#action amos

[lastnightfanfictionsavedmylife]

How about a description of how each of the main Ritter characters would act when they're in protective mode, protecting someone or something they care about?

Funny you should say that @natasharedfox

I'm actually working on the next but one chapter of Amos Turton's redemption arc which features...

'Action Amos'

They thought he was the quiet one! But the lone wolf was out for revenge! He was a man pushed to the edge! Forced to defend his friends and new found family at all costs!

(That has to be read in a movie voiceover man voice ofc.) 🤭

Extract under the thingy below:

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"I'll only leave after I've thrown this one back into the gutter where he belongs!" Lord Byerly grabbed two fistfuls of the front of Mr Turton's coat. Still, Mr Turton's face didn't move, he just looked at the idiot Lordling, his face set to neutral. He could do this all day, he'd done exactly so several times in the past. Knowing that the best way to get rid of a bullying upper class cretin was to not give him the reaction he craved. They usually got bored with him and instead took out their violent frustrations by decimating the poor local wildlife.

Lady Morgan grabbed Lord Byerly's arm. She pulled at him, trying to get him to release his grip from her butler.

"Leave him be!" she shouted. Lord Byerly jerked his arm, trying to shake her grip on him off. His elbow slammed bluntly into her face. She fell back, stopping herself from falling to the floor by catching hold of the fire mantle to the side of her. She moved her hands in front of her, cupping her face, then pulled them away slowly, revealing a swollen bleeding lip and bloody hands. Both men watched silently. Lord Byerly released his hold on Mr Turton and took a step back, unsure of what to do next. His eyes widened and his mouth became a shocked 'o'. He took a hesitant step towards Mrs Morgan.

"Gisella… it was an accident… I didn't mean…"

She took a step back and cut off his sentence. 

"Get out!" she hissed. "Mr Turton, would you please make him leave," she said as she turned tear filled eyes towards her butler.

Mr Turton and Lord Byerly exchanged glances. Mr Turton's face was red with anger, his lips were pressed together tightly and his eyes narrowed. He was livid. How dare the man! He couldn't ignore his actions any longer. His patient stoic stance had not worked. It had only resulted in his Mistress becoming a victim of the Lord's violence. I should have acted sooner, just ejecting the man from the house as soon as he arrived. I'm a stupid stubborn fool! he accused himself. My reliance on old tactics has caused her to be hurt! He stepped towards the errant Lord, intending to drag him out of the house as his Lady had ordered. Lord Byerly was forced to back away, hands held out in front of him, in the face of such anger. Mr Turton advanced on his prey, his face promised dire consequences for failure to obey Lady Morgan's order. His brow furrowed, his lips pressed together, his eyes flashed, a vision of rage.

Lord Byerly changed tack. Stopping his backwards flee and taking a stand. Mr Turton paused his advance. Let's see what he tries now, he thought.

The Lord flung a pitiful excuse for a punch at him. The poorly aimed blow was one that Mr Turton easily ducked away from. Excellent! he thought. His look changed, his brow was still furrowed, his eyes still glinted with anger, but his mouth transformed, altering from an angry pressing of lips to a tooth baring, lupine smile.

The first punch landed squarely on the side of the Lord's stupid face, taking him by surprise and sending him staggering a short step backwards. 

All the hated hours of training that the young Amos Turton was forced to endure from his stern father had, at last, paid off. His father had not wanted a weakling son who couldn't defend himself. Muscle memory of countless despised lessons took over.

His next punch, aimed lower, was a blow to his opponents guts, bending him over. The third hit landed under his chin, a perfectly landed uppercut, sending the Lord flying backwards tumbling over the back of the sofa, and crashing into the table that held the decanter. 

Mr Turton unclenched his fists and flexed his fingers, his anger dissipating with each outwards stretch of his digits. Truthfully, he loathed having to resort to brutish violence like this, but he felt justified in its use this time. The man had inflicted pain, he was owed some back. He pulled his waistcoat down sharply, straightening his attire, his calm restored. Then he stalked over to where the stunned Lord was lying among the remnants of the table. He leant over him and dragged him back up by his jacket lapels, forcing the Lord to scrabble upright. Mr Turton pulled the now struggling, but temporarily stunned Lord out of the living room, along the hallway, towards the front door. 

...(tbc)

[malawistar]

Disability Body calls for Inclusion in SDG’s

By: Happy Arnold Soko

Disability Fund Organization (DFO) has called on disability organizations, people living with disability and activists to collaborate with government in tabling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) that create an inclusive opportunity for disabled people.

Adams (L): Malawi will benefit through SDG’s

Speaking in an interview with The Malawi Star, DFO Program Director, Lisa Adams said through the implementation of SDG’s, Malawi will benefit from the development funding, donor agencies, multilateral and international agencies.

She urged the government to table development plans in line with agenda 2030 for the implementation of SDG’s inclusive of disabled people.

“Disability organization and activists need to be on a table when the government is deciding these development plans to make sure that persons with disabilities are part of the process. In everything, disability should be mentioned so that it’s part of the programming and it has to be monitored.

If people with disabilities are not present, I don’t think it will happen. Disability is explicitly referenced throughout SDG’s which is deferent from Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) which does not mention it.  There is more opportunity to push government,” she explained.

According to Adams, the government is supposed to have the focal point for the implementation of SDG’s. She further suggested for a co-ordinated effort from civil society organizations to form the mechanization for achieving the SDG’s.

She added, “It’s an opportunity for the government to advocate for funding to develop strong plans and implement them for achieving SDG’s. The government has to have the focal point for the implementation and civil society needs to have a voice so that disability organizations can come in.

In his remarks, Federation of Disability Organizations of (FEDOMA) Action Amos hinted that disability organizations are well and equipped to engage government and development partners so that they are not left behind.

we will lobby for equal development opportunities; Amos

Amos was optimistic that with the 17 references and 7 indicators targeting persons with disabilities, the organization will lobby for equal development opportunities.

“We had MDG’s which were not taking on board issues of persons with disabilities. Disabled people were not fully included in the national development.  We would want to take advantage of SDG’s so that all the goals mentioning specifically persons with disabilities and making references that all people be included, which means all people with disabilities are included.

Currently, we don’t have a clear roadmap of engaging people with disabilities so that means it’s like a voluntary kind of approach to engage people with disabilities,” cited Amos.

Meanwhile, more than one billion people in the world, one in seven have a disability. 80% of people with disability live in developing countries and there make up 20% of the poor, living on less than $1 a day.

Disability Body calls for Inclusion in SDG’s was originally published on The Malawi Star