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drummergirl231-2 · 5 years

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A Recap on the Buzzards

Now that we officially know the Buzzards are the heads of F.O.W.L. as @astrodances speculated, I think it’s time we review their actions from the show so far (and of course I have to add my own commentary afterwards).

“Woo-oo!”

Episode notes:

Bentley Buzzard informs Scrooge business is expanding in the Spoonerville and St. Canard markets.

Bentley informs Scrooge they are cutting funding to “unnecessary departments,” including Historical Research, Experimental Tech, and Deep Sea Exploration.

Scrooge, devoid of all enthusiasm, sarcastically replies, “Fantastic...”

DG notes:

In one of the earliest scenes in the show, we see Scrooge isn’t making the financial decisions in his own company. The Buzzards were cutting funding from departments for things he once cared about, and he raised no objections. Once he got his family back though, he also regained his enthusiasm for adventure and life in general, and those departments became necessary again. Within a few hours of meeting his great-nephews, he decided to take them on a deep sea exploration adventure, and I’m sure the Buzzards didn’t like that at all. They would have had to come up with a new strategy to maintain control of his company since his grief as a bereaved parent wasn’t enough anymore.

“The Great Dime Chase!”

Episode notes:

They call an unscheduled meeting with Scrooge shortly after his nephews move back in.

Bradford informs Scrooge that, as he knows, revenues are down in several international markets. He lists four of them and says, “We feel that...” before Gyro bursts in.

After Gyro’s spiel, Bradford asks him how he plans to ensure Li’l Bulb won’t achieve sentience and turn evil like all his other inventions.

Li’l Bulb shakes his fist and runs a finger under his “throat,” to threaten Bradford. Bradford asks what it’s doing and Gyro says, “Waving. It likes you.”

Bradford shares a glance with each of his colleagues and then denies Gyro’s request for funding.

Scrooge tells Louie his board are the only people cheaper than he is, and he trusts them completely to make good financial decisions.

Bradford interrupts Scrooge and says they are calling the meeting “to discuss cutting your unnecessary spending here at the... money bin.”

The first cut they propose is on Scrooge’s $15,000,000 he’s spending on magical defense, to which Scrooge replies, “Do you have any idea how many vengeance curses I have on my head?!”

Bradford asks Scrooge how he can justify spending $5,000 on a velvet pillow for a dime.

Scrooge calls them “ya penny-pinching Buzzards!”

Scrooge says if they can find him 3,000 gallons of silver polish for cheaper, he’d love to hear about it. Bradford replies by saying this is getting them nowhere, and if Scrooge refuses to make cuts, they’ll be forced to fire bin employees to save money.

Bradford says the obvious first choice is the archivist. Scrooge argues Quackfaster has kept his archives secure and orderly for 50 years. Bradford says, “Fine, Quackfaster stays.”

Bradford then says Gyro is “definitely unnecessary.” Scrooge argues Gyro is one of the most brilliant minds of their time.

Scrooge sarcastically says if they’re going to fire all the employees, why not shut the whole bin down? And Bradford points out he does have a perfectly good office downtown before asking:

Scrooge tells the Buzzards if they fire his crazy employees, they’ll definitely seek revenge. Bradford asks for a vote: “All those in favor of keeping the bin and everyone in it far away from our offices?” The other two reply, “Aye.”

DG notes:

Isn’t it interesting that once Scrooge’s nephews moved back in, the Buzzards held an unscheduled meeting to try and get him to cut funding to his defenses and/or fire Quackfaster and Gyro? And possibly even shut down the money bin?

I’m sure the Buzzards knew exactly what they were doing in asking Scrooge to cut funding on magical defense. They knew there was something dangerous he was keeping locked up on an island somewhere. They also likely knew he had vengeance curses on his head and they wanted him defenseless.

When they questioned him about the velvet pillow under the dime, it’s possible they were fishing for information about his dime, which we now know is more than just sentimental.

Then they tried to get him to fire Quackfaster, who keeps Scrooge’s records... even any existing records of the Spear of Selene. They probably figured since Scrooge’s family was back in his life, the event that drove them apart was bound to come up again, and if you’re familiar with this blog or @alliterative-albatross’, you’ll know we have reason to believe the Buzzards have something to hide when it comes to the incident. We believe they may have threatened Gyro to sabotage the rocket (and Gyro would have pretended to go along with their plans to buy himself time, but not actually plant real bombs on the rocket).

After they failed to convince Scrooge to fire Quackfaster, they tried to get Scrooge to fire Gyro, who built the Spear of Selene and would definitely have information to spill to the nephews if they came asking.

Then they tried to get the whole bin shut down, and deep inside Scrooge’s archives at the bin is the shrine he built in Della’s memory to process his grief in his own way.

Fortunately, with Scrooge’s family back in his life, we see a drastic change from the bored, depressed, broken, and submissive man he appeared to be in the pilot episode. With his family back, he has the strength to fight back against how the Buzzards want to run things. He said he trusted them completely to make good financial decisions - a sign they’ve had him under their thumb for years - but this was his first meeting post-reunion, and he’s not the doormat they’re used to anymore.

“Jaw$!”

Episode notes:

The Buzzards called to say Scrooge’s adventures were causing costly damages to Duckburg.

They also had Beakley pass along the message that they had set up a television interview for Scrooge with Roxanne Featherly to help boost his character.

DG notes:

Either they really did want Scrooge’s reputation to get a boost because that’d be good for the company and therefore good for them if they could regain control, or they knew Scrooge would make a fool of himself and they hoped he’d come to the conclusion again that he needed to listen to them.

“The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!”

Episode notes:

In Scrooge’s flashback of the events following Della’s disappearance, we see the Buzzards telling Scrooge his spending on the search for Della has far exceeded its budget and every other area of spending in the company. This is followed by a clip of his own private funds from the money bin draining drastically.

We see another clip of the bin draining again, followed by a clip of two of the Buzzards dragging a frantic Scrooge away from the control panel and out the door while the other stands in the background.

DG notes:

I’m willing to bet the Buzzards - while they had possibly hoped to get Scrooge killed with this rocket - found Della’s disappearance just as useful, if not more. If Scrooge had died on the rocket, that could have led to an investigation of what went wrong mechanically. But with Della lost in a cosmic storm, and with Scrooge believing she stole her own present for a test run (rather than knowing she discovered the conspiracy and was confident she could bust it on her own), the whole thing could look like a tragic accident... no one to blame but Della herself. And with Scrooge a broken and grieving man, he was easily manipulated.

The Buzzards would have known all they had to do was occasionally tell Scrooge he was spending far too much to look for Della when it was hopeless, knowing he wouldn’t listen to them, and only when Scrooge was “nearly bankrupt,” as Beakley said he was, would the Buzzards swoop in and put a stop to Scrooge’s search efforts, making them look like the heroes who saved his company and pulled him back from the brink of the abyss. From then on they had his trust and cooperation... until he reunited with his nephews.

“Last Christmas!”

Episode notes:

The Buzzards attended Scrooge’s first annual McDuck Enterprises Christmas Party in the 1960s.

Duckworth pushes present-day Scrooge toward the Buzzards to talk business. Scrooge asks them if they are enjoying the party and they huddle up to discuss the question for a moment before answering him in unison, “No.”

Bradford tells Scrooge with the economic downturn, having a Christmas that is both holly and jolly isn’t fiscally responsible.

DG notes:

Calling a holly jolly Christmas fiscally irresponsible should have convinced more fans of their evilness.

That aside, let’s look at the timeline a bit. This party took place after the events of the flashbacks in “The Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22!” Beakley was at the party, so she and Scrooge were already friends, so Scrooge had already worked as a freelance operative on a S.H.U.S.H. mission where they thwarted the F.O.W.L. agent, Black Heron. When present-day Scrooge arrives at this Christmas party in the past, we find out it was the first one for McDuck Enterprises because he’d just started his company. The Buzzards, who have since been revealed as the heads of F.O.W.L., have been stationed in his company since it began because he was already an enemy of F.O.W.L.

“The 87 Cent Solution!”

Episode notes:

They attended Scrooge’s staged funeral.

DG notes:

How much d’you wanna bet the whole time they were thinking, my gosh, the things we have to put up with to play the long game...

“The Richest Duck in the World!”

Episode notes:

The Buzzards called a meeting after Louie spent $100,000,000 on an ottoman. Brandford asked him how exactly the ottoman benefits the company.

Bradford tells Louie McDuck Enterprises is a business, not a bank account, and the money has to come from somewhere. Louie tells him to figure it out, since that’s what he pays him to do.

Bradford brings up the money spent on magical defense that he tried to have Scrooge cut in Season 1. He says it’s spent on a dark, mysterious island. Louie, not knowing what’s on the island, tells him to cut that. Bradford pulls a device with a single red button right out of his suit jacket and presses it, releasing the Bombie.

While on the island and trying to escape the Bombie, Louie calls Bradford and tells him to cut the funding to the McDuck satellite system immediately and drop them all on his location. Bradford asks him if he’s sure he knows what he’s doing, and he tells him he does. Bradford drops the satellites on the island and they explode.

At the end of the episode, we find out the McDuck satellite system was a series of defense satellites, and once they went down, Lunaris was ready to invade.

DG notes:

Scrooge may have known all the ins and outs of McDuck Enterprises, but Louie did not. Scrooge knew that 15 million on magical defense was important and he knew why. Bradford probably also knew exactly what he was doing when he suggested cutting the funding to magical defense again, even though this time he didn’t bring up how much the company was spending on it and, if he had, Louie would have realized the 15 million wouldn’t have made up for the 100 million he just spent. It wasn’t about making up for the money he’d lost at all. They just wanted to get rid of Louie and get control of the company again, whether it was through becoming the heads of McDuck Enterprises themselves, or manipulating a grieving Scrooge again.

They also would have known those satellites were defense satellites, and while they’re evil, they’re not out to destroy the whole world (as Bradford later said in the finale, “...without the world, who would we larceny against?”). Bradford asked Louie if he knew what he was doing and while Louie said he did, of course he didn’t. (“The ducks almost cost us the world today...”)

“Moonvasion!”

Episode notes:

We find out the defense satellites were also useful for communication.

At the end of the episode, it is revealed the Buzzards are the head of F.O.W.L., and Bradford gives the following speech: “This has gone too far. The ducks almost cost us the world today, and without the world, who would we larceny against? The pieces are finally in place. Time to come out of the shadows, take control, and end Clan McDuck. If the McDuck family wants an adventure... we’ll give them their last.”

DG notes:

While I was certain the Buzzards were evil (we even had that IDW comic panel that proved they were trying to get rid of Scrooge), it still feels unreal that their evilness has been revealed in the show. #BlametheBuzzards2019 is officially valid.

There’s a lot to unpack and unravel when it comes to enemy spies being planted in Scrooge’s company from the beginning. Our new little conspiracy theorist Huey will have his hands full.

And while Season 1 showed the parallels between Della and Dewey (their personalities, confidence, and love of adventure), and Season 2 showed the parallels between Della and Louie (seeing the angles and stressing out when their plans don’t go the way they thought), Season 3 will almost certainly show parallels between Della and Huey. And if Della did take the rocket because she tripped the wire while investigating a conspiracy, that would definitely parallel Huey’s search for answers. Seeing Huey try to bust a conspiracy on his own could be quite triggering for Della. She may try to stop him before he gets hurt.

I’m definitely looking forward to seeing what the Buzzards have been up to and how the family will find out about it all.

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nitr0glycer1ne · 5 years

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Ducktober/Duckvember Day 8 - Ship

Hooooo there it is!!! Some Drakepad!!! Well, some pre-relationship Drakepad, but still! And also I get to write Lena and Gos for the first time! My headcanon is that Gosalyn is a year younger than Webby (HDL's age), and that Lena "is" a year older than Webby. Gos and Violet are the same age, but Violet skipped a grade. Also I mainly took inspiration from the original Gosalyn, though I did make her a bit more done with her dads maybe??? Please enjoy!

“Uuuuugh!” “What’s going on, Gos?”

The redhead let her head slump on the table, while Webby gave her a puzzled look. It was rather unusual to see Gosalyn look so discouraged; the fiery girl was usually the first to motivate other people when they felt down, and was a seemingly endless well of energy. But Gosalyn had seemed a bit distant since the morning. Since they were a year older, Webby and Violet didn’t have classes with her; but when the three of them and Lena had met up before classes, Gosalyn had already seemed a bit down.

“It’s my dad.” she mumbled. “And Launchpad.” “Are they arguing about whether or not you should be allowed to stay up past nine again?” Violet asked, finishing her yogurt. “No, thank God.” Gosalyn answered, her face still again the table. Lena, who was a grade above Violet and Webby, looked at her with a small smile. “Then come on, spill the beans."

Drake had bonded with her and Violet’s dads, and while she considered him a friend, she also loved teasing him, since he was very easy to tick off.

“It’s just that they won’t go out together! It’s annoying!” Gosalyn complained, lifting her head from the table and rolling her eyes. “They look at each other all lovey-dovey, Launchpad basically lives in our guest room and acts like he’s also my dad, and when they argue it’s like seeing an old married couple!”

She almost added that they fought crime together, but she wisely decided to keep quiet about that last fact.

“It’s true that I did hear Launchpad talking to Dewey about the many ways in which your dad is amazing and looks dashing and stuff for half an hour the other day.” Webby remembered as Lena snickered and Violet nodded in understanding. “It was sweet, but also pretty funny to see the exact moment when Dewey’s face lost all expression. He does that a lot when he’s bored.” “See!” Gosalyn roared. “That’s why I’m talking about! There’s nothing not romantic about that! But when I tell dad that he should date Launchpad, he gets super pissed off!” “Hmm…” Violet lost herself in her thoughts for a moment, gathering them. “Maybe you should try a different approach, if direct confrontation was inefficient.” “I’m sure I could make some sort of love potion.” Lena offered, eating the last piece of her fruit salad. “They’re already in love, dummy!” Webby smiled and affectionately ruffled her best friend’s hair. “But I have another idea, and I’m sure you’ll like it!” “You do? Really?”

Webby nodded, offering her friend the brightest smile she could. Gosalyn couldn’t help but be a little bit scared.

“Ahem. Ladies, thank you for being here today!” “You literally dragged us here right after school.” Lena reminded Webby, who coughed a little. “Details, details, my dear Lena. Anyways, let’s kick off Operation Drakepad!” “Drake… pad?” Violet asked, tilting her head. “Is that a portmanteau of my dad and Launchpad’s name?” Gosalyn asked in disbelief. “That’s so… cheesy. Exactly like them. I love it!” “Thank you, Miss Mallard.” Webby bowed, pleased. “But I’m not the one who came up with the name. Meet my associate in romantic cases, Hueeeeey Duck!”

Like a proud mother, Webby pointed her two indexes at the duckling who was standing right next to her.

“Why does he have to be involved?” Gosalyn asked. She didn’t mind the Duck triplets at all; but she was curious as to why Webby had decided Huey would be, in her words, “a precious ally”. “Oh, because he was the other brilliant mind behind Operation Fendra!” “Fendra?” Lena repeated. “Huey, seriously?” “Hey!” Huey replied defensively. “It was a great name! Short, efficient, straight to the point!” “Silence!” Gosalyn yelled. “Was that operation about making two idiots in love realize that they’re in love?”

Huey and Webby looked at each other, suddenly embarrassed.

“… kind of?” the girl answered. “OK, and did it work?” “Weeeell…” Huey hesitated. “Not really, but we didn’t really have a backup plan for the eventuality of one of them being a spy sent by Mark Beaks to infiltrate Gyro’s laboratory, so it… wasn’t a failure either?”

Lena, Violet and Gosalyn looked at each other in disbelief. Gosalyn was starting to look even more disappointed than during lunch, so Webby was quick to do her best to avoid further damage:

“But there’s no reason it shouldn’t work for Drake and Launchpad! I mean, I don’t think either of them own a laboratory? Or that they’re an enemy of Mark Beak?”

Gosalyn thought back to the time her father had investigated a case involving the egotistical and childish owner of Waddle, but she remained silent. After all, Launchpad had been investigating alongside Darkwing Duck, and there was absolutely no way the loyalty the pilot had towards her father was anything but genuine.

“Nah, I don’t think so.” “Then the plan should be an absolute success, I guarantee it!” Webby giddily promised, although Huey looked a bit more skeptic. “And what is than plan?” Violet inquired, curious. “Will you tailor it to the targets’ personalities and interests, or is it something you can apply to every situation and soon-to-be couple?” “A mix of both.” Huey answered. “The idea is to set them up for a date, and to try to make it a date they’ll enjoy.” “So, Gos!” Webby turned her attention to her redhead friend, who seemed a bit lost, somewhere between tempted by the idea and being in utter disbelief at the somewhat surreal scene that was unfolding in Webby’s room. “What do you think your dad would like for an ideal, romantic, sure-to-sweep-Launchpad-off-his-feet date?”

Gosalyn did have an idea, but she wasn’t sure making the date Darkwing Duck theme was going to help set a romantic tone- it would just be like one of their regular Darkwing Duck marathons.

“It’s really nice for your boss to invite us for dinner.”

Launchpad, Drake and Gosalyn were in the pilot’s car, an old thing that had seen better days but that Launchpad lovingly took care of. The trio was headed towards the McDuck manor, the two adults sitting in the front while Gosalyn was in the back, seemingly innocently reading comics. However, her mind was focused on what awaited her father and his almost-boyfriend that night.

“In fact, it’s almost too nice.” Drake continued suspiciously. “I mean, he does owe us for the heroic help I provided when those aliens invaded us, but still, isn’t it a bit weird for Scrooge McDuck to-” “Daaad.” Gosalyn rolled her eyes. “Geez, can’t you enjoy a nice gesture from an old man?” “Gosalyn is right!” Launchpad nodded. “Mr McD is nicer than people think. He took me in when I didn’t have a place to stay, you know!” “Mmmh.” Drake nodded. “Still…” “You worry too much!” Gosalyn scolded, putting her comic aside. “That’s what too much crime fighting will do to you.” “What?! There’s never enough crime fighting, young lady!” “Whatever. Just… let Darkwing in the car for tonight, okay? Be Drake and have fun.” “Yeah, DW! It’s gonna be a fun evening!” “Launchpad, don’t call him that!”

They had been so busy bickering that they barely noticed they had arrived. Launchpad almost crashed the car when parking it in front of the garage, but the three of them arrived in one piece in front of the manor’s entrance. Out of habit, Launchpad was about to open the door, but Drake gently grabbed his wrist and rang instead. A surprised Mrs Beakley opened them.

“Launchpad? What are you doing here? I thought you wouldn’t be coming back here before Sunday.” “What?” it was the pilot’s turn to be puzzled. “We’re here for dinner?” Drake clarified, suspicious. “The one Scrooge McDuck invited us to?” “Dinner? Mr McDuck hasn’t told me-” “Oh hey, hi Launchpad! Hi Mr Mallard! Hi Gos!”

Webby had sled right in front of her grandmother, offering the trio the warmest and most welcoming smile she could. Mrs Beakley looked at her granddaughter, suspicion growing more and more obvious on her face, but the girl ignored the heavy gaze she felt on her back:

“How wonderful of you to join us for a magical evening sure to please your minds and your palate! Please, come inside.”

Launchpad stepped inside the house, oblivious, but Drake kept looking at Webby as if she had grown a second head. He then glanced at his daughter, but she raised her shoulders, the very picture of innocence. Sighing, Drake followed his friend. When Gosalyn entered the manor, she saw Mrs Beakley was talking with Lena in a hushed tone, looking somewhat displeased but mostly perplexed. The redhead understood Webby hadn’t told her grandmother about their plan, probably because she would have done everything in her power to dissuade the kids from putting it to execution.

And, to be honest, Gosalyn couldn’t blame her.

But the plan was now in motion, for better or for worse. Gosalyn had, of course, been heavily helping Webby and Huey with it; but in the end, the last steps were entirely up to them, and she truly hoped it would succeed. She would never forgive herself if her meddling somehow hurt her father and Launchpad’s relationship; but she truly believed neither of them would do the first move, and that someone had to intervene, for their own good.

She met with Violet and Lena, who had apparently managed to convince Mrs Beakley to let them handle the situation if the way the housekeeper had gone upstairs while muttering “children…” half annoyed and half affectionately was any indication.

“And now, we wait.”

“Woah! Did you change the decoration? The kitchen didn’t look like that last week!”

While Launchpad looked around the room, amazed, Drake felt like he had stepped into one of those trashy novels oozing with over the top romanticism. Every surface available was covered in rose petals and candles, save for the table at the center of the room, covered with a pink tablecloth. Soft jazz music was playing, and strings of small paper hearts had been taped to the wall.

One of the Duck triplets – Drake still had trouble telling them apart, this one wore a white shirt with a red bow tie – greeted them, a napkin thrown over his arm.

“Ah, welcome, welcome! Your table awaits, gentlemen.”

The duckling guided them to the table, which was around two meters away from them, and let the two adults sit down. Launchpad was still looking around, marvelling at the gentle and cosy atmosphere the candles gave the room, while Drake listened to him, feeling a smile blossom on his beak.

It was when Webby brought them a menu, one that only had a single option available – labelled as “Cupid’s Choice” and whose main dish was a plate of meatball spaghetti – that everything clicked in Drake’s head. Gosalyn’s enthusiasm when she had told them of the dinner, the way she had been looking at him and Launchpad all day long, Beakley’s confusion, the ridiculously romantic decoration of the room-

Gosalyn may not have been his biological child, but she was definitely his clever daughter. She took so much after him, and after Launchpad too, now that he thought about it.

And as a complete understanding of the situation hit him, Drake laughed, taking Launchpad by surprise.

“DW- uh, I mean, Drake, what’s going on?” “Oh, nothing, nothing, don’t worry.” Drake reassured his friend, looking at the emerald eyes he could get lost in, noticing for the first time how close their hands were, resting on the table. “I’m just looking forward to this dinner.”

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And of course the dinner was a success!! Let me know if I should write it! I'm just weak for the Mallard-McQuack family......... and Webby and Huey's matrimonial agency of sorts... and Team Magic befriending Gos.... I hope I did this pairing justice, it's my favorite DT17 ship!!

#drakepad #drake mallard #launchpad mcquack #gosalyn mallard #ducktales #ducktober #violet sabrewing #lena de spell #lena despell #Webby Vanderquack #huey duck #bentina beakley #mrs beakley #dt17 #my writing #my fics #team magic

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quaculaarchive · 5 years

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these are the most brilliant minds of our time

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ducktales-wco-oo · 3 years

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“So... science fair partners, huh?” Timmy smiles nervously at the other boy- Louie, he’s the cute triplet in green- as he shoves his stuff into his backpack. “My mom’s a scientist, if you want me to ask her for ideas. And I know kind of a lot about rocks. I dunno. I’m down to do most of the work as long as you’re there for it.” It’s maybe a pathetic attempt at making friends, but Timmy’s never had anyone to hang out with before. At least Louie might stick around if he gets a free science fair project out of it.

- ✩ { @calvinsmuses } ✩

{ ☆ } ❝ Yep. I guess we are. ❞ Louie says with a pop of his lips to emphasize the agreement, shuffling his backpack over his shoulder. Repositioning the heavy bag— weighed down with books and papers, but nothing Louie can’t easily handle —he turns to face Timmy, plastering what he hopes is a suave, winning smile on his face. This is it. A chance to make a new friend- an actual friend. One of his own, not spawned from his brothers or Webby or an adventure that he never wanted to go on in the first place. Just a normal, mundane school assignment and a normal, mundane friend...

Which would be a GOOD thing. Mundane is a very good thing.

Nerves gnaws at his gut, but Louie brushes them aside along with the wonderings of how much this kid has heard about him. Rumors spread around fast in this place apparently, and while Louie hasn’t been around long enough to get a good grasp on them— or even attempt to twist the system to his advantage now that he’s got some new ammunition up his sleeve —he also wouldn’t be surprised if he was ALREADY at a disadvantage. People tend to find it rather easy to dislike him. It happened when he had nothing and it could still happen even now that he has ‘everything’... What can he say? Other people don’t take a liking to the ‘evil’ triplet.

But this might be different.

❝ What, worried that I can’t pull my weight? ❞ Louie jokingly responds to the offer, lightly snickering even as his feathers ruffle a smidge with unease. Waving a hand, he shrugs while sticking his other one in his hoodie pocket, holding the fabric in a vice-like grip, ❝ Nah, I’m just messing with ya. I get it.. Trust me, at my old school I was always the one doing everything during group projects. ❞ Mainly because his group ditched him and he had to do it alone, but that’s not something worth mentioning. For the sake of his pride. ❝ So, I’m pretty good at this stuff... and I dunno, science is actually kinda fun. ❞

Cheeks growing a smidge warm as he wonders whether he’s about to be teased for the sentiment, free hand runs through his bangs in a subtle way of soothing himself, ❝ I mean, some science... But anyway- I don’t know much about rocks in general, but I do know a lot about precious gemstones and other valuable minerals. Maybe there’s something in that we could use? Meld our areas of expertise together? ❞ Hands move to interlock his fingers at the suggestion, Louie then resting a hand against his chest as he continues,

❝ And I also know a few brilliant minds that could help us out if you want. The uh, heh- the Head of Research and Development for a substantial lab is pretty much wrapped around my finger. ❞ That’s maybe a bit of stretch, but at the same time- he’s managed to sweet-talk and meander his way around the lab quite a bit, especially compared to his brothers. While Huey might have Fenton on a string, Louie’s had his fair share of banter with Gyro. Which is arguably, the bigger and more impressive fish of the two.

Hoping that he’s impressing the other boy, Louie chuckles casually and adds with a shrug, ❝ I’m sure I could swipe us a few high-tech gizmos or whatever for all our nerdy needs~ ❞ { ☆ }

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Second Life for Shipping Containers: Selling Bao Buns and Baked Goods To drum up publicity for his downtown Indianapolis food hall, Craig Baker posted photos of orange, turquoise and hot pink shipping containers on Instagram. They might seem like an odd way to promote a food emporium and culinary incubator, but the steel boxes piqued locals’ curiosity. “They’re very much like Legos, right?” Mr. Baker, an entrepreneur and a chef, said of the shipping containers inside the AMP, an artisan marketplace and a former utility garage where vendors will sell PB&J sandwiches, Ethiopian cold-brewed coffee and chocolate-covered strawberries coated in edible glitter. “We’re building our own little village inside a giant garage,” he said of the 40,000-square-foot space, which also contains a full-service restaurant, an open-air bar, a community prep kitchen and a stage. “People want to see what you built.” Shipping containers have been heralded as a trend in residential design, where they are used for modular homes, but they’re also winning over commercial planners who have used them to liven up the bars, cafes and restaurants within developments anchored by food halls. When used in industrial areas or port cities, the containers give the projects a sense of community, critical in a pandemic when retailers and restaurants are shutting their doors. But the shipping containers also present challenges for developers, including adapting them for indoor uses and making them safe for guests and employees during a pandemic. Most food halls rely on shipping containers to populate the vendor stalls, but some also use them as a canvas for art installations or as common spaces. As food halls proliferate, builders are using forward-looking design to stand out from the pack to avoid resembling a sterile cafeteria. “Food halls are a dime a dozen these days; there’s a lot of them doing the exact same thing,” said David Weitz, a co-founder of Carpe Real Estate Partners, which this month opened Oasis, a food and entertainment hub built on the site of a former ship engine repair firm in Miami’s artsy Wynwood neighborhood. Six yellow, pink and lavender shipping containers are used to sell bao buns and gyros while 16 more form a 75-foot-tall central Tower Bar painted in the same colors by the Spanish artist Antonyo Marest. The Oasis is one of a dozen food halls that use shipping containers and one of several opening this year, along with the AMP in Indianapolis and BLVD MRKT near Los Angeles. There are 242 food halls operating in the United States, a jump from 222 at the start of the pandemic, and cities have been relying on their creative concepts and communal dining spaces to re-energize dormant neighborhoods. At least 190 more are in the works, according to a Cushman & Wakefield report. The trend started in 2013 with the Downtown Container Park, a project conceived by Tony Hsieh, the Zappos chief executive, who died last November. The development, which was central to the $350 million revitalization of downtown Las Vegas, inspired other developers like Barney Santos, who will open BLVD MRKT this summer in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Montebello after seven years of planning. “I remember seeing the container park and feeling so inspired by the design,” Mr. Santos said of the Las Vegas development. “I wanted to recreate that experience in my neighborhood, to do something no one would expect to see.” Developers like Mr. Santos said using shipping containers was a design choice rather than a cost-saving one. Used shipping containers cost $2,000 to $3,000, but builders can expect to pay five times that amount to add windows, doors, support structures, and kitchen and other equipment to pass local health inspections. That makes the cost comparable to installing regular food stalls. Today in Business Updated May 11, 2021, 10:07 a.m. ET For entrepreneurs, opening a food stall in a shipping container allows them to add flourishing touches to personalize their space. At many indoor food halls, stalls often look the same except for a few variations in signage. “The creativity that opens up is the most curious,” said Mr. Baker, the project lead for the AMP. “You’re giving them a canvas, and you say: ‘Look, here’s your space. What are you going to do with it?’” That resonated with Joanna Wilson, owner of an AMP dessert shop, Punkin’s Pies. Ms. Wilson chose colors that matched her brand, adding black-and-white floors and awnings to the hot pink shipping container as well as a sparkly chandelier that shines like her glitter-covered strawberries. The semi-enclosed space also allows her to tuck away most of her kitchen equipment. “I’m trying to make it look dainty and neat,” Ms. Wilson said. “I don’t like showing my refrigerator, microwave and the kitchen area.” The design choice makes sense in major port cities like Long Beach, Calif., where the developer Howard CDM built SteelCraft, one of the earlier incarnations of a shipping container dining venue. “There’s shipping containers everywhere” in Long Beach, said Kimberly Gros, the founder of SteelCraft, which manages two other Southern California locations, in Garden Grove and Bellflower. “So we thought we would create a structure that was different, that really connected to us.” Reusing materials appeals to many consumers, both from an environmental and aesthetic standpoint. “I think when you take an item and subvert its original intent and create an entirely new use for that item, that’s always interesting,” said Erik Rutter, a co-founder of Carpe Real Estate Partners. For indoor food halls like the AMP, bright hues liven up an otherwise gray space while maintaining an industrial feel. “The color palette for the containers really pops,” Mr. Baker said. But there are a few caveats to using shipping containers in food-centric destinations. Some developers advise sticking to outdoor uses to avoid complex retrofitting. In an outdoor setting, oven ventilation can go straight from the oven hood through the roof, which is the most common setup. But for a food hall at the bottom of a 50-story building, the process becomes more complicated because the venting may have to go up 50 stories, said Mr. Weitz of Carpe. Most developers have stuck to outdoor uses, but some food halls in the Midwest, such as the AMP, Detroit Shipping Company and Parlor Food Hall in Kansas City, Mo., have placed them indoors. Design experts say the key is to stick to bakeries and other light cooking uses indoors instead of, say, a shop that requires a deep fryer. That’s why the AMP used shipping containers for businesses with limited cooking requirements and conventional stalls for those that required more, said John Albrecht, a principal at the architecture firm DKGR, which designed the AMP. Coping with the pandemic is also a bigger challenge for indoor food halls where guests often jockey for coveted seats. Most have pushed takeout and delivery services and have reconfigured their seating to enable social distancing, said Phil Colicchio, a co-leader of Cushman & Wakefield’s food and beverage consulting group. But perhaps the biggest struggle for shipping container-led developments is staying relevant as more open. “The worry is that the more that go this route, the more the spaces start to look alike,” said Trip Schneck, also a co-leader of Cushman & Wakefield’s food and beverage group. Expect shipping container developments to keep popping up, especially as cities identify more industrial areas in need of revitalization. But it won’t be long before architects identify the next big thing, said Howard CDM’s president, Martin D. Howard. “Brilliant thinkers and creative minds will come up with other ways to make it interesting for people to come out and eat and drink and have a good time,” he said. Source link Orbem News #baked #Bao #Buns #Containers #goods #life #Selling #Shipping

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RedHatMeg’s Guide on Gyro Gearloose Part 2 - Uncle Scrooge comics

And our adventure through stories with our favorite inventor continues with Uncle Scrooge comics.

Brace yourselfs, these are products of their time so they’re sometimes a bit racist. So I apologize in adance.

Now there is a lot of Gyro Gearloose comics that are featured also in previously covered by me Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories. I’m including them here, because these might be first editions of said comics. And so we have:

- The Seven Cities of Cibola

- The Cat Box (first appearance of Little Helper.)

- Forcasting Follies

- Fishing Mystery

- The Sure-Fire Gold Finder

- Roscoe the Robot

- Gyro Goes for a Dip

- The Wishing Well

- Krankenstein Gyro

- Invetors’ Contest

- Oodles of Oomph

- Fishy Warden

- You Can’t Win

- Fast away Castaway

- Duckburg’s Day of Peril

- The Great Pop Up

- Finny Fan

- Posthasty Postman

- Snow Duster

- A Helper’s Helping Hand

- Man versus Machine

- The Know-It-All Machine

- The Hopeless Helper

- Mighty but Miserable

Now onto the stories I didn’t covered. We start with Uncle Scrooge series that start in 1953 and ended in 2011. Just like in Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories Gyro is both starring in his own stories and in stories of other characters.

- Gyro Builds a Better House (Gyro is tasked to build a house with soft walls.)

- Getting Thor (Crows aren’t scared of Gyro’s scarecrow so he decides to invent a better one.)

- The House on Cyclone Hill (A small cyclone attacks Gyro while he’s doing rsearch on cyclones.)

- The Firefly Tracker (Gyro has to create a special invention to present on Inventors’ Congress. Fireflies in his yard give him an idea.)

- War Paint (A movie director asks Gyro to make as realistic war paint as possible. Gyro uses actual ingrediens for war paint and soon the cast start to act weird.)

- That Small Feeling (Gyro is visited by a witchdoctor who shrinks him and says he will turn him back to original size when Gyro fixes his magic doll.)

- Wily Rival (While waiting at the patent office, Gyro is intrigued by a fellow inventor and his mysterious invention.)

- Madcap Inventors (Gyro gets a book How to get along with your enemies. He has an opportunity to put it to use, because a rivaling inventor moved in and gets on Gyro’s nerves.)

- Getting His Wires Crossed (Gyro is a terrible dancer so he invents a machine that will help him dance better.)

- Something to Crow About (Grandma Duck has problems with crows eating her berries, so she asks Gyro for help. His solution: a dome over the berries.)

- The Fizzle that Drizzled (Duckburg needs to conserve water. Gyro makes a machnine that creates clouds, but it goes down because the weatherman made a mistake while informing Gyro about atmospheric pressure.)

- Day of Delayed Action (Gyro disables his alarm clock to spend more time on thinking about inventions and wakes up three months later.)

- Jonah Gyro (Angry fishermen make Gyro throw away his fish-baiting toy salmon. It comes back with school of salmons and a whale.)

- Lost and Found (Gyro finds a lost puppy at his doorstep. After bringing it to its mistress, he makes her a special dog whistle that can be heard only by her pappy.)

- Once Upon a Time Machine (Convinced that he can’t invent anything new Gyro goes back to the Stone Age to interest cavemen in his inventions.)

- The Portable Pier (Gyro takes Daisy on picnic on the island and presents his new invention: a portable pier which is part of his boat. Unfortunately other campers use the pier too and tie their boats to it.)

- Homemade Robot (Gyro wishes to have a roommate, but most Duckburgians aren’t on his intellectual level. Therefore he makes a robot that woudl be a perfect conversation partner.)

- The Arty Smarty (Inspried by Duckburg First Annual Outdoor Art Exhibit, Gyro tries his brains in painting.)

- Scientific Sleuth (Gyro becomes a private detective who uses inventions to slove crimes. With his assistent, Gus Goose, he tries to solve a case of missing garden statue.)

- Bubble Trouble (During cold winters Gyro stays in his bubble simulating tropical climate. Soon his neighbors want to get inside the bubble as well.)

- Instant Camping (Gyro tests his instant campinbg set.)

- Mind over Mustard (Gyro tries to solve the problem of squirting out from his hot dog.)

- The Two-Legged Mailbox (To avoid leaving experiments to check the post, Gyro creates Posty, a walking mailbox. Unfortunately, it gets bored easily.)

- The Drippy Diamonds (Gyro invents a fast why to make diamonds. Soon there’s big demand on it among Duckburg elite, but Gyro finds out his jewelery is melting over certain time.)

- The Runaway Walking Stick (Gyro’s newest invention - a literal walking stick - runs away. Gyro needs to chase after it.)

- The Rude Awakening (Tired of his alarm clock, Gyro sets to invent better way to be awakened in the morning. He makes an automatic rooster that runs away.)

- The Evil Inventor (Emil Eagle, the evil invetor, tries to steal Gyro’s blueprints and inventoions... This is the first appearance of Gyro’s archenemy, Emil Eagle.)

- Weather Wizard (Gyro’s newest invention is a weather machine. Lots of Duckburgians order rain in specific places. Unfortunately it spirals out of Gyro’s control.)

- Super Scientist (A lab accident makes Gyro superlight and now he can jumb really high. He uses these powers to become a superhero.)

- The Hypno-Clock (Gyro uses his newest invention, the hypno-clock, to hypnotize himself into being professor Steinbirg, the world’s wisest genius. However, thanks to TV commercial he gets hypnotized into buying Seafoam Bubble Bath soap,)

- Flipping His Trapp (Gyro makes special mosquito-slapping machine. It causes havoc.)

- Ye Olde Hoppin’ Chair (Since he tends to fall asleep on rocking chair, while reading, Gyro makes hopping chair that would keep him awake. Unfortunately he falls asleep again and the chair takes him on the ride.)

- Metal-Meltin’ Mob (Beagle Boys trick Gyro into making a metal melting machine. They plan to use it during another Money Bin robbery attempt.)

- Once Upon a Hammock (Gyro sets his mind it invent a better hammock.)

- Battle of Marathon (To get an ancient Greek coin, Scrooge and Gyro go to the times of Battle of Marathon. It so happens that nephews come with them by accident.)

- Luck in the Lab (Gyro asks Gladstone Gander to be his lab assistant in hopes he wil share the duck’s good luck.)

- The Sculptinker (Emil Eagle sees Gyro delivering big package to the art show. It’s a new sculpture invention, Gyro’s entry on the art contest, and Emil decides to sabotage it.)

- The Instant Raincoat (Gyro create an instant raincoat and goes to raincoat producer in hopes he will interest him in his newest invention. Unfortunately he comes there right in the middle of robbery.)

- Sandwich Automaton (To not waste time on making lunch, Gyro builds a special machine that can make sandwishes.)

- New Planet Planner (Gyro’s friend - an astronomer, Peeka-Boo Pegeon - discovers new planet. He tells Gyro that space lab directors will choose a design for a rocket that will be send on said planet.)

- Operation Implosion (Tires of picking up litter of his yard, Gyro makes implosion bomb - a bomb that draws litter to itself.)

- Roving Rug (Gyro makes a rug that cleans itself. Curious Emil Eagle breaks in to his lab.)

- The Golden Apples (Gyro’s newest invention is Fantasy Finder - a vehicle that can transport people into the land of fairy tales. Scrooge uses it, but doesn’t return so Gyro goes after him.)

- Trouble to Spare (Mad Madam Mim forces Gyro to build a beautifying machine, so she can win beauty contest.)

- Tubby Hero (To make himself more popular amongst his neighbors, who have old and slow car, Gyro decides to turn his old tub into a modernized car.)

- The Upsy-Daisy-Pack (Gyro invents a backpack that elevates him over paddles. In the meantime Emil Eagle makes his own paddle-leaping invention that will help him in his criminal career.)

- Capnapper’s Surprise (Emil Eagle’s latest evil plan is to steal Gyro’s Thinking Cap that helps Gearloose come up with brilliant ideas Emil succeeds)

- Invented Vacation (Gyro tries to balance Daisy, Donald’s nephews and Grandma Duck demends on certain weather conditions. After long day he decides to go on vacation with Little Helper.)

- Brain Waves (It turns out that the hovering car Gyro built for a customer was used in the bank robbery. To see people’s true intentions Gyro invents a cap that makes him hear thoughts of others.)

- Rain, Rain, Go Away! (Gyro tries to invent a rainmaking machine based on the melody and rhythm of rain dance.)

- The Burglar Bagger (Gyro lures Beagle Boys to his house to test his newest anti-burglar invention.)

- The Super Swatter (Gyro makes Scrooge a fly swatter machine. But Scrooge pushes a wrong button and the machine becomes a people swatter.)

- The Cantankerous Mailbox (Gyro’s walking mailbox is malfunctioning, so Gyro gives him a pticher update.)

- The Clean-Up Crew (Gyro modifies toy robots to clean his workshop. But he doesn’t give them a stopping mechanism so they go astray.)

- The Bird Call (There’s Annual Junior Woodchuck Bird Count. Gyro gives Huey, Dewey and Louie a special bird whistle to attract rarer birds. He sets it to wrong frequancy and attracts animals from the zoo.)

- The Hijacked Mail (Feeling sorry for Gyro not getting any new mail, his walking mailbox starts to steal mail from other people.)

- Santa’s Unexpected Visit (Scrooge McDuck can’t finish his letter to Santa, because he doesn’t remember any good deed he did this year. So he asks Grandma Duck, his head doctor and Gyro Gearloose to help him remember anything.)

- Outdoor Thinking (Gyro’s doctor tells him to go outside more fro the sake of the inventor’s mental health. But Gyro soon finds out outdoors can be dangerous.)

- Inventor of Anything (To prevent his neighbor’s goat to coming on his yard, Gyro build a special wall. Unfortunately, it appears that part of it stands on said neighbor’s lot and now Gyro needs to reomve the wall even though he has an invention to make.)

- The Convention (It’s an Annual Beagle Boys Convention time and one of the cousin Inventor-174 has an ingenius plan to get into Scrooge’s Money Bin. Scrooge enlist help of Gyro Gearloose to figure out the workings of said plan and solution for it.)

- The Treasure Trek (An escaping spaceman gives Scrooge a celestial treasure map. Scrooge takes Gyro’s rocket to find it, while his nephews are guarding his empire.)

- Modern Mania (Frustrated with the cost of everything, Scrooge asks Gyro to modernize his life with robotics.)

- The Inner-Earth Adventure (Dreaming of space travel, Scrooge asks Gyro to make a rocket. When they are going to test it, something goes wrong and they end up inside Earth, where Togs tribe is terrorized by Krogs.)

- The Super Marble (An odd ball falls out from Gyro’s Doughnut Shop track and gets into Beagle Brats’ hands.)

- Trapped Lightning (Mickay’s nephews see Gyro trap lightning. Gyro set up a power plant to powet whole Duckburg.)

- The Copycat Caper (On Uncle Scrooge’s demand Gyro makes him his own walking mailbox. However, he warns the rich duck that the mailbox canj copy someone else’s behavior. Beagle Boys use it to their advantage.)

- The Wreck of a Merry Lark (With Gyro’s Sea-Scope Scrooge sets himslef to find the sunken wreck of “Merry Lark”.)

- Marooned in Space (Scrooge and Gyro hear the distress call from Space Van which was bombarded by meteors. The aliens run away, abandoning their cargo and Scrooge decides to go into space and take it.)

- Trip to Tootum-Too (While searching the ruins of ancient city of Tootum-Too, Scrooge and Gyro accidentally turn back in time right in the moment when king of Tootum-Too emerged victorious from battle with Toogs. The stolen idol of Toogs’ god captures Scrooge attention and the duck notices something suspcious.)

- The Magnetic Curse (Scrooge is cursed - his money is running away from him and going to another hands. The only one who seems to have a solution for that problem is Gyro.)

- The Double Diamond (Scrooge finds a double diamond in his mine. It attracts the attention of Magica de Spell.)

- The Space Game (Scrooge transported his Money Bin into space for safety purposes, but misses swimming in his money. So Gyro makes him a special video game that would let him control the position of his space money bin. Unfortunately Beagle Boys hack into it and so the struggle for Money Bin begins.)

- The Atom-Mover (Scrooge is displeased with the amount of money his armored cars. He stumbles upon Gyro who presents him his newest invention - a small box that can instantly transport matter from one place to another.)

- Minute Waltz in Minor Key (A tuba player asks Gyro to find what stuck inside. Gyro uses shrinking ray to find out.)

- A Sticky Situation (Scrooge accidentally falls down his trap doors and he has no key. Gyro gives him his newly invented glue so Scrooge can climb up the trap door vent.)

- The Trouble of Doubles (Scrooge is tires of constantly telling “no” to people coming to him for money. Gyro builds him a lookalike who can do it for him. Unfortunately there is a small problem...)

- Nobody’s Business (To instill business spirit in Donald and Gladstone, Scrooge gives each of them a thousand dollars so they can invest it and make a profit. Donald first tries to interest some fast food chain owner but makes mistake and settles for investing in an invention.)

- Fun? What’s That? (Doctor tells Gyro and Scrooge to relax and have some fun. Pity they both are workoholics.)

- The Riminder Hat (Gyro builds a reminder hat for Scrooge - a hat that receives messages reminding Scrooge about his appointments. Everything is complicates when Donald (inititially talking to triplets) accidently tells his uncle to buy carrots.)

- The Generocity Ray (To protect Scrooge’s Money Bin Gyro instals a ray that makes extremely generous everyone who walks through the billionaire’s threshold. Unfortunately Scrooge is hit by it too.)

- A Tilling Tale (Scrooge has problems with moles. Gyro has a solution.)

- Brainy Days (Donald ruins uncle Scrooge’s meeting with investors and is assigned to keep pegeos off the roof. He goes to Gyro for help and learns that he invented a smart serum lately. Donald takes the serum in hopes it will make him successful.)

- The Buck Sticks Here (Scrooge’s Money Bin is so full the walls are cracking, so he sends for Gyro, who has a special adhesive to fix the cracks. To clear away some cash, Scrooge takes it to the bank and recieves special Million Dollar Bill.)

- The McDuck Foundation (Scrooge builds a foundation and employs his nephews and Gyro to work there.)

- Power Failure (Gyro builds a backpack that stores energy during work that can be used later. Scrooge tests it on Donald.)

- The Only Way To Go (Donlad goes into Gyro’s newest invention - a vehicle that allows to instant travel. He gets lost in South America so Gyro and Scrooge go to find him.)

- Money Ocean (/this is a two-parter about Scrooge deciding to build a new, bigger money bin and how the money suddenly starts to act like an actual ocean.)

- Quiz Fizzle (Gyro puts his new supercomputer to a test.)

- Odd Offspring (Gyro’s jetpack crashes in the mountains.)

- Formula X (Producers of famous Sweetybubbles soda ask Gyro to make a new flavor to compete with Sweetybubbles’ rival, Guzzlepop. By accident Gyro creates a flavor that becomes an instant hit. Unfortunately Emil Eagle works for Guzzlepop.)

- Skate Late (A university in which Gyro is teaching, requires from his faculty to publish at least one paper per term. So Gyro decides to do a research on how skate riding can help save time during rush hours.)

- The Hot Seat (Gyro builds heated benches for park visitors.)

- Who Needs People (Scrooge fires all his staff and asks Gyro to fully automatize his mansion.)

- E.A.T. (It’s a Birthday of Duckburg’s founder, Cornelius Coot, and the tradition says that one of Duckburg’s celebrities has to open their houses for visitors. This year is Scrooge’s turn. In the meantime, Gyro brings a metal-eating alien from his space adventure. Said alien gets kidnapped by Beagle Boys.)

- A short, untitled story about Scrooge breaking his cane and coming to Gyro for help.

- Solar Shenanigans (Beagle Boys see Gyro taking a giant, golden orb to their home and decide to follow him. The orb is meant to serve as a sun in Gyro’s automaitc solar system model but what will happen when Beagles try to steal it?)

- The Moving Money Bin (Uncle Scrooge acts strange lately - he sells his Money Bin and hires new security direct. Donald and nephews decide to investigate.)

- The Bee Or Not To Bee (Donald questions Gyro about his new hoppy: bees.)

- The Case of the Gold Bars (Beagle Boys overhear Gyro talking with president of the bank about the inventor making golden bars, and they decided to steal them. There is only one problem: Gyro’s bars are strangely heavy.)

- Super-Beagles (In need for modern equipment, Beagle Boys go to Gyro Gearloose. They steali his Thinking Cap and become criminal masterminds.)

- After-Thought (Gyro checks his new autmoatic umbrella.)

- The Scary Scarecrow (Gyro spends vacation on Grandma Duck’s farm, when it turns out that the old scarecrow doesn’t serve its purpose. So Gyro makes a special robot to scare the crows.)

- The Plane Truth (Uncle Scrooge presents to his nepews a new flying bus made by Gyro, but once they leave the workshop, they see the bus going off. Suspcious, they go after it and soon learn that the inventor has been kidnapped.)

- Money to Burn (Uncle Scrooge refuses to pay additional fifty cents on his bill, so electricity doesn’t work in his mansion. He thinks that il lumps are as good as electric ones. He also uses Gyro’s invention that generates power from wind. Fire department has some objections.)

- A Sticky Story (Gyro creates a new way of manufacturing jam - just add water to his jam pawder! Donald is tasked to be a lone employee in Scrooge’s jam factory.)

- Cold Duck (Scrooge’s technologically advanced satelite dropped out of orbit and crashed into Antarctica. Now Scrooge, Donald, nephews and Gyro go on the expedition and find a curious surprise.)

Uncle Scrooge #313 is a special issue for our favorite inventor. There is no Gyro there, but it has a reprint of The Fnatastic River Race, which was the first comic with Ratchet Gearloose.

Now let’s go back to Gyro:

- Little Gyro in Quarkland (Tired of living in rude Duckburg, Gyro shrinks himself and Little Helper to explore the world of quarks.)

- Rain-Dance Reversal (It’s raining outside but Gyro needs a sunny day to introduce his invention on The Merry Loafers Annual Picnic and prove his skeptic neighor wrong about uselessness of his inventions. Gyro decides to invent a dry dance.)

- Perilous Pets (Gyro wishes he had a pet and so he builds one.)

- The Big Break-In (The Money Bin can’t be opened and Gyro’s expertise is that door is out of line with the frame due to weight of money pushing on them. Now Scrooge has to remove some of the money to unstuck the door but the Bin’s door is made of special metal that gets harder with age. And so Scrooge lures Beagle Boys to open his Money Bin.)

- Shortcut to Sparklers (Daisy spots a diamond ring she want, but Donald have no money for it. Gyro gives him a diamond-making machine.)

- The Utter Limits (Scrooge, Donald, nephews and Gyro are in space to find an asteroid suitable to be a new Money Bin. They encounter a new alien race.)

- Everything Green (Gyro tossed a failed fertilizer into his trashcan and accidently creates a plant monster. The monster can also make plants grow instantly.)

- The Coin (A chain of events makes one of Scrooge’s coins go from hand to hand throughout the Duckburg. The rich duck wants it back for sentimental values.)

- Junk Funk (Gyro tries to resist the phone solicitor to not subscribe to another magazine.)

Now here’s something very special: Gyro’s First Invention. This is story by Don Rose was written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Gyro’s creation and tells an origin of both Gyro Gearloose and Little Helper. Donald and nephews reminescent on how Gyro started his inventing career with helping Scrooge McDuck get his Money Bin from the pit it ended up during the events of A Christmas For Shocktown. And everything began when Donald brought to Gyro’s newly inherited workshop a broken lump and accidentally dropped it on the Thinking Box.

Continuing with short stories:

- Tip-Top Topiary (Gyro’s newest invention is a mechanical hedge trimmer that scans pictures and trims topiary into shapes on the picture. It becomes very successful so Gyro finds he need to make more bushes.)

- The Inventing Invention (Donald has a problem with unscrewing the ketchup bottle so he goes to Gyro for help. It some happens that the inventor has an existencial crisis because of his newest invention.)

- The Missing Millionaire (Gyro talks with Scrooge McDuck about some sensitive matters and purposely makes himself forget about it. The next day he learns the millionaire is missing and the inventor is suspected to kidnap him.)

- The Bedeviled Dime (To protect Old Number One from Magica de Spell, Gyro makes anti-magic magnification ray. But it proves unstable and makes Number One Dime change sizes constantly.)

- The Guniea Pig (Gyro gets into a fight with his long time assistant, Donald and they bet if Donald can make his own inventions.)

- Prophets, Go Home (Gyro stumbles upon fortune-telling machine in the mall and decides to invent his own, more accurate one. He tests it on the mall customers and soon finds out not everyone is happy to know their future.)

- Crazy Inventions (Gyro leaves Donald to guard his workshop. Donald realizes Gyro’s inventions can be wild.)

- The Quest for Kalevala (Scrooge finds out that he’s in possesion of fragment of Kalevala, an epic poem from Finninsh folklore. The poem was talking about a magical grinding mill producing eternal prosperity so Scrooge goes on a trip to find it.)

- The Old, Old Fishing Hole (Gyro rpesents to Donald his newest invention: a belt that transports its weared in time. Looking for luck in fisihing, Donald goes back in time to find out if he will catch better fish in prehistoric times.)

- The Joke Factory (Scrooge hired Gyro into his joke factory to invent better practical jokes.)

- A Day at the Office (To not waste time traveling to the international meetings, Scrooge takes Gyro’s swapping pills that make people who swallow them appear in place they want to be. Unfortunately Beagle Boys want to use them too.)

- Same Old Stuff (Gyro makes a contact with Gizmo Flashpan, inventor from outther space. It turns out that all Gyro’s inventions are common place on Gizmo’s planet, and all Gizmo’s inventions are common on Earth. The two inventors decide to compete on who will invent something completely new to both races.)

- Beagle Brain (During robbing Gyro’s workshop, Beagle Boys accidently activate an evo-ray whixh zaps one of them. The zapped Beagle Boy becomes a criminal mastermind and comes to the inventor for more evo-rays.)

- The Hardware Hardener (Scrooge decides that Launchpad have to provide his own airplanes. The pilot buys the cheapest airplane and crashes it into gyro’s workshop. Gyro gives Launchpad a hardening soldifier.)

- Jumbled Ducks (It turns out the Money Bin is filled to capasity and can’t take any more money. Scrooge goes to gyro for help anf the inventor gives him his matter compact that makes matter smaller.)

- The Customer is Always Wrong (Gyro and Donald get into argument over Donald never lsitening to Gyro’s instructions and they decide to go apart. But soon Gyro realizes he needs Donald to test his more wacky inventions.)

- Gyro 2.0 (Gyro builds himslef a robot double to help him with work.)

- Being Donald Duck (Beagles steal Gyro’s mind-swapping machine to swap minds with Donald Duck and get to the Money Bin.)

- Big Helper (During Duckburg’s Invention Convention Gyro’s rival, Bruce Brainstorm, presents Big Helper - a human-sized version of Little Helper.)

- Lost and Found (Inspired by police dog, Gyro builds machine that can find anything.)

- In the Clouds (Gyro finds a way to live on the cloud. Donald moves in.)

- Green Thumbs Down (Fethry tries to prove to Gyro that he can live off of his organic food.)

- The Scrooge Museum (There is an exhibit in honor of Scrooge McDuck. Unfortunately everyone must pay and Scrooge wants to go for free.)

- The Christmas that Almost Wasn’t (During transport of Christmas tree Little Helper fall off the track and gets lost. Gyro and friends try to find him.)

- The Duckburg Ice Festival (It is a time of Duckburg Ice Festival and Donald wants to win. Gyro provides some technical help.)

- To Supply a Demand (To sell his inventions with “proper marketing”, Gyro signs a contract with Scrooge McDuc. However, contract also says that Gyro has to build whatever is demended by the public. From now on Gyro has no time for himself and for fun inventing.)

- What Goes Around (Something odd is happening to Scrooge. He suddenly remembers that he and Goldie are married, Beagle Boys are owners of Money Bin and Donald lost his house.)

- A Job Too Well Done (The mayor of Duckburg asks Gyro to duct the snow that covered whole town.)

- White Gold (Duckburg is covered heavily by snow. Scrooge has to send large amounts of bottled water so he figures, he will use snow to his advantage. And Gyro just so happens to have an invention for that.)

- The Black Knight Glorps Again (Scrooge displays his trophy collection in the museum. The gentleman thief is also there, preparing for his final heist but he needs his special armor to do so and only Scrooge know where it is.)

- Generous to a Fault (Gyro is outraged by the way Scrooge’s bill collectors operate. He creates the generosity formula, but it turns out to be too strong.)

- Creative Impulse (Gyro suffers from sudden impulses to invent things, So he figures he needs to go out more and take time off. Donald invites the inventor to his place to help him relax more.)

- Space Food Folly (Gyro makes new, improved space food pills that become full-fleshed beef dinner under heat. The invention catches interest of Scrooge McDuck.)

- Comet Get It (Scrooge and Gyro disappeared. Two weeks later Donald and nephews get a mysterious phone call from Scrooge. An airplane with outpilot takes them to secluded, snowy place ,where they learn Magica de Spell asked Scrooge for help with comet on collison course with Earth.)

- Dr. Invento (Gyro becomes a host in children show and have no time to invent.)

- Out of Shape (Daisy goes to Gyro for advice about weight-loss pills. He gives her wieght-loss pills of his own invention.)

- Foul play in Funland (Scrooge bought an amusement park and asks Gyro to fix broken rides before the park will be open. Little do they know, there’s someone else there to and wants the Funland to stay closed.)

- When Posty met Patty (Gyro builds a walking mailbox for Daisy. His own mailbox, Posty, falls in love.)

- A Dime in Time (Scrooge and nephews, following Scrooge’s own instructions form years ago, discover a box that seems to contain Numer One Dime... but Number One Dime is in Money Bin! It turns out time travel is involved.)

- Fleece and Quiet (Scrooge can’t work because of the noise outside the window so Gyro gives him a device that nulliifies the noises around. It so happens that when Scrooge uses it for the first time, Bragle Boys decide to attack.)

- Into The Future (Gyro is visited by his descendant, Chip Gearloose. Chip takes him to the year 3007 in hopes Gyro will help him solve a case of stolen Numer One Dime.)

- A Fowl of the Future (Chip Gearloose comes back... right when Gyro was in one room with Scrooge McDuck. When Scrooge learns his Numer One Dime was stolen in the future, he decides to go on a time travel himself.)

- Guilty as Charged (An accusation from homeless man makes Scrooge catatonic. While walking down the street with him, Donald and nephews stumble upon Gyro’s workshop and the inventor decides to use one of his inventions to get into Scrooge’s mind. It Donald and triplets arrive just in time for trial.)

- Write Thinking (Donalds decides to write a teleplay but is easily distracted and has a writer’s block. So he oges to Gyro who gives him Think-O-Matic that transports ideas into paper.)

- The Other Gyro Gearloose (While Gyro is off on Inventions’ Convention, Donald is left to watch for the workshop. A race of aliens in need mistake him for Gyro and ask for help with their green problem.)

- Brother from Another Earth (Bored Scrooge meets himself from parallel universe who offers to swap places for the excitement. But the new Earth - and people’s attitutde towards Scrooge - is strange to say the least.)

- The Electric Hissyfitter (Gyro builds a machine that drains stress waves from people and releases it in a hissy fit.)

- Projected Poverty (To put his nephews into a trial, Scrooge asks Gyro to make a projection of his Money Bin in ruin, and pretends to be poor.)

- Last Hero of Banania (Tog et an inheritance from his military-oriented ancestor, Scrooge has to become a soldier. He stettles for being a patrol scout on far island Banania.)

- No Need to Know (It’s Valentine’s Day. Gyro builds a machine that analyzes Valentine cards and reveals the authors.)

- Easter Eggs-port (Due to change of regime in Porto Gordo, Scrooge can’t export the gold from his mine. Luckily Porto Gordian’s hens can eat gold and money and later store it in their eggs.)

- Driven to Destruction (Scrooge let’s gyro instal a computer in duck’s car. But although the new invention proves to be useful, it soon catches attention of Beagle Boys.)

- Leonardo da Gearloose (Inspired by the life of Leonardo da Vinci, Gyro decides to take art classes.)

- “I” of the Storm (Gyro and Launchpad are flying through the hurricane to get data for Duckburg’s Weather Center. The circumstances force them constantly to fight for their lives.)

- Gloom of the Unknown Author (Donald asks a question Huey, Dewey and Louie can’t answer with their Junior Woodchucks’ Guidebook: who’s the author of said guidebook? The boys set to solve the mystery.)

- Salt and Gold (A two-parter; Scrooge, Donald, nephews and Gyro go to Cracow because the assistant of Nicolas Copernicus’ who supposedly found a way to make gold out of salt.)

- Around the World in 80 Bucks (A four-parter about Scrooge making a wager with Rockerduck that he will travel the world only with 80 bucks, but Gyro appears only in the third part, where Donald and Scrooge find him in India.)

- A Dolt from the Blue (Gyro constructs for Launchpad an airplane that avoids contacts with hard objects.)

- Big Blimp in Little Trouble (Scrooge tells Gyro to build a new kind of air blimp.)

- The Belt of Time (Thanks to Gyro’s newest invention - a belt that enables time travels - Launchpad is sent through time. Meanwhile Scrooge and Glomgold prepare to go to Andes.)

- The Man Who Drew Ducks (In Uncle Scrooge issue 400 we have a comicbook tribute for Carl Barks and all the characters he created.)

In 2015 IDW started to publish Uncle Scrooge comics by non-American artists, So far Gyro Gearloose appeared in following stories:

- The Inventor’s Picnic (The Annual Picnic of the National Inventors’ Society is coming. Gyro is an official guest host and needs to unveil a very special invention... but his head is empty! Luckily he can count on friends.)

- Heights of Fear (A man who wants to settle a new record comes to Gyro for help. He has a fear of heights.)

- Of Mice and Magic (It’s a tax season and Scrooge is certain Magica is planning something. Little does he know that Magica is already in Duckburg and she has a plan how to get into Money Bin.)

- The Doorman Doormat (Gyro presents a new invention to an investor - a doormat that recognizes the owner and keeps the ujnwanted guests away.)

- Ten Little Millionaires (Scrooge organizes a luxury cruise to the moon for ten millionaires. But somewhere along the way his guests are robbed off their valuables. Scrooge sets himself to solve the mystery.)

- Scrooge’s Last Adventure (A four-parter story about Scrooge’s greatest foes - Beagle Boys, Magica, Rockerduck and Glomgold - taking over his furtune and leaving him misarable.)

- Gyro’s Mananger (Max Buckgrab convinces Gyro to hire him as his mamanger and charge more for inventions.)

- The Miner’s Granddaoughter (A cameo; Goldie O’Glit informs Scrooge that he has a granddaughter.)

- Gum Disease (Gyro presents Donald with the chewing gum that also serves as a toothpaste.)

- Design Flaw (TDuring rainy day in Duckburg Scrooge gets irritated by rain running down the umbrella under his newly-polished feet. He meets Gyro who gives him a umbrella designed to solve this problem.)

- The Droid I’m Looking For? (Gyro builds a robo-gardener to mown his lawn. After few hiccups he adjusts the robot’s intellect.)

- The Terrible Thinking Cap Tassle (Beagle Boys steal Gyro’s thinking cap and use it to make master plans for crimes. The inventor needs to find himself a new thinking cap to stop them from rampage.)

And that’s all when it comes to Uncle Scrooge comics.

Next time - Donald Duck comics.

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Love Like Lava, 16

Notes: As always, major thanks to my fantastic editors Drucilla and BlueShifted! Send them your love and praise!

EEEVERYBODY HURTS... SOOOOMETIIIIMES... Yep, it's the moment we've all been waiting/dreading. While writing the big moment, I had sad Sailor Moon music on repeat - which I do only recommend listening to if you want to feel like your heart is being shredded.

But keep your chin up, folks, 'cause the story's not over yet!

Also, originally in the plans for this story, Mickey did inspire Gyro - but as everything came together, I decided that perhaps it was best to do in a different direction, and I'd like to think it came out better this way.

Summary: For centuries, Mickey kept himself in the dark, believing that's where he belonged. Only now has he been able to step into the light, thanks to the one he loves most. But now that same love threatens to send him back into the shadows of despair.

Even though the grand chariot race was a few days away, the merry town of Ippos was in full celebration. Visitors from all corners of Greece were there to take in the sights and sounds, as merchants put out their grandest riding equipment and breeders trotted out their finest mares. Goofy, Agalma, and Gyro were slightly awestruck by the constant music playing and the eager shouting of excited crowds, and so didn't see their other friends passing right by. Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Daisy had all decided to come together to take in the town and make plans for the day of the race. This was proving to be difficult as Minnie and Mickey were constantly distracted by everything. Mickey had to be dragged away from the musicians before he could take apart an instrument - as he had wanted to see what made it work – and Minnie kept running off to play with adorable children, loving each and every mortal she came across and wanting to know their whole life story.

After several attempts, Donald and Daisy finally managed to get their excited companions towards the coliseum. Mickey stopped where he was, leaning back to take in its majesty. “Will you look at that,” he murmured quietly, as if no one had ever seen it before. “That's gotta be the tallest building I've ever seen! Are you tellin' me mortals can do stuff like this, without any help from us?” It nearly touched the clouds, with carvings of horses racing around the exterior. Only riders were allowed in for today, with bored guards standing at the wide entrances.

“Isn't it grand!” Minnie exclaimed, running up to touch the walls – or would have, had Daisy not reached out and grabbed her around the chest, lifting her up and then setting her back down.

“Hold your horses! And that's the only horse pun allowed today!” Daisy said in exasperation, loving her friend dearly but already exhausted by Minnie's antics. “We can go in and look, but we'll have to pop out of our mortal forms. They're not letting in anyone in if they don't have a horse.”

“Can we get a horse?” Mickey asked in all seriousness, and instantly Minnie was at his side with the same hopeful look. “Pretty please?”

“No, you can't get a horse!” Daisy snapped, hands on her hips. “It has nowhere to live in that scrawny cave of yours!” She then shot Donald an angry look. “Can I get some help here?”

Donald couldn't resist the temptation. “Sorry, Daisy, I just hate being a neigh-sayer.” He felt the smack on the head was worth it, especially when he heard Mickey and Minnie laugh like giddy children. In all honesty he felt if Daisy wasn't there, he might have well bought both of them horses. Despite the fact they all physically looked like the same age, he felt a constant urge to spoil the mice like they were his own babes. He knew on some level Daisy thought of them the same way, judging by the smile she was clearly trying to fight. “Okay, okay, let's go in and choose where we want to sit. We want the best view!”

“Can we look at the chariots too?” Mickey asked as they headed towards the entrance. The guards were about to block them, but suddenly got an urge to sneeze, and when they looked back up, saw no one. In seconds, they decided no one had been there in the first place, as the foursome casually strolled along inside.

“I bet you could make an absolutely marvelous chariot, Mickey,” Minnie cooed, always at the ready to give Mickey a compliment whether he deserved it or not.

“Maybe I could,” Mickey agreed after a chuckle, having climbed his way out of most of his modesty. “Not sure who I'd give it to, though. Wouldn't have much use of it for myself.”

As they waked down the long gray hallway, Donald glanced back at his nephew. “Say, Mickey, do you ever make anything for yourself? Or is always for other people?”

Mickey gave this some thought, but it didn't take long. “Gee, I always thought it was both. When I make stuff for other folks, it makes me happy. Seein' the look on people's faces... it's like I made those looks! Every time I bring down my hammer, I'm actually creating someone's smile!” He'd long since begun working on projects for Donald and Daisy, but wanted to keep them a surprise. He even had blueprints made up for Goofy, Agalma, and Gyro, and of course he never stopped working on prizes for his dear mermaids and nereids. The concept of making something that would solely benefit or please him had never crossed his mind.

“Oooh, that's like poetry!” Minnie clung to Mickey's arm, squealing in lovey-dovey glee and heaping more praise upon him than he could handle. “You are the sweetest person alive!”

“Aw, shucks. You're the sweet one, Minnie,” Mickey began to blush, Daisy rolled her eyes, and even Donald hoped they would tone down a smidgen by the day of the actual race or it'd be impossible to concentrate on the entertainment. Thankfully they were all distracted when they passed the stables, and spotted the trio of mortals they adored. Agalma was happily brushing Little Helper's mane, earning sighs of contentment from the horse. Goofy was painting the cart, hoping that a few bright colors would help his friends spot him from the audience. Gyro was sitting on top of a wooden crate, jotting down notes on a scroll but then crossing them out and shaking his head.

Donald clicked his tongue and touched his chin, taking a look at the cart. “Doesn't look like much has changed since we last saw it. I guess Gyro still hasn't come up with anything that could help Goofy win the race.”

“You know what he needs?” Daisy walked around, getting behind Mickey and slapping a hand down on his shoulder. “A little inspiration! Get to it, mister poetry.”

Mickey blinked slowly at her, waiting for further explanation. “Huh? What am I supposed to do?”

“You know, inspire him!” Daisy kept pushing him, though she was careful not to go too hard for his damaged leg. “Be his muse! You're the perfect god for this situation.”

“Easy, Daisy, he has no idea what you're talking about,” Donald interrupted, yanking his wife backwards by the hand. He then cleared his throat, enjoying the miniature audience before him and the rare chance to seem intelligent. “All gods, even demi-gods like Daisy, have the power to influence mortals. Depending on what you rule over, you can make them do almost anything. Ares has the power to drive people to fight. Apollo gives them notes for music and lyrics for poetry. I bet if our little Minnie gave someone a nudge, she could encourage folks to fall in love.” At this Minnie stared down at her fingers, in disbelief that she could do such a thing. She was so intrigued and confused by this concept she'd yet to realize how dangerous Donald had come to revealing who she was. “And since you're a mastery of invention, you could give Gyro just what he's looking for, but convince him it's his own idea. All you have to do is give him one poke.” He held up his pointer finger, and Mickey coped the action.

“That's all?” Mickey repeated, looking at his finger, and then back at Gyro, who was regretting chewing on his ink quill – both because he'd destroyed the feather on the quill, and because now his beak was covered in ink. “I come up with the invention, and he'll want to make it?”

Daisy snapped her fingers. “Just like that. And hey, if you keep it up, maybe you'll get your name out there! People can start worshiping you properly like the rest of the gods!”

“Oooh, how exciting!” Minnie grabbed Mickey's hand, squeezing it to her chest. “You could get your own temple! And people would make offerings to you, asking for your help, and everyone would learn how wonderful you are! It's exactly what you deserve!” She was filled with cheer, wanting to turn back into her mortal form so she could run out into the streets and tell everyone to start worshiping the stupendous, marvelous, handsome and brilliant Hephaestus. But she had a feeling if she tried Daisy would be pushed to her limit and put Minnie on a leash. Nevertheless, now she was the one dragging Mickey towards Gyro. “Go ahead! I bet you'll come up with an amazing idea! It'll be you who wins the race instead of Goofy!”

Mickey stumbled as he was led forward, and Minnie let go once he stood right in front of the befuddled bird. She stepped back to watch, and Mickey lifted his finger. At that moment, Gyro laid the scroll down on his lap to take a break, and Mickey could see that in addition to chariot designs and failed ideas, there were drawings of the sea and underwater life, with concepts for round boats and a tube to let you breathe when you were below the ocean's waves. Agalma and Goofy peered over Gyro's shoulders to take a look at his concepts, with Agalma asking why people couldn't breathe underwater and Goofy thinking the helmet was a nifty idea. Mickey looked at all three of them, then at his finger, which apparently held far more power than he could have ever dreamt of.

Donald raised an eyebrow at how long this was taking. “Everything okay there, kiddo?”

“I...” Mickey bit his lower lip, taking a good long look at his surroundings – at the horse that mankind had domesticated, at the coliseum that mortals had built by working together, at the simple cart that was once an ingenious device hundreds of years ago. Mortals had never needed his help in building any of these things or making any of these achievements. “I just... I don't think I should.”

“But why?” Minnie was quickly in his face, worried that her encouragement had somehow hurt someone she cared about once more. “You could get the recognition you deserve!”

“Maybe it's what I deserve,” Mickey admitted, cupping Minnie's cheek to affectionately let her know everything was all right. “But it's not what I want. I don't need mortals constantly praying to me when they can do so many wonderful things all on their own. I shouldn't do their work for them.” Even as he said this Gyro's eyes were lighting up, asking Goofy to repeat himself. Goofy tapped on the idea for a suit for going underwater, but Gyro's mind was going in a different direction. He stood up so suddenly that he accidentally knocked both dogs over, getting into a fevered excitement about a helmet and other ways to protect Goofy during the race. Mickey smiled with genuine warmth to see all of them cheering and congratulating each other, even if they didn't entirely understand what had happened.

“Nah, they don't need my help,” Mickey commented as he put an arm across Minnie's shoulders. “Maybe they don't even need the help of all the other gods too. I don't mind that they don't know me. As long as I've got the folks who really care about me, that's all I need.” Minnie smiled at him, making his resolve even stronger. He was about lay a kiss upon her forehead – and then something occurred to him. He drew back, giving Minnie an odd look, before turning to Donald. “Say...why did you say Minnie had that kind of power?”

Donald had been proud of his distant relative in that moment, and as a result he was wildly thrown off by the inquiry. He'd been told time and time again by Daisy that Mickey didn't know Minnie's godly identity, and while he thought it was a bad idea he agreed not to tell him – on purpose, anyway. Yet apparently he'd let something big slip, and even with white feathers it was clear he was paling. “Uhhh. I say a lot of things! What did I say this time?” He glanced at Daisy for assistance but she was equally panicked, and Minnie was starting to shake.

All of these bizarre reactions weren't answering Mickey's questions – they were only making him more confused. “You said she could make folks fall in love. What kind of goddess could do that?” None of them said anything, unless you counted the stammering “Ummm”s and “Errr”s and “Oh nonononono”s, particularly under Daisy's breath. Minnie swallowed a hard lump in her throat, curling her hands against her heart, afraid to look Mickey in the eyes. “Mickey, I... there's... there's something I've been meaning to tell you, but-”

Never had Minnie been so grateful to hear the sound of a man in pain before. Everyone's heads, mortal and otherwise, whipped around to focus on what sounded like a man – several men – where being pummeled within an inch of their life. The collective group began to run for the source, which turned out to be the open raceway right in the middle of the coliseum. Several horses were running rampant, as their owners were engaged in fisticuffs. In the middle of it were brothers Bouncer and Burger Beagle with their cousin Bombshell – this particular beagle had a scruffy gray beard hiding massive fangs, and his dirty clothes were smeared in mud, grass stains, and pieces of twigs as if he made his home in the forest. Which, seeing as he refused to pay for a shelter, was likely.

“What in the world is goin' on here?” Goofy cried out, amazed to see two pests from home smack dab where he was competing. “You couldn't cause enough trouble back in the village, so you're doin' it here?”

Bouncer saw his enemies from the village and slammed his fists together, grinning manically. “If it ain't our old pals – Piggy and his dumb dame! And Ma wrote about that scrawny rubberneck, he's a perfect addition to the loser squad!” Gyro rubbed his neck, wondering why having a neck made of such a substance would be deemed an insult, while Agalma blew all the Beagles a wet raspberry. Goofy got in front of his companions, arms spread out to protect them in any way he could. The sight of this only made Bouncer laugh harder. “Oh don't you worry, goof! We're settling our score on the raceway! It'll be me versus you – but we wanted to keep it that way, and get rid of all the competition!”

“And Bombshell's gunna help us cheat!” Burger added on, already hungry from doing as little as possible. “And I'm... what am I doing again?”

“Meat-shield,” Bombshell grunted. He was a man of few words, and of many growls and spits.

“Right, that thing! Back home, no one's afraid of us anymore. But the Beagle name is still plenty strong here, so if we say they're out...” He cast a mischievous glare at one of the competitors who had dared enter the grounds, but one look at the trio of troublemakers and he quickly ran in the other direction. Burger laughed at the act of cowardice, but then sighed, rubbing his belly. “Man, all this intimidation and being a real jerk in general works up an appetite.”

“You leave all these innocent people out of this, Bouncer! This race is supposed to be for everyone!” Goofy shook a fist, hoping he wouldn't have to use it. “It ain't nothin' to do with what happened with us!”

“Ain't nothin' is a double negative,” Gyro reminded everyone, but everyone's curt frowns reminded him this was neither the time or the place. “Sorry.”

“Goofy's right,” Agalma huffed, crossing her arms. “If you want to settle things, keep it to yourself! Stop picking on everyone else! You have no reason to hurt these people!”

No, in a rational sense of things the Beagles didn't have any real reason to throw their punches. In fact if they had been allowed to think things through, they would have laid low and waited for a better moment to launch their revenge. But they hadn't been allowed to keep their minds calm, because there in the arena was Pete, keeping himself busy until all of his statues were ready. He knew Mortimer and Gladstone weren't dumb enough to slack off when he wasn't around, if not for the thrill of having Aphrodite return then for the very obvious threat of having their skulls pummeled.

The other four immortals were startled to see him there, with Donald regaining his senses and anger first. “Ares!” he growled, the threat of turning to his smoky form looming. He knew Pete's chosen name, but felt the degenerate didn't deserve one. “Leave them alone!”

Now it was Pete's turn to be startled, seeing the ragtag group of misfits plus the woman he wanted to see. “Well, well, well, just the lady I was lookin' for!” He slapped his hands clean of the affair, letting the Beagles decide for themselves if they wanted to continue brawling. “All right, the rest of you get a move on, she and I need a moment alone.”

Mickey quickly took Minnie's arm, and Daisy stood in front of her friend, poisonous nightshade beginning to dangle from her locks of hair. “If you think I'm leaving you with her for a second,” Daisy huffed, sticking her beak high in the air. “Then you've got less sense than Cerberus! And he's our dog!” A quick pause to Minnie. “Remind me to show you later, he's the cutest thing, he has three heads but each one-”

“God of war, Daisy,” Donald reminded his wife, and she stopped rambling. As for Minnie, any other moment and she would have been happy to see an unusual pet of the gods, but just like last time Pete and Mickey were in the same space, she forgot how to breathe and knew only panic.

Mickey took Minnie's trembling as fear, which it was, but not for the reason he assumed. He released Minnie and took several steps forward, his limp leg lagging, and Minnie made a frightened cry, wanting to keep him away from Pete but had lost the ability to speak. “Listen, Ares.” Mickey stood as tall as his body would allow, causing Pete to snort in amusement. “If Minnie wants to speak to you, she'll say so. But if she doesn't want to, you can't make her. We're just here to have a good time – us and the mortals! There's no need to fight or cause any trouble.”

“Fight? Me?” Maybe Donald could last a few rounds, but the idea of a fight between Pete and all these weaklings was enough to make him laugh, though he tried to muffle it in his palm. He swallowed it down, trying to keep himself calm. “As hard as it might be for any of you to believe, I ain't here for a fight. I need her help, and she's the only one who can do it!” He offered his hand, grinning wide in pride. “Come on, babe, and let's do something amazing!”

Mickey looked back at Minnie to see her response, and she was fervently shaking her head no, trying to walk backwards and drag Daisy with her. “No, no, no, I don't want to help you! I don't care what you need!” They had to leave, they had to get away from this place as soon as possible, they had to go before Pete ruined everything! “Let's just go back to – to Mickey's cave, or the beach, or anywhere!”

Daisy immediately understood Minnie's panic, and helped her turn around so they could make a proper escape. “We can come back for the race. We don't need to waste any time here.” Donald was at her side, ready to teleport them all away if need be.

Except Mickey wasn't moving. “Aw, c'mon guys, don't let him ruin our day!” He wanted to see more of the chariots, more of the fantastic things the mortals had created, and to find out what Gyro's brilliant move had been. “He can't bully us away from here! And we can't leave him to pick on the mortals, that's just not fair!” Pete was quietly pulling his hand back, trying to come up with a way to make Minnie willingly come to his side, but came up with nothing.

The ducks exchanged a worried glance, and Minnie's panic grew stronger with every second. She suddenly pushed Daisy off and ran to Mickey, grabbing his hands and began to desperately plead with him, near to tears. “Mickey, I don't want to stay here!” she begged, her grip so tight it began to feel painful. “Please, we have to leave! Please!” She'd go on her hands and knees if she needed to, and Mickey couldn't be teleported away unless he willingly wanted to go. All she could do was say the word “please” over and over, her body beginning to fall.

Mickey was greatly taken aback by these dramatics, and he tried to lift Minnie up, making gentle shushing noises. “Hey, hey, hey! It's okay!” What had Ares done to Minnie in order to make her break into pieces every time they met? As much as he wanted to learn and explore, these urges were never more important than Minnie's feelings. “Okay, we can go! Just calm down, it's all right...” He cupped Minnie's cheek, keeping her steady and smiling for her. “Like Daisy said, we'll just come back. Everything will be fine, I promise.” He kissed her forehead, but this wasn't a promise he could keep.

It only took a few seconds to teleport a group that large away – but it took even fewer for Pete to sigh in annoyance and say, “So just because she's the goddess of love, she has to love everyone? Even you?”

Fourteen words were all it took to stop the spell, and instead of anyone moving, the four friendly gods were cemented in place – the failed attempt at leaving causing a bizarre draft of wind around the mortals, making them wonder where it came from but forgetting it soon enough. Mickey's warm, kind touch was now cold and stone, the world so still he could hear his heartbeat in his ears. He hadn't heard that. He couldn't have heard it. But Minnie wasn't wearing an expression of confusion or disbelief or even surprise – those were hot tears flowing strong down her face, her lips trembling.

“... What did...you say?” Mickey drew out the question as slowly as he could, turning his head back towards Pete, feeling color leave his face.

Daisy grabbed Donald by his robes and began to shake him. “Do something!”

“What am I supposed to do?! Unless he's dead, I can't make him shut up!”

Pete didn't understand all the theatrics going on, nor did he care, for the sound of his own voice was the most important thing of all. “I've been givin' it some thought, about why Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, would hang out with a bunch of rejects. But it makes sense when you use your brain – if she's the goddess of love, she has to love everyone! Even a god with a walking stick.” Saying it out loud made him snicker. “'Course, if you ask me, sounds more like pity than love, but maybe they're related?”

Mickey wanted to hear Minnie say it wasn't true, say that the god of war was the god of lies, that she wasn't Aphrodite – he wanted her to say anything. But Minnie wasn't saying a single word, having dropped to her knees, speechless and floored that all she'd done to hide her secret was undone by a man who didn't know she was keeping a secret in the first place. Mickey's heartbeat became louder as all the little coincidences came together – the odd recognition from his mermaids, her life upon Mount Olympus, and she'd been obviously hiding something from him. But it had been this? He opened his mouth to ask Donald and Daisy – and they weren't surprised either. Daisy had fled to Minnie's side, trying to hold her, refusing to meet Mickey's face. Donald was also avoiding eye contact, rubbing the back of his head and mumbling an apology under his breath.

That made it all worse. “You knew?” he asked breathlessly, his body staggering back. “You knew all this time who she was?! And you never told me? What... what was all this? Were you guys just laughing behind my back the whole time?”

“Of course not!” Daisy hissed, holding Minnie close but Minnie felt more like a rag doll than a girl.

“I would've laughed,” Pete felt his commentary was necessary, and of course it only ignited Mickey's rage further.

“But you knew what Aphrodite did to me!” Mickey was close to screaming, both of his hands clutching his walking stick, his eyes feeling hot and wet. He didn't want to give them the satisfaction of seeing him cry, but every ounce of his body was either enraged or in agony. Every sweet memory he had was now tainted, every happy time now in a new light. Had everything been for Aphrodite's amusement? Had he been some toy she could dangle around whenever she was bored? “You knew she told all the other gods we were getting married! Like – like it was some big joke that we'd be together! The goddess of beauty with the ugliest god of all! And it's her fault Pete destroyed my projects!”

“It wasn't like that!” Daisy had to defend Minnie since she was refusing to defend herself, limp and lifeless in Daisy's arms. “She was just... She wasn't thinking...” But how did you defend an action that you knew had been foolish? Was that why Minnie was so silent, unmoving?

Donald made an attempt, walking forward with his hands open. “Mickey, I know it's a lot to take in, but she didn't mean any harm!”

“What about you?” Mickey snarled, wanting everyone to feel as horrible as he did. “You said you wanted to make things up to me! But you went along with her lie! How is that supposed to make up for all the years you abandoned me?” Mickey knew he wasn't being fair, but he was far too angry to rationalize it. “You never cared, none of you ever cared!” It hurt, everything hurt – a goddess who could have everything she ever wanted and she chose to pick on him, to make others play in her games, and he was never needed at all – no, they'd never needed him, no one ever needed him, not his mother, not his father, not his uncle, what had he done to deserve this? He didn't ask to be born so pathetic. “You never needed me, you never loved me!”

At this did Minnie finally snap her head up, her voice agonized and breaking. “That's not true!” she yelled, hands curling up in the dirt, her eyes so blurry with tears she almost couldn't see him. “I do love you! I love you more than anyone and anything in the world! I just wanted to make you happy!”

“Then why didn't you tell me?” Mickey slammed his walking stick hard on the ground, hating how he felt, hating that he didn't want to yell at her, hating that he still wanted to hold her, hating that he still wanted to kiss away her tears. “Why did you never tell me?!”

“Well look how you're reacting!” Daisy spat, the leaves falling off of her hair the only giveaway that she was inwardly as sad as her husband. “You hated Aphrodite before you even met her, how was she supposed to tell you? Would you have given her a chance if told you who she really was?”

Had Pete not been there to say what no one wanted to hear, Mickey would have listened to this sound bit of sense. Maybe he would have even calmed down and tried to understand everything himself. But Pete was there, and he felt himself the wisest of all in the coliseum. “Well, of course he would've,” He said casually, as if a teacher speaking to witless children. “She's the goddess of love. Everyone loves her, and she loves everyone. Shoot, why do you think Zeus gave her that title on day one? You can't help but love her.”

“WILL YOU SHUT YOUR INFERNAL MOUTH, YOU USELESS PILE OF ARMOR?!” Donald's body erupted into his monstrous form, rising up to clutch Pete by the shoulders, fingers digging in sharply. Even Pete, who believed himself to be braver and stronger than all, was initially terrified of this appearance, and so temporarily stopped talking.

Yet the damage had been done, and now Mickey was clutching his chest, genuinely unable to tell the truth. Had his love for her been real? Or had he only been won over by her beauty? Was that why, even now, he wanted to look at her and take her hands and stop her pain? Had any of it been real? Had his happiness been a lie from the start? He began to choke, his mind swirling, and he couldn't control any of his words anymore. “Did... Did you ever really... love me? Or did you just... feel sorry for me?”

“I love you!” Minnie was howling now, almost feral in her grief, not even having enough strength to be angry at Pete. After all, for all of Pete's loud mouth antics, this was a day that had been coming. She had told herself over and over it'd be somewhere past the horizon, set in some place so far away she didn't have to think or plan about it. Was it because the very nature of love was being questioned that she felt her insides torn to shreds? Or for the very simple fact that the one she loved most was looking at her with fear and hate in his eyes? As if she was a monster?

“I've loved you from the moment I saw you!” Even then when he'd been so sad and angry, alone and never knowing his own worth. “Ever since we've met, I've wanted nothing more than to be with you! To make you happy... To make you see how wonderful you are...I wanted to take you out of the darkness.” And it was the fact he would very well return to his life of solitude and self-loathing that hurt the most. She'd taken him out into the light, but now there was a chance he would leave it and return to the shadows. The world was a beautiful, ever changing place and now he could leave it forever, and not get all the precious happiness he deserved.

“Please...don't go away...” Her sobs made speaking difficult, and she crawled on her hands and knees towards him, a trembling hand reaching out towards him. This miserable sight was enough to break Daisy's last defense, and she too began to cry, covering her mouth with her hands. Minnie didn't care how pathetic she looked to anyone, her hand still reaching out to Mickey. “Please believe me... I love you, Mickey.”

Mickey wanted to believe, wanted to take that hand and pretend he never heard anything. But the thought of her touch suddenly sent a hard stroke of fear throughout his body, and he drew back hard, remembering. “Donald – Donald said your touch could make anyone fall in love!”

Donald, being brought back into the travesty, suddenly poofed back into his normal form, and now that he was short again he fell from Pete's shoulders. After a humiliating thud and a smoothing down of robes and feathers, he was quick on his feet. “N-Now wait a minute, Mickey! I never – I mean, I was just – I was guessing! I don't know if she can!”

But it had been all too much for Mickey's mind and heart to take. He couldn't stand to look at any of them – the lies, the betrayal, the humiliation, it was more than love could conquer in one moment. “How can I believe that? How can I believe anything anymore?! I never...” he slammed his arm to his eyes, for the tears were coming and he didn't want them to see it. “I never should have left my cave, I never should have listened to you! I don't need this!”

“Mickey, no!” Minnie had her arms out, but couldn't find the strength in her legs, her very heart ripped out from her chest. “Please, Mickey! I love you!”

“I don't need you!” Mickey slammed his walking stick down again, summoning the will to leave the world once and for all. “I-I-I don't need nobody, and nobody needs me!”

Then he was gone, leaving nothing behind but signs of where his tears had dropped. Of course he'd retreated back to his cave, and only there could he let loose the final screams of his despair, his strangled cries stopping the world of all the Axelias, and he let himself collapse on the floor. They didn't help him up. They weren't programmed to. They were never supposed to give him pity.

Yet years of suffering in silence had never told Mickey the truth – that pity was merely one word for sympathy, and that it was a natural feeling in all conscious beings, as is sadness and anger and love. But even if the Axelias had offered their hands, he would have rejected them, for now he held another feeling that was natural in many living souls – self-hatred. He'd been stupid for thinking he could ever be loved. He'd been foolish for believing he existed for anyone's purpose. He'd been born a reject and he would inevitably die the same way. She never could have loved him. He didn't deserve it.

He didn't deserve it, but even as he sobbed himself to sleep, he wanted her love.

As for Minnie, she fell to the floor as well, a tangled mess of heartache and misery. She wouldn't get to her feet, so Daisy took it upon herself to lift Minnie up into her arms and carry her. To where, she wasn't sure – perhaps the Underworld, or Goofy's village, or her temple. “Oh, Minnie,” Daisy sighed softly, knowing her words weren't reaching her friend but making the futile attempt anyway. “My foolish, silly girl...we'll find a way. We'll try to find a way back to him.” Yet even as she said this she wasn't sure it was possible. She forlornly looked to her husband, hoping he had a better answer, but Donald was in his own pain.

He'd only been trying to abide by Minnie's wishes, but perhaps if he said something earlier – maybe even a hint – he wanted to be a good uncle! He wanted to be better than Zeus! Was this his destiny as the god of death – to bring sadness to all who knew him? He finally met Daisy's eyes, opened his mouth, but then closed it. No, he had no answers for her or himself. Things couldn't be resolved with a few pretty words and fingers crossed. He approached the two, tenderly stroking Minnie's head. “You can stay at our place for a while...just don't eat the pomegranates.”

“Sooo, I'll catch you later, Aphrodite?” Oh yeah, Pete was still there – he'd been waiting until this odd theater had closed its curtains. But it looked like any plans would have to be on hold for another day – maybe tomorrow she'd get over...whatever had just happened. Who cared about losing a good toy? They were a dime a dozen. “Right! Big plans, babe, just you and me! You won't believe what a good idea it is!”

It's said that for some married couples, they can talk without using any sentences. This was true as Daisy glared at Donald who understood her wants right away – and, since her arms were full, he took it upon himself to take off his sandal and throw it at Pete's face. As he rubbed his sore nose, the three vanished. Pete grumbled, wondering but not particularly caring what made them so upset. Maybe it was time he checked up on his statues, and so he too left the arena.

By this time, the Beagles had lost the resolve to continue pointlessly fighting, and so after a few more threats towards Goofy and his friends, they departed. Goofy and Gyro began to help the fallen riders back up, but Agalma was standing by herself, staring off into the distance. Goofy only took notice when he saw her cheeks were wet, and he quickly forgot everything else in the world, jumping to her side. “Agalma! What's wrong?”

“... I don't know,” Agalma replied, curiously touching her face. Strange, she didn't feel sad, or in any pain. “But you're crying too.”

“I am?” Goofy asked, and after he blinked he realized he was. In fact, some of the riders were too – those that were married or those who had loved ones they cared for deeply. Each one was deeply puzzled, as were the newlyweds in the next town over, as were the young couple sneaking out to see each other in a dark forest, as were all who knew love and now knew tears.

Off in Aphrodite's temple, there was a sudden, terrible crack in one wall. Perhaps it could be repaired. Perhaps it couldn't. But no one would know for some time – any urges to pray at these temples were instantly snuffed out. In fact, they couldn't fathom using the temple ever again. Despite all of these strange events taking place, time went on for both mortals as gods, as it always would.

And for now, Mickey's cave was quiet.

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BOSTON CALLING MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2019 FOOD & DRINK LINEUP

The Festival’s 10th Edition Presents An All-Star Food & Drink Lineup

Featuring An Array Of Hometown Culinary Favorites, Local And International Brews, And Platinum Menus Curated By Some Of The City’s Most Prestigious Chefs

Boston Calling, headlined by Twenty-One Pilots (Friday), Tame Impala (Saturday), and Travis Scott (Sunday), delivers a food & drink lineup that is sure to please even the foodiest of festival goers. With a variety of fare ranging from award-winning barbecue to a raw bar sourced directly from the Atlantic, the festival rolls out a stellar collection of new culinary treats from legendary chefs, and brings back fan favorites. This year’s menu has something for everyone, including a wide assortment of craft beers and wines on hand to toast to Boston Calling’s 10th edition. Boston Calling takes place Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-26, 2019, at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston (65 North Harvard Street, Boston). Tickets are available at www.bostoncalling.com. New to Boston Calling’s General Admission food offerings are Sweet Cheeks Q, two-time James Beard Best Chef nominee Tiffani Faison’s barbecue mecca, which will be serving up Smoked Hot Chicken Philly Cheese Steaks, Oooey Gooey Cheesy Nachos, and a mind-blowing Fluffernutter Garbage Sundae; and Café Beatrice, an exciting new pop-up restaurant from Will Gilson, the celebrated chef and owner of Cambridge’s Puritan & Co., which will feature, among other options,Roasted Pork, Provolone and Broccoli Rabe, and Prosciutto, Pepper, Fig and Burrata Sandwiches.Stuffed by Papi is a new addition to the bill, offering its signature Sopapillas like Chipotle and Pineapple Marinated Smoked Pork with Pineapple Pico and Homemade Hatch Green Chile Aioli Slaw served with a Handmade to Order Sopapilla, while the locally acclaimed food truck, Boston Trolley Dogs, rolls in with the Duke, their popular beef hot dog topped with relish, onion and deli mustard. Also in General Admission, Boston Calling welcomes back Roxy’s Grilled Cheese, with its delicious grilled cheese sandwiches, including the Green Monster stuffed with three cheeses, crispy bacon and fresh guacamole; Arancini Bros and their variety of mouthwatering arancini flavors, such as the Classic Ragu which is Saffron Risotto with Tomato Meat Sauce, Peas & Mozzarella;The Smoke Shop, chef and owner Andy Husbands’ award-winning barbecue joint; and local burger authority Tasty Burger, which returns with its Tasty Burger Tots and introduces its newTasty Burger Chicken Nuggets. Other returnees include Zinneken’s with authentic Belgian Wafflesand the Shuck Truck with an incredible raw bar selection and Cape Cod lobster roll sliders. Between Whole Heart Provisions and The Chubby Chickpea, there will be ample vegetarian and vegan options, and when paired with decadent vegan ice creams from Fomu, a meal is complete. As in past years at Boston Calling, Platinum ticketholders will be treated to specialty evening menus created and prepared by some of the city’s most rousing culinary talent. Friday night features legendary two-time James Beard Award winning chef Jody Adams of Trade, Porto, and Saloniki. Adams will welcome guests with a Greek, Saloniki menu including a brilliant Meze Boardcomprised of crispy pita chips and house made dips, olives, sheeps milk feta and veggies before hosting a Souvlaki Sandwich Bar, complete with an assortment of grilled skewered meats includingchicken, pork, and lamb. Yet another James Beard Award winner, Jamie Bissonnette, chef and partner of Toro, Coppa and Little Donkey, will host Saturday’s Platinum menu. He will offer aFoie Bratwurst with Japanese flavors, a Lamb, Bacon, and Lettuce wrap station, Fried Chicken Sandos and the sensational Impossible Burger. Sunday nights menu closes the festival with a classic northeastern seafood spread from an icon within New England cooking: Jeremy Sewall, chef and partner of of Island Creek Oyster Bar and Row 34. Sewall’s seafood expertise will be represented with a selection of Maine Lobster Tacos, Crispy Oyster Sliders, a Smoked Salmon Plate complete with pickles and grilled bread, and a Roasted Chicken with Rigatoni and Basil Pesto. Just as Boston Calling has curated a vast assortment of culinary choices for its 10th edition, it has also sourced an equally standout selection of beers and wines in both General Admission and Platinum. Hometown brewing favorites Samuel Adams will be returning again this year with an assortment of flavors, including three staple summer brews, Summer Ale, Sam ‘76 and Boston Lager. Returning to Boston Calling from across the Atlantic is Copenhagen’s acclaimed Mikkeller Brewing with a wide array of signature craft brews on tap including Staff Magician NE Pale Aleand Mikkeller Chill Pils Yuzu Pilsner. Barefoot Wines will also be featured with an assortment of wines such as the Barefoot Summer Red Spritzer and the classic Barefoot Pinot Grigio. Platinum guests will have access to, during limited serving hours, exclusive curated bars, signature cocktails and an assortment of superlative spirits including Kettle One and Bulleit Bourbon. Sodas and bottled water will be available for purchase throughout the entire festival. In addition, several free water stations will be onsite at Boston Calling for attendees who bring a factory sealed water bottle or empty beverage container. The full food and drink lineup is below. All vendors and menu items are subject to change. A * denotes the 2019 newcomers. A folder containing images of dishes for this year as well as Platinum chef headshots can be accessed here.

BOSTON CALLING 2019 GENERAL ADMISSION FOOD MENU Arancini Bros Classic Ragu - Saffron Risotto w/ Tomato Meat Sauce, Peas & Mozzarella Bianco Verde - Basil Pesto w/ Mozzarella Buffalo Ball - Roasted Chicken w/ Gorgonzola Cheese Pizza Ball - Margherita Style Basil, Tomato & Mozzarella Bucatini Fritti - Italian Style Mac & Cheese Our Famous Nutella - Hazelnut Chocolate w/ Cinnamon Sugar Bon Me The Namesake - Sandwich with BBQ Pork The K-Town - Sandwich with Korean Style Spicy Chicken The JP - Sandwich with Roasted Paprika Tofu *Trolley Dogs Original (plain or mustard/ketchup) Duke (relish, onion & deli mustard) Dutchess (caramelized onions) California (chili & nacho cheese) New Yorker (sauerkraut & deli mustard) *Café Beatrice Tacos Chicken, Pork or Vegetable Tomato and Avocado BLT Prosciutto, Pepper, Fig and Burrata Sandwich Grass Fed Beef Meatball Sandwich Roasted Pork, Provolone and Broccoli Rabe Sandwich Chicken & Rice Guys Halal Chicken Plate Lamb Gyro Combination Plate (chicken & gyro) The Chubby Chickpea Chicken Shawarma Rice Bowl Falafel Bowl (Rice/Tabbouleh) Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves Chickpea Fries Hummus with Pita Copperdome Pizza Cheese Slice Pepperoni Slice Spinach & Feta Slice Whole Pizza (8 Slices - any combination) Dean’s Concessions Chicken Fingers & Fries Fries Fried Oreos El Pelon Taqueria Cheese Quesadilla V Salsa Fresca Side V/GF Guacamole Side V/GF Chips Boston Calling Combo (Cheese Quesadilla/Chips/Salsa/Guacamole) The Flatbread Company Cheese Pizza Fomu Ice Cream Scoops of Ice Cream Waffle Cone Sprinkles Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwich Joe’s American Bar & Grill Mac & Cheese Gluten Free Mac & Cheese Clam Chowder Jaju Pierogi Mix & Match Pierogi Potato & Cheese V Kielbasa & Red Pepper Jalapeno Cheddar V Sweet Potato & Caramelized Onion V Love Art Sushi Love Art Special Hawaiian Poke Onigiri (Rice Ball) Inari Seaweed Salad Moyzilla Hand Folded Pork and Cabbage Dumplings Soy Ginger Dipping Sauce Katsu Meal Box add Spring Roll - Twice Fried Pork Cutlet, Rice, Shredded Cabbage, Homemade Japanese BBQ Sauce Katsu Sandwich - Twice Fried Pork Cutlet, Bulky Roll, Shredded Cabbage, Homemade Japanese BBQ Sauce, Aioli Crispy Spring Rolls with Thai Sweet Chili Sauce V Riceburg Crispy Chicken Rice Burger/Rice Bowl (Sweet & Sour) Bulgogi Shaved Steak Rice Burger/Rice Bowl GF upon request Shitake Mushroom Rice Burger/Rice Bowl V/GF upon request Matcha Green Tea Lemonade Roxy’s Grilled Cheese Three Cheese Melt Rookie Melt (three cheese melt with tomato) Hot Honey Bacon (three cheese melt with bacon and Mike's Hot Honey) Green Monster (three cheese melt with bacon & guacamole) Deep River Chips Ruth’s Chris Steak House Steak Sandwich Lobster Roll Chicken Salad Wrap Cape Cod Chips The Sausage Guy Sausage Guy Sausage Sweet Sausage Guy Sausage Hot Sausage Guy IPA Brat Sausage Guy All Beef Hot Steak Cheese Peppers-Onions Sate Grill (Momogoose) Banh Mi Sandwich Build Your Own Bowl + Side Rice Noodles or Salad Chicken or Curry Tofu CrispyRoll or Dumpling Vietnamese Coffee Chocolate Chip Cookie Shuck Truck Oysters on the Half Shell Lobster Roll Hot & Butter'd or Cape Cod Cold Lobster Roll Slider Hot & Butter'd or Cape Cod Cold Lobster Fries! Old Bae Fries With Brown Butter Bisque, Smoked Gouda Cheese, Fresh Shucked Lobster and Bacon Aioli V/GF Old Bae Fries V/GF/Vegan The Smoke Shop The BBQ Bomb The Pit Boss The BBQ Sandwiches (Pulled Pork, Pulled Chicken, Burnt Ends) The Sides (Cornbread, Mac & Cheese, Pit Beans, Coleslaw) The BRL (Bacon-Wrapped Smoked Pork Loin) Stone & Skillet Cheese Pizza Pepperoni Pizza *Stuffed by Papi Seared Steak and Cheese Fresh grilled steak with caramelized onions and peppers, artisan romaine, fontina or chef's choice cheese of the day and homemade Papi sauce/served with a handmade to order sopapilla Pork Al Pastor Chipotle and pineapple marinated smoked pork with pineapple pico and homemade hatch green chile aioli slaw/served with a handmade to order sopapilla Sopapilla Doughnut Fried and glazed to order with cinnamon toast crunch or Oreo The OG Sopapilla drizzled with honey and dusted with powdered sugar *Sweet Cheeks Q Smoked Hot Chicken Philly Cheese Steak add avocado or bacon Oooey Gooey Cheesy Nachos add guacamole, chicken, or bacon Fluffernutter Garbage Sundae Tasty Burger Hamburger Cheeseburger Bacon Cheeseburger Veggie Burger Veggie Burger with Cheese Tasty Burger Chicken Nuggets Chicken Nuggets Bag of Chips Tasty Burger Tots Tater Tots GF Cheese Tots Chili Tots Chili Cheese Tots Whole Heart Provisions MISO BOWL vegan & gluten free TAZON BOWL vegan & gluten free VIET BOWL vegan & gluten free SEARED AVOCADO vegan & gluten free Zinneken’s Liege Waffle The Gourmand (Caramel, Bananas, Whip Cream) Fruit Delight (Melted Chocolate, Bananas, Strawberries) Ice Cream Zandwich (Vanilla Ice Cream)

BOSTON CALLING 2019 PLATINUM FOOD MENU

Friday, May 24 Chef Jody Adams Trade, Porto, Saloniki

Appetizer: Meze Board w/ Pita Chips & House Made Dips, Herb Marinated Olives, Sheeps Milk Feta, Veggies Main: Souvlaki Sandwich Bar w/ Grilled Skewered Meats (Chicken, Pork, Lamb, and Veggie) On the Buffet Line: Rolls, Toppings, House Made Sauces Salads: Village Salad Seasonal Salad Dessert: Baklava Triangles Mini Chocolate Cookies Halva Chocolate Chip Cookies Saturday, May 25 Chef Jamie Bissonnette Toro, Coppa, Little Donkey Celery Caesar COPPA V Foie Bratwurst (with Japanese Flavors) LD Corn (Off the Cob) TORO GF/V Lamb Bacon Lettuce Wrap Station (build your own) LD GF Impossible Burgers LD Fried Chicken Sandos LD Vegan Paella TORO V/GF Sunday, May 26 Chef Jeremy Sewall Island Creek Oyster Bar, Row 34 Romaine Salad, Roasted Tomatoes, Balsamic Vinaigrette Grilled Asparagus, Sauce Gribiche Maine Lobster Tacos, Mango, Avocado Chilled Shrimp Salad, Sesame, Roasted Peppers, Cucumber Crispy Oyster Sliders, Pickled Onion, Chili Aioli Roasted Chicken with Rigatoni And Basil Pesto Smoked Salmon Plate, Pickles, Grilled Bread Cookies and Brownies BOSTON CALLING 2019 BEER & WINE MENU BEER: Miller Lite Miller High Life Sol Cerveza Peroni Nastro Azzurro Pilsner Urquell (Draft Only) Sam Adams Summer Ale Sam Adams NEIPA Sam Adams ’76 (Draft Only) Sam Adams Boston Lager (Draft Only) Truly Wild Berry Spiked Seltzer Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Angry Orchard Rose (Draft Only) Mikkeller Table Talker Belgian Table Brew Mikkeller Chill Pils Yuzu Pilsner Mikkeller Staff Magician NE Pale Ale Mikkeller Passion Pool Gose Mikkeller Raspberry Blush Berliner Weisse Mikkeller Windy Hill NE IPA Mikkeller Beer Geek Brekkie Loq ABV Stout Mikkeller Ripple Effect West Coast IPA WINE: Barefoot Pinot Grigio Barefoot Pinot Noir Barefoot Moscato Spritzer Barefoot Rose Spritzer Barefoot Sangria Spritzer Barefoot Summer Red Spritzer Featured Liquor Sponsors: Bulleit Bourbon Ketel One Vodka

The day-by-day music lineup for Boston Calling 2019 is as follows. Performance times are forthcoming. *Artists are subject to change.

Friday May 24, 2019 Twenty One Pilots Greta Van Fleet Chvrches Lord Huron Christine and The Queens Tank and The Bangas Mura Masa Yaeji Gang of Youths Turnstile Pale Waves Bear Hands Naeem Adia Victoria Arena: Fred Armisen Sam Jay Lamont Price Saturday May 25, 2019 Tame Impala ODESZA Anderson. Paak & The Free Nationals Hozier Big Red Machine King Princess Mitski Clairo Denzel Curry Princess Nokia Young Fathers Superorganism Shame Pile White Reaper Sasha Sloan Dessa Sidney Gish Arena: Jenny Slate Imogen Heap Boston Ballet Marina Franklin Lamont Price Sunday May 26, 2019 Travis Scott Logic Brandi Carlile Sheck Wes Rainbow Kitten Surprise Marina Guster Chromeo (DJ Set) Snakehips Snail Mail SOB x RBE Ravyn Lenae Cautious Clay Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Kilo Kish SKEGSS Easy Life Arena: Michael Che Imogen Heap Boston Ballet Melissa Villaseñor Lamont Price

Images of 2019 Boston Calling artists and highlight images from the previous nine festivals can be found here. Boston Calling is proud to have Delta Air Lines, Samuel Adams, Miller Lite, Chase, JBL, Vans, Barefoot Wine, Subaru of New England, and 47 Brand as sponsors for this year’s festival. Tickets: A limited number of Single Day and Three-Day General Admission, VIP and Platinum Passes are on sale now at www.bostoncalling.com. Getting There: Boston Calling is best accessed by the T on the Red Line’s Harvard Square stop; from there, it is a short walk to the festival’s main entrance. Boston Calling will also be coordinating with taxi and rideshare programs for safe and easy pickup and drop off points. There will also be bike racks available onsite. Onsite parking is available only to Platinum package purchasers. Boston Calling is produced by Boston Calling Events LLC (BCE) which is owned by Crash Line Productions and The Madison Square Garden Company. Crash Line Productions is a Boston-based entertainment production company that owns and produces dozens of events each year. Formed in 2012 by Brian Appel and Mike Snow, Boston Calling Events continues to build its event platform around Boston Calling Music Festival. Boston Calling Events is part of The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG), a world leader in live sports and entertainment experiences. The company presents or hosts a broad array of premier events in its diverse collection of iconic venues: New York’s Madison Square Garden, Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and Beacon Theatre; the Forum in Inglewood, CA; and The Chicago Theatre. Other MSG properties include legendary sports franchises: the New York Knicks (NBA) and the New York Rangers (NHL); two development league teams – the Westchester Knicks (NBAGL) and the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL); and esports teams through Counter Logic Gaming, a leading North American esports organization, and Knicks Gaming, MSG’s NBA 2K League franchise. In addition, the Company features the popular original production – the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes – and through Boston Calling Events, produces New England’s preeminent Boston Calling Music Festival. Also under the MSG umbrella is TAO Group, a world-class hospitality group with globally-recognized entertainment dining and nightlife brands: Tao, Marquee, Lavo, Avenue, Beauty & Essex and Vandal. More information is available at www.themadisonsquaregardencompany.com

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America realizes how to dish nourishment that hits the spot.

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This might be on the grounds that a large portion of the well known nourishments in the USA start in some other nation. The pizza cut is Italian. Fries are Belgium or Dutch. Cheeseburgers and sausages? Likely German. However, in the kitchens of the United States, they have been improved and added to, to become worldwide symbols for nourishment darlings all over.

Try not to disregard the homegrown American dishes either.

There's the customary stuff, for example, shellfish chowder, key lime pie and Cobb serving of mixed greens, and above all the locavore development of present day American nourishment began by Alice Waters. This advancement of eco-mindfulness in nourishment culture is continued today by Michelle Obama.

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Cheeseburger - an ideal case of making beneficial things more noteworthy.

Chocolate chip treat - the world would be somewhat less tenable without this Americana great.

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All excessively handled nourishments, for example, Twinkies, Hostess cakes and KFC.

9. Mexico

Mmmmexico.

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In the event that you were just permitted to eat the nourishment of one nation an incredible remainder, it is shrewd to make it Mexico. The cooking of the Mesoamerican nation has a smidgen of everything - you'll never get exhausted.

Among the enchiladas and the tacos and the helados and the quesadillas you'll discover the liveliness of Greek plates of mixed greens and the wealth of an Indian curry; the warmth of Thai nourishment and the utilization your-hands snackiness of tapas. It is likewise focal station for dietary superfoods. Such avocado, tomato, lime and garlic with beans and chocolates and chilies for sure, is rich with cancer prevention agents and great stimulating things. It doesn't taste sound however. It has an aftertaste like a party in your mouth.

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Mole - old sauce made of bean stew peppers, flavors, chocolate and enchantment chants.

Tacos al minister - the spit-cook pork taco, a mix of the pre-and post-Colombian.

Tamales - an old Mayan nourishment of masa cooked in a leaf wrapping.

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Tostadas - fundamentally equivalent to a taco or burrito yet served in a fresh seared tortilla which breaks into pieces when you chomp into it. Difficult to eat.

8. Thailand

Open for over eight decades, old school Bangkok bistro On Lok Yun - situated at 72 Charoen Krung Road - is a neighborhood establishment. Video by Black Buddha

Road eats are a Thai fascination. Flip through a Thai cook book and you'll be unable to discover a fixing list that doesn't run a page long. The blend of such a large number of herbs and flavors in each dish produces complex flavors that some way or another meet up like symphonic music. Thais fit fiery, acrid, salty, sweet, chewy, crunchy and dangerous into one dish.

With impacts from China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar and an illustrious culinary convention, Thai cooking is the best of numerous universes. The best part about eating Thai nourishment in Thailand however is the accommodation. Sun, sea shore, administration with a grin and a plastic pack loaded with som cap - that is easy street.

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Tom yam kung - a rave party for the mouth. The botanical notes of lemongrass, the natural galangal, freshness of kaffir lime leaves and the warmth of the chilies.

Massaman curry - a Thai curry with Islamic roots. Topped our rundown of the world's 50 most delectable nourishments.

Som cap - the well known green papaya plate of mixed greens is sharp, additional hot, sweet and salty. It's the best of Thai tastes.

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Pla som - an aged fish eaten uncooked is well known in Lawa and answered to be liable for bile conduit disease.

7. Greece

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Souvlaki is heaven on a stick.

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Voyaging and eating in Greece feels like a lustrous magazine spread wake up, however without the Photoshopping. Like the blue oceans and white structures, the kalamata olives, feta cheddar, the vivid plates of mixed greens and dish meats are all postcard impeccable of course.

The mystery? Lashings of flickering olive oil. Endowment of the divine beings, olive oil is ostensibly Greece's most prominent fare, impacting the path individuals around the globe consider nourishment and dietary wellbeing. Eating in Greece is additionally a method for devouring history. A chomp of dolma or a gulp of lentil soup gives a little taste of life in antiquated Greece, when they were designed.

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Olive oil - sprinkled on other nourishment, or absorbed by bread, is nearly as changed as wine in its flavors.

Spanakopita - makes spinach attractive with its feta cheddar blend and flaky cake spread.

Gyros - late-night alcoholic eating wouldn't be the equivalent without the pita bread sandwich of meal meat and tzatziki.

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Lachanorizo - fundamentally cabbage and onion cooked to death at that point blended in with rice. Filling, however one-dimensional.

6. India

Sweet and fiery chai tea.

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At the point when a food utilizes flavors in such wealth that the meat and vegetables appear to be a bit of hindsight, you realize you're managing cooks committed to enhance. There are no principles for zest use as long as it brings about something heavenly. A similar zest can add get-up-and-go to exquisite and sweet dishes, or can in some cases be eaten all alone - fennel seed is appreciated as a breath-renewing stomach related guide toward the finish of suppers.

What's more, any nation that figures out how to make veggie lover nourishment taste reliably incredible absolutely merits a Nobel prize. The territorial assortments are immense. There's Goa's fish, there's the wazwan of Kashmir and there's the coconutty extravagance of Kerala.

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Dal - India has figured out how to make bubbled lentils energizing.

Dosa - a flapjack loaded up with anything from cheddar to fiery vegetables, ideal for lunch or supper.

Chai - not every person likes espresso and not every person prefers plain tea, yet it's difficult to oppose chai.

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Balti chicken - an innovation for the British sense of taste, ought to presumably have ceased to exist with expansionism.

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5. Japan

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Japanese apply a similar exactness to their nourishment as they do to their designing. This is the spot that produced oppressive sushi experts and ramen menaces who make their staff and clients tremble with a glare.

You can get an extravagant multicourse kaiseki supper that presents the seasons in a spread of visual and culinary verse. Or on the other hand pull up a chair at a spinning sushi transport for a performance feast. Or on the other hand get something irregular and already obscure in your gastronomic vocabulary from the refrigerated racks of an accommodation store. It's difficult to eat severely in Japan.

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Miso soup - features a portion of the principal kinds of Japanese nourishment, basic and healthy.

Sushi and sashimi - who realized that crude fish on rice could turn out to be so well known?

Tempura - the flawlessness of profound searing. Never oily, the player is slight and light like a fresh tissue.

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Fugu - would anything say anything is actually that scrumptious that it merits taking a chance with your life to eat? The noxious blowfish as of late murdered coffee shops in Egypt, yet is getting increasingly accessible in Japan.

4. Spain

Churros: batter meets chocolate.

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We should eat and drink, at that point rest, at that point labor for two hours, at that point eat and drink. Viva Espana, that nation whose libertine nourishment culture we as a whole furtively wish was our own. All that having a good time and tapas-eating, the negligible working, the 9 p.m. suppers, the interminable porron challenges - this is a culture dependent on, around and once in a while even inside nourishment.

The Spaniards gourmandize the manner in which they flamenco move, with unbridled enthusiasm. They chomp on snacks for the duration of the day with interims of enormous dinners. From the products of the Mediterranean Sea to the crown jewels of the Pyrenees, from the saffron and cumin notes of the Moors to the crazy atomic investigations of Ferran Adria, Spanish nourishment is immortal yet vanguard.

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Jamon Iberico - an entire relieved ham pawn generally cut by clasping it down in a wooden stand like some medieval custom.

Churros - the world's best form of sweet seared mixture.

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Gazpacho - it's invigorating and all, however it's essentially fluid serving of mixed greens.

3. France

Crisply heated French loaves - delectable.

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In case you're one of those individuals who doesn't care to eat in light of the fact that "there's a whole other world to life than nourishment" - visit Paris. It's a city famous for its curmudgeonly occupants, however they all trust in the significance of good nourishment. Two-hour mid-day breaks for full dinners are de rigeur.

Whole fourteen day get-aways are focused on investigating mixes of wines and cheeses around the nation. Sensible cooking will astound the individuals who thought of the French as the world's nourishment braggarts (it is the origination of the Michelin Guide all things considered). Cassoulet, pot au feu, steak frites are brilliant when had in the correct bistro.

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Escargot - credit the French for turning slimey, garden-staying nuisances into a delicacy. Gigantic regard for making them taste astonishing as well.

Macarons - like unicorn nourishment. Truth be told anything from a patisserie in France appears to have been summoned out of sugar, pixie dust and the supper wishes of young ladies.

Roll - the first and last thing that you'll need to eat in France. The main chomp is transformational; the last will be loaded with yearning.

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Foie gras - it has an aftertaste like 10,000 ducks broiled in margarine at that point decreased to a velvet pudding, yet some creature advocates censure the remorselessness of coercively feeding fowl to stuff their livers.

2. China

Peking duck - only one of numerous Chinese culinary joys.

Peking duck - only one of numerous Chinese culinary enjoyments.

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The individuals who welcome each other with "Have you eaten at this point?" are seemingly the most nourishment fixated on the planet. Nourishment has been a structure o

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Room to Breathe

Trials of Faith and Devotion Some hit and some miss

But

Some misses among the missing Come together on a cauldron And do vile magic, a sabbath Without inviting Saturn

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Exceed by the rule!

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Adjust those little buggers to Justice to pave the path to my kin It's Professional Business and Professorial Masterminding

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Like by not being good enough in my secret life?

In alchemy you got to do things good and with care, All with love,

So along the watchtowers you won't mess With people with brilliant solutions,

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Why you little mischievous little so called devi-but add hai-LS-atan- have you ever attended to

Gymnasium?

If there were enough Lightarian Medics doing the right job around, we wouldn't be bogged deep in problems that we need to discuss and solve.

Among All! How Moses split Red Sea? You gotta try it! We upgraded that furthermore.

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Oh don't hesitate. If you catch your back.

And carry along the important stuff with you

Like if the things they done Could be undone in research centers That has access to books of deeds and paths And books of time and secret knowledge Attending to the halls of understanding

We should do that kinds of things… As Kings do tend their Kingdom Kindly would be Rewarding!

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Disinfect and consecrate with all things Divine Subtle Mental capacities

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But the degradation of the air is time and energy consuming, If you don't know your means?

Some already got all us into trouble all the while By playing it Dirty,

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I mean light bending?

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They're unisex and add dimension with the depth!

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Like those who confuse anyone with everyone It's connection issue upon wonder and care Save contradiction and comparison towards understanding Like the Basic Mental Bodywork 101

Scanning, observing, bringing together, collecting, merging, keeping, reflecting, balancing, scaling, grading, weighing, measuring, associating, relating, communicating and interpreting...

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Confusing people's good intentions with what one expects as a dire consequence of anything one may feel or be guilty out of nothing…

Will not prove to be an alchemystically cured person.

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Else!

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Along with a Planetary Alignment, Grid Work and Core Chakra Developments, Healing Mists and Ground Clearing.

We make room for all to breathe.

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rossl32123 · 7 years

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Going to get the jobs done The next step in the ongoing saga that is boat ownership was upon me, I had to get the damage done in the electrical storm of Feb 17 fixed, (did I write about that?), and also the urgent repairs that were indicated in the initial inspection completed. I needed a haul-out and I discovered, after an extensive investigation and enquiry, that my best option was going to be Midcoast Marine in Newcastle. The first plan was to go up on the 12th Mar, and Brian and Bronte were going to be my crew, but the weather was supposed to turn cappy, so Bronte and Hunter helped me take her over to her new mooring in the temporary site at Claireville instead. The weather turned out to be beautiful for sailing, and we could have stayed out all day, it was just blissful, but Keri had an afternoon appointment, and since she was kind enough to drive all the way to Claireville to pick us up, we had to get on with it. We still had to get the boat sorted, find the mooring, and somewhere to leave the dinghy, and as always time gets away with you on the water. So the 26th Mar was the next possible date. As it turned out Brian was busy, so just myself and Bronte were the crew. I wanted to wake up on the water! Just a simple wish, but it meant that I was going to have to get from work, finishing at 7:30pm, shop for the trip, get home, persuade Bronte to buy into the plan, pack what I needed, then get over to Claireville. We eventually got there just before midnight, which wasn't brilliant, but hey, waking up on the boat at dawn was going to be so worth it. Next problem was to get all the gear down to the dinghy, find it, launch it, load it including the outboard, and get out to the boat in the dark. Most of this was all straight forward, thank God for phone flashes. What I hadnt planned on was finding the boat in the dark! I had a rough idea where it was, after all I had parked it there 2 weeks previously, but there are so many boats out there and they all look the same until you get close! It was a warm and still night, and we unloaded our dinghy and got it up on deck. No problem with the dark here, the floodlights and spreader lights do a premium job, but at one stage Bronte said to me in a whisper "not so loud dad, there's someone on that boat next door". We really felt that we were breaking the peace. The same can't be said for some land lubbers in the bay who were partying hard, and the noise carried across the water. The following day I was up before dawn to commune with the sunrise. Silly me, I had forgotten that we wouldn't see it where we were parked. Didn't matter, I had a nice cup of coffee while it got light, and started preparing for the sail. I hoisted a flag of Kyles and as soon as Bronte was up and coffee'd we got going. It was a breathless morning, apart from the fisherman all racing out to get to their spots. We motored for ages waiting for a breeze, any breeze would do, but we were to wait for a long time. The sea was a bit lumpy where the swell bounced back off the cliffs between Box Head and Terrigal creating a cross chop, but Bronte proved once again just how solid her stomach is with any kind of awkward motion. Motoring in a choppy sea is not proving to be my favourite mode of travel. Eventually the sea calmed down and a bit of a south easterly sprang up, not really enough to get any drive in the sails, so I only got the staysail out in the hope that it might help stabilise the boat a bit. While we were motoring along with not much to do, "Gyro" at the helm, I thought I would try setting the genoa on its whisker pole, just because, and I hadnt done it in anger up to that stage. Just getting the pole out was a struggle, how I would have managed in a heaving sea I don't know. Then the problems started, the pole twisted and jammed the slider in the track, the slider couldn't come down to parallel because the main sail cover goes too high, there is no block or cleat for the forward guy etc etc. So I put it all away and promised myself I would do some more research on that set of problems. Meanwhile Bronte was getting bored also, her method of defusing the boredom was to go for a mid voyage swim. She was a little worried about the possibility of sharks, and didn't stay in long, but she was more game than I was. By about 3pm we were still motoring although the wind had started to come in from the east. We got all the sails up finally. It did mean we were going to have to tack all the way to Newcastle, and that was going to blow our ETA out by 2 or 3 hours, so we were committing to an after dark arrival. Another first. Oh well, can't get the experience any other way! We revised our ETA with Marine Rescue and sailed on. At one point I realised that we were going to have to tack again to get around Redhead, so I started the motor again. Giving the boat a bit extra push meant that we would lose some angle up into the wind, but it had the advantage of reducing our leeway in the tack. We got around Redhead without needing another tack and shut the motor off again as we were getting some reasonable speed. It got dark! Not so much of a problem at sea, but we were coming into a busy port I had never been to before, under sail! At some stage we were going to have to get the sail in. As we were approaching the last way point but one, before the turn into the channel, I realised that the next leg would give us a nice little reach in winds that were now getting up to 15kt. Suddenly we were powering along on a leg that was much shorter than I had imagined. So we headed up into wind to get the sail in, somewhere out off the last port marker for the channel. It did cross my mind that this could be a problem for other boaties using the entrance, and I did make a special effort to get sail in quickly and as efficiently as I could. I was to realise a little later just how stupid that plan was. As we headed up the channel, guided by Navionics on my phone, faithfully following the track plotted plum up the middle, I had Bronte stand out on the deck spotting for me. It was very difficult to see the channel marks, other boats, ferries etc etc with the tender on the deck, but I figured we would be alright provided we just took our time. At one stage Bronte said to me "why is that big wharehouse with those two little boats beside it moving? "Oh shit it's a ship!" And it was coming down river! Next time I'll plot my tracks a little more up the starboard side. I knew we had a dock waiting for us, and I had a fair idea where it was, what I didn't appreciate was how tight it was to get into! We had a couple of fenders ready to go, but we had no idea how high the dock was, or what kind of edge it had, so we didn't set them. I had warps ready, but once again I wasn't sure what we would find when we got to the dock. As it happened there was another boat on the port side of the pontoon, so we had to go to starboard side. At the last minute I got Bronte set up with a warp in midships, as I thought it would be important to be able to stop the boat with an aft spring, and drive the stern against the cross wind with the rudder. It didnt turn out like that! The boat drifted away from the dock before Bronte could jump onto the pontoon. The bow swung into wind, closer to the dock so Bronte scrambled forward to grab the head line. I didn't quite get all the way off her and the anchor housing contacted the handrail on the gangway, putting another bend in it. With a head warp holding I could get the stern to come back against the wind, so we did finally get tied up, but all the time the depth sounder was doing its nut. That left a severe doubt about the usefulness of the whole arrangement, given that we were 4hrs before LWS and already showing our keel to be on the bottom! After a little thought I satisfied myself that it was possible that because of the position of the transducer, and the sloping of the river bank, there was probably more water under the keel than was being indicated. Phew! Time for dinner. Exhausted, but elated. That's how I hit the sack later that night. Fortunately, while I squared away topsides, Bronte cooked us some chicken to have in our wraps, and we both crashed into bed about 10ish. GOOD JOB TEAM!

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