Part of me gets the vibe that magic is actually starting to fade in the world of Stardew. It makes me think of a book I once read that was a modern fantasy book, but the magic in the world was fading because of global warming and humans basically using the magic all up, similar to fossil fuels.
Idk it’s a cool concept, and the mention that certain races are dying - like the moon jellies - due to human pollution in the game itself set this thought process off.

Purple Guy MOVESET
Lightweight with 2 jumps (the jumps would just have afton raise elevation, no animation)
Gimmick
More so a visual thing but afton would be a 2d sprite like mr game and watch. Except for all of his moves where he is springtrap or a springtrap variant which would use a 3d model. The exception is spring bonnie which would stay 2d Also when he crouches he will turn into a 2d spring bonnie collapsed on the floor
Basic Attacks
Jab: Disassemble (Afton swing one arm forward before swinging the other)
Basic 2 hit Jab
(Aftons famous sprite)
Dash: Foxy Go Go (Afton dawns a foxy mask and jumps forward)
Pretty strong Damage
(Michael Scaring his brother and Withered Foxy Jump Scare)
Side Tilt: Run (Both his arms are put forward as he runs forward)
Does Good knockback but mid damage
(When he ran into the suit)
Up tilt: Fear (Afton punches his arm above him)
Does Great Knockback but no damage
(Running away from the spirits)
Down Tilt: Spirit (a spirit appears in front of afton)
Does minor damage but can cause a stun
(Spirts causing aftons springtrap)
Side Smash: Jumpscare (Afton turns into springtrap and walks forward)
Does A lot of damage and has a chance to stun
(Springtrap jumpscare fnaf 3)
Up Smash: Dark Trap (Afton Turns into spring trap as he leans back before leaning forward back to standing position)
Does Great Damage but really slow
(Dark Springtrap aka sister location springtrap cutscene)
Down Smash: Springtrapped (Afton freaks out in the suit (still 2d) )
Does Great Damage to both afton and the opponent. But also can bury
(Aftons death)
Aerials
Neutral Air: Activation (Spring bonnie extends all of their limbs)
Does Great Damage to afton and his foe. And also great knockback to the foe
(First thing to happen when Aftons springlocked)
F Air: World Slash(Afton smashes the below area)
Does Great damage and can spike.
(Fnaf world attack)
B Air: First Spring (As spring bonnie punches down behind him)
Does Great damage and can spike
(First spring bonnie appearance)
Up Air: Dark Return (Afton Turns into spring trap as he leans back before leaning forward back to standing position)
Does Great Damage but really slow
(Dark Springtrap aka sister location springtrap cutscene)
Down Air: Panic (Afton shakes the feet below him)
Hits great damage and can spike. Also has a chance to use the springtrap model which would just be visual
(When burntrap got kidnapped. And the panic animation shared between afton and CC)
Grabs
Grab: Shadow freddy appears the foe as both Hold the opponent up
(Loosely based on the events before the bite of 83 and the events in the follow me games)
Pummel: Same thing as his jab
F Throw: Shadow freddy walks forward where the opponent follows them before shadow freddy disappears and william runs up and punches the foe twice
(the events in the follow me games)
B Throw: Shadow freddy walks behind afton where the opponent follows them before shadow freddy disappears and william runs up and punches the foe twice
(the events in the follow me games)
Up Throw: Uppercut
(smash original)
Down Throw: Puts opponent in suit (doesn’t do any damage but when the throw is finished it causes the foe to still be wearing the suit for 15 seconds which while making them heavier also makes them incredibly slow and jumps go half as far)
Specials
Neutral Special: Ventilation
Springtrap enters a vent in the ground. Acts Like meta knights peek a boo with some minor differences. First after a random amount of time the opponent will become poisoned and lightweight. After all theres a thing in vents its harder to get clean air. After another amount of random time a random phantom animatronic will appear and stalk the opponent. If it hits the opponent they will become dizzy. Sounds broken right. Well while in the vents will also takes damage. And after a random amount of time will be bouted out at a random part of the stage with the dizzy effect. Could happen before or after a phantom spawns but will always happen after the light wight poison. So it’s a very risk and reward move how much damage do you wanna take, the opponent is light do i strike now or risk getting booted for the phantom. Also can only move horizontally and puts you in free fall if existed in the air
Side Special: Plushtrap
Plushtrap appears in front of Afton and chases the nearest foe. Only one plushtrap can be on screen per afton player at a time. When it manages to hit a foe it act like a stronger pikmin that will take 5 seconds to disappear where it takes no time to spawn another one. If After 30 seconds the plushtrap never hits someone it will naturally disappear where it takes 15 seconds to spawn another one. And it will freeze for 2 seconds if hit by a projectile. Finally it can’t fall off cliffs nor can it jump so it will never be in the air. unless spawned in the where it acts like a Pikmin spawned in the air. Also wouldn’t change anything mechanically but it has a 1/10 chance to summon a bunny from princess quest. Specifically the flying ones that appear in the beginning. And a 1/50 chance to summon vanny. Again changes nothing except visual
Up Special: Malware
Afton turns into springtrap as a tentacle comes out of his body. You can point to which direction you want the tentacle to appear. It acts as a basic tether recovery with one caveat. If it hits a foe they will have a 25% chance to become infected. When infected your directions reverse and out of every 16 attacks 1 of them will not go through and leave you vulnerable. You will be infected for sixteen second before you are cured. Now to balance it out if the attack is used and doesn’t connect to a stage or player there will be heavy end lag and will put you in free fall if used in the air. So always be careful when using this move
Down Special: Bite of 83
As Springtrap Will Bites Down. acts exactly like wario's neutral special.
Final Smash: Missing Character incident
A cinematic final smash. The smash starts with afton throwing a rainbow knife as a refrence to the move slasher in Fnaf World. Any one hit by the rainbow knife has a 1/10 chance to instantly lose stock. But if that one in ten chance fails they enter the cinematic. It shows the character at a birthday party before they’re lured away by a 3d model for spring bonnie.it then cuts to black before showing the character trapped in a golden freddy suit. Racking up tons of damage but no knockback. However if the opponents damage goes over 100% it is an instant stock loss
Cosmetics + Gimmicks
Every costume has both a different color for will and a different springtrap variant. And you can pick which springtrap variant you want with whatever afton you want. So you could have alt 3 afton with an alt 7 springtrap.
Costumes
Pure Purple - Springtrap
Pure Orange (Midnight Motorist) - Scraptrap
Pure Pink (Pink guy theory (no i don’t believe it just felt like it should be referenced) ) - Vanny
Pure Blue (Phone Guy) - Glitchtrap
Pure Red (Old man consequences) - Frost Springtrap (yes i know only plushtrap has a skin in special delivery but creative liberties)
Pure Yellow (Prize King And Sun) - Toxic Springtrap
Pure Bluish Grey (Moon) - Burntrap
Black body with white stripes and white face (Puppet) - Flaming Springtrap
Stage Entrance: Will comes in on a car like captain falcons
Taunts
Iconic Save Them Sprite
Eats pizza
Pose he takes in fruit maze
Victory Animations
Springtrap stands in the middle of a bunch of masks with a light in there eyes
The puppet lays on the floor as a car stands parked in the background
Nothing appears on screen before springtrap jumps the screen
(If you win the match with the final smash it show william dancing in the pizzeria)

First of all, I’m aware of what I’m looking for is overpowered and not at all how the game was designed to be played but it’s fun for me so do you and ima do me.
Wondering if there is my perfect truck mod out there. Falling in love with the IX quad steer and it does exactly what I need except for logs. Can’t find an ad on for a log bed that works with it, but it certainly has room for all three sizes of logs and a crane. Otherwise it’s a five slot beast that can repack and roll on.
Or if anyone has found an add-on of what I’m looking for for the IX quad steer then please let me know. The plan is to haul a short, medium, or long MoreLogs trailer with a corresponding bed that you could load from trailer to truck as needed

• Needs to be able to haul short, medium, and long logs on its body, no trailer (not all three sizes at the same time obviously)
  
• Able to have a logging crane (currently love the LP4 Omni crane mod)
  
• When not using a log would like a 4 to 5 slot bed
  
• Decent speed and stability
  

~First~
(Writing, writing, writing: Muse crashes, burns and refuses to respond. Great.)
The Buzz on the Spin
“That’s the third time the call was dropped.” Hoagie states the obvious.
“From what I can tell they’re being hacked like it’s the latest fad. Even if our call goes through clean it’s going to be seen by an audience of several billion at least.” Demon replies. His tiny little girl is sitting on his shoulder so everyone’s watching their language, even Zsebreza. Sure, Kathy was growing quick and was developing a good sense of humour, but not even Minisi wanted to be responsible for teaching her the naughty words.
It takes several more tries with the bridge crew chuckling at things before suddenly the link is accepted to find a thoroughly unamused Asian Man glaring at them. The man then lets out a breath. “Two hundred and eighty six separate calls with the image of a woman presenting herself. I have never been simultaneously flattered and insulted.”
“Spoiled for choice sir?” Demon asks.
There is a moment of a pause as the man’s eyebrow quirks in frustration. “Yes.”
“I’m afraid it’s a common issue the galaxy over sir, we humans are hot commodity. Even a hideous slob of a man would find himself inundated with attention. A competent man with goals, ideals and motivation? A feast before the starving sir.” Hoagie says.
“Clearly Officer Eastman.” He says before relaxing a little. “I am Observer Wu. I have been charged by the nations of Earth with baring impartial witness to what has occurred the galaxy over. I have already spoken to several pockets of humanity, including but not limited to three other space stations, the newly risen nobility of Vucsa and of course, The Dauntless and the Embassy on Centris.”
“So what are you looking for? We’ve sent back numerous eyewitness testimonies and as much in the way of resources and proof of our claims that can survive the damaging effects of Cruel Space. A fair portion of exotic material and cadavers were actually supplied from this very station. What more do you need?”
“I just wish to speak with people. I will be communicating with and travelling to every major locations where humans have touched in the galaxy. To see the truth of things with unclouded eyes.” Observer Wu says and there are some nods. “Now then, if you could describe your location and posting please?”
“Certainly, we’ll do that in reverse though if you don’t mind.”
“I do not.”
“We are posted here to both ensure that we have friendly contacts in an area of interest and to learn more about the galaxy at large. Between ourselves and our fellows posted at other stations we are writing the operations manual for how to maintain, police, administrate, protect and supply a fully functional space station with a substantial permanent population. We’re also recruiting and keeping our eyes out for unusual technologies, tactics and techniques. This station alone contains a permanent population that rivals several first world nations on Earth with an industrial capacity well beyond what those nations can provide.”
“Can it now? This station is self sustaining? Food, air and other such supplies?”
“It turns out that a great deal of air is released by harvesting asteroids. Most of them contain a large amount of ice, even when they’re primarily minerals of some kind. Food is grown in hydroponics on such a scale we outright export it. The mining provides the metals and other materials for further products and again, hydroponics of a different source give us oils which leads to plastics, cloth comes in too. The station is completely self sustaining at this point. If the rest of the galaxy was to vanish then all we need are some rocks and we can keep this place going forever.” Demon explains and Observer Wu nods.
“And have you learned about these techniques and technologies?”
“Yes, however many of them are reliant upon Axiom.”
“And the control of the station?” He asks and Minisi pokes at a few of them with her tentacles to get people to shift away. “And you are... the woman in charge I believe?”
“Indeed. Although not for too much longer. I’ve had my fun but the station has become a tedium. I will admit that your species showing up has broken up the monotony a touch, but only enough to give me enough time to really make sure my heiress has this place on lock and with an unmatched command crew.”
“And you’re fine with them having that level of power?” Observer Wu asks and Minisi has a tentacle point right down at Hoagie.
“This one has been in charge of over ten percent of my station. The most productive Agriculture Decks we have are in his power, both officially and unofficially. The businesswomen there fear the flamingo shirts!”
“Hey, I got flowers on at least half of them.” Hoagie protests and she turns to him.
“Hey hey hey! Station boss or not, no horning on my hubby!” Zsebreza says buzzing into view and pressing back on the woman who leans back in amusement.
“You Charbis are so easy to rile up...” She says fondly as Zsebreza sheathes her weapon while still giving her a massive stinkeye.
“So that video was not an elaborate prank in horrific taste.” Observer Wu notes.
“Reality is stranger than fiction sir.” Hoagie notes.
“Indeed it is, and now that you’ve confused me, I am going to return the favour.” Observer Wu states and Hoagie looks from side to side and everyone else is equally baffled.
“Sir?” Hoagie asks as Observer Wu presses a button on his armrest and requests for a certain passenger to be sent up. “What is this...”
He freezes entirely as the camera shifts and he can see... “Mom?”
“Daniel!” Janet Eastman says with a smile. “And... one of those... things that got you.”
“I told you we needed to edit that video.” Zsebreza says.
“But it would clearly have been faked in some way and...” Hoagie trails off. “I... are you alright? The way out of Cruel Space is no fun.”
“It.. it was not pleasant, but I worked in the kitchens for most of it and it kept me busy.” She says.
“Familiar territory then.”
“A starship mess hall is NOTHING like a Corner Bistro in New York.” Janet says and he chuckles.
“Are you sure you’re alright? I mean... the rail shot into orbit, the initial training...”
“I’m part of the civilian experiment. To see how easy or hard it is to get people out of our little corner of the galaxy.”
“And the verdict Miss Hoagie’s mother?” Minisi asks in an amused tone.
“Something needs to be done about the zero-gravity trip. It’s too much. I’ve needed some chemical help to stay calm during parts of the trip.”
“Yeah, it’s not much better when you’re trained for it.” Hoagie says. “Are you coming here?”
“Of course! Those videos were horrifying! If those girls are walking all over you like that then I don’t care if I’m numbered two hundred to one or two thousand to one! I didn’t work my butt off as a waitress when you were a little boy just to see a bunch of bees walk all over you! So I’m putting you on notice!” She growls out.
“Okay lady, I’m giving you the private number, because I love that attitude. And because we need to get ahead of this before there’s a war kicked off.” Zsebreza promises.
“There is no war that’s going to kick off. Mother, Charbis are a very defensive species and refuse to let people see their relaxed state unless they have absolute trust. No exceptions. That’s why you’ve never seen them in anything less than one of their most agitated states. When not safely in the hive a Charbis is only a few moments away from violence.”
“Is the hive like a beehive?”
“It’s not made of waxy hexagons. It’s a bunker with innumerable defences and very comfortable on the inside. They’re so reinforced and secure that it’s the most defensive part on the station barring the other Hives.”
“Hey, you’re really pushing it...”
“I haven’t said anything secret. I haven’t shown anything secret. Anyone with working eyes can see a Hive is nearly impossible to attack if they want to live, and with how wealthy and good with crops Charbis are in general, any idiot can figure out that they have plenty within the hive.”
“Well... yes, but the idea that anyone has any idea what the hives are like...” Zsebreza says and then Janet’s eyes widen as she realizes exactly what she’s seeing.
“Oh! It’s like THAT! No wonder you haven’t bothered running. It’s not too different from home was it?”
“Tough on the outside, everything you want inside? Pretty much.” Hoagie says and a very relieved Janet lets out a sigh of relief.
“Good. I’m still coming over though.”
“But, what about back home? Aren’t you?”
“Daniel. It’s okay. The old building was... well it was soon to be decommissioned anyway.”
“Oh... and I suppose the little place out back...”
“Gone too.” Janet says.
“I see.” Hoagie says.
“Are you alright?” Zsebreza asks and he nods.
“Yeah it just... the place I grew up is gone. Even if there was a way back to Earth, a true way, then I still couldn’t got home again.”
“Everyone leaves home eventually. Not everyone can go back.” Janet says. “Still. Don’t think you’re keeping me away, just because I’ve gotten an idea about you young lady. I’m coming to make sure you’re treating my little boy right. If this is a woman’s galaxy, then this woman is making sure her boy is with the best in the galaxy. Understand me?!”
“Mom!”
“Daniel.” She says even as he gives one of his fellows a dirty look when they snort. They put their hands up and back away. “So fierce young man. Now...”
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He simply watches the video feed as mother and son speak. Trying to get a grip on the body language of the alien creatures. There’s a great deal of play and movement around the Charbis Bee woman, the ears are a massive tell on the Ikiya-Mas girl and the Mnenmi seemed utterly passive, in control. The men seemed either comfortable or excited and things seemed to be matching up.
Of course Mother Eastman was an open book to his practised eye, worried, putting on a brave front but the kind of woman who had given up her life to raise a child properly and was now chasing him out of not only maternal duty, but a sense of emptiness now that her great struggle was finished.
He knew her story. A sad tale of how to people, neither with families, had found each other and then shortly as life seemed to be picking up for the happy ending, an accident had taken the father, leaving a single mother to mourn and raise a child alone. A woman with no really marketable skills beyond being a woman and having a sympathetic story. She had been hired and remained hired at a moderately successful Bistro for over a decade, even being held on because she had a teenage son at home working a part time to help out.
Sad story, but one that had given her and the boy spines of steel. Still, open book regardless and...
His communicator goes off and he checks it. It is a text from an unknown number.
-Enjoying the show? ~Minisi
His eyebrows climb up a little and he reconsiders his thoughts on the octopus alien. She’s clearly very aware of things, and likely has the implants required to communicate without being obvious. Or he’s looking at a body double. Either way, she’s tipped her hand for... some reason. Which is bothering him. Why did she reveal this?
There is no way to determine without further interaction. So he replies with a simple yes.
-Good, a voyeur who doesn’t even enjoy the show is just a bore.
Is she just mocking him? This seems to be more mockery than anything. So he asks a simple question.
-Why does it matter?
-It doesn’t. You’re a prickly one aren’t you?
-Yes, I am. Is there an issue?
-Not at all.
Well that’s not useful. Is she just poking him for entertainment? She still hasn’t moved at all beyond basic shows of amusement as mother and son make plans to get her to the station and the Charbis daughter in law is putting on a clearly fake show of protesting having the woman be brought into the hive.
A hand falls onto his shoulder and he jumps in his seat a little before turning to see a smiling, but old and withered face. “Can I help you?”
“I was just wondering if I could make use of the communication relays next. As entertaining as the last few months were, I do think I should give a proper warning to my approach. If only to see how the boy responds.”
“Do you think he will respond poorly?”
“Only if he’s changed far more than I’d expect. But who knows? The mystery is half the fun of life now, isn’t it?” The elderly man says. Observer Wu considers for a few moments. This man had broken into his personal office without setting off an alarm, without alerting the guards and all the while needing a cane and with his joints audibly creaking.
“If you tell me how you broke in Mister Koga, then I think I can accommodate you.”
“Oh that? Easy enough, follow me lad, I’ll show you where you need a few more eyes. Or lasers! Lasers are always fun. Not as much as a guard dog, but having a poor inu in the vents is just cruel no matter how much you dislike chihuahuas.”
“That was rather specific.”
“I was suppose it was wasn’t it? Anyways, this way young man.”
~First~ Last

Armor is now revert back into OW1's -5 / -50% version. This combined with the new 25% damage resistance for headshot create a lot of different damage numbers than before.
From testing in a custom game:
Beam damage remains at 30% damage resistance (Zarya, Moira tested).
DoT now has 0% damage resistance (Ana and Widow vemon tested).
Headshot damage resistance is multiplicative. Meaning instead of 2 - 0.25 = 1.75, it is 2 x 0.75 = 1.5. Same multiplier as a Sojourn headshot.
Stronger headshot multiplier from Widow and Kiriko follows the above logic. 2.5 x 0.75 = 1.875. 300 (Widow HS) x 0.75 = 225
Weaker headshot multiplier from Sojourn and Illari ignores headshot resistance. 1.5 for headshot.
Armor is applied after headshot resistance. Cass headshot 140 x 0.75 = 105 (headshot resistance), then 105 - 5 = 100 (armor).
Armor and headshot resistance respect 50% damage resistance caps. Mauga pellet damage to:
Health, body = 4
Health, head = 6 (25% damage resistance from headshot)
Armor, body = 2 (50% damage resistance from armor)
Armor, head = 4 (50% damage resistance from armor, headshot ignored due to 50% cap)
Speaking of Mauga, burn crit does not count as headshot. So it deals the full 8 damage to health, even if you intentionally aim for the headshot with the burn crit. Burn crit still respect armor, lowering it to 4 damage.
I didn't have time to test how Discord Orb mess with the entire math.

So K'Sante is receiving buffs in 14.10?
My question is, why? The champion a genuine plague on the integrity of pro play, has been since he released. Currently he has 77.6% presence at MSI, goes even in almost every lane, has CC immunity on a basic ability. Everyone has been watching this unkillable demon soak everything in frontline, then hijack a carry 2 screens away and assassinate them for over a year.
Yes it's flashy, but it's not remotely enjoyable to watch. I just feel bitter whenever I see K'Sante succeed at a play, it's not like "oh wow that was a well timed outplay" it's "this champion's kit undermines the integrity of the game I can't believe this shit exists"
He's like the Yuumi of top lane (coincidentally same designer, haha) undermines the integrity of the game because his kit is so fundamentally broken that he needs to be purposely kept weak. Maybe.. if he's 77% presence in pro, and sub 45% wr in soloq, that is a strong indication that the champion is unhealthy and needs a complete rework? His W is the most problematic part of his kit, if Riot doesn't want to rework him, just remove the unstoppable on his W. I urge anyone to go and read K'Sante W on the wiki, it's insane.
Phreak just gutted AP Corki, which is traditionally a champion kept weak because their kit promotes boring, non-interactive gameplay when they're high presence in pro play. If Phreak could please use some more PTO, and I don't know.. devise a way to humanely break K'Sante's ankles, would be appreciated.
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Luna VI query: Set the source to the leaked files of the first reconnaissance operation of Irisa.
Certainly!
Luna VI query: What did Ryo do during the first hour of the war?
***
Ryo had already reached a state of full awareness after waking up, and yet he hadn't moved an inch, immersed in his inner world as he thought about what he and Elysira had done at night.
And what a wild night it was.
The way that she had skipped the journey to go straight for the finishing line had caught him unprepared. Still, with the mystery of their physical compatibility out of the way from the get-go, Ryo had been left with a lot of time to explore the other hiccups and perks of this interspecies endeavor.
From the occasional accident with her claws to the new possibilities her tail brought to the table, Ryo had enjoyed everything.
There was not an ounce of regret in him, but the memory of their last act lingered incessantly in his thoughts—a vivid Recollection of Elysira’s tail wrapping around his leg and letting silence prevail as his arm shyly enveloped her, allowing them to fall asleep side by side.
The one memory that held him in place, fearing their next interaction when the slightest of his movements would inevitably wake her up, mirroring what had happened all in the previous mornings.
What would she say?
Would she think that they are in a relationship now?
What would he do if the concept of casual hook ups didn't exist for the Irisians?
Ryo touched his face and shook his head, instantly deciding it was time to start his morning routine to distract him from those absurd thoughts.
The brain IO interface captured his intention, turning on the lights on the ceiling with maximum brightness, something that he was sure would wake her up at once given how sensitive to change all Irisians were.
And yet he was wrong.
Elysira’s head tilted away from the light as eyelids fluttered, but the only other thing she did before stopping moving was strengthening her grip on his leg quite a bit, making him realize that her tail had not let go of him the whole night.
Upon noticing how numb his leg felt, Ryo propelled his body upwards, intending to uncoil her tail from his leg and start his day. Hopefully, Elysira wouldn't mention what they did, and he too would be able to pretend it never happened.
However, the moment his upper body lifted from the ground and he got a full view of her body, he was unable to remove her tail from his leg, captivated by a simple but powerful sight.
With her hands inside the pockets, Elysira had used his jeans to restrain her claws, putting herself in a very uncomfortable position, likely afraid of hurting him during her sleep.
His eyes widened, dispersing his previous train of thought from existence. The hand that was supposed to be dealing with her tail moved toward Elysira's exposed neck instead, aiming to wake her up with a gentle touch.
And as if he had just perturbed the stillness of a calm lake with a stone, a barely perceptible ripple of yellow spread on her skin from the contact with his fingertips. It traveled through her neck, reaching the soft lines of her face, and even traveled down her long hair strands.
At the same time that it felt wrong to be able to take a peek at her emotions so easily, Ryo couldn't help but wonder—which other colors had the darkness stolen from him? While immersed in this question, Ryo kept caressing her neck until her eyes opened slowly, resetting all the back spots of her body at once as consciousness took control over instinct.
Elysira’s grip on his leg loosened when she realized she was overdoing it. Her gaze started scanning every inch of him, starting from the accidental scratches of her own making and unashamedly stopping at places she had not seen before.
Unbothered by her curiosity, he even removed some of the loose strands in front of her eyes and threw them behind her long ears to make her job easier, feeling some apprehension only when she lost interest and sought eye contact.
Traces of purple appeared around her black spots as she spoke. "What do you humans do after... what we did?"
Ryo winced, but his tone was gentle. "Silly girl!" He felt deep regret for how he had skipped the part of Irisian relationships in favor of politics when she was teaching him about her species. "It could be everything or nothing."
He expected some intense reaction from Elysira, but there wasn't a lot of emotion showing. As he searched her skin, he also realized he was unable to look at her the same way as before.
From seeing her small breasts, which he now knew for a fact fit on his hands, to the very memory of all evenness that he now was able to associate with the sheen her skin exhibited from certain angles, Ryo realized he had lost the ability to gauge her emotions without feeling a hint desire.
She noticed how long he was staring at her and a hint of yellow appeared. "I don't need everything, but nothing is not enough!"
How did Ryo fail to see that this conversation would inevitably happen when they were having fun at night?
"Oh!" He was unable to keep his mouth shut, which resulted in red and purple manifesting on her skin as he felt the pressure for a quick reply.
He had heard the Irisians speaking terms such as chosen, mate, and family, but Ryo didn't know much about this, and now was not looking like a good time for asking for clarification.
The translator would do its job in conveying his intention. But what would he say? Friends with benefits maybe? He gave up that one on the spot; he didn't consider their previous relationship a friendship, and somehow, he felt a dangerous desire to want more than that from her.
Under the pressure of his previous mistake, he told her the highest relationship he was willing to have without a care in the world for consulting his superiors. "Is girlfriend good for you?"
Elysira’s eyes widened as her skin maintained the same tones. But it lasted only a second before a golden hue took over, leaving little room for her black spots. "Wait, are you serious? I never thought you would consider anything more than being my exclusive pair."
"I am serious, but what's the difference?" Ryo instantly felt he could have gotten away with being just friends with benefits.
"Two differences." She took her clawed hands from the pockets of his jeans and pressed them against his neck in a fast but controlled movement. "One is implied trust." Her head approached him slower as if she would kiss him, but instead, her lips diverted toward his ears where she whispered, "And the other is a promise for the future."
"That seems alright."
As he said that, Elysira had already started taking little bites on his earlobe, her other hand joining around his neck while her tail was sneakily pushing the rest of her body on top of him.
"This will have to be quick, we-"
Ryo was about to give up the time they had for breakfast, when a powerful explosion shook the ground, causing the whole tent to vibrate.
Elysira’s pointy ears began to twitch and her body receded, trying to get of clue of what happened as she displayed purple. "I hear nothing."
"This was not far from here; I don't think it was a landslide." Ryo summoned a window with all the cameras outside and found nothing unusual, even with the infrared inspection.
Elysira could see what he was doing since they had never left the shared augmented space.
"Can we see what Amara is doing? She might know more than us."
He still was incapable of referring to her as his girlfriend even in his thoughts, but he still felt a hint of pride for her quick thinking. "Let's see."
He quickly summoned a live feed and promptly instructed the AI to go through the recordings of the whole night. "Nathan and that princess are still inside the tent. Time to go there."
Ryo wasted no time explaining, quickly standing up to begin the search for his underwear. The floor was still littered with paper sheets, and there were even some opened water bottles around, but he still found what he was looking for before pulling his jeans from under Elysira’s butt and getting dressed with haste.
He wore his shoes but didn't bother with his shirt and jacket, just taking his already loaded gun from the holster and getting some spare ammunition before heading outside cautiously.
"I'm going with you." She got out of the tent almost at the same time as him, proving that not needing clothes had its advantages.
"Stay close." He activated the infrared view mode and scanned the surroundings just to be sure, then hasted his steps towards Nathan's tent which was about forty meters ahead.
There was little he expected would go wrong on such a short journey, but Elysira’s ears began to twitch halfway through, prompting him to stop advancing. "Hear someone?"
"Something." She then used her tail to point uphill, in the direction where the rest of the group had set camp on the previous day. "I think it's a drone."
"Fuck, I hope you are wrong." He raised his 3D-printed revolver and felt like cursing more at the fact he didn't even have a proper pistol, pulling back the harmer and getting himself in front of Elysira.
Thanks to her acute hearing, when he heard the buzzing of the drone, his gun was already pointing in the right direction. Upon getting the first glimpse of the flying object and noticing how fast it was moving, he didn't hesitate to do a partial activation of combat mode.
The world slowed down for a moment, allowing him to see the device flying among the very few beams of blue light that made their way through the canopies. He didn't wait a single second and corrected his aim slightly to the left before pulling the trigger.
Bang!
The drone was torn to pieces and many parts fell about twenty-five meters away from them, at a distance that any explosives wouldn't hurt himself or Elysira.
When his eyes found her behind him, there was yellow and purple on her skin as she asked, "What if it was friendly?"
"The owner can send the bill up the chain for all I care." Ryo lowered the gun and did a full scan all around once more, only to find nothing again.
Her tail wrapped around his arm as all purple on her body disappeared, leaving only a hint of yellow. "Amara won't be happy if it was hers."
Just as Elysira spoke, a circular door opened on Nathan's tent, and Amara took a step outside with red filling her body.
Ryo pictured a scene of a princess complaining about her lost drone, but things only got more complicated instead.
Nathan emerged after her, and the pair began to argue loudly about what to do now that a war had broken out; Amara wanted to march uphill to join her guards, but Nathan held her by the tail when she was about to leave and prevented her for moving, saying it would be too dangerous.
Their argument turned into a messy mixture of the present situation with Amara sulking about a wasted night, which led Ryo to exchange a look of surprise with Elysira.
But their surprise only lasted a moment and Ryo decided he couldn't let those fools keep wasting valuable time.
Clap.
Clap.
Clap.
He had their attention now. "Please don't tell me you're mad because the plant lover couldn't get it up."
Under normal circumstances, Ryo had no doubt his assholish behavior would only instill shame and improve their cooperation.
However, he forgot to account that he was not wearing a shirt, leaving all his scratches exposed while Elysira was disheveled by his side, which caused Nathan's jaws to drop followed by Amara throwing an indignant gaze at Elysira and then at Nathan, who gave Ryo the feeling he might snap at any time.
"Why are you here?" Nathan's calm voice didn't match his clenched fist and rigid posture.
"Information. I want her to tell me what she knows about this war." Ryo had learned about the war by overhearing their previous argument.
Surprisingly, Amara was cooperative. "My brother's army found our position. They were not aware I was here with Nathan and ambushed the rest of my people and Zara; you destroyed their drone but if they saw us they might have a good reason to come here."
"Fuck!" He turned to Elysira and ordered. "Go back and gather my things. Take the essentials first, we are leaving."
Elysira used her tail to squeeze his arm in acknowledgment and rushed back. But when she had barely taken a few steps, she stopped as her ears moved. "More drones are coming!"
After alerting him, she ran to accomplish her task, leaving Ryo in the company of just Nathan and Amara.
"Isn't that great?" He grumbled to himself, but his voice carried loudly, obtaining the pair's attention as he raised his revolver again.
Knowing that the enemy was probably aware of their position, Ryo used infrared view mode to ensure they weren't using the drones as a distraction to pull off an ambush.
And that didn't seem to be the case when the first machine appeared, flying downwards in zigzag from the concentration of trees uphill.
Again Ryo used a partial activation of combat mode and aimed at the drone, yet this time more of them appeared, leaving the cover of the woods in groups of three until there were nine of them in total. But they didn't even try to get close this time, choosing to hover next to the canopies more than two hundred meters away from him, and assuming something akin to a structured formation.
This was extremely weird and enough of a reason for him to retreat a little, getting closer to his tent and taking cover behind a tree.
Nathan and Amara moved too, the botanist getting inside and returning with his gun while Amara's colors blended with his tent becoming hard to spot.
Assessing the new situation in an instant, Ryo concluded it would be better not to engage and retreat considering that those drones would be hard to take down at such distance. But things changed again quickly when the AI triggered a pop-up window, showing that several of the cameras he had set up in strategic places were capturing movement.
And what he was seeing now were several armed groups of Irisians heading towards their position, confirming Amara's supposition that the rebels were coming for them.
With the situation getting grimmer with every passing moment, Ryo thought of a possibility for what the drones might be doing, but his mind was still refusing to believe that the rebels could be as organized as his worst-case scenarios were giving them credit for.
To test this, he immediately tried to contact the space station through radio transmission, and since being found by the enemy was no longer an issue, he set the transmitter to maximum potency to validate his test.
Unable to establish a two-way connection.
He frowned even though that was not totally unexpected.
With only a few minutes at best before this place was filled with enemies, they would have to leave fast or they would be at the mercy of the enemy.
But first, there was something he wanted to say to Nathan, who now was using his tent for cover together with Amara. "Listen up, those fuckers are jamming our comms and they will be here at any time. Take the MLBCS and find a clearing to use it, I doubt they can interfere with the laser. Just don't forget that your immediate safety comes first or else you might not be among the living when the pod arrives."
Ryo and Nathan were technically enemies, but the last casualty in the war between Earth and Mars had happened several years in the past, ensuring that he had no reason to wish any harm for the botanist even though he didn't like him.
As for Amara, it was a little different. He hurried back to his tent without saying anything to her. And he did that not because he wished her harm, but simply because he didn't understand what she had at her disposal to offer any useful advice.
"Wait, what are you gonna do?" Nathan shouted from a distance.
With the adrenalin of seeing how many Irisians were coming helping his sincerity, he shouted back. "I'm not leaving the planet unless mission control finds a way to save Ely too."
After that, Nathan and Amara disappeared from his mind as he took cover behind his tent, slamming his hand against the foldable fabric many times to get Elysira's attention. "Hurry up, we can't stay here any longer."
She left immediately after, struggling to maintain balance as she used a hand plus her tail to carry his backpack, while her gun threatened to tumble from her gasp in her other hand.
And besides, one thing that Ryo’s eyes were immediately drawn towards was the clothes she was wearing—his clothes. While her legs were still exposed, his jacket still covered a bit more than her hips, loosely engulfing her slender frame like a billowing sail.
"I put the food and water in your backpack." She let go of the heavy item right over his feet as she put the gun on the ground and lifted her arms for him to recover his jacket and t-shirt. "You can get dressed while the tent folds."
He might have allowed her to keep the jacket if not for it being an inconvenience to her, so he just took it, making the first time he saw her wearing clothes a very short experience.
"No time for that, it won't fold with all the paper you left on the ground." He said as he swiftly slipped his arms into the sleeves of the jacket and zipped it up in one smooth movement.
Ryo was already considering which path they would take to flee when he noticed something terrible—Elysira’s skin had just been filled with gray as tiny black spots began to appear and disappear as if rain on the sand of a desert.
"What's it now?" He asked, trying to hide how unprepared he was to deal with this.
"Nothing has changed." Elysira averted her eyes. "I'm a burden to you just as I was to Amara. If I had-"
"Oh, shut up and quit the self-pity!" Ryo realized he was being too harsh, but still went on to finish it. "The paper is our mistake and I'm staying because I like you. This simple. Now get your gun and use your goddam camouflage, just like that princess is doing."
Ryo felt awful after saying this, and Elysira seemed quite taken about as she stared at him with wide eyes.
A moment later, however, she bent over and took the gun from the ground, her exterior blending quite well with the surroundings.
Ryo felt bad for her, but now there was no time to talk. "We run now, let's go."
The sound of his own steps was all he heard as they were putting some distance from the tent, making it so that he had to check on Elysira every couple of steps he took to ensure she was following him.
It was only when he heard some gunshots from far behind that he felt her claws tugging at his jacket from behind. "I hope Nathan is like you."
***
This was an account based on what Ryo did during the first hour of the war. The previous narrative is based on the events of the morning of the twentieth day of the exploratory mission of Irisa. According to your current settings, no queries will be suggested.
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Hello, I'm a 15 year old girl (16 in about 2 months) and I practice volleyball in a league club, which is girls only, and we are in season prep for the next season. I will play u18 next season ( the coach has to decide who will play the league). The league club im in I only joined last week. I'm very happy with that because even tho playing league and whatever isn't the most important thing for me, I still want to get as far as possible, and play with people that really love the sport like me. The other club ( which I'm still in) is where I learned everything and I mean absolutely everything about volleyball. It's more like just a place where everyone plays volleyball with eachother, including proper practice and training (typical volleyball drills, serve recieve attack drills, strength training, and so on). We have 3 coaches, and ages range from 14-18. I love playing there the most because it's a very nice playing environment and I feel confident to try out new things in games including attacking or different serves. My problem is: league volleyball club has practice Wednesday and Friday (7-9 pm including 1 h driving each way, other one Tuesday and Thursday (always stay longer affer practice for further playing, 5-10 pm so 5 hour practice each time and 25min each way), i also dont have time after school on those as I immediately go to practice, and after immediately sleep since I get home very very late.
What I want to train is my full body strength, and just generally the muscles important for volleyball (which I guess is all muscles ?) I don't know, I wanna spike harder and have more serving strength. Futhermore I have to train plyometrics, as I'm striving to be an OH. I also have to do some stamina training (jogging and stuff), and a lot of mobility training, as I currently struggle with shoulder mobility problems. How can I balance all the practice with focusing on plyometrics, and getting stronger? I've heard one needs to go to the gym like 5 times a week to get stronger, and all I got is weekend and Monday. Also any volleyball gym workout plans for spiking and serving ? And maybe a plyo program? Thanks in advance

“Dream about pseudu virtual immigration camp during a war caused displacement It actually has the nations civilians in it too and they get treated slightly better Its kind of like vr chat but the people are fully organic and the world is physical but programable It starts out with a Gamer protagonist whos a civi enjoying the game event though its an immigration camp with troops already not letting people temporally leave due to matianance issues, but the troops are being surprisingly empathetic and trying to find solutions with the migrants that dont involve letting them leave. The protag finds already established group to hang out with because the new characters feel pity for him being lonely and that they have a lot less experiance than the gamer. So even though the camp turned off hunger and medical issues by turning off their bodies aging which is possible, they still feel hunger psychologically and the gamer shows them the now thriving food court map, which reveals that the gamer is actually alot more socially tact than thought because he been showing other people good worlds to go to in order to get used to the camp and show how good it is. The food court becomes the unoffical hub area for almost everyone here.
The gamer and friends go into a world for old children nostalgia ( because it was thought to help people with living there) and a beloved guppy character floating in the air suddenly bites the gamers leg and he starts running in fear through the map doors, having a large majority of people in the food court see him running away from an entity that should have disappeared when he went through the door.
Everyone was confused why he ran until the gamer revealed he actually had a chunk bitten out of his leg( he says its fine at the moment and he should show them the hospital role play world because for some reason the medical stuff is actually useful) he pulls out a medical bandage (he usually uses to clean himself from accidental messes) from the medical role play and puts it on his leg. Because nothing in the game should hurt you and the gamer is bleeding grievously, almost all people find out about it from the popular food court and crowd the exit demanding to be let out. The kind troops are now trying to get everyone calm and go through their problem one by one, but rioting happens which forces more heavily equiped riot soldiers to violently pulled out the exit troops and stand by. Everyone is chanting to “let them exit” and because the gamer sees the bite as a minor fixable bug and that the guards are actually pulling out weapons to shoot the crowd he then starts chanting on a mic “fix the game” and every newcomer to the riot protest starts shouting fix the game instead, causing some guy in clean cut clothes to enter behind the guards and tell them that he has heard them and will be fixing up any bugs while ignoring letting the people out. When most people calm down, one of the gamers new friends chews him out for hijacking the protest and for giving the guards benefit of the doubt, as they used to be an experienced protestor leader who got forced here to take care of his family when they went. As more people in the food court start overhearing their conversation, the clean cut guy forces an announcement onto every screen possible as loud as possible, saying that in order to “help any psychological issues and physical discomfort” they will be turning back on hunger and bodily function and make food not infinitely respawn so they “can stimulate the economy” as well as good news they are fixing any attacking npc issues, by removing them, and that the exit door will be removed for the time being until everything destabilizes. Everyone starts panicking and grabs and steals all the food that they can until the protestor tells them to all stop and that they need to ration so that everyone together can survive until they find a food source, started by a speech about how they can triumph over this. When everything calms down, the clean cut guy secretly calls the gamer and praises him for helping them out and to continue whenever they can if they want exclusive goods in later months, he also tells him that they cannot see very far into the camp and asked him if everyone was okay with the changes “enough” and if he could tell him who started the protest. The gamer lies and says he does not know, and when the call ends, wonders if he should tell everyone “

So sorry if this has been answered I couldn’t find it! I literally only want to play Sims 4 haha and want to spend the least amount of money humanly possible… trying to figure it out on my own but I don’t understand anything about computers 😭
Since the game is so simple could I buy a basic laptop for like less than $250 somewhere? I don’t care about it looking amazing just being able to run 🥺 It seems like all the cheap laptop recs on here are still at least ~$450ish, is that really what I’d need to come up with? Thank you so much!!! 🤍

Hey there, hope you're having a wonderful day! I'm primarily looking for a monogamous role reversal relationship but I'm open to pretty much anything! Long-distance works for me and I'd be willing to relocate to you, I hate the country I'm currently in.
A few things that might be a deal breaker for you
I'm an atheist and I deal with spoilerphobia, OCD and PTSD. I'm also super privacy conscious which makes me uncomfortable talking here on reddit, I'm hoping we can move to a platform like Signal!
Appearance
I'm 5'6"/167cm, 50kgs/110lbs, I have dark brown eyes, long curly black hair, light skin, I wear glasses for myopia and astigmatism, and I lovee cross-dressing!
What I'm looking for
I'm hoping to find someone caring, protective and dominant. Someone who'd hold me and tell me everything will be okay. A sweet, kind human who has healthy moral and ethical values and stands up for what they believe in. Preferably someone who is also an atheist or agnostic. The quickest way to make me fall in love with you is to baby me ^^
More about me
I'm a homebody and have a bit of social anxiety. I spend most of my day in my room, playing pc games, watching youtube, staring at a wall, etc. I enjoy going out for late night walks and hanging out with my feline friends. I love informative videos and learning from them! I'm a lot into computers, cybersecurity and electronics. I like fixing things and understanding what makes them tick. I'm very allergic to locked down products like the iPhone, I love having root access over all of my devices. My favorite anime show is Blood+. As for music, I have an offline collection on my HDD. I love physical affection (hugs, cuddles, etc). And I'm a cat person!
Some random facts about me
I use Linux and play most of my games inside a Windows virtual machine with GPU passthrough. I use vanilla LineageOS 21.0 on my phone. I normally drink 4-6 litres of water a day and I use LibreWolf as my primary browser.
Well, I hope this reaches my person! You can be from anywhere on this space rock, time zones won't be an issue, I can sync my sleep schedule with yours! And if you decide to reach out, I request that you don't ghost me. If something doesn't work, I'd rather you let me know and we can part ways mutually :)
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I'm not mute all the time. I'm autistic, and cannot speak when overwhelmed.
When in this overwhelmed state, it feels like being on a wildly-unsafe rollercoaster while starving (stomach pain), while being asked to mentally solve: sqrt{ [ P1(1 - P1) / n1 ] + [ P2(1 - P2) / n2 ] }, while the world seems insanely bright, loud, and every part of my clothing feels annoying and oppressive,, and while it feels like everyone is looking at me and demanding I give them some answer with 500 variables they neither see nor care about that will negatively affect my life. That's how it feels on the inside. On the outside, I become flustered, start stuttering, and my facial expression becomes even more blank (which people typically interpret as hostile, making them start to treat me like an enemy').
So I become temporarily mute. It can last for hours, days, weeks, or months. This has occurred, on and off, for my entire life (now in my 30's).
To try and calm down, I usually put on sunglasses + earbuds (nature sounds) + headphone + face mask. This has the effect of hiding my facial expressions (which I cannot control at the best of times), but of course also makes people treat me poorly.
What really bothers me is the fact that while shutting down and being mute helps me to feel better, it also causes me more problems when I have to deal with humans:
I know some ASL, but no employee ever does. I carry a notepad/app to write in, but everyone acts put-upon to have to take the extra 60 seconds to read. Worse: some businesses make it impossible to be mute without suffering consequences. For example, during a particularly bad stretch of a few months where I didn't speak, but I had to sign up for insurance. I sent emails to every name-brand insurance company you can think of, and every single one of them said I had to apply by phone. "If you can't speak, you have to use TTY," which, of course, means you have to give some random operator every single piece of your personal information. (I appreciate operators, but I don't trust anyone with all of my private information).
Note: I don't have friends/family to play the part of operator for me.
How do you all handle these issues? It feels like there is no winning. Like it's all a giant checkmate: "If you're different, then you lose. Game Over."
Thanks for listening to my rant...

First of all lets state the obvious. He needs a rollcatcher but I am not going to go in depth with this change, because this would require new animation and Im not that creative.

• Enhanced neutral lights

With this change Conq will not be solely dependant on his mediocre foward bash to start his mixup.

• Chain heavies

Speed them up to 700ms from 800ms.
As it is, his chain heavies are simply reactable and do low dmg compared to other heros. Sure we can increase the dmg, but problem of reactivity would remain and it would still not land very often.

• Chain bash

Now guarantees a chain heavy for 22 dmg.
His bash is 800ms and feintable, but unlike other simmilar bashes like that of Jorm, Tiandi and HL, it only gets him 13 dmg. Jorm gets 26, Tiandi 20 and HL has even faster bash (700ms) and gets 26 dmg.

• Charged heavies.

Add hyper armor at 400ms.
Other then being a bait for his full block or dodge attack, I dont really see value in this move. With this change there would be another valid option, let it fly and trade. This would also improve his team fights a little bit.

• Seperate bash attacks and full block ones.

Conq suffers from very low full block punishes but we cannot just make them do more dmg, because they are the same attacks he preforms after a bash, thats why they need to be serapated.

• Flail Uppercut (full block) dmg change to 15 from 13, gains undodgeable effect
  
• Scutage Collection (full block) dmg change to 14 from 13. Gains hyper at 100ms.
  
• Same Side Chain Lights
  

FH is way past the point where light spam can be called a "valid strategy". Its purely up to someone to open training mode and train. Same side chain lights should be speed up to 500ms and dmg lowered to 13.

• Zone

Lower the dmg to 14 from 15 and make it undodgeable.
At the current speed zone is only useful on prediction to counter GBs or as heavy parry punish. This will give it some much needed utility. Other way would be to speed it up 500ms and lover the dmg 13, but game is full a zones like that, so Imo this makes it a bit more interesting.

• Superior block on dodge

As it is, its kinda useless. My idea would be to add direct 3 dmg to the bash after sucessfully superior blocking.
This may seem as low, but Conq would still get SB followup for 13 dmg for a total of 16, which is still higher then his heavy max punish and full block punish.
With Shield Basher feat total dmg would be 22.

• Feat changes

Our devs would rather jump off a clif then make new feats, so those changes will be purely numerical and some feats will be replaced.
- Tier 1
Conqueror - Capturing control zones is now 25% faster (was 15).
Body Count - Replaced by Deadly.
Those changes will improve his team fights and rotation. Body Count is a good feat, just not for Conq, his mid clean is mediocre at best.
-Tier 3
Punch Through - Replaced by Tough as Nails
Punch Through is useless on Conq because of his chain heavies being UB. Tough as Nails will help him stall fo longer, as heavies should
- Tier 4
Uninterruptible - Now Gains 50% dmg reduction. Cooldown increased to 180 seconds
Essentially replaced by longer Juggernaut without debuff. It may seem busted, but its a T4 after all. There isnt a good T4 that is not at least a little bit busted. Longer cooldown to tune it down a bit.

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This is the closest English translation I came up with (using another LLM)

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I continued the conversation further:

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I'm very intrigued by this. What do you guys think?

Imagine how horrifying a game like this would be
It would be like Discover my body by Yames, Youre undergoing the wrong puberty and each day you have to look in the mirror as you see its horrific effects over the years and the dialogue burning with ever increasing depression

Logline: After the inhabitants from all (but one) human space colonies die at the same time, a detective from the only colony left is sent to investigate.
"Detective Ian stood beside the corpses of two scientists inside the Ceres 45 Observatory. Strewn around the corpses were the heaps of papers he perused through after he saved all the files from the computer. He pushes the last papers aside, picked his bag and strode out.
It was the twenty-eighth, and the last, colony that he inspected. This one wasn't much different than the other twenty-seven that he had checked. And what was even more bewildering was the fact that the people on all twenty - eight colonies seemed to have died around the same time.
He climbed into his flying car and took off towards the city where the streets were littered with death; As he stepped out of the car, a faint stench brought an almost mechanical grimace onto his face. That was something his nose couldn't get accustomed to no matter how many dead bodies he encountered.
Two local fauna animals were tearing apart the partly rotten corpse of a teen. Ian drew his gun, ready to shoot one of them for samples to be studied for any transmissible disease. But he lowered his gun. He had already picked ten samples from animals from the other colonies. If there ever was a common disease that spread from local fauna to humans and then to the other colonies, ten samples would be enough to figure it out he thought.
He sauntered toward the teen's corpse. The two animals glanced at him. They tore at the corpse faster and faster before scurrying away. Ian crouched next to the corpse and stared at the little creepy crawlies that scuttled all over the teen's corpse. Dozens upon dozens of thoughts were roaming through his mind. So many possibilities, he thought, but as many as they were, none of them seemed to make any sense.
There was no conflict between the colonies. There was no known disease that could have taken all at the same time, and the fact that all but one traveler between the colonies died made everything even more perplexing for Ian. The traveler was from his colony. He was carrying goods to Colony D-RtG-120(the 10th colony) when he arrived there and found all its inhabitants dead. Ian checked his file and questioned every neighbor, acquaintance and relative, but nothing hinted at the traveling courier being a diabolic and genius mind that could have eradicated so many souls.
As for the leaders on Ian's home colony, they too were suspects in his eyes, but he was yet to find a plausible reason for which they would have killed. His colony was the richest and the second least populated. So rich and vast, the leaders lived like kings, and, in Ian's mind, what king would want to rule over dead worlds when their kingdom is heaven?!
Ian stood up and took one last sorrowful look at the corpse before heading into the empty military research. He strode out of the military research at dusk with a bag full of papers, some experiments tube and small weaponry which he placed into the flying car, then took off through the gray clouds.
[...]
Ian's ship entered his colony atmosphere. Lost in his thoughts, he watched the clouds go by before two call beeps threw him back to reality.
" What's up?", he asked with a bored, tired and monotone voice.
"He's dead."
" Huh?! The courier?!", asked Ian.
"Yeah"... "
PS: "The Courier" refers to the guy from Ian's colony who delivered goods between colonies (6th paragraph in the story) and who, unlike the other "couriers" who died when their people died, he lived (just like Ian and all the people from Ian's colony). The story is very compressed (due to the word limit) and my writing may be confusing, so I added this " PS" just to make it clear. Hopefully I did.

Let me explain….
Before this sounds like complaining, I’ve actually been having so much fun with the game lately, mainly due to my ability to just FIND fun with swapping and trying different loadouts and not running diff 7-9 all the time lately. May I suggest picking up the break action or running revolver only for the finest of gentlemen………
Also, for those questioning my experience with the game after the statements above, level 73 Helldiver, been playing a while solo and group with no voice chat/pretty coordinated voice chat. Been in just about every scenario of Helldive you could think of.
Anyway,
I’ve been sitting on this one cause my body REFUSES not to let me pick the stamina booster every damn mission.
Even when I say “hey, ya know, I’m running a pretty goofy loadout here with the crossbow and deagle, maybe keep it fun all the way through and try a new booster.
Then I realize I’m on MENKENT/HELLMIRE. “Intense heat: Your Helldiver is out of shape and may not make it 40 yards without a stim ”
Yeah, no, I’ll take my stamina with me on this one.
I know for an absolute fact this community feels the way I do as well about variety. When I feel like mixing things up, I REALLY want to mix it up.
Since I used the booster as an example of certain things you NEED to use because the game is basically making you (otherwise you’d basically be severely handicapped on EVERY mission) , let just use the booster from the new warbond as an example. Because…. Ya know, primary weapons……….. WHATEVER.
Literally today someone finally posted a video on here proving that THE NEW BOOSTER ACTUALLY works. When active, it now takes a fraction of a second less to start sprinting again after being “slowed”……….
………………………………………
At no point in any reality in the multiverse do I think a human being who enjoys video games came up with this idea for a (perk supposed to have a positive impact on your success in the mission) designed , programmed, play-tested, and patched this one in and said “oh yeah, this one will be a BANGER.” It is a cool concept, however, which leads me to believe that someone at AH has absolute banger ideas, while on the other hand someone else in charge of implementing said idea and entering usefulness of said idea in the form of number values absolutely fumbles the bag EVERY Single Time something or anything at all has been released the past couple of weeks. It’s almost literally all almost completely useless across the board save a select few things.
Unless you’re me who enjoys running different stuff anyway. If you do, however, then you know that it’s mostly running/kiting anyway then 75% of the time, cause you didn’t bring one of the 4 good weapons with you and because of that now your kit sucks, therefore your kinda useless when shit hits the fan.
Across the board on all boosters, I think they deserve an upgrade. Aside from the main 4 which I can’t list because (they’re listening).
Primary weapons too. AND stratagem weapons…………
Stick with me. Motivational shocks.
I would prefer this to be either instantaneous (meaning no slow effect EVER if this booster is on) and show a visible “shock” animation, or instead of getting slowed it grants a 15% speed boost with a Stam reset for 2 seconds when getting hit by bile/poison. Think Finka’s gadget from Rainbow Six, but it activates as soon as poison is detected by the armour systems.
Honestly, any positive change to this booster at all couldn’t make it overly powerful, in my opinion, and even then I would still pick the other ones before it every time. There is a slight chance depending on the planet that maybe, MAYBE it would SOMETIMES replace the one that lets you run through shrubs faster.
Think about it, you have boosters that fully resupply you when you die. Meaning you only need resupplies if you’re in the middle of long active gunfights, aka you’re NEVER actually waiting on a resupp cooldown. You have boosters that make you run like a Kenyan(as stated earlier, stam, my fave). You have a booster that allows you to take 1 extra hit before death (HUGE in this game by the way).
All boosters outside the main 4 need significant reworks. To the point where saying what it actually does OUT LOUD would sound overpowered. And STILL they would be picked less than the main 4, or be niche at best.
……..the same could be said for most primary weapons and all but about eight to twelve-ish stratagems as well.
BUT
Thank you AH, because I’m still having fun and engaged. Just could be MORE engaged and want more variety. Thank you love you 07

How would this game work for someone that is very much new to using a mouse and might even be playing with a mousepad if I can’t get one? I’m a fast typer and all that but I don’t think that really helps in this situation. Would the first game be a good entry level computer game in terms of inputs? I know it’s a top down game though I’m not entirely sure how the combat works, the only top down games I’ve played are like Pokémon Crystal and ruby, I also don’t know the most about the combat? is it turn based or click and shoot? I’m honestly completely fine with trying new things and I will keep trying if I struggle, but I just wanna make sure this isn’t a incredibly hard game for someone trying computer games properly for honestly the first time ever, I’ve played a few games of tf2 years ago and I played some human fall flat as I was gifted it on steam (also years ago) but other than that I’m fresh. Keep in mind I do play games on Xbox including the newer Fallouts (3 and onward) and what not so this is more of a pc gaming thing not gaming as a whole, as every time I’ve tried to play on a friends pc it’s gone not well, even if those were more modern games like Fortnite or Call of Duty. Anyways sorry for such the long post and thank you to those that read any of it honestly.

I've been drinking 700mLs from 9 AM, every hour until I reach 2.1 liters by 2 PM (5 hrs).
I do this so I'm hydrated for my sports practice/games. However, I'm wondering if I've been drinking water too fast for my body to absorb it. I use the restroom about 3 times on average between the 5 hrs.
I don't have any problems, but I want to make sure my body can get as hydrated as possible.
I'm thinking that sipping water over 2 hrs allows my body to absorb the water more instead of filtering it out every hour and a half.

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