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[hezzabeth]

"I believe in everything," Jay replied firmly.

"Do you believe in everything? Do you even believe that the tundras of Mars are haunted by Vetala possessing the bodies of early Mars pioneers?" Sugafana asked.

"Well, I've never been there, but it's a big universe. Anything is possible," Jay replied as they reached the top of the hill, revealing the city.

MangalRajyapura, the capital city of Mangalrajya, glowed before them. Spiraling towers in the shape of human hands, created using Martian jasper and solid gold, waved towards the sky. Tiny machine-like droids buzzed around the fingertips like drunken butterflies. And below it all lay the paper-card slum towns for the humans who remained.

"I haven't been back since the purge," Jay remarked, and Sugafana briefly glanced at him.

"I thought you grew up in a village?" Sugafana asked.

"I did, a cloud village," Jay remarked, gesturing upwards at the sky.

"Oh," Sugafana replied flatly.

During the second year of the war, the cloud villages unified to block off the sun, cutting off appliances from solar-powered batteries. A legion of dehumidifiers attacked, sucking up all the clouds' vapor. Thousands perished as they rained from the sky. It was known as the Day of Red Rain. The cloud villages were destroyed by a militia of smart dehumidifiers that sucked up the clouds within seconds.

"Is that why you make me do all the ice deliveries?" Sugafana asked as Jay began to run his hand over the baby's head.

"It's hard to appreciate the imperial gardens when you once saw the trees covered in blood," Jay replied.

"Most of the imperial gardens have been converted into kinetic movement pads. The government insisted when it started to look like the volcanic winter would last another decade," Sugafana explained to Jay.

"Do you ever wonder what the world would be like if Mount Olympus had never erupted?" Jay suddenly asked.

"Yes, most likely the sun never would have been blocked, and there would have been enough sunlight for all the plants and power batteries. It would have been a lovely fairytale where nobody is forced to spend hours walking to generate electricity for homicidal hairdryers," Sugafana said.

"Wow, you really did think it through," Jay remarked.

"I taught speculative interdimensional history. There's probably at least a thousand universes where none of this ever happened," Sugafana said as they slowed down, approaching a checkpoint just in front of the city gates.

"That would be depressing. I would miss talking to you every day," Jay replied.

"You wouldn't even know me, you wouldn't miss me at all," Sugafana pointed out as they pulled to a stop.

It was Tuesday, and on Tuesdays, Sugafana always made sure to approach turnstile number four.

"Afternoon, Radiantguard," Sugafana said to a white hard-shell mask glowing a faint red color.

"Good afternoon, human Sugafana! Are you here to make ice deliveries?" Radiantguard chirped, floating towards the pod's windows.

"As far as Sugafana could tell, Radiantguard had been built as an artificially intelligent UV light face cleaning mask. 'Not today; this is my baby, I need to bring her in for a check-up and to get kinetic pads installed in her feet,' Sugafana lied, gesturing towards Jay.

"And is this your family unit partner?" Radiantguard chirped.

"Yes," Sugafana lied swiftly.

"Anything to declare for customs?"

"Nope," Sugafana said, this time telling the truth.

"Very good! Please turn on your kinetic feet implants and enjoy the city," Radiantguard giggled before floating off.

"That was surprisingly easy! I heard the appliances vaporized refugee humans at checkpoints," Jay whispered to Sugafana as they drove through the tunnel heading into the outskirts of the city.

"Oh, they do! But they're so desperate for walkers they'll let anyone in that looks mostly harmless," Sugafana explained as the tunnel vanished, and the vehicle suddenly stopped with a faint groaning sound.

"Is that supposed to happen?" Jay asked.

"Yep, the appliances want everyone to walk everywhere! It's why they burn down the teleportation hub whenever they catch humans using it," Sugafana explained as she opened the pod's door and climbed out.

"Luckdown trash and treasure markets," Jay said, reading a filthy sign hanging from a half-bent streetlight. The road before them was a depressing smidge of crowded cracked grey concrete, surrounded by black, partially destroyed buildings. Next to the rubble, people worked at makeshift market stands, selling small containers of creation sand, bits of old junk, and piles of rags. Around them, shoppers moved in a bustling, drab pattern, talking amongst themselves. No one was standing still; people eating snacks purchased from a vendor were walking around in circles. The ladies gossiping next to an empty fountain were also shuffling their feet in a funny dance. Even the vendors shifted from side to side, their feet pounding on the pavement.

Sugafana walked to the back of the pod, and with a hiss, it opened, revealing four bags of snow cubes.

"I thought we weren't making deliveries," Jay asked, balancing the baby against his chest.

"This is strictly bribery ice. Now let's get walking! We're heading to the end of the market," Sugafana informed Jay as she picked up a bag of snow cubes and slung it over their shoulder.

There was a sudden whistling sound.

"Move your feet," Sugafana hissed at Jay as a flying electric toothbrush suddenly appeared from behind one of the market stalls. One of the vendors had stopped shuffling for a moment, an older man trying to sell bruised kiwi fruit.

"Third movement violation," the toothbrush chimed.

There was no time for protests, no screaming, no shouting. There was a blinding flash, and the vendor was gone.

"Haree Ram!" Jay shrieked.

"I said keep walking," Sugafana merely replied, pushing him forward.

No one protested, no one whispered. It was as if the vendor had never existed at all.

By the time they reached the end of the tiny grim alley, stepping out into a blinding clean plaza, appliances were zooming about a massive fountain in the shape of a hairdresser. The air was filled with the chirping drone of washing machines and music players gossiping to each other in their hidden language of beeps and whistles. Glass-fronted shops opened up into the street, selling inhuman things such as "designer surface decals," "premium color spray paint," and gold wheel rims. Above it all, there was a racing track surrounded by glass, where fit muscular humans in jumpsuits ran around in infinite circles.

"Marathon runners, they move so much the appliances pay them," Sugafana explained.

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[joecowtoy]

Jumpin’ the Kits-Shen canyon sink. >>> Swipe for 3D >>> #jumpinthesink #legophotography #lego #legostuntz #bathtubstuntbike #joecowlego #stereotoy #stereoscopic #toy_photography #brickcentral #bricknetwork #dawndetergent #kitchensink #redbull #redbullgivesyouwings #rubberducky https://www.instagram.com/p/ChUoMeMu9Q-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[dylandavisfit]

Lots of Red Bull was consumed this day.. 🤪 Awesome time helping make content for the upcoming Redbull TKO Extreme Enduro event! If you’re in nashville and enjoy seeing the best of the best do what they do go check it out! . . . . . . #redbull #extremeenduro #redbulltkotennesse #redbullnashville #fitness #redbullrampage #redbullunlocked #redbullgivesyouwings #redbullgirls #pridemonth (at Honeysuckle Hill Farm) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChNPSfdOhYp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[salihsally]

Vibes #SalihSally redbull #redbulladventure #redbullracing #redbullgivesyouwings #redbullracing #redbullindia #redbullrampage #redbullbatalladelosgallos #redbullbcone #redbullcliffdiving #redbulltv #redbullbike #redbullairrace #redbullf1 #redbullring #redbullmusic #redbulls #redbullracingf1 #redbullenergy #redbullphotography (at Alappuzha Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpwGho2ow2a/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[gh0stmusi]

Ola! So recently I saw different ways that siblings tend to act with each other and thought “hey I have two sisters and we chaotic together, so why not draw it?!” My friends were first surprised when they found out I have 4 other siblings. They thought I was an only child- #siblings #sibling #siblinglove👫 #sisters #artist #artsy #artwork #artcurator #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitaldrawing #memes #redbullgivesyouwings #family #artistic https://www.instagram.com/p/CoO8LozOn6b/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[deejaysoul]

What I received for completing Red Bull’s “Coast to Coast” challenge on #Strava They really mailed me one can of their energy drink. 😂😜🧐 #redbullgivesyouwings https://www.instagram.com/p/CggBCMEt7rp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[oneshotphotography]

Red Bull is an energy drink sold by Red Bull GmbH, an Austrian company created in 1987. It is the best-selling energy drink in the world #redbull #redbullindia #productphotography #greenery #redbullgivesyouwings #energy #energydrink #beverage #randomclick #photographylovers #phonephotography #photo #photographer #bhyp #iggood #samsung #samsungphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CU9H0i9o8fx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[automotivestageofficial]

Starting off the week with a Redbull F1 car! 🏎️ ⭕@semashow ⚪@redbull 📸@geoasimak

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[duranduratulsa]

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[shorepointdist]

Thank you to Red Bull USA for coming in today for some fun games, Tacoholics, and a kick-off to a beautiful day!

#redbull #redbullgivesyouwings #tacoholics #tacotruck #energydrink #jersey #jerseyshore #nj

[bramwellbern]

#bats #🦇

[hezzabeth]

An hour later, they reached the end of the market, weighed down with packages and a bag filled with jars of creation sand.

"Did we really need the ragdoll?" Sugafana asked Jay.

"Of course! Every child needs a special cuddly toy when they're born," Jay insisted.

"And the reading tablet?" Sugafana asked, referring to the old book of fairytales? It cost an entire bag of snow," Sugafana pointed out. Actual paper books were incredibly rare.

"The lady selling it looked like she hadn't had a decent meal in weeks! And babies who are read to grow up smarter," Jay explained.

"I’m sure she’s perfectly smart! Rich people always pay extra for intelligence upgrades," Sugafana pointed out as the baby squirmed against her chest.

"We should have bought her the pink princess dress," Jay said, looking down at the baby who was now wrapped up in a plain blue blanket.

"It was filthy and five sizes too big! The man was charging far too much for it," Sugafana grumbled.

Two people were leaning against Sugafana’s transport pod. Sugafana had found the pod abandoned and half destroyed in the snowfields during the first year of the appliance war. It had taken six months to repair. When she was finally done, Sugafana had painted it a cheerful Daffodil yellow with purple flowers.

"My pod isn’t a park bench," Sugafana said coldly, glaring at the two strangers. The first interloper was a tall round woman dressed in a black jumpsuit, her long frizzy blue hair pulled away from her craggy severe face. The second was a pale little girl wearing a frilly black party dress, her cobalt hair falling over one shoulder in a thick braid.

"It feels perfectly comfortable to me," the little girl said as the lady stood up, her black cloak swishing around her ankles.

"Assassin," hissed Jay.

"We prefer the term execution specialist," the lady said, and her eyes fell briefly on the baby.

"So, that little imp was right! You did keep the baby," the lady remarked.

"Mama, is this going to take long? My feet are tired from stamping too much," the little girl whined.

The execution specialist merely nodded towards the car.

"I see your pod has four seats; you will give my daughter and me a ride back to your camp. We walked here, and it was exhausting," she said.

"I won’t let you harm the baby," Sugafana said firmly.

"Neither will I," Jay added, and the lady chuckled. It was a low, cold chuckle.

"I only kill for money. Although if you refuse to give us a ride, I may make an exception," the lady remarked, and Sugafana’s eyes fell on the little girl who was scratching at her paintwork.

"Fine," she growled.

The first few minutes were tense as they drove through the city gates.

"So have you given the baby a name yet?" The assassin asked from the back seat after several moments of silence.

"No, she’s not my baby," Sugafana said through gritted teeth.

"I love naming things," the assassin said dreamily.

"Mama named me Paulina; it means small," the little girl remarked.

"You were small when you were born; I couldn’t decide if I should take you on as an apprentice or leave you to die on a hill," the assassin said.

Sugafana felt the grip on her steering controls tighten.

"And do you have a name, Auntie?" Jay stammered nervously.

"Not a legal one, no, but in this part of the solar system, you all call me the Sinister Whisper," the Sinister Whisper remarked, and Sugafana waved at the controls, causing the pod to skid to a stop an inch above the snow.

"When Mama dies, it will become my name," the little girl said cheerfully.

"Get out," Sugafana hissed.

"Get out? You want my daughter and me to get out into the freezing wasteland? It’s almost nightfall," she said with a small, vague smile.

Sugafana glanced upwards; the eerie aquamarine sunset was already starting.

"Get out, I don’t deal with famous assassins," Sugafana repeated herself.

"They might end up freezing to death! That little girl's dress doesn’t have sleeves," Jay said.

"I don’t feel the cold," the little girl said, and suddenly Sugafana felt something sharp and cold pierce through her thick braid, gently touching her neck.

"How about we all get out together? Or I might slip, and this nasty little needle filled with a highly effective toxin will end up breaking through your skin," the Sinister Whisper said.

Mars at sunset was considered one of the most classically beautiful sights in the solar system. Three hundred years ago, the tourist board of Mangalrajya built a glorious pleasure garden just outside the city. Sealed under a massive protective dome, tourists would party. Artists would come armed with drawing tablets to capture the aquamarine skies. Families would eat gourmet meals while waiting for the sun to set and the night sky to light up with a celestial fire show. During Holi, the fountains would spray epic jets of rainbow water. During Christmas, the local Catholics would arrange special concerts. For years, Sugafana would save her credits and take her sister to the annual food festival. When the appliances took over, the pleasure garden was one of the first things they destroyed. Now the land was empty apart from an occasional lump of rusty metal sticking from the ground.

Sugafana stood on the freezing ground, the needle still pressed in her neck.

"So, how did you two meet then?" The Sinister Whisper asked curiously.

"Mama! I don’t want to hear stories," the little girl grumbled.

"We met three years ago when we both tried to collect snow cubes in the same patch," Sugafana said simply.

"She thought I was a Maharatha raider and tried to kill me with her shovel," Jay added with a small nervous smile.

The Maharatha raiders were an annoying gang of teenagers. They spent their days roaming the wasteland robbing people instead of getting jobs.

"Then the real raiders showed up, and we beat them up together; after that, working together seemed easier," Sugafana added.

"Very nice, you're protective and you work well together," the Sinister Whisper said and then nodded towards Paulina.

Paulina skipped towards Jay and then pulled on his shirt.

"Give us the baby, or we will kill your partner," Paulina smiled.

Sugafana almost flinched. Jay seemed to be shifting slightly as if about to give the baby over.

"Jay, don’t do it," Sugafana said quietly.

"Are you sure?" Jay asked as the baby flailed about, her head slumping onto Jay’s shoulder.

"I’m sure, I’ve had twenty-four years! That baby has had nothing," Sugafana said, shutting her eyes.

Twenty-four years. Twenty years of pleasant walks, silly fights with family, and warm safe beds. Four years of people vanishing, good, sore bleeding hands, and four years of Jay’s silly stories….

Sugafana felt the needle pierce her skin. Her muscles clenched, preparing herself for the onslaught of burning poison. Nothing happened. Sugafana slowly opened her eyes and glanced over her shoulder. The Sinister Whisper was smiling at her, a self-satisfied, almost proud smile.

"The two of you have passed all my tests. Congratulations, you’re about to become parents," the assassin smiled, marching towards Jay, who was now faintly whimpering.

"I’m sorry… what?" Sugafana choked, and the Sinister Whisper shrugged.

"This baby needs parents who are intelligent, caring, and willing to die for its safety," the Sinister Whisper remarked casually, and Jay screamed as the Sinister Whisper pricked his skin with the same needle.

"You mean you’re not here to kill the baby?" Sugafana stammered, feeling vaguely hysterical.

The Sinister glanced briefly over her shoulder. "If I wanted to kill the baby, I would have destroyed the maternity droid's circuits instead of leaving it in the snow," she said with a small shrug.

"Mama, can’t we take the baby? These people are so soft," the little girl pleaded as the assassin pulled a small black box out of her pocket.

"No, darling, the baby's father will turn to us first," the assassin said as she handed the needles to her daughter and opened the box.

"The baby's father? Can’t he take her?" Sugafana asked, peering at the box.

Inside was a tiny gold caterpillar carved from solid gold.

"The baby's father is a bad man, an incredibly stupid bad man," the assassin said before taking the needles off her daughter.

Jay nodded as if fully understanding what she meant.

With a swift movement, she stabbed the caterpillar.

"Maternal and paternal genetic material uploaded," the scorpion said, and the assassin moved towards Jay, holding the tiny scorpion above the baby's head.

"This is a cosmetic DNA overrider, so you understand what that means?" The assassin asked Jay.

"Yes, we studied them at nursing school," Jay said in a small, nervous voice.

"What does that mean?" Sugafana whispered nervously.

"Rich people use them when they want to change their appearance but don’t want the genes to get passed down to their kids. It’s a sort of genetic mask that lies over your real DNA," Jay explained.

"Rich people, of course," Sugafana sighed.

"When I place this caterpillar on her head, this baby will have your maternal and paternal DNA signatures; every database in the solar system will register her as your biological daughter," the assassin explained.

"I have always wanted to be a mother," Sugafana admitted.

"I do like kids," Jay added.

"I know, that’s why I left the android on your snow patch," the assassin said, placing the caterpillar on the baby's head.

"Genetic overriding sequence selected, do you wish to proceed?" the caterpillar asked.

"Well, do you?" The assassin asked.

Sugafana’s eyes met Jay’s. He slowly nodded.

"Yes," Sugafana said, and the caterpillar began to squirm.

Suddenly, the baby's hair began to fall out in fluffy green clumps. The baby screeched and cried as the caterpillar rolled in on itself, turning into a cocoon.

"She’s in pain," Sugafana cried, running towards Jay.

"She’ll be ok; the patients I observed said it’s more of an annoying itchy feeling," Jay reassured her.

The baby's skin tone was changing; her cheeks were becoming fuller, and tiny prickles of violet hair began to sprout from her scalp.

"Modifications complete," the cocoon chimed, and it burst open, revealing a golden butterfly that flew away, landing on the assassin's shoulder.

The baby opened her eyes. Big, amber gold eyes surrounded by thick dark lashes.

"She looks like you," Jay whispered, and something flooded through Sugafana. Something aching and sad. Something wonderful.

"No, she looks like my sister," Sugafana whispered, taking the baby out of Jay’s arms.

The baby gripped onto the front of Sugafana’s shirt, and suddenly she was four years old again, holding her baby sister the day she was born.

"You should name her Perdita," Paulina said in a tiny, firm voice.

"No, they need to name the baby themselves," the sinister whisper scolded her gently.

"My sister's name was Lakshmi, but this baby is her own person," Sugafana said to Jay, and he stood next to her, patting the baby's head.

"What about Dityaa? It means almost the same thing," Jay asked, and Sugafana nodded, her eyes watering.

"Dityaa," she said firmly. Suddenly, everything flashed blue, and the air filled with the scent of fresh pineapple.

"They’re gone," Jay whispered. The assassin and her daughter had vanished.

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[chaoticfestivalsweets]

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[boyslikebritain]

@redbull should just sponsor me for how much I drink their #watermelon flavor 🍉🍉🍉 . . Also cheers @discountcemetery 🍻 . . . #redbull #watermelonredbull #redbullgivesyouwings #drink #energydrink #red #ghostfacenails #tattoos #potd #cheerstotheweekend #therededition #watermelongang (at Waukesha, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR9ToINnuxW/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[salihsally]

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[lumber]

♥️💯🦆🦆🦆👍🏼💕 Man, I haven't drank a #RedBull in a loooonnng time... But it's #DeadLine crunch mode. Here's a #Duck. #DucksOfInstagram #CartoonDuck #JeauxJanovsky #JeauxJ #JeauxJanovskyArt #JeauxJArt #InstaArtist #InstaArt #Inking #Quack #RedBullGivesYouWings #ArtistInResidence #SaferAtHome #StayHome #CoronaVirus #Covid19 #SelfDistancing #DontTouchYourFace #WashYourHands (at West Hills) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCSoao2jFiu/?igshid=1xssk06mcnoj8

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