pandasgurl

[andthebubbles]

the neighbours have LOUD doof doof doof music going on, and i have yt fan noise to counter it

i HATE NEIGHBOURS

[theambitiouswoman]

God is a women

-Ariana grande

And that women is @theambitiouswoman , I MEAN IT

thanks the best advice ever, if u remember I was one asked you about jobs and interviews stuffs

That ask which I asked you was almost solved (because of your advice)

But I actually didn't narrate the whole situation because it's totally different now..

Please help me

I already had my job which I already got placed at the college campus itself and the role is junior software developer .which will be starting by this august 1st

Yes it's pretty good that's very good role for every carrier bulider.

But the #1 problem is the company has 9 hours working shift ??? Like omggg that's so horrible timings for mee seriously ill be dead by that .. there's no time to breathe even

#2 salary is very less, why am I working at the first place? To have good money right and look at the timings . salary supposed to me good paying , but it's not

Which is so bad btw ..as my seniors said the company itself is very bad..they really suck

All the students who are literally dumb were got placed in sucha good companies,

Why not meee?

So that's the reason why I was desperately trying to jump on another good company from so many months since I got placed but I couldn't do it till now😭😭

Like girl I never imagined I would be going to this company ever..as I told you it's torturous to work there

My question is I need little more time to jump but company is starting at aug 1st ..how to survive there and jump to another one?? It's building trauma

The working hours , and obviously software developer has sooo muchh work , day and night coding, coding and coding

hahahaa! I am truly humbled, ✨thank you ✨

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me, and I appreciate your honesty.

I understand that finding a job after college can be challenging, and sometimes the offered pay may not meet your expectations. You have options, though. You can explore other job opportunities that align better with your goals and aspirations, or you can choose to work your way up in the current job if it offers potential for growth.

It's not uncommon for people to realize that the job they studied for isn't what they want to do. If that's the case, take some time to figure out what truly interests you and where your passions lie. Knowing what you want will help you make informed decisions about your career path.

You haven't started working at the new company yet, so you never know; you might end up enjoying it once you get a feel for the company's culture and working environment. However, if you find that it's not the right fit, don't be afraid to use the experience as a stepping stone to seek opportunities elsewhere.

Regarding the working hours, they may seem overwhelming at first, especially compared to college life. But as you adjust to the real world, you'll learn how to manage your time efficiently. Also, keep in mind the possibility of negotiating your salary if you decide to stay.

Remember that you have the power to shape your own life and career. Don't settle for something that doesn't bring you fulfillment. Pursue what you truly desire and be open to making compromises along the way.

Take your time to assess your options and make choices that align with your aspirations. You have the capability to carve your own path and go after what you truly want. Keep that in mind as you navigate your career journey.

I really want to end this by emphasizing that YOU DO NOT JUST HAVE TO TAKE WHAT IS GIVEN TO YOU IN LIFE. You can make your own decisions and go after what you actually want. Keep in mind, that along the way you will always have to make some sort of compromise too.

Best of luck, and remember that you have the strength to create a fulfilling future for yourself!

[soir-rouges-esprit]

xxxi.m: Coke, Blood & Handguns, I think to myself, Fuck me *sigh* … something just had to change, didn't it. “Come boys … let's chat” He puts his arms around us both and walked us to the cellar with all the Coke, we go down the steps and in front of the mountain of product we stacked. He let's go of us and like a movie mob boss, pulls a Knife out from his pocket and slits open one of the kilos, he grabs it and thrusts it towards our faces and says “Take some” … Me and J look at each other then back at him. “I’m trying to go clean so … I’m good actually” Yeah I think I’d die if I took some, my heart would probably explode. He then looks down at his feet, while lickin his lips … then back up FAST while thrusting the package forward even more, bending and breaking the brick sending a plume of coke into the air … and into my face … into my fucking eyes. AGHHH FUCK!!! I bend over, with my eyes shut tight and water-filled, rubbing them profusely. GOD DAMN IT MOTHERFUCKER. I can hear J coughing next to me, also clearly in a struggle. “Haha sorry boys! I needed you to celebrate a bit … make sure you know, if you're with any cops that well … there’s no proof other than your word alone that you didn't take any illegal happy powder. aka … I go down, so do you.” “Red! *Cough* You alright?” AHHHGGHH FUCK YOU!! I pull my Handgun from my holster and whack him with it, he falls to the ground. I point it at his face and with anger yell. FUCK YOU MOTHER FUCKER, YOU WANNA PLAY ME!? YOU DIRTY GLORIFIED GUTTER RAT, I FUCKING SHOWER YOUR FACE WITH LEAD PRICK!!! “WOAH WOAH, CALM DOWN CALM DOWN DUDE!! THINK THINK” “HAHAHAAA HAHA HAHA” He slowly looked up at me, slowly raising his hands up, then slowly raising off the ground. “Woah woah there … I don't want any trouble now haha … like I said … I just wanted to involve you a bit further for my safety … and I … wanted to see if you were as your Viper described … a test if you will. Truly fierce Hahahahaa!” I slowly lower my gun and say in a slight angry whisper. You pull anymore “tests”! … and I promise you I'll sling faster than you probably finish in bed, leaving you nothin but a sad, expensive CORPSE!! “WOW!! HAHA … What a mouth on you! … she wasn't kidding … truly are something of a unique one aren’t you? I like that *snap* but enough now boys … I promise! … no more tests or games …” he takes his middle finger digs into the brick, pulls it out, and snorts a long thick line that was collectively laying on his finger. “... WOW!!! Amazing … so fine, so granulated … the fuckin Vitamnese don't play, do they? HAHAHAA” He puts the brick back down among the pile, then grabs us again and we walk back up … I holster my handgun so as to not warrant anymore “Unnecessary attention” … He walks us into the main house and we walk into this kind of … lounge area with a large round redwood tables that looked like it was cut from a section of an actual full redwood, the chairs seemed a bit off in the room as they were clearly some kind of upper-class fancy office chairs not at all correlated in design with … we sit … and chat … “So … down to business then shall we? … you’re friend, Alzon was it? He seems like a small-time gangster that is running a much larger operation … at least that’s how your Viper described him … so I’m offering obviously the money for the lovely shipment you’ve delivered … as well some of my resources such as weapons and information brokerage” Ok … generous of you … [To Be Continued]

[unhinged-greed]

@rapid-as-sass-in-nation-team continued from here.

As Ozzie answered the phone Mammon had to take the phone away from his ear. Jeez, what good start for a conversation. If he knew Ozzie was this pissed already he might have NOT called at this very hour, but alas he knows nothing what is going on in the other sins life currently so-...

"Hahahaa, did you finally kill Fizzarolli? Or did he manage to get himself killed? Either way my condolences or whatever. Knew it was a matter of time when tha' runt kicks the bucke' because of his childish ways to say or do things. But hey hell is full of jesters, just hop on the horse and find yerself a new one, you weird jester sexual you! ANYWAYS-.."

"Was jus' calling in to ask if I could build few more electric companies in yer ring? Because yer ring is the one that uses like 70% of Hell's electricity anyways. Solution! Few more companies! Since I managed to strike a deal with Satan about powerplants that are currently being build on Wrath" Mammon was explaining excitedly his idea! Good deal with Satan will make a lot more money for this greedy asshat so why not expand it a little. Lust was a good target.

"It's a win-win situation for everyone! Even yer company needs electricity to produce those god awful sex toys... ya can' miss this opportunity, my dear-...east dickhead!"

[bellzsad]

so i think i’m gonna (try) to start a series on cute moments i had with my (ex?) crush causee im bored. or not necessarily cute, just random and memorable.

here’s the first one! they’ll be out of order cause it doesn’t really matter. if y’all like this type of shit and want to read other memories, please comment so i will post more! maybe it will motivate me to share them HAHAHAA..

okok here’s memory #1:

we were sitting at the same table in science, and it was like the beginning of class. we were told by our stupid ass teacher to get our shit out, so i obviously did that. now i sat at a table of four including me and him. the guy next to me asked if he could borrow a pencil, so i gave him one. then the girl across from me needed one two, so i trudged my damn pencil case back out and gave her a red mechanical one. i thought everything was good until HE ASKED ME FOR A PENCIL.

i kid u not my fucking heart. i gave him a green mechanical pencil. yay.

so class went on, and near the end, this bitch broke my pencil. i know. but not on purpose, it was an accident, plus the mechanical pencil wasn’t the best quality so it was understandable. i wasn’t upset or anything either. he said that he would try to fix it, and that if he couldn’t, he would give me two dollars. honestly that’s a lot of money for one pencil.

so we then went to language arts, which consisted of the same classmates because we were in pods that year (due to covid). so he sat behind me, while i sat in front.

eventually the period went on and it was time for people to move around and work by themselves and others so the room became a bit loud. i was working when he came up to me and said, “okay, i think i fixed it.” he showed me the pencil and asked for some led from mine, so i gave him some, and it worked. i thanked him and he left.

i dont know how i feel about this. i don’t think i like him anymore. but i have a lot of memories that i think are cute, funny, and downright embarrassing. if u want to hear more, please comment!! i need the motivation to share these without getting scared hahahahahaa..

[ivykhoozx]

Weekly Journal 10

Thank you for your support :D

It's been a long and bumpy ride through these 10 weeks. Despite all the negativity and how tough this journey was, I managed to pull it through. Comparing myself to my classmates, I'm a pretty small fry, but it still amazes me why people would wanna read my blog.

I was on the way to University the other day and it was so freaking jam. I was curious about what was causing the traffic jam 'cos I wanna buy breakfast before I go to class. So, I checked Waze to see if I'm able to reach there 20 mins in prior so I wouldn't be late.

Anyway, it was a roadblock that was causing all the pain in the ass. It was the first time in my entire life that I was being asked by the police to "tahan tepi jalan". Hence, I was given a summon 'cos I was playing with my phone while I'm driving.

WTHHHHHH IMMA NEED TO GO TO COURT Y'ALL...

I told my brother and my dad about it. Surprisingly, my dad wasn't mad at me... He volunteered to accompany me to the court on that day itself and asked me to explain to the judge myself :( First family member to attend court sia (it's not something to be proud of lol)

Without further ado, let's move on to what's exciting this week! My family and I went for The Courtyard's Afternoon Tea to celebrate my mother's belated birthday. At first, we thought we were going for the buffet lunch so we ate just a little in the morning. IT'S A SCAMMM!! To be very honest, I personally, wouldn't pay this amount of money to eat micro-foods hahahaa... Maybe 'cos I'm broke af now.

However,  if you're interested to purchase this afternoon tea, it's at the price of RM88/pax and visit (here) for more information.

Once again, thank you & ily! <3

[orcelito]

Accepting that im just not gonna have a tomorrow bc im gonna be waking up Hella late and then going to work and then it will be night time but OH I'm closing with 2 of the best ppl to close with so like hell yea for that

[andthebubbles]

okay at least this ep doesn't have anthony in it so hopefully i'm not taking like 3h to watch it

3x08

mmm delicious. i love a desperate, alone cressida making bad decisions. what if there's an AU where she's a serial killer? WHAT IF SHE HAD TO RUN AWAY IN S1 AND SHE MET ANTHONY WHO HAD ALSO RUN AWAY BECAUSE MAYBE HE KILLED (OR THOUGHT HE KILLED) SIMON

LMAO I FELT THIS SO HARD

SKFJGNFDKGNJKG

what the fuck?

ehe this is somewhat similar to the speech anthony gave to daphne in 1x04 "it is more than just your honour at stake, it is your sisters' too; the entire family name. it has been decided" (eeee i went and double checked it and i only missed a lil bit; also anthony is so pretty there halp)

HAHAHAA

why the FUCK is colin making this all about himself? no one replied to him while he was travelling? wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll didn't he choose to travel?

shut up colin, you have no idea what cressida is going through

SAME, GIRL

cress why don't you just explain your situation and ask for money....... or maybe she wouldn't do that haha... aahfdkjgdkjg fuck

colin. shut the FUCK up

cress kinda needs an advisor in this lol i feel like she's showing her hand too much. but then, she's like, idk, 20?

uh, isn't colin also without a title?

CUNT

heyyy they playing the duel music :3

so... does eloise not remember that cressida's father is a bitch..... ohhh well i guess she doesn't know the details about sending cress off to wales..................

why did it sound like the drink's already hit violet skjfngfkgjgk

CACKLE

but violet was like. a kid then. lmfao

JKDNGKFGJ AND THE BIT AFTER SKJFGKG dying

heh benedict's having a good time

that bit of colin sitting up on the settee is the best he's looked all season (25:15:ish)

why did this man wink at portia

SKDFJNKFGJN why is this so funny

ohhh to be an actor like polly walker.....

🥺

i love this convo actually

oh yeah you two are REALLY alike, i've been calling this since like s1

A Thousand Cuts has a really good anthony and penelope chapter. and ... was it also that fic that had a really good anthony and fran chapter, or is that another fic...? "but franny, it is so far." maybe it was.

yeah it's really OOC that anthony skipped fran's wedding. hmm. but like, i get actor schedules get in the way... idk.

violet's speech to fran is....................................... is it not a bit out of nowhere? or is she just being like this bc she's in the honeymoon stage with marcus lmao

HAHAHAHAHAA JFC THE PRIEST FUCKING KNOWS HALP

so... is fran's look after the kiss like... ....... oh whatever

ehehe (also the moment before with b&e but that's already been giffed so i've already seen it)

benedict~

lmao

hey, the piece fran and violet are playing on the piano, isn't that mozart, one of the sonatas, 2nd mvt, but it's a little bit off, and ALSO in the wrong key... aah ... it's in F major... and in the show it's in E major........... anyway i'm not sure if it is that piece because the notes are off a bit. maybe they did that deliberately. idk

now to try find which sonata it is lmao, classical music is so hard to google

oh okay. k330. in the end i just googled the numbers i had played before lmfao. but yeah, in the show it's not exactly that. if anything it feels inspired by that.

it could be another piece entirely though, just that it has similarities to k330 2nd mvt. anyway

MAYBE THAT HE DOESN'T FEEL GOOD ENOUGH. HMMM SEEMS TO RUN IN THE FAMILY

IS THIS WHERE HE RUNS AWAY

yeah he but-ed XD

HE WANTS TO MEET MORE MEN

what if they genderswap sophie skjfng????

awww

haha skjfngkjdfng he went straight from the bed to the swings!

awww this season really made me like portia

lmfao finch's sneeze

okay so i guess pen prepared that speech lmao and forewarned some people. interesting lighting they put on her btw. and yeah i do think she got off a bit lightly, but honestly if they were to do it ... probably closer to honestly, it might've been quite harsh. but who knows. anyway

gosh i love portia

:3

awwww

awwww colin finally got off his high horse. yay. your wife is awesome. you should be pleased, nitwit :3

lmaoooo eloise inviting herself to scotland KSJDNKJFGNK

SKJFNGKJGN

okay, can benedict, eloise and francesca all be queer

i want them to genderswap sophie!!!! but i guess they won't. i guess.

eloise and michaela are holding hands!!

okay so it was only towards the end of ep 8 when it finally felt like bridgerton again. minus the costumes. the first half of ep 8 felt like... wildly off the pace.

imo they didn't need to do cressida THAT dirty.

anyway i'll save this stuff for a ep 5-8 round-up post

[forcedsense]

I feel like my only state of mind as a c/omic m/arvel fan is: D/isney why the fuck are you disrespecting S/haron C/arter like this 

[ask2pjapan]

How has your year of rest been??

We do have very busy lives after all.

[vermillioncrown]

Oh man, I read in news that Jeff Bezos is fighting the NASA bid to SpaceX. The article mentioned there were 3 prototypes, which I’m guessing is what you mentioned a while back?

HAHAHAA yeah i was laughing at the news

with limited budget, the spacex option looked the cheapest on paper (but that happened back in early 2010s soooooo)

bezos owns blue origin--which is putting forth the more conventional three-stage option of landing component, ascent component, and transfer to moon component. i hate both of them bc they’re both rich enough to not need nasa’s money but go off

the three-stage architecture is conventional bc its concept of operations (conops) aka the things it needs to do on the mission have all been done before--it only needs to care about its propellant management technologies

the second option (dynetics) i had a soft spot for bc it does the refueling concept that experts believe to be a driving capability for long-term and complex space exploration. i agree even tho i’m hardly an expert-expert, and this architecture seemed like the perfect middle ground of semi-new conops and new tech for propellant management. buuuut, scuttlebutt said its numbers were shit

you already know my spiel about option three (spacex)

[hayuryu]

Seventeen Japan 3rd Single "ひとりじゃない" (Not Alone)

Okay, finally my "ひとりじゃない" albums arrived this morning

Yuhuu~

I'm happy

I take pictures asap. If I'm not taking the pictures asap, I'll get lazy and forget about it hahahaa

As you know I bought all versions (Normal, limited A, B, C, D and Carat version)

Actually I'm not going to buy carat ver but after seeing the cover I decided to buy it

Ok let's start~

Normal version

I got Woozi photocard, Dino HMV card and Hoshi entry card

It's been a while since I got Woozi photocard hahahaa

For the album, actually I don't really like the color. It's looks dark and depressing for me

Limited A version

I got Seungkwan photocard and entry card also Dino HMV card

Really, this album really looks dark and I hate that big "ひとりじゃない" in the cover lol

Pledis really need to hire designers. Also they need new stylist. That style is no...

Limited B version

I got Vernon photocard, The8 HMV card and Dino entry card

It's been a while since I got Vernon too

Idk, in this album I pulled different member from each albums. For last 2 Japanese comeback I mostly got Joshua

I'm not complaining because I'm Joshua biases but this just feel weird for me

Limited C version

Finally some pastel color album lol

I got Joshua photocard, HMV card and entry card

It's all Joshua~

Yeay!! Finally I got Joshua

So happy

It's the only version that I got Joshua. Is it because I changed my GO? lol (don't mind me, it's just I can't think straight because I only got 1 Joshua photocard)

And I'm glad they have pastel color album. It's fit with the song atmosphere (that's what I feel)

Limited D version

I got S.Coups photocard, Performance team mcard, Mingyu HMV card and entry card

I think this is the first time I got S.Coups photocard from Japanese album. But I think I rarely getting S.Coups photocard even from Korean albums

Carat version

This is my favorite album from this era. It's pink

I got Jeonghan photocard and Seungkwan HMV card

Ah, after seeing all the albums, the CD color looks all the same. As I remember usually the CD color is different for each versions but this time it's all the same. Idk why they're being lazy like this lol

Actually in this album I pulled out different member for each albums version. It's not like I don't like it but it's been a while since I pulled out all different member

I'm just complaining about the color. Most of it really bold and dark. It looks depressing to me. Maybe it's not for you but for me it looks depressing. I like the pink one though

It's soft and goes well with the mood for the song.

Ah, and for the song. It's quite good. But honestly I like Fallin' Flower better

Okay, that's all for today

I'll posting again when my going magazine and TTT comes. Idk when though. Maybe early June for going magazine

Ah, right Seventeen will have comeback on 18 June (it's their 1st time doing comeback not on monday)

Thay already start preorder for the album. I haven't preordered it yet. Still contemplating whether buy 2 sets or 3 sets...

Should I just buy 2 sets and save money for another seventeen project? It's seems they'll have another project (maybe they'll release another TTT).

Also they'll have their 6th anniversary on 26 but there's no information about merch or something. It's really weird. It's like 5 more days...

Well, let's just waiting for now

Idk if you can understand what I mean in this post. Maybe there's some sentences hard to understand... sorry for that

Okay, see you again in next post

[noritoshiikamo]

tee, is it ok to ask a personal question? :> when you met your partner, were the eight cats with you already? if so, how did he act around them at first? i find that most partners in a relationship would be overwhelmed if the other has such a huge amount of animals under their care 🥺 i know that it was a deal-breaker for this couple, so rlly curious to find out how he responded.

but wowww the babies live with you both, right? i cannot imagine the fees that you guys spend on them monthly. for the sake of the plants i see in the pictures haha i hope they aren't as unruly as the ones i see on the internet lmaooo my experience with cats are pretty chill ones tho, they just really like to stare a lot, i sometimes feel the need to close my door hAHAHAA

behkbhbfr bb my whole blog is based on invading my personal space so any personal question is welcome kith kith

yes! my partner knew i have a lot of cat from start, i actually have 10 at that time but two of them passed away (one of them bit my partner out of spite jhbefjhbrj i think he thought i was replacing him) and he doesn't mind. his parents actually have a lot of cats too, so he's used to it. there was no issue with him living with all my cats and i've made it clear that my cats not his responsibility bcs they are mine but he still helps around with them and im grateful for that

i cant stop stressing about how expensive it is to own one cat, let alone 8 really because they have no one to depend on other than me, thats what i always remind my friends if they were thinking about adopting cats. we had to fork out money to build like an area for them for when we dont want them to roam in the house usually when we have guests, we only buy high quality food which is super expensive and we have to buy the biggest bag bcs its actually cheaper, they also eat freshly boiled chickens as treats. dont get me started with vet bills. we made sure that all the males are neutered at first and in process to neutered the females. but yeah having cats are really like having baby, we dont see ourselves planning to have human baby in few years lol.

i could never close my bedroom door bcs one of them, boba, he lives in my bedroom basically, we sleep together, work together and sometimes when hes extra clingy he'll be in the bathroom while i shower. he even sat on me when im doing business on the bowl, istg no privacy at all. he has separation issue, if we left him, he will start screaming or if we close the door he will bang on it. no jokes.

dont worry about the plants they are actually hung around the walls so my cats cant get their teeth on it bcs some of them are poisonous to them. but yeah so far my experience with my cats are pretty chill too, they are my babies i love them with my whole heart

would die for them

[lu-undy]

Chapter 15 - SBT

Here it is!

"Good morning." 

"We are closed, Sir - actually, how did you even get in?"

The Frenchman had entered the Queen Victoria first thing in the morning and was standing in front of a waiter in uniform. 

"The door was open." He simply answered. 

"I could have sworn I had it shut…" 

Lucien smirked. Picking locks is not a skill one forgets easily.

"May I ask, are you looking to hire?"

"Uhm, Sir, I'm afraid we are not looking for more waiters or more people in the kitchen." 

"And what about there?" 

Lucien pointed at the wide stage at the back of the dining area. 

"What instruments do you play?" 

"The one you are using when you talk to me. I am a singer." 

"Ah, let me get my manager…"

Lucien nodded and the young man disappeared. He heard loud voices, actually non, it was one loud voice. At first it was unclear and he only heard the end of it. 

"Charles, disappoint us one more time and you're out! The last thing I need is people coming in and out of my restaurant as if it was a brothel! Now, where is that man?!" 

There was a pause before the door through which the young waiter had disappeared blasted open. 

"Good day to you, Sir." Lucien said, not impressed by the roars he heard.

"Who the hell're you to think you can sing in my establishment?!" 

Lucien liked the man already. He had the full set of the rich man who got richer through a family business. He was only a few inches taller than the Frenchman but one could fit at least 3 Luciens in his clothes… His skin was paler than the Frenchman's and had turned red under his fit of anger. Lucien nonetheless remained calm.

"I think I am what you need to be able to stop shouting at your employees as if they were cows."

Lucien took a glance at the poor waiter behind his employer and the young man gave him all his support with his eyes.

"What?! How dare you?! What do you know about running a restaurant?! My business, my rules!"

The man was barking and his plump cheeks rebounded as if they were made of cream. A bulldog, that's what he reminded Lucien of.

"Of course, but don't you want to see more people pouring in day after day?"

"And you think you can achieve that? Hahahaa!"

As he burst into laughter, Lucien's eyes flashed maliciously. 

"Not only do I think I can, but I will, Frank." 

The plump man's laughter cut short.

"How do you know my name?!"

"I like to know who I will work with."

"Arrogant. And what's yer accent? Italian?" 

"French." Lucien corrected. "But I can sing in Italian too."

"And what makes you think that you can sing here, eh?" 

"I have sung in better places than this wannabe elite restaurant."

Lucien disdainfully said as he opened the button of his jacket.

"And in none of them have I ever witnessed the manager raise his voice on his employees. That just confirms my suspicions."

Frank watched, his jaw dropping. He didn't see it but most of the staff had exited the kitchen and backstage and were watching the whole scene. Lucien sat down at the nearest table. He took his cigarette case out of his breast pocket and lit one before resuming his speech.

"The reason for the failure of this establishment is none other than its head."

Frank squinted his little eager eyes. 

"You bluff, you know nothing and you're not even a singer. Also, my restaurant is about to do much, much better even without you. But anyway, I don't believe you."

"You want confirmation of what I said? Fair enough, let us do that, shall we? Someone bring me a telephone. I will call a friend and you will be settled. Now, to make sure that who I will call is truly who I claim it is, I won't give you his direct number. Non, Frank, you will call the lowest secretary of the entire hierarchy tree and work your way up until you have him at the other end, d'accord?"

[Agreed?]

"Who's yer friend, Frenchie?"

Lucien sucked on his cigarette before blowing a cloud of smoke in front of him. Frank could only see his fair eyes pierce through the menthol fog. 

"The man who runs the most sought after restaurant of all Paris, of course. That same place that welcomes celebrities, singers, actors, politicians, local and international leaders."

"Pffff, as if…" 

"I have personally seen in the flesh more kings and presidents that you have seen on television." Lucien added. "Take it as a bet. If I am bluffing and saying nonsense, I will leave and not come back to trouble you ever again. But if it turns out that I really am close friends with the man who feeds the European and international elite in Paris, then you hire me under my conditions. What do you say?" 

Frank frowned harder, trying to impress the thin Frenchman smoking nonchalantly in front of him, to no avail. Lucien's smirk remained. 

"If kings, queens and leaders of all sorts came to listen to me sing, sometimes even offered me a discussion with them, can you only understand the asset that I would be for your establishment…?" Lucien said. 

"Wait, hold on, why do you want to work here? If what you're saying is true, then why come in this 'wanna be elite restaurant'?"

Lucien had to think fast to find an answer to that. Lucky for him, decades of being a spy were hard to forget and so the lies came to his lips very naturally. 

"Well, you just said it." He answered. "You are expecting this establishment to do better. Allow me to help in that matter and also make my name in this continent." 

"So you're in for the fame, eh?" Frank asked. 

"Non, that I already have. Pay attention, Frank," Lucien teased just to make him pay for the way he treated his employees. "I have sung for your Queen a few times, you know? The one with her face on your money?"

"Alright, alright, bring me a phone, I'll call that restaurant in Paris myself!" Frank concluded to cut Lucien's mocking and a waiter brought a phone to him. "What's it called?"

"Le Conquérant." Lucien answered.

[The Conqueror.]

After a few beeps, Frank was in contact with an operator. "Can I get the fanciest, most expensive restaurant of Paris on the line please? Can you confirm it's called 'Le.. uh… Conquayren'? Yeah, Paris in France, where else?! Yeah, I'll hold." 

Lucien rolled his eyes at how Frank butchered the name of the restaurant. He was now used to his impressive politeness. After a minute or so, someone answered the phone. 

"Yeah, hello, am I at that fancy restaurant in Paris? Yeah? I'm calling from Australia, see, I've got a man in front of me who claims he sang for you and made you earn fortunes; just running a background check on the bloke." Frank turned to Lucien.  "Your name?"

"Lulu." 

Frank's eyebrows jumped. 

"L-Lulu?" He repeated, thinking it was all a prank now as the name sounded ridiculous. "Right, I'll pass him over." 

Lucien took the telephone. 

"Allô? Oui. Oui, c'est moi, Lulu." 

[Hello? Yes. Yes, it's me, Lulu.]

The rest of the conversation Frank didn't really understand. 

"J'ai besoin que vous assuriez ce monsieur que je suis bien ce que je prétends être."

[I need you to convince the man that I am indeed what I claim to be.]

Lucien nodded a few times. A few "oui" and "mh-hm" later, the phone passed from Lucien's hands to Frank's. 

"Yeah, hello? Yeah, so, it is true?" Frank expected a no. But what he was told completely confirmed what the Frenchman had said. "Are you kiddin' me?! This bloke, in front of me, singing to kings and stuff…? He had dinner with who now?!" 

Lucien smirked proudly and leaned back on his chair, his cigarette between his lips. He waited for Frank to finish the phone call and he hung up. 

"So…" The Frenchman said. "When shall I meet the musicians?" 

Frank let his hand sink on his face, from his brow to his chin. 

"Listen here, Frenchie-"

"Lucien." Said Frenchie corrected him. "If we are to work together, you will have to learn how to respect your collaborators."

"Collaborators?!" Frank repeated. "I'm payin' you and you're working for me! How is that a collaboration? I'm your boss and that's that!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk…." Lucien waved with his index finger, shaking his head. "Your job is to deal with the restaurant, mine, to organise shows. I hardly see where your input in my work comes." 

"At the end of the month, the cheques."

"You can keep your filthy chèques to yourself. I don't need them. Now, that makes you my collaborator, non?" Lucien asked. 

"Wait, are you sayin' you'd rather not me paying you?" 

"I do not do this for the money, Frank." 

"You're one hell of a weirdo…" Frank took a chair and sat opposite Lucien. "Say I hire y-" 

Lucien raised an eyebrow. 

"I mean, I collaborate with you… What's the plan?" Frank asked. 

"You take care of your restaurant and leave the shows to me. I will handle everything: song choices, musicians, rehearsals, costumes. I ask of you one thing. Non, actually, two."

Frank raised an eyebrow. 

"You let me hire whoever I need and I need to have a look at your menu." 

The plump man's eyebrows jumped. 

"You hungry or something now?" 

Lucien ignored his comment, and Frank put a hand to his chin. Well, his first chin. Looking like a bulldog meant he had multiple ones…

"Let's make a deal then." Frank started. 

"I am all ears." Lucien crushed his cigarette end in the ashtray.

"I get you on board for a month and I accept all your tantrums. No more, no less. If by the end of it things change, I'll keep you. Otherwise, you and your princess attitude can go back where you come from." 

Lucien smirked. 

"So, what d'you say?" Frank extended his hand. 

The Frenchman thought fast. Making himself a name here in a month was impossible. Unless… 

"Agreed." Lucien shook his partner's hand. "Now," He stood up. "I shall get to work."

"Alright."

Lucien made his way through the staff who had gathered around them and had watched the discussion like a tennis match.

"Anyone who works on or around the stage, follow me." 

Like a shepherd with his sheep, they did. They ended up a minute later on stage. 

"Gentlemen, you heard Frank. We need to get the show rolling hard and fast. We need this establishment to thrive!"

Lucien looked around and all he could see was tired eyes that did not have any hope or will to make the Queen Victoria any better. 

"Look," Lucien changed his strategy. "My name is Lucien as you have heard, and I won't promise you glory with a snap of my fingers. The reputation I have, I built it with litres and litres of sweat, as well as endless hours of work. But gentlemen…" He turned to look at them all in the eyes, one by one. 

"Like a phoenix from its ashes, we shall rise again!" He raised his hand and clenched his fist. "We have an open path and only success lies ahead! But to reach that end, I need you, you and you! Oui! I will need all of you to contribute! I need each of you to rehearse as if you were to play to your queen!"

The musicians were keenly listening and started to lean forward on their seats. 

"Now! We have enough musicians, creativity and experience to make this show better than what it's ever been before. Who is the conductor?"

"Me, Sir." A man about a decade older than Lucien raised his hand. 

"I will ask you all to give me a sample of what you usually do. Come on!" 

The musicians took their places. The conductor stood in front of them and motioned them to start. Lucien took a seat and listened carefully. He lit up a cigarette and frowned. A waiter happened to pass by. 

"Could you bring me the menu please?" 

"Of course, Sir." 

A second later, Lucien was reading carefully, raising his eyes to the musicians and his ears still pricked up to their efforts. Indeed, the Queen Victoria served exquisite food if one was to believe their menu… But, as Lucien raised his eyes, he saw a group of musicians who played mechanically. There was no passion, no will, no savouring the music. 

"Stop it." Lucien rose to his feet. "Stop this." 

The conductor signed and the musicians came to a stop. 

"This is no music. This is what school boys produce when they are being forced to sing in front of their classmates. We need to change things, drastically."

"What do you propose?" The conductor asked. "We've always played like this." He raised his hands and let them flop again against his thighs.

"This is exactly the problem. And what kind of music is this? Elevator music? Music that no one ever cares about? Music that people hear but don't listen to?"

"But that's what Mr Jameson wants. He's always asked us to play to accompany the meal, not to compete with it." The conductor answered. 

"Forget about him! He is the one who made you all lose your passion for music!" Lucien shouted, pointing an accusative finger in direction of the door behind which Frank disappeared. “Close your eyes.”

The group watched him curiously.

“Come on, I don’t have all day!” Lucien insisted and they did as he said.

“I want to take you back to the day you all first played, when you picked up your instrument and the sounds that came out of you spoke out loud the words that your mouth couldn’t form! What did it feel like to express yourself with a means that doesn’t care about culture, race, age, gender? Music slashes through everything, your body, your ideas, your beliefs! And it comes straight through your heart, like the arrow of an experienced hunter. And you? You! Gentlemen! You are the hunters! The hunters of those feelings, of those emotions that the poet, the writer and the painter cannot form! Non! Only you have that power! To create the waves of the air that spell the feelings that no language, no other form of art can!”

The musicians opened their eyes.

“Now you take your instruments and you play like you mean it! You play as if it were your last chance, your last moment, as if all the efforts and sacrifices in your lives led to this special moment!”

“What should we play, Lucien?” The conductor asked. 

“What do you feel like at the moment? What emotion do you want to convey?” Lucien answered.

The conductor fell deep in thought for a moment and Lucien’s eyes scanned through the musicians. 

“So? Tell me!” He turned to all of the musicians. "What do you want to play…? You, tell me." He asked a trumpet player. 

"Uh, freedom I guess."

"Oui, freedom, you?" Lucien turned to the drummer.

"Hope." 

"Very good, you?" He asked a bassist. 

"Love." 

Lucien's eyebrows twitched. His first reaction was surprise. Why? Because who would like to sing love? Love is the biggest empty promise that life makes. You grow up full of "find your princess and live happily ever after" only to be served "find your queen and watch her slip from your very hands". Non, love was everything but what Lucien would have sung. 

"Love?" He repeated, his lips almost hurting as they uttered the word.

"Yeah, love." The bassist insisted. 

Lucien looked at all the other musicians and saw so much expectations in their eyes that he couldn't afford to refuse. He couldn't! After the moderately inspirational speech he gave, he couldn't afford to extinguish that flame and lose their trust.

He frowned. 

"Fine. We shall play such a piece. Your job is to find and agree on a song. I give you a few days to rehearse it and make it yours. I don't want to sing on any odd cover, non! You all will have to make this piece yours, make it resonate inside of you. Once this is done, I shall come in and we shall rehearse with my voice. Do we have a deal, gentlemen?" 

"Yes."

"Yeah."

"Then get to it!" Lucien concluded before turning his back and exiting the restaurant. 

On his way out, his eye caught the shadow of Frank in the corridor. He had been watching and listening, lurking. Lucien did not mind at all. On the contrary, if the plump man did learn a thing or two on how to manage a team, it wouldn't hurt.

The Frenchman walked back to his car and slid in. He waited to be out of sight from the restaurant and looked in his rear view mirror. He smiled. Being hired proved a bit chaotic, but fairly easy. Now, he had to pay a friend a visit to make sure he would hold his part of the bargain with Frank: make more and more people pour in the Queen Victoria.

[ayellowcurtain]

SKAM ITALIA S4 EP10

I’m not ready for this, we need a season 5! 

Why do I think this scene is so intimate and comfortable and perfect? Why do I need to live this scene as well? Lying in my bed, my lover drawing me, being so soft and sleepy and in love. Sign me up 

Once I got over how intimate and perfect this scene was, I realize: Silvia’s room is so pink...annoyingly pink

The way they tease each other saying “baby” 

I don’t really like her, but Silvia looks so pretty and happy and at ease. 

Luchino’s face when he read Sana’s text <33 

Skam and the dads, man...

GIOOOO! I knew his clip was coming, but I’m so curious to see his POV, the colors, the mood...

Elia’s face when Marti held him. So cute!!!! 

“We broke Luchino!” Marti’s voice during this, oh my god!!

“Is that in the end she gets to decide everything!” - and that’s how things should be, my friend. 

I mean, I would shut my mouth too after hearing Gio Garau, my ex-girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend ask me to get in line. 

The way I love this Dr. Spera! I feel like he’s one of the best adults in the whole skam universe 

He and Fede are friends now, awww <3 

Filo lying on the floor is very me 

I feel like Filo is the perfect character to show us how “young” the rest of the group is. They’re all teenagers, meeting their first loves, dealing with school drama, real life problems that mostly happen when you’re in your teenage years, but Filo is not exactly an adult either! Life is not like: you’re a teenager -> now you’re an adult! no more fuck ups, every decision is a life changing one! no mistakes!!!!!! Those years, the early twenties, I guess, you’re still very much very lost, not exactly knowing what to do and maybe you learn that this is life, you get smarter, but doesn’t mean you can’t make mistakes. And now Filo is facing consequences to dumb decisions. And yet he tries to calm Ele, always worrying about others, about them being ok before he is. 

“I’ve definitely dethroned you by now.” Stooop being this cute!! I need more Marti and Filo in my life. 

Almost cried when he cried, fucking hell. 

Oh god...it’s Nico now...I’m not ready!!!

I have to agree with everyone...why would Niccolò, the guy that clearly knows how to make “big gestures”, give Martino a sweater for his birthday

Again, I love how Nico says “tutto”, it’s just so cute. 

Ugggh, I have to explain again that I’m not the most “woke” person ever, so I might be completely wrong here, but...my god, how I hate that Nico says “yes” and gives that weird smiles that’s sort of “yes...obviously”. 

I kept looking at Marti to see his reaction and I feel like he had a quick, but sad smile for a second. uuugh!!!!!!! 

The silence sort of lingers and I feel like it’s an “I’m sorry for wanting to have sex with him” and “I’m sorry for even asking” silence. And then they change the subject. 

“our place”, huh?  So Marti is not just visiting and staying for long periods of time, huh.

The way I internally screamed when I saw Elia and Filo...

“Well, after a while”. Yeees, Elia, you get it ;) During Christmas you can even hide inside Filo’s bedroom... 

I love how Gio yet again notices that Marti is not happy and he offers to go with him to talk with the boys.

It feels so odd though...suddenly going to Luai, out of nowhere and introducing himself... 

Oh my! Sana looks so beautiful!!! This shade of blue really fits her so well <3 

Elia looking around and eating in the back hahahaa 

Poor Elia, just watching from afar. I would give all my money for him to be a main after this season 

Emma is really everywhere, seeing everything, huh

The way he says the other two before himself. Interesting...

Gio is always so happy if Marti is happy 

I mean...it’s nothing new. Gio and Eva were always very...explicitly shown. So I don’t get the shock, it was always like this...just not in public, I guess. 

Eva’s speech is so, so good and perfect for them, but this way of thinking always feels bitter to me  

[azaharperezoso]

THE WRONG NUMBERS

Wednesday’s prompt: . AU. I went fot the Social Media AU 

Bartimaeus, Nathaniel, Kitty

+0784… and +0764… added to the group “Bart’s Bitches”

I can’t stand this new guy I’m working for. He’s such an arrogant prat

I don’t know who you are, but I suggest ditch him

What do you mean you don’t know who I am, Queezle? I’m Bartimaeus!

Nice names, but I’m not Queezle

Fuck!

@+0784..., tell me this is you, Faq!

Good morning, I don’t know who either of you are, and I request a change in the group name as I’m not anyone's bitch. I also suggest you look for another job if your boss is such an unpleasant person

I love how neither of you are the people I wanted to talk to but yet you’re both still in these group

We’re way better than your friends

And I’m not changing the group name. You’re my bitch now, overly correct stranger

I can’t leave. I need the money. 

Pity 

I have to organize a lot of papers… What do you think? Organize them by colour so they form a rainbow? It’s more fun than how he wants them

If you need the money so badly, shouldn’t you do as your boss says? Just so he doesn’t “ditch you” as 0764 said

That’s what you’re calling me? My phone number?

Well, I don’t know your name, do I?

What do you say, Not-Queezle?

I’m all up for the rainbow thing! And add some glitter, I bet it annoys him

He’ll scream like a small child

I think this will be your last day at your job…

Wow, is that a thread? Are you my boss? Haha

Oh boy, that’ll be so much fun!

I don’t hire idiots

Rude!

***

Did you do it?

Yup! It’s so beautiful!

Oh, here he comes!

***

I apologize for my earlier words. I do hire idiots

It was a joke, o mighty boss!

Hahahaa omg!! I wish I could see your faces

Did you fire him?

What do you think? Of course he’s fired!

He’s playing the part. He screamed at me, but he didn’t do it. Apparently I’m more competent than his last assistant

I DIDN’T SAY THAT!

I could see it in your eyes

He saw it on your eyes. You can’t fire him now. It’ll be like lying to yourself

Exactly! Thanks!

Fiiine! You have another chance!

I knew I could trust you, Nat <3

Don’t say my name to strangers!

Oh, but we’re like the closest of friends now, Nat

I knew I should have left the group as soon as I was added

<3

We love you <3 

*sighs*