#greedy pd

[fromtenthousandfeet]

When you look up the definition of greedy in the dictionary, there's a picture of this man

Aaack! That's terrifying.

Okay, I've been meaning to write this post for eons but it seems especially important now given all the crap that's going down at HYBE. We need to talk about BSH and his obscene wealth.

This April, Forbes published the list of South Korea's 50 richest people. Coming in at number 17 was the hitman himself, Bang Si-Hyuk, estimated to be worth 2.1 BILLION US DOLLARS. I believe that figure has likely gone down a bit thanks to HYBE's falling stock price, but that's still an absolutely crazy number.

Now let's talk about Scooter Braun. According to Wikipedia, he is estimated to be worth approximately $1 billion, however, most other outlets list him at being worth about $500 million. Either way, he's not buying generic cereal when he goes grocery shopping.

Bang PD paid approximately $1 billion dollars to Scooter when he acquired Ithaca Holdings in April, 2021. Scooter was given over $100 million in HYBE stock as well as an undisclosed cash payment.

Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande were each given $12 million worth of stock, while J Balvin received $4.8 million and Demi Lovato received $1.2 million. I would describe these "gifts" as glorified bribes to prevent each of them from bolting the minute the buyout was announced.

Now compare that to what the members of BTS received. For all their blood, sweat, and tears, starvation diets, no time off, worked to exhaustion, they each received 68,385 shares prior to the IPO, which were initially valued at $8 million per person. It's important to note Bang Si-Hyuk maintained their voting rights and votes on their behalf. So, they have shares, but no voting rights, i.e. no say in the direction of the company at the board of directors level.

It's worth noting that JB, AG, JB, and DL did absolutely nothing to earn those shares. They contributed nothing to the success of Big Hit and the eventual creation of HYBE Corporation. It's also worth noting that all four of them are no longer Scooter's clients.

HYBE America was the worst performing subsidiary under HYBE Corp in 2023, posting a loss of about $100 million (I'll dig up the financials for a future post). I think we all know where that went, but we can talk about that later. However poorly SB's business line performed, he will still continue to make profits off of his legacy clients thanks to sunset clauses in their original contracts. You can read about that here:

Scooter Braun sits on HYBE's Board of Directors. He is also 5th largest shareholder, with 0.8698% ownership. The members of BTS each have 0.1642% ownership (assuming they haven't sold their initial shares). I believe they will receive more ownership and voting rights when their new contract goes into effect, though. Meanwhile...

Bang Si-Hyuk is the Chairman of HYBE Corporation and the majority shareholder, with 31.57% ownership. He owns the place. When you add up all seven members' shares together, they still own less than 2% of the total shares of the company.

So please, for the love of GOD, understand that the members of BTS are not in charge. They are just employees. And frankly, they aren't well compensated when you compare them to other artists in the industry. Most sources say the members are each worth somewhere between $25 million to $40 million. Let's go with the low end of $25 million since that's the number I see most often. If Bang PD is worth $2.1 billion, that means each member is worth less than 1.2% of what Bang is worth.

ONE POINT TWO PERCENT!!!!

And you think Min Hee Jin is greedy???

Okay, back to the boys. Let's take a look at Simon Cowell's net worth. You know that guy? The one who formed One Direction and is a music and TV producer and personality? Do you want to guess how much he's worth? Well, its' not $2.1 billion. He's estimated to be worth a measly $600 million. And what about the former One Direction members themselves? (FYI all of these are estimates based upon online media sources).

Harry Styles - $120 million

Zayn Malik - $75 million

Niall Horan - $70 million

Louis Tomlinson - $70 million

Liam Payne - $70 million.

So, let's just pretend they each have $70 million. That means each member of One Direction is worth just under 12% of what Simon Cowell is worth.

One last thing. This is Bang PD's house in Bel Air, California. He bought it from Trevor Noah for $26 million. Mind you, that's potentially more than what the members of BTS are each worth. Just for one house in a country the man doesn't even live in.

Benevolent father figure my ass. But BTS are shareowners!!

Disclaimer: these numbers are all estimated based upon information available on the world wide web.

P.S. the 2024 Q1 earnings call is in a few hours. Prepare yourself for the media play.

[taehyungfirst]

kmedia and society is wild af, they will literally bully people to death, then do write-ups on the death. Koreans are also very quick to kill themselves, that's why I don't involve myself in kpop or kdramas, its too much, how can they live like that. mental health is not prioritized at the all. I'll just support taehyung from a far

Kmedias led a smear campaign over Yoongi that I haven’t seen in a while, it was absolutely ridiculous and based off speculations and lies: the distance, his alcohol level, the vehicle. But even more, Bighit should be ashamed because they let kmedias bully a person for one whole week when they could’ve cleared every misinformation about Yg in 3 seconds.

It happened to the Parasite actor too, they’re bullies really.

[comradecowplant]

Love how the new PLL writers were like okay FINE fans were right to point out that A was never really a slasher villain and continuing to use that moniker for these new villains is a slap in the face to the original evil girlbosses-- Mona, Cece, and Ello Spensah-- who worked 👏 hard 👏 scheming and stooging (sometimes YEARS of preparation!) in order to torture the original liars...... so for these new girls we will call the villains B instead :)

[puppetwoman17]

Do you the batfam will try to ask the other batfam members and then would ask Bart and Kon if they know what happened to Tim, only to realize that none of them knew anything.

So they go around asking the police for any documents, the goons that worked for joker, the other villians and even the civilians. None of them say anything but hint that they also knew and that they were the last group of people to know. Eventually they head back to the manor to be greeted with Tim, Bruce, and Babs.

The last ask I answered was similar so I’ll just answer what’s different about this.

Now, I’m not saying that the Gotham PD isn’t corrupt. Lord please douse me with salt if I say that because it most definitely is. But you don’t have to have a purely good heart to be horrified about what happened to the third robin.

It’s a horror story for the police. The only time they ever do talk about it is when a corrupt cop is ousted. “Do you not remember JJ?” they say. “Do you not remember how bloody the warehouse was? How much robin cried? How he had to do our job for us and shot the joker himself?” It’s a way to bring shame, because there’s nothing else they can do. The damage is already done.

Jim Gordon silences anyone who brings it up. Gets uncharacteristically quiet before yelling at them to get out.

It’s something the people of Gotham put close to their chests. As I said before, it’s pretty easy for them to deduce that Robin/RR hasn’t said anything. Gotham isn’t the nicest city, but her people are understanding.

They remember those few weeks, or months, whatever, where Batman searched relentlessly. He went back to his old ways, before the third Robin came. Not pulling his punches. It makes them realize how much the third robin did for them. How he changed the Batman. It’s the least they can do.

It’s something Joker goons talk about on a regular basis. Whether they’re also crazy lunatics, or if they’re people down on their luck, with no other way to get income. It’s something to chat about while working. A memory. They see RR flying across buildings and either smile in remembrance, or hold back their vomit. There’s no in between.

It’s something Gotham villains never talk about. It doesn’t matter if you’re as delusional as Scarecrow, as greedy as The Penguin, or as double-sided as Catwoman. It was a dark time regardless. Even if you’re part of the criminally insane, there’s a certain chill that can only be given by a child being tortured for weeks on end. Hearing screams somewhere. Somewhere no one can find.

It’s a dark time for Gotham, regardless of who you are.

So when the bats, randomly, after years of never knowing anything, start asking just about anyone and everyone in Gotham about JJ, about Red Robin, they know the jig is up. Joker’s goons, just brag about it. But everyone else keeps their mouths shut. They just ask where Batman is and if he knows they’re asking about it.

After a while, word travels back to Commissioner Gordon, who everyone knows is one of RR’s closest confidants. And the more tech-savvy people alert Oracle, who debuted as a sort of JJ cleanser before taking a break and then coming in full time after the first batgirl left(pls everyone knows, Babs).

Basically, Gotham tattletales to RR’s buddies.

When everyone comes back go Wayne Manor and is met with RR, Babs, and Bruce, Tim doesn’t do anything but give Bruce a side-eye. Is it that hard to keep a secret from your kids, B?

Oh and then everyone is even more pissed because Bruce never said a word. Hope this was a fun read lol.

[runnning-outof-time]

K’s Reading List — FEBRUARY

Hey there! Thanks for stumbling upon this reading list! I figured that as a way to support the lovely writers within this fandom that I’d compile a reading list of all of the stories I read over each month.

February was a wonderful month filled with incredible stories. Below is the list of stories that I read. I hope you will find some that you like as well!

As always, please make sure you heed to the warnings on each fic!!

@lis-likes-fics

Just a Drink - Tommy Shelby x Reader — contains 🔞 NSFW themes!

@copinghex

Last night’s kiss with John - John Shelby x Reader

@little-diable

Hot Blood - Tommy Shelby x Reader blurb — contains 🔞 NSFW themes!

Greedy - Tommy Shelby x Reader blurb — contains 🔞 NSFW themes!

@justrainandcoffee

Happy new y… - Alfie Solomons x OC

@noforkingclue

Consequences - Tommy Shelby x Reader

@lau219

It Can Wait - Tommy Shelby x Reader

@halsteadlover

Unspoken Feelings - Jay Halstead x Reader — contains 🔞 NSFW themes! — from the show Chicago PD

@reiwanwan

Words I Couldn’t Say - May Carleton x Reader - blurb + letter

@look-at-the-soul

Galentine’s - Modern!Tommy Shelby x Reader blurb

@darklydeliciousdesires

John Shelby drabble - John Shelby x Reader

@wildrangers

so american - Anthony Boyle x Reader

[deceit-and-knowledge]

I see I walked in on a crashout Ill just go… **flies back to pitaya and hollyberry** pitaya!! Don’t you know it’s impolite to covet another’s horde without permission???? Hollyberry despite your pookie being so old it seems he’s never learned his dragon etiquette! — bird anon

pd: I am polite..

hb: they're very polite.. if you ignore they're not familiar with cookie etiquette..

dragons are extremely greedy..

pd: *licking healers head*

h: ....wha..??

pd: I'm checking if you're alive.. isss this cookie okay???

hb: he's fine pitaya dragon cookie..

[izstevns]

under 51, the air clung. thick. greedy. heat like breath on the back of your neck, like something waiting to exhale. it smelled of scorched rubber and rusting regrets— metal bones groaning beneath the weight of too many quiet breakdowns. a space for things that hiss and leak and hold. tools. pipes. people. izzie pressed herself into the corner of it. one boot balanced careless on a box of coiled hoses. arms folded like she might hold herself in. rainwater dripped a rhythm off her jacket, hooked beside her like a ghost. hair damp, storm-struck. neck cold where droplets clung— vertebrae of water, chilling her spine like memory.

jay’s voice shattered across the room, sharp enough to cut steel: i'm not sad. i'm pissed off. she didn’t blink. just tilted, soft, a shift in weight like something listening. watched him move — back and forth, back and forth — a metronome of fury. “        i know,        ” she murmured, like the words weren’t meant to interrupt. soft. still. “        you always are, when it’s someone you know.        ” a breath caught on the cusp of finishing. she didn’t let it go. it wasn’t her call. not really. pd territory. but chaos doesn’t care for maps. and she’d been close when the sirens rang too late, when the life drained out too fast, when blood pooled too wide. she hadn’t known the name. jay had. and the look on his face hadn’t been badge-polished— it had cracked, hairline fissures exposing something raw and human.

he paced. she let him. and then — without asking — she moved. workbench. two old mugs. coffee, tepid and bitter, from a dented steel pot that had probably outlived gods. no cream. no sweetness. just heat. just something to hold. she offered him one. kept the other like it might keep her here. grounded. tethered. “        you know what no one says?        ” quiet. not tentative. just real. “        when someone dies, it doesn’t always come as grief. sometimes it’s this thing— this crawling heat in your ribs. not mourning. just… this rage. like if you smash something hard enough, the universe might finally look you in the eye.        ”

she leaned back. let herself sag. like her spine remembered softness now that no one else was watching. grease beneath her nails. shirt torn at the seam. tired. in the way people get when they stop pretending they’re not. “        i’ve been where you are.        ” the words were a bruise, thumb-pressed and familiar. “        you think staying angry means you’re in control. but it’s not that. not really. it’s just what’s left when you’ve got nothing else but fists and the sound of your own heart breaking in the back of your throat.      ” her fingers tapped the ceramic. one. two. a heartbeat, dislocated.

“        you don’t have to talk.        ” beat. “        but don’t tell me it doesn’t matter.        ” she meant it. god, she meant it. and maybe he knew. maybe that’s why he was still here. still storming inside— but breathing. maybe just a little deeper now. above them, the rain punched metal. the sky poured out whatever it couldn’t carry anymore. and in the thick-breathed heat of the boiler room — where silence wasn’t empty, just tired — izzie didn’t fix anything. she just stayed. because sometimes staying is the only thing left when someone else is burning, and all you can do is stand in the smoke. / @x51163 .

[dearweirdme]

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/14/the-k-pop-king

Hi Rain. I hope that you are doing well.

What's your take on this article? And if you don't mind please go into details and share your insights.

Thanks.

Hi anon! I suspect we've all read the article by now, or seen snippets of it. I'm still sick (😫) and only got around reading the whole thing just now.

I wonder if they counted on this article doing the rounds in fandom. It's not meant for fandom, but rather for marketeers, proffesionals..investers maybe? I think the NewYorkers demographic is middle aged proffessionals? It's an odd piece? The writer doesn't seem particularly fond of Bang Pd's idea's, yet Bang PD himself and Braun are full on bragging.

It's a confronting article, we're reading all the things we've always suspected. Bang Pd is an asshole, a narcisist, and he uses people. To me this article reads as him bragging about having designed some sort of machine in which you put an artist, fans, add some ingredients and poof... you got a winning formula. He minimizes the artists talent, hard work, and input, and makes it seem as though his part is what makes a band come out on top. There isn't an inch of him that actually cares about fans. I think it's clear that by adding Braun in the mix, he wants to separate himself from the classic stereotype people have of Kpop. Braun's function in this article is to emphasize how great Bang Pd is and to reel in the western music industry. Bang PD comes of as a greedy man, who wants to have it all at the cost of his artists, and at the cost of creativity even.

One thing we can say about Bang Pd is that he's smart, he knows how people work? Or at least, he knows how people can be manipulated. Without having a caring heart, that is dangerous and I think we can see that in what the article talks about.

It's strange to actually read about what they do to manipulate content and fans. Ofcourse we've always known (and I suspect the many angry asks come from people who now feel the need to push back hard, because Tkkrs actually do seem to get things right). The conversation already was about fakeness in content, I guess this article seemlessly plays into that.. and proves how things actually are contructed. People no longer can say that things are all natural.. because the people on top have now basically confirmed that they're not.

My main issue is how unabashedly clear it is that Bang Pd sees artists as objects. It's not even about producing great music or allowing artists to create. He uses Jk as an example, and doesn't even speak on his talents and hard work. He just wants money and power. He'd probably prefer to have artists who will let themselves be molded into whatever he needs them to be. That's why he's going into ai. "The expendability of non human artists is unlimited". He's most likely tried to mold his human artists to the best of his capabilities already. I'm kinda afraid of what's to come for newer artists.

There's much more to say ofcourse, but I am still sick.. so I'm gonna leave it here for now.

[fromtenthousandfeet]

Korean media is reporting on BSH’s misdeeds again after a brief hiatus due to a minor coup attempt (lol). If you’re interested in understanding more about his malfeasances, please read this post plus the embedded translated article. Bang PD and his merry band of thieves not only ripped off original BigHit investors and IPO investors, but they really ripped off the members of BTS themselves. K media is finally talking about it!

https://x.com/yuijeans/status/1866132383029985537

I knew that man was bad (see pinned post here: https://www.tumblr.com/fromtenthousandfeet/749309149852073984/when-you-look-up-the-definition-of-greedy-in-the?source=share), but finding out he also skimmed off a cool 285 million USD off the top of the IPO is just too much.

[hiswordsarekisses]

“We give God a bad name. If it wasn't for my faith in Christ, and if I based my faith on the beliefs of my family tradition (as many do), I would have long ago walked away from my faith. And I would have had good reason: If 'believers in God' are what it looks like, I don't want anything to do with it. In truth, they're not my example, Christ is. But I am ashamed of some who call themselves followers of Messiah. We are making ourselves in the image of other believers & leaders instead of being transformed into the image of Christ. Some of us don't know the differences between our movement/denomination and the life of Christ, and we've become blind to see Him for who He is.

I have witnessed as much evil activity in the hearts of 'believers' as in the world. We slander, murder, betray, are overtaken for greedy gain instead of sacrifice, we despise one another because of theological disagreement, we don't go to one another when we are uncertain of something said or done, we prefer finding fault instead of assuming the best, forget 2-3 witnesses - we believe every rumor we read and repeat it as truth, we worship politicians, we divide, we hate, we lie. We leave blood in our wake, and devour each other for our good pleasure. Murder has become lovely to us. We're driven by hurt instead of love.

And if this is true of you, is the devil not your father? Jesus came against the religious of his day and stated that it was true for them, while they thought God approved. Don't think it cannot be true for you. If you truly know Him, you will act like Him, and you won't excuse your sin under being a "watchman." Many of us aren't watchmen, we're just sinners. Evaluate yourself before evaluating others, and before He comes to evaluate you. Become known for your immense love, not your hatred. I need to see a generation arise that love others with tears in their eyes, not walls around their hearts.”

(From PD’s Heart and God’s Heart.)

[taehyungfirst]

HYBE doesn't care about music anymore. It's not their priority anymore. This is probably why they always have problems with the promotions of their artists especially BTS. No staff looks after the promotion anymore. They just put the music out there and let fans take over the promotion and buy whatever is put out. This explains why they promoted that travel show more than Tae and Jk's vinyls. Oh this is heartbreaking. The members are sincere with their music. What happened to this company? Bang became so greedy. He was greedy since the beginning, but he became worse now. I feel sorry for the members.

Music was not their priority for a while now, and Bang pd will keep being unprofessional and manipulative with the fandom loyalty. The only reason bh fucks up, doesn’t promote BTS as they should be, acts incompetent is because the fandom will fix and defend them every single time. And they will keep being played by that greedy demon.

[aphspain-pure]

How would you represent the war between france and Austria for the spanish crown and marriage.

PD: Me encanta como representas a España y todas las historias que haces 👌 es increíble

...

Actually The War of the Spanish Succession is one of the most common topics in my blog! I have some comics, pictures and even fanfics on it. You just have to go to the tags here in Frain and SpAus and you'll find more content!

Either way, in my headcanon, as seen here, Spain is nostalgic, but doesn't have a standpoint in the war. France is greedy. Austria is angry. The best love triangle if u ask me.

P.d.: gracias cielo! ☺️ Me encanta recibir esta clase de mensajes

[melonelle]

look i get from where people are coming from with "cc creators should be compensated for creating cc" but i don't think that most of you were here in simblr when having a patreon wasn't the norm, back in 2016-2018 it was really fun suddenly finding cc for the game (i'm talking about maxis match mostly) because you could notice they were passion projects, someday you were just lurking on here and then someone spontaneously posted cc and at least for me that just made me want to go in the game to see how it looked on my sims and i always remember the first "big" cc creator that changed to patreon (and i have a bone to pick with him bc how it is that your cc hasn't improved in quality at all since you started earning money for it) and how most of them followed after. i was a patron back then of some of the biggest creators not because i wanted to support them necessarily but rather because early access is a predatory model and i have anxiety issues. but now for years these big cc creators have been doing the bare minimum in terms of their content, they no longer engage with the simblr community as whole except for the time they have to collect their paycheck and with a market so saturated we end up with almost 50 versions of the same piece of cc from different creators. It's capitalism and soulless. greediness killed their creativity.

pd: i'm not criticizing cc creators that make their stuff for free, you are awesome and a breath of fresh air in this community.

[fy-wonwoo]

240105 shingong (shin pd) instagram update:

Finally today’s the first broadcast

I’m just rambling about a few things

If I feel like kicking myself (from embarrassment) later, I’ll quietly delete.. ㅎㅎ

Of the years I’ve been a PD, this is the program that had the highest production cost ㅎㅎ

We went at peak season so it was hard to even get plane tickets.. and the expenses in Italy were higher than I could’ve ever imagined

And the special tourist spots cost 10million Korean won to get permission for even simple filming ^^;

And (it wasn’t) just the filming but post filming costs (too).

There were additional production costs due to the long length of the program. Music copyrights (especially foreign music ㅜ)

As a result, the production cost came out to 10billion Korean won (around $7.6 million USD), something that I could’ve ever imagined in my life..

You may ask where did you use all that money but the costs.. ㅎㅎ were very high ㅜ very very high ㅜ

Even when we get PPLs, it was only a small portion of the production costs ㅎㅎㅎ

(I heard there’s a lot of programs that cost 10billion korean won, but it’s because it’s my first time using this muchㅜㅎ)

You may see a lot of areas that are lacking but I hope it’s fun. I hope it feels like you’re on a trip together (with seventeen) and I hope seventeen, these good friends/people, feel a little more friendly (to you). I hope that you see and know that they’re so kind and funny. And all the while, they’re amazing idols that are good at their job & I hope people would talk about that.

Instead of 4 letters, I hope they’d just automatically know Scoupsㅎ

I have a lot of hopes

First, this project has to do well so that there can be a next ㅜ

More than the viewer rates, I want to be greedy and hope it’s a hot topic or that it can set records in other meaningful ways.

While preparing, these 13 members…

To whoever watches this programs I would like for you to remember their names one by one

With that desire, we took the idea from music program rehearsals and discussed it with our marketing team to make shirts with their names on it. So that whenever you watch the program, their names would be featured on TV.

So that in the beginning of the program, anyone can easily know. Even if the members call each other by their real name, we put captions based on their stage name.

If there were moments where we had to put ㅇㅇㅇ&ㅁㅁㅁ, instead of the age order we (wrote) ordered it by how they come out on the screen so it could align

We worked really hard so that carats could see a familiar but new side of the members, and for those who are just getting to know seventeen, (I tried) to show a balanced side of these friends so that (they) can get to know them in a kind/friendly manner. I tried but idk if it worked well ㅜㅜ

After the broadcast ends, no matter what ratings the production team gets, I hope that SEVENTEEN’s laughter and sincerity remains

This is all I want to talk about

Tonight, Nana tour begins their trip. The rest of the stories will be told through the program so please watch with warm hearts^^ thank you in advance ♡

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[survivalist-anon]

Log 19: The Chase

After the night's performance, the crew headed back to their rooms after another near perfect performance.

As for the rest of the Astartes, they headed back to their hotel rooms, with mixed feelings.

Bilhard, scowling in frustration, was looking at Wick from across the hotel room.

Wick, glared back.

Sten had been observing the situation, wondering when the tension would break.

A few knocks at the door was just the break he needed.

Looking through the peephole, he could see Cahrilo and Toke both giggling a little, with a bag in their hands. Sten opened the door, he could smell the potpourri of cigar smoke, buffet food, liquor.....and ladies perfume.

"ah....I see you lads were enjoying yourselves...", Sten droned.

"AH HA AYE, BROTHER! This may be a hive of hedonism, but it do be a fun row!", Toke chuckled giving his lips a lick. "Oy, Cahrilo, pass me that bottle again.", it was then Cahrilo pass him a sizable novelty bottle in the shape of a woman's boot. He than proceeded to chug a little, "you want some? It makes for a fine treat.".

"If you mix a dozen different drinks at once, people bet money you to see how much you can drink, and when they lose....", Cahrilo shows a pillow case of cash.

"So... gambling? Is that what you two have been doing? Absolute debauchery? I expected better from you Cahrilo.", Bilhard stared daggers at Cahrilo.

"Oh please Bilhard, let your guard down. The heretical activities here in Las Vegas are hardly anything worth worrying about. I've been here long enough to say, there nothing truly sinister outside of the usual struggles of man.", Wick motioned to Cahrilo to show him the bag. "How much were you able to make?", he peered into the bag and could there was a little more than money. Random valuables, car keys to cars he most certainly had no idea where to find them let alone were not guaranteed to be rentals, lingerie and a phone or two. "....I believe you may want to return some of these.", Wick gave an awkward smile.

Sten was mildly amused at the whole situation, "but it's now time to get into more important matters...how can we help you on your mission...", Sten asked Wick.

"For starters, I had originally planned to leave by the end of the week I now plan on leaving by tomorrow morning. I had given Selene instructions on what to take and when to meet me. I have a colleague tha-", he saw Bilhard raise his hand.

"-we will not be including any civilians within this mission. You will have to notify your colleague his services are no longer required.", Bilhard sternly responded.

Wick turned his head to Bilhard, "I have everything under control, what you all can do is simply get us out of the city as fast as possible. The rest of the plan is to divert attention away from Sleen and his men. He's a weak and greedy man and I'm certain he may find some way in finding out our escape.".

"oh come now, what can one wee fat man do to us?", as Toke had finished his sentence, there was a heavy knock at the door.

"THIS IS LAS VEGAS PD. COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP.", blasted from the door.

The room went silent, Wick stood up to check the peephole, ....it wasn't the cops.... But a group of heavily armed men in tuxedos.

"interesting..... gentlemen...I do suppose we have enough space in here to stuff them in the bathroom....do we?... I'm counting four m-", suddenly, bluish smoke started bellowing from the under the foot of the door, flooding the room with gas.

At first all five Astartes weren't too worried until it became clear something about this smoke affected them much more differently.

"What th-~~~", Wick went down first as he was closer to the door.

"COVER UP!", Bilhard tore a piece of the bed sheets and covered his face with it like a bandana. The others followed soon after.

Toke was coughing under his mask as he was the second closest to the door, "how could this be?!? What in thiii-~~", Toke had fallen unconscious.

It was clear what was happening, the gas was knocking each of them out. Sten quickly headed to the glass window and broke through to let fresh air in, "WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM OUT OF HERE NOW!", he toted Toke over his shoulders, Cahrilo with Wick.

Looking down from the sixth floor, Sten had to make a quick decision, "I hope you all are not afraid of heights!", he leaps out and attempts to land on to the next building, nearly breaking through the roof.

Bilhard quickly gathers their equipment in case if it's left behind, "Cahrilo go ahead! I'll follow you guys down!", he commanded as he began to barricade the door with his body, the banging continued as the group of four men on the other side of the door were unsuccessful. Looking through the people again, he was now seeing that there was five more men, holding a battering ram this time. "GET OUT OF HERE NOW!", this time, the battering ram was starting to help.

Cahrilo had followed Sten to the same building, the both of them running away and leaping off to the ground level.

Bilhard had been left behind for the sake of barricading the Intruders, he looked at the door and decided to take the same leap of faith, without somebody holding him, his landing would probably be a lot more smoother. As he sprinted out of the window, the sounds of the door crashing open had echoed from the window.

All five Astartes were on the move, Bilhard had just caught up with Cahrilo and Sten. "How is this possible?!? What was in that gas, theres no materials on Earth that can knockout an Astartes like that so quickly!", he ran in perfect pacing.

"there's a lot we don't know about this planet Bilhard! And there's an unfortunate chance we could find something here that can incapacitate us!", Sten concluded as the conversation was immediately interrupted by a large transport truck nearly colliding with all of them at once, nearly dodging them.

And the back of the truck, five other heavily armed men point tranquilizer guns at all of them, shooting off as many shots as possible.

Sten, Cahrilo were all hit in the chest. While Bilhard had been able to dodge a few, he reached into the bag pressing an emergency signal for Moors to come in and assist.

"Looks like Wick's lady friend is going to have to wait for us on a later date.", Bilhard quietly assessed, suddenly he felt a sharp electrical shock on the thigh of his leg. He had been used to electrocutions before from enemies prior, but this was an extraordinary amount of electricity. He looked down and saw what looked like a more stronger version of a cattle prod.

With a loud clank, he felt something around his neck, it was a restraining claw. He looked to his left and right and saw that Sten and Cahrilo had begun to slow down, being hit with some unknown substance.

What Bilhard hadn't noticed was that he too was injected with a tranquilizer dart. Has mine begin to slow down and slowly fade, fighting the mystery cocktail, you can feel his muscles weakening, falling to his knees shaking as his body was trying to metabolize the injections, but to no avail.

Just before he was about to go unconscious, you could see Sleen slowly coming out of the truck, chuckling to himself.

"What's da matter Jughead? Getting sleepy? Hehehe... enjoy your nap.", Sleen mocked him as he passed out.

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Staring out into the starry Nevada sky, Moors couldn't stop thinking about what Gus had told him about the long road to the Stars.

How he could feel the urgent need in Gus's voice to commit to his plans.

"....I swear Gus...if you don't come out of that bunker next time I'm there....", he let out a sigh. He had no idea what he was going to do.

Gus was a son, little brother, and friend all rolled into one for Moors ....it only been as recently as the past few year since he's been far away from him.

He left the last of his cigars, it was his third box of cigars too. He had been listening intently to the radio to keep his mind off of things.

Until a faint beeping started, turning to the dashboard and saw the emergency rescue signal had been activated. "By the throne?", by this point, Moors was not expecting Bilhard do you have any need to activate the signal to begin with.

He checked a security camera around the bus in case it was being used to signal that group was near the bus, nothing. He had decided to check the GPS scanner to see where was the signal coming from. The signal was heading to an open desert lot near South Point casino. "What the??", he starts the truck immediately, heading straight to casino.

"What in tarnation....", Moors thought to himself.

Never at any point for an Astartes here on Earth to have needed the emergency signal.

What could have been so serious to actually have Bilhard use it?

A few minutes past and Moors stops a few yards away from the mysterious building housing several large cattle trucks. Yet, these trucks look like they were big enough to handle transporting animals the size of elephants. Moors had scoped out the trucks and could see this was far more than animals.

He could see that there was moving platforms transporting five large crates.

He could see a group of well dressed men with an older Latino gentleman with a bright white suit with red accents on the legs and arms. He looked like a cartel boss from the amount of armed men he had.

A short, fat man in a business suit came out of one of the trucks. Greeting the other man with zeal, only for him to be stopped by his bodyguards.

".....mind if I listen in on you two conversing...", Moors turns on a device that connects to any cellular device, turning it into a secret microphone.

As the static from the speakers come through he could hear there conversation.

"Well Ola, Señor Gustavo Mateo! What a pleasure to finally meet you.", he held out his hand.

Mateo said nothing but smiled gently, leaning to one of his bodyguards to translate for him. "Señor Mateo says that it is also a pleasure to meet you, Mr.Sleen. He wants to know where is the cargo? Three steers?", the bodyguard finished.

"Oh change of plans! There's more of them! So I'm afraid you'll have to raise the paseos a bit. I mean one is rare but five is a deal of a life time!", Sleen finish.

Mateo's changed to a more pensive expression, thinking about the sudden change, he leaned again to his bodyguard, "Señor Mateo would like to know what colors are they.", he finished.

Sleen was confused for a little, until remember what he meant by colors, "oh sorry I have no idea actually, they're naked. No armor. Sooooo it's a bit of a blind bag. Hehehe", Sleen chuckled.

Moors was confused, what was any of these men talking about?

"come look for yourself, this is one took a little while to get him to calm down. He's definitely a fighter." Sleen hits one of the cargo boxes and it moves a little.

It was Bilhard, his shouting was muffled but he was still fighting.

"Can you believe that it's taking 12 ounces of your lovely tranquilizer to put him down?", Sleen said exacerbated, knowing well that those tranquilizers were not cheap. Costing almost half a million each dose.

Mateo peered in the box carefully, he could see Bilhard glaring hatefully at him, he was restrained heavily by industrial grade cattle restraints. His mouth covered by a heavy duty muzzle. Mateo was not too impressed but not too surprised. "Ah........sí, como un toro rabioso. Perfecto para El Niño.....", he leaned again to his translator. "Señor Mateo wants to see the others", he finished.

Sleen knew what he was doing, he was checking the merchandise before purchasing it, regardless as long as one of his purchases included Wick, he had out of the buyers looking for Astartes for their own.... purposes. "Ok, just please take the pale, black haired one, he's a pain in the ass.", he showed the rest of the team.

All restrained similarly, Mateo was more curious about the Sten and Toke. Never had he seen more hairy Marines, he pointed to the both of them for purchase, he also pointed to Wick, as Sleen requested. Sleen peered into the one cage with Wick in it. "Hey! You hear me!? You insufferable little bastard! I'm finally having Selene all to myself! She would make a much better little play thing than she would anything else.", the second he mentioned her name, Wick woke up.

With the immediate strength he was able to snap out of the restraints, as it turned out, because he was unconscious no one expected him to escape the restraints so easily. He snapped out of them and broke through the wall of a change, just barely reaching Sleen.

He let out an ear piercing roar, something about this roar was primal and unnatural.

It was closer to a high frequency shreeck with a billowing of a large animal.

The bodyguard's immediately began to shoot at him but none of the bullets had pierced his skin. He broke out of the box and went straight for Sleen.

The second he picked him up to crush his windpipe, he saw Moor's truck from a distance.

Now he had a choice to either finally take revenge on Sleen for all the abuse he had put him and Selene through, or regroup with Moors to rescue the rest of his team.

For him to make a decision in his mind felt like forever, but he only just had a few split seconds. He tossed Sleen as hard as he could on to the wall of the truck, and sprinted to Moors.

From the truck, Moors was already preparing to pick up Wick mid run.

As the bodyguards were entering their vehicles in order to catch up with Wick, Wick on foot was out running them by the skin of his teeth.

"MOORS!", Wick shouted.

As Moors maneuver the truck in a way that Wick could enter through the back hatch, Wick made a jump for it and narrowly escaped.

Moors turned over to see Wick, "Hey buddy! Where are the others?!", Moors could see the pain in Wick's eyes.

"We need to go back!", Wick shouted.

Moors looked at his rearview mirrors and could see that there were currently six cars driving at top speed after him, all of them taking out what looks like heavy weaponry in order to shoot the truck.

"Hold that thought!", he pushes a few buttons to let out from the rear of the truck hundreds of spike strips.

As they all deployed it, all the the car is immediately begin to swerve as their tires tore apart.

There was no way of them catching up to Moors now.

"Alrighty, we're in the clear. What happened back there?! Where are they taking the others?", Moors question after question trying to understand what happened.

Wick was panting, not only did he feel as if he'd abandoned the others, but he now knows Sleen was going to hurt Selene somehow.

"We need to go back!", Wick pleaded.

"We will buddy....we will ....", it was up to Moors and Wick now.

End of log 19

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[andi-kook]

LEAVE BTS ALONE.

genuinely pissed off at this whole hybe and min heejin issue. whatever shit they have with each other should have stayed within them but no – these fucking adults with fucking college degrees mind you chose to be childish and air out their dirty laundry in public. and it’s come to a point where BTS who are serving the military (which we all know they shouldn’t have to) are being dragged into the whole mess. it’s fucking despicable. they’ve always been the #1 punching bag of these kpop stans and the media and it’s deplorable how they’re throwing hate at the guys AGAIN when they are in no position to defend themselves because of their enlistment. it’s INSANE.

the whole cult thing? the shaman thing? fucking hell – just leave BTS alone. i hope whoever started the cult thing actually gets prison time or a staggering amount of fine to pay because that is literally defamation. that’s disgusting. then now we have the govt apparently investigating them for chart manipulation that happened in 2016?!?! SICK.

i don’t care about what happened with bang pd and min heejin – i think they’re both so fucking childish and greedy. my main concern is BTS (and to an extent NEWJEANS too like how sick is this woman namedropping them left and right? putting them in an impossible position when they’re literally teenagers and young adults? it’s DISGUSTING).

but i know BTS will rise above these unnecessary issues again and when the time comes that they reunite as ot7 again – it’ll be the greatest comeback you’ll ever witness. karma is an army. leave BTS alone.