#st. fabian and st. sebastian

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One Minute Reflection – 20 January – “The Month of the Holy Name of Jesus and the Holy Family” – St Fabian, Pope and St Sebastian, Martyrs – Hebrews 11:33-39: Luke 6:17-23 – – – – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.” – Luke 6:20 REFLECTION – “As almost all men have a natural tendency to pride, the Lord begins the Beatitudes by casting aside the original sin of self-sufficiency and by counseling our imitation of Him, Who is truly blessed, the genuinely voluntary Poor Man … so, we might become like Him in a voluntary poverty which is according to our means, so as to share His blessedness, His happiness. “Have among you the same attitude which is also yours in Christ Jesus. Who, although He was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, He emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave,” (Phil 2:5-7). What could be more wretched for God, than to take the form of a slave? What lowlier for the King of the Universe, than to share our human nature? The King of kings, the Lord of lords, the Judge of the world, pays taxes to Caesar (1 Tim 6:17; Heb 12:23; Mk 12:17)! Creation’s Lord embraces this world, enters a cave, finds no place in an inn and takes refuge in a stable, in the company of irrational beasts. He, Who is pure and spotless, takes upon Himself, the stains of human nature and, after sharing all our poverty, goes as far as to experience our death. Consider the excessiveness of His voluntary poverty! Life tastes death; the Judge is dragged before the court; the Master of the lives of us all submits to a magistrate; the King of the Heavenly Powers does not escape the hands of torturers! This is the pattern, says the Apostle Paul, against which His humility is measured.” – St Gregory of Nyssa (c335-395) Bishop, Father of the Church, Brother of St Basil the Great (The Beatitudes 1).

(via One Minute Reflection – 20 January – ‘ … What could be more wretched for God, than to take the form of a slave? …’ – AnaStpaul)

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2024-25 1st NHL games

October 4, 2024

Seamus Casey (New Jersey) at Buffalo

October 8, 2024

Nolan Allan (Chicago) at Utah

October 9, 2024

Vitto Mancini (New York Rangers) at Pittsburgh

Rutger McGroarty (Pittsburgh) vs. New York Rangers

Samuel Honzek (Calgary) at Vancouver

Ivan Ivan (Colorado) at Vegas

Calum Ritchie (Colorado) at Vegas

October 10, 2024

Oliver Kapanen (Montreal) at Boston

Dennis Hildeby (Toronto) at New Jersey

Maxim Tsyplakov (New York Islanders) vs. Utah

Andre Lee (Los Angeles) at Buffalo

Joel Blomqvist (Pittsburgh) at Detroit

Oskar Bäck (Dallas) at Nashville

Macklin Celebrini (San José) vs. St. Louis

Will Smith (San José) vs. St. Louis

October 11, 2024

Conor Geekie (Tampa Bay) at Carolina

Jett Luchanko (Philadelphia) at Vancouver

Matvei Michkov (Philadelphia) at Vancouver

October 12, 2024

Patrick Giles (Florida) at Buffalo

Albert Johansson (Detroit) vs. Nashville

William Gauthier (Anaheim) at San José

October 16, 2024

Matt Stienburg (Colorado) vs. Boston

October 22, 2024

Daniil Misyul (New Jersey) vs. Tampa Bay

Zachary L'Heureux (Nashville) vs. Boston

October 24, 2024

Maveric Lamoureux (Utah) vs. Colorado

October 27, 2024

Aleksei Kolosov (Philadelphia) vs. Montreal

October 29, 2024

Ethan Cardwell (San José) vs. Los Angeles

October 31, 2024

Noah Philp (Edmonton) at Nashville

November 2, 2024

Nikita Prishchepov (Colorado) at Nashville

November 5, 2024

Isaiah George (New York Islanders) vs. Pittsburgh

November 9, 2024

Samuel Helenius (Los Angeles) vs. Columbus

November 12, 2024

Jonathan Lekkerimäki (Vancouver) vs. Calgary

November 15, 2024

Trent Miner (Colorado) vs. Washington

November 16, 2024

Owen Pickering (Pittsburgh) vs. San José

Mike Milne (Minnesota) vs. Dallas

November 18, 2024

Helge Grans (Philadelphia) vs. Colorado

November 19, 2024

Ben Jones (Minnesota) at St. Louis

November 23, 2024

Max Sasson (Vancouver) at Ottawa

November 24, 2024

Nikita Grebenkin (Toronto) vs. Utah

November 25, 2024

Fedor Svechkov (Nashville) at New Jersey

Brett Berard (New York Rangers) vs. St. Louis

November 26, 2024

Chase Bradley (Colorado) vs. Vegas

November 27, 2024

Adam Wilsby (Nashville) vs. Philadelphia

November 29, 2024

Erik Portillo (Los Angeles) at Anaheim

November 30, 2024

Yaniv Perets (Carolina) at Florida

December 2, 2024

Nathan Légaré (New Jersey) at New York Rangers

December 5, 2024

Tyson Kozak (Buffalo) vs. Winnipeg

December 9, 2024

Sebastian Cossa (Detroit) at Buffalo

December 12, 2024

Lian Bischel (Dallas) vs. Nashville

December 16, 2024

Tye Felhaber (Colorado) at Vancouver

December 20, 2024

Jere Innala (Colorado) at Anaheim

December 23, 2024

Denton Mateychuk (Columbus) vs. Montreal

December 28, 2024

Jakub Dobeš (Montreal) at Florida

Fabian Lysell (Boston) vs. Columbus

December 29, 2024

Nate Clurman (Pittsburgh) vs. New York Islanders

Justin Hryckowian (Dallas) at Chicago

January 2, 2025

Juha Jääskä (Carolina) at Florida

Arttu Hyry (Dallas) vs. Ottawa

January 3, 2025

Colton Dach (Chicago) vs. Montreal

Ozzy Wiesblatt (Nashville) at Vancouver

January 10, 2025

Ethen Frank (Washington) at Nashville

January 13, 2025

Rory Kerins (Calgary) at Chicago

January 14, 2025

Jack Finley (Tampa Bay) at Boston

Mike Callahan (Boston) vs. Tampa Bay

Marc Gatcomb (New York Islanders) vs. Ottawa

January 16, 2025

Donovan Sebrango (Ottawa) vs. Washington

January 21, 2025

Rodrigo Ābols (Philadelphia) vs. Detroit

January 25, 2025

Jake Quillan (Toronto) at Ottawa

Elias Pettersson (Vancouver) vs. Washington

January 27, 2025

Dominik Shine (Detroit) vs. Los Angeles

January 30, 2025

Parker Ford (Winnipeg) at Boston

Ryan Suzuki (Carolina) vs. Chicago

February 2, 2025

Jacob Gaucher (Philadelphia) at Colorado

Jakub Škarek (New York Islanders) at Florida

February 7, 2025

Joakim Kemell (Nashville) at Chicago

February 8, 2025

Dylan Duke (Tampa Bay) at Detroit

February 23, 2025

Aleš Stezka (Seattle) at Tampa Bay

February 25, 2025

Niklas Kokko (Seattle) at St. Louis

March 6, 2025

Carter Mazur (Detroit) vs. Utah

Jacob Melanson (Seattle) at Nashville

Jimmy Schuldt (San José) at Colorado

March 10, 2025

Arciom Leŭshunoŭ (Chicago) at Colorado

March 12, 2025

Jani Nyman (Seattle) vs. Montreal

March 20, 2025

Luca Cagnoni (San José) vs. Carolina

March 23, 2025

Dalibor Dvorský (St. Louis) vs. Nashville

March 27, 2025

Olivier Rodrigue (Edmonton) at Seattle

Cam Lund (San José) vs. Toronto

March 30, 2025

Oliver Moore (Chicago) vs. Utah

Sam Rinzel (Chicago) vs. Utah

Ville Koivunen (Pittsburgh) vs. Ottawa

April 1, 2025

Ryan Leonard (Washington) at Boston

Jimmy Snuggerud (St. Louis) vs. Detroit

April 2, 2025

Gabe Perreault (New York Rangers) vs. Minnesota

April 4, 2025

Justin Robidas (Carolina) at Detroit

April 5, 2025

Karsen Dorwart (Philadelphia) at Montreal

Noah Östlund (Buffalo) vs. Tampa Bay

April 6, 2025

Matthew Wood (Nashville) vs. Montreal

April 8, 2025

Victor Östman (Seattle) at Utah

April 10, 2025

Riley Duran (Boston) vs. Chicago

Tristan Lennox (New York Islanders) vs. New York Rangers

April 12, 2025

Wyatt Aamodt (Colorado) at Los Angeles

Ty Mueller (Vancouver) vs. Minnesota

April 13, 2025

Ian Moore (Anaheim) vs. Colorado

April 14, 2025

Matthew Robertson (New York Rangers) at Florida

Ryan Greene (Chicago) at Montreal

Ivan Demidov (Montreal) vs. Chicago

Ryan Ufko (Nashville) vs. Utah

Quinn Hutson (Edmonton) vs. Los Angeles

Kirill Kudryavtsev (Vancouver) vs. San José

Mikita Talapila (Vancouver) vs. San José

April 15, 2025

John Farinacci (Boston) vs. New Jersey

Frédéric Brunet (Boston) vs. New Jersey

Timmy Washe (Anaheim) at Minnesota

Ville Ottavainen (Seattle) vs. Los Angeles

April 16, 2025

Skyler Brind'Amour (Carolina) at Montreal

Dom Fensore (Carolina) at Montreal

April 17, 2025

Devin Kaplan (Philadelphia) at Buffalo

Jack Williams (Columbus) vs. New York Islanders

Clay Stevenson (Washington) at Pittsburgh

Sam Morton (Calgary) at Los Angeles

Zayne Parekh (Calgary) at Los Angeles

Hunter Brzustewicz (Calgary) at Los Angeles

Aydar Suniev (Calgary) at Los Angeles

Taylor Ward (Los Angeles) vs. Calgary

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SAINTS JANUARY 20

St. Alban Bartholomew Roe, 1642 A.D. Missionary and martyr, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Alban is believed to have been born in Bury St. Edmund's, England, about 1580. He converted to Catholicism and went to the English College at Douai, where he was dismissed for an infraction of discipline. In 1612 he became ordained Benedictine at Dieulouard, France. From there he was sent to England. In 1615 he was arrested and banished. In 1618 he returned to England and was imprisoned again. This imprisonment lasted until 1623, when the Spanish ambassador obtained his release. In 1625, once again having returned to England to care for Catholics, Alban was arrested for the last time. For seventeen years he remained in prison and was then tried and condemned. Alban was sentenced with Thomas Reynolds, another English martyr. They were hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn on January 21, 1642.

Bl. Thomas Reynolds, 1642 A.D. English martyr. Born Thomas Green at Oxford, he left England and studied at Reims, France, and at Valladolid and Seville in Spain. Ordained in 1592, he went to England but was exiled in 1606. Thomas returned and labored for the faith until his arrest in 1628. He spent fourteen years in prison until he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn, with Blessed Alban Bartholomew Roe. Thomas was eighty at the time.

Bl. Edward Stransham, 1586 A.D. English martyr born and educated at Oxford, England. Studying at Douai and Reims, France, Edward was ordained in 1580 and was sent back to England in 1581. He worked in London and Oxford until his arrest. Condemned, Edward was martyred at Tyburn. He was beatified in 1929.

ST. SEBASTIAN, MARTYR, St. Sebastian was commonly invoked as a protector against the plague. According to historical records, he defended the city of Rome against the plague in 680. His association with the plague could be because he survived being shot full of arrows and in pagan belief, pestilence was delivered by arrows shot by the gods above. Jan. 20

POPE ST FABIAN, MARTYR. Fabian was Pope for 14 years. He maintained relations with Eastern Christians, and divided Rome into seven diaconates for the assistance of the poor. Pope Fabian was imprisoned during the Decian persecution and died in 250. He is buried in the catacombs of St Callixtus, and is honoured as a martyr. Jan. 20

St. Brigid, 6th century. Known as St. Brigid of Kilbride, venerated in the diocese of Lismore. St. Brigid of Kildare, one of the patrons of Ireland, visited Kilbride. This Brigid is also known as Briga.

St. Vimin, 6th century. Scottish bishop, supposedly the founder of the monastery of Holywood. In some lists he is called Wynnia or Gwynnin.

St. Lawdog, 6th century. Saint of Wales who has four churches commemorating his memory in the diocese of St. David’s, Wales.

Bl. Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, Igbo Nigerian ordained a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria on December 19, 1937. Feastday Jan 20

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Daily Mass: Christ suffered for us to unite us to him. Catholic Inspiration

Photo by Enzo Natale Ferrari on Pexels.com Jesus Christ, our high priest, suffered for us and is the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. Mass Readings – Monday of the 2nd Week of the Year (#311) *************** Catholic Inspiration Archives St. Fabian & St. Sebastian, pray for us!

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Power of the Saints

THE LITANY OF THE SAINTS

Catechism of the Catholic Church 2683:

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙙𝙤𝙢, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 "𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨." 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙤𝙙'𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣. 𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙.

We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses (Hebrews 12:1) who are in heaven praising God and eager to pray for you. All you need to do is ask them to pray on your behalf. Pray, therefore, the Litany of Saints to benefit from their intercession for your physical and spiritual protection.

LITANY OF THE SAINTS

(4-min to pray)

P: Lord, have mercy.

All: Lord, have mercy.

P: Christ, have mercy.

All: Christ, have mercy.

P: Lord, have mercy.

All: Lord, have mercy.

P: Christ, hear us.

All: Christ, graciously hear us.

P: God, the Father in heaven.

All: Have mercy on us.

P: God, the Son, Redeemer of the world.

All: Have mercy on us.

P: God, the Holy Spirit.

All: Have mercy on us.

P: Holy Trinity, one God.

All: Have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us, (After each invocation: "Pray for us.")

Holy Mother of God,

Holy Virgin of virgins,

St. Michael,

St. Gabriel,

St. Raphael,

All holy angels and archangels,

All holy orders of blessed spirits,

St. John the Baptist,

St. Joseph,

All holy patriarchs and prophets,

St. Peter,

St. Paul,

St. Andrew,

St. James,

St. John,

St. Thomas,

St. James,

St. Philip,

St. Bartholomew,

St. Matthew,

St. Simon,

St. Thaddeus,

St. Matthias,

St. Barnabas,

St. Luke,

St. Mark,

All holy apostles and evangelists,

All holy disciples of the Lord,

St. Stephen,

St. Lawrence,

St. Vincent,

SS. Fabian and Sebastian,

SS. John and Paul,

SS. Cosmas and Damian,

SS. Gervase and Protase,

All holy martyrs,

All holy Innocents,

St. Sylvester,

St. Gregory,

St. Ambrose,

St. Augustine,

St. Jerome,

St. Martin,

St. Nicholas,

All holy bishops and confessors,

All holy doctors,

St. Anthony,

St. Benedict,

St. Bernard,

St. Dominic,

St. Francis,

All holy priests and Levites,

All holy monks and hermits,

St. Mary Magdalen,

St. Agatha,

St. Lucy,

St. Agnes,

St. Cecilia,

St. Catherine,

St. Anastasia,

All holy virgins and widows,

P: All holy saints of God,

All: Intercede for us.

P: Be merciful,

All: Spare us, O Lord.

P: Be merciful,

All: Graciously hear us, O Lord.

From all evil, deliver us, O Lord. (After each invocation: "Deliver us, O Lord.")

From all sin,

From your wrath,

From sudden and unprovided death,

From the snares of the devil,

From anger, hatred, and all ill will,

From all lewdness,

From lightning and tempest,

From the scourge of earthquakes,

From plague, famine, and war,

From everlasting death,

By the mystery of your holy incarnation,

By your coming,

By your birth,

By your baptism and holy fasting,

By your cross and passion,

By your death and burial,

By your holy resurrection,

By your wondrous ascension,

By the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Advocate,

On the day of judgment,

P: We sinners,

All: We beg you to hear us.

That you spare us, (After each invocation: "We beg you to hear us.")

That you pardon us,

That you bring us to true penance,

That you govern and preserve your holy Church,

That you preserve our Holy Father and all ranks in the Church in holy religion,

That you humble the enemies of holy Church,

That you give peace and true concord to all Christian rulers,

That you give peace and unity to the whole Christian world,

That you restore to the unity of the Church all who have strayed from the truth, and lead all unbelievers to the light of the Gospel,

That you confirm and preserve us in your holy service,

That you lift up our minds to heavenly desires,

That you grant everlasting blessings to all our benefactors,

That you deliver our souls and the souls of our brethren, relatives, and benefactors from everlasting damnation,

That you give and preserve the fruits of the earth,

That you grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed,

That you graciously hear us,

P: Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,

All: Spare us, O Lord.

P: Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,

All: Graciously hear us, O Lord.

P: Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,

All: Have mercy on us.

P: Christ, hear us.

All: Christ, graciously hear us.

P: Lord, have mercy.

All: Christ, have mercy.

P: Lord, have mercy.

Our Father …

P: And lead us not into temptation.

All: But deliver us from evil.

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@sebastianshaw​  Hey, remember when I said that Potoroo Park was the dumbest thing I’ve ever written?  I take it back.  It’s this.  This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever written.  You have my deepest apologies. 

Dreams

Pyro was wearing one of his very old outfits – tight-fitting white pants that flared out at the ankles and a shimmery purple shirt. That was his first clue that something was wrong.  The second clue was that he appeared to be standing in the sand at Bondi Beach, one of Sydney’s most famous and popular tourist spots, instead of his familiar cabin on the Marauder.  

The third clue was the crowd of people rushing past him, screaming in terror.  

“What – “  A panicked surfer slammed into him before he could even get the question out, knocking him into the sand.  For a moment, Pyro was furious because the pants stained so easily, and he’d spent most of his paycheck for that last article on this outfit, and then he remembered that he hadn’t worn any of these clothes in decades.  They’d all gotten sold off at second-hand shops when St. John Allerdyce was packing up his civilian life and running off to become Pyro. He’d worn a lot more red and orange after that.    

The stampede continued around him as he picked himself up, and he could hear voices in the crowd.

“Emus!  The emus are coming!”  

“What?”  

“Emus, mate!”  One of the fleeing beach-goers stopped for a moment to push him along, and Pyro found himself running in spite of himself.  “They won the war and now they’ve turned on us!”  

“What?!”  

“And they’ve allied with cassowaries!”  

“Oh, fuck!”  And then Pyro was running in earnest.  Tourists were always fooled by cassowaries, with their vibrant blue heads that were so very pretty.  To hell with those those murder peacocks.  They were basically feathered dinosaurs, and they’d kick your guts out like an extra on Jurassic Park.  

The fact that none of this made any sense at all did not occur to Pyro.  He was too busy flailing as an errant foot sent him down into the sand again, this time getting stepped on by a few people.

“Augh!  Fuckin’…….gettoff!  Gettoff ya cunts!”  He pushed himself up, dazed, as the crowd receded into the distance, fully intending to burn every god damn one of them, which they totally deserved for trampling him into the dirt like that.  Although he might have to burn a few cassowaries, first.

Two booted feet suddenly appeared in the sand before him.  Pyro looked up, and immediately regreted it.  

The man wore thigh-high black leather boots, and what appeared to be a red diaper held up by odd suspenders crossed over his chest.  And nothing else.  Pyro was not a prude, or someone disgusted by the male body (quite the opposite, in fact). But he had no desire to see anyone dressed like that.  Especially not Fabian Cortez.

“You poor dear, those brutes have left you behind! Are you hurt?”  With a dazzling smile, Cortez offered Pyro a hand up, and the threat of murderous birds on their heels was enough to make him take it.

“Not to worry, my beauty,” Fabian continued before Pyro could even respond.  “I’ll save you!  You can be part of my harem when I defeat the emu army and am declared emperor for life!” He swept Pyro into his arms with surprising ease, and began sprinting down the beach.  

“Put me down, you sleazy piece of – “  Over Fabian’s shoulder, Pyro saw a cloud of dust on the horizon behind them.  The ground rumbled with the sound of powerful, clawed feet.  “Never mind, please keep carrying me.  And run faster.”

“Haha!  Don’t fret, my precious flower!  Those birds are no match for the mighty thighs of Fabian Cortez!”  

“Uh-huh, that’s great.  But I’ll just torch a few to discourage them from getting too close, shall I?”  The dust cloud was getting bigger, and Pryo could faintly see beady eyes and geaming claws in the mass.  He felt in his pockets for his lighter.  Then he felt again.  Then he desperately ran his hands all along his body, praying that he had it in some shirt pocket, even tucked away in his shoe.  

“Stop fidgeting, my cuddly koala!  I know you must be going nearly mad with desire, being so close to me, but please control yourself until I can deal with this crisis. Then I promise I’ll give you full and complete satisfaction, until you faint from sheer delight.”

“Where’s my bloody lighter you wanker?”  Pyro yelled, yanking on Fabain’s long red braid. “I need my lighter!”  

“You don’t need that!”  Fabian argued.  “You only need me!”

“I.  Need. My.  Fucking.  Lighter,” Pyro growled, punctuating each word with another yank on the braid.  He tried to focus on the anger, and not on the panic that was bubbling up in his chest.  No lighter meant he was completely and utterly exposed.  His powers meant fuck-all without fire for him to grab hold of. Because God forbid the fire-manipulating guy actually be able to create fire, right?  That would make things too easy.  

“Don’t get hysterical, my darling wallaby!  Upon my word as a gentleman and supreme mutant, I’ll protect you.  We just have to get to the high ground!”  

“What high ground?”  Pyro exclaimed, but suddenly they were right in front of the Sydney Opera House.  Which was miles away from Bondi Beach, nowhere near running distance, but what the hell.

“We shall climb to safety, my exquisite dingo. And from there I can come up with a strategic plan to save the country –“  Fabian was interrupted as a cassowary charged at him, kicking and squawking.   He jumped back with a rather undiginified squawk of his own.  The birds were all around them now, jabbing and kicking with beaks and claws.  

“Never mind, Allerdyce, it’s every man for himself! I’ll remember your sacrifice, my dearest Tasmanian devil!”  Fabian dropped Pyro, leaped onto the wall and began climbing.

“Wait just a damn minute, you piece of – “   Pyro began climbing himself.  It shouldn’t have been possible to scale Sydney Opera House, but somehow he was doing it, and very quickly went from the main building up onto the shell-like half-domes that protruded up from the roof.

“We’ll be safe up here, my sweet funnel-web spider! Emus and cassowaries are flightless birds!”  Fabian called down.

“I know they’re flightless birds, I’m from this country!”  Pyro looked down for a moment, at the dark mass of birds gathered below him.  There were thousands of them.  Which wouldn’t be a problem if Pyro just had his damned lighter, but of course he was one of the few mutants that needed some outside “help” to use his powers. Fuck genetics right up the arse.  

But it was okay, as long as they stayed up high on the building.  

Wait.  There was a flurry of activity down below, and Pyro saw, to his disbelief, the birds starting to stand on each other’s backs.  

“Climb faster, Cortez!” he yelled up, but soon they reached the tip of the tallest shell, and there was nowhere else to go.          

“I don’t suppose there’s the slightest chance you’ve got some matches in that diaper of yours, is there?”  Pyro asked in despair.

“I’m afraid not, my beloved duck-billed platypus. The only hot thing inside my pants is – “

“Shut UP, Cortez!”  Pyro looked down, and immediately regreted it.  The emu-cassowary “ladders” were working their way up the building.  

“Look!  Up in the sky!”  Fabian pointed at a dot far in the distance.  “Is it a bird, or perhaps a plane?”

“That’s not really a pressing issue right now, Cortez!” Pyro snapped, but he paused to look at the dot all the same.  It was quickly getting bigger, as if approaching them.  In a moment, it took shape, revealing the sillouhette of a man.

That in itself wasn’t so strange.  There were all sorts of mutant flyers, both men and women. But there was something especially odd about this one.  There were thin, wing-like appendages that seemed to be protruding out of his face. Then the figure came close enough to recognize, and Pyro groaned.  This was the only thing that could make his day worse.

“Greetings, friends!” exclaimed Sebastian Shaw, looking far cheerier than usual.  “It seems as though you need some assistance!  Let me read to you from the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People!”  

He was wearing his usual rich-as-fuck business suit, but…his hair.  Pyro realized with growing disgust that Shaw’s sideburns had grown freakishly long and seemed to move of their own accord, like the tentacles of some deep-water sea creature.  It appeared to be the primary thing holding him aloft.

“Shaw, what the fuck?!”

“Who is Shaw?”  Sebastian looked innocently confused, a completely alien expression on his face.  “I am the Flying Capitalist, my friends, and I’m here to help people help themselves! I know that with the proper encouragement, you two can overcome adversity, just as I once did!  I worked 13-hour shifts in the foundry starting at age 9, and it made me the man I am today!  Here, have some applications for a management training program!”  Shaw tossed paper down at them.

“Or maybe you could carry us out of here?” Pyro asked.  “Since you can fly and all that…..somehow.”  The sideburns fluttered like pennants for the world’s most disgusting baseball team as Shaw bobbed up and down with the air currents.

“Yes, save us, Flying Capitalist!”  Fabian begged.  “Or at least save me, if there’s only room for one!”    

“Oh, I could carry you to safety.  But would that really be helping you?”

“Yes!”  Pyro exclaimed.

“Nonsense!”  Sebastian waved a hand.  “The real assistance is to help you help yourself.  After all, give a man a fish and he eats for a day.  Teach a man to fish, and he becomes your competitor. But, teach a man to sweep floors and carry buckets of cod, and you can employ him at minimum wage in your fish processing plant!  Everyone wins!  But especially me!”  

“What the absolute bloody fuck are you talking about?”

“There are no free rides in this life, son,” Sebastian continued, now looking stern.  “I’ve done all I can at this point.  You’ll have to get yourself out of this.  Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps and levitate!”  

“That’s completely impossible!” Pyro said.

“Nothings impossible if you’ve got will and drive! It’s the American way!  They said I’d never bring sideburns back, but look at me now!”  

Pyro was trying not to.  The horrible, undulating waves of hair stretched too far across the sky.

“Just pull yourself up, Allerdyce!  You can do it!  Actually, I doubt you can, but it doesn’t matter.  Progress and industry don’t slow down for the incompetent.” Sideburns flapping, Sebastian started to rise into the air again.  “Read Atlas Shrugged!”

“Shaw, have you got a lighter?  At least toss me a lighter!”  Pyro called after him.

“Boooootsraaaaaps……”  came Sebastian’s voice, faint on the wind as he flew away into the clouds.    

For a moment, Pyro and Fabian looked at each other, then back down at the ground.  The emu and cassowaries, piled atop each other, had created a massive living wall that was now dangerously close.

“Maybe we can negotiate?”  

“With who exatly?”

“I think that’s their leader!”  Fabian pointed at a small figure, perched atop the head of the central cassowary.  If Pyro squinted, he could see that it appeared to be wearing a tiny crown and mantle.

“Oh look at it, it’s so cute!”  Fabian gushed.  “Look at its little whiskers and paws!”  

It was cute.  The tiny rodent – Pyro thought he remembered it having some silly name….pootalo?  Poorooto? – gazed up at them with unreadable black eyes.  It twitched it’s adorable little nose, and held out a tiny paw.  Then it turned the paw in a very clear thumbs down gesture.  

“Oh, for fucks sakes!”  Pyro exclaimed as the emus surged forward, up towards them.  

“Maybe we can appease them with a sacrifice!  Forgive me, my petite salt-water crocodile.  I’ll never forget you!”  Cortez grabbed Pyro and attempted to shove him off the ledge.

“Like, hell, Cortez!  You’re coming down with me!”  Pyro wrapped his hands around Fabian’s neck and held on as they tipped forward past the point of no return.  For an instant they were tumbling down towards the sea of birds and the cold dark eyes of King Potoroo –

Then, Pyro jerked awake and felt himself hit the floor.  He flailed around frantically for a moment, and realized that he was sprawled in his cabin on the Marauder  

“Ugh…..”  Pyro lay still while the wave of nausea that always accompanied his hang-overs washed over him.  This time it was accompanied by a sense of relief as the nightmare faded.

“What the god damn hell was that all about?”  Pyro muttered aloud.  Was it some kind of extremely problematic expression of suppressed guilt for living in a country founded on colonization?  Pyro didn’t really dwell on it, but he was well aware of Australia’s bloody history.  Was it his own underlying insecurity about his powers, which at times seemed to reduce him to “guy with flame-thrower”?  Was it a twisted version of his latest romance novel, first draft still halfway completed?  Was he somehow punishing himself for past crimes by dreaming about the two worst people in the entire world?

As his vision came into focus, Pyro spotted the bottle lying next to him.  Tequila, laced with mescaline, which Shinobi had acquired on the black market.  Shinobi, who was still on the bed, snored peacefully, with every inch of the sheets wrapped around him in a satin cocoon.  

Well, that explained it.  Throwing on a pair of shorts, Pyro staggered out to the top deck, and tossed the bottle overboard.  Never again. 

FYI: Fabian is wearing this outfit from the terrible sci-fi movie Zardoz.  I’m so sorry.

[servus-immaculatae]

Saint Sebastian and Saint Fabian Anonymous (Spanish) between 1475 and 1500 A. D.

[foreverpraying]

January 20 is the feast day of:

St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr

Picture: St Fabian, Pope & Martyr. Benvenuto di Giovanni.

Life of St. Fabian

Fabian was a Roman layman who came into the city from his farm one day as clergy and people were preparing to elect a new pope. Eusebius, a Church historian, says a dove flew in and settled on the head of Fabian. This sign united the votes of clergy and laity, and he was chosen unanimously.

He led the Church for 14 years and died a martyr’s death during the persecution of Decius in 250 A.D.

Source: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-fabian/

Prayer to St. Fabian

Pope Saint Fabian, it's so easy to believe that peace means a life without conflict or suffering. Help us to see that the only true peace is the peace Christ brings. Never let us as a Church or as individual Christians choose to deny our beliefs simply to avoid an unpleasant situation.

Amen.

St. Sebastian, Martyr

Life of St. Sebastian

A pious fable has Sebastian entering the Roman army because only there could he assist the martyrs without arousing suspicion. Finally he was found out, brought before Emperor Diocletian and delivered to Mauritanian archers to be shot to death. His body was pierced with arrows, and he was left for dead. But he was found still alive by those who came to bury him. He recovered, but refused to flee.

One day he took up a position near where the emperor was to pass. He accosted the emperor, denouncing him for his cruelty to Christians. This time the sentence of death was carried out. Sebastian was beaten to death with clubs.

Source: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-sebastian/

Saint Sebastian Guidance Prayer

O Lord, grant us the spirit of fortitude, so that guided by the example of the martyr St. Sebastian, we may learn to bear witness to the Christian Faith and patiently support the sufferings of life. Through Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

Blessed Eusebius of Esztergom, Priest, the Founder of the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit

Source of picture: http://penrosepark.com.au/eusebius/

Life of Blessed Eusebius of Esztergom

Eusebius moved into a triple cave near Szanto. He placed a large wooden cross in front of the cave. It was there where he prayed and meditated. One night while praying he had a vision. The entire Pilis mountain range was fill of tiny flames. These flames started to move towards him and finally in front of the cross by his cave, the flames converged into one enormous blazing torch. Eusebius then heard a voice coming from the cross: Eusebius, summon all the hermits and found a monastic community. The love present in each will be the bond that will unite you and enable each to give loving service.

The vision was followed by deed. At the beginning of the second half of the thirteenth century Eusebius established the first Hungarian monastic order.

Source: http://penrosepark.com.au/eusebius/

Pauline Prayer

I pray and thank You Heavenly Father that from Your glorious, unlimited resources You empower me with inner strength through Your Spirit. I thank You that Christ makes His home in my heart as I trust in Him.  My roots grow down into God’s love and keep me strong.  I have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high and deep Your love is.  I experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully.  I am made complete with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.  Now all glory to You, God, who is able through Your mighty power at work within me to accomplish infinitely more than I might ask or think.

Source: https://www.newlifevenice.org/anchor-of-hope/confessions/the-pauline-prayers/

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Quote/s of the Day – 20 January – Faith in Christ Jesus

Quote/s of the Day – 20 January – St Fabian, Pope and St Sebastian, Martyrs – Hebrews 11:33-39, Luke 6:17-23 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “They were stoned,they were sawed asunder,they were tempted,they were put to death by the sword.They went about in sheepskinsand goatskins, destitute,distressed, afflicted –of whom the world was not worthy –wandering in deserts, mountains,…

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2024 olympics Germany roster

Archery

Florian Unruh (Rendsburg)

Katharina Bauer (Berlin)

Michelle Kroppen (Kevelaer)

Charline Schwarz (Nürnberg)

Athletics

Velten Schneider (Leonberg)

Yannick Wolf (Munich)

Owen Ansah (Hamburg)

Joshua Hartmann (Siegen)

Jean Bredau (Potsdam)

Robert Farken (Leipzig)

Marius Probst (Herne)

Manuel Mordi (Hamburg)

Joshua Abuaku (Oberhausen)

Emil Agyekum (Berlin)

Constantin Preis (Munich)

Karl Bebendorf (Dresden)

Frederik Ruppert (Aachen)

Lucas Ansah-Peprah (Stuttgart)

Kevin Kranz (Frankfurt)

Marc Koch (Berlin)

Manuel Sanders (Duelman)

Samuel Fitwi-Sibhatu (Stadtkyll)

Amanal Petros (Nürnberg)

Richard Ringer (Überlingen)

Leo Köpp (Konstanz)

Christopher Linke (Potsdam)

Tobias Potye (Munich)

Bo Lita-Baehre (Düsseldorf)

Torben Blech (Siegen)

Oleg Zernikel (Landau)

Simon Batz (Offendorf)

Max Hess (Chemnitz)

Henrik Janssen (Norden)

Clemens Prüfer (Potsdam)

Miká Sosna (Hamburg)

Max Dehning (Leverkusen)

Julian Weber (Mainz)

Merlin Hummel (Kronach)

Sören Klose (Porta Westfalica)

Mona Mayer (Munich)

Skadi Schier (Lübben)

Domenika Mayer (Böblingen)

Rebekka Haase (Zschopau)

Gina Lückenkemper (Hamm)

Majtie Kolberg (Ahrweiler)

Nele Wessel (Annaberg-Buchholz)

Hanna Klein (Landau In Der Pfalz)

Carolina Krafzik (Niefern-Öschelbronn)

Olivia Gürth (Diez)

Gesa Krause (Ehringshausen)

Lea Meyer (Löningen)

Alexandra Burghardt (Mühldorf Am Inn)

Sophia Junk (Trier)

Lisa Mayer (Giessen)

Eileen Demes (Neu-Isenburg)

Alicia Schmidt (Ingolstadt)

Laura Hottenrott (Heilbad Heiligenstadt)

Melat Kejeta (Baunatal)

Saskia Feige (Potsdam)

Christina Honsel (Dorsten)

Imke Onnen (Langenhagen)

Anjuli Knäsche (Preetz)

Mikaelle Assani (Pforzheim)

Malaika Mihambo (Heidelberg)

Laura Müller (Verrenberg)

Alina Kenzel (Konstanz)

Katharina Maisch (Bad Urach)

Yemisi Ogunleye (Bellheim)

Kristin Pudenz (Herford)

Marike Steinacker (Wermelskirchen)

Claudine Vita (Frankfurt)

Christin Hussong (Zweibrücken)

Till Steinforth (Magdeburg)

Niklas Kaul (Mainz)

Leo Neugebauer (Stuttgart)

Carolin Schäfer (Bad Wildungen)

Sophie Weissenberg (Neubrandenburg)

Badminton

Fabian Roth (Saarbrücken)

Max Lamsfuss (Saarbrücken)

Marvin Seidel (St. Ingbert)

Yvonne Li (Mülheim An Der Ruhr)

Basketball

Isaac Bonga (Neuwid)

Oscar Da Silva (Munich)

Maodo Lô (Berlin)

Niels Giffey (Berlin)

Nick Weiler-Babb (Arlington, Texas)

Johannes Voigtmann (Eisenach)

Franz Wagner (Berlin)

Victor Wagner (Berlin)

Daniel Theis (Salzgitter)

Dennis Schröder (Braunschwieg)

Johannes Thiemann (Trier)

Andreas Obst (Halle)

Satou Sabally (Freiburg Im Breisgau)

Nyara Sabally (Freiburg Im Breisgau)

Alexis Peterson (Columbus, Ohio)

Alexandra Wilke (Berlin)

Marie Gülich (Altenkirchen)

Leonie Fiebich (Landserg Am Lech)

Luisa Geiselsöder (Ansbach)

Alina Hartmann (Bamberg)

Frieda Bühner (Georgsmarienhütte)

Emily Bessoir (Berlin)

Lina Sontag (Kleinmachnow)

Romy Bär (Chemnitz)

Svejna Brunckhorst (Berlin)

Sonja Greinacher (Essen)

Elisa Mevius (Rendsburg)

Stella Reichert (Kassel)

Boxing

Magomed Schachidov (Munich)

Nelvie Tiafack (Cologne)

Maxine Kloetzer (Chemnitz)

Canoeing

Sideris Tasiadis (Augsburg)

Noah Hegge (Augsburg)

Stefan Hengst (Hamm)

Jakob Thordsen (Hamburg)

Anton Winkelmann (Berlin)

Max Lemke (Heppelheim)

Jacob Schopf (Potsdam)

Tom Liebscher-Lucz (Dresden)

Max Rendschmidt (Bonn)

Sebastian Brendel (Schwedt)

Tim Hecker (Berlin)

Peter Kretschmer (Schwerin)

Enja Roesseling (Berlin)

Maike Jakob (Magdeburg)

Hedi Kliemke (Haldensleben)

Elena Lillik (Weimar)

Ricarda Funk (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler)

Jule Hake (Olfen)

Paulina Paszek (Munich)

Pauline Jagsch (Berlin)

Lisa Jahn (Berlin)

Climbing

Yannick Flohé (Essen)

Alexander Megos (Erlangen)

Lucia Dörffel (Chemnitz)

Cycling

Philip Schaub (Ludwigsburg)

Nils Politt (Cologne)

Max Schachmann (Berlin)

Maximilian Dörnbach (Heilbad Heiligenstadt)

Luca Spiegel (Kaiserslautern)

Stefan Bötticher (Leinefelde-Worbis)

Tobias Buck-Gramcko (Göttingen)

Roger Kluge (Eisenhüttenstadt)

Theo Reinhardt (Berlin)

Tim Teutenberg (Mettmann)

Julian Schelb (Breisach)

Luca Schwarzbauer (Nürtingen)

Alina Beck (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

Franziska Koch (Mettmann)

Liane Lippert (Friedrichshafen)

Antonia Nidermaier (Bruckmühl)

Mieke Kröger (Bielefeld)

Lea Friedrich (Dassow)

Emma Hinze (Hildesheim)

Pauline Grabosch (Magdeburg)

Franziska Brausse (Metzingen)

Lisa Klein (Saarbrücken)

Laura Süssemilch (Weingarten)

Lena Reissner (Gera)

Nina Graf (Berlin)

Kim Müller (Remscheld)

Diving

Lars Rüdiger (Berlin)

Moritz Wesemann (Halle)

Timo Bartel (Würselen)

Jaden Eichermann-Gregorchuk (Munich)

Saskia Oettinghaus (Rostock)

Pauline Pfeif (Berlin)

Jette Müller (Rostock)

Lena Hentschel (Berlin)

Christina Wassen (Eschweiler)

Equestrian

Frederic Wandres (Kehl)

Michael Jung (Bad Soden)

Christoph Wahler (Uelzen)

Philipp Weishaupt (Augsburg)

Christian Kukuk (Warendorf)

Richard Vogel (Mannheim)

Jessica Von Bredow-Werndl (Rosenheim)

Isabell Wurth (Issum)

Julia Krajewski (Langenhagen)

Fencing

Szabó Mátyás (Dormagen)

Anne Sauer (Bonn)

Field hockey

Mathias Müller (Hamburg)

Mats Grambusch (Mönchengladbach)

Tom Grambusch (Mönchengladbach)

Lukas Windfeder (Mülheim An Der Ruhr)

Niklas Wellen (Krefeld)

Johannes Grosse (Berlin)

Thies Prinz (Berlin)

Paul-Philipp Kaufmann (Mannheim)

Teo Hinrichs (Mannheim)

Gonzalo Peillat (Mannheim)

Jan Rühr (Düsseldorf)

Justus Weigand (Nürnberg)

Marco Miltkau (Hamburg)

Martin Zwicker (Köthen)

Hannes Müller (Köthen)

Malte Hellwig (Mülheim An Der Ruhr)

Moritz Ludwig (Berlin)

Jean-Paul Danneberg (Cologne)

Alexander Stadler (Heidelberg)

Emma Davidsmeyer (Bremen)

Kira Horn (Hamburg)

Amelie Wortmann (Hamburg)

Nike Lorenz (Berlin)

Selin Oruz (Krefeld)

Benedetta Wenzel (Berlin)

Anne Schröder (Düsseldorf)

Lisa Nolte (Düsseldorf)

Lena Micheel (Berlin)

Charlotte Stapenhorst (Berlin)

Nathalie Kubalski (Dinslaken)

Sonja Zimmermann (Grünstadt)

Cécile Pieper (Heidelberg)

Viktoria Huse (Braunschweig)

Felicia Wiedermann (Hamburg)

Stine Kurz (Stuttgart)

Jette Fleschütz (Hamburg)

Linnea Weidemann (Berlin)

Golf

Stephan Jäger (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

Matthias Schmid (Regensberg)

Esther Henseleit (Hamburg)

Lexi Försterling (Berlin)

Gymnastics

Pascal Brendel (Hochtaunuskreis)

Lukas Dauser (Ebersberg)

Nils Dunkel (Berlin)

Timo Eder (Ludwigsburg)

Andreas Toba (Hanover)

Fabian Vogel (Düsseldorf)

Helen Kevrić (Stuttgart)

Pauline Schäfer-Bach (Chemnitz)

Sarah Voss (Dormagen)

Magarita Kolosov (Fellbach-Schmiden)

Darja Varfolomeev (Fellbach-Schmiden)

Anja Kosan (Fellbach-Schmiden)

Daniella Kromm (Fellbach-Schmiden)

Alina Oganesyan (Fellbach-Schmiden)

Hannah Vester (Zornheim)

Emilia Wickert (Ulm)

Handball

David Späth (Kaiserslautern)

Johannes Golla (Weisbaden)

Luca Witzke (Kempen)

Sebastian Heymann (Heilbronn)

Justus Fischer (Hanover)

Juri Knorr (Flensburg)

Julian Köster (Bielefeld)

Renārs Uščins (Magdeburg)

Kai Häfner (Schwäbisch Gmünd)

Tim Hornke (Hanover)

Andreas Wolff (Euskirchen)

Rune Dahmke (Kiel)

Lukas Mertens (Wilhelmshaven)

Christoph Steinert (Berlin)

Marko Grgić (Eisenach)

Jannik Kohlbacher (Bensheim)

Alina Grijseels (Wesel)

Meike Schmelzer (Weisbaden)

Lisa Antl (Ingolstadt)

Xenia Smits (Antwerp, Belgium)

Emily Bölk (Buxtehude)

Annika Lott (Henstedt-Ulzburg)

Sarah Wachter (Berlin)

Julia Maidhof (Aschaffenburg)

Antje Döll (Haldensleben)

Jenny Behrend (Rendsburg)

Katharina Filter (Hamburg)

Viola Leuchter (Hamburg)

Julia Behnke (Mannheim)

Johanna Stockschläder (Siegen)

Judo

Timo Cavelius (Munich)

Erik Abramov (Potsdam)

Igor Wandtke (Lübeck)

Eduard Trippel (Rüsselsheim Am Main)

Katharina Menz (Backnang)

Mascha Ballhaus (Hamburg)

Pauline Starke (Nürnberg)

Miriam Butkereit (Hamburg)

Anna-Maria Wagner (Ravensburg)

Renée Lucht (Hamburg)

Pentathlon

Marvin Dogue (Ludwigshafen Am Rhein)

Fabian Liebig (Berlin)

Rebecca Langrehr (Berlin)

Annika Zillekens (Berlin)

Rowing

Jonas Gelsen (Frankfurt)

Anton Finger (Berlin)

Moritz Wolff (Berlin)

Julius Christ (Leverkusen)

Sönke Kruse (Leipzig)

Frederik Breuer (Bonn)

Benedict Eggeling (Eschwege)

Max John (Malchin)

Mattes Schönherr (Berlin)

Wolf-Niclas Schroeder (Wismar)

Oliver Zeidler (Dachau)

Marc Weber (Lich)

Max Appel (Ratzeburg)

Tim Naske (Hamburg)

Laurits Follert (Duisburg)

Torben Johannesen (Hamburg)

Olaf Roggensack (Berlin)

Jonas Wiesen (Koblenz)

Alexandra Föster (Meschede)

Pia Greiten (Ostercappeln)

Leonie Menzel (Mettmann)

Tabea Schendekehl (Lünen)

Maren Völz (Schenkenberg)

Sailing

Sebastian Kördel (Radolfzell)

Jannis Maus (Oldenburg)

Jakob Meggendorfer (Rosenheim)

Andreas Spranger (Mühldorf Am Inn)

Simon Diesch (Tettnang)

Philipp Buhl (Immenstadt Am Allgäu)

Paul Kohlhoff (Bremen)

Theresa Steinlein (Starnberg)

Julia Büsselberg (Berlin)

Marla Bergmann (Hamburg)

Hanna Wille (Hamburg)

Anna Markfort (Berlin)

Leonie Meyer (Kiel)

Alica Stuhlemmer (Kiel)

Shooting

Maximilian Ulbrich (Berlin)

Robin Walter (Berlin)

Sven Korte (Berlin)

Christian Reitz (Löbau)

Florian Peter (Berlin)

Anna Janssen (Berlin)

Josefin Eder (Berlin)

Kathrin Murche (Elsnig)

Lisa Müller (Weingarten)

Joslyn Beer (Goslar)

Doreen Vennekamp (Gelnhausen)

Nadine Messerschmidt (Suhl)

Nele Wissmer (Hanover)

Skateboarding

Tyler Edtmayer (Lenggries)

Lilly Stoephasius (Berlin)

Soccer

Merle Frohms (Celle)

Sarai Linder (Sinsheim)

Kathrin Hendrich (Eupen, Belgium)

Bibi Schulze (Bad Soden)

Marina Hegering (Bocholt)

Janina Minge (Lindau)

Lea Schüller (Tönisvorst)

Sydney Lohmann (Pürgen)

Sjoeke Nüsken (Hamm)

Laura Freigang (Kiel)

Alexandra Popp-Höppe (Gelsenkirchen)

Ann-Katrin Berger (Göppingen)

Sara Doursoun-Khajeh (Cologne)

Elisa Senss (Oldenburg)

Giulia Gwinn (Tettnang)

Jule Brand (Germersheim)

Klara Bühl (Hassfurt)

Vivien Endemann (Oldenburg)

Felicitas Rauch (Peine)

Etonam-Nicole Anyomi (Krefeld)

Surfing

Tim Elter (Berlin)

Camilla Kemp (Cascais, Portugal)

Swimming

Artem Selin (Krasnoyarsk, Russia)

Luca Armbruster (Essen)

Peter Varjasi (Erlangen)

Timo Sorgius (Saarbrücken)

Josha Salchow (Troisdorf)

Lukas Märtens (Magdeburg)

Rafael Miroslaw (Bloomington, Indiana)

Oliver Klemet (Frankfurt)

Sven Schwarz (Hanover)

Florian Wellbrock (Bremen)

Ole Braunschweig (Berlin)

Marek Ulrich (Dessau)

Kaii Winkler (Miami, Florida)

Melvin Imoudu (Schwedt)

Leonie Märtens (Magdeburg)

Nicole Maier (Bottrup)

Nele Schulze (Berlin)

Nina Holt (Erkelenz)

Julia Mrozinski (Hamburg)

Isabel Gose (Berlin)

Anna Elendt (Dreieich)

Angelina Köhler (Dernbach)

Laura Riedemann (Halle)

Leonie Beck (Augsburg)

Table tennis

Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Düsseldorf)

Qiu Dang (Nürtingen)

Timo Boll (Erbach)

Annett Kaufmann (Wolfsburg)

Nina Mittelham (Willich)

Xiaona Shan (Düsseldorf)

Wan Yuan (Berlin)

Taekwondo

Lorena Brandl (Pförring)

Tennis

Dominik Koepfer (Tampa, Florida)

Maximilian Marterer (Stein)

Jan-Lennard Struff (Warstein)

Alexander Zverev; Jr. (Monte Carlo, Monaco)

Kevin Krawietz (Munich)

Tim Pütz (Usingen)

Angelique Kerber (Puszczykowo, Poland)

Tamara Korpatsch (Hamburg)

Tatjana Maria (Bad Saulgau)

Laura Siegemund (Stuttgart)

Triathlon

Tim Hellwig (Neustadt An Der Weinstrasse)

Lasse Lührs (Wingst)

Jonas Schomburg (Hanover)

Nina Eim (Itzehoe)

Laura Lindemann (Berlin)

Lisa Tertsch (Offenbach Am Main)

Volleyball

Nils Ehlers (Berlin)

Clemens Wickler (Starnberg)

Christian Fromm (Berlin)

Moritz Reichert (Dudweiler)

Johannes Tille (Mühldorf Am Inn)

Grozer György; Jr. (Budapest, Hungary)

Julian Zenger (Wangen Im Allgäu)

Lukas Kampa (Bochum)

Anton Brehme (Leipzig)

Anton Schott (Berlin)

Moritz Karlitzek (Hammelburg)

Tobias Krick (Bingem Am Rhein)

Tobias Brand (Mainz)

Lukas Maase (Dresden)

Svenja Müller (Hamburg)

Cinja Tillmann (Hamburg)

Laura Ludwig-Bowes (Berlin)

Louisa-Christin Lippmann (Herford)

Wrestling

Erik Thiele (Berlin)

Lucas Lazogianis (Stuttgart)

Jello Krahmer (Lorch)

Anastasia Blayvas (Halle)

Annika Wendle (Lahr)

Sandra Paruszewski (Stuttgart)

Luisa Niemesch (Karlsruhe)

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SAINTS JANUARY 20

St. Alban Bartholomew Roe, 1642 A.D. Missionary and martyr, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Alban is believed to have been born in Bury St. Edmund's, England, about 1580. He converted to Catholicism and went to the English College at Douai, where he was dismissed for an infraction of discipline. In 1612 he became ordained Benedictine at Dieulouard, France. From there he was sent to England. In 1615 he was arrested and banished. In 1618 he returned to England and was imprisoned again. This imprisonment lasted until 1623, when the Spanish ambassador obtained his release. In 1625, once again having returned to England to care for Catholics, Alban was arrested for the last time. For seventeen years he remained in prison and was then tried and condemned. Alban was sentenced with Thomas Reynolds, another English martyr. They were hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn on January 21, 1642.

Bl. Thomas Reynolds, 1642 A.D. English martyr. Born Thomas Green at Oxford, he left England and studied at Reims, France, and at Valladolid and Seville in Spain. Ordained in 1592, he went to England but was exiled in 1606. Thomas returned and labored for the faith until his arrest in 1628. He spent fourteen years in prison until he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn, with Blessed Alban Bartholomew Roe. Thomas was eighty at the time.

Bl. Edward Stransham, 1586 A.D. English martyr born and educated at Oxford, England. Studying at Douai and Reims, France, Edward was ordained in 1580 and was sent back to England in 1581. He worked in London and Oxford until his arrest. Condemned, Edward was martyred at Tyburn. He was beatified in 1929.

ST. SEBASTIAN, MARTYR, St. Sebastian was commonly invoked as a protector against the plague. According to historical records, he defended the city of Rome against the plague in 680. His association with the plague could be because he survived being shot full of arrows and in pagan belief, pestilence was delivered by arrows shot by the gods above. Jan. 20

POPE ST FABIAN, MARTYR. Fabian was Pope for 14 years. He maintained relations with Eastern Christians, and divided Rome into seven diaconates for the assistance of the poor. Pope Fabian was imprisoned during the Decian persecution and died in 250. He is buried in the catacombs of St Callixtus, and is honoured as a martyr. Jan. 20

St. Brigid, 6th century. Known as St. Brigid of Kilbride, venerated in the diocese of Lismore. St. Brigid of Kildare, one of the patrons of Ireland, visited Kilbride. This Brigid is also known as Briga.

St. Vimin, 6th century. Scottish bishop, supposedly the founder of the monastery of Holywood. In some lists he is called Wynnia or Gwynnin.

St. Lawdog, 6th century. Saint of Wales who has four churches commemorating his memory in the diocese of St. David’s, Wales.

Bl. Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi,Igbo Nigerian ordained a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria on December 19, 1937. Feastday Jan 20

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St Fabian & St Sebastian, Woodbastwick, Norfolk

[ninewheels]

X-MEN in other media (TV, films, video game cinematics) Characters By Screen Time

James “Logan” Howlett / Wolverine - 996:30 Scott Summers / Cyclops - 517:15 Professor Charles Xavier / Professor X - 514:45 David Haller / Legion - 443:30 Dr. Henry “Hank” McCoy / Beast - 361:30 Jean Grey / Phoenix - 350 Anna Marie / Rogue - 305:15 Ororo Munroe / Storm - 276:45

Sydney Barrett - 269 Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto - 261 Reed Strucker - 199:15 Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat - 198:15 Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler - 195:30 Dr. Caitlin Strucker - 194:45 Lorna Dane / Polaris - 193:15 Marcos Diaz / Eclipse - 183:15 John Proudstar / Thunderbird - 175 Raven Darkholme / Mystique - 174:15 Emma Frost / White Queen - 172 Lauren Strucker - 166:15 Wade Wilson / Deadpool - 156:30 Andy Strucker - 148 Clarice Ferguson / Blink - 144:15 Jubilation Lee / Jubilee - 138:45 Remy LeBeau / Gambit - 133:30 Amahl Farouk / Shadow King - 125:30 Jace Turner - 103:15 Cary Loudermilk - 98 Dr. Melanie Bird - 96 Piotr Rasputin / Colossus - 83:15 Kerry Loudermilk - 80 Ptonomy Wallace - 75:45 Bobby Drake / Iceman - 73:30 The Stepford Cuckoos* - 71:15 Evan Daniels / Spyke - 69:30 Victor Creed / Sabretooth - 69:15 Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver - 68:45 Lenny Busker - 68:30 Dr. Oliver Bird - 66:15 Dr. Moira MacTaggert** - 65:45 Hisako Ichiki / Armor - 65:45 Yukio - 61:15 En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse - 55:45 Mortimer Toynbee / Toad - 55:15 Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch - 53:45 Warren Worthington III / Angel - 54 Lucas Bishop - 53:30 Clark DeBussy - 52:15 Dominic Petros / Avalanche - 51:30 Switch - 49:30 Mariko Yashida - 47:30 Fred J. Dukes / Blob - 47:15 Nathan Summers / Cable - 47 Laura Kinney / X-23 - 45 Gabrielle Haller - 44 Dani Moonstar / Mirage - 43 Reeva Payge - 40 Samuel Guthrie / Cannonball - 38:45 Amy Haller - 38:15 Alex Summers / Havok - 37:15 Forge - 34 Sean Cassidy / Banshee - 32:30 Cain Marko / Juggernaut - 32:30 Nathaniel Essex / Mr. Sinister - 31:30 William Stryker - 31:15 Arkady Rossovitch / Omega Red - 30:30 Sebastian Shaw / Black King - 30:15*** Senator Robert Kelly - 30 Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane - 28:30 Sonia Simonson / Dreamer - 28:15 Tabitha Smith / Boom Boom - 27:45 Erg - 27:45 Amara Aquilla / Magma - 27:15 St. John Allerdyce / Pyro - 25:45 Angelo Espinosa / Skin - 25:15 Roberto Da Costa / Sunspot - 25 Shingen Yashida - 25 Abigail Brand - 24:45 Illyana Rasputin / Magik - 23:15 Jason Wyngarde / Mastermind - 23:15 Dr. Roderick Campbell - 23 Kevin Sydney / Changeling/Morph - 22:30 Neena Thurmon / Domino - 21:15 Kevin MacTaggert / Proteus - 21:15** Hideki Kurohagi - 20:45 Bolivar Trask - 20:15 Russell Tresh - 20 Danger - 19:15 Koh - 17:45 Caliban - 17:30 Tessa / Sage - 17:15 Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike - 17 Walter - 16:30 Donald Pierce - 15:15 Mojo - 15 Ichiro Yashida - 14:45 Kikyo Mikage - 14:45 Empress Lilandra Neramani - 14:30 Fabian Cortez - 14:30 Dr. Cecilia Reyes - 14:30 Silver Fox - 14  Christopher Summers / Corsair - 14 Sauron - 14 Betsy Braddock / Psylocke - 13:45 Jamie Madrox / Multiple Man - 13:30 Min - 13:30 Sarah / Marrow - 12:45 Ray Crisp / Berzerker - 12:45 Kenuichio Harada / Silver Samurai - 12:30 Vuk - 12 Ord of the Breakworld - 11:45 Ellie Phemister / Negasonic Teenage Warhead - 11:30*** Warlock - 11:30 Callisto - 11 Christoph Nord / Maverick/Agent Zero - 11 Shard - 11 Glow Worm - 10:45 Warren Worthington II - 10:30 Nick Fury - 10:15 Spiral - 10:15 Graydon Creed - 10:15 Vadhaka - 10:15 Longshot - 10 Ka-Zar - 10 Arkon - 10 Jimmy / Leech - 9 Steve Rogers / Captain America - 8:15 Vincent / Mesmero - 8:15 Lockheed - 8 Peter Gyrich - 8 Amelia Voght - 7:30 Dr. Kavita Rao - 7:30 Kruun - 7:30 Kallark / Gladiator - 7:15 Shakari - 7:15 Shatter - 7 Mondo - 7 Dr. Abraham Cornelius - 6:45 Cameron Hodge - 6:45 The Phalanx - 6:15 Aghanne - 6:15 Philippa Sontag / Arclight - 6 D’Ken - 6 Vertigo - 5:45 Julian Keller / Hellion - 5:45 Cassandra Nova - 5:30 Fade - 5:30 Edward Tancredi / Wing - 5:15 Solar - 5:15 Monet St. Croix / M - 5 John Grey - 4:45 Samuel Paré / Squidboy - 4:45 Selene Gallio - 4:30 Alison Blair / Dazzler - 4:15 Nimrod - 4:15 Zaladane - 4:15 Heather Hudson - 4:15 John Wraith - 4:15 Black Tom Cassidy - 4 Zebediah Killgrave - 4 Harry Leland - 3:45 James Hudson / Vindicator - 3:45 Immortus / “Bender” - 3:45 Arcade - 3:45 Annalee - 3:45 Megan Gwynne / Pixie - 3:30 High Evolutionary - 3:30 Master Mold - 3:30 Trevor Fitzroy - 3:30 Gorgeous George - 3:30 Shiro Yoshida / Sunfire - 3:15 Vanisher - 3:15 Ape - 3:15 Mark Hallett / Sunder - 3 Zabu - 3 Ruckus - 3 Hairbag - 3 Slab - 3 Tildie Soames - 3 Ruth Aldine / Blindfold - 2:45 Bella Donna Boudreaux - 2:45 Bantam - 2:45 Irene Adler / Destiny - 2:30 Sebastion Gilberti / Bastion - 2:30 Dr. Carol Hines - 2:15 Garrok - 2 Hepzibah - 2 Agatha Harkness - 2 Cal’syee Neramani / Deathbird - 1:45 James Proudstar / Warpath - 1:30 Sooraya Qadir / Dust - 1:30 Guido Carosella / Strong Guy - 1:30 Elaine Grey - 1:15 Jean-Paul Beaubier / Northstar - 1:15 Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen / Shaman - 1:15 Jeanne-Marie Beaubier / Aurora - 1 Walter Langkowski / Sasquatch - 1

* Sometimes it’s not possible to tell which of the sisters are on screen in any given shot, so I’m just making one calculation for when any of them are on screen. I don’t like it, but it’s the best accurate option I have. ** Includes the Sasaki characters from the anime. Yui is just Moira with a different name, and Takeo is somewhat David but more Kevin, so I’m counting him towards Kevin. *** Includes their appearances as illusions in Emma’s mind in Astonishing X-Men.

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@sebastianshaw 

I remember you saying something about a scriptwriter Emma Frost actor Sebastian AU awhile back, and I’ve had that idea living in my head since then:

Sebastian first comes to Hollywood as an engineer/carpenter working on sets.  He’s seen how quickly the movies are blowing up as major sources of wealth, and he hopes to work his way into the business, either by starting his own manufacturing company that supplies equipment to film productions, or by somehow rising into management at a film company itself.  He doesn’t care which - business is business either way.  But he never imagined becoming an actor.  He is “discovered” while working on sets, by a director that just needs a big, burly man for a bit part.  Of course, Sebastian applies himself to acting with the same hard work and discipline he applies to every other aspect of his life, and that bit part leads into other, larger roles.  It helps that he catches the eye of producer Lourdes Chantel, whose family has invested a lot of money in the studio.  Sebastian is a pretty good actor - he can’t play any role (he’s terrible in comedy unless he’s allowed to play pure straight man), but he can capture the manly, stoic hero extremelyc well.  Lourdes sees his....potential (among other things), and she helps his career take off.

Emma was pushed into acting by her controlling stage parents, who are also responsible for the cosmetic surgery that transformed her into a blond bombshell.  Emma is an excellent actress, but she finds herself constantly typecast as the sexy femme fatale or blond bimbo.  It doesn’t help that her father, who originally acted as her manager, pushed her into signing contracts at a young age that gave him control of a great deal of her money.  She’s since broken free of him, but isn’t as rich as she should be for the work that she’s done.  Of course, Emma is significantly more intelligent than she’s been given credit for.  She wants to be taken seriously, both as an actress and as a writer and director.  She wants money and power, and the ability to control her own image.  But the general public still sees her mostly as a sex symbol.  She’s determined to get her script produced, and if that means she has to accept popular leading man Sebastian Shaw as her star, she’ll do it.

Lourdes Chantel - although originally buying her way into the industry with her family’s money, Lourdes has intelligence and business sense.  She sees Emma as a kindred spirit, and wants to get her movie made.  Of course, she’s determined to advance Sebastian’s career at the same time.

Haven - another investor at the studio, Haven hopes to use the profits from the movies that she invests in to help fund her charities in America.  This means she’s a little more risk-averse than some other investors.  She’s not really interested in movies, she just wants a profitable investment so that she can use the money for good.  But Lourdes may convince her to give Emma’s film a chance.  Her brother is constantly being chased after by talent scouts that want to put him in films.  He constantly turns them down.

Fabian Cortez - a male model who used his family money to buy his way into the industry, Fabian is, despite Emma’s protests, one of Sebastian’s co-stars on the film.  Extremely difficult, to say the least, Fabian is an absolute diva.

Bobby Drake - the film’s accountant.  A charming young man whose easy-going demeanor masks his constant stress about the film going over budget.  He gets especially close to Emma’s brother Christian.

Christian Frost - Emma asks him to compose music for the film, but it’s mostly an excuse to give him a job that will get him away from their terrible parents.

St. John Allerdyce - because I have to put Pyro into every story, regardless of whether he actually belongs there.  As a romance novelist, St. John is called in by producers to help “spice up” Emma’s script.  Naturally the two of them clash immediately.  Eventually, St. John, who genuinely likes the script, agrees to help Emma get the film made her own way, if she will in turn support him getting a movie adaptation of one of his novels.  May get into a love triangle with Bobby and Christian.

I’d include Shinobi, but this is a younger Sebastian, so I don’t think Shinobi is really an adult yet.  (Although, going by those standards, Bobby shouldn’t be an adult either, but whatever.) 

Emma’s sisters also show up on set to annoy everyone.  I don’t even know what they are after, but they are ambitious.  Maybe Joanna Cargill is also there as a stuntwoman on the film. 

Don’t feel obliged to respond to this, I’m just having fun. 

[kandaarchive]

Chapters: 40/? Fandom: X-Men (Comicverse), X-Men - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Wanda Maximoff/Kurt Wagner, Logan/Beer, Rogue/Longshot, Sebastian Shaw/Tessa | Sage, Logan/Ororo Munroe, Kitty Pryde/Dom Petros Characters: Kitty Pryde, Avalanche - Character, Peter Parker, Flash Thompson, Kurt Wagner, Ororo Munroe, Scott Summers, Steve Rogers, Wanda Maximoff, Longshot (X-Men), Rogue (X-Men), Hank McCoy, Avengers Team, X-Men (Team), Natasha Romanova, Clint Barton, Hellfire Club (Marvel), Sebastian Shaw, Sentinels (X-Men), Elizabeth Braddock, The Wrecking Crew (Marvel), Charles Xavier, Emma Frost, Harry Leland, Piotr Rasputin, Donald Pierce, Madelyne Pryor, Nathaniel Essex, Victor Creed, Senator Robert Kelly, Bastion (Marvel), Tessa | Sage, Graydon Creed, Bobby Drake, Pietro Maximoff, Green Goblin, Amelia Voght, Acolytes - Character, Erik Lehnsherr, The Brotherhood of Mutants, Original Female Character(s), Alex Summers, Lorna Dane, Quentin Quire, Remy LeBeau, Frederick Dukes, John Allerdyce, Purifiers, Friends of Humanity - Character, Jubilation Lee, Doreen Green, Everett Thomas, Monet St. Croix, Laura Kinney, Julian Keller, Jamie Madrox, Cassandra Nova, Lilandra Neramani, Nick Fury, Abigail Brand, Vision (Marvel), Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Susan Storm (Fantastic Four), Johnny Storm, Fantastic Four (Team), Bennet du Paris, Tony Stark, Stephen Strange, Black Panther, Shi'ar Imperial Guard, Kallark (Marvel), D'Ken Neramani, Cal'Syee Neramani, Victor von Doom, Jennifer Walters, Trevor Fitzroy, Siena Blaze, Marauders (X-Men), Fabian Cortez, Mojo (Marvel), Arcade (Marvel), Fantomex, Eva Additional Tags: Possible Love Triangle, Time Skips, Superheroics, Making Up Tags For Ships That Only I Ship, Harry's Hideaway, Empire State University, Xavier Institute for the Gifted, POV Multiple, Friends With Benefits, Danger Room, Astral Projection, Bad Decisions, Aliens, Genosha, Superhero Teamups, Mutant Registration Act, Mutant Powers, Shaw Industries Series: Part 3 of Rise of the Mutants Summary:

Two years after the events at Cape Citadel, things appear to have settled down slightly, but with the current President's time almost over, a new Presidential race beckons. The Mutant Registration Act, the perennial project of Senator Robert Kelly and various other factions, is back up again in a supposedly kinder and gentler version. Magneto has not been sighted, but remains at large.

An alliance of sorts exists between the Hellfire Club and the X-Men, spurred in part by an remarkably ambitious vision to create a mutant community inside America's greatest city, but it is a fragile one, susceptible to betrayal. Dark powers lurk around the X-Men, both evil mutants and far more mysterious eldritch foes- just as emissaries from unfathomably far reaches of space begin taking an interest in them.

Being a mutant- not easy. Doesn't seem to be getting easier, either ...

[crimsoncityhq]

PART I

One thing rang true and that was the prediction of the brutal blizzard of November 28th. Everyone prepped the best they could with the remembrance of how last Winter had ruthlessly blanketed their homes. There’s a frenzy for backup generators that get bought up in the Chicago stores for the anticipation. The first ominous whistle of the wind, and the pebbles of ice fall on the eve of Thanksgiving. Power flickers in each home giving them a moment of awkward darkness, before the backup generators kick in. The power companies in the city promise to have everyone serviced, but they start to service the scattered patches on the outskirts of the city first .

Most joked that was the brutal blizzard they had prepared for, until Mother Nature dropped her poker face. The ships with cargo became stuck in the harbor due to the icy fortress that froze over the gigantic lake. No lights of passing planes in the sky, as the wind turned into a sinister howl. Darkness engulfed the entirety of the city, except for a strip of hotels in neutral territory. The footmen of the families alert them that there seem to be only a handful of hotels that seem to be around. Meanwhile the temperature dips in the homes of those unlucky, and they must face a brash decision to not become the ice sculptures akin to the people of Pompeii. 

Multiple phone calls are done, and just as their phones are about to die they get a booking. A hotel that mentions that the accommodations might be crowded -- However, they can host your groups and promise warmth as long as the storm doesn’t shut them down. Everyone packs up their children, pets, and housemates to journey to the only solace that isn’t sold out in all Chicago.

After a restless eternity everyone was given a room number with their baggage ( human and otherwise ). The group of people that checked guests in alert them that there is a room for the animals to stay in kennels or they may accompany the others up to the room. Just when everyone was annoyed after being crowded in the lobby, and having to wait decades to get from one floor to another in the elevator.  It doesn’t help there’s always that one asshole that tries to asphyxiate everyone with their heinous flatulence. 

They FINALLY make it into their hotel room. Massive enough and customized with multiple full sized beds. No television, the heat blares up, it’s the poster child of the most bare necessities room. While everyone claimed a bed and stared haughty towards the guests that had ended up in the same room with them. A loud crackle followed by a slight rumble of their feet had the lights in the hotel rooms go off. The hotel doors seemed to have powered down, and anyone that tried to leave them --found they wouldn’t budge. A soft wheeze emitted from the heater in the room, and for a moment that’s the only noise in the room with you until the profanities start to flood. Winter wasn’t the only one that had prepped for the evening. The Walshes and their affiliates watch on with hidden elation as their plan goes into motion.

Part I will run from November 28th until December 3rd. Under the cut will be the groupings as well as some additional notes for this event.

Please don’t make any new starters open or closed that don’t pertain to this event while it’s happening. Normal replies can be done while the event is running, but it gets confusing timeline wise if people have additional threads that they start that would belong after the event timeline.

For this event specifically, the weather in Chicago is fictional. After the event you can feel free to glance at the Weather app and RP it out that way!

Animals will also be boarded at this neutral hotel. Keep in mind if the animals are left at your residence with the current temperature and no heat they will likely pass away.

Keep in mind that if your character has children (unless they are Walsh affiliates) they  likely have their kids in the room with them or any other NPC’s. If the character is a Walsh it was their choice to have them be ‘stuck’ in the room with them or left with a babysitter provided by the council.

For information on the bold names check the Walsh Discord channel. 

PREP PLOT SLOTS CHOSEN

 LIAM WALSH & IVY IVASHKOV volunteered to carpool with a hotel van to the hospital for sedatives and other harvesting supplies. AUDREY ROUSSEAU is already at the hospital and helps them fill the van before they all ride back to the hotel together. DAVUT DEMIR & KILLIAN WALSH are tasked with going to The Westin and sabotaging the hotel in time for the storm. They are told to do whatever necessary to make sure the hotel can’t accept any more guests before they return for the night. DARREN MURPHY took a smoke break after unloading only one of the supply vans at the hotel. LINCOLN DAWSON caught them smoking—as opposed to working—and made DARREN MURPHY finish unloading two other vans while they watched. 

ASLYN WALSH collected the weekly stash owed from the business owners at Magnificent Mile. She delivered the money to the council without prying eyes of local law enforcement or rival gangs catching on. ARMANDE IVASHKOV & another associate, had the dirty work of cleaning up the old blood stained hotel rooms used for organ harvesting the night before. They made it presentable before opening night. Their efforts were doubled when other affiliates weren’t aware of the chore, and had set off to bloody the room with a fresh harvest session.TARON LYNCH & JOANNA "JOEY" O'SHEA are instructed to sabotage the backup power generators on the north side. Surprisingly, they didn’t get caught. CAOILAINN WALSH had to “check” everyone into the hotel—AKA, assign each guest to a room. Everyone converges in the lobby and watches them impatiently, and the later it gets, the more aggressive the crowd becomes. ASLI DEMIR & FLETCHER HARGRAVE met with Jean Jaques “JJ” Baptiste and persuaded him by discussing terms of agreement for him to temporarily close Romanet Hotel the night of the massive storm.

ROOMS

ROOM #1: Arlo Flores, Fletcher Hargrave, Ira Evans, Jesse Valencia, Theodore "Teddy" Cohen

ROOM #2: Anastasia Sahin, Billie Washington, Josephine "Josie" Leon, Mathias Attano, Taron Lynch

ROOM #3: Andrea "Andy" Perez, Asli Demir, Blythe Sweetwine,Braden Kahale, Margeaux Saint Claire

ROOM #4: Alejandra Ruiz, Armande Ivashkov, Harlow Dumas,Jackson Marston, Lev Vasile, 

ROOM #5: Gwen Arnolds, Hana Faust,Jean-Jacques Baptiste De Romanet, Jessika Delmonica, Oisin Donnelly

ROOM #6: David Sharpe, Juno Song, Layla Jiminez, Nadia James, Nicola Faust, Peyton Bridges

ROOM #7: Callan Quinn, Effie Faust, Igor Vasile, Letitia "Tia" Valentine, Rosalie Halliday, Sutton James

ROOM #8: Addison Mckinley, Anton Volkov, Aries "Rhys" Rigsby, Cecilia Cavendish, Esmeray Demir, Lucian Faust

ROOM #9:  Aslyn Walsh, Catriona O'Shea, Oliver Faust, Tulsa Jane Honey

ROOM #10: Genevieve Bisset, Lee Malkovich, Levi Bohan, Maisie Kane, Saskia Vasile

ROOM #11: Amara Ricci, Auron Wright, Christine Li, Holden Mercer, Sloan Washington, Stefano Vitorri

ROOM #12: Edith Cohen, Ellis Rowe, Lavrenti "Lav" Vasile, Lincoln Dawson, Silas Hale

ROOM #13: Fabian Drake Kalashnyk, Carrigan Connolly, Cassidy Faust, Monika Adler, Nicholas Krieger

ROOM #14: Erin Cerci, Lada Antonovna, Leonid "Leo" Vasile, Rahi Kumar, Zoe Washington

ROOM #15: Abel Washington, Dominika Romanov, Faith Williams, Olivia Madden, Rosalia Leon, Cassandra Conally

ROOM #16: Atticus Mercer, Diamond Washington, Killian Walsh, Lorelai Faust, Oakley Butler

ROOM #17: Audric Noire, Mikhail Morosov, Noah Etkin, Nova Deveraux, Viktoriya Vasile

ROOM #18: Anatalya Vasile, Darren Murphy, Julia Faust, Konstantin Vasile, Violet Madden

ROOM #19: Davut Demir, Katarina Vasile, Veronica Pierce, Vincent St James, Zane Washington

ROOM #20: Beauregard “Beau” Griveaud, Blair Faust, Caoilainn "Callie" Walsh, Milo Arrington, Zedekiah Vasile

ROOM #21: Dante "Sebastian" Faust, Liam Walsh, Marissa Atkinson Orion Anderson, Vitomir Kipriyanov

ROOM #22: Andrew "Drew" Whittmore, Callum James, Ivy Ivashkov, Marie-Anne Beaulieu,  Nikolai Volkov ROOM #23: Audrey Rousseau,Barnaby Eaton, Constansia Fournier, Edie James, 

ROOM #24: Birdie Mendoza,Eleanor "Elle" Eaton, Joanna "Joey" O'Shea, Katya Ivanova, Wyatt Leon