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POPPY
1923
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Poppy is a musical in three acts by Dorothy Donnelly with music by Stephen Jones and Arthur Samuels with musical contributions by John Egan. It was produced by Philip Goodman and staged by Donnelly and Julian Alfred, starring Madge Kennedy as Poppy McGargle and featuring W.C. Fields as her adopted father, Professor McGargle.
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The musical introduced songs such as "Two Make a Home", "On Our Honeymoon", "What Do You Do Sunday, Mary?" and "Alibi Baby".
The musical takes place in Greenmeadow, Connecticut in 1874. Professor Eustice McGargle, a juggler and hustler who runs a traveling circus, adopts an orphan, Poppy. He teaches her to be a con artist. When the circus passes through a small town, Poppy meets a wealthy local boy, William. McGargle learns that Princess Vronski Mameluke Pasha Tubbs has a long-lost daughter, and he tries to pass Poppy off as the heiress. In the end she turns out to be the true heir and marries William.
"What a gorgeous day! What effulgent sunshine! Effulgent sunshine, yes. 'Twas a day of this sort, the McGillicuddy brothers murdered their mother with an axe!" ~ W.C. FIELDS as PROFESSOR MCGARGLE
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One of W.C. Fields’s first paying jobs as an entertainer was in 1893 when he worked as a juggler at Fortescue’s Pier in Atlantic City. When business was slow, Fields would pretend to be drowning in the ocean and had to be fake rescued. His bosses believed that his near-drowning and dramatic rescue would draw a crowd of customers.
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Poppy opened in Atlantic City at Nixon’s Apollo Theatre on August 13, 1923. The week of August 20th, Poppy played a split week in Long Branch and Asbury Park. Just prior to Broadway, it played a week in Newark NJ. 
“Our idea of a way to waste what we consider the most charming farceur on the American stage is to cast Miss Madge Kennedy in musical comedy. "Poppy" by any other name at the Main Street would be Just as soporific, so far as Miss Kennedy is concerned.” ~ ASBURY PARK PRESS
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While performing in Poppy, Madge Kennedy was also seen on cinema screens in The Purple Highway. The film was based on a 1921 play, although Kennedy did not star in it on Broadway. 
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Poppy opened on Broadway at the Apollo Theatre (223 West 42nd Street) on September 3, 1923. 
About the Venue: Built in 1910 as the Bryant as 42nd Street's first motion picture and vaudeville house. In 1920, the Selwyn brothers rebuilt it as a legit house, the Apollo. From November 1934 to 1937, burlesque was produced, until the Brandt chain took over. By 1938, it was a popular art and foreign movie house. 1979 to 1983 marked a brief return to legit theatre as the ‘New’ Apollo. Later, it held rock concerts. Architectural elements from the building were incorporated into the Ford Center in 1998.
"’Poppy’ is clean and refreshing by comparison with much of the degenerate stuff which nowadays passes for legitimate amusement in our lighter musical shows.” ~ METCALFE, WALL STREET JOURNAL
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“Madge Kennedy Is the Babe Ruth of the stage, after a manner of speaking.” ~ JAMES W. DEAN
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During Thanksgiving week, Sunday NY Daily News columnist Sally Joy Brown ran a contest for young people to win tickets to see Poppy, including a backstage visit with Madge Kennedy.  
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The event was so successful, Brown ran a second contest. 
During the run of the play, Kennedy mentored drama students at Columbia University. They had voted her their favorite actress on Broadway. 
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The controversy had caused David Belasco to re-write and re-stage several of his plays to address the NY Attorney General’s concerns. 
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At the end of 1923, yet another Madge Kennedy film opened: Three Miles Out.
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On May 31st, Kennedy played her final performance as Poppy. The title role was assumed by chorus member Victoria White. 
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With Kennedy’s departure, Fields was elevated to star status, billed above the title. Telegrams of congratulation to Mr. Fields were read from the stage of the Apollo theatre by Will Rogers, who abandoned his "Follies" rehearsals across the street to act as master of ceremonies. With characteristically witty comments, Mr. Rogers read congratulatory messages from Fred Stone, Eddie Cantor. Leon Erroll, Harold Lloyd, Al Jolson, Walter Catlett, Oscar Shaw, Raymond Hitchcock, Buster Keaton, Lee Shubert, Jerome Kern, and several others. Mr. Fields was greeted with a storm of applause when he stepped forward to acknowledge the felicitations. 
Poppy ran 346 performances closing on June 28, 1924. The New York run was followed by a touring production. 
In 1924 there was a London production of Poppy at the Gaiety Theatre.
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There were two film version, both of which starred Fields as Eustice P. McGargle. The first was Sally of the Sawdust (1925), a silent movie directed by D.W. Griffith and co-starring Carol Dempster as Sally. Griffith had good reason not to use the name or title "Poppy" for this movie. A movie titled Poppy with a character by that name had come out in 1917.
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Atlantic City audiences saw Sally on September 7, 1925 at the Strand Theatre on the Boardwalk.  
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The second was Poppy (1936), directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Fields was ill during the 1936 production, and a fairly obvious double was used in several scenes requiring physical exertion. 
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The film opened in Atlantic City at the Warner Theatre on the Boardwalk on June 21, 1936.  The Warner (later re-named the Warren) was just seven blocks away from Nixon’s Apollo, where the play began in 1923.
"And if we should ever separate, my little plum, I want to give you just one bit of fatherly advice: 'Never give a sucker an even break!'" ~ W.C. FIELDS as PROFESSOR MCGARGLE. 
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i did an unholy fusion of how I normally draw with what I learned in school this semester. wheeeee. @clarabellumsart , @jannaydean , @artiesrandomthoughts and @miru667 ‘s ocs respectively
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duckybeth99 · 4 years
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I wrote a few fics for the holidays!!!
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for @bobalafulaaaaaaaaa :
and for @artiesrandomthoughts :
merry Christmas!!!!!!!
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movie poster for Welcome to Riverview (2019)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to one of my BESTEST PALS @artiesrandomthoughts!!! i love all the stuff you’ve written of these guys and im sorry ive been so absent lately ;_; you’ve been such a great pal and im so excited to see what this next year brings us!!!!! 
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🎉 Hey #GlitterBoxGirlGang, we have news! 🎉 Our glitter-tastic co-founder and curator (and friend, supporter, shoulder-to-lean-on, ray-of-sunshine and general #inspo 4 lyfe), Alice McGillicuddy will be leaving #neworleans come March for a new adventure in Scotland! Kate will be taking over as shop manager (we’ll intro her soon!) Lila, the owner and co-founder of Glitter Box, will still be at the helm. A message from Alice: “Glitter Box has been such a dream come true and I am terribly sad to leave it, but I am very excited to be moving to Scotland to be with my partner and create new things with all of the magic and warmth I have been given by this vibrant and soul-striking city! I will still be consulting from a far and you better believe I'm going to visit as often as possible! I have the utmost faith that Glitter Box will continue flourishing and will become even more successful than we can imagine with this incredible group of womxn stepping up and the beautiful work you all bring to the space.” (at Glitter Box N.O.) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuE0qnkABH9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oeo444a4qaxl
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What’s Up With Your Weekend, 11/30 - 12/2/18
A note about HOLIDAY MARKETS: We recently put out a call for holiday markets and discovered an abundance, and want to help our local artisans and makers thrive this season. They’re listed separately at the bottom of this post. Enjoy your holiday shopping - we’ll include markets every weekend until the holiday season ends.
Friday
JMSN, The Philharmonik: Singer-songwriter JMSN kicks off his Velvet America tour at Harlows with our very own Philharmonik opening. 21+ 8PM $15
The Siren Presents 3-2-1 Sizzle: The Sizzling Sirens take over Comedy Spot for a night of food-themed burlesque and improv comedy. 21+ Shows at 8PM and 930PM $20.
Gotham Girls: The Darling Clementines Variety Show brings its brand of themed burlesque, circus, magic, spoken word + more to Goldfield for a night with the Dark Knight. 7PM $15+
Saturday
Pink Week Do-Over Donuts: Since the campus was closed due to our recent smoky air quality, the Pink Week 25 opening reception and story time with donuts both had to be cancelled. Hardly anyone has had a chance to see the show. The exhibition is ending with an opening/closing reception, pink week story-time and pink pix extravaganza with donuts and lots of other pink food. Please join us in bidding this rosy tradition a proper farewell. Parking is available in the SCC parking structure for $2. Payment machine can be found on the second floor. 11AM-2PM.
Reading Partners Benefit Show: The Sacramento Comedy Foundation presents a comedy show to benefit Reading Partners Sacramento, featuring stand-up by Benton Harshaw, Melissa McGillicuddy, Ellis Rodriguez, and Dejan Tyler. At the Sacramento Comedy Spot. 7PM $20
Ross Hammond: Local musician Ross Hammond takes over the Sofia for a night of music for acoustic, resonator and steel guitars. 730PM $30.
Lipstick!: The long-running, always fun indie rock, indie dance, and indie pop dance party at Old Ironsides. 21+ 9PM-145AM. $5.
Sunday
Camp Fire Benefit Concert: Drake's: The Barn is bringing the Sacramento community together for a Camp Fire Benefit Concert with assistance from HOFisbetter. 100% of ticket and raffle proceeds will be donated to the Golden Valley Bank Fund, established by Sierra Nevada Brewing, to benefit those displaced by the Camp Fire. Hobo Johnson will be headlining this benefit, alongside The Philharmonik, Jmsey, BASI., and Robbie & Blue (HOF). Fun for the whole family to enjoy. PizzaSmith restaurant and YOLO! food truck will be serving delicious eats, and (as always) beer, wine and craft cocktails will be flowing! All ages. 12-9PM $20
Solistic - Breath Herbal Support for Respiratory + Immune System: Whether it’s through fire season or cold and flu season, our respiratory and immune systems can benefit greatly from herbal support. Gather in community with Lola Venado, the Botanical Bruja to discuss various herbs and different ways we can incorporate them into our holistic wellness plan, which includes addressing grief and anxiety. Registration required. 2-4PM. Sliding scale $5-15.
END Graffiti Art Show: The ENDS crew will have mixed media canvases, prints, DVDs, posters, raffle prizes and more at Leave Your Mark Sacramento. 5-8PM
Mini Peach Fest: Mini Peach Fest is a December, indoor fest at The Red Museum put together by the folks over at PEACH HOUSE Presents, and it’s their last! Featuring Spendtime Palace, The Brazen Youth, Münechild, Animals In The Attic & Mediocre Cafe. Art by Claire, Indie, and Esther..BYOB. Doors at 730. 8PM $12+
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Saturday 12/1/18
Handmade Holidays at Broad Room: Check out the first annual Handmade Holidays at Broad Room - 12 local creatives will be peddling their wares and Bambi Vegan Tacos' truck will be serving up delicious bites in the courtyard from 12-4pm. Dog-friendly. 11AM-5PM
Spruce Market by Supply Deeda: Join Cabine and several other female owned businesses by shopping small this holiday season at Spruce Market by Supply Deeda. Bring a new, unwrapped holiday gift for children displaced by Camp Fire and receive 15% off your holiday purchase. 11AM-5PM.
Makers Row Holiday Market at West Elm: A festive holiday market of locally curated makers, holiday themed escape room & more! Enjoy complimentary hot cocoa while you shop for the perfect gift this holiday season from Sacramento's best local makers, artisans and small businesses at West Elm in Midtown Sacramento! 11AM-4PM.
Barrio Makers Market at Barrio Cafe: Local vendors with handmade holiday gifts. 12-7PM.
Creative Artisans Holiday Art & Trunk Sale: Hosted by Charr Crail and Girls Rock Sacramento. 2-6PM.
Sunday 12/2/18
The Power of SHE Artisan Market at Outlet Coworking: This is the first Artisan Market featuring the women of color entrepreneurs in our entrepreneurial incubator for women of color, The Power of SHE (Shaping & Honing Entrepreneurs). This is the only artisan market in Sacramento 100% powered by and featuring local women of color businesses and organizations. Purchase with purpose this holiday season by shopping our artisan market to supporting your local women of color entrepreneurs! 11AM-4PM
East Sac Holiday Pop-Up Shop at Amen Real Estate: Enjoy complimentary hot chocolate and coffee while shopping local businesses. FREE photos with Santa will be available from 12pm - 2pm. Vendors include Rudy Dot Designs, Sunshine + Peony, Wildflower Bakes, Designs by J&S, Wildpoppy and Co., Rodan + Fields by Jenna Abbott, Arbor Vintage, and more. 11AM-4PM
20th Annual Sierra College Holiday Show and Sale:  A wonderful and unique holiday shopping experience. Find beautiful one-of-a-kind works of art by local artists, students and faculty of Sierra College, skip mall shopping and find some true treasures! 12-4PM.
Vintage Pop Up Shop at Phono Select Records: Multiple vendors selling men’s and women’s vintage clothing and other goodness. Also, Bambi Vegan Tacos. Vendors appreciate cash. 12-5PM.
UpCycle Pop Spark: All-ages indoor interactive market with live music. Eco-friendly repurposed art, furniture, fashion, home design, & inventions. Enjoy art demonstrations, immerse in panel discussions, play with interactive art, experience local music & savor beer and wine for a good cause. 12-6PM.
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marilynngmesalo · 6 years
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Florida town of Mayo changing its ‘boring’ name temporarily to ‘Miracle Whip’
Florida town of Mayo changing its ‘boring’ name temporarily to ‘Miracle Whip’ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Florida town of Mayo changing its ‘boring’ name temporarily to ‘Miracle Whip’
ORLANDO, Fla. — Mayo, Florida is holding the mayo, at least for a few days.
The mayor of this tiny town of less than 1,500 residents, located where Florida’s Panhandle morphs into a peninsula, is announcing Saturday that the city is switching its name to “Miracle Whip.” But it’s a joke.
The name change started as a secret, tongue-in-cheek marketing proposal for the Kraft Heinz-owned mayonnaise-alternative. Videographers for Miracle Whip on Saturday wanted to capture the shock of residents when they hear that the name of their town is being changed to a corporate brand. Representatives of the condiment planned to spend the next few days filming their jocular efforts to get residents to remove mayonnaise from their homes.
CHECK THIS OUT: The real-life town of Mayo, Florida is changing its name to Miracle Whip! pic.twitter.com/rfq19tZ4sL
— ABC World News Now (@abcWNN) August 27, 2018
The town’s elected officials say they will let residents in on the joke after a few days, but not before street signs and the name on the water tower have been switched out. The town located halfway between Tallahassee and Gainesville is getting between $15,000 and $25,000 for the name change, and the money will be used for city beautification measures.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Mayo’s mayor ran with the concept, insisting it would be a good idea to make the name change permanent.
“We aren’t going to be boring Mayo anymore. We are going to be Miracle Whip!” Ann Murphy said. “I definitely think this will put us on the map.”
Town clerk Linda Cone confirmed the name change is a prank and conceded that in a town so small it probably won’t take long for residents to figure it out. “Everybody knows everybody. It’s been kind of difficult to keep everything under wraps,” Cone said.
Mayo, Florida is now Miracle Whip, Florida. Big congrats to the amazing group of people down here in Florida, NYC and Chicago that made it all happen. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #vaynermedia #miraclewhip #nomoremayo #client #ad pic.twitter.com/4XLlOgGH62
— Nick Miaritis (@NickMiaritis) August 25, 2018
The mayor said city council members secretly discussed the deal with Miracle Whip during a closed session because secrecy was needed to achieve the surprise that Miracle Whip wants to capture. However, a closed session would seem to violate Florida’s Sunshine Law requiring meetings to be held publicly except under limited conditions, open-government advocate Barbara Petersen said.
“If this is all supposed to be a big joke perpetuated on residents, I expect they probably violated the law to pull it off,” said Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation. “I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but seriously, I don’t think they thought this through.”
The town got its original name from a confederate colonel, James Mayo, and it is the county seat of Lafayette County, Florida’s second-least populous county. Possibly its biggest claim to fame is being the hometown of Kerwin Bell, a former University of Florida quarterback. The area’s biggest employer is a state prison.
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Other small cities have changed their names to brands, some temporarily and others permanently.
In 1950, Hot Springs, New Mexico, renamed itself Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, in order to get the game show broadcast from the town. Granville, North Dakota, temporarily became McGillicuddy City, North Dakota, in the 1990s after the distributor of the mint schnapps paid the town $100,000. In 2010, Topeka, Kansas, temporarily changed its name to Google, Kansas, in an unsuccessful effort to get the company to install a super-fast broadband network.
“I think people thought it was kind of funny and forward thinking,” said Carole Jordan, an official with the League of Women Voters in Topeka.
Branded name changes don’t work for every city, said Chantal Panozzo, chief content officer for The Brand Consultancy. She said one successful example was North Tarrytown, New York’s switch to Sleepy Hollow in the mid-1990s to honour its roots as the setting for Washington Irving’s story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
“If the town or corporation is just seeking notoriety, publicity or money without considering what the alignment of the naming really means, then it’s not true branding,” Panozzo said. “It’s just a stunt or a desperate cry for funds.”
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a series of Christmas presents I made for a couple friends!!! @clarabellumsart ‘s Hudson, @jannaydean ‘s som, @artiesrandomthoughts ‘s Moirin, @ambrosisatrocious ‘s Charlie, @miru667 ‘s Audrey, @lyzardy ‘s Fletcher, and @mute-mod ‘s Morgan!
happy holidays!!!
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duckybeth99 · 6 years
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Cold Realities (Past Fic)
HEY ITS LATE BUT I FINISHED THIS AND I STAYED UP TO DO IT. final part of this arc
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Another day had gone by since the storms started, and it was continuing to grow worse and worse. Businesses were shut down for fear of people getting snowed in. People stayed inside and did all they could to stay warm. John’s magic did well for the home. As he flicked his wrist to strengthen the fireplace, flipping through books, he sighed.
“The only option we have so far,” he began, “is me blasting my powers at a high enough frequency to spread across the town. But the news said the storm is spreading through the rest of the state. By the time I build something to project that kind of power, who knows what’ll happen. The entity of Virginia could be covered in this weather.”
“There has to be some other place we can look to for answers,” Moirin said. She sat beside Johnny on the sofa with more stacks of books. “I’ve brought over everything I had. But we aren’t witches or warlocks or anything like that ourselves. Maybe we need to reach out—“
“No,” John shut the book in his hands. “That’s what we did that got us into this mess.” Johnny tucked his neck further into the blanket he was wrapped in.
He found himself growing colder and colder practically every minute of the past day. It felt as if the cold was inside him. Even when wrapped in blankets upon blankets, his father serving warm meals and keeping all his flames awake, he felt cold. He felt freezing. Johnny flinched with another cold chill, another wave of freezing. His body was feeling number. His chest hurt and everything felt slower. But he had to focus with the rest of his family.
Johnny slid his hand from the blanket to flip a page, when he noticed it. In the middle of the back of his hand, in a small spot, his skin was blue. It shone unnaturally. Smooth, glossy, perfect ice. Too perfect. Unnatural. Magical.
“Junior?”
“Huh?” Johnny slid his hand under the blanket. “Oh, uh, I think I found something in this book. Yeah?” He held a book out to John. The father picked up the book and read through. John took the book over to the kitchen table, where a much, much smaller stack of books laid. Open to select pages, it was helping guide the family to try and find a solution to the curses.
“We’re getting somewhere,” John huffed. “But we still have a long way to go.”
“Maybe we could take several phrases from the spells,” Moirin suggested. “Look. Some of the words are similar. We could rearrange them into a spell!”
“But we still can’t control ice ourself,” John said. “The spell will be hard to pull off without that power.” Moirin looked over her shoulder at Beth. The ghost sat on the floor, reading books herself. She flipped pages with her powers.
“Then have Beth do it,” the fairy chirped, hurrying over to her goddaughter. She lifted the teen up, making her look confused and startled.
“M-me?” she stammered, “I’ve never done magic like this! All my ice, m-my shadows, the moving stuff, i-it’s all in me. It’s not spells. It’s not me manipulating anything, I-I can’t do spells like this.” John looked at Beth sympathetically. He set his book down and held Beth by her shoulders, looking into her deep brown eyes with seriousness but care.
“Don’t underestimate yourself,” he said. “Beth—we can’t afford to doubt anymore. I know you can do this. Magic like this, spells, incantations, runes—they don’t work like those abilities. Any one can do them with the right knowledge and strength. We have the knowledge and you have the control over ice we need. Now... now we need you to have that strength. I know you have it, deep down inside you, Princess. You have to let it out.”
“But what if I make it worse?” Beth whispered. John shook his head and squeezed her shoulders again, a small smile on his face.
“You’ve got to at least try,” he urged. “You don’t know until you do.” Beth took a deep breath and slowly nodded her head. John grinned. “That’s my girl. I’ll start writing out some spells. You just—you just stay calm, don’t touch anything, and try to focus on your powers.” Beth watched her father and godmother hurry back to the table of books. With a sigh, she looked down at her hands, then back at the storm outside.
The curling winds, the life that was scared and hiding, dying, the whipping air that burned the skin, the snowfall that was pounding now. John looked further and further distressed as his house creaked and moaned from the harsh winds. As another gust of wind attacked the outside, Moirin looked out towards the Red House. John placed a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it.
“You don’t have to be here,” he said. “You should be with the children.”
“I want to help—“
“They need you, Mo. You’ve done enough for us. We can handle this.” Moirin looked up at the old man and gave him a tight hug.
“Tell me if you need any help and I’ll snap in an instant,” she said. John nodded. Just as she said, she snapped her fingers and was returned to the Red House. The weary old man returned back to his work. Johnny curled tighter around the blankets as he shivered again, more violently than moments before. As he breathed, he saw his breath release in small puffs of air. Glancing at his reflection in the window, he saw the tips of his hair turn white. Something wasn’t right.
Aquilo. It had to be Aquilo. When he hit him in his chest.
Waiting for the coast to be clear, he watched his father focus on the books scattered about, taking slips of paper, writing and rewriting the potential spells. Beth continued to sit near the floor, trying to focus on her powers. With a deep breath, Johnny slipped out of their view and to the basement. In the unused room, he set up another portal. Another wave of cold rushed through his body, making him convulse briefly as the cold spread. The tips of his bangs that he could see were turning more white. He shook his head and pushed himself through the hole.
He stood outside the Asters house, and though just as cold as Riverview was now, the winds didn’t beat against him. He pushed himself to the front door, slamming his fist against the door. He pulled his jacket tighter, closer to his neck. No answer. He summoned his electricity and pounded again, but not with the intent of waiting. He drew his fist back, the energy giving him enough power to start breaking the door. With a few good punches and one kick for good measure, he broke the door enough and slipped through.
The ice house was dark. The light didn’t shimmer on the ice like it did before. No lights on inside the home, no witch or manipulative son. Johnny’s eyes slowly scanned the room. His breath came out in slow, visible puffs. The cold of this area wasn’t helping whatever was happening to him, but he needed answers. Johnny held his jacket tighter as he tried to see into the shadows.
He saw something staring back.
Johnny slowly stepped towards the shadows, and saw the pale, snowy white familiar stare up at him. Its eyes were blue just as before. Johnny quickly summoned his electricity to his palm.
“Where the hell’s your master?” he growled at it. The cat’s tail only curled mischievously. He sighed. “The Hell am I doing? Gonna interrogate a fuckin’ cat?” As he turned to go, the fox left the shadows.
“It might not be a bad idea,” a voice spoke. Johnny looked back at the fox, glaring.
“Where the hell are you and your mother?” he asked the fox. The fox continued to stare up at Johnny. When he was almost convinced that it wouldn’t speak again, he heard Aquilo’s voice chuckle, the eyes of the cat glowing brighter.
“Somewhere you won’t find us,” his voice spoke through the fox. “Not until we’re ready to get you again. Consider us off the grid.” Johnny charged himself again as he bristled.
“Maybe you’ll tell me if I shock your damn cat—“
“It’s a fox,” Aquilo’s voice scoffed. “And you can’t hurt her. She has a protection spell while she’s guarding the house. Unless you’d like your powers bouncing back at you, you won’t do anything to her.”
“Fine,” Johnny lowered his hand. “Look, I’m not after you. Yet. But something is going wrong and I know you did it.”
“What, you mean you going grey early?”
Johnny felt his hair start to stand on end. Aquilo laughed.
“Look, all that isn’t me,” he said. “As much as I’d love to take credit for that.”
“But you blasted me with ice!” Johnny shouted. “You had to have—“
“It was just to stun you, you idiot,” the fox rolled her head. “Just the same as your shocks did to me. Just to make you weak. I didn’t hit you in any place that mattered, like your heart or your head. That causes that sort of freezing. Or an ice curse. Like your little sister has.”
“But she didn’t touch me!” Johnny forced out. It was getting harder to breath. Harder to talk. As he was about to say something again, he shivered, legs wobbling and threatening to have him fall, as his hair turned more white, and strange patches of blue and white started appearing on his clothes and skin. He stared down at his hands in confusion. Perhaps there was shock and even fear hidden beneath.
His fingertips were turning blue, but it wasn’t natural. He pressed his fingers against his normal skin. It wasn’t frostbite. He turned his hand back and around, staring at it. Johnny lifted his gaze back to the fox.
“That’s the only way it could have happened,” Aquilo’s voice said. “We didn’t do anything to you. Believe me, my mother would have boasted about it the whole time. But remember, the curse said that it didn’t have to be a direct touch or her hands. If she initiated anything that touched you, any part of her, you could freeze.” Johnny looked back at his hand.
“Her tear.”
He felt his heart miss a beat, his stomach dropping.
“I—I—“
“Johnny?!”
Johnny pulled his hand to his chest, his father and sister running inside the ice house. John gasped when he saw his son.
“Junior,” he whispered. Noticing the fox, he growled. “What did you do to him?!”
“I just explained to him,” Aquilo’s voice turned more annoyed and aggravated, “that I didn’t do anything. It’s that little ghost over there who did. Her ice curse.” Beth’s eyes widened. She looked at her hands fearfully.
“But I didn’t—“
“Apparently, you cried on him,” Aquilo said. “That would do it. Those tears are yours and held the spell in them.” John charged at the fox.
“How do we undo it?!” he snapped. The fox gave no response. “I’ll kill you, you little—!!”
“You being all together is annoying,” Aquilo’s voice broke through. “And why would I tell you how to undo the curses? I’d rather get you out of our hair for a little while longer. And I know just how.” The fox began to float, Aquilo saying another spell through it. The fox summoned a blinding light, the family shielding their eyes.
When he blinked them open, John was back alone in the house. Feeling his pulse beat faster, he started to run though the house, looking for any sign of his children, shouting their names. No response. No sign they were anywhere in the house. His hands shook. The words Aquilo chanted—they were familiar.
John raced to his books across the floor and table, grabbing one and flipping frantically. There it was. A simple scattering spell. Ones witches and sorcerers used often if their precious magical possessions were threatened to be taken and used against them. Him and his children were scattered, and with the phone lines having trouble in the storm, he didn’t know how to contact them.
They could be anywhere.
Beth looked around, blinking her eyes to readjust them from the blinding light. She was sure she was still having issues seeing—the world around her was entirely white. She narrowed her eyes.
She was in the middle of the storm. This is what she was causing.
Beth gasped, realizing the entire town was trapped. As the winds curled, she tugged her hands close to her chest, shutting her eyes tight. She did this. This was all her fault. The chaos, the danger, the hurt, not to mention Johnny...
Beth, with shaking breath and hands, looked down at the pale things, where her magic was summoned and could be controlled. She took a breath, tugging her hands, pulling, trying and focusing, everything Virginica taught her. The storm didn’t change at all. Her throat tightened. She tried again. No change. Again, again, again.
“Please!” she choked out with a sob. She turned around, watching the snow turn faster, the winds whip against her face. “Please, stop!! Please, help me! Dad, Johnny, I need... I need help, I can’t... I-I can’t...” She tried again. Beth looked down at her hands, slow, for a moment that felt like an eternity. She tried to hold back another sob, but to no avail.
The girl fell to her knees, arms close to her and wrapping around her torso. She tucked them as she curled down, head low. The tears slid against her face and to the snow covered ground around her. The tears turned into snowflakes as they hit the ground below her.
“I can’t,” she whispered through her tears. “I-I can’t stop this, I can’t—I can’t...”
“You should have asked me before you scattered them,” Virginica scolded Aquilo. He rolled his eyes.
“They’re better off scattered,” he said. “They would figure out how to undo everything faster if they were together.”
“But now we don’t know where Beth is,” Virginica sighed. “I need that girl. You need that girl. We need her for her powers.” Aquilo thought to himself.
“I can get her back,” he said. “I have an idea.” He grabbed his coat. Virginica watched him. “But what about those other two? You have plans for them?”
“They’re interesting with their powers and being human,” Virginia mused. “At least John. The son is part witch. It would be interesting to learn from them, but... I can draw assumptions. I’m sure another like them exist. They’re not needed. Why? Do you have an idea?” Aquilo smirked. He used his magic to summon his blades and his ice, twisting it and curling it to become a separate scythe to use.
“I always do. Ready to hear it?”
Johnny stumbled through the snow, the ground too thick, his body feeling heavier and number. As he turned colder, it was getting harder to move. He could feel the ice spreading through his body, only few strands and parts of his hair still brown. With the storm growing worse, he could barely see where he was going. The buildings and their shapes blurred as the snow swirled. It was getting harder to breath.
As he shivered, he tried to look up at the sky. Some sort of sign, some sort of anything to tell him where he was—
He heard a car horn blare. Turning around fast, he forced himself to leap out of the way. Falling into the snow, he shivered more. Closing his eyes was easier than anything. The car stopped and the door swung open. Someone came running out.
“Johnny?!”
He pushed himself to open his eyes. Above him was Marianna.
“What—what are you... doing... driving... in the snow...” Johnny whispered. Marianna shook her head.
“I was trying to get help and supplies in the next town—wh-why are you walking in the snow?!” she looked at her friend. She looked at her car behind her and pulled her friend to stand up. “Your hair is all white! You’re covered in snow! C’mon, we have to get you out of here.”
Marianna had Johnny lean against her as she led him to the passenger side, allowing him into the car. Hurrying back to the other side, she shut the door and turned the heater up for him. Johnny watched the snow flurry outside as another wave of freezing hit. He slammed his back into the seat, shivering and gasping for breath. Marianna looked at him worriedly.
“Y-you might be sick,” she murmured. “You already look like you’re freezing or have frostbite. I’m taking you to the hospital.”
“It—it won’t help,” Johnny forced out. Marianna looked at him in confusion.
“What do you mean it won’t—?”
“It’s magic, Marianna,” Johnny shivered. “All of this. The storm in June, how it’s only in our town and spreading through Virginia, how I’m starting to freeze. It’s magic.” Marianna went quiet, then quickly shook her head.
“You’re having delusions,” she said. “This is serious.” Johnny pushed himself to sit up better in his seat, grabbing Marianna’s shoulder.
“I’m telling you the truth,” he whispered, breath puffing out softly in front of him. His deep eyes were sincere. “When have I ever lied to you, Mari?”
“What do you expect me to do, Johnny?” Marianna gasped exasperatedly. “To believe you when you’re not in a healthy state? Magic isn’t real!” Johnny opened his mouth to argue, when another wave of cold hit him. Marianna looked at him more clearly this time and saw his hair turn completely white, blue crawl up his skin. The markings of ice in patterns too delicate, too precise to be caused by nature. The pattern followed on his clothes as well.
Johnny held tight to his chest, feeling the ice crawl further through his body, everything freezing, everything turning numb and slowing down. Marianna stopped the car near a sidewalk and stared at her lap. Johnny’s breath shuddered.
“I-I’m telling you the t-truth,” he said. “I need to get home s-so my dad can stop this. And I n-need to find my sister.” Marianna balled her hands up into fists and shook her head, placing her hand on her car keys in the ignition.
“No, she’s dead,” she spoke, her voice tight and firm. “Just like Alex. They aren’t around anymore.” Johnny grabbed Marianna’s shoulders the best he could. He squeezed them as much as his body allowed.
“Beth is a ghost,” he whispered. “I’m a half-witch who can control electricity. My dad has powers over fire and was once dead, a-and came back as a ghost, and was brought back to life by my m-mom, who was a witch. Beth has p-powers, one b-being ice. And she can s-stop this. Riverview and I don’t have much time.” Marianna looked into Johnny’s eyes. She saw the shapes of snowflakes hiding behind them, the tints of it turning blue.
Marianna started her car back up.
“How do we find your sister?” she asked. Johnny’s face gave the first smile he shared all day. He turned back to the window and rolled it down, bracing himself for the winds. He poked his head out and looked around.
That’s when he noticed the storm swirling at one point in the sky.
“I h-have an idea,” his smile turned more determined. He pulled his head back in and rolled up the window, pointing out at the swirling, spinning clouds. “F-follow that. It’s where the s-storm is coming from. It h-has to be Beth.” Marianna nodded and followed the storm clouds as the winds turned worse.
“Stay warm the best you can,” Marianna warned. “There’s a blanket in the backseat. I brought it just in case.” Johnny weakly reached for it and wrapped himself around in it. “Why—why didn’t you tell me any of this before?”
Johnny let out a weak laugh, “M-my dad and I were p-paranoid for all our lives. P-people not understanding. H-hurting us. But I trust you. A-and you deserve to know.” Before he could continue, Marianna heard something hit her car. She looked into the window, and saw a strange shape and array of colors, blurred and following the car.
“What?” Marianna murmured. Johnny looked into his window and felt his heart drop.
“Marianna, y-you’re gonna have to start going f-f-faster.”
“Why?”
“Well, uh—“
Aquilo rushed up beside the car, speeding along the ice with his powers. He smirked at the two in the car, raised one of his arms with a blade, and scratched at the car. Marianna screamed. Johnny grabbed the wheel and tugged, sending the car spiraling.
“What was that?!” Marianna shrieked. Johnny threw himself back into the seat as he groaned, freezing further. The ice was growing against his neck.
“H-he’s another witch,” he mumbled. “P-part of the reason wh-why this storm is happening.”
“And why is he trying to kill us?!”
“N-not us. J-just my family.”
“Oh, that’s comforting!!” Marianna revved her car and started driving fast, struggling to maintain control of the car. “Johnny, I-I can’t do this! We could crash, and you could—!”
“It wasn’t your fault,” Johnny said. “I-I told you that, and I m-meant it, because it’s true. I k-know what really happened. Wh-why there was n-no one in the other car.” Marianna whipped her head to look at Johnny. Before she could ask anything, Aquilo came back into view. Marianna slammed on the acceleration, getting back ahead of him.
Johnny’s phone rang in his pocket. He pulled it out, seeing the call coming from his father. He tapped to answer. His fingers were too cold.
“A l-little help, Mari?”
“Is being your get away driver not enough?” she quickly snatched the phone from Johnny, hitting the answer key and speaker. “Mr. Bosteau? It’s Marianna! I have Johnny with me!”
“Thank god!” the voice was crackling and muffled. “Bring him back to the house.”
“I would love to,” Marianna nervously chewed her lip and made a fast turn, throwing Aquilo off, “but we’re actually going after Beth right now. H-he told me the truth, sir, I know what’s going on. We’re following the storm clouds overhead. It might be Beth.”
“Then I’ll try to find you,” John said. “I might have the final spell to undo this. Any idea where you are?”
“I’ve actually been kind of not paying the best attention,” Marianna glanced behind her, “cuz, uh, there’s some witch or whatever also chasing me in my car and trying to kill us.” When she saw Aquilo again, she gasped. The other line started crackling. The two could barely hear John. “Mr. Bosteau? Mr. Bosteau?!”
“L-line is d-down again,” Johnny pressed his head against the window. His head was turning heavy. The phone beeped as the call dropped.
“Can’t you get it back?” Marianna asked, handing him the phone. “You have electricity!”
“I c-can’t fix c-connections,” he tried to reply sarcastically, but he still only sounded weak. “P-plus.. I’m not s-strong e-enough r-right now.” Marianna groaned. “J-just f-follow the s-storm, and w-we’ll make it, Mari.” She nodded, looking up at the sky. Johnny looked out the window, seeing Aquilo. He held his hand in front of him, struggling to get even the smallest sparks. He squeezed his eyes shut, ignore the cold, ignore the ice...
He shot out the best blast he could, stunning Aquilo briefly. Marianna looked in shock at her friend.
“H-how long could you do that for?”
“S-since I was l-little. I promise to t-tell you more once we get out of this. N-now go!”
John trudged through the snow the best he could, bundled up tightly. Using his fire could make his path clearer and easier to make his way through, but it still wasn’t easy. The cold got into his bones and made his body ache easily, not to mention the leg pains that he always had. Moirin and the children were safe, but his children weren’t. Johnny was freezing, Marianna was now involved, Aquilo was after them, and Beth was no where to be found.
The old man looked up to the sky, and saw the swirling clouds that were moving more, moving faster and were darker than the others. It wasn’t giving him a good feeling. John tugged the collar of his jacket closer and braced himself for the cold of the storm.
As Aquilo sped after the car, he stopped, skidding to a stop on the ice. He watched the car race away and growled. Fine. He would get them later. He knew where Beth was either way. The clouds told of her location. So he’d just have to lie to her. It wasn’t like he hadn’t before.
Once more, he skated fast towards the direction of the storm, hiding himself within the wild storm clouds to avoid being seen by Marianna and Johnny. He looked out to where he knew they were, then grinned with a scheming look behind it. Twirling his wrist and fingers, he summoned a cold blast of ice magic, and shot it at the car. A scream signaled the successful landing. He would get to Beth before them in no time. And even if John was on the way towards them, he was far behind and was slow. Aquilo has everything in control.
He skidded through the ice and snow, seeing the clouds twisting down in front of him. It appeared almost as a full column of ice and snow, whipping winds and raging cold. It was akin to a tornado, a hurricane. Aquilo took a deep breath and lunged in.
Inside, the sounds of the storm were gone. Everything was silent. He could see the storm clouds twisting and rising up, and the air felt clear and crisp in an overwhelming sense despite the strange fog. The cold didn’t sting, and everything was calm. About half the length of a football field away, he could see Beth. He summoned his scythe and whispered a spell to enchant it. His plan was going right, just right, just perfect.
“We’re close to the storm!” Marianna smiled anxiously. “Get ready! We can stop this!”
Johnny’s heavy eyelids opened, looking up at the storm. He was shivering consistently now, as the ice curse grew worse. His eyes are now entirely blue, snowflake patterns visible within them. His clothes were covered in more snow, frost building all over his clothes. They looked more white and blue than their natural colors. His cheeks were turning with more ice.
Marianna got into view of the clouds lessening, and then the car suddenly shook violently. She screamed, Johnny forced fully awake despite getting weaker every minute. The car stopped moving. Marianna looked frantically, as ice crawled up the entire car. She hit her hands against her door, shaking in nerves and frustration.
“We’re trapped,” she whispered. Johnny limply pushed himself against his door. His mouth and lips trembled. He pressed his hands against the door, he shoved weakly, he pushed but the door didn’t budge.
“I... I-I... c-can’t...” Johnny felt his eyes turn heavier, his body shaking violently again. He started slipping in the seat. Marianna unbuckled herself and Johnny, trying to pull him back up.
“No—n-no, no, no, stay with me, s-stay with me, Johnny,” Marianna shook his shoulders, patting his face to try and keep him conscious. With a renewed sense of urgency, she turned to the door and slammed her body several times against the car door. She shivered at the cold seeping into the car, her body aching as she reawakened the pain her body went through several months ago. Finally forcing the ice to break enough to open the door, she practically fell out of the car into the snow. She shivered, rubbing her arms and breathing into his hands. Marianna quickly looked back to Johnny and pulled him out of the car.
“Mmf—c’mon—“ Marianna hoisted one of Johnny’s arms over her shoulder, “please, try to stand up! We gotta get in there! We gotta stop this! I-I can’t pull us both on my own.” Johnny nodded slowly, forcing his legs to take the best steps he could. He stumbled frequently out of balance, he had to stop to try and breathe, he could barely keep his eyes open. Marianna kept a hand on his chest as they pushed through the raging storm towards the column of snow after Beth.
“We’ll make it,” Marianna huffed. “We can make it!”
“Don’t be afraid.” Beth jumped at hearing Aquilo’s voice. She backed away, hands shaking.
“Stay away from me!” Beth shook. “You lied to me!”
“I’m sorry about it,” Aquilo murmured. “I truly am. I really did like you. You truly live the phrase, ‘to thy ownself be true’. I can’t show cruelty to that.”
“Please,” Beth turned away from Aquilo, “please, just stay away. You’ve done enough to me! To my family! I don’t want anything to do with you, and I’m not afraid to hurt you!”
“If you weren’t,” Aquilo shrugged, “you already would have.” Beth turned quiet. She looked down at her hands and sighed. “I know your heart, Beth. You’re good. But you can’t control yourself. It’s not your fault. But I can give you that control. I’ll end this curse for you, Beth.” The young ghost turned to face the son of the witch. “But I have one condition.”
“Which is?” Beth brushed her fingers under her glasses, wiping stray tears before Aquilo saw them. Aquilo smiled and held his hand out to Beth.
“Just come back with me,” he said. Beth fell silent and backed away slowly.
“No.”
“Beth, listen to me. What do you have left here? Your brother is dying. Your father will soon, too, so will everyone else who lives here that you love. There’s nothing left.” Beth slowly fell to the floor. “Nothing. It’s just you, it’s just me, and your powers. Come with me, and this will all end. We’ll stop this.”
“You just want my powers.”
“But then,” Aquilo spoke calmly, “you won’t have to fear controlling them. You’ll be free from the pain. The reminder of what you’ve caused once they’re removed. Give them to someone responsible. Who can handle you.”
“I... I can’t,” Beth whispered. “I-I don’t know what you’ll do with them. You can hurt people—“
“Does that make us really that different?” Aquilo asked. Beth fell silent. “If you want this storm to end, save whoever else you can before your death count continues to rise, then agree to me.” Beth didn’t answer. Aquilo shrugged and backed away. Let her grieve for a moment. It would be easier to take her back weak and destroyed. The spell would do it just fine. Aquilo summoned his scythe.
“Parting is such sweet sorrow,” he recited in a whisper, raising his scythe, “that I shall say goodnight til it be morrow.”
As Marianna and Johnny got closer to the storm column, the two took a deep breath as they pushed themselves through. Marianna looked in awe and bewilderment at the magical storm being silent and still within, but spiraling out to everywhere else. Johnny left Marianna’s assisting hold and started to walk towards where he saw Beth in the distance.
“Beth,” he tried to call, but it only came out in a weak, hushed voice. His legs shook with every step, but he had to reach her. Marianna ran back to catch up with him and assist Johnny. He leaned against her briefly, before forcing himself to stand on his own. His own stubbornness made him want to stand on his own, run to her, but he kept needing Marianna to keep him upright.
“We’ve almost made it,” Marianna looked down at her friend, “I see her right over—“ she raised her eyes and noticed Aquilo past the fog. “It’s that guy, w-we saw in the car!” Johnny lifted his head as fast as he could.
“Beth!” he puffed out. He stumbled forward, pushing Marianna back and away from him.
“Johnny, stop!” she gasped, “What are you doing?!” Johnny’s body trembled. He took a deep breath and started to run. “Johnny!!”
Aquilo summoned his scythe and raised it.
“Parting is such sweet sorrow,” he recited in a whisper, “that I shall say goodnight til it be morrow.”
“Don’t you touch her,” Johnny’s voice barely left his lips. He ran in front of Beth.
“No!!” he managed to shout, just as another male voice shouted the same. Beth lifted her head, hearing both. She heard Aquilo scream in pain.
Beth turned and saw the scythe destroyed, melted with hot lava dripping off of it. Aquilo laid on the ground, curled up with his hand held tight to his chest.
“This isn’t over!” Aquilo shouted, before he vanished in a blue and white shimmering light. Johnny was still standing in front of Beth, body trembling as his body started to freeze more. John ran to his children and slid to his knees on the ice as Johnny fell to his own knees.
“Are you two alright?” the old man breathed heavily, stroking the hair of both of his children. Johnny pressed his icy cheek to his father’s hand. Beth looked up at her father.
“I-I don’t know how to stop this,” she stammered. “Dad—“
“I might know how,” John pulled out a slip of paper from his coat, handing it to his daughter, fingers trembling in nerves. “But we have to act fast. Riverview is getting torn up, a-and Johnny... d-do the spell on him first.”
“But I don’t know how!”
“Y-you need to try, Bethany,” John squeezed his daughter’s shoulder. “Please. Please. It’s up to you now. For Johnny.” Johnny opened his mouth to say something, when he lost the strength to stay on his knees.  In one final shake, his hair tips started to turn to solid ice and his eyes started to close. He laid on his side, shivering, as the ice crawled up his face, his hands and the snowflakes setting in to his skin.
“Johnny!” Beth looked to her brother. She pressed her hand against his cheek, “N-no! I-I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, please, please don’t freeze! I’m sorry... please, please—“
“H-hey,” Johnny pushed his smile out, the best of one of his signature ones he could manage. “I t-told you. This isn’t y-your f-fault. I-it’s ok-kay, Beth.” The teenage ghost looked at the slip of paper in her hand. She held tight to one of Johnny’s freezing hands, the dot where it all started shaped as a teardrop on the back. She squeezed it, swallowed and began to read the words of the spell.
When nothing happened, she looked panicked down at her brother, “N-no... no, no, no, D-Dad, it didn’t work—!!”
“Give him a minute,” Marianna rushed to beside the family, kneeling. “Maybe it takes a second.” Beth, with hopeful and tear-filled eyes looked down at her brother.
The teardrop shape shimmered.
Slowly, from the single mark, the ice started to melt away from his skin. John beamed, brushing away the tears in his eyes. Marianna watched in awe as the magic began to be undone. As his body began to finally return to normal, the ice vanishing and warmth returning to him, he gasped for air, finally able to breath like normal. He sat up, grinning at his sister.
“See?” he playfully punched her arm. “Just in the nick of time.” John pointed out to the storm.
“Now, we have the bigger stage,” he said. Beth took a deep breath. She slowly stood up and looked at her hands. After a moment, she turned back to her family. Marianna smiled as she and John helped Johnny stand. Beth raised her hand to the swirling storm clouds above and recited the spell once more, eyes closed as she focused.
The safe column fell away, exposing everyone to the harsh storm again. But quickly, the winds died. The snow began to rise. Beth tucked the note away and started to move her hands, controlling it to help raise and remove more of the ice. Marianna looked around as everything melted and quickly restored itself—the bent, dead trees, the destroyed buildings, the ruined signs and fences—each one restored itself. Beth raised the magic to the sky, then pulled it back to herself. She pressed it tight in her hands, erasing the storm itself for good. She dusted her hands off with a smile.
“Do you still have the curse?” John asked, placing a hand on Beth’s shoulder. She looked down at her hands and bit her lip, unsure. Timidly, she touched her hand against the ground—nothing happened. Beth released a sigh of relief. Marianna looked up at the sun, shielding her eyes. She tugged at her scarf and jacket, peeling them off.
“I have a feeling,” she said, “we should probably get all of you out of the middle of the city. If you want to keep this stuff secret and all. I guess I can be your guys’ get away driver one more time.” She gave a wink to the Bosteaus. They all looked at each other with small smiles.
It wouldn’t be the last of the Asters or hectic magic, and it wouldn’t be the last of telling truths. But it was a start.
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more drawings of ghost + fam bc apparently vacation is the only time I ever draw these guys a bunch of pirate au ghost model stuff, some mcgillicuddy family designs, another pass at dagan, ghost emotions so I can be more solid with his design, some thomarion,,,, ya lol
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ORLANDO, Fla | Hold the Mayo! Florida town is changing its name temporarily
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ORLANDO, Fla | Hold the Mayo! Florida town is changing its name temporarily
ORLANDO, Fla  — Mayo, Florida is holding the mayo, at least for a few days.
The mayor of this tiny town of less than 1,500 residents, located where Florida’s Panhandle morphs into a peninsula, is announcing Saturday that the city is switching its name to “Miracle Whip.” But it’s a joke.
The name change started as a secret, tongue-in-cheek marketing proposal for the Kraft Heinz-owned mayonnaise-alternative.
Videographers for Miracle Whip on Saturday wanted to capture the shock of residents when they hear that the name of their town is being changed to a corporate brand. Representatives of the condiment planned to spend the next few days filming their jocular efforts to get residents to remove mayonnaise from their homes.
The town’s elected officials say they will let residents in on the joke after a few days, but not before street signs and the name on the water tower have been switched out. The town located halfway between Tallahassee and Gainesville is getting between $15,000 and $25,000 for the name change, and the money will be used for city beautification measures.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Mayo’s mayor ran with the concept, insisting it would be a good idea to make the name change permanent.
“We aren’t going to be boring Mayo anymore. We are going to be Miracle Whip!” Ann Murphy said. “I definitely think this will put us on the map.”
Town clerk Linda Cone confirmed the name change is a prank and conceded that in a town so small it probably won’t take long for residents to figure it out. “Everybody knows everybody. It’s been kind of difficult to keep everything under wraps,” Cone said.
The mayor said city council members secretly discussed the deal with Miracle Whip during a closed session because secrecy was needed to achieve the surprise that Miracle Whip wants to capture.
However, a closed session would seem to violate Florida’s Sunshine Law requiring meetings to be held publicly except under limited conditions, open-government advocate Barbara Petersen said.
“If this is all supposed to be a big joke perpetuated on residents, I expect they probably violated the law to pull it off,” said Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation. “I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but seriously, I don’t think they thought this through.”
The town got its original name from a confederate colonel, James Mayo, and it is the county seat of Lafayette County, Florida’s second-least populous county. Possibly its biggest claim to fame is being the hometown of Kerwin Bell, a former University of Florida quarterback. The area’s biggest employer is a state prison.
Other small cities have changed their names to brands, some temporarily and others permanently.
In 1950, Hot Springs, New Mexico, renamed itself Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, in order to get the game show broadcast from the town. Granville, North Dakota, temporarily became McGillicuddy City, North Dakota, in the 1990s after the distributor of the mint schnapps paid the town $100,000. In 2010, Topeka, Kansas, temporarily changed its name to Google, Kansas, in an unsuccessful effort to get the company to install a super-fast broadband network.
“I think people thought it was kind of funny and forward thinking,” said Carole Jordan, an official with the League of Women Voters in Topeka.
Branded name changes don’t work for every city, said Chantal Panozzo, chief content officer for The Brand Consultancy. She said one successful example was North Tarrytown, New York’s switch to Sleepy Hollow in the mid-1990s to honor its roots as the setting for Washington Irving’s story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
“If the town or corporation is just seeking notoriety, publicity or money without considering what the alignment of the naming really means, then it’s not true branding,” Panozzo said. “It’s just a stunt or a desperate cry for funds.”
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and JOSH REPLOGLE , Associated Press
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beth-the-ghost-old · 9 years
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Beth pats her gloved hands together to get the left over dust off, giving a nervous smile to Moirin and placing her hand against it, "Alright, then! Let's get going. You stay close behind, okay? Any species outside of demons or slight variations don't normally come here. You might catch a little attention."
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happy christmas eve! the third and second-to-last of my series of holiday illustrations! featuring @artiesrandomthoughts ‘s moirin, @clarabellumsart ‘s Adam, and my alice!
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duckybeth99 · 6 years
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so short while back @genjis-girlfriend asked me to pick five prompts from the last sentence starter I reblogged aaaaand I actually did a couple more which is why it took so long so here we go!!
John and Johnny - “How do I look?”
“Fantastic,” John beamed. Johnny rolled his eyes with a smile and went back to the mirror in the hallway, fixing his graduation cap in his hair. John quickly intervened, fiddling with it himself. He moved the tassel to the correct side.
“Pops, I can dress myself,” Johnny smirked. John proudly placed his hands on his son’s shoulders. He gave them a squeeze and smiled at the reflection.
“My little boy,” John murmured, his voice tight. “Your mother would be so proud of you.” Johnny went quiet for a moment and stared at their reflections with a small smile. His dad told him how much he looked like her often. He moved from the mirror, shaking his head with a teasing smirk.
“Dad, I haven’t even officially graduated yet, and you’re already getting the waterworks,” he said. John readjusted his own clothes in the mirror and quickly brushed his fingers under his eyes to wipe whatever stray tears were starting to form and leak. “It’s not like I’m the first one in the family to graduate high school.”
“No,” John pinched his son’s soft freckled cheek with a smile, “but you are my little boy all grown up. All ready to start school in August, at my school!”
“Dad,” Johnny groans again. “Come on, can we skip all this? I don’t want to be late.”
“One picture? Please?”
“I promised to take some with Marianna, Harry, and some of the guys from the team after! You can get them then, Dad, we gotta go!!”
Ghostmo friendship - “You deserve better.”
Moirin gave a sad smile and sniffle, brushing her hand under her eye to wipe away her tears. She gave a soft yet tight laugh. John looked down at her sympathetically and scooted closer to her.
“I just thought,” she whispered, “that he loves me. Really. Truly. And I find out that even before he threatened me, he did so much behind my back. Lying to me, tricking me, cheating on me with Merhib, of all people. Maybe everything was there and I just didn’t want to see.” John shook his head and wrapped an arm around her comfortingly. She sniffled and rested her head against his shoulder.
“It says nothing about you,” John said. “Merhib’s always been our to manipulate all of us. Hurt all of us. Dagan was selfish. All you ever did, was show him love. The same love you show to everyone else. It wasn’t your fault he took it and used it, and it wasn’t your fault that he didn’t deserve it. It was his.” Moirin sucked in a breath and held back crying. John turned her in his arms, holding her in a hug and allowing her to hide in his chest and cry.
John and Beth - “You’re family.”
Beth looked up at John, almost in disbelief. But she shakes her head and lowers her gaze, rubbing her tan fingers against each other.
“As much as it would be nice to think that,” she murmured, “I know it’s not true. I mean, I’ve got my mom. It’s been just us our whole life. I can’t abandon her, a-and I appreciate everything, but.. but she is my mom, Doc. I can’t leave or change that.”
Beth slid off the guest bed, “I should get home. I have to be there before she is, remember?”
“Beth,” John stood from the bed, “what if... what if you didn’t have to?” Beth stopped and looked at her friend. She gave a sad smile and shook her head.
“I have to,” she gave a weak chuckle. “That’s just the way it is. My mom will freak out if I’m not there, and then she’ll—she’ll...” Beth cut herself off, and the way she does so tells John everything. So many little things about the girl tell him everything, all the things he’s sure were true anyway. Though he considered himself a smart man, he knows he doesn’t have to be to see behind Beth’s words. John sighed and set his hands on his knees before weakly pushing himself up.
“Alright then,” he said, “let’s get you home then. Better hurry before the traffic gets bad.” John leads her out the house and back to his truck, her backpack full of her clothes with her. Once he dropped her off, John found himself turning the radio off and thinking in the quiet to himself.
She wouldn’t believe they were family unless they were by blood.
Or by law.
He acted enough as a father to her. Why not fight for custody? Save the poor girl from the monster of a mother she had. Truly make her family.
Ghostmo pirate au - “I’m worried about you.”
Moirin gave a proud smile at John, “You don’t have to! I’ve been a pirate captain for years, dear. I know what I’m doing.”
John sighed, holding hands with his wife, “I want to know you’re safe—“
“I’m very skilled!”
“—well protected—“
“I have an entire crew on my side!”
“Moirin, please,” and he held Moirin’s shoulders. The way he grips her made her fall quiet. “I... yes, I know you can do all these things, you have people on your side. But I... I... I-I just got you back. I don’t want to lose you again.” Moirin’s look softened. She touched John’s cheek comfortingly, pressing a soft kiss to him.
“You won’t lose me again, John,” Moirin smiled up at her husband, this time more sincere, more loving. “I promise you that. It isn’t the same as it was before. We have people to rely on, protect each other, and if it would make you feel better, you can always join me.” John felt his face blanch.
“M-me?” he squeaked. Moirin nodded eagerly. “A-aboard your ship?! With all the other pirates—no, no, I have to care for Lady Beth—“
“Bring her along!” Moirin chuckled. “Her and Johnny. It’ll be a learning and bonding experience for everyone.” John looked even more nervous than before. Moirin gave a smile and kissed his cheek. “Oh, honey... nothing I say will ever make you stop worrying, will it?”
John let out a wheeze, “Consider it just my nature, dear.”
Electric dreams - “You’re the only person I wanted to be with tonight.”
Esther’s cheeks turned violet as she blushed, but a timid smile creased against her lilac face. Johnny held out his hand for his girlfriend, who shyly took it. With a smile, Johnny pulled out his phone and pressed play on a song. He set it down on the grass of the hill and lead Esther in a dance, beaming the whole time.
“This is like when we first danced at Beth’s birthday,” Esther smiled. Johnny snorted.
“Yeah,” he smirked, “except your dad isn’t breathing down my neck and we aren’t in a stuffy ballroom or being watched by all those fancy elite UpSideDowners.” Esther giggled.
“No, we aren’t,” Esther rested her head on Johnny’s shoulder. He looked down the hill. As the song ended, he sat down on the grass, an arm around Esther as she continued to lean against him.
“Down there’s my old high school,” he said. “My senior year, I was crowned prom king.” Esther gasped and lifted her head, staring in awe at Johnny.
“So you are royalty!” she blinked, “Just like your sister!” Johnny snorted as he attempted and failed at holding back a laugh.
“Not exactly,” he scratched the back of his head. “It was a... modern American high school thing, y’know? Girls ready to pull each other’s hair out to be picked as prom queen, guys who don’t really care but are roped in by their girlfriends. The, uh... the district wasn’t ready for two kings yet, so it was just me, not my boyfriend. Some other chick got to be prom queen. But to compensate, they didn’t make me dance with her. See, prom court is supposed to lead like the last slow dance. But they let me lead with Harry and she lead with whatever temporary guy she was with. And then I just got a bunch of pictures taken and even more girls both angry at me and wanting to take pictures with me. It was a weird night. But it was a one night thing. No real royalty.” Esther listened to Johnny with keen interest. She smiled at him and kissed his cheek.
“To me,” she murmured, “you’re a brave king in your own right.”
Johnny and Marianna - “That’s new.”
Johnny gave a little shrug, closing his fist to stop his electricity. He opened his hand again, now devoid of magic and smirked as Marianna snatched his wrist, looking his hand over.
“It’s not actually that new,” he said. Marianna looked up from his hand and back at his face. “I’ve had these powers since I was a baby.”
“I thought you were human,” Marianna raised a brow suspiciously. Johnny nodded.
“I am,” he laughed, “don’t worry about that part. It’s not changing any time soon. But I wasn’t born with the powers, is what I’m saying. Let’s just say it was a... freak accident.” Marianna frowned at him.
“You know,” she huffed, “I didn’t get dragged into this for the spoiler-free version of magic and your real life. I want details. Full and all.” Johnny rolled his eyes with a smirk and laid back in the grass of the Wilson backyard. He stared up at the clouds for a moment as Marianna laid down parallel to him.
“It’s a long story,” he rested his hands behind his head. “You sure you’re up for it?” Marianna nodded.
“You know me,” she smiled, “I’m always up for a good story.”
Adam and Makoto - “I won’t let anything bad happen to you.”
Makoto sighed as Adam bandaged up one of her recent injuries. Still new to the Realm, they had to help each other to survive. Both had their own benefits—Adam didn’t have to worry too much about the toxins, he could stalk animals for food better than Makoto. But Makoto could go out in the daytime to gather supplies Adam couldn’t.
Makoto lifted her tired eyes to look up at the vampire, “The worst has already happened to me.” Adam finished bandaging her would and sat back, looking at his handiwork. Makoto looked at it sadly and murmured a thank you.
“You know,” Adam began, “you don’t have to wallow in sadness forever.”
“You don’t understand,” Makoto whispered, hugging herself. “I lost my husband. My daughter. In one moment, I lost everything. My parents, my friends, everyone I ever cared about or love.” Adam stared for a long moment at the woman.
“And that’s why I won’t let anything else bad happen to you,” he said, relaxing beside Makoto. She looked up at him and raised a brow. “Look, I’ve been here for ages. You don’t think I haven’t lost people either, do you?” Makoto didn’t say anything. “So that’s why I won’t let anything else bad happen to you. Alright?” She didn’t say anything for a moment. Adam playfully shoved her arm. “Come on. Speak up. Saaaaay something, Koko.” Makoto looked up at Adam. She gave a sniffled smile and brushed her hand under her eye.
“I... I like that nickname,” she said. “My husband called me that at times. It’s... nice to hear it again.” Adam gave a small smile.
“Alright then, Koko.”
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