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thenixkat · 3 years

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HCs and OCs for a fic

Toyomitsu family: Descended from one of the first giant mutants in Japan. Tend to have monster or animal related transformation quirks in addition to being huge. Own farmland and forested areas all over the Kansai region. The family founded the Devil’s Market yakuza group which has been extremely long-running and focused on buying and selling illicit goods, general goods, and general supplies and labor for larger people. A Toyomitsu has been either the boss or first lieutenant of the Devil’s Market for as long as it’s existed. They had to move out of their Osaka base when All For One set up shop, their current main base of operations is in Esuha city. The family also runs a franchise of butcher shops across most of Japan under the name of Oni Meats which carries a vast selection of animal protein from around the world. Nearly all members of the family have prey drives from their monstrous transformations.

Ma- Manami- (Quirk) Bugbear- transformation quirk. If the user is sufficiently fat then they can transform into a hybrid bear/reptile monster. Has great senses and night vision as well as enhanced strength. Can induce fear by staring someone directly in the eyes. -->Prefers not to be involved with the less legal dealings of the family and Devil’s Market. She’s more than capable of being as much of if not more a terrifying mob boss than her little brother. She just likes farming better. -->Generally doesn’t look people in the eyes unless she doesn’t like them b/c her terror-inducing power stays active regardless of her form. She prefers not to scare folks who don’t deserve it. -->Gets on very well with her sister-in-law, if she wasn’t married she’d steal her brother’s wife. -->Met her husband in a fighting ring. She eviscerated him with her claws and he broke one of her arms and several of her ribs. They started talking while getting patched up. -->Is about 7’10” and built like a well-padded brick house. -->Is the one who judges new recruits into the gang. Tends to have them do farm work for at least a month to get a bead on their personalities.

Pa- Noel ‘Blue Devil’ Diablo nee Toyomitsu- (Quirk) Energy absorption- emitter quirk. Can absorb, temporarily store, and redirect kinetic/thermal/electric energy. Too much energy kept in the body for too long causes reckless and impulsive behavior and hyperactivity. Devil- mutant quirk. Has devil-like horns and a tail. -->Used to be a nomad b4 settling down with his strong beautiful wife. Supported himself on his travels with fighting, gambling, handyman skills, and musical skills. -->Brings nothing to the table in his household other than his good looks, good nature, and knack for fixing things and a broad range of skills. -->Holding in excess energy makes him glow blue, especially his horns. -->Loves his family just so much. Is the goofy dad and great flirty husband. -->Loved to carry his kids until they got waaaay too big for him to pick up. Stands on a char to talk to his kids and wife on their level. B/c they are just so damn tall. -->Is 6 ft tall with a strong build with very little body fat b/c of a side effect of his quirk. He gets cold easily b/c of this and it bothers his joints.

Grandpa- Ryuji ‘The Dragon/ Dread Emperor of Giants’ - (Quirk) Dragon- transformation quirk. Can transform into an eastern dragon or humanoid eastern dragon with the severity of the transformation depending on percentage of body fat. Can also control the weather. -->Controlling the weather means that his farms never have a bad year. He does sell this service on the black market through the Devil’s Market. -->Wanted to be a hero when he was young and stopped when his mom got sent to jail for vigilantism and murder for stopping a serial killer from preying on women in the community -->Retired after a betrayal from some too ambitious underlings lead to a crippling knee injury. Still acts as a source of wisdom for the family and the gang. -->Is the go-to babysitter. -->Prefers to be in his transformed state and hates the anti-public quirk use laws with a passion. -->His full dragon form is as long as a bus and can fly. His humanoid dragon form/human form (sans antlers) is 8’5”

Grandma- Akane- (Quirk) None. -->An ex-mercenary who beat Ryuji in his prime AND in his full dragon form with nothing but some rope and her bare hands. -->Very good with guns and knives -->Takes advantage of the fact that as a plump quirkless woman she tends to get overlooked by people with powers to end fuckers. -->Was the one who got rid of the over-ambitious underlings who attempted a coup against her husband. -->Is about 5’10”, very chubby, wears glasses, and is rather soft-spoken. -->Is an icon to the quirkless members of the Devil’s Market and teaches them how to fight people with powers.

Uncle- Wani ‘The Butcher’- (Quirk) Crocodilian- transformation quirk. Similar to grandpa but crocodile instead of dragon. Has a great sense of smell and hearing as well as night vision. Is bulletproof at full strength. -->A strong proponent of community defense to the point where more people came to him about community issues than go to police or heroes. He gets problems handled permanently. -->Also heavily invested in technology and occult studies to see if there was a way to make life easier for people -->Also prefers to be in his transformed state -->Caught and ate 3 quirk diagnosing doctors in the area who were trafficking children into human experimentation. Managed to rescue most of the kids. -->Was arrested and sent to Tartarus for a string of killing corrupt cops and heroes fucking around in his neighborhood. His family often visits him. -->Fell for his wife when she bet him she could drink him under the table with the loser paying the tab. She won. -->Is about 8 ft tall and at least half as wide b4 going to jail. In prison he rapidly lost weight, the family is planning a jailbreak.

Auntie- Jay ‘Jaybird/Hummingbird’ Johnson nee Toyomitsu- (Quirk) Fast Twitch- emitter quirk. A speedster type. Can move and think at superhuman speeds for a few minutes at a time every hour. Has a very high metabolism and needs to consume large amounts of food in general. -->Was a villain before settling down. Still pulls off a robbery every now and then and has a fondness for gems. -->A Black American who came to Japan to hide from law enforcement after a heist gone wrong. -->Thinks that the way people throw the word villain around to just about any fucker committing any kind of crime while using a quirk really dilutes the word. Thinks that villains need fun costumes and proper themes and intent. -->Her sister-in-law was one of the first women she’s ever met who never criticized her eating habits and she would kill for the other woman. Ride or die friendship. -->Is constantly hungry due to her speedster metabolism and has to eat a lot. -->About 5’8” and leggy with plenty of visible muscle.

Sister- Onini ‘Oni/Gargoyle’- (Quirk) Gargoyle- transformation quirk. Can transform into a stone-skinned gargoyle with the severity of the transformation being dependant on amount of body fat. Heat Sink- emitter quirk. Can absorb, store, and release thermal energy. -->Tried to become a hero but was bullied out of school -->Named after one of her mom’s friends -->Considers cousin Kenji to be effectively one of her brothers -->Became a firefighter and uses her quirks on the job even tho it’s illegal. Not like the people she’s saving are gonna complain. -->Tends to flirt with strong women. -->Actually tends to stay partially transformed b/c she likes having a tail and passes herself off as a mutant -->If she gets too hungry and loses control she can become a heat vampire and freeze things to death while feeding on their body heat. -->Spends a lot of time helping out on the farm and her mother is most likely to pass ownership of the family land to her once she retires. -->The most likely person in her generation of the family to have biological kids. --->Keeps teasing Fatgum about when he’s gonna officially adopt his interns. -->Is about 7’5” and technically is too heavy to fly but she glides pretty well.

Cousin- Kenjiro ‘Kenji/Ken/Shuten’- (Quirk) Fast Oni- transformation quirk. Can transform into an oni with enhanced speed and strength. Transforming causes his metabolism to speed up and he burns fat to stay in oni form. Has a speedster metabolism in regular form, if he doesn’t eat a substantial meal every 5 hours he starts losing weight (fat and muscle) rapidly and is consequently always hungry. -->Would love to stay in his transformed form but can’t due to the timer. -->Is jealous of Taishiro’s height and metabolism so he makes fun of the way Tai’s face looks when he’s transformed. Also jealous of Onini’s ability to not be constantly hungry. -->Is constantly hungry from the day his quirk came in and had to take appetite suppressants during puberty to keep from losing his head and chowing down on anything and anyone in reach during his growth spurts. -->Has been mistaken for Fatgum more than once due to their similar-ish size and clothing choices. It frustrates him to no end b/c he’s way darker than Tai and prefers wearing blue or white. -->Has intentionally eaten people. Most notable example being him ending a war with a rival yakuza group by capturing, butchering, and cooking the rival leader and openly serving him for dinner at the peace treaty/gang merger. -->Strongly supports Fatgum as a hero and the two combine resources to help the community whether that is through funding housing for the homeless or getting a very good tailor the resources to make clothing for specific clientele or sending the other to deal with a situation appropriately. -->Brings a knife to a gunfight b/c he’s a superstrong speedster and a gun ain’t go do shit if you ain’t got no hands. -->Thinks Overhaul is a stupid asshole b/c it’s not that hard to get blood out of a kid or train a kid to be ok with it. -->Is about 7’10” and has heard every short joke under the sun from Tai

Fatgum-Taishiro ‘Tai’- (Quirk) Fat Absorption- Transformation quirk into an uncanny valley cartoony blob man that is as strong as the amount of body fat he has. Can absorb, neutralize, or release kinetic energy. Eyes glow in the dark like a cartoon when his quirk is active. Has a great sense of taste and is incapable of feeling sated/is always hungry. Also has an extremely efficient digestive system that breaks food down in seconds. Can also convert fat into muscle as well as generally having enhanced strength and speed while transformed. -->Was a late bloomer. His quirk didn’t start coming in till he was 8 and it took a while b4 he was fat enough for it to have notable effects. -->Preferred being in his skinnier form during middle and high school due to bullying and self-esteem issues that he didn’t work through until his early twenties. -->Started high school at 5’7” (170 cm) at 14 yrs old and was 8’2 (250 cm) when he graduated at 18 yrs old. Puberty was hell and pants were his enemy. -->Had a friend in hero support who took it as a personal challenge to make him clothing that he couldn’t destroy, that would grow and shrink with him, and that he couldn’t outgrow heightwise either. Ended up inventing ‘indestructible pants’ and making bank. -->Does not have canine teeth due to a mutation related to his quirk. Does have several rows of teeth that can replace themselves like a shark’s due to the same mutation. The fuckery of his mouth is only really noticeable if he’s ‘stretching’/pushing his transformation to its fullest extent or if someone’s feeling around inside of his mouth for whatever reason. -->Does not have a gag reflex -->Has been constantly hungry since his quirk emerged and like Kenji had to take appetite suppressants during his growth spurts to keep control of himself. An asshole classmate once replaced his appetite suppressants with appetite stimulants to see what happens. Several people ended up hospitalized, Taishiro still has nightmares about it and said asshole student actually managed to get expelled. Has a restraining order against said asshole classmate who fucked off to England to be a hero there. -->Is so glad he’s done growing. Went through clothes like water when he was a teen. -->Going several days without getting enough calories in tends to activate his prey drive and he really doesn’t like that b/c heroes shouldn’t murder or maul people. Figured out this aspect when he mauled a bully after his quirk just came in and later during a survival training exercise in hero school in which he ended up eating a live bear after several days of living on trail rations (scared his teammates for life with that one). -->A lot of aspects of his costume with the bright colors and friendly mannerisms is to reduce the intimidation factor/terrifying aspects of his appearance. He is aware that in his transformed state he’s a giant uncanny valley cartoony egg man monster that can fucking absorb people into his body. -->While transformed his limb, mouth, and eye proportions are extremely fluid and change nearly at will. If he wants to his face can be entirely mouth, which he knows is terrifying to other people. His arms and legs can rubber hose it though they aren’t as strong when he does that, does mean he can grab from angles that shouldn’t be possible. -->Was bullied as a kid for being ‘quirkless’ b4 his quirk manifested and then he was bullied for being fat. It did a number on his self-esteem as a teen leading him to prefer using his thinner form as his default. -->His thinner form was considered a heartthrob in school to his frustration. Didn’t mean he didn’t take advantage of the fact people found him hot to make money or flirt a free lunch off of someone. Was in a hot guy calendar made and distributed by one of his classmates. -->It absolutely gets on his nerves when people only find his skinny form attractive. -->After graduation, he lost muscle b/c that starter hero paycheck ain’t shit and the Hero Commission refused to let him write off food costs as business expenses. Had to save his food money for patrols leading to him losing weight. -->Participated in underground fighting rings to both make some money on the side and get better at using his quirk -->Has tried Trigger b4 and carries a small vial of the good version of it just in case he really needs it one day. (Listen, you ain’t finding shit trying to pat down fucking Fatgum) -->While transformed the absorbing things into him thing is automatic, put too much pressure on the flabbier parts of his body and you’ll just sink in. It takes effort to release things and took him a while to learn how to do this as a kid. Before he learned how to release things, he’d just turn off his quirk to get things out of him. -->Was blackmailed into working for the cops after getting caught during a raid of one of the fighting rings he was participating in. Decided to be a double agent and give away info on cases to the Devil’s Market to help them stay ahead of the cops. Also blew a decent chunk of the Osaka police force’s budget on his feeding since they wanted to use him. Ultimately this is what caused the police to break their partnership with him b/c he was too damn expensive to keep on the payroll. -->Once he became decently popular he and the Devil’s Market started funding a superhero trade school to get people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to get into hero schools for various reasons trained up and educated enough to get a hero license. -->As a hero he just doesn’t enforce the dumber laws like anti-public quirk use laws b/c who cares if people use their quirks if they aren’t hurting anyone. Also prefers not to label criminals as villains unless they’ve done some truly heinous shit b/c he knows that villains get harsher punishments in the justice system. Is also a strong proponent for rehabilitation for criminals. -->Once got caught in a scandal where he and a close friend and classmate managed to get a quirkless friend of theirs enrolled in their hero school with the help of a hacker. It took months for the school to catch on, during which said quirkless friend excelled in the hero classes. Fatgum and his friend nearly got expelled when caught. Later he helps that quirkless friend get a provisional hero license to become Japan’s first quirkless hero. -->From his family history, to his accent, to his size, to his ancestry Fatgum got torn apart by the media when he first started making waves. It took years but his image as a fun friendly beloved hero won out over ‘loose canon with criminal ties who’ll probably turn villain any day now’ -->Most of his sidekicks are folks he knew in his underground fighting days or rehabilitated criminals. Sidekicks and interns from actual hero schools are picked based on both potential as well as ‘how well can you bend the law/see in shades of grey instead of black and white?’. Essentially interning with Fatgum is a long process of unlearning propaganda and a practical application of morality on a case by case basis. -->Is aware of the hornier corners of his fandom and doesn’t know how to get them to understand that death via snusnu is not a way they want to go out (“How do you know this?” “...No comment.”) and telling them that they would def either die or require medical attention only makes them hornier. He finds it distressing and tries to avoid these people. -->Only found out that his name and birthday were puns when he was in middle school. He was not pleased. His parents had a blast since they were waiting for him to figure it out. -->When transformed his face, hands, feet, knees, and elbows are the most vulnerable parts of his body. Hence the leg armor (and occasionally arm armor). -->Due to his size, he’s got a few glaring blind spots, the main one being that he simply can’t see past his belly when looking down. He has tripped over short people b4 b/c of this. At least one of his friends from school would take advantage of this when he was in his larger form to sneak up on him.

#long post #nix meows #headcanons #my hero academia #fatgum #ocs #aus #probably repeated myself at least once #cannibalism #body horror #cause i know what i'm about

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brainyxbat · 3 years

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Pokemon Team Rocket Bloopers/Outtakes Ideas

AKA, Butch bloopers ft. Cassidy, Jessie, James, Meowth, etc. Amirite? I love Butch; shut up. 😂

🎥 = Transition to different episode

🎬 = New scene, same episode

⬆ https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?547153-Pokemon-Team-Rocket-s-motivation-philosophy/page2

Keep reading for the list! 😊 Periodic updates! Suggestions are welcome and appreciated!

(Ep: Sweet Baby James)

James: (lies about his career to his grandparents)

Butch: (pops in out of nowhere) LIAR!!!!

James: AAH!!! (drops to the floor, and crawls away like a monstrous Pokemon is after him, as everyone cracks up laughing) OH, ARCEUS!!

Butch: (leans on the windowsill to keep his balance) Hey, what’s up, guys?

May: Hey, Butch!

Max: What goes on, buddy?

Butch: (greets everyone, then kneels down by Mime Jr) Hi there, Mime Jr. (it talks to him in Pokespeak while laughing) Yeah, James is an awesome guy. Wait... JAMES!!! (rapidly crawls in his direction, off the set) Come here!

James: (still laughing) Leave me alone!

(Everyone watches Butch go, trying to catch their breath)

🎥

(Ep: The Ole’ Berate and Switch)

Butch: Hey, kids! I mean, you confident young lads and lasses! It’s time to sign up for the Pok- *sticks his tongue out, and goes “ehhh”, then trills his tongue in the cone pointer, making the kids laugh*

🎬

Butch: Hey, kids! I mean, you compe- *scoffs and bursts into laughter with the kids, doubling over for a moment* Sorry!

🎬

Butch: I feel like a dork in this outfit. *the kids giggle* Glasses and a bow tie; I look like a nerd. *chuckles*

🎬

Cassidy: Hey, Patch. Earth to Patch. Will you take this box like a gentleman?

Butch: The name is Butch, not Pa- *breaks out laughing* I’m sorry, that mask is so creepy!

🎬

Jessie: To denounce the evils of truth and love.

Butch: To extend my arm with a big, white glo- *bursts out laughing, and Jessie joins him* S-sorry; that line sounds so stupid!

Jessie: *laughs* That’s the point!

🎬

Jessie: Cut! *accidentally kicks Butch for real, knocking him down to the floor* Oh! *laughs* I, I just kicked him for real! Are you okay, Butch? *tries to help him up* I can’t help you; I’m laughing too hard!

Butch: *sits up on his own, rubbing his chin with a smile* You’ve got a mean kick. *laughs with her*

🎥

(Ep: Pikachu Re-Volts)

*Butch and James accidentally bonk their foreheads together, prompting laughter out of everyone; in another take, their noses collide*

🎬

Butch: Let’s uh, try it more slowly; to avoid collision. Okay. *snickers, as he and James try to get in each other’s faces for a take, but they keep corpsing*

James: *when their noses are together, he gets into a laughing fit with Butch* I, I’m sorry, I can’t do this! *walks away, as Butch holds his stomach*

🎬

James: Reach to the stars above!

Butch: Reach to the- d‘oh! *laughs* That’s not it!

James: *pumps his fists in the air* I win!

🎬

James: Reach to the stars above! *starts to grin involuntarily*

Butch: Wrath to the- *smiles when James laughs*

James: S-sorry!

🎬

James: Reach to the stars above!

Butch: Wrath to the stars above!

Meowth: (not even a half-second later) You fellas gonna kiss now?

*Butch and James burst into laughter, drawing away*

James: Thanks a lot, Meowth!

Butch: *is out of breath, as he runs a hand over his cheek* I, I think you spit on me!

James: Sorry!

🎥

(Ep: Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing)

Misty: Yeah, we know who you are! Cassidy!

Tracey: And Buffy!

Butch: It’s not Buffy! It’s Butch, Butch, Bu- Woop! *slips while stomping his foot, and falls on his butt and back, making everyone laugh; he sits up, with one hand on his butt* Ow! *laughs with them*

🎥

(Ep: The Search for the Legend)

Butch: I just told you it’s Biff, weren’t you-! *laughs* Sorry, let’s go again.

🎬

Butch: I just told you, it’s Biff, weren’t you list-! *throws a goofy, playful tantrum, and cracks up harder*

Cassidy: *tries to catch her breath through laughter* He, he can’t remember his own name!

Butch: I’m lost.

🎬

Ritchie: *starts giggling when he notices Butch’s mustache is horizontal, almost vertical* Butch, your, your mustache is c-crooked.

Butch: Hm? *looks down, and adjusts it* Thanks. *laughs with him*

🎥

(Ep: Training Daze)

Butch: That does it, I am cheb- *laughs, with his forehead on the back of his hand* That wasn’t it!

🎬

Butch: That does it, I am cheb- *cracks up* One more time!

🎬

Butch: That does it, I am cheb- *scoffs and laughs, with his eyes squeezed shut, before glancing around* Why do I keep saying “cheb”?! Why?!

Producer: You tell us!

Butch: *hides his face in his hand, still laughing*

🎬

Butch: That does it, I am cha-

James: *comes dashing in, then grabs and shakes his shoulders to scare the crap out of him* RAAAAH!!!!

Butch: *spazzes out in his seat, almost falling over, but face-desking* AAH!!! *laughs with Viper and the girls, staying down*

James: Haha! Revenge!

Cassidy: *tries to catch her breath* Back to the infirmary, young man!

James: Later! *playfully, and repeatedly slaps an unmoving Butch’s back, then runs off the set*

Butch: *looks behind his back with a devious smirk* One sec. *runs after him* James! Get back here! I’m not done with you!

*Viper and the girls are left on the set, trying to control themselves*

🎬

Cassidy: Let’s do it, Butch!

Butch: It’s Biff, not-! *he, along with the rest, burst into laughter* No, Butch! It’s Butch! Sorry. *they return to their starting points*

🎬

Cassidy: Let’s do it, Butch!

Butch: It’s bitch, not-! OOP!!! *claps his hands over his mouth with wide eyes, and everyone on set, backstage crew included, breaks out in roaring laughter*

Cassidy: *leans on the wall* He, he called himself a bitch! *laughs in her arm, pounding the wall*

Jessie: *holds her stomach, laughing with James and Meowth* I, I’m gonna be sick! *points at Butch* Potty-mouth!

Butch: *is on the floor, red-faced, with his hand on his forehead* I can’t breathe!

Meowth: *walks over to Butch* This is a kid’s show, you joik! *playfully punches his shoulder*

Butch: *hides his face in his elbow, crying with laughter*

🎬

Cassidy: Let’s do it, Butch!

Butch: *pops up onscreen, already corpsing* It’s Butch, not- *scoffs and laughs* I, I got the giggles; I’m sorry.

🎬

Butch: (in his mummy bandages, pulling down the ones over his nose and mouth) Can I have a scene like James, where I dramatically remove my bandages like everything’s good?

Producer: Sorry, no room in the timeline.

Butch: *chuckles, as Cassidy giggles* Ah, fine.

🎬

Director: Okay, that’s a wrap for this scene!

Butch: We’re done here?

Director: Yep.

Butch: Awesome. *whips off his bandages like James* Let’s boogie!

*Everyone laughs, and applauds*

Cassidy: *laughs, as she claps* Nicely done there. Very nice.

Butch: *bows for everyone* Thank you, thank you.

🎥

(Ep: Showdown at the Oak Corral)

Butch: *he and Cassidy roam the lab in their disguises, and he bumps into a tree, making everyone laugh; he lifts the top up, revealing his smile* I can’t see where I’m going in this thing. *chuckles*

🎬

Tracey: Oh! I’ve heard of you guys. You guys are the other ones; you’re Cassidy, and you’re Biff.

Butch: *does face fault* Biff?! *ends up losing balance and falling to the ground, with everyone laughing, including Tracey calling him a klutz; he smiles, his elbow on the ground, and his cheek on his fist, before he bursts into giggles, with his forehead on his arm*

🎥

(Ep: The Breeding Center Secret)

Butch: *sees the Sandshrew crawling out of the half cage (two parallel walls), revealing the CGI effects* Oh! No! Hey, come here! *laughs, as he crawls after it* Sandshrew, you gotta stay! It’s not a real cage, buddy!

🎬

Butch: *waits for Todd’s camera flash to appear at the conveyor belt; he snickers when nothing happens, and glances at Cassidy and the crew at their side* One sec. *crawls on the belt, and sticks his head in the back room through the curtain at the belt* Hey.

Misty: *jumps* AAH! *bursts into laughter along with Ash, Brock, and Todd, with a hand over her heart*

Butch: *laughs* Where’s the camera flash I was supposed to see?

Misty: You, you gave me a heart attack!

Butch: My bad.

Todd: *wipes tears from his eyes* Sorry; the flash was off.

Butch: ‘Kay. *flinches, and yelps* Hey! Who did that? Someone just slapped my butt!

Cassidy: *laughs from the other room, as a cackling James escapes the set* James!

🎬

Cassidy: And do you know why we're so popular? It's because we believe in love. We feel every Pokemon is lovable. We believe in Pokemon love power!

Duplica: *pops up in Butch's place* Love power! Yay!

Cassidy: Ya-! What the-? *turns to see a laughing Duplica running off set* What-what the- who-who was that?! *cracks up laughing* BUTCH!

Butch: *proudly walks in with an arm around Duplica, as they're dressed alike* Cassidy, everyone, meet my stand-in, and my niece Duplica.

Cassidy: YOUR-?! *laughs harder* Oh Arceus, Butch! I thought you turned into a little girl! *wipes tears of laughter away, holding Sandshrew*

(Ep: The Fortune Hunters)

*While filming the scenes with James in his Moltres outfit, no one can keep a straight face*

🎬

Ash: And you tricked a lot of little kids into giving you their Pokemon.

Brock: How low can you guys go?

Cassidy: (with no hesitation whatsoever) Get a limbo stick, and let’s find out.

Butch: *snorts, and bursts into laughter, along with the twerps*

Cassidy: Off the cuff!

🎥

(Ep: Sleight of Sand)

Cassidy: Hootch, after them!

Butch: Come on! That doesn’t ev-! *slips up, then does a silly little dance, pumping his hands up and down with “rock on” hand gestures* Cha-cha cha-cha cha. *everyone laughs with him, as he goofily bows*

🎬

Jessie: Where’d you get that bucket of bolts?!

Butch: It’s actually a present from Prop-Prof- *trills his tongue, and snickers*

🎬

Butch: It’s actually a present from Propeller Kimba. *bursts into laughter with the rest* I, I said propeller! *answers the phone when it rings*

Namba: *cracking a grin* IT’S NAMBA!!!

Butch: *laughs even harder, almost dropping the phone, and slowly falls to his knees*

🎬

Butch: It’s actually a present from Professor Kimba. *waits when the phone doesn’t ring; he scoffs and laughs after a couple seconds* Kimba! Pick up the phone! *cracks up*

🎬

Butch: It's actually a present from Prop- *throws a goofy, playful tantrum* Ack, gah, I did it again! *cracks up*

🎬

Butch: It's actually a present from Prop- *smiles widely, trying not to laugh, as Cassidy tries to control herself; he then turns to the button used to raise or lower them from their contraption*

Cassidy: *laughs even harder when he lowers himself down* Wait-where are you going?! *goes down on her knees, wiping tears from her eyes*

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Survival of the Fittest

Summary: Welcome to the Badlands of Montana! This will be the setting of our game. What’s the name of the game? Simple, make it out alive. In which you and Jaemin are kidnapped and forced to try and find your way out of the Badlands.

I promise there is a reason I made y/n the way I did!!

If you don't know what the badlands are (me three months ago), then I suggest you look it up! Just so you have more of an idea what it looks like.

Warnings: This is about kidnapping, so if anything about that stresses you out then this is not for you. There is no gore!

Na jaemin x genderneutral reader

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“Welcome, subjects 24 and 25.”

You open your eyes, immediately closing them upon staring straight into the bright sky.

Why is it so bright?

“My name is Theos, and I will be overseeing your time here.”

And why is that voice so loud?

“It’s time to open your eyes, number 25. I know you’re awake.”

Groaning, you slowly sit up ready to tell whichever of your roommates was making so much noise to quiet down. Bringing a hand to cover your eyes, you slowly open your eyes.

Holy crap. This is definitely not your dorm room and the man staring back at you is definitely not one of your roommates.

“It is my pleasure to inform you that you both have been chosen to partake in the game of the century.”

“Where is that voice coming from?” you ask the man in front of you.

Without saying anything, he points to somewhere behind you. Following his finger, you turn around to see a PA system speaker on a pole.

“Enough small talk, let’s cut to the chase, shall we? If you look around, you will notice that you aren’t in your dorm room or at home. I welcome you both to the Badlands, which will serve as our setting for the game. The badlands we are in consists of 11,538 acres of rocky, dry land with the highest altitude being 2,415 ft. The badlands are home to snakes, turtles, bighorn sheep, ferrets, and birds of prey. The name of this game is to make it out of here alive.”

You feel your stomach drop as you become painfully aware of what’s happening. This man, Theos, is forcing you and this other guy to partake in some twisted experiment.

“Please don’t make us do this, we’ll die out here,” you plead. You’ve watched enough Criminal Minds to know this rarely works, you always rolled your eyes at it. But now you understand, you have to do something to try and get out of the situation.

“Now now, number 25, do you really think I’ve brought you both here just to die? I’m not a monster. If you’ll both look to your left, you’ll see some rocks placed on top of each other to form a sort of small shelter. Under there you will find a backpack with some supplies inside.”

You and the man exchange a look before he picks himself up, walking over to the pile of rocks. He crouches down, bending his head to look into the gap before reaching his hand in and pulling out a red backpack. Standing up, you walk the few steps to where he’s standing.

“Inside the bag, you will find a flashlight, two bottles of water, two protein bars, two oranges, and one watch. How fast or how slow you use these is entirely up to you, but there are six other backpacks along the way out. The weather during this month ranges from 56 degrees Fahrenheit to 78 degrees Fahrenheit, with rain coming at least nine days. The current time is 2 in the afternoon.”

“This is crazy, you can’t do this to us. Just let us go, we don’t know what you look like so we can’t turn you in. If you let us go now, I’ll pretend this was all some dream. I’m sure they’d do the same, right?” The man next to you says, looking at you to confirm his offer.

“Right, of course, I would. We haven’t been hurt yet, no harm no foul.”

“Along with speakers being placed around,” the voice continues, ignoring your pleas. “You are both wearing chokers that hold small cameras. This is so I can monitor your progress and determine your results. Each backpack from now on will have new chokers that you’ll put on so the camera doesn't die. Failure to do so will result in punishment, which can include any of the following: second degree burns to the bottom of the foot, food or water removed from the next backpack, taking away shoes, and so on. I would name the rest but I think you both get the idea right?”

You numbly nod your head, feeling your throat burn from holding back tears. One wrong move and you were dead.

“Now that you are both familiar with the rules, our contact will be minimal. I sincerely wish you both the best of luck, you seem like the most promising batch. Without further adieu, let the games begin!”

After the voice cuts out, you feel your breath leave your body. Taking a few steps away from the man, you crouch down to hug your knees. Closing your eyes, you focus on your breathing.

In two three four, out two three four. In two three four, out two three four. In -

“Are you okay?”

You snort, opening your eyes and standing back up to face him.

Before you can even say anything, he shakes his head. “Sorry, that was a dumb question. You just looked a bit more… not okay.”

You laugh humorously, feeling some tears fall. “Let’s not worry about me and worry about getting out of here. I’m sure you’re just as not okay as I am, so why don’t we just do our best to get out of here as soon as possible? I’m y/n.”

“Jaemin.”

You nod your head, shaking your hands to try and relieve some of the nerves.

Looking down, you finally notice that you’re both wearing the same thing: black tennis shoes, black jeans, and a pastel yellow hoodie. “What are we wearing?”

“I don’t know, but these must belong to Theos,” he mumbles. “We should take off these hoodies, if it’s two in the afternoon it’s gotta be the hottest it’ll get today.”

“Right.”

As you pull off the hoodies, you see that underneath you’re both wearing white short-sleeve shirts. Tying your sweater around your waist, you scan the area around you. He had put you two on white flat, cracked ground surrounded by hills of rock on three sides. On the fourth side is a path of sorts that leads out to more rock hills. All there is is rock.

“I think our first course of action is to get to the top of one of these hills. Maybe we can see which way we need to go?” Jaemin suggests.

“Yeah, that’s a good idea.”

Jaemin reaches into the bag, pulling out the watch before slinging the backpack over his shoulder. “Can you,” he starts quietly, turning the watch over in his hands. “ Can you help me put this on? I’ve never been very good at doing these.”

You smile softly, reaching out for the watch with shaking hands. Jaemin watches you put the watch on, mumbling a quiet thank you once it was attached.

“Which one looks the most climbable?” you ask, scanning the hills again.

“Mmm, maybe that one?” He points to a hill on your left. “It’s just as steep as the other ones but it looks like it has a lot of places to grab. Plus, from there we can get to the hill behind that easier, don’t you think?”

“Okay, then that one it is.”

You walk towards the hill, looking up to the top of the hill. This is not going to be easy.

“I’d say the one behind it is about 200ft, but hopefully once we get to the top of this one it’ll be easier to climb,” Jaemin comments, looking up next to you.

“Okay, then I guess we have to be extra careful not to fall.”

He chuckles softly. “That’s an understatement.”

With that, you both grab hold of a rock and pull yourself up. The angle is steep enough where you can’t walk up it, but it isn’t too steep to the point where you need climbing gear to do it safely. So after about 30 minutes of struggling and slipping a handful of times, you and Jaemin make it to the top of the hills.

“I don’t know how many more times I can do that,” you huff, interlocking your fingers on top of your head.

“Well, hopefully, we’ll know which way to go from here so we won’t need to climb any more mountains,” he answers, equally out of breath.

“Speaking of which, you look that way,” you say pointing the way you had climbed up. ”And I’ll look this way.” You point to the area behind you.

He nods his head and turns around to look in the direction you pointed.

When you turn around, you’re met with the unsettling view of rocky hills for as far as you can see. You walk as far to the edge as you can without falling off, hoping to see some sign of humanity.

“I don’t see anything,” you whisper, feeling the dread you have been pushing down start to spread.

“Me either, maybe if we check the other sides? I’ll go to the one down there.”

Before you can say anything, Jaemin is walking off and turning around a stone wall.

Sighing, you turn and look off the edge to your left. Again, you’re met with the unsettling view of rock. And while you know Jaemin is just around the corner, you can’t help but feel alone. You’ve never been afraid to be alone before.

In two three four, out two three four.

“Y/n! I think I see something.”

Shaking your head, you take in a deep breath as a final effort to combat the fear. “Coming!”

“You see that over there?” He points his finger off to the right. “There’s a green patch with white specks, I think those are houses.”

After searching the area where he is pointing, you find a patch of green. You feel your eyes widen. “Oh my god Jaemin, I think that’s our way out.”

You would have to walk over many mini hills if you guys went in a straight line, but that would be better than getting lost all over again.

“Okay okay,” he says, grinning. “Let’s not get too ahead of ourselves. We need to figure out a plan on how to get there.”

You nod your head, sitting down on the edge. You pat the spot next to you, looking up at him. “I say we walk at night and sleep during the day. That way, we can keep our body temperature high enough to the point where we won’t freeze and I think the snakes won’t be out then -it’ll be too cold for them.”

He nods his head, taking a seat next to you. “Then during the day, we should sleep in shifts. You know, watch out for snakes and such. What do we do about backpacks? What if we miss one?”

Second degree burns, no shoes, no food or water, probably death. “We can’t miss one, so we won’t. We’ll just pay extra attention to what’s around us.”

You know you don’t sound very convincing, but that's the most optimistic you can afford to be.

Clearing your throat, you push yourself up. “Come on, let’s start walking.”

“I thought you wanted to walk during the night?”

“Do you think you can sleep right now?” You ask, dusting off your pants as best you can. Why, out of all the colors, did this sicko pick black?

“Fair enough,” he agrees, standing next to you and giving his pants a quick brush off.

“Back down the mountain we go?”

“Down we go.”

“So what kind of a name is Jaemin?” You ask, breaking the five-minute silence since making it back down the mountain.

“Korean.”

“Korean?” You couldn’t help the surprise in your voice. “No offense, but how does a Korean family find themselves in Montana?”

“It’s a long story.”

“What if I told you I was free for the next,” you bring your wrist up in front of your face to mimic looking at a watch. “Day or two. Enlighten me.”

He chuckles. “Alright, but you have to promise me that after I say the first sentence you won’t interrupt me.”

“Exciting, bring it on.”

“Is that how you promise someone? By challenging them?”

“Sure, why not? But enough about me, I’m ready to not interrupt.”

He playfully rolls his eyes. “Okay, I’ll take your word for it. There isn’t any nice way to word it, and I always find it a weird thing to say, but my mom was a mail-order bride.” He turns his head to look at you, waiting for you to say something. After you give him a look conveying the message ‘I’m not saying anything so you can continue’, he turns his head to look straight ahead again.

“My dad was married to this one girl, her name was Ruth and from what he told us she was the nicest human alive. She was a humanitarian and helped with a bunch of fundraising projects. Anyways, they were only married for three years before she passed away from cancer, and one of her last wishes was for him to get a mail-order bride. She knew how many women went to abusive husbands and if she could help one last person, there was nothing that could stop her.”

“So as you know, my mom was the lucky woman. They decided to apply for this one visa that requires you to be together for at least two years before you actually get the visa. During those two years, my dad would send money over to Korea so she could take English classes. Once the two years were up, they got married in Korea, adopted me, and moved back here to my dad’s hometown. Four years later they adopted my sister.”

Listening to the story, you can’t help but feel as if this is something you aren’t supposed to know. Something too personal for someone like you to know.

“I’m sorry," you blurt, rubbing your hands together nervously. "I pushed you to tell me something way too personal.”

“Oh no, don’t be.” He waves his hand dismissively. “I tell all of my friends that story as soon as I feel close to them.”

“But you just met me.”

He shrugs his shoulders. “I feel like by the time this is over, you and I are going to be really close.”

“Do you,” you hesitate, running your fingers along the fabric of the choker. “Do you think we’re going to make it out of here?”

He doesn’t answer, turning his head to look at all the surrounding rock.

It isn’t until you lose your footing, and he instinctively reacts, ready to catch you in case you aren’t able to catch yourself, does he answer. “We have to, so we will.”

He’s looking at you, actually looking at you. No one ever looks at you like that, they’re either looking at the wall next to you, at the ground, at the person behind you, at anything that isn’t your eyes for more than three seconds.

But not Jaemin.

“We should get some water,” you whisper, walking behind him to open the backpack. “Are you okay sharing? It’ll make us more aware of how much water we’re drinking.”

“Are you diseased?”

“No," you laugh, grabbing one of the plastic water bottles and zipping up the bag. "No, I am not."

“Then yes, I am perfectly fine sharing a bottle with you.”

“Good.” You take a drink from the bottle before passing it to him.

“So what about you, are you from here?” He asks, taking a drink of the water.

“Oh no, I came here with my ex-husband.”

You laugh as he chokes on the water, earning the reaction you were looking for.

“What?” He turns his head away from you to cough a few more times before turning back to you, eyes wide with shock. “But you can’t be older than me, and if you are it isn’t by much. What year were you born?”

“I was born in 2000.” You take the water from his hand, walking behind him to put it back. “We got married when we were 18.”

“I’m sorry, I’m just surprised. I don’t - I don’t really even know what to say to that.”

You pat the backpack twice before continuing to walk forward. You smile slightly as you hear him rush the few steps to catch up with you. “There isn’t much to the story. Just that I’ve basically been alone my entire life and he said he could get me out of the hell hole that is my hometown. His family is wealthier than mine, not that that’s a hard feat, and he said if I married him then he would buy me a plane ticket out here.”

You’ve never told anyone this, not even your mom and step-father. But you want someone to know this about you, and as this might be your last chance to tell anyone. It’s now or never.

“Were you guys in love?”

You laugh. “Oh God no, we got divorced like five months later. I’ve never been in love, but I didn’t have to be to know that that was so far from love. It was purely me taking advantage of a situation. Now don’t ask me what Sam, my ex, got out of it. I couldn’t give him anything. In all honesty, I think he saw me as some sort of charity project.”

“I’m sorry -”

“Don’t be, if I had the choice to go back and fix it, I wouldn't have.” You don’t need him feeling sorry for you. You’ve worked too hard to give into other people’s pity now.

Jaemin nods his head, glancing down at the watch. “It’s 4:30 now, when should we eat?”

“Well if we’re walking until morning, should we just flip flop our day? At like nine we eat breakfast, at one we eat lunch, and at six or so we eat dinner. That should keep us going decently.”

“Why do you have to be so rational?” he pouts. “I was hoping you’d say we can eat right now.”

“Suck it up, pretty boy. Think of this as an enforced diet.”

He visibly perks up, pout turning into a smile. “You just called me ‘pretty’.”

You scoff, rolling your eyes. “In what circumstances have you heard ‘pretty boy’ used as a compliment?”

“Never, but ‘pretty’ is used all the time to compliment people.”

You smile at his childless. “Whatever floats your boat, buddy.”

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So this was supposed to be posted as one long thing, but I don’t know about you guys but I hate reading long fics. So this won’t have a lot of parts! I don’t know why, but this fic means a lot to me. But at the same time, I am really nervous to post this and I’m not sure why. I got this idea when my dad took me and my sister on a road trip and we saw the bad lands. I have been working on this for a while now and I really hope you guys like this. Thank you to @mozartwasajungkookstan for helping me edit! I would love to know what you guys think, as always have a good day/night!

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tiefthief · 5 years

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i don’t post enough here so here’s an oc dump - supriya basak ft her parents. this story’s never gonna get written and i can’t summarize it well so i’ll just dump her deets. notes under the cut

- she was born in september 1991 in PA. she’s 5′11, blood type B, female. her parents are from somewhere in west bengal

- she loves 80s music, whitney houston and cyndi lauper are her favorites. her favorite color is lilac, her favorite animals are rabbits, and she has a very small appetite. she loves books, and works as a small time author, writing pieces for newspapers and online news sites

- she’s an empath who feels through contact and is very touch-averse because of that. she may have a resting bitch face but she’s incredibly sweet and motherly, having taken on that role with the other kids in the facility

- she was split from her parents at a young age and after searching for them for so long, she reunites with them in her late 20s. they’re mending what was ripped from all of them. she has no intentions of moving out from her parents home and they have no intentions of letting her anyway

- she shares dna with my other oc tom, but they aren’t related. this was through ~ edgy gene splicing ~, hence her patches of poliosis. her number from the facility is 6

yeah i have a lot on her but nothing to do with it hdskfds

#my ocs #supriya basak #dahlias

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ivmwc · 3 years

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𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝔹𝕦𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕟 ℂ𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕄𝕖 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕀𝕥'𝕤 𝕄𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕀𝕥𝕤 ℍ𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕀𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 || 𝕊𝕖𝕝𝕗 ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕒

who: Andy Cruz ft. Quinn Bridgeport when: Following the aftermath of her hunger dramatiques with Thyra where: The Bridgeport Bar summary: Andy manages to pull herself together enough to follow up with Quinn on a favor she asked the elder vampire

Before Andy was even properly in through the bar’s doors, Quinn was already motioning her over. “Let me guess,” she began as she sat across the bar from the elder vampire, “Your contacts found nothing and I’m just crazy after all?”

“Not at all. As a matter of fact, even from your initial description something seemed familiar, but it’s been so long...anyway, I had to be sure. So, I went to the Keeper of the Tomes-”

“The who-of-the-what now?”

Ice blue eyes fixed her with a look that made it clear interruptions weren’t appreciated, but Andy couldn’t help if she was a curious person by nature....and currently her brain was working at like half capacity max.

“Oh! Yeah, her. I think she just goes by ‘head librarian’ though...” she added, “Sorry, continue.”

“Right. So I spoke with The Keeper of the Tomes and with Ripley, the Guild member that tried to help you with your little issue.”

It was Andy’s turn to look less than impressed. That nigh had caused nothing but headaches, though she couldn’t bring herself to fully regret it if it meant Miles was no longer a threat.

“And?” she prompted for Quinn to continue.

For her part, the elder vampire brought out a book and turned it to a marked page. Tapping it she asked, “This look like what you saw?”

Andy could only stare at the page, her mouth slightly agape. The images were faded from time, but they were in fact exactly what she’d seen in Caspian’s lab. “Yeah...uh, the wolf looking one they had was emaciated and missing large patches of fur, and the other one was also emaciated and its wings were all fucked up. Like someone had taken a knife or scissors to the webbing to....” Her brow furrowed as a realization dawned her, “...to keep it from flying away.”

Without further prompting Andy turned the page and read the entry on these creatures:

𝕭𝕰𝖅𝕰𝕽𝕶𝕰𝕽𝕾

The term Berzerker is used to collectively refer to any werwolf or vampire of a feral nature. However, the term was originally coined in reference to the original werewolves and vampires from which modern werewolves and vampires descend from. The overlap in the terms, comes in the fact that the original creatures afflicted with the respective curses of lycanthropy and vampirism were in fact basically feral creatures themselves.

𝔚𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔴𝔬𝔩𝔣 𝔅𝔢𝔷𝔢𝔯𝔨𝔢𝔯

An original werewolf bezerker differs from its modern descendants in the fact that a full moon is what triggered the original curse; however, these creatures did not have the choice to revert back to their human self once the moon passed. Their transformation was also not as close in resemblance to their animal counterpart, which was intended so that they would be easy to distinguish from regular wolves and be easily picked off by hunters.

Unfortunately, this also allowed them to be more dangerous as they tended to move around upright and had the dexterity to hide both among the trees of the forest, as well as up high in its branches. This would allow a wolf bezerker the unique ability of not being restrained to just one approach when going on a hunt.

Wolf bezerkers -and modern ferals- are known to be the only werewolves that still hunt for sport. The only way for more wolf bezerkers to come to be is by mating and birth as they are not known to leave any of their ‘prey’ alive. It is believed that a cursed werewolf managed to leave his human lover pregnant leading up to the full moon, but prior to their complete transformation, thus passing along what is now known as the werewolf gene.

True wolf bezerkers are something a guild hunter will rarely come across, as corrupt hunters have dwindled the population down over the many centuries.

𝔙𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔅𝔢𝔷𝔢𝔯𝔨𝔢𝔯

An original vampire bezerker differs from its modern descendants in many ways, though the most obvious is appearance. As pictured above they are rendered to a hairless, humanoid form with talons replacing fingernails on each hand, eyes that are attuned to actually see the blood of its prey (as opposed to just smell as a modern vampire might), a jaw capable of distending like that of a pythons, and a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth and two longer fangs (which are not retractable). Perhaps the most distinguishing features are the two bat-like wings that protrude from its shoulder blades allowing it the ability of flight.

Other notable differences are that they are bound to the curse that created them, and thus feel immense pain when hunger is denied and not sated immediately, their healing factor is affected by the blood they consume, making it to where a steady diet of human blood will guarantee near immediate healing, animal blood will slow it down, and supernatural blood will allow for healing on the spot. As such, it does make human blood their preferred diet and supernatural blood practically addicting.

They do still have heightened strength and speed, along with other senses; however, they are susceptible to sunlight. It is believed that modern vampires were the result of a feeding frenzy that was interrupted by hunters. This would have led to bezerker bloodshed on or near a human that was on the brink of death.

There have been no known survivors of a vampire bezerker attack in modern times, due much in part to the creature’s tendency to rip off their prey’s head before feeding.

Much like with true wolf bezerkers, true vampire bezerkers are something a guild hunter will rarely come across, as corrupt hunters have dwindled the population down over the many centuries.

Andy sat back on the barstool attempting to process everything when her phone went off. It was a reminder for the meeting she’d agreed to...with the Sheriff and Igor. Closing the book she hopped off the stool taking it with her and merely called back to Quinn, “Tell the Keeper I checked it out.”

#self-para||andy #spac3 #bezerkers

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angelfoodscake · 3 months

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clover is easily startled by loud and sudden noises

flavio has a pet persian cat called babette , who he absoloutley spoils . when his mother was young she had a large fluffy siamese called "mama"

(gijinka wise) pa-patches older sister is taller than her , despite him being around 6 ft. this leaves her at maybe 6'2

#jermspeak #ss flavion crew

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dailynewswebsite · 4 years

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How can smoke from West Coast fires cause red sunsets in New York?

A purple hazy sundown over Indiana brought on by wildfire smoke from the Western U.S. SOPA Photos/LightRocket va Getty Photos

If you’re one of many thousands and thousands of individuals within the Midwest and Jap U.S. who turned your gaze towards the sky not too long ago, you might have seen the Solar shining by way of an odd, milky haze. This widespread opaque veil was brought on not by clouds, however somewhat by smoke from wildfires within the Western U.S.

The smoke was cruising by within the center ranges of the ambiance many 1000’s of ft above the bottom. Whereas far too excessive to scent, it brought on spectacularly hued sunsets from New York to D.C. to Missouri.

The skinny haze, simply seen on this satellite tv for pc photograph over Pennsylvania and New York, is smoke that traveled over a thousand miles on air currents from the fires on the West Coast. NOAA

Crimson sky at night time

Lasting for a few week from Sept. 12 to Sept. 19, the smoke may very well be seen in satellite tv for pc pictures as wisps and patches of sunshine grey and was particularly obvious over the darkly contrasting water of the Atlantic.

Soot particles are a lot bigger than air molecules and are more proficient at scattering the yellow, orange and purple wavelengths of daylight. The improved oranges, pinks and reds throughout sundown happen when the Solar’s rays need to journey by way of extra smoke. That occurs when the Solar could be very low close to the horizon somewhat than when it’s immediately overhead, therefore the fiery sunsets.

Driving the jet stream

The smoke on the East Coast is coming from the horrifically massive and chronic wildfires within the Western states. Smoke from these fires is exhibiting up not solely on the Jap Seaboard, however even throughout the Atlantic in Europe.

How has all that smoke migrated up to now? Blame this on the vagaries of the jet stream.

The jet stream is a high-altitude belt of quick wind that sails from west to east across the hemisphere within the center latitudes. The jet stream is all the time current, however its wind speeds and actual path across the globe fluctuate day by day.

Smoke, highlighted by the darker colours, follows the course of the jet stream as soon as it will get excessive sufficient into the ambiance. NOAA

In early September, the jet stream’s path abruptly dipped south, draping it by way of the Western states. When this occurred, the air present picked up the rising plumes of smoke and transported them throughout the U.S. in a layer of air between 10,000 and 20,000 ft above sea stage. Because the smoke layer raced eastward at as much as 100 mph, it unfold over cities alongside the best way – dimming the Solar and creating purple sunsets.

A linked world

Smoke isn’t the one aerosol that may sail across the Earth on wind currents. Air pollution from China frequently travels to the U.S., the place it’s been detected alongside the East Coast. Superb dusts lofted from the Sahara Desert in Africa might be swept westward to the Southeastern U.S., as occurred just some months in the past.

After per week of hazy skies, a big air mass from Canada blew into the East Coast bringing in smoke-free air. However the Western U.S. hearth season continues, and if the jet stream dips south once more, the East may expertise extra blasts of smoke-laden air. The globe could also be huge, however wind currents join us all.

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After Azmin Ali’s gay sex video, which Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad tried to cover-up using some ridiculous and laughable excuses, another video clip has emerged that would need the intervention of the 94-year-old premier again. Unlike Azmin’s sex scandal, however, the new video clip involving Mahathir’s own party could trigger a serious leadership crisis in the state of Perak. A video clip of Perak Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Ahmad Faizal Azumu bitching to a group of people how he is fighting a “lone battle” against DAP has gone viral. He was caught saying – “I am fighting alone with the DAP clans. I want to defend the Malay land and to fight for our religion. Thankfully, some friends in UMNO don’t scold me. They are good with me.” The 2-minute-47-second video clip has indeed raised eyebrows considering DAP is one of four major components making up Pakatan Harapan, the coalition that had stunningly defeated the old government of Barisan Nasional, a coalition controlled and dominated by the corrupt and racist UMNO party for the last 61 years since independence in 1957. The video is believed to have been recorded during the Tanjung Piai by-election campaign as Pakatan Harapan’s candidate Karmaine Sardini is also seen in the footage. And since both Ahmad Faizal and Karmaine Sardini are members of Mahathir’s party – PPBM (Bersatu) – the video naturally creates a bigger mistrust, doubt and suspicion about the hidden agenda of the party. It screams treacherous that as the chief minister of Perak, Faizal didn’t think twice about condemning ally DAP but rained praises on opposition UMNO, as if his own party had joined the wrong coalition. Clearly, his heart is still with the corrupt UMNO, never mind its former president Najib Razak faces 42 charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT), money laundering and abuse of power. The best part was when Ahmad Faizal said to the crowd, presumably his trusted circle, that he had UMNO “blood” and would not mind helping “his people”. That statement alone suggests that behind the scenes, the chief executive of Perak could have helped – even conspired – to ensure projects and contracts were given to UMNO people in the state.

Perak Illegal Sand Mining

When confronted about the video, the despicable Perak leader claimed it was a misrepresentation and denied the existence of a rift with DAP. Amusingly, he insisted that his remarks were taken out of context, precisely what any UMNO leaders would say whenever they screw up. Karmaine Sardini, meanwhile, said he could not remember anything about the controversial words. The incompetent chief minister from Mahathir’s party can easily be promoted to the same league as “Black Shoe” Education Minister Maszlee Malik. His idea for a brand new airport in the Manjung area to be built despite the fact that the state is so poor it has to make do with patched-up road (mocked as the beggars’ roads) has been ridiculed, mocked and laughed at. Thanks to Ahmad Faizal, the illegal sand mining in the state is still business as usual, despite a change in the government. The selling of sand allegedly involving one of the cronies of Zambry Abdul Kadir, formerly Perak Menteri Besar under the corrupt UMNO regime, is believed to be still ongoing. Zambry’s boys were infamous for accepting bribes and sexual favours from sand miners. Heck, the Perak administration was so screwed up that the people were shocked when told that the Mayor of Ipoh, Azmri Man, had gone AWOL for months without anyone noticing. When asked about the missing mayor, the clueless Chief Minister Ahmad Faizal could not offer any explanation, but said that a new mayor had been appointed and would start work soon. Under Ahmad Faizal’s leadership, the maintenance contract for the city of Ipoh (capital of Perak) was awarded to a company from Johor known as Bujang Holdings Sdn Bhd that, surprisingly, has no manpower at all. He was also accused of quietly and directly awarding concession for the maintenance of state roads to a company that had already been given another contract under a different name. Yes, when the same concession was awarded again to a company, Bujang Selenggara, after the contract ended, it triggered controversy because it was done without going through a valid tender process. So to get around it, the genius chief minister once again awarded the concession through direct negotiations to the same company, after it was renamed as Puncak Emas Infra.

Perak State - Poorly Maintained Road

So thanks to the abuses of power of the Perak Menteri Besar’s office, Puncak Emas Infra (formerly Bujang Selenggara) has been given full power to appoint contractors and set prices as it wished. At best, Ahmad Faizal is one heck of an incompetent leader. At worst, he happily received kickbacks from the company to milk taxpayers’ money in the concession. In February, he admitted that 400ha of forest land was awarded to a company with a paid-up capital of only RM2 without going through an open tender. He argued that the directors of the company have vast experience in forest plantation, and the company is working closely with the Malaysian Timber Industry Board for forest land development. Hence, there was no need to open tender. Ahmad Faizal’s video clip immediately exposed hypocrisy within Mahathir’s party. The party’s Youth Chief Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, who had demanded an apology from DAP central committee member Ronnie Liu for criticising his boss Mahathir Mohamad, makes a spectacular flip-flop and sings a different tune when asked if his colleague Faizal should now apologise to DAP. Yes, the disgraced Syed Saddiq, the same punk who had initially condemned hate preacher Zakir Naik for playing racial politics against minorities Chinese and Indians only to invite the radical extremist for a delicious dinner at his home 10 days later, has officially become the youngest and biggest hypocrite in the party for not slamming the “rude and disrespectful” Ahmad Faizal. Instead of rubbing shoulders and helping cronies of supposedly enemy UMNO, Ahmad Faizal should be grateful that DAP supports his appointment as the chief of the state of Perak. His party Bersatu (PPBM) has only 2 seats in the 59-seat state assembly while ally DAP holds 18 seats, the biggest number in the coalition. Other allies PKR possess 6 and Amanah 4.

Perak MB Ahmad Faizal Azumu

In essence, the fragile Pakatan Harapan coalition has only a 2-seat majority in Perak. If two of its 30 assembly representatives were to defect, the state government would collapse. The arrogant Bersatu should realise that out of 14 seats it had contested in the May 2018 General Election; it only won 1 seat (Ahmad Faizal). Even then, he won it with a majority of only 39 votes. Even if Chinese-majority party DAP cannot appoint any of its assemblymen to become a Menteri Besar for obvious reason, despite them having a Malay representative, PKR or Amanah is more qualified than Bersatu in leading the state. Yet, amazingly, Mahathir was allowed to appoint his sole representative as the chief minister, out of respect for him. Unfortunately, Ahmad Faizal might have been emboldened by the 2-seat majority in Perak to commit the hanky-panky business, including badmouthing the DAP. He bets neither DAP nor PKR or Amanah would rock the boat. Likewise, he is also betting that the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) would not dare investigate him, as it would lead to the potential collapse of the Perak government. True, Bersatu and UMNO were cut from the same cloth. Ahmad Faizal has been just another product churned out from the same UMNO assembly line, hence his close relationship and association with the party regardless of its massive corruption. To be fair, it’s the business of monkey see monkey do. He was merely taking the cue from the top leadership – Mahathir Mohamad.

Pejai, lain kali kalau nak lawan DAP, jangan sorang-sorang, ajak kami sama.

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PM Mahathir’s approach to racial and religious extremism in winning Malay vote bank appears to have proven more damaging than anticipated. The prime minister’s willingness to accept UMNO defectors into his own party is seen as an endorsement that no frogs are too dirty or corrupt to be welcome. The speculation of a new “Malay-only” government has also created confusions. More importantly, Mahathir’s refusal to state a tentative date to hand over the premiership to prime minister-in-waiting and PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has created a perception that the power-hungry 94-year-old prime minister is more willing to betray the Pakatan coalition and jump ship to form a new government with opposition UMNO and PAS, than to honour his promise. Yes, Ahmad Faizal, despite his incompetency and arrogance, could have been inspired and influenced by Mahathir leadership to fight ally DAP. Mahathir’s secret and private meeting with UMNO warlords like Hishammuddin Hussein and PAS President Hadi Awang could have been mistaken by the Perak chief minister as signals that Bersatu is about to sleep with UMNO and PAS. Still, Ahmad Faizal is definitely not fit to run the state. If he remains as the Perak’s chief minister, the state will surely fall to the opposition in the next general election. But what choice does Mahathir have, even if he disagrees with the moron? Like half-past-six Education Minister Maszlee, the Chenderiang assemblyman is the smartest available man Bersatu has in Perak. - FT

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tentang Tanjung Piai...

Sebenarnya sejak awal aku tak berapa kisah tentang keputusannya nanti.. Menang atau Kalah, Sememangnya Tanjung Piai adalah kubu MCA sejak dulu.. Sokongan PAS tidak ada memberika kesan bermakna.. jika diikutkan komposisi kaum Cina melebihi 40% di Tanjung Piai, Pakatan Rakyat sejak PRU ke 12, tahun 2008 Sudah mampu untuk menang.. Bukannya tahun 2018.. Kalau di Selangor, Perak komposisi seperti ini bukan hanya DAP..Hatta PAS pun mampu menang mudah ketika dalam Pakatan Rakyat.. Malah dalam keadaan komposis kaum melebihi 40%, PH hanya berkelebihan 2 ribu Undi, Jika di Negeri lain dah pasti begitu mudah PH menang dengan majoriti lebih 5-10 ribu undi.. Apapun keputusannya nanti.. Ia takkan menjejaskan PH, Hikmah yang paling besar, PRK ini dapat mendedahkan wajah sebenar Haji Hadi dan PAS demi masa depan Politik yang lebih baik bagi PH untuk menghadapi PRU 15.. terutama ia akan membuka ruang PH menembusi kerusi Parlimen di Pantai Timur apalagi Kelantan.. Tapi apa masalahnya kali ini ? aku tak berapa bimbangkan Undi Melayu..Masalahnya mood pengundi Cina tidak begitu baik untuk PH pada ketika ini.. mengapa ? Masalahnya adalah calonnya dari Bersatu.. Jika ianya dari PKR , Bagi aku kemenangan nya begitu mudah, sebagaimana DAP di Sandakan.. mungkin Masyarkat Cina akan adakan undi Protes kepada parti Gerakan.. Sebenarnya Masyarakat Cina akan lebih takut bila PAS bersama MCA..

Kesilapan kepimpinan Bersatu sejak mutaakhir ini kerana mengikut rentak Pembangkang, Mereka mainkan kad kaum, Garis keras Melayu seperti UMNO dan PAS..termasuklah himpunan Maruah Melayu baru baru ini... Ini yg membimbangkan Masyarakat Cina.. selain dasar Ekonomi yang tidak begitu jelas.. Jika MCA boleh menangpun ,hanya sebab atas perpecahan Undi protes.. Jika Perjuangan PH meneruskan dasar kebersamaan, membina Malaysia baru tanpa sentimen kaum dan Agama seperti diperjuangkan Ds Anwar Ibrahim, Jika PH berjaya keluar dari sentimen Ashabiyah..Tajung Piai bukanlah menjadi masalah bagi PH.. Sebagaimana di Sandakan.. Perjuangan kita mesti jelas sesuai dengan Konteks Malaysia.. bukan masih terperangkap dengan sentimen Ashabiyah Melayu.. Undi kelompok Ashabiyah Melayu tetap akan kekal bersama UMNO dan PAS.. itulah sejarahnya.. Sebenarnya ramai Melayu hari ini lebih terbuka.. Sepatutnya garis sederhana inilah yang perlu PH kuatkan..Bukan berlumba lumba untuk jadi hero dan Juara Melayu... Ketika Muafakat Nasional yg cuba berlumba menjadi seperti Pakatan Harapan.. Tiba tiba ada segelintir pemimpin PH, cuba berlumba jadi Ashabiyah seperti UMNO dan PAS.. Perjuangan mereka ini tidak jelas.. Apapun, Aku tetap Berdoa Bersatu akan memenangi PRK Tanjung Piai, Aku nampak gerak kerja mereka dikalangan Masyarakat Melayu cukup baik... cuma aku bimbangi undi protes dikalangan masyarakat cina.. mereka tidak akan kembali menyokong BN.. mereka akan bagi signal untuk pimpinan tertinggi PH... Apapun keputusan PRK Tanjung Piai ini, Ia satu petanda baik untuk PH bagi menghadapi PRU 15..- Ipohmali

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I was tagged by @proxximately (yay thanks!) to share 10 songs that I’ve been vibing with recently!

The Icarus Account - Angel of Mine

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Approach to oblivion

The fronts march to a rhythm around here. So, I knew it in advance. It wasn’t that my sixth sense had somehow kicked in, but rather the knowledge gleaned from a thorough weather briefing. It wasn’t a pretty picture, either, but typical for the season: another low-pressure system was making its way through the Carolinas and into the Northeast corridor with enough attendant weather to bring low IMC to most of the Northeast itself. I had a flight in the morning to Salisbury, MD, then to Richmond, VA, and then back home to Chester County, PA—all forecast to be at or near minimums, or possibly even below. This posed a real problem.

I had done my instrument rating in sunny Denver, Colorado. ‘Nary a cloud did we ever encounter throughout all the air work we had done. Hood time was the rule. Truth be told, I was quite rusty to boot, and I immediately thought of a part time instructor at Chester County Airport where we kept the plane, with plenty of solid weather experience. His name was Steve.

I called him and asked if I could hire him for the day, and he was excited to have some real-life IFR weather flying back in a single-engine aircraft. He was current and so was the aircraft, a Piper Archer. The only caveat was that he had to be home for dinner on that particular evening. Apparently, his wife was pretty insistent. I knew we wouldn’t hold him up, what with just some papers and documents for my boss to sign. Regardless of all the details and the weather, I slept like a baby that night.

When it’s really low, you have to be prepared to transition almost immediately to instruments.

As dawn lit up the skies, it was plain to see that the weather was on top of the mailboxes, as it was once put. We needed to be in Salisbury, out on the Delmarva peninsula, early for our meeting.

“It’s about 300 ft. and a mile or so visibility,” he said, handing out some coffee for us. “Not bad, so far.” Based on the size of coffee cup, I was glad for the short, initial flight. I was immediately glad to have him onboard for my inadequacies.

He put me in the left seat, and I asked, “are you really alright flying to minimums from the right seat?”

He laughed, saying “I think so.” Then, he had a more serious question for me.

“Can you transition right to the gauges on rotation,” he asked, “because it’s really low here.”

I felt that I could and told him so. And that’s the way it went.

We went IMC shortly after breaking ground, and almost immediately after that popped out of the lower clouds into an out-and-out clear amphitheater of clouds with a grey dome. We remained between layers until we ran into rain just north of Salisbury and shot the full approach—no radar, no vectors—into the terminal, which had remained 300 feet and a mile visibility.

While the paper signing mélange got underway, we went to Flight Service there on the field. Things were really touchy in Richmond, which was calling out a measured ceiling of 200 ft. and half a mile visibility in fog and rain. We lucked out, as there was no convective weather anywhere too close to our route of flight. We did not get lucky at that particular time back at home base: a phone call to the FBO was not answered, AWOS was not yet on the scene, so we had no idea what conditions really were back at Chester County (MQS).

We took off for Richmond and after a time went IMC again, but it was mostly light chop. As soon as able we got Richmond ATIS—things seemed pretty static, staying glued to 200 and a half. We hit moderate rain on the descent, which continued through the rest of the approach. I had only had a mind’s eye guess at the old IFR boogeyman, minimums. When we were fully established, I was glad we had hired Steve, as I would not have dared to go below 800 feet and a mile. I was legitimately afraid to “get the certificate wet.” I had only about 500 hours of total time.

At the middle marker, Steve called out minimums, and there in front of us was the approach lighting system in all its regalia, featuring bright approach lights, and runway threshold lighting (REILs). Truly a piece of cake, provided you didn’t have dodgy weather, turbulence or stepdown fixes with which to contend. Strangely, what I really ended up learning was yet to unfold.

On climb out departing Richmond, we got a special bonus: there in the west was the sun, shining between layers, and a patch of blue overhead, playing hide-and-seek with us. It was magnificent to witness.

Finally, within proximity to Modena VORTAC, Steve said he would call Chester County’s FBO on Unicom. An answer came back almost immediately.

Strangely, the helper asked us what we were doing today. Steve told him we were about to shoot the ILS 29 into Chester County, and asked about weather. The distance from the old FBO to the runway could not have been more than 200 yards, at the most.

“Well,” the young man said, “I’m looking out of the hangar, and I can’t even see the runway or the taxiway from here.”

Steve told him to “look again,” to which he got the same reply. When Steve told this lineman he was going to try the approach, the young man fairly ran outside to listen for us to pass overhead.

This is what the view should look like at minimums…

We shot a perfect approach and at minimums Steve asked me: “Do you have ground when you look straight down?” I responded in the negative. He pressed on, busting minimums.

“I know this approach very well. We can go a little lower.”

“Airspeed is 65 knots, Steve.”

“We’re ok, we’re ok…” he said. He continued lower and lower.

“Airspeed is 60 knots. Full needle deflection. STEVE, YOU’RE GONNA KILL US ALL!” I screamed.

To my utter shock, at this point, Steve suddenly lifted his hands off the controls, saying: “YOUR airplane.”

Still in shock, and with an airplane trimmed nose up, I went to full power and immediately added a lot of forward pressure to the yoke, along with right rudder to center the ball. That’s when vertigo got me. I felt as though the airplane were rolling. The instruments looked all wrong.

“Instruments, fly your instruments!” echoed my father’s voice in my head. So, I did.

When I caught my breath, I told the controller we were on a missed approach.

“Declare your intentions,” said the voice.

“What is the weather at Reading, now?”

He said: “Near minimums.”

“We’re going to Reading,” I told him.

“125.45 for Reading Approach, and good luck, sir.”

I did a passable approach at Reading, the ILS to Runway 36. Right after we landed, they closed the field.

Over the years, I have played and replayed this scenario in my mind. Recall the lineman who took off, running? “I thought you were going to take out the radio tower. You passed right over me. Low, real low,” he told me later. He didn’t see us, but he sure heard us.

I soon received some much-needed instrument proficiency skills, and never again let anyone in my aircraft bust the regs so blatantly. I even found a fellow pilot who loved to go up in the murk and shoot approaches. As for Steve, I never saw him again.

Editor’s Note: This article is from our series called “I Can’t Believe I Did That,” where pilots ‘fess up about mistakes they’ve made but lived to tell about. If you have a story to tell, email us at: [email protected].

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