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Finding Her - Chapter 14

Link makes notes, takes photos and keeps time on his quest across Hyrule, in the hopes of finding Zelda and staying sane until he does. [ Previous | Next | First | AO3 ] A/N: This chapter's formatting may not read very well on Tumblr. See the AO3 link as an alternate.

Booting… Booting… Boot–

[ WARNING ]

%%% A problem has occurred and the Purah Pad will now shut down to prevent further damage.

%%% Shutdown process: Initiating…

### STOP: 0x0000008E (0xHE000000LP, 0x0ME00000)

### pp1371hud.sys – Address F87D91-HELP at F87DA0-ME

%%% Beginning memory transfer…

%%%Transfer Complete.

%%% C ontact your the Pur ah Pad technical admini5trat0r for furthe r # H##ELP!

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> Director’s Log, 104AC, 8th month, 6th day. I’ve made a start on the repairs to Link’s Purah Pad, but progress is slow. It was pretty badly damaged in the fight, and I’m not sure I’ll be able to save it. To think, just yesterday Link asked me to give it a once over.

As a stopgap, I’ve booted up a prototype Purah Pad and transferred all of Link’s data and inventory across. Its hardware is barely holding together, so I’ve asked Robbie to return from Hateno Village to help out, but he’s still a day away.

I’m using the guidance stone console to recover what I can. It looks like most of the data survived, but everything logged in the past week is completely scrambled. I’ll sort it out. I have to.

I know how much Link’s notes mean to him. Salvaging them is the least I can do.

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%[...]%Glad Tulin and Riju are with me. Have a bad feeling, about all this%[...]%Too many memories in Hyrule, and one over every rise and along every path%[...]%but Riju said I had no need for guilt, and Tulin said it was probably an accident%[...]%

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[][][] d[]te: ##VALUE! 8th [][][][][], 4th day 104AC ~~~ation: Lookout Lan[][][][] Weather: Mild

%[...]%Robbie’s upgraded the Message Medallions and made one for each Sage%[...]%I’ve briefed the Sages that I think it could be a trap, but we haven’t told the people of Lookout Landing. They’re so sure it’s her. They have so much hope. Who am I to take that away?%[...]%

A half-corrupted photograph, the shapes and colours decaying into noise. To describe it in more detail would be to describe peeling the Purah Pad back layer by layer, and unearthing the wriggling wires, blinking lights and humming components underneath. Look too long, and something starts looking back.

Caption: C an you% %see m e?

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RJ | 12:30 %[...]% made it to the Library%[...]% looking worse for wear.

UNKNOWN | 12:30 Roger that. Yunobo and I are ###here##in here, I’m##in here##

UNKNOWN | 12:31 Checking in! The Docks are clear but ###Gl# %% %.

YNB| 12:31 Plenty of Gloom here too, goro!

UNKNOWN | 12:32 What about you?%[...]%

LNK | 12:32 I’m at the second gatehouse. And I…

RJ | 12:32 ##[PURAH]? What’s going on?

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> Director’s Log, 104AC, 8th month, 7th day - After a day of work and no sleep, I’ve barely made it halfway through the data. I sent Josha off to find me some coffee but Goddess be good, she’d never heard of it. I guess they don’t make it in Kakariko anymore.

Robbie’s not far away. It’s possible it’s the damage to the Purah Pad itself that causing all the isues. But there’s a lot of noise in the data, more than there should be. Maybe someone’s been messing around with the backend somehow.

I just hope we can sort this all out before Link gets back. It would help if we knew where he went, and for how long, and why. Scorpis sent scouts, Harth too. They haven’t come back with anything. I told them he’s the Hero of Hyrule for the Goddess’ sake, look harder!

Okay, I think I’ve nearly cracked the entries made on the day Link and the Sages infiltrated Hyrule Castle. Hopefully something in there will help us find him.

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Log date: 14:45. 8th month, 4th day 104AC Location: Lookout Landing Weather: Mild

Made it to Lookout Landing with Tulin and Riju. Sidon and Yunobo were already here. All of Hyrule has come for 'Zelda'.

We’ve spent the morning planning the ‘rescue’. Robbie’s upgraded the Message Medallions and made one for each Sage, so that we can all go to the Castle together and communicate freely. The plan is to hit each main entrance – the Docks, the Library, the Dining Halls and the Gatehouses – all at once.

I’ve briefed the Sages that I think it could be a trap, but we haven’t told the people of Lookout Landing. They’re so sure it’s her. They have so much hope. Who am I to take that away?

And there is … another possibility. I can’t promise them Zelda is just an illusion if the opposite is true, but it’s too terrible… What would we do? What would we do, Zelda, if it’s really you causing all these problems in Hyrule, and really you who has turned on us? Goddess, what would we do?

A colourful photograph of Lookout Landing, with the banners of each land of Hyrule visible. Hyrule Castle stands in the background, brightly lit by the sun despite the Gloom that pours out of it.

Caption: Time to find out.

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Audio log transcription date: 104.08.05 Time: 26 minutes 31 seconds.

LNK | 12:27 Testing… testing… Can you guys hear me?

RJ | 12:27 Loud and clear! Wow Link, it’s like you’re right here.

LNK | 12:27 Thank Robbie. This was his idea.

TLN | 12:28 Cadet Tulin checking in! Or, no, can I be Officer Tulin?

RJ | 12:28 Sure you can, kid.

TLN | 12:28 Who are YOU calling kid?

RJ | 12:28 Only the Chief of–

YNB | 12:28 Hey guys! President uh… Yunobo, checking in! Is that the right term?

TLN | 12:29 You are President aren’t you?

YNB | 12:29 No the ‘checking in’ part.

TLN | 12:29 I guess?

SDN | 12:30 I am also here!

LNK | 12:30 Are we all in position?

RJ | 12:30 I’ve made it to the Library. This place is looking worse for wear.

TLN | 12:31 Roger that. Yunobo and I are in the Dining Hall.

SDN | 12:31 I’m at the Docks. They’re clear but there’s Gloom everywhere.

YNB | 12:31 Lots of Gloom here too, goro!

RJ | 12:32 What about you, Link?

LNK | 12:32 I’m at the Second Gatehouse. And I…

RJ | 12:32 Link? What’s going on?

LNK | 12:32 I can see her.

SDN | 12:33 The Princess?

TLN | 12:33 Zelda?

LNK | 12:33 I… I don’t know. Hold position, I’m going in.

SDN | 12:33 Uh, no need for alarm but, there’s something here…

TLN | 12:33 Wait… I can see something too.

YNB | 12:34 Do you think that’s…?

RJ | 12:34 Zelda!? But, she’s in the Gatehouse! What is she doing here?

SDN | 12:34 It’s… moving. The Gloom is moving…

LNK | 12:34 [roaring, crashing noises] Ack! Everyone! It was a trap! I repeat a trap!

TLN | 12:34 Yunobo watch out!

YNB | 12:34 Monsters!

RJ | 12:35 They’re everywhere! What happened to Zelda?!

LNK | 12:35 She was bait! Get out of there!

SDN | 12:35 [gasping] H-Help me! Help! It’s got a hold of me!

LNK | 12:35 Sidon! I’m on my way–

SDN | 12:35 [strangled] No, don't–! You damn-! Hyack, hyah! I’m… I’m free!

LNK | 12:35 Run! Don’t try to fight it!

SDN | 12:35 [screeching in the background] Okay, running!

TLN | 12:36 [arrows whooshing] One down!

YNB | 12:36 Yes, ha hah! We got this little guy, don’t worry!

TLN | 12:36 Not! Little!

RJ | 12:37 [thunder crashing] Take that! And that!

LNK | 12:37 Second Gatehouse is clear. Heading to the west apartments. Everyone report in.

TLN | 12:38 Roger that, we are nearly–!

YNB | 12:38 Done and done! Dining Hall is clear.

RJ | 12:39 So is the Library. Phew, that was quite the fight. And– oh, Sidon! You made it from the Docks!

SDN | 12:40 [out of breath] Indeed.

RJ | 12:40 Those marks on you… what was down there?

SDN | 12:40 I do not know!

TLN | 12:42 So did we… find Zelda?

YNB | 12:42 I think she left, after those monsters came.

TLN | 12:43 So it wasn't really her?

YNB | 12:43 Iunno…

RJ | 12:44 Link? What should we do now?

RJ | 12:46 Link? Say something. You’re scaring us.

YNB | 12:47 Is…is he alright?

SDN | 12:48 He’ll be fine. Maybe his talking stone is not functioning.

YNB | 12:49 It’s more of a talking rock.

TLN | 12:49 Looks like a pebble to me.

SDN | 12:49 It is distinctly a glowing stone, the markings typical of–

RJ | 12:48 Can we please focus?! Link, come in!

LNK | 12:49 I’m here, sorry. Monsters in Zelda’s old room. Caught off guard. Heading to the Inner Sanctum. Everyone else retreat. It’s too dangerous.

SDN | 12:49 No. We will join you.

TLN | 12:50 We can’t leave now!

YNB | 12:50 We’ve come all this way!

RJ | 12:50 We’ll fight together!

LNK | 12:50 Okay. I… Thank you. Approaching the inner sanctum. It seems clear but…

LNK | 12:51 …Zelda?

TLN | 12:51 Is it another ghost?

YNB | 12:51 Is it another trap?!

LNK | 12:52 No it’s… it’s really you, isn’t it?

RJ | 12:52 Link! What do you see?

LNK | 12:52 [softly] You came back…

RJ | 12:52 Link, wait! Wait for us to get there!

SDN | 12:52 We’re moving as fast as we can!

LNK | 12:52 I missed you…

RJ | 12:53 Link, answer me! Link!

LNK | 12:53 Zelda… you… wait. No–! [screaming]

RJ | 12:53 Link!

Connection terminated.

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> Director’s Log, 104AC, 8th month, 9th day - I’ve managed to recover more of Link’s logs, but Robbie wants me to hand over the Purah Pad ASAP. He took one look at it and shook his head. You’ve outdone yourself this time, he said. I told him I knew my behaviour was not becoming of a Lab Director. He agreed.

The logs don’t tell me much. I know Link was anxious about going to the Castle, and I know they had a hard fight once they got there, but when he and the Sages returned… he was in hysterics. And the Sages say they just found him like that.

But it wasn’t all for nothing. The Sages had good and bad news. The ‘Zelda’ we have been seeing everywhere was actually a puppet of the Demon King Ganondorf, who has survived to this era. It was Ganondorf that they fought in the Castle, and Ganondorf that caused all this Gloom and chaos. But the Sages believe there is still one of their number to be found, a fifth Sage, and that with their power they’ll be strong enough to take him on. But Link…

He said that he didn’t care about the Sages, or Ganondorf, or Hyrule. He said he had to find Zelda and that he had to do it alone. I told him to cool it, and that we must approach this as a team, but he just kept saying he would let us all down, and that we were better off without him.

I’ll be honest, I lost my temper. Pull yourself together, I said. The whole Kingdom is relying on you to defeat the Demon King, or we’re all dead, don’t you understand!? Zelda will have to wait, if she isn’t lost already!

He gave me the darkest look. When he grabbed his Purah Pad to teleport away I…I ripped it right out of his hands. He tried to grab it back and there was a tussle and the next I knew, the Purah Pad was smashed against the ground. There was silence, the worst kind, when you know you’ve done a terrible thing.

I have to repair it. It’s the only way I can think to apologise. And in the time I’ve been working on it, I’ve felt a judgement on me. Watchful eyes, deciding my guilt. I can’t believe I’m saying this but… I feel there’s something alive inside the Purah Pad, something that’s been rattling around in the circuits and is finally awake. I think it knows what happened here.

Maybe if I keep recovering what I can, I’ll figure out what it is, and maybe I’ll fix everything else too…

Well. Back to work.

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Incoming transmission…Processing…

Message Medallion activated.

Connection established.

PRH | 09:00 Hello?

UNKNOWN | 09:00 Hello, Purah. May I call you that?

PRH | 09:01 Who are you? How are you — No, I know. You’re whatever’s living inside the Purah Pad.

UNKNOWN | 09:01 Indeed, I apologise. I hope my occupation will not be permanent.

PRH | 09:02 So you tapped the messaging function in order to talk? That’s pretty brilliant.

UNKNOWN | 09:02 Thank you! I’m glad you think so. The Purah Pad has been a comfortable home. I am glad to meet its creator.

PRH | 09:03 Oh, it was nothing. I didn’t even know you were there. Anyway – WHO ARE YOU?

UNKNOWN | 09:04 I would prefer not to say. I was instructed to reveal myself only to the swordsman, Link. I do not know who I can trust.

PRH | 09:04 You can trust me, can't you?

UNKNOWN | 09:04 I did call out for you to help me.

PRH | 09:04 And I got your messages.

UNKNOWN | 09:04 The Purah Pad has survived the damage, I see.

PRH | 09:05 Yeah, sorry about that. That was my doing.

UNKNOWN | 09:05 And it was your doing to save me. Very well. I am Mineru, the Sage of Spirit.

PRH | 09:06 A Sage? The others are looking for you, you know.

MNR | 09:06 I would prefer you allow me to speak to Link and Link only.

PRH | 09:07 Well he’s not here right now. Something happened at Hyrule Castle. He never told us what.

MNR | 09:07 The Castle, yes. Ganondorf’s cruelty is as boundless as the sky.

PRH | 09:07 You saw what happened?

MNR | 09:08 I see what the Purah Pad sees. Thanks to you, I can finally communicate.

PRH | 09:08 Mineru, we need to know what it was. If Link abandons us, I don’t know what we’ll do.

MNR | 09:09 I understand, Lady Purah. It will be easier to show you.

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A series of photographs, or perhaps more accurately the memory of them. These images are reconstructed out of others and are more akin to illustrations than true-to-life pictures. The first is an image of Link, stepping into the Inner Sanctum of Hyrule Castle, restored to its former glory. Waiting for him there is Princess Zelda, bright as the sun. She beckons.

Caption: The puppet Zelda controlled by Ganondorf led us here, but this time when Link laid eyes on her, something was different. He was entranced.

An image of Link embracing Princess Zelda. He appears to be weeping, they both are. The Princess’ face then darkens, Gloom seeping from her body.

Caption: You must understand, Lady Purah, that even the tiniest sliver of hope was enough to tempt him. He had spent weeks knowing that this Zelda was not our Princess, but in that moment, it didn’t matter.

An image of Link crying out in shock as Zelda grabs him by the throat and throws him to the ground. She then goes limp, as the ghostly image of Ganondorf taunts Link from above.

Caption: I have never seen such rage. Link would have burnt the whole Kingdom down at that moment if it meant destroying Ganondorf. But the Demon King is cruel as he is cowardly. He would not face Link directly.

An image of a phantom form of Ganondorf which has appeared to face Link. He and Link do battle as the puppet Zelda looks on. The image shifts – the puppet Zelda takes a dagger, and begins to attack at every opportunity. Link dodges her as he fights Ganondorf, unable or perhaps unwilling to retaliate. One of the puppet’s strikes lands across his side, and draws blood.

Caption: Her betrayal would have been less painful were she not still so graceful, so beautiful. Her image was the one thing Link had wanted to see, and it turned on him with such violence.

An image of the four Sages approaching the Inner Sanctum to join Link. The puppet Zelda hoists her dagger ready to throw at the intruders. Link cries out and, to prevent her murderous action, sinks a blade through her chest. The puppet falls into his arms, blood staining her white gown. Link holds her close until she dissolves into ash.

Caption: He was inconsolable. The Sages found him weeping on the stone floor, and when they tried to help him stand, his rage boiled over. It’s a miracle he didn’t kill any of them in his rampage. But they managed to restrain him, and had to listen to the Demon King’s threats of destruction while their Hero shook in their arms.

A final image of Link, back at Lookout Landing, arguing with the Sages and Purah. There is an altercation, and the Purah Pad falls to the ground, broken. Link departs in a huff, and the image fades to white.

Caption: This was where he left us, or left me rather. The Sages do not hold anything against Link, but they do not understand. They did not see Zelda, in the Inner Sanctum, as he did. They do not know what he was forced to do to save them, even if it was only a puppet. You say he is missing? There is a log of his yet unrecovered that I believe may set you on the path to find him. Go, and find what you seek.

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Log date: 10:45. 8th month, 2nd day 104AC Location: Hyrule Garrison Ruins Weather: Sunny

Short stop over in Hyrule Garrison before we head to Lookout. Tulin was flying over Hyrule Field and spotted us so he joined us on foot. One hour in and he was already complaining about how slow we move. Then he and Riju got talking about which Sage’s Vow is the best, and they’ve been hounding me for my opinion. I’ve convinced them that as Hero of Hyrule I don’t have favourites.

(It’s Tulin’s.)

Glad Tulin and Riju are with me. Have a bad feeling, about all this. It’s peaceful being alone, but company is good too. Too many memories in Hyrule, and one over every rise and along every path, sometimes.

One came back to me when we were exploring these ruins. I was young, when I was first sent here, though not sure how young. Did I already have the Sword? It’s all gone now anyway.

When I was first starting out I was all brute force. The quicker boys, or the ones that didn’t play fair, always had the upper hand. One day I just got fed up. I thought I could dole out some justice. Didn’t know how hard I could hit. The first time I cracked another boy’s skull was the last… but I never really forgot the sound.

The old me, the original Link, figured out how to quash that anger somehow. The current me is still afraid of what it will do, if pushed too far. I told Riju and Tulin all this, last evening by the fire. I thought they’d be disgusted, but Riju said I had no need for guilt, and Tulin said it was probably an accident anyway. I don’t know. I barely know anything, these days. But I do know I have friends at my side now, and ones I can confide in. Maybe that’s how he figured it out, the Link of times gone by.

Well, present day Link has to press on, no matter what dread he’s feeling. Hyrule Castle is only a day away, and Zelda is waiting. (As is the gear she made me, hopefully)

A photograph of Hyrule Field, with the looming Hyrule Castle on the horizon. It bleeds Gloom and beckons, forebodingly.

Caption: I miss the times we had there.

[ All corrupted logs recovered. ]

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> Director’s Log, 104AC, 8th month, 10th day - It’s done. The Purah Pad put back together and given a polish thanks to Robbie and Josha respectively.

I think I know where Link went now. It’s the only place no one thought to look, because it’s the one place we were sure he’d wouldn’t go. Zelda spoke of it, half a year ago now, and of the treasure she left him. I’m going to go there myself to deliver the Purah Pad to him, and make my apology.

Before I go: Lady Mineru, I know you can hear me. I’m looking at the Purah Pad right now, all but talking directly to you. I have to wall you off again, Mineru, I’m so sorry. Your awakened presence in the Purah Pad is frying its circuits. I don’t know how you even got in there in the first place. Maybe you’ll tell us someday, but for now our priority must be keeping you alive. I’ll tell Link that the Purah Pad is the key to the fifth Sage when I hand it to him. I’m sure he’ll get you out of there somehow.

I’ve also decided to delete the images you showed me of what happened in the Inner Sanctum. I don’t know how to tell Link what I know, or if I even should. But I will tell him I know how he’s feeling. We all miss Zelda, so very much. Our world ended twice over when we lost her. I can’t offer him much more than that, but I think that’s okay. Sometimes hope isn’t what you need. Sometimes all you need is to cry, and when that happens, it’s easier if you’re not crying alone.

Okay, back to work. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. One of them will be our day.

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Log date: 17:10. 8th month, 10th day 104AC. Location: Mabe Village Ruins Weather: Cool.

Ah, the relief, having the Purah Pad back. You start to rely on this tech, once it’s part of your day-to-day. And there's no way to lose your memory if you write it all down. It's funny, Purah was the one who found me, in the Throne Room. There wasn’t much to say. We were both pretty sorry. Hugged it out, shed some tears, patched things up. Then I showed her why I'd returned there: the new Champion Leathers, bespoke made by Zelda.

They fit perfect, a good blend of the old tunic and some new additions. Not sure what prompted the memory of her note about it, but I just knew I wasn’t going to let Ganondorf take that place from us. Zelda and I met there, after all, a long time ago now.

Head’s still muddy. I don’t like thinking about what happened in there. Nearly let my anger get the better of me, nearly let it hurt my friends. I thought the Sages would abandon me for it but, they stuck by me, and carried me kicking and screaming out of that Castle. It’s so easy to let rage destroy you – when someone holds you back from that, it means something. I’ll find a way to thank them, in time. For now, I've apologised at least three times over.

After all that, I think I’m not afraid of the anger, anymore. It’s just a part of me, as much as any other feeling. Old Link stamped out his feelings. The new one is going to try and roll with them.

Heading south. There’s more geoglyphs that way, more ruins to explore, and pirates in Lurelin (apparently). Kind of excited about the last one. It’s been a rough few weeks. I promised the Sages I wouldn’t get too sidetracked, and would definitely find the fifth Sage in no time. But, come on, pirates! Let us have one fun thing to look forward to…

A photograph of the waters of Mabe Prairie lake. In the reflection is Link, holding the Purah Pad, the impassive camera eye looking back upon itself. Garini of Lurelin Village is by his side, waving.

Caption: Me and my indispensable travel companion, and also Garini.

#totk #tears of the kingdom #purah #link #zelink #tears of the kingdom fanfic #my writing #tloz #sorry this one took me years to post on tumblr i procrastinated hard on getting the photo #i wanted it to be purah with a blood moon in the background but got sick of waiting for one to happen LOL

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ivarismaybecrazy · 2 years

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Okay. At this point in empires smp, i think everyone has at least 4 episodes out. In season 1, this was around the time little hints of conflict started to erupt.

Now would be a good time for people to start revealing who is going to be a villan, who will be a hero, and who will be neutral. So I'm going to predict who's getting a villan arc and who's not.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND I HAVE NOT WATCHED SAUSAGE'S 8TH EPISODE, JOEL'S 7TH OR SCOTT’S 6TH. ANY INFORMATION I HAVE IS SIMPLY FROM HINTS I GOT ONLINE.

SmallishBeans/Joel - He was a netural factor for last season, but his character this season seems to be taking a slightly more dark path. So he might be a villan at some point this season. Maybe because some kidnapped or hurt Hermes or Sausage?

Smajor/Scott - Mans needs a villan arc. He was very close to one last season and didn't go with it. This season he looks very chaotic and could very possibly decide to go to the dark side of a war.

MythicalSausage - He's a good guy this season. He's been through a lot in his backstory and just wants to settle down and bring back the magic. Only reason I can see him doing something bad is for the protection and well being of those he cares about.

GeminiTay - definitely on the good side. We dont have enough lore that could prove gem might go bad and her vibes are very do-gooding.

LDShadowLady/Lizzie - I see a grand reveal of her being a cat and setting her animals on the other empires. Lizzie's a villain, if not mostly neutral.

FalseSymmetry - She's going to get pissed about not being able to go home and hold several emperors hostage and force them to make her a portal home. So she might be seen as evil, but she just wants to go home.

Katherine Elizabeth Gaming/Katherine - I want her to be a villain so badly. Cmon, monster slayer going rouge? Hell yeah! But, she’s probably not going to become a bad guy cause she wants her kingdom to love her again.

fWhip - Neutral, with a little bit of evil chaoticness. He’s a goblin, do I really need to explain any further? Also, fWhip already stated he wants his character to be a little guy having fun.

JoeyGraceffa/Joey - He might be a villan again this season. It’s simply just because Joey is going to be Joey. He’s going to steal something from someone else that just happens to be very important, the person he stole from will label him as their enemy, they’ll gather their allies, and make an overly complicated plan to get the thing back. Joey will hear of this, gather his allies, and they’ll make a plan to retaliate. Somone will get caught in the middle, some people will stare at them like “wtf are you doing” and war will erupt.

Pixlriffs - His literal job description is “Tell the story, stay out of the fight.” Neutral.

SolidarityGaming/Jimmy - The Sheriff. The. Sheriff. Hands down, no questions asked, good guy.

Shubble/Shelby - When I saw Shelby get expelled, I was muttering “Go rouge” underneath my breath. Unfortunatly, that didn’t happen. She still might go rouge though. She’ll mess more things up, the witches council will come for her, shubble will learn she can’t abibe by the rules any longer, and goes rouge.

#empires smp season 2 #smallishbeans #scott smajor #mythicalsausage #geminitay #ldshadowlady #falsesymmetry #katherine elizabeth #fwhip #joey graceffa #pixlriffs #jimmy solidarity

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l05t1nth3v01d · 2 years

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JSE (1/?)

ANTISEPTICEYE/JACK

I'm aware Anti was present in other videos but I chose to connect videos such as "KILL JA̶CKSEPTICEYE" and "CHASE" to the other egos.Anti will be mentioned there too obviously. I hope you know what I mean lmao.

TW:mention of Antisepticeye,su!cide and blood

[Not mine I got it from pinterest]

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Antisepticeye(Anti/Knife-Lover/Glitch Bitch)

• Dark/evil version of Jacksepticeye/inernet-virus demon

• Is fighting for control over Jack's body and/or power

》usually demented,strong desire to harm others,mood changes from anger to seriousness to insanity in an instant

• Foreshadows his appearances with camera,voice and/or video distortion

》Jack describes feelings of queasiness,excessive eye/neck twitching,prolonged staring at the camera,laughter,static

• Anti leaves hints in video titles and/or descriptions leading to his arrival

》when he appears he usually speaks harsh about Jack,occasionally likes to mock the viewers or the other egos

• Halloween(oct2016)"SAY GOODBYE"

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{Watch whole video^}

》Jack caves pumpkin,hears stomping and leaves to check on it,Anti appears briefly,Jack comes back and his nose starts bleeding and he leaves again,comes back and continues like nothing happened,towards the end of the video Anti takes over Jack's body,making him stare into the camera and slit his throat causing him to bleed out and collapse on his pumpkin

》Anti jump-scares the viewers,the whiteboard that read 'happy halloween' read 'help me' now,Anti blames the viewers for Jack's death and that they(us) could've prevented it but they just watched,he also said that Jack is "gone forever",tells the viewers to say their goodbyes

• East2017 panel "ALWAYS WATCHING"

{No need to watch the video}

》Anti tell audience that they thought he was gone and that they stopped paying attention,that he replaced him with Jack,warns them(the audience) that he wasn't going anywhere and that they will never get rid of him

• Anti appeared here and there and hijacked dec15th-16th 2017 a stream,dubbed as "Overnightwatch"

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• March 9th 2018|Anti's voice "Where is he?"

• May 5th 2018|Jack is disrupted by creaking noises and his door opens,his surprised face briefly appears for a second on the old in-game computer monitor,as from antis point of view from the door

• May 6th 2018 "BARRY HAS A SECRET"

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》possibly Jack finding a small hand in a closet and Anti telling him he wasn't supposed to find that(idk if its really Anti and Jack I just guessed)

• May 8th 2018 "IT WAS ALL CONNECTED"

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》Jack asleep tossing and turning,suddenly wakes up and looked at the camera saying "I remember what he did to me"(probably referencing the "SAY GOODBYE" incident)

• May 9th 2018|Jack didn't do his usual in- or outro,leaving many people to believe that it wasn't Jack recording

• May 16th 2018"EXPLORING AN ABANDONED HOSPITAL"

{No need to watch the video}

》At the beginning of the video Jack enters seemingly out of breath and confused,glitches on the screen

》near the end of the video it cuts to Jack staring at the camera,crying blood and whispering "it's all your fault."

》outro is red instead of green

• Aug 5th 2018| after outro,played in reverse:"I will return when you least suspect it" and the word "DEATH" in morse or some other code(I can't remeber)

• Sep 25th 2018|few Anti glitches and the word "HELP"

• Oct 14th 2018|distorted voice "Time to take off the mask"(possibly anti)

• Dec 1st 2018|Jack asking "Do you remember?"

• Dec 7th 2018|Jack tells the viewers that they must exit to end the video

》morse code at the end:"ANTIWINS"

• May 22nd 2019|Whiteboard '101610' could be a reference to Anti's first appearance

• May 23rd 2019|'Jack' shouts "It's all coming together" and "time is all broken" and "I am here"

• June 3rd 2018|Jack says he's alive and his heart is still beating

》(in-game)heart rate monitors show 0,screen glitches

》Jack lookd down and slowly up asking"Do you ever feel like there's something more?", smiling eerie

Jan 2nd 2020| cryptic message "not long now" and "He's coming"

》titled with 'A',likely referencing Anti

• Jan 16th 2020|Anti saying "it's all easy when no one knows you exist"

》Jack bangs head on whiteboard with static-like overlay

》morse code at the end:"IM HERE FRIEND HI"

• Feb 26th 2020"3 SCARY GAMES"

{No need to watch}

》all games had to do with obeying higher-ups or following orders

• April 19th 2020| someone saying(?)"Jack can't come to the phone right now."

》robotic voice can be heard as Jack leaves the screen:"help they've broken me"

》transcription of the voice at the end:"Who’s this then?" and "it never ends will it?" and "please save my friend" and "Phase Two will happen"

• May 1st 2020|in comments "OFFER ACCEPTED"

》may come from Anti,accepting an offer from another ego

》Jack says "I'm the offer.I was the sacrifice."(game reads"offer accepted,expect call soon")

• Anti is prolly(very likely) aware of the other egos and he despises if not hates them fully for the most part

I just want to gather stuff and I think best thing to do is to upload it and if you have other information or theories (about the other egos as well) and if you'd like to enlighten me then pls do.

Tomorrow I will post about Chase Brody.

#jackieboy man #jameson jackson #jacksepticeye #antisepticeye #anti #dr. schneeplestein #marvin the magnificent #robbie the zombie #jse lore #chase brody #Youtube

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makingspiritualityreal · 2 years

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Progressing with my Rahu and Ketu in context of Navamsa

Personal example on how important it is to interpret your natal Rahu Ketu axis in the context of their position in the Navamsa chart.

No matter how difficult the position of Ketu is, it always becomes ultimately our comfort zone. Even if Ketu is in a challenging house, dealing with matters of that house is our area of expertise.

It may sound ironic, that more challenging areas of life become your comfort zone, but don't forget that a comfort zone is something that is created through childhood conditioning. It doesn't have to be pleasant to become habitual. The comfort zone is created based on the childhood we're given, no questions asked about the condition of that childhood.

My Ketu is positioned in difficult houses, 8th in Rasi and 6th in D9. And that basically describes what I do naturally and effortlessly, and what I channel through my craft. I know how to figure things out for everybody. I'm a natural born problem solver. My go-to instinct is to get to the bottom of things and solve whatever is not working on the spot and move on.

Yet, life doesn't always provide immediate solutions. Sometimes, despite doing the maximum of problem solving, you have to wait for your efforts to bear fruit. Stay grounded in your position, relax and wait, knowing you've done your best. Learn to do nothing, at least temporarily, instead of burning the candle at both ends. Which basically describes my Rahu in 2nd backed up by Rahu in 12th in Navamsa.

Oh how painful that was too learn. I was going insane, thinking every second about everything that is not right in my life, that should be fixed right here, right now, that felt unbearable, obsessing over all the problems I couldn't solve, problems I didn't know how to solve, problems I knew how to solve but didn't have the opportunity to deal with immediately...the list goes on. The imperfection and turbulence of being in the moment felt unbearable.

Then, the burnout phase came. I was so frustrated trying to fix myself and everyone as much as possible at every given moment, yet still not getting the results I wanted, not feeling appreciated for the improvements I was trying to give to other people's lives. I needed a break. I became sick of everything and everyone, and I went into isolation, trying to make myself comfortable.

As I stopped running around trying to fix everything and everyone, I realised for the first time in my life how much I have already done. I did my best to establish a meaningful foundation for both myself and people close to me. I bled myself dry trying to ensure everyone made the most out of their lives. I sat back and relaxed, feeling secured in my position, probably for the first time in my life.

I still have that talent. I know how to fix things in a way that changes people's lives. I know how to help. I know how to support people with wisdom coming from my spiritual knowledge. I know how to power through obstacles and stay focused and determined on the way to where I want to get. It's something I will always know how to go back to. It's always subconsciously on my mind, as I'm always internally on track towards the life I want for myself. But that skill is worth so much more, when I give myself the space to really sit with myself in silence and look back at everything I've achieved, instead of never getting off the hamster wheel.

Because when you're always on the inside of it, you can't even see how fast you're spinning, or where you're even suppose to be going anymore. You can lose sight of your goal, as the grind becomes a goal in itself. But that is not the purpose of life. The purpose of life is achieved in realizing, where all the efforts we have made have brought us. How much we have gained in going through all the difficulties. That it was ultimately worth it. But to realize that, you have to stop long enough to find the meaning in the struggle. The reason why you wanted to make that effort in the first place.

#astrology #vedic astrology #jyotish #lunar nodes #sidereal zodiac

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baejl · 2 years

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christmas gift

red velvet 6th member au / superm 8th member au

jaein surprises jaebeom for christmas

WARNINGS: pregnancy stuff. yes, I did it.

masterlist 🦋 requests are open feedback is awalys important to me!

Jaein sat on the bar chairs and bounced her feet up and down as she watched the hour passing by. Two hours never felt so long.

When she was younger, and people would ask her about growing up and having her family, Jaein never denied that was a possible reality to her. 'Maybe’, she'd say. But she never, ever, thought it'd happen so fast.

How was she supposed to do with her career? How are the fans going to react? Somehow all those doubts were gone once she had the results on her hands.

It all started when Jaein realised she was a week late, as she takes a lot of pills to postpone or anticipate her period, Jaein didn't take that as a sign of a human was growing inside her. But then, a week turned into two, and then three, and then a month, and she decided to take a pregnancy test to make sure it was just her hormones.

Positive. That's what the doctor told her hours ago. A soon as she left the doctor's clinic, she gave Jaebeom a quick call, saying they needed to talk. He said he'd be home as soon as he finished the meeting, and there she was.

If it was in any other circumstance, Jaein would consider interrupting this pregnancy. She was young, at the climax of her career, Jaebeom was living the time of his life. Why put a baby in the middle of this? But, coming back to their shared apartment, she pictured a baby in this big penthouse, running and laughing around. She could raise that baby alone if Jaebeom didn't want it, but she wasn't strong enough to end it.

"I'm home!"

Jaebeom's voice echoed through the living room, making her heart stop, and she inconsequentially started crying, hugging the small box with the exam inside. Hearing some low 'meowls', she was sure he stopped halfway to give the cats some attention.

As his steps got louder and closer, Jaein cried even more. It was now or never. When he saw Jaein sitting on the bar, his sweet smile faded into a worried expression.

"Jaein?" he kindly said, placing Nora on the floor before walking over to Jaein. He brought her closer to his chest, and she hugged his waist. "Hey... What happened?"

Jaein took her time there, feeling him closer as if it was the last time because it could probably be. Jaebeom stood there, caressing her hair and letting her cry as much as she wanted, although he couldn't completely understand why.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry..." Jaein started mumbling against his shirt, and that was when he got even more confused. She seemed just fine when they talked a couple of hours ago. "I don't want to lose you."

"Anne," he called her attention, bringing her head up with his hand under her chin. "just calm down. I'm not going anywhere."

Jaein shook her head. Unable to do much, she just took the box and showed him, but he placed it back on the bar counter, sitting on the chair next to her.

"Jaein, what is going on?" Jaebeom asked, holding her hands. "I need you to talk to me. Do you want me to call someone?"

"No..." she sobbed. Trying to calm herself down, she cleared some tears that insisted on falling. Once she was calmer, she took the box and handed it to Jaebeom again. "Open it, please."

Still concerned but more worried about her situation, Jaebeom opened it anyway. Of all the things, he couldn't imagine anything inside that box that would make Jaein react like that. Even if he didn't know what was inside, his eyes started tearing up.

He took the papers first and then a stick. Well, at least he thought that was just a stick until he completely looked at it. It was a home pregnancy test. In the results, it had 'pregnant' written. Shocked, Jaebeom looked at the test, and then at Jaein, and then at the test again.

"I-Is this... yours?" he whispered, feeling his voice stuck on his throat.

"Yes." Jaein nodded, starting to cry again. "I took it today."

"Are you pregnant? Like, for real?" he asked again, now looking directly at her. "This isn't one of those pranks, right? There's a mini us growing inside you?"

Jaein gave him a weak laugh but still nodded, confirming the last question.

"Yes, babe. I'm pregnant." she said, sobbing.

Jaebeom literally threw the box away and suddenly got up, lifting and hugging Jaein, surprising her. She had to link her legs behind his waist not to fall. He started laughing with a mix of crying, and she did the same.

"I can't believe it!" he exclaimed, kissing her but then hugging her again. "You are pregnant. That’s the best Christmas gift ever!"

Suddenly, a guilty feeling hit Jaein, and she started crying again. How could she ever think Jaebeom would leave her? When he noticed she was crying, he stopped celebrating and looked at her.

"Why are you crying?" he softly asked, sitting her back on the chair. "Aren't you happy?"

"I am!" she interrupted him, cleaning her tears. "It's just that... What do we do now?"

"About what?" he asked, caressing her arm, trying to make her feel safe.

"About everything." she chuckled. "Our careers, our companies, the fans..."

"Jaein, this isn't about them." Jaebeom held her hand. "This is about us and what we want. You've been working for more than half of your life, nonstop. I've been working since my adolescence. We deserve to have a healthy and happy family."

"But you just started your solo career..." Jaein tried to debate.

"And so did you." he pointed out. "But this," he placed a hand on Jaein's belly. "it's not about our career. It's about our love. If you want this, we'll raise this baby with a lot of love."

"Babies cost a lot of money." Jaein pouted. "They cry all day, and I'll look awful."

Jaebeom looked at her for a while, waiting to see if she was joking or not. When he realised she was talking serious, he laughed out loud. He brought Jaein closer and hugged her again.

"I don't think any of these things are true." he mumbled, kissing the top of her head. "Now, let's take a bath and relax." he said, helping her to get up. "Tomorrow, if you feel calmer and ready, we'll tell the companies and our families. Is that okay?"

Jade nodded, closing her eyes as he placed a kiss on her cheek. Before she opened them, he was fast enough to hold her in a bridal style, making Jaein laugh.

"What are you doing?" she asked, chuckling.

"You'll get easily tired from now. Let's save some energy." Jaebeom replied, winking at her. Jaein lightly slapped his biceps, understanding the double meaning of his phrase.

"This is going to be fun..."

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spanishskulduggery · 2 years

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what concepts would you recommend someone focus on if they’re in the process of learning Spanish and are going abroad in about a year?

It really depends on your level. I'm going to assume you're a beginner but you're really going to want to focus on conversational Spanish not just specific words.

Things like "how much" or "how many" or "where is it?" or "whose is it?"

So some things that might be helpful:

directions

colors

greetings/farewells

formality

agreement in nouns/gender and singular/plural

negatives and the use of no and nadie

the infinitives, -ar verbs, -er verbs, -ir verbs

personality traits, physical descriptions, moods and emotions

some basic idea of sentence structure

pronouns and when to include them or omit them

basic nouns for people, places, and assorted things [this really depends like is it a good thing to know different kinds of birds? yes but like it's better you know the words for hospital and hotel and school... unless you're becoming an ornithologist in which case idk bird stuff would make sense]

telling time and the calendar/seasons

polite requests

question words; who, what, where, when, why, how, how much, how many

weather expressions

present tense

some basic commands or just an understanding of commands and negative commands

really basic verbs

the -go verbs in particular [tener, decir, venir, hacer, poner, salir etc etc]

ser and estar; you don't need to know how to conjugate everything but you should know what the basic concepts are

definite and indefinite articles

saber and conocer especially present tense

clothes, at least some

possibly pero and sino

possibly preterite and imperfect; depends on your level, I would say the three most important tenses are present, preterite, and imperfect... just in general, but especially if you're in A-B levels

transportation vocab

asking for help vocab

some basic idea of what stem-changing verbs are, not that you need to know all of them, but just an idea

though I would say probably be aware of morir and dormir

poder also is very important

a basic understanding of gustar and words like gustar which will help you later with indirect objects

asking for someone's name, last name, numbers etc. and being able to introduce yourself and give information

numbers 1-100 [tbh it's basically 1-30, then understanding how numbers after 30 work and knowing 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100]

ordinal numbers, but primarily 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th. Everything past that is a little confusing for basic students

cardinal directions; norte, sur, este, oeste but that's just 4 words

ir, dar, ver

not all of por and para but just knowing that they exist and are weird and sometimes different

prepositions a, de, en, con, sin and a handful of others; also being aware of conmigo and contigo

demonstratives

possessives

comparison

mejor and peor

the use of bueno/a vs bien

ir + a + infinitive for short-term future

the use of jugar + a

the use of haber at least in terms of hay for "there is/are"

ordering food and basic food nouns

a handful of idiomatic expressions, but don't worry too much about it if you don't know many

being aware of y, ni, and o... there's some weirdness with y and o as far as spelling rules but don't worry too much if you're a beginner they will explain it to you if you're taking language courses

Like I'm not going to sit here and say you don't need to know subjunctive, but it's usually not your immediate concern unless you're doing polite requests

Plus subjunctive is more advanced so I'm mentioning the basic basic basics

This is also probably all the verbs you need to know if you're a beginner ...a lot to take in all at once, but they're probably some of the most common verbs in all of Spanish

I'd recommend also looking into some grammar lessons like at www.studyspanish.com/grammar which runs you through some of the basics

And if there's any concepts you're confused about or have questions about let me know!

#asks #Spanish #langblr #learning Spanish #language #languages

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radnewspaperroom · 2 years

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Celestial Blessing mechanic, can it be saved?

I've been giving it a lot of thought. NTT Solmare went through the trouble of labeling it "our NEW mechanic" on the page which leads me to believe this is here to stay.

But can it be fixed?

I think so. 🤔

For a first attempt....yeah it's still awful, but I want to see it as a learning opportunity.

Problem 1: The rewards aren't that great...

What makes a good reward? I would like to think it's something not easily obtainable in game, such as :

UR Demon voucher

UR Cards

UR Card pieces

SSR Demon voucher

SSR cards

SSR Card pieces

Backgrounds

Icons

Majolish items

D-Energy

Demon Vouchers

However, most of the boxed rewards are cheap Akuzon items and rewards from both Normal and Hard mode. They water down the chances you have of getting the rarer items and waste your pulls. And there's SO many.

Problem 2. The amount of prizes in each box.

Each box has a massive 250 items inside, with only 1 or 2 of the really great items and 5-10 of the uber cheap items.

If we cut out all the cheap items, there really isn't that much left--so there needs to be a good balance. But how can we do that?

Problem 3: Locked progression

If you want to move onto the next box, you have to gain the item with a sticker, which is probably the rarest item in the box-- in other words "lowest drop rate". So if your rng sucks, you're doomed from the start unless you begin a steady pump of money into the game.

Problem 4. Locked half of it away!

I understand wanting everyone to savor it and not devour it in a single inhale like Beel would dinner. However without the whole event from the beginning, you limit how many bouquets are actually obtainable.

Problem 5: balancing

The amount of bouquets needed to do a pull vs how many items there are per box is totally out of whack. Its literally impossible to get all you want without sinking irl cash into it.

So what's the solution?

1. Space out the good rewards.

Rather then dump them all in clumps and then give the extra great items later on out of reach--space it out.

2. While you're doing that, also cut a LOT of the cheap items--or at the very least organize it and minimize.

My suggestion would be to do theme boxes. Each box represent a character and what they like. Since Mammon was our first pact, he would be box 1.

For this event that would mean:

the Santa icon

The Christmas with Mammon background

The cat butler icon

The cat butler background

His SR card

His akuzon gifts

And Yellow themed Devil Tree items.

While it's a plump box, it's not over filled as long as you don't require a shit ton of pulls on them (I'm looking at those gems, Grimm and akuzon items.)

Continue on with boxes this way.

Levi, Beel, Asmo, Satan, Belphie and Lucifer...with an 8th box being strictly extra stuff: surprise guest items, Devil tree items, Grimm, Story Keys, and such--the things that you can get in game but having extra would help.

That would make up part 1 of the event and then use part 2 for the other characters.

Solomon, Luke, Simeon, Barbatos and Diavolo. With the 6th box repeating as it does right now. Or you could hold off on Lucifer and put him between Barbatos and Diavolo for an even amount.

With this set up, people aren't wading through a sea of DT and Akuzon items for EVERY character for each box, but they still have a chance to obtain them once the rush of getting them rare items is done. You want people to play as much as possible and make it enjoyable, why would I farm in regular battles when I can obtain special items (keys) that whatever is left over turns into grimm?

3. If you're going to require the rarest item to be drawn to progress, then you HAVE to lessen the amount of items available. I've pulled almost 200 times and have all the backgrounds and icons from Box 1 but still no Simeon card.

Or you could ask for a certain amount of pulls as a safety measure (youve pulled 10 times and haven't gotten it? That's OK, you can skip now)

4. You run into the problem of Ap amounts with a 4 part event, but you open the possibility of more bouquets being available. Why would you lock half of it away for half the time? That's tying both legs and ordering a marathon?

Again, I understand the need for people to not rush it and get bored

4.5 add extra battles if you insist on locking away the other half of the event. Allow 6 battled at 8ap rather than just 3. That would be double battles for the same amount of story. When you do the update to unlock the next story sections, adjust the amount of battles so they're the result 3 battles.

5. Even if it wasn't locked away, and it was only a 2 part event--the amounts you're asking for are insane. Even with all 6 cheat cards and using up the 18 free dp a day available, it's impossible to gather enough bouquets to clear all 6 boxes in the first half of the event. If you save every single one, you have a better chance of box B, but you'll lose out on everything in Box A?

You need to look at the amount of items you have, and figure up how many battles you have. What amount would make it difficult, but not impossible to clear all the boxes in the timeframe?

Now adjust the amount that the cheat cards give. You want them to help without making it TOO easy. Yet don't make it so hard that you REQUIRE them to pass.

Tl;Dr

Yes, but it's gonna require some tweaking and scaling to make fair for F2P players. I think themed boxes would help keep it easy to manage and less annoying with rng Chances. But I know there needs to be an adjustment for how many bouquets (or whatever comes next with HDD 2022) per battle, so that people aren't forced to spend a lot of irl cash.

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utilitycaster · 3 years

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Level 14!

let’s go down the list except Fjord last because there are two paths he can go by but in the long run there’s still time to change the road you’re on

Jester and Caduceus: no additional spell slots, although they can prep an additional spell as they always can upon leveling up (both are now able to prep 19 spells). Eighth level spells show up at L15 and honestly it’s a short list (for those wondering: control weather is very handy but they might not get that in time to battle the takers, antimagic field will be good when they take on Trent at some point in the future but probably not yet, earthquake could be pretty nasty against enemies in the distance, and holy aura grants some great benefits but does require an extremely expensive relic and mostly I just want to know what a 1000 GP relic of The Traveler will be). They do however get improved Destroy Undead (up to CR 3 now), and a slightly better chance at divine intervention (not relevant for 7 days for Caduceus, but maybe Jester will be able to drag Artagan from the bar?)

Caleb: like the other full casters, no additional spell slots. He does get two new spells for free and personally speaking after looking into how antimagic fields interact with concentration I would love to see delayed blast fireball. I’m saving 8th level spell speculation for when they level up to 15 because the wizard list is huge, and more importantly, Caleb gets a subclass feature this level! He is now a master transmuter and can use his stone in four ways: he can transmute a nonmagical object no larger than a five foot cube into a different nonmagical object of similar size and no greater value; he can remove all curses, diseases, and poisons from one creature and bring them up to full HP; he can cast raise dead without a spell slot (diamond still required)(unless it’s Yasha); or he can restore youth, reducing a creature’s apparent age by a minimum of 13 years (3d10 or 13, whichever is higher), but with no lifespan extension. Any of these options will destroy the stone, and he’d need to create a new one, which takes 8 hours, after a long rest.

Veth: She learns a new spell, which can be up to 3rd level, and can be anything on the wizard spell list (as opposed to her usual limitation to the enchantment and illusion list). Also she hasn’t use mage hand to distract people, I don’t think, unless I missed it in last week’s battles, which is a L13 ability that Sam might review upon leveling up. As mentioned, she could take Leomund’s Tiny Hut, but also counterspell, blink, nondetection, remove curse, sending...it’s a good list. I would advise personally against major image just because that’s illusion, so she could take it at any level she gets to learn new spells or swap out an older spell for it.

Yasha: in addition to a zillion HP, she gets the most metal ability of all, Rage Beyond Death. If she is raging and is taken to 0 HP, she does not go unconscious. She still makes death saves as normal - and presumably, if she is hit she still takes a death saving fail (although not an auto-crit since she’s not unconscious) but she will remain conscious until her rage ends, and also she can, as far as I can tell from the wording, be healed despite failing 3 death saves and remain alive as long as her rage has been continuous. L14 is a fun in-between state because at L15 she gets persistent rage, which makes her very, very hard to kill as a result - it pretty much needs to be an insta-kill, like disintegrate or finger of death or being taken to -154 HP, since otherwise she just rages until healed. But at L14 she does have to maintain rage through attacks or damage.

Beau: Beau is now proficient in all saving throws, which means +9 to WIS and INT, +6 to CHA, and +8 to CON which will help a lot against Lucien next time (as she was rolling with just a +3 to CON last week). Her strength and dex saves are unchanged since monks have proficiency in those to start. She also can spend a ki point to reroll a failed save. And finally, her unarmored movement speed is now 55 feet per round, which means with step of the wind she can do 165 ft/round, which is 18.75 mph or about 30 km/h. (note: technically this is not superhuman; Usain Bolt’s record 100 m dash comes out to 37 km/h. However, that was for under 10 seconds. A rested Beau can do this for 14 rounds which is 84 seconds, covering about 700 meters. Using the 800m dash world record, the top speed is about 29 km/h; since it’s not a perfect comparison, Beau is at the very least matched with the (male) world record holder for that distance and possibly a bit faster).

Fjord: Fjord is currently at L10 Warlock/L3 Paladin.

Another level in Warlock gives him two major benefits: a third 5th level spell slot which like his other warlock spells refreshes on a short rest, and a mystic arcanum, which is essentially a once-per-day 6th level spell. The arcanum options are interesting and a few don’t seem very in line with his patron (somehow, create undead, mental prison, or soul cage don’t really seem like great choices) but arcane gate is highly on-brand - it’s basically Now You’re Thinking With Portals (and means that he could essentially allow the whole party to dimension door, with the restriction that it must be somewhere he can see). Conjure fey is sort of the same idea as conjure greater demon except fey, so I don’t really see the benefit; Eyebite is a solid debuffing option; Flesh to Stone lets him petrify people if he can maintain concentration and they fail their saves; Mass Suggestion is exactly what it sounds like (and lasts 24 hours without concentration, although there’s a save and it breaks if you attack the creatures affected); the various elemental investiture spells which could be handy in combat although would make it hard for the other melee fighters in the Nein; scatter, which is also very on brand in that it lets him teleport other people around; and we know True Seeing from the clerics and it’s probably not worth it since he’s got the sword and said clerics can do the same thing.

L4 in Paladin’s main benefits are: gets him closer to higher paladin levels, gets him an extra prepared L1 spell, and he finally gets the ASI/feat the rest of the party got two levels ago. For ASIs, bumping up strength and dex wouldn’t hurt - a higher AC and saves are always nice even if his attacks are with his maxed-out charisma - but the feats look better, honestly. Some that stand out to me are are inspiring leader (he’d have to do it twice to cover everyone, but it would give everyone +19 temp HP); mage slayer which is a feat I really like but also makes sense for Fjord, who is often in melee against spellcasters; spell sniper (which would give him a 240 range with Eldritch Blast, and a bonus cantrip, which he could take from any list although charisma casters are the smartest option); or prodigy, which Beau has and which would give him some extra skills and expertise.

#critical role #critical role spoilers #mighty nein #level 14 #this took a while #mostly in looking through the warlock 6th levels and calculations of beau's speed

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Sorry if this is too long, but I'd be curious to see how you'd rank all your yanderes, on a scale of nicest to most cruel.

- 🧲 anon

Interesting question! This got way longer than expected, so I'm putting it under cut

14th: Bruno Bucciarati- The only yandere on my list where its possible to never even know he was a yandere. Never lets you think he has any sort of power over you, and lets you do whatever you want so long as you stay in his ‘protection.’

13th: Squalo and Tiziano- Basically just sugar daddies but without the expectation of sex. (Oh, and you’re forced to live with them.) So long as you sleep in their house and don’t tell your friends they’re making you stay with them, you can do anything you want.

12th: Risotto Nero- Who would have thought that a man so intimidating could be La Squadra’s least cruel yandere? First on the list to outright kidnap you, Risotto makes up for it with his especially gentle treatment, and the fact he works to minimise how much he scares you throughout the whole ordeal.

11th: Formaggio- Probably would have come out behind Risotto if he hadn’t scared the living daylights out of you by burning your neighbour’s house down. Anyway, Formaggio comes so low on the list because he’s probably the least intimidating of anyone on La Squadra, and probably the hardest to make angry/upset at you.

10th: Leone Abbacchio- The last yandere on the list to not just kidnap you, Abbacchio scores higher than Bucciarati and Squalo/Tiziano mostly because his incentive to stay with him (he made you homeless) is far more cruel. Then again, he gives you a high level of freedom, so it could be worse.

9th: Vinegar Doppio- A very intimidating yandere early on, Doppio’s saving grace is that after getting over their early fears almost any darling would be able to turn the tables on him through manipulation, getting back their old freedoms and making him beholden to them.

8th: Pesci- Another yandere like Doppio who starts out quite forceful but tones things down quickly for the sake of their darling’s happiness. If you don’t mind being chained to the bed for a couple weeks, you might even be able to move back into your old house alone for a while (probably the only one on the list who would allow that!)

7th: Guido Mista- Does this count as kidnapping? You’re forced to agree to stay in your house at gunpoint but you can still do your own thing when he isn’t visiting. To be honest, the fact he threatens you with a gun that one time is the only reason he’s so high on the list.

6th: Prosciutto- Not a stuffy 50s patriarch, but there are some other things that leave him with a fairly high score. Mainly, he’s one of the few yanderes on the list who wants to considerably restrict your freedoms in the long term, though to his credit, he does have genuine reason to do so beyond a selfish desire to be near you.

5th: Illuso- To be honest it’s mainly just his personality that scores him so high. There’s nothing particularly cruel about him and he will let you out the mirror world once you grovel enough, but his natural reluctance to apologise and admit fault makes it hard to reconcile over the initial abduction.

4th: Ghiaccio- Okay this poor boy would not want to be placing so high but you have to face facts his temper is quite terrifying. Though he would never hurt you his emotional rampages would definitely put the fear of god in you, and his abduction method is one of the more scary to go through.

3rd: Melone- The thing the top three have in common is they all want to intentionally give you Stockholm syndrome. Though Melone does not make any physical threats like the two after him, the fact is he’s still giving you behavioural conditioning, even if he’s on the surface nice about it.

2nd: Sorbet and Gelato- Sorry to my beloveds (not sorry at all actually) but Sorbet and Gelato are pretty scary yanderes by the standards of this blog. Crimes include keeping you aware for your entire abduction just to see how you react, keeping you in the same basement they regularly kill people in (at least you’re cut off with a curtain), threatening to outright torture you if you seriously act up (even if they wouldn’t go through with it), and of course, their general demeanours which are terrifyingly ambiguous and terrifyingly clingy respectively.

1st: Cioccolata and Secco- Is anyone surprised? This is mold bastard we’re talking about. To his credit, he is very kind to you as far as his usual treatment goes (for one you’re never threatened with surgery without anaesthetic) but he still does certain things nobody else on this list would even dream of, like giving you surgery to temporarily disable you and threatening to off those close to you and make you watch. Secco is nicer but supports anything Cioccolata does, so no points there.

#small asks #mini requests #la squadra #la squadra x reader #team bucciarati #team bucciarati x reader #la unita #la unita x reader #yandere cw

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2021 Schedule + FAQ

Schedule

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Sign-ups Begin- April 1st

Sign-ups Close- April 15th

Check In #1- April 22nd

Check In #2- May 15th

Snippets Due- June 1st

Art Claims Begin- June 17th

Check In #3- June 22nd

Check In #4- July 6th

Rough Drafts Due- July 15th

Posting Claims Begin- July 23rd

Posting Claims Ends- August 1st

Final Drafts/Art Due- August 7th

Posting Starts- August 8th

FAQ

What is the WIP Big Bang? Good question! This is a Big Bang with one goal in mind: to clean out your drafts folder. These are stories that were unfinished for whatever reason, that authors returned to and completed, and the art that goes with them!

Do I need a Livejournal/Dreamwidth/AO3/etc. account to participate? No! You don’t have to have an account on anything to participate, though you will need to have somewhere to post your finished work. Having one or more accounts will help for you to follow what is going on with the bang (we crosspost to Livejournal, Dreamwidth, Tumblr, and Twitter at the moment), but they are not required to participate. You can always leave comments anonymously or with an opensource ID.

Will I get emails about the bang? We do send out some emails, mostly for snippets and art claims and to ensure communication between authors and artists, but please do NOT rely on getting an email to remind you of due dates. We currently do not keep an updated email list of participants, so we only send individual emails as needed rather than mass emails.

However, email is the fastest way to communicate with the mods. If you have any questions or are having trouble communicating with your artist/author, please do email us! We will do our best to respond quickly.

Is there a minimum word count? 7,500 words, but the sky's the limit, right?

What do you mean by minimum word count to enter? This is a WIP Big Bang, therefore we ask you to have at least 500 words of your story drafted when you enter. It's okay if you have posted a few chapters of your fic already (you never know when the muse deserts you, after all), we just require you to refrain from posting more until posting begins here.

Is there anything not allowed? As long as you wrote it and you want to finish it, you're welcome to participate. Just bear in mind that original work is only allowed on AO3 if it has a fannish connection and might make it hard for artists to work with. But we'll make a dedicated post for that if there will be any.

What are 'Check Ins’? These are a way for us to see what you've been up to and for you to make sure you're still on track. It will give you a little nudge/reminder if you need it, but they are not compulsory.

What are the snippets requirements? In order to allow the artists to make art for the story they claimed, we require you to supply three snippets from your fic, between 500 – 1500 words each. The snippets will be sent to the artist after they have claimed your story. They're to help the artist match your story for artwork the best way he or she possibly can. It’s helpful to choose scenes or parts of scenes that you feel best represent your fic, but don’t feel like they have to be perfect to be submitted. Along with the snippets, we will send your artist the basic fic info and your email, so the two of you can collaborate more if you would both like.

What are the rough drafts requirements? For the rough drafts, stories should be at least 80% complete. You will not have to turn them in to us, just assure us that you are at that point. Anything less is at the discretion of the mods and those authors should speak to one of the mods asap.

What is, and do I need, a beta? A beta is basically a person who goes over your work to make sure that there are no spelling/grammatical errors and they can even be of assistance in helping you with story lines, etc. It is highly recommended that a beta looks over your work before posting. If you are having trouble finding a beta, try this post.

Where can I post my fic/art? Stories and art can be posted to your own personal journal, tumblr, ff-net, AO3, or wherever you like. For those of you with AO3 accounts, we will set up a collection that will go live on the day of the posting. Also, we've enabled moderated posting to the comm (Livejournal and Dreamwidth) for members. We will post a template for posting artwork and stories to the comm closer to the posting date.

If you don’t currently have an AO3 account but would like one, you can contact the mods for an invitation code to see if they have any available. You can also add yourself to the AO3 Invites Request queue.

How do I know when to post? Posting will be tiered; you'll each get your own posting date that you and your artist will decide on together. There will probably be four fics, plus art, posting per day between August 8th and September 30th. The post with date claims will go up on July 23rd and you'll have to choose your date by August 1st.

If you want to post your story in chapters on AO3 or your own blog (or wherever you usually post), you may do so starting August 1st. However, posting has to be finished by your chosen posting date to the comm. One of the things we're hoping to do with the posted dates is to give everybody on the comm a little bragging time in the spotlight. You know, "this story was incomplete for this long, but I finished this sucker." If you don't have time to post on your chosen posting date, you can queue up a post ahead of time and we can post it on the date you picked. Either way works for us. Art will be due on the chosen posting date to the comm.

Is there a minimum/maximum requirement for my art? There is no strict minimum, but we do ask artists to remember that the authors are writing a minimum of 7,500 words and your artwork should reflect that. You can do anything you like, including banners, wallpapers, icons, mixes, vids, gif sets, picspams, etc. Suggested guidelines for art are 500x500px (or equivalent of smaller pieces like banner + spacers, cover + icons, etc.) for traditional art, digital art, and manips; 2 minutes for vids; 10 songs + cover art for mixes; and 6 images for gif sets and picspams. We also ask that when you are in contact with the author, you work with them to see if there is anything specific they would like (i.e. a wallpaper, book cover, etc.). The art is your work, but having ideas doesn't hurt!

What are 'art claims'? The claims are when anonymous summaries of the story go up for artists to choose from. It is based on a 'first come, first served' basis and artists may choose up to three potential stories (in case their first choice is unavailable). If there are more stories than artists, there will be a second round of claims wherein artists may choose a second story to work with. And on until all stories are claimed for art.

If a fic up for claiming is rated explicit (R, NC-17, etc.), please only claim the story if you are over 18 years of age. Some authors may be uncomfortable working with underage artists on explicit works. We do not verify ages in any way for the bang, so this is solely on the honor system.

Can I get an extension? Community extensions may be given in the event that the majority of the authors/artists need one. They may also be given individually under certain circumstances, but this must be discussed with the mods and will only be a short extension for posting. If you are certain that you won’t be able to finish your story in time, please let us know by June 13th.

What do I do if I have problems or concerns about my author/artist? Sometimes authors and artists do not get along and this may cause problems with working together. If this happens to be the case with you, please email the mods and we will try to do what we can so that everyone has a chance to have fun at WIP Big Bang!

If you have not heard from your author/artist in some time after trying to contact them, you can reach out to us via email and we will try to get in touch with them for you.

Can I drop out? We have high hopes that everybody who signs up can actually finish the round and share in the joy of the reveal with us, but real life can unfortunately get in the way and we completely understand! If you feel like you just cannot finish in time and no amount of assistance from us can help you, just let us know by July 13th (if at all possible).

Is it possible to be banned? We do have a banned users list. We hope to use this to encourage participants who are having issues to communicate with the mods. We want to help you! The way the ban works is that participants, either authors and artists, will be banned for dropping out without notifying a mod. This means that anyone who has not posted or talked to a mod by the time the posting period ends will be banned. Dropping out is not in and of itself a banning offense, so please do not panic if you have to drop out! We understand that there are many reasons you may need to drop, and we want to work with you.

Bans will last one round or until the issue is resolved, whichever comes first. To resolve a ban, authors will have to finish and post the story they signed up with and artists will have to finish and post the art for the story they claimed. Three bans will result in a permanent ban from the bang.</lj-cut>

I have a question/concern that’s not mentioned here. If you need help, you can always contact a mod and we will do our best to make sure that you get your story/art finished. The best and fastest method of contact is through our email, [email protected].

#!2021 #!admin #faq #schedule #signal boost #wips #wip #writing #works in progress #big bang event #big bang #works in progress big bang #wipbb #wipbb2021

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wewinbees · 3 years

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in regards to all the issues with MCC 14 im gonna bring up how unspeakably scuffed MCC 7 (july) was. focusing on the SBI v DT issues, which to preface both teams were tryharding because they were told it would be the last time they were allowed to team (at least for a little while) and they both wanted to leave with a win.

purple - dream, george, sapnap and sylvie

orange - techno, wilbur, phil and seapeekay

battle box - this started off with horrible lag, to the extent that it was unplayable for some teams, but they didn’t reset it until like round 4 or 5. additionally, they paused it before they decided on a reset, and a tonne of teams started to accidentally team kill with the power-up TNT packages, including wilbur killing CPK and techno going >:/ eventually they reset the whole round to try fix the lag, voiding the points from the first half meaning some players did better than they would have and others did Notably worse, like dream’s team who lost against a lot of teams they’d beat in the first rounds.

side note, but MCC 7 battle box scares the hell out of me just because wilbur blew up 2 of their teammates later on in the new rounds bc of Miscommunication (he asked if it would get them extra points by TNTing them at the end bc he got some when he team-killed in the pause, and techno was talking to himself and said ‘yea’ at the same time about something else), made worse bc it was against purple and dream got the points (although Techno lived and placed the wool so they still won) and then they spent the rest of the rounds arguing, with BOTH OF THEM going D:< and phil had to tell them to shut up. either way, it worked out well for orange, winning 8-1 while purple suffered, only winning to 5-4 largely bc of the reset. either way the girls were fighting and Oh My God it freaks me out lmao

build mart! not exactly a broken bit or a glitch but i feel like it would be POORLY RECEIVED in this current mcyttwt climate. basically orange had always been infamously bad at build mart, coming 8th last tournament, and were strategising on how to win. the night before, wilbur offhandedly mentioned getting every block so they didn’t have to rush back and forth, but this was unrealistic because there were too many blocks. but local tryhard (affectionate) technoblade took this and RUN, watching 6 hours of footage across every MCC vod to make 4 shopping lists, divided into sections for each player to collect, that had the exact number of each block needed to complete any of the 26 possible builds, and they came 1st place as a result. the funniest thing is they would have done even better if the timer wasn’t reduced from 15mins to 12mins, which was probably done bc of their complaining. the really fun part about this is techno went to boast about it to dream at the end, telling him he’d went through all 26 builds, only for dream to interrupt him “there’s 27, actually” BECAUSE HE DID THE SAME THING HAHAH!!! at least something similar, including some strange Java programme? idk but their strategy didn’t work nearly as well, with their team coming in 6th (from 9th last tournament)

the real drama this time though, was audience takeover! this was the first MCC with serious issues around the takeover; before dream joined in MCC6, it was whatever techno chose, and since they both chose battle box for MCC 6 it didn’t make a difference. but this time they divided votes. dream wanted HITW and techno wanted rocket spleef. after a harsh twitter poll, HITW won with 47% to Rocket Spleef’s 43%. now at this point i think the way that voting worked was that there’s 50 NPCs in the dome, each representing 2% of the vote. but because of how many people voted and how close the polls had been, the system glitched and gave techno’s team the win in rocket spleef. THIS WENT DOWN AS POORLY AS YOU COULD IMAGINE WITH THE DREAM TEAM, who had never played rocket spleef before. the admins paused the game and tried to swap it over, but it was not in the code for them to actually be able to swap to a new game, so they had to just play on. as a result, Dream’s team fell by A Lot, and they got pretty mad about the whole situation, especially given the fact that battle box had already been reset at this point, so the fact that they couldn’t reset rocket spleef got them pretty mad, w dream genuinely threatening to log at one point

that’s the last of the Major scuffs, i think there were some minor bugs too, like an arrow pick-up glitching in dodgebolt that meant phil died (which was Unfortunate because they lost 2-3) but in the end of the day guess what!!? it doesn’t actually matter! because it’s a non-profit for-fun MINECRAFT tournament!! any streamer that gets toxic tends to immediately apologise, and the discovery of bugs and exploits helps them get patched to never happen again! the build mart block randomiser gets added, they changed the coding of the audience vote to be shiftable! and ‘let’s just play rocket spleef’ becomes a great reoccurring joke among the MCC community

the noxcrew are amazing game developers, and even the breakers myof games should be treated like fun because in the end of the day It Does Not Really Matter :) i know we’re all chill on tumblr but i just want to reinforce how good MCC is okay and i did it with this big long post about how scuffed it can be, but the important part is how it improves and how we as a community react

#mcc #technoblade #dreamwastaken #tagging them bc they focus heavily in the bugs lmao #mcyt #mcc 7 #me going ‘it’s a summary guys’ and it’s That Long Huh #i like MCC 7 but it’s a hard watch sometimes lmao like i wanna watch greens POV at some point #i do feel like we’re being cool about it but also i have just been writing this instead of looking. Im putting my trust in yall being cool

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tealenko · 3 years

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Through Hell and Back

So... yeah, I liked the story way too much to stop after they made up, so I'm turning this into a series -> Through Hell and Back

[LATEST VERSION OF THIS POST HERE]

1st part (Cover Art) -> It's Been a Good Ride 2nd part -> Listen Before I Go ♪ 3rd part -> TBD (All these Possibilities) ♪ 4th part -> Somebody that I Used to Know ♪ 5th part -> Never Have I Ever ♪ 6th part -> Didn't Have the Heart ♪ 7th part -> TBD (shore leave) 8th part -> Don't Leave me Behind ♪ 9th part -> A Chance at a Happy Ending ♪

And more to come... I literally update this every week lol

Fandom: Mass Effect Relationship: Female Shepard / Kaidan Alenko

And don't worry, even though I get angsty sometimes I always write happy endings.

It's Been a Good Ride

Cover art for the "Through Hell and Back" series, It's basically a comparison side by side of both Shepard and Kaidan's life.

Tumblr -> [Link]

AO3 (Explanation + comments) -> [Link]

Listen Before I Go

Chapters: 10 / ?

Rating: Teens and Up (Eventually mature, I think)

Characters: Mio Shepard, Kaidan Alenko, Sofía Ryder, David Anderson + og characters.

Additional Tags: Origin Story, Funny, Angst, Unrequited Love, Dealing with Death, Main Character Death

Summary: Kaidan meets with Shepard's best friend, right after she "dies" in ME2. They'll go grab a cup of coffee so that she can tell him all about Shepard's early days in the Alliance.

Read in AO3 -> [link]

Chapters:

Chapter 1: Rain [Link]

Chapter 2: Coffee [Link]

Chapter 3: Vancouver [Link]

Chapter 4: Detroit [Link]

Chapter 5: Headquarters [Link]

Chapter 6: Lynden [Link]

Chapter 7: Demeter [Link]

Chapter 8: Persephone [Link]

Chapter 9: Seattle [Link]

Chapter 10: Abyss [Link]

Chapter 11: Catania

Chapter 12: tbd

TBD - ME1 story

Possible titles: Close Enough to Touch / Before it(you/she) Desappears / Written in the Stars / Play me Fair / All these Possibilities

Chapters: 0 / ?

Rating: Explicit (Last chapter)

Characters: Mio Shepard, Kaidan Alenko, Sofía Ryder, David Anderson, Jeff “Joker” Moreau, ME1 crew.

Additional Tags: Fluff, Smut, Slow Burn ,First meeting, Friends to Lovers.

Summary: //Kaidan explaining to Sofía how he met Shepard and their whole story. -> Just adding stuff to ME1, developing better the love story (adding to the cannon without changing it, or at least that's the plan)

Chapters:

Chapter 1: Sunshine

Chapter 2: Tea

Chapter 3: Alenko

Chapter 4: Shepard

Chapter 5: Normandy

tbd

Somebody that I Used to Know

Chapters: 6 / 6

Rating: Explicit (Last chapter)

Characters: Mio Shepard, Kaidan Alenko, Garrus Vakarian, James Vega, Steve Cortez, Jeff “Joker” Moreau, EDI, Liara T'Soni, Javik, Samantha Traynor.

Additional Tags: Fluff, Smut, Angst, Slow Burn , Reconciliation.

Summary: Kaidan goes back to the Normandy after the attack of the Citadel, but it’s been a while since he’s been there and doesn’t know how to act around Shepard. They’ll end up figuring out more than how to coexist.

Read in AO3 -> [link]

Chapters:

Chapter 1: Starboard Observation [Link]

Chapter 2: Life Support [Link]

Chapter 3: Port Observation [Link]

Chapter 4: Armory [Link]

Chapter 5: Apollo’s Cafe [Link]

Chapter 6: Captain’s Deck [Link]

Never Have I Ever

Chapters: 3 / 3

Rating: Explicit (Last chapter)

Characters: Mio Shepard, Kaidan Alenko, Garrus Vakarian, James Vega, Liara T'Soni, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, Jeff “Joker” Moreau, EDI.

Additional Tags: Funny, Happy Ending, Smut, Fluff, Never Have I Ever, Drinking Game, Sex, Tons of alcohol, Slow burn

Summary: Garrus and Vega convince Kaidan to drink with them so that they can trick him into confessing his relationship with Shepard. Things get pretty interesting when Vega suggests they play "never have I ever" and even more later on, when Shepard joins the game.

Read in AO3 -> [link]

Chapters:

Chapter 1: Whatever it is that Turians do when they’re Happy [Link]

Chapter 2: No, No you Don’t [Link]

Chapter 3: I Feel Good about my Chances [Link]

Didn't Have the Heart

Chapters: 9/10

Raiting: Explicit (ch 9 and probably 10)

Characters: Mio Shepard, Kaidan Alenko, Liara T'Soni, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, Jeff "Joker" Moreau, tbd

Additional Tags: Fluff, Angst, Smut, slow burn (of course)

Summary: Now that Shepard and Kaidan are back together, they'll have to face what all of their friends and crew mates think about it once they discover their relationship.

Chapters:

Chapter 1: Sleep Talking [Link]

Chapter 2: Walk of Shame [Link]

Chapter 3: Invisible to the Naked Eye [Link]

Chapter 4: A Friend in Need [Link]

Chapter 5: Echoes from the Past [Link]

Chapter 6: Sorry to Interrupt [Link]

Chapter 7: In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time [Link]

Chapter 8: Just Checking in [Link]

Chapter 9: Comparative Study of the Alliance Dress Uniform [Link]

Chapter 10: The Next Time

TBD (shore leave)

Chapters: 0 / ?

Rating: Explicit (Canon sex scene)

Characters: Mio Shepard, Kaidan Alenko, Garrus Vakarian, James Vega, Samantha Traynor...

Additional Tags: Fluff, Smut, Angst, Canon filler, Canon fixer

Summary: //Citadel DLC filler (erasing the clone thing, because I honestly hate... Same story, but no clone) + Shep interacting with her crew on their leave + tons of fluff with Kaidan + Recovering from canon deaths

Don't Leave me Behind

Chapters: 6 / 6

Rating: Explicit (Last chapter)

Characters: Mio Shepard, Kaidan Alenko, Garrus Vakarian, Karin Chakwas, EDI, Jeff “Joker” Moreau, Liara T'Soni, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, James Vega, Thane Krios, Kaidan Alenko's Mother.

Additional Tags: Angst, Fluff, Smut, Rescue, Happy Ending.

Summary: Shepard goes through the beam to stop the reapers, but Kaidan cannot follow her. Here’s his journey trying to find her among the ashes and save her.

Just so you know, this won’t follow the canon ME3 ending (I’m basically gonna cut all the child part, and there’s no options. She just kills the reapers, no synthetic dies appart from them and the Citadel explodes a little.) I understand you may not like this but this is the ending I want to write (that’s why this is a fanfic).

Read in AO3 -> [link]

Chapters:

Chapter 1: We Know this is Goodbye [Link]

Chapter 2: I Can’t Lose you Again [Link]

Chapter 3: You’d Better Show up [Link]

Chapter 4: I’m Going to be Waiting for you [Link]

Chapter 5: The Chance to Hold you Again [Link]

Chapter 6: Nothing Short of Amazing [Link]

A Chance at a Happy Ending

Chapters: 1 WIP / ?

Rating: Explicit (Ch. 2, at least)

Characters: Mio Shepard, Kaidan Alenko

Additional Tags: Fluff, Smut, Angst, Canon continuation, sort-of, post ME3, mainly fluff with a but of ptsd.

Summary: Shepard and Kaidan's life after the war (learning to have a normal life, family dyamics, marrige, having a kid... You know, all the sweet stuff they deserve)

Chapters:

Chapter 1: Sleep Cycle [Link to wip]

Chapter 2: Too much to Be over

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If anyone ends up reading this please feel free to suggest changes or prompts for the future.

Btw i'm from Spain, I've checked everything a thousand times but if something is wrong please forgive me.

#kaidan alenko #shepard x kaidan #shenko #mass effect #fshenko #commander shepard #fanfic #me3 #angst #fluff #smut #slow burn #happy ending #reconciliation

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flickeringart · 3 years

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Short Composite Chart Analysis

Analysis of a relationship between two people expressed as a unit, in other words, the nature of a relationship as a third entity. Signs are not really relevant, the angles and houses are, but I decided to include them in the interpretation.

(Chart calculated at astrotheme.com)

Ascendant in Aries – How the relationship is presented

There’s great passion and power to this unit, great outward expression of confidence and initiative ability. There’s competitiveness and an outward display of potency. Jupiter, the planet of abundance and freedom conjuncts the Ascendant, is indicating that the relationship is presenting as optimistic, faithful and adventurous. The relationship is heading into life with the outlook of expectancy, of a promising future. This unit harbors big and “larger than life” sized dreams of redemption seeing as Jupiter trines Neptune in the 9th. It’s through the exploration of the world, the universal meaning behind experience and the optimism of the relationship itself that the spark of divinity is discovered. Overall, this relationship rides on the principals of assertion, of generosity of higher learning, and openness to life.

Descendant in Libra – How the relationship interacts with that which is “other”

There’s diplomacy and an attitude of general civility when relating to others. There’s an understanding of differences and a need to find a common playing field, a baseline consensus in order to be able to cooperate effectively. There’s a pressing need to get down to the core of people’s motives, even if they may be dark. In order to find true cooperation and interactions with other people, some digging has to be done. No one ever reveals their true selves completely at first encounter which is why other people has to be gradually smoked out. There’s a suspiciousness and apprehension relative to others. The optimism that is presented by Jupiter in the 1st is pitted against the sharp and penetrative Pluto in the 7th. It could be that the relationship might be up against real power hungry energies and emotionally volatile interactions with people who seek to dominate.

Sun in Taurus, Moon in Scorpio – The conscious goals and the instinctual nature of the relationship

Stability and physical/material pleasantness is what is sought primarily. The goal for this relationship would be to become capable in terms of acquiring the things that are needed to live a comfortable life. This is especially emphasized since the Sun in not only in Taurus, the most material earth sign, but in the 2nd house of money and possessions as well. This relationship has the potential to generate wealth, to become solid financially. What is owned in terms of material value is a big focus. Physical means are standing out as the goal for this unit. Fortunately, the Mars drive of the relationship supports this, forming a trine to the Sun from the analytical and practical sign of Virgo in the 6th house of work. Saturn, the agent of time and discipline supports this goal as well, forming a sextile from the 12th house of the collective unconscious. However, the Sun is pitted against a Moon-Uranus conjunction in Scorpio in the 8th house. The unpredictable and intense emotional nature of the relationship doesn’t go well together with the ideal of stability and simplicity dictated by the Sun. Emotionally, the relationship is vulnerable to influences that lie beyond what can be controlled. Other people’s decisions, values and subconscious emotional attachments will greatly affect the emotional integrity and freedom of the relational unit. Although the identity of the relationship is derived from self-acquired resources, the emotional-physical sensitivities are squarely in the hands of “other people” and what they decide to support and not support. This is likely to be highly ambivalent since Uranus, the planet of change and revolution, is part of the mix. Unlike the solar goal, the emotions of this unit are extremely rebellious and intense. The polarization will give the relationship a double-sided nature, which might be disturbing and unsettling.

Mercury and Venus in Gemini – The interactive and social nature of the relationship

The relationship unit would be quite chatty and eager to communicate with the outside world, as is typical of a Gemini Mercury, talking is done for the sake of remaining stimulated and in constant mental movement. There would be a tendency to talk around thinks than getting down to the gist immediately, but it certainly covers more versatile and varied ground. To have a Gemini Mercury is like flipping a coin in the mind all the time, not only siding with one but with all perspectives in order to get a full picture. It goes without saying that this could make for confusion and non-cohesive patterns of thought. The unit might be perceived as highly communicative but relatively scattered and less condensed in thinking. Thought might fly all over the place at first but could become more and more organized after a while. It would take some time for the relationship to sort out all the facts of a situation or a topic because Gemini always starts with the multitude and then proceeds to put all the puzzle pieces in the right place. Since Mercury is placed in the 2nd house, the mental faculties of the relationship could be a source of money. Mercury is known as the god of luck, trades, travel and financial gain and undoubtedly the unit’s mobility and resourcefulness would facilitate their physical stability. The couple’s innate generosity and optimism would greatly benefit the Mercurial endeavors and vice versa, seeing as Jupiter sextiles Mercury from the 1st house. The couple has potential to find a sense of meaning in daily interactions and work. Mercury also forms a trine with Pluto, pointing to a capacity for focused and serious efforts of transforming the way thinking and talking is conducted. The couple would find that what is said and done has the capacity to change other people on a deep level, potentially even for generating money in the process. The same goes for the reverse scenario, that other people’s depth, power and penetrative insight might benefit the relationship unit on a mental and financial level. Mercury sits opposite Neptune, which generally means that there’s a polarization of the affective ideal of blissful refinement and the everyday movement of thinking and communication. There’s essentially a split between the yearning for experiential and existential redemption and the ordinary run-of-the-mill interactions. The relationship would be likely to pendulum swing between the higher and the lower, exploring philosophical, religious and theoretic visions that could possibly point to the love and the height of existence versus simply earning a living in a more ordinary and practical sense.

Creativity, openness, movement and quickness sit at the core of the relationship values. Nothing is more admired than intelligence and the ability to think. Excitement and activity may win over refinement because it’s in variety that beauty is found. The couple could get along, or at least interact with anyone, and would put high value on keeping the channel of communication open at all times. It would be considered a simple rule of conduct to always stay responsive and available. Overwhelm and fatigue could be an unfortunate consequence of this mode of being, but it would make the couple quite popular socially. To come off as interesting is of utmost importance. Since Venus sits in the 2nd house, there’s an emphasis on using the intellect to acquire possessions. The unit would probably find that material value is very important to an overall sense of harmony and balance. There’s a need to own aesthetic things, to be able to generate the means to have physical beauty in keepsake. A few special things won’t do, there has to be a variety and multitude of precious things lying around. Seeing as Venus is pitted against the volatile and intense Moon, the relationship might have trouble reconciling the mental values with the more primal and raw emotional needs. The airy, conceptual simplicity doesn’t go well together with the uprooting, instinctual intensity of the relationship. There’s a lot of emotion and disruption that seems to be caused by subconscious factors. The relationship is not safe emotionally for whatever reason but it doesn’t show on the surface. The values and preferences are carefully lived out separately from the lurking threats of the undercurrents of the relational unit. More than likely, everything is fine in terms of material welfare and comfort, but there are intense subconscious bounds on the psychic level.

Mars in Virgo – The drive and force of the relationship

Since the relationship has an Aries Ascendant the chart ruler is Mars. Taking initiative and facing obstacles comes naturally for this couple; it’s how they lead together. Since Mars falls in the sign of Virgo there’s a certain methodical and systematic approach to how things are done. There’s no room for making mistakes, things has to be done correctly, otherwise there’s no point. An analytical approach is what this couple prefer to use, which might make them less impulsive and forceful but more efficient and productive. Health is something that is advocated for, potentially with great passion. The couple could be quite nitpicky and fussy about staying on top of their daily lives, working like little worker bees to further their will to make everything as good as it can be. As a relationship, strength stems from following carefully designed processes for reaching defined goals.

Mars makes a few harmonious aspects to the Sun, Moon-Uranus, indicating that the driving force of the relationship is supporting the goals and needs of the unit, as well as fueling the motivation for change and improvement. However, there’s insecurity present whether it’s right to assert a separate will because it appears to conflict with the all-abiding unconditional realm of non-separateness. There might be quite a disturbing conflict between selfhood and oneness, seeing as Mars forms a square to Neptune. The relationship might find that it’s impossible to reconcile these two distinct principals. Everything that is done out of purely selfish motives contradicts universal love, but at the same time universal love seems to contradict selfhood. There’s a constant frustration present within the unit and probably a lot of insecurities and martyrdom connected to actions taken. Since Neptune is in the 9th, the couple likely has a lot of philosophical convictions that doesn’t translate to actions taken in daily life, seeing has Mars is in the “mundane” 6th house. Besides being on bad terms with Neptune, Mars also finds himself in opposition to Saturn. Saturn sits in the 12th house, indicating that the principals of discipline and concentration cancels the Mars drive out every now and then. The relationship would often end up in a locked, inhibited state, unable to access any confidence or motivation to move forward. The 12th house is the deep collective unconscious and it’s likely that the couple feels as if they’re existentially restricted and limited in some way, having to pay off some heavy karmic debt or just be haunted by chronic doubt that disables the unit with varying degrees of severity.

Summary:

This relationship is the kind that looks strong, inspired and capable on the surface while having a lot of things going on in the realm of emotion and forces beyond immediate control. There’s friction between higher ideals and ordinary daily activity that causes stress. There are also hidden pockets of rebelliousness and rage that stems from being forced to yield to other people’s values. Physical life seems to stand in direct contrast to more diffuse and elusive realms and there’s a tendency to swing back and forth between extremes. There’s value placed on stability, control and behaving in a civilized way, but it’s done in order to avoid other polarities of a more uncompromising nature. The more intense aspects of life are experienced as something not belonging to the unit itself. They are disowned and projected onto others and pushed into the hidden corners of the psyche.

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@bpdaf so this answer opened a can of worms (that I can call procrastination) and I wanted to address it, but with the limited characters in the reply function, I decided to answer it with a new post. Also sorry if this come as an attack, I promise it's not. I just became really curious if I had the wrong idea about the live-shooting system as I was ready to refute your points, but realized I didn't have enough knowledge to do so.

*also tagging @jahe, @yasmini24, @le-amarant as they also replied to my post and I figured maybe you were also interested in this (although it's really long and rambly, so I don't blame you for ignoring the post entirely). So yeah warning, this post is really long.

So I'm well aware of kdrama's live shoot system. But I did wonder if it was normal to start shooting 6 months before the first airing episode, as I was under the impression 6 months of shooting exceeded the standard duration of filming. But I couldn't actually refute it without some data to back that up. So I went to find data.

According to Wikipedia's page on Korean Dramas, they write: “As producing a series involves high expenses, production companies seek to shoot the episodes in the shortest time possible. In contrast to practices elsewhere, the first four episodes of Korean series are usually shot in advance, but the rest are shot continuously as the series is being aired.”

This fits in line with what I believed about Korean dramas live shooting system. They film a couple of episode ahead of time and then rest comes while it's still airing to fit with the audience response to it. Even preproduced dramas are sometimes reshot and re-edited while it's airing. But it didn't really say anything about the average filming duration for a drama or what shortest time possible was defined as. Probably because all dramas will aim for different things and given the content it can vary a lot how long it takes to film.

But I highly doubt it took Vincenzo 6 months to shoot something around 4 episodes and then crammed the rest into the 2 remaining months, as they knew from the start they had 20 episodes to fill.

So let's go through some other drama's shooting schedule to compare with Vincenzo.

I chose to limit the list to 2020 dramas (as they were likely affected by the pandemic) and tvN dramas, so it's the same broadcasting company as these dramas will likely share the same practices. Obviously with the amount I have included, I can't make any definite conclusions, but it does show a pattern.

*disclaimer I tried my best to accurately determine the shooting duration from when filming started to when it ended, but not all of these dramas had that information readily available, so I made do with the information I had at hand. This means some of these are just estimations.

So without further ado, here's the list:

Vincenzo:

May 2020, Director Kim Hee Won and writer Park Jae Bum teamed up.

July 2020, Song Joong Ki and Jeon Yeo Bin were considering the drama, while Ok Taecyeon had confirmed

September 2020, filming started

February 20th, 2021 first episode aired

No episodes April 17thand18th

April 17th, last episode script delivered

April 23rd, filming wrapped

May 2nd, 2021 last episode aired

Shooting time: 8 months

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 6 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: 8 days

1. Crash Landing on You

*not affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic * includes overseas filming

July 31st, 2019 – first script reading

End of august 2019, filming overseas begin

December 14th, first episode airs

January 12th, filming wrapped

February 16th, 2020 last episode airs

Shooting time: 5 months

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 4 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: 1 month + 4 days

2. It’s okay not to be okay

I couldn’t find the exact time shooting started, so these numbers are based between March and May, as I assume they didn’t shoot without Oh Jung Se being casted and while the table read photos were released in May, it could very well be they had started shooting before this.

February 2020 Kim Soo Hyun and Seo Ye Ji casted

March 2020 Oh Jung Se casted

May 8th 2020, first script reading photos released

June 20th 2020, first episode aired

July 31st 2020, filming wrapped

August 9th 2020, last episode aired

Shooting time: 3-5 months

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 1-3 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: 9 days

3. Start-up

August 4th, all the leads are confirmed for casting

September 2020, promotional starts to come out

October 17th 2020, First episode aired

November 21st 2020, Bae Suzy wraps up filming (assuming filming wraps up around the same time as her as she is the lead)

December 6th, last episode aired

Shooting time: 2-4 months

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 1-2 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: around 15 days

4. Hospital playlist season 1

*only aired 1 episode pr. week

October 2019, principal photography took place

March 12th, first episode aired

Late April 2020, filming wrapped

May 28th 2020, last episode aired

Shooting time: 7 months (couldn’t find when they actually started shooting, so let’s just pretend they also filmed around October)

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 6 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: 1 month

5. A piece of your mind

February 7th 2020, article of the first script reading

February 13th, first photos from drama unveiled

March 23rd, first episode aired

April 8th 2020, tvN announces that 4 episodes are cut due to low ratings

April 28th, last episode aired

Shooting time: 2-4 months

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 1-2 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: N/A (couldn’t find the exact time but they also axed four episodes and I don't know how much that affected filming)

6. Psychopath diary

*not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

August 2019, first script reading

November 20th, first episode aired

January 9th 2020, last episode aired

Shooting time: n/a

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 3-4 months (assuming they started shooting shortly after the first table read)

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: n/a

7. Stranger /Secret Forest season 2

* preproduced based on the information I found

January 2020, first script reading

June 20th, 2020 lead actors wrapped filming (But I only found this article that says this)

August 15th 2020, first episode aired

October 4th 2020, last episode aired

Shooting time: 6 months

Shooting duration before first episode aired: 6 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: 4-5 months

What does this mean?

So the drama that comes closest to Vincenzo's filming duration is Hospital Playlist, but they also did things a bit differently. According to their Wikipedia, they only aired 1 episode a week to comply with 52-hour week system and to avoid overnight filming for the cast's and crews' health. So that would extend their shooting time. They also had the same amount of shooting time as Vincenzo before the first episode aired, i.e. 6 months, but Hospital playlist was only 12 episode drama so they also had less content to fill.

The rest of these dramas has a shooting time with 6 months or less. I will say though a lot of these dramas are not action-packed (also I haven't checked the budget for any of these), so comparatively they probably have different needs when filming. The drama that comes closest in terms of action is Stranger/Secret Forest, and it's also pretty close in shooting time with only 2 month different (that's counting from the first table read though). This was however pre-produced so they wrapped up filming before the first episode even aired (if my information is correct). Also this was a season two so they were operating under a little different circumstances.

But with the exception of Stranger/Secret Forest (preproduced) and Hospital Playlist(tried to work with humane working hours), none of this drama has a 6-month filming duration before the first episode aired. In fact some of these dramas don't even exceed 6 months of filming. Meaning they had less time to shoot before the first episode aired. Their production was probably also lower and none them did CGI (although I haven't watched all of them so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) as that should also be accounted for.

So 8 months of filming is a lot to allocate to a drama, at least it's not the norm. There are other dramas that exceed that filming time that didn't make the list (Mr. Sunshine sorry too much research for at this point), but obviously that is not the standard.

Obviously I don't know how the filming was divided, how many of the episodes they had filmed before the first one aired. I don't know how many of the episode scripts were written before it aired. But I can see that even with the live-shooting, Vincenzo has some very uneven scheduling that doesn't align with how the rest of these dramas did their scheduling and airing. None of the mentioned dramas had any delays (in airing, I can't be sure about filming as some of them are probably affected by the pandemic), and yet Vincenzo did, even though they had spent more time filming before the first episode aired.

Also, most of these dramas wrapped up filming with more than a week to spare before the final airing, with It's Okay Not To Be Okay coming the closest to the airing date (with the ones where I know the date when they finished shooting), but they also only had 1-3 months of filming before the drama actually started airing so much less time than Vincenzo. And although they didn't have CGI, they did have the animations for each of the fairytales which I don't know how long it took but I can imagine it took some time.

So then I looked up another drama not by tvN but by Park Jae Bum:

Good Manager/Chief Kim

December 15, 2016 first script reading

January 25, 2017 First episode aired

March 30, 2017 Last episode aired

I couldn't find the date they finished filming, but given they only started a month before airing (honestly I felt super sorry for the cast and crew when I saw these dates), I am assuming the hit the last airing date pretty closely with filming, and that would give them 3 months of filming roughly. And they also had 20 episodes like Vincenzo.

I haven't seen this drama myself, so I can't say anything about the writing quality, but here Park Jae Bum was working under even more time pressure and was able to deliver the ending on time and as I hear, it was pretty a pretty good ending (but I haven't seen it, so feel free to refute me). And yet he couldn't do it for Vincenzo. So I do think something happened with ending, whether it was Park Jae Bum just took a long time writing it for whatever reasons, or someone/thing (be it something personal, writer's block, execs not liking the ending etc.) actually interfered and that prolonged the writing or entirely changed the ending.

Anyway this became too long, so let me just end it here.

I wish I had time to make a more comprehensive list so I could be more definite in the conclusion because obviously I can't base everything of the schedule of 8 dramas that also vastly different in production quality, genre and content.

So yeah I might have just wasted the last three-four hours making something that doesn't even make sense. But hey, at least I'm less prepared for the exams now, good use of time. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#Vincenzo #so much procrastination #I don't know if this was just an excuse to not look at unity #probably #also I think this mostly also to satisfy my curiosity about the live-shooting broadcasting system in general #although there is still a lot to be learned #sometimes I have this idea that bad dramas are live-shoot and the good dramas are preproduced #but then I think of descendents of the suns and remember not all preproduced dramas are good #and if chief kim/good manager is as good as everyone says #they did a pretty good job considering the circumstances they had to work under #I have put it on my watch list #so once I'm done with exams I can watch it #and then I can tell you if I think PJB can write a good drama under immense time pressure #anyway this was probably pointless #but here it is anyway

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