mean.. it had to be a girl right? it’s not you is it?”juliens eyes widened, choking on her water. coughing into her arm, she shook her head quickly. “me? me- absolutely not! no-“

“would you relax. i’m joking, obviously” you lightheartedly rolled your eyes, grabbing some of the tissues nearby to your left and passing them to her. “besides, i’m sure if you had a crush on me you’d tell me. instead of doing this mind playing game of figuring who the fuck this is, right?”

julien shrugged. “i guess..”

“yeah. so it’s fine. you need to get ready for soundcheck. we can figure out who it is later” you stood up, putting the rose back in the vase and grabbed your camera. “you got a busy day ahead of you, cmon!”

“yeah yeah- i’m coming..” julien gave a small smile, watching you walk away. she looked back at the bouquet of flowers with a frown before standing back up and following behind you.

maybe next year she’ll have the courage to confess.

[specialagentlokitty]

Saul Silva x Teen!reader - Father’s Day

Hello Can you write something with Reader (teenager) and Sky who are planning something for Father's Day for Saul, please? - Anon💜

Sky watched you as you wondered about the kitchen, grabbing things that you needed.

“Are we even supposed to be in here?” He asked.

You shrugged a little, taking a bite of an apple you had found.

“Better be quick before Farah finds out we raided the kitchen.” You smirked.

“Uh huh, and when Silva finds out?”

“Please he can’t be mad at us.”

You handed Sky some things and you grabbed the rest, both of you making sure the coast was clear before you ran down the hallways.

“Did you guys raid the kitchen again?!” Terra yelled.

“Don’t tell anyone! It’s a surprise!” You yelled back.

Running all the way to your dads office, you set everything down on the desk, and so did Sky, and you looked around.

“So, how’s this going to work?” He asked.

“Well, dad isn’t usually around here yet, so we’ve got some time. Do you remember where we hid the balloons?”

“Yeah, over here.”

Sky walked over and grabbed the many balloons, bringing them over, and you beamed as you set all the food out on the plates you had also temporarily stolen.

“Presents?” Sky asked.

You rummaged through the desk draws and pulled out a few little wrapped boxes and set them on the table and he set the balloons around it.

It wasn’t the best, it wasn’t big, or expensive, but you two had worked hard to try and keep it a surprise.

“Lemme go find him!” You beamed.

Sky nodded and you ran out of the door, looking around you ran up to random people asking if they had seen the headmaster.

And eventually you found him talking to Farah and you ran over, grabbing his hand.

“(Y/N) what’s wrong?” He asked.

“Nothing, come with me!”

“I’m busy.”

You looked between him and Farah, and she smiled at you, shaking her head as she raised her hands.

“We can talk later, you better go with them before they drag your arm off.”

Saul chuckled, nodding his head and he let you drag him around.

“So are you going to tell me what this is about?”

“Nope.”

“I’m your father, you can’t keep secrets from me.”

You glanced up at him.

“I have so many secrets, but I’m not gonna tell you any of em.”

“Right, right, and does Sky know any of them?”

“Oh yeah of course he does, he’s like my brother. You can’t know cause you’ll tell me off.”

“Smart move.” He smirked.

You beamed up at him and pushed him through the door, and you slammed it closed behind you and stood next to sky, both of you grinned from ear to ear.

“Happy Father’s Day!” You both beamed.

Saul smiled softly and walked over to the desk, looking at the food, the presents, the cards and the balloons.

Then he looked back up at you two.

“You did this for me?” He asked.

“Well, you’re my dad, I have like a legal obligation to do if. He doesn’t, but he wanted to help, he won’t admit it though.”

“You forced me to help shut up.”

“Nope!”

You ducked under skys hand as he went to slap the back of your head and you ran over to your dad, picking up a card you handed it to him.

Sky wondered over, and he held his card out as well, and Saul sat down to open them both.

He set them aside and you then handed him his presents.

“A watch?” He asked you.

“I know you broke your other one training, so I found this one.” You smiled.

Saul gestured for you to come over, and you did, and he stood up, hugging you tightly and kissed the top of your head.

“Thank you..”

“Here.”

Sky handed Saul his present and Saul opened it to see a little photo frame of you all.

“Thank you sky, this is amazing.”

Saul held his arm out and Sky debated it for a moment before walking over to join the hug.

And Saul stood there with a hug smile on his face.

Just him and his two kids, and that’s how the world was supposed to be, and he couldn’t be more thankful for either of you

[cherryc1nnam0n]

Thank you for calling...

Chapter 1: "New card"

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Chapter summary: Eddie calls everyday for as long as he needs to until he hears you talking to him, how long can he play coy until you catch his drift?

He had been going at it for some hours now, calling and calling until he would hear your sweet voice on the line

Name after name he wrote down and counted how many times they had answered his call, he had a patron figured out

From Ashley to Tony, Joe, Luke, Emmanuel, Kendall, Amy, no one was you...

But he wouldn't give up that easily... He kept trying, even if he just needed to get a new card he wouldn't accept anyone else, only you...

Hell he had even started praying for you to answer this call, it rang and suddenly...

"Good morning and thank your for calling National Bank, my name is Y/n, who do I have the pleasure of assisting?"

His heart skipped eight beats at once, it was you!

"You have the pleasure of assisting Eddie Munson" he replied smugly

You on the other line, copied his Social Security Number into a note pad and then into the system, rolling your eyes playfully, it's him again you thiught

"...Hi Mr. Munson, how are you doing today?" You said while the system loaded his information, then selected his checking account and checked for blocks or holds, nothing, great

"I'm doing better now that I listen to you sweetheart" he said with relief

"That's sweet, and how can I help you?"

"You see, I've been calling all morning and no one seems to understand my problem"

You felt sweat form in your back, when customers said that it was something really bad, so you went into the notes of his profile, no red flags, no notes that should concern you, only lots of notes saying that he hung up when they did the opening message

So that is his problem you had figured out, his problem was everyone else not being you

You recognized your note from last time

Authenticated manually, DOB, SSN, CVV2. Card activation.

"Tell me about it Mr. Munson"

"Okay first, call me Eddie you're like my age I feel old, second, I need a new card" he felt ashamed of saying it now "You see uhm, I accidentally sat on it and it broke, can you help me sweetheart?"

You could almost laugh but kept it in "Of course uhm Eddie I can help you with that" you hesitated on calling him his real name, not really used to doing that with your customers

"Thanks sweetheart" He loves that nickname huh

"Of course, would you be able to tell me the last four digits of the card?"

9527 read the system

"Uhm lemme see if I can figure them out... It's seems like they are 95 is that a 2? And a 7 yeah"

"Thank you" you selected the card and went to the menu to flag it as damages and get him a new one "Can you please confirm me your full address?"

"Ooooh, she knows where I live" he teased "It's 1764 trailer 8 Trailer Park Hawkins, Indiana 75765"

You read it with him and it was the right address, nodding happily you proceeded with the last step

"Would you like to keep the same PIN or a new one?"

"I'll keep this one"

"Okay it will get to you in 5-7 business days okay?"

"Yes ma'am" he teased again

"Great, now that is done, anything else I can do for you?"

"I think that's it sweetheart, can you stay and have a chat w'me?"

"If it's related to your account then yes"

"You got me there, I guess that's the end for me talking to you" he said it sadly

"Sadly yeah, but before you leave, I wanted to tell you..."

His heart was thumping

"That you should be receiving an email with a survey and if you fill it out it would help me a lot, I remind you my name is Y/n and thank you for being a valued customer for National Bank, have a beautiful day Eddie"

His face fell at that, but the way you said his name made him smile again

"I'll give you a ten hun, you're the best"

"Awe thank you"

"Hopefully we talk again soon"

"I hope so Eddie, goodbye"

"Bye sweetheart"

You did something that messes up your metrics, putting a code that is called After Call Work, it messes you up but it's worth it for digging into Eddie's profile

He opened his account a few months ago, got a new card and a new PIN, then after he talked with you (based on your note) he started calling every day, and all the notes read something similar

Cx hung up while I was talking

Cx hung up doing opening

Cx hung up

Cx disconnected call

Cx cut me off when doing opening and hung up

Then you wrote what you did

Cx came low risk authenticated from IVR, card was damaged so reissued new one, same PIN, standard delivery

You sighed and then got yourself on ready again to take more calls

This is gonna be a long day...

[dajaregambler]

HeliosR - Keith Max Card story ‘‘A way of spending valuable free time’’

Translation of Keith Max’ Lock On The Lost Night card story from ‘Helios Rising Heroes’.

Keith: …Haah

Keith: (Nothing beats smoking at yer own pace~)

Keith: (Got busy lately ‘cuz Brad’s been forcing me to attend meetings in the morning, or help him out with work….)

Keith: (Seriously been a while since I had the whole day off)

Keith: (Gonna drink as much as I want today~♪)

Keith: (I’ll go drop by this new bar that opened up recently, for starters)

-

Keith: (Uuh, if I ain’t wrong it’s in South’s---)

Brad: Keith

Keith: Ouah!? Brad…. What is it now, y’know I’m on break, yeah?

Brad: I know. Thanks to you taking care of some of my responsibilities, I have more than enough time to spare today.

Keith: Right. Then better take it easy for the entire day-----

Brad: This works out perfectly. I thought of using this time to attempt something I don’t usually do. You come with me.

Keith: Wha-!? Lemme at least rest to my heart’s content today…

Brad: Lend me a hand and I’ll buy you alcohol.

Keith: Eh…..!

Keith: …For real?

Brad: We’ll be heading to the shopping center now. Pick whatever alcohol you’d like there.

Keith: Basically tagging along for some shopping? Well, if it’s just that…

Brad: It’s decided. Get in the car.

Keith: Just so ya know, ‘m kinda in the mood for sumn’ expensive right now, ya get me~?

Brad: Not a problem. It’s all fine, just get in the car.

Keith: Yeah, yeah.

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Keith: Say, know we're here for shopping, but what’cha buying? Somethin’ heavy to carry or?

Brad: No, it’s food. 

Keith: Aah, stocking up on frozen foods, eh

Brad: Wrong. There’s a meal I’d like to try out.

Keith: A meal? You gonna make it?

Brad: Obviously. That’s why I asked for your help.

Keith: Ah, I get it now…

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Brad: Bonito flakes… must be this.

Brad: And then kombu….

Keith: (......All them ingredients he’s been stuffing in his basket for a while now, could that mean….)

Brad: There’s several variations of miso. Red, white, mixed….

Keith: Don’t tell me, yer gonna be making Japanese food!?

Brad: I am

Keith: How many times have I told ya now before, Japanese food’s a major pain in the ass, yanno

Brad: That’s why I thought I should try making it myself. And you could help me---

Keith: Wha-!? Why the hell do I suddenly have to help out, quit messing with me!

Keith: Setting other foods aside, I draw the line at Japanese. Yer ruining my whole day off. No way in hell I’mma help ya out

Brad: …….

Keith: …What. Scowl all ya want, I ain’t gon’ yield-----

Brad: Well, it’s fine. I can make it on my own too.

Keith: ….Eh

Brad: It’s an occasional day off. Struggling with cooking ought to be another way of meaningfully spending my time.

Brad: Having this opportunity was possible due to you taking care of work in my stead.

Keith: ….

Brad: No worries. I will buy you alcohol as promised---

Keith: Ah geez, I get it! I freaking get it! I’ll lend a hand!

Brad: ……..

Keith: You better drink with me as compensation. And stick with me till I’m satisfied!

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Brad: Keith, remove the kombu before the pot boils for the kombu stock.

Keith: Yeah, I know. Heard ya loud and clear. You watch out it don’t boil over there.

Brad: No, the recipe calls for it to simmer on high heat---

Keith: Even so, that’s gon’ mess up the whole flavor. We’re using a different fish than the one in the recipe, it’ll taste terrible if we don’t adjust to it

Brad: I see. Then this pan here is for skimming. 

Keith: Don’t remove too much stock now. S’gonna disappear before you know it

Keith: Ack, lower the flame…..!

Brad: ….!

Keith: Even if high heat is spelled out word for word, stoves have different power in different places.

Brad: That makes sense.

Keith: Sigh…. This is why Japanese food’s a pain in the ass…

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Keith: Uwah, it’s gotten this late already….

Keith: (Spent the whole day cooking in the end…)

Brad: Clear soup, simmered vegetables, fish boiled in soy sauce. The menu came out as planned.

Keith: Ooh~ Got anxious if it’d come out decent while making it, but arranging the plates makes ‘em look the part.

Brad: It smells nice too. While we did not go as far as a restaurant in Little Tokyo, it does resemble it quite well.

Keith: We only made enough for the both of us, so let’s eat up. Or else Dino and the others are gonna be up in arms when they’re back.

Brad: Yes. Let’s dig in.

Brad: From the clear soup first…

Keith & Brad: …..

Brad: A nice flavor.

Keith: Heh, it really packs a punch

Brad: The fish goes well with the rice.

Keith: Them simmered dishes are tasty too…. Pairs great with a drink

Brad: Indeed…

Keith: Now haven’t ya been constantly helped by me lately? Sticking with me for just one round of drinks ain’t gonna cut it, y’know

Brad: Yes, you have a point

Keith: Say what’cha want, it’s as I… huh?

Brad: To be able to eat such delicious Japanese cuisine, I made the right call to ask for your help.

Keith: ……!

Brad: You have my thanks, Keith

Keith: H-hey now, where’s this coming from…

Keith: You got another favor up your sleeve that ya wanna throw at me or what? Can’t you leave it be and spare me already!?

Brad: I wonder?

Keith: Wha……

Brad: Your chopsticks stopped moving. Eat before it gets too cold.

Keith: …… Damnit, you tyrant.

[thefloatingstone]

I dunno what all the drama was about. None of my business and I respect the privacy.

On another note, you do have me curious about your random anime facts. Mind throwing one my way?

Oh absolutely! Lemme see what I got lying around for you!

I recently watched a youtuber who has only put out 3 videos but every single one of them is a BANGER. And he spoke at length about the accidental queer story Ghibli made in the movie "Ocean Waves"

Here's the link

I do not like Ocean Waves. In a way it's frustrating because the movie is VERY good looking. For being the film supposedly made by the younger animators at Ghibli as a sort of "breaking them in" project, this movie looks and animates gorgeously!

The big problem is that the story is about the supposed "ROMANCE" between the main character and this girl called Rikako who is genuinely one of the WORST people I have ever seen in an anime that we're meant to...

Actually I don't know if we're supposed to like her???

She's manipulative, she's entitled, she's uncaring towards other people, she's arrogant. She's everything terrible that a main female character can BE. And she spends the entire film being just THE WORST to the main character. And then at the END the film is like "wow. I can't believe I always loved her" and it's like "WHAT??????"

But the video I linked speaks about the VERY OBVIOUS and not even out of left field relationship between the main character and his childhood friend. Like it's not even a REACH, It's literally there ON SCREEN.

But then the movie takes a HARD TURN into "no homo!" territory.

The video doesn't really talk about it at all, but Ocean Waves was based on a book. And although I doubt the book would be a straightforward gay relationship between the two male characters written in the 80s, it DID make me wonder if the book at least WANTED to tell that story and had to pull a 70s Shoujo move.

See, in the 70s, Shoujo manga often told distinctly queer stories. Often between two girls but sometimes between two men. However, due to Japan's decency laws. These stories almost ALWAYS ended with the main characters having to die tragically or, the more common move, for the two gay characters finding out THEY WERE SISTERS ALL ALONG and that's why they had such a strong connection. Or, the other get out of jail free card, which is to give the gay characters straight love interests LITERALLY in the last chapter for them to end up with.

These days people would call this queerbaiting, but in the 70s it was literally the ONLY WAY for women to tell queer stories with queer characters. Because if they didn't pull the switch at the end, the story would not be allowed to be published.

So part of my wonders if the book went this direction, or if the book is much more hetero than the film, and the queer coding of the film was the result of the young filmmakers who instilled it there, but similarly had to take a hard turn so as not to make it official.

It's an interesting thing to wonder about. And honestly I'd put more effort into it if it wasn't for the fact that aside from Rikako who is so horrible, the other 2 main characters are incredibly boring and uninteresting. So I don't really care if they're gay married or not because they're so bland.

At least the visuals and the music is good,

Honestly just stick with "Only Yesterday" as far as non Miyazaki Ghibli movies go.

[totaldramacruisecontrol]

Last Time On Total Drama Cruise Control: A Ri-DON-culous Clubbing Experience

CHALLENGE 14: Cancún, Mexico The sun sets over the boat, splashing the sky with a beautiful assortment of colors. The boat bellows, ready to dock. “Hello Contestants! Lovely night we’re having. Can you believe that our South America part of the tour is ending? Yep, no more beach resorts after this. Going to miss it….” Chris sighs, looking up to the sunset skies. “How are we all dealing merged? Can you believe it that more than half of you are gone? Crazy.” “Anyways enough about that, let's get ready for our next challenge. Our final location of the South Americas Tour is the beautiful…Cancún!” The cruise docked on a busy port, the night life just started to come alive, tourists and locals in nightclub outfits looked up at the boat in awe.

“Now, our challenge is another jet ski race Contestants! First part of the race, you will all run to the nearby dock and grab a jet ski parked waiting for you, then you will…." Chris sees something in the distance, he squints. It's hard to tell what he's looking at. Suddenly his eyes widen and his mouth drops in disbelief.

“HOLD IT,” he shouts, very out of character of him, he is looking at a yacht, a rather impressive, large one. “He’s here?! Now?!” Chris throws his head back and groans loudly. “Oh no. Oh noooo. And while I’m with Chef-” Chef’s brow furrows. He gives Chris a stern look.

“NOTHING. NOTHING BABE. Here….” Chris pulls him in, whispering something and handing him what looks like a credit card. You watch Chef’s eyes widen. “…Whatever you want. It’s all on me.” Chef grumbles and shoves the card in his pocket. “...” Chris waits until Chef leaves, then he speaks in a low whisper, almost a hiss. “...My ex is here, That’s his yacht on the docks. I just know it. He really thinks he can just show up, while I’m working? He thinks I’ll just let that slide? New challenge. Forget the jet skis. I bet you he’s at the nightclub, I want you all to go in as bartenders and get some information on him. I want to see just how miserable he is without me. Well. I already know he is, look at that yacht. It’s not even the newest model.” he scoffs. “He has so fallen off. Whoever can get me the best information without getting caught wins immunity. He cannot know that I’m here, and you are all my contestants. Got it? Anyone who spills the beans to him is automatically eliminated! That's final. I'll eliminate you! I'll eliminate your friend! I'll cancel the whole show!"

Everyone gets into uniform! It's clubbing time! The nightclub was pumping. People from all over were socializing and dancing. Chris was in…a disguise for some reason? AKA just a fake beard and glasses. “There he is.” he whispers, pointing at a man sitting alone at the bar. “Do not blow my cover. Remember a million dollars is on the line.” Chris fades into the crowd… ------------------------------------------------------------------------

WAYNE'S TURN!

"…..Can I help you?"

“Huh? N-Nuh Nuh Nuh! How can I help YOU?!”

This is the guy. Stick the landing, Gretzky!

“Any drinks?! We’ve got everything…except cabbage drinks. Looks like we ran out, bro…you look familiar. Kinda like a fancy celeb. You should be on TV.”

Wayne, from the corner of you eye you see Chris peek up from the crowd. He is making gestures you don't really understand…. "Heh….thanks. I get that a lot…." Don smiles at the man. "Hey, can I get some water? I have a feeling I'll be here for a while…" Don does pause to look at the man. "….do I know you from somewhere? Now that you mention TV…"

“Oh I….uh, I wish! B-But nope! Just a usual bar boy! I-I watch alot of TV though! Lemme show ya!”

Wayne has juggled hockey pucks before. He can do it with glasses. He tosses the cup in the air and gives a few juggles before it lands on the coaster…on its side.

“Hehe…eh, sorry! Bartenter, not juggler. Easy mistake. Sooooo, how’s the Cancun life treatin’ ya? Here with friends?”

He lifts the cup and quickly pours water in.

The drink splashes a little of Don. You see his eyelid twitch...but he quickly laughs it off. "Oh, I'm just here to relax. I'm actually writing another Season of my show. Ever watched Ridonculous Race? I'm the host." He takes the water and sips on it. "Friends? Nope! Just me. Though, I did see a cruise dock. The Christine? Hm."

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RAJ'S TURN!

…..Don is tapping on his empty glass, he sighs slightly. "Christine…..Christine…..* He looks up and huh. A new bartender already? "Hello Sir, could I get a Old Fashioned?"

“An Old Fashioned, eh?”

What is an Old Fashioned???

Raj is freaking nervous dude.

“Uhh…sure! Yeah! I can do that! That is a thing I can do! Because I am a bartender!”

Nailed it. Awesome. Now how do you make an Old Fashioned…?

"….." "I know you. You were on Total Drama, weren't you?" His eyes narrowed. "…I didn't think you were the drinking type, but I guess TV doesn't always reflect reality…" Chris is in the crowd; he makes a chopping motion with his neck! Retreat Raj! Retreat!!!!

“Oh, uh, haha! Look at the time! My shift is over! Have a good night, bro- I mean, sir!”

Raj is out of there. He’s freaking gone.

"….alright."

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LIGHTNING'S TURN!

"…..some guy, huh?"

"Yeah, what can I get ya?"

"Wait." Don puts his hands up. "Wait Wait wait. Are you. Lightning? The Lightning! Your dad!"

Lightning sunk. "Yeah… that's me, just taking on a bartender job for the fun of it!"

"Kid. We go wayyyyy back. Your dad and I watched the Super Bowl together, and talk about electricity! That man knows his stuff huh?" Wait a second. "…..Oh God. I am. So sorry. I should've known. You. And. Um. The Lightning." Chris is waving his hands frantically at him from the crowd. Lightning don't! Just go back!

"Oh, it's okay, I know you were only talking smack."

"Yeah. Hm." He faked a cough. "Good talk kid."

"Well, you have a nice night, I uh… gotta help these folks over there." Lightning smiled and waved Don goodbye.

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HAROLD'S TURN!

"Christine……Lightning….." Don taps on his drink. "Hey, can I get a Old Fashioned? The last bartender um. Didn't get me my drink."

"Who's Christine? She get hit by lightning? Sad."

He doesn't know how to make conversation with someone as a bartender.

"Sure thing. One coming right up."

Ummm. Ummm. What is an Old Fashioned. Is it a drink for old fashioned people? What do old fashioned people drink? Help.

"Uh huh……" He fidgets with his drink. "Hey Pal, some advice. Use more pins on your wig. I can tell it's you, Harold."

"What the heck!" Harold can't take this stupid baka life anymore.

"It's cool you know who I am, though. Did you think I was robbed on Action? Because I did. I was so freaking robbed."

"Uh huh. Sure. You could say that." "…is Chris here?" Chris frantically chops at his throat with his hand again. RETREAT HAROLD RETREAT!

"No, he freaking abandoned us. Wait I see someone with pins. I need them for my wig. Sorry I gotta go. Byeeee I literally was robbed though byeeeee."

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JO'S TURN!

"....Hey." Don is looking somewhat inpatient. "Old Fashioned? Please?"

Jo quickly turns around so he can’t figure her out, and starts rummaging for ingredients. Okay, info time.

“Not enjoying your vacation?”

".....You know what? Not really. Got a lot on my mind lately." Chris is giving you a thumbs up from the crowd! "Christine.....a boat named Christine....God. I shouldn't be thinking about him."

“Ships got weird names sometimes. And they’re named after women a lot of the time. Coulda sworn I saw a Gertrude pass through earlier.” Jo passes the finished drink over to Don, garnishing it with a maraschino cherry. Hm. Seems he’s talking about Chris. “Who’s your mind on?”

"I shouldn't be telling you this but...." He takes a sip of his drink. Ough. That's good. "....My ex sent me a text a few nights ago. I could totally tell he was drunk." "I don't know how that makes me feel. We broke up years ago. I thought we both moved on." Chris.....his eyes widen. He shakes his head no, chopping at his throat. NONONONONONONO JO GO BACK NONONONONO

Oh my god. LMFAO. Jo can’t hold back laughter, chuckling as she steps away from the bar. “Don’t go back.”

"....huh?"

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ALEJANDRO'S TURN!

".....Another Bartender?" "Oh, hello. Short shifts tonight huh?"

Alejandro gives the man a nod. He has not seen Ridonculous Race. "Sadly, we are. It's quite sad. What can I get for you?

Don looks at the man... "...You're the kid from the volcano. Aren't you?" "God. Chris can be so heartless. I can't believe we dated-" He cuts himself off. "I'm sorry Kid. I shouldn't had said anything. It's just..."

"Ah, yes. I am. Most people recognize me from that. But I have moved on from that." He shrugs. He hasn't, but people love to ask questions, so he's used to it. "Ah, I'm not going to push for details," He adds on. "I'm here to make you a drink, yes? No need to talk about the past. Or... is it troubling you?"

"My condolences…." He mutters, gripping his drink. "…Yeah. You're right. Something is troubling me. My apologies for dumping my woes on you. It's just. My ex is….a lot." He sighs. "He makes you feel like a million dollars. Anything you could dream of wanting, and he'll buy you ten of them. It's great, it's exciting. But….." "…he doesn't love. He wouldn't hold your hand. He never called me handsome. He never bought me roses." Chris is losing his mind. He is waving, mouthing to Alejandro "GO BACK" some club goers look at him with confusion.

"Ah, I do not know who your ex is, for I do not know who you are, but you truly are deserving of much more than him," Alejandro says.

"It's better that you left him. He couldn't love you for you. There are better people waiting for you, I'm sure of it."

Ever so slightly, Alejandro eyes Chris.

"It was nice talking to you, but my shift has ended. I do hope you find the one that will love you for you. It's worth it."

"….Yeah. See you later." Don looks deep in thought….

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MK'S TURN!

"I don't know.....I don't know...." he mused.

Ah yes, none other than Don. MK was cleaning a glass, trying to look like a real bartender. “Need a refill?”

"Yeah. Thank you." Don goes quiet.... then he speaks. "A lot of Bartenders tonight, huh?"

MK tries to figure out what he’s drinking. Ah yes, the typical old man drink. She gets to work replicating it. “Yeah, we’re training some new hires. I’m sorry if they’ve caused any inconveniences.” She sets the new drink down in front of him.

"It's alright. I don't mind." He takes a sip. Mmm, tasty. "I mean....I don't get it! No contact for years, then all the sudden a "I miss you" text at 3am? What does that mean? He wouldn't even look at me when we were in the production room together!"

MK goes to clean some more glasses, trying to look like she actually works there. “Are you doing alright, sir? Seems like you got a lot on your mind.”

"I miss him." Don downs his drink. "I know I shouldn't but man, I miss his smile. His soft black hair, everything." "....But its not meant to be. I saw the way he looks at his cohost. He loves that man. And....that's not me. I should be ok with it."

“Ah yes, the out of nowhere 3 am text,” MK says with a knowing nod, “I’ve been through that situation before.” She hasn’t. “Well, you guys broke up for a reason, didn’t you? Was it because of the cohost? Look, if he’s got this other guy and is still texting you that nonsense, it sounds like you’re better off without him.” She looks back at the drink he just downed, “Need a refresher?”

"It sucks, doesn't it?" He twirls the empty glass. "We broke up not because of the cohost. But because.....um." Oh fuck it. "We were writing a show together. Contestants were put in groups of two and had to do challenges and travel the world! I called it, The Ridonculous Race! Chris was helping me write the challenges and....they were way too harsh." We were going to do an episode that was truth or dare. I don't remember where, but he had collected information on my contestants. Very. Personal information. I was uncomfortable with it at first but he convinced me he would take it seriously. I don't know why I did it, but I wrote something too." Don nods at the idea of the refresher. "Chris was reading them, laughing at each and every one. Some people wrote their hearts out. I wrote my heart out. I wrote......I wrote...." "....forget the TV business. Let's get married." Don sniffled. "Chris thought it was a prank and laughed, saying "who is stupid enough to throw away fame for love!" ....WHAT? Chris waved his hands in the air. MKMKMKMKMKMK TIME TO GO

MK nodded along as the man recounted his story. She noticed Chris’s gestures… oh buddy boy. She put down her glass and looked at her wrist. “Damn, looks like my shift’s up. I’m sorry to hear that man. I’m sure you’re better off without him.” She heads off. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

AMY'S TURN!

Don is looking rough, three drinks in and only one cup of water…..he looked flushed. "Mmmm….drink please."

Don. Ough. He's in rough shape. Amy pours him some freaking water.

"Hey… you." She slides the drink over. "Why the long face?" She places a lemon wedge on the rim of the glass. Fancy!

"I just don't get it! Why did he laugh at me? He had to know it was me!" He looked like he was holding back tears.... "That man. He knows how to reel you in, then rip your heart out! I say good! Good that he found someone else!"

"Yeah," Amy scoffs. "Men, am I right?" Chris Mclean what did you do to Don Total Drama. "You should tell me more; I'll get you another drink."

"He then goes no contact for years, then suddenly a "I miss you" text? What am I supposed to do?! Not respond? Not feel anything? I miss him! I can't tell him that!"

"Don't text him back, don't call him, delete his freaking contact. You're on vacation in Cancun—you should be partying and drinking and flirting. You should forget about him; he sounds like he sucks. Whiskey?"

".....yes please"

Amy pours him a freaking whiskey lalalala. then she leaves ------------------------------------------------------------------------

RIPPER'S TURN!

....and Don is crying. "Damn it...it's never good to cry at a bar..."

Ripper notices Don and tilts his head. Oh, hey, I remember that guy! He’s from the spin-off! He must be the guy Chris was talking about. Lucky me, I make an amazing bar tender because I know how to keep a conversation going. People love a chatty bar tender, right?! He leans onto the bar with a stupid grin, and before he can say anything, he promptly burps in Don’s face. He didn’t mean to do that.

Ripper burps in his face, and he suddenly stands up, his hands on the counter. "Ugh! Can't a man cry in peace!?" He wipes his face with his sleeve, straightening out his suit.

“I WAS JUST- AND THEN- when the- and the thing-“ Ripper waves his hands and shakes his head. This is going terribly.

"Please. Just. Stop talking." He groaned. PERFECT! "And that's the challenge!" Chris walks up to Ripper, putting a firm hand on his shoulder. "Good job! The burp really sealed the deal!" "....Chris?!"

Ripper grins. Maybe I won, he thinks. “THANKS, CHRIS!” He salutes Chris and scurries off. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Chris.....was this.....seriously one of your challenges?"

"No. Jet ski racing was my challenge. Then I saw your pathetic little yacht and changed it. And man. Was that a good idea." He points to the side of his head. "Gotta think on your toes, Donny." "I can't believe you! You always do this! Always!" He jabs a finger at the man. "You heard everything I said about you huh. Do you think it's still funny? At least answer me!"

"No. No I didn't know it was you." Chris moves the finger out if his face, emotionless. "But now that I do know......" "...yeah. It's still funny."

Don takes a step back, eyes widen. He is hiding tears. ".....Everything is a game to you, isn't it?!" He hissed. "Every little emotion, every secret, nothing is too low for you Chris McLean! Nothing!"

"....and that's why they pay me the big bucks, and you get the spinoffs." He shrugged. "Whatever. I probably would've married you. Though seeing your taste in jewelry...the rock probably wouldn't be my style." “Chris.” Chef’s here, and those last sentences did not go unheard. “Do you wanna say that again?” "...." "..." "Chef," Chris approached the man, trying to snake his arm around him. "You know how it is, people say stupid stuff on TV all the time. It happens to the best of us." "...Like when you texted me. That was a TV blooper, wasn't it." “Is that your excuse?” … “Chris, do you think I’m stupid? Do you take me for an ignorant man? Is that it?” Chef puts a hand on Chris’s shoulder, a stern look on his face. “We are talking about this. Tonight. Now.” "No! No, no! I was just. Doing my thing! Making the people back at home happy! Stirring up some drama! Cmon Chef, you know I would never leave you for him! it was just a stupid text! I was drunk! Cmon, we've all been there." Chris leans in the whisper to him "Can we save it for after the Elimination?" Don balls his hands into fists. "You know. Your contestants kept telling me to leave you, cut contact with you, I could do better." He looks pointedly at Chef. "I think someone else should take that advice. Good game Chris. Hope it was worth it." Don pushes by the two. "Buh Bye Donny! By the way, your yacht is soooooo out of style!" Chris nudges Chef. "Eh? Ehhhh?" “I said now, Chris. Don’t get smart with me. I’m not letting this simmer.”

Chris's smile drops. "Uh. Fine. Let's make it quick." He looks at all the contestants. "Um. I'll be right back. Feel free to enjoy Cancun." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chris appears...he's smiling. But his voice is much quieter. A subtle lack of oomph to it. "Hello contestants." "Welcome to...elimination. The winner of the Cancun challenge is......Amy." Chris pauses for a split second. "Yay. Amy. You will get your keys when the ceremony is over. You will also get to choose Ale-someone of your choice to join you on the luxury floor." ......uh. Chef isn't here to give out the mocktails. A intern stands in his place, visibly uncomfortable. "Let's get this over with." ------------------------------------------------------------------------

ELIMINATION:

It was Lightning who was served the Mocktail of Misery and walked the Plank of Shame.

"Your trip ends here. See ya." The intern tries to hand Lightning the bubbling green mocktail, but is distracted by something, his eyes catch something, and he rushes over to Chris, whispering something frantically in his ear. "…What?" Chris and the intern walk over the side of the boat, and Chris leans over. "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" Over the Boat's name, someone spray painted the words CHEATER over it. "FORGET IT! I'm going back to my cabin. Say bye to Lightning or whatever."

Lightning looks at Wayne. He wanted to cry, but he couldn't. "You know... I've been thinking about getting myself better and... I'm still sorry I blew it...Dude, just keep on fighting, and make sure you and your pals sha-strike hard!" He smirks at Wayne, he then eyes at Raj and Ripper, then Harold. Lightning walks the plank and does a fun dive. "Come on, Waddles!" "Squeeeeee!" Waddles, Lightning's pig, runs after him and dives. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>Bowie is in Cancun. He talks to Ripper, Wayne, and Amy. He gives Ripper his phone number. >Ripper and Wayne prank Raj with frozen cereal and then give him cake as an apology. >Ripper, Wayne, and Raj sneak into Chris’ room to break and steal his stuff. >Raj and Bowie have a date at a restaurant together. >Alejandro, Amy, and Jo make final four plans. (Courtney included.) >Alejandro and Amy visit a food stall together and discuss future plans as well as how pathetic they find Trent to be. >Wayne and Raj visit the post office to send letters and talk about their current feelings, including the fact Wayne almost told Harold about Raj's fear of birds. >Jo revisits the club from the challenge so that she can speak to Anne Maria again. They talk about relationships and recall memories of their time on the show together. >Ripper and Wayne also revisit the club for a little date together. Geoff serves them and happens to own the place. >Harold finds Ripper on the beach. They get ugly popsicles together and Ripper finds out that Harold has the ability to turn into a rat. >Wayne runs into Sierra in a seafood restaurant. She rambles a little about Rippayne, but even more about the game and it's past. Wayne's never seen the show, so she takes the opportunity to tell him all about it. >Wayne and MK have a chat in the arcade. MK scams Wayne with a slot machine. She and Jo are sharing the profits. >Lightning was packing his bags in the cabin shortly before he is eliminated because he had a feeling he was leaving. Harold tries to talk to him about his feelings and stuff. >Alejandro won a bucket of lava in the crane machine. Raj almost dips his hand in it because he thinks it’s soup. They talk about trauma and their personal phobias. They try to use ice cubes to cool the lava off (Raj’s idea) before Alejandro suggests that they just dump it overboard and get it over with.