#they always deliver

[shania-twain]

#HELLO *taps mic* IS THIS THING ON #can't bee leaf we're really here. they'er so happy and PARENTS OF THREE OH IMSICK #rollisi #amanda rollins #sonny carisi #kelli giddish #peter scanavino #they always deliver #svu #edit:rollisi

[kaymarie-bell]

TWST Halloween Event 2023

We have Ace SSR and Leona SR for summons 😭💖

Good luck everyone!

#twisted wonderland #twst #twst jp #twst event #twst cards #Ace Trappola #Leona Kingscholar #I'm broke after Rollo and I didn't even get him rip #I can't even do a full 10 pull for Grim 😭😭😭 #whoever chooses the themes for the Halloween events deserves a raise #they always deliver #kay shouts into the void

[goblin-writer]

Still Some Way to Go

The big day had finally arrived. It had been years in the making. First came the design – a behemoth of steel and steam. Then they had to secure funding for the project. That step had taken months before an interested shipping company had offered them a literal forest of money.

And even once built they had to get on with their preparations. They refined the system. The engine was tuned, stripped down, tested, tuned again. And finally, they had laid out their route. Five days’ worth of supplies had been stationed along the way with tools and assistants in case they needed to fix something.

Their journey would take them a week to complete. With the traditional horse and buggy, it would take two, and while a train was faster, it was much more expensive, and required a lot of track to be laid. With their loco-mobile they could cut down on track and time.

And finally, the big day came. Pomp and spectacle abounded. The shipping company set up a tent with drinks and snacks. A big brass band bellowed and blew. And all the leading figures of town turned out to watch them go.

Not only the leading figures – the promise of spectacle had drawn a crowd. Rail and dock workers held up signs in opposition to their invention. Freight haulers arrayed wagons with messages of support and drinks for their workers. And the local school had brought their children out to marvel at the engine.

A team of engineers clamoured over the engine, filling its water tanks, and checking the coal stores. The ribbon had been strung between two flag poles. One with the company flag and the other with the flag of the small port town they had made their workshop in. A large, bespectacled man approached the two engineers.

“It looks like you’ve drawn a crowd.”

“All thanks to your generous patronage.” The sun touched engineer said – their eyes glowing with a deep, forbidding gold.

“Nonsense – this locomobile will make us rich. Just imagine the headlines.”

They had. Two small engineers revolutionising the world of travel. What more could anyone hope for as a legacy. Together they had gazed at the stars for many nights, peering up at that great darkness. The sun touched engineer had had the idea first and the next day they had gotten to work. Now dusty, brittle pages were lined with sketch after sketch and calculation after calculation.

Now they stood before the engine as a photogram was taken of them and the bespectacled man made a speech. It was all about innovation and prosperity. The company was excited to put the loco-mobile into mass production and today would prove the design once and for all. They had made prototypes run tests with scale models.

As the crowd cheered they climbed aboard using a short ladder. The sun touched engineer lit the burner, the grizzled inventor pulled away the chucks. They waved at the crowd as they got ready, passing each other with a small kiss as they took their places. And the ribbon was cut and fell away.

The machine lurched into motion as the grizzled inventor put her back into heaving the break level into neutral. With a crank the sun touched engineer turned a dial, their eyes sparking in sync with the burner. It was going to be a hard few days but they knew they could do it.

The crowd cheered and the and took up playing again. They fired the horn once as a farewell and trundled along, leaving a party behind them. It wasn’t too far to the first station, a few hours away to make sure the machine hadn’t developed any major faults.

The tires at first rand over cobbled stones, then smoother stones. The buildings turned from old, and tall to squatter and newer, losing some colour as they made it to the outskirts and exposed brick warehouses. Then they left town behind – music following them and people waving all along the streets with bunting alternating between blue and white hanging between lampposts.

The stone road gave way to dirt as they left town behind. Before them was nothing but wilderness until they made it to the next town over. They smiled as they worked – their invention worked.

The sun beat down on them as they trundled along the road. Its warmth paling in comparison to the engine. The grizzled inventor worked pumps to cool the engine as the sun touched engineer shovelled coal. They took long drink of water and tossed some fresh bread, covered with cheese to each other to bake above the coals.

It wasn’t as smooth as a cart, with the lurching and shuddering of the engine. But it was going well. For a while. And then it all happened at once.

There was a large belch from within the engine.

The smoke stuttered above them.

Their horn blew unprompted.

Rushing over they poured water on the engine to cool it. Water sloshed around their feet and off the side of the engine.

“Venting steam.” The engineer yelled above the noise.

“Easing onto the brakes.”

They pulled their levers.

Steam billowed out of the boiler. Their gauges showed the pressure dropping and the heat following. Sparks flew up from the brake wells. The engineer grabbed the steering levers and tried to keep it straight as the steam pushed the engine to the right.

With a pitch and a wobble, the engine shuddered to a stop. They slid down the side and found the ground meeting them much sooner than expected. Ahead of them the road spread out and the hissing of the engine drowned out all but the loudest sounds.

“How far have we come?” The inventor asked. The engineer shrugged as they sat slumped together. Slowly the hiss of the engine subsided. A new sound crept into their ears.

Music.

A brass band’s echoes to be exact.

Tentatively they looked around the engine. Was someone playing tricks on them? To their chagrin they could see the town a few kilometres behind them. They could make out the steamers in the bay, the bell tower at the centre of the square, and even the glittering instruments of the brass band on the stage near where they had started this endeavour.

“I don’t think we’ll get them fund our next engine.”

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Thank you @flashfictionfridayofficial​ for this prompt. 200th week is amazing. I missed a few here and there but am glad that it keeps going. The prompts are always inspiring, even if I don’t always know what to write.

Here’s to 200 more weeks!

I may have been inspired a touch by an urban-legend retelling of a real event. Found out a lot of what I thought was true re that particular incident is just local legend. fact is rather different.

#flash fiction friday #steampunk #writing #flash fiction #original work #fff200 #can't believe how long the collective has been doing this #they always deliver #had an absolute blast with this #hope you did too #much love delicious reader

[sqquidselff]

#pizzaheros #danganronpa #hajime hinata #you know whay they say #they always deliver #lemon demon

[goldencherriess]

New Arctic Monkeys single!! I repeat: new Arctic Monkeys single!!!!

#that outro is everything #my soul left my body #absolutely beautiful #they always deliver #body paint #arctic monkeys #alex turner #am7 #the car #laura talks

[kkeomchiz]

finally listening to something that isn't gasoline album (billlie comeback)

#i love them #they always deliver #winter.txt

[blueboltkatana]

Ukraine lesss goooo

#Eurovision #eurovision 2022 #they always deliver

[silverpiwon]

At this point it’s safe to say we could crown P1harmony as the kings of relay dance

#P1harmony #they always deliver #you trully can never go wrong with a p1h relay dance

[ham1lton]

i fell for you.

pairing: lando norris × reader (no faceclaim).

warnings + summary: nothing!! just lando going on his prince charming looking spree after a trolley hit and run.

author's note: thanks for the request! hope i did it justice lol. i’m currently on a long bus journey home so let me know if you have any more requests. i have exhausted my spotify playlists 😔💔

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[bashtongaymoore]

new hbomb video had so many twists and turns i forgot that at the start i was taken out by surprise brian david gilbert standin for corporate media man

#really liked the video btw #hbomb always delivers #james somerton #brian david gilbert #hbomberguy

[thegarbagecollector]

It's always sunny is actually the best show on television because not only does it have old man yaoi it also delivers toxic yuri

#deetress #sweet dee #dee reynolds #the waitress #it's always sunny in philadelphia #iasip #doodles #toxic yuri #LIKE FOR REAL HOW OFTEN DOES A SHOW DELIVER BOTH

[swedishboyfriend]

ok.. my edition of Always Sunny Funnies I Think About Every Day (ft some i dont tend to see in these vids!)

#the first one is literally my favourite line in the entire show it's so fucking funny and delivered perfectly i can't even mimic it #it's always sunny in philadelphia #iasip #sunnyblr #liam mcpoyle #dennis reynolds #frank reynolds #charlie kelly #mac mcdonald #dee reynolds #just to be cleeear i did not write that song and have never had seeex with a chiiild just to be clear :)

[twinsarekeepers]

Luke bringing up Annabeth’s arachnophobia to explain how the gods see their children … the implications of this.

#the writers are cooking with GREASE #setting up luke/annabeth siblingism while also delivering the coldest analogy ever PJOTV WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS #percy jackson #luke castellan #annabeth chase #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians #pjotv #pjo tv show #pjo

[minothtime]

Ohhhhh the gay clubs are gonna ADORE Sick Love by LOONA OEC

#GIVE ME YOUR SICK LOVE *breakdances* #the perfect kind of oonts oonts actually #they ALWAYS deliver #loona #odd eye circle #loona oec

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Assisting Acquaintance Acquired.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wen ning #wei wuxian #Ignore how Wen Ning's hair looks here because I messed it up. Let's pretend he just sported a different hair style for a brief moment. #I am not exactly great at consistency but I am trying very hard to work on that (immediately messes up again). #Absolutely *love* how Wen Ning clearly remembers and admires WWX...who does *not* recognize him. #This is the best day for Wen Ning and it means *nothing* to WWX. A painful one-sided crush made worse. #It is bittersweet to realize that we care about someone more than they care about us. Sometime we pour love into a relationship- #-with someone who just can't reciprocate. It isn't always a conscious things either. Some people just aren't aware we care. #And painfully - so painfully - You can't make them aware. No act of kindness or gift or self sacrifice will make someone care about you. #You can martyr yourself for someone and they will continue on unchanged. #I think a lot about the parallels between WN and LWJ. Not foils - just reflections. A theme repeated. #People who give so much of themselves to someone who doesn't have the capacity to give any part of themself away. #I will die on the hill of 'Wen Ning would be the love triangle romance if that trope wasn't being avoided'. #And to be honest - thank the stars above that is the case. I do not know any good love triangles in media. #We are skipping some of the sad Jiang Cheng content because I really want to finish season 2 before May. #Sorry JC emo moment lovers...I'll deliver another time.

[cheekylittlepupp]

I've been dead in the ground for long enough..

#astarion ancunin #astarion #baldurs gate 3 #that knife flip always gets me... #bg3 #mims posts ~ #bg3 astarion #astarion gif #bg3 gifs #baldur's gate astarion #my hypewoman is making me do more gifs so im here to deliver #baldurs gate astarion #my gifs ~