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The Knight of the Laughing Tree by Joshua Cairós
created for the 10th anniversary of The World of Ice & Fire
#a song of ice and fire#asoiaf#asoiaf art#asoiaf fanart#the knight of the laughing tree#the tourney at harrenhal#lyanna stark#aerys ii targaryen#elia martell#house targaryen#house whent#westeros history#the world of ice and fire#joshua cairos#valyrianscrolls#horses#caparisons#awesome#click through for details!#which really are incredible. you can see the messy smears on the shield and the raggedy edges of the sheet they did up as a caparison#it's so very much something a pair of teenagers put together overnight i love it#benjen: “the horse needs a caparison!” lyanna: *looks at their red hands from fingerpainting the weirwood leaves* “i know what to do!”#also look at how short the knight is! ❤️ and that mismatched dented armor#though i'm not sure who else is in the royal box besides aerys and elia. maybe oberyn by elia? and one of aerys's toadies. or lord whent?#anyway i love this so much
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I love imagining your BENT turtles after finding out Donnie's ages.
On one hand, Leo would be whining to Donnie about Raph and Mikey being mean to him, since Donnie is technically the oldest.
On the other hand, Raph treats Donnie like the baby and like he's still tiny, because in his mind he is, and yells at anyone that so much as looks at him wrong.
And Mikey just watches it all in mild amusement.


Their dynamic is definitely a fun one! Totally agree that after talking about ages they would all change how they interact with each other a bit
Also the B.E.N.T turtles are not mine - they’re owned by @butterfilledpockets and I just doodle them because I love the AU ε-(´∀`; )
#Leo would jokingly use Donnie as a shield#(old disaster twin tendencies die hard)#and be a lil shit to Raph#Raph would be his grumpy self but leave Donnie out of it and try and keep Donnie out of Leo’s mess#ronin mikey watches from afar in confusion - slight amusement - and some annoyance#bad end ninja turtles#b.e.n.t#my art#rottmnt future leo#tmnt the last ronin#sainw raph#tmnt don bot#rottmnt#tmnt#tmnt sainw#tmnt 2012#tmnt 2003#ask box#ask answers
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AHHH time to pack our computers for the move, I hope they arrive safely!! if anything happens to them I won't be able to play Veilguard for a while, getting replacements is more that we can afford at the moment 😭🙏
We don't own many things so we are sharing a truck with other people and it's a long distance trip and it will take a couple of days to make it there so I'm nervous!!
Moving far away was a lot easier five years ago when all we owned fit into two suitcases 😆
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New MH weapon idea: SKATEBOARD
Lightweight, agile blunt weapon. You can use items while unsheathed like the SnS. Rail grind down the monster's spine like dual blades to dish out some powerful elemental/status damage! Cheeky little guard points hidden in some of its attacks >:)
bonus zack under the cut for my ffvii followers~

#capcom hire me.#i've heard a lot of players mention they want a light blunt weapon. usually fists/boxing gloves. or the coveted Shield & Shield#but i think i've figured it out.#other cool weapon ideas i think: whip; ball and chain; literal roller blades; giant shuriken like yuffie#or maybe just bring back the magnet spikes ffs!!!!!!#monster hunter#monhun#mh#my art <3
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Happy Sharpie butt
#rats#rat#ratblr#petblr#sharpie#the cat litter box is back again#this time secured with paper shields
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Because the “shrodinger’s queerbait” nonsense will never go away, indulge me an analogy (and a long post).
wlw ships are the “made from scratch” cake in a world where we only ever expect cake mix from the box.
Say you have a show where, in the first interaction between a male and female character, there is a red box. It could be a Betty Crocker box of cake mix. Because all it takes is just one smile — one wink — one raised eyebrow— and the fans don’t question it. We’re clearly making a cake here. The box is red.
Meanwhile, you have two female characters building their own relationship that have elements that could build to romance. There are eggs in the fridge. A few more episodes, there’s flour in the pantry. Sugar. Baking powder. Queer fans start whispering…we could be making a cake here. Other fans scoff “you will read into anything. They’re just eggs! Everyone has eggs in their fridge!” Maybe so, maybe not. They are written off as discrete ingredients, nothing to see here.
That red box is still sitting in the pantry. Obviously we’re going with that one, and it’s definitely cake mix. That guy and girl stood next to each other again.
The wlw relationship is now full-on batter. It was a cake recipe all along, but it’s not baked yet. The crowd that wrote off every ingredient is now saying the writers are just going to “squander” that box that could be ready-made cake mix or that they’re being “forced” to bake a cake with the very ingredients the writers deliberately bought and put in their pantry.
Now it’s in the oven, the cake is baking. That crowd will still insist it’s forced, or maybe its actually something else, or it’s rushed, or it’s pandering. Whether the writers painstakingly built a pantry to make the cake they truly wanted or they were cultivating good ingredients and realized they had the fixings for a more decadent cake and went there, it doesn’t matter. It’s still a recipe. One that fans who always have to piece together ingredients had hoped for or saw from the get-go, despite being scoffed at and disparaged. Just because that crowd didn’t see (or refused to see) those ingredients as part of a whole, doesn’t make it any less of a recipe.
And wlw fans shouldn’t have to keep writing essays to demonstrate that the wlw “cake” has all the ingredients every cake mix does, or keep pointing out that fans were ready to believe a cake was being baked when they saw a nondescript box, but that they’ll do anything to discredit or doubt the cake from scratch that’s now cooling off on the counter.
It is partly a function of heteronormativity from the audience in immediately seeing romance in any whisper of interaction between m/f characters and passing off all charged interactions between female characters are sisterly or platonic. And it also comes from writers, who are either being cautious so as not to spook corporate overlords or audiences, or who are preserving plausible deniability.
To take the analogy further, box cake mix is fine! It works! It is, practically speaking, what a lot of folks know by default. I thought I was a Duncan Hines girl once myself. Vanilla cake mix has the ingredients measured out, it’s a safe bet, it tastes like cake.
But it doesn’t mean every red box is cake mix. And it doesn’t make the cake that had to be pieced together from scratch due to censorship, caution, time, narrative build-up, what-have-you, any less of a cake.
#Also this is a pillsbury cake mix hate blog so it doesnt count. The good ones have red boxes.#are we discoursing on this fine evening? Why not.#This could be about literally any wlw ship#but as someone who binged 8 volumes of rwby before 9 and missed all the drama but sees the vestiges of it years later somehow#its wild to me. Because as someone who saw the narrative in one gulp#it is very obvious they have put a lot of love and attention into Bumbleby#anyway this applies to#Bumbleby#korrasami#clexa#bubbline#harlivy#i could keep going#Having to defend a wlw ship like it’s a dissertation EVERY TIME is exhausting#And the fact that wlw fans have been burned before shouldn’t be wielded as a sword and a shield every time a wlw ship is viable
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why do they keep making bucky a government-manipulated pawn 😭 from the american military to hydra to whatever weirdass public relations campaign valentina is pushing the thunderbolts through (see: end credit graphics & the cereal campaign), like he had his brief time on the run and his goats in wakanda but he's sucked back into a sketchy institution once again like what are they doing with him. sure the movie was fun, but every time i think about it i just end up head in hands.
#rei rambles#anti thunderbolts#bucky barnes#discourse#what was civil war even for#what did sam fight for during falcon winter soldier? why did he even spend his entire movie arguing with ross#hhhhh#and it's so disrespectful of them to just go along with valentina co-opting both the avengers name and the tower.#at least the thunderbolts was a cute lil inside joke. them being on cereal boxes as the new avengers and using the avengers tower as a base#just makes me feel like they're spitting on the graves of the og avengers. u think steve and nat disagreed w the accords for this?#and yeah maybe tony would be into it but they also put the iron man silhouette underneath bucky's figure in that new promo figure.#looking at the more personal reasons civil war happened--u think tony would be okay with THAT???#and u think bucky who is friends with sam and trusts steve's judgement on who to pass the shield onto: u think that bucky would be okay#with STEVE'S silhouette under WALKER'S figure?????? after everyrhing that happened in tfws???????#promo poster* not figure. my bad.#but yeah. christ almighty i cant sleep i keep ending up frustrated about this.#bucky bb what are they doing to u#also sam doesnt deserve this. sam shouldnt have to keep constantly fighting to be seen as legitimate.#first he has to fight uphill to be recognized as captain america even tho steve handed the shield to him himself#and now he has to fight for the avengers team title? are you fr?????#i truly dont understand why bucky didnt immediately take the mic and call valentina out and finally get her impeached.#yknow. his exact goal at the start of the movie??? it felt strongly implied that the reason he was in congress anyways#was to find a way to arrest her legally and i cant believe he hasnt done it even after 14 months.#i cant believe he's on the other side of sam on this.#he the childhood friend of steve 'im not looking for forgiveness and im way past asking permission' rogers.#long tags#big sigh#and look. maybe the tb* team IS looking for forgiveness so they want to be asking for permission and be held accountable or whatever#but working under or with or for valentina is not the way to do it. she's a master manipulator and a human experimenter.#willing to work with immoral ppl bc of their resources is how zola got hydra tendrils into shield. cmon yall. come on.
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Claressa Shields KOs Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in 2nd - 7/27/2024
Shields finally scores another finish.
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Hop's story is so infuriating to me it feels like all the elements were there or at least had something REALLY compelling to them and then it just fell short. Why the hell did they just do Bianca again
#SWORD SHIELD WHEN I FUCKING GET YOU#Mine#Assorted musings#Rival hop#THEY LET HIM HAVE A BOX LEGENDARY THE LAST TIME THEY DID THAT IT WAS FUCKING N#ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED PKMN CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME. WHERE WAS THAT ENERGY FROM THE WRITING TEAM FOR HOP#FUCK#Getting really angry about the writing in pokemon games this morning girlies
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One last kiss before you go
#he is going to federal prison#Dave is standing on a box. or two#drew this after reading a fic where they share some emotional last kisses and it painted a vivid image in my head#they don’t look quite frantic enough here…#old men in love#mha#my mha art#boku no hero academia#my hero academia#bnha#all might#toshinori yagi#yagi toshinori#small might#mha fanart#David shield#Dave#MHA dave#davemight#shieldmight
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Analysing The Key Factors That Impact The Isolation Of RF Shielding Boxes
Radio frequency interference is a problem multiplying exponentially as technological advancement becomes more universal. RF interference poses a high risk to electronic and computer devices.
Today, everything from mobile phones to radio towers produces radio signals; these signals can affect every electronic device sensitive to RF interference. The majority of radio frequency interferences are unintentional but cause the same impact as intentional interference.
It’s crucial to protect electronic devices from these RF interferences to ensure they operate smoothly with full functionality. RF Shielding is one method used to block RF signals that disrupt the functioning of electronic devices.
In this blog, we will discuss RF shield boxes, RF shielding effectiveness, and factors that affect the efficacy of an RF shielding box.
What Is An RF Shield Box?
Many electronic devices rely on radio frequencies for function, but radio signals traveling through the air from external signals can disrupt device function.
RF Shield boxes are shielding enclosures designed to protect sensitive electronic devices from electromagnetic and radio frequency interference. These RF Shield boxes are made of high-conductive material that can effectively block RF signals from reaching and interfering with sensitive electronic equipment. This helps prevent interference that can cause devices to fail or malfunction.
Moreover, RF Shield boxes are customizable according to application requirements and are available in different sizes, shapes, and levels of shielding effectiveness.
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Opinions?

There’s some concern for the Donrse :(;゙゚'ω゚'):
#shield the eyes of the innocent lol#donnies gotta reputation to keep up - can’t have any dragons seeing the Donrse#i love this!#I love getting fun asks to sketch reply to#and was not expecting the Donrse so it made this reply hilarious and fun!#ask box#ask answers#tmnt spitfire#rottmnt#rottmnt donnie
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Do you think Ford could be somewhat of a moth collector, if so, how dedicated do you think he would be?
I personally like the thought of him giving reader a moth or two as a cute little gift😭😭😭
He does collect moths! Bill talks about it in TBoB, I believe!
Listen, I had an Uncle who actually also did this. He collected butterflies and moths, and he'd put them in these gorgeous display cases he made. He had tons. He actually gave me two from his collection when I was very young, a red admiral and another one that I can't remember. I thought they were super cool. He detailed how he pinned them and it's a very delicate, careful process. It requires a lot of attention. Very cool and not boring at all, fuck you Bill.
I cannot get the idea out of my head of Ford teaching you how to pin them properly. He thinks you ask him to do it just to humour him, not for a special reason or because you care, but you do.
You hide it from him, though. You hide your intentions and then in secret, you take little trips out into the shallow parts of the woods where Ford has told you they congregate, and you search for one that's died of natural causes. It takes a while, and they're hard to find, but you manage it.
And you've listened very carefully to everything Ford has told you about how to handle them. You've looked up tutorials on how to do it and you have one playing as you make your own special little display for Ford. You put extra effort into everything; you buy the best fabric you can, the nicest pins, everything.
You pin it for him in the prettiest mahogany antique frame you can afford to buy and it's a little wonky, it's not the best, but it looks good considering your lack of ability. So you wrap it up in neat tissue paper, and hide it away carefully in your bag.
It isn't until you're both alone in the evening, enjoying each other's quiet company, that you gift it to him. It's not for any real reason, not his birthday or any special occasion, it's just something you want to do for him.
And he's over the moon with it. Like, super over the moon. He doesn't tell you, but he's already got five of the same species that he's caught himself, but he subtly throws them all out so he can put yours in their place instead. He hangs it up in his study so he can look at it all the time, because he's a big softy at heart, and he appreciates the effort so much that he gets a little misty eyed when he shows it to you.
#shout out to my uncle roger!#cool guy#absolutely nuts and super eccentric#he was actually honestly quite Ford-coded#very handsome chap with silver hair#very well spoken#very intelligent#my mum actually threw them out i think which is sad but still#i remember them well because it was windy when i left his house and i shielded the boxes with my tiny 6 year old body so they#wouldn't get damaged#but alas#asks#anon#ford asks
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@misericordiia and i reallyy wanted to try this trend even tho its late so i did it and it was so fucking funnn
#my art#have u seen. penguins of madagascar#other possible ides were sword and shield#hair bleach and black box dye#red and white carnation#but i had to pick and choose. im happy w it anyway
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ash i love vince so much he is my number 2 babygirl (antoni number 1 babygirl forever)
i would like to formally request some vince having a Bad Time, either past stuff with owen or present with recovery being a bitch
because there is nothing better than lovely characters having bad times that they absolutely do not deserve
CW: Alcoholism, withdrawal/cravings, alcoholic anger, Vince and Jameson both PTSD-ing all over the place, guilt
Oh, poor Vince. Takes place post-the Same Bed Arc, after Vince is living with Nat and Jameson.
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Vince doesn't even look up when he hears Jameson stop in the doorway. He just pours a few shots worth of the gin into the glass, staring fixedly down at it. The liquid, clear as water but with the herbal scent washing over him like a welcome spring rain, spreads over the ice with those gentle cracks he knows better than his own heartbeat.
God, it looks good.
His hands don't shake, now. His heart doesn't race. He doesn't feel sweaty, or upset, or like he'll be sick.
He just feels like he's staring at the solution to all his problems, and all he has to do is swallow it down.
This should feel awful - he knows it should. It should taste awful, there should be something to remind him of the damage he does to himself every time he drinks again. He should hear his sponsor speaking in the back of his mind, he should hear the voices of the others at the meetings he goes to - one for alcoholism, one for survivors of sexual assault, twice a week there's movie star Vincent goddamn Shield among the normal people and admitting he's barely human, just a wreck that only survived Owen Grant because Nat decided she gave a fuck about him for reasons Vince still doesn't understand.
Here he stands, a hollow shell wearing a nice face who let someone else suffer in his place and was grateful for it for far too long.
Kauri hates him but it's nothing compared to how much he hates himself.
Vince lifts the glass, hesitating at the last second with the cool rim just touching his lower lip. Gin smells like blacking out and right now he could use the blessed darkness, hangover be damned.
He can worry about that when the headache kicks in tomorrow morning.
He realizes he's waiting for the sickening crawl of guilt at letting Nat down, at-... at letting himself down. Maybe that will come later, but right now... He feels goddamn good. Settled. Calm.
He and Jameson meet eyes just as he tosses the drink back, three large swallows of juniper-scented gin down his throat like water, leaving only the ice cubes behind.
The burn is perfect.
He pours himself another drink, feeling the warmth slowly spread through his chest to his shoulders, eyes briefly closing. God, it feels like goddamn heaven.
He looks up.
Jameson is still standing there in the doorway, looking oddly soft in a loose sweater that's far too big for him and a pair of old jeans that probably cost a dollar at a yard sale and even that was too much. Vince has jeans that distressed, somewhere.
His cost more than five hundred dollars.
He chokes on the next drink from trying not to laugh.
Jameson's eyes narrow. "What the fuck are you doing?"
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Vince takes another sip, eyes half-closed, letting himself take it slow this time and really enjoy the taste.
He'd honestly been surprised the little liquor store down the block even carried this brand of gin. Not that he wouldn't have bought whatever he could get, when he stood there feeling like he would die if he had to go another day, but still. It's nice to have seen his favorite stuff, top shelf, pricier than it had any right to be. It's not even that good, but it's still his favorite. It still tastes, to him, like the nights he sleeps without nightmares, few and far between.
Gin tastes like those nights he gets to sleep at all.
The cashier had looked surprised as she wiped off the dust and rang it up for him. Then, with a shy smile, she'd asked him if anyone ever told him he looked a lot like Vincent Shield. He'd been kind of sad she didn't card him - it would have been nice to see the look on her face when she saw his name.
Instead, he paid in cash, laughed, and told her the standard I get that a lot, actually.
Jameson doesn't move closer, or leave. "It looks like you're fucking yourself up," He says, lingering in the doorway. "You can't just start drinking again. You know that, right?"
"Oh, I sure as hell can." Vince laughs, but it's a bitter sound. He licks the gin lingering on his lips, then gestures at the bottle. "Have some with me."
He's caught, for just a moment, when he sees Jameson wearing an expression Vince has never seen on him before. He looks... nervous. Afraid, almost, instead of angry.
"I-I don't want to," Jameson says, but there's a way he says it that makes Vince think he'd drink if he offers again. Maybe he wants to, or maybe he just doesn't want to make Vince mad.
If he commanded it, if he gave an order... Jameson would be as he's told, wouldn't he? Damn, that would be some power to have over someone.
This must be why Owen liked it so much.
No.
He won't think about Owen right now.
Vince gulps down liquid until he's breathless, almost panting. The warmth is like the familiar cradle of a softer reality settling in. He makes himself slow down this time, picking up an ice cube and sucking the juniper taste right off it before crunching it with his teeth.
"Vince." Jameson's voice gets harsher, and something seems to break his brief paralysis. He moves closer, grabbing the bottle and pulling it away when Vince puts a hand out to pour the third drink. "Fucking... look at me. What the fuck?"
Vince's hand just... hangs out there, reaching for a bottle that isn't where it was. He stares at the empty space, and feels that dark inside of him threaten to well up yet again. "What?"
Jameson swallows, his eyes moving to the glass, back to Vince's face. He steps backwards, and Vince watches the bottle go with him with a piercing need that could easily knock him off his feet if he weren't holding onto the back of a chair. Jameson clears his throat. "Aren't you... like, sober now?"
"Mmmn. Was. Got the like... three month chip thing and everything." He's gotten thoroughly wasted so many times in his life. Nothing relaxes him better than enough alcohol to force his body to stop living in constant, unending fear of who might hurt him next. "Right now, I am tipsy instead. In about an hour, I'm going to be absolutely fucked up. Give me back my gin."
Jameson's hand moves - then he jerks it back, taking a few steps backwards until he's back in the doorway. His eyes are on Vince's face, watching him with a total focus that Vince recognizes from the others he's worked with over the years - Jameson's just a trained pet, in this moment, watching to see if the master will be angry.
It makes him laugh again, more bitterly this time. Is he the master? Has he ever been his own master, let alone anyone else's?
"I... I can't do that," Jameson says, and Vince hears that he doesn't say no. When Vince moves towards him, he backs up a little more, and Vince comes to a stop just a foot or so away.
"Am... am I scaring you?" He asks, suddenly.
It wasn't what he meant to say, he meant to demand his drink again. Instead, this question that... that just sort of falls out of him like a waterfall.
Jameson's jaw sets and his eyes narrow. "You're not doing shit to me," He snaps, but Vince knows he's really saying yes.
Is this why people buy pets? So they can see something pretend not to be scared, and know they're the monster not just under the bed, but in it?
"Oh," He whispers. "What is it? Why are you scared? I'm just a drunk asshole, why are you scared of me?"
Jameson bristles, but then he offers - as if it's pulled out of him against his will - the softest explanation. "Brute and Robert got drunk all the time. I know what happens when-... when people get this kind of drunk."
There's a look in his eyes Vince has seen before in Kauri's. Not fear of him, not directly, but fear of someone like him, maybe. Fear of having demands made that can't be denied.
Is this how Owen felt, every time Kauri had to playact the loving boyfriend with bruises on his wrists and terror making his heart race? Is this how it feels to have power over somebody else when you can't even control yourself?
It's... it's good, almost.
It feels better than he thought it would.
"Back up, Shield," Jameson hisses, like a cat spitting and arching its back, ready to attack with claws and sharp teeth not because it's confident in victory but because it's so small it has to fight to have even the slightest chance to survive.
Vince looks him over, reading with an actor's expertise how he's projecting a confident swagger he never feels, how the irritation layers itself so carefully over a vulnerability that he sees as weakness. Vince has lived that way, too, since he was twenty-one, since his best friend turned out to be a rapist who wanted Vince to himself, since he started drinking to forget every single night and putting on the perfect face during his days.
They both survived, didn't they?
Jameson just did it by fighting his way out, and Vince by pretending to be someone he wasn't until nobody knew who he actually was, and that's a way of surviving, too. Wear another face, and make sure no one sees the fear in your real one, so they can't refuse to help you... because you've never asked.
"No." At least one of them can say it. Although that makes Vince's heart twist with ugly guilt, the petty cruelty of the thought. "Give me my gin," Vince says, pitching his voice low, and holds out his hand. "Now, Jameson. Give it to me."
"I can't." The strength is gone from Jameson's voice, and he looks at Vince with those dark eyes searching his own, trying to make himself understood. "If you drink, your-... your body's not used to it anymore, if you drink the same amount you'll fucking kill your stupid liver."
"What do you care about my liver?" Vince's voice drops low, almost a whisper. "What do you care about me, about my goddamn joke of a life, huh? What the fuck do you care? Why should anyone care?"
There's a flicker of something in Jameson's eyes - recognition, maybe. Something that lights up, just for a second, before the other man shoves Vince to the side with sudden violent strength and stalks to the sink, turning the bottle over and pouring that expensive artisan gin right down the drain.
"No!" Vince's voice is a ragged shout as he lunges after him, but it's too little too late.
Jameson's foot kicks out and slams into Vince's calf, sending him stumbling, clawing desperately as the gin is gone, glug glug glug, down into the pipes, disappearing towards the ocean.
Rage and terror fight in Vince's mind in a sudden white noise and he gets to his feet, grabbing Jameson by the arms and squeezing as hard as he can, shoving him back across the room. He hears Jameson hit one of the chairs, the clatter of wood and Jameson's grunt of pain as both hit the ground hard. The bottle is in the sink, and even when Vince scrambles to pick it back up, there's less than an inch of gin left.
He sucks it down, and only once he's gotten that final drop does he suddenly go still.
Oh.
There's the guilt and the horror and feeling sick at himself, just... twenty minutes too late. He sets the empty bottle carefully down, and then turns slowly around to look at Jameson.
Jameson sits on the kitchen floor, staring up at him with wide eyes. His face is pale, making the scar that twists the corner of his mouth stand out even more. His hair is nearly grown back in now, the bald patches hidden by the rest.
Vince exhales in a rush. "Oh, hell. Jameson-" He holds out a hand.
Jameson flinches.
Vince pulls his hand back, backing up until his back hits the edge of the sink. "Right. Okay. I'm-... I'm sorry Jameson-"
"Yeah." Jameson's voice is gruff, all the vulnerability and fear wiped away as soon as he realizes it's showing. He gets to his feet, shoulders protectively hunched, arms crossed in front of himself defensively. "Whatever. Sure you are. Drink yourself to death, shitbag, if that's what you want."
"I'm so sorry."
Jameson's jaw works. "... Everybody's always sorry. Then I get fucking hit again." Then he turns and walks - limps, really, his knees threatening to give out with every step - away. Vince stands there, frozen, listening as he makes his slow, painful way up the stairs.
Vince stares at the place he was for a while - he isn't sure how long. The gin is sinking its velvet claws into his mind, and he's drunker than he should be after only two drinks.
But then, it's been months.
Months, he made it without taking even a sip.
He swallows, again and again, and then pulls his cell phone out of his pocket, finds a contact, and presses the button to make the call.
The phone rings until he's certain it'll go to voicemail, before a voice he knows as well as his own is in his ear.
"What the hell do you want?"
"I-I need to talk to you," He stammers, his heart cold. "Please. Please. I-I've been drinking. I need... I need help."
There's a pause.
"From... me?"
"Yeah... yeah. You'll-... I need somebody who won't be nice to me-"
"Oh, well, if there's anything I love it's the chance to be mean to you, let me drop my entire life to come listen to you whine about yours."
"Please."
An exhale. "Whatever. Yeah, okay. I'll be over there in like... half an hour? An hour, maybe. Drink some water and I'll be there as soon as I can. Don't leave the house."
"Thanks... thank you, Kauri."
Kauri hangs up.
Vince pours himself a glass of water over the leftover gin-soaked ice, sipping it, barely flavored with a hint of the liquor he wants so badly. He rights the chair he'd accidentally shoved Jameson into, and listens to the creaking floorboards and muffled cursing above him as Jameson makes his halting painful way from stairway to his room, a couple thumps when he clearly falls and had to force himself back upright, until the pacing abruptly stops when he must have collapsed into his bed.
He hears the gentle patting of Trash Cat's paws as she leaves her place on the living room couch and follows him, too, her soft meowing until Jameson opens his door to let her come in after him. Then silence again.
Vince sits back down at the table, leaning over with his head in his hand, staring as the ice slowly melts, cooling the water around it.
He should have called his sponsor instead.
Whatever Kauri is about to say can only make this worse.
But he deserves it, anyway.
Vince doesn't move a muscle until he hears the sound of Jake's truck pulling into the driveway, crunching briefly over gravel before it's on the pavement again, when he raises his head.
Kauri walks in without knocking, stops in the doorway to the kitchen, and looks at him like his younger self ashamed of what he's grown into. Vince knows Jake must have driven him, but he's nowhere to be seen - maybe just staying outside, for now. He's clearly dressed for bed in a matching navy blue silk button-up and pajama pants, barefoot even.
"Hey," Vince says, weakly. The alcohol feels like poison now, not the soothing warmth it had been before. "I... I fucked up, Kauri."
"Yeah, I can tell just by looking at you, you're a goddamn mess." Kauri looks at Vince head-on, even though it still hurts him to do it, and Vince can see the flinch he suppresses as the headache kicks in. His blue eyes are identical to Vince's in nearly every way, except that Kauri's gaze has always been stronger. "What the hell did you do?"
"I got... I drank."
"Yep. I can see the gin bottle. Did you drink all of it?" Kauri's voice is flat and businesslike. It's like having his own younger self dressing him down, and somehow that feels... really good. Better than he thought it would.
"... No. Just a couple drinks. Jameson poured the rest out."
"Good for him." Kauri flickers a smile. "Where is he?"
"I-... I scared him."
"... you scared him?"
"Yeah. I was-... I wasn't-... I didn't mean to, but-"
"Shut up. All right. Tell me what you did. I'll fix it. This time, taking your place so I suffer for years while you run off and become obscenely wealthy is off the table, got it?"
Vince looks at him in horror only to see a surprising warmth in Kauri's smile. Not... not affection, but something like it. A wry compassion, maybe. Something else he doesn't deserve. "I don't know. I don't know if I can fix this, Kauri. I don't know."
"Well... I happen to the resident expert in trying to avoid dealing with your problems while making them all worse, so talk to me. Tell me what you did, start to finish. We'll figure out what comes next."
Vince lowers his head into his arms.
"Thank you," He says, muffled.
"Not enough thanks in the world, dumbass. Lucky for you I'm an amazing person who just happens to have spent most of my twenties making stupid drunk mistakes. So stop stalling and start talking."
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