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wonderinglostsoul · 7 months

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Criminal Minds FanFiction Chapter 5

Pairing: Aaron Hotchner x Fem!Reader

Synopsis: You are an FBI agent with a past and you were about to enter the BAU.

Trigger warning: BAU stuff like killing, snipping, suicide

You were awoken by the announcement in the hospital. You slowly open your eyes and saw a white ceiling. You tried to look around and saw Reid. He was reading a book. He also noticed that you were awake.

"Hi!" He said in a low high pitched voice. "How are you feeling?"

"Reid, can I have some water?" You said, your voice hoarse.

"Sure." Getting you a cap with straw. He then put the straw in your mouth and let you drink.

"Where are we?" You asked.

"We are still in Las Vegas." Reid said. "How do you feel right now?"

"My head feels heavy and my whole body was aching." You answered him. "How long am I asleep?"

"2 days. I will call the nurse just wait here," He said going out. 2 days. Wow!

Reid and the nurse arrived. She asked how you doing and then do some check up. Reid was on the door. He was calling someone. You figured its the team.

"All your vitals are fine. The Doctor will check on you later and will let you know when will you be discharge." The nurse said. After a few minutes the rest of the team arrived. JJ and Morgan holds some balloons while Rossi has some flowers and Hotch with some fruits. They were all glad that you make it. You smiled at them and say thank you as one by one they hugged you and telling you how happy they were that you are recovering well. They ordered pizza and have their lunch on your room. Reid and JJ helps you to eat since you cannot raise your right hand because of your broken rib. You cannot remember when was the last time you have this so many people by your side.

The doctor arrived and did the assessment. Based on your current xray, your ribs was still healing so she asked for you to stay for a couple more days before you fly back home.

"Alright, I think some of you can fly back home tonight if you'd like. Then those that can stay will fly back with us on sunday" Hotch said.

"I'll stay" Reid said.

"I need to check on the kids." JJ said

"I'll need to go to." Rossi said.

"If you need anything we will fly back as soon as we can." Morgan said.

"Thank you everyone. I am so luck to have you as my teammate."

"We are your family now [Y/N]. We will be here for you." Rossi said. It warms your heart being accepted like this. You were used to be alone but now there are people that can help you.

They were now preparing to leave when you called Hotch.

"Yes?" He asked.

"Hotch, I think you can come back to Virginia with them. Reid and I will be fine here." You told him

"Its fine, I will be finishing some paper works and ...."

"But Jack might be missing you. Its been almost a week" You interrupted him. He considered for a while and then Reid chime in.

"She right Hotch, we can handle this. You can comeback with the plane on sunday, if you'd like." Reid suggested.

"Fine, but you will update me all the time. Reid?" He said like it is an order.

"Yes, Sir!" Reid answered.

Hotch gathered his things then went on to your bed side and cap your left hand.

"Get well soon." He said. You smiled and about to say thank you but the unthinkable happened. He leaned and kiss your for head then he immediately stand up and walk out of the room without looking back. Both you and Reid was shocked. You look at Reid with a threatening look and told him to never to mentioned it to anyone. He just nod slowly still shocked with what he witnessed. The rest of the team flew back to virginia that night.

After 2 days you were discharged and was at the tarmac to board the plane. You were waiting for Hotch to come down and pick you up. Even Reid was waiting for Hotch. Instead it was Morgan who pick you up.

He went down on the plane, expecting a warm welcome but both of your face register a what are you doing here? Reaction.

"What? Are you not happy to see me?" Morgan asked.

"No, we just thought that Hotch would be here" Reid answered.

"Ahh, he has some problem with Jack's Homework thats why he asked me to pick you up." Morgan said. "So shall we?" He said. Taking over Reid to wheel you up. You can actually walk but Reid insisted on using the wheel chair. When you are at the stairs Morgan teases you.

"Should I carry you up the stairs my lady?" Morgan said. You laughed standing up.

"No, Sir, I can walk." You answered him. You walk up slowly while the 2 boys carry your stuff.

You arrived at Virginia after a few hours. Morgan and Reid drove you to your house. When you arrived Penelope and Rossi was also pulling on your driveway.

"How are you feeling" Rossi asked giving you a hug and a peck on the cheek

"I am better now." You said

"Ahh I hate the unsub for doing this to you" Penelope said enveloping you with a hug.

"I see that you have a motorcycle." Rossi exclaimed upon seeing your motorcycle in your garage.

"Another one of my hobby. I will give you a ride if you want." You offered. You open the door and let everyone in.

You open your refrigerator but there is nothing inside but water, beer and soda Morgan saw it and notice the panic on your face

"Dont worry, my baby girl already taken care of it. But let me get this beer." Morgan gets one of the beer. "Guys, what do you want. [Y/N] has beer, soda and water" Morgan announces.

"I'll have a beer." Penelope said. Morgan pick up another can.

"Me too" Reid shouted. Morgan pick one more.

"Do you have any wine ?" Rossi asked.

You smiled "Come here." You told him. But instead of just Rossi coming over, everyone followed him. There on the floor you pulled the rug and there was a small door. You opened in and a little wine cellar was crafted below.

Rossi was in awe. All of them was shocked. Rossi kneel and pulled one bottle.

"Bellissima!" He exclaimed. You open the cup board and get out some wine glass and offered it to everyone. Reid and Penelope give the can of beer back to morgan and each gets a glass. Morgan snorted. And put back the beer on the fridge. You give Rossi the wine opener and he opened the bottle. He pour wine to each of your glasses.

"To [Y/N]'s recovery, and to her expensive wine" you all laugh "We did not say it a lot but we want you to know that we are happy that you are part of this team. Cheers!"

"CHEERS!" Everyone shouted. You clink your glasses with everyone and drink the wine. Rossi was happy because it was one of his favorite. The take out also arrives so you all eat together while watching a game on TV. It was also a bank holiday tomorrow and as long as there is no urgent case you can all take the day off. After a few drinks, Penelope was alittle bit tipsy and she cannot stop and ask you about something that he noticed on your apartment.

"Hey [Y/N], I am just curious but who is that man?" She asked. She was pointing on one of the cabinet. You did not expect Penelope to catch it as you thought you have discreetly hide it inside.

"Oh, its a story for another day." You said not meeting her eyes.

"Come one tell us please! Please!" She beg you but you could not bring yourself to tell the story. Reid noticed it. If anyone knows about hiding something, it was Reid. He has the same look whenever someone asked about his mother so he tried to stop Penelope.

"I think we can have that story for another time when [Y/N] is ready" He said. Penelope pouted at him.

"Thats right baby girl. I also think that you have too much to drink. I should take you home." Morgan said. He stands pulling Penelope up with him.

"Maybe We should go as well. You need to rest." Rossi said.

"I'll help you tidy things up before I leave." Reid offer.

"No! You helped me too much. And I can handle it." You told him. "I cannot thank you all enough for taking care of me." You added. Rossi gave you a hug.

You heal up good, okay?" He said, then he kissed your cheeks. You smiled and mouthed thank you. Reid also hugs you.

"Call me if you need help." He said.

"I will see you tomorrow when I am sober and I will find out who is the mystery man!" Penelope said. All 3 of the boys shake there head laughing. Morgan waves good bye.

You see them out and wave good bye as they one by one pulled off your garage.

When they were gone you closed and lock the door. You went to the cabinet and take out the photo. You look at it for a while and speak

"I'm sorry but I still cannot talked about you. Not now." You whispered. You know that you have move on but every time the man on the picture was brought up an old wound was opening as well. You are still looking at the picture when someone knocked on your door. You put the picture back to the cabinet. And went to open the door. You were expecting it to be Reid but to your surprise it was Hotch!

"Hi!" He said. You're face cannot hide the shock and Hotch was taken aback "Oh is it not a good time?" He asked. He thought you have company because of the mess at the table.

"No, sorry, please come in" You make way for him to go inside. "Actually, everyone was here just a moment ago." You said while cleaning up with one hand. Hotch saw this.

"Let me do it" He said. Getting the empty box in your hand. You were about to protest but he widen his eyes as if a father who was about to reprimand you. "Just let me know where's the trash." He said smiling.

"At the lower left cabinet." You answered pointing at one of the cabinet. You look at him while cleaning the remaining boxes and paper plates on the table. Until he saw 2 empty bottle of wine. He raised it to show you.

"They demolish my wine cellar." You said laughing.

"This is expensive" He said. putting it on the trash

"I have a few" You said. he looked at you in disbelief. So you joined him at the kitchen.

"Move" You said smirking. He steps backward to give you room. You bent down, remove the rug and open the small trap door to show your little wine cellar. You look at his reaction. His mouth was wide open in shock

"Same expression as everyone else." You said still smirking. You got another bottle of the expensive wine. (Good thing, your previous visitor agrees to open a cheaper wine for the second bottle).

"What did Rossi said when he sees this" Hotch asked as you handed him the bottle.

"Bellissima!" You said with a chef kiss. Hotch laughed. You got the wine glass at the cupboard.

"Come on open it." You told him

"Are you sure?" He said.

"Of course!" Hotch pop open the wine and pour the wine on the glass. You handed him the wine.

"You are not drinking?" He asked you.

"Fine," You said, turning around to get another glass. "But just a little bit. I already have 2 glasses a while ago." You added. He pour you a little.

"Cheers!" He said. Clinking his glass to yours. You both took a sip.

"Wow! This is amazing!" He said examining his glass.

"Its one of my favorite." You said. Both of you went to the sofa. As you sit down you ask him about Jack

"I drop him off to his classmates. He is having a sleepover." He said.

"Thats great. Morgan said you were caught up with assignments" You told him

"Ahh yes. We were finishing his assignment before the sleepover so we dont have to do it tomorrow but its a diorama and it took us alot of time painting the small things." Hotch said laughing.

"I bet Jack was so pressured to finished." You said

"He is! Its already 3 in the afternoon and we are still covered in paint!" Hotch show his hands still have paint. You both laughed at it. You continue to talk and drink, well mostly Hotch does, you stop drinking after the 4th glass. You noticed that the bottle was empty.

"Hotch, do you want another bottle?" You asked.

"I am good and you can call me Aaron." He said. You can feel your cheeks burn but dismiss it as the wine.

"Sure, Aaron" You said and smile a bit. Aaron saw the blush on your cheek when you say his name and it makes him smile.

"What?" You asked. Inching a little closer examining his face, trying to profile why he is smiling

"Nothing." He said quietly, inching closer as well. You both stayed like that. Looking at each other, your face, a few inch closer. As you examine his smiling face, your cheeks started to burn again. Aaron noticed this and he just laugh releasing you from his gazed.

"What?" You asked him, giving him a light nudge on his shoulder.

"I think I should go." He said. "You should get some sleep."

"Are you sure? You finished the whole bottle." You asked.

"I'll be fine." He said.

"No, you might get arrested for DUI. Just stay here for a few hours to sober. You can stay on my bed and I'll stay here." You said standing up.

"Hey [Y/N]. I am fine! I will just sober up here on the sofa and you go sleep on your bed. Come on!" He stand up, hold your shoulder and push you lightly towards your room.

When you arrived on the room, you went to the cabinet to get some sheet and pillow and handed it to him. Then you went back to the sofa to set it up. Before going back to the your room you asked him again if he was okay there and he said yes and insist that you sleep. So you went to your room and lay down on your bed. Your eyes wide open. How can you sleep when you know that your boss was sleeping at your sofa.

Note: This is one of my favorite chapter.

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221bluescarf · 3 months

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I had an awful day yesterday

I had to leave early and go to the dentist. Fortunately my mom offered to drive me so I didn't need to stress about the 40 minute drive.

Unfortunately I don't have dental insurance so I have to use my savings to pay for cleaning and xray. Turns out I need a filling so not only do I have to go back and do that but it will also cost me more. I should be grateful that for now I can technically afford it.

Despite my difficulties I work so hard to take care of my teeth so this is very frustrating and disheartening to me.

The good thing is that even though they've never taken medicaid and I've paid out-of-pocket the whole time, I randomly asked the receptionist if they take medicare (don't ask me why I thought to ask, I know medicare doesn't cover dental) BUT she's apparently certified in dealing with insurance and she said I could get dental added to my medicare and would no longer have to pay for dental visits.

As great as that is, unfortunately that meant I had to make a phone call. I had a complete and total ugly breakdown. My parents helped me and I was crying on the phone but I managed to talk to the medicare lady about it. I need an "advantage plan" to get dental.

A friend had told me she uses an insurance agent who handles all of that for her, so my dad offered to call him and take care of that for me. I'm so grateful for the help.

It really ruined my day but at least I made the call and I really hope everything will work out.

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era404skibiditoilet · 2 months

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Gonna shove my computermen on here incase we get them as a new race next episode so I can say that I predicted it LMAO

Regular Computermen

(please ignore the outdated references I beg. my art is better now I promise,,,)

Their abilities consist of:

•Transmitting important Alliance Data via Internet

•Multi-Purpose Retractable hands (like TVman knives) capable of shooting lethal darts (like camerawoman's ability), reeling in toilets with magnets (like TCam), a standard knife and a shield.

•A standard TVman's PSOH, except Hypnotisation still remains even when screen is turned back off.

•Use Dial-Up Internet. When you connect to Dial-Up Internet it creates this sound. The toilets find it so atrociously insufferable that they attempt to suicide when hearing it (like an RSOD, but in audio form).

•When in danger can use a Blue Screen of Death, which completely immobilises the unit for about 10 minutes but creates a protective shield around it and any of its allies that no amount of attacks from a toilet can destroy.

•Can take off the Fluorescent Screen of their CRT, leaving only the Cathode Ray Tube itself and the Electron Gun. Blasting a toilet similar to the Computermans size will completely electrocute the bastard and fry it to bits. Any large toilet will just be staggered and any cool gadgets it has like a jetpack will stop working. Huge toilets feel nothing.

•Electric shocks from Cathode Ray Tubes can stop your heart if your unlucky - and for a being as small and fragile like a Skibidi Toilet, it will be an instant kill. Because of this, toilets will never try bite the head off a Computerman or headbutt it, but lazer it down instead.

•Can connect to other hardware heads and give them reality-breaking "cheats". It could be invisibility like what the Secret Agent gave RSpeak and Dual. It could be xray vision. It could be glitch toilet movement speed. It could be teleportation for non-TV's. The sky's the limit.

Additional Facts:

•Regular Computerman run Windows 95, Large Computermen run Windows XP and their Titan runs Windows 10 (because 11 is dogshit).

•They can use unreversed speech.

#eratags: skib #eratags: puter guys #skibidi toilet #eurgghhhh the ref is so outdated #If this gets 30 notes I'll post the larges and titans and update the refs :3

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thatpunnyperson · 11 months

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My parents and I were discussing the recent titanic submarine going missing debacle over dinner yesterday (yesterday being monday 19 june 2023), and my dad had some genuinely interesting thoughts that I havent seen yet here on tumblr:

The fact that the sub is made of carbon fiber is particularly distressing to my dad because he works for an institution that makes spacecraft for NASA, and EVERYONE he knows HATES carbon fiber for any kind of vehicle. Its impossible to effectively inspect for safety concerns because it's just layers and layers of carbon filaments stuck together like layers of pastry in a croissant, and the way safety inspections are done is through taking x-rays of the craft and looking for tell-tale problems. On steel and other metals, it's easy because the image should be smooth with no specks or shapes; with carbon fiber, it is ONLY specks and shapes, along with other textures, which makes it impossible to see if, say, two layers have come unstuck/delaminated. Which means its impossible to clear carbon fiber as safe with xrays.

The US navy has submarines literally everywhere. Apparently hull collapses sound very specific, and if the titanic sub's hull crumpled, someone probably heard it. HOWEVER, for whatever reason, the navy would not disclose that it heard it or anything because that would reveal capabilities to the world that the navy would rather remain secret, so there would be a lot of hemming and hawing in defense circles about the ethical and moral ramifications of NOT sharing the info brought to a head against the ramifications of revealing stuff and causing problems for clandestine agents overseas.

Also, like, just because everything has gone wrong that would be expected to go wrong from an outside perspective--no emergency beacon, no safety certifications, lengthy waiver passengers had to sign acknowledging they might die, relying on starlink for internet to communicate between ship and sub, being bolted into the craft, exploring the shipwreck in the first place, paying a cool quarter million for the ticket, billionaire(s) on board--doesnt mean the people deserve(d) to die. We ALL know they probably deserved a sudden heart attack or a sudden find-religion moment that made them decide to give away all their money to charities and environmental cleanup groups. Not crushed by a hull collapse or slow suffocation with 4 other people in a confined place.

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rosieblogstuff · 2 years

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I must know more about xray + penny - jack. Please and thank you!

This is nearly my oldest WIP because I'm pretty sure I scribbled down the first couple chapters shortly after watching "X-ray + Penny" for the first time last fall. Being me, I then wrote like 12,000 more words and got myself tangled up in the plot and since that was back when I was smart enough to not start posting an unfinished thing, well, it's still not even partly posted. And I still haven't made myself sit down and untangle the plot. But the title is pretty much the entire premise: X-Ray + Penny, except that after Mac and Jack argue in Paris, Jack disppears.

When Mac woke, it was with a start. He knew he’d been awake before, but he couldn’t make sense of the fragments that slipped through his memory. But he was at the Phoenix now. He recognized the particular ice blue color of the walls, painted an uncommon shade to differentiate the space from any other medical facility an agent might wind up in, and the dark curtains and bank of monitors.

He looked around for Jack, but it was Matty who was standing to one side with a nurse, who was still holding the needle she’d just used to inject him.

“You’re right, that was fast,” Matty said to the nurse. “So give us a few minutes, okay?”

The nurse beat a hasty retreat and Mac looked around again. Riley was there, too, and Bozer, and Cage. “Where’s Jack?”

“That’s what I was going to ask you,” Matty said. “But it sounds like you’re about to tell us he’s not still in Murdoc’s lair.”

“No. I never saw him there.” A shiver swept his body. He clenched his hands, clutching at the fabric of the thin medical sheet someone had spread over his legs. “Murdoc said--” he paused, words caught in his throat. It felt like he was falling sideways and a hand pushed against his left shoulder, steadying him. “I think Murdoc caught him in Paris, or when he got back. I don’t actually know if he ever got on a plane.”

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babyawacs · 8 months

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kims-trivandrum · 1 year

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gregbikingwithoutborders · 1 year

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Checking in my bike box at Toronto airport

All my bags are packedI’m ready to goI’m standin’ here … … at the oversize luggage check-in, but my bike box won’t fit in the xray machine as it’s the same size as used for regular luggage! Only long thin skiis or golfclub bags would fit into this machine. The security agent apologizes as he asks me to cut open my bike box and take out it’s contents so he individually xray them. Luckily he only…

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missguomeiyun · 1 year

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❆ SEATTLE (ep43): Stuck at SEA for over 28hrs...

This is going to be a lengthy post but I assure you, it’s gonna be an exciting one! DL & I had to spend the night camping out in the Seattle airport, where we stayed for over 28hrs. ..

*Date of this event: Mon-Tues February 11-12, 2019!

We got up at 7am.

Looked outside & noticed there wasn’t much snow. Then we proceeded to pack & check the news regarding our flight to Vancouver.

The packing was, of course, alright, & we finished that very quickly. As for our flight to YVR, it was still happening despite a lot of delays & cancellations =/ Everything SEEMED okay. For now.

We had a small breakfast consisting of cup noodles & coffee - very unexciting so I didn’t take a picture.

Got down to the main floor to wait for our LYFT service. Here’s the lobby one last time.

Done checking out.

The Walgreens across the street from our hotel.

The LYFT came around 0815h. The LYFT we requested turned out to be a mini van, & there were also other passengers on it. You can request to have the whole vehicle but it is more expensive, & DL & I didn’t feel the need to do that. Our ride was only for the trip from our hotel to Westlake Station.

We then took the train to get to the airport.

The line up at the airport to go through screening. .. >.<

So the airport system here was 2-fold. I don’t travel to the States often so I’m not sure about this. .. but they have a screen desk where they scan your passport, & then you get assigned a line to actually go through security (where you walk through the metal detector & your luggage gets the xray). Are other American airports like this too...???

Anyway, of course, we passed & the security line actually didn’t take as long as we thought it would. We got our boarding passes & everything. .. only 1100h!

We took the airport train to get to our terminal.

We got to our ‘area’ & realized our flight is now canceled!!! O_O

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! DL has been checking the flight status religiously every 15mins & it was all fine. That’s why we went thru security. THEY EVEN PRINTED OUR BOARDING PASSES like.. literally 15mins ago. WHAT HAPPENED?!

In fact, the airport displays (other ones around the airport) still says our flight was on time.. . Turned out they didn’t have time (/staff?) to update the boards in a timely manner & of course, the upfront ppl doing screening/security had no idea -.-”

Didn’t know what to do momentarily. Literally just stared at each other & sighed. .. looked out the window & saw how ‘bad’ it looked.

Honestly, it didn’t look that bad. .. lol coming from 2 Edmontonians who have flown in the middle of winter.

What do we do now????

Our flight from Seattle to Vancouver was with Alaska Airlines so we went to the Alaska Airline customer service desk. We passed by some display boards along the way & noticed other Seattle to Vancouver flights were canceled too. ..

1200h: When we got to the Alaska Airline customer service area, there was a BIG crowd. I’m not kidding. .. you know when you go to concerts, there’s often merch pre-sale or like a VIP opening time type of thing. .. & ppl just camp out/wait in line? It was sort of like that! Ppl lined up against the wall sitting on the floor, all the chairs in the waiting area were occupied. More groups of ppl just sitting on the floor with our luggage. We waited in line, trying to be patient but everyone was just like... annoyed & tired & everything. .. Each traveler took a long time at the desk with the agent. I’ve never seen anything like this before. Things were so uncertain, & NGL, I was a bit nervous. I wasn’t sure if going back to our hotel or just in downtown somewhere was even possible as they’ve now shut down some of the highways & train service. Yeah. .. it was really bad.

Essentially, after the consultation with the agent, the ‘conclusion’ was . .. bcos we are both Canadian passport holders, Alaska Airlines switched us over to Air Canada.

HOWEVERRRRR the paperwork that they gave us was not a ticket or boarding pass or anything. We still didn’t know what time our flight was gonna be. .. the paperwork they gave us was simply a sheet of paper with the transfer info from Alaska Airlines to Air Canada. Umm. .. I mean. . better than nothing, I guess. Of course, we didn’t have to pay extra but at the same time, there was no compensation either! So now. .. we headed to the Air Canada counter, which was Terminal A, Gate 20/21.

After some time, it was confirmed - we got boarding passes, will be leaving Seattle for Vancouver at 1820h!

TBH, I don’t know what DL was thinking but my hopes weren’t high. I mean, just look at the outside!

I didn’t really think we could fly out at 1820h. .. in about 4hrs or so.

At this point, we were hungry but didn’t feel like eating anything. The whole process with the transfer, including the lining up & speaking to the agents at both airlines etc. .. it was tiring. But. .. we needed to eat.

Closest thing at the time.

Got a simple ham & cheese panini. I also got a mango smoothie from this place but I didn’t take a picture. It was alright. Airport always charges SO much for the food.

Did some exploring & settling down as we have several hrs to kill. During this time, we also called our Vancouver hotel to let them know we will be super late due to the flight situation. They were very understanding & actually refunded 1 night of our stay since. .. we didn’t check in at our scheduled time. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Airport art display.

Another airport art display. ..

This was all 1 piece but I didn’t think they were coherent for some reason. What are your thoughts?

These look good on its own & the black pieces look good on its own.

Spotted a coffeeshop. ..

Hojicha latte. Not sure why I got this. .. I got an upset stomach from this bcos it contained hot cream/milk.

Random display. ..

Heading back to Gate 20 now.

Yup, I was right! The snow situation outside got worse. The amount of snow kept accumulating & they couldn’t clear the runways for take-off or landing. Seattle airport completely at a halt.

Officially canceled, WITHOUT any further updates.

The agent said the desk is gonna close soon as there’s no staff to guard it AND they have no info anyway - she told us to come again / be around in the morning. She said there are flights leaving before noon to Vancouver & she marked our names down in the system (& gave us temporary paperwork).

Stay tuned for more as the night deepens at the Seattle airport.

#travel #travel blog #travel post #seattle #seattle travel #airport #sea #snowpocalypse #why #stuck at airport

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Xray vision glasses game

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He's either hit two pair, if there's a 9 under there too, or a pair of Aces. What do you see? Can you make out the cards? I can. This is a good time for x-ray spectacles. You suspect that you're still high, so you bet with your pair of Jacks. The King gets a suited 4, the 9 gets an unsuited Ace, and you get a 6. Everyone else, including the bring-in, folds to your raise. Your raise is called by first the King (a very loose, passive player) and then the 9 (a tight/aggressive player like yourself – but one you haven't played with very often). There are a couple of lower denomination cards in between them. The players to your left have, in order, a King a Queen and a 9. You're seen as a relatively tight player – certainly not wild. The bring in, to your immediate right, brings in the betting for the mandatory $5 in this $20/40 game. You have a split pair of Jacks with a 7 kicker. In a way, it will be like donning x-ray glasses. In these examples you can find some of the tools that can help you figure out what your opponent has. I'll present one in this column and then another in my next. Let's look at a couple of examples of situations that often present themselves at the stud table. There are, however, card-reading skills that a good stud player can develop that can have a similar effect. (Though I suppose that there are cheating devices that almost do this with a combination of daub and color tinted lenses – but I digress). Of course, there are no such things as x-ray glasses that can unveil your opponents' down cards. How cool would that be – to have real x-ray glasses? There were the obvious salacious possibilities – but there were also the more profitable ones that would arise at the poker table.

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And, frankly, my grandfather (who taught me how to play poker) also taught me to be skeptical of ads. I was too tight with my money back then to be seduced into sending off the requisite $1.95 for the specs. Just the sort of image to excite the imagination of an impressionable 12-year old. His tongue was hanging out and he was drooling. You remember the ad, don't you? It was a picture of this guy wearing lightly shaded glasses and staring at a woman who clearly appeared to him to be naked. I remember as a kid seeing ads in the back of comic books for x-ray glasses.

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Items hidden on the travelers from Google Poly: (CC-BY) Fish, Crawfish, Lighter, Hand Grenade, Bomb, Knife, Crayon, Butterfly, Coin, Hamster, Earthworm, Snake, Grasshopper, Nunchucks, Rubber Duck. Music: Improbable by Kevin MacLeod () CC-BY 3.0 Tools: Unity, Blender, Gimp, Substance Painter

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Note: The humans in this game are procedurally generated and entirely random in skin color and gender spectrum, and entirely independent of who is in possession of prohibited items. On the other hand, don't arrest the wrong passengers - you'll be fired after 3 false arrests. If the threat level maxes out, then all is lost. Keep the threat level low by arresting passengers who are in possession of prohibited items. Survive a week on the job of a security agent in the year 2025. Themes are: Change of Perspective and Hidden Secrets respectively, so I made a game where you find hidden things (prohibited items) using something that changes your perspective (x-ray glasses). Made in ~60 hours for GDL February 2018 Jam and FigJam. Use your x-ray glasses to check under the passengers' clothing for prohibited items at a strange concourse of the airport.

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didsomeonesaygo · 2 years

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Scotland, we hardly knew ye 💙

Had some time this morning to explore Linlithgow, which is just outside of Edinburgh. It's a cute little town on Linlithgow Loch, with cobble stone streets and a beautiful park (peel) along the water.

We started at The Cross, a main (but small) intersection that houses the Town Hall, the former court house (now our hotel), and a fountain that served the central well, as well as a gathering place - kind of like a water cooler.

Behind Town Hall is St. Michael's Parish Church, with weird crown of thorns that was added in the 1970s and a churchyard most of the way around. The church was founded before 1138, and the headstones 1500 and later are mostly still upright and legible. We did see an older section down the hill that was not accessible.

Unfortunately, Linlithgow Palace was closed for restoration. This was the birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots, and housed royalty at least as far back as 1124 until 1745. We did get to walk around the peel, and it seems like a popular spot with locals. This is the first town where we haven't been surrounded by Americans, so that was nice.

Walked down to see the town icon, the Black Bitch of Linlithgow. The legend is that a criminal was chained to a tree on the island in the loch, left to starve to death. But he didn't die, and didn't die, and didn't die... The townspeople finally figured out that his dog was swimming out to him and taking him food. So they chained her up too, and they both died. (Rude.) But the city eventually came to appreciate her loyalty and bravery; she now features on the town's coat of arms, and is hailed as a symbol of the fighting spirit of the locals.

And then it was time to head to Dublin!

We knew we'd gotten pretty spoiled with TSA pre-check at home, but the EDI airport really put that into focus. Things have relaxed a lot at home, but here, all liquids still need to be put into a separate bag. We were, shall we say, unprepared. After a frantic dig and toss through the bags, we got to the end of the xray to be informed there was still liquid in my backpack. The agent figured it out before I did: "Ezzett whiskay?" It was, in fact, whiskay - 3 little airplane sized bottles that we had bought in Edinburgh. So she pulls out the little bottles and holds them up to some kind of scanner, which beeps, and she tosses them back in my bag and sends us on our way. We have drug dogs; apparently the Scots have a whiskey detector. 😂

Flight was delayed about an hour, which was not all bad because honestly, I'm sad to leave Scotland. Haste we back? I sure hope so.

Tiiiiny plane to Ireland

#europe2022 #travels

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gilbertlinkus801wgristelldr · 2 years

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tsa agents screaming at me as i crawl into the xray machine to retrieve my bag

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theforgottengn · 6 years

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Just Sleep, Just Dream

Characters: India, Delta, X-Ray, Uniform, Zulu, Golf and Jacqueline Forbes

Word Count: 3,685

Trigger Warning: Swearing, Violence, Blood, Death

A/N: The end. It’s pretty long too and I am sorry about that. I tried my best with this little India Company adventure and there are a few things I wish I changed but I hope whoever reads this like it.

Parts: X, X, X, X, X, X

Summary: The gang heads to New York to track down a bank CEO suspected of running an underground gambling ring. But surprises come in all shapes and sizes. And the truth is always what you least expect it to be. Click that read more if you want.

XXXXX

When she came for him he didn’t know what to expect. He hadn’t been in a situation like this one since he was young. He had spent every waking moment trying to prevent this exact thing from happening. Feeling like a helpless young boy was the last thing he wanted. The door opened slowly, letting in a small portion of light, and she walked down the stairs.

She crossed the floor in silence and stood less than a foot away.

The woman said nothing as she grabbed his hand and pulled him to a standing position. Quickly wrapping a black cloth over his eyes and ears; she blocked out his sight and muffled his hearing. She told him to be quiet and not to worry. He nodded and let her take his hand. Remaining as silent as a stone he let her guide him up the stairs and out of the basement.

Just like that Uniform was that little kid he tried so hard to stop being.

Helpless, afraid, and alone.

Memories of years before, of things he wished he could forget, flooded his brain. The situation was all too familiar. Every single detail was almost the exact same; from the blindfold to the cuffs on his wrists. He hated how he felt at that moment. He hated it back then and hated it even more now. He wasn’t supposed to be in this position.

It was supposed to be the opposite.

He heard a door open and was shoved inside a room. Hearing the door shut, and lock, behind him sent a nervous shiver down his spine. Forbes sent him falling onto the bed with a hard shove. Uniform did not like anything about this. He felt the mattress sink as she climbed on top.

“Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it.”

He didn’t know what to do so he just nodded silently.

He could feel the bed move as she moved closer to him. She unlocked the handcuffs and removed them from his wrists. Then she did the same to the cuffs around his ankles. He let out a small sigh. Sexual kinks were one thing but he had a line and he drew it at cuffs. She reached behind his ears and undid the blindfold. It delicately fell on to the bed without a sound. Then with no warning or ask for permission she started to kiss him. Her hands grabbed his and put them on her body.

“Let me,” he said.

Then he took control of the situation. Turning her on her back he got on top of her and started to run his hands down her arms. Grabbing the end of the shirt she wore he pulled it over her head. Uniform threw the shirt behind him and it landed on the floor silently. With her shirt off he moved to unbutton her pants.

“I’m not going to have to worry about you getting clients pregnant am I?” she asked grabbing his wrists violently.

“You won’t need to worry about that from either of us,” he said.

Forbes cocked an eyebrow; silently urging him to reveal more. Uniform was unsure of how much he could actually say. And how was he supposed to say it so that she wouldn’t catch on to the reality of things. If she found out the truth then his plan would fall flat. If that happened there was a high possibility that neither of them would survive the night. After a minute or two he sighed and summed it up for her.

“Mom and dad, they, were conservative and strict to put it lightly. When they saw that Zo and I were growing up they felt the need to put a stop to it. But that wasn’t the end of it. They took it upon themselves to make sure none of us could have children.”

“Your parents did that to you? Oh my gosh, how awful!”

Uniform said nothing.

“So… Zoe and Urban are your real names then? And you two are actual brother and sister?”

“Adoptive siblings, so to speak, yes. But we are lovers off and on as well. To be quite frank I love her more than anything in the world and I’ll do anything I can to keep her safe.”

“Sentiment,” he said with a shrug.

She started to say something else but he shut her up with a deep kiss. He knew exactly what he was doing. Forbes would not be getting the upper hand this time. Uniform just got it and was not about to give it back. Moving to kiss her neck he reached down and unbuttoned her pants; pulling them off her legs. As he ran his hands up her thigh, to remove her underwear, she reached behind her back and unhooked her bra. Then he threw her panties to the floor as she tossed her bra to the side of the bed.

Only then did he take his boxers off.

When they finished Jacqueline got up and started to redress herself.

“That was good,” she said. “Not the best but good.”

“Trust me, ma’am, I can do better.”

“We’ll see about that.”

With that she left and closed the door behind her; locking it.

XXXXX

Zulu came to with a splitting headache and the feeling like she was about to hurl. Blinking the nausea away she surveyed her surroundings. The room she was in was not the basement. That much was clear. But the room was dark and she couldn’t see much.

What is it with this woman and drugging people?

She reached around and tried to get a feel for her surroundings. Her hand hit something that felt like a foot and she jerked back in shock.

“Hello, little one.”

“I get that I’m short but you have got to stop calling me that. What do you want anyway? Come to beat on me some more?”

“I know I bite but I mean well. Trust me, I really do.”

Zulu scoffed; “You expect me to believe you?”

Forbes nodded.

She laughed loudly; throwing her head back.

“Is something funny?”

“Yes. You, you thinking that you have some power over us. Newsflash, lady. You know nothing about us and we know everything about you.”

“Oh, really?”

“You really think we’d come at you half-assed? Seriously? Boy do I have news for you! I had been listening to your phone calls, and he had been tailing you, for an entire week before we met you.”

“You think you’re so smart but you had no fucking idea about us until we wanted you to.”

“And who has the power now?”

She had wanted to hit this woman before but she wanted to do it even more now. She didn’t care about what would happen after. None of that mattered. And besides this woman kidnapped people and forced them to be sex workers. There was no reason for her to stay alive.

“I promise I will bury you alive.”

Jacqueline smacked her across the face.

But Zulu was done with this bullshit. She had enough of this woman and her stupid little games. She wanted more than anything to put a bullet between this woman’s eyes. It was bad enough that she had sex with Uniform. But if she was being honest with herself Zulu wasn’t upset about that. The thing that pissed her off the most was that Forbes got the upper hand on them. That she abducted them, kept them in fucking basement, and ripped a nail off her finger just to break them down.

Unbeknownst to Forbes they had been broken down years ago and could not be broken any further.

“You are so dead for that.”

Forbes ignored her comment and turned her back; started to walk out of the small room. But she stopped short in the doorway. Then she turned back around and stepped back inside. Closing the door behind her she locked the two of them inside. She ripped a piece of cloth from the dress Zulu wore; it was already dirty and slightly tattered thanks to spending hours cuffed in the basement. Shoving the cloth into Zulu’s mouth she wrapped a section of tape around her mouth.

Zulu blocked out the rest when she blacked out from the pain.

XXXXX

With Jacqueline gone Uniform got up and began looking around. He started with the bedroom first as he was still there. It was nothing special as bedrooms went. Nothing fancy or elegant was inside the room. There had to be something that was an indication as to where they were being held. Forbes was a smart woman, that much was clear, but there was no way she was that smart.

He started with the bed; removing the blankets and mattress cover. But the mattress was not hiding anything as far as he could tell. Then he moved on to the nightstand. Opening the small drawer revealed absolutely nothing. Not even a speck of dust.

Squeaky clean, he thought. What else are you hiding, Wacky Jacky?

As he searched the rest of the bedroom he tapped his ear comm. to life and sent out a call.

“X, Del, India, Golf? Anyone listening?”

A chorus of worried replies filled his ear. He let out a relived sigh; hearing their voices. Uniform patiently waited until they calmed down a bit to say anything. Besides he didn’t have much to say in the first place. Knowing only that the building had a basement and a ground floor didn’t help matters much.

“Zee-Bee and I are fine. Well, so to speak. Forbes abducted us, which you probably already know, but we’re both fine.”

Oh, thank god, Delta said relieved.

Where are you guys? X-Ray asked.

“Not sure. I was sort of locked up in a basement for the past few hours.”

How did you get out? India asked; curious.

“Simple. Coitus.”

Do you have to be so pretentious that you can’t even say sex? Seriously? X-Ray asked with obvious annoyance.

Un. Is Zulu with you?

“No, Del. She’s still in the basement.” Uniform said with a sad sigh.

Just keep your comm. on so we can find you.

How are we going to do that without Zulu? Golf asked the others.

Silence fell over the conversation. No one realized how important Zulu was to their operations until that moment. She did everything that had to do with the comm. system. Fixing them when they broke, catching interference from power lines or cell phone calls, and preventing others from listening in on their conversations. So naturally this job would have fallen to her.

I don’t know, Golf, but we’re going to have to figure something out, Delta said.

XXXXX

The team had regrouped at the safe house. And they all sat around the living room deciding what to do. They had enough information to get Forbes and pin her. But the problem was they still had no idea where she was. And where she was keeping their teammates. Or if they were all in the same place.

They just got off the comm. after a conversation with Uniform. But it had not brought them any closer to finding him and Zulu.

“How are we supposed to find them anyway?” Golf asked.

“Same way we always have,” X-Ray said. “We do have two solutions to this problem, after all. The triple tap and the trackers. So we pick one and run with it.”

“Exactly what I was going to say,” Delta replied.

After a short deliberation the team decided to use the trackers. They were rather old and somewhat unreliable but they had more advantages than the triple tap. For instance the trackers would pinpoint the exact location. There was too much possible interference on the comm. link without Zulu there to monitor it.

Golf got his laptop out and opened up the tracking program.

Golf decided to start off big with an entire map of New York state. He hoped it would be easier that way. He typed in both Zulu and Uniform’s serial numbers. There was the possibility that Forbes was keeping them in separate locations. They did not have room for error at the moment. Which was asking quite a lot from Golf.

“You okay?” Delta asked.

“Yeah, yeah,” he said with a nod.

He was lying to both himself and to the others. He was not okay in any sense of the word. The pressure was too much and his heart was beating way faster than normal. He could feel it. Golf knew he wasn’t skilled enough to do his job on a normal day. But all the pressure and time strains made it so much worse.

“I’m fine. I swear.”

Staring at the screen he waited for the blips to appear on the city map.

“How long is this gonna take you think?” India asked him after a few minutes.

Golf didn’t answer.

“Let him work, Indy,” Delta said.

“I’m just asking him a question, babe.”

“Why don’t we go get something to eat?” X-Ray suggested.

“Good idea, X,” Delta said with a smile.

None of them had eaten since the others went missing. And almost an entire day had passed. There was too much going on to even think about eating. They all were getting irritable and tired. Food was needed and it was needed now.

X-Ray and Delta got up and started to leave.

India stared at Golf; waiting.

“C’mon, Indy. Let’s go.”

“Fine,” she grumbled.

“You want to come with us, Golf?”

He shook his head and focused on the screen. Delta promised to bring him back something. He didn’t pay her any attention. His mind barely registered the sound of the back door as it closed. Once again he was alone in the safe house. But this time he was far too focused to be bothered by it.

“I found them, Delta. I found them.”

“We’re on our way.”

XXXXX

Zulu got up and took a fighting stance. She was not going down this time. Not again. Forbes had gotten the better of them far too many times that night. Her hands were curled into fists and raised; ready to strike. Suddenly the door of the closet burst open with a bang. Zulu swung a harsh left hook at whoever was there.

“Ow!”

Wait a minute…

X? How in the hell?

X-Ray stepped further into the room and ripped the tape off Zulu’s mouth. She spit the fabric out with a disgusted gag.

“Holy shit, X! I didn’t think that was you! Sorry!”

“You’re fine, Zulu,” he said; holding his nose in pain.

“Did you guys find Un?”

He nodded; giving her a once over. She was hurt a lot worse than he thought she would have been. Her dress was torn and dirty, both her shoes and jewelry were missing, and holes were in her tights. Blood was caked around the pointer finger on her right hand. Scuff marks were all over her palms and knees. It looked like there was some blood on her legs.

“Del, Zulu needs first aid,” he said into his comm.

You’re right there.

“I… I think it might be better if you do it,” he said quietly.

Alright I’m coming.

“No!” Zulu yelled. “I can do it myself. Just give your aid kit, X.”

X-Ray nodded and slung his duffle off his shoulder. Kneeling down he opened the second to last zipper pocket. Reaching inside he grabbed hold of the first aid kit. He held it out to Zulu and felt her grab it harshly. He zipped the pocket back up and readjusted the bag to his shoulder.

“You hear that, Delta? She’s going to give herself first aid.”

Copy that.

“I’ll give you privacy,” he said before leaving.

Meanwhile the others were about the small house. India was in the living room with Forbes; keeping an eye on her. She was tied up and currently unconscious. Golf and Delta were searching the place for any other evidence they could use. X-Ray walked into the living room and relieved India of her post.

“Where’s Uniform?”

“In the shower,” India replied. “He needed to wash the stink of this garbage off of him.”

She nudged her head in Forbes’ direction when she said this garbage. X-Ray was just glad that Uniform was safe. That Zulu was as safe as okay as she was. But he was even gladder that India was leaving. He was going to give this disgusting excuse of a human being what she deserved. When Jacqueline Forbes came back around she was going to wish she was dead.

Luckily for him the Ketamine was almost through her system.

It was bad enough that she played them.

They weren’t the best so that happened a lot. So that wasn’t that bad actually. Everything else she did was what angered him. He hated what he did with every fiber of his being. But at the moment he was glad he had knowledge he did.

Forbes stirred and slowly came to.

He took a knife out of his side pocket. Gripping it tightly X-Ray clenched his teeth. He knew that Zulu would have wanted to kill this woman. But he did as well. He stabbed the knife into her thigh and she screamed in pain. She fully came to and started crying for him to stop. X-Ray just smiled. Reaching into the front pocket of his duffle he took out a pair of pliers.

"You took her nail. I'm going to take all of yours."

A few minutes after he took her left hand pinky finger nail everyone came back to the room. Uniform was clean and showered. Zulu was still messy but as cleaned up as she could have been. She had done a pretty good job giving herself first aid after all. India, Delta and Golf had found a couple boxes full of paper evidence. And there was still the Macbook and Forbes' email. They had enough to justify anything.

“Are we going to let her live?” Zulu asked.

The others did not know exactly what had happened to her but they could tell that Zulu really wanted Forbes to die. Or to spend the rest of her life in pain. And that she deserved the worst possible punishment. Whatever they chose the punishment would not be enough.

“Do it,” India said.

“She deserves it.”

Zulu took a gun from X-Ray and cocked it. She put the muzzle against Forbes’ head. Her finger slowly closed around the trigger. Forbes stared at her with pleading eyes. Tears ran down the woman’s face as she pleaded with them to let her go. Just as she was about to full pull the trigger Zulu stopped.

Zulu dropped her gun hand to her side.

She turned to Delta and whispered something in her ear. The others looked at her with confused expressions. She just brought a finger to her lips. She was not going to give the secret away just yet. After a few minutes Delta came back inside with a couple of shovels in her hands.

Forbes’ eyes went wide in shock; “No! Please! Don’t!”

“Just shoot me, please,” she cried.

Zulu pulled her head back by a clump of hair. Pained tears rolled down the woman’s face. Zulu just smiled down at her.

“I made a promise and I tend to keep them.”

XXXXX

A few hours later Zulu dumped the last shovel of dirt on to the makeshift grave. They had dug it in the backyard of the safe house. It had taken them a few hours to dig the grave and to refill it with the woman inside. No one would have gone looking for Ms. Jacqueline Forbes in such a bad area. No one would find her for years. Even if they cared to look.

They all sat around the yard; tired and ready to go home.

Zulu spit on the pile of dirt. Uniform got up from the rock he was sitting on and walked over to her. Pulling her into an embrace he kissed her on the top of her head. Tears pricked at her eyes once again. But this time they were tears of joy. She was just happy to finally be out of that hell of a night. Uniform reached up and wiped them away with a finger.

X-Ray had stated gathering the shovels. With a two to a hand he walked them to the car. It was a bit too much seeing Zulu and Uniform like that giving the circumstances of things. And given the things he felt.

“You two will be okay, right?” Golf asked. “I mean you can’t have sunshine without having rain. Right?”

Delta, who sat next to India on the back porch, started singing;

I don't mind, no I don't mind, I don't mind the rain The simple things and subtleties they always stay the same I don't mind, that I don't mind, no I don't mind the rain Like a widow's heart We fall apart But never fade away

They all sat around watching the sun rise and once they were finished India called Stevens for an extraction.

“Does he know what happened?” Golf asked; worried.

“No. And I intend to keep it that way.”

The gang walked around to the front of the house. Piling inside the car they were all tired and covered in dirt. Delta and India were in the front seats. X-Ray and Golf were in the middle two seats; on opposite sides of the car. Uniform and Zulu sat all the way in the back; intending on getting some much needed sleep. This mission had taken a tool on the both of them and they needed much more than a nap.

Zulu leaned her head on Uniform’s shoulder.

“Smells like someone needs a shower,” Uniform said curling up his nose.

She laughed lightly and nodded. It was true. She had to admit that she smell pretty bad; blood, urine and dirt. Not a very good combo.

“I don’t want to ever fucking do that again,” Zulu whispered quietly.

“Don’t worry. You won’t.”

#oc story #oc short story #oc short #india company #agent india #agent delta #agent xray #agent uniform #agent zulu #agent golf #zuni #inta #tw violence #tw death #tw blood #tw swearing

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