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All of my s/is are Tea bats (or blood cuz vamp lol)

Empress: Neither. Blood is her only source of beverage cuz its a Creature

Mukago:

-> Canon: Neither. Similar Empress, she can only drink blood because she's a demon

-> My Modern AU: Both. I see her drinking coffee in the morning to prepare for the bullshit at her job. But she loves a nice afternoon tea on her off days

N Gin:

-> IAT: Neither. Dude can't drink coffee and tea takes too long. He's an impatient fuck. Kerosene or petroleum in his cup is all he needs to help him power through

-> Radical: Tea. Dude shouldn't be trusted with coffee. He's already energetic enough. He doesn't need more energy.

Nic: Coffee. She gives me a black coffee or straight espresso kinda vibe. Nice and classy

Oswald: Coffee. His canon coffee order is black coffee with two lumps of sugar

Peri and Gale: probably tea. Not a lot is known about them (plural)

Reala: Tea. Cuz brit lol. And since they're connected to dreams and more teas help with sleep than coffee does. Although dealing with NiGHTS makes him wish she could have a taste of coffee.

Zavok: Blood or tea. "I prefer blood over water." And his master is very shifu/sensei coded and has most likely drilled the proper way to make and prepare tea into Zavok's skull

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It was fitting that Marty Diamond was honored with the SummerStage Icon Award at the 30th Anniversary Gala for the City Parks Foundation.  He has helped promote free music and brought many acts to the park including tonight’s performers David Gray, Sara Bareilles and Janelle Monáe.  The event began with a cocktail hour that ended with the drum corps of Batalá New York leading the guests into the venue.  This year, a large tent was erected over the whole venue to ensure that evening thunderstorms did not dampen the festivities.  While dinner was served, various City Parks VIPs spoke in addition to the 2019 People and Parks Award presented to Gerald Walker, CEO of ING Americas, and the 2019 SummerStage Icon Award presented to Marty Diamond, Head of Global Music at Paradigm Talent Agency.

Cocktail Hour

  Batalá New York

  Speakers & Awards

Grace Vixama – City Parks Foundation Track & Field Head Coach

John Troubh – City Parks Foundation Board Chair

Nilka Martell – Partnerships for Parks Volunteer

Leon Wijnands – Global Head of Sustainability at ING

Gerald Walker – CEO of ING Americas and honoree recipient of the 2019 People and Parks Award

Joe Killian – Founder of SummerStage + Killian & Company

Sam Gores – Chairman/CEO of Paradigm Talent Agency

Sam Gores hugs Marty Diamond

Marty Diamond – Head of Global Music at Paradigm Talent Agency

Paloma Cruz Hernandez – City Parks Foundation Green Girls Intern

  David Gray performed a three song set that gave the audience a better taste than his brief appearance at the Global Citizens Festival on Saturday.

Sara Bareilles was introduced by Marty Diamond’s daughters, Apple and Story.  They also joined her to sing her last song “Brave”!

Janelle Monáe got the party seriously started when she took the stage.  Prompting memories of Prince, her choreographed dance routines and energy as she bounced on and off the stage had the crowd on their feet and grooving.  Her show the previous night at Pier 17 was just a warm up to this evening’s festivities.

A lot of fantasy maps I see are either Britain or Pangaea so let's mix it up shall we?

Batala-Pearl of the South-Eastern sea

Today I wanted to share that I’ve entered the London Graphics Centre and Theo Paphitis Art Prize 2026 with my piece "Batala Mersey Drummers Parade at Northwich Pina Colada Festival" created with pens on paper.

If you'd like to hear about the inspiration behind the art, please head over to:

Wish me luck!

Thanks!