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[dj-shinkeee]

Tough times calls for roughing up. Finals season coming up for some students, chill and remember why you’re here with The Right Way Around by Daughter.

[geronimomo-spd]

Scherzo sound creature cosplay, just taking a white sheet and holding it behind every Charley and Eight cosplayers and hiding behind it making noises

[cabinpressurechallenge]

Hello my little otters!

You may be aware that this is the TENTH (!?) anniversary of Zurich this year in December, and accordingly, I would love to do something to celebrate. I am well on my way to becoming a plane mechanic now (almost got half of my certificate! thank you jf <3) and December is going to be a busy time for me, but I can't let such an important date go unobserved!

I've created a little form to see what we all think - if you could fill it out that would be brilliant!

I'll see where we're at a little later in the year but for now, be well, have fun, be kind, speak soon! love the airport <3

[camphereandthere-listenalong]

FILE 1. The Beginning of the End

[File 1. The Beginning of the End]

[transcript link]

The sky is cloudless and vaulted.

Happy Debut, Sydney Sargent! Happy Debut, Jedidiah Martin!

Happy First mention; Lucille Bertuccelli! The Elephant Man! Joshua Macheath Matthew Napoleon! Marisol Yuchengco! Warren Earthman!

Agency notes under cut:

Terrifying show notes:

Audio data from various sources detailing the events which occurred at Site 2 on day 952.

Major Insight Info:

status, layout, & daily procedure of Site 2

status & thought process of Entity 2

relationship of Entity 1 & Entity 2

Minor Insight Info:

general behavior & status of Entity 1

relationship of Entity 2 & Entity 3

relationship of Entity 2 & Entity 6

typical behaviors of Entity 3 & Entity 6

status & effects of Anomaly 1 and Anomaly 2

Important Notes:

This dataset seems to confirm the existence of the previously theoretical Entity 9. It displays marked interest in Entity 2, and possible chthonic aptitude; in light of this knowledge, I motion that Entity 9 should immediately be elevated to Entity 4.

[mjn-air]

[essexmermaid]

Ice

“Ice,” drawled Douglas.

“What, where?” asked Martin, flustered.

“Ice,” repeated Douglas calmly.

“Where’s the ice?” yelled Martin in a panic.

“Not where, what!” explained Douglas. “The next word association. You go first.”

Martin slumped in relief. Not a real emergency then, just another of his infuriating First Officer’s word games.

“On the wings,” snapped Captain Martin Crieff, upset at having been misled by Douglas’s stupid word games, and yet still trying to play the game.

“Oh, didn’t mean to alarm you!” offered Douglas ironically, knowing all to well that he had made Martin panic unnecessarily.

“Your turn,” snapped Martin, trying to master his emotions and gain the upper hand in this battle of words.

“Yes, yes,” agreed Douglas in mock friendliness. “Now where were we?”

“Ice!” barked Martin. “Word association. Use of, definition, whatever. Your turn Douglas.”

Having thoroughly rattled Martin to start with, Douglas knew he could easily win this round. But it wasn’t much of a match if he had no real opposition.

“Gin and tonic,” offered Douglas half heartedly. “With a slice.”

“On the runway,” countered Martin quickly, anxious to gain ground.

“Ice bucket,” came the response. “Champagne, for the chilling of.”

““Ice in the engine,” quoted Martin, “May cause damage to, or deterioration in performance of, the engine’s power.””

“Were you quoting from the engine maintenance manual?” asked Douglas, knowing full well that it was Martin’s favourite bedtime reading matter.

“Well,” squirmed Martin, “what if I was?”

“Skating,” he countered.

There was a pause while Martin considered his next move.

“ICE” he said.

“Ice?” questioned Douglas. “That’s no answer! You have to give a use of the word, not repeat the word itself!”

“I.C.E.” spelled out Martin. “In Case of Emergencies. Your emergency contact number on your phone.”

Douglas, distracted, realised he really should update his ICE contact on his own mobile as it still listed his ex-wife who would be none to pleased to be called if Douglas were in some sort of emergency.

“Hmm, yes,” he managed, lost in thought. Who on earth could he put as his emergency contact now he was so very much divorced and alone?

A minute or so passed by.

“Time’s up!” crowed Martin. “I win!”

Douglas rolled his eyes and huffed faintly. If young Martin was so desperate to win then he’d allow him to, just this once, rather than spoil the long flight ahead of them.

“Very well,” Douglas conceded gracefully. “I was just thinking who I ought to list as my emergency contact. After my last divorce,…” he trailed off sadly.

“Mine’s you,” blurted out Martin.

“Eh?” asked Douglas, incoherent for once, not understanding his Captain.

“You’re my ICE,” explained Martin shyly. “There isn’t anyone else who would know what to do. In Case of Emergencies they should call you. If that’s Ok with you?”

Douglas glanced across at Martin, whose cheeks were blushing faintly at this admission. He was surprised and touched that Martin would put such trust in him.

Once again, Martin had surprised Douglas with his honesty and vulnerability. It made Douglas feel wanted and rather warm inside.

“I’d be honoured,” Douglas replied, in all seriousness.

Martin gave him an awkward smile and they continued in silence, Douglas feeling that they had made another profound step towards a true and lasting friendship.

[sircarolyn]

fandot advent day 9. pool.

Of course he can swim. There’s nothing Douglas Richardson can’t do. But diving in always gives him that moment where he could swear he’s drowning. It’s the suddenly muffled senses, the rush of water, the blindness and the chest tightness.  Sometimes, when his first daughter had been small and had begged for her daddy to go swimming with her, he’d let that rush swallow him up, held himself underwater until the world had fallen dull and quiet, just like it felt at the bottom of the bottle. 

He can swim. But he doesn’t any more. He’s choosing not to drown.

[softlyblues]

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Rathbone swings at him. 

The Doctor ducks, but he’s clumsy with the condensation-wet metal of the floor, and turns the blow from damage to glancing, knuckles clipping his jaw. “Please, Rathbone! It doesn’t have to be this way!”

He has barely enough energy to look at Charley over Rathbone’s shoulder. She’s struggling with the fire axe attached to the far wall, strapped in securely; her fingers must be numb, he thinks, the buckles done too tight, and - 

“You bastard,” Rathbone snarls, flying at the Doctor down low, his shoulder winding the Doctor right in the stomach and sending him to the floor, “You selfish bastard!”

“No, you don’t understand -” the Triskele weapon is slippery in his sweaty palm. Rathbone straddles him, muscular thighs around his waist, pinning him very effectively to the floor; the Doctor starts thrashing madly, his hands above his head, the Triskele device just out of Rathbone’s reach. “You’ll kill us all, Rathbone, every last one of us! Every last one of you! This wasn’t meant for you to use!”

“You’ll use it for yourself,” Rathbone pulls his arm back and punches hard; the Doctor chokes and the world, for a moment, is black and starry. “I know what you’re like!”

“No - please -”

There’s a metallic clatter and a terrified cheer; Charley has loosened the axe, then. The Doctor turns his face just in time for Rathbone to punch him on the other side of it; then, he flattens his broad-chested body against the Doctor’s, trapping his arm against the floor, and creeps his fingers up the Doctor’s forearm. “Give - it - to - me-”

“Oi! Arsehole!”

Charley slams the butt of the axe into Rathbone’s back. The ensuing chaos is enough to let the Doctor recover, coughing, his head pounding; he scrabbles back against the slick floor and uses the nearest strapped-down cargo box to stand up. “Ow,” he says, and once more with feeling, “Ow.” 

“Doctor? Are you all right?”

Charley, bless her, looks like some poster for war in jolly old Blighty, the axe held across her chest, her hair descending from the mannish style she’d it tied in; it’s a pleasant chestnut colour, and only slightly longer than the Doctor’s now. Her cheeks are high and pink and her booted foot is placed square on Rathbone’s back. “Doctor?”

“I’m fine,” he assures her, looking down at the Triskele, “Now-”

“Raaargh!” 

Never underestimate a humiliated man. With an indignant scream, but caught off guard as she is, Charley loses the fire axe to Rathbone in a brief and fruitless wrestle, who staggers ungainly to his feet, snapping and snarling. There’s drool on his chin. He looks most unsightly. “Give it to me,” he says, teeth gritted, axe hefted, “Give it to me, now!” 

“Oh, well,” says the Doctor, and before he can think about it he turns, chucks the Triskele device out the small hole in the hull, and squats down with his arms over his head. 

Later, Charley will describe it as a cat chasing a ball of string, but now in the depths of the R101, it doesn’t look like anything so tame. Rathbone’s clearly been driven mad, some combination of the Uncreator Prime and his own devilish desire for bloodshed and power, and puts his head down like a charging bull, roaring unconcernedly. He only stops for a moment, aiming a rough, steel-capped kick at the Doctor’s side, but it impacts; as Rathbone bursts through the hole in the hull after the Triskele device, widening it considerably, so too the Doctor begins to slide, unmoored by the momentum. 

“Doctor!” 

“Charley, I-” his breath is knocked out of him along with much of his thought; the hole in the R101 is now large enough to create a sucking pressure void, and the slipperiness of the metal means no matter how much he suddenly scrabbles, he can’t catch grip on anything. “Charley!”

She’s clutching a guide-rope, something come loose and flapping from a side wall, her eyes bright. “Oh - oh -”

He has just enough time to acknowledge the absolute cosmic irony of the whole situation, wet moisture from the invading clouds cold on his cheeks, when the Vortisaur collides boldly with the bottom of the ship. 

Of course it does. 

if i don't write something to cope with my lesbian feelings towards pained paul mcgann i might go insane. im writing smth for every audio drama i listen to. paul ur insane

[daltongraham]

Ugh.

I went for a fucking walk in the fucking outdoors. Now I'm nauseated and exhausted. But I did it! So there, doctor and other people saying I have to walk

[markgatissappreciationsociety]

MGAS Listen-Along This Saturday, March 11

We'll be gathering tomorrow, Saturday, March 11, at 2 PM Central US time / 8 PM UK time to again listen to Mark Gatiss' dulcet tones on a podcast. Actual show to be determined by participants.

All welcome, please ask if you need the information.

[thegreenhairedwerewolf]

fandot advent listenalong - Nov 30th

Question: What’s your favourite Arthur moment?

Well it’s not this episode... I more or less pretend Boston never happened. ;)

Anyway. Arthur is so brilliant and has so many great moments, but my absolutely favourite one is the bath moments philosophy explanation in Fitton. It’s so important to me.

I also love the “Did Douglas do something clever and now everything’s fixed? - I wish you lot would listen to me sometimes.”-moment in St. Petersburg.

And his musings on what he could do for a job when they no longer have GERTI in Yverdons-les-Bains.

Qikiqtarjuak also has many brilliant moments: “What do you know about polar bears?” - “Polar bears are brilliant!” // “I just so happen to know a lot about bears. At the moment.” // The farewell-bear-facts!

Oh and in Ipswhich: “You are an idiot.” - “I know! That’s why I’m worried!” - Just the way he as accepted that as a given and doesn’t question it, it doesn’t hurt him. It just is, moving on.

I love his enthusiasm and his acceptance for whatever life throws at him. (Unless it’s Gordon. Which is more than understandable.)

Arthur. Light of my life.

[hisgalthursday]

Douglas looked across the cockpit at his Captain and felt the flutter in his chest that was becoming so, so familiar.  They had been dating for a few months now.  Not long enough for the first flushes of love to have dissipated, but long enough for Douglas to know which of Martin’s relationship rules he could break without too much fuss occurring.

He reached across the small space between their seats,  “I love you,” he smiled, giving Martin’s hand a small squeeze.

Martin blushed in his most Martin-y way and Douglas couldn’t resist leaning further and giving his partner a quick kiss on the lips.

“DOUG-las,” Martin complained with a smile.

“Oh Martin,” the first officer rolled his eyes, “it was one little kiss.”

“It’s never one little kiss with you.”

Douglas pretended to be offended, “Hey!  I can show restraint when I need to.”

The first officer was still leaning close and Martin grabbed his tie and pulled him even closer, “It’s not you I’m worried about,” he purred, kissing Douglas more deeply.

When Martin pulled away, Douglas gave a rumbly chuckle, the one that made Martin think of warm honey.  “And you still wonder why I find you so sexy, Mon Capitan?”

“Oh, I know exactly why you find me so sexy,” Martin teased, “It’s because I believe in the terrificness of you.”

Douglas leaned back slightly, his brow furrowed.

“That’s not it you know..”

“Douglas, I was joke…”

“No Martin, listen.  It’s quite the opposite.  I wouldn’t have let this happen between us if I didn’t think it would last.  The risk of losing you isn’t worth it.  But the thing is, you already know all the ways I’m not terrific.  And you still want this.”

Martin smiled softly at his partner, “I want this more than I’ve ever wanted anything.  Even flying.”

Douglas smiled, “You don’t have to go that far.”

“Ok,”  Martin grinned, “maybe not more than flying.  But just as much.  I promise.”

“That I’m willing to believe.  After all,  I am Douglas Richardson.”

[geronimomo-spd]

my Eight, Tigger and Eeyore Caerdroia cosplay! Eight was not the most pleased they were there but Tigger sure had a great time for all three of them!

my talented partner @cosmik-homo sowed the coats on the little fellas, including Eeroye's pants and vest! and both of their cravats! their vests are made from the same fabric as my main eight here!

featuring them being in the tardis like they never got to do! i had a great time in Gally 1 this year with these little fellas and hope to bring them next year with some matching ribbens for them!

here are more details shots of these two under the cut:

[cabinpressurechallenge]

hello everyone! pleased to present the 2022 Cabin Pressure advent listenalong! beneath the cut are the prompts for the episodes, which i will post every day but this is a headstart if you want it!

the first episode will be Abu Dhabi on the 29th, which is next Tuesday and you're welcome to join in however you fancy - write! draw! make liveblog posts! i would absolutely love to coordinate a live listen again, but my timezone has now become problematic. that said, i still propose that if we want to gather at around 6 or 7pm GMT, either on discord or on tumblr or whatever, we'll see what we can do about having a group listen.

any questions or comments please just shout! okay, bye! love the airport!

29th Abu Dhabi

a missing scene: The run up to Carolyn calling Martin a berk

a word: ice

a question: Who is your favourite character?

30th Boston

a missing scene: Douglas’ conversation with ATC

a word: home

a question: What’s your favourite Arthur moment?

December 1st Cremona

a missing scene: Arthur and Martin in the Garibaldi

a word: nuts

a question: What’s your favourite Douglas moment?

2nd Douz

a missing scene: Douglas and the cricketers

a word: big

a question: What’s your favourite Carolyn moment?

3rd Edinburgh

a missing scene: Martin giving Mr Birling the hat

a word: maps

a question: What’s your favourite Martin moment?

4th Fitton

a missing scene: Arthur and Douglas in the flight deck

a word: rain

a question: What’s your favourite episode?

5th Gdansk

a missing scene: Previous games of itemised lists

a word: salt

a question: What’s your favourite word game?

6th Helsinki

a missing scene: Arthur’s holiday scheming

a word: gift

a question: Which is your favourite series?

7th Ipswich

a missing scene: Martin and Douglas revising 

a word: pool

a question: Who’s your favourite minor character?

8th Johannesburg

a missing scene: Arthur and Martin’s golf buggy conversations

a word: shade

a question: Who is your favourite friendship?

9th Kuala Lumpur

a missing scene: Arthur rehearsing his story for Martin

a word: service

a question: What’s your favourite ship?

10th Limerick

a missing scene: Carolyn and Arthur creating poetry

a word: sunset

a question: What’s your favourite MJN family moment?

11th Molokai

a missing scene: Christmas in Hawaii

a word: cracker

a question: What scene makes you laugh the most?

12th Newcastle

a missing scene: Playing Trivial Pursuit

a word: games

a question: What’s your favourite Herc moment?

13th Ottery St Mary

a missing scene: Martin twisting his ankle

a word: river

a question: What’s a scene you know by heart?

14th Paris

a missing scene: What’s Carolyn up to during all the nonsense?

a word: glass

a question: Which Birling Day is your favourite?

15th Qikiqtarjuaq

a missing scene: Arthur giving bear lectures

a word: facts

a question: How did you get into Cabin Pressure? 

16th Rotterdam

a missing scene: Martin practicing his speech

a word: honey

a question: What are your favourite Cabin Pressure fics?

17th St Petersburg

a missing scene: discussing the plan

a word: names

a question: what’s a scene that makes you cry?

18th Timbuktu

a missing scene: Arthur’s preparations for Birling Day

a word: colours

a question: What’s your favourite piece of CP fanart?

19th Uskerty

a missing scene: Herc receiving the sheep

a word: drinks

a question: Do you like anything else by John Finnemore?

20th Vaduz

a missing scene: Carolyn and Theresa meeting

a word: dragons

a question: What’s your favourite Theresa moment?

21st Wokingham

a missing scene: Arthur and Wendy’s adventures

a word: puzzles

a question: If you could change something about CP what would it be?

22nd Xinzhou

a missing scene: Stuck in the traffic jam

a word: waiting

a question: What would your dream CP revival episode be?

23rd Yverdon les Bains

a missing scene: Martin telling Theresa he got the job

a word: capsized

a question: Which part of CP do you find most relatable?

24th Zurich

a missing scene: OJS’ first flight

a word: gold

a question: What does CP mean to you?

[camphereandthere-listenalong]

Happy First Day of Camp!

[Happy First Day of Camp!]

[transcript link]

Happy first day of the Camp Here & There listenalong! Episode postings will occur at 8:30 am MST.

[mjn-air]