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i couldnt resist..
#thinkin abt him in the promotional cartoons for the fallout show#HES SO CUUTEEEE I CANT DO ITT#silly little representative of worlds most evil corporation#my art#fallout#fallout show#vault boy#fallout 4
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Home Pt. 7 || cbf! Simon "Ghost" Riley
Rating: M
Words: 1.9K
Pairing: cbf!Simonxafab!reader / teen!Simonxteen!Reader
Summary: Teen Simon and his best friend often spend their nights away from their respective houses because they found a home in each other…
CW: vomitting. thoughts of hurting someone.
Tags: you/your pronouns, time skip, heartbreak.
a/n: not proofread. also, I lied. It's a triple-chapter sort of day.
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Maybe it’s the heartbreak over you.
Or the lack of distractions in the shape of your countless 3, 4, 5-page letters, like you used to send during Basic and ITT.
But the fact of the matter is that Lance Corporal Riley dived headfirst into the job, taking out enemies with an efficiency and bravery many of his COs have never seen before.
Something about Simon Riley makes him too good at his job.
The type of good that his COs can’t part with, and therefore made them circumvent rules to keep him in the field, instead of sending him on leave.
The type of good that means he’s progressing up the ranks scarily fast, getting commendations left and right.
The type of good that attracts attention from all sorts of people in all sorts of high places.
Six months turned to twelve, turned to eighteen, turned to twenty-four…
In a blink-and-you-miss-it moment, by the time Corporal Simon Riley notices, he’s twenty-five, and passing selection for the 22nd Regiment of the SAS.
He throws punches in the training room, the other newcomer he’s fighting with narrowly dodging them. His aggression is coming out more than usual, almost like he’s having trouble keeping a lid on the boiling pot that are his inner thoughts.
He needs to let out frustration. He needs to hurt someone.
That’s all he’s been able to think of since he woke up this morning and saw the date on his calendar.
The calendar is a funny thing. The days keep going past, coming and going, another page, another month… Time moves and he feels he’s standing still.
Sure, he got bumped up the ranks, he got accepted into the SAS, he went back to Manc for the holidays, celebrated his birthday, his wins…
But that didn’t stop his heart from aching as the calendar showed the anniversary of your first kiss, the anniversary of your first time, your birthday and his…
Today is October 5th. The 13-year anniversary of the day you two met.
And you are all he can think of.
He was nineteen, you were eighteen.
He had just gotten himself out of base and took a bus to the train station. Eight months. Eight months he had spent in Afghanistan.
He had gotten nothing from you, not once hearing “Lance Corporal Riley, phone!” as he got brought into the tent to pick up a phone call from you… And much less a letter of yours dropped at the foot of his bunk in the few times he had enough downtime to sleep.
He had time to think. Nothing else but time, he felt like. Time to realize that, maybe, he was wrong in the way he left. Maybe he shouldn’t have said the things he did. Even if he still thought you needed to hear them.
He missed you. Point blank.
He got himself to the station early, over an hour left for his train to Manc to leave.
He found himself meandering in the streets nearby, killing time. A bergen pack on his shoulders, hands in his pockets, muscular arms on display in a t-shirt that clung a bit too tight to his body. A few fresh scars on his arms and hands from the recent service.
His brown eyes were drawn to a shop window, a jeweler’s. He told himself it was just because the items on display are shiny.
He went inside. He told himself it was just because he had time to kill.
The jeweler, a kind old man, spotted the fatigues he was wearing, and showed him the engagement rings without even being asked. He looked at them all, going back and forth between all the designs. He told himself it was just to amuse the elderly man.
But as he disembarked the train in Manchester hours later and walked toward the cabbies across the street from the station, his hand tapped at the little ring box in the top right pocket of his cargo pants.
When he got home, his dad’s car was gone. Good. It meant you were still driving around with it. He forced himself to go inside, to greet Tommy and mum, dad not being home when he got there, thank God.
Once they were both asleep, he took mum’s car out. It was a shitty little Vauxhall Vectra. He made a mental note to buy her a new one once he had enough money as he drove out to the viewpoint he knew you spent your nights in.
But you weren’t there.
He drove back down to Wythenshawe and took the car in a slow drive-by past your house. The car wasn’t there either.
So, he drove to your local, the spot you both spent so many nights with your mutual friends at. It wasn’t there either. In fact, no one’s car was there. Not even your old mates… Even though it was a Friday night.
As a last resort, he drove to Olly’s house. The lights were on. His dad’s car wasn’t there, but Olly’s was. So, he parked the car and went up the steps, knocking on the door.
A very weary-eyed Olly opened the door, wearing a dirty undershirt, as he seemed to have just gotten home from work. “Riley?! Oi, bruv!” He greeted Simon with a half-hug and pat on the back, which Simon returned. “How you been?”
“Can’t complain.” Simon replied. “Just shipped back from deployment.” He added, stepping inside the house. “How’ve you been?” He returned the question, even if he didn’t care.
He felt stiff inside Olly’s house, even if he was the one mate of his that Simon was closest to, other than you. He felt like he didn’t belong there.
“Been alright. Workin’ construction now. You know how it is.” He remarked as he offered Simon a beer from the fridge. But he didn’t take it. The brand was the same cheap shite your father used to drink. He didn’t need it.
“I need to see your cousin. Just been by her house but she wasn’t there.” He added as he watched Olly drop himself onto an armchair in the sitting room. Simon remained standing, arms crossed over his chest.
Oliver’s face immediately turned to look at Simon, eyebrows raising in surprise. “Oh, bloody hell, you didn’t know, did you?” He asked.
“Didn’t know what?” He asked and cocked a brow, moving his arms a bit as his blouson jacket scrunched under the strain of his crossed bulky arms.
“Y/N vanished. Packed up and left a few months ago. Didn’t tell anyone where she was going. Drove her mum and mine up the bloody wall panicking that she was gone.” Olly explained, his voice a bit more solemn.
Simon’s blood ran cold as he heard what Olly said. “Wha-” He choked on his own breath and coughed a bit as Olly kept going, saying something or other about how you didn’t even pick up your last paycheck from the little job you were working. How you had only scheduled a letter be sent from the post office to your mum to promise her that you were alive and safe, and were going to find someplace better for yourself.
The blond lad didn’t even dignify your cousin with another word. He simply turned and marched out of the house, slamming the door behind him as he returned to his mum’s car.
It felt like the engagement ring he had bought you suddenly weighed a ton, and like it was burning a hole through his pocket and onto his stomach, searing hot, mocking him.
He leaned his hands against the top of the car and leaned his hand down, feeling like he was going to throw up.
What did he expect? That you’d still be around, waiting for him with open arms? That you’d stay after the way he treated you? That was pathetic of him. Hell, you might have been immature and naive, but you weren’t a bloody pushover, that much he knew.
“Riley!” A voice calls out to him, but it’s just far enough that he can tune it out and keep fighting.
The other cadet is winded, stumbling back when Simon throws a harsh elbow to his nose and then sweeps his legs out from under him, landing the other man on the mat.
“RILEY!” The voice is louder and Simon suddenly stops in his tracks, shoulders rising and falling.
He looks back at the source of the voice, Lieutenant Jonathan Price, his C.O.. “My office.” He demands. Simon grunts under his breath and his shoulders drop. He looks back down at the recruit he’s sent sprawling onto the floor. He’s bleeding, cupping his nose with his hand.
He huffs and reaches a hand down, helping the other one to his feet and mumbling a few half-hearted apologies. “Didn’t think you’d be that weak.” He says in banter, trying not to seem so angry, the other guy laughing it off despite the unmistakeable soreness in his back and blood all over his uniform.
Then, Simon rushes off, taking off his black grappling gloves and slipping his body under the ropes of the ring, following after Lieutenant Price.
He enters the office after a brief knock and goes inside, noticing Lieutenant Price on the other side, sitting at his desk, arms crossed. “You wanna explain to me why you’re throwing the other recruits around like ragdolls?” He nods his head out the door.
Corporal Simon Riley, now an SAS Cadet, takes a breath and closes the door behind himself and slowly sits in front of Price.
He has a lot of respect for his Lieutenant, having been handpicked by him specifically to join his Bravo Six squadron. He’d even say he gets along with the man.
“Nuthin’ boss.” Simon replies as he looks away from the harsh blue eyes of the man in front of him.
“Right. Nuthin’.” Price says sarcastically. “Well, whatever that nuthin’ is, you better fix it.” He adds.
If only it was that easy, Simon wants to tell him. But he doesn’t. Instead nods his head sharply. Not much he could do either way. He agrees with Price. He knows he was in the wrong minutes ago. He’s normally so good at keeping a lid on it…
“It’s just a bad day.” Simon replies. “‘ll be back to normal tomorrow.”
“I don’t care if it’s a bad day, a bad week or a bad life.” He adds bluntly, display his authority. “I can’t have a tickin’ time bomb in my ranks, understood?”
“Yes, sir.” Simon replies and nods again and looks down at his legs, spread open in the armchair across from Price’s desk, his eyes locked on the black training trousers with the SAS logo stamped on the left leg.
“We gotta rely on each other, Riley,” Price starts to tell him, which causes Simon’s brown eyes to flit upward abruptly, locking onto Price’s blue ones.
“Stop bloody relyin’ on me.”
“If you’re so fuckin’ unhappy and ungrateful of what I’m doin’ for us both…”
“Then grow up and leave. Get yourself out.”
“...so, redirect that aggression.” Price finishes his explanation. “Let it out in the firing range or the field. Not against your own team.” He advises.
“Yes, sir.” Simon adds and gulps a bit, pushing himself up off his chair. He makes for the door in quick, silent steps, without having to be dismissed.
He closes the door behind him and rushes down the hall and out a side door.
Once he’s around the back of the building, he keels over and vomits over his boots.
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En este registro de trabajo estarán los nombres de todas las empresas y sectores sociales en las que los personajes mayores de edad del foro podrán trabajar.
Este será el único registro rellenable adicional al único obligatorio y se usara para el pago de los DLS por desarrollar tu empleo on rol.
Dependiendo de la categoría del puesto es la cantidad de temas que deveras de cumplir para el pago de DLS.
Para tomar cualquier empresa con las primeras categorías (puestos), es importante tener un precedente en la historia del personal que justifique la elección del puesto (Desde edad, hasta la preparación educativa que recibió o la familia a la que pertenezca)
CATEGORIAS
Gerencial: Dueños del establecimiento o empresa, socios inversionistas o comerciales directos, fundadores, co-fundadores, cargos ejecutivos.
Para esta categoría se deberá de desarrollar mínimo 9 temas en un plazo de 20 días para obtener el sueldo de 1,500 dls
Administrativo: Puestos que tiene como función principal llevar a cabo las tareas administrativas de una empresa o comercio.
Para esta categoría se deberá de desarrollar mínimo 7 temas en un plazo de 20 días para obtener el sueldo de 1,000 dls
Operativo: Todos los puestos que cobran por hora trabajada y que llevan acabo tareas y actividades que la empresa proporciona al consumo del publico.
Para esta categoría se deberá de desarrollar mínimo 5 temas en un plazo de 20 días para obtener el sueldo de 300 dls
Cualquier vacante de comercio predeterminado contara con un nivel de roleo que se deberá de visualizar en la jugabilidad de las Tramas grupales o globales dentro del foro, elige con sabiduría
LISTADO DE TRABAJOS PREDETERMINADOS
Like an Angel Corporate
Dirección de Recursos Humanos
Operadores de Recursos Humanos
Dirección de Mercadotecnia
Operadores de Mercadotecnia
Dirección de Seguridad para los miembros de LAA
Operadores de Seguridad para los miembros de LAA
Reclutadores o Consultores de Talento
Agentes de Conexión o Representantes de LAA
Personal de Asesoría Nutricional
Personal de Asesoría Psicológica
Personal de Asesoría de Imagen
Personal de Asesoría de Baile
Personal de Asesoría de Canto
Personal de Asesoría de Arte
Miembros de LAA
Queen Diana Bar (Bar y Casa de citas)
Dueño del establecimiento
Inversionistas: máx. 5
Líder de RH
Contador/a
Personal de Seguridad
Personal del Bar y cocina
Mesaras y Camareros
Musico
Bailarines o bailarinas: máx. 5 de cada genero
Vendedor/a de compañía
Dealers
LISTADO DE TRABAJOS POR ZONA
MANHATTAN
Memorial Sloan Kettering (Hospital)
X (Plataforma de medios sociales)
Instagram (Plataforma de medios sociales)
ABKCO Records (Disquera)
Acclaim Entertainment (Desarrolladora y distribuidora de videojuegos)
Aéropostale (Empresa de ropa)
American Express (Servicios bancarios)
Broadway (Teatro)
Calvin Klein (Empresa de ropa)
Capitol Records (Disquera)
Cartoon Pizza (Resturante)
Sony (Líderes en electrónica de consumo y entretenimiento audiovisual)
Victoria Secret (Empresa de ropa)
Netflix (Empresa de entretenimiento y una plataforma de streaming)
Pandora (Casa de Joyeria)
New York University (Universidad)
New York City Police Department
Museo MoMA
BROOKLYN
Hospital Monte Sinaí
Columbia University (Universidad)
Daptone Records (Disquera)
Del Rey Books (Libreria)
Dimension Films (Casa productora)
Diners Club (Restaurante)
Luna Park (Parque de diversiones)
El Internacional Tapas Bar & Restaurant (Bar y restaurante)
Equal Vision Records (Disquera)
Fania Records (Disquera)
Ford Models (Casa de modelaje)
Geffen Records (Disquera)
Grupo Rockefeller (Firma juridica)
HBO (Empresa de entretenimiento y una plataforma de streaming)
Spotify (Plataforma de streaming)
Youtube (Empresa de entretenimiento y una plataforma de streaming)
QUEENS
Queens Hospital Center
Twitch (Empresa de entretenimiento y una plataforma de streaming)
ITT Inc. (Compañía manufacturera automotriz)
Izod (Empresa de ropa)
Disney Entertainment (Empresa de entretenimiento y una plataforma de streaming)
Mastercard (Institución Bancaria)
Matador Records (Disquera)
Bohemian Hall And Beer Garden (Bar)
McGraw Hill Education (Editorial)
Time Inc. (Editorial y Revista de renombre global)
Tommy Hilfiger (empresa de moda)
Triple Crown Records (Discografía)
Tumblr (Plataforma de medios sociales)
Facebook (Plataforma de medios sociales)
Juilliard School (Universidad)
Queens Police Department
BRONX
BronxCare Health System
Bronx Community College (Universidad)
Walmart (Marca líder de tiendas de productos básicos)
Waldbaum's (Cadena de supermercados)
Gun Hill (Bar)
Bronx Zoo (zoologico)
Skull gang (Pandilla delictiva)
STATEN ISLAND
College of Staten Island (CSI)
Staten Island University Hospital
Target (Empresa de relaciones internacionales)
Home Depot (Empresa para la construcción)
Best Buy (Compañía de venta de productos electrónicos)
Mc Donalds (Restaurante)
Starbucks (Cafetería)
Mastercard (Servicios bancarios)
Empire Outlets (Plaza comercial)
Staten Island Sheriff's Office
Garden Palace (Guardería)
Black gang (pandilla)
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War Profiteers
Remember President Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower, who after green-lighting the overthrow of Iran’s democracy in 1953 at the behest of petrochemical corporations, had a change of heart and warned about the Military Industrial Complex? Here are the top 100 USA Military Industrial Complex “defense” contractors, all corporate welfare queens mooching off the public, who have blood on their hands in Palestine and elsewhere:
Academi
Action Target
ADT Corporation
Advanced Armament Corporation
AECOM
Aerospace Corporation
Aerovironment
AirScan
AM General
American Petroleum Institute
Argon ST
ARINC
Artis
Assett
Astronautics Corporation of America
Atec
Aurora Flight Sciences
Axon Enterprise
United Kingdom BAE Systems
BAE Systems Inc
Ball Corporation
Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Barrett Firearms Manufacturing
Battelle Memorial Institute
Bechtel
Berico Technologies
Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Booz Allen Hamilton
Boston Dynamics
Bravo Strategic
CACI
Carlyle Group
Carnegie Mellon University
Ceradyne
Cloudera
Colt Defense
The Columbia Group
Computer Sciences Corporation
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
CSRA (IT services company)
Cubic Corporation
Omega Training Group
Curtiss-Wright
DeciBel Research
Dillon Aero
Dine Development Corporation
Draper Laboratories
DRS Technologies
DynCorp
Edison Welding Institute
[Israei]l Elbit Systems
M7 Aerospace
Ensco
United Kingdom/Military contractor Ernst & Young
Evergreen International Aviation
Exxon
Fluor Corporation
Force Protection Inc
Foster-Miller
Foster Wheeler
Franklin Armoury
General Atomics
General Dynamics
Bath Iron Works
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Gulfstream
Vangent
General Electric Military Jet Engines Division
Halliburton Corporation
Health Net
Hewlett-Packard
Honeywell
Humana Inc.
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Hybricon Corporation
IBM
Insight Technology
Intelsat
International Resources Group
iRobot
ITT Exelis
Jacobs Engineering Group
JANUS Research Group
Johns Hopkins University
Kaman Aircraft
KBR
Kearfott Corporation
Knight's Armament Company
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
L3Harris Technologies
Aerojet
Brashear
[France] Lafayette Praetorian Group
Lake Shore Systems
Leidos
EOTech
Lewis Machine & Tool Company
Lockheed Martin
Gyrocam Systems
Sikorsky
LRAD Corporation
ManTech International
Maxar Technologies
McQ
Microsoft
Mission Essential Personnel
Motorola
Natel Electronic Manufacturing Services
Navistar Defense
Nextel
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Northrop Grumman Technical Services
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
NOVA
Oceaneering International
Olin Corporation; also see John M. Olin and John M. Olin Foundation
Oshkosh Corporation
Para-Ordnance
Perot Systems
Picatinny Arsenal
Pinnacle Armor
Precision Castparts Corporation
Raytheon Technologies
Collins Aerospace
Rockwell Collins
Goodrich Corporation
Pratt & Whitney
Raytheon Intelligence & Space
Raytheon Missiles & Defense
Raytheon BBN
Remington Arms
Rock Island Arsenal
Roundhill Group
Ruger
Saab Sensis
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
SGIS
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Smith & Wesson
Smith Enterprise (SEI)
SPRATA
Springfield Armory
SRC Inc
SRI International
Stanley
Stewart & Stevenson
Swift Engineering
Tactical Air Support
Teledyne
Teledyne FLIR
Textron
AAI Corporation
Bell Helicopter Textron
Trijicon
TriWest Healthcare Alliance
Unisys
U.S. Ordnance
Verizon Communications
Vinnell Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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Szokásos pécsi párnapos vizit. Ülök a Reggeliben (az egész ország legjobb helye de tényleg), 40 fok, szállingóznak az emberek a Király utcán, nyugi van, megy a nosztalgia playlist (Thievery Corporation, stb..), aztán jön ez a dal. Abból az évből, amikor elkezdtem az egyetemet és ideköltöztem. Nyilván nem csak ennyi az élet, de itt minden annyira a helyén van.
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If you’re not interested in Marxist intellectual history, consider the business press in the 1970s - this is a good piece from Dun’s Review, which quotes a Nixon advisor predicting that “This country is going to an absolutely regulated economy. Within ten years, 50% of our industrial production will be controlled by the government.” You might think this is just an example of the misguided predictions which are common to history, but there was plenty of reason to think this way at the time: the advisor points out that "Washington already calls the tune in housing, airlines, railroads and aircraft production." Think of the Penn Central bankruptcy and partial nationalization of the railroads, the Lockheed bailout, various interventions into the airlines, the government’s assistance to ITT both at home and in Chile, and the remarkable level of interpenetration between the Nixon administration and particular corporate interests. Not to mention a defense budget which had roughly equaled, or even exceeded, total fixed business investment for decades.
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Régen rendszeresen jártam ezen a környéken, ez ugye a Graphisoft park hátsó fertálya. Ami nem a fenszi új corporate épületekből áll, hanem a fokozatosan bontott gyártelepből. A Google Maps szerint az út másik oldalán a töltés alatti holttérben meg valami közösségi kutyás tér létesült, az is új találmánynak tűnik.
Ha már itt tartunk, szerintem a Sujtás utca is remek legálfal lenne.
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Itt vagyok egy corporate Trainingen. Velem szemben ül egy asszony és probàlom megsaccolni hogy több v kevesebb mint a 6havi fizetésem van rajta Schmuck& Accessories. Attòl tartok több.
#stop being poor
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Ned Beatty in “Network”
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Ned Beatty once remarked that actors should never turn down work, saying "I worked a day on 'Network' (1976) and got an Oscar nomination for it." (IMDb)
Arthur Jensen: "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. Beale, and I won't have it! Is that clear? You think you've merely stopped a business deal. That is not the case! The Arabs have taken billions of dollars out of this country, and now they must put it back! It is ebb and flow, tidal gravity! It is ecological balance! You are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and peoples. There are no nations. There are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There are no third worlds. There is no West. There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars. Petro-dollars, electro-dollars, multi-dollars, reichmarks, rins, rubles, pounds, and shekels. It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural order of things today. That is the atomic and subatomic and galactic structure of things today! And YOU have meddled with the primal forces of nature, and YOU... WILL... ATONE! Am I getting through to you, Mr. Beale? You get up on your little twenty-one inch screen and howl about America and democracy.
There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM, and ITT, and AT&T, and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today. What do you think the Russians talk about in their councils of state, Karl Marx? They get out their linear programming charts, statistical decision theories, minimax solutions, and compute the price-cost probabilities of their transactions and investments, just like we do. We no longer live in a world of nations and ideologies, Mr. Beale. The world is a college of corporations, inexorably determined by the immutable bylaws of business. The world is a business, Mr. Beale. It has been since man crawled out of the slime. And our children will live, Mr. Beale, to see that... perfect world... in which there's no war or famine, oppression or brutality. One vast and ecumenical holding company, for whom all men will work to serve a common profit, in which all men will hold a share of stock. All necessities provided, all anxieties tranquilized, all boredom amused. And I have chosen you, Mr. Beale, to preach this evangel."
Howard Beale: "Why me?"
Arthur Jensen: "Because you're on television, dummy. Sixty million people watch you every night of the week, Monday through Friday."
Howard Beale: "I have seen the face of God."
Arthur Jensen: "You just might be right, Mr. Beale."
Happy Birthday, Ned Beatty!
[Cinema Shorthand Society]
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Okamura made her apologies, gathered her flowing pink skirts, and slipped away from her friend with a smile. She was grateful for the attention from the many gathered Addamses at the reception ( and even more so for the witch's patience while introducing her to everyone ), but there was someone she wanted to find. The heiress nodded politely to the few who tried to stop her.
She located him across the room with Gomez, having been stolen away in a similar fashion, and stifled a giggle at the way the middle Addams brother suddenly looped an arm around her target's shoulders with his trademark exuberance.
"Gomez?" Okamura asked. "May I have my husband, please?"
Gomez quickly answered her request and freed his cousin, laughing cheerily. He winked at Akiyama as Okamura extended her hand for her beloved, emerald eyes glittering. She led him backwards for a few steps to grant them some privacy. The bride of the evening then reached up, linking her hands behind his neck affectionately, and began to dance slowly with him.
Okamura wore an exquisite wedding gown with a detailed black bodice and large, layered pink bottom. The top of her dress featured the heiress' favorite touches : a plunging neckline, an open back, and a brilliant sparkle. Her golden waves were parted to the side using an elaborate constellation - themed hairpiece. These mirrored the star shapes that formed the dark portion of her dress.
"This color suits you, ichigo," Okamura murmured in Japanese, canting her head. His shirt was the same shade of pink as her skirts. The collar, as expected, was open.
She moved closer to him, happy to cuddle up to the man that had softened her heart. "I love you, Shun," she added. "I almost can't believe the day is here already, but I'm so glad. I was getting rather impatient to call you my husband."
unscripted asks . always accepting
Akiyama used to say that his life was divided in two: his childhood and early adult years following the steps that his father had determined for him; and then a 180-degree turn, going rogue (in Akiyama Kazuaki’s eyes) and remaking himself out of sheer willpower and blind luck once he hit rock bottom. The banishment from the corporate world had originally felt like a catastrophe - but it worked wonders to ultimately open his eyes to the myriad of societal problems and issues he had been ignorant to, too comfortably shielded from them in a tower of privileges.
What the loan shark did not account for was the fact that there would be a third phase for his life - the one uncovering his origins as an Addams. He had no idea his mother shared such... Unique background in terms of family; all Akiyama had been aware of was the fact she came from America and mentioned how she didn’t get along very well with her own relatives, but whatever the young boy had pictured... He had not expected the Addams style.
Well, more accurately - he had not anticipated a man looking like a mix of a yakuza and a visual-kei musician walking into Sky Finance with the nicest smile one could have, followed by a woman in black garments and graceful movements that reminded him of a witch in a horror novel of the past century. And to make things even funnier - Daigo and Melissa were not even the weirdest looking ones of the bunch; the entire Itt family branch was proof of that.
But as bewildering as the loan shark’s experiences had been with his cousins initially - it had been hard not to grow attached to them during their time in Japan. Despite appearances, Daigo and Melissa were earnest, kind, madly in love with each other - and adoring of Akiyama without even knowing him and based on bloodlines alone. As much as he happened to be a descendant of a runaway member of the family (and one who hid that part of his ancestry from Shun), it nonetheless remained that they embraced him without asking any questions.
It was such a stark, direct opposite to the approach taken by Kazuaki - who severed ties and connections at the idea of having his son tainting his name - that Akiyama found himself becoming fond of the pair. More than that, even - of the idea that he still had a loving, caring family that wanted him around for who he was. His work was inspiring, and the turns and twists he suffered were admired - his homeless period was heralded as something incredible, and his quirky tests for Sky Finance clients were applauded.
And then came Okamura Azumi. Not an Addams, but somehow connected to them under circumstances he only learned of later - and the woman of his dreams.
Perhaps, to anyone else born out of his family, such claims would be considered outlandish; but for Daigo and Gomez, who had met and proposed to their wives within days of meeting them, it was just expected. But still - the dance with Okamura was one he was more familiar with; a slow but ever-moving forward one, where they got to know each other, their interests and where Akiyama’s evident appreciation for her looks and personality extended to her heart.
A murderess and con-artist of high caliber, Melissa had said with affection while describing her pink-favoring friend, the excitement coloring her voice. And perhaps it was the Addams blood coming alive in his veins, but Akiyama did find a dark type of appeal in the idea of meeting death in Okamura’s hands. But it never came - not in definitive form, of course; she had been instrumental to give him the petite morte, and the loan shark grew impossibly fascinated with the blonde woman with the sparkles of the stars in her eyes.
It was her who made him stay in America, to move his business there and to completely rehaul his life - a move approved by his cousins. And it was only because of both their backgrounds where traditional marriage was concerned that it took so long for them to tie the knot (much to the distress of his cousins). But honestly - when one looked at Daigo and Melissa’s growing family, or at Gomez and Morticia displays of affection for each other and their children, it was hard to deny the appeal of being united forever to someone else.
The announcement that Akiyama had proposed to Okamura and that she had accepted was received with loud cheer and excited proclamations of ‘at long last!’ from the relevant family members. The wedding that followed was an incredibly luxurious and memorable affair - nothing concerning the Addamses was low profile, particularly if it meant marriage or funerals. The loan shark was more than happy to let his fiancée run the show, accompanying her during most of the relevant decisions but entirely succumbing to Okamura’s desires and preferences.
(A trademark of a true Addams, Daigo and Gomez would see, enthusiastically agreeing from the background.)
And while he had never imagined himself in a pink shirt, embracing his princess-looking wife on the grounds of a mansion that seemed to have been the centerpiece of every horror novel, it all made sense. Akiyama was delighted to be there, enlacing the woman by her waist in return and able to sense the smooth of the skin with the tip of his digits, smiling upon hearing the heiress’ words.
"You know either of my cousins would dispute that argument, my star. Two years doesn’t sound like impatience to them,” Akiyama grinned, but his voice was warm and impossibly fond. His hold around the bride was secure and dedicated - he felt at peace with her, and allowed his eyes to close for a moment so he could enjoy his wife through his other senses for a minute - God knew he had looked at Okamura for enough time, after all, although he never tired of the sight, “But between you and me? I get it. I was kinda desperate too - how does one look at you and doesn’t fall in love immediately? There was no one else for me.”
At his own declaration, Akiyama chuckled - and he softly brought his wife’s face up, tilting Okamura’s face just enough for a kiss to her lips. A chaste one, but filled with sentiment - his eyes were gleaming with kindness, seeming even more alive than usual, “Looks like the Addams devotion was in my blood all along, huh. All I was missing was my guiding star.”
#iii. answered#rosegoldandsequins#dyn. (okamura - the goddess)#v: the family values#in which this turned out to be a lore dump#and I am sorry#but he loves his sparkly wife in any verse <3
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Top 10 Ways to Purchase Universal Studios Hollywood Discount Tickets
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Per avere un’idea di come sia “labirintico” il gruppo Ion basta vedere come Pignataro realizza l’operazione Prelios: utilizza il veicolo italiano X3G Mergeco che è controllato dalla X3G Bidco (tutte irlandesi da qui) che è controllata da X3G Finance che è controllata da X3G Investment che è controllata da Fermion Investment che è controllata da Fermion Finance che è controllata da Ion Capital Partners che è controllata da Ion Investment Corporation (siamo in Lussemburgo) che fa capo a Itt sarl che fa capo a Bessel Capital che finalmente è controllata da Andrea Pignataro. Lo snodo dove si incrociano gli investimenti italiani, banche comprese, è l’irlandese Fermion.
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Aircraft Switches Market to See Sustainable Growth Ahead
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Safran (France), Honeywell (United States), Curtiss-Wright (United States), Meggitt (United Kingdom), Esterline Technologies (United States), Raytheon (United States), United Technologies Corporation (Collins Aerospace) (United States), Eaton Corporation (Ireland), Ametek (United States), TE Connectivity (Switzerland), ITT Aerospace (United States).
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Aircraft switch refers to a device used for making and breaking the connection of electric circuit in aircraft. The switch allows each connected device to talk to the others. Rise in demand for flight entertainment and connectivity is driving the market for Aircraft switch.
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by Type (Manual, Automatic), Application (Cockpit, Cabin, Engine and Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), Aircraft Systems, Avionics), Platform (Fixed Wing, Rotary Wing), End User (OEM, Aftermarket)
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Technology Advancement in Aircraft Switches
Opportunities:
Rise in Demand for Switches in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Space Application
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Increasing Use of Electronics in Aircraft in Aircraft System
Growing Demand for In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity
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Complex Maintenance Procedures
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Chapter Six: North America Aircraft Switches Market Analysis by Countries
Chapter Seven: Europe Aircraft Switches Market Analysis by Countries
Chapter Eight: Asia-Pacific Aircraft Switches Market Analysis by Countries
Chapter Nine: Middle East and Africa Aircraft Switches Market Analysis by Countries
Chapter Ten: South America Aircraft Switches Market Analysis by Countries
Chapter Eleven: Global Aircraft Switches Market Segment by Types
Chapter Twelve: Global Aircraft Switches Market Segment by Applications
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Exploring the Decade-Long Odyssey of the Smart Pump Market – Industry Pioneers, User Insights, and Dynamic Demand Trends (2023 to 2033)
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In 2023, the market for Smart Pumps Market is projected to be worth US$ 1,021.9 million. The market for smart pumps is anticipated to grow at a 7.8% CAGR over the course of the forecast period, reaching US$ 2,165.7 million by 2033.
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According to Future Market Insights, the market for intelligent pumps is primarily driven by strict energy-efficiency regulations in developed countries, high adoption of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and the financial advantages of intelligent systems. Besides this, the rising focus on smart water and wastewater systems, and increasing power generation capacities worldwide, are estimated to create opportunities in the smart pump market.
Manufacturers are focusing on increasing their sales in overseas markets, including developing markets, owing to factors such as the growing construction sector, strict energy-efficiency regulations in developed countries, and rising awareness of water and waste treatment activities.
Key players operating in the market are focused in launching innovative products through merger & acquisition activities which is proven as key win-win strategy amongst the manufacturers and is anticipated to contribute towards market growth in the years to come.
“Increasing application of smart pumps in wastewater treatment plants, along with high demand for centrifugal smart pumps in smart cities will create opportunities for growth in the market over the assessment period,” says an FMI analyst.
Key Takeaways From the Market Study:
On the basis of pump type, sales of centrifugal pumps will hold 60% of the total market share over the forecast period.
Based on end use, building automation and water & wastewater segments will collectively account for a dominant share in the market in 2022.
Total sales in Germany will hold nearly 20% of the Europe market share in 2022.
China will account for 66% of the East Asia smart pump market share over the forecast period.
Demand for smart pumps in India will increase at a 9% CAGR over the assessment period.
Competitive Landscape
The smart pump market is consolidated with key players accounting 70-75% of the global market share. These players are investing in new technology developments and expansion of their product portfolio in order to cater the increasing demand of smart pumps from various end use industries.
According to FMI Analysis, the top players in the market are Grundfos Holding A/S, ITT Corporation, XYLEM, Flowserve Corporation, Sulzer Ltd., and KSB Ltd are among others
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The research report analyzes demand for Smart Pump. The global Smart Pump market has been analyzed with the COVID-19 impact, various macroeconomic factors, market trends and market background. As per Future Market Insights, the market has been analyzed on the basis of pump type, capacity, end user, and region. The report provides qualitative and quantitative information on various players in this market. This report also tracks the market by both, supply side and demand factors.
Smart Pump Market Segmentation by Category
Pump Type:
Centrifugal
Positive Displacement
Capacity:
UPTO 30
30-90
90-180
180-360
Above 360
End-User:
Building Automation
Water & Waste Water
Oil & Gas
Chemicals
Power
Others
Region:
North America
Latin America
Europe
East Asia
South Asia & Pacific
Middle East & Africa
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