#yacht renovation | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

k-hippie · 4 months

Text

A BRAND NEW SIMS 3 WORLD : SHETLAND HARBOUR

And here we are ... At last :D

10 years ago, Rope crafted a remarkable world, inspired by Starlight Shores, and generously given away to the community : Brightwater.

We embraced this gift, transforming and reshaping it, creating an island to eliminate distant terrain, and thus, Shetland Harbour was born ...

While many creators have fashioned stunning Sims 3 worlds with a Northern charm—like Saaqartoq, Greymont Bay, Lillebror, or Plymouth Isles—ours, stands a little apart.

Shetland Harbour is a unique blend : a touch of Aurora Skies, a hint of Moonlight Falls, and a dash of the unfortunate Barnacle Bay, all interwoven with our own vision of course. It is a vast yet easily navigable world, balanced between lightness and richness, featuring nearly all the Rabbit Holes the game offers.

Our aim was to craft a cohesive and vibrant world, one that feels alive and contemporary, with harmonious architecture and a spirit that invites exploration and delight :)

Welcome to Shetland Harbour, a picturesque coastal town nestled between rolling green hills and a fantastic bay … It is a beautiful medium/large-sized world, a community nestled on its own secluded island, accessible only by ferry. The town is known for its charming cobblestone streets, a vibrant fish market, and a rich history dating back centuries, dotted with quaint cottages, a bustling coast, and a grand lighthouse standing guard at the harbor’s entrance ...

This hidden gem is a haven for sheep, but don't let that fool you – Shetland Harbour is far from a sleepy place. With its rich maritime history, the town offers a unique blend of tradition and vibrant local culture.

Designed to capture the essence of a northern European island, Shetland Harbour offers a self-contained community with 100 lots in total : 65 residential lots + 35 community lots. Each Lot ( except the Old Renovated Factory ) is fully furnished.

In addition, there are multiple sheep ( all by Murfeel ) fields here and there – the latter being especially dear to the local culture, a close-knit community, where the ocean's presence is always felt and the simplicity of rural life is celebrated.

Shetland Harbour combines a lively downtown with peaceful suburbs and serene neighborhoods, featuring quaint cottages, charming gardens, and scenic paths through lush greenery.

The town's historic churches, like Old Church, Albert Church or Lux Chapel, are steeped in tales of ancient rituals and ghostly apparitions ... Albert Church, built on a Druidic site, is haunted by druid spirits, while Lux Chapel is known for the ghost of a sailor, seen on stormy nights ...

The mysterious stone circle inside the Graveyard, Ghost Place, adds to the island's mystical allure. Rumored to be a portal to another realm, it activates during celestial alignments, with visitors reporting strange occurrences. Town elders speak of a prophecy foretelling the return of ancient spirits and the awakening of the island's mystical powers. Signs include a rare star alignment, the stone circle's awakening, and three chosen individuals with the island's ancient bloodline ...

• Harbor Bay : The central feature of Shetland Harbour is its expansive bay. The bay is a natural harbor with calm, crystal-clear waters, making it ideal for fishing and sailing. It is surrounded by gently sloping hills and cliffs that provide stunning vistas of the sea. The marina is bustling with fishing boats, sailboats, and yachts sometimes … It’s the hub of maritime activity, with a fish market ( aka Grocery Store ), boat repairs, and a sailing club ( aka Business and Journalism Center )

• Lighthouse District : Right beside the Harbour, stands the Lighthouse Point, this district features historical homes and buildings, including a Norman cottage, a strange Diner and higher into the Hills, a fantastic museum dedicated to the town’s maritime history and a recent Hospital ready to welcome all the citizens of Shetland Harbour :)

• Beaches : The Coastline is dotted with sandy beaches, perfect for beachcombing, picnics, and bonfires. These areas are popular spots for locals and tourists alike. And you may want building some Coastal Houses for your Sims which is possible almost all alongside the sea ;)

• Old Town : The heart of Shetland Harbour is the Old Town, characterized by cobblestone streets, historic buildings, and a charming town square. Shetland Harbour's downtown area is a kinda picturesque pedestrian square, and quaint paths perfect for leisurely strolls …The Old Town includes the Town Hall, the Old Toad, the Talking Dog, a Fish and Chips, and even a Geek Store, all of them under the shadow of one of the oldest shop of the Island : the Elixirium ...

• Rolling Hills : Surrounding the town are rolling green hills covered in wildflowers and dotted with grazing sheep. These hills are perfect for hiking and offer panoramic views of the town and the bay. Beware of the fog !

• Forests and Woodlands : To the north of the town are more dense forests and woodlands with waterfalls upstream of the river which separates part of the island. These areas are home to various wildlife and provide a natural retreat for the residents. There are several well-maintained trails for hiking and exploring :)

Come and explore Shetland Harbour all your content ... Whether you're building your dream home, running a local business, or simply soaking in the serene atmosphere, this unique town promises endless possibilities and a truly captivating experience ...

Download Shetland Harbour today and start your new adventure!

\o/

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

IMPORTANT : Before downloading Shetland Harbour !!!

Shetland Harbour contains custom content. As much as we try to include them into the world building process, we learned with time the necessity of providing a list those items. No worries, we used the same cc creators as usual and added 2 or 3 more. Such as the grey/dark roof we made, based on the terracotta roof of the game and the Wood walls you'll find on different lots, the same as the ones of Oaksoak Hollow ... Or more important, the boats used in the world and of course ... The sheeps ! All you need should be included and/or available down here ;)

1) the ANTS & CC :)

ANTS stand for Absolute Necessary Things & Stuff to enjoy Shetland Harbour :)

Download ANTS and CC ( both are needed to have all the right textures, the right look and feel of Shetland Harbour )

You will need too some of our Rabbit Holes

Not mandatory but nice : our 88 Patterns mostly brick, masonry, concrete and wood ;) A bit of fabric & paper too ...

ATTENTION : if you have played with one of our Worlds, you might see duplicate files. We try to use the same objects as much as possible. Of course, you don't have to install twice. Skip whatever you already have. We use Blams objects for some Sims 3 objects ... so if you already have those objects from any other means, just skip ;)

CREDITS & THANKS due to all the following creators :

ATS, Noir and Dark Sims, pitheinfinite, Brunnis-2, Blams, CycloneSue, HydrangeaChainsaw, Leroy157, Lisen801, Murfeele, Nilxis, PotatoBalladSims, Qahne, TheJim07, Mammut ( from BlackSimsZoo ) BlueCoco, BuffSumm, JomSims, Ladesire, Mutske

2) the Saved Games

They are in the same page than Shetland Harbour itself. You have the choice between Unpopulated and Half-populated. Whatever you choose, we always strongly advice with a save game ;) But as far we know, once we delivered a World, it is entirely up to you to begin a new adventure and make your own challenges with your own Sims :D

Download a save game

3) the Lots ( both residential & community )

Quite a bursting town, Shetland Harbour has 100 lots : 65 residential and 35 community and very important : many small sheep fields ( visitors not allowed com lots )

Download ALL the lots

Some lots are Maxis ones we modified, some lots are our own creations, and for the others, they come mostly from MTS ;) And we are very grateful to those creators who always offer a special flavor to our Worlds :)

CarlDillynson - Bellakenobi - Bast - MySimRealty - stonee206 - Norn - Cutbacks - Ferguson Avenue - SimplySimlish - hazelnutter100 - PolarBearSims - RubyRed2021 - CircusWolf - Moihi - Lasciel

Well, it is time for discovery now and you are ready for sure ! We wish you all the best, all the fun with your new life in Shetland Harbour !

Download Shetland Harbour World

PS : Shetland Harbour is a medium/large sized world of 88MB, and has been tested 1 week long on both Mac and Pc ;)

xoxo - blackgryffin

#the sims 3 #sims 3 gameplay #sims 3 #thesims3 #ts3 #sims3 worlds #sims3 build #shetland harbour #sims 3 world #sims3 cc #k hippie #k-hippie

640 notes · View notes

kleftiko · 1 year

Note

Hi! Idk if your request is opened or not but if it is, I'd like to request a headcanon for Knb if that's alright?

My request is : How would GOM + Kagami react when their s/o walk in on them taking a shower naked and just casually invite themselves taking a shower with the boys?

❦ SHOWER TIME

cw: this is fluff, but language and nudity [ALL CHARACTERS ARE AGED UP]

—kuroko

in a strange turn of events, you end up startling your boyfriend. the bathroom door is slightly open, the sound of running water and slight humming floats through the apartment. you decide that you should probably get clean too as you step into the steamy room. tetsuya doesn’t hear you undressing, or stepping into the shower. it’s only when your cold hands wrap around his waist that he shrieks and spins around—nearly slipping—eyes wide and startled for a split second until he realizes it’s you. then his expression falls into his signature calm smile.

“hi, sweetheart.”

—kagami

you go in the bathroom to pee, and as soon as you make a noise, taiga peers around the curtain with a judgemental look.

“what are you doing?” he asks, shampoo comically in his hair.

you blink. “using the bathroom.”

he sends you a stink eye before closing the curtains and going back to what he was doing. you know he likes his alone time in the shower, but the apartment only had one bathroom, and you like to annoy him (with love). so when you strip down and attempt to join him in the shower you need to wrestle the curtain away from him because he’s using it to cover himself lol.

—murasakibara

he likes when you sit in the bathroom while he showers. you can tell him about your day and he can poke his head out for you to feed him a little snack. it’s not often that you shower with him because the logistics of the shower head and the height difference was always a hassle. until you renovated your shower to a ceiling head, now when he’s finished his himemaru, you can just join him under the water and he can pull you close and prevent you from moving cause “you’re so cute and cuddly, y/n-chin.”

and you stay like that until your body feels like two different temperatures.

—aomine

you enter the bathroom.

“fuck, daiki, it stinks in here.”

“i had to shit, you’re the one that interrupted my shower.”

despite that, you strip down and pull the curtain dramatically to announce that you intend to join him. and this motherfucker is under the water, head tilted back to rinse out his shampoo, eyes looking down at you with a smirk as he says, “just can’t get enough of me, huh?”

so turn the water to cold so he shrieks :)

bonus fem!reader: soapy tits are his weakness. if you ever want anything from him, hop in the shower and ask lol his eyes don’t leave your chest but he’s nodding along to whatever you’re saying. you could ask for a yacht and he’d agree

—kise

doesn’t want to shower without you tbh. he’s usually inviting you to join him, but not in a sexual way. he’s one of those people who blasts music while in the bathroom and likes to perform concerts, so he needs his back up singer. he’ll shampoo his hair into spikes and start screaming punk, it’s your responsibility to play air guitar and ad lib. on the rare occasions that he’s showering by himself and you decide to join him halfway through, his smile is wide, and his introduction goes, “ladies and gentlemen, my backup guitarists!”

—akashi

literally love him. if you open the bathroom door while he’s showering he assumes something is wrong.

“darling? are you alright?” his soft voice just makes you melt, but you assure him that you just want to join him. and he is delighted! in fact, he proposes a bath after you two wash up. he loves having you between his legs, back against his chest while you’re surrounded by bubbles. he’s one of those people that loves non sexual intimacy, so if you turn around and give him a bubble beard, he’ll just watch you with hearts in his eyes.

—midorima

locks the door so you can’t get in. if you’re persistent—knocking, calling his name, etc.—he’ll step out of the shower, towel around his waist, and open the door with an annoyed scowl. you just smile sweetly and hop under the running water. he’s muttering under his breathe at how much of a handful you are, but he’s washing your body carefully and making sure soap doesn’t get in your eyes <3

#knb scenarios #knb x reader #knb kagami #knb imagines #knb headcanons #akashi x reader #kuroko x reader #kagami x reader #aomine x reader #murasakibara x reader #midorima x reader #kise x reader #kuroko no basket x reader #kuroko no basuke x reader #knb fluff

2K notes · View notes

ysmtttty · 2 months

Text

Red Ferrari

Chapter 3

Azris AU, where Azriel is a mechanic and has his own service station. One day, Eris comes there because something is wrong with his car. AO3 Chapter 2 Chapter 4

Eris thought that the next morning wouldn't be as terrible. Yes, he had left a lot of paperwork for today to avoid distractions last night, and yes, he already regretted it because the amount of work seemed unreal. And the whole morning felt worse than a hangover, which he didn't even have today.

Maybe life hated him. How else could he explain the calls he had been receiving on his phone for the past two hours from people he would be more than happy to erase from his life forever, and for some reason, two of them had the surname Vanserra.

Then the terrible morning continued with an annoying client who wouldn't stop trying to use all his connections to ensure Eris was his lawyer in court, despite Eris having said three times that he had no interest in the case.

How ironic that this case was a divorce, where the client was trying to do everything possible to leave his wife with absolutely no money, leaving her and the kids with nothing. Eris had defended many dubious people throughout his career. When you're young and trying to break into a very competitive work environment, you don't get to choose your cases. Over the past seven years, he had earned the title of the devil's advocate in certain high society circles precisely because he defended, and defended perfectly, many dubious people.

However, this particular case disgusted him. Maybe because of its irony, as he was going through the same thing right now. Fortunately, he had no kids who would undeservedly be caught in this mess. In general, helping some offended jerk keep his yacht and penthouse, leaving the kids homeless, was not something Eris intended to do.

He ran a hand through his already tousled hair, leaning his elbows on the wooden desk, which was chaotic with various documents. Some of them were work, but most were property division contract options. You'd think, being a savvy lawyer, he would have thought of a prenuptial agreement before the wedding, but everything changes when the wedding is arranged, meaning they weren't supposed to divorce at all.

Yet here he was, ignoring calls from his ex-wife, who was actively trying to take as much money as possible.

His grim mood was interrupted by the timely entrance, as always without knocking, of Lucien, carrying two paper cups of coffee, one of which he handed to Eris.

“Tell me,” he said, settling into the comfortable armchair by the panoramic window. A few years ago, during renovations, Lucien had insisted on helping choose the furniture. It turned out he had only helped choose the armchair, on which he often sat whenever he felt like barging in his brother’s office.

“About what?” Eris asked tiredly, rubbing his eyes, which were already sore from looking at countless documents and contracts.

“How did your date go last night, of course! Do you expect to just leave your younger brother in the dark and get away with a simple 'fine' over the phone?”

Eris rolled his eyes. His younger brother had too much free time. Way too much.

“It went well, I suppose,” he said, taking a sip of coffee – good coffee from his favorite café nearby. Well, maybe Lucien wasn't as annoying with his unceremonious habit of barging into his office like it was his home and gossiping.

“And more details?”

Eris sighed. He didn't know how to explain what last night was. Freedom? Something completely new, incomprehensible, simultaneously attractive and frightening. Azriel seemed like pleasant company. Despite the rudeness and habit of taking everything defensively, he was easy to talk to. Very easy.

So much so that at some point in the evening, Eris found himself not thinking before saying something. In a frightening way. He always thought ahead. Eris was used to calculating everything down to the smallest detail, every phrase, every word, used to planning strategies and strictly following them, ruthlessly eliminating any possible risks that could undermine that strategy.

However, yesterday was different. Maybe he was just desperate – tired of the daily routine, in which he earned a living by saying the right word. Tired of expecting a knife in the back from every acquaintance in his circles, because with the number of enemies he had made over the years, it was quite expected. Tired of the need to be a bastard because he was in a world of bastards.

Azriel was different. With Azriel, Eris didn't feel the need to be someone; he just was… Eris. A strange feeling considering that in recent years he had been absolutely certain of who he was – the devil's advocate who ruined reputations, lives, careers, who knew every loophole in the law, who built his business and would protect it fiercely. But yesterday he felt different.

Azriel was genuine, as much as it was possible. A stark contrast to those Eris dealt with regularly. Maybe it was this sincerity that made him be… more open too? He wasn't sure. But with Azriel, he felt he could open up and not get a knife in the back. It was a breath of fresh air, after which he desperately didn't want to return to the suffocating reality. Didn't want to, to the point of pain and hysteria.

Eris was somewhat irritated by how Azriel unknowingly made him feel. Maybe this date was a huge mistake that he would regret in the future, but Eris didn't want to think or worry about it. If it was a mistake, he wanted to make it. He didn't care. His future self would deal with the consequences, and his future self clearly wouldn't thank him, but he was already tired of worrying about that version of himself, building countless strategies and plans.

"We walked around the car showroom, looked at cars, and later had a drink together, nothing more," Eris shrugged, answering Lucien's question about the details. Lucien rolled his eyes at his dry tone.

"And you didn't talk after that?" Lucien continued to ask.

"No," he shook his head. "He didn't text, and I don't want to impose."

Lucien eyed him. "Weren't you visiting his workshop all week?"

Eris rolled his eyes again, finishing his coffee and tossing the cup into the trash under his desk.

"And I got my date, now if he's interested in continuing this, he will reach out," he said. Eris Vanserra wasn't desperate for love. He already made his move, now it was Azriel’s turn.

"Do you think he'll brush you off?" Lucien asked, without a hint of mockery. Eris even wanted to hit him on the head for looking so sympathetic at that moment. Eris didn't need sympathy.

"I think Azriel is a big boy who can make adult decisions without my interference," Eris replied, gathering the documents on his desk into a pile. "And I also think I should be busy with work, not gossiping about dates with you as if we were schoolgirls."

"Come on, no court case will be as interesting as my brother suddenly getting interested in relationships."

"I'm not interested in relationships," Eris lied. I'm interested in a specific person, his mind said.

"Yeah, because convincing someone to go on a date with you for a week clearly shows your 'lack of interest,'" Lucien snorted.

"I already regret telling you about this."

"Alright, alright, no mentions of your love affairs. We can talk about mine," Lucien grinned widely. Eris couldn't hold back a chuckle at the sight of his younger brother being so happy, it was almost disgusting. Love-struck fools, what could you do? "Friday, seven in the evening, remember?"

"Yeah, to help you book a table at Sapphire because you so nobly helped me find a car showroom for my date yesterday," Eris rolled his eyes. "And, of course, to drive you there because your unemployed ass can't afford a car."

"I am not unemployed," Lucien frowned, clearly offended by this comment. "I'm balancing courses and working at the bar. And yes, Eris, that still counts as a job."

"Get lost already," Eris waved his hand, shooing his younger brother away.

After Lucien left, Eris received a new client. The client talked about scammers and how he needed protection from "false" accusations. Half of the precious time was spent making him confess that the accusations were anything but false. Eris didn't even try to be polite, speaking directly and bluntly.

Later, the client offered him double the fee just to get Eris to agree to defend him in court. And in the current situation, Eris, with all his arrogance, didn't particularly want to turn down double fees.

As soon as he was alone in the office to sort out the papers and devise a strategy for the client's upcoming hearing, his phone rang. For just a second, Eris hoped it was Azriel. After that second, his gaze fell on the already hateful name, and he suppressed a flash of anger, reminding himself that if he threw his phone at the wall now, he would have to spend time buying a new one and transferring the data.

"Mor," he said, picking up the phone.

"Hello, Eris," came a voice, too cheerful for a call between ex-spouses. "I was starting to worry that you were ignoring me. Which I strongly advise against."

And here they were. Mutual threats, passive aggression, mind games. Eris closed his eyes and tried to count to ten mentally but stopped at five because he knew Mor was impatient and would say something else soon.

"Did you want something?" he asked in a calm voice. Despite the fatigue and anger, he wasn't stupid enough to show her any of it. If Eris survived his father's house all his childhood, he would survive the divorce.

"My lawyer has prepared all the documents you requested and is asking where to send them," Mor said innocently.

"Then explain why you're the one calling me, not him?" Eris asked, raising an eyebrow, still maintaining a neutral tone.

"Maybe I missed your voice," Mor replied, and Eris wanted to jump out the window. Because she hadn't missed him at all, and they were far from loving spouses. "Or maybe this morning, your father's man paid me a visit, informing me that he is aware of our divorce and is very much against it."

"I'll handle it, don't worry your pretty little head about grown-up complicated things," Eris scoffed. "Have your lawyer send the papers to my work email, I think you should have it. Your answer to my offer is still no?"

"Correct. And your answer to my offer?"

"Have a good day, Mor," Eris hung up. The phone didn't fly into the wall, but it did land on the desk with a loud thud.

Like hell he would agree to Mor's proposal to give her more than half of the property, considering that she hadn't worked a single day in the past four years and spent all her time going to bars and clubs with her friends, occasionally spending thousands of dollars on shopping. Eris frankly didn't care what she did. He didn't care that she spent the money he earned, because...

He didn't know why. Maybe he just felt sorry for Mor back then. Sorry that she ended up trapped in this marriage just like he did, with no way to escape this hell. Sorry that she had to leave all her career ambitions in Europe because her father, being the bastard he was, managed to drag her back home only to send her straight to the altar.

Maybe Eris hoped that they understood each other. That after so many years, after they had gone through the phase of throwing sharp words and objects at each other, and through the phase of ignoring each other, they had become something like... good acquaintances. Friends, if saying really boldly.

Eris could easily admit that he wasn't a good husband. Hell, he didn't care who lived in his house and spent money on yet another Louis Vuitton bag, because for him, only his work mattered. But in the past year, he thought that he and Mor understood each other.

That was a mistake he was still paying for.

Because being too candid with the wrong person can come back to bite you in the ass in the future. And here he was, living in that very future, sorting through lawyer's papers and preparing for their first court trial next week.

When Mor's lawyer sent him the papers, Eris noticed additional attachments in the email. Damn her. The viper had resorted to blackmail. Real blackmail.

They had been exchanging words for the past month, trying to discuss their divorce and all the details civilly. Initially, they were even meeting each other halfway, but at some point, greed took over, and they started exchanging threats.

However, those were just words, and Eris prayed that it would stay that way, because aside from the problems with Mor, he also had to deal with his own father and father-in-law, both of whom hated him for this divorce. But Mor was not as magnanimous as he had hoped, and to prove her point, she sent him evidence.

Reminding himself that he was a lawyer and could figure something out, Eris took a deep breath, pretending he was in control of the situation. That he had some semblance of control in this hell. That he wasn't on the verge of losing everything he had worked for over the past seven years just because he wanted freedom.

By Friday, nothing had changed. Eris had nearly finished the case with his client, leaving the court hearing for the following week; he hadn't received a single message from Azriel, which was expected but still left an unpleasant feeling in his chest; he had ignored five calls from his father, three calls from Mor, and one call from Mor's father. The number of people who would gladly kill him in a dark alley was growing alarmingly, but by the end of the week, Eris felt too exhausted to care.

As he had promised Lucien—forgetting about this was difficult since his younger brother reminded him of the promise every two hours, checking if Eris had forgotten—he picked him up to take him to the restaurant.

Sapphire was quite an expensive place, the prices weren't astronomical, but they were still high. Nevertheless, the place was worth it, especially the live performances.

Maybe Eris didn't know everything about this place because the way Lucien talked excitedly about it was hard to understand. Inside, there were a suspiciously large number of fresh flowers, unique bouquet combinations on the tables, in beautiful vases around the perimeter, and even in hanging pots on the walls.

While Lucien talked to the restaurant's host about his table reservation, Eris looked around. His gaze fell on the entrance door, through which Elain, whom he had already saw once or twice, soon walked in, dressed in a soft pink dress and looking very fitting for the restaurant's atmosphere. She waved at him, and Eris responded with a nod and a small smile.

However, right behind her, another person walked into the restaurant. And it was Azriel. Azriel, dressed in a simple shirt with oil stains in some places, loose jeans, and looking nothing like Nesta Archeron, who was supposed to give Elain a ride here.

Fuck.

The universe either hated Eris intensely or had a very weird way with pranks. Eris didn't even have time to hide his surprise when Azriel looked up and met his gaze. tag list: @sizzlingstarlightsky @isnotwhatyourethinking @molcat07 @chairofchaos

#eris vanserra #acotar #azriel shadowsinger #azris #azris fanfiction #azris supremacy #azriel #modernau

27 notes · View notes

mousysims · 2 years

Photo

mousy save; hold onto your hats

i started with my go-to simlicy save, so most of the residential lots and many of the community lots are by simlicy. i agonized over lot placement and number of each type of lot; i only ever play one family so it makes sense for me to have fewer residential lots and tons of community lots. i'm missing a lot of packs so this is pretty carefully curated to fit with what i do have (i'm used to replacing wallpaper and some furniture for most gallery builds but if it's missing much more than that I try a different lot). i love community lots that a) have things for sims to do and b) look pretty. all of these fit and i highly recommend every single one!!

willow creek

strip mall by simlicy

blue velvet by simlicy

rosado lounge by bottsbotts (it's turned the wrong way in the screenshot lmfao i've since turned it the right way)

summer lane vinyl by pixelddump (cc required)

umbrage manor by simlicy

sushi bar by therealpraline

acadia springs park by silrosse

honeydew coffee shop by ratboysims

oasis springs

thriftea mirage by ratboysims

rock n roller diner by amy_alston93

calico community pool by silrosse

house of mango by silrosse

desert bloom by wafl

llama lanes by simlicy

magnolia promenade

l'heure de the by e-aplouf

magnolia complex by simlicy

simazon bookstore by irrelephant7

ice cream shop by anadius

newcrest

newcrest mall by plasma-janes (cc required)

greasy goods by littledica (cc required)

monsun noodles by ratboysims

rollin park by ratboysims

george's brewpub by silrosse

solcaf by silrosse

rise and grind cafe by littledica (cc required)

industrial plant cafe by therealpraline

the forgotten by bottsbotts

les boules du lhama by e-aplouf

kids center by anadius

health and fitness center by jessiejessan

planete popemiel by e-aplouf

bamboo wok by silrosse

windenberg

plant shop by simlicy

island bluffs by wafl

thriftea by kateemerald

old quad restaurant by simlicy

old town bridal by simlicy

old town center by simlicy

the new old quarter inn by simlicy

bathe de rill by simlicy

ocean crown by ratboysims

discotheque pan europa by moonbearsim

patisserie by stjernesky

san myshuno

planet honey pop! by allisas

culpepper heights by bottsbotts

the naked gnome by bottsbotts

casbah gallery by pictureamoebae (cc required)

stargazer lounge by ratboysims

skye gym by ratboysims (converted to a library in my save)

myshuno meadows by simlicy

brindleton bay

pupperstone park by thaisvolpe

vet clinic by simlicy

yacht club by simlicy

grimalkin kitchen and tap by quiecence90

cat cafe by therealpraline

bedlington boathouse by simlicy

deadgrass discoveries by simlicy

del sol valley

hotel by simlicy

studio pbp by roxxysims

ward park and cafe by pinneaple8904

orchid a go go by whyeverr

newcrest cinema and arcade by silrossse (renovated to fit into del valley in my save)

starbucks and gym by simlicy

pride music festival by kriint (i placed on a bigger lot and expanded on the existing one)

sulani

laguna mermaid beach by feliciabrenning

sapphire shores by kwizz66

sulani juice bar by simcubeez

ohan'ali beach by simlicy

hang loose hangout by vulpeculai

evergreen harbor

quarry building by marie-lennie-joe

utopia cafe by silrosse

warehouse nightclub by simlicy

the waterfront by luckyheather

sprucewood pool by ratboysims

mt. komorebi

matsu no yu by tamo-sim

komorebi onsen by tksims__0oy

senbamachi market by diviniityx

hanamigawa koen by kaledz

izakaya ippai x2 by mariakarita

restaurant and karaoke bar by bottsbotts

henford-on-bagley

romantic woodland wedding by riemunen

granite lake by wafl (renovated to fit into henford-on-bagley in my save)

finchwick village hall by thesimline

the gnome's arms by yuliana_fib

copperdale

high school by aharris00britney

auditorium by luzy_lou_77

thriftea by luzy_lou_77

lakeview park by tinynezumi

mt komorebi cafe by pchrseen

teddy’s pizza and arcade by ratboysims

#sims 4 #ts4 #ts4 gallery finds #ts4 lot finds

496 notes · View notes

ridenwithbiden · 2 months

Text

THIS MOTHERFUCKER !!!

"Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been accused of not disclosing a yacht trip to Russia and a private helicopter flight to a palace in President Vladimir Putin’s hometown, among a slew of other gifts and loans from businessman Harlan Crow.

Buried on page 14 of a letter that two Democratic senators sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday, in which they urged Garland to appoint a special counsel to probe Thomas, was an astonishing list of dozens of “likely undisclosed gifts and income” from Crow, Crow’s affiliated companies, and “other donors.”

In the letter, Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) said Thomas, one of the court’s staunchly conservative justices, even may have committed tax fraud and violated other federal laws by “secretly” accepting the gifts and income potentially worth millions.

“The Senate is not a prosecutorial body, and the Supreme Court has no fact-finding function of its own, making the executive role all the more important if there is ever to be any complete determination of the facts,” reads the letter requesting the appointment of a special prosecutor.

“We do not make this request lightly,” said the letter.

The list of potentially secret gifts also includes a loan of more than $267,000 provided by Thomas’ close friend Anthony Welters, the yacht trip to Russia from the Baltics, and the helicopter ride to Yusupov Palace in St. Petersburg. ProPublica first reported last year on the existence of extensive undisclosed gifts and lavish trips from Crow.

Additionally, Justice Thomas is accused of not disclosing tuitions for his grandnephew, free lodging, real estate transactions, and home renovations. The action escalates Democratic senators’ efforts to hold Thomas accountable for perceived ethics controversies.

According to the senators, Thomas’ conduct could violate the Ethics in Government Act, which requires officials like Supreme Court justices to file annual reports disclosing gifts and income accepted from outside sources.

“It is a crime,” reads the report, “To knowingly and willfully fail to file or report such information.”

Since 2023, two Senate committees have been looking into the 1991 loan from Welters that was connected to Thomas’ purchase of a luxury motor home. Welters previously responded to a New York Times request for comment on the loan only to say that it was “satisfied.”

Thomas, for his part, belatedly disclosed some—but not all—gifts from Crow this year and has defended the gifts as “personal hospitality” from some of his and his wife’s “dearest friends.”

“The evidence assembled thus far plainly suggests that Justice Thomas has committed numerous willful violations of federal ethics and false-statement laws and raises significant questions about whether he and his wealthy benefactors have,” Durban and Wyden wrote."

#Supreme Corruption #Clarence Thomas

16 notes · View notes

iamespecter · 8 days

Note

Balls

--hanging low while I pop a bottle off a yacht Chain swanging, cling-clang and it cost a lot Bitch, I'm always at the guala, yeah, and you are not Badass B, keep on going 'til you hit the spot Woah, I'm a big bag hunter with the bow She got a big bad dumper, drop it low Mama called me and she happy with the growth Never ever fold for a thottie, that's an oath (yeah, ayy)

Just popped her kidney, I bought a million options of the stock And I stopped doin' the green Man, I rock arenas, bringin' the peace I'm bumpin' that 'Pac in the car, pretendin' I got all the eyes on me Got a bad baby and she's independent Too many people older than me that's seekin' attention When they warned me 'bout the goofies, man, I shoulda listened And the smell of the money, My Strangest Addiction, uh

She tip for dick, I let her lick I had to dip, I'm off a fifth, am I rich now? I bought a whip, I paint it pink It drive itself, the fuck you think? Yeah, I'm rich now

Ayy lil' mama, yeah, you heard about me I'ma pop you like a pea, yeah, edamame Yeah, feel so hot like I'm chillin' on the beach Yeah, baby in the sun like the Teletubbies

balls hanging low while I pop a bottle off a yacht Chain swanging, cling-clang and it cost a lot bitch I'm always at the guala, yeah, and you are not Badass B, keep on going 'til you hit the spot Woah, I'm a big bag hunter with the bow She got a big bad dumper, drop it low Mama called me and she happy with the growth Never ever fold for a thottie, that's an oath

I've been in the club and takin' shots If you got your mask off in the photo, you getting cropped Hoppin' out the function, the CVS is like a block away Bought a moisturizer, my ice cold, it's drying my face Don't need that VVS, my ice is fake, your life is fake I choose to do it for my pocket's sake You basing your opinions on what the major says I renovate, the bad energy I erase, uh

Yeah, I don't ever really wanna talk, talk, talk, talk Only really ever want the top, top, top, top Guess I'm goin' back to the sock, sock, sock, sock At least this money never really stop, stop, stop, stop

Ayy lil' mama, yeah, you heard about me I'ma pop you like a pea, yeah, edamame Yeah, feel so hot like I'm chillin' on the beach Yeah, baby in the sun like the Teletubbies

#thanks for the ask!#Ziku's insane rambles #I'm sorry. but I had to do it #the temptation was too great

16 notes · View notes

foxes-that-run · 1 year

Text

2021 Haylor Timeline

Timeline Tag, or years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

2 January - Harry at Jeffs wedding with OW. Holding hands at wedding photos - the Paparazzi Clint and his partner follow Olivia to a hotel in Santa Barbara. He later does an hour long podcast on following them and explains he then realised Harry was there and takes photos. After a few phone calls, the two photographers discover rumors of a romantic relationship between Harry and Olivia. 10 minutes later, photographed them together. in Nanny tell all Nanny said Olivia was still texting Jason to say she loved him, that Olivia was pretending to not have service. Nanny found out she was at the wedding online.

3 January - walking with OW in Santa Barbara

4 January - Harry hike in LA

15 January - Ted Lasso Season 2 starts filming London, in Nanny Tell all nanny said that Ted confronted her on the plane there about her telling Olivia that Jason had been crying and not coping. Jason then offered the Nanny a life coach to get info out of her and they were attending therapy with the Nanny.

18 January - Coney Island released as a single.

14 February Olivia at Harry’s LA house with luggage. Don't worry Darling filming wraps. On the 21st Taylor Lover tour cancelled.

16 February - E News Harry and OW fly to London together. DWD wraps, Harry OW cast photo

20 February - OW near Jason Sudeikis /her kids London house

6 March - Oliva posts photo of Branston Beans from Harry's Kitchen, the curtains can be seen. Lockdown laws mean she should not have been able to travel there and was bragging about it and posting inside his house.

10 March Instead of congratulating Harry on the nomination Zayn posted “F the Grammys”

youtube

15 March -Talk at the Grammys, Taylor and Harry part of small group of attendees. Harry goes over to Taylor and they are polite, Harry seems a little awkward and says “well it was nice to see you”. He keeps looking at her during his acceptance speech for record of the year.

Taylor wrote High Infidelity and WCS with Aaron Dessner while in LA for the Grammy's, when she saw Harry & J Mayer.

Niall and Liam congratulate Harry on his Grammy win, Zayn and Louis do not.

31 March - architect of Harry’s Erskine House renovations posts photos of the interior to their website. It has a black, wood pale grey palette with pink stairs

13, -25 April - OW with Harry london

April 27 - Joe leaves UK to Belfast to film.

May 11 - HS & TS both at Brit awards (the 26th was a blood moon)

May - Harry’s bassist since HS1, Adam Pendergast, leaves love band (date from his LinkedIn)

20 May - Harry and Olivia dinner at Refuel Bar & Restaurant at The Soho Hotel. ET Rumours Joe and Taylor engaged.

15 June - Harry seen with fans wearing Apollo eleven tshirt

21 June - Harry wrapped My Policeman in Italy, started in Feb. Released 1 September 2022. Holiday in Italy

2 July - renegade released

3 July - Harry at England v Ukraine game Italy

8 July - Harry and Olivia on yacht and in Italy

26 July - Charlotte Clarke (Harry’s backup singer) said she was let go and doesn’t understand why. won’t be on HSLOT

28 July - Taylor posts for folklore' anniversary, "It’s been one year since we escaped the real world together and imagined ourselves someplace simpler." with a photo from Donegal Ireland. Heavily TTPD coded with Victorian gown, like the Betty speech’s on eras tour and lakes (poets), two coffee cups too, was it already a double album?! Coffee also as in the end of the Karma MV. Joe posted photos from the same trip on July 22nd

9 August - 26 August Harry in studio maybe mixing Harry's House in the behind scenes photos here you can see outfits he wore in LA on these dates.

4 September – 22 July 2023 - Love on Tour, Harry has a new bassist Elin Sandberg

7 September - Taylor in Belfast visiting Joe. Red TV entirely recorded at Kitty Committee Belfast UK (her home)

9 September - Taylor at Toronto Film Festival and to premiere all too well

11 September - Harry at Toronto Film Festival to premiere My policeman, talks about wasted time being the worst thing in presser

17 September - wildest dreams TV released, TikTok about recording Red TV and a glitch. Harry and Olivia in Phili with Xander, max and family

May 11 - HS & TS both at Brit awards (the 26th was a blood moon)

May - Harry’s bassist since HS1, Adam Pendergast, leaves love band (date from his LinkedIn)

May 24 - Joe and Taylor together in Paris

3 June - Harry OW her parents London

21 June - Harry wrapped My Policeman in Italy, started in Feb. Released 1 September 2022.

30 June - H Holiday in Italy

2 July - renegade released

8 July - Harry and Olivia on yacht and in Italy

13 July - Jason sudokis GQ that he still doesn’t know why they broke up and it ended in November 2020. Harry mentioned.

14 July - HSLOT announced for September

26 July - Charlotte Clarke (Harry’s backup singer) said she was let go and doesn’t understand why. won’t be on HSLOT

7 August - OW and Harry had guests at house, Harry has moustache and greets someone.

9 August - 26 August Harry LA in studio maybe mixing Harry's House in the behind scenes photos here you can see outfits he wore in LA on these dates. Walking with Olivia 19 August

31 August - Taylor and Joe hiking Franklin Canyon

4 September – 22 July 2023 - Love on Tour, Harry has a new bassist Elin Sandberg. OW at first show.

7 September - Taylor in Belfast visiting Joe. Red TV entirely recorded at Kitty Committee Belfast UK (her home)

9 September - Taylor at Toronto Film Festival and to premiere all too well

10 September - Harry golfing in Dallas

11 September - Harry at Toronto Film Festival to premiere My policeman, talks about wasted time being the worst thing in presser

17 September - wildest dreams TV released, TikTok about recording Red TV and a glitch. Harry and Olivia in Phili with Xander, max and family

18 September - Harry seen with Olivia near her parents in DC before show there

22 September - first heart kiss since 2018! St Paul - Falling, with Two Ghosts intro (4:31). Then again weekly till the end of the year

25 September - Taylor London Lena's wedding.

youtube

29 September - & 1 Oct Harry played Nashville and wore a white satin outfit, he played with his rings while performing Beautiful. Harry plays To Be so Lonely for 9 shows then never again, including Nashville N2 and NY. In Nashville looks up. OW at shows

3 October - OW parents at HSLOT but she is in LA.

9 October - Harry in Florida dinner

13 October - fan sends to DM that they saw Harry, no OW at Pittsburgh cathedral of learning with “more police and security than I knew existed” wouldn’t have recognised him if it wasn’t for them.

16 October - Harry wore “all things must pass” hoodie NYC OW walked awkwardly holding him. One security person.

22 October - one more photo of Taylor and joe in the bathroom leaked (the proper selfie), photos from 2016 leaked in 2020

25 October - Harry seems to be in a bad mood when he first goes on stage in Boston, also wearing no rings. Heart kiss in Falling, OW there and not seen with him until harryween in a week.

26 October - Taylor posts TikTok "Autumn Lovers RISE" as a reenactment of a 27 September 2017 Tumblr post. She writes lyrics to ATW "just between us did the love affair maim you" "and Plaid stuff and ankle boots" she's wearing a skirt but says 'stuff' plaid shirts and ankle Chelsea boots is Harry in 2011-2013. And "Maroon/Hunter Green" The ATW move included a book coming out 13 years later about the love affair.

30 October - Harry dressed as Dorothy at harryween MSG NY, Olivia as Dolly Parton posted photos with exercise bike and boobs

1 November - rumors Harry and OW fighting

10 November - heart kiss in falling. Tumblr anon said about OW “I was working at the venue in Sacramento when he played during LOT. Her backstage privileges were revoked after the show prior to that...which was..I think...Portland. Our backstage security was instructed to not allow her backstage under any circumstances. She didn't even arrive to the venue with him. From what I understood from Sacramento through the end of that tour her security access was no more than say..contest winners..radio personalities etc. I was shocked at the time that they lasted another year since there was clearly trouble in paradise.”

11 November - Harry has a bruise on his back I. Love on tour backstage photo

12 November - Red TV released Harry wears red in his show on the 11th. All Too Well Short Film premiere Dylan O'Brien (who is in ATW film) is included in this footage of Austin and Dylan cheering when Jack plays Question..? in the Studio. Appears on Fallon and says she easter eggs 3 years in advance in reference to ATW.

16 November - Pleasing launch with Harry on bike photo on cover of Dazed

17 November – Taylor leaves NYC for Panama to go see Joe. Taylor posts a drunk TikTok from Panama. On the 20th she went to the national theater and leaves on the 22nd. Joe stays and films. Midnights written while gone

21 November - Last time Taylor is photographed in public for 3 months is the SNL performance for All too Well

25 November Rolling Stone noted the Haylor call and response “the long-running songwriting badminton between her and Harry Allegedly is pop call-and-response the way it ought to be”

28 November- 13 December Harry MIA. after his shows. OW seen alone in LA

1 December Taylor wore Gucci lion ring to Zoe’s kravitz birthday throwback photo shared day after YLM date identified by Jack.

5 December - You're losing me written. Love on Tour in Buenos Aires

28 December - Harry and OW Italy. Fans post they saw them Hampstead NYE, no photos.

Continue to 2022

#haylor #Youtube #haylor timeline #2021

26 notes · View notes

daycourtofficial · 5 months

Note

if gingerfucker and eris were in the fourth floor verse they’d definitely be those like trendy fashion power couples / he buys her van cleef just cuz and takes her on his daddys yacht and her bday gift is a first class trip to italy and rhys is just like 🙄 show off.

Wait stop they live in the apartment above them while they’re house is getting renovated or whatever and Eris has beef with the college students downstairs so he makes a point of stomping all the time bc he can’t stand Rhys 😭

#ask #gingerfucker

7 notes · View notes

heavenlybackside · 2 months

Text

Lynnewood Hall in Philadelphia is a 110 room mansion that was built in 1899 by one of the richest families in the United States. After losing his wife on board their family yacht, in 1896, Peter wanted a place for his whole family to stay. He became a 20% stake holder with a marine company that would go on to build the Titanic. Peter declined to go on board the Titanic’s voyage, due to his age and health. Although, his son’s family would take his place and hold massive dinner party’s on the ship in Peter’s name. Both his son and grandson would end up dying on the Titanic with only the mother surviving. Peter would live in lynnewood until his death in 1915, passing the estate down to his only surviving son. His son lived in the mansion until his death in 1943. The mansion would be passed around businesses that would only use some of the rooms mostly decaying by the late 50s. Luckily, they started new renovations in 2023 to preserve its history.

5 notes · View notes

dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 4 months

Text

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas amended his previous financial disclosures Friday, retroactively acknowledging that the lavish trips he had taken in 2019 were financed by the Republican megadonor, billionaire real estate developer, and Nazi memorabilia collector Harlan Crow.

The expenses were first revealed last year in a series of investigations by ProPublica that found the conservative justice had been pocketing favors from Crow in a number of ways, including private school tuition for his nephew; the renovation of the home where his mother still lives; and undisclosed trips on the billionaire’s yacht, private jet, and at his private resort.

The annual financial disclosures are one of the few insights into the private lives of the nation’s highest judiciary. In his 2023 report, Thomas included an unusual addendum, defending his decision to accept luxurious gifts from Crow while admitting that he had “inadvertently omitted” details about the favors on his previous disclosures, blaming the leaked Roe v. Wade decision for his reasoning to avoid commercial air travel.

“Because of the increased security risk following the Dobbs opinion leak, the May flights were by private plane for official travel as filer’s security detail recommended noncommercial travel whenever possible,” Thomas wrote at the time.

The court, which had long avoided the kinds of formal ethics regulations imposed on lower courts due to its special constitutional status, implemented its first ethics code in November—in part to respond to public scrutiny over the undocumented gifts embraced by Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito, who failed to report a luxury fishing vacation to Alaska with hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer in 2008.

#us politics #news #the new republic #2024 #justice clarence thomas #justice samuel alito #us supreme court #republicans #conservatives #gop #harlan crow #Paul Singer

2 notes · View notes

wonderhoy-dump · 2 years

Text

a shousuke otori oneshot that no one asked for

It’s dark in the office but Shousuke Otori can’t be bothered to turn on the light.

The report he’s looking for should not be this difficult to find. He’s rifling through his filing cabinets using his phone light, increasingly annoyed by how his neatly tucked away files could be such an organizational crapshoot when he actually needs to pull something.

Why are we still printing everything out instead of just using the cloud???

He yanks out a whole stack of folders and throws them on his desk.

Garbage. Garbage. Old memos. Garbage.

A whole mess of Phenniland promotional brochures are mixed in with the old financial reports for some reason.

God that’s annoying.

He moves to throw the whole pile away when a heavier cardstock falls out from the stack. It’s not a brochure, he realizes as he picks it up by the taped up edges.

It’s a…thank you card? His youngest sister’s familiar gel pen doodles glitter on the front of the tropical-themed art.

Emu and her troupe friends surprised him with this after their yacht trip turned shipwreck, he remembers. That was over a year ago. He’s not sure if he even opened it at the time, he was so busy wondering how the hell they got into his office before he did.

(The purple one probably had something to do with it.)

He throws it in his laptop bag to take home with him.

I gotta clear out all the trivial crap in this office.

He finds his missing financial report in the remaining pile and also stuffs it in the bag. He locks up his office, the 'PXL Deputy Director' plaque glinting off the door.

The hallways of the Otori Corporate building are dark minus the emergency lighting strips along the walls. They used to keep the motion-activated lights on at all hours but now they all shut off firmly after 9 p.m. Some sort of green initiative from the CEO and corporate Governing Board. He’s not a fan.

The darkness does make it easy to see another light at the end of the hallway though.

Shousuke knocks on the open door of the Director’s office.

Keisuke Otori looks up from the binder of papers he was highlighting by hand.

(Oh right. He’s the reason they still print everything out.)

The Director nods when his brother tells him the custodial staff will be here soon to close up. Grabbing his own items, Keisuke turns off his lamplight.

———

It’s a long elevator ride down from the second highest floor of the Otori Corporate building.

“How did the dinner go with Mr. Yung?”

“Fine enough,” Shousuke sighs. “He questioned the quarterly returns on the last renovated rides so I came back to get last year’s reports to draw the comparisons.”

“You’ll be working late then.”

“You’re one to talk.”

“I was reviewing some supplementary proposals. But I don’t plan on working more at home—In fact, it’s best if I rest early.”

Keisuke pauses.

“My first meeting with Miss Yue is tomorrow.”

Oh. Right.

That’s happening.

It’s not like. A big deal. Not compared to any other corporate operation at least. That’s what Keisuke had said to him the first time it came up.

His brother is at the age where men like them get married and Miss Yue is the daughter and COO of a major media conglomerate. Taiwanese, so international.

It’s a match up that makes sense. Especially for people like them who don’t lead sociable lives and never have. (Never will.)

They haven’t really talked about it since.

Keisuke claims he has nothing to say. Shousuke has tried to come up with anything to say.

But all he can think about, whenever he gets a chance to mention it, are their own parents: sitting quietly at opposite ends of the dining room table, their four children in between them, not looking at each other and only speaking to anyone with the most surface level inquiries.

That family dinner was three years ago. He’s not sure they’ve even been in the same building together since.

It’s not really an inspiring topic of conversation.

Shousuke looks at his older brother in the reflection of the mirrored elevator walls.

I wish I knew the right thing to say to you but I don’t.

“Do you have an appointment to get your roots done before your meeting?”

Instinctively, Keisuke touches his jet black hair.

“Are my grays showing already?”

Shousuke shrugs tiredly. “Maybe it’s better she sees them upfront. A 32-year-old man already stressed into a head full of gray hair: it really lets her know what she’s getting into.”

Keisuke chuckles which may as well be uproarious laughter coming from him. Shousuke cracks a smile too.

Not many people can read the feelings of the oldest Otori sibling. Not many people can recognize that he has them, actually.

But when Shousuke casts a glance at Keisuke—the actual Keisuke, not the reflection—he can see the tightness in his jaw and the dullness in his purple eyes and know exactly what it all means.

It’s too bad he’s not someone who can do anything useful with that information. He’s merely someone who stands by his older brother's side. Always by his side.

———

A foam ball hits Shousuke between the eyes the second he walks in the front door.

“Geez Tsukasa! Watch where you’re pointing that thing!” Kamishiro shouts while blatantly shoving the foam ball gun into the other boy’s hands.

“What were you even aiming for?” says Kusanagi from behind the couch.

“I DIDN'T SHOOT THAT!” Tenma yells, as easily riled up as ever.

Keisuke walks in behind him. “Ah, Wonderland x Showtime. Nice to see you all here tonight.”

It's Emu’s bimonthly slumber party weekend. How could Shousuke forget? That explains why all the lights are on and their typically quiet house is a cacophonous mess of colorful blankets and stuffed animals.

Shousuke takes a deep breath, the troupe’s loud voices triggering that tired ache behind his ears.

“Why are you all in the living room?” he asks before he can help it. “Don’t you usually set up in Emu’s room?”

Summoned by her name, his youngest, though still high-school-aged sister pops out from the pile of pillows.

“We were doing crafts in the kitchen and then we wanted to play fort defender!—but we can move to my room if you and Keisuke need space to talk!”

“It’s okay, Emu,” Keisuke responds. “We were just going to our rooms. You four enjoy yourselves.”

“Oh! If you’re not busy with work, do you want dessert!? I can show you the cupcakes we decorated for you!”

Shousuke isn’t in the mood for sweets but Keisuke agrees and Emu is pulling them into the kitchen before he can protest. (He still does protest though.) Before Emu leaves, she designates Kusanagi with defending their fort and Shousuke can hear the boys screaming behind them from her foam slaughter.

Hinata is in the kitchen when they enter. She had come down for a glass of water to take a break from her studying, and she greets them in that same tender way she always speaks.

She helps Emu bring out the platter of cupcakes she and her friends decorated. They’re slathered in their troupe colors, PXL references, a Kigurumi face, and several with vocaloid themed cookie toppers. The four of them must have decorated over three dozen cupcakes.

Emu hums happily in her phenny-patterned PJs, bouncing on her toes to grab plates and making her pink pigtails bounce with her.

Emu presents Keisuke a vanilla cupcake with fruit slices nicely arranged in a succulent shape on top. She gives Hinata a pink cupcake with a rose-shaped cookie topper. And finally, she hands Shousuke a chocolate cupcake with a round green cookie topper.

Shousuke looks at it warily.

“What is this?”

“It’s a cactus!”

“Why is it smiling?”

“So you know it’s safe to eat!”

“Why wouldn’t it be safe to eat?”

“Because of the spikes!” Emu explains, as if the sugar sprinkles adorning the green cookie surface could possibly be mistaken for real needles. “Tsukasa found this guide online about making plant-looking cupcakes so we tried making a batch of those but with our own twist!”

“They turned out nicely,” Keisuke says.

“Very cute!” Hinata encourages.

Shousuke turns the happy cactus around in his hand. “Yeah. Sure. It works.”

They thank Emu for the desserts. Hinata and Keisuke decide to eat theirs in the kitchen before going to bed but Shousuke would prefer to go to his room. He has a long night ahead.

“Do you want an extra cupcake for extra nighttime zoom energy?”

“No, I’m fine. I just have to update and retime a presentation for tomorrow morning.”

“Ooo a presentation? What’s it about??” Emu asks with eagerness.

“Nothing exciting. I’m meeting with our investors about funding for the next round of ride renovations.”

“Is it for the fishy boats and the carousel?”

That surprises Shousuke because he doesn’t think he’s mentioned this to Emu before.

“Um. Yes?”

“Yay yay! Those are the last ones still on the old system maintenance! The less shutdown time they need, the more super sunny-fun for all the little ones, and lots of adults can have a chance to refresh the memories they grew from riding them when they were young too!” Emu chirps. “I’m so excited!”

Despite her very Emu-way of saying it, her analysis is disturbingly accurate.

(Shousuke’s not sure why it’s disturbing. It just. Is.)

“…Right. Well. First we need the money,” he ends up saying.

“I’m sure the investors will agree!” Emu beams at him again. “Do you need any help with your presentation?”

“Uh no. I think it will be fine. It’s not really something I expect you to help with, Emu.”

Shouldn’t you be getting back to your friends?

Their youngest casts her eyes down for a second. It’s a familiar look that strikes Shousuke, to his chagrin.

(Has she looked like this before? (He knows she has. (He’s tried to forget.)))

But then she looks back up at him with renewed vigor and he’s even more caught off guard.

“I know I don’t know the big cha-ching cha-ching numbers or anything, but I still want to help you, Shousuke! Maybe me and my troupe can watch you practice your slides?”

“Watch me…practice my slides?”

Emu nods eagerly. “We’ll be staying up late anyways!”

Shousuke glances at his other siblings who are busy slicing up their cupcakes with Hinata complimenting the cream filling inside. Keisuke spares him a look and an eyebrow raise.

‘It’s your presentation,’ he seems to say.

Shousuke’s not sure if it’s the long day or the bright lights or whatever but—

“Fine, Emu. If you and your friends want to spend part of your party listening to me present on ROI and the margins of our core competencies, then sure. You can listen to me do my run-through later.”

“Yay yay!” she chirps at a surprisingly reasonable volume. “I can pencil you in between plushie party tea time and the DOOM Eternal tournament, so be ready by midnight, okay? Yahohoy!”

“Fine but if you all fall asleep during this, don’t blame m—”

Shousuke grunts as Emu tackle-hugs him.

Every. Damn. Time.

She giggles as he shoves her little pink head off of him and she darts away back into the living room.

He turns to see Hinata and Keisuke looking at him.

“What?” he snaps.

“Nothing.” Hinata smiles. “Don’t forget your cupcake.”

Shousuke grabs the thing and goes.

———

The living room is viewable from the railing of the second floor and Shousuke finds himself looking down at the brightly lit sleepover below.

It seems like the fort defender game has turned into a ‘smack each other as hard as you can with couch cushions’ game—of which Emu is winning very handily.

He watches as Emu leaps from surface to surface, chasing down a screaming Tenma. She shrieks when Kamishiro biffs her over the head with a pillow only for her to clear him over the table with one swing the very next second. (Not to be a petty man, but Shousuke finds that mildly satisfying.) Kusanagi is laughing at all this until Emu barrels into her with unapologetic glee and all four of them end up in a pajama’d pile on the floor, sending their laughter echoing against the high ceilings.

That looks…

…dangerous

…painful

…chaotic

…

…like they’re having a good time.

Shousuke doesn’t “get” Emu. He never has. Surprise surprise.

His tiny shock of a baby sister, always so loud and smiley against all reason. She’s the one who was raised by their oddball grandpa instead of their austere father; the one with her head in the clouds and no one to pull her down; the one who treasures her namesake like a destiny and a promise; the one who grew up under such nonexistent expectations that she rises to them by merely seeking any; and the one who was given zero responsibilities all her life yet still devotes herself to Wonder Stage and PXL and her family all the same.

After all these years, Shousuke still finds his youngest sister incomprehensible in many ways. But more and more, he’s willing to admit, in the solitude of a darkened hallway, that he would like to understand.

——

Shousuke turns on the lamp at his home office desk.

He pulls out the report and his laptop, but before he can begin, something else slides out of his case onto the desk: that thank you card from WxS.

The exterior looks even more colorful under the lamplight, and Shousuke thinks now is as good a time as any to finally read it. He slits open the paper stickers holding it closed, and the card pops open on its own.

“THANK YOU FOR A WONDERHOY TIME!!!” jumps out at him in pop up letters. Emu’s art style again adorns the surface of the card, a drawing of the five of them on the island sitting by the bonfire. All four members of the troupe signed it.

Shousuke smiles.

It’s nice.

He places it next to the cupcake with a bite taken out of the cactus head—the only nonfunctional items on his desk—and he gets back to work.

#idk why i wrote this #his character is just begging to be poked with a knife i think #might do ones for keisuke and hinata too #dreamer changed my brain chemistry and i simply cannot thrive with this lack of otori family content in this fandom #otori family #glissando’s prosekai brainrot #fanfic #emu otori #shousuke otori #project sekai #wxs

22 notes · View notes