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pyjamacryptid · 8 months
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me surrounded by all of my medical paperwork that disability services deems “not enough evidence” to claim support, after applying for the 5th time:
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pixelrenaissance · 1 year
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My #1 advice I’d give other disabled folk;
Know your rights!
It’s so ridiculous the hoops disabled people have to leap through to get anything done and often people will legit just openly treat you like garbage.
If I had known my disability rights properly in 2018 my life would be completely different. But I let them push me out of school and out of disability programs because I didn’t have the proper education. It varies state by state and country by country but I urge you to try to educate yourself as best as possible. Reach out to your local disability advocacy programs for guidance and resources.
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Just one Island…Watch it fall: Part 3.
*With his blades spinning in his hands, Akira takes steps towards the group of girls.
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I’ll say it one more time...Stop resisting and give up your people. 
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You say that...but you’re not so sure of your chances against us, are you?
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...!
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Not only are we the Remnants of Despair, but we’re also Ultimate's. Those two alone make us extremely unpredictable. And this is hardly the first time we’ve taken down Ultimate Despair Agents.
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How can you hope to stop us when you’re not even sure of what it is we’re going to do?
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This isn’t just about trying to stop you getting to our friends! It’s also about not letting you leave this island in one piece!
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We dedicate our lives to destroying the despair that we unwittingly brought unto the world. We are not going to allow you and Organization Zetsubou to bring it back into ruin.
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Kehehe...Haha...!
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HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAH! *WHEEZE!* KEHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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WH-What the hell!? What’s so funny!?
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Nothing, it’s just...! I can see why it is Narumi gets so excited over the prospects of fights now! I’m glad you’re so determined to give it your all! Anything less would be BORING!
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That said...You’re still not gonna defeat me...!
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I wouldn’t be so sure. Without that stupid hoola hoop of yours, you don’t have anything to take us down with. Look at you! You’re just skin and bones!
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And we’ve got Mahiru’s camera and hacking guns to disable it!
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*sigh* Yeah, that’s kinda annoying. That camera’s certainly a unique lil’ tool. And that’s why...
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Wha-HAAAH!
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MAHIRU!?
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She’s gonna be the FIRST to die!
*Against anyone’s expectations, two pieces of the ring suddenly circle back around and piece Mahiru’s shoulders, rocketing her straight up in the air! Akira also launches himself upward after her with his ring pieces carrying him.
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WOOOH!
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UGH! AAOUGH!
*SMASH!*
*Akira punches Mahiru round the face, then uses his weapon to send them flying into the distance. They crash into the second island library.
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But you’re not gonna be the last...
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Negh!
*Mahiru smacks Akira away and rushes down the alley.
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Where are you going!?
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Yah!
*Mahiru ducks as the pieces of the ring barely hit her, slicing through her short hair.
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HHNNGH!
*She grabs a nearby bookshelf and thrusts whole weight into it, causing them to topple over like dominos.
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Really!?
*Akira reassembles the hoop and slices through the bookshelves like they’re paper. 
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ACK! YEAAAAAAGH!
*The hoops pieces hook themselves to Mahiru again and launch her through the library ceiling. In the distance, Peko and the others make their way as fast as they can over to her.
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This is bad! He’s going to kill her!
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What do we do!?
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...!
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...!
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Don’t worry...! She knows what she’s doing!
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Huh?
*ZZZZRRRK!*
*Akira basically slices the whole library to ribbons, and as Mahiru falls, she rolls on top of the falling debris. While she’s airborne, Akira flies in as fast as he can.
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Let’s end this!
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*catch!*
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!!!?
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And now...
*WHOOSH!*
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SAY CHEESE!
*SNAP!*
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OH SHIIIIIT!
*Akira doesn’t see it coming. He goes in for a punch, but Mahiru catches his fist. He then maneuvers himself behind her, but Mahiru predicts this attack, whirls around and snaps him with her camera. Akira’s weapon is immediately disabled and they both fall a long way to the ground.
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CATCH ME CATCH ME CATCH ME!
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HOOYAH!
*Peko leaps into the air and catches Mahiru before she smashes to the ground.
*CRAASSH!*
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AAHAAGH!
*Akira isn’t so lucky. He falls into a pile of rubble and the pieces of his ring clatter to the ground beside him.
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I told you! Without that weapon, you’re NOTHING!
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Nggrgh...! You...bitch...!
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Sorry!? I can’t hear you! Stand up and say that to my face you loser!
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Yeah! Where was all that bravado you had before!? Was that all a failed attempt at intimidation!?
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You act all sure and casual about everything, but it doesn’t make you mature! In fact you’re quite the opposite! Like an overconfident egotistic little brat.
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...!
*The pieces finally regain energy and they reassemble back into swords. Akira grabs them and they pull him to his feet.
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Talk as much shit as you want...! You’re not gonna-
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*SLASH!*
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ECK!
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I’m sorry? What were you saying?
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Hngh!
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...!
*Before Akira can launch himself forward, Peko jumps towards him and slices him across the chest. Akira briefly clutches his wound then throws his blades at Peko, who dodges both of them.
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*POW!* *POW!*
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!!??
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*WHAM!*
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UGH! 
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Do us all a favor and GO DOWN ALREADY!
*After Peko dodges the swords, Hiyoko shoots both of them with the hacking gun, sending them clattering to the ground in pieces. Defenseless because being unable to recall them, Akira cannot block an ensuing kick to the ribs from the kimono-clad dancer.
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HEEE!
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!!!
*Akira then reaches up and has to push into Mikan, as she brings a huge syringe down upon him.
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I don’t care who or what you are! I’m not gonna be satisfied until I run this jab through you!
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You think I’m scared of some little girl with some giant ass syringe!?
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MIKAN! GET BACK!
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HAAH!
*With Ibuki’s shout, Mikan jumps back in time to avoid Akira recalling his ring.
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Where are-!?
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*SMASH!*
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AHACK!
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*CRASH!* *BASH!* *BANG!*
*As Akira lurches to his feet, Ibuki goes crazy on him, smacking him in the face and body with her guitar weapon.
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You might think you’re above everyone else, but you’re just like all the other boys.
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You think you’re special, or that you’ve got some special power, but I’ve never fought a real battle a day in my life, and I could STILL kick your ass!
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Why you-!
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*SNAP!*
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!!!??
*Mahiru once again disables Akira’s ring before he can attack Ibuki with it.
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Nice one Mahiru!
*SMASH!*
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AHACK!
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Pekoyama Art...KIERU!
*SLASH!*
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GAAGH! YAAAAGH! AH!?
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Mikan!
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GOT IT!
*SPAT!!*
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AAHCK!
*Everything happens too fast.  Ibuki gives another wallop to Akira, and sends him flying. While he’s soaring through the air, Peko readies her blade and gives Akira another hard slash with it. When steadying himself, Hiyoko suddenly ties his hands behind his back with a ribbon and then kicks him forward, allowing Mikan to stab him in the leg with her needle! Akira collapses on the floor.
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Hnggh...GAGH!
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...
*He tries to get up, but Mahiru stamps on his chest and pins him to the ground.
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Go ahead. Call back that weapon of yours. I dare you to.
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...
*Akira looks around as Peko, Ibuki, Mikan, Hiyoko and Mahiru all loom over him.
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*sigh* Hehehehe...
*He lets his head hang back.
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I got my ass beat by a buncha girls...Narumi’ll never let me hear the end of this...
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I gotta admit. I know I was talking a lot of smack, but that was seriously a lot easier than I thought it’d be.
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Yeah, for the final boss, that was pretty easy.
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I don’t like it. Is this really the same threat that killed Fujimori and is trying to take over the world?
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Rub salt in my wound why don’t you? And I’ll have you know it’s the boss that’s the one trying to take over the world and make this Killing Game happen.
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By “the boss” you mean Tsumugi Shirogane, don’t you? 
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If you don’t care about her killing game, why are you still helping her with it?
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What the hell else am I supposed to do? Go back to trolling Reddit and Twitter users? Nah...This is way more fun...
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...Fun...?
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Hm? GAAHACK!
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Mikan!
*Mikan suddenly runs her syringe through Akira’s chest. She on purposefully misses his heart or lungs, but he still feels the pain.
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You disrupt the lives of innocent people just for fun and games? Are you serious!?
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Oh come now...as ex-terrorists, you gotta *SPLUTTER!* admit there’s...merit to wrecking shit, don’t ya?
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Are you BEGGING to be killed!?
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Not really...Dying...sucks...Still though, even if I do somehow die here, no one’s gonna care. It’s not like my role here matters.
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Wh-What does that mean?
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There’s something you girls got wrong...
*Akira suddenly points to the sky.
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I...am not the final boss...
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!!?
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EVERYONE GET BACK-!
*CRAASSSSH!!!
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*SCREAMING!*
*A massive impact suddenly bursts down from the sky and blows the whole group backwards!
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HUP! HAH! YAH!
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Hajime! Nekomaru!
*Before any of the girls can feel the impact, Hajime and Nekomaru suddenly arrive and catch them before they land.
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Are you ok!?
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eh...kinda...? Ibuki?
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I teenk may brain jus commeeted sooside!
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She’s fine.
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Wh-What even WAS that?
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Everyone get behind me.
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...
*The dust cloud settles and the masked figure emerges from it.
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Tsuchiya. Are you alright?
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Hm...I dunno...
*He sarcastically looks down at his wounds.
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No, I don’t think I am?
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Then tag out. Stop waffling and go and complete your mission. Taking these guys out was MY job.
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Sorry...Got carried away...
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There’s a secret passage underneath the island that leads to the docks. Kazuichi and Fuyuhiko are probably travelling through there. You can get inside it from the hotel.
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!!!??
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H-How did he-!?
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Oh sweet. Thanks man.
*Akira picks himself up with his rings, and then flies through the sky towards the hotel.
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Oh no you don’t!
*Mahiru aims with her camera, but before she can take a picture.
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*WHAAAMMMM!!*
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!!!!!!???
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MAHIRUUUU!!!
*The man in the mask rushes forward and delivers a huge kick straight Mahiru’s jaw! She rockets straight into the brick rubble and is taken out immediately! The figure flips back through the air.
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Sorry, but this was all part of the contract. Now tell me, who would like to step up next?
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!!!??
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!!!??
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!!!??
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!!!??
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!!!??
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!!!??
*Everyone else is left speechless and motionless faced with the sheer presence of the masked man.
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As I thought...You might all be talented and powerful, but you’re ALL cowards. You never use your abilities for the right purpose when it matters.
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...You’re wrong...That sort of thing only applies to me...!
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Hm?
*Hajime nods to Mikan, who rushes over to Mahiru and tends to her wounds, digging her out of the rubble. Hajime turns back to Nagito.
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Mahiru created that special weapon so that she could utilize her talent in a way that no one else would ever even think of. You’re WRONG to say that she’s too shallow with her usage of it!
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The same goes for Ibuki! And Mikan! And everyone else! You have no right to call any of them cowards, especially when you hide behind that stupid mask and won’t show your face!
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Go on! I dare you to take it off! Show us EXACTLY what you’ve become...! Nagito Komaeda!
*Dead silence fills the air after Hajime’s proclamation.
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N-...Nagi...to?
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You’re saying that that man...is Nagito...?
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Hajime figured it out almost instantly...I couldn’t believe it myself.
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...You’re naturally pretty perceptive...That much I’ll give you...Unless you’re just relying on those Ultimate Talents of yours.
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But...WHY Nagito? Why would you sign up with Organization Zetsubou!? They’re evil, and they stand for everything you oppose!
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Who are you to tell me what I do and don’t oppose!? It’s not out of the question that people would grow and evolve, and turn their backs on old ideals. In fact, ever since I met YOU, everything I’ve ever stood for has come into question!
*He points at Hajime.
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And you can’t accept that, can you?
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Let’s just say this isn’t me falling into Despair...It’s my own special version of finding Hope...You want to see me take off the mask Hinata? Well, don’t start crying when you don’t like what you see...
*Nagito removes his armor and his helmet.
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...
*Hajime staggers backwards. His worst fears proving to have become very real in an instant...
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No...you’re...you’re kidding me...!
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I don’t...believe this...!
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I know you must think very lowly of me for this...But do you recall what it is that I despised about you most Hajime Hinata? It’s the very fact that through thick and thin...
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You and I have always been the same...!
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monsterkissed · 2 years
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if i see that post where ppl r complaining very legitimately about ppl who refuse to just ask u to do a thing or say what they mean and then get pissy when u fail to read their mind and punish you for their refusal to make reasonable requests with that utter bullshit addition ab how actually it’s female socialisation to not say what u mean so it’s actually your responsibility to deal with it bc everyone else likes not being honest and direct and we all have to make communication compromises uwu etc etc, then i am going to be Unkind
“this is how most people are socialised” yes. that’s why it’s shit and that’s why it’s the responsibility of the ppl who benefit from and can navigate the system to make it accessible to others, not the other way around. that is in fact how this kind of social power imbalance works. this is not an even playing field and yes, i am leveraging my literal qualifications in communication and disability to say that putting the onus on the people who struggle with arbitrary and dishonest social systems to be the ones who have to make the compromises and learn the negotiation techniques (with all the necessary ego-cushioning and self-effacing one requires when making requests of the party in the position of power) is ridiculous and cruel. a lot of disabled people are going to struggle just to grasp the hoops they have been tasked with jumping thru and it’s vile to then say it’s their fault if they get upset bc someone chewed them out for not doing a task they were never asked to do and they need to be more understanding ab the situation they were given no tools to deal with.
particularly children! how many of the ppl who mention this issue are or are talking about events that happened when they were children? even neurotypical kids should not have to be the ones to learn about and implement communication and negotiation techniques for getting adults in their lives to stop punishing them for ignoring commands they were never given. kids should not have to negotiate that shit with their own parents and teachers ffs it’s so incredibly disingenuous to pretend that this is just a competing access needs issue between adults who are all at peak mental capacity and skill levels
in my (woman-dominated, fwiw) field i have to tell every single new senior staff member i meet that bc i am autistic i need explicit commands or i will not know what to do. i need them to be thorough and complete bc i will not make leaps of logic to fill in “obvious” gaps. i have to tell them this not bc i want to do a good job (which i do) but because if i don’t they will report or spread gossip about me being lazy, uncooperative, incompetent and ignorant, and i will get in trouble. for failing to grasp their secret orders that were never told to me in the first place. this has happened and continues to happen, so i have to give personal medical info to a huge number of people, all of whom work in mental health and disability, to avoid being punished for doing what i was told to do and failing to realise there were other additional tasks i was never told about.
to this date i have not known any other staff member to have to ask that any requests to them be submitted through implication or indirection because otherwise it would risk them being disciplined by management. i have seen a lot of disabled clients who lack the verbal ability, communication skills, capacity or social study to realise when they were being given secret commands and have had everything from selfishness to malice attributed to them for missing the arbitrary cues and trusting that the people around them will be honest and treat them with dignity and respect.
if you have been socialised to believe that’s their fault and they are the ones who need to constantly (and, in some cases, physically impossibly) express and define their needs to everyone around them, then you have been socialised to be a self-centred piece of work
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cascadiadeafnation · 4 years
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An Upcoming Virtual Event:
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Check out Bay Area International Dance Festival 2020!
Urban Jazz Dance Company presents:
The 8th Annual Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival VIRTUAL!
August 14-16, 2020: Fri-Sat 6:00 PM (PST), Sun, 5:00 PM (PST)
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(San Francisco) The Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival is back for its eighth year and 100% virtual!  
Highlighting the important contributions that Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH) artists make to our community, the Festival features three days of performances and workshops. 
Sunday’s performance is family-friendly. In addition to the Bay Area, this year the Festival welcomes Deaf artists from California specifically, San Diego and Los Angeles, across the USA and Internationally from India, Colombia, Venezuela, Canada and Mexico. 
The Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival is a fiscally sponsored project of Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco’s oldest alternative arts space, presenting groundbreaking works in the literary, performing, visual and interdisciplinary arts. www.theintersection.org.
In addition to performances, the festival will feature workshops in Classical Indian Dance, Cumbia Dance, Jazz, Contemporary Ballet, Flamenco and more different types of dance classes taught by International, National and Local Deaf, Hoh artists. These workshops will be taught for both Youth and Adult participants in VIRTUAL. 
For more detailed information on workshops, please visit our website.  All workshops and performances are open to both Deaf and Hearing community members in ANY location around the world.
Accessibility Details
All events will have ASL and English voice interpretations, International Sign interpretation and CART captioning. Saturday’s performance will have Spanish voice interpretation. 
Sunday’s 5 PM event will have Audio Descriptions by Gabriel Christian of Gravity Access Services (www.jesscurtisgravity.org/access) supported by a generous grant from the Haas Fund, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and the National Arts and Disability Center at the University of California Los Angeles and Ability Central.
ABOUT URBAN JAZZ DANCE COMPANY:
Urban Jazz Dance Company is a convergence of artistic forces, where raw energy is rooted in an athletic expression of freedom and passion, featuring the syncopation of urban jazz rhythms.  These dancers are a mix of trained deaf and hearing dancers from all over the world.  The mission of Urban Jazz Dance is to provide opportunities for Deaf and disabled artists to contribute to the arts and the larger society and to promote the educational awareness of Deaf issues through the performing arts. The company values the importance of play and performance to connect cultures of all races, ages, disability and backgrounds to live their dreams.
About Antoine Hunter, Director
Bay Area native, Antoine Hunter also known Purple Fire Crow is an award-winning Internationally-known African-American, Indigenous, Deaf, Disable, choreographer, dancer, actor, instructor, speaker, Producer and Deaf advocate. He creates opportunities for Disable, Deaf and hearing artists and produces Deaf-friendly events, and founded the Urban Jazz Dance Company and Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival.Antoine has received numerous grants and awards including the inaugural Jeanette Lomujo Bremond Award for Humanity, Isadora Duncan (Izzie) for Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival, and SF King of Carnaval. Antoine’s work has been performed globally, most recently in Turkey, UK and Russia. He has lectured across the U.S. including at Kennedy Center’s VSA, Harvard and Duke University, and the National Assembly of State Arts. In 2019 alone, his company Urban Jazz Dance Company, an ensemble of professional Deaf and Hearing dancers, performed for and engaged more than 4,200 schoolchildren. His shoe company DropLabs and Susan Paley just released an innovative product to help people feel music through their shoes. He is Vice President of Deaf Counseling, Advocacy and Referral Agency (DCARA's) Board. DCARA is a non-profit, community-based social service agency serving the deaf community. Established in 1962 as one of the first deaf-run agencies in the country. 
www.RealUrbanJazzDance.com
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Samantha Figgins (New York)Deaf Pride Dance Company (Bay Area)
Danzaluz (Venezuela)
Natasha Bacchus (Canada)
Irit Specktor (Los Angeles, California)
Carlos Javier Ortega Opisno (Colombia)
Matthew J Posh Schwartz (New York)
Proyecto Paz (Mexico/Bay Area)
Fusion in Motion (San Diego, California)
Lark Detweiler (Los Angeles, California)
Fusion in Motion (San Diego, California)
Shruti Neelesh Kelkar (India)
Visceral Roots Dance Company (Bay Area)
Listen With Your Eyes Dance Troupe (Arkansas)
And MORE local, national and international artists!
FRIDAY AUGUST 14 | 6 PM PST
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Going from left to right, descriptions are as follows:An artist portrait of a single dreadlock visible across his cheek and the rest of his hair in a low braid. Antoine has a full beard and is bare chested with his left hand raised artistically near his face. His right hand is gently supporting his left forearm.
Picture of a Young Black Woman smiles and poses with her hand on her hip with her left leg lifted to her side. Wearing a pink floral jumpsuit.
Lark, a young nonbinary person wearing a red sequined long sleeve crop top posing at a beachstands against the sky. Lark looks up and while extending their left elbow artistically toward the sky.
Blue-eyed woman looking directly at the camera, her face is partially hidden by a red flamenco abanico (fan). She is wearing an embroidered silk shawl.Two Dancers posed in black dark background. They pose in a modern stylistic way connected to each other, one in a ponche, the other with their head back.
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Deynis, a Latinx presenting person wearing a black tank top, dancing barefoot crouched down on a stage wearing a dark sequined jacket and black pants.Black and white photo of headshots of all the dancers with bare shoulders. From left to right is one male and four females. 
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Jewish male with brown pompadour hairstyle with blended blue green yellow blonde on sides of head, wearing black top, cape, and tights. Silver tree branch necklace while signing sign name: JPosh with right hand using the ILY 
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Starting from left to right: (far left side) 
A male, with dark brown thin cut beard and mustache, wearing a baseball hat with letterings of a baseball team, and wearing a burgundy colored polo shirt. (next left) 
A female with dark brown long thick curly hair pulled up in back, with bright red lipstick, wearing a yellow sleeveless turtleneck shirt and mixed brown and tan colored earrings. (in the middle) 
A female with light brown curly hair pulled back with long bangs pulled to the right side of face, wearing a blue tank top with a black tank top layered underneath, and soft mauve colored lipstick. (far right side) 
A female, with long blond braided hair hanging over left shoulder, wearing a black fedora style hat, silver hoop earrings and a cheetah-print short sleeve shirt. 
Professional portrait of Noelle taken from above. Noelle has long, curly brown hair and is smiling at the camera. They are wearing a black dance top with a mesh pattern of small rectangles over their chest.
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Carlos, a Latinx presenting person is leaning against a wall made of colorful flattened rocks. He is wearing a white sweater with a blue banana around his neck as he holds a wide brimmed straw and brown colored hat. 
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All eyes on Fujifilm x-t3 review , the Fujifilm x-t3 is the best APS-C mirrorless digital camera that the business enterprise has ever produced, and it’s many of the pleasant and most versatile alternatives available on the market that isn’t full-body. At $1,500 (frame only) or $1,900 with a very good 18-55mm kit lens, the X-T3 is a sophisticated show off for the advances Fujifilm has made in stills pictures, and it’s almost startling how quick the company has honed its video chops. At a time whilst even Canon and Nikon are turning their attention to complete-body mirrorless cameras, Fujifilm is pronouncing “not so fast.” Though it seems quite acquainted, the X-T3 is a worthy improve to the X-T2 with a long listing of upgrades that grow to be evident when you start taking pictures with it. Fujifilm x-t3 release date is September 20, 2018
Fujifilm x-t3 review
As with Fuji’s different cameras, the X-T3 is rooted in a retro-looking, weatherproofed layout that’s meant to provide it the texture of an analog movie digital camera. Its frame is sort of equal to the X-T2’s, and no matter some hand-wringing over Fujifilm assembling it in China in place of Japan, the entirety about the hardware feels on par, sometimes better than, the X-T2. The command dials on the front and back turn with a good more enjoyable click. None of the buttons sense loose. And the magnesium alloy frame feels as sturdy and solidly built as ever. The X-T3’s left-aspect door homes a mic enter, headphone jack, USB Type-C port, and HDMI. Dual SD slots occupy the proper facet. Having USB-C right here is certainly pleasant. The digicam does seem to price quicker, relying on what it’s plugged into, and you can use a supported battery percent to preserve it juiced up at the pass. The built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth make it smooth to offload pics from digicam to telephone. Fujifilm x-t3 release date is September 20, 2018
  Fujifilm x-t3 review
Fujifilm x-t3  Specs
GOOD STUFF
Improved, faster autofocus
Up to 11 fps (mechanical) or 30 fps (electronic) continuous shooting
Powerful 4K video-creation tool
Sharp, fluid EVF is a joy to look through
Usability improvements to buttons and dials
Great-quality images right out of camera
BAD STUFF
No in-body image stabilization
Rear LCD doesn’t flip around for vlogging
Shallow grip isn’t the best fit for large hands
Battery life still demands carrying a spare
Fujifilm x-t3 specs , there are buttons and dials galore at the X-T3, each of which may be customized for short get admission to to your often-used features and settings, so that you’ll lose much less time to the camera’s menus. You won’t find a mode wheel right here like you will on most virtual cameras. Instead, Fuji’s dials at the camera provide you with direct manage over shutter speed, ISO, and publicity reimbursement (and you may set aperture with the the front or returned dial if you don’t want to use the hoop that’s to be had on most Fujifilm lenses), letting you manually prioritize any of them and letting the digital camera do the rest. Fujifilm x-t3 release date is September 20, 2018
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Fujifilm x-t3 review , the shutter velocity and ISO dials are lockable, which prevents them from getting turned out of region. And in a welcome trade, the publicity comp dial has been slightly downsized and moved inward and faraway from the top right aspect where it changed into all too smooth to accidentally rotate on the X-T2 and rangefinder-fashion X-Pro2. It’s an admittedly minor tweak, but it suggests Fujifilm is paying attention to the photographers who are the use of its gear. The identical is going for the diopter that now locks to prevent your electronic viewfinder from going blurry. That EVF has been prolonged out a chunk to keep your nostril from constantly smushing up towards the rear display.
And what an excellent viewfinder it’s far. Fujifilm x-t3 specs , the 3.Sixty nine-million-dot OLED EVF has a 60 fps refresh fee, which ramps as much as one hundred fps while the digital camera is in its boosted overall performance mode. It’s first-rate to apply and a substantive step up from the only X-T2 proprietors peer thru.
Fujifilm x-t3 specs , the 3.2-inch back LCD, at the same time as unchanged in sharpness, is now a touchscreen, which brings with it some blessings. If you’re framing your shot with the display, you may tap everywhere to recognition. But my favourite “function” of the touch show is that even if searching into the EVF, you can slide a finger across the display to move the point of interest factor while not having to attain for the joystick. You can also interact with the quick settings (Q) menu thru faucets. The rear display screen nevertheless articulates up or down when you’re retaining the digital camera above or beneath you, but unluckily, it doesn’t absolutely turn around, which would’ve been immensely useful for vlogging. You also can customize swipes at the screen to act as software shortcuts — every direction can do something extraordinary — but I located that I prompted these manner too often once I didn’t suggest to and disabled the option altogether.
Fujifilm x-t3 price
Fujifilm x-t3 price
Fujifilm x-t3 review , by important criticism of the X-T3’s layout is still its grip, which, in case you’ve got huge arms like me, isn’t as extensive as I’d like — especially whilst larger lenses like the 18-135mm are connected. For Fujifilm’s compact primes, it’s best, however you would possibly need to consider the overpriced steel grip (or vertical battery grip) in case you’ve got any of the organization’s heavier glass. But unlike with the X-T2, you don’t want to shop for the battery grip to benefit such things as a headphone jack for monitoring audio or quicker non-stop capturing; that’s all built at once into the camera this time.
Fujifilm x-t3 specs , the 26-megapixel X-Trans 4 sensor (up from 24MP in the X-T2) marks the first time Fujifilm has long past with a bottom-illuminated (BSI) sensor in its cameras, which allows the X-T3 to gather a chunk more mild and drop its base ISO to 160. It has segment-locate autofocus spanning throughout the whole body and a total of 425 selectable AF points.
Fujifilm x-t3 specs , you can shoot full decision with the mechanical shutter at eleven fps or, if you’re k with a 1.25x crop, at an absurd 30 fps the use of the electronic shutter and not using a blackout inside the EVF. There’s a useful Sports Finder Mode function for the latter situation with the intention to display you what’s simply outdoor the body, giving you a higher threat of nailing the shot when shifting topics are worried. And a brand new pre-shot mode is supposed to assist avoid missing moments by beginning to shoot with the electronic shutter while the shutter button is pressed halfway — repeatedly filling and clearing the buffer — and saving a chain of pictures starting just earlier than you press it down all the way. It’s no longer in contrast to the capabilities on cutting-edge smartphone cameras that assist make sure you don’t pass over the crucial moment.
Fujifilm x-t3 maintains to provide extremely good out-of-digital camera JPEGs that require little to no processing earlier than they’re worth of sharing. When you do edit RAW, there’s lots of leeway for improving shadows and pulling again highlights. To me, standard imaging overall performance feels very much like the X-T2. I’ve visible other opinions observe that the X-T3 is barely noisier at excessive ISOs, however this isn’t some thing that stood out to me. When I want to move there, my ISO 6,400 pix feel simply as usable as earlier than and hold a huge amount of element. The enterprise’s signature movie simulations are all blanketed, and you additionally get a new colour chrome impact thrown in, which “produces deeper colorings and gradation in subjects with distinctly saturated colorations present.” It’s a useful trick for keeping reds in plants or automobiles beneath manage. Fujifilm x-t3 release date is September 20, 2018
Autofocus in the X-T3 is relatively advanced to that of Fujifilm’s different X-Series cameras, locking onto and tracking subjects in continuous mode with a kind of self assurance that wasn’t there before. It’s additionally better in low light, able to consciousness down to -3EV versus -1EV inside the X-T2. That doesn’t mean the digital camera will never hunt at all; whilst capturing a live performance at New York’s very darkish Rockwood Music Hall, it sincerely did. But on every occasion the rectangular over your awareness point turns inexperienced, you can be quite certain the digital camera is hitting the mark. And having phase-hit upon AF throughout the whole viewfinder is a big help, putting off any pressure to hold your subject somewhat centered.
Fujifilm has additionally remodeled its algorithms for eye and face detection, and the improvement is hanging. Whereas earlier than it changed into an choice that loads of humans may have absolutely omitted, now, it locks onto human beings with little put off. And for the first time, face/eye AF additionally works whilst recording video. It’s similarly on factor there, primarily based on some checks I did. The disadvantage is that the camera isn’t brilliant at coping with a couple of people in the equal shot — you can’t pick out which face to attention on — but this seems like some thing Fujifilm can iron out with firmware updates. These leaps in high-pace shooting and AF performance are enabled by the X-Processor four, which is three instances quicker than the chip powering Fuji’s previous generation. Even Fujifilm’s every now and then-gradual f/1.Four primes are becoming a shot inside the arm and appear to fasten consciousness faster on the X-T3.
Fujifilm x-t3 specs, the new processor additionally contributes to the X-T3’s powerhouse video capabilities. This digicam allows you to internally shoot 4K video at as much as 60 fps in 10-bit 4:2:zero colour proper to the SD card in H.265/HEVC, and you can select a bitrate of up to 400Mbps for body costs of 30p and beneath. (The even extra facts-wealthy four:2:2 recording is to be had externally over HDMI.) Now, don’t get beaten by using the videographer jargon; what it all means is that the X-T3 is a splendidly succesful video-advent tool that’s proper up there with Panasonic’s nice. If you choose having the maximum dynamic range when grading, Fuji’s F-Log profile is the manner to move, however there’s additionally a movie simulation designed for video called Eterna that have to work notable for widespread editing functions. I’m now not approximately to up and begin a brand new career as a filmmaker or YouTuber, but the X-T3 places some contemporary creativity at your disposal. It’s spectacular to peer how a long way Fujifilm’s video abilities have come. The lopsided days of this company’s cameras being superb for stills and horrible for video are over. Fujifilm x-t3 release date is September 20, 2018
But the lack of a flip-round screen is a exact knock in opposition to the X-T3. The face detection is reliable sufficient that vloggers can probably get away with conserving the camera towards them with a extensive lens and capturing blind, however that’s nowhere near as exact as having a display to glance at. It appears like Fujifilm purposefully decided towards one just to provide a destiny X-H2 every other promoting factor past in-frame image stabilization. On that subject, I do wish the X-T3 had IBIS. It’s the only lacking element right here that would really positioned this camera over the top. But I’m no longer certain how Fujifilm could’ve filled it in with out compromising the X-T3’s appealing design. Battery lifestyles is simply barely progressed over the X-T2, so I’m firmly locked within the dependancy of shutting the digital camera off whenever I don’t need it and am almost constantly sporting a spare. (The digital camera will annoyingly nag you whenever it’s switched on in case you’re the usage of some thing except the agency’s $65 W126S battery, so be forewarned in case you’re thinking about cheaper off-brand alternatives.)
Fujifilm x-t3 specs, the X-T3 is the pleasant X-Series digital camera ever made, however that doesn’t make it an ideal camera — or maybe the ideal mirrorless one in a few instances. Sony’s complete-body mirrorless cameras (and the new entrants from Nikon and Canon) will provide depth of subject and occasional-light overall performance which might be definitely past what this APS-C sensor can do. If you want that stage of digital camera, you probable won’t give Fujifilm’s today’s extreme consideration. Fujifilm x-t3 release date is September 20, 2018
But each person else in the market for a digital camera have to absolutely supply the X-T3 a close look. This is the pinnacle of the X-Series to date, improving upon the X-T2 with greater advanced autofocus, blazing-fast non-stop taking pictures, and video output that firmly places it inside the equal communique as Sony and Panasonic. Fujifilm’s lens lineup is stuffed out and complete. (But significantly, don’t sleep at the package lens.) And if the beyond is anything to head via, the X-T3 could be an even better, more function-packed camera a year or two from now as Fujifilm maintains to build upon what it can already do through everyday firmware updates. Aside from the obvious IBIS and flippy screen enhancements, I’m certainly curious approximately where a capacity X-T4 goes from here.
What a top notch time to love photography.
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