• When people asks she will normally just tell them because to her it’s not a big deal!
• Has been called a ‘Goth mommy’ way to many times
• She can’t remember when she came out or if she ever did!
• Shes known she was lesbian for a long time but did go through a bisexual phase in her early teens!
Clockwork/Natalie ~
• Bisexual with a fem lean!
• Due to her more masculine build and style shes often mistaken for a traditional masc lesbian!
• When people ask she normally just scoffs and walks away unless it’s someone she’s on friendly terms with.
• When she gets mistaken for a lesbian she doesn’t really correct them since it doesn’t matter that much to her
• didn’t come out, pretty chill about her sexuality and thought the idea of coming out was a bit dumb.
Nina the killer ~
• Pansexual!
• her obsessive nature latches onto anyone regardless of genders
• Shes hyperromantic and goes through crushes faster than she goes through eyeliner!!
• She came out to her parents as bisexual when she was 13 and had a meltdown when she changed to pansexual Because she wouldn’t be able to tell her parents.
• People just assume she’s at least a bit fruity due to her style alone so she doesn’t get asked about her sexuality often.
• When she does she’ll normally just tell them.
• Hates pan jokes with a passion.
Judge angels ~
• straight
• Shes never felt an attraction to the same gender but she’s supportive of her friends who do!
• she thinks she’s demisexual since she struggles to form a romantic connection to anyone unless she’s known them for a long time!
• Shes only been asked about her sexuality once and she told them she was straight without issue.
Kate the chaser ~
• Lesbian
• Shes pretty introverted so she doesn’t get asked about her sexuality ever.
• Didn’t come out because she didn’t feel a need nor did she want to.
• She hasn’t ever been in a relationship but that’s due to being so introverted.
Nina’s comments ~
I hope you enjoy lovely commenter!
I love my girls so much and this was super fun to write! ;P
Shontara on Ao3 commented on this ficlet, “ I would love to see how they interact whenever Rey gets back. How would Poe take it, how would Finn. I just love healthy conversation and relationships, but I also love angst. It would hurt so good. ”
It would hurt so good, Shontara. It would. Allow me to deliver your pain? (Well, angst with a happy ending, anyway).
Happiness:
When I saw/hugged Rey at Starkiller base
The look on Rey’s face when she discovers something new
When Poe took me to the woods
When Poe helped me learn to walk again
When Poe kisses me
Finn frowned at the last line before erasing it. It wasn’t something he wanted his therapist to see, to talk about. His relationship with Poe was only between them. Sure, most of the base had figured out something was going on, but the minute Snap had razzed Poe in the dining hall and Finn had looked uncomfortable, Poe had shut it down. He didn’t know what Poe said exactly to his squadron, but no one alluded to anything after that.
Finn was grateful, since he was eating with them, now, and interacting with the base as a whole without having to retreat to his room more often. Finn wanted so desperately to be the person he’d been before - outgoing, the type of person who spoke to a room full of Resistance command and gave suggestions. The type of person who people pinned their hopes on, their lives. Katara said he would be that person again, that he was working his way there and making excellent progress. Finn wasn’t sure he believed her. One more thing the First Order had stripped from him, he thought bitterly, then added that to his “anger” section.
After the therapy session, Finn was surprised to see Poe waiting for him since he was supposed to have been gone all day. Finn reached out, brushed his hand against Poe’s, but didn’t take it. “Hey.”
“Hey, Finn.” Poe’s eyes told him that Poe wanted to say more, but wouldn’t out here, outside the privacy of either of their rooms.
Finn smiled a little. “Walk me back to my quarters?” It was always Finn’s habit to go back to his room after a therapy session - the greater base was too much for him to handle after dealing with raw emotion for so long.
Poe rubbed his neck, and Finn noted worry on his face. He was getting better at pinpointing Poe’s emotions. Other people’s were still hard, but then again, he did spend most of his time with Poe. “I got called back early because Rey and Luke are on their way back. They’ll be landing soon.”
Finn paused, leaning against the corridor wall, taking the time to analyze his feelings. Poe paused with him, knowing what he was doing. Excitement was riding the highest, anticipation for what news Master Luke would be bringing, and the happiness that always accompanied the loop of Rey’s smiling face he liked to replay in his mind again and again when he missed her. Glancing at Poe, he realized there was an undercurrent of worry, fed by the worry flowing through Poe. This was new, and Finn was still getting used to it - the idea that Poe’s emotions affected his own. It was at complicated times like this that Finn understood why the First Order used drugs to keep their kill machines from feeling anything.
“Don’t let me hurt you, Poe.” ... “I don’t know how to stop you.”
The words echoed through Finn’s mind as he watched Poe patiently wait for him to pull himself together. He nodded at Poe, and they continued down the corridor. Dread overlaid the other feelings as he realized he didn’t know how to stop himself from hurting Poe either.
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“Finn!” Rey’s face was bright, exactly like Finn had been picturing in his mind for the months since he’d seen her. She ran to him, somehow managing to swallow him with her willowy body in a fierce hug. She pulled back, examining his face, then rose up on her toes to brush a kiss across his cheek. “I missed you.”
Do you miss me, or the Finn you knew? Or are they the same like Katara and Poe say? Will they be similar enough for you to recognize me? That’s what Finn wanted to say. Instead, he pulled her into another hug, resting his cheek on hers, and said, “I missed you, too, Rey.”
There was a familiarity returning as Rey grabbed his hand, and he laughed at the gesture. “You must have really missed me if you’re grabbing my hand.”
Rey grinned. “Show me your quarters, I want to tell you everything.” Rey nodded at Poe, who had finished his conversation with Luke, as they passed.
Finn stopped Rey, had to. “I- I’d like to talk later, Poe. Maybe tomorrow.”
There it was. Finn registered the hurt on Poe’s face, and though he hadn’t wanted to see it, knew it was inevitable. But Poe nodded, and Rey tugged on his hand, so he picked up his pace again, leading her away from the landing area.
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Happiness:
When I saw/hugged Rey at Starkiller base
The look on Rey’s face when she discovers something new
When Poe took me to the woods
When Poe helped me learn to walk again
Rey?
Poe?
Being with Rey again hadn’t been quite what Finn expected. She made him smile a lot, and she was the only person in the galaxy, except for maybe Chewie, to live through most of the same events he had. Like Poe, her voice, her demeanor, was like sunshine breaking through the clouds.
She reminded him of who he’d been, and he found that he liked the reminder. He could act like that Finn again, just for Rey. If it meant ignoring the pad of paper full of his feelings, and suppressing the cocktail of feelings inside him, well, he could do that for a little while, he reasoned.
He didn’t want to take her to the mess hall, but he told himself that was new Finn thinking, and shoved the licks of panic he was feeling down further inside himself. They sat with Leia and Luke, and Poe was suspiciously absent. As soon as he could, Finn rose, nodding at the group, and walked away with his tray. Rey caught up with him. “You should show me D’qar,” she said, a sunny smile on her face.
He was beginning to feel his emotions slip their reins, taking control. He fought them down, thinking, kriff, not now. He didn’t want to take her to any of the places Poe had taken her, it seemed disrespectful, but the pressure of his emotions was beginning to feel like a ticking bomb, and he thought maybe the woods would be the best place for him now anyway.
“It’s beautiful here,” Rey sighed, when they were walking through the forest. “The island with Luke - it was everything I dreamed of, and both of these places are light years better than Jakku. I don’t think I’ll ever get over the acres and acres of green.“ She paused, running her hand over the rough bark of a tree. She closed her eyes. “I can feel the Force here. Running through everything. Can you feel?”
Finn nodded, even though Rey’s eyes were still closed. “I’ve been working with Leia.”
Rey opened her eyes and stared intently into his. “I have to make a choice, Finn.”
So do I. “Yes?”
“Luke and I have been training, but if I commit to being a Jedi...” Rey reached out and placed a hand on Finn’s chest. “I know you are my friend, Finn, but we could be something more.”
How do you know if it’s an infatuation, or something more?
“But not if I want to be a Jedi.” Rey cupped Finn’s cheek.
Panic was flooding his system now, and it felt so wrong to be panicked in these woods, in the place he’d just now realized he thought of as Poe’s woods. This was a safe place so what was wrong with him?
Finn closed his eyes and willed himself to breathe evenly when all he really wanted to do was run away and sequester himself in his room. “Rey, I can’t make that decision for you, but I need to tell you,” Finn felt like he was forcing the words from his mouth, “I’m not the me you think you like that way.” At Rey’s look of confusion, he let out a huff of frustration. “I’m fundamentally different, and I don’t think you can understand.”
Rey’s brow furrowed, and Finn saw hurt there, but not the same kind he’d seen on Poe’s face. “You’re right, I don’t really understand, Finn.”
Finn sighed. “I think I was infatuated with you, back then. But I have something more now, with someone else.” Strangely, saying it aloud calmed some of the screaming in his brain. He was able to rein in some of the emotions coursing through him.
Rey gave him a smile small. “Poe?”
At the sound of his name, the rest of Finn’s emotions seemed to fall into place, and he sighed. “Yeah, Poe.” Finn leaned in, brushed a kiss across Rey’s temple.
Nearby, a branch snapped, accompanied by a soft gasp, and Rey and Finn both looked up to see Poe retreating further into the woods, away from the base. Rey hit him on the arm. “Finn, go!”
By the time Finn caught up with Poe, the pilot was leaning against a tree, staring up at the canopy with a stony expression on his face, breath even and controlled. He didn’t look when Finn stepped in front of him.
“Poe.” Poe still ignored him, jaw tight. “Kriff. Poe.” Finn stepped in, cradling Poe’s head in his hands until Poe looked at him, finally, eyes shiny but not shedding tears. “Poe,” Finn whispered softly, leaning in to capture the pilot’s lips, releasing them quickly and laying his forehead against Poe’s. “I’m sorry. This, us. It’s not an infatuation. It’s not because you were here when she wasn’t. It’s because you know me. You know me and somehow you still want this. You act like my favor is some grand prize, but kriff, Poe, how can you not see how lucky I am to have found someone who puts up with everything I have to deal with? Who not only puts up with it, but who helps me? Makes me feel better?” Finn swept his lips across Poe’s again. “It’s not an infatuation.”
Poe pursed his lips just so, and Finn grinned, leaning in to capture the bottom lip with his teeth. Poe laughed, bringing his arms around Finn to pull him closer, his eyes still bright with unshed tears. “Okay,” he said, voice a little shaky, before kissing Finn back. “Okay.”
Happiness:
Rey
Poe <3 <3 <3
Eating dinner with friends
Kissing Poe in front of everyone
Making Leia happy
Waking up in Poe’s arms
Finn smiled at the list. Katara didn’t need to know everything.
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Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 928
Title: Fuel Credit.
OMB Number: 1545-0725.
Form Number: 928.
Abstract: Under IRC section 4101(b) Secretary may require, as a condition of registration under 4101(a), that the applicant give a bond in an amount that the Secretary determines is appropriate. Applicant’s that do not meet all the applicable registration tests for Form 637 registration must secure a federal bond, from an acceptable surety or reinsurer listed in Circular 570, prior to receiving a Form 637 registration under section 4101. Form 928 is used for this purpose.
Current Actions: There are no changes being made to the form at this time.
Type of Review: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 hours, 34 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,280.
The following paragraph applies to all of the collections of information covered by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a valid omb control number. Books or records relating to a collection of information must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any internal revenue law. Generally, tax returns and tax return information are confidential, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
Request For Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for omb approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
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Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-598, FERC-716); Consolidated Comment Request; Extension
OMB Control No.: 1902-0166.
Abstract: The Commission uses the data in the FERC-598 information collection to implement the statutory provisions of Title XII, subchapter F of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005).
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EPAct 2005 repealed the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA 1935) in its entirety, and adopted in its place the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA 2005). This change enabled the Commission to exempt from the requirements of PUHCA 2005 the holding companies that hold responsibility over wholesale generators from PUHCA 2005 on a case-by-case basis. The Commission amended its regulations (in Order No. 667
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) to add procedures for self-certification by entities seeking exempt wholesale generator (EWG) and Foreign Utility Company (FUCO) status. This self-certification is similar to the process available to entities that seek qualifying facility status.
An EWG is a “person engaged directly, or indirectly through one or more affiliates . . . and exclusively in the business of owning or operating, or both owning and operating, all or part of one or more eligible facilities and selling electric energy at wholesale.”
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A FUCO is a company that “owns or operates facilities that are not located in any state and that are used for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale or the distribution at retail of natural or manufactured gas for heat, light, or power, if such company: (1) Derives no part of its income, directly or indirectly, from the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale or the distribution at retail of natural or manufactured gas for heat, light, or power, within the United States; and (2) neither the company nor any of its subsidiary companies is a public-utility company operating in the United States.”
An EWG, FUCO, or its representative seeking to self-certify its status must file with the Commission a notice of self-certification demonstrating that it satisfies the definition of EWG or FUCO. In the case of EWGs, the person filing a notice of self-certification must also file a copy of the notice of self-certification with the state regulatory authority of the state in which the facility is located and that person must also represent to the Commission in its submission that it has filed a copy of the notice with the appropriate state regulatory authority.
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Submission of the information collected by FERC-598 is necessary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities under EPAct 2005.
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The Commission implements its responsibilities through the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 18 Part 366. These filing requirements are mandatory for entities seeking to self-certify their EWG or FUCO status.
Type of Respondent: EWGs and FUCOs.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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Proposed Information Collection (Claim for Credit of Annual Leave) Activity: Comment Request
Under the PRA of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. This request for comment is being made pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following collection of information, HRM invites comments on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of HRM’s functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of HRM’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of information technology.
Title: Claim for Credit of Annual Leave, VA Form 0862.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0669.
Abstract: Current and former employee’s who were charged annual leave on a non-workday while on active military duty complete VA Form 0862 to request restoration of annual leave. Those employees who separated or retired from VA will receive a lump sum payment for any reaccredited annual leave. The claimant must provide documentation supporting the period that he or she were on active military duty during the time for which they were charged annual leave on a non-workday.
Affected Public: Individuals or households and Federal Government.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,375 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 15 minutes.
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Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Comparing Health Insurance Measurement Error (CHIME)
This study is designed to assess reporting accuracy in surveys that measure health insurance. Several federal, state and private surveys measure health insurance coverage, but have different origins and methodological approaches, and serve different purposes. They also produce different estimates of coverage, and few studies have assessed reporting accuracy across surveys. Previous research indicates that much of the variation in the estimates is rooted in subtle differences in the questionnaires. A common strategy for assessing the validity of a self-reported measure from a survey is a reverse “record check” study in which administrative records are assumed to contain the correct status on a given measure (e.g., health insurance coverage). Contact information from the records is used as sample to conduct a survey in which the same information, in this case health insurance, is asked about. Data from the records is then compared to the answers from the survey to assess reporting accuracy.
The proposed study will survey a sample of people enrolled in Medica Health Plans (a Minnesota based health insurance plan) whose coverage type is known from the records to be Medicaid, MinnesotaCare, employer-sponsored insurance, non-group coverage within the marketplace (called MNSure) or non-group coverage outside the marketplace. The sample will be randomly assigned to one of two questionnaire modules on health insurance—the newly-redesigned Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS) or the American Community Survey (ACS)—in order to contrast reporting error across different questionnaire versions. For analysis, the level of agreement between the data from the records and the survey report is referred to as “absolute accuracy,” and the comparison of absolute accuracy for any given survey to the absolute accuracy for a different survey is referred to as “relative accuracy.”
In order to minimize respondent burden but still mimic actual survey conditions of the CPS and ACS to an extent, the survey includes a short subset of questions from those surveys in order to set the context for the health insurance modules. Thus typical questions on demographics (e.g.: age, race, education), employment status, government program participation will precede the health insurance questions.
