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Silver In The Sea (Julian Devorak! Pirate x Mermaid! Reader) 4

Summary: A year into his travels at sea, Julian Devorak is faced with the highs and lows of sailing across the southern sea; facing the dangers that come with it. As a physician, he is given many opportunities to live out the days in surviving for himself - especially against many things that want him dead.

Notes: Julian believes he’s been in the sun for too long because fish can’t talk, can they?

Author’s Note: Merry Christmas, hope everyone has a prosperous new year! It feels like its been 84 years since I last updated, but we're back, hope you enjoy!

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Silver In The Sea Chapter 4 (Denial)

"You're welcome."

For a moment, Julian had to blink slowly to even understand two words that were spoken back to him, digesting them slowly before his eyes opened to the realisation. Truly, the fish now speak and he and everyone else had no clue. Oh, the horrors of knowing this was all too much. He clutched his head to rub his temple, delusional.

"You... you spoke?" He asked in disbelief.

The mermaid crossed her arms about her chest as she snorted, "Oh my, did you truly stand too long in the sun for it to fog your mind?" She sighed with confliction on her breath when she muttered, "I'm too late."

"No, no, I'm just-- confused. You can talk? This isn't some cruel joke I am only just being told of?" Julian laughed nervously, a bubbling wave of nausea and hysteria mixed as one when he did so, and it hurt all the same.

"Oh my, I've truly lost my mind."

The mermaid swished her tail back and forth with wavering concern for the man, as she slowly reached closer towards him. "Please, don't hurt yourself any further. You've been on this island for some time."

Julian paused, looking back on her, watching how the blending from human skin to scales was utterly flawless, her tail gleaming like a thousand silver. Then, he looked to the two fish that had been degutted and left on the pale rock, as shimmering as her tail but a seamless colour of blues and greens. Julian halted himself from leaping down onto them and feasting on them raw and all in front of his new friend, but he was sure the mermaid wouldn't care.

"Did you watch me?"

The lady gave a lamented smile, "The storm was cruel to your ship, those men aboard, they were filled with water and stopped moving when they went beneath the waves. I shook and shook them, but none moved," Julian watched how her eyes lit up briefly.

"But when I came to you and shook you, you moved! You were bleeding from your head, but I pulled you out before you stopped moving. I found the nearest spot of land because I knew land walkers like you couldn't swim for too long."

"Land walkers? I--" He sputtered, groaning when he believed himself drunk off of the lack of water, or he was actually back in the pub drinking and imagining away vivid scenarios.

I could really use a pint of salty bitters right now. "You still saved me? Why? You don't know me."

"I know, but I couldn't let you die! And besides," her face rouged for a moment across her cheeks and she averted her gaze from him. "You are very pretty."

Julian's face reddened itself upon hearing the words come from her mouth, shaking it in dismissal for now. "You saved my life there, and even though I cannot understand why... I must thank you still for doing so. I would've been claw food at the bottom of the sea by now."

The mermaid gave a quizzical look to him, her expression unreadable before she gave a curt nod. "It is my name after all."

"It is?"

She gave a broad smile and gave a few sharp clicks and whistles of the tongue before calling out a noise that was so otherworldly that it almost brought Julian to tears. He couldn't stop himself from feeling a sense of forlorn from hearing it; long and drawn, but hauntingly beautiful. She stopped and gave a pleased looked to him from her spot, lying stomach down in the shallow water.

"That-- that was your name?"

"Yep!" She clicked again happily. "It was from my ancestor, meaning 'one who is peaceful'. My brothers and sisters have hundreds of different names too."

Julian thought carefully, the sound of her name was familiar to whistles and clicks from dolphins so he was certain he wouldn't even be able to say her name properly without the required vocal range. "Perhaps, I can give you a name more fitting... and easier to say."

The mermaid went from looking confused to rather chuffed with being called something more suitable for what she called humans 'land walkers'.

The doctor thought of different names, hundreds even, from patients he could remember back in Prakra, of the old and babies he met and cared for. He knew all the same that it had to be fitting for her.

"How about Mira?"

The mermaid's head tilted inquisitively, trying to pronounce the name with as much accuracy, "Meeei-ra?"

He smiled at the effort, thinking nonetheless how cute she looked, "I think it could have the same meaning as your own name. But it means in my language 'ocean'."

She tested out the name again and again softly to herself, the water lapping around her as she tried. Finally, she looked back up and him with a broad smile. "Then, that shall be my new name, my land walker name!"

Julian smiled, and for the first time since being washed up on the island with little knowing if he would make it away alive, all Julian could think about was the possibility of being saved, regardless of who it was.

But for now, at least he could confirm he had gained the trust of a mermaid.

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raven-at-the-writing-desk · 4 years

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Diary of the Writing Raven

Part 3 of the 1000+ follower milestone! A continuation of Raven lore (check out part 1 and part 2 for more context)!

Today, we will peak into the raven’s diary. Shhh, don’t tell anyone. The bulk of the entries are hidden under the cut--because a bird has to keep their secrets under lock and key!

***Warning: Spoilers for the main story campaign, particularly chapter 3 and chapter 4!***

Day 1

I am here. At Night Raven College.

There is a strange man. He calls himself my Uncle. He says that he is so very, very kind...and that he will give me a nest, a place to call home.

Uncle has given me this diary with which to record my thoughts. I will put it to good use.

I am thankful.

Day 32:

Uncle says I cannot stay in the attic writing.

He says I cannot stay in my cage forever.

Uncle says I must go out into the world.

He says it often.

I am scared.

Day 45

Uncle has given me robes.

He smeared things on my face.

There will be a ceremony of sorts, and I must attend.

...I am still scared.

Day 46

The ceremony is over.

I got lost on the way to the Mirror Chamber.

A weirdo chased me.

But...a nice person helped. Then he guided me to the ceremony.

He had very pretty eyes.

His name is Mon-sure Schemer? Mister Jade Leech. I hope I can see him again.

Day 49

I am so fortunate! I have stumbled upon Mister Jade again--this time in the hallway.

There was another Mister Jade with him. His name is actually Mister Floyd. They are brothers--twins, in fact! Eel mermen, too.

They look alike, but their personalities are quite different. It is a curious thing.

Mister Floyd is a little scary. He talks funny, and he is moody--but he promises he does not bite. He has taken to calling me “Black Pearly”.

They say they work at this “Mostro Lounge”, and that I should visit.

I am excited!

P.S. Mister Jade says I do not need to call them misters. I will be doing that!

Day 50

The Mostro Lounge is lovely! It has these glowing jellyfish lights, and seashell decorations. There is cool jazz, and a calming underwater ambiance.

Jade seats me and gives me recommendations. I don’t know what a lot of things on the menu are--Uncle has been feeding me mostly grain and small scraps of meat, trying to get me accustomed to human food.

Jade brings me a thing called Flounder’s Blue. He says it will be easier to hold down than solid food.

Flounder’s Blue comes in a short and stout glass. The liquid itself is actually yellow, with streaks of a blue drip swiped on the inside of the glass, and a blue...circle (?) stuck in, protruding out like a fin.

It tastes...sugary. I do not yet have the words in my vocabulary to properly describe it.

Jade tells me the circle is a “wafer”, the blue is a “syrup”, and the liquid is a “pineapple and cherry juice”.

I am learning many new things today.

Jade is so smart!

Day 54

I almost flopped at giving a presentation to Professor Trein’s class.

Floyd says it’s because I talk strangely, that I stutter and pause too much.

“Why can the Black Pearly write so much, but talk so little?” he asks. “You should tell Jade to tutor you, he’s pretty good with words!”

I have to agree with him. Jade taught me many new words in the Mostro Lounge before. I was embarrassed, but I asked him for help.

He was happy to oblige.

We will meet a few times each week to work on my speaking skills.

Day 59

I tripped and fell in P.E.--I am still no good at running.

Jade was sweet and helped patch me up.

I cried a little.

Okay, a lot.

He stayed with me until I stopped.

Day 71

I have gotten into the habit of visiting the Mostro Lounge every weekend.

The owner, Azul, is friends with the twins. He lets me sit at a table in the corner to do my work and practice speaking.

Jade sits with me and exchanges words.

He has me read stories I have penned aloud.

Sometimes he puts a plate of snacks or a drink in front of me and asks me to taste them, then describe the flavor to him. Other times, he points to people or things in the lounge and asks me to give my thoughts.

Once, he pointed at himself. I told him that he was very patient, that he was someone I trusted.

“Fufu. That is good to hear,” he says.

I also told him that his smile was beautiful.

Day 75

Today, I saw Jade’s true form.

We were swimming today in P.E., but I had to sit out. Ravens cannot swim.

Floyd and Jade were eager to get into the water. Their skin turns blue, and they sprout fins and long eel tails.

...I am not entirely certain why they lack clothing though? It must not be customary for merfolk.

They are having fun in the water.

I am glad.

Day 83

An angry Savanaclaw student came to me in the hallway after Alchemy.

He started to say something about the Leeches and deals, but Floyd told him to stop bothering me. In that moment...Floyd looked like a monster, all teeth and sharp edges.

Jade pulled me away and invited me to go hiking with him.

It sounds fun, but I am concerned about the Savanaclaw student.

Jade says to not fret.

So I listen.

Day 84

There is so much to see in the mountains!

Trees! Streams of water! Rocks! Dirt! Animals! Plants! The sky!

I want to experience everything at once. I am so excitable that I trip over my own two feet a few times--but it’s okay. Jade is always there to help me up.

His favorite thing about nature is mushrooms. He tells me all about them, and the places they like to hide.

I like listening to him talk. His voice is so deep and melodious--and his eyes sparkle when he is excited.

It’s very cute.

Day 86

Jade shows me the mushrooms he is cultivating, and his terrariums.

They are fascinating--each mushroom has its own personality, and each terrarium is like a miniature world.

A thought has wormed its way into my head as of late:

I wonder what it would be like to be a part of his world.

Day 90

It rained.

I shared an umbrella with Jade.

It was a little strange to be squished right next to him.

My heart would not stop pounding, and my cheeks were on fire.

Day 112

The days are growing colder, and shorter.

I wish that time did not fly so fast.

I want to spend more of it with Jade.

I need to return the jacket he lent me.

Day 120

Uncle is worried.

He says I spend too much time with “morally dubious” people.

He questions my ability to judge character.

He does not believe me when I tell him that Jade is a good person.

Uncle warns me to be careful.

I am being careful.

Day 132

Winter has set in.

Jade is kind enough to provide blankets and warm beverages for our study sessions.

At this point, I do not have many issues speaking, but...I do not want to stop. I want to learn more and more. I want to learn more about him.

I enjoy being by his side.

I hope he feels the same.

Day 139

We said our good-byes for the holiday break.

Uncle is taking me with him to a tropical island, and Jade is staying in Octavinelle.

I tell him I will miss him, even if it is just for a few weeks. He looks a bit sad, but he sends me off with a head pat and a smile.

Uncle offers to order me a tropical drink as we board the cruise ship. He tells me not to think of Leeches--those vile, blood-suckers, he calls them.

I say no thank you, but I dream of Flounder’s Blue.

Day 153

The new year has come.

It feels nice to be back on campus, to see Jade again.

We exchanged stories.

Not much happened on my end--I mostly sat indoors and wrote what I could to pass the time. Uncle was often up late into the night, partying and sipping on pina coladas.

Jade says that he helped a few friends and stopped a snake from tearing apart Scarabia. He even shows me a video.

How heroic of him!

I know that I can always count on Jade.

Day 166

I went shopping with Jade.

Floyd was in one of his infamous moods, and Azul is busy with school work--and Jade could not possibly restock ingredients for the Mostro Lounge all by himself.

It was quite busy in town--it made me nervous. I’ve never done well in big crowds of strangers.

Jade said I could hold his hand, if that made me feel any better.

It did.

And it reminded me of the day we first met.

Day 170

I’m still thinking about holding his hand.

Whenever I do, my heart quickens and my forehead begins to bead with sweat.

What is wrong with me?

Have I fallen ill?

Day 185

The students speak excitedly about this holiday known as “Valentime’s Day.” It is a time when you give gifts to the people you care for a lot. A common one is a sweet known as chocolate.

Jade laughed when I told him about it. He said it is actually “Valentine’s Day”, not “Valentime’s Day”. Silly me!

I asked him how many valentines he was expecting.

“None. Oh, woe is me. I appear to be rather unpopular among my peers, fufu.”

How could someone as amazing as him not get any valentines? It boggles my mind.

Day 186

I’ve decided.

I will give him a valentine.

Day 193

I’ve stopped writing stories and devoted most of my free time to researching recipes and designing chocolates.

I think he will like little mushroom-shaped ones. I’ll need to test the flavors out to see what works the best.

I hope the chocolates will bring a smile to his face.

I like his smiles.

Day 195

Oh no, diary.

I’ve realized.

I think I like him.

Day 197

The chocolates came out so well!

I’ve wrapped them up in a box and secured it with blue ribbon. There is an old nursery rhyme...

If you love me, love me true,

Send me a ribbon, a ribbon of blue.

Even if I cannot say those accursed three words...I hope that my feelings are able to come across. The curse cannot punish me for that, yes?

Day 198

I was a fool. I have been tricked. I was being used.

I heard them. I heard everything.

In the Mostro Lounge today...the octopus was speaking to them, the twins with the pretty eyes.

“This is not like you. You are working too slow,” the octopus said to the man I considered my friend.

“I apologize. She was...putting up much resistance. It can be rather difficult to form a connection with such a jittery bird.”

“That is your job,” the octopus sighed. “We need the raven on our side when we approach the headmaster about expanding the Mostro Lounge.”

I understand now--I understand it very well.

Those smiles, that kindness--they were smoke and mirrors.

To begin with, I was always destined to be a prop in someone else’s story. A convenience. Something to be used, then discarded once I am no longer useful.

I have overstepped my boundaries as a storyteller. I...should have remained on the sidelines, where I belong.

I...I know what I must do. I will not allow myself to be tricked a third time. Not by that old storyteller, and not by a slimy eel.

I will steel myself. I will build a wall—and none shall scale it. I will lock myself in a tower, or perhaps even a bird cage, and throw away the key.

To the man with the pretty eyes and the charming smile, farewell.

I’m glad that this raven was, at the very least, able to be a useful footnote in the pages of your story.

Day 201

He feeds me pretty lies and sweet nothings, day in and day out.

He tells me everything I want to hear--that it is a misunderstanding, a mistake. That things are different now. That he cares.

Uncle was right. Leeches are vile blood suckers.

Day 210

I reject his advances every chance I get.

I know they are all with ill intent to begin with.

Even so...no matter what I say or do, he always manages to get the upper hand in the conversation, the interaction.

I hate him.

I hate Jade Leech.

I hate how he is able to take my words away and render me speechless. Words are my only strength, my power as a storyteller. Without them, I am vulnerable.

I don’t want to be the same weak and naive little bird I once was.

Day 213

It is unfair.

Maybe I am too kind, or too weak, or too gullible, but...I want to believe him.

I must put such thoughts behind me and move on.

Day 226

Uncle tells me that someone has sent a letter and a small package.

Into the trash the package goes--right where it belongs.

But the letter--that, I cannot bring myself to throw away.

It bears his handwriting, the very same gentle curves and slopes that taught me new words and phrases many an evening.

It is silly of me to be this sentimental--and over an eel, of all creatures!

So I stow the letter, unopened, in a drawer. It will remain there as a permanent reminder of my follies.

It is better this way.

I cannot be hurt.

I will not be used.

The curse will not kill me.

I can write stories, forever and ever.

This is...for the best. Isn’t it?

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Globe, November 9

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Prince Andrew fails lie detector -- new crisis rocks the palace

Page 2: Up Front & Personal -- Bruno Toniolo shirtless, Heidi Pratt at a pumpkin patch in L.A., Jacqueline Bisset catches some rays in L.A.

Page 3: Larry David leaves an L.A. office, Ellen Pompeo, Pete Wentz

Page 4: Kathie Lee Gifford is talking to NBC bigwigs about coming back to Today and they’re hot over the idea but Hoda Kotb is not pleased and Jenna Bush Hager is feeling threatened because Jenna never really grabbed the audience like Kathie Lee did, Martha Stewart and Gwyneth Paltrow are heading into the holidays trash-talking each other even more than usual and their pals have nowhere to hide -- they’re snippier than ever and can’t get through the week without saying something crass but the trouble is they have the same friends and they use some of the same chefs and caterers and crew -- all their friends in the Hamptons including the Seinfelds and Beyonce and Jay-Z and Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley and Rachael Ray are trying to keep out of it but it’s impossible because Martha and Gwyneth are both screaming for loyalty

Page 5: Legal hotshot and writer Jeffrey Toobin has been shelved by the New Yorker magazine for showing off his willie to co-workers during a Zoom conference call -- witnesses say Toobin was masturbating but he insists it was a blooper

Page 6: Dolly Parton was so lovestruck when she met Elvis Presley that she nearly chucked her marriage and career to shack up with Elvis -- Dolly is ready to tell all about Elvis after decades of protecting her husband Carl Dean and Elvis’ only child Lisa Marie Presley -- Dolly was in her late 20s and Elvis was in his late 30s when they had their sizzling encounter where she got dolled up to meet Elvis in a Nashville office and discuss working together and he wanted to do a duet but she didn’t trust herself to work with him and she didn’t even let Elvis do a cover of her song I Will Always Love You -- even though Dolly didn’t actually cheat on Carl she sure was tempted and she’s felt guilty about it ever since

Page 8: Just two weeks after splitting with his wife of 14 years former Home Improvement kid Zachery Ty Bryan was arrested and jailed on charges of trying to strangle a terrified galpal -- after a night of partying where he was photographed surrounded by four gals with an iced bottle of vodka at the table Zachery reportedly got into a heated clash with his galpal and she claims Zachery grabbed her by the throat and squeezed then tried to snatch her phone when she attempted to call 911 so she ran to a neighbor’s home where she hid while cops were called

Page 9: Distressed Kelly Clarkson and her two toddlers are in therapy to help cope with the anguish brought on by her divorce from Brandon Blackstock -- the talk show host is especially struggling because the split is playing out so publicly and the kids are seeing things about their mom on TV and she feels immense guilt about the divorce but knows it was the best decision because she wasn’t happy married to Brandon though she did try but staying in a marriage just for the kids wasn’t an option for her -- Kelly was deeply wounded when her father-in-law Narvel Blackstock’s management company recently sued her for $1.4 million in alleged unpaid commissions but she’s speaking with her ex privately in an effort to resolve the issue out of court but Kelly suspects he’s using it as a bargaining chip for a bigger settlement and also feels he’s using the kids against her as a weapon

Page 10: Showbiz legend Michelle Phillips has become a shut-in who sits home alone tippling wine while watching movies on TV and listening to her hits from The Mamas & the Papas where she is the last surviving member of the band -- she’s sad the rest are all gone and she’ll put on a record and sit in the dark; she misses them and so many other people -- she’s become a shut-in due to the pandemic and can’t bear for people to see her so old and haggard and overweight and all those years of partying have done their damage to her once-beautiful face -- she also hasn’t been able to see her young grandson and she’s grieving the loss of her longtime lover who died in 2017

Page 11: Baywatch hunk Jeremy Jackson’s cover girl ex-wife has been found homeless wandering California’s mean streets in worn and shabby clothes -- lost for two years Loni Willison is now virtually unrecognizable with missing teeth and her long blond tresses cropped short -- she was found pushing a grocery cart filled with her battered possessions in Venice -- despite her tragic situation she insists she’d doing fine and doesn’t want help despite reportedly having drug and mental health issues

Page 12: Celebrity Buzz -- Rita Ora in a see-through frock (picture), Lily James got caught brazenly canoodling with the very much married Dominic West who plays her father in the BBC miniseries The Pursuit of Love, just weeks after Cardi B filed to dissolve her marriage to Offset she’s put the split on hold and all it took was Offset to spend bucks on a heart-tugging Sunset Strip billboard and a Rolls-Royce and a Hermes Birkin bag, Kate Hudson’s getting loose-lipped about gross snotty smooches with her leading man Matthew McConaughey

Page 13: Vinny Guadagnino eating in Beverly Hills (picture), Kaitlyn Bristowe has a puffy trout pout (picture), Shia LaBeouf doesn’t let an apparent injury keep him from getting out and about in Pasadena (picture), Alanis Morissette says the fame that came with her 1995 revenge song You Oughta Know wasn’t so sweet but instead was an isolating experience

Page 14: Nicole Kidman is starring opposite Hugh Grant in the thriller series The Undoing but she really wanted to plays Hugh’s love interest in Notting Hill except she wasn’t well-known enough, Reba McEntire has landed herself a brand new TV show which is a modernized Fried Green Tomatoes drama series in which she’ll play the present-day Idgie Threadgoode, Fashion Verdict -- Regina King 8/10, Isabelle Huppert 2/10, Queen Maxima 5/10, Tracee Ellis Ross 9/10, Cher 4/10

Page 16: How John F. Kennedy stole the White House from Richard Nixon -- Chicago mob rigged the 1960 vote and cheated Nixon out of the presidency

Page 19: True Crime

Page 21: Parkinson’s patient Alan Alda is refusing to slow down at age 84 and friends fear the fragile M*A*S*H legend is headed for a devastating health crisis and he’s busier now than he ever was even during his sitcom days and he bravely says he lives with it by staying active but medication can only do so much and his friends and family including wife Arlene are worried he’s pushing himself too hard, teary-eyed Ringo Starr confesses his last conversation with dying Beatles bandmate George Harrison was heartbreaking and unforgettable -- Ringo wanted to stay with George until the end but his daughter Lee had been diagnosed with a brain tumor and Ringo had to rush to Boston to see her and when Ringo told George he had to go to Boston George said D’ya want me to come wit’ ya? so even on his death bed George made his best buddy smile while both faced unspeakable grief

Page 22: 10 Things You Don’t Know About S. Epatha Merkerson, Today show host Hoda Kotb reveals Frank Sinatra Jr. was the show’s worst guest because he clammed up instead of touting a book about his famous dad in 2015, Khloe Kardashian confesses she once worked as Nicole Richie’s personal assistant because she just needed a job and they went to school together -- Nicole’s reality career crashed in 2007 which was the same year Khloe’s series started

Page 24: Cover Story -- Disgraced Prince Andrew has flunked a lie detector test on his close relationship with murdered American pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and now the rogue royal insists he’ll never cooperate with the FBI for fear his testimony will land him behind bars but Queen Elizabeth’s favorite son has his back against the wall as new evidence surfaces on both sides of the Atlantic -- Andrew is terrified newly released secret testimony from Epstein’s accused madam Ghislaine Maxwell is just the tip of the iceberg of what she’s prepared to reveal and Maxwell’s revelations detailing her twisted sex life come on the heels of an explosive new British book accusing Andrew of attending debauched events with Epstein where teenage girls were parading around topless -- even though friends close to Andrew say he did nothing wrong and has no reason to fear the prince may not have a choice about spilling his guts because the fed-up royal family is threatening to cut off the cash-strapped rogue unless he plays ball

Page 25: Prince Andrew has been banished from the gift shop at his mother’s Balmoral Castle -- tourists can still purchase postcards her Her Majesty’s kids Prince Charles and Princess Anne and Prince Edward but Prince Andrew has disappeared which is a sure sign that Andrew is in the doghouse since items featuring Elizabeth’s beloved corgis are still up for sale

Page 26: Health Report

Page 27: Dirtiest places on planes exposed

Page 30: Serial sleaze Matt Lauer’s ready to pop the question to girlfriend Shamin Abas over the holidays and he hopes for a brighter future with her a year after his 20-year marriage to Annette Roque ended in divorce -- Matt showers Shamin her with gifts and wants to buy a house on the East Coast where they can make new memories and Matt’s hinted he’s already bought the ring and plans to propose by New Year’s and he hopes to have a celeb-studded wedding at their new home, Kathleen Turner will be back at Michael Douglas’ throat as his acid ex in The Kominsky Method to fill the hole left by Alan Arkin who abruptly pulled out of the third and final season of the show

Page 35: Matthew McConaughey’s father predicted he’d die while making love to his wife and he did, desperate to turn back time Marie Osmond is going whole hog on a head-to-toe makeover -- Marie is no stranger to cosmetic fixes and she is considering a slew of procedures to get a new look that’ll knock ‘em out including everything from Botox and fillers to face-lift to boob job and lipo-sculpting to enhance her waistline -- the makeover is motivated by revenge because she’s bitter over recently being pushed off her co-host gig on The Talk and now she’s counting on a younger look to land her a plum new TV gig

Page 38: Real Life Monsters

Page 39: Kris Jenner blames social media for ending the 14-year run of Keeping Up with the Kardashians because when the show started there was no Instagram or Snapchat or other social media platforms but now she gripes that now there are so many the viewer doesn’t have to wait three or four months to see an episode but instead information spreads online in real time, Phil Collins’ ex-wife has traded him in for a 31-year-old guitarist who never managed to make much noise in the music industry -- Phil was furious when he heard Orianne Cevey married Tom Bates in Las Vegas, Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman died without a will according to his widow -- Taylor Simone Ledward filed a probate case in L.A. asking a judge to name her administrator of Boseman’s estimated $938,500 estate with limited authority

Page 44: Straight Talk -- Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s daughter Rumer Willis claims posing for raunchy bondage shots proves she’s a liberated woman free from sexual stereotypes but it’s not that simple

Page 45: Jeff Bridges is battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma which is a rampaging cancer that often spreads through the body to the liver and bone marrow and lungs -- while the cancer can be deadly experts say the five-year survival rate is 73 percent

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foggedgrief · 4 years

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okay, hello, this is going to be a part one to a series of introductions ! i have already hit my five character cap because i’m a menace but that means you get more content and honestly that feels like a fair trade off. without my rambling, i give you nicky ( click here to find some quick facts about my boy ) and emi ( click here to find some quick facts about my girl ) ! wanted connections can be found here.

be warned ! before you click that handy dandy little read more, the following triggers will be discussed : death ( multiple deaths due to the fog, not explicit : both nicky and emi ), grief ( parent losing a child : emi ), religion ( turning away from : emi ) !

losing friends and family to the fog and blaming yourself for not being more vigilant, taking guardianship of your little sister and getting a second job to make sure ends meet, trying your hardest and kicking yourself for not doing better, bloodied knuckles aggravated by vodka to clean them and wrapped so tightly you fear your fingers might turn blue, anger replaced by grief replaced by the understanding she needs you and you will tear down the rest of the world to keep her safe.

nicholas adam locklear was born in inverness, scotland, and still has a scottish accent even though he’s been in the country for twenty years.

nicky and his family moved to maine a few months before his seventh birthday. they moved to maine because his mother, a once american ex pat, had a father who wanted his kids to be closer because they all seemed to have scattered to the wind. he walked into the fog a week after the locklears had unpacked their home.

the fog has always been a thing of morbid fascination from nicky and after grandpa took his walk into the woods, nicky was kept particularly far away from the forest line, fog warnings or not. on all saint’s day, the day after he turned eight, nicky found himself in the fog. and then he found himself in his bed with no explanation for either event.

he started drawing that day, intricate sigils that gave themselves meaning but no voice, so he spoke them into existence: protection from sorcery, protection from evil, wards off negative energies, heal the body and the spirit. four symbols that he couldn’t stop drawing on everything he owned. homework, notebooks, on the walls of his home in crayon ( if you look in those spots today, in the locklear family home, they’re painted now. a whole interior room covered in the sigils intended to look like an artsy photo collage wall. ).

some in town say that the locklears are cursed, that their family bears bad blood, that they owed some kind of karmic debt too large for one life. whatever the rumor, they all boil down to one thing: too many locklears have gone missing in the fog. nicky’s paid little mind to them, though there’s a voice too strange to be his but too familiar to dismiss that encourages him to go in ( to go back ).

nicky’s life revolves around his little sister, belle, who was born when he was twenty. a few months later, their mother went into the fog and their father went about an hour later to try and look for her. neither came home. though the courts tried to pass belle off to the next living relative, nicky petitioned for rights to guardianship because he lived in the home and could find a way to make ends meet for him to be belle’s caretaker. enter the diner and blue valley.

nicky’s always been a hard worker, never one to take a short cut and never one to take the easy way out. his focus has always been to take care of belle above board, so no one could have a reason to take away the last of his family. that little babe was his world and is nicky’s driving force in most things. he started working at the bar first and took on a job at the diner when he realized that tips got slow after a certain hour and what better way than to make more money by helping to sober up the people you just got drunk ?

when customers offer to buy nicky drinks, he usually puts together a couple of complimentary mixers ( cranberry juice, pineapple juice, and orange juice ) and pours in water from an old tito’s bottle to make it look like he’s adding tequila. he’ll pocket the cost of a drink as an extra tip. he never drinks on the job.

his jobs aren’t glamorous but they keep the roof over his head and belle’s. he works 14 hour days ( 9 pm to 11 am ; 9 pm - 3 am at blue valley and 3:10 to 11 am at the diner ), 6 days a week ( sundays off ), 84 hours a week and he’s damn good at what he does, and seldom calls out for anything. nicky’s the kind of guy to pound three monsters and call it a day just to keep himself going. he’s used to running on little sleep because of his paternal role with belle and wanting to keep as engaged with her as possible. he usually leaves her with the finnegans so he doesn’t have to pay any babysitting money.

the one time nicky tried, dottie looked at the bills in his hand and just hugged him tightly and said, “no child of mine is going to pay me to watch theirs.” nicky cried that day and spent ten minutes crying into her shoulder and then slept on her couch for a few hours while belle played with the finnegan twins.

nicky is a good person and he’s a really good dad. at 22 he became licensed in the state of maine to be able to foster and has fostered ten kids in the last five years. right now it’s just him and belle in the house that his parents bought that he keeps up as best as he can. the guest bathroom needed a remodel three years ago and the kitchen appliances only work when you knock on them the right way and if the wind’s blowing in the right direction, but some things are just the way that it is.

other important things that i couldn’t work in above but you should know:

nicky gives like ,,, just really comforting hugs that suggest a level of emotional intimacy that is likely to catch you pleasantly off guard.

will help you buy your groceries because he has a better chance of making fifty dollars tonight than you do.

usually sleeps on disney princess sheets because belle insisted they would look best in his room ( she was right ). his other sheets are bubblegum pink and he bought them for himself because that’s the vibe he was feeling and sometimes you just have to do what will put a smile on your face.

his little sister is seven but nicky is the only parent she’s ever known and she usually calls him dad over nicky even though she knows the difference.

nicky calls her his kid a lot. everyone in town pretty much knows the story.

steady hands and steady heart are starting to shake, pleading with officers don’t let me bury an empty casket, the table set for three but you can’t bring yourself to put the plate away, pale yellow front door once made your laugh now just makes you sad because your daughter’s sunshine still lingers, and there’s no place to put your faith, nothing so powerful would take away a little girl.

emi is considerably less fleshed out than nicky but we’re still going to do our best to give her a fair shake at an intro, so here goes !

noemi was born noemi sofia ibarra in pine haven, maine. though she’s always considered pine haven her home, she’s always desired that her upbringing was somewhere warmer.

she’s a third generation doctor at the clinic, following in the footsteps of her grandfather and mother and knew from a young age that she wanted to help people. she bounced from pine haven for a while ( from ages 18 to 28 ) and followed her dreams to go somewhere warmer and graduated from emory university’s medical school in atlanta.

she pushed through medical school immediately after graduating with her undergrad and returned to pine haven as a permanent resident when she was 29. having been home, officially, for ten years, she has found herself in the center of the community. more often than not, residents of town know they can call emi and come sit on her kitchen table if they need urgent care.

life outside of pine haven’t wasn’t all medical school, though, because she also met her the father of her daughters. at 23 emi gave birth to her elder daughter, evangeline. that sweet little girl meant the world to her and emi spent double the amount of time awake those first semesters trying to get used to having a baby and school to balance. she was the center of emi’s universe, this baby and her father.

emi’s second daughter, catalina, was born about eight years ago and is as much emi’s pride and joy as her older sister. the pair never fail to blow emi away in their creativity, kindness, and love, and she has made that known to them from the time they could open their eyes. though these times were sweet it’s time to fast forward to the current day because this is where emi shifts for the worse for as much as she doesn’t want to.

two weeks ago, during the fog warning, evangeline wasn’t home with the family. emi was at work, locked down with a few patients, and when she didn’t get a phone call from her daughter, like she asks of all her family, she started to worry. panic didn’t settle in until after the fog warning and no one had heard from evangeline. frantic, begging, trying to stave off the final moments before the inevitable declaration, emi found herself begging the officers at the station: find me something to bury before absolutely crumbling against the weight of her own fears.

prior to her daughter’s disappearance, emi had put at least some stock into god but spite consumes her whenever she thinks about him. something all loving doesn’t steal child from the arms of their mother’s and something all powerful doesn’t let whatever lives in the forest to exist after taking the first soul. this town suffers because of that fog and venom pools in her mouth waiting to spit at the first person who proclaims that god will watch over her daughter. some people turn to faith for stability. emi has turned away.

#pine haven intro #‹ ✦ ˚ nicky: headcanon. fickle hearted little boy made man with a silver tongue. ›#‹ ✦ ˚ noemi: headcanon. gone but not forgotten，she holds so many candles. ›#death tw #death mention tw #religion tw #grief tw

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devilsknotrp · 5 years

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Congratulations, Honey! You are accepted for the role of Mandy Silverman. This is another sample application for potential applicants to have a look at. You’ll notice that this is quite a long application, but that’s just how I write. You can do whatever you like with yours! If you have any questions about this application or any characters with a connection to Mandy, don’t hesitate to let me know.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Name: Honey Age: Twenty five Pronouns: She/her Timezone: GMT+11 Activity estimation: I essentially work full time and have several obligations, but this group is so tightly organised and planned that I’m confident in participating regularly on the dashboard and as an admin! My admin duties will always take precedence but I will be able to reply to threads several times a week. Triggers: (REDACTED)

IN CHARACTER: BASICS

Full name: Amanda “Mandy” Silverman Age (DD/MM/YYY): Thirty (02/03/1966) - Pisces (Sun), Virgo (Rising), Cancer (Moon) Gender: Cisgender female Pronouns: She/her Sexuality: Homosexual homoromantic Occupation: Adult Education Coordinator Connection to Victim: Mandy did not know the Goode family. She knew of them in the way all newcomers to Devil’s Knot are known: through rumor and glimpses in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot. Mandy had little to do with Linda; she’d seen David and Beth at school, when she’d gone in to meet Mary after work; but she’d never met Brian at all. Alibi: Mandy was at home that Saturday working on a craft project. She ran out of glue at around three, then walked into town to go to the craft store, where she spent a few dollars too many on a crocheting kit. She decided to pick up some coffee and doughnuts then walked back home, where she stayed for the rest of the day. Faceclaim: Elizabeth Olsen

WRITING SAMPLE

This is a self para written for the Mandy in 1984.

The Datsun.

It was such a shit little car. Really, it was. Sandy’s miscellaneous paraphernalia littered the dashboard. Her dad’s manuals and work shit stuffed beneath the front seats. Pete had stamped grubby hands all over the back windows - people asked them all the time if they had a dog. “No,” Mandy replied grimly, hoisting Pete up on one hip. “Just a kid.” The motor turned over more often than she could count, which would put her father, ever the optimist, into an agitated but vaguely amused mood. Him, hunched over the wheel, grinding the key, revving the engine, If I… could just... Then, Sandy, cranky and likely hungover, snapping from the passenger side: I told you we needed it serviced! They had about a thousand tapes in the center console, most of them in the wrong cases, with a mix that spanned from Bob Dylan to Pete’s ABC children’s songs. Them, zooming along a damp highway, rain splattering the glass, her dad cheerfully singing, The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round! as Pete laughed in delight. Mandy tries to forget that she’d eventually lose her temper and shout, Can we turn this stupid shit off? as her mother mumbled, Amen, behind enormous sunglasses and a gas station Slurpee.

The Datsun, which was rotting away at the police station right this second. Mandy hasn’t asked when they’ll get it back. It’s evidence, that’s it. She has her bike or her skates and Sandy doesn’t leave the house unless she has a ride (Aisha pulling up front and blasting the horn; Sandy, clattering around gathering her things, muttering, Where’s my goddamn…). Their family car is nothing more than a shell, a marker in the Pete and Phillip Silverman’s trail to murder. Kind of like a pit stop. Wrappers marked with imaginary blood stains littering the cab floor. That clean-sour smell of nervous sweat. Her Dad was always a sweater, mopping his brow and fanning himself, Jeez, it’s hot today. Mandy kind of loved that about him. How when she was looking for him in a crowd, she just had to search for the slightly damp white button-down, the back of his nearly-balding head. His hair was soft, like down, and Pete’s was too. Two twin sandy blonde heads sitting in front of the television, Pete curled into his father’s side, Phillip slowly stroking back those baby-shampoo-soft curls.

So, yeah. The Datsun. Scene of family road trips and midnight grocery store emergencies. A wreck that managed to limp from point A to B, with her dad faithfully in the front, eager to drive her to friends’ houses or cheer practice or a competition two towns over. She still thinks about winding the windows down as far as they could go when they were on the highway. Her dad would look over, catch her eye, and grin in a way that made her think of him as a teenager, a young man, that cheerful abandon of youth that was infectious as a whisper, goose-bumps prickling her arms.

“Shall we see how fast this baby can go?” He’d yell, and Mandy would laugh and laugh: “Go, Dad, go!”

ANYTHING ELSE?

Here is my Pinterest board for Mandy (featuring ‘84 and ‘96 boards, because I’m that kind of person), and her account can be found here.

HEADCANONS

Mandy works at the Community Centre as an Adult Education Coordinator. Which is just a fancy way of saying she organises craft classes for senior citizens. Seriously. Mandy picked up the job mainly to get Sandy off her back. After commuting to Lansing to attend community college, her decision to drop out and live and work in Devil’s Knot was met, unsurprisingly, with a pointedly raised eyebrow and a loud slurp from a glass of wine. And Mandy knew, she just damn knew, that if she stuck around her childhood home any longer, she and Sandy would end up killing each other. The job isn’t taxing: she works a few days a week, has a desk up on the mayor’s floor in the Community Centre, and spends way too much time putting flyers together for their new pasta making courses or adult literacy classes. The administration is what really bothers her, because the students are lovely. Little old ladies she’s known for years; grandfathers who remember her father back in the day. Best of all, they like her. Mandy wouldn’t consider herself a charismatic person, but she is a patient one. She’ll listen to a grandmother’s story a thousand times, nodding in the right places, exclaiming, asking questions. She’s gentle. Around other people it can be a slightly different story. She’s not clipped, exactly, nor is she rude. But she is shy, and Mandy is naturally suspicious. When people stop her to talk, she hesitates. It would be too much to link that back to ‘84, although there’s little doubt that that October and the months that followed succeeded in severing her trust in adult figures for life. No, Mandy prefers to keep to herself, to the people she knows. It’s safer that way; controllable.

Mandy loves movies -- always has. Bobby, Mandy, and Perry always went on about music, talking rapturously about guitar solos and funky beats, all while Mandy pretended to grimace and trade teasing looks with Jenny and Mike. But movies. Mandy’s favourite genre is horror. Surprising, maybe, but she can’t get enough. Sci-fi is her second favourite. Her ritual is to go down to the Videoport on a Friday afternoon and stock up for the weekend. She trails down the aisles, fingers skating over the titles, looking for some weird German expressionist thing or a summer blockbuster she can zone out to. Mandy would hardly consider herself a connoisseur, but she has an encyclopedic knowledge for actors and actresses, and can name their filmography from memory just by looking at them. It’s like, one of her only talents.

Mandy enjoys cooking. She mainly enjoys cooking for Mary, who will always, without fail, praise her skills until Mandy’s rolling her eyes and begging her to stop. Even if it’s crap (which it is a lot of the time; God knows Sandy never taught her to cook; this was all the result of afternoon cable and Reader’s Digest), Mary will come up and hug her from behind, kissing the side of her neck, suffusing Mandy in warmth and her spicy perfume. That was so good. You’re so good to me. Doing things for people is Mandy’s way of showing she loves them. It doesn’t matter what it is -- laundry, vacuuming, cooking -- she’ll find herself doing things automatically. It’s a little funny that she’s turned into a housewife ever since moving out with Mary, but it’s also really damn nice. Mandy looks after their small apartment so tenderly. Watering the plants on the windowsill, buying kitsch ornaments from the thrift store, airing out their cramped bedroom in the spring sunlight. Much of Mandy’s life revolves around domestic duties. She picks up the mail, pays bills, goes grocery shopping. Mary comes too, of course, but doing things together in public can get difficult when all Mandy wants to do is kiss her deeply in the fruit and vegetable section. Mary’s full-time job is also demanding, and Mandy only works a few days a week (despite what you may believe, there are not that many adult education classes to organise; the biggest scandal was when they introduced a salsa class and everyone collectively lost their minds). Maybe, in some way, it’s Mandy’s way of holding up her end of their relationship. And maybe, in a deeper, smaller way, it’s also an excuse. If she’s busy, how can she possibly go back to college? Who’ll make apple crumble and fold the socks? Huh? The pixies? If this makes Mandy sound territorial, it’s because she is. She clings to these chores because it’s far easier than thinking about the alternative, which is to get off her ass and actually make something of her life. She’s thirty years old. Nearly thirty one. And she’s got absolutely nothing to show for it. That hurts more than anything. Maybe that hurts most of all.

Mandy is a lesbian. She knew. Even when she was a teenager, she sort of knew. She and Mike started dating when they were thirteen and just... kept going. Certain things seemed inevitable: prom, college, maybe even marriage. It was so simple to imagine her life with Mike, whose family, the Hawkers, were best friends with her parents; they’d all been born months apart; they were raised together. Most of Mandy’s childhood memories involve Mike and Mary, Jenny. They tumbled around together like puppies, climbing trees and having sleepovers. Then they started to grow up, and Mandy and Mike got together, and the atmosphere shifted a little. Mandy liked Mike. She did. Maybe she loved him, in a way. But it was so, so platonic, and the way she felt when she looked at Mary was anything but. Mary used to scare her; still does, sometimes. She was a force of nature and Mandy was the eye of the storm. Looking back, the signs were obvious, but then again, they always are.

Mandy used to dress the way people expected her to dress. T-shirts and jeans, bleached white sneakers and cheer uniforms. Not feminine enough to please Jenny, who’d wrinkle her nose and fondly say, “Mandy, are you kidding? You cannot wear that,” and not masculine enough for her dad, who’d hand her wrenches as he worked on the Cadillac on weekends, shooting sidelong glances at her squad jumper, mumbling, “You’ll get grease all over you, honey.” Scrunchies and high ponytails. Pale pink jackets and a signet ring Mike gave her when they were fourteen. Just enough to be acceptable; to be palatable. To blend in, fade away, be nothing at all. These days it’s the opposite: Mandy dresses like an amorphous blob. In fact, she’d rather people hazard a guess at what she really looks like underneath her oversized flannel shirts and huge boots. The more clothing she has on, the more protected she feels. Layers upon layers. Band shirts worn soft with too many washes; jeans more grey than black. She still has her pink jacket from high school (Mary hung it up in their wardrobe and shrugged when Mandy found it, saying, “You always looked cute, and I’m a sucker. So sue me.”) Mandy pulls her hair up and away from her face; she doesn’t wear make-up. Still has the signet ring, though. She’s a sentimental doofus, she knows.

Mandy loves arts and crafts. Pottery, weaving, knitting; painting, sketching, cooking. These are things that bring her peace, that quieten her inner world. Growing up, she wasn’t creative in the slightest. Mandy was decidedly pedestrian: the most creative thing she ever did was design banners for the cheer squad or doodle in the margins of her school notebooks. But after Pete was returned, she needed something, anything, to stifle the panic static in her brain. Countless nights were spent sitting on the couch in front of the television, Pete curled into her side, her doing finger knitting or making a collage, eyes darting between her project and the cartoon onscreen. Over the years she’s gotten better -- last winter she managed to knit Mary a hideous scarf -- but her hobbies were never pursued in the same vein as her other achievements. Mandy still remembers practicing for cheer for hours in the cold, or studying in her room until midnight, eyes dry and head aching, quietly panicking about a test the next day. Everything she did, she did obsessively. These days, Mandy just wants to be still. Their apartment is stuffed with half finished craft projects: stacks of coloured paper, jars of beads, wool in miscellaneous piles, flowers drying on the windowsill. Sometimes Mary will come home to find her sitting cross-legged at the kitchen table, a pot of sauce bubbling on the stove, Stevie Nicks in the background, Mandy carefully cutting out prints for her art journal. She started journaling when she was a teenager, mainly to help with her father’s murder and the stress of the subsequent trial, but it’s a habit that has followed her happily into adulthood. Mandy would be lost without her projects, her art. It’s a channel for everything she feels; it clarifies her. And it’s never undertaken with any attempt at perfection. Mandy’s learning, slowly, to let go of unattainable ideas. Life is messy. She’s trying to accept that about the world, herself.

Mandy failed community college. Well, it felt like she failed. In reality, she dropped out. There were only so many classes about psych and childhood trauma that she could take (and ironic, right? That she studied psych? Mandy remembers the day she flicked through the brochure to pick her classes, ticking boxes on the vague notion she’d specialise in children, maybe, in kids who’d been taken or abandoned, and help them find their childhood again). The people were too much. Tons of people like her -- great in high school, but not good enough for a decent college out of state -- and older people too, people who reminded her of her dad (not that he’d gone to college; he used to joke that that was all above his pay grade, No, no, I’m happy where I am! Although Mandy knew how avidly he poured over science magazines, and how impressed he was with Apple and that computer stuff. Maybe in another world he would have done something else, been someone great. Maybe it runs in the family). Mandy felt boring in turning down invitations to parties or even drinks down the campus bar. She’d cite anything -- Pete’s homework, the long drive home, dinner waiting -- and soon that got old. She felt old. Like she’d skipped the fun part of her twenties and jumped right into middle age. It didn’t help that everything after ‘84 melted her brain into goop. The minute Mandy received her final marks from school, she shoved the paperwork back into the envelope and hid it with her dad’s old things. The word failure pounded in her head. How did it happen? How could she have gone from mathletes and cheer to barely scraping by? To holding on by a thread? And why? Why did it all affect her so much; why was she such a damn baby about everything? Pete was back safe. That should have been enough, right? But his return didn’t come with everything. Somewhere between Pete disappearing and that Christmas, Mandy cut herself loose. Swapped SAT prep for making spaghetti for her returned little brother. Watching reruns on TV until it was way too late, tucking him into bed. Some nights she didn’t want to leave him, so she put out a sleeping bag on the floor by his bed between him and the door. Just in case. Mandy always wanted to go to Oberlin for one reason: it was far away from Devil’s Knot (and, okay, she liked the name). Ambition was a thing she wore because it fit, not because she liked it. Watching her dad’s face light up when she showed him her grades was reason enough to try hard; and studying with Bobby made her feel light, if only for a little while, them laughing and whispering about D&D campaigns, teasing each other like siblings. Being smart felt good, even if it didn’t come wholly naturally, and Mandy worked damn hard to keep it up. Giving it away should have been freeing. Instead, Mandy knows she disappointed everyone. She’s just another person who raced to the state line only to stop dead, toes at the edge, and feel fear prick the back of her neck.

#literate rp #original rp #dark rp #town rp #new rp #sample #accepted #mandy silverman

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viiavi · 6 years

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Get to know me tag

3 more traits to add to the 3 that’s been on my profile for a long time now.

I was tagged by @galaxysuede. Thank you!! ♥

I tag @ceechalla, @vvildhoneypie, @bloomlet, @naelu, @keysims, @shellywellylove, @nolan-sims, @a-kind-red, @simxiety, @frostsims21, @racingllama, @foursims and whoever else is interested!

1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Jay

2. WHAT IS YOUR NICKNAME? Still Jay, lol

3. BIRTHDAY? Summer baby

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK SERIES? I don’t read as much as I used to, but growing up, I was a huge Goosebumps fan. Now, I’m waiting for the next book in the Song of Ice and Fire series

5. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ALIENS OR GHOSTS? Yes!

6. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR? Now, idk. But as a child, I loved Mary Downing Hahn.

7. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RADIO STATION? I don’t have a favorite radio station, but I really enjoy 96.5 with Delilah because I’m an old fart

8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR OF ANYTHING? Coffee.

9. WHAT WORD WOULD YOU USE OFTEN TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING GREAT OR WONDERFUL? amazing

10. WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT FAVORITE SONG? "Evan Finds the Third Room” by Khruangbin

11. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WORD? Bamboozled.

12. WHAT WAS THE LAST SONG YOU LISTENED TO? Shades of Man by Khruangbin

13. WHAT TV SHOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR EVERYBODY TO WATCH? Parks & Rec is good, Breaking Bad, The Good Place.

14. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE TO WATCH WHEN YOU’RE FEELING DOWN? Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

15. DO YOU PLAY VIDEO GAMES? Yes! Not as much as I used to though

16. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? Failure and loneliness

17. WHAT IS YOUR BEST QUALITY, IN YOUR OPINION? I’m a problem solver.

18. WHAT IS YOUR WORST QUALITY, IN YOUR OPINION? I lack patience

19. DO YOU LIKE CATS OR DOGS BETTER? Dogs 100%

20. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON? Spring

21. ARE YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP? Yes!

22. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU MISS FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD? Peace of mind/less responsibilities.

23. WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND? My boyfriend

24. WHAT IS YOUR EYE COLOR? Dark brown

25. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR? Dark brown

26. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU LOVE? My family, my boyfriend, my friends and my dogs

27. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU TRUST? Boyfriend, again. He is the only person I can truly be myself with

28. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN? See above. Also, my family and my dogs.

29. ARE YOU CURRENTLY EXCITED ABOUT/FOR SOMETHING? Yes! I’m excited for a trip I’m going to soon!

30. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST OBSESSION? Coffee and video games

31. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW AS A CHILD? Sailor Moon, Are you Afraid of the Dark, All That

32. WHO OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER CAN YOU TELL ANYTHING TO, IF ANYONE? I think we already know this... starts with a B, ends with a D

33. ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS? I would like to say no, but I am

34. DO YOU HAVE ANY UNUSUAL PHOBIAS? Not really... all of mine are pretty common

35. DO YOU PREFER TO BE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA OR BEHIND IT? Both!

36. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY? Gardening

37. WHAT WAS THE LAST BOOK YOU READ? Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

38. WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? I don’t remember. I think a documentary about fragrances

39. WHAT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS DO YOU PLAY, IF ANY? Violin

40. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL? Orangutans

41. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 5 FAVORITE TUMBLR BLOGS THAT YOU FOLLOW? Look at my blogroll for that.

42. WHAT SUPERPOWER DO YOU WISH YOU HAD? I would love telekinesis/telepathy. Or, the power to materialize anything you desire

43. WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU FEEL MOST AT PEACE? By the ocean, or when I’m gardening

44. WHAT MAKES YOU SMILE? I appreciate the small things in life, so I smile to a lot of things, and would be too tedious to list

45. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY, IF ANY? Tennis

46. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DRINK? Water, all the way.

47. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WROTE A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER OR NOTE TO SOMEBODY? A month ago?

48. ARE YOU AFRAID OF HEIGHTS? Yes!

49. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PET PEEVE? Passive aggressiveness, though I am guilty of it myself sometimes

50. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A CONCERT? Yes! The latest one I went to was Journey’s with my Madre

51. ARE YOU VEGAN/VEGETARIAN? No, I have to force myself to eat most veggies

52. WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A scientist

53. WHAT FICTIONAL WORLD WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN? Gonna go with Harry Potter world for this

54. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WORRY ABOUT? Finances and health.

55. ARE YOU SCARED OF THE DARK? I’m a little embarrassed to admit that yes, I still am.

56. DO YOU LIKE TO SING? Yes! No one is saying I’m good at it though, lmao

57. HAVE YOU EVER SKIPPED SCHOOL? Once, maybe? Idk, I actually liked school

58. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE ON THE PLANET? The beach!

59. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? A little town by the sea

60. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? Yup, I have 3 dogs

61. ARE YOU MORE OF AN EARLY BIRD OR A NIGHT OWL? For a long time, I considered myself a night owl, but now that I’m older, I think I’m leaning more towards early bird

62. DO YOU LIKE SUNRISES OR SUNSETS BETTER? Sunrises! I love walking on crisp mornings with the sun just starting to peak through the horizon

63. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE? Yes! And I must say, it is BORING AF

64. DO YOU PREFER EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES? Headphones! Earbuds never stay in my ear

65. HAVE YOU EVER HAD BRACES? Yes, for four years

66. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GENRE OF MUSIC? Not sure

67. WHO IS YOUR HERO? My mom! She is the most patient, caring, emphatic, talented and hard working person that I know. I strive to one day be as good of a person as her

68. DO YOU READ COMIC BOOKS? I used to. Me, Garfield and Archie Comics go way back

69. WHAT MAKES YOU THE MOST ANGRY? Intolerance

70. DO YOU PREFER TO READ ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR WITH A REAL BOOK? The real thing. Reading on a electronic device all day makes my head hurt

71. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL? English and Microbiology

72. DO YOU HAVE ANY SIBLINGS? I have an older sister and brother

73. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT? A foot massager for my mom

74. HOW TALL ARE YOU? 160cm

75. CAN YOU COOK? Yes! But I don’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would

76. WHAT ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU LOVE? Coffee, bouganvilleas, and bear hugs

77. WHAT ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU HATE? People who litter, broken promises, and when people don’t give me a sufficient amount of time to do/prepare for something

78. DO YOU HAVE MORE FEMALE FRIENDS OR MORE MALE FRIENDS? Nowadays, I have more male friends

79. WHAT IS YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION? Straight

80. WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY LIVE? The US.

81. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TEXTED? My sister

82. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Yesterday, while watching a documentary, lol

83. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE YOUTUBER? Laura from Garden Answers, lol

84. DO YOU LIKE TO TAKE SELFIES? Nope.

85. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE APP? The calculator app, lol

86. WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARENT(S) LIKE? I’m definitely closer to my mother than I am to my father. My dad and I have had a strained relationship while I was growing up, but now that I’m out of the house, our relationship has gotten better.

87. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOREIGN ACCENT? I love the Creole accent

88. WHAT IS A PLACE THAT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO, BUT YOU WANT TO VISIT? Too many places

89. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? 4 and 47

90. CAN YOU JUGGLE? I can juggle one ball

91. ARE YOU RELIGIOUS? Not really. But as I’ve gotten older, I feel a little bit more religious than I was before

92. DO YOU FIND OUTER SPACE OF THE DEEP OCEAN TO BE MORE INTERESTING? That’s a tough question, and definitely not one I can choose between. Both are really interesting

93. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE A DAREDEVIL? Eh, sometimes

94. ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING? Dog dander

95. CAN YOU CURL YOUR TONGUE? No

96. CAN YOU WIGGLE YOUR EARS? Only when I also move my entire face

97. HOW OFTEN DO YOU ADMIT THAT YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT SOMETHING? Certainly not an easy thing to do, but I admit that I’m wrong most of the time

98. DO YOU PREFER THE FOREST OR THE BEACH? I love both! But I’m drawn to large bodies of water

99. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIECE OF ADVICE THAT ANYONE HAS EVER GIVEN YOU? It’s on the tip of my tongue... tip of my tongue 😕

100. ARE YOU A GOOD LIAR? I don’t think so, lol

101. WHAT IS YOUR HOGWARTS HOUSE? Hufflepuff

102. DO YOU TALK TO YOURSELF? Yes, and I’m not afraid to admit it

103. ARE YOU AN INTROVERT OR AN EXTROVERT? I’m an introvert, but can be an extrovert when liquid courage is around

104. DO YOU KEEP A JOURNAL/DIARY? I used to

105. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES? Yes, wholeheartedly

106. IF YOU FOUND A WALLET FULL OF MONEY ON THE GROUND, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Pick it up, look around, call out and probably mail it back to the person who lost it

107. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF CHANGE? Yes! Everyone is capable of change. Though the rate of growth varies greatly from individual to individual, so the amount of change you may hope to see is often not what you get. Giving people second chances and wanting to grow takes a lot of time and patience.

108. ARE YOU TICKLISH? Certainly

109. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A PLANE? Yes, and I hate them

110. DO YOU HAVE ANY PIERCINGS? My ears

111. WHAT FICTIONAL CHARACTER DO YOU WISH WAS REAL? Let’s go with Captain America with this one, idk

112. DO YOU HAVE ANY TATTOOS? Yes, I have 2!

113. WHAT IS THE BEST DECISION THAT YOU’VE MADE IN YOUR LIFE SO FAR? Cutting toxic people from my life

114. DO YOU BELIEVE IN KARMA? Yes, definitely

115. DO YOU WEAR GLASSES OR CONTACTS? I do, though, my simself aint wearing any

116. DO YOU WANT CHILDREN? Absolutely

117. WHO IS THE SMARTEST PERSON YOU KNOW? My boyfriend is one of the smartest people I know

118. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING MEMORY? I took my dog to the groomer’s and she asked for my dog’s name, and brain kept glitching and making my mouth say “Boner”

119. HAVE YOU EVER PULLED AN ALL-NIGHTER? Who hasn’t?

120. WHAT COLOR ARE MOST OF YOU CLOTHES? Black

121. DO YOU LIKE ADVENTURES? YES!! I love spontaneity

122. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON TV? I don’t think so

123. HOW OLD ARE YOU? 31

124. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE? “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one” - Bruce Lee

125. DO YOU PREFER SWEET OR SAVORY FOODS? Savory.

#get to know me

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berrysweetboutique · 6 years

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Get to know me tag

I was tagged by bb @simduction Wooo! Thanks! ♥♥♥

I tag: whoever wants to do it. :)

1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Sharrie

2. WHAT IS YOUR NICKNAME? … Berry

3. BIRTHDAY? May 16th

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK SERIES? Anything by Robert Patterson

5. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ALIENS OR GHOSTS? Both!

6. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR? See above heh

7. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RADIO STATION? My Welcome to Nightvale podcasts.

8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR OF ANYTHING? Mint or Strawberry

9. WHAT WORD WOULD YOU USE OFTEN TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING GREAT OR WONDERFUL? Awesome.

10. WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT FAVORITE SONG? Anything from my Weird Al collection. Too many to choose.

11. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WORD? Well in the berry world it would be Fudge heh...

12. WHAT WAS THE LAST SONG YOU LISTENED TO? Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a planet nears Mars.

13. WHAT TV SHOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR EVERYBODY TO WATCH? Ozark

14. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE TO WATCH WHEN YOU’RE FEELING DOWN? Love Actually ♥

15. DO YOU PLAY VIDEO GAMES? Too many.

16. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? It depends on the day. I have a highly active imagination and it creates great scenarios for me daily.

17. WHAT IS YOUR BEST QUALITY, IN YOUR OPINION? I’m kind.

18. WHAT IS YOUR WORST QUALITY, IN YOUR OPINION? I’m as stubborn as they get.

19. DO YOU LIKE CATS OR DOGS BETTER? Cats!

20. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON? Summer all the way.

21. ARE YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP? Married almost 13 years.

22. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU MISS FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD? Lack of crushing reality.

23. WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND? We aren’t very close anymore.

24. WHAT IS YOUR EYE COLOR? Green / Hazel

25. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR? Purple (darkest blonde before you would call it brown)

26. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU LOVE? My family.

27. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU TRUST? My hubby

28. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN? Merlot and Lacey XDD

29. ARE YOU CURRENTLY EXCITED ABOUT/FOR SOMETHING? My wedding anniversary!

30. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST OBSESSION? The Sims followed closely by yoga.

31. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW AS A CHILD? Care Bears

32. WHO OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER CAN YOU TELL ANYTHING TO, IF ANYONE? My hubby.

33. ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS? No.

34. DO YOU HAVE ANY UNUSUAL PHOBIAS? Spiders is not very unusual, but one time for an entire year I had a phobia I would suffer an allergic reaction and die...

35. DO YOU PREFER TO BE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA OR BEHIND IT? In front.

36. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY? Yoga and watching Netflix with the hubs.

37. WHAT WAS THE LAST BOOK YOU READ? All the way through would be Five Nights at Freddy’s The Fourth Closet.

38. WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Some random cheesy Hallmark Channel movie

39. WHAT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS DO YOU PLAY, IF ANY? Clarinet / Bass Clarinet

40. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL? Koalas

41. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 5 FAVORITE TUMBLR BLOGS THAT YOU FOLLOW? Too many to count

42. WHAT SUPERPOWER DO YOU WISH YOU HAD? Fly

43. WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU FEEL MOST AT PEACE? Snuggled up in my bed ♥

44. WHAT MAKES YOU SMILE? My family ♥

45. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY, IF ANY? None.

46. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DRINK? Green Tea Latte

47. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WROTE A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER OR NOTE TO SOMEBODY? In high school?

48. ARE YOU AFRAID OF HEIGHTS? Somewhat.

49. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PET PEEVE? Radio Commercials

50. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A CONCERT? Yes

51. ARE YOU VEGAN/VEGETARIAN? No

52. WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A Mermaid

53. WHAT FICTIONAL WORLD WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN? Sugar Valley

54. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WORRY ABOUT? The safety of my family

55. ARE YOU SCARED OF THE DARK? No

56. DO YOU LIKE TO SING? All the time and terribly off key

57. HAVE YOU EVER SKIPPED SCHOOL? Yes

58. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE ON THE PLANET? My room

59. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? Cardiff Ca.

60. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? A cat

61. ARE YOU MORE OF AN EARLY BIRD OR A NIGHT OWL? Night Owl

62. DO YOU LIKE SUNRISES OR SUNSETS BETTER? Sunsets

63. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE? Yes

64. DO YOU PREFER EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES? Headphones.

65. HAVE YOU EVER HAD BRACES? Yes and I might need them again

66. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GENRE OF MUSIC? Parody >.>

67. WHO IS YOUR HERO? My Mom

68. DO YOU READ COMIC BOOKS? yes

69. WHAT MAKES YOU THE MOST ANGRY? When people continue to bug me about something I have explicitly said no to

70. DO YOU PREFER TO READ ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR WITH A REAL BOOK? Real books

71. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL? Music

72. DO YOU HAVE ANY SIBLINGS? I am an only child

73. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT? Hamburger and Fresno peppers

74. HOW TALL ARE YOU? 5′6.

75. CAN YOU COOK? Yes but do I? No.

76. WHAT ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU LOVE? My son, My Hubby, My Folks.

77. WHAT ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU HATE? I try not to use that word

78. DO YOU HAVE MORE FEMALE FRIENDS OR MORE MALE FRIENDS? female

79. WHAT IS YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION? I’m more romantic than sexual tbh but I guess you would say Bi - romantic

80. WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY LIVE? USA

81. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TEXTED? My hubby (lets play a game and see how any times he gets mentioned here lol)

82. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? A few days ago.

83. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE YOUTUBER? GT Live

84. DO YOU LIKE TO TAKE SELFIES? Yes

85. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE APP? tumblr

86. WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARENT(S) LIKE? The greatest people I know.

87. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOREIGN ACCENT? Australian *wink*

88. WHAT IS A PLACE THAT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO, BUT YOU WANT TO VISIT? Hawaii

89. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? 27

90. CAN YOU JUGGLE? No

91. ARE YOU RELIGIOUS? Nope

92. DO YOU FIND OUTER SPACE OF THE DEEP OCEAN TO BE MORE INTERESTING? Deep Ocean is terrifying.

93. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE A DAREDEVIL? God No.

94. ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING? Gluten well intolerant but lets not split hairs.

95. CAN YOU CURL YOUR TONGUE? Yes

96. CAN YOU WIGGLE YOUR EARS? Yes

97. HOW OFTEN DO YOU ADMIT THAT YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT SOMETHING? I apologize if I need to.

98. DO YOU PREFER THE FOREST OR THE BEACH? Beach woooo!

99. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIECE OF ADVICE THAT ANYONE HAS EVER GIVEN YOU? Remember to breathe

100. ARE YOU A GOOD LIAR? Terrible

101. WHAT IS YOUR HOGWARTS HOUSE? Hufflepuff

102. DO YOU TALK TO YOURSELF? Yes lol

103. ARE YOU AN INTROVERT OR AN EXTROVERT? Ambivert

104. DO YOU KEEP A JOURNAL/DIARY? No but I should

105. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES? It depends.

106. IF YOU FOUND A WALLET FULL OF MONEY ON THE GROUND, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? See if I could find the owner and if not turn it in.

107. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF CHANGE? Yes, but it’s not easy and it can take literal decades for it to happen. So be patient of move on.

108. ARE YOU TICKLISH? Too Ticklish

109. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A PLANE? Yes.

110. DO YOU HAVE ANY PIERCINGS? Ears and bellybutton, but after my son was born I haven’t put another back in.

111. WHAT FICTIONAL CHARACTER DO YOU WISH WAS REAL? Merlot and Lacey rofl

112. DO YOU HAVE ANY TATTOOS? Yes.

113. WHAT IS THE BEST DECISION THAT YOU’VE MADE IN YOUR LIFE SO FAR? Getting on that plane.

114. DO YOU BELIEVE IN KARMA? Absolutely

115. DO YOU WEAR GLASSES OR CONTACTS? Glasses

116. DO YOU WANT CHILDREN? I have a son and that’s all I want thank you.

117. WHO IS THE SMARTEST PERSON YOU KNOW? Someone from my dark past lol

118. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING MEMORY? No comment

119. HAVE YOU EVER PULLED AN ALL-NIGHTER? Unfortunately Yes.

120. WHAT COLOR ARE MOST OF YOU CLOTHES? Grey. I’ve tried to add in more purple but its mainly grey.

121. DO YOU LIKE ADVENTURES? Kinda depends on the adventure.

122. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON TV? Yes.

123. HOW OLD ARE YOU? 37

124. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE? Be Softer With You

125. DO YOU PREFER SWEET OR SAVORY FOODS? Sweets!!

#sims 4 #sims #ts4 #Berry latte #get to know me tag

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bigcats-birds-and-books · 6 years

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Becoming the Villain Wrangler

So . . . that thing I said earlier I might try? Posting new stuff that’s not pictures? Well, here’s this. It’s a flashbacky sort of scene about characters from my current WIP, Average, Ohio, about superheroes and supervillains in suburban Ohio. It’s about 2.5k, and most of it is hiding behind a cut so it doesn’t clog your dash. Here goes nothing, I guess. Enjoy.

She started with Sonos.

She was fourteen, and she knew that Sonos didn’t “do kids.” She knew that 84% of Sonos’s premeditated hostage situations took place in establishments where either coffee, baked goods, or both were available, and she knew that the baked goods and coffee combo hostage situations tended to be safest. So far, at least, no one had died in a Panera or a Starbucks.

She also knew that, despite popular and professional opinion, Sonos’s bakery hostage situations did actually follow something like a pattern. She spent hours and hours in her bedroom surrounded by police reports transcribed and translated into color-coded index cards carefully taped to her blue walls. Nobody ever tried to head off Sonos’s hostage situations because they seemed completely random, the whims of a flighty, unpredictable super with a penchant for drama and chocolate pastries.

But the color-coded, meticulously-arranged index cards on her wall whispered that maybe the whims weren’t so random after all. There was definitely a cycle, even if it wasn’t quite regular—almost every twenty-one to twenty-seven days, except when it was more like forty-five, Average could count on a hostage situation somewhere. And Sonos had four favorite spots to hit: the Panera at the Plaza, the Starbucks off 42, the Bagel Brothers by the schools, or Servatii’s downtown. Sonos very rarely hit the same spot twice in a row, except when she did, and she almost always timed it to the tail end of a weekday rush, except when she didn’t, and she never ever hit a Starbucks in the same month that jewelry stores got robbed.

There was a break-in at Jared’s on Sunday, Bagel Brothers was still being renovated from last month’s super battle, and twenty-two days ago the hostage situation was at Servatii’s.

Maddy Cox had spent every waking moment at the Plaza’s Panera.

It was the second week of her summer vacation, but she’d been preparing for this since April. Every morning at 10:02, she locked up her bike outside the Panera, ordered a smoothie, and parked at the smallest table she could find to do summer work until lunchtime. She was going to be a sophomore, so on top of her reading and essay for English, she had APUSH work to do, too. So far, it had been an uneventful week at Panera, so Maddy was almost done reading Rebecca, which she didn’t think was as bad as all her older friends complained it was.

She was finishing her third panini of the week when Sonos and a small squad of henchpeople stormed the dining room.

“No screaming today, please,” Sonos announced. Her voice came from nowhere and everywhere all at once, even though Maddy watched her lips move. “If you have to panic, use your inside voices and get it out of the way now. Everyone knows how this next bit works, right?”

A woman somewhere to Maddy’s left started to shriek. Behind her mask, Sonos’s eyes narrowed. She was cradling her hostage situation shotgun—the one Maddy tracked to every hold up incident since Amp suppressed her powers years ago at a Graeter’s and left her undermatched—in her left arm, but with her right she reached out and snatched the woman’s attempt at a scream. All the sound in a three-foot radius died, and the woman’s hands flew to her throat.

“Maybe I asked too nicely,” Sonos said quietly. The hairs on Maddy’s arms stood straight up, and a hush only Sonos could have intensified fell over the dining room. “Don’t. Scream.”

The woman gulped a few breaths of air silently and nodded. Sonos released her hold on the sound, which died away like it had never existed. By that point, the henchpeople had taken up their posts around the dining room, and a few were herding employees out of the kitchen. The henchpeople were armed—they were always armed—and Maddy forced herself to take a few calming breaths. She would be okay. Sonos didn’t do kids, after all. Maddy would be fine. She just needed her window of opportunity.

“Better,” Sonos said with a nod. “Now, who’s the manager, here?”

The next few minutes passed like déjà vu. Maddy had read so many reports about it that she knew the script: The manager emptied the safe, got Sonos however many pastries she asked for, and resumed being hostaged with her employees; the henchpeople made their rounds through the dining room gathering cash and other valuables that were easy to turn into cash; all phones except for one were confiscated, and guests were told to pack up their things. As Maddy packed up her APUSH homework, an odd sense of calm washed over her. She had, after all, been planning this for months. She’d even purchased a brand-new two-pocket folder with brads for the occasion.

Now her backpack was full and zipped on the floor beside her chair, the yellow folder was next to her empty plate, and Sonos was making her dining room rounds to dismiss unsuitable hostages, namely those under eighteen and their parents or guardians. Maddy watched her send two young families, a set of grandparents with a gaggle of ten-year-olds, three girls Maddy recognized from school, and two very pregnant people to the booth Maddy thought of as the escape hatch by the side door.

Then Sonos approached Maddy’s table, without the shotgun because she always left it on the counter when she dealt with minors and their responsible adults, and gestured. “You too, kid. Up.”

Maddy took another deep breath and stood, pulling both straps of her backpack over her shoulders and scooping the folder off the table. “Um, actually, Ms. Sonos, if you have a minute I was wondering if we could talk.”

Her voice came out squeakier than she wanted it to, which she remembers even years later, and even though she’d spent hours rehearsing in front of the mirror she still hadn’t been able to keep the vocal pause from slipping out, but every time she hears Sonos tell the story the villain kindly skips over that part. Instead, Sonos makes her sound brave. She likes when Sonos tells it.

Sonos hesitated, her mask deforming at her forehead in what Maddy later understands as a double eyebrow raise, and said, “You realize this is a hostage situation, right?”

Maddy nodded. “Yeah. I’ve been waiting all week.” She offered the yellow folder, where she had written SONOS in the top right corner in her neatest handwriting in black Sharpie. “I have some ideas.”

Sonos’s mask deformed further, and a tinkling laugh like wind chimes escaped her lips and breezed through the dining room. For a moment, Maddy became very aware that they had a wide-eyed, terrified audience, and she forced herself to focus on Sonos again. This was probably her only shot to make this work.

“You a super? Cuz I don’t do sidekicks. Or kids,” Sonos said.

Maddy shook her head. “No, I’m just ordinary. I don’t want to be a sidekick. I want to handle your public relations.”

“I’m a supervillain, kid. PR is a thing that happens to heroes.”

“And I don’t think it’s fair that they get all the good press,” Maddy says. “Supervillains are people, too, not just monsters.”

“But monsters sometimes?” Sonos asked.

Maddy held her gaze. “Everyone is a monster sometimes.”

Sonos studied her face for a few nerve-wrackingly long seconds. Maddy didn’t look away, but became aware of one of the henchpeople moving. It was so quiet in the dining room that even Maddy could hear the number pad on the one unconfiscated cellphone as the henchperson started to dial.

“Wait,” Sonos said, still looking at Maddy but rerouting her voice so it was very clearly directed at the lead henchperson. “There’s been a change in plans, Larry. No hostages today.”

Larry ended the call before it connected and said, “Sure thing, boss. What do you need?”

Sonos considered for a moment or two and said, “A couple smoothies and an empty building.”

“You got it,” Larry said with a nod. He separated the store manager from the rest of the employees to have her make the smoothies before reorganizing his crew to herd the hostages quietly outside.

By the time the manager had finished the smoothies and brought them to the booth Sonos had seated Maddy at, the Panera had emptied. Only Sonos, Maddy, Larry, and the manager were left, and Larry handed the bag of confiscated cellphones to the manager before hurrying her out the door and issuing instructions too quiet for Maddy to hear. Sonos called, “I’ll be in touch, Larry,” after him, and Larry nodded and vanished. Sonos and Maddy were alone.

Sonos pushed one of the strawberry banana smoothies across the table toward Maddy before taking a sip of her own. “All right, kid, I’m officially curious. What’ve you got?”

Maddy cleared her throat, hoping she wouldn’t squeak again, and opened the yellow folder. It wasn’t quite a perfect match to Sonos’s suit, but it was close, and it made Sonos smile. “I’ve been volunteering at the children’s hospital for a while, specifically with community involvement.”

Sonos was still slurping her smoothie, but she nodded. “Ah. Wound up with the Be-a-Hero Foundation?”

Maddy nodded. “Sort of. Just the logistics side—figuring out which kids wanted to talk to which super.”

“Cute.”

“It was pretty cool,” Maddy admitted, “to see their faces light up when their hero walked into their room. Every kid, every time.”

“Do-gooders have that effect, I’ve been told.”

“Supers in general have that effect,” Maddy said. Sonos’s eyebrow arched, and for an instant Maddy wondered if she should scale it back, if she was being too forward, but the instant passed and Sonos didn’t seem angry. Just curious. Maddy pulled a patient profile—one she technically wasn’t supposed to have, but she’d gotten approval from Kyoko’s parents so she thought it would be okay—out of the right-hand pocket and pushed it toward Sonos. Sonos set aside her smoothie to study the sheet, which had a color photo of Kyoko at the park and some basic information.

“Cute kid,” Sonos said after a couple seconds.

“Her name is Kyoko,” Maddy said. “She loves swimming and horseback riding, and her favorite band is One Direction. She has stage three brain cancer and maybe three months left to live.”

Sonos’s lips set into a thin line, and Maddy realized that the super probably wasn’t that much older than her. She’d only been villaining in Average for a couple of years, and most supers started fairly young. Now that Maddy was seated across from her, she saw how smooth Sonos’s brown skin was, except for a concealed zit on her chin. She was probably early twenties, if even that, which was still old but not, like, parents old. That was weird.

“Because she’s terminal, she’s eligible for the Be-a-Hero Foundation,” Maddy continued. “And when I asked her who she wanted to meet, she said you.”

Sonos frowned. “Come again?”

“She wants to meet you, Ms. Sonos. She says you have the coolest costume and the coolest power and she wants to be able to break things with sound when she grows up.”

Sonos silently laid the profile flat on the table again. For a few seconds, the dining room seemed unnaturally silent. Maddy counted time to keep her nerves under control and let Sonos think.

After two full minutes, Sonos exhaled a, “Huh,” and sound resumed. “That’s sweet and all, but there’s no way her parents would go for it.”

Maddy shook her head. “No, I checked explicitly with her parents, and they think it’s a long shot that you’d do it but they’d be cool with it if you were. They just want Kyoko to be happy.”

Sonos lifted an eyebrow. “And the hospital? And the Foundation?”

“If you were willing to see Kyoko, I would deal with them.”

“And law enforcement?”

Maddy nodded. “There’d be something horrible about arresting a super who was visiting sick kids in the hospital, right? My dad is on the force, and he said that was true. I could deal with that part, too.”

“Why?”

Maddy frowned. “I don’t understand. Why what?”

“Why are you doing this? What do you get out of it?”

“Oh. Well, I think it’s important for the kids. Plus, if I want to get into good colleges, I need to have a long-term community service project.”

“And you picked wrangling supervillains? You’re what, fifteen? Sixteen?”

“Fourteen,” Maddy said, and Sonos laughed her wind chime laugh.

“Ambitious, for sure. Seriously: Why supervillains?”

Maddy hesitated. She’d known that Sonos would ask—Sonos always asked—and she’d known what her response would be. It was just that the whole situation was more intense than she’d anticipated. Even volunteering at the hospital, she hadn’t been this close to a super for this long, and she’d certainly never held a conversation like this one.

“Because you’re people, too,” she finally said. “We’re all in this together, and everyone should get a chance to do good.”

“I’ve got chances to do good all day every day. I choose not to.”

“But you’ve never gotten a chance to choose Kyoko before.”

After another moment, Sonos sighed. Maddy continued laying out her ideas and rationales about why, in the long run, having some positive PR on the villainy front would benefit Sonos. She left Kyoko’s profile on the table as she walked Sonos through the rest of the folder’s contents.

At the third repetition of “Ms. Sonos,” Sonos said, “Just call me Sonos, kid,” and ten minutes later, when Maddy had done all her explaining and Sonos had taken it all in, she asked, “What’s your name?”

“Maddy. Maddy Cox.”

Sonos smiled and finished her smoothie. “Well, Maddy. I’ll think on it. Give me a couple days and I’ll get back to you.”

Maddy beamed. “Great! My number and email are in here—you can call or text or email or whatever. This is for you.”

Sonos smiled when Maddy offered her the folder. “Came prepared, huh?”

Maddy nodded enthusiastically. “Yeah! I, um, sort of figured out your pattern—don’t worry, I didn’t tell anyone or anything, your secret’s safe with me—so I’ve been waiting all week.”

“I’m impressed, kid. Maddy.”

Maddy felt a blush creep up her neck, and she stood when Sonos did. Sonos offered a hand, which Maddy shook, and then Sonos asked her to stay in the booth for two more minutes while Sonos cleared the scene. Maddy did, Sonos left, and two minutes later she walked out of the Panera for a very weird encounter with the police. When her parents showed up, they weren’t thrilled, but they agreed to see where things went because it was important to Maddy and everyone knew Sonos didn’t do kids.

Four days later, Maddy got a call from a restricted number, and Sonos said she’d give it a whirl. It took Maddy two weeks to get everything squared away with the hospital, and the Foundation, and law enforcement, but on the third Thursday in June, Maddy and Sonos and a very skittish guard detail walked into Mercy Children’s.

It made Kyoko’s whole year.

The visit was so successful that it was easy to persuade Sonos to come again for Ben, and for Jake, and Rachel, and Maya. Once Maddy was comfortable with Sonos, she asked the super if maybe Ratman or Firebrand would be interested, and Sonos passed along her proposition. Soon Maddy was the liaison for the villains, much like how Shanu Adebayo was the hero herder.

It was Sonos who eventually affectionately dubbed her the Villain Wrangler.

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surveyss 025.

1. Would you have sex with the last person you text messaged? ummm, at one point I thought we would be together hahaha. I donno.

2. You talked to an ex today, correct? No

3. Have you taken someones virginity? Nooooooo

4. Is trust a big issue for you? It is. I have been working on being more trusting and then stuff happened that blew my trust entirely. I’m trying to remember that other people don’t need to suffer for things they did not do. I don’t want to be distrusting of everyone. I just need to figure out what I’m doing wrong.

5. Did you hang out with the person you like recently? no.

6. What are you excited for? this weekend will be nice

7. What happened tonight? It’s not night time yet.

8. Do you think it’s disgusting when girls get really wasted? why would it be only disgusting for girls?

9. Is confidence cute? confidence is great.

10. What is the last beverage you had? diet coke

11. How many people of the opposite sex do you fully trust? at the moment, none. thats a shame, I know.

12. Do you own a pair of skinny jeans? Yes.

13. What are you gonna do Saturday night? party!!!!

14. What are you going to spend money on next? stuff for tomorrow’s trip

15. Are you going out with the last person you kissed? heck no

16. Do you think you’ll change in the next 3 months? absolutely.

17. Who do you feel most comfortable talking to about anything? I don’t. I used to tell Kile all the things, but we don’t talk anymore. I know that eventually both of us will find new people to talk to, but I think it’s just a little raw for that ... at least for me right now. Perhaps he is sharing his life with other people already, I wouldn’t know.

18. The last time you felt broken? currently. But I’m trying to mend.

19. Have you had sex today? No.

20. Are you starting to realize anything? yeah

21. Are you in a good mood? I’m ok. I mean, I’m not entirely, but I’m ok.

22. Would you ever want to swim with sharks? why does this keep coming up?

23. Are your eyes the same color as your dad’s? same color family yes, but not the same shade

24. What do you want right this second? a really strong thunderstorm. Not gonna happen, but a girl can dream.

25. What would you say if the person you love/like kissed another girl/boy? I think it’s possible he could be. I just try not to think about it. I wouldn’t say anything.. he’s allowed to do what he wants to do. He doesn’t belong to me :\

26. Is your current hair color your natural hair color? Yeah

27. Would you be able to date someone who doesn’t make you laugh? I have but that is nottttttt what I like. I prefer to laugh.

28. What was the last thing that made you laugh? mario... orrrrr perhaps the gentleman at the arboretum who was telling me that there was a mosquito problem. NO JOKE DUDE.

29. Do you really, truly miss someone right now? kile andrew. i hate being without him.

30. Does everyone deserve a second chance? I think it’s important that we offer grace.

31. Honestly, do you hate the last boy you were talking to? I’m indifferent. I really don’t know him all that well.

32. Does the person you have feelings for right now, know you do? He does, but I don’t think he feels that he can do anything about it. Which is so far from the truth, but I understand we see things differently.

33. Are you one of those people who never drinks soda? I only drink diet sodas and I’m starting to do more water in preparation for hard 75

34. Listening to? piano

35. Do you ever write in pencil anymore? I did earlier for some puzzles I just bought, but man it annoys me.

36. Do you know where the last person you kissed is? I don’t.

37. Do you believe in love at first sight? I believe we can get gut instincts that someone is just... going to be someone we fall for.

38. Who did you last call? savers

39. Who was the last person you danced with? myself in the car today

40. Why did you kiss the last person you kissed? He was my boyfriend at the time. He was a great kisser.

41. When was the last time you ate a cupcake? Its been a real long time. Hard to find GF cupcakes.

42. Did you hug/kiss one of your parents today? No

43. Ever embarrass yourself in front of a crush? Of course. tis what I do lol

44. Do you tan in the nude? No. I would consider it if I had land that wasn’t viewable by neighbors

45. If you could, would you take back your last kiss? Not anything I concern myself with.

46. Did you talk to someone until you fell asleep last night? Just about. I think we got off zoom at like 12ish and I fell asleep shortly after.

47. Who was the last person to call you? My brother

48. Do you sing in the shower? oh heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeck yes.

49. Do you dance in the car? oh heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeck yes.

50. Ever used a bow and arrow? I have! not too shabby at it.

51. Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer? when I was a child... like 2 years old. maybe younger.

52. Do you think musicals are cheesy? I do.

53. Is Christmas stressful? no, it is everything beautiful and good. people tend to find the stressful bits of any situation and amplify it to self sabotage a good thing.

54. Ever eat a pierogi? yup

55. Favorite type of fruit pie? pumpkin

56. Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid? missionary, work in an orphanage, vet, mechanic.

57. Do you think someone is thinking about you? part of me selfishly hopes so. The other part of me doesn’t want him to fixate on things if it stresses him out.

58. Ever have a Deja-vu feeling? YES!

59. Take a vitamin daily? I got out of the habit but I need to get back into it.

60. Wear slippers? oh frick yeah

61. Wear a bath robe? No. I always think maybe I’ll learn to do so, but I don’t like the feeling of being in lazy pajamas all day long. When I was a kid, my mom and sister would wear their bathrobes all morning long and then that meant that when we would need to go somewhere, they would still need 1-2 hours. It drove me nuts.

62. What do you wear to bed? sometimes shorts and a tee, sometimes a tee, sometimes a tank, sometimes nothin. it just depends.

63. First concert? country thunder

64. Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart? Target

65. Nike or Adidas? no preference

66. Cheetos Or Fritos? Cheetos.

67. Peanuts or Sunflower seeds? peanuts

68. Favorite Taylor Swift song? I’d lie

69. Ever take dance lessons? Yeah.

70. Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing? I always envisioned a helper position (firefighter, police, medical, etc)

71. Can you curl your tongue? Yes.

72. Ever won a spelling bee? yea

73. Have you ever cried because you were so happy? Yes.

74. What is your favorite book? pride & prejudice

75. Do you study better with or without music? With.

76. Regularly burn incense? nooooo.

77. Ever been in love? I sure have

78. Who would you like to see in concert? probably anyone at this point lol

79. What was the last concert you saw? uhhhh a bunch of performers at lollapalooza

80. Hot tea or cold tea? peach iced tea thx

81. Tea or coffee? tea

82. Favorite type of cookie? Chocolate chip.

83. Can you swim well? I can hold my own, but I’m no phelps

84. Can you hold your breath without holding your nose? Yes.

85. Are you patient? typically very

86. DJ or band, at a wedding? I think the idea of a band is dreamy, but I couldn’t afford that.

87. Ever won a contest? yes! scripture memorizing, dance dance revolution, a guessing game,

88. Ever have plastic surgery? have I? no.

89. Which are better black or green olives? no olives. BLEgH

90. Opinions on sex before marriage? I totally respect that some people really love that. It’s not for me.

91. Best room for a fireplace? Living room AND bedroom

92. Do you want to get married? Of course.

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random questions just cause...hereeell we go

1. Would you have sex with the last person you text messaged? *chuckles* yup

2. You talked to an ex today, correct? yes

3. Have you taken someones virginity? ya

4. Is trust a big issue for you? no in fact I trust people way too much

5. Did you hang out with the person you like recently? don't really like anyone atm

6. What are you excited for? hmm idk really. I guess my week off of work in a few weeks

7. What happened tonight? not much, just chilling, rainy day

8. Do you think it’s disgusting when girls get really wasted? ehh..idk it's just not my thing. but I wouldn't call it "disgusting"..if that's fun for them then cool

9. Is confidence cute? for sure, just not tooo much..fine line there

10. What is the last beverage you had? water and an iced vanilla latte

11. How many people of the opposite sex do you fully trust? hmm. not any really besides my dad

12. Do you own a pair of skinny jeans? yes a couple

13. What are you gonna do Saturday night? I'm not sure yet. Probably go somewhere with a friend or see a movie

14. What are you going to spend money on next? probably either food or coffee

15. Are you going out with the last person you kissed? no

16. Do you think you’ll change in the next 3 months? not significantly but I feel like I'm always changing in some way, even if it's gradual

17. Who do you feel most comfortable talking to about anything? not gonna put a name but one of my best friends

18. The last time you felt broken? that's hard to answer cause like i still do, i have for a while now but I mean it's not as bad as it was. about a year ago

19. Have you had sex today? sadly no lol

20. Are you starting to realize anything? a lot of things every second of every day. adulthood has a lot of fucking wake up calls

21. Are you in a good mood? not necessarily in a good mood but i'm not really in a bad mood either..it's just kinda like meh lol

22. Would you ever want to swim with sharks? hmm.... maybeee... depends

23. Are your eyes the same color as your dad’s? no. his is brown, mine are blue

24. What do you want right this second? not to have to go to work tomorrow XD and idk maybe a good ol makeout session and/or cuddles

25. What would you say if the person you love/like kissed another girl/boy? uhhh well like if i were in a relationship with them then wtf, no no lol not good. but like if it was someone i'm not together with then...cool, do whatever the hell you want

26. Is your current hair color your natural hair color? pretty much

27. Would you be able to date someone who doesn’t make you laugh? noo.. like i mean they don't gotta be some sorta jokester/comedian or nothing but just..don't be so serious. laughing is the best

28. What was the last thing that made you laugh? probably one of my cats lol

29. Do you really, truly miss someone right now? always do

30. Does everyone deserve a second chance? for the most part. but idk...I don't think I could give someone who cheated another chance. that's just crossing a line of trust that like..I could forive but I wouldn't be able to be with them again. I just don't understand anyone who cheats

31. Honestly, do you hate the last boy you were talking to? that would be my dad so no XD

32. Does the person you have feelings for right now, know you do? hmm hard to answer. but I suppose she does

33. Are you one of those people who never drinks soda? nooo I love soda. with that said though, since the beginning of the year i've cut back on it alottttt for my health. but i still drink it maybe once a week. i used to drink it literally every day multiple times a day.

34. Listening to? currently juice WRLD

35. Do you ever write in pencil anymore? sometimes at work but not often

36. Do you know where the last person you kissed is? yup

37. Do you believe in love at first sight? yes and no. i hate that question, it's old lets move on lol

38. Who did you last call? i cant remember, probably one of my parents. i dont talk on the phone much

39. Who was the last person you danced with? I dont dance really except in the car with my friends..our own version of dancing XD

40. Why did you kiss the last person you kissed? cause she was my girlfriend. girlfriends do that lol

41. When was the last time you ate a cupcake? a few weeks ago i think

42. Did you hug/kiss one of your parents today? no..we don't hug often really lol we're just not that way but i do hug my mom every now and then

43. Ever embarrass yourself in front of a crush? probably a million times

44. Do you tan in the nude? noooooooo. i burn so easy i'd probably turn into one giant tomato

45. If you could, would you take back your last kiss? never

46. Did you talk to someone until you fell asleep last night? nah :/ I miss that

47. Who was the last person to call you? a million car sales people cause i'm stupid and entered info on a website and now it's like the neverending fucking story of sales people calling me like heyyyy buy a jeep and its like yes mam id love to but i'm poor so how about not right now stop calling me thank you bye

48. Do you sing in the shower? heck ya. except not really lately cause i shower at the gym...they don't wanna hear that XD

49. Do you dance in the car? yasss

50. Ever used a bow and arrow? yes, I did archery at camp as a kid. fun times

51. Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer? 10th grade highschool photo. or if it counts, my aunt took my graduation photos..she perty professional

52. Do you think musicals are cheesy? there definitely can be cheesy ones but those are usually the ones i love XD

53. Is Christmas stressful? these days yes -_- never as a kid. I miss those days

54. Ever eat a pierogi? I don't think I have actually

55. Favorite type of fruit pie? not a huge fruit pie person but I guess...apple or lemon. I really don't eat fruit pie though. If it's gonna be pie then I prefer something like chocolate or peanut butter

56. Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid? so many different things, that's why i never settled on anything XD

57. Do you believe in ghosts? I think so..in a certain way.. like not in the way they show on tv and movies. just idk, i do believe in spirits. There's some stories in my family they are kinda hard not to believe or explain

58. Ever have a Deja-vu feeling? allllll the time

59. Take a vitamin daily? nah, probably should ?

60. Wear slippers? not anymore, I used to alot

61. Wear a bath robe? same as above. I get way too hot for that now lol

62. What do you wear to bed? usually just shorts or boxers and a tank top or tshirt. sometimes sweatpants dependning

63. First concert? reba mcentire lol

64. Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart? target. walmart for certain things. but target is just fun

65. Nike or Adidas? neither really but adidas if i have to pick

66. Cheetos Or Fritos? cheetos

67. Peanuts or Sunflower seeds? I like both, but peanuts

68. Favorite Taylor Swift song? back in the day, crazier. then it was blank space or shake it off...but recently, delicate. many different taylor eras XD

69. Ever take dance lessons? when I was in elementary school and 6th grade yes

70. Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing? umm hmm honestly no. whatever makes them happy :)

71. Can you curl your tongue? nah, i dont got nothing special like that XD

72. Ever won a spelling bee? nahh

73. Have you ever cried because you were so happy? yesss

74. What is your favorite book? several...looking for alaska by john greene, the pawn series by robin roseau, and look again by lisa scottoline

75. Do you study better with or without music? havent studied in so long O_o but probably with

76. Regularly burn incense? not regularly. I do from time to time but not as much anymore, my mom hates it lol

77. Ever been in love? yes

78. Who would you like to see in concert? so many... fleetwood mac or just stevie nicks, ben howard, maroon 5, pvris, ariana grande, lana del rey, the weeknd, pink, coldplay, imagine dragons lady gaga, andrew belle, adele, lorde, gwen stefani even though I already did lol...i could go on all day. bottom line, i need to see more concerts

79. What was the last concert you saw? Gwen Stefani a couple years ago

80. Hot tea or cold tea? cold

81. Tea or coffee? coffee

82. Favorite type of cookie? alllllll the cookies. lately m&m. but chocolate chip is always a winner

83. Can you swim well? yes

84. Can you hold your breath without holding your nose? nahh

85. Are you patient? yes and no. depends on the setting and circumstance lol. I think I'm fairly patient compared to other people but sometimes at work..if the right people push my buttons then oohhh boyyy no

86. DJ or band, at a wedding? hmm.. neither honestly just put on the damn ipod playlist XD

87. Ever won a contest? a couple when I was little lol

88. Ever have plastic surgery? noo. no thank you

89. Which are better black or green olives? greeeeeen

90. Opinions on sex before marriage? go for it. I used to think alot differently when I was younger cause I'm a christian, grew up with traditional values. but *sighs*... things change lol sex is great, go for it but be safe people XD

91. Best room for a fireplace? ANY ROOM. omggg. they should have fireplaces in the bathroom. what a great idea you can just warm yourself while you sitting there haha genius

92. Do you want to get married? If I meet the right person but if I don't ever get married that's fine too lol it's not a priority for me really but if I do meet the right person then for sure

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olgagarmash · 3 years

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Many health-care workers have not gotten a coronavirus vaccine – The Washington Post

Roy Lakes wasn’t planning to get a coronavirus shot until he overheard a Zumba instructor urging her attendees to sign up. “You owe it to your kids, to your grandkids, to stay around,” the instructor kept saying.

Those words changed his mind. The 46-year-old from Anaheim, Calif., who has worked as a mental health counselor, has now set up an appointment with his doctor to discuss getting vaccinated.

Health-care workers were the first group in the United States to be offered coronavirus vaccinations. But three months into the effort, many remain unconvinced, unreached and unprotected. The lingering obstacles to vaccinating health-care workers foreshadows the challenge the United States will face as it expands the pool of people eligible and attempts to get the vast majority of the U.S. population vaccinated.

According to a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll, barely half of front-line health-care workers (52 percent) said they had received at least their first vaccine dose at the time they were surveyed. More than 1 in 3 said they were not confident vaccines were sufficiently tested for safety and effectiveness.

The nationally representative survey of 1,327 front-line health-care workers, conducted Feb. 11 through March 7, illustrates the challenges ahead as vaccine advocates try to persuade a wider population — with less familiarity with medicine — to get vaccinated.

While about 2 in 10 health-care workers said they had scheduled a shot or were planning to, 3 in 10 health-care workers said they were unsure about getting vaccinated or not planning to do so. As many as 1 in 6 health workers said that if employers required them to get vaccinated, they would leave their job.

[Read the Post-KFF poll results and how the survey was conducted]

Washington Post- Kaiser

Family Foundation poll

Many health-care workers have yet to get a coronavirus shot, and some don’t plan to

Vaccinated (at least 1 dose)

Scheduled/Plan to

Haven’t decided

Don’t plan on being vaccinated

Note: No opinion not shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey of 1,327 U.S.

health-care workers from Feb. 11 to March 7,

2021, with an error margin

of +/- 3 percentage points.

Washington Post-Kaiser Family

Foundation poll

Many health-care workers have yet to get a coronavirus shot, and some don’t plan to

Vaccinated (at least 1 dose)

Scheduled/Plan to

Haven’t decided

Don’t plan on being vaccinated

Note: No opinion not shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey of 1,327 U.S. health-care workers from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, with an error margin of +/- 3 percentage points.

Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll

Many health-care workers have yet to get a coronavirus

shot, and some don’t plan to

Don’t plan

on being

vaccinated

Vaccinated

(at least 1 dose)

Scheduled/

Plan to

Haven’t

decided

Note: No opinion not shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey of 1,327 U.S. health-care workers from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, with an error margin of +/- 3 percentage points.

Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll

Many health-care workers have yet to get a coronavirus

shot, and some don’t plan to

Vaccinated

(at least 1 dose)

Don’t plan on

being vaccinated

Scheduled/

Plan to

Haven’t

decided

Note: No opinion not shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey of 1,327 U.S. health-care workers from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, with an error margin of +/- 3 percentage points.

Vaccination rates are particularly low among health-care workers who are Black, those in lower-paying jobs such as home health aides and those with less education. Partisan politics also play a role, with more Democrats saying they have been vaccinated and Republicans more likely to express uncertainty or concerns about the vaccines.

Washington Post- Kaiser

Family Foundation poll

Vaccination rates lowest among

Black health-care workers,

women and those working

in patients’ homes

Q: Have you personally received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine?

Received at least one dose

Health-care

workers overall

Works at …

Outpatient clinic

Doctor’s office

Nursing home/

Assisted care

facility

Patients’ homes

Note: Not all response options shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey of 1,327 U.S. health-care workers from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, with an error margin of +/- 3 percentage points. Error margins higher among subgroups.

Washington Post-Kaiser Family

Foundation poll

Vaccination rates lowest among Black

health-care workers, women and those

working in patients’ homes

Q: Have you personally received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine?

Received at least one dose

Health-care

workers overall

Works at …

Outpatient clinic

Doctor’s office

Nursing home/

Assisted care facility

Patients’ homes

Note: Not all response options shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey of 1,327 U.S. health-care workers from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, with an error margin of +/- 3 percentage points. Error margins higher among subgroups.

Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll

Vaccination rates lowest among Black health-care workers

women, and those working in patients’ homes

Q: Have you personally received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine?

Received at least one dose

Health-care

workers overall

Works at …

Outpatient clinic

Doctor’s office

Nursing home/

Assisted care facility

Patients’ homes

Note: Not all response options shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey of 1,327 U.S. health-care workers from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, with an error margin of +/- 3 percentage points. Error margins higher among subgroups.

Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll

Vaccination rates lowest among Black health-care workers, women

and those working in patients’ homes

Q: Have you personally received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine?

Received at least one dose

Health-care

workers overall

Works at …

Outpatient clinic

Doctor’s office

Nursing home/

Assisted care facility

Patients’ homes

Note: Not all response options shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey of 1,327 U.S. health-care workers from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, with an error

margin of +/- 3 percentage points. Error margins higher among subgroups.

“Health-care workers are everybody,” said Bruce Gellin, president of global immunization at the Sabin Vaccine Institute. Gellin noted that the hesitancy and disparities encompass a range of health workers, from front-line infectious-disease doctors who followed the vaccine science and approval process carefully to home health aides who may have little access to such specialized knowledge — or to the shots — in their work settings.

The Post-KFF survey is the most comprehensive survey of vaccine adoption across the health-care workforce, encompassing those working in hospitals, assisted-living facilities, patient’s homes and other health-care delivery settings. Other studies echo the findings. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found that by mid-January, 38 percent of staffers at long-term care facilities in the agency’s vaccination program had received a first dose. Becker’s Hospital Review found that among eight top-rated hospitals, between 63 percent and 84 percent of employees had received at least one dose by mid-February.

The new vaccines were shipped immediately after receiving emergency use authorization from the federal government. And because health-care workers were the first to be offered vaccinations, some took a wait-and-see approach.

“There was very little time to prepare health-care workers for the vaccines,” said Kelly Moore, deputy director of the Immunization Action Coalition, which promotes vaccine education.

Now that more than 75 million people have been vaccinated, with very few side effects and broad-based national educational campaigns being launched to counter concerns, experts hope vaccine confidence will increase among health-care workers and others.

Swaying those minds toward vaccination will determine how quickly and completely the United States is able to bring the crisis phase of the pandemic to an end.

“Unless we all do it together, we’re not going to be victorious over the virus,” Gellin said.

‘I don’t think there is enough research’

The more people are vaccinated in the coming weeks, the closer the country will come to herd immunity, slowing the ability of the virus to transmit. But if large groups of the population never get vaccinated, the virus will continue circulating and mutating.

Even among health-care workers — who have seen the devastation of the virus up close and work in a field rooted in science — 36 percent expressed doubts about the safety and efficacy of the vaccines, a rate that closely mirrors that of the general public.

Washington Post- Kaiser

Family Foundation poll

As with the American general public, nearly two-thirds of U.S. health-care workers express confidence in vaccine safety and effectiveness

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Source: Post-KFF survey of 1,327 U.S. health-care workers from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, with an error margin of +/- 3 percentage points and 971 U.S. adults with an error margin of +/- 4 points. Because of rounding, numbers do not always

add up to 100.

Washington Post-Kaiser Family

Foundation poll

As with the American general public, nearly

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express confidence in vaccine safety

and effectiveness

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Source: Post-KFF survey of 1,327 U.S. health-care workers from

Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, with an error margin of +/- 3

percentage points and 971 U.S. adults with an error

margin of +/- 4 points. Because of rounding,

numbers doOOOnot always add up to 100.

Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll

As with the American general public, nearly two-thirds of U.S. health-care workers express confidence in vaccine safety

and effectiveness

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Confident 64%

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Source: Post-KFF survey of 1,327 U.S. health-care workers from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, with an

error margin of +/- 3 percentage points and 971 U.S. adults with an error margin of +/- 4 points.

Because of rounding, numbers do not always add up to 100.

Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll

As with the American general public, nearly two-thirds of U.S. health-care

workers express confidence in vaccine safety and effectiveness

Q: How confident are you that the covid-19 vaccines in the U.S. have been properly tested for safety and effectiveness?

Confident 64%

Less confident 36%

Not at all

confident

Very

confident

Somewhat

confident

Not too

confident

Health-care workers

General public

Less confident 35%

Confident 65%

Note: No opinion not shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey of 1,327 U.S. health-care workers from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, with an error

margin of +/- 3 percentage points and 971 U.S. adults with an error margin of +/- 4 points. Because of

rounding, numbers do not always add up to 100.

While individuals’ explanations for that hesitancy vary, they often revolve around three core ideas: safety, efficacy and trust.

About 8 in 10 health-care workers who were not planning to get vaccinated against coronavirus or were on the fence said they were waiting to see how the vaccine affects others and were worried about adverse side effects. About two-thirds of those unvaccinated and without plans to get vaccinated said they did not trust the government to ensure the safety of the coronavirus vaccines.

Rather than considering the critical mass of vaccinated people needed for herd immunity, people are often thinking on an individual level and want an answer to a simple question, Gellin said: “Are people like me taking this vaccine, and how are they doing?”

Washington Post- Kaiser

Family Foundation poll

Unvaccinated health-care workers

say waiting to see how it works

for others and side effects are

biggest factors in their decision

Q: Is each of the following a major factor in your decision on whether to get a covid-19 vaccine, a minor factor, or not a factor?

Among unvaccinated health-care

workers who are unsure or do not

plan to get vaccinated

Worried about possible side effects

Major factor in decision

Want to wait and see how vaccines

work for other people

Do not trust the government to make sure

the vaccine is safe and effective

Note: Not all response options shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, of 365 U.S. health-care workers who are unsure about getting vaccinated or do not

plan to do so, with an error margin of

+/- 6 percentage points.

Washington Post-Kaiser Family

Foundation poll

Unvaccinated health-care workers say

waiting to see how it works for others

and side effects are biggest

factors in their decision

Q: Is each of the following a major factor in your decision on whether to get a covid-19 vaccine, a minor factor, or not a factor?

Among unvaccinated health-care workers who are

unsure or do not plan to get vaccinated

Worried about possible side effects

Major factor in decision

Want to wait and see how vaccines work for other people

Do not trust the government to make sure

the vaccine is safe and effective

Note: Not all response options shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, of

365 U.S. health-care workers who are unsure about getting vaccinated or do not plan to do so, with an error margin of

+/- 6 percentage points.

Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll

Unvaccinated health-care workers say waiting to see how it works

for others and side effects are biggest factors in their decision

Q: Is each of the following a major factor in your decision on whether to get a covid-19 vaccine, a minor factor, or not a factor?

Among unvaccinated health-care workers who are unsure

or do not plan to get vaccinated

Worried about possible side effects

Major factor in decision

Want to wait and see how vaccines work for other people

Do not trust the government to make sure the vaccine is safe and effective

Note: Not all response options shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, of 365 U.S. health-care workers who

are unsure about getting vaccinated or do not plan to do so, with an error

margin of +/- 6 percentage points.

Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll

Unvaccinated health-care workers say waiting to see how it works for

others and side effects are biggest factors in their decision

Q: Is each of the following a major factor in your decision on whether to get a covid-19 vaccine, a minor factor, or not a factor?

Among unvaccinated health-care workers who are

unsure or do not plan to get vaccinated

Worried about possible side effects

Major factor in decision

Want to wait and see how vaccines work for other people

Do not trust the government to make sure the vaccine is safe and effective

Note: Not all response options shown.

Source: Post-KFF survey from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2021, of 365 U.S. health-care workers who are unsure

about getting vaccinated or do not plan to do so, with an error margin of +/- 6 percentage points.

Shelly Robinson, a long-term care nurse in Upstate New York, said she sees many covid-19 patients but does not want to risk getting a shot, because she feels the vaccines were rushed.

“I don’t think there is enough research,” Robinson said.

Many elderly patients have gotten vaccinated, she said, to be reunited with family members. But for now, she intends to rely on her mask for protection.

“I’m going to wait,” Robinson said. “Me and my family will keep wearing the masks until there are more studies done.”

One of the starkest numbers from the poll shows that 16 percent of health-care workers would rather give up their jobs than get vaccinated. The poll finds 58 percent of health-care workers who are not self-employed support their employer requiring all workers to be vaccinated. Among Americans who are not health workers, 70 percent say people who work with patients should be required to get a coronavirus vaccine.

“I’d quit if work told me I had to take it,” said Sandy Hull, 65, a registered nurse who lives just outside Indianapolis. She works in a prison and in a behavioral health setting for adolescents. “I wouldn’t run the risk of ruining my health to continue working.”

Hull said she believes the coronavirus exists and that she takes general precautions such as washing her hands and wearing a mask, but she said she believes that the virus’s dangers have probably been exaggerated because of political and financial concerns.

“It seems to me if it was as contagious as they say, I would have probably ended up catching it,” Hull said.

[‘We want to be educated, not indoctrinated,’ say Trump voters wary of covid shots]

Even though many health-care employers require influenza vaccines, Moore, of the Immunization Action Coalition, warned against enforcing coronavirus vaccination as a term of employment — at least for now.

“Mandates can be counterproductive” unless they follow extensive confidence-building programs that are designed to address employees’ concerns, she said.

“They come after, not instead of, educational efforts,” she said.

A health-care worker gets a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Miami in December. (Marco Bello/Reuters)

‘I was so glad to get the shot’

The Post-KFF poll finds sharp income and educational differences in vaccination rates of health-care workers. More than 7 in 10 health-care workers with postgraduate degrees had received at least their first dose, compared with over 6 in 10 of those with bachelor’s degrees and 4 in 10 of those with an associate’s degree or less.

Some health-care workers cannot access the vaccine, even if they want to get it.

Samuel Charles Jr., 67, handles intake of patients at a primary-care doctor’s office in Chicago, taking their temperature and paperwork. Despite the high volume of patients he interacts with, Charles does not know why he was never offered a coronavirus vaccine through his job or his status as a health-care worker.

It was only because he was in the University of Chicago’s hospital’s system as a former patient that he was vaccinated at the end of February. Suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, he almost died in 2019 and spent two weeks in an intensive care unit. The hospital called and offered him a shot, given his underlying conditions.

“I guess I was lucky in that sense. If I hadn’t almost died, I wouldn’t have been on their list for the vaccine,” Charles said. “I was so glad to get the shot.”

The income disparity among health-care workers is clear. Nearly 7 in 10 health-care workers with household incomes of $90,000 and above said they had been vaccinated. But that dropped to about half of those with incomes between $40,000 and $90,000 and to roughly 3 in 10 of those with incomes even lower than that.

Michael Kauten, 59, has been wanting to get vaccinated for months. Even before the first vaccine was approved in December, he said, he would have been willing to get it. He worked a lower-paying health-care job in a long-term care facility for adults with disabilities, but by the time some health-care workers were starting to get vaccinated at the end of December, cutbacks brought on by the pandemic resulted in Kauten getting laid off.

Still, working as a volunteer firefighter in Wisconsin, Kauten should have been able to get a shot as a first responder, but his deeply rural department still has not received a supply.

It wasn’t until a few days ago that he learned he could sign up for the shot at a local drugstore such as Walgreens, he said. No one told him, and he was too busy struggling to find a new job.

“I had no idea,” Kauten said. He recently was hired as a long-term substitute teacher at a local school and is scheduled through the school department to get a shot at the end of the month.

[Tracking the coronavirus vaccine]

Health-care workers wait in line to get vaccinated at the Fairfax County Government Center in Virginia on Jan. 2. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)

The Post-KFF poll underscores the importance of employers providing vaccinations to health-care workers. Nearly 8 in 10 of those who said they had been vaccinated received doses from their employers. Hospitals have been most effective, with 66 percent of those who work directly with patients in hospitals receiving at least one dose, compared with 50 percent of those working in nursing homes or assisted-care facilities, 39 percent of those who are self-employed and 26 percent of those working in patients’ homes. Just over half of those who work in doctors’ offices said they had been vaccinated (52 percent).

Among health workers who planned to get vaccinated but had yet to make an appointment, just over 6 in 10 said they planned to do so through their employer, though roughly 3 in 10 said their employer had not offered them a shot.

Access is one of the key variables in people’s decision about whether to go through with getting a vaccine, experts say. When people are on the fence, having easy, convenient access can often tip the balance toward vaccination.

“We don’t need every person to be a champion, just comfortable enough to choose to be vaccinated,” Moore said. That means making sure the actual process of vaccination is convenient, considering factors such as work schedules and child-care needs.

‘I was a lot more comfortable’

Partisanship matters when it comes to vaccination, with 48 percent of Republican or Republican-leaning health workers saying they had received at least one dose, compared with 58 percent of Democrats. Over a third of Republican health workers, 36 percent, said they were uncertain or did not plan to get vaccinated, compared with 21 percent of those identifying or leaning Democratic.

Race is one of the strongest predictors of vaccine disparities.

The Post-KFF poll finds that 57 percent of White health-care workers, 39 percent of Black health-care workers and 44 percent of Hispanic health-care workers said they had been vaccinated.

Nurse Sandra Lindsay, who in December was the first U.S. recipient of a coronavirus vaccination after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was approved for public use, gets her second dose in Queens in early January. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool/Getty Images)

Overall, 53 percent of health-care workers say they have been encouraged by their colleagues to get vaccinated. But only 4 in 10 Black health-care workers say they have been encouraged by their colleagues to get vaccinated, compared with over half of White health-care workers and just over 6 in 10 Hispanic health-care workers.

Robinson, who is Black, said the government’s history of mistreatment of minorities — including the infamous “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” in 1972, in which Black men with syphilis were left untreated — is one reason Black Americans remain skeptical of coronavirus vaccines.

[Biden’s vaccine push runs into distrust in the Black community]

Lorena Esquivel, 28, a patient access representative at San Ysidro Health in Southern California, worried initially that not enough time had been given to clinical trials. Access to colleagues who were ready to answer questions was key to her decision to get vaccinated.

“All that knowledge. After that, I was a lot more comfortable,” said Esquivel, who is Hispanic and has received both doses.

“Even after being vaccinated, there’s a possibility I can still get the virus,” Esquivel said. “I’m not immune. Patients feel like they are immune and they are not. The vaccine helps prevent them ending up in the hospital.”

Health-care workers call a car forward this month at a mass vaccination site set up at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Va. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)

‘It is the only way we will get to the end of this pandemic’

James Conway, 47, knows several co-workers who remain scared of getting the vaccine, and he has wanted to change their minds. Conway works as a respiratory therapist at a hospital in St. Louis and has seen up close for the past year the death and suffering caused by the virus.

“It is the only way we will get to the end of this pandemic,” Conway said. But he has been careful not to press too hard or get into debates with co-workers.

“It’s like the patients I work with, you can’t force the respiratory therapy on them,” he said. “Approaching it that way is futile.” Instead, he often tells patients about his struggles with asthma and how such therapies have helped him.

Similarly, he has been asking co-workers about their vaccine doubts and trying to listen to them without judgment. And he ends those conversations making sure that they know that he got the vaccine and that he has not had an adverse reaction.

“I think that’s more persuasive than getting into argument,” Conway said. “For a lot of people, the only thing that will change their mind is time. Once they see others are fine and nothing went wrong, they will be more willing.”

For Lakes, a 46-year-old from Anaheim, thinking of his children made him want to get vaccinated. He spent 12 years working as a mental health counselor before the pandemic forced him to stop working.

“I would hate for my kids to be cursing me at my grave for not taking it,” he said.

[After months of trauma, vaccinated health-care workers welcome a surprising emotion: Hope]

The Post-KFF poll finds more than 9 in 10 vaccinated health-care workers said they experienced minor side effects (60 percent) or no side effects (34 percent). Among the 6 percent reporting “major side effects,” the most common were similar to those found in clinical trials: aches and pain, tiredness, headache, fevers or chills. A separate January study found that across 17.5 million doses given in December and January, just 66 resulted in severe allergic reactions, none of which resulted in death.

A health-care worker in West Chester, Pa., prepares a dose of the Moderna vaccine in December. (Matt Slocum/AP)

Mindy Darling, a nurse practitioner in Arizona who works in three nursing homes, said she devoted time to reading up about the research and listening to experts.

Darling, 38, who is White, says she is now passing on that information. She recalled an informal gathering with nurses and patients pulling up in wheelchairs, when she discussed the potential for long-haul covid-19, as opposed to the short-term side effects of a vaccine.

After the conversation, the assistant director of nursing came over. “That’s a good point about the effects of the disease,” Darling recalled her saying.

Darling was pleased to see that people in leadership positions plastered the walls of one facility with a simple poster listing their names.

“We are taking the covid vaccine,” it read. “Ask us why.”

Addressing health-care workers’ concerns is particularly important, Moore said, because they tend to wield great influence with their families and friends, as well as with their patients.

“Fix this problem and it’s going to be better for everyone,” Moore said.

Scott Clement contributed to this report.

source https://wealthch.com/many-health-care-workers-have-not-gotten-a-coronavirus-vaccine-the-washington-post/

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rinnnyxr · 3 years

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Appearance:

i have blue hair and green eyes i have red hair and hazel eyes i’m very tall my hair is really really curly i have brown hair and blue eyes i have freckles my eyebrow game is strong i have black hair and brown eyes i have dimples i wear contact lenses i tan easily i have small eyelashes i paint my nails

Clothes / Accessory / Make-up:

i hate wearing flip-flops i don’t have converse i wear foundation everyday i have stretch marks / tattoo(s) i love wearing head bands i hate wearing mascara i have at least one pair of vans i hate sweaters i love wearing high heels i own brown eyeliner i love skirts/dresses i own at least 3 pairs of jeans i often wear scarfs i never wear necklaces

Family / Country:

i’m the oldest child i have an older brother i’m from South America i know how to swear in more then two languages one (or more) of my parents is from another country i have a younger sister i have siblings that live in Asia i’m an orphan i have family that live in Australia i know two or more languages

School / Job:

i’m in high school i love history i have/had a teacher that is great in explaining and actually teaching i got fired i know what i want to do in future i know more than 3.14 of Pi i don’t participate in extracurricular activities i learn more than one language i love math i already have a job my grades are almost never excellent/very good i want to go to college/ i’m in college i want to be a professional athlete / writer/ artist

I have:

broken a bone ridden a motorcycle a best friend a favorite song sung in the shower been told that i’m smart / pretty punched / slapped somebody told somebody they are pretty scars my own room a star crush pets kissed a boy / a girl online best friends spent whole night without sleeping girlfriend / boyfriend

I’m afraid of:

insects / snakes people disliking me somebody yelling at me somebody finding out a secret about me favorite character dying stormy weather death having to talk in front of people heights pain kissing somebody small rooms

I love:

sci-fi sleeping until 12pm reading books online fluffy blankets animals swimming / diving watching movies channing tatum pizza hot chocolate running baking / cooking harry potter cold showers my hair my wardrobe

I love food. I own a mini skirt. I know how to play poker.

I have no big plans for the summer.

I use Crest toothpaste. I shower at night.

I own a picture where I’m kissing a guy.

I’ve never kissed a guy.

Music is basically my life.

I like all kinds of music. I listen to rap. I’m single. And lovin’ it. Actually I’m hating it.

Bolding surveys are my favorite.

I like long surveys. I love my family. I have a dog,

My name starts with an S.

I’m having a bad day.

I’m in a fight with someone.

I have a few close friends. I think I’m fat.

I have many piercings.

I have an older brother.

Facebook RULES!

I’m quite addicted to it. I’ve done drugs. I’m not a virgin. I clean a lot.

Salads are actually good. I want to go to college. Pizza is one of my favorite foods. I have held hands with someone before. I love Christmas. Eh I hate Christmas.

I don’t mind personal questions. I still like the Backstreet Boys. And Britney Spears. I’ve gotten drunk. SOO drunk that I didn’t remember the night before. I’ve been in a cop car. God I hate those damn cops.

I know a friend who committed suicide.

Life’s a bitch. I’ve called someone the “n’ word before. And I got beat up.

Emo music is gay.

I love That 70′s Show. I’ve been called pretty. I’m vain.

I don’t label my sexuality.

I don’t really label my gender either.

I have a thing for the 1920s; everything about it was magical or close to it.

Photos of drugs interest me. I am taking Sign Language classes, or know Sign Language better than most people.

I have liked someone for the past four years or close to that time frame.

Human sexuality is something I am fascinated by and probably more than anyone else.

My sense of humor is weird.

I don’t sleep with sheets on my bed.

I’m trying to learn a new language right now.

I’m a virgin.

I wear two pieces of jewelry daily.

Lately, I’ve been listening to either really old school music or the popular songs. I’ve been trying to write a book for ages.

If I lived back in the 1920s, I would have been a total flapper. I’ve never smoked weed in my life, not even a tiny hit.

For the fact I have never taken a hit of weed, I feel rather proud of myself since most people have tried it at least once.

All my exes are gay. I’m not even kidding you.

I love wearing dresses; I just feel so nice in them. Another thing I love wearing? Combat boots or just tough-looking boots in general. I probably check out girls more than guys check out girls.

I’m mostly friends with guys because I just get along with them better.

My favorite part of my body is my boobs. I’m a senior in high school currently.

I don’t feel like I’ll live past the age of 25.

I have a very twisted mind; I think things quite differently than anybody else. I’m the biggest contradiction you’ll ever meet; I say one thing and do another.

I hate everything that seems to be popular in society.

If I had to put myself into a category for a political view, I’d be a libertarian. I want kids, but I don’t want to get married.

Both of my parents are unemployed, or underemployed.

I have a hard time accepting love and compliments from others.

I believe everyone deserves good things in life.

I love having my hair short, or would love to cut my hair short if I could pull it off.

My back really hurts if it’s cold outside.

Also, my hands are colder than the rest of my body.

I’m such a cynic for myself but for everyone else I’m optimistic. I’m starting to get into mediation and yoga to relax myself so I don’t have as many problems as I do.

I make everything a way bigger deal than it should be.

I have a random urge to clean my room right now, and I really should do that sometime.

I love noses and earlobes on people.

I’m really bad at memorizing things.

If I had to kill myself, I’d kill myself with a gun.

I’ve never been out of the country, though I wish I have been.

I’m always hallucinating.

I only recently learned how to swallow a pill.

I wish I had more time to read, or had the energy to read. My dream career would be to be a therapist.

I’m such a terrible dancer, but I’ll dance in front of everyone anyway.

I try to always be myself, no matter what. I don’t understand why people number bolding surveys. There isn’t anything that would be better than staying with my current boyfriend for many years, maybe even forever.

I’m interested in hallucinogenic substances.

Shamanism is something I find fascinating. It’s amazing how they heal and go about their spiritual practices.

If I HAD to choose which religion my beliefs most closely follow I’d choose Buddhism, even though it’s not even really a religion.

I’ve seen episodes of America’s Next Top Model.

^The Tyra Banks Show is better, though.

I’m mainly subscribed to survey sites on Xanga, but there are also a few peoples’ personal and graphics sites mixed in there as well.

KiD CuDi is seriously amazing.

My significant other was born during a summer month.

I have a StumbleUpon account.

^I’m addicted.

Lots of bolding surveys I see lately aren’t long enough for me to bother taking.

I’ve had a red, green, or silver car.

I have a facebook. University and school in general is largely overrated.

I would rather hire a midwife than give birth in a hospital environment.

^This is because I’ve worked in a hospital, with the moms and babies, and have seen how fucked up shit can be there.

I believe there is already a cure, or more than one cures, for cancer that we aren’t privy to. The health industry is corrupt. I’m never sick anyways and have no major health problems or complications. I’m moving soon.

People have criticized or judged me based on actions or beliefs before. I stopped believing in God as depicted in Christianity in high school.

My best friend throughout high school was/is Hispanic. I’ve lived with a significant other at some point.

I know a Mexican with red hair.

Alien abduction and UFO’s are two things I’m definitely interested in.

I’d prefer for my wedding dress to be a color other than white.

^Not that I even want to get married really, anyways.

I dislike surprises, generally.

I’ve seen boys cry. I have more than five siblings.

Sometimes I find random change laying around and it kind of creeps me out because there isn’t an up front reason for any of it being there.

I often crave food that isn’t good for me. When people at a restaurant get my order wrong I don’t stress about it because I understand that shit like that happens. ^I think it’s crazy when people freak out or get really rude about things. You’re going out to eat, and especially with fast food, what do you expect? I haven’t really seen my ex since we broke up.

I’m currently unemployed but am looking for a job…hopefully one that I can enjoy. I’ve had five jobs in my lifetime.

^Six if you include temporary positions, or something that wasn’t really a job that I got paid for.

I couldn’t wait for my sixteenth birthday.

Whenever I take leftovers home from a restaurant, I usually leave the to go box in my vehicle and forget about it until it’s too late.

My hair and eyes are the same color, about. I feel like I know some people on tumblr better than I know my own friends, sometimes.

I don’t have many friends, at all.

Marijuana is the only one who always has my back…humans aren’t loyal or trustworthy enough.

You are a sophomore in high school. You like to be outside. You don’t like to sit around. Your parents are in a different country. You get nose bleeds a lot. English is your best subject. You love showers. Concerts are your favorite. You hate when people smoke around you. You made a lot of new friends lately. You can’t stand saying goodbye. You aren’t good at balancing. You love watching sports. You like clubs. You hate being around people you don’t know. You don’t like watching TV. You wear make up everyday. You are always trying to look your best. You can dance. You get very spoiled. You are somewhat lazy. You like when guys wear hats. You think chewing noises are gross. You love being on the beach. You enjoy going out to eat. You are good at soccer. You’re going to be 16 soon. You love photography and taking pictures. You like being clean. You like to organize things. You hate short surveys. You aren’t much of a tattoo fan. You love dresses. You love to watch people dance. You get scared easily. You hate when girls are purposely sluts. Your hair is braided. You aren’t artistic at all. You look good in pictures. You can’t stand fake girls. You don’t deal with people who lie to you. You are terrible with numbers. You are terrible at giving directions. You are a decent driver.

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msgenevieve447 · 7 years

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Walking in a Straight Line Ch 17 - a little sneak peek

*rubs hands together nervously*

I don't usually do this (although I do love it when other authors do it) but I feel this will hold me accountable to finishing Chapter 17 in a timely fashion. Also, this story is set during Thanksgiving/Christmas, so it feels like as good as time as any.

HERE IS A SNEAK PEEK OF THE NEXT CHAPTER OF MY NEVER-ENDING AU WIP. You can find Chapter Sixteen HERE to refresh your memories because it has been 84 years. The line of poetry (mis)quoted at the end of this sneaky peek is by John Donne.

~*~

Kathryn’s eyes widen, a sure sign Emma’s actually managed to surprise her for once. “You want two weeks’ vacation time so you can go to England for Christmas and New Year?"

“I know it’s last minute, and I totally understand if it’s not possible-” Her hands hidden behind her back, Emma crosses her fingers as she offers her employer a bright smile. It’s an old habit from her childhood she can’t seem to shake, no matter how many times it’s been proven the gesture doesn’t make a wish come true.

“That’ll be fine.”

Emma blinks. On the other hand, maybe there was something to finger crossing after all. “Seriously?”

“Why the hell not?” The other woman flashes her a knowing smile as she reaches for the laptop on the desk in front of her. “Who am I to stand in the way of true love?”

Heat prickles at the nape of Emma’s neck. She’s always admired Kathryn’s ability to read people, but it’s never as much fun when that laser sharp gaze is trained on her. “Oh, I-” she begins, then breaks off, because there’s no way to finish that sentence without incriminating herself. “Thanks. Really, I mean it.”

“Don’t mention it.” To Emma’s relief, her boss quickly returns to her usual brisk self. “God knows you deserve a break after helping take down your ex, and to be honest, I was thinking of closing up shop for the holidays and taking the kids to Vermont to see Freddy’s parents.”

The passing mention of Walsh invokes the usual internal shudder, but Emma shakes it off, something that gets a little easier every time. “Sounds nice.”

“Oh, his parents hate me,” Kathryn announces with blatant satisfaction. “Having me there will totally ruin their Christmas, I’m quite sure, so it will be nice.” She flicks a glance in Emma’s direction. “Shouldn’t you be booking some flights right now?”

A flutter of nervous excitement (it’s not dread, definitely not) uncurls in her belly at the mention of flights, and her smile feels a little pasted on as she takes a step backwards in the direction of her boss’ office door. “Your in-laws still don’t approve of Freddy being a kept man?”

The other woman scoffs, her fingers already flying over her laptop keyboard. “You’d think they’d be grateful their son bagged himself a rich heiress and has the luxury of helping raise their beautiful grandchildren, but there’s no pleasing some people.”

Back at her own desk, Emma goes through her usual morning routine, flicking through the Midas Bonds database and flagging several new tips that have come in from their usual sources. If nothing else, it’s a good distraction from the niggling anxiety tugging at her insides. She should be ecstatic she’s just managed to swing two weeks’ vacation time at very short notice, but instead her head is filled with everything that might go wrong on this trip.

What if they turn out to be terrible travelling companions? How much togetherness so soon in their relationship is too much? What if she has one of her stupid foster home nightmares while they’re staying at Liam and Annie’s and she wakes the whole house up? She tries ignoring the most insistent unwelcome thought, but like these things always do, it keeps coming back again and again.

What if Killian’s family doesn't like her?

Emma frowns at her laptop. She’s met Liam only once before, years ago, and they’d got along just fine, but that was during a fleeting trip to Boston and involved nothing more than a drunken dinner at the local bar that had left her with a memorable hangover. She’s never met his wife, but Killian has already assured her more than once that she and Annie will ‘love each other’.

Hmmm.

She works steadily for the next two hours, pretending her phone isn’t buzzing with incoming messages, before finally admitting to herself that she’s read the report on a new skip three times without absorbing a single detail. Taking a deep breath, she picks up her phone and scrolls through four – no, five – texts from Killian.

How did it go with Kathryn?

Perhaps you’re out catching a villain. I shall be patient.

Swaaaan. Can we start packing our winter woollies? Don’t leave me in suspense love!

My brother just asked me if I’d mucked up our relationship yet. Twat. Perhaps we should just go to Paris instead.

Emma, are you there? Everything alright? :(

Her heart wobbles at the sad emoji at the end of his last text. This morning she’d promised to let him know straight away if Kathryn agreed to her taking some time off, so what the hell is she doing?

Panicking that things are moving too fast, that’s what she’s doing, she thinks darkly. She shouldn’t be surprised. It’s been her MO for so many years, and it seems old habits can be very hard to break.

“I need coffee,” she mutters to herself, then gives herself a mental slap. What she needs is to talk to the sender of those text messages and let him calm her ruffled nerves - something at which he excels - and soon she has her phone pressed to her ear, willing him to pick up.

“So, was I right?”

She blinks. Not exactly the greeting she was expecting, she has to admit. “Hello to you, too. Were you right about what?”

His chuckle drifts warmly down the connection. “Were you were out catching a villain this morning?”

The boyish glee in his voice makes her smile. “Sorry to disappoint, but I was chasing down leads from my desk.”

“You haven’t been able to speak with the lovely but stern Kathryn as yet?"

“No, I talked to her earlier,” she admits, then presses her lips together, catching her tongue too late, because now he’ll think-

“Ah. She said no, I take it?” There’s a soft sigh at the other end of the phone line. “I’m sorry, love. I would have asked you sooner, but things between us weren’t quite there -”

Unable to bear the disappointment in his voice a second longer, she cuts him off. “She said yes.”

Damn it. Her tone sounds flat, even to her own ears, and she winces. There’s a silence that stretches out for a little too long, making her squirm, then he clears his throat. “Excellent news. Shall I book the flights?”

Nervous anticipation swoops through the pit of her stomach once again, her fingers tightening around the phone in her hand. “Um, I’m not sure what day my vacation starts yet.”

“Swan.” That one word is infused with a wealth of gentle emotion, and she feels her eyes blur hotly. “What’s wrong?”

Nothing about this conversation is going how she wants it to go. “It’s nothing, it’s just - can we talk about flights and stuff tonight?”

“Emma.” Again, his voice is beyond gentle, and she’s very glad Kathryn’s office door is now shut, because she’s pretty sure her face is flushed to go with her teary eyes. “You don’t have to do anything you don’t feel ready to do, and that includes spending Christmas with a gaggle of Joneses.”

She can't help her loud sniff, but suddenly she’s smiling. “No, it’s good. I want this. I really want to go.” Just like that, just like always, his simple words managed to cut through to the heart of the issue without making her feel like an overemotional wreck. She knows she’s still got a lot of self-preservation techniques to unlearn, but as he’s told her more than once, he’s a patient man. “I don’t know about a gaggle of Joneses, though. Isn’t it just Liam and his family?”

His answering laugh is more of a scoffing sound. “Considering our erstwhile father’s penchant for philandering, anything’s possible, but I’m fairly confident you’ll only have to deal with one other Jones brother on our Christmas adventure.” Before she can reply, she hears a muffled sound at the other end, as though he’s covered the phone with his palm, and his next words confirm her deduction. “Sorry love, duty calls. See you at home?”

“I’ll be there.”

Whoever had stepped into his office must have stepped out again just as quickly, because his voice takes on a sultry tone that has her toes curling in her boots. “With bells on, I hope?”

She grins, snatching a quote from one of the many books piled on his bedside table in their apartment, letting more than a hint of suggestion thread itself through her words. “Ask not for whom the bell tolls, Jones.”

Yet another pause, but this time she can almost picture his throat working as he swallows hard. “As long as your bell tolls for me, my darling, I’ll die a happy man.”

~*~

#cs ff #walking in a straight line #walking in a straight line sneak peek #my writing #captain swan #captain swan ff #'tis the season #chekov's gun #tra la la

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stars1boulevards · 6 years

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1. There are plenty of ways to enter a pool. The stairs is not one of them. 2. Never cancel dinner plans by text message. 3. Don’t knock it ‘til you try it. 4. If a street performer makes you stop walking, you owe him a buck. 5. Always use ‘we’ when referring to your home team or your government. 6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it. 7. Don’t underestimate free throws in a game of ‘horse’. 8. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. 9. Don’t dumb it down. 10. You only get one chance to notice a new haircut. 11. If you’re staying more than one night, unpack. 12. Never park in front of a bar. 13. Expect the seat in front of you to recline. Prepare accordingly. 14. Keep a picture of your first fish, first car, and first boy/girlfriend. 15. Hold your heroes to a high standard. 16. A suntan is earned, not bought. 17. Never lie to your doctor. 18. All guns are loaded. 19. Don’t mention sunburns. Believe me, they know. 20. The best way to show thanks is to wear it. Even if it’s only once. 21. Take a vacation of your cell phone, internet, and TV once a year. 22. Don’t fill up on bread, no matter how good. 23. A handshake beats an autograph. 24. Don’t linger in the doorway. In or out. 25. If you choose to go in drag, don’t sell yourself short. 26. If you want to know what makes you unique, sit for a caricature. 27. Never get your hair cut the day of a special event. 28. Be mindful of what comes between you and the Earth. Always buy good shoes, tires, and sheets. 29. Never eat lunch at your desk if you can avoid it. 30. When you’re with new friends, don’t just talk about old friends. 31. Eat lunch with the new kids. 32. When traveling, keep your wits about you. 33. It’s never too late for an apology. 34. Don’t pose with booze. 35. If you have the right of way, take it. 36. You don’t get to choose your own nickname. 37. When you marry someone, remember you marry their entire family. 38. Never push someone off a dock. 39. Under no circumstances should you ask a woman if she’s pregnant. 40. It’s not enough to be proud of your ancestry; live up to it. 41. Don’t make a scene. 42. When giving a thank you speech, short and sweet is best. 43. Know when to ignore the camera. 44. Never gloat. 45. Invest in good luggage. 46. Make time for your mom on your birthday. It’s her special day, too. 47. When opening presents, no one likes a good guesser. 48. Sympathy is a crutch, never fake a limp. 49. Give credit. Take blame. 50. Suck it up every now and again. 51. Never be the last one in the pool. 52. Don’t stare. 53. Address everyone that carries a firearm professionally. 54. Stand up to bullies. You’ll only have to do it once. 55. If you’ve made your point, stop talking. 56. Admit it when you’re wrong. 57. If you offer to help don’t quit until the job is done. 58. Look people in the eye when you thank them. 59. Thank the bus driver. 60. Never answer the phone at the dinner table. 61. Forgive yourself for your mistakes. 62. Know at least one good joke. 63. Don’t boo. Even the ref is somebody’s son. 64. Know how to cook one good meal. 65. Learn to drive a stick shift. 66. Be cool to younger kids. Reputations are built over a lifetime. 67. It’s okay to go to the movies by yourself. 68. Dance with your mother/father. 69. Don’t lose your cool. Especially at work. 70. Always thank the host. 71. If you don’t understand, ask before it’s too late. 72. Know the size of your boy/girlfriend’s clothes. 73. There is nothing wrong with a plain t-shirt. 74. Be a good listener. Don’t just wait for your turn to talk. 75. Keep your word. 76. In college, always sit in the front. You’ll stand out immediately. 77. Carry your mother’s bags. She carried you for nine months. 78. Be patient with airport security. They’re just doing their jobs. 79. Don’t be the talker in a movie. 80. The opposite sex likes people who shower. 81. You are what you do, not what you say. 82. Learn to change a tire. 83. Be kind. Everyone has a hard fight ahead of them. 84. An hour with grandparents is time well spent. Ask for advice when you need it. 85. Don’t litter. 86. If you have a sister, get to know her boyfriend. Your opinion is important. 87. You won’t always be the strongest or the fastest. But you can be the toughest. 88. Never call someone before 9am or after 9pm. 89. Buy the orange properties in Monopoly. 90. Make the little things count. 91. Always wear a bra at work. 92. There is a fine line between looking sultry and slutty. Find it. 93. You’re never too old to need your mom. 94. Ladies, if you make the decision to wear heels on the first date, commit to keeping them on and keeping your trap shut about how much your feet kill. 95. Know the words to your national anthem. 96. Your dance moves might not be the best, but I promise making a fool of yourself is more fun then sitting on the bench alone. 97. Smile at strangers. 98. Make goals. 99. Being old is not dictated by your bedtime. 100. If you have to fight, punch first and punch hard.

#reminderstolife #reminders #remindersinlife #advice #lifeadvice #life #liveitup #live #goals #happiness #politeness #mama didn't raise no fool #don'tforget #rulestolife #inspo

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hazftcor · 7 years

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Hazftcor’s Prompt list

Hey guys! My prompts are finally out!! IF YOU USE THIS LIST PLEASE GIVE CREDS!!!!

Requests are Closed ATM!!! Send in prompt(s) with character’s FULL NAME. It is recommended that you add a little description but not mandatory.

I’m a procrastinator to the max so it will take long for a request to be posted I’M VERY SORRY BUT PLS BE PATIENT!!!

1. “Who do you think you are?” “your boyfriend”

2. “Are you kidding me?” “what?” “are you that stupid?”

3. “kiss me” “right now? In front of everyone?” “yes”

4. “I love your face.” “i love you”

5. “I can’t even believe I fell for you.” “well you should unfall for me then"

6. “I hate you for making me feel like this.” “I don’t understand.”

7. “Can you give me a ride?”

8. “I don’t want to be jealous anymore.”

9. “Did you just slap my ass?” “why, yes, yes I did.”

10. “maybe you were right” “told ya” “shut up”

11. “Ever since you came back, my life has been nothing but hell.” "Well I did come from there."

12. “you're gonna get me into trouble.” “don’t worry, I got you”

13. “Why are you following me?” “you told me to follow my heart, so i’m following it.”

14. “How can I listen to my heart when you have it?”

15. “Can you stop? I just want everything to stop.”

16. “Maybe I’m in love with you” “you’re what?”

17. “You’re not the boss of me.”

18. “This is all your fault.” “you started it”

19. “I’m jealous of you with him/her” “my plan worked then.”

20. “I want to know why” “why what?” “why, everything?”

21. “oh my god.” “what? what’s wrong?”

22. “god, I can't even look at you.” “You’re gonna have to look at me sometime today.”

23. “I’m such a fool.” “yes, a fool for me.”

24. “You saved my life.” “now i’m your hero.” “don’t push it”

25. “Please don’t go, you have to understand, I'm just playing the part they want me to play. All of this, it’s just what they expect.”

26. “Is there anything in your life that’s actually real?” “how I feel about you is real. I know I feel real when I’m with you.” “I’m sorry but I don’t believe you.”

27. “I don’t care who you are, you always have a choice. And you don’t need it. You love it.”

28. “You crave all the power and attention, and you go after it. Even if it means creating huge lies.”

29. “Why do you think you don’t have to play by the same rules as everyone else?” “because I don’t” “must be nice.”

30. “Wait, are you jealous?” “I’m sorry, I’m not jealous.” “It would be okay if you were.”

31. “Would you believe that I just wanted to be with you?”

32. “You like him, don’t you?” “Yea, I like him.”

33. “You’re kind of raining on my grand romantic gesture here.”

34. “it was all part of a game, wasn’t it?” “Not all of it.”

35. “I think people from two different worlds sometimes have to just meet in the middle.”

36. “go get me some food.” “Rude, am I your maid?”

37. “You’re so god damn beautiful.” “Thanks, I know.”

38. “Are you from starbucks? Because I like you a latte.” “I don’t even know why I talk to you.”

39. “Did you know I’m a firefighter? I find them hot and leave them wet.”

40. Person A: “I’m not dying for you.” Person B: “I’m not dying for you either.” Person C: “LIES. ALL LIES. Why are you guys always lying?”

41. “Why do you keep trying to save me?” “Because I never ever want to see you die. Because I love you.”

42. “I thought you hate me.” “Whatever you have done in the past doesn’t mean you should suffer so bad like this.”

43. “I’m gonna fight with you, and for you.”

44. “but I love you!” “we’re just kids, we don’t know anything about love.”

45. “tell me what I did wrong. tell me why you left and I’ll stop. I’ll stop bothering you.”

46. “You’re afraid of me.” “n-no i’m not.”

47. “can you blame me?” “Yeah maybe.”

48. “because if this is my world now, the first person I want in it is you.”

49. “sometimes the people who look happy and smile a lot are the most broken ones.”

50. “what should I be for halloween?” “my boyfriend/girlfriend.” “you’re right, that is scary.”

51. “You scared me! I thought you were gone!” “Yeah, like I’ll ever leave you behind.”

52. “If you do this, I will never speak to you again.”

53. “You don’t deserve this. Not any of this.”

54. “I’ll do anything. Please just believe me.”

55. “I don’t care about myself. I care about you.”

56. “Listen to me, you’ll fall in love more than once."

57. “What is that?” “What?” “The thing.. that feeling.” “It’s called hope.”

58. Person C: “What kind of person does that?” Person B: “Obviously someone like him/her.” Person A: “I can hear you, you know.”

59. “Even if the worst is beating you down, find away to get back to your feet. Even if they keep coming, keep fighting. And know that I will always be there right beside you.”

60. Person C: “Hey guys! Guess wh- why are you guys naked?” Person B: “The two of us, in bed, naked, it’s pretty obvious.” Person A: “Oh my god.”

61. “Am I speaking to the right person?”

62. “I known you for so many years, and I’ve never seen you like this. This isn’t you.” “It is the me I am now.”

63. “You can’t just say I love you and then run away like that!”

64. “Just stay with me, please.”

65. “You’re not just my best friend, you’re my brother.” “You missed lover.”

66. “Everyone sees the way he/she looks at you!” “I’m sorry that i’m blind.”

67. “He/she was flirting with me?” “Yeah...” “It’s too bad, I ignored all of them because I only allow one special girl/guy to flirt with me, and that’s you.”

68. “You are the reason why I am who I am.” “I’m why you killed so many people?”

69. “Wanna have sex?” “Gross, but okay.”

70. “you took me for granted.”

71. “kiss me.” “What did you say?” “I said I miss him too, get your ears checked.”

72. “I want to make out - I mean buy you take out.” “Oh I wanted to make out with you too, but take out is fine.”

73. “Take the gun and shoot me.” “I can’t do that.”

74. “Monsters are people who kill. Do I kill?” “He does.” “Monsters don’t change for the better.”

75. “Hey. What’s the problem?” “You’re the problem!”

76. “That feeling you’re feeling isn’t love.”

77. “You don’t love me, you CAN’T love me.”

78. “Every time you say something stupid, I just want to slap you a thousand times”

79. “He’s not coming back.” “He will.”

80. “Don’t hurt her/him! Take me instead!” “What are you doing? Stop! Don’t take him/her, take me!”

81.”can you stop?” “What am I doing?” “You know what you’re doing.”

82. “fuck me.” ”gladly”

83. “I can’t believe you have a boner, we didn’t even do anything!”

84. “You are such a child, seriously, it’s like i’m dating a three year old.”

85. “Because I loved him.”

86. “I hate you so much right now.” “ Well, the feeling’s mutual.”

87. “I’m not ready to love.” “You are, you’re just afraid.”

88. “What are you doing?” “Being a gentleman.”

89. “Who are you and what have you done to (*insert character name*)?”

90. “Everyone’s okay.” “You’re not.”

91. “I’m done with your shit.”

92. “Sometimes you just have to believe.”

93. “Shoot Me!!!” “I-I can’t. I can’t kill you.”

94. “Is it weird that every time I saw you, I wanted to throw you off a cliff?”

95. “I think you’ve made a mistake.”

96. “You’re just a stupid mistake I made!” “You think our relationship is a mistake?”

97. “You think you’re so cute... with your smile and your eyes and your hair and your body and your face... okay you are somewhat cute.”

98. “A few months ago, I would’ve never thought I would fall in love with an asshole like him.”

99. “I can’t deal with you anymore!” “You never even wanted to deal with me.”

100. “God, you’re so annoying.” “But you love me.”

original: 100 prompts on November 1st 2017

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