#rc balloon

[abqbox]

The morning started out well, aside from a slight traffic related delay. Got balloons up and launched, after the flyover and anthem.

But then the wind picked up and put an end to most of the flying stuff. We did all stick around and watched the annular eclipse, which was pretty cool. It stayed lighter than I had expected but got cooler than I would've thought.

After that, we went to the award ceremony/lunch to watch some of our pilot friends win things, but not as many of them or winning as much as they would've liked.

As part of the awards, they inducted Steve Stucker to the Balloon Fiesta hall of fame, so he was around. I dressed up in a yellow suit coat and pink vest to match our balloon a bit, and after getting his reward, he wanted to get a picture with us. I don't have it, though, it's on his phone. And, yes, I know anyone not local won't understand the significance of that at all. But here's an old photo of him from online that will maybe give a bit of a hint. He recently retired as a local TV news weatherman and was a pretty well known Balloon Fiesta personality.

And here's my outfit, usually without the eclipse glasses.

Now it's nap time. This evening, we will be participating in the balloon glow, a first for RC balloons at Balloon Fiesta.

[ivomartins]

weeping because this is such a small moment but it carries so much weight not just in relation to the dynamic with dmitry but also to lane's sense of isolation and loneliness like it genuinely tugs on the heart wtf

[roseglazedlens]

Okay let's forget about all the agents Kennedy, alcohol and trauma in RC, Ada...ect,and turn to Leon s Kennedy as Your husband's policeman 36years is receiving a promotion to Chief Police Officer cuz I can't see my bbguy suffer more :(,you can add some nsfw if you want to

thank you for requesting lovely! i'm sorry i write so much angst hahhaha, but here is a change of pace! i've never written anything purely fluff (lol) and so many characters, so this is a challenge! i hope you enjoy!

⦑ take me home ⦒✶.*

pairing(s): leon kennedy x gn! reader synopsis: you throw a surprise party for your boyfriend's last day at work after his job promotion. content: pure fluff, established relationship, flirting, alcohol, leon is tipsy, but he's cute & not depressed ab it. claire, rebecca, jill & chris works in RPD. « 1 k words┇masterlist┇ao3┇reblogs appreciated! »

Today is an unusual sight for the usually hectic police department in Raccoon City. The office is adorned with balloons, garlands, and laughter, celebrating not just the promotion of a well-loved officer, Leon S. Kennedy, but also his farewell as he relocates to a new precinct.

You should be happy for your boyfriend – and you are – but part of you will miss watching over his figure from your desk, casting flirtatious grins back and forth in attempts to distract each other from the rigorous paperwork.

A banner suspends between the light fixtures, observing the lopsided words ‘CONGRATULATIONS’, strings twisted into the knot. The culprit of this handiwork, Chris, puffs out his chest proudly, while Rebecca looks at him in disbelief.

“Chris, leave the decorations to Rebecca, please.” You break apart the squabble forming between them. Rebecca smirks as Chris descends the ladder, defeated. “Don’t forget everyone, this is supposed to be a surprise.”

“Claire, where is the card?” You interrogate the next person in your line of sight, who happens to be Claire. All whilst you signal Rebecca to tilt the banner slightly upwards. “Has everyone signed?”

“Yep. It’s just you left.” She hands over the card, before resuming to the case files on her computer.

The card scrawls with heartfelt blessings from your team, a lot of ‘good lucks’, ‘we’ll miss you’, and nostalgia when he was just a rookie. He worked hard for ten years to be a sergeant, and you know he deserves this.

You pick up your pen – contemplating the words to express how amazing he is, how you will love him forever, how you will miss the sneaky make-out sessions in the work janitor’s closet.

…Marvin will be so proud of you. Yours, ....

The vibration in your pocket cuts you off mid-sentence – Jill. She is supposed to be on the case with Leon for another thirty minutes. You read the text out loud.

“I can't hold him back much longer, we're on our way. ETA in five minutes!!”

The floor scrambles in panic to finalise their positions. Rebecca quickly secures the banner with some tape. Claire is passing party poppers. Chris is putting away the ladder to the storeroom.

As Jill enters the space with Leon following behind, all the confetti releases at once.

The rainbow plastic ribbons catching in his hair like stardust in sand. You catch a glimpse of surprise in his reaction, following with a light on the corner of his lips.

“To Leon!” your team lifts their glasses high in the air, sipping beers and cocktails all night. Leon is the star tonight – you can barely talk to him without two other people buying him drinks all night along.

You catch him a whole two hours later in the circle booth, after some of the crowd has dispersed, his cheeks redden from the many drinks consumed all in a few hours. You squeeze yourself through three different people to sit yourself next to Leon.

“Having fun?” You try to get his attention by nudging at his forearm. “Don’t get too drunk though, I have to take you home.”

Leon lifts his gaze, when he sees you right by him, a grin tug at his face almost immediately. His cerulean eyes somehow more glazy than usual.

“Thank you for doing all of this. You are so good for me.” Despite the scent of beer merging with his breath, the grin on his face remains childlike. One that you only see in his drunkenness, which he lets down his guard to show more of his emotional side.

“Everyone helped. Not just me.” You are thinking how cute Leon looks when he’s drunk. “You are well-loved in here. I’m just the facilitator.”

“How about you work for me?” Leon brings the back of your palm to his lips. “I can pull some strings, now that I’m sergeant.”

“Sergeant Kennedy, using your influence for personal goals? It’s not even your first day.” You quip with a slight chuckle.

“And what if I am?” He peppers kisses from your palm to your fingers, the faint heat from his lips sizzle through your nerves. “Sure you’ll enjoy less time on the field, and more time in my office.”

“Well, if that’s the case.” You decide to let this banter go on a little further. “I expect to be well-compensated for my extra duties.”

“That will depend on your performance.” He raises a sassy eyebrow, pulling you closer until your noses touch.

“Good thing I always hit my KPI’s.”

“I do like a hardworking employee…”

Eyes fluttering shut slowly, you smile into the kiss. His lips lay gently on yours, sucking slightly at your cupid’s bow. Your bodies move closer, so close that you rests your hand on Leon’s thigh for support. The kiss deepens further, sloppier, tongues intertwined until…

“Ahem.” Chris clears his throat loudly, snapping you back to the present.

You open your eyes to find the whole table staring at the two of you. Your gaze finds its way to Jill, which she immediately, most awkwardly, rolls her eyes to the ceiling as if there is something to see there. Claire is nonchalant, sipping her beer and simply enjoying the scene.

You retract the tongue that is still shoved in Leon’s mouth. A hint of pink is running up your cheeks, you don’t need to see it to feel it. Leon, however, is unphased by the attention from his coworkers. Perhaps it’s the alcohol, perhaps it’s knowing that he won’t be seeing these guys next Monday.

“So… next rounds on me. Who’s in?” Chris attempts to diffuse the awkwardness, which earns a few curt nods from the table.

Leon holds you by the hand, picking you up from the seat. “Sorry Chris, we’re gonna call it. It’s been a long night. Thanks for the party, everyone.”

You two shuffle past Chris and Jill out of the booth, after a round of hugs with everyone, you can practically feel Leon sprinting out the bar.

“How ‘bout we continue where we left off at my place?”

Your cheeks turn a deeper red. It seems like he will be the one to take you home tonight instead.

thanks for reading! come check out my other works. ––yours truly, rose. tags: @carlosgf @sporeghost (pm me for tags) © roseglazedlens - please do not repost, plagiarise, or feed to ai.

[k-hotchoisan]

Hiii, umm I am still kinda new here so, I don't actually know if you can see this or not... but I just want you to know YOUR FICS ARE SO GOOD!!!! I always come back to read them :O Can I request a fic or something for Jongho please? If not a fic, can I request #15 for Jongho please? He is my bias but I can't find many fics about him......

15. Roleplay with Hongjoong or Unprotected sex with Jongho?

I saw his recent selfies on twt and bOY I’ve prefaced it before (though not here) that he’s so fucking handsome??

As always, thank you for waiting & enjoy! 🩷

Just because he doesn’t like just anyone touching him, doesn’t mean that he doesn’t get touch starved.

Warnings: smut, pwp, cream pie, unprotected sex, riding, touch starved!Jongho

Taglist:

@bro-atz @diamond-3 @mcarebearsstuff @choisansplushie @voicesinmyhead-rc @pre1ttyies

K’s 500: this or that masterlist here!

When you were first introduced to Jongho, it was established that he didn’t like physical contact, and so you helped him draw that boundary, giving him that physical space.

But as you spent more time with him, what you didn’t realise was the way his hand resting on your shoulders when he was behind you when he was trying to whisper something into your ear if it was too crowded, the way he’d let his knees and shoulders bump into yours when you’re running your mouth about something, the way he’d lean in closer as an excuse to hear you better when he just wanted to close the distance between the both of you, and the way his hands would intentionally cover yours when he wanted to take something off your hands.

He wonders if you’ll ever notice. He wonders how much more he can take before he breaks.

A lazy Thursday evening, when you’re over at his place as usual, playing video games with Jongho. The both of you were playing a coop game, and losing composure at each other, laughing whenever the physics of the game made zero sense. When Jongho accidentally tosses a whole cooked steak down the hot air balloon, you shriek and slap his thigh on instinct, before you playfully yell at him for fucking up. The brunette’s eyes brighten while trying to hold in his laughter, staring at you with the most dumbfounded smile. His hand grasps yours, playfully apologising for messing up as he waves your hands in his to gain your forgiveness.

By instinct, you let your fingers naturally link in between his as he continues to shake your hand while coming up with 101 excuses. Your eyes land on your hands and you realise your fingers are intertwined with his, and you internally panic—shit, you didn’t mean to do that. As you smile and nod, feigning forgiveness, you gently release your grip, hoping Jongho didn’t notice.

But of course he does.

“We’re taking 5 and then we’re switching over to Wario Ware”, you giggle as you settle the controller down, getting up to raid his fridge. Jongho’s gaze follows your movements, and he, himself also settles his controller down to tail you.

You pull open the fridge door, the cold air immediately prickling your cheeks. He mostly has sprite cans lined up neatly. You turn to ask him, but your voice is stuck in your throat when you’re staring right into Jongho’s eyes, while he was evidently lost in yours. The silence hangs between the both of you, and you realise the proximity between you and Jongho, only the whirling sound of the fridge running accompanying the silence.

Jongho glances down at your lips. He detests kisses, and the both of you know that clear as day.

But he feels himself snap—from the way you’re just staring into his eyes, then to his lips before flickering back to his eyes once more. His hands cup your cheek and you shut your eyes, fireworks going off the moment you feel his lips on yours. He pushes the fridge door shut behind you and has you pinned against the fridge as he tastes every part of your mouth.

He pulls back, and the both of you are breathless, your heart skipping a beat when he strokes your cheek.

Your gaze finds his, and he doesn’t hesitate to lean in for another kiss before he separates from you again.

“Are you sure you’re okay with this?” You ask, glancing up his flushed face.

“I should be asking you that. I’ve been holding back since forever”, he replies, before he leads you back to the couch.

His touches feel so desperate—he feels you up and down several times as he collides his lips with yours above you, making sure his palms brush every inch of your skin while he undresses you article by article. He peels his pants off him, letting his cock slap against his lower abdomen, before his lips send you shocks down your spine as sucks on sensitive spots on your neck. You sigh, letting your hands wrap around his neck, your fingers tangling against his soft, brown hair.

He pushes two fingers in after wetting them with his spit, his gaze glued to yours to watch for any discomfort. You contract your abdomen, your legs spreading wider pulling his fingers deeper into your cunt, feeling him search for a particular spot. The moment you gasp and whimper, he knows he’s found it, and Jongho’s determined to make you come undone just from his fingers.

He watches the way your eyes roll back, the way it looks like you’re running out of air, looking fucked out, the way you’re jolting every time his finger tips press against the spongy surface of your spot, and especially the noises you make, all just for him to hear.

Your sobs are shaky as your orgasm completely wipes any ounce of coherent thought in your head, other than the desperation to be fucked by Jongho, and it fills Jongho’s ears like a melody.

“There we go. Let it go babe”, he hums, his gaze lowers down to his fingers stained with your wet release, before he lets you suck his fingers clean.

He joins you on the couch, and it’s an automatic response to climb onto his lap, the heat radiating off his thick cock luring your cunt in almost way too quickly. You decide, fuck it, especially when you see his eyes slowly looking more glazed and mesmerised while you’re on top of him.

You lift your hips and slowly sink down on his thick length—the overstimulation of his cock dragging across your walls making your legs shake, while Jongho has his eyes shut, forcing himself not to bust when he’s just barely entered you. His eyes flutter open as he struggles to regulate his breathing.

His hands which are on your thighs, trailing upwards so agonisingly slow until he his hands are cupping your cheeks once more, before he pulls you in for another hungry kiss. Your body feels like it’s on fire from the way he’s teasing you with his touches.

Jongho’s hands slides down to your ass, grabbing a fistful of it as he carries your ass up, and begins making you bounce on his dick. His fat cock stretches you out, and it’s driving you insane.

“That’s it. You feel so fucking good”, he groans, burying his head into your shoulders, keeping up with your bouncing with his hip thrusts. White begins to form around the base of his cock as he continues to fuck into you from below.

Your cunt flutters around his cock, as you let go again, leaving scratches on his upper bag as your second orgasm completely engulfs your senses, the only thing leaving your lips are broken moans as your thighs continue to shake from the overstimulation.

“You came and you didn’t tell me? Bad girl”, Jongho whispers as he fits in one more heavy thrust into your cunt before he calls out your name weakly, spilling his load deep into you.

“It’s so much, Jongho”, you twitch in under his grip. You don’t see it, but you feel load after the load threatening to leak out of your sopping cunt. His thighs are stained with the mixture of your releases, and Jongho carries you to his bathroom. His touches never leave yours throughout the whole ordeal.

Sharing a spite after a hot shower together where he made sure to breed you for another round, the both of you are back on the couch, snuggled up and comfortable, still deciding if you should start up Wario Ware.

You pull back to stare at him, and that gets his attention.

“I thought you didn’t like physical affection?”

“Well, there are exceptions, obviously. One of them just happens to be you.”

Jongho doesn’t want to let you know much he’s been craving to touch you, how much he wanted you to reciprocate, but as the relationship blossoms, he makes sure you do.

[rc-appreciationweeks]

For the RC Valentine prompts: Vincent (Soulless) + watching horror movies together

Hi Emma :)

"What is this?"

Vincent stares confusedly at the setup I've prepared. The sofa is ready with heart-shaped pillows, a king-sized blanket and a large bowl of chocolates.

"Valentine. Everyone's talking about him. Some sort of sacrificial blood priest in human religion?"

"What...?"

He takes in the impressive variety of heart-themed items I've gotten off Llamason. He then looks at the TV where I've managed to pause the screen (with Walter's help).

"Is that... The Exorcist?"

"Your enjoy watching relatable stories told through moving images, right? I saw this and thought of you."

"Tsk..."

Vincent shakes his head, but can't hold back his smile.

"You're mixing up Valentine's Day with Halloween."

He’s saying random words now. My pride in having prepared this surprise deflates significantly.

”I should have known… you ungrateful worm…”

I kick a misshapen heart-balloon. What a waste. I’m about to turn away and ask Walter to celebrate with me instead when I feel a strong hand stopping me.

”Hey, I’m… I don’t hate it.”

Vincent looks me in the eyes. His grip, which is obviously not as strong as mine, but very passable for mere human, is firm and oddly pleasant.

”I’ll watch the movie with you.”

I smile and drag him over to the sofa. I knew he wouldn’t resist me. I love to be right.

[stargazerbibi]

[ 15th january, 2024 • 127/145 days of uni ]

-> 6/6 RC notes

-> revised everything for tomorrow's exam

totally stressed but at least i have a balloon to keep me company~

[itz-pandora]

Stuff that was introduced in sonic lost world that would work as little buddies

RC UFO, this lowers the users' gravity

RC Balloon, this lifts the user into the air

RC Fighter Jet drops a shit ton of bombs

RC Helicopter drops one bomb at a time

Oh these are still fun. Might include them in some other way or just in some other au

[ripplingcurrent]

[you hear a few footsteps, and then webby's voice sounds closer as he kneels down on the ground nearby]

pretty sure! that's not something i know how to do, and i... don't think athena has that kinda power!

[you, of course, can't see it, but he's still looking around as he speaks to you]

oh! don't worry, spots, she's with me~

-🕸️

A too giddy laugh falls from RC. Their head feels like they’d swallowed too much helium from a balloon.

“You named your spider Athena?”

That’s what they were stuck on? Really, they’d just been straight up teleported and they were stuck on the absurd name of a spider.

“You know the myth of Arachne don’t you? Gods,”

Their head spun awfully.

“You’re not beating the god allegations, dude.”

[albertbutyoucancallmebert]

@janitorlarry7

(prev) "No problem!" He smiled. When Sherri decided to rest onto Bert's lap instead, Larry approached the now exhausted birthday girl and crouched over to her level. "Awee..she's so cute when she's like this.." He cooed as he also began running his hand on her back for a few seconds before slowly getting up. "Ah- on that note, d-does this mean the party's over now?"

“As much as I’d like to spend more time and chat with you, I do think we ought to wrap up.” Bert patted Sherri Jr again as he said “I think we’re all a little exhausted.”

With that, Moe got up and began gathering a few balloons from the ground and carefully deflated them. She put them in the remains of the box she’d packed her RC spaceship gift in. “Any trash you gather you can put in that box n’ I’ll take it to the compactor,” she told Bert and Larry. 

Bert slowly lifted his rat up as he stood, then went over to his nearby push cart and rested her in her cozy designated spot. He also untied his plush self from the small spaceship and nestled it next to Sherri.

[goblisslive]

This Remote Controlled Flying Shark Or Clownfish flies through the room while imitating the movement of their undersea relatives by driving themselves with lifelike fins.

[abqbox]

After a windy day yesterday that allowed for some welcome rest, we were back at it this morning despite colder temperatures.

First, we got confirmation that we had enough balloons up Wednesday to set a new world record, which is super awesome. Then we did our briefing and waited in the parking lot as the winds were rather calm and kept the larger balloons from clearing the field as quickly as they often do.

But after a delay of half an hour or so, it was our turn, and we made the most of it. Had a great flight for about an hour with good wind the whole time and plenty of excited kids and adults checking out our little balloons and asking for cards and info.

Had a slight issue with a propane leak when I had to switch the tanks halfway through the flight but caught it fast and just switched to another spare tank quickly. Nothing was damaged or anything. I'll check later, but my first look at the tank looks like it is fine, and I'm guessing I just hadn't attached it all the way even though I thought I had.

Morning flights for the rc balloons at this Fiesta are all done now and successfully completed without cancelation or major issues, which is awesome. We're scheduled to be part of the glow tomorrow evening, so that'll be different and exciting.

[theo-avery]

New info about Renée's backstory

Balloon scene with King Louis (part 2)

I chose to tell Louis the truth, which was a gamble considering that the Fronde is a very sensitive subject to the king. Renée basically admitted she came from a family of traitors to the crown, and on top of that, she was more or less committing treason again by spying on the king, from Louis' pov.

The breadseller looks like she belongs in an old RC book 😭 it's jarring

Renée de Noailles 🤝 Katniss Everdeen

Having kind but neglectful parents that get lost in a deep depression after the loss of their spouse and leave their child to support the family

Poor Renée, I want to hug her 🫂

But look at that devious spark, even as a child. She's awesome ❤️

[sudiptaam]

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[itsartsavvy]

Why are my friends so far away. In the mood to plan an impromptu picnic with subs and snapples while we watch whatever outdoor event is happening like an rc flight race or battle or a hot air balloon take off or perhaps a historical reenactment and I have no one nearby who would be down for an adventure

[swradiogram]

Shortwave Radiogram, 27 June-3 July 2024 (program 36): Digital modes from balloons at the edge of space

From last week's show, we had several examples of successful decodes of the simultaneous MFSK32 text and image. Most of us decoded using the Fldigi software, but David RC in Spain succeeded using MultiPSK. See his results at the bottom of this email/post. This week we will return to one stream at a time, but future experiments with simultaneous streams are possible. If you missed last week's simultaneous MFSK32 text/image experiment, a video of program 359 is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. And I uploaded studio audio here. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Instructions for decoding are here. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 360, 27 June-3 July 20 2024 in MFSK modes as noted:  1:42  MFSK32: Program preview  2:50  MFSK32: Balloon flights to the edge of outer space*  8:49  MFSK64: Researchers develop light-harvesting system 11:44  MFSK64: This week's images* 27:59  MFSK32: Closing announcements

*with images

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Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.

David RC in Spain used MultiPSK to decode the simultaneous MFSK32 text and image, June 20, 2024, 2330-2400 UTC, on 9265 kHz from WINB Pennsylvania ... 

[amalgamasreal]

I make a point of always buying the DUMBEST thing on wedding registries, not the thing I expect them to use the most, not the most expensive, not the coolest, the thing that I know they put on as a joke because they thought no one in their right mind would get it.

Cause I've always figured that the dumb shit is the one thing that deep down they really want, it's that thing that really tickles the childish part of their brain and makes them smile. Sure, I could buy them a new kitchen set and it'll probably be used gladly, but it's not going to be remembered fondly or talked about later.

But the couples classes on balloon art that I paid for? Those get brought up practically every other gathering. The RC submersible drone? She posted videos she made using it for almost a year afterwards. I once bought someone a life size carnival popcorn maker for their wedding, and you know what? To this day almost a decade later it's the only gift that they still have and is displayed in their house.

The best gift isn't always the one matters the most in the moment or makes the most sense, but can have the most impact emotionally in the long term.