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duckprintspress · 13 days

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Fandom Lexicon: D and E

Happy Saturday! It’s time for our next Fandom Lexicon post, our first with two letters – there aren’t that many E’s, so here we have it, D + E! All together, I expect the 28 categories for the Lexicon (26 letters, plus numbers and symbols, plus a post of “abbreviations used to refer to specific fandoms”) to be spread across 19 posts – but that includes the ones I’ve already posted.

You can check out all the parts of the lexicon posted so far here.

Spot a mistake? Know a term we missed? Let us know!

Lexicon Entries Beginning with D: (read more)

DA: Abbreviation for “different anon.” When anonymously commenting or sending an anonymous ask, DA or “different anon” will be used to differentiate that a person is not the same anonymous commenter as another anonymous commenter that has already spoken.

DA: Abbreviation for “DeviantArt,” sometimes written dA. A website where artists can host their artwork in galleries, interact with other artists, and participate in different types of challenges. Visit DeviantArt.

Danmei: Chinese media (literature and other types) featuring gay (specifically men) love. Read more about danmei.

Dashcon: A truly terrible Tumblr convention that was held in July of 2014. The feature most often referred to was a very small ball pit; instead of offering refunds for a panel that fell through, the organizers offered disappoint fans “an extra half-hour in the ball pit.” Read more about DashCon.

Dead Dove/Dead Dove: Do Not Eat: A fanwork tag used alongside other tags to indicate absolute truth in advertising; in other words: heed the tags, because they clearly articulate what is within. Most often used for works with darker themes. Name is derived from a scene in the sitcom Arrested Development in which a bag is labeled “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” and when a character opens the bag, it contains… a dead dove. And he says he’s not sure why he expected anything else. Occasionally abbreviated as DD or DDDNE. Read more about the phrase “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat.”

Disaster Bi: A bisexual person who is deemed to be a “disaster” due to lack of personal awareness, inability to process feelings, struggles with self-acceptance, or well-intended but not well thought out acts of kindness, to name just a few possibilities. If the character is a mess and is also bisexual, they are a disaster bi.

Disc Horse: A facetious way to refer to discourse.

Discord: A chatting platform. Visit Discord.com.

Discourse: Ongoing/circular/repetitive discussion about an actual or perceived problem that some people feel strongly about, and others wish would simply stop. Discourse can either be within a fandom (“there’s discourse about (character name)”) or about more general meta-fandom issues (“time for the annual discourse about kink at Pride”). Read more about the term “discourse.” See also wank (pending).

DL;DR: Abbreviation for “don’t like, don’t read.” 1. A warning to potential readers to pay attention to the tags/synopsis and move along if they don’t like what they see. 2. A reminder to people getting up-in-arms about other people making content they don’t like – “if you don’t like it, you don’t have to read it.” Sometimes abbreviated without the colon. Read more about the term DL;DR.

DM: Abbreviation for “dungeon master.” In many roleplaying games such as Dungeons and Dragons, the DM is the person responsible for creating the overarching story and running the game in accordance with the chosen rule’s systems rules. Read more about DMs.

DM: Abbreviation for “direct message.” On many messaging platforms such as Discord, DMs are the in-platform way of contacting another person directly, without involving other people in a chat. Read more about DMs. See also PM (pending).

DNI: Abbreviation for “do not interact.” An acronym often used alongside a list of characteristics, interests, or other attributes that a social media user does not want to interact with the things they post. Often shared via a Carrd or pinned post. Read more about DNIs.

DNR: Abbreviation for “did not read” or “do not read.” 1. Used on reading sites like Goodreads to indicate that the person chose not to read the book in question and/or does not recommend that others should not, either. 2. A term aimed at a previous poster in a chain of comments/responses on the same, especially one who was long winded, to indicate that a subsequent reader has not read what came before. 3. When someone is opining on a book or article, DNR may be used to indicate that they haven’t read one or more of the works they are referencing.

DNW: Abbreviation for “do not want.” Something a person actively dislikes. Often used in fandom exchanges, where participants are expected to list their “do wants” and “do not wants” as part of guiding their exchange partner in what kind of work they’d most like to receive.

Donghua: Animation/cartoons from China. Read more about donghua.

DP: Abbreviation for many things; in fandom spaces it most often refers to “double penetration.” In pornographic works, DP refers to a person being penetrated in two ways. May refer to penetration in two holes, or double penetration in one, and also may refer to having two penetrating partners, or one penetrating partner using multiple appendages and/or toys.

Drabble: Traditionally a drabble is a piece of fiction that is exactly 100 words long. In more recent use it refers to fiction that is roughly one paragraph in length. Sometimes can now be used to refer to any micro-fic; anyone in fandom over a certain age will fight you if you use it that way, though. Read more about drabbles.

Dubcon : Shortened term for “dubious consent.” Used to refer to situations where it is uncertain whether a sex act is actually consensual. Can be as mild as “someone didn’t ask permission before kissing someone they’ve been dating for months” or as extreme as “well they kind of seem to want it so I went all the way…” Often modified with a word indicating the degree to which the consent is dubious, ranging from “mild dubcon” (like the kiss) through “extremely dubcon.”

DW: Abbreviation for Dreamwidth. A blogging platform build similarly to Livejournal. Visit Dreamwidth.

Lexicon Entries Beginning with E:

Edit: Aside from the obvious definition of “suggested changes made to a written work to improve it’s spelling, grammar, and readability,” referring to something as “an edit” has several meanings in fandom. 1. Used to indicate a post has been edited, and how. For example, “Edit: since I made the original post, I’ve learned…” 2. A video of compiled scenes from a visual media property, set to music of the creator’s choice. See also: AMV, fan edit (below, pending). 3. A video of compiled scenes from a visual media property, arranged to tell a different story than what was seen in the original.

Eeby Deeby: 1. Originally a reference to the sound Twiki the robot makes in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Often made into a sex joke. 2. Referenced in a meme with an elevator that says “Eeby Deeby” on the screen. 3. Hell or purgatory. Read more about the term “eeby deeby.”

ETA: Abbreviation for “edited to add.” On platforms where posts can be edited after posting, an ETA may be added and labeled as such if the original poster decides to change the post for any reason. As many platforms include both an original posting date and an “edited on” date, including an ETA is a courtesy way of helping people who see the post quickly understand how it may have been changed since it was posted. See also: edit.

Exchange: A fandom event in which the participants sign up and provide a few examples of things they like and things they don’t like (See DNW), and then are paired up with another participant to create something for that person. Ideally, every participant will get a gift from another participant, and no one will know who is making what for whom until the big reveal at the end when all works are shared out. Sometimes called a “gift exchange.” Read more about exchanges.

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madaobimonday · 6 months

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Welcome to the official MadaObiMonday blog!

Here you can find the weekly prompts and more. If you’re stumbling across this event for the first time, you surely have questions… like:

“What is MadaObiMonday?”

It’s a weekly low-pressure event dedicated to shipping Madara and Obito! There’s a new prompt every Sunday (one day early) so we can be creative together and post on Mondays!

“Do I have to post on Mondays…?”

Nope. You can post on every day of the week. (There’s no time limit either.) The fixed date is just to uphold a sense of regularity.

“And what should I make?”

Anything!!! Everything is possible! Nothing is too small!

Make art! Make fic! Make GIFs! Edits! Write down a fleeting thought and post it! Give us your rough scribbles!

“How close do I have to stick to the prompts?”

You can interpret the prompt however you want. Take as much creative freedom as you need. You don‘t have to stick to the exact wording of the prompt.

“Can I include other ships than Madara/Obito?”

As long as the focus is on the main ship, you can put in as many other ships as you want, including poly ships.

“Can I make nsfw/dark/sensitive content?”

Of course! But please keep in mind to stick to the rules of the platform you choose to post on. (And don’t forget to tag your work accordingly!)

“What platforms can I post on?”

Naturally, you can post your work everywhere… But currently the event itself is mainly organised and observed by a single person on tumblr. Your work will be reblogged to this blog if you use the tag #madaobimonday. The event won’t be “supervised” on other sites. But there is a special collection under the same name (“MadaObiMonday”) on ao3 where you can add your fics and other works!

“Can I make stuff for past prompts?”

Of course! Here’s a link to the list of past madaobimonday prompts.

“Can we propose new word prompts somewhere?”

Yes, you can. :) Just send them into the ask box and they might become one of the future prompts. If your prompt is longer than a word/short word group, it may (or may not) get shortened by the mod.

Your prompt will be credited to you when it's posted, unless

you specifically request in your message that you want to be unnamed

you send the ask via anon

#madaobimonday

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quirkwizard · 1 year

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I know you made a post of AFO giving the Shie Hassaikai secondary Quirks, which was honestly really good tbh. Have you done this for 1A, 1B, Teachers, LOV, MLA, or other groups? I can't seem to find them. If there's any I mentioned you haven't done, just whatever is first in that list is my idea/request/suggestion for a post.

First off, thank you. I’m glad you liked my choices for that. Second, I haven’t done any other ones, except for the LOV, so I can talk about this idea with a few other characters. Though I will be starting with 1A for this one.

Sato-Springlike Limbs: Since none of the Quirks can really help Sato, might as well double down by increasing his striking power and at least augmenting his lackluster mobility.

Hagakure-Storage: This is basically just giving everyone invisibility. Hagakure can sneak in wherever she wants and suddenly pull out an entire force of heroes, seemingly from nowhere. It is both effective and hilarious.

Mineta-Wings: While Mineta can bounce around on his own, some flight would still be useful. It could help him scatter his orbs across an area, get in a good position to trap someone with them, or let him escape a bad situation.

Aoyama-Infrared: I was tempted to give him "Air Walk" like Lady Nagant, but I think Aoyama needs all the help he can get with his shots. Plus, by seeing people through surfaces, he could hit them more regularly by shooting without line of sight.

Koda-Warping: With how many animal allies Koda either has or needs around him, a Quirk that can let him either get animals to him faster or keep the animals he has out of harm's way would do a lot to help him.

Sero-Hypertrophy: While this could help Sero’s poor defense and offense, I mostly gave it to him to combine it with "Tape". Because I could imagine him making this massive, super dense version of his own tape with this Quirk in play.

Kirishima-Absorb and Release: Considering that Kirishima’s main gimmick is taking as much damage as possible, being hit by the attack shouldn’t be that bad. In return, he can blast back whatever is coming at him for extra damage.

Mina-Air Cannon: Arguably Mina’s greatest weakness is her poor range. With "Air Cannon", she could use that to make and then launch her acid. It could even work to further shape and modify the acid, like making an acid orb.

Tenya-Search: This doesn’t really have any combination potential, but I do think that it would mix well with his natural speed and logistical skills. He could just run around tagging whomever he needs for later, whether they are friend or foe.

Tokoyami-Naval Laser: The second most obvious pick. Not only would this give Tokoyami a reliable means to tame Dark Shadow, but it also gives him some much-needed self-sufficiency as a fighter for when Dark Shadow can’t help him.

Tsuyu-Air Walk: I kind of went over an example like this before, but I believe that this could work really well with Tsuyu’s natural jumping abilities. By making a platform anywhere to bounce off of, she could basically become another Gran Torino.

Denki-Rivet Stab: Using "Rivet Stab" as a medium, this could actually give Denki a lot more control over his electricity and how it is shaped and moves. That and they could give him minor benefits to his mobility, which is definitely his most notable weakness.

Ojiro-Overclock: This may seem odd, but I actually think that Ojiro is the best choice for this power. Between his natural athleticism and high discipline, I think that he could apply it really well, especially when it’s used in tandem with the benefits he gets from his tail.

Jiro-Radio Waves: This just fits in too well with "Earphone Jack". I could see her combing the waves with her jacks, giving her some electrical power to her sound waves, letting her send out messages to her allies communications, or causing nearby radios to stop working.

Ochako-Shoulder-Mounted Jets: It may seem odd to give her flight, but I do think it would keep her from needing to use her power on herself, circumventing a lot of the problems that would come with that. It’s even better since she could push her zero gravity objects around more easily.

Shoji-Shapeshifting Arms: This matchup is too perfect to skip out on. I want you to think about all the arms that Shoji can make. Now I want you to imagine all of them be able to shapeshift into any number of forms and appendages, each of which could be enhanced by "Dupli Arms".

Izuku-Super Regeneration: This is probably the most obvious pairing. If Izuku keeps destroying his body, just make it so he can grow back whatever damage he goes through. It’s basically what happened with Eri, just going at full blast without any real, long lasting consequences.

Momo-Tool Arms: While this does give Momo a more combat focused ability and let her use tools without burning through her fat reserves, I’m honestly more curious about the kinds of combinations she could pull off with it and "Creation", like building up new additions for the arms.

Bakugou-Shock Absorption: Not only does this offer Bakugou some much-needed defense, it pretty much makes his main drawback a non-issue. If this can take hits from All Might, some kickback from Bakugou’s explosions shouldn’t be an issue, even some of the stronger ones.

Shoto-Impact Recoil: This is again to cover up a student’s biggest weakness, in this case being Shoto’s poor personal defense and lacking in close range. This solves both problems and could have some interesting combinations with his heat powers, like turning the kinetic impact into a freezing attack.

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alwaysalreadyangry · 1 year

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Hey! I have a ridic niche poetry / gpt complaint & you are possibly the only person I know of who shares this weird mashup of interests so I'm sending you this ask, feel free to ignore my word vomit / thoughts on yaoi, etc.

So ok, here's the thing: obviously chatgpt has changed the landscape wrt ai-generated text (for the worse, IMO) & given the spam that, say, Clarksworld, saw as a result I think it makes sense for journals & mags to bar submissions of work that wholly or partially uses ai, especially in the short term as norms & best practices around usage get sorted out. But today I was doing submission research & ran across a poetry place that bars it explicitly because they consider anything that uses ai text generation (out of any platform not just chat got) to be plagiarism. And, like. I have so many frustrations with this.

Because, yes, a person can use ai in a plagiaristic way, to create digital forgeries & the like, but like (a) by painting all uses as plagiarism it becomes harder to call out specific unethical uses, as well as make it harder to establish good boundaries for what constitutes ethical usage & best practice & (b) while I think there are many questions to be asked about training sets & what material is fair game for the companies making these models to use, I'm skeptical that output from models that haven't been fine-tuned with a specific person's work can constitute plagiarism. If you can't name a specific artist who's work is being plagiarized then that feels like it fundamentally can't be called plagiarism? Like, sure, if you want to say it's unethical in other ways, that feels fair, but is the idea that, what, any text that has been generated using ai is plagiarizing everyone? I don't think the basic premise holds; a better thing would be to say that ai is banned because of unanswered questions surrounding the datasets the model was trained on, or general ethics or whatever.

Anyway, I guess what I'm really annoyed about is the best criticisms of chatgpt & similar have largely come from people who actually have been doing interesting things with gpt / ai for years & some of the worst / most counterproductive takes seem to be coming from places like this which repeat Twitter takes without understanding the underlying issues. Aaaaand /rant.

Anyway hope you're doing well & are not spending the start of your weekend annoyed by submission guidelines as I am. (I will not subject you to my other rants about submission pet peeves, but if you have any of your own to complain about, please know I would listen with avid interest.)

(hope you don't mind me answering publicly - if i did it privately i'd lose the message you sent so this is what i default to!)

yeah i really feel you here - every time i see people talk about how AI can never make literature~ or whatever i feel like saying. it already has, just maybe not in the way you're thinking, or the way tech people with no real involvement with lit think it will, should, can.

so much of poetry & avant-garde literature and art of the last century has been made by cutting up and appropriating text or images found elsewhere, through chance operations, through bots and markov chains and generative software... the idea that ~AI (a misnomer of a term honestly) poetry, computer-generated poetry, is new is funny to me. i saw an exhibition in 2019 in vienna with this installation that dates back to 2001... the first fully autonomous poetry generator. the issue with the current state of things is like -- not about the whole concept of computer-generated or computer-aided poetry! but, like! with these increasingly large language models made by scraping the whole internet...

#sorry if this is incomprehensible but like. I AGREE!!!#answers #justforfollowingpeople

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saiilorstars · 1 year

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• Previous Chapters • Sequel to Falling in Temptation • Avalon’s Masterlist

• 11th doctor x ofc

taglist: @ocappreciationtag @arrthurpendragon @anotherunreadblog @maaaaarveeeeel @stareyedplanet @gloryekaterina @lenonizi @foxesandmagic

If you’d like to be a part of this OC’s work/edits, let me know!

Disclaimer: This chapter’s plotline is from Doctor Who’s comic stories. Most of the dialogue is directly written from the comic. The plot is NOT mine.

P.S.: I want to thank everyone who sent me messages on this series warning me that Plush Books had stolen some of my stories. It seems like they've taken most of the stolen stories down, including all of mine so hopefully that's it for this situation. It was awful seeing my own stories posted and people not knowing that it wasn't theirs. Although I did see many comments recognizing that the story was stolen so thank you for that as well!

"Okay, you're going to need to help me with this," Avalon walked into the console room donning an ancient Greek emerald dress with golden accents on the hemlines. Her curled hair had been left down but pushed out of her face with a golden headband.

The Doctor was dazzled by her choice of fashion and slowly came around the console to get a better look. "Just wow," he sucked in a breath.

With a cheekish smile, Avalon turned around to reveal the backside of the dress had not been zipped up. "Help please? I don't remember Greeks having zippers. You might want to tell your TARDIS about that."

As if to complain herself, the TARDIS hummed.

"I believe that was your other grandmother telling you off," the Doctor moved closer to zip up the dress. His fingers brushed (purposely of course) over Avalon's skin while he slowly - purposely too - pulled the zipper up.

"Having fun back there?" Avalon playfully rolled her eyes after a full minute of still being 'zipped up'.

"Tremendously," the Doctor admitted and turned her right around. "You did that on purpose."

"Me? I have no clue on what you are talking about," Avalon played innocent as best as possible but her smirk gave her up.

"You are one conniving ginger…" the Doctor walked her up to a silver rail, "...sneaky ginger…clever ginger…"

"Are you going to kiss me or just call me names?"

The Doctor pretended to think about it for just two seconds before diving down and kissing her. A muffled giggle escaped Avalon's lips somewhere in-between the kiss but neither could give up their moment to 'laugh', that is until their visitors walked into the room.

"Oh, could you maybe not snog my granddaughter in front of me?" Rory shivered and headed up for the console platform. Avalon rolled her eyes but kept the Doctor close to her. "What do I have to do? Make signs to get the message across?"

"While you do that…" Avalon pointed and made to kiss her husband again when Rory snapped and shouted her name. Laughing, Avalon walked with the Doctor up to the console to finally get going to their destination.

"So where are we going again?" Amy asked.

In response, the Doctor waved a small strip of paper in the air. "Got this, remember?"

"You mean the strange note someone left stuck to the TARDIS door yesterday?" Rory through by reminding them of the unusual manner they'd gotten the warning it would stir some doubt in actually following its instruction. "In a place no one knew who we were?"

"Exactly!" the Doctor exclaimed without a clue. "It's asking us to go to Athens. Apparently someone there needs our help."

And so, the trip was sealed.

~0~

Athens was beautiful in all its glory.

"I can't believe we're actually here," Amy released a girlish giggle as they walked on past Grecians in their daily life. She couldn't help her gaping mouth every time they passed a stone statue or heard mythological warnings.

It was just like the history books said it, but better!

"Ooooh…" Avalon stopped suddenly, and because her hand was clasped with the Doctor's, he was forced to do the same. "Pretty necklaces…" she threw him an innocent glance.

"Avalon I know we did not come to Olympia for you to go SHOPPING shopping," the Doctor already wore an expression of defeat because he knew that no matter how much he pointed out the other best spots of the places, Avalon would discard them all in favor of the 'pretty necklaces'.

"Just for like...five minutes," Avalon promised and rushed off to the stall with the shiny, opal necklaces hanging. Amy discreetly went to do the same.

Rory crossed his arms to wait. "No matter the time, no matter the place, they always find a way to shop."

"Hm," the Doctor looked around and hoped to God Avalon wouldn't take forever. His attention was caught, however, by a familiar man on a bench not too far from them. "Is it…?" he started heading for the bench's direction.

Rory followed since he would basically rather do anything but wait around. "What is it?"

"Who is it," the Doctor corrected.

There was a middle-aged man sleeping on the bench who, frankly, could have seen better days as Rory remarked.

"Mind your tongue, Rory," the Doctor was completely dazzled by the man on the bench. "This is Socrates!" Rory couldn't look less impressed by the sight. The Doctor gently shook 'Socrates' while babbling on how grand he was to Rory. "You'll see! The thoughts this man came up with are phenomenal!"

Socrates' eyes snapped open then, and for some reason Rory didn't quite like the look on his face. It certainly didn't match the face of a man meant to be a grand genius.

"Hello there," the Doctor didn't pay close attention like his companion. He was too excited! He extended a hand to Socrates.

Unfortunately for him, Socrates wasn't in the talking mood. Without warning, he directed a punch right to the Doctor's face.

"Doctor!" Rory went as the Time Lord was knocked to the ground.

"Who are you!? What do you want!?" Socrates began to shout as he backtracked from the two travelers.

As Rory helped the Doctor up, people around them began to look on. Even Avalon and Amy had let go of their necklaces to rush over.

A young man came to Socrates and begged him to come back with him. "Let's go to the tavern, c'mon!" Socrates didn't stop shouting vulgarities at the travelers all the way until he disappeared.

"What the hell just happened?" Avalon faced the Doctor, taking a look at the purplish spot on his face from where he'd been punch. "Two minutes, I literally left you for two minutes and you get into trouble?"

The Doctor gave her a brief look before watching after Socrates again. "Something's not quite right…"

"You're telling me!"

"I need to go find him," the Doctor tried stepping around Avalon but she grasped his arm and gave him a sharp look.

"Are you serious? Did you not just register what happened?"

"Yeah, Doctor, do you think it's a good idea to go after that guy?" Amy raised an eyebrow, her expression matching her granddaughter's.

"This wasn't just any ordinary man, Amy. This was Socrates," the Doctor said like it should have explained everything, and it frankly should have.

"And he's crazy," Avalon said flatly. "Stay away from him."

"I'm going," the Doctor tapped her nose.

"I'll come too," Rory volunteered since he foresaw an argument between the Doctor and Avalon. "Can't get into trouble on his own, right?"

Avalon shook her head. "What could possibly go wrong, right? Rhetoric question, idiot," she said once she saw the Doctor ready to answer the question.

"I'll be extra careful just for you!" the Doctor exclaimed, cheerful despite having been punched not five minutes ago. He pressed a kiss to her lips then started walking in the direction Socrates had been brought to.

"Look after him please," Amy told Rory before he left too.

The two gingers were left to stare at their respective husbands knowing that of course trouble would find them again. In the meantime, they decided to wander off through the various stalls.

"I wish we could buy something…" Amy muttered and was most certainly not expecting for Avalon to pull out the Doctor's psychic paper.

"I think royal status would allow us to get what we want," Avalon flashed a big, cheeky smile.

"Ah, how did you get that?" Amy knew for sure the Doctor hadn't lent it to Avalon.

"When we kiss, my hands wander," Avalon shrugged and went slightly ahead.

"Eugh," Amy crinkled her nose but went after her anyways.

Avalon, however, had come to a stop when she spotted an old woman having a shout-off with a couple of soldiers. The old woman kept pointing at a covered statue that was apparently on its way to being destroyed.

"Quit your shouting you old hag!" went one of the soldiers, Dimitris.

Captain Alexios of the soldiers ordered him not to disrespect the woman. The woman ignored them and yanked off the cover off the statue, revealing a bronze Athena underneath.

"Now that is cool," Avalon gawked with a mouth open. Without thinking, she started going towards the soldiers.

"Avalon!" Amy hissed but her granddaughter paid no attention.

"You really want to destroy this?" Avalon went ahead and cut into the disagreement, not minding the strange looks from some of the officers. "It's gorgeous!"

"It's taking space, ma'am," one of the soldiers spat.

The old woman, Calidora, simply refused it. "You can't melt it down! If you do you are condemning our city to destruction!"

"Now there's a story I'm interested in," Avalon turned to the woman with curious eyes.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry but I'm just following orders," Captain Alexios truly meant his words. "Take it away," he told his soldiers.

"No, wait, I want to know the story," Avalon pouted sarcastically until she heard Calidora actually crying. The woman took her statements seriously, apparently. "Hey," she approached Calidora kindly. "What's the big deal if they take the statue away? Couldn't that just mean there's going to be an even better one taking its place?"

Calidora shook her head. "No. Even if your words are true it won't matter."

"Hey, what's going on?" Amy joined them and gave a look to Calidora.

"Apparently taking the statue of Athena away curses this city…?" Avalon still wasn't sure if that was the right story.

"It is," Calidora promised them. "They think that by melting our statue they will gain sufficient money to fund our war. Ridiculous war! It will only provoke the Gods' wrath upon us!"

"I'm sure...that...that we can find a way to get that statue back," Avalon rubbed a hand on the woman's arm, glancing at Amy for some more words of comfort. Amy made a shrug of her shoulders, no clue of course.

"No, it is impossible," Calidora sniffed. She released a small smile at Avalon. "You are very kind, young lady."

"My name's Avalon, and that's my friend Amy," Avalon introduced them. "We can help—"

"You can't," Calidora said, hopelessly. "But I appreciate your attempt to help. Here," she removed a talisman hanging around her neck and held it to Avalon. "Accept this, please."

Avalon's eyes widened. "Um, I-I shouldn't—"

Calidora didn't wait to hear the full rejection. She placed the talisman in Avalon's palms and closed her fingers over it. "It's best if you two get out of here. The Gods—" she tilted her head to the sky, "—are mad. They will soon descend upon us for our sins."

"But—"

Calidora rushed away before Avalon could finish.

Amy snorted. "I'm starting to believe she was really just a crazy bat."

"I don't know…" Avalon raised the talisman to her eyes. "I'm known to go crazy over fairytales. She looked really upset. Athena isn't just a myth, she's a symbol of wisdom. She commands respect and she's about to be melted so that men can continue fighting."

Amy looked around and decided that perhaps shopping just wasn't for that day. "Um, let's just go find the Doctor and Rory. This place is starting to turn out weird even for us."

Avalon figured they could at least tell the Doctor of what they went through and somehow, magically, leave the Athena stone back in its place for Calidora. Calidora was right in that it was stupid to melt down a beautiful statue just so that the war could keep going.

"C'mon," Avalon tied the talisman around her neck and began to walk with Amy.

But, as they walked in back in the direction from which they had come from, the sky became rather quickly gloomy. The sun had disappeared and in its place was a threatening thunderstorm.

Amy came to a stop to examine the new sky. "Where's the—?"

A golden lightning bolt struck right in the center of marker stalls. Both gingers jumped in place while the other people screamed. Lightning by the dozens began clapping down on the area, burning stalls and barrels. People tried getting away but had to change direction every time they had narrowly avoided being hit.

Avalon spotted a child in the midst of the chaos, crying for their mother. Without thinking, she dashed to go help him.

"Avalon!" Amy tried going after her but the force of the lightning that struck just in Avalon's direction forced her back. "AVALON!" Amy screamed but the billowing smoke prevented her from seeing what was of Avalon.

Instead, a new noise erupted from the sky. Amy narrowed her eyes at the large male face projected. The man commanded silence.

"I am Zeus!" roared the man. "This city's sins have awoken me from my slumber. You dared commit blasphemy by betraying my trust. Now, you shall all pay."

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me," Amy knew for sure this wasn't Zeus but of course everyone from the village would believe it.

"Kito!" a middle-aged woman cried out, attracting Amy's attention. Her boy was being helped up by none other than Avalon.

Seeing her well and alive, Amy ran towards them. "Avalon! Thank God!" she pulled her granddaughter into a tight hug. Avalon groaned but nonetheless laughed.

"Thank you," the mother of the boy Avalon had saved broke them apart. She was holding her son tightly in her arms. "We owe you his life."

Avalon smiled at them. "It was nothing. You're welcome."

Amy pulled her into a speedy walk, hands clasped tightly. "We both know you got hit by lightning!"

"Yup," Avalon nodded.

"So how the hell did you survive?"

"Like many things about me, I have no idea."

~0~

Since the projection of 'Zeus', the Doctor had done many things. First of all, he had found Socrates again (with his student Plato!) and received a full apology...from Plato. Secondly, he had discovered the reason behind Socrates' alcoholic lifestyle and now felt a sudden rage towards Athens for being so cruel. Lastly, he'd seen a great big farce of 'Zeus' in the sky.

All in all, it had been an eventful day.

His last plan had brought him and Rory to acropolis to talk to 'Zeus', but surprise, surprise there had been no answer.

"You're telling me that was a 'screen saver'?" Rory tried wrapping his head around that idea when he and the Doctor returned to the city.

"Yes, Rory, like a computer does. Don't you use those all the time?" the Doctor shot him a condescending glance.

Rory rolled his eyes. "Well, you at least shut it down so it means no more false projections."

"Yes but that won't stop the people from going crazy with terror," the Doctor noted the scrambling Athenians rushing past them. There were men just nearby trying to bring down a library because they thought it would somehow help dissuade Zeus' rage.

Rory recognized the path to Socrates' home once they made a final turn. "No, we're not really going back there, are we?"

"Yes, we have to figure out what's going on," the Doctor didn't even bother knocking on the door and simply barged in. However, he came to a very ginger surprise inside. "Avalon? How'd you get in here?"

Avalon and Amy shook their heads in the same manner.

"It's not that difficult finding the home of a famous drunk," Amy said.

"Oh, but surprise," Avalon cut in, "I got struck by lightning...and I survived!"

Both the Doctor and Rory stared blankly at her, probably waiting for her to admit it was a joke. When Avalon said nothing, though, Rory broke the silence.

"No, sorry, did you just say you were struck by lightning?"

"Yeah, and I survived. I could be the next frikin Flash if you're not careful," Avalon huffed.

The Doctor rushed up to her and began inspecting her for any injury. "How did it happen?"

"I was getting some kid out of the way amongst the chaos that faulty Zeus created - by the way, what even was that?"

"A projection," Rory replied since he knew Amy was about to agree with the question. "Doctor's destroyed the projection already."

"Great, so we're done here?" Amy looked around for either Plato or Socrates. "Because no ofence but this place creeps me out."

"I've only destroyed the projection but we still have to find out who created it in the first place," the Doctor stopped with Avalon and gave her the 'okay'. "But you really have to tell me what happened. And where did you get that from?" he pointed to Avalon's newest accessory around her neck.

"Some lady gave it to me after I stood up for her to some soldiers," Avalon touched the pendant. "It's actually pretty sad. You know they're going to melt down some golden Athena statue just for war?"

"Actually," Amy said thoughtfully, "the woman who gave Avalon the necklace was arguing that they should keep the statue. Melting it down would cause fury from the Gods."

The Doctor turned in her direction. "Possible suspect?"

"Maybe…" Amy shrugged but Avalon outright refused.

"No!" she turned the Doctor back to her. "She was an old lady!"

"Let's not forget that old ladies have turned out to be aliens," Rory raised a finger to remind them of their past travels. "Evil aliens."

"Yeah, but, this one was actually an old lady," Avalon rolled her eyes. "Doctor, she's not a suspect. Look," she held out her talisman, "she gave me this because I stood up for her. Bad guys don't do that." The Doctor gazed at the talisman for the first time. He reached to touch it and grazed a finger over it. Avalon recognized his suspicious face and groaned. "Oh no, what now?"

"This isn't normal gold," he revealed and quickly pulled it over Avalon's head.

"Hey!" cried the ginger but he continued to examine it. "You better not lick it!"

"This is...this is what saved you from the lightning bolt," he turned to her with rapid, blinking eyes. "It saved your life."

Avalon smiled nervously because she didn't know what the hell was going on. "She just...she just gave it to me, though. How could she have known I would need it?"

"Maybe she didn't," the Doctor tossed the talisman back to her. "Maybe it was just coincidence."

"Okay, well, what do we do, then?" Amy asked.

"We gotta talk to that woman, first of all," Avalon made a face at her talisman.

"Where does she live?" the Doctor asked but of course no one knew the answer. "Great."

Someone cleared their throat and gained the group's attention. It was Plato, of course, who was gazing at the group of travelers with curiosity. "Shall I get you something to drink, or—"

The Doctor disregarded the question and strode up to him with the sense of urgency radiating off him. "Woman who owned this—" he raised the talisman, "—lives where?"

Plato took one gaze at the talisman and recognized it. "Calidora? The old woman crying Gods fury? She lives at the end of the market. But why-"

The Doctor turned away from him to start giving out the plan. "He's taking you—" he nodded to Amy and Rory, "—to find the woman."

"Uh, no, I'm going," Avalon raised a hand in the air. "She gave the talisman to me. It's my responsibility now."

"Alright fine," the Doctor didn't want to start a senseless argument with her. "But don't get struck by lightning anymore."

A smirk spread across Avalon's face. "Don't worry, next time I'm gonna get bit by a spider and then I'll be Spiderwoman."

The Doctor didn't find her amusing.

~0~

With Plato's help, Avalon and Amy found Calidora's house. They knocked and knocked but no one answered. Eventually, Plato kicked open the door and the trio hurried in.

What they found was not pleasing.

"Oh my God!" Avalon gasped and rushed to Calidora's unconscious body on the ground. She turned the woman on her back and checked for a pulse.

"Don't bother," Plato walked over to the table near them. He raised a couple of herbal leaves and shook his head. "She used hemlock."

"She killed herself?" Amy gaped. "But why would she do that!?"

To that, no one had the answer...yet.

~0~

The Doctor, Rory, and a half drunk Socrates arrived at the foundry where the metal of the Arena statue laid. Only after a minute of their arrival, there was a loud able on the ground. They rocked back and forth.

"What the hell is happening now!?" Rory clung to wall. He happened to look out the window and see the cause of the rumble. "Cyclops…"

"What!?" the Doctor scrambled to the window and saw a great big Cyclop heading for the city, along with same-sized Gargoyles and the famous Cereberus.

Socrates followed the two men and gawked at the window. "Have I finally drank too much!?"

"Doctor, how do we stop that!?" Rory panicked. "Amy and Avalon could get hurt there!"

The Doctor turned away from the window and began to pace, indicating his thought process was about to begin. He waved Calidora's talisman in the air and rambled about what they'd learned so far.

"What is he doing?" Socrates asked Rory who instantly shushed him.

"It's how he works."

The Doctor stopped pacing and ran over to the leftover metal. There was a poker covered by the metal. "Transmitter!" he exclaimed.

"Transmitter for what?" Rory made a face. "There's a transmitter in Ancient Greece?"

"Rory, perspective taking!" the Doctor waved a hand at the window where they could still see the great big monsters. "The metal can't be just metal. It's the same as the talisman and the talisman has to hold some sort of anti energy. If we use that I can disrupt whatever signal that is keeping those monsters."

He pulled out his sonic and stuck the talisman to the fire poker, making sure both were practically fused together. He then activated the required signal and let the energy burst from it. It went through roof and into the sky.

"Rory!?" the Doctor called, giving the order for Rory to see the status of their plan.

"I guess...uh...working!" Rory stared out the window and saw some of the creatures beginning to stop.

The Doctor decided to amplify the sonic's power and hopefully it would be enough to cut the signal to the monsters.

~ 0 ~

"Ancient Greece gets more and more interesting," Amy was the one staring out the window in Calidora's house. From there she could, much more upclose, the monsters threatening to bash them.

"I'll say," Avalon was sifting through some papers of Calidora with Plato. "I never thought I'd be reading a suicadal woman's suicide note."

"I think the Doctor's taking care of the monsters - or whatever the hell those things are," Amy turned away from the window. "So, what do we got over there?"

"Listen to this," Avalon gestured to the current paper in her hand. "Calidora wrote about a golden egg she found that fell from the sky…"

"That's not the golden egg story I've heard," Amy crossed her arms with a thoughtful look on her face.

"Definitely not," Avalon agreed then continued to explain. "Calidora thought the golden egg was like some gift from the Gods. She buried it - or most of it anyways - in the most sacred place of this city."

"Most of it?" both Amy and Plato repeated.

"She kept a part of the gold from the egg and her dad - a blacksmith - used some of it to make the statue of Athena we all know and most want to destroy."

"So she wasn't completely crazy then…" Plato blinked with honest surprise.

"After that, the little part of gold leftover was used to create the talisman she gave me."

"But that doesn't explain why she killed herself," Amy briefly glanced at the dead woman still on the ground.

"Amy, she was clearly upset over the statue being destroyed. No one else knew that it contained some special gold," Avalon sighed and gently put the letter down on the table. "So when the statue was destroyed she thought the Gods would reign hell on the city...so what's the solution?"

"She kills herself to appease the Gods," Plato answered before Amy could. "Sensible action but...not at all the one I would have taken."

"If she would have just said something…" Avalon lamented the woman's decisions.

"Stop," Amy said before Avalon's thoughts could go any further. "She would have done this either way. It's not on us."

Plato cleared his throat and set the rest of the papers on the table. "I believe this is all we're going to find here. It is best if we find the others."

Amy agreed with a nod. "Yeah, let's go."

The two started to walk out but Avalon doddled as she kept staring at Calidora. "I'm so sorry," the ginger whispered before following the others.

The moment they came out, they witnessed the sky once again thundering with rage. This time it was no image - a voice rang in every corner.

"War shall rain upon this city of sinners! Ares will come for you all!"

And, just like that, the voice went silent.

~ 0 ~

After reuniting in the shaken city, Avalon explained what they had discovered at Calidora's house - apart from finding the woman dead at her own hand.

"Golden egg?" Rory was as stumped as Amy had been after first hearing it. "I'm sorry are we sure we're in ancient Greece?"

"Why do you keep saying 'ancient' Greece?" Plato raised an eyebrow.

"Never mind that," the Doctor waved him off and focused on what he'd listened. "Okay, so strange alien—"

"Alien?" this time it was Socrates who interrupted him.

The Doctor groaned and waved an aggressive hand at him to keep quiet. "Strange alien egg falls from the sky and ordinary Greek woman finds it and buries it…"

"In the most sacred place of the city," Avalon helped out a bit.

"Sacred place…" the Doctor repeated, nodding his head, "...sacred...place…"

"Got to be the Acropolis, hasn't it?" Socrates spoke again and almost had the Doctor on him when the alien realized what Socrates said.

"You're right! It's got to be!" the Doctor beamed. "Alright then! Here's what we're going to do - we need to get that egg and cut off the signal it's still transmitting to the city."

"What's it transmitting exactly?" Plato wondered. The city had gone rather quiet after the first monsters disappeared.

"Well, you've got Zeus threatening war so what do you think is coming next for the city?" the Doctor left him to make the connection.

"Ares," Avalon shivered. "So, the God of War is coming for us all. Neat."

"But they're not real, can they actually hurt the city?" asked Amy.

"The monsters sure seemed capable to," Rory said.

"Okay, so we need to find that egg and then make sure Ares doesn't hurt anybody here," Amy nodded her head. "Split up again."

"We have to be careful about this," the Doctor warned them before they came up with anything else. "Now these Gods - they think they're real. It's the technology but...we still have to be careful."

"Is this a classic case of the computer has now got a mind of its own?" Amy offered as an alternative way to think about it. It would make a lot more sense.

"Yes," the Doctor decided to let them have it. "Shut down the conscious, you shut down everything else."

"I have no idea what you're talking about and I know it's not the drinks this time," Socrates' eyes bounced from one time traveler to the next.

"It's not," agreed Plato who was doing the same thing.

"Well, if we want to shut down the main consciousness - assuming it's Zeus - why not start by showing him that his war son isn't real?" And by the smile on Avalon's face, the others knew she'd come up with a plan.

Oh boy.

~ 0 ~

The Doctor and Socrates were the ones who made it to the acropolis. They did their ordinary search for the golden egg until the Doctor decided that it had to be specifically hidden. He whipped out his sonic and followed the telepathic link it was casting to produce 'Ares' out in Athens. It worked like a charm because in a minute or so, there was a faint beeping in the air.

"Where is it?" Socrates looked up into the sky but for once there was nothing.

"Not up there exactly…" the Doctor cautiously stepped forwards and raised the sonic higher.

There was a golden glow in midair between the men and, slowly, it came to be the golden egg.

"Wow…" Socrates gaped at the incredible sight. "Drinks aren't doing this, right?" he asked just to be sure.

"No," the Doctor rolled his eyes. "But, between us, it might be best to leave those alone."

The golden egg, which had unusually grown a bit, lowered down so that it was between the two men. The Doctor could see its blinking technological lights and decided to see what would happen if he would just...touch...one…

A white light engulfed him and Socrates.

~ 0 ~

Ares the God of War had kept his word and arrived to Athens with the full intention of destroying it. Already he had slaughtered a good portion of Athen's finest soldiers, so when a woman appeared on horseback he had to stop and see what the humans had concocted as a strategy plan.

Avalon had never felt so giddy playing war - actual war - and she knew it was a horrible thing to say. She held her head high and gazed at the fallen soldiers on the ground for a moment. Her icy blue eyes met the impatient ones of the God.

"You are a coward," she spat and immediately had his attention."You, the God of War you say you are, pleasing yourself by killing those weaker than you?" she had no idea how she was keeping her voice so high and mighty when the raging God was probably milliseconds from killing her.

"Humans are incredibly blank on the manner of war," Ares gestured to the scene around them. "Those who cannot battle should have never been alive in the first place. Shall you like to be the next victim?"

Avalon smirked. "That is if you can catch me, God."

"A game of catch? How amusing."

"Follow me and you will get to face the strongest warrior Athens has to offer," she pulled the whips of her horse and made a swift turn.

The God followed her.

~ 0 ~

"I don't suppose this was part of your plan?" Socrates asked with little hope to the Doctor beside him.

"Uh, no...no it wasn't," the Doctor released a breath.

The two men were tied to columns by the very Gods themselves. The Golden egg had brought them to 'Olympus' which was of course fake like the Gods. In front of them was Zeus, having a heated fight with more Gods - including Hermes, Aphrodite and Hephaestus.

"You have dishonored all of us by having your worshippers vanish!" Zeus kept saying at least every minute or so. "How could you fail me like this?"

"I don't understand what he means," Socrates whispered to the Doctor.

"The Golden egg was some kind of belief machine," the Doctor began to understand. "The more people believe - in this case - the Gods, the stronger they get...the more real they feel they are."

"Except we are not real, are we?" A female voice appeared in front of them. Her curly brown hair hung over her bare shoulders. Her white dress billowed even though there was no wind to make it so. Her eyes were on the Doctor, expecting to hear his confirmation. "Wisdom is my companion and I understand my situation."

"Athena?" the Doctor guessed with the little information he had so far.

Athena raised her head. "That is who I have been based upon. But my father does not see it." She turned around to watch as Zeus continued arguing with the rest of the Gods.

"How do you know you're not real?" Socrates inquired.

"Because every self conscious has to have a shred of self-preservation," the Doctor made his conclusion. "If the consciousness knows that it's in danger it will strive harder to make sure that people do continue to believe in order to keep itself alive."

"Doctor, I have no idea what you keep saying," Socrates sighed, but the Doctor just smiled.

"I'm quite used to that."

Athena turned to them again. "I do not wish to continue living a fake existence. Shut it down, I order you to."

The Doctor's smile faded.

~ 0 ~

"Pathetic human!" Ares roared after Avalon who still kept running on her horse. The ginger narrowed her eyes at the destination - the agora - where the next step of the plan was to be implemented.

"You'll be the first to die among the soldiers!" Ares promised her but it made no effect on her. He finally caught up in the agora where Avalon had stopped. He mused at the seemingly empty place. "Where is your famous, powerful soldier? Who is he?"

Avalon smiled smugly. "My grandfather. And fair warning, he's had 2000 years of experience."

Ares raged all over again. Avalon laughed and got out of the way to reveal Rory, holding out a sword and looking very much prepared for battle.

"Let's do this," the ex-Roman Centurion declared.

~0~

"I said to shut it down!" Athena swiftly pulled the bindings on the Doctor and Socrates and grabbed the Doctor by the collars. "Do you understand how awful it is to live knowing you are not real? I would rather be dead than continue another minute like this! Shut. It. Down!"

The Doctor pried her fingers off him and stepped back, fixing his jacket and bowtie. "I can't, not unless Zeus over there—" he nodded to the God, "—admits to it. He's the main stream of belief in this system."

Athena growled and faced her father. "You hear that? You must accept the reality!"

Zeus had only forgone his argument to make sure the two intruders were taken care of. "They only wish to play with your mind, Athena. Do not let them." Athena seemed ready to implode. "I have asked, and asked, and asked, for you to accept it. We are not real. We are...we are the fashion things of humans. Let us rest, father."

Zeus shook his head at her. "You are done defying me, Athena."

"Excuse me," the Doctor spoke up with a finger raised in the air. "If you would like some concrete evidence of your, uh, nonexistence...my wife and friends are on it."

Athena side glanced him and rather annoyed at the information he failed to provide her with. However, Zeus, although amused by such a statement, was admittedly curious.

"Oh, really? And how would you ever prove that I am not real?"

"By destroying the God of War," the Doctor gave a wry smile.

~0~

Rory was having his day fighting off Ares, the God of War, but was also acknowledging the fact the nonexistent man was a bit quick on his feet.

"Get him Rory!" Amy shouted from the sides where she and Avalon watched.

"It's a bit harder than it looks!" Rory grunted when he fell back to the ground.

"Are we late?" Plato came running up to the two women. With him came a pack of Athen's last soldiers just like the plan demanded.

"No, now go!" Avalon pointed the other men to the battle.

"Are you mad, woman!?" One man snapped with fear.

"We'll be killed!" said another.

"Is this why you brought us here?" A third man grabbed Plato by the arm and turned him around. "For our deaths?"

"Oh my God, he's not real!" Amy exclaimed without context. She gestured at Ares who was now having to dodge Rory's sword. "He's not an actual God! You'll be fine!"

But still, the men didn't budge. They nervously watched as Rory jumped to the side to avoid being cut in half.

~0~

Zeus laughed at the duel the Doctor projected for him and the other Gods. "This is you making your point, Doctor? Sending a human to his assured death?"

The Doctor didn't listen to him. He stared at the projection and kept his hope on Rory. "C'mon, Rory, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon…"

~0~

Ares pinned Rory against a cracked pillar. His sword was grazing Rory's chest. "Any last words, human?"

Rory didn't seem worried about his situation. "Yes," he nodded cleanly. "Say 'ow' if you're not real." His words confused Ares but when Rory stuck his sword directly through Ares' armored leg, Ares screamed. The sword had gone right through him.

"But how did his sword get through the armor?" One of the men asked with utter confusion.

"Because the armor isn't real!" Amy repeated. "Because he's not real!"

"So go!" Avalon pointed them frantically towards the scene. "Finish the job!"

There was no more hesitation among the soldiers. They ran into the battle and finished the job much. Their swords plunged through Ares' body till he was no more.

"That...is gruesome…" Rory went around the soldiers as quickly as possible and ran back to his wife and granddaughter.

~0~

"You see, father?" Athena made the Doctor turn the projection off. She faced her stunned father with the same urgency she'd met the Doctor and Socrates first. "Ares was defeated by humans and their regular swords. We cannot be real if we are this weak."

Realization flashed across Zeus' face. "I...we are not real. Then...what are we?"

"You're a projection of the humans' beliefs," the Doctor quietly explained. "This—" he gestured to the scene around them, "—is just a machine doing its job of creating. A ship must have dropped it on a scavenging trip."

"Please," Athena asked him once more, "shut it down."

The Doctor looked at Zeus to see what he said mow. It all depended on him anyways.

"Do it, Doctor," Zeus finally spoke again. "Shut us down."

The Doctor nodded and stepped back, motioning Socrates behind him. He aimed the sonic above and finally was able to interrupt the signal. Once the Gods began to crumble to dust, he and Socrates made their escape.

~0~

"You're telling me all this trouble was caused by that?" Plato was both awed and irritated at the now small golden egg in the Doctor's hand. They were standing just outside the TARDIS, ready to go.

The Doctor chuckled and gave the egg a careless toss to the air. "It was just doing its job."

"Who sent it, then?" asked Amy. "And should we be tracking them?"

"Nah, this thing was left years ago, careless mistake," the Doctor was about to put the golden egg away in his pocket when Avalon seized it.

"So you're telling me if I believe hard enough, Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty will become real? Oh — Or Robin Hood!? Man I'd love to meet him!" Her excited face did not appeal to the Doctor.

"You're married," he said flatly, in case she'd forgotten.

"Yeah, yeah," Avalon waved him off, much to his dismay. "So could it happen?"

The Doctor snatched the egg back and frowned. "You're not funny!"

"Let's just go before you get into an argument," Rory took Avalon into the TARDIS.

"What is that exactly?" Plato couldn't stop staring at the blue box in wonder. He started to circle it in question.

"Thank you Doctor, for reminding me of the possibilities of the world," Socrates said, clear as day.

The Doctor smiled at the man. "Does this mean less drinking?"

"Definitely," Socrates chuckled.

The Doctor and Amy walked into the TARDIS, leaving Socrates to witness the machine disappear.

"Plato, I believe we should get back to work," Socrates said with newfound determination. However, the other man never spoke up to agree nor disagree. "Plato?" Socrates looked around for his student but Plato just wasn't there.

From a distance stood a little girl with black hair, dressed in modern school uniform. Chiyoko's face broke into a smile at the scene. Socrates was growing more panicked by the minute. Plato would not be returning anytime soon.

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Choose one platform where you want to focus and put most of your efforts into perfecting your content for this platform before branching out again. That being said, don’t forget about the other networks either; just because they aren’t as popular doesn’t mean they should get ignored! Just like in any other aspect of marketing, it’s vital to diversify your tactics.

A lot of digital marketers are finding success by implementing a series of micro-posts rather than uploading a single post once per day or week. Posting more often can lead to higher engagement rates due to the human tendency of reciprocity- if someone likes or comments on your content, we’re likely to do something nice for them in return.

Additionally, posting more frequently (even if it’s less than 10 times) can lead to a higher number of followers over time since these consumers see that you’re constantly sharing updates and staying active. Lastly, when crafting your message it’s important to keep in mind the differences between platforms. For example, Pinterest has a very visual aesthetic while Instagram is much more focused on imagery than text.

Though there are no hard and fast rules here and different approaches work better depending on what type of content you’re posting, always ask yourself will my audience appreciate this? before pressing send.

Paid advertising tactics

Marketing is never a one-size-fits-all scenario. What might work well for one company may not be the best fit for another. One of the most important parts of any marketing strategy is figuring out how to spend your advertising dollars so that they have the maximum impact on your business. To figure this out, you need to understand which type of advertising will give you the best bang for your buck. That’s where digital marketing and SEO can help – let’s take a look at each in turn. SEO stands for search engine optimization. When executed properly, it boosts the website rankings for targeted keywords in search engines like Google and Bing so more people are likely to find your site when they do an online search. It also helps with generating organic traffic by attracting links from other websites.

The benefits of SEO are substantial, but the downside is that these benefits don’t typically show up immediately. You could be looking at a 12-month timeline before you start seeing real results from SEO efforts alone. The best way to get started with digital marketing is by creating social media profiles for your business and then investing in paid ads such as Facebook Ads or Google Adwords campaigns. These platforms allow you to create compelling ad copy targeting specific demographics and interests who are likely to become your customers. They also allow you to set goals such as clicks or engagement rates, allowing you to monitor success rates easily over time.

The advantage of digital marketing is that the ROI (return on investment) often shows up much quicker than with SEO because there’s no waiting period involved in producing measurable results. The disadvantage is that the costs of digital marketing can add up very quickly – especially if you invest heavily without knowing what works and what doesn’t. SEO takes longer to produce tangible results, but it offers a sustainable long-term approach to building customer loyalty and trust through quality content.

The key takeaway here is not about choosing one option or the other – both approaches offer advantages and disadvantages, meaning that every company needs to weigh them against their own needs to decide which suits them best. If you want to see quick results in your ROI, go ahead and explore options like Facebook Ads. If you’re able to spend a little more time and money upfront, put your energy into finding a top-tier SEO consultant who can guide you along the process of making your website rank higher in search engines.

Video marketing tips

Video marketing is a great way to get your message across and in front of more people. Studies show that videos can increase your viewers by up to 300%. Here are some tips on how you can start video marketing today.

1. Create a video with a call to action at the end. This is a great way to encourage viewers to take an action like signing up for an email list, following you on social media, or buying something from your store. Make sure that whatever you ask them to do has value so they will be likely to act on it.

2. Promote your video everywhere possible! You want as many people as possible to see it. Share it on social media, put links in your blog posts, send out emails with a link back to the video and post it on any other websites you may own or have access to.

3. Include subtitles in other languages if applicable.

4. Use captions instead of subtitles if possible because captions make it easier for hearing-impaired individuals to watch your video.

5. Incentivize viewers to watch your entire video by including quizzes, polls, surveys, and games related to the content throughout it. They will then feel rewarded when they finish watching it.

Remember to include a call-to-action near the end again so they know what you would like them to do next. Even after all this, there are still tons of other ways you can promote your video such as paying for advertisements. Hopefully, these five tips help you get started with video marketing!

Conclusion:

You might think that SEO and digital marketing are interchangeable terms, but they’re different processes for accomplishing slightly different goals. While both can help to improve your search rankings and attract new clients, it’s important to know the differences to decide which strategy will work best for you. In this guide, we have looked at the unique features of each service, so you can choose what’s better for your business: SEO or digital marketing. So, this guide is worth reading!

Source: What is Better for Your Business: SEO or Digital Marketing?.

#Digital Marketing #Google Adwords #Online Marketing #Pay Per Click #SEO

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just a quick post. i was reading a few article on how to identify bot accounts and discover that i may be miss identified as a bot/spam account since i’m new and dont know much about this wild west of a platform.

so I am here to help assist other newcomers with a summary of my research, keeping in mind I’ve only been here for a day so if someone more experienced is giving out advice theirs is probably better.

1. bot/spam accounts generally have a default icon and background. (fixed this up first thing i did after making the account was add an icon and i just uploaded a background)

Recommend course of action: add an Icon and background as soon as possible. and maybe play around with you theme a bit.

2.username looks inappropriate or spam like. (this isn’t a problem for me since i didn’t do this because why would I)

Recommend course of action: just don’t, if you may have made this mistake, best to change it.

3. a blog is sending messages that are asking if you want content that is potentially nsfw, example ‘do you want pictures of n***d women on your phone’

Recommend course of action: report and block. i speak from experience, i got one of these messages and didn’t even finish reading it before blocking and reporting. also don’t send this type of message to people wether or not they think you are a bot that would make anyone uncomfortable and explicit content is against community guidelines.

4. apparently like strings on accounts and large amounts of reblogging are suspicious.

so say you go to someone account and read like there art or something and you like everything there. apparently 10 or more likes on one account within a short time period is considered a like string.

this is one I found myself guilty of, so what happened was I found the account of someone who made a series of tutorials on how to draw kobolds that I had found in pinterest so I followed the and i wanted like all the tutorials (there where 10) but i decided that liking just the tutorials seemed suspicious so i liked some art in between (it’s good art.) i now see that liking just the tutorials would have not been as suspicious. to that person, sorry for the spam likes, I have learned my lesson.

Reblogging, so something like 40 or more rebloggs in a day with little context, than nothing for a few days looks suspicious.

Recommend course of action:

like strings; of you come across an account you really like just like 3 or 4 posts and follow. you will get another chance to like more.

Reblogging; i don’t see this one being much of a problem if you just casually use tumblr. I myself have spent some time (but not all my time) on tumblr and Liked around 250 posts over 24 hours but have only reblogged 12 (which is probably still a lot) but i have also added something with the reblog such as a comment along with the normal tags people usually only put (i feel bad reblogging without contributing something). the only way i think you would reach a number like 40+ is if you are on all day with nothing else to do and are reblogging every third post you see (not that i’m judging, apparently reblogging helps more that likes.) or you are reblogging reblogs in response to them on a post that went viral. if you are adding to those i don’t really think that would be suspicious. And try not to reblog too many posts from one blog in a short amount of time that seems very spammy

REPOSTING IS NOT THE SAME AS REBLOGGING

reblogging, if you like the reblog it likes the original post. this is helping in most cases from what i’ve read. (just try not to over do it.)

reposting is copying the image or text (some cases both) and uploading it on your own, often done without permission form or crediting the original author. this is not helpful, if you have permission form the original author and you credit them, that should be ok.

yet again, i am also new and may be mistaken about some of the stuff here. this is based on personal experience and research i’ve done.

hope this helps others new users to this wild west. I intend on posting my art soon i just need to get it all together first, that i can upload a few pieces at a time.

If you are an experienced user who has any corrections of stuff to add I’m sure new users like myself would love the help.

#new user guide #new user #welcome to tumblr #how not tho be mistaken for a bot #tumblr tips #annoying bots #spam bots #stupid bots #for new users #for new people

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7 E-Commerce Tools I Use to Help My Clients

Use these digital tools to scale faster.

Read:

✅An Ecommerce Platform

Use Shopify or WooCommerce to build your online store.

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To maintain a 1:1 relation with your customers is a must in this brand-rich era.

And that’s only possible with email marketing.

Out of many, Mailchimp seems the most affordable and effective email marketing tool for small businesses.

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✅Buffer

It’s a platform where you can manage all your social media accounts.

I use this for my agency profiles, and it’s helping me so much.

(Fun fact: this post was also scheduled in Buffer)

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Tracking your online presence is critical to come up with better strategies.

Ahref’s all-in-one marketing toolkit allows you to analyze your product pages, site structure, content, competitors, and so much more.

Similar to Ahref, there are others like MOZpro and SEMRush.

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Just like Buffer, where you can manage your social media, Sellbrite helps you manage your business across different marketplaces.

You can manage inventory and keep an eye on everything on Sellbrite – whether you sell on Amazon, Etsy, Ebay, or more.

It’s a real time saver.

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Ecwid helps you create ‘cart’ buttons on Instagram, Facebook, and your own site.

Visitors can instantly click on the buy button of the post and reach directly at your product page.

It creates a seamless and easy buying experience. ✅Botsify

It’s a chatbot that communicates with your site’s visitors, and helps them buy your products.

A chatbot can answer 80% of the questions to your visitors.

Use them for better conversions.

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Are you using any of these tools? If not, why not?

Also if you want to crush your sales goals this new year, send me a message. Let’s plan ahead.

#ecom #ecomseo #digitalmarketing #shopifyseo #google

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Kingdom of Heaven- Revised Chapter 24

All right, this one has changes; the two that come after it are very similar as before, but I will post them slowly to let myself get ahead and make sure that I have the story in the right place this time.

Sorry guys I'm trying so hard to make the order make sense. Please check the masterpost.

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The next morning, the church bells chimed out slow and rhythmic for a meeting of the elders.

This was a rather broad word, as Mr. Jones had tried to explain to me, a generic elder versus a designated Elder. I wasn’t sure I understood either concept.

The Minister was already here with us, but he was sitting in the very back of the room, at the wall, silent, just watching. He turned over his black hat in his hands.

Mr. Jones stood on the dais, not behind the pulpit, but in front of it, leaning on it. His arms too were crossed, but high, and his legs were crossed with one boot-heel dug into the edge of the stage. He watched as the townsfolk filed in, responding to his summons.

I sat on the far corner of the dais, trying to be as close to Mr. Jones as possible without drawing attention to myself. I kept my head down and folded my arms across my stomach as though I had a bellyache. The platform was only a few inches tall, and my knees came up high. I glanced only sparingly at the people coming in.

Some of them I recognized from the church services. Others I did not, although they could have been there and simply escaped my notice. There was a tall and stout man with a hat similar to the Minister’s, a thin man, someone who looked like an older version of Matt Falconer, and an elderly couple, who sat near the back. These were maybe the oldest people I’d ever seen, they walked slowly and stooped over. The man had a cane. I found their appearance mildly frightening, for reasons I couldn’t quite explain or control. Their skin looked like wax melting off a candle. There weren’t very many old people in the Settlement, and certainly none who looked like this. I tried to make sense of it in my mind, and calm myself. This was normal, right? How did they live so long out here? I would have thought the roughness of this life would kill them early.

“Why have you gathered us?” asked the stout man, striding up the aisle unabashed and looking Mr. Jones directly in the eye.

“Morning, Mason,” said Jones. “Men, it’s unfortunate news that I have.” His posture was no longer full confident, he was doing his best to appear apologetic. He grasped the top of the pulpit with his right hand. “The Settlement has found us. And they intend to come here.” His eyes strayed to me, though he put them back on his audience right away. “I am reliably informed they intend to come in military force and kill anyone they cannot capture alive.”

The room was only momentarily stunned.

Then a barrage of questions burst forth. “How do you know?” “When?” “Who told you?”

“It was her,” I heard the old woman say quietly to her husband, “She’s the one from the Settlement.”

I cringed lower, hands on top of my head.

“How does she know?” the thin man asked, taking a step forward. “Is it because she was—"

“This isn’t about her,” Jones said firmly.

“But it is. At least partly. You can’t ignore that.”

The chattering grew louder.

“Send her back, I say!” he continued. “Perhaps they won’t have a reason to attack if we’re not holding their spy.”

“We need her,” said Falconer. “She might have more information that could help us prepare for the attack.”

The others nodded, humming their agreement. They seemed to find this reasonable.

“Aye, but after that we send her back, she could persuade them to leave off.”

“Pass on a nice message too,” said one of the men in the back. “Tell ‘em where to shove it.”

“Now then,” said Falconer. “We don’t want to invite aggression.”

This had gone on long enough. Jones raised his hands and spoke over them. “Gentlemen, you don’t understand. It’s too late. Sending her back won’t change anything. Once they learn we’ll resist being brought in, they’re liable to shoot first, and ask questions later.”

“All right then,” said Falconer. “But we still need information. When are they coming? How many men are they bringing with them and what kind of weapons do they have?”

“Five days from now is her next scheduled meeting with them, and it could well be her last. She could be pulled out of here, and we have to assume they could attack the same day. So we have until Tuesday.”

The old woman behind me inhaled softly. “Tuesday.”

“But if she fails to report we’ll have the same problem. Either way, there’s no getting around it. As for men, all I know for sure is that they have got more people than we have.”

“What difference does that make?” said Mason. “I sure ain’t going with ‘em. We have weapons enough here for everyone. We’ll organize a fighting force.”

I could see some dismay on Jones’ face. “Gentlemen, listen! I’m not for going with them any more than you are. But we’re overpowered. There’s only one solution here. We must flee.”

“What? Flee?” Mason pulled his hat down and slapped it against his thigh. “You must be joking. I’ve never known you to be a coward, Jones.”

“I—” Jones took a step back.

“Leave our homes? Pick up our families and abandon everything we’ve ever worked for? Our families worked for generations to reach this standard of living and give us everything we have. Now you think we should flee? Into the wild? When winter is close? To risk the elements, and leave our crops rotting in the field? We’ll die! Our children will starve!”

Many people from assembly echoed strong agreement, though some remained silent and troubled.

My illusion of Mr. Jones authority in this place faded somewhat as I realized he was being strongly overruled.

“We’ll stand together,” said Falconer. “Show them we won’t go down without a fight. We’re tougher than we look, and maybe it will scare them off.”

“Aye,” said another voice. “They can’t take us all on.”

“Yes, they can,” I said. I raised my head, my eyes feeling puffy.

They turned to look at me. I’d had no input at all until now.

“They absolutely can and will take you all on,” I deadpanned. “At the same time. And win. Ten times over. You don’t understand. They could wipe you out with the push of a button.”

Some of the people shifted uneasily.

I set my elbow up on my knee and my chin in my hand.

“You can’t fight them. They’re too powerful.”

“You’re just saying that because you don’t want us to hurt your friends,” Mason accused me.

“No, I’m saying it because they’re too powerful. Also,” I continued in a sullen tone, “They’re not my friends.”

They waited as if to hear me say something else, but I had nothing else to say.

“You’ve heard it,” said Jones desperately. “Who’s with me?”

“Stay here if you’re with him,” said Mason. “If you’re with me, come outside. We’ll make plans for the defense of the towns.”

He walked down the aisle and out the door, and most of the room followed him.

There were a few standing left in the church, but not many. The Minister was still there, as were the Smiths, and a man I didn’t recognize.

“Ah,” said Mr. Jones, sliding down to sit next to me on the dais. “Doc Brown. At least we’ve got you.”

The man didn’t reply, just sat down also in one of the pews wearily.

The Minister was getting up tiredly to close the doors. “Not the result you had hoped for, I take it.”

“That went about as badly as it could possibly go,” said Jones.

“I’m not sure about that,” said the Minister. “I’ve seen people do worse. They could have turned on her.”

“I suppose.”

“You at least believe I’m right, then,” I said desperately to the Minister.

“Yes,” he said somberly. “But there’s nothing I can do.”

“You can’t persuade them? You can’t speak to them? You do it every week!”

“They’d see it as an abuse of my authority. They’re only using this building because it’s convenient,” said the Minister. “I don’t rule them.”

“What are you going to do?” I asked Mr. Jones. “Are you still going to run?”

He was silent for a moment. “This is a disaster,” he said, finally. “I won’t see my family killed or turn them over to the Settlement, of course. But I saw them when they took Paul Tiller in that machine, and I believe what you say. I must try to speak with the men individually. Maybe they will see reason when they aren’t in a show of bravado.” But he shook his head, and his face was full of lines.

Doc Brown and the four or five others who had stayed went to confer with Jones. I crept toward the side door to leave unnoticed, but when I opened it I was confronted with someone standing there as though she’d been waiting, listening.

“Ruth!” I took a step back.

Ruth Tiller made way for me to come outside. She clasped her hands in front of her and stared at me soulfully. “Is it true?” she asked in a tiny voice. “What you told Sarah Jones. Is he really dead?”

“Yes,” I said. “I’m sorry.”

“You told me you didn’t know,” she said, and there was a hint of reproach, though it was covered up by her other emotions.

“I’m sorry,” I said again. “I found out while in the service of DYNTEC. I should have told you earlier, but I… I didn’t.”

“You do want to leave them, though?” I could see the red rings around her eyes where she had been crying. “You really have changed your mind?” She twisted her fingers together.

“Yes,” I said.

“Alex,” Ruth asked me with an emotion that was difficult to peg. It was some mix of hesitancy, surprise and hope. “Do you believe in Christ?”

“Yes,” I said. And I meant it.

“Then you should get baptized.”

“I… I should?”

“Yes. Talk to the Minister about it. There may not be very much time.”

#kingdom of heaven #my writing #wip #koh

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Scumbag Continued:

Just a continuation of the Scumbag post because I reached the limit of photos o could attach to that post. Starting to think the tweets he made on the @whoknowsbitch1 about not having any friends was about himself, seeing as how he's stalked so many of mine.

*Image that's marked as 2* These are all the times he's tweeted about games HE has been actually playing. In the chat with Phil on messenger (I can provide screenshots if needed) around this time frame he talks to Phil about a couple of the games like God Of War, they had a lengthy discussion about that because Phil was basically helping him with how to defeat some areas and facts about the game. They also talk about Assassins Creed at some point, and he told Phil about him getting Jedi Fallen Order the last Xmas they ever spoke on messenger. Not to mention he always talks about Spiderman, he talked alot about Animal Crossing & the Pokemon games. This info is all on the accounts I came across AND his last Reddit account I found is a username dedicated to Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (CrimsonGuardianXCII) also Stacey plays The Sims game, she dedicated accounts to her playing the games and the characters she made.

*Image marked 3* Its super creepy a grown man is using a fake birth date, to follow women, (the one girl he follows and communicated with January 14th 2020 was 15!!!) his birth year is 1992. But its the fact he's targeted my friends to follow but making himself seem younger than what he is. Super gross. Another thing is me & Phil whenever we're sus of an account we check back on it after a few days to see if Liam reacts, so what I mean by reacts is does he delete the account, which he's done a couple times, deletes posts, which he's done in the past before or changed the username. So as we predicted, even though we sent him no links to my tumblr, Phil blocked him and he must've gone to stalk Phils account or saw the link on my Reddit account. He's got rid of followers and some people he follows, he's deleted posts such as: Asking about putting Viagra in his luggage, tweets about Spotify and the Animal Crossing picture he used that was Stacey's character and the switch game. And his likes have gone down. This is a typical reaction once he's been found out, giving himself away even more.

*Image marked 4* This is YouTubes way of blocking a channel, if he left a comment, I won't see it, it essentially goes into a void. But anyway, I blocked both the ones that I know Liam has, Phil showed me the first one (they uploaded Uni projects on there, that's how Phil knew about it) when we realised Liam & Stacey were stalking. Phil wanted me to block as many accounts as possible so that I had no interaction with him, the second one was on his Twitch, that I blocked (which I found when blocking his twitter related to his Twitch) I have never interacted with Liam on there, I have never messaged him on there. I'm guessing the "Hi Kirsty👍🏻" is when he was stalking and realised I had blocked his account and him getting angry, that is how he exposes himself. But on his fake Twitter where he's pretending to be a female with a fake name, fake birth year and interacting with 15 year old girls, he's talking about ANOTHER youtube channel (none of the accounts I've blocked have numbers in the name) So this shows the extent that whatever platform he is on, he has made numerous accounts. What is this obsession with me? Because the latest findings with that Twitter account truly shows he is a crazy freak, not to mention the many questions as to why a 27 year old man (at the time) was interacting with a 15 year old. Its gross.

I think its safe to say, I've provided enough evidence (don't worry there's lots more still to come) but from the evidence provided, the only person here who's been actively watching is Liam. From the fake Reddit accounts, fake twitter accounts, fake YouTube accounts, fake Instagram accounts and possibly he has fake Facebook accounts, the extent he has gone to constantly have an eye on what me or my husband Phil is doing is borderline crazy. I think he wanted to stay relevant because truthfully he's a loner, I think he's miserable with his own life, so therefore stalking his former mates wife and when he's caught out he likes to think he's the one that's being stalked. When in reality he's blocked and that's that. He's pretended to be a female twice, all whilst stalking my friends, which is so creepy. A 32 year Old man pretending to be younger than 30 to stalk women, it sounds as crazy as he is. The whole thing of "I'm a man no one believes me" is simply because he is full of shit. The only thing he's got screenshots of is stalking our accounts AFTER we've blocked his main account and even then it was us retweeing cheating quotes and narcissist posts, meaning he's using fake accounts. I've never followed his friends, I have mutual friends of his yes, but I never followed them first. They added me on Facebook, followed me on Instagram/Twitter first. He thinks he's someone special when really he's a nobody. It took us to June 2020 to realise he was doing anything because we didn't care about him. That's how much we cared about him, as soon as he was blocked, we didn't give a flying fuck about his existence. But this person who's boasted about his shit sex life, needing viagra, not cleaning his arse properly, bad mouthed his wife numerous times and has endless health issues, wanted to stay relevant, he wanted us to give him attention because its what he craved. The great thing is, if he's gone chatting crap to anyone and they approach me, I can simply send them the link to this tumblr which will reveal everything. If they looked at my Facebook, they'll see evidence and the link on my Facebook. The great thing is, him being so miserable is karma. He will be found out eventually by all those around him, and that will be karma, for providing so much evidence, for not moving on with his life when he was first blocked and for ever thinking he was smart enough to pull this off.

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ANOTHER RANDOM OBJECT SHOW: Season 1

EPISODE 16: Half-a-Life

Cloudy and GyroGyro were hanging out after the events of the previous Elimination Ceremony. “I mean, it was just so irrational, how could they..?” Question Mark sighs. “Moony, what's that phrase you follow?” She asks. “You can only guarantee so many things in life, and the choices that others make is not one of them.” She recited. “What… does that even mean?” Cloudy, asked to which GyroGyro howled, ranting.

“...what?” Question Mark seems confused. “GyroGyro knows what Moony was talking about, it’s Tabula Rasa, he believes.” Cloudy said. “Yes, it is. Tabula Rasa states that we can shape our children and their characters, but it doesn't take into account when they become independent. Period is an example of this. None of us could've stopped their choice, and it was final.” Moony noted. “Essentially, I’m saying that Period wasn't going to be stopped regardless of what happened.” She sighs. “..fair.. point. I guess that's final then. I’m just sad they left, I guess.” Question Mark shrugged. “It’s alright. I’m still sad about Starry.”

Meanwhile, as Team FUN! discussed that, Cuby was taking care of Mime, who was being entertained by his silence. Just then, House appeared with Sunny, who wanted to play. “Cuby! Uhm… why don't you have a mouth? or.. don't speak?” He asked. Cuby thought for a moment, then gave Sunny a paper. “Born… this way? …you neve had a mouth?” Cuby taps where his mouth should be, which is smooth, and nods his head. “How have you been eating…?” He asks, curious, to which Cuby shrugs, unsure himself how he’s been alive so long. “What was it like to be an object, by the way— y’know, an inanimate one?” House asks.

Just as Cuby was about to write and draw , The Gourd cut him off with the announcement of the next challenge. “CONTESTANTS! Your challenge today will be to cross this valley!” He said, before removing the ground beneath The Tightrope Island and replacing it with acid. “A rope will swing in a pendulum, back and forth, between the islands, the team who has the most members on the island across will win! GO!” He snaps his fingers, and just then, Mime becomes Cloudy, confusing Team FUN! with lines like “Sorry guys, I gotta switch!”

“How easy…” Penta said, taking advantage of the confusion and debate, corporealizes himself across the platforms, before realizing; “...HOUSE!” However, it was too late, as he was counted safe.

Moony then went, realizing even if they figured out which Cloudy was real, the other would only carry about 3 people on her, and possibly a 4th person within her, therefore leaving out the possibility of 2 people. and without consideration, grabbed Sunny and swung across the platforms. “We’re safe!” Moony said to Sunny, hearing the ding.

After Moony went, Cuby took his shot, but missed by a few inches.

He fell into the acid, and began to sizzle. The last thing he felt was everything around him boiling until…

“Oh damn. You got eliminated AGAIN?” Hangman said, looking down upon Cuby, who had just died. “...you're soaking wet—” Just as he was about to talk about Cuby, Lunartic appeared, causing a commotion.

“DAMN IT! I fucking REFUSE to die like that!” He looked around, angrily. “Ugh! and THIS place?! Such a fucking sobstory, this place!” He now sat. “Y’know darling, you could TRY to have a more likable personality, but…” Heart tsks. “but of course. That's not like you.” She says. “You're more of a like, I don't know… 12-year-old Jeff the Killer Creepypasta Fan who JUST realized that curse words exist?” Lightning adds. “Oh, shut up, SLUTS!” Lunartic flipped them off. “I’ll have you know the only slut here is ME, and besides, even If I am a slut, at least I’m not YOU, a person who on the daily, probably glorifies wartime with messages such as What happened to men?, as if war is something to be celebrated.” Heart told Lunartic off. “Pathetic.” She said snapping her nail filer, before getting a new one. “Besides, in due time, you’ll probably get out, unless they FINALLY got rid of you.”

“It's not just him, Heart.” Hangman said. “Cuby’s here, so they're probably doing a lethal challenge, which means Cuby and Lunartic here are dead.” He said. Heart groaned with many of the others in The Inbetween. “We have been STUCK in this white void for numerous days on end, and Silent Boy has FINALLY come back, so why doesn't he go ahead and tell us all about his trip?” Heart says. “Go on, speak!” Heart told Cuby, who obviously couldn't say anything.

Heart filed her nails as Period came over. “Eugh, what’s HE doing here?” He said. “My exact question..!” Exclamation Mark said, shivering at the sigh of Lunartic. “Oh, fuck off coward.” Lunartic flipped them off too. “Oh, no, no, no! What is THIS?” Triangula said, suddenly appearing from behind Lunartic. “No. Get him OUT!” She snaps her fingers. “What is he doing here, anyways?” Period says. “God, The Colon Duo better get here, and quick.” Exclamation Mark sighs.

“Oh, those lousies were TOO easy to get rid of! Constant fighting and bickering only leads to—” …and like that, Lunartic had disappeared. “Good riddance!” Paperplates exclaimed. “Far too annoying in my taste!” She said. “Can we get updates on Flower? How’s he doing, exploring the void?” Hangman asked. “I dunno, he hasn't said anything. WOAH! Cuby got re-eliminated?!” Hangman sighed. “No, he probably just died. Lunartic was clearly not eliminated either, so… who knows.” He shrugs as The Colon Duo both ascend and descend into view. “Greetings!” Angel says. “WORSHIP SATAN!” Devil proclaims. “We have reappeared! Flower found something MOST interesting!” Angel said. “As a result we can confirm— this place is NOT just some pocket dimension for The Gourd, or whatever, instead, this is a type of purgatory!” Devil proclaims. “You see, when an object dies, they will show up here! A place we from both The Heavens and The Nether call…” now in synchrony, the duo exclaim; “THE INBETWEEN! You are all inbetween non-existence and existence, hence the name!” Angel explains.

“...well, then what was the interesting thing Flower found?” Tragedy asks. “Can we see? Can we see?!” Comedy says, excited. “Oh, of course! We shall both ascend and descend, whilst teleporting you to the location of THE INBETWEEN you desire!” Angel proclaims, allowing Devil to teleport everyone in The Inbetween to Flower’s location.

“Hello, dears…!” A very old lady stood in front of the group. “My name is Margatha, and I was 81 years old when I died in…” She thinks. “Summer 2008...” she nods. “Oh, and thank you for your kindness, Flower. It has been very many years since I have been able to get fresh vegetables…” Margatha seemed to be a very old, pruny Raisin. She was clearly senile, and wasn't in the best state. “No issue, Ms. Maū.” Flower nods. “You remind me of.. Daisy! ..she's around your age and.. lives in this part of the void, with me…!” She says, caressing Flower’s cheek. “You're very pretty, like her.” She said.

“Wait, wait, you would've lived to see WWII?” Triangula said. “Huh… how did you..?” Triangula seemed to ask, to which Margatha chuckled. “Nothing special. I lied down in my sleep, and stopped breathing, I wasn't awake, so I simply awoke here.” She sighs. “I do worry for my grandchildren sometimes, but Daisy helps to ease me… oh… speaking of her, I really should introduce her to you! You are my guests…” Maragatha now cleared her throat, and with her best holler, called for Daisy.

“Hm.. ? Yes, Margatha?” Daisy says, popping out of the doorway of the cabin. She had white petals, a yellow flower head, green leafs, and a green silky stem.

“We have guests..! Be a dear and say hello, won't you?” Margatha would say, shaking ever-so-slightly as he held onto her cane. “Well hello dear guests, my name is Daisy.” She said in a gentle tone as she waved. There were 11 guests, and one of them was another Flower, who nodded to you. The others seemed to be rather disinterested or inattentive.”What brings you here in the cabin.. ? Either way, may I be the assistance?” Daisy asks. “We need to know more about.. HERE.” Tragedy says. “Yeah, yeah! WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?” Comedy asks, excitedly. “Well.. lets see.. I’m dead, I think..?" Daisy says not knowing how death works. “Indeed you are!” Margatha says. “I died in my sleep, as you should all recall… so we're all dead, however, we haven't quite moved on! Ohh, no… we still need to accept some things” Margatha said, still shaky as ever. “like… what?” Flower asks. “...any worries, angers, or guilt you had… do forget them. Your time has come.” Margatha said, sighing deeply. “Well.. There you have it.. I haven't moved on yet." Daisy says worriedly. “I still haven't moved on yet because, a singular Golden Rose." She said, “He's a different type of flower," She mentioned."I also died due to cancer. “ She said. “Oh… huh. What about him is so—” Flower pauses. “HOLY SHIT, WHAT’S HAPPENING TO MARGATHA?” He points out that Margatha is quickly fading, ceasing to exist. “Ohh, don't worry dears. My grandchildren will be perfectly fine. They can take care of themselves, and now I can rest. Thank you all for making me feel better about this.” she said, now fully dissipating.

The silence that filled THE INBETWEEN was silent, until someone spoke again. “Well.. she now accepted her fate, but not me. I just haven’t moved on.” she said. “This is what the cabin is really used for.” She says. “..you know, we aren't actually DEAD.” Flower states. “Cuby here is actually dead, but we were eliminated!” Flower said, speaking of Cuby.

Suddenly, as Cuby was waving to Daisy, he ceased to exist within THE INBETWEEN.

“...recovered AFTER silentboy? …how embarrassing…” Heart sighed. “Yes, indeed.. ??” Daisy said confused about the situation. “I think we should head back now, the next person will be eliminated soon..” Tragedy said. “A NEW FRIEND?” Comedy replies. “..uh.. yeah, heh..!” Tragedy chuckles, now walking away with Comedy. “Mhm..” She mumbled quietly to herself and went quiet. “.. I hope Golden Rose is okay.. I wonder if Ordinary Zero still exists.. ?” She murmured to herself. “..wait, what's Ordinary Zero..?” Flower asks, as Heart and Lightning leave. “Basically.. It’s a contest show that Golden Rose and his stepbrother often would talk about. Its reward was to get 10 billion dollars. I remember.. The host name was Bowtie.” She explained as Paperplates and Hangman left, too. “...the gameshow we were on is called Another Random Object Show— I remember the flyers calling it Season 1, for some reason. Most shows don't recognize their first season as their FIRST unless there's plans to make another season, or unless…” He pauses, staring at Daisy as Exclamation Mark and Period left, too. “Well.. Ordinary Zero was created in 2008.” She said. “and this show has been going since Summer of 2018. You don't think that… y’know, maybe Ordinary Zero was..?” Flower suggests, as Triangula left the cabin. “Well.. During Summer 2008, people were getting bored of cartoons. They wanted live-action studio audiences and such, like the gameshow you guys are on right now.” She explained. “Flower, you coming?” Triangula called out. “...sigh. I have to go. Do you wanna discuss this on our way there?” He asks. “.. Sure.” She said. Flower nodded and walked out the cabin, and when Daisy followed, the cabin disintegrated as Maragatha had died.

Once they finally got there, THE INBETWEEN began to glow green.

The Icon of Cloudy appeared in the area, before Cloudy herself finally appeared, being greeted by Hangman. “Eliminated?” he said.

“Yeah. Lunartic tricked everyone into thinking I was helping the other team.” She stated.

“...what now?” She asks.

…

“...we wait.”

END.

AROS was written by TheWiseGuest.

“Half-a-Life” was co-written by Mont, the character of Daisy belongs to her.

FIN.

A portal appeared in THE INBETWEEN, from it, Star stepped out and said; “I CLAIM HEARTUSSY!!”, before snatching her up to do… QUESTIONABLE acts with her in space. Phantom and Starry añpeared afterwards. Phantom sighed and said. “...Masqueradians. I.. apologize for—” Paperplates cut him off by hugging him, followed by Comedy and Tragedy joining in. “...Hangman, you are… welcome to come with.” He says, carrying the three out onto the moon.

“...everyone else is. If you.. wish to come with us, to the moon, then.. we welcome you with open arms!” Starry states. “...once we close the portal, there is no return. Alright?” Cloudy looks at Daisy, waiting to see if she’d come with. “.. I'm sorry, but I'm going with the others.. I need to know what it's like. I apologize, I just need to know. “ Daisy says, apologizing. “Oh, it’s fine! I’m coming!” Flower says. “Me too.. I.. need to know about Ordinary Zero now.” Triangula says. “That means Exclaimy and Period-y will stay! Let's go!” Flower says. “Oh, uh, I’ll be staying too. Like, I need time away from Heart after our, like, falling out.” Lightning says. “Oh.. good riddance!” Triangula says, leaving Lightning behind. “..I bid aiedu to you all…” Starry says, leaving THE INBETWEEN.

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