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quickfivetheguy · 1 year

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Shoplifters Will Be Liquidated: A World Where the Minions are The Happiest People Around

While perusing the Aftershock Comics’ smorgasbord of miniseries, Shoplifters Will be Liquidated stood out to me. Not just because of the strange title, but because of the subject matter and setting. As the blurb on the company website says “Imagine Judge Dredd working for Amazon, and you’ve got a hint of what you’re in for.” While megacorporations with intensely powerful private security forces are not a new concept in futuristic and cyberpunk fiction, very rarely are members of the corporate goon squad given the central focus. It does raise the question: what goes through the mind of these characters? What drives the faceless mooks that usually only exist to be mowed down by the plucky, rebellious heroes? Well, in order to answer that, we must explore what kind of world he lives in and how it creates a dedicated corporate super-agent.

Returning to the self-professed comparison to Judge Dredd, the eponymous character is a police officer given full authority to exact justice as he sees fit in a dystopian “Megacity”. Since the system of law in his universe contains very little in the way of checks and balances, Dredd was trained to be loyal to the law and only to the law, and is fully committed to his job of enacting his government’s idea of justice. If you can picture that sort of blind, fanatical devotion to law and order and apply it to a mall security guard, you have Security Officer Nussbaum, the protagonist of SWBL.

Now, your average retail employee isn’t likely to be too enthusiastic about their job, including security personnel. Having to be loyal to a company that pays too little and expects too much is a soul-crushing endeavor, especially when one has to pretend to be happy all day. Nussbaum doesn’t need to pretend. In fact, he is much too enthusiastic about his job in “Loss Prevention” by our standards. By the standards of the company, Caucasus Superstore, he has the perfect amount of enthusiasm. He’s a soldier, who uses extreme, often deadly tactics to prevent theft, vandalism, and destruction of property. In this universe, it seems that private security is given leave to use whatever methods available to do their job, including but not limited to mutilating attempted petty criminals, as Nussbaum is shown to do in issue 1. The only concern uttered by his superiors is how such gruesome acts affect the company’s optics, and he is unperturbed by this.

A soldier working in Caucasus, unconcerned with the welfare of his fellow man and believing blindly in a cause that actively works against his best interests. This may be a somewhat familiar character to those familiar with the history of the real Caucasus region. Historically, the Caucasus has been a battleground for larger empires, with its rough and mountainous natural geography acting as a barrier between the Middle East and the Eurasian Steppe. It’s a harsh place with a great diversity of cultures and languages that have very rarely been able to find peace. These qualities translate into the distressingly cutthroat nature of Nussbaum’s job, but are even more appropriate when the true plot is set in motion.

One day, while pursuing a prospective thief, Nussbaum happens upon a hidden world underneath the superstore; a primitive society of farmers, tribes, feudal lords and other medieval archetypes. This society lacks peace and is constantly squabbling over resources (consisting mainly of items stolen from the store) with the small folk caught in the conflicts between the local lords. These problems are compounded when Nussbaum shows up and proceeds to raise hell in the name of his corporate overlords. He is in Loss Prevention, after all, and all of this world’s resources are the rightful property of the company, so it only makes sense to destroy everything they own for the sake of asset recovery. Nussbaum acts for the sake of an empire, much like the soldiers acting to take the real-life Caucasus. He seeks to destroy the people’s way of life for no other reason than because it’s his job. If they won’t abide by Caucasus’ rules, then they must be liquidated.

Indeed, the title of the series has multiple meanings. “Liquidation” can refer to either converting material assets into pure cash, or to violently killing someone. The latter is in reference to the violent acts that Nussbaum performs on a daily basis, and the former is not only a common term in corporate finance, but is also in reference to one of the series’ main sub-plots: Lance and Bryce’s insider trading scheme. These two low-level employees seek to manipulate Caucasus’s stock prices in order to get rich quick and overtake the company. How do they plan to do this? By accelerating their boss’s planned suicide. How do they hope to push him over the edge? By convincing anti-consumerist radicals to commit acts of violence in the store. This gives us an example of both types of liquidation on display. The violent deaths are obvious, but Lance and Bryce seek to essentially turn the turmoil around them into profit. Their only motivation throughout this whole series is to make a profit and leave their middling positions behind at the expense of the shoppers and their boss. I’m sure that countless retail employees can attest to the fact that their pain is indeed being turned into profit for those who don’t deserve it. They would doubtlessly feel great catharsis when their plan fails and they are, in their own words, “boned.”

This is quite appropriate, as the term “boned” is a repeated motif throughout the course of SWBL. Nussbaum uses it in relation to his most recent perp while reading him his rights in the very first page. Mr. Provo’s beleaguered assistant Judy uses it when she realizes that he is on a path to ruin. It’s an interesting recurrent quote, especially since this comic isn’t opposed to using more colorful four-letter words, yet the characters choose to keep things safely PG-13 when referring to their inevitable doom. Remember that Lance and Bryce were low-level employees trying to make it big. Nussbaum is so dedicated to his job that it defines his entire existence. Even in times of crisis, these characters have been conditioned to act politically correct, so as not to endanger their livelihoods. This isn’t consistent from character to character, as several Caucasus staff members swear openly, such as Nussbaum’s rather sadistic colleague in Loss Prevention, but she is shown to be more interested in fulfilling her need for violence than promoting her employers, admitting that she would have executions on the store floor if she were in charge.

There seems to be an inordinate amount of death within Caucasus’ walls. If the first issue is any indication, Loss Prevention kills petty shoplifters on a regular basis, sometimes liquidating those that are only presumed guilty. While they’re not causing undue suffering for the civilian population, they’re preventing their fellow staff from ending undue suffering. Mr. Provo, the aforementioned suicidal boss, finds inspiration for a new business practice after Nussbaum knocks him out cold while he attempted to buy a loaded gun for the implicit purpose of ending his life in full view of everyone. He took his own misfortune as inspiration for his latest and greatest idea: commercial assisted suicide. While I doubt that any modern retail chains would ever market themselves as merchants of death, this universe apparently has a large enough market for this idea to pass the “ideas” phase. Death is the last thing that the average person wants to think about while shopping. It’s the last thing any company wants its customers to think about, yet Caucasus is selling it. It’s the endpoint of the marketing game.

Perhaps this is the creative team expressing their belief that consumerism has reached its critical mass, that the only thing left to market, the only thing that people truly want to buy, is a way out. That’s certainly what all the main characters are searching for. Nussbaum is searching for a way out of the underworld that he sees as a perversion of reality. Lance and Bryce are searching for a way out of their disadvantageous positions at the company. Mr. Provo is looking for a way out of his tortured existence, and he finds it in the end. In the climax of the fifth and final issue, Provo gets his wish when he publicly commits suicide while announcing his new initiative. He ends it with a bang, taking a number of bystanders with him, including Nussbam, who just managed to climb his way back to the superstore only to take an explosion to the face.

With the combined failures of Nussbaum and the Insider Trader duo’s story arcs, as well as the rather anticlimactic end to another character arc concerning several denizens of the underworld hunting down Nussbaum to enact vengeance for killing their friends, it’s clear that there are no happy endings in this world. Every ambition was all for nought with the exception of the suicidal man.

It is a rather nihilistic outlook, so what would the best course of action be in this scenario? Follow Mr. Provo’s example? That doesn’t sound particularly appealing to most people. It’s already been established that ambition doesn’t pay off, as our embezzling friends can attest to, so if you want to stay alive, what do you do? Maybe you should follow Nussbaum’s example: find something attainable and commit to it. He committed himself to Loss Prevention and was perfectly content until he fell into the underworld. When he had his brain probed by the underground leader, commitment to Caucasus was all he found. When all hope was lost, Nussbaum found satisfaction in the field he was good at. He never asked for anything more, and lived a fulfilling life until his death.

A sad state of affairs when the corporate mooks are the happiest folks around, but that’s just the kind of world that Shoplifters Will Be Liquidated creates. The creative team doesn’t seem to think much of the world of retail, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve had bad experiences in the field. SWBL asserts that neither the customer nor the employee are valued in a corporate environment. Whenever it suits the company, both of these parties will be liquidated, figuratively or literally. If one is caught up in the machinations of the retail world, they’re headed towards a dead end where the only way out is in a body bag.

At least, that’s what I took away from it.

Do you agree? Do you disagree? Let me know.

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idnslotnews · 2 years

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TIMNAS BOLA BASKET PUTRI INDONESIA JUARA EDISI PERDANA LIGA ASIA TENGGARA

CASPO777 LINK - Timnas Basket Putri Indonesia berhasil menjuarai edisi perdana SEA Women Basketball League 2022. Gelar tersebut diraih Adelaide Callista Wongsohardjo dkk setelah berhasil mengalahkan Sniper Thailand dengan agregat 2-1 di final. SWBL 2022 diikuti tiga tim dari Thailand, Malaysia, dan Indonesia. Untuk edisi kali ini, tiap negara masih mengirim timnas masing-masing. Timnas Basket Putri sendiri tampil dengan nama Indonesia Elite. Lawannya yakni Sniper Thailand dan Harimau Malaysia.

Dalam turnamen berformat seri yang sudah digelar sejak awal bulan ini, Indonesia Elite melaju ke final usai meraih empat kemenangan dalam enam laga untuk berhadapan dengan Sniper Thailand yang digelar di GOR Kertajaya Surabaya

Dalam final gim pertama pada Sabtu (29/10), Indonesia Elite menang 51-49, namun kalah di 59-63 di gim kedua yang berlangsung sehari setelahnya. Pada gim penentuan yang digelar Senin (31/10), Indonesia Elite berhasil mengunci kemenangan 65-56. Pada gim ketiga ini, Adelaide menjadi pencetak angka terbanyak dengan 12 poin, disusul Yuni Anggraeni dan Henny Sutjiono masing-masing 11 poin. Sedangkan Agustin Elya Gradita Retong berhasil mengemas tujuh poin. - Caspo777 APK Gelar ini menjadi modal bagus bagi Timnas Basket Putri dalam persiapan menuju SEA Games 2023 di Kamboja. Pada edisi sebelumnya di Vietnam, Indonesia merebut medali perak. - Diberitakan ANTARA, SWBL untuk pertama kalinya digelar sebagai wadah kompetisi antarklub bola basket di Asia Tenggara. SWBL 2022 digelar dalam tiga seri. Seri pertama digelar di Korat, Thailand, dilanjutkan seri kedua di Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, sebelum ditutup dengan seri ketiga di Surabaya. Skuad Indonesia di SWBL 2022 Dyah Lestari, Agustin Elya Gradita Retong, Visca Dewi Syamsuri, Kadek Pratita Citta Dewi, Dewa Ayu Made Sriartha Kusuma, Adelaide Callista Wongsohardjo, Yuni Anggraeni, Nathania Claresta Orville, Mega Nanda Perdana Putri, Henny Sutjiono, Clarita Antonio, dan Angelica Jennifer Candra. - CASINO SLOT

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auroracalisto · 2 years

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HIIII MERRY CHRISTMAS LOVELIE😽 i was wondering if u could do a christmas one - shot or bubble with the mikaelson’s as elijah’s daughter, you can make it part of the swbl universe if you want !

i hope you have an amazing saturday and everything good comes along your way ! 💖💖

a/n: first, let me apologize. it has been hectic and i didn't log into tumblr at all until literally just half an hour ago. second, i still wanted to do your request, so i hope this is how you were picturing it. lol! also, thank you so much. i appreciate the kind words, anon. i hope you had a wonderful christmas, and happy holidays to everyone who might be reading this! you each deserve the world and more. :)

With the chaos and busyness that seemed to stitch itself into every aspect of the Mikaelsons' life, it was no surprise that Christmas came a day late this year.

Confusion amidst the littlest Mikaelson and regret festering in the heart of Elijah Mikaelson easily came to light as [Your name] couldn't figure out what was bothering her father so much.

Yes, of course, the rest of them knew what dangers rested before them, but yet, they had each wanted to give the child a sense of normalcy before things got too out of hand — and now, it seems like even that was off of the table.

"What's wrong?" [Your name] asked, her big eyes staring up at Elijah. She was worried for her father, not understanding why missing yesterday was such a big deal. She knew he was busy — that was enough for her.

"I had wanted to give you a good Christmas," he smiled faintly, pressing a soft kiss to her forehead. "I couldn't even make it back in time to do so, my love."

[Your name] giggled up at him, a toothy grin spreading across her features.

"Daddy," she began, reaching up to grab the sleeve of his jacket. "I asked Santa to bring you home to me. He did!"

Elijah tilted his head. "He did? Santa brought me home to you?"

"Yes!" she scrambled in her seat to stand up on the chair, trying to be as tall as her father. She smiled up at him. "Yes, I did. I... asked for you. Nothing else."

He let out a sigh, squeezing his eyes shut. "Well... well, now I am here. What would you like to do for Christmas this year?"

"It doesn't matter," she said, reaching up and throwing her little arms around his neck. "I have you back!"

A curt laugh escaped him as he quickly hugged his daughter.

Normal didn't run in this family — that much was obvious. But the love Elijah had for his daughter was unparalleled to any normal thing out there. The same could be said for this little girl, who took back everything on her list to Santa just to get her father back.

Elijah pressed a soft kiss to the top of her head. "Well, then," he began. "How about we start with opening some presents?"

[Your name] giggled. "Yes!"

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#swbl #she will be loved #the originals #the vampire diaries #imagine #x reader #reader insert #tvd #to #dad!elijah x child!reader #female reader #child reader #mikaelsons #mikaelsons x reader #christmas #christmas short #elijah mikaelson #elijah mikaelson x daughter!reader

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nixdragon · 6 years

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She Will Be Loved: Chapter 47

Genevieve Swan finds that life gets complicated when your estranged twin sister comes to live with you and your dad… especially when she immediately gets involved with vampires.

/from the beginning/

#my story #twilight fanfic #ocapp #swbl

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genswanwillbeloved · 7 years

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She Will be Loved: Chapter 46 Update

I woke up late.

It was Saturday but the foggy feeling of too much sleep made it hard to be happy for the weekend. There were a couple texts waiting for me and I managed to check that I wasn’t in mortal danger before chucking the phone into the blankets without answering. They were mostly small talk from my basketball friends teasing me for ditching the day before.

As I walked down the stairs I wondered if they felt anything like I felt about my sister. Or did they know it had been the ‘accident’ after the spring dance last year that had thinned me out? I’d talked things out with Jacob even before he knew the truth but I’d been pulling away from them, from things I’d found fun. I thought they understood though-- after all...

read here // from the beginning

#swbl #twilight fanfic #ocappreciation #my fic #jacob black #gen swan #gencob

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maroonersinnerm5 · 7 years

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@jamesbvalentine has only done it a million times before perfectly 😉 poor @jamesbvalentine @adamlevine picking on him #SWBL #maroon5

#swbl #maroon5

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curious-fools-howl-to-the-moon · 7 years

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For @missjanuarylily ^^ <3

#JJ Jareau #Rafael Barba #SWBL #She Will Be Loved

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kisacchii · 5 years

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rules: we’re snooping on your playlist. put your entire library on shuffle and list the first ten songs, then choose ten victims.

tagged by the cutest @asahishinna 💖⛅🌼 thank you~ you know I have fun with these :^)

butterfly - loona

knees (live) - iu

mianhae - heize

51% - uverworld

she will be loved - maroon 5

dayfly - dean ft. sulli, rad museum

make believe - kero kero bonito

uchuu yuuei - plastic tree

lisztomania - phoenix

clumsy heart - suzy

tagging some of my precious mutuals 🌈💐: @reiiciel @aizawashoutta @koaumi @ryuzakki @usagiyamah @sasageyo @tachibana--chan @ootsukis (of course you don’t have to do this as always!!)

#i put loona's new song on my phone hours ago and it was the 1st one that came on shuffle...#their power 🤧#taking the time to promote them!! watch the mv such nice diversity for a kpop group!!#um i knew it was going to be hard to find the full ver of plastic tree's song :-(#swbl & lisztomania...classics #tag game

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arrthurpendragon · 3 years

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Nixdragon Birthday Surprise (Maybe????)

If you didn’t know, today is nixdragon’s birthday! She hasn’t written much this last year - but she was also an in-person teacher trying to manage a crazy COVID year.

SO I would love to surprise her with some reviews from y’all on her stories. Please let her know how much you adore her stories! I’m sure it would mean a lot to her! (Also, I’m not tagging her in hopes that she won’t see this post until after she gets a few reviews. haha)

Nixie’s Stories:

A Red Sky’s Warning - Pirates of the Caribbean

Charlotte Swann knows she will hate every single second she has to spend chasing after pirates but with a missing sister and a broken heart, she figures at least things aren't going to get much worse. Unfortunately, everyone else seems to be trying to prove her wrong. Sisfic. Norrington/OC.

She Will Be Loved - Twilight

Genevieve Swan finds that life gets complicated when your estranged twin sister comes to live with you and your dad... especially when she immediately gets involved with vampires. A sisfic/fraternal twinfic. Jacob/Oc. Currently between New Moon and Eclipse. Enjoy!

A Girl Like Coriander - The Witcher

Kornelia thought she didn't mind being alone. Destiny had other plans.

As Darkness Takes the Day - Harry Potter

Adria Malfoy is in her fifth year at Hogwarts when her brother Lucius marries and her life begins to change.

Chance of Thunder - Thor

Aldrif's big brothers have always caused trouble but when Loki is revealed to to be a traitor and Thor is banished, suddenly it's up to Aldrif to step up. And she might not want to clean up their mess. Sisterfic. Pairing TBD. Maybe joining with MCU.

Dreaming of Paradise - Harry Potter

Dudley's twin sister feels out of place... until the day she gets her letter to Hogwarts. Plot bunny stuck in my head. Not a priority just wanted to get it out there and see what people thought.

All Eyes on Me - Twilight

One shot Companion/What if...? to She Will Be Loved. Alternate possibility to Genevieve Swan's run in with James and Victoria; what if Gen turned? Starts after chapter 15 of SWBL. Eventual Edward/Oc. Bella sisfic.

Star Wars: Fate of the Hunter - Star Wars

Bounty hunter Kyja Lissiri tells herself that she is just trying to survive the war she's been thrown into but soon finds herself and her fight caught between the First Order and the Resistance. Eventual Poe/OC

Nox and Black: Forward to the Past - Harry Potter

Two modern witches find themselves thrown into the Marauders Era and decide to rewrite history.

Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine - Supernatural

Carly Thompson is thrown into the hunter life of her father, Bobby Singer, when the supernatural comes knocking at her door and her life is changed forever. Now she's off with the Winchesters and searching for the mother she'd always believed was crazy. (Bobby's daughter, starting around season 3. Slow updates.)

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goldenlemonblossom · 1 year

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here’s hoping i get this right

#fanfics #tdj #swbl

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girlsplaybaseball · 2 years

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2022 SWBL Expression of Interest

2022 SWBL Expression of Interest — Read on docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWIYFSjQb1NsQfRXjFAQWA6C0pTscbMjacvTsJWxBhFUl_1Q/viewform

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auroracalisto · 3 years

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hi! could i request a fluffy one-shot in the swbl universe, where it’s y/n’s first day at preschool and all of the mikaelson are emotional (especially elijah) :’)

a/n: did this instead of working on any type of homework <3 word count: 1.2k words dividers by: @divvision @firefly-graphics

Anxiety was something that Elijah became very familiar with, ever since he found [Your name]. Every move she made, he watched with fixed eyes. Every breath her little lungs took, he made sure that nothing sounded wrong.

So when it came time to send her to preschool, the anxiety he felt was more than anything he had ever felt before.

[Your name] would be four, going into preschool, and five when she would leave for the summer to get ready for kindergarten. Klaus had been the one to convince Elijah it would be good for her to be around other children her age, especially since she was always around them.

“I don’t like it,” Elijah said.

Klaus rolled his eyes. “There’s nothing to like about it, but it’s what’s best for her. You are going to be nervous no matter what, brother. Might as well get over it now so she won’t be nervous as well.”

And then, the dreaded day came. Rebekah had woken her at seven, so she would have time to get ready and eat her breakfast as slow as she normally did. Her class wouldn’t start until nine, but the time for the Mikaelson family only seemed to move by in a flash.

Rebekah dressed her cutely, in her favorite colors. [Your name] was a giggly mess, smiling up at her aunt. She was excited - she knew that she was about to make so many friends, and get to do so many fun things with these new friends. It warmed Rebekah’s nervous heart.

“[Your name], are you sure?” Rebekah asked, gently fixing the girl’s hair. “You want to go to school?”

Asking a child that might not have been her best decision. However, the toothy smile her niece showed her was answer enough.

“Yes!”

Rebekah sadly smiled, leaning forward to give her a gentle hug. “You will do amazing, sweet thing. I just know it.”

[Your name] curiously tilted her head, giggling. “You’re silly, Bekah,” she said, turning around to hug her back.

Her dead heart thumped nervously in her chest. There were so many things that could go wrong with [Your name] attending school... but she knew that it was for the best. She also knew that [Your name] would not be little, forever. This little human child would grow up, faster than any of them were expecting.

The next one to go to try and “talk” her out of it would be Kol. But he would be the last sibling to actually ask this of her. He had stolen her from Rebekah, and taken her to the kitchen. To ease his nerves, he had made the child her favorite breakfast - something he would have killed someone over if they made fun of him for doing so. But [Your name] didn’t have to know that.

“Do you really want to go to school?” he asked, sitting her down at the table. “You could stay here.”

She giggled softly, reaching forward and grabbing a piece of the food off of her plate. “I want to go! I’ll be back!”

[Your name] smiled up at her uncle.

Kol sighed and rolled his eyes before he leaned forward, kissing her forehead. “Right, right.”

As [Your name] excitedly took off out of the room after eating, Kol cleaned up the mess. Rebekah stood by the doorway, her arms crossed over her chest.

She looked annoyed more than anything, but Kol knew that expression. He frowned over at his sister, sitting a plate in the sink.

“Are you alright?” he asked, turning to face her.

As soon as she shook her head, Kol was by her side. He hugged her tightly, knowing that his sister was upset, all for good reason.

Klaus stood by the door, his arms crossed over his chest as he stared Elijah down.

“How do you think she will do?” he asked, watching his brother closely.

Elijah raised an eyebrow at his brother, slipping his car keys into his jacket pocket. “I think she will be fine,” Elijah said. “You are the one who talked me into sending her, after all. Having second thoughts, brother?”

Klaus rolled his eyes. He went to speak, but [Your name] came running into the hallway, all smiles.

“Nik!” she excitedly giggled, reaching up to her uncle. He bent down, lifting the small girl. He shared a confused look with Elijah - she had never called him ‘Nik’ before, but she had also gotten into the habit of shortening everyone’s names. Kol was the only one she had yet to try it out on, but she would... eventually. Once she found a good nickname for him.

Klaus hugged her close, a smile forming on his lips. “How are you feeling, little one? Are you excited?” he asked.

[Your name] nodded, wrapping her arms around his neck. She smiled, looking over at her father as she hugged her uncle.

Elijah watched, unable to fight the growing smile on his own lips, despite the ever-growing need to cry. His daughter was growing up. In a matter of minutes, he would be dropping her off for her first day of school.

“Daddy?” [Your name] questioned, reaching out for the man. Klaus carefully handed the child off to Elijah. Elijah hugged his daughter, kissing the top of her head.

“You look so ready for school,” he chuckled softly. “Are you ready? Did you grab your bag?”

“I’m wearing it!” she pointed to the straps on her shoulders, leading up to the backpack she just had to have for school.

“Yes, of course,” he grinned. “I should have paid attention.”

“Are you okay?” the little girl whispered, taking his face in between her small hands. Her eyebrows furrowed as she tried to understand what he was thinking about. Her eyes widened once she saw the tears forming in her father’s eyes. “You’re crying! Why are you crying?” she quickly exclaimed, squishing his face between her hands. “Don’t cry!”

Elijah let out a laugh, kissing her little nose despite his face being squished.

“Are you sad?” she quickly asked, her own tears quickly forming.

“No, no, I promise I’m not sad,” he said, leaning against her hands. “Don’t cry, [Your name]. I’m sorry.”

“Why are you sorry?” she asked, her bottom lip quivering with every word.

He just smiled. “You should not be worried,” he kissed the palms of her hands. “You have to get your shoes on, now, okay? You said you were all ready for school, yes?”

She hesitantly nodded, wiping her tears away. “Uh-huh.”

“Do you remember how I taught you?” he asked, sitting her down on the floor. He grabbed her shoes, handing one of them to her.

[Your name] quickly nodded and she pulled her shoe on, hurriedly tying it. Through narrowed eyes and immense concentration, she tied it tight on her third try. Elijah chuckled softly and tied her other shoe for her.

“Alright, little thing,” he took ahold of her hands. “Let’s get you to school, alright?”

[Your name] smiled up at him, her tears just moments before all but forgotten by the child. She nodded and scrambled to her feet with his help, before glancing back at the doorway to the kitchen.

Rebekah, Kol, and Klaus all stood there, watching the child with mixed expressions.

[Your name] just giggled, smiling even more. “I’ll be back later!” she excitedly waved.

Elijah lifted his daughter up, looking back at his siblings. “I’ll be back momentarily. I imagine this will not take very long.”

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