The other heroes desperately called out for Selena to return to them, but she flew into the cloud of smoke searching for Diamond. The other heroes decided to join her as the original Nezuko and other variant were equally concerned about the fate of Tanjiro. To their surprise they found Tanjiro limping in the dust. He said he felt fine, but he was searching for Diamond. The first rays of the morning began to shine across the battlefield as a few stones began to move. The heroes turned in the direction of the stones to find the shadow of Doma's head rise from the rubble. Everyone stood in their battle stances ready to avenge their fallen friend and end the demon once and for all. The shadow moved forward but the group were surprised to soon find that the head was being held by one hand and soon they saw the other hand dragging a decapitated body with two swords pierced inside of it. Selena with tears in her eyes, "DIAMOND! YOU DID IT YOU ACTUALLY DID IT!" Diamond dropped the slowly disintegrating head of Doma onto the ground as the heroes saw how Tanjiro's blade and the Sword of Light were pierced where the heart would be at. It appeared Doma did not initially die after being decapitated but needed to be stabbed in the heart. Diamond's body was a testament to this fact, due to his nanotech being charred and broken with blood flowing from nearly every part of his body and a fresh claw mark across his face. Diamond did not even smile for his vision became blurry and every time he blinked; he saw a different place from his memory. The first was the Battle of Houston, the second from the Pokemon Wars, the third from the Clone War, and the fourth and final time as he fell to the Earth, he saw the ruins of Paradise City. He mistook his current friends as the clones who saved him from the rubble of Paradise City as his mind began to replay the exact moment the clones found him and heard the clone voices cry out. "Somebody, call a medic immediately! We found the general, it's time to evacuate now!"
Bright sunny rays shone on a medical bed with a person wrapped from head to toe in cloth laying completely dazed. Diamond awoke abruptly with loud sharp breaths, "WHERE IS HE?! WHERE IS HE?! WHERE AM I?!" All of Diamond's friends stormed the room happy he regained consciousness. "Who are y'all? Where am I? I need to get back to the Injustice Initiative! Paradise City is under attack! Vortex must be stopped no matter the cost!" Everyone stared confused except for Selena, who understood it was Diamond's PTSD kicking in. Her heart dropped as his mind began to confuse events and people as he stared at Null Void screaming, "BEGONE FOUL SPAWN OF EVIL! MARK MY WORDS CLOAKED SHADOW I WILL DESTROY YOU AND END THE LOOP ONCE AND FOR ALL! ULTIMA KNIGHT! ICE KING! WHERE ARE YOU?" Selena rushed and held onto Diamond's hand, "Shhhhhh those memories are in the past. Remember who you are. Remember who we are. Everyone in this room is your friend. What's my name?" Diamond stared at her intently. "S....S...." "That's right take your time." "Selena. Sage. Panther. Tanjiro. OH, THANK GOODNESS I'M ALIVE TO SEE ALL OF YOU AGAIN!" Diamond began to cry tears of happiness as his friends hugged him. "I thought I was going to die a second time!" Sage with heavy sobs, "You died once before?!" "Oh yes back in 2018 it was a wild time!" Diamond tried to get out of bed on his own, but it proved difficult for Selena and Shinobu had to help him up. "Dang this is scary, HONEY with my regeneration, how long will this healing take?" "You took a crapton of damage four nights ago. By my calculations you still have roughly two more days." "FOUR NIGHTS AGO?! I WAS UNCONSCIOUS THAT LONG?!"
HONEY "Yes, but you were well taken care of." "Ok well these next two days can't get here fast enough." Fortunately, when the sixth day rolled around Diamond was much better, although his powers were still weakened, he could now walk on his own. "Alright new course of action. Even though we won it seems there are still variants who managed to roam across the world. I'll send a few Megaverse Council members to help in the search and send them back home. Wait a minute, what happened to the few select Injustice Initiative members I left here back in 2022?" Tanjiro was awkwardly silent. "They uh died." "Since when!" "Two weeks after you left....." "You did not even bother telling me?" "You never gave me anything to contact you! Any sort of communication or writing was with those members who died and even then, it was not until last year when you even bothered to briefly came back here. And it was all to drop this silly device!" "I have you know that device is what allows you to leave and enter your world at any time, you should be thankful. Ok, nice to know what happened to them. Ughhhh ok anyway you, human Nezuko. You're coming with me; I'll take you back to your timeline. Null Void, I trust you on escorting Selena back home to the main Omniverse and taking any surviving Lexa bots to the repair center back at base. Sage and Panther, I give you my deepest thanks for helping me on these missions. You two are free to go back home to your Omniverse. Actually, hold on another second, Selena how did they trap you anyway?"
"I was back in the Main Omniverse where I felt a call to this Omniverse, the person on the other side said they were a close ally of yours and gave a detailed account of your life that only a close friend would know. He provided legitimate proofs and seeing that Venessa was currently fine leading the Injustice Initiative I ventured here to see what the problem was. Yet, when I arrived, I was ambushed and knocked unconscious. When I awoke, I found myself tied by a weird metal which suspended my powers. I do not know how long I've been trapped, but then you showed up and well the rest is history." "I'm just glad you are ok. Well, everyone until we meet again." "I'm coming with you Diamond." "No, you are not Selena. Your duty is back at our Omniverse and making sure Venessa and the rest of the kids don't do anything silly or unnecessarily dangerous. What were they last doing before you left?" "Talking about Nightmare's old castle I believe." "Greeeeeeaaaaaatttt just great, I'm sorry I would love to have you by my side for the rest of the way, but you have to make sure they are safe." "You just don't want me in any sort of greater danger. I can handle myself you know. My guard was completely down and did not anticipate my captor to be this deceiving." "You're going home and that's final."
Diamond had a thoughtful look on his face before speaking, "I don't mean to alarm anyone, but it is very important for other members of the Megaverse Council to arrive here and handle any rogue variants, because there could be more demons who crossed over." Sage, "I thought you said demons were singularities so there should not be any variants?" "Correct but the demons here in this Omniverse are not true demons, well all except Muzan and if there are variants of Muzan, I would argue it is the fact he split his soul across those timelines and worlds. You see the rest of those quote-on-quote demons are something else entirely....a subspecies if you will. Since the way they multiply is similar to vampires. Thus, there are many variants of the same being. I assume there may be a select few still roaming about in this world. Take care out there my friends for I sense one of you has their fate already intertwined with one such variant." His eyes slowly landed on Shinobu before darting the other way. Diamond went and personally thanked the Demon Slayer corps for their help. However, before he left, Diamond made a small memorial for Lyric and prayed for the eternal rest of her soul. After paying his respects, he went back to take the Nezuko variant home, but he allowed her to give her goodbyes. Tanjiro, "Take care of your brother when you get home. And uhh tell him I said hello." "Of course, and take care of your sister or should I say me. chuckles This is very confusing." The variant, Tanjiro, and other Nezuko gave a group hug as the variant walked over to Diamond. He then swiftly teleported both of them back to her unique timeline and after dropping her off, he traveled safely back to the Council's base to document all what had occurred. He then sent out the long video of the fight that his suit recorded to all of his variants back in the Main Omniverse and Megaverse, who he had contact with. He hoped that the video would provide valuable insight on how their common enemy fights and what to expect in a scenario where a final battle might occur. Once all of this was sent out and documented, Diamond laid on his bed and started to laugh out loud to himself. He arose from his bed and had HONEY pull up a hologram of Doma's last moments as Diamond created a staff and started singing, I'm Still Standing. He danced through the hologram, spat on it, and kicked it as he relished in his victory. After having his fun, he took a nice and rewarding long nap.
Epilogue One
Satoru Sage and IronPanther are sitting at a club with their friends Mads Manning and The Revenger back in their native Omniverse as International Love plays in the background. Mads Manning a little confused, "So let me get this straight, you and good ol Pantera went on a mission with a guy named Diamond that apparently you two are best friends with? How come I didn't get an invite!" The Revenger, "Mads please do not get offended by their adventure, I'm an Omniversal variant of Diamond too remember?" Sage, "Nah fam it was crazy crap. So, we went to this one Omniverse that was just filled with clubs and bars and all that fun stuff. Turns out it was infested with these vampires, and we found Diamond's ex! Then Diamond found out it was a diversion from the real problem which was occurring in another Omniverse. So, we went to the Omniverse where these two siblings named Tanjiro and Nezuko called home. Let me tell ya Mads, I know you and the Revenger said y'all delt with the demonic King Goret, but the demons in that Omniverse were like a fusion of vampires and superhumans! It was absolutely nuts, Panther and me almost died to several of them!" Panther, "You say that like it was a good thing." Sage, "IT WAS AWESOME I NEVER FELT MORE ALIVE! THEY ACTUALLY MADE ME GO FULL HAM WITH MY POWERS!"
"Anyway, Diamond and this guy called Doma had a big crazy fight where Diamond's ex sacrificed herself in order to save Diamond. Oh, and Diamond's current girlfriend was there along with a digital looking guy who used strings from his face. Reminds me a lot like a character I know that Diamond said used to exist in his Omniverse. What was it? Error mans? No.....ah it was Error Sans he used to say was a living being in his Omniverse. Sorry I'm getting sidetracked, so Diamond's girlfriend Selena and this Error Sans type guy called Null something summoned these robotic schoolgirls who were assassins to deal with the demons and infected people while he and Selena delt with this crack in the sky that brought crazier demonic variants of our allies in that world. Then this one variant nearly killed Panther and me, but I killed him because you know I always win." IronPanther, "The one time you said that you got totaled by a different muscular dude with spikes." Sage, "SHHHHHHHHH! After I killed the evil sword guy variant, I took his katana and had it like fuse with me and I did a radically insane move on the demons and killed a big chunk of them."
Sage brings out the katana and places it on the table as it made a loud thud due to the weight. Mads, "Impressive! This blade has purple and yellow embedded around the edges similar to your eyes." Sage, "I know right? It's like this blade bonded with my soul or something." The Revenger, "I sense this blade had a very interesting history with its original owner. I can see its history similar on how I was able to see Goret's history when I fought him and took his sword a few months ago. Truly a tragedy for what happened to its original owner. Yet, it seems free under your care Sage." "Uh thanks." He grabbed the katana and placed it back in its sheath. "Then Diamond managed to win his insane fight which nearly costed him his life and yeah we won! Did I forget anything Panther?" Panther, "That's a terribly gross oversimplification of things, but yeah he got most of it covered."
Mads, "How come this Diamond guy never invites me to these missions? Apparently, he is ok with The Revenger!" The Revenger, "Maybe because our universe is always having crazy time paradoxes and messed up events that need our attention more than a Megaverse mission? I mean Sage's and Panther's universes are mostly peaceful, so it makes sense Diamond calls on them more due to their world's not needing them to be there to save the innocent as often as we do." Sage, "Well how about the four of us go back to that wild party Omniverse! I get to bag myself real 10/10 Latina goth baddies." Panther smacks Sage in the back of his head with his shield. Sage brushes his hair and slightly chuckles. "Alright maybe some other day then. I LOVE THIS JOB!"
Epilogue Two
In the far reaches of the Megaverse at the Demonic Council's headquarters, an angry Muzan slams a table. "I hate those children! If that bastard Black Hat allowed me to venture back to my Omniverse myself, I would have killed them all!" Black Hat appeared behind him, "Care to repeat those words Muzan?" Muzan flashed his eyes in pure rage at Black Hat, ready to tear him apart. "You seem to forget your place on this council. He said with a sadistic smile. And you lost your part of the deal." "Mark my words Black Hat when your so-called masterplan works and the Megaverse is under our control, I will tear you to pieces and stitch you back together only to tear you down again! I will be sure to enjoy every minute of it!" "We shall see Muzan......we shall see." Black Hat chuckled dryly. "Dr. Flug! It is time to send Paradox in their new body back to the Main Omniverse to assist our ally Agent X and his Reaper Trooper program!" A dark black and red mist grew in the room as the other council members emerge to the meeting. Black Hat spoke in a thunderous tone. "Diamond may have killed some of our members and cheated death not only for himself but also for his friends once during this war. But....His smile grew to unnatural proportions. I have one last card to play in order to bend Diamond to our will. Does he have the strength and capabilities to cheat death for his loved ones a second time?!" The mist reveals the image of Diamond's parents as the rest of the council stared with malice and sadistic pleasure for their new vile plan.

To start off, I want to mention that this post will be lengthy- as this is an analysis and I also want to mention that I have watched this film a countless number of times. I think the best way to start off this analysis is from the beginning, so let's go.
The film starts off with a young Vanessa Hudgens (Noel) and Evan Rachel Wood (Tracy) walking a dog in the park. This is obviously a good starting scene as it shows who Tracy is before she meets Evie- who ultimately wrecks her life. There is also a part where Tracy's mom picks out a wedgie from Tracy's pants and Tracy is ultimately fine with it. This is a good point to make as later in the film, Tracy absolutely despises her mom touching her hence the quote "What is it with you and poking me?!" Last but not least, the way that the family is talking to eachother as they get into the care for school, it is very refreshing and uplifting- it basically encompasses how a loving well knit family would act.
There is a deleted scene where Noel, Tracy, and their other friend (cant remember the name) are all working on a project at Noel's house I think. Now why it was deleted, I have no idea. Yet if they were to keep this in the film, it would show more of Tracy's display of innocence and dedication to things like school and good friendships.
Tracy originially did not like Evie, and Evie did not like Tracy either & The Start of Tracy's Change
Let's fast forward to when they actually get to school and are introduced to the boy magnet Evie Zamora. At first, Tracy is actually not phased by Evie, instead more curious and confused. It starts off when Tracy gets introduced to Mason's friends, who are ultimately distracted once Evie Zamora is introduced in the film. One thing to note is that Mason obviously had a crush on Evie, as him and his friends try to go talk to her. Keep that in mind. At one point Tracy even states "Guys, she isn't wonder woman." It is safe to conclude that Tracy wasn't impressed by Evie, until the point where Evie and her friends make fun of Tracy's outfit and socks while she is throwing something away. This was what started it all, what made Tracy want to look cool and hip. In response to this Tracy gets new clothes, blah blah nothing important, then she heads over to Melrose Ave. (after Evie invited her and ditched her.) Obviously Evie only did this to mess with Tracy. I think what happened was that she noticed Tracy was trying to be like her, found it funny, gave her her number and ditched her, but the moment Evie's opinion of Tracy changed was whenever she stole that damn money. Before we talk about that though here are some things I caught from the Redballs shop scene.
Evie and her friend could be a form of symbolism of Tracy and Evie in the future, as they would go to Redballs and continue to steal. Also while Tracy feels uncomfortable and leaves, Evie and her friend call Tracy a loser, proving their dislike for Tracy. Also, why would they steal in front of a random person to them, Tracy? It couldve been them wanting to show off what they do, kind of like "I bet you dont have the nerve to do this." Now let's go to the part where Tracy robs the lady.
Evie's Beginning of "Liking Tracy" Perspective
I highly recommend to rewatch the scene where she shows off that she stole a full wallet. There are actually a lot of details that I caught. First off, whenever Tracy walks up, if I remember correctly, Evie and her friend don't even look at her. I did catch that her friend was brushing a feather against Tracy, which was probably just an improv with a prop. The moment Tracy mentions "I totally just stole this" everything goes silent and she has their full attention. I truly think this is the moment where Evie thinks that she should have Tracy in her life, as she is capable of manipulation like Evie. Another HUGE thing to note is that Evie and her friend literally snatched the money out of Tracy's hands! Right after, Tracy says "Let's go shopping!" and then of course they do, and the journey of Evie and Tracy had officially just started.
This is also when Tracy is most likely changing her view of who should be her friends, as after this event she starts avoiding Noel who had been her friend for a long time. A couple minutes later in the film, where Tracy and Evie are at school and walking towards Mel's car, you can see Tracy stopping and hesitating on whether she should talk to Noel, whom had just waved at her. She stops, Evie notices, and pulls her arm and keeps walking. I genuinely think it is sad though because even though Tracy stopped talking to her, she still tried. With the project, with wanting to get dressed with her in the morning (deleted scene), and trying to talk to her while they eat pizza.
Tracy's Mom's First Notice of The Change in Her
Let's go to the scene where Evie and Tracy go to Redballs for a second time, and Mel drives them. In the car before they get out Evie states "Brook is just my guardian, not my mom" after Mel states she needs to talk to Evie's mom if they want to go shopping. Evie also states that Brook is her cousin and her aunt, if I remember correctly throughout the film. What I am trying to say is that, there is no definitive label of how Brooke is related to Evie. So they go in, blah blah and are trying on jeans. Tracy walks out with a low rise cheetah print jean on, and it is very important to notice how Mel looks at her in this moment. It is a weary smile, with a look up and down, and all she says is "You look beautiful." I truly think this is the moment where her mom is noticing the subtle change- starting with her wardrobe. She was wearing regular jeans with patterned socks and young-minded shirts before, and now she is wearing more-revealing clothes like Evie. Of course, Mel doesn't get it because it is 75$ and thats where the scene ends.
The Scene Where They Get High with Guys and the Sprinklers
So the start of this happens whenever Evie, Tracy and Mason's friends are all hanging in the frontyard watching guys skateboard. Little mention here- Noel tries to talk to Tracy and Tracy doesn't really talk to her, or even invite her to the park after they head that way. Evie sees a guy wave at them and decides to follow them. Tracy and Evie end up going to the park and Evie starts selling drugs. A lot of people assume that this was just weed that they did, but it is later revealed it was actually acid. Later on when they enter Tracy's room at the end of the night Evie is running her fingers down her stomach and is saying "The itsy bitsy spider dropped acid at the park." Anyways. They end up getting crunk and hanging out with these construction workers, who kiss them both on the cheek. They also at one point are all laying on the grass and fun fact here- Tracy says "I can see spiders" while there is literally one of her hand. Another thing I picked up on, Tracy still has a little bit of her old self in her- as when a construction workers goes in for a makeout sesh, she pushes him away and laughs unlike Evie who engaged in it. Also something else was that Evie kind of/but not really took money from Tracy. Obviously, Tracy was intrigued by how Evie was doing her own thing so of course whenever Evie gave her drugs to do she just says "pay me back at home" and Tracy just willingly accepts. Mason ends up finding Tracy and taking her home.
This is also when Tracy is starting to distance herself from her mother. They go home, go straight to the room (after Tracy roars that shes a lion) and Mel, obviously furious, follows them and opens the door. Tracy states something along the lines of "God mom, can I have any privacy?" Mel states" What Im not allowed to see your body anymore" Tracy, "No you 're not."
The First Self-Harm Scene
I think what triggers this, is whenever Tracy is looking out the window and is remembering the time where she walked in on Brady overdosing. You can see tears in her eyes and the movie progresses to her going to the bathroom. Also, the scene I mentioned earlier where Tracy is changing, Mel states "We'll talk about this once he leaves" and Tracy replies with "if he leaves." I dont think Brady is the full encompassment of why Tracy first self harmed- I think it's that coupled with guilt from the drugs she did and disrespecting her mom. Yet this isn't a definitive statement. We don't know exactly what caused her to start self harming- we can only assume.
Display of Evie's Manipulation in Tongue Piercing Scene (This is a stretch.)
This is pretty self explanatory, basically Evie convinces a random parlor guy to pierce an underage's girls tongue. I dont think that this is really manipulation but it could be. She is scene leaning against him, speaking some spanish words (like calling him beautiful, guapo), and stating how she knows he is a nice guy. I feel like it would take a lot to convince someone to do that, as it is a body modification. Also I do think the only reason the parlor guy obliged to doing this was because he thought maybe Tracy and Evie were attractive. Whenever he is about to pierce Tracy, he states "I only put it where I need to." Like in the subject, this is a stretch and could all be totally false.
Evie Talks To Mel In Private
One thing in this scene is that one of the first thing Mel asks is "Do you have anywhere else to go?" And Evie replies with "I can't go anywhere, brooke has a convention in Bakersfield. She sent you an email." Deep down, knowing Brook and her tendency to not pick up phone calls from Mel, for some reason I feel like Brooke never left and Evie just wanted to stay at Tracy's. Moving on, Evie goes from a light hearted conversation to a serious toned one whenever she mentions Brooke's boyfriend hits her. I actually do think there is a bit of abuse going on at her house, definitely and there may have been some in her past (like her uncle pushing her in a fire.) I think Evie uses this trauma as a one way ticket to try to live with someone she rather live with. If a parent has a child with them that admits to abuse, they would feel the obligation to keep them- which Mel actually does have. Later in the film, where Mel's friend and her and Mason are eating outside, you can overhear Mel say "she's been practically abused by everyone in her life, I have to help her." to which Mason replies with "You don't know that." I think the whole reason Evie told Mel about the abuse was: to keep her with them, to manipulate her to feel guilt, and to give her an assumed obligation to help a child in need.
Evie starts to see Mel as her own Mother
I think a really detrimental scene is the one where Mel walks into Tracy's room showing off a pair of jeans she altered to look like the one Tracy tried on at Redballs. Also, notice how whenever Mel knocks and asks to come in, Tracy doesnt answer but instead Evie does. Another thing was how later in the film Mel asks Tracy if he wants anything from the supermarket and Evie replies with "No thanks Mel, I like everything you get." It almost seems like when Mel is directing her energy towards Tracy, Evie takes it instead of Tracy. Anyways, she walks into the room and you can tell a difference between Evie and Tracy's reaction. Tracy obv couldnt care less, instead she just touches and looks at it with no comment. Evie on the other hand, she makes it a point to compliment Mel on her sewing skills with "This is tight Mel!" Like stated earlier, Tracy is starting to distance herself from her mom and you can sort of see it in this scene as well. Mel states how she needs to do her homework tomorrow and how Noel called, and Tracy gets aggravated and says "I know mom, I know." Mel tries to give her a kiss, she rejects it and then Evie kisses her instead - even though Mel didnt offer one.
Nor was it a head or cheek kiss, instead it was on the lips. After she does that she states "I love you Mel." Mel replies with an awkward smile and walks out. Of course, Tracy gets jealous of this and vents to her mom about how she shouldn't be going in her room. It is almost as if Tracy is starting to think that Mel looks at Evie as the daughter she wants rather than her since she is showing more love. Alo let's talk about that kiss. At first, I thought it was a i-like-you type of kiss, but now I think it is a i-love-you-mom type of kiss. If the abuse Evie stated is true, and she is experiencing all this warmth and united family, she of course will feel lured into it and want to be a part of it. I think the whole reason she kissed her was so that Mel would probably think "Tracy doesn't want to accept my kiss, but Evie does. She is expecting adoration back so I should probably give it to her- especially if I can help her with the abuse."
Mel's First Sign of Partially Giving Up
Short little notice here: whenever Tracy is venting to her mom about messing with her jeans, Mel does nothing except just walk out. She also closes the door on Tracy while she is directly talking to her. I think this is symbolizing that no matter what, Tracy will find something to get mad about and Mel just let it happen and didn't want to deal with it. I do get the jealousy aspect, but also at the same time, Tracy wasn't mad about the jeans when Mel first brought them in. It was after the kiss. This makes Tracy feel betrayed, as the camera zooms in on her ire-filled face once the door is shut and she goes to self harm- to which Evie finds out later in the night (remember this as she will use this against Tracy.) Notice how she is using something sharper every time she cuts? This time scissors, next time , square blade.
Tracy's ED
After the scenes I just described, there is a scene where Evie and Tracy's family are all eating as a group. This ties back to the idea that Evie sees Mel as a mom. Whenever you stay the night at a friend's house, and you see the parents eating but your friend is still asleep, would you join the other family members or stay with your friend? Next thing noticed was how Mel states to tracy to grab some oatmeal and Tracy replies with "Im not hungry". Mason hears this and he states "You know how you get when you dont eat" and Tracy replies with a harsh "F** you." I think this scene was made to show that Evie is starting to incorporate her presence as a stranger into an actual family member. Also, I think, at this point, Mel is starting to notice she isn't eating (obviously). It would be pretty easy to notice, as she prepares Tracy's meals. This scene also shows how Mason and Mel are partially concerned about Tracy not eating; yet notice how Evie didn't encourage her to or say one word about it.
Javi Asks Out Tracy/ Evie Likes Him, Gets Jealous
I alwaysssss get excited when describing this scene because body language plays a huge role in it. Javi walks up to Tracy and asks if she can holler at her. Now look at Evie once he states this- she has a look of shock and betrayal on her face. Also whenever Javi walked up, most people greeted him with a hug while Evie greeted him with a kiss on the neck. Please, if you have access to thirteen, which is on hulu rn, go to 42:25 and watch Evie's reaction for yourself. It screams "You're choosing Tracy over me?"
Also, when Javi asks for Tracy's number, she is about to give it to him and instead, Evie just waltzes up and gives him her number instead with the statement "Um, here's mine, we'll be hanging around." Also whenever he leaves and the girls all shriek with excitement, notice how Evie is hugging her friends with joy. Shouldn't Tracy be doing that instead of Evie? It's almost like her friends saw her give the number and they knew deep down that even though he was for Tracy, Evie was still going to get something out of it (which she did later on.)
Evie could be Bisexual// Possible Crush on Tracy
Let's talk about the scene where Tracy goes over to Evie's house for the first time. Also Evie mentions here that Brook is her cousin whereas earlier she mentioned she was just her guardian. I think Brooke's disability to be a loving mother kind of shows here. She still shows some responsibility, but also let's her 13 yr old daughter drink beer on school nights. Also she states "just one" (beer) yet Evie takes the whole case with her.
Now Evie's bedroom scene. OOf. I think Evie's crush on Tracy (assumed) starts to show here. Of course, I am talking about their make-out scene. Evie states "you dont know how to kiss, do you?" prompting Tracy to prove to her that she knows how to properly kiss. They makeout, then Evie states "I didnt even feel that." This prompts Tracy, of course, to do it again. Now whenever they do it for the second time, at the end Tracy starts to pull away and Evie keeps her lips on hers while she is doing that. I think friends making out is harmless, as most of the time it is for fun or for laughs. I think what is so interesting though is that she asked a second time. Now why would I assume just because they made out that Evie is bi? The makeout scene contributes to that idea, and I think the scene with Javi, Evie, Tracy, and his friend also contributes to that as well, so let's talk about it.
There really isn't much to mention in this scene, other than what stood out to me. Tracy literally copies everything Evie does whenever the whole makeout sesh between the two couples begin. Evie kisses her guy, Tracy starts kissing Javi. Evie gets on his lap, Tracy gets on Javi's. Evie starts taking clothes off, right after so does Tracy. I think this ultimately and can assurely state that Tracy wanted to start being like Evie. Anyways, the bi thing. After Tracy takes her shirt off, Evie looks over at her and bites her lip and smiles. It seemed like a very im-turned-on face. Go to 47:54 for reference. A lot of people probably overlooked this, but me seeing it an unhealthy amount of times, it ALWAYS sticks out to me. It is also implied that they probably had intercourse with their designated man, outside possibly at the same time. The camera at one point zooms in on Javi's eyes, and what I interpreted from that was either Tracy was going to do something with her mouth or Evie and her would both do it with their guy. I ultimately think they both did it only because there is a part where they both lean back, Evie and Tracy, and look at each other like they are about to do something fun. After that part is when it zooms in on Javi's eyes which ultimately look intrigued and excited.
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Lifeguard Boy's House/ Attracted To Younger Girls
Ultimately, after the girls did what they did at Luke's house, it completely ruined the relationship Tracy and Luke once had. Also, earlier in the film where Tracy is trying to call Evie, Luke slaps Tracy on the thigh. I feel like if a guy touches you on the thigh its a flirting gesture, but like this whole post, I could be wrong. Evie was the whole reason what happened happened. You can physically see the uncomfortableness and hesitancy Tracy has. It is like a symbol of her trying to hold on to her innocence. First, Evie and Tracy start dancing provocatively, and Luke chuckles and suggests to bring over his friends so he isn't alone. Evie in response pulls him on the couch and starts making out. Now I dont think Luke is a child predator, but I do think he had the willpower to not makeout with both of those young girls. You can see how he doesn't want to, but he ends up doing it because Evie basically forced herself on him.
This is where you start to see uncomfortableness from Tracy. Actually that was earlier in the scene where they make a "Luke sandwich" and Tracy can be seen backing away from his backside while dancing. Another uneasiness shows when Evie urges Tracy to kiss him and Tracy automatically says no because "It's Luke". Luke was more of Mason's friend, so I think in this moment she was thinking about how if she did what Evie said, it would mess up Mason's life a little bit and she would basically be a subject of a crime if what happened ever came out. I think Luke was honestly sexually harassed but proceeded to just go along with it. Why would Evie want Tracy so bad to makeout with him? It is almost as if she wanted that to happen only because she knew it could completely ruin a relationship.
Luke ends up backing out speeding out of his driveway, and puts his house up for sale (which you can see later in the film when Tracy and Brady are driving to the house.) It was never revealed if Mason found out, which I doubt because the girls were never shown talking about it. Little fun fact here, Evie can be seen swiping a bag of mary jane off a shelf while they are being kicked out of the house hence why Luke says "take you f---ing weed and get out of here." Also Evie at one point pushes Luke off him while trying to get her out of the house and calls him a pervert- despite initiating the entirety of what just went on. This could be another glimpse of her manipulating people to feel bad/guilty. Also notice how whenever he tells them to get out- Tracy and Evie dont immediately leave and instead just stay sitting.
The Night on Hollywood Boulevard/ Evie Was Reason Tracy Got Effed Up
Where do I even start. This carries a BUNCH of symbolism and if you are just scanning through I highly recommend reading this. Now before they left, Brady is seen with a chicken showing off some cool thing and both Evie and Tracy laugh in response to it. Contrary to how Tracy was acting for the majority of this movie, she is actually responding with joy and laughter. I think after Tracy had heard her mom talking to her sponsor, she ultimately felt bad and decided to lay off Brady and Mel. It was probably why they all went out as a group together as well.
They get to the movie theater, and for some unknown reason, they chunk Mel's purse in a trashcan. I genuinely dont get why they did this other than the possibility of just not wanting to carry it while walking around. Fast forward to the "I FEEL LIKE HUMPIN SOMETHIN" scene. There is a part, often overlooked, where Evie does a short drug deal. She gives some pill to a guy, where he gives her money. Also Javi walks up after and him and Tracy share a kiss where Evie looks at her with a wide eyed expression of slight disbelief. Evie then gives him a very friendly hug. I lowkey do think that the whole Tracy getting messed up after drinking to Voodoo juice was all calculated between Evie and that guy. I think that what happened was: Evie told him she would give him drugs if he hang out with Tracy and he would also probably get sex as well. Really think about it. Evie sent Tracy off to go get some cokes- why wouldnt she go with her? Especially in Hollywood? Also, out of ALL the stores on Hollywood boulevard, how did the voodoo juice guy know what store Evie and Javi were in? Another thing to mention is that he was really quick to offer to go help find Evie with Tracy. He pulls her along bringing her to different shops, then the right one. From what I see, and from what I am taking from it I think that Evie wanted that guy to distract Tracy so she could go do what she wanted with Javi. The guy also didnt have that voodoo juice until you see Tracy go back to the rapping group- which implies that the drug Evie gave them was probably put in that juice.
A lot of people think the voodoo juice was acid, and I kind of see why. After the whole night, Mason states "Look at your pupils, youre so busted." Out of all the drug trips you see Tracy experience, this seems to be the most intense one. Also keep in mind she chugged that juice. It is also similar to the frame transitions and shots during the trip scene at the park in the beginning. Notice how the lighting for this is kind of a tinted green? Little fun fact here, the lighting reflects how Tracy's life is which is why it progressively darkens and then lightens up at the end. Also, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that Evie and Javi did something. She also kind of exposes herself a little bit by visibly wiping her mouth after coming out of a dressing room with him. Now getting to the possible sex part between Tracy and the voodoo guy- he repeatedly asks her to get with him. Also notice how he stays with Javi once Evie and Tracy leave the shop? If Evie wanted to do something with Javi while having Tracy distracted, it wouldnt be unlikely for him to know about that little plan. After this happens, we don't see Tracy and Javi together again. This could be a symbol of yet another manipulation tactic by Evie as well as another relationship ruined.
Brady leaves, Mel loses it
I honestly felt bad for Brady while rewatching this, but at first I was mad at him for leaving. The whole reason he left was because he wanted to get high and had to go someplace where he would be with someone that would help him. I think Tracy calling him a loser was definitely the last straw for him, because he probably genuinely thinks that about himself due to his past trauma. I think the scene where Mel loses it in the kitchen is a symbol of her basically giving up. She tears the floor, she takes a stress relieving shower. I think one cool thing though was how Mel knew that Brady was going to leave. She stands in the shower, Brady closes the door, and she takes a pause and goes right after him and catches him packing. I think another form of symbolism here is how Brady is taking care of Mel in this hard time kind of like when Mel took care of him when he overdosed. Keep in mind this whole argument wouldnt have had happened if Evie wouldnt have caused them to be late. I also think during this point, Mason is starting to see the struggle from Mel. You can see him looked shock and interested when he catches Mel ripping the floor. I assume that Mel understands his reason of leaving, as she does not protest it once. In fact, she states where she thinks he should go.
One thing that really pisses me off about this scene pack is whenever Tracy notices him leaving. She just states "oops." Its like most of her relationships are ruined, so if another one is then why should it even matter?
No Bra, No Panties// Belly Button Ring
Once Mel finds out Tracy's belly is pierced, she doesnt necessarily lose it but just expresses disbelief. In turn you can see Tracy trying to intimidate her by joking around with her response and repeatedly saying "No bra, no panties" while backing Mel up into a corner whom is visibly scared. This is a symbolism of a change of dominance in the family, as Tracy truly believes that she can overpower her mother as well as manipulate her. I mean she technically just got away with a piercing, who says she can't get away with more. Also whenever Tracy is defending herself about the piercing, Evie has a wide eyed smiled towards Tracy's actions which implicates that she is proud of the way Tracy is acting.
Tracy's Dad/ His Car
I think that Tracy's dad isn't necessarily a bad one. There is actually a deleted scene where he goes to the house and gives Tracy a check for Mel and extra spending money for both Tracy and Mason. Yet in the final cut, it just shows him once. I think the main point of this scene was to show that her dad was trying to find out what was wrong at least, but since he couldn't he just went back to work. Dealing with depressed teenagers is very hard, as you dont know what you need to say. Also it seems like he is fully dedicated to work at one part in the scene and then fully dedicated to the family. At one point he picks up a phone call and says he is with a client (which is his daughter.) Tracy then says "Nice talking to you dad" and then the dad basically states that he will drop everything and not go on his business trip. So that is why I am saying that he at least tried. I do feel like he could've done more.
There has to be something with the dad's car. It is complimented twice in the film, and later on Tracy actually stops at the car and touches it and then walks into her house. Mason compliments it first, then Brady does, etc etc. It could definitely be a reach but what made me most wonder about it was when Tracy decides to stop and stroke it.
Can We Adopt Evie?
Obviously, this is showcasing how Tracy is now able to manipulate people which she learned from Evie. I honestly don't think this was Tracy's idea at all, instead it was Evie's. When you really think about it, Tracy isnt seen much asking Evie to come over, instead Evie just comes over when she wants. Also the whole reason why she had Evie with her when she asked that was because she knew her mom wouldn't say no in front of her. She even admits thats why she had her with her later on when they are in the car about to leave for school.
Brooke Didn't Care Where Evie Was and Was Very Irresponsible//End of Evie and Tracy
Finally Mel just brings both of the girls to Evie's house and kind of traps Evie in a way to make her stay home since Brook her cousin/guardian is back. I think a whole load of bs comes from Brook here. She states that she wasn't answering Mel's calls because she didn't want Mel to see her ears after her surgery. Yet, right before Mel and them walked in she is seen with a cute guy that is doing her nails or something. So you are willing to be with an attractive guy but not a worried mother? Make it make sense. Also Brooke really doesn't say much about Evie staying at their house- instead she just offers Mel a beer and apologizes.
Now its safe to say that the Brook still had some care for Evie, as when they are having the big talk about them doing drugs and their hiding places she shows disappointment towards Evie. Anyways, once Mel and Tracy are about to leave, Tracy is actually the one that rejects Evie. Tracy states "Well I mean, Brooke is back." This could indicate that Tracy realizes the damage she and Evie has caused and it would be best for her to not live there. Yet it does seem like Tracy still wants to have a relationship with her whenever she goes to check on her outside. I think another huge thing here is how Tracy just walks away after seeing Evie sobbing. Was it because she didnt want to deal with it, or didnt care? If anyone knows why Tracy walked away and didn't console her please comment below.
The Big Talk (Last Section)
This part always confused me because from what it seems like, before the scene, Evie is completely done with Tracy. She didn't invite her into that cool car like she did her other friends. Also whenever they are driving off, you can see Javi throw up a peace sign towards Tracy which implies that he never really cared for her. Anyways, the big talk. You can see Evie at one point hug Tracy in the back halls and say she is her girl and she loves her. Maybe she still held care for her. Once they return back to the living room you can see a serious look exchanged between Brook and Evie. It looked like Brook wanted to discipline Evie for what she had done and Evie looked scared as well as serious. The drugs are dumped on the table and it is revealed that Evie told Mel and Brook where all the hiding places for them were. Evie states that she had to tell them. No, she did not have to tell them, she is a good liar and she could've blindsided her easily. I ultimately believe that Evie did all of this to get back at Tracy. Also, Evie tells Brook that Tracy cuts. I feel like her doing that was to make Brook believe that Tracy was mentally ill and was the problem in that relationship. I mean even at one point Brook states that Tracy is the bad influence, while Evie looks at Tracy with a you-know-she's-right look. Evie made Brook believe that the reason she was the way she was was because of Tracy. All of this happening even causes Evie to have to move which is maybe something she wanted considering she didnt have a stable living condition. The scene ends with Evie yelling at Mel saying that it stunk in the house. I think Evie also felt betrayed by Mel too considering she confided in her with her trauma and she still wouldn't take her despite undergoing abuse.
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I hope you all enjoyed my analysis, as this took me a good couple of hours. For those that read it completely through, or even scanned through it I highly appreciate it. I decided as a bonus I would include some fun facts
-That white poster scene throughout the film is actually Evie's eyes and lips. It also progressively distorts throughout the film representing the downfall of Tracy. You can actually see one of these posters in Tracy's room on the wall behind her bed.
-The actress of Tracy was older than Mason.
-The actors of Evie and Mason dated
-Tracy and Evie were actually 13 in real life and had to use their own clothes for most of the film.
-The budget was only 2 million dollars
-The actresses/actors were only paid 2-7$ if I remember correctly
-Mel voices the mom in Incredibles
-Vanessa Hudgen's Acting Debut
- Tracy was actually poked/stabbed with a needle during the belly button piercing scene which is why there is an unscripted f word

SOLVED!
I found her! Her name is Belle Perez, she’s a Belgian-Spanish musician. Her debut album was Hello World (2000)
Here’s my original text:
Hi!
I’m trying to remember a name of a possibly Latina female singer. She looks like Melissa Graham from Solid Harmonie.
It’s also possible she wasn’t Latina at all, so don’t get too hung up on the Latina aspect.
I imagine today she would be in her forties.
She also looks a bit like Lolly (Hey Mickey! cover singer), but more like Melissa Graham.
She released pop albums in the 90s or early 2000s.
Her name was definitely in the category of Firstname Lastname, so not like ”Shakira”.
Dark hair, dark eyes, dark eyebrows. Hair was all black, long, and no highlights.
I came across her when I was looking for another artist, and she hasn’t come up since. I made a mental note that I should listen to her albums sometimes, but I forgot to write her name down.
If I remember correctly, in one of her album covers she was lying on a bed on her tummy, with hands under her chin and looking at the camera. Hair was possibly down with braids on the side. Similar to Lolly’s Viva la Radio.
In another album/single cover she was wearing a white jacket and white pants.
She seemed to represent clean pop, so no revealing clothes.
She was definitely a pop singer, with bright, colourful pop music.
I don’t know whether she was famous or not.
I don’t know whether she is Latina or not.
Not Shakira or Selena Quintanilla or Selena Gomez or Camila Cabello or Christina Milian or Gloria Estefan or Princessa or Demi Lovato or Linda Ronstadt or Gloria Trevi or Lumidee or Martika or Paula Abdul or Mikaila or Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears or Joy Enriquez or Sarina Paris or Adrienne Bailon or Katie Melua or Maria Mena or Kym Marsh or Victoria Beckham or Stacie Orrico or Alexia or Lolly or Vanessa Hudgens or Tila Tequila or Anna Abreu or Rachel Farris or Marion Raven or Mutya Buena or Laura Pausini or Giusy Ferreri or Fefe Dobson or Vanessa Carlton
Thank you for all your help!

Desperate for answers and solutions with the threat looming in the Megaverse, Venessa had the smart yet foolish idea on where to find secret knowledge......Nightmare's Castle. Nightmare's Castle was originally constructed in a desolate part of the Omniverse on a forsaken planet fueled with negative energy where it storms acid rain, and the atmosphere is always one of perpetual gloom. Nightmare made heavy use of the castle during his short reign and upon his defeat, Shattered Hope took residence inside its walls and lived there until his defeat as well. However, to the majority of the Omniverse that accursed place will always be called Nightmare's Castle. Venessa decided it would be best to take Tray, Slay, Nova, Powerglide, and the Stupendous Diamond, the Initiative's only current member who had been to Nightmare's Castle and lived. Armed with blessed objects and a tiny key locket which would enable them to enter the castle, the group of six embarked on their journey. The group arrived in a shuttle on the outskirts of the castle, "Did the castle always had the appearance of an ancient ruin?" Stupendous Diamond, "No Venessa, I guess over the years nature is trying its best to destroy it, but it is not easy to cleanse the trace of strong negativity." Before the team left the shuttle, Venessa and the Stupendous Diamond gave strict orders for everyone to stick together due to numerous traps and surprises that are very active in the ruins of the enormous castle.
The team swiftly ran to the heavy pitch-black doors of the castle that bore the warning, "Abandoned all hope ye who enter here." The Stupendous Diamond reached into his pocket and pulled out the key locket and opened it which played a sweet yet ominous tune. Suddenly the two siren statues by the door began to sing along with the locket as the doors shook with great force and were slowly opened. The team cautiously walked inside and observed the melancholy atmosphere with the plethora of unnerving paintings. They reached a hallway where it continued straight to the throne room and a set of stairs that spiral downward. Stupendous Diamond, "Careful and don't fall, the castle descends into nine separate layers symbolizing the nine circles of the netherworld according to Dante. Hurray along now, to the throne room, from there the library will be directly underneath us." The group approached the throne room, which resulted in Slay sitting on the old throne of Nightmare and using his Alternate powers to shapeshift into him. "How do I look?" he said with an evil grin, Venessa, "Quit that this instant." "No no no, I got a good one." He then shapeshifted into Shattered Hope and spoke in a thundering voice, "I command the lingering spirits and creatures of this place to hunt down the intruders!" He then changed back and started to laugh at the stunt he pulled, but no one in the group was laughing. Just then a hollowing wind swept through the castle and a monstrous howl was heard from the depths of the castle. Stupendous Diamond, "Oh no. We must leave at once Slay has awoken the infernal hound!" The group started to sprint through the entrance of the throne room, but as each one ran through the entrance, they were teleported to random parts of the castle. Venessa and the Stupendous Diamond found themselves alone in the castle, while Powerglide and Nova were together and Tray and Slay were together.
While split off from the group Venessa stumbled upon two large black doors. Noticing there is nowhere else to go, she cautiously opened the old doors that creaked and groaned as they were opened. She took a few steps forward and realized she was in a gigantic ballroom something pulled out of old Europe. The size and dimension of the room did not seem to fit its spot in the castle, but she reminded herself nothing in this castle obeys reality. Only taking four steps into the room she felt this overwhelming sense of sadness and gloom sweep into her sensitive soul. “No anger or hatred, just sadness. Why is this place full of sorrow?” She then felt a cold chill run down her spine as if the temperature became significantly colder. She could hear the rustling of feet and to her amazement specters of around a hundred people formed across the ballroom. The specters were dressed in lavish masquerade clothing and danced very formally in a ballroom fashion. She could hear the sound of an old grand piano playing in the background as specters twirled over her head. Despite being in a room with hundreds of ghosts she did not feel threatened, on the contrary she felt safe despite the heavy sense of loss and sadness. Suddenly, she felt a cold hand on her right shoulder. A female specter was standing behind her, she was dressed elegantly with a beautiful masquerade mask covering her face, she appeared to be roughly the same age as her. “Good evening fellow monarch.” Venessa froze. “I….your…..I’m not.” The specter floated eerily towards her stopping mere inches from her face. “You’re not dead…..excuse me but it’s been years since I spoke to someone of flesh and bone.” She took off her mask revealing her beautiful yet haunting face.
“I am Princess Anastasia.” “Anastasia…..I’m sorry my father is a big history nerd, so he might’ve recognized your name faster than I, but were you one of the daughters of the last Tsar of Russia?” The spirit nodded her head. “Pleasure to meet you. she took a bow I am Empress Venessa of the Anime Multiverse.” “Oh, you are one of those multiverse people. We have quite the few who also inhabit this hall.” “Yeah….wait hold on why do you spirits haunt this hall? Please don’t be offended by my question.” “We didn’t have a choice. Everyone here died some tragic death in some way shape or form. And that evil being Nightmare and later Shattered Hope went through space and time and brought those souls here to serve in their court. We were unable to move on to that next step in the afterlife, thus they preyed on us and we took reforge in this ballroom. Sometimes they would beat us, but we held our own, eventually both former rulers stopped bothering us and we soon learned both met their demise.” “Then why do y’all still dance here and not move on?” “We dance because we are no longer masters of our fate, we dance to the written pages others write of our tale as we are powerless to intervene. Cursed to dance our troubles away hoping it’s all a nightmare we will soon wake from. But alas we can’t move on due to our spirits being tied to this hideous place. We call this ballroom home due to how unsafe and much vile the other rooms of this castle are.” Just then the conversation is interrupted by a long howl. “The infernal hound is loose! Everyone scatter!” The specters start flying into furnisher, paintings, and chandeliers. “You must escape with your life before it’s too late.” “Wait Anastasia I can’t, my friends are lost in this castle. How can I find them and stop the hound!” “Follow your heart, let your soul be your guide, and hold tight to the Light of Heaven!” She then vanished from Venessa's sight, leaving Venessa to hide in a conveniently hidden floor trap.
There Venessa stayed hidden as the hound came ravaging the ballroom. The hound stayed near the trap, but eventually moved on to hunt down the other members. After waiting for five minutes, Venessa emerged and tried to find the specters, but she was the only one present in the desolate ballroom. Begrudgingly, she continued to find her way back to the entrance of the castle. Meanwhile, "You stupid idiot! You just had to do that did you!" "Gee tell me how you really feel Tray." "If my adopted sister, Venessa dies because of you...." "Then I'll blame myself for the rest of my life because she is the love of my life. Now are you going to continue arguing with me or are we going to find our way out of here!" The two stared at each other as they heard a woman weeping. They soon found a woman in white bitterly weeping. "Ma'am don't worry if you are lost. We are lost too, perhaps we can help each other?" The woman slowly turned around her tears black as ink, "Mis hijos." "Slay I don't think that's a benevolent spirit." Tray pulls out his sword while Slay turns his hands into claws. "I don't think so either." Before they could do anything else the woman flew towards them at inhumane speed causing the two teens to scream.
Elsewhere, Powerglide and Nova walked upwards for what felt like 30 minutes. They finally rested by a prison cell. The prison cell mysteriously opened as the two stared inside. "Is that a skeleton?" "It appears so. Wait its head has bunny ears. I think I know who's remains these are." "You do Nova? Girl, do you know how long this corpse may have been here?" "Maybe. If I were to reason this may be the remains of what Prime Diamond 1 documented in his journal as the shadow bunny entity. Diamond's adventures in the Dark Multiverse involved him being guided by what he thought was a dark phantom that had the silhouette of a bunny. Diamond would always be a little disturbed upon seeing the creature, but the creature always guided Diamond to save a person or world that really needed it. Diamond theorized he stopped seeing the creature when Lockjaw evolved into Nightmare." Just then a music box fell from the corpses arm and started to play an eerie tune, Powerglide wanted to pick it up, but Nova advised him it's better to not disturb the things of the dead especially in a place like this. While all of this was happening, the Stupendous Diamond had his hands full as he was fighting for his life against killer animatronics and dolls. He used his heat vision to incinerate the dolls. After eliminating the dolls, he heard the howl of the hound. "Crap! My body is going to hate me for this but......" He then flew upwards to the ceiling and started to crash through the numerous layers in order to reach the center hallway. He soon found himself in the room where Nightmare's organ was stationed. Fortunately, the other heroes soon came running to the same room. Venessa described an entity like a wraith was following her, Powerglide and Nova described living statues throwing spears at them, while Tray and Slay arrived with their clothes torn and bloody scratches on their bodies. "You guys don't wanna know what we had to fight to get here." Tray said with a shortness of breath.
The group soon found themselves cornered on all sides which resulted in three of them each taking a door at once. While fighting off their attackers, the organ started to play by itself, which did not improve their situation due to the organ causing the room to shake and being difficult to stand straight. During the conflict, the ground under Venessa swallowed her whole as she fell into a very dark pit. Her vision was greeted to a bright yellow substance that glowed in the center of the strange abyss she found herself in. In her soul and mind, the experience she had at Cosmos' citadel came flooding through her again. Whatever was in that sphere certainly possessed the answers she wanted. She did not know it at the time, but that sphere would corrupt and consume beings who came to it wanting knowledge and power, but Venessa was a rare exception. Upon entering into the sphere, it tried to rapidly age her into dust; however, she continued to press onward. The further she walked, the stronger the energy came forth, yet due to the uniqueness of her soul and powers it simply redirected the energy to reshape her body and appearance. Her suit turned to a shiny silver with a new crown forming on her head. A magnificent cape slowly started to grow from her suit's back and the stronger her powers grew. Upon reaching the center, Venessa forcefully extracted the information out of the orb.
The remaining five heroes started to become overwhelmed with the vile creatures as at long last the infernal hound reached their position. The hound was larger than any hound the heroes have seen, yet its eyes were crimson red with fire and brimstone coming from its mouth. The hound lunged towards the Stupendous Diamond and tried to tear through his neck, relief soon came when Venessa emerged from the depths in a glowing bright light and vaporized the hound. Venessa then used her power of Overwrite to completely erase the creatures present leaving the heroes at peace. Slay spoke up first, "You look even more beautiful, and your eyes look more mature.....what happened?" "I have acquired the knowledge I came for; it is time for us to leave. In addition to my newfound knowledge and abilities, I will no longer be called Empress of the Anime Multiverse for I have found higher purpose. I am now.......the Empress of the Omniverse." The five heroes were shocked with this claim, but they could tell Venessa was dead serious and did not want to protest against her due to the authoritative presence she gave. She triumphantly led them out of the castle and back to the shuttle where a portal opened in front of them.
The six of them were ready for whatever stepped forward but were surprised to hear a calm masculine voice with a curious floating person emerging from the portal. "Congratulations you survived the horrors of Nightmare's Castle, beaten a few curses, and even found a higher calling to life." Venessa, "Who are you?" "I am an ally of your father. My name is Dr. Stephen Strange or as others so affectionally call me, Strange Supreme." "What's with the wounds on your face?" "It's a long story about your father, but I felt the surge in power in this world especially in you, Venessa and I think it's finally time you can help your father and the Megaverse Council. I need you to come with me." Venessa stepped forward "Prepare yourself kid. What you know of our Omniverse and the Megaverse will change."

In the spirit of the holiday, I decided to do a one-off story with a few of my OCs and other characters from other media for a short Christmas style story.
The scene pans slowly to the base of the Megaverse Council in the heart of the Megaverse. The scene slowly changes to that of a small chapel at the base that is completely engulfed with incense and Latin chants. There are around four hooded monks in the chapel with Diamond following close behind them clothed in very dark purple robes without any of his fancy gadgets or tech on him. While walking past the chapel, Velocity grew curious due to her never hearing such singing before. She peeked inside and was stunned to see the monks and Diamond in a form of religious ceremony. She silently walked inside in order to observe what they were doing and there she saw them praying before what was a small statue of a child clothed in gold and white that stood on a small edge in the wall. Diamond noticed they were no longer alone and finished his prayer early and turned towards Velocity. "Hello Velocity, fancy seeing you here." "What is this? A ritual? Are you summoning something?" "No, of course not, we are simply adoring the Infant King due to Christmas arriving soon." "Infant King?" "Here have a seat Velocity let me tell you a story."
The two sat down as the monks continued their Latin chants switching to singing O Come O Come Emmanuel creating an ethereal scene in the dimly lit chapel. "In your Omniverse was there ever a French Revolution, Velocity?" "Yes." "Ok, that makes the story easier to tell you. I'm sure you know how the Revolution started and so on. Well in that time the Infant King of Glory belonged in a convent of nuns that kept Him clean and well dressed. Back then it was believed as long as the King had a scepter in His hand and enthroned with gold, there would be no harm to afflict the current king of France. When the Revolutionists came and took the treasures from the convent the King was left with nothing but poor clothes. It was here when some nuns began to feel sorry for the Infant King saying How small and weak, but one stood above the others and rebuked her sisters saying No, how strong and powerful. This statement allowed the nuns to have a new view on the Infant King and believed He will eventually overcome the wrath of His enemies. Some months later the nuns sent the Infant King to the young Dauphin, but the shipment was seized, and it appeared the Infant King of Glory fell right into the clutches of His enemies to be abused and suffer terrible blasphemies. Later almost all the nuns were executed as the final victims of that vicious Reign of Terror. Only two survived, and one of them was surprised to find a young girl sitting on the steps of a house belonging to a priest with the Infant King on the steps. The young girl told the nun that one day while she was playing outside, she stumbled upon something in the mud. Upon closer inspection, the girl discovered it was the statue covered in mud. She theorized that after the Revolutionists had their desires filled, they dumped the statue to be forgotten. Since then, the nuns and priest were able to create a small chapel for the King and restored Him to His former Glory."
"And how did you acquire such a historic piece of history from your Omniverse, Diamond?" "Back in late 2012 to 2013 when the Injustice Initiative became a worldwide organization the members in France were granted access to old and sacred texts from their country's rich history. Subsequently, the Infant King of Glory was one of them. When news of this was shared, I asked if Roger Williams could convince the leader of the French department to bring the Infant King to the states. It worked and there the King stayed for a while until I was asked to be the leader of the Megaverse Council. I decided it was a good time to take the King from the states here to the chapel here at our base to remind me of my duties as leader and spiritual duties." "So, what was the point in telling me the story, don't get me wrong I appreciate the history but surely there was another reason you shared the story to me." Diamond smiled "Indeed, did you notice how ultimately in the end the Infant King did overcome and triumphed over His enemies? It is exactly the way all of our lives are now. With the return of Black Hat and the Demonic Council causing ruin and destruction across the Megaverse it appears they will win. But I have a strong faith they will not destroy God's Creation and He will once again triumph over His enemies. However, it is worth noting that it will still bring some form of suffering as the nuns suffered the crown of martyrdom for their faith. These parallels how we lost so many members on the assault of our base and.......my friends back in my Omniverse." "Although I am not religious Diamond, I appreciate the time you took to tell me the story of that statue." "Sure, no worries! Afterall He is the reason for the season you know." Diamond stared out the window to what appeared to be a bright star amongst all the others. The light was his home Omniverse as his thoughts went to his family and friends still there getting ready for Christmas.
The scene then journeys towards the light going to the Main Omniverse as it continues panning to Earth Prime. Venessa just arrived back to her office after shopping with her boyfriend, Slay. "We got all the gifts?" "Yes ma'am." "Excellent these gifts should be delivered to their recipients two days before Christmas!" "Oh, can I be a Santa for the Injustice Initiative party after we give these gifts away to the ones who are not as fortunate as we are?" "I think you are too young and way too thin." "You seem to forget I'm half Alternate right?" "Well, I suppose you can pose as a sexy Santa and make yourself older. Just don't let any girls be your elves now." She gives him a wink and a small kiss. They were unaware of Delta just standing there in the room for the past minute. "Are you two done now?" "Delta! What a surprise what are you doing here?" "Can I speak to you in private?" "Uh sure. Bye Slay." Slay bows then leaves. "So, what can I help you with sis?" "What exactly is this thing called Christmas?" "You're kidding right?" "Venessa, I had been isolated from everything at an early age by Zorro and my biological excuse of a mother raised me as a hermit. You know I just recently got back to the Omniverse earlier this year when I worked for Chaos Agent before meeting you." "Well Christmas is a time to celebrate with friends and family, exchange gifts, and drink hot chocolate." "I thought it was also a time of joy for what you, father, and mother believe." "Huh? OH! Yeah, how could I forget? Christmas is also a time of joy for the birth of Jesus. Diamond and Selena are extremely religious and hold it very dear to their hearts." "What about you?" "I do believe in Salvation too, but my faith is nowhere near as strong as theirs are. They view Him as their best friend which is something I want. Yet, if I were to describe my state it would be more of a following in the steps of a celebrity type feeling. But I am still trying so hard to be on the same level of faith like our guardians are. Why are you so slow to accept it?" "Venessa, you forget I am the clear biological offspring of Zorro, in my household any sort of organized religion or belief was regarded as folly. A game created by the powerful to oppress the weak. It also does not help the fact I am numb to most emotions and only view things in a scientific and factual point of view. Not something for mysticism." "Mom literally controls a powerful mystic ability that rivals dad's, called the Cosmic Chaos and you don't question that?" "At least I can see the Cosmic Chaos. But this whole thing with gifts does not make sense. Holidays don't even make sense." "Ok, back it on up there Scrooge or I'm going to get Vergil to pull a whole Ghost of Christmas Future on you. You know what perhaps I will show you all the wonders and joy of Christmas! It will be sister bonding time!"
Venessa took Delta to a mall where everyone is rushing to get gifts. "Look at how lively this place is. Look at how everyone is selfless in buying items for their friends or family. Look at that Karen fighting for a TV.......wait a second something's not right here. Alright Karen get lost, I don't care if you have a phone out recording and threating that poor woman your son works for the Injustice Initiative. I am the leader of the Initiative, and I will not have a problem locking you up in the Citadel." Venessa walks back to Delta "This is the spirit of Christmas?" "No, maybe the mall is not the best place. Let's go somewhere else." She brings them over a town and cloaks them invisible. "Christmas is a time for family and prayer. Look at all these families in their homes counting their blessings even for what little belongings they have." "Then why does it seem in some other houses there is strife between parent and grandparent." "Oh, you know family drama or old wounds." "Then why bother inviting them." "To be nice, I guess." "This only creates more calamity." "Gee now you are reminding me a lot like the Zorro that created me in my Omniverse before I came here. This isn't working. I guess I have to show you the hard way."
She then teleports them to the ruins of Paradise City in front of the large wall that had all the names of the people who perished in the attack engraved for all time. "Look at all the less fortunate people grieving for the loss of a family member of loved one, Delta. Although this particular happen before our time in this Omniverse, with the memories of the original Venessa inside of me, I can tell you it was a bloody unexpected battle." "Is that X-547?" X-547 can be seen with his head hung low as his right hand is over the name Evie. "Oh Evie. Not a moment goes by where my memory banks do not remind me of our robotic love we had. You were the bravest android the Initiative had ever seen. How I wish I would be able to feel our optics spark when next to each other." The scene goes back to Venessa and Delta as Delta stands speechless. Venessa then teleports them to the memorial for all the lives lost in the Clone War, especially under the executive order Kingdom Come. The scene pans to Commander Stone and his pregnant wife Susie. "Springer it's me brother. I decided to stop by and wish you, the rest of the 313th that had gone before us, and all our fallen brothers a Merry Christmas. Omega Squad is doing well. My wife is expecting, and Scorch is raising his half vampire son. Scorch's wife, Dusk simply disappeared from existence when the Dark Multiverse was destroyed, I pray we can get the ones we lost back, but progress has been.....slow. But enough with the sad news, Susie and I hope we get a little girl of our own. We are thinking of naming her Star. Hopefully, she will inherit her mother's good traits and only inherit my elite combat skills and not my stubbornness."
Delta watched in awe at the moving scene while a warm fuzzy feeling began to grow inside of her. Venessa saw the change in her sister's demeaner and spoke to her, "This is what the spirit of Christmas is really about. A time of giving, spending time with family, and works of charity. This is what I wanted to share with you from all the places we visited." "I....I understand. Thank you." She teleported them back to Sanctuary just in time for her to go distribute gifts. The next day the party began where all the members of the Initiative came to celebrate. There they gave each other gifts and spent time witch each other. Everyone was surprised to see Delta at the party in an ugly Christmas sweater based on science and engaging in the festive games. Elsewhere Selena isolated herself and stared at the vast space of the Omniverse. "Merry Christmas Diamond.....wherever you are." Back at the base of the Megaverse Council, Diamond was in his chair meditating before he slowly opened his eyes with a smile. "Merry Christmas Selena, bring my warmest wishes to my family and the other members."
Merry Christmas everyone! Stay safe out there and enjoy the holiday with whoever you call family!
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Sober Aftermath
The voice of a male news anchor can be heard in the darkness, "We are still receiving reports of more and more people disappearing from existence as more timelines and universes are reported as terminated by the Injustice Initiative. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of the victims of this catastrophic event that occurred just two days ago. Back to you Jonah." "You heard here folks; how long will we have to deal with the failure of the Injustice Initiative protecting the Omniverse under leadership of such arrogant shoulders! Ever since Venessa took over as the leader of the Initiative the entire organization underwent a whole new change. We have just got a live report from an outside source about the current status of the leadership of the Initiative. Hello and who is this?" "My name is Agent X and my name should ring a bell as I took Diamond to court a few years back, which I still believed was rigged in his favor, but my sources indicate that Venessa is doing a terrible job boosting morale. We have video evidence of Venessa's rumored boyfriend Slay entering her quarters late at night while she would make public statements that she is taking time with the subleaders of the Initiative in order to lead the Omniverse in these trying times. Seems to me she just needs cuddles from her man late at night to release stress. Furthermore, leaked audio recordings reveal that Professor Henry, the Spider Supreme, and Cyrus are at odds with Venessa demanding her to step up from her depression and do something. What I would like to personally add is where is Diamond and the Bad Time Trio during all of this. I though him and his variants were supposed to be on the front lines. When approached with this question Venessa and Diamond's girlfriend Selena refuse to give us a comment." The voices become distant as Venessa speaks up "Slay please turn off the news. Seems they have nothing better to say." Slay turns off the television as he speaks to Venessa, "Do you want me to take out those people personally? I can have my family of Alternates duplicate themselves as them and no one would notice a thing." "No, please don't. Just give me some time with my thoughts. How did my father ever handle these sorts of events during his time as leader? Gosh I hope he is doing better in the Megaverse or return to us soon." After taking an illegal shot, she finally called together all the sub leaders of the Initiative and others of higher status "Where is Dusk? She normally shows up to every emergency meeting." Commander Stone speaks up, "Due to the Dark Multiverse being destroyed she vanished from existence just two hours ago. I temporarily discharged Scorch from Omega Squad to deal with his and Dusk's infant son. He is not taking it well and even their half vampire son seems to feel the absence of his mother and is giving his father grief." "Professor Henry why is this happening? Why is it that when a universe or timeline was destroyed in the past, refugees could survive? Heck even refugees from the Megaverse survive their Omniverse being destroyed! By the way should I tell the public that the Megaverse is real?" Henry speaks next, "No, not yet! But to answer your first question, I worked with the Time Department to construct a recreation of these places being destroyed and well it is different. When such a place was destroyed previously there was nothing causing any inhabitants outside of that place when it was destroyed to go out with it. But what The Ageless and his goons did is they brought a curse to each place they wanted to destroy that when that place was destroyed everyone connected to that place would vanish from existence as well. Furthermore, the stronger a person is from the place that was destroyed takes longer to vanish. That's why Dusk was erased only two hours ago.......and she was the last being from the Dark Multiverse to vanish too. We do not even have a Dark Injustice anymore, just only four members left because almost everyone in that department was from the Dark Multiverse." Luz speaks next, "Uh Venessa you might want to come to our base. Ice King is rapidly phasing in and out of existence. Ultima Knight disappeared 30 minutes ago." Before Venessa could bring the meeting to an abrupt end, Daniel and Virgil from the Omniversal Tribunal manifested themselves. "Why are you two here? Where is Victoria?" Daniel was the only one willing to speak, "The three of us fought The Ageless not too long after he destroyed the Undertale Multiverse, but he was assisted by a Zorro/Nightmare/Daisy Noire variant that even proved too much for us. That abomination of a variant killed Victoria so now even the judgement scales of the Omniverse is off balance. There has to be three of us no more and no less, but the Omniverse has yet to find a worthy candidate to fill her place." "Aghghhhhh this gets worse and worse by the minute! Before more bad news arrives, this meeting is adjourned goodbye!" Venessa then made her way to headquarters of the Young Injustice to see Ice King one final time. Ice King laid on his deathbed as his body slowly began losing its physical appearance. "Venessa promise me you will continue to fight the good fight. Promise me you will avenge all the fallen heroes and innocent lives lost. Please." "Yes, I will." "Good.........Snowfoot and Snowstrike my children I will see you soon. Fyra my love. I'm finally coming home." Those were his last words before he vanished right from their eyes. While the team was mourning over the loss of their wisest leader, Venessa remembered Octane was a part of the Young Injustice and had an idea. "Octane you can run forward and backwards in time right?" Si, but I already tried tha..." "No not the conventional way. I actually have what could be a ridiculous plan, but it could work." She took him to Sancturary where she told her plan to Professor Henry and the Time Department. "You want to go the bastion at the edge of the Omniverse where the old second in command of the Time Department ruled and go back and time to have him fix this mess?!" "Yeah, what's wrong with that?" "What do you hope to gain from this journey?" "I heard stories that he told Diamond he found a way to block off the Main Omniverse from the Megaverse in order to avoid an evil entity called Black Hat, I think. Not only that but managed to manipulate the will of others in order to keep the Main Omniverse safe. I want to reason with Cosmos and see if he may have a solution to restore the Omniverse and reveal a way to keep us isolated from the Megaverse until Diamond returns with help from the Megaverse Council or he needs our help." "Well, we are all out of GOOD ideas."
Return to the Bastion
The heroes extracted the small samples of the Speed Force of the Omniverse and placed it in used vials that kept Raw Omniversal Energy. They placed the vials in Venessa's suit and gave her clear instructions. "Now remember Venessa no one besides Diamond and a rogue lab assistant knew the full extent of Cosmos' mind or way of thinking. This is uncharted territory. Plus, the vials are enough to get you back in time and return back to us for one trip. If one of them breaks or use them senselessly and try to get the past version of the Time Department to help you, it would create more problems for us in the present than the ones we are dealing with now. Do you understand?" "Understood." Venessa then activated her suit and time traveled back to that fateful day in 2021. She arrived just as the dictator sent Diamond away back to the Main Omniverse leaving him and the lab assistant in the room. The assistant turned around confused, "Who are you?" Cosmos became very excited, "Ooooo hoohoo an anomaly!!" Venessa started to walk towards Cosmos, but the assistant stopped her and tried to kill her with a dagger. The two engaged in a fierce battle as the bastion nulled Venessa's powers which prevented her from an easy victory. "Hey, are you going to actually do something or just sit there like the dictator you are?" Cosmos got up from his chair and froze the lab assistant in time and merely made her vanish. "Is that better Venessa?" "You know me?" "Yes, I know the real you. The main version of you I should say." "You know I'm a variant?!" "Don't think you are fooling me now. I see you even have the main version's memories. Well.....if you are here then I hypothesize what I warned Diamond about came true." "About Black Hat?" "Is he dead, your DONOR?" "I believe you mean my FATHER and no. At least I hope not. What are you trying to pull here Cosmos?" "Here take a seat. You see, while here at the edge of the Omniverse I gained the ability to see the past, present, and future. I foresaw a great evil coming from outside the Main Omniverse which was Black Hat and his business organization which is clever advertising if I do say so myself. But I saw great conflict following and the chances of us winning were very very low. One in a trillion. Every other outcome could not be called a victory because so much life would be loss, timelines and universes destroyed, or the entire Omniverse being destroyed in some instances. However, even the one outcome where we did win led to so much more conflict from the Megaverse. Variants upon variants raiding us with our allies in the Megaverse being powerless to help or when they did it was too little too late. So, I took it upon myself to not allow this to happen in the first place. I looked in the past at Cloaked Shadow's work and made a synthetic loop where I was the master of destiny and fate. This allowed the Main Omniverse to be isolated from the Megaverse where nothing could leave, and nothing could enter." "Then how is it that Disbelief William and the Stupendous Diamond still lived in the Omniverse if they came from others?" "It's simple, because I allowed them to. I enjoyed their personalities very much and had no good reason to kick them out and leave them to die. Anyway, back to my reasons, I still allowed free will of course, but if certain people or beings came too close, I would step in with my authority and dispose of them. Just like I told the other two. Kill the dictator and something worse will replace me. Now this leads us to now with you and me having this conversation. The only reason YOU are here is that I died to that lunatic scientist, Black Hat came, the heroes won, the Main Omniverse is connected to the Megaverse, and something horrible happen that you came back to the only one who kept it in check." "That's an oversimplification of events but yeah that's about it. But I won't tell you anything about it because I made a promise." Cosmos laughs, "You amuse me variant. See because of your presence here I am no longer the independent variable in this equation anymore. You are. Anything you tell me cannot affect your present. I can try to kill Diamond or set him on a path to his death, but it will fail because I am now a dependent variable." "Ok well we were raided by so many villains from the Megaverse and...." "WAIT don't tell me. They destroyed several timelines, universes, dimensions, and multiverses that the Core is unstable and there is an untold loss of life, which leads you here to gain a solution from me. Well Mrs. Empress of the Anime Multiverse the only way to fix that problem is by accepting my role as dictator. Again, just the fact you are here makes you the independent variable so we can round and round for all time, but it takes you back to two solutions. Kill me and take my spot and guide this Omniverse down a singular path or go back to the absolute mess you made of it as leader. I don't care what happens to the Megaverse. Every other Omniverse is a mere copy of the main one. MY Omniverse is the only one that matters. Not the one you originally came from before you were adopted, not our neighbors, none of them. Without the Main Omniverse the countless other versions would not exist. Do you understand?" Venessa stared out the window and observed how the Omniverse was peaceful at this point in time. The thought of being an independent variable kept running through her mind until her eyes landed on an orb Cosmos kept in the center of the room. She felt called to this orb as she felt its power call out to her. "What.....what are you doing?" Venessa simply stood over the orb staring into its vibrant colors. "This is how you were able to have your vast knowledge over time. You kept this locked away so others could not access it and turned it into a mere decoration." Before Cosmos could freeze her in time, Venessa knocked him backwards with a blast from her hand canon. She then shattered the orb as the power contained inside of it began to grow tentacles and attached itself to her head. While connected Venessa saw everything, every possible outcome that was possible for this Omniverse. Before she knew it the orb disappeared, and saw Cosmos slowly get back on his feet. "Although you have not given me any clear answers. I am now able to create a few of my own." She then used her newfound power to bring back the deranged scientist back to the room and froze Cosmos in place. She activated her suit and unfroze both of them as the scientist then killed Cosmos, still allowing the previous events to continue down their natural course. She arrived back at Sanctuary with a plan in motion to temporarily heal the Omniverse.
Solution
"Alright Octane listen very carefully, you are going to reach your top speed and create two sub-Omniverses. They will be born in the void that the destroyed multiverses occupied. These sub-Omniverses will be connected to the Core. In order to make sure these Omniverses stay as living entities and its occupants real, my mother, Selena would cast a spell on you that whatever you think should be in those two Omniverse would be made real. So please don't think of hot women for once." "That sounds like a great plan how did you come up with it?" "Oh, just having this orb attach its tentacles on my head now I am cursed with knowledge to send me into an existential crisis, nothing too bad." Selena then used her Cosmic Chaos to cast a spell over Octane as he was then sent out into the void and began to run in circles repeatedly to fill the void. The plan was a success as two sub-Omniverses were created and thus healed the Core. Octane came flying back from being one with the Speed Force with smoke all over his body. Everyone at Sanctuary congratulated Octane and Venessa for a successful mission and stared at the newly born sub-Omniverses with optimism. But what exactly did they create?
Ironic Creations
Venessa, Octane, Selena, and a few members from the Young Injustice department ventured to the new territory. The first creation they ventured into was a blast from the past as it was a partial recreation of the Omniverse from 2019. "Octane you made a sixth of the Omniverse from 2019?" "Well yeah, we were gearing up to fight Cloaked Shadow before I was lost to the Speed Force so for me the strongest the Initiative was in power was in 2019, but don't worry I made it as if Cloaked Shadow never touched it or interfered so technically it's a new place." While there they were stopped by none other than that version of Diamond. "Hey you guys! Are you a fan club looking for photos with THE greatest hero in the Omniverse." "I thought dad wasn't a boastful person mom." "He's not." "I'm sorry? Dad and mom?! What in the Time Paradox? I'm like 14 my dudes." Octane didn't make the situation any better, "I GAVE BIRTH TO YOU COMPADRE!" "Octane shut up you are not making this better for him! Excuse us we'll be right back." All of them left that creation and decided to venture to the second one where it was an even greater shock. The group arrived at the second creation and found themselves in a dense forest. They were startled when a young voice cried out. "Hey, you dropped this when you teleported here." A young girl walked forward with a heart locket. Selena stepped forward, "That's mine, thanks a lot for retrieving it." "It was hardly an inconvenience!" The girl seemed extremely kind to Selena for some reason. A boy's voice could be heard, "What happened to ya pal? Your goggles are shattered, and clothes torn. Did you get hit by a train or something?" He was directing his question to Octane, who never got a chance to change his clothes after coming back from the Speed Force. Anne Boonchuy broke the silence, "Skyler and Justin, you guys are alive?!" "Not the ones you know though." Venessa was confused, "Wait Anne you know these two? And what do they mean not the ones you know?" "If I remember correctly, they are Diamond's future biological children, they helped us in the final battle against Black Hat. Of course, most of you guys here were not there in that battle, except for yours truly. When we won their timeline was erased because the future was under Black Hat's control so when he was banished there was no predetermined future, so they just simply faded." "That's right, and when we saw your face Anne and felt that all of you are connected to the Omniverse all those memories of that version of ourselves flooded our minds." Venessa became even more confused, "Octane how did you know of them then?" "Well of course I read of the final battle, I'm sure everyone has, but when it came to me creating the second sub-Omniverse I had no idea what to make so I had my heart and Selena's spell create what was best as I continued running the fastest, I could run." "So, this Justin and Skyler have different lives entirely yet now they are like me having the memories of an older version of ourselves?" Skyler speaks up, "Correct!" "Guess mom's spell wanted us created." "Wait Selena's your biological mother in this world?!" Selena fainted on the ground due to the revelation. Venessa tried to pick her up, "Yeah thanks Skyler for breaking her mind, her and Diamond are still dating and have only been in their relationship a little over a year now. This definitely won't create problems at all." Her head then bumps into 2019 Diamond who was floating upside down, "Bro this is craaaaaaaaaaazy." Venessa screamed and demanding how did he followed them here. "I was bored and decided to follow y'all. This is nuts so I will marry her?" "No, well I mean yes I mean I dunno ok listen. The main version of you is currently dating and deeply loves Selena. Supposedly they will marry in the far future and give birth to these two teenagers: Justin and Skyler." "So why did you call Selena mom then?" "Because she is my mother. My adopted mother! Ok Tray, Delta, and me are all currently adopted by Diamond and Selena so there does it flow now?!" "Yeah, but who are Tray and Delta?" "I swear I am going to strangle your neck right now." Justin intervenes, "Let's not strangle a variant of our father." Anne then whispers to Octane, "This is a load of barnacles." After much confusion everyone is finally on the same page and are caught up to speed on the disastrous events that happened a few days ago and why Prime Diamond 1 is off saving the Megaverse with the Megaverse Council. However, in the shadows of these newly born sub-Omniverses, a new evil has set its sights on conquering the Omniverse. A female warrior in bright pink armor arrives in a dark cave back in the first creation. "I got your signal from my universe. This better not be a trap, because I will tear you limb from limb and scatter your atoms across the known Omniverse." A harsh raspy male voice speaks from the darkness, "If I wanted to trap you or kill you, I would've already done so. I require your assistance in a project of mine." "I don't work for free." "I promise you there will be a valuable reward as payment, but fortunately both our universes use the same currency so here is $1,000,000 up front." The figure steps forward with a large briefcase in his dark yellow and black suit, with a crimson cape and fedora. The individual grins menacingly. "I look forward to our partnership Violet Centurion." "I am just as excited as you are Mr..?" "Nega-Knight." Venessa and the remaining Injustice Initiative now have to conduct their plans carefully as a threat not seen since the days of Alastor and Zorro are lurking deep in the shadows of the new sub-Omniverses.

This post is about Vanessa I recently finished playing ch 20 and really enjoyed it, the venessa stuff was great and I thought it was a really good improvement to her character, and overall some great development.
But during this chapter and especially during that final part with Vanessa, I had one thought, this is the thing some people might hate me for.
I feel like Vanessa and the commandant have really good romantic tension. I kinda felt it in the first chapter she was introduced, however it was more out of just the fact that they were both in commandant training at the same time, but I kinda thought it made it seem like they were at least somewhat close during that time, maybe like friendly rivals with disagreements, but the conflicting ideals and just general vibe between the two gave off that kinda feeling that some resentment came from Vanessa, like she was bitter about something from the comandant, but i never really thought much about it until now.
Oh my god that final scene with the comandant waiting outside her room as she was changing her clothes and finding a new style, and berating him for initially almost barging in, as well as the fact that he quite explicitly calls her gamorous and beautiful, ignited the shipping part of my brain way to hard, plus I can't be the only one who gets immense tsundere vibes from her.
Again shipping is almost always little more than a head cannon, but honestly this just became one of my favorite ships and I honestly have no idea whyz I just like it, and it feels kinda natural.
Again if you disagree, that's fine, i know shipping is almost always what brings out the worst in a community, so I hope this post doesn't attract any bad attention because of that.
TLDR: chapter 20 made me ship the Commandant and Vanessa.

Have you ever felt someone is trying to blend in a little too much?
She first spoke to me when I was riding a bus to work. She was beautiful -- tall, fit, late twenties, a pair of beautiful cross shaped earrings, an ankle length white skirt split on the side, and a white lace sleeveless blouse. Her hair was brown, in a french braid with bangs on either side of her face. She sat by me in a proper posture, with both hands flat on the top of either leg.
She spoke to me in a soft, almost inaudible voice.
"Why bring a shawl in weather like this?", she said.
It was an astute observation -- the dress code at my workplace demands modest formal wear. I begrudgingly wore a dark blue knee-length dress and a shawl to cover my shoulders, as required by my employer. The oppressive Arizona heat caused me to remove the shawl on the bus and only put it on as I entered the building -- not to mention that the whole ensemble made me feel like a 1950s housewife.
"My work has a strict dress code.", I replied.
"Your work requires a shawl? Do you work at a nunnery?", she asked in a calm monotone, yet slightly raised voice.
"Not quite. Just a... very religious law office.", I replied. This seemed to annoy her.
"How can a law office be religious?", she asked.
I was afraid to identify my workplace directly. I work as a paralegal at a well known evangelical legal advocacy group -- one of those 'advocacy groups' that drafts bills for state legislatures and has unfathomably deep pockets. I only got the job because the pay was excellent and the manager, Mike Greene, seemed like a very nice man. He was clearly deeply evangelical, but he did not mind that I was not an evangelical myself, so long as I follow the rules.
I did not agree with everything the company did, but my work there was benign. I just look up cases, file paperwork, draft motions, and so on. I just did what I was told and had nothing to do with the political stuff. Nonetheless I was always nervous to tell people where I work, lest they see me as the same kind of dark money autocrat that runs the company.
But the woman's dress and posture clearly indicated that she was likely evangelical herself, so I went ahead and told her the truth.
"I work at a religious freedom legal advocacy group. I'm just a paralegal, though. I push papers around.", I replied. This seemed to satisfy her -- her slight frown turned into a slight grin.
"Do you enjoy your job?", she asked. I was just about to give the small talk answer of "It's alright", but something about her demeanor compelled me to answer honestly.
"I like the pay, and my boss is nice. But some of the attorneys we work for are a bit... strict.", I replied. This seemed to peak her curiosity.
"Define strict.", she demanded. Her tone was kind, but assertive. Again, she had an aura of power about her, and I felt that being disingenuous would not serve me well.
I explained how the attorneys tended to treat the paralegals like children, and took pleasure in lecturing the female staff about their life choices; But they were great at their jobs and won 80% of the cases they fought. Mike Greene, the general manager acting for the less than savory CEO, did a great job of keeping the peace and making sure those attorney's behavior did not get to the rest of the staff.
As I spoke, she used her right hand to adjust her earrings and adjust her hair while keeping trained on me. Her right hand was adorned, with rings of different colors and rainbow painted nails. She wore two pretty bracelets. Any time I would start to look away, she would put her hand on the seat in front of me, drawing my eyes again.
Talking only about myself made me feel like a narcissist, so I turned the conversation to her.
"What about you? What do you do?", I asked her, politely.
"I'm heading downtown.", she replied. I found this non-answer odd and began to question it, when she spoke again.
"Oh. I think this is your stop.", she said. I nodded, said 'thanks', then bolted off the bus, lest I miss my stop. I wish I thought more about this sentence at the time, because it would have saved lives. I never named my place of work -- so how did she know which stop was mine?
As soon as I stepped off the bus, my briefcase spilled open. This was especially frustrating because I always lock my briefcase. It was a work briefcase with a double 4 digit combination, containing my personal laptop and some random non-critical paperwork and forms for work. It was poorly designed and I'd opened it with a bobby pin before when I forgot my combination, so it was not too surprising that the lock would fail as I jumped out of the bus. I was able to recover most of the paperwork, but never found all of it.
Specifically, I was missing three pages of a long correspondence between our retiring secretary and a hiring agency which I had copied for her months prior. I did not fret and continued on with my day.
At the time, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But three weeks after this, I walked into the office to find a new secretary in training. Her name-tag said Lyudmila Bolova. The name seemed vaguely familiar but I could not place it.
But the woman was very familiar. It was the woman from the bus, still wearing the same outfit as before, minus the adornments on her hand. I also noticed that she did not have her shoulders covered, and nobody seemed to care.
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She was immediately good at the job. It was like she had trained her whole life for it -- her CV contained exactly what we were looking for. Our usual secretary, a bitter woman approaching her 70s, tried to train the woman, but she needed little training. She was by all accounts an excellent secretary, and a kind woman. I let my odd interaction with her on the bus slide and enjoyed the benefits of having a hard working and friendly front desk for once. But there was something off about her.
She was wearing the exact same outfit every day, and her outfit did not meet the dress code. Her shoulders were exposed. I would have gotten crucified (no pun intended) for wearing that outfit. I wanted to ask my boss, but I decided not to as it would be quite petty of me to whine about dress code that I myself didn't like.
Perhaps she had some kind of skin condition, or perhaps the boss made an exception because of the heat. There were many explanations.
I tried to talk to her many times, but she was quite reserved -- she would gladly answer questions pertaining to work in great detail, but she never answered questions about her personal life. She was a silver tongue and I did not even notice that she was deflecting until later.
I avoided asking her why she was deflecting for two reasons.
First, it was really none of my business and she had a right to her privacy.
Second, I was not about to jeopardize my job by making a scene. In hindsight, I wish I did interrogate her further, before it was too late.
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A series of unfortunate, yet seemingly unrelated events caused the company frustration.
None of it was particularly out of the ordinary, but the timing was definitely out of the ordinary.
First, it was the fax machine. We used these machines constantly, but over the last few weeks, they kept breaking down, each for a different reason. The first machine broke because an improperly installed ink cartridge. The second had a screen fail. Third had a damaged cable. This meant that a portion of the staff had to go down two blocks to fax documents.
Next, the fridge failed. This meant that we had to start ordering in food for lunch, but it didn't meet everyone's dietary needs -- so, the company had to resort from sending some of the interns out on food runs. Next was the coffee maker. It lost a gasket and started spewing grounds into the coffee. Now interns were making coffee runs, too.
We had Lyudmila order in replacements for all of these, but she explained that the heat wave is causing supply chain issues and shipments keep getting delayed. This struck me as odd, but again, very plausible. All of this could be coordinated, but it could also still be a set of coincidences. So, I gave her the benefit of the doubt.
The result of this situation is that there were a few hours a day where the only remaining staff in the building were the general manager Mike, me and my two paralegal coworkers, our two vicious attorneys, our secretary, and our two security officers.
I was overworked but managing to keep my calm, until I stumbled upon Mike and Lyudmila in the office. I was merely peeking in through the ajar door marking his office as I passed by, when I noticed that Mike was caressing Lyudmila's leg. She said something inaudible, and left the office in a hurry.
I was disgusted by this and my long standing vision of Mike as an kind man came crashing down in a moment. That is why he hired her. That's why she doesn't have to follow the dress code -- he liked how she looked. But the feeling of betrayal over his action was overshadowed by the intense empathy I felt for our odd secretary. In a few seconds, my entire perception of religious culture was shattered.
I felt terrible for her. No wonder she was so reserved -- she had been harassed by my secretly creepy boss the whole time. I pulled her aside and told her I need her help with something, then took her to a quiet library in the back of the building. This is where things took a turn for the strange.
"Are you okay? I can't believe he did that.", I asked, still gutted for her. Her response was simple, yet incredibly puzzling.
"Why?", she asked, with the same confident and neutral tone she had on the bus.
This question threw me off guard. It was such a simple and innocuous question, yet it suddenly felt as if she was peering into my soul. It made no sense. She looked distressed as she left the office, yet now she was neutral. Some kind of coping mechanism, perhaps? I stood there, mouth open like I was going to speak, yet the puzzling response left me speechless. She repeated the question.
"Why can't you believe that he came on to me?", she clarified. Her tone did not change, but something about the way she stared, unblinking, made me feel obligated to answer truthfully. I had that same feeling on the bus with her -- like something terrible would happen to me if I lied to her, yet nothing in particular she said or did suggested that.
"I...well... The purpose of the company is to protect religious freedom. He is a deeply religious man and we work to spread the word of God. I thought he was true to his religion, I suppose.", I replied. She did not like this answer, just as she did not like it when I said I worked for a religious law office. She frowned, and spoke again with a sharper tone.
"Why do you think he would conduct himself in this way if he is true to his religion?", she asked, unchanging in tone or expression. I thought about this question, and it hurt the more I thought about it. There wasn't a reason.
"I don't know.", I replied.
"Perhaps one who presents themselves as devout may have ulterior motives. What might his motives be?", she asked. This seemed strangely inquisitive.
I thought back to our interactions, our goals, all of our paperwork. I thought about the donors, the meetings, the high profile visitors. I thought about the cases I read. If it was not for the sake of religious freedom, then what was it all for?
She had an aura of omnipotence about her. It was like she already knew the answer to the questions and was testing me. I felt like I had no choice but to answer pragmatically and correctly.
"Because we are a pseudo non-profit dedicated to using religious protection laws to reduce liability for affluent clients, while drafting state legislation that further protects our clients by encouraging moral panic and using it to pass new laws that ensure the company can win even more cases in the future. Mike was chosen for his ability to manage attorneys and further this goal, and is no more religious than me. We are a legal machine.", I replied.
I felt sick after saying this. It felt as if the words were put directly into my mouth, yet they were clearly true. Her expression changed -- she was beaming. She loved my answer.
"You have a lot of work to do.", she said, before walking off and returning to her desk.
This conversation left me shaken. I returned to my desk and got on my laptop, and sat there wondering what on earth she was doing.
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The dichotomy of her divine presentation, and cold demeanor, reminded me of the biblical passages on false prophets. Thinking the word 'false prophet', and thinking of those earrings, caused an epiphany.
Silver tongue. Never changes clothes. Just like Mike, presents herself as devout, but she has ulterior motives. Omnipotent feeling. Forces me to tell the truth. At that point, the answer was obvious.
She's a demon. Has to be. It's the only explanation I could think of. Maybe even the antichrist. She was too religious, yet beamed when I realized just how cold and pragmatic my employer, and my company, really was. Could it be... the actual false prophet? It is the only explanation that made sense at the time.
I had to warn Mike. Even if his harassment was a transgression, I hated to think what in the world she was planning to do. I entered his office and told him, in a panic, "She's the antichrist!". He looked at me with an eyebrow raised and told me to take the day off. I realized how ridiculous I sounded and I obliged.
When I got home, I got on my laptop I quickly looked up that name. Lyudmila Bolova. The result was harrowing.
Lyudmila Pavilchenko was a famous Ukrainian sniper in World War II with at least 308 confirmed kills. She was married as a teenager and left her partner, but Ukrainian law dictated she would have to retain his last name. Her true last name was Bolova. Lyudmila Bolova.
The one thing Lyudmila Bolova, AKA Lyudmila Pavilchenko, was famous for was killing Nazis -- and if this woman is using that name, and infiltrating an organization dedicated to religious freedom... I couldn't piece together what exactly her motive was, or why some kind of evil being would use that name, but it didn't matter. I didn't know what she was planning, but I had enough information to know it was nothing good.
I tried to warn the police, but they told me to seek mental help. I tried calling Mike but he did not pick up. Called the attorneys, but they laughed at me and told me to stay away from drugs. You would think an evangelical organization would believe the idea of a demonic infiltrator, but it always just a mask for a pragmatic law office with the amoral goal of winning cases at any cost. I had no choice but to sleep it off and hope whatever plan she had was a long one.
Assuming she really was what I thought -- some kind of demon, maybe even the anti-christ itself, it would take her some time to work her way to the top and gain the power she seeks. I banked on there being time and managed to get a few hours of sleep.
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When i got to work the next day, everyone was there, as I anticipated. Lyudmila was at the front desk, and gave me a kind nod as she did every morning. The attorneys yelled at the paralegals, the interns rushed around the office, Mike stood in the break room talking on the phone to the CEO, and the security guards sat in their office, right behind Lyudmila's desk, looking through security footage, bored out of their skull.
I went back to work as usual, keeping an eye on Lyudmila. It came time to send out faxes, and all of our machines were trashed, so some of the interns gathered the documents and headed out the door to file them elsewhere. Next, the interns were sent out on errands. Once again, this left just the paralegals, the two on-site attorneys, my boss, the secretary, and security.
I spent that morning drafting a motion for one of the attorneys that needed a case number, which I did not have. I walked over to Lyudmila's desk and found it empty. I asked the security guards in the office behind her desk where she'd gone. They told me she went outside to smoke.
"To... Smoke?", I asked. It was a rhetorical question. I left towards the front door to follow her before they had a chance to answer. This definitely seemed out of character for her, yet the security guards were none the wiser. The only problem is that I couldn't open the door. I looked down at the handles -- the doors were glass that were pushed from the inside, but pulled from the outside. On the outside was chains. Big chains.
At that point, I knew something was seriously off. I ran to the nearest fire exit. The nearest fire exit also served as a storage room -- it was a small white room with packed shelves that I never thought about, offset from the doorway and the fire exit, which were directly in line. As I started to approach the door, I heard a soft spoken voice from the shelves just out of my field of view.
"Don't move. Don't speak.", said the woman sullying the name Lyudmila.
I looked to my right, and there she was. I noticed her shiny crucifix earrings before I noticed the gun pointed at my face. Her expression was as dead and neutral as always. I was petrified, but I had enough sense in me to put my hands up. I could see the hidden thigh holster under that split white dress as she zip-tied my arms and legs. After she taped my mouth, she spoke once more to me before leaving the room. "I like you. Now you will not have to worry about these filthy snakes you call attorneys", she said, before locking the door handle from the inside and closing it on her way out.
I had around thirty seconds of peace before the gunshots started. The first one was a single shot with a deep cadence, close by. The nearest office was Mike's. Ten seconds passed before the a massive flurry. I heard four shots with a deep cadence, with a fifth shot of a shallow cadence, followed by three more. Someone started banging on the supply room door, no doubt trying to get to the fire exit -- I heard one of the attorneys scream "NO!". Four more deep cadence shots rang out. Thirty seconds passed, then three more, followed by nothing.
I heard screaming and moaning for a few minutes, then sirens, then all kinds of noises. I had a long time to think while I was sitting in the back room tied up. They say hindsight is 20/20 -- and they aren't kidding, because when I re-evaluated my experiences with this psycho, and remembered all those true crime videos I watched. It was all so obvious.
This fate was set in motion the moment I told her about the attorneys' behavior. She only approached me because I looked like I worked in a law firm.
That answer 'I'm going downtown' was a deflection, because the real answer to "What do you do?" would have been incriminating. The outfit was all an over-the-top disguise to make people feel comfortable while she rifles through their things. Those adornments on her right hand kept my eyes trained on that hand, and not on her left hand, which was busy shimming open my briefcase below.
The reason I felt obligated to answer her is because of the evil and malice behind her eyes when I told a lie. It is that same gut feeling that makes people run from charming psychopaths. But I couldn't quite see it.
She grabbed pages at random, hoping it would have an address, or some other useful information. The pages she grabbed were perfect -- it not only told her where I worked, it gave her a point of entry. She read the document and tailored her CV, made up experiences, to look perfect at the job. She used my boss's own disgusting perversion to seal the deal.
Once she was hired, she began sabotaging the office piece by piece. Her goal was to get as many lawyers and legal staff as possible while leaving as many other staff out of the office to minimize the chances of getting interrupted. So she sabotaged fridges, coffee makers, and more, to keep the office distracted, and empty. Once everything was in motion, and the office was sufficiently empty, she struck.
But why did she let me live? I wondered for a moment. My question was soon answered when the police found me. I was not injured, so they went directly into the interview. The officer asked me what I saw, then explained the fate of everyone else.
In a stroke of irony, the serial killer who named herself after a famous sniper, had poor aim.
She shot and killed Mike Greene, then went into the security room to take out the guards. She shot them, but took a shot to her abdomen. She fired back but missed her next volley, then fled towards the offices. Despite her injury, she managed to kill the two on-site attorneys, but could not find the hiding paralegal co-workers before she passed out from her own injury. In the end, only her, Mike Greene and the two attorneys died.
Her real name was Venessa Preston, and she had a long track record of crime. Pickpocketing, shoplifting, animal cruelty, assault, and more. Her childhood convictions made her hate lawyers, who she saw as liars. She hated liars, and used some kind of moral crusade against liars as an excuse to commit perverse crimes -- the same kind of ostensible morality that make killers target prostitutes.
The police quickly linked her to two other killings -- a lawyer in Vermont in her hometown, and a paralegal she met on the street. She only let me live because I was honest.
Although her rampage is over, the effect she had on me isn't. I can't stop seeing that same cold amoral motivation behind every organization. It's killed my religion and my love for law. And I can't stop thinking about those malicious eyes behind that pretty face.

CURRENTLY ON PARTY ROLL...

After searching the many rooms and engaging many traps, our party has reached a more natural stone part of the seedy underbelly of this dungeon. They see a large pillar of light and a strong, but gentle voice greets them as they approach. It introduces itself as a Deva, a celestial that is bound to protect the lands and under servitude of the ruler of the lands, aka the king. After healing the group as a gesture of goodwill, the Deva explains that he is not fully in control of his actions. The last thing our party wants to do is fight and after some failed attempts to talk their way out of it, a battle ensues! The Deva can fly like a nimbus, so, not only is he striking from higher ground, but no one can get opportunity attacks on him! Our scallywag group come out of the gates tripping and miss on several attempts against the Deva. Things do not look good during the first part of the fight. Carl 7's glaive glows, indicating a good presence is in the room, presumably the Deva, but here we are trying to kill the damn thing! That's right around the time a small black hole appears in the higher upper corner of the room and inside the heads of our party they can hear it calling for the angel's body to devour. It's presumed that Dark Raimi Ooze has returned and is looking for a meal. The fight is slowly turning into a stalemate but Frtiz, our little gnome friend, uses his mad scientist skillset and combines the goo he took from Jedwyn and Dark Raimi ooze and pours it into the font of magic! WHOA! Campaign buster?! The Deva falls to the ground, gripping it's chest...and.....AND?! ANNNNNNNND?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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Party roll to beat = 14 Cory 14 Dusty 17 Matt NAT 1 Steven 18 Vanessa 3, 4, rolled twice but the dice gods were watching
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Now back to our regularly scheduled programing
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The black spot in the corner begins to grow. Tentacles begin to protrude out like octopus arms, crawling closer to the Deva, wrapping its ooze arms around the Deva's legs. The Deva jolts up, seeing this hideous monster hover over his body.
Fumbles, roll strength to pull the Deva away from Dark Raimi ooze 7 Is unable to help
The Deva slowly begins to be covered and consumed by the black ooze. A faint laughter builds in the heads of our party, a rich bubbling while they watch on. Collectively the group doesn't feel good about this and wish to right the ship.
Jedwyn, roll to assist fumbles 16
Carl 7, roll to assist fumbles 9
Those who are helping are getting pulled in. The Deva is crawling at the ground screaming
Carl 7, roll to throw javelin at Dark Raimi Ooze 16, Hit! 7 dmg The laughter in their heads, turns to anger, the rest of the Deva is consumed and Dark Raimi Ooze returns to a normal size.
The font of magic light column that Fritz poured the mixture of goo in, fades off and we are all in pitch darkness.
Memorizing the lay out of the room, Carl 7 tries to make his way to the stairs that should lead them into a new area without backtracking.
Carl 7, Roll Dexterity 7, fail The stairs are narrow, Carl slips
Carl 7, Roll athletics to right self 7, fail Carl runs up the stairs, gets about 10 feet and falls off the edge. 2 dmg
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Fumbles, Roll Dexterity to get up the stairs 10, success !
Fritz, Roll Dexterity to get up the stairs 9, fail
Fritz, Roll athletics to right self 18 Catches himself from falling.
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They all manage to barely scale the stairs. First levers and now stairs have become things the group are inept in doing. lol They get to the top and it seems like an attic crawl space.
Carl 7, roll strength to push small boulder away 19. success A blinding light pierces through the cracks and once pushed aside, they seem to be in the sun temple.
They see some priest who are freaking out as the see the party come up from the depths of the land. Also cause the fire that is always constantly lit in the temple is now out!
The priest hold their holy pendants and wish for the party to stay back.
Fumbles, roll acrobatics to freak out the priests more NAT 20!!! Fumbles leaps outta the hole, runs up a wall and back flips, landing in the superhero pose.
Jedwyn, roll acrobatics to freak out the priests more 15 Pulls himself up, tumbles over side ways, lands on one shoulder, while holding his head up and says, "haaay"
The head priest holds his finger up and points to the group, accusing them of extinguishing the light.
Jedwyn, roll for persuasion (it should be deception as it's a lie) 21 The priest calm down and Jedwyn explains the King did something which turned the lights off.
The holymen do a huddle, Fritz stealth's into their little circle.
Fritz, Roll stealth 12 Walks up, tries to sneak under on of their robes but he's kicked to the side.
The priest agree that they have no choice but to believe our party. Well well well, we're finally becoming badasses.
Eirdren peeps up, yeah, he's still with us! And says that he believe the King is headed to the last font of magic; the wrym's spine. But it won't be easy as Eridren believes they will be wanted men once they get out of this temple. Disguise time?! Jedwyn uses 'mask of many faces' to become an old man, Fritz turns into a cat using wild shape. Fumbles uses makeup and such on himself and the rest of the group, dressing up as an old school glam rocker.
We move stealthy through the cities alley's, keeping to the shadows and low traffic areas.
EVERYONE Roll for Stealth w/advantage
Barilla Stromboli 20 unnatural
Fritz Fynn Fynkle 18
Jedwyn Bogswallow 19
Fumbles O'Shack-Hennessy 24
Carl Seven 12
The city is no longer gleaming, so it's not as bright as it used to be. They hear a call from across the street and a NPC recognizes Carl 7 being an warforge. They run! Fumbles wants to get into the sewers like Charlie from 'its always sunny in Philadelphia", Carl 7 trips over an open manhole while the rest of the group continues running off away from the city. Its a little hectic here near the end. As we're running, it seems that Carl 7 gets outta the sewer, Fumbles keeps going in the sewer until he reaches a 30 foot jump that heads down and out of the city, Which he jumps from, Eridren is there with the rest of the group, trying to figure out a plan as they all run towards the forest outside the city.
Eirdren who was missing for all the fights, was actually reading books. This comes in handy as on their escape out of the city, he tells the group that the King's likely next location is by the Volcano. This is a call back to ep 11-12 where Fritz and company land on the island, he rolls poorly on his surroundings check and believes there is at least one volcano on this island. LOL Nicely done Mark, hahaa The locals call it the "boiling peak", which hasn't been active in a long time.
Sometime late in the afternoon they arrive, but they decide to take it slow, by following the road, but not taking the road, to avoid any guards or traps set by the king. Make sense, Eirdren is a ranger.
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WILL THE GROUP GET AMBUSHED IN THE FOREST BY GUARDS OR GNOLLS?!
IS DARK RAIMI OOZE FOLLLOWING OUR PARTY?!
CAN THE KING KILL THE LAST GUARDIAN HIMSELF?!
GRAB YOUR CLOTHES AND HOLD IT ABOVE YOUR HEAD AND GET INTO A SEWER, BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY THROUGH IS PAST ALL THIS SHIT! ON THE NEEEEEEEEEEEEXXXXXXTTTTTT PAAAAAARRRRRTTTYYYYYYY RRRRRROOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!
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Trivia
- Vanessa brings up Luka Magnotta and what he did with cats, but it goes deeper than that...This guy is a dark piece of Canadian history https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/magnotta-luka.htm
-Steven remembers this song from his days working at the movie theatre. It haunts his memories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZE1Fh1AgWQ
- Mark, who also worked at the theatre, feels the same way about Vanessa Hudgen's and this song, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRqOjhNN4hQ
-Snow Patrol's first released single is 'Little Hide', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJnX0VkHSdQ someone please tell Cory this.
-Rory's movie theater song experience has lead us to this horrible gem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTKv9JSy25Y, Rory, I also found that shitty country song for ye'all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08yNJNwIHrE
-Rory and Cory used to work together at the theatre.
-Vanessa doesn't like IPA'S that are unfiltered, as the cloudiness is unappealing to her
-Cory has the in-game map but won't give it up.
-Cory says theirs a "bring back the bush movement" which he doesn't like. He does prefer a trimmed or clean area down there. I tend to agree with my woodmaker friend here.
-Mark and Dusty are both sexual deviants and prefer a bush on their ladies.
- Vanessa wants you to remember the movie "Black Knight" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPtwR4YgrxM
- Some Martin Lawrence facts for yah, after this Martin quit Hollywood for a few years. He did say something to Chapelle which Chapelle took to heart years later which made him quit his own show. The more you know! https://www.reddit.com/todayilearned/comments/wogso0/til_in_1999_martin_lawrence_collapsed_from_heat/
-Steven gets confused, thinking that it was Mr. Lawrence that was responsible for this attack on a homeless person, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_cannibal_attack
-Canonically, Ambrosius and Cupcake are still at the front of the gates of the city
-Mark can't snorkel cause he floats too much
-Dusty is afraid to snorkel all together.
-Listen to the end of the podcast and tell me can you feel that
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Quotes
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"Start messing with Cats and 4chan will Dox you within an hour" - Steven
"Lookkkk at my black bush on maaaa camera, I leaked my bushy nudes all over the internet" - Vanessa, singing like Vanessa Hudgen's
"I would eat bean dip outta her asshole" - Rory, talking about what a guy said about Vanessa Hudgen's
"What are yah?! British?!" Mark, to Matt, when Matt said he would eat a bean-spread toast if bean-spread existed.
"Send your pictures of beanutbutter in your asshole to, [matt69mastersofcream@gmail.com](mailto:matt69mastersofcream@gmail.com)" - Steven
"Not just ANY cloudy alcoholic lemonade, Crabbies cloudy alcoholic lemonade!" - Dusty in his salesmans voice
"Do you know crabs are actually going extinct because so many people shave these days" - anthropologist Vanessa
"Am I spearmint gum priest now?" - Dusty, after Fumbles disguises him
"I put a bucket on my head" - Matt, on what Carl 7's disguise is.
"Little Timmy was a tree, but little suzy wasnt in the show, she's just the cutest little thing, she's got blonde hair and timmy's got blonde hair, but timmy was a tree in the show, while little Suzy wasn't in the show because she's too old to be in the show" - Old man Jedwyn talking about his grandkids.
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This is the continuation/remake of my previous post where I vaguely offered the idea that Natlan will be related to Fontaine, but as I read the replies I realized there are a lot more hints that I previously knew about at that moment, so I will try to recopilate here and better organize everything we know or we think about. Warning, long read.
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What we know about Natlan

First we need to quickly remember everything we know of Natlan:

• Its a nation we know almost nothing about.
• Its theme is fire
• Its culture looks tribal
• They value strenght
• They are a conquering nation
• Dark skin
• Spanish music
• Murata is the Archon of War
• Name sounds Aztec
• Natlan sounds like LATAM (?)
• Only known characters are named Venessa, Lind and Iansan
• Only known characters were slaves

Very well, so with that little information we can already notice they are very remote from the places we already visited, the West is basically were America continent is located in real life. The name of the place already hints that its Aztec but their characters are named very weirdly; Venessa sounds kinda Vanessa, Lind also sounds germanic but the one that attracts more attention is Iansan who seems to be named after some sort of Yoruba mixed with spanish. The fire thing also implies high volcanic activity which has been theorized it could be based on the Ring of Fire in Philippines. So its already a very weird mixture of possible locations but all of them share a common link: Spain. All of those different cultures were heavily influenced by spanish language and, more specific music.
Then, if we look at other more direct hints oficially shared by Mihoyo, in the manga we know Murata is known for demanding offerings from her warriors (aztecs sacrifices maybe?) and that they are also slaves. But what really confirms it at this point is that the official Twitter sharing a visual on Día de los Muertos that depicted Traveler and Paimon in a very typical Mexican town. So at this point, we can pretty much accept that Natlan will be based on Central/South America with heavy Spanish influence but also remarking their native heritage.

Natlan's relationship with Fontaine

Ok, so how does that affect Fontaine at all? well as I said, in the manga we saw Muratans were slaves, but they were not part of Mondstadt. Judging they didnt mix with Mondstadtns (how do you cal Monsdtadt inhabitants?) it must be that they were not part of them, but rich guy was shocked as well of fingind Venessa. She tells that her family wandered through the land until they reached Mondstadt and we never came across any Muratan during our journey. So my theory is that they were a very small numbers of slaves brought by another nation and they escaped to Mondstadt.
So, if Muratans were slaves, and they came from what will most likely be South America with heavy Spanish influence, we are already touching the topic of Colonisation... So who could be the other nation that colonised them? well obviously Fontaine.
"BUT FONTAINE IS FRANCE" Yes of course, but does it has to be only France? There are also more things that hint that an already Spanish influence exists in Teyvat and may have clashed in the past with Natlan.

Teyvat's depiction of Europe

First we will talk about the nations we know about the most and why we will try to tell apart the differences bettween Mondstadt and Fontaine they may have with Fontaine.
Snezhnaya: Pretty self explanatory Eastern Europe. Really different culture from other parts of Europe and isolated from them while proyecting their influence.
Kaenri'ah and Enkamomiya: Those are ancient and extinct civilizations we wont get much into detail, other than they are based around Greek and Rome empires and Kaenri'ah influence seems to be bigger in Mondstadt (Europe) than Liyue and almost non existant in Inazuma. However, Sumeru does have Kaenri'ah machines wich fits with the huge expansion of Rome and Alexander the Great's empires.
Mondstadt: The region we know the most, we know its based on Europe, but what kind of Europe? Fantasy Europe, medieval Europe, but judging the scenery and architecture its most likely Central Europe, more specific Germany. Mondstadt is also a very mixture of germanic and nordic cultures, we have DragonSpine, we have dragons, we have fairies (Barbatos true form), we have giant wolves... But its clearly Germany and Nederlands with parts of Nordish countries.
If we look at the names, we have a very big mixture of traditional nordish names, celtic and germanic in their lore, but the characters themselves also come from many different languages as well: Timmy, Jeanne, Diluc, Barbara. It seems like names can be deceptive as they may come from many places, but if we take a look to the surnames, things are less confusing as most of them are germanic or nordic with a french minority. But two of them catched my attention, Lisa Medici and Eula Lawrence. What? Why are her names so different to the rest? are they from the outside?. Mmmm maybe yes and no, lets talk about Lisa first, we will get into Eula later.

Italy influence in Mondstadt

Lisa is native from Mondstadt as far as we know, but her name Medici is a very distinct one here, it may imply that her family has Italian influence. Are Germany and Italy related? maybe. Both countries have been part of the Roman Empires, thats why they have some sort of connection. Mondstadt is the place with most numbers of ruins from Kaenri'ah and Old Mondstadt which are clearly Roman based, They are also both very catholic countries which is reflected on their devotion to Venti. Talking about this, Neederlands is also known for being protestant, if we make some connections we can relate Venti with the figure of Christ as well. So my take is that Mondstadt is a mixture of the whole septentrional Europe, taking also Italy and France as well for their proximity and wine culture.
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What we know about Fontaine

Ok so why the hell do you tell me all this about Mondstadt? To prepare you to the wall of contradictions that come. First we will say what we know about Fontaine:

• French names
• Probably the most technologically advanced nation we know
• Nation of water
• Ruled by a female Archon
• Her Archon is cold and arrogant
• Their ideal is the Justice
• The 2 characters we know about looks like street performers
• Francis

Ok so not much information, the whole setting looks like France but there is a problem. France is already depicted in Mondstadt so why would they go for 2 France? Simple. France is big, really big, and it clashes with Germany, but its nothing like Germany. So seems logical to say more that France projected its language onto Mondstadt, hence the French names but German surnames. Or it also could mean that the "french" side of Mondstadt we know is more likely because of Belgium or even Monaco where cultures collide. In reality, France doesnt look anything like Mondstadt, and they also separated itself a lot from Italy, however France still resembles a lot to Spain and UK, who are yet to be explored.

Fontaine's portrait of Europe

Other than the aesthetic and the names, we currently know little about how Fontaine will portrait France. What we know, is that they are probably Steampunk, which kinda suits England, so we can think Fontaine's France mixed with England. However, the Justice theme kinda suits France as they are known by the French Revolution and their symbol, Marianne (the woman of the republic). But exactly! France is known for rejecting the absolutism! they are a republic like Mondstadt but they also dont share the religion theme as much as other European countries. You know what countries are famous for their queens and catholicism? England and Spain. Elizabeth II and Isabella the Catholic. Those 2 countries also share the Justice theme because of... THE INQUISITION. You see, those 3 countries settled the bases of a parlamentary sistem as we know today. French and English trials are famous, their votation system as well, and Spain had THE INQUISITION. Established by Isabella, she was a cold queen but contrary to popular opinion, she was not so cruel. She believed in Justice, there is historical proof that she signed laws for the instauration of human rights in her Empire that protected even the natives from being treated as slaves (that doesnt mean it didnt happen, just it wasnt suppossed to happen...). And THE INQUISITION always had to stand to the "Presumption of Innocence". In fact, its said that THE SPANISH INQUISITION was the one who killed less people in Europe when compared with other countries, so they didnt arbitrarely killed until the verdict is clear. However, if you are found guilty, you are done. So those 3 countries share a similar aesthetic and values, as well as being known for being naval potencies always competing bettween them, also honorable mention to Portugal who was the first country to enslave natives and was infamous for their slavery. So I'm trying to sell you the idea that Fontaine is Spain isntead of France when they are already depicted in Natlan? No, Fontaine is mostly France, but its also mixed with Spain, UK and Portugal probably, I have a final hint to try to prove Spain is part of Fontaine.
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Eula, the missing link

Ok, so I said an eternity ago that Eula Lawrence stood out for me when a redditor commented about her in my other thread. She is probably the weirdest and hardest character to locate in Mondstadt.
First her name, Eula, is Greek, but a very uncommon one. Eulalia, is however a more common name in Spain, even when its a weird one, it has been used mostly in Spain with some Russian and Danesse exceptions. Spain and Portugal are also full of Greek names: Irene, Andrés, Andrea, Alexis... Probably more than other countries besides Greece. Also the Andalusia region has soo much greek influence as well. Even Andalusia's symbol is Heracles, its also where Flamenco comes from. Her clan name, Lawrence is also a very strange one as they are one of the founding clans of the actual Mondstadt, but unlike the other 2, their name is not nordish or germanic, its a latin name but its mostly used in England and US. We have not seen any other character with an English family name, so Lawrence is probably a foreign name, which may hint that Eula's Clan is not native to Mondstadt. Now we know the aristocracy in Europe has always been a couple clans spread through the countries and marrying bettween them, so here is where Eula links Spain with Fontaine. Now Eula herself is weeeeeeeeeeeeeeird, she is weird as hell even for the Lawrence standards. Her name is used mostly in Spain, her theme, is clearly flamenco. I'm sorry for who thinks its tango, she is too european and her hand gestures are pretty much flamenco and her title references the waves but Mondstadt is not directly tied to the oceans. She is a very extrovert and direct girl with no filter. She is constantly yelling "vengeanceeeee" like the famous Iñigo Montoya but she also seems to be constantly joking about that on top of being kinda exaggerated and overreacting. Those are pretty much stereotypes of a spaniard, but there is more. "In the eyes of Mondstadt's citizens, she remains an "outsider", or even a "dangerous individual."
The ruling house of Spain was for the most part of their history the Habsburg, who were also related to Portugal, England, Nedderlands, Austria and most importantly, The Holy Roman Empire, which they shared the same king at one point. You see the relation here? Spain was a common point in The Holy Roman Empire (Mondstadt) and was related to England (Fontaine). So the Lawrent, could very easily be an important family spread through Teyvat, Eula may be raised in some place heavily based in Spain which would make sense she feels guilty and despises her own family for having slaves in the past and it would pretty much make sense that Spain and Portugal are also part of Fontaine along France and UK, in the actuality the Habsburg were even replaced by the same monarchy that ruled France as well (The Bourbons).
Edit: An insight on Eula, I realized a lot of people is confused still about my interpretation of Eula and mostly on the Flamenco, but I digged a lot and I found more hints that seems convincing that the Lawrence are not originary from Mondstadt and there Eula comes from a foreign branch of the family.
First about the Lawrence: we know about the Old Mondstadt histories the inhabitants were trapped inside Decarabian's City because outside was too cold. We know Mondstadt has a relation with the cold which is clearly based on nordic myths. Ok, then we know that the Founder Clans of Mondstadt disagreed with the Old god and went outside Decarabian, this is the important part. We know they all shared germanic and nordish names, and went from inside the city to outside, but we know nothing from the Lawrence other than they "apparently" were living outside. There is no mention of the Lawrence disagreeing and going outside we just know that they already were outside, it already sounds like they came from another place, and then they call themselves "conquerors", this is a word that is almost never used outside a colonising context and is also like a sign of identity always associated specifically with Spain. Now there is another semantic aspect I noticed, apart from the Lawrence name having no relation with the Mondstadt theme they are called themselves House Lawrence (or even Family Lawrence in romance translations) while the other Founder Clans are specifically called "Clans". A Clan already means they are very tied by blood and a common ancestor but a "House" is a large family tied by political marryments that can be spread internationally. Its very complex and hard to explain but here you can notice a difference in bettween 2 types of aristocracy. To summarise the Clans are more local than Houses through history. Now there is another flag I noticed, if you look at the Founders Clans's crests that we see in the game we have:
Gunnhidlr Clan: A female Knight in what looks like a germanic armour, like a valkyrie.
Ragnvindr Family: We will think Family here means a literal Family tied by blood. Their crest is a man from the back with a pelt cape, like the kind of attire you remember on John Snow from Games of Thrones.
Lawrence Clan: Also called House Lawrence, their crest is a man dressed in what looks a victorian shirt with a bow tie, something I dont remember on Mondstadt.
Regarding aesthetics they also dont match, we saw in the manga the Lawrence wear what looks like somewhat victorian clothes with buttoned up shirts, bow ties and shoes, and they also liked beards and moustaches but all of them are short haired. If you see Eula's uncle Schubbert, he also wears somewhat like that and has a very polished knob and moustache on top of lenses (few people with lenses in Mondstadt). Now compare that with Diluc and Jeanne aesthetics, Diluc is totally shaved, has long hair like his father and both him and Jeanne are dressed on a very medieval almost military outfit.
Ok now going back to Eula, the only living relative we know of her, is Schubbert who happens to be her uncle. Why for such an important character in Mondstadt It happens to be her uncle instead of some parent? Could It be that Schubbert and Eula are far relatives? Maybe she was born in another place and she is now in Mondstadt with her uncle. They are also very very VERY different like if they received a different education and values. Eula is suppossed to have received a very harsh education but she is totally on the citizen's side unlike her uncle who steps on them. She doesnt reject her noble blood, she just dont like how her family acts and she wants to clean her family name. If you know about Don Quixote, you may notice spaniard nobles were not as powerful as a King to rule and step on the citizen's like Mondstadt ones, however spaniard noblesse were usually proud and wanted to be labelled as protectors of the citizens. Thats because most "hidalgos" came from the Reconquista.
Now we know Eula hates her family also because she know they had slaves, at some point, but it cannot happenned in Mondstadt because in the manga we see Venti liberated Venessa the same day she was bought and she took the weapons against them. It must mean the slaves the Lawrence had were also in some other place of Teyvat, but that can also explain why the Lawrence member of the manga was shocked to see a Muratan but also knew of their existence.
And lastly regarding the Eula dance and aesthetics Im very convinced its not a tango nor a mix, its spanish flamenco. The music has a lot of guitar and castanets, I have been watching tango videos and they have not so much, its more salsa. Also the only time we have heard that kind of music has been confirmed as spanish or related so I think Hoyoverse take these things seriously. Her hand and feet movements are very flamenco and I know sevillanas are very fast and do a lot of twists as well. It would make more sense its more a mix of flamenco dances through all Spain than a mix of colonial dances, It just makes no sense to me that a character with so much European influence had the derivated dance of the original source. Its like if saying the music of Fontaine sounds like New Orleans music when its a derivative of French music you know. And lastly her attire, It also doesnt fit Mondstadt, her whole theme is like a dancer with high heeled boots, a very adjusted body piece that exposes her whole back and short pants. Her attire looks kinda victorian but she exposes too much skin and has a very thin body piece as oppossed to the military or medieval clothes everyone wears on Mondstadt. Its like if her attire was more from a hotter climate or a very artistic place, It looks more like the kind of clothes the 2 promotial characters from Fontaine wear.
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Natlan and Fontaine

So, if we get all of this together, we have a country based on water, which happens to be a mix of the 4 real world countries that were naval potencies, heavily linked by blood, geographically close and who were the exactly 4 countries that colonised the entire American continent.
On the other hand we have a country based on fire, with spanish influence, known by being colonised and enslaved, as awell as for their warrior culture. By logic, there must be one who colonised them and brought them that spanish influence which only can be found on Eula, which is clearly European, so that one is probably Fontaine.
Even if you check the Teyvat preview, the moment Fontaine changes to Natlan, the music blends, like if they were oppossite sides of the same song.
So, in conclussion, maybe we will see a rivalship bettween those 2 nations, maybe they have a clash or maybe I'm just feeling lack of sleep.
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EDIT: I forgot to add a last real life reference that helps to allocate Fontaine. The energy topic;
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So as we know in real life, European Union has a lot of problems with sustaining themselves with energy, and is currently dependant of external countries to sustain them, this makes EU easily manipulated by other countries like Algeria, US and Russia so they are currently desperated for finding alternative energy sources. As we know from Fontaine, they have an incredible Energy Source that powers them but they are also desperate for finding a better energy source than they are using right now as It is hard or dangerous to manipulate or something. Now in real life France and UK are nuclear potencies which draws paralelism with the "incredible power source" from Fontaine. On the other hand, Spain had also nuclear energy but they had long ago scrapped it to invest heavily in renewable energies and is one of the countries that tries to find an alternative to nuclear energy. So the paralelism are clear, we may have some Fatui kind of extortion and some energy struggle in Fontaine as well.
Edit: Given more context on Eula.

So me and my partner have been together for almost 4 years. We had a falling out in June where I needed to get out of the relationship in order for her to take things more seriously and for my mental health. We live together so in this time our dynamic didn’t exactly change much we were still doing relationship things. Right before her birthday in July we decided we wanted to make amends and do what we need to in order to make what we had before better. Even thought we made this decision we didn’t get back together we just planned to. Her birthday came in July and she went out of town to celebrate. We were talking everyday she was there and we were in good terms. The day she was making the trip driving back home she said she was going out to eat with one of her friends we’ll call “venessa.” I was very uncomfortable with the situation being when we’re were on our break she was talking to her. I expressed this to her but she assured me that everything was okay and asked me to please trust her this once. A lot of time went by and she never answered any of my texts while out with Venessa. She calls me to go get dinner, at this time she is still driving down. She calls me on my way back home and tells me that she kissed Venessa. I was obviously upset that she would do that on her way home to me when she said all she wanted was to be with me. Fast forward for the coming two weeks I get more information of everything that happened between them that day. She was regretful and sad for that time but I also noticed she had a worried nervous energy as well. That’s when she tells me Vanessa sent her test results of being positive for genital herpes. Basically what happened was they kissed a few times, her had was over her pssy with her clothes still on. She gave her birthday gifts that included: a vibrator, a gift card to her favorite restaurant, and a customized build a bear with a message ending in “I love you.” They also exchanged, “I love you’s” to each other and we’re flirting a lot. It took me a long time to even consider getting back together. She said she was willing to do anything on my terms to make it happen. I of course told her that she had to stop talking to every girl she was talking to during our break and block them including Venessa. Including a couple other things that could have us going in a good direction. She did all but stop talking to Venessa and is giving me the most push back and we have arguments about her still texting her and shit all the time. She said they will never be more that friends bc of her herpes and I don’t need to worry about that and that went back to being only friends with her despite what happened between them. I’m not worried at all about them being with each other. Mind you this same girl has had a crush on my partner for years, had stalked us both online for two years and texting flirtatiously to her. Even though they are just friends now I feel like it’s fucked that she still regularly talks to her knowing how I feel and how much Venessa triggers me. How many times we’ve had these fights about her, hearing her name about everyday since. She said she’s cutting her off soon but always argues that she doesn’t see why it’s necessary (even though she does). And always says to give her some time etc. She said when she officially asks me to be her gf again she will. She calls and texts her still and deletes things and lies about it bc she’s claiming to be “protecting my feelings.” In reality it does the exact opposite cause I always know and it makes it look really bad when she hides and lies about it. Any way my point is if you were in this situation would you think it’s fair she leaves Venessa alone and stop talking to her bc of the history not bc of insecurity. If I told her that’s what needs to happen in order for what we have to work. Would you guys feel comfortable having someone your partner crossed boundaries with still in their life as friends even thought you weren’t technically in a relationship at the time it happened? Should I try to make peace with it? Should I not worry bc they no longer have a shot for a relationship together?

Spoiler tag for breif mention of season 5.
I've been having a LOT of nightmares lately for whatever reason. Like for the past four nights I've just had nightmare after nightmare with maybe one pleasant dream in-between.
So to cheer myself up and comfort myself in the morning I've been thinking about which entity they would belong too! I thought I might share last night's dreams to you all and see what you think.
I would like to say that dreams typically make no sense and mine are no different so for the sake of understanding I have taken the core of my dream and peiced together what I could to make a functioning coherent story.
Let's begin shall we?
The first dream is of a pandemic, and everyone who gets it bleeds spontaneously from the eyes, nose, and mouth. They also bleed from their nails and lesions form all over their skin, pouring out blood.
They are in extreme agony, and in this state, they can't be killed. The thing is, they aren't violent, not in the general zombie apocalypse sense anyway. (I say this because the other night I got a zombie apocalypse dream.) They aren't trying to eat you or do any violence that would kill you, they are just trying to spread it, and they do that by bleeding on you.
The thing was spreading fast, and once you got blood on you, it was instantly effective. You could hear the screams of agony from them even as they spread their blood through any means necessary. They could grab people, or if the person was running, they would throw things at them to get them to fall so they could catch up.
I don't really remember what I was doing for most of it, so I'm taking what I can piece together and filling in what I can't.
From what I remember, I was at my elementary school in a class when someone began to scream. The kid had begun to bleed, not just out of his nose, but he bled out of everything. He turned to a kid near him, and he grabbed her, screaming and begging for help. A teacher ran to separate them, getting blood on her in the process, and within a minute she screamed and threw up blood.
The only words to describe it were "pure utter chaos."
I ran for my life. I remember one grabbed the back of my shirt, but it only got on my clothes, so I was not infected. I saw a teacher who was not infected shove a child towards the infected to buy herself more time. I saw another trip and break her ankle, but as the blood got on her, she rose up, ankle still broken, and began to run.
I ran, but I was clumsy and could not seem to move fast enough. I was so heavy that it felt like bricks were tied around my legs. I don't know how, but I made it onto a bus with a few other people who weren't infected.
I don't remember what they look like or their names, so I'll give them fake ones. There was me, Vanessa, Earl, James, and a doctor who will only be referred to as doctor.
So I'm on the bus, having gotten on just in the nick of time, and I'm too panicked to really take in my surroundings, but I hear shouting. The girl beside me, Venessa, was yelling at Earl about leaving someone behind, and he was yelling back that they had no choice. James was crying and the doctor was just watching with a small satisfied smile.
A hand slammed against the bus, which woke me up. It took a minute for me to calm down but I soon fell back asleep, which led me to my second dream.

But first let's talk about which entity this one is.
I'd say this is 100% a clear-cut corruption dream as well as, in a way, the slaughter.
Maybe they weren't being killed per se, but I'd still argue it was very sudden violence, chaos, and panic which people were subjecting each other to. sacrificing others to save themselves. It is still more about corruption than anything else, though. I almost feel like it could have been a season 5 domain.
The second dream follows the first one a bit. I was there, as was the doctor and the people on the bus. The reason I count this as my second dream and not a part of the first one is because the people we were experimenting on were no longer bleeding. They were just insane. So I think it took place a long time after the first dream.
We were doing experiments that were probably considered highly unethical. This one is very blurry and hard to remember, so I'm filling in some of the blanks. The patients being experimented on were being killed over and over and each time they came back to life they seemed to understand more about everything, but it didn't make them any less "insane."
I can expand on this. They were no longer the people they once were. They had hints of their personalities, but they were fragmented and mixed. They could not speak in the way we understood it. They had no clue who they were or where they were.
After a while of not making progress in fixing them, the doctor ordered us to kill them as he had no further use for them. What we didn't know (and he did) was that they couldn't be killed. Not permanently. I was the one to kill each of them, as the others did not want to. (I didn't either, but I also owed them as they were the ones who saved my life). As each one rose back from what I had thought was the dead, they looked at me. They stared at me, and I could see in their pleading eyes the desperation as one of them managed to get out a garbled word that almost sounded like "help." I ran out as fast as I could, slamming the door behind me. The others were just as panicked, but the doctor(I'm tempted to call him Doctor David at this point lol) was oddly calm. I looked at him and I asked. "Do they understand what's happening?"
He shook his head and he smiled, "Not really no."
I didn't believe him and I tried to push and explain that he tried asking for help but the doctor waved it off and told me that it was just a coincidence. They had no awareness and they didn't experience any pain like we did, which is why what we were doing was okay.
It was what he told us when he first started, and we all believed him. The others seemed to accept this explanation again, but I was starting to feel uneasy.
The only other person who didn't seem to believe him was Venessa. We all called her Nessa for short. The day after, the doctor tells us we are starting a new round of expirations.
He looked specifically at Vanessa and told her to go in there and slit their throats. She looked horrified and protested, but he assured us that they couldn't feel pain and they didn't understand what was happening. Besides, if they did, he was sure they'd understand.
She asked what would happen if she got their blood on them. He explained that at this stage, the blood would no longer affect them. So she killed them and did the best she could to not get any blood on them. We watched her kill them, and I could have sworn I saw one cry. She went to the shower afterwards and did not come out for a long, long time.
Time continued as we killed them again and again. It was clear to us that they were starting to become more aware each time. It was getting too dangerous to go in as they would lunge to attack us. We installed a vent that would bring poison gas into the room.
We could not claim to not understand the effects of what we were doing. Each of us secretly knew. But we were far too afraid of the doctor, and so we pretended to believe him.
Vanessa was starting to seem different. Her coordination was off and she sometimes had trouble remembering words as simple as those. We knew what was happening. We knew that the doctor had lied too, because every single time he saw her he grinned.
She was getting worse by the day, and he told us that he must have accidentally miscalculated. He apologized and even managed to muster tears as he told us that he had thought the blood would not affect us and that he was wrong. We knew he was lying, but what could we do? So we cried and pretended to believe him.
I was the one who put Vanessa in there as she begged me not to, having just enough awareness left to know she was going to die in there. Maybe not physically, but we all knew that what was Venessa was going to be someone else. I was the one to watch as the others attacked her and killed her, tearing her apart with the same cruelty we showed them. I was the one to watch as her eyes opened once more and she cried. There was another commotion, and James was yelling at the doctor, but my dog scratched at my door and woke me up. This is the first time I almost wish I hadn't been woken up from a nightmare because I wanted to know what happened.
This one is a lot longer than my first one, but I'd say it's very clearly the spiral. The doctor was very deceptive, lying and twisting his words so that we would do what he said without question and easily betraying us just to see what would happen and, of course, the madness the disease caused. There's a bit of the eye in there as we watched the patients suffer and observed what would happen with each expirement.

So I recently played Act 1 of Eula's Story Quest. And boy, am I not happy. Anyone salty about this can go be salty somewhere else, because I'm not about to tolerate nonsense and will ignore you. Fair warning: this is a long-ass post and I share many of Paimon's sentiments here.
So. Eula. Love her design and her motivation (for being a Knight, anyways). Not crazy about her characterization. If anything, this quest just solidified my desire to not pull for her. I'm also indifferent to her Talents. Is Physical Damage good? Yes. Am I crazy about it? No. I feel I don't need her (especially considering I have Chongyun, who I've been meaning to build); others may feel differently, and that's okay, but I implore you to assess who you have and what their Talents are before you pull for Eula, especially if you can't spare funds or that money would be better off for something else. There may be other characters you can use - or who fit your playstyle better - who're just as good if not better.
I digress, back to her characterization. Ooh boy, Eula's character is... something. We first meet her after she protects us from a Fatui sniper (fuck the Fatui as well, by the way, I'll relish the day we get rid of Signora). Then she gets irritable with us... on the basis of us accidentally messing up her mission. Like, what? Why? Amber said she was out on patrol - patrol is very different from tracking the Fatui. It was an accident, we didn't know they were here or what exactly Eula herself was doing there.
She goes on to guess that we wanted the glory of taking them out and swears vengeance upon us. Well, excuse me, princess; not everything warrants you saying you'll have vengeance. Besides, they attacked first, did you not expect me to defend myself?
And speaking of which, this whole high and mighty thing she has going on partially contributes to making Eula her own worst enemy: if she doesn't want Mond as a whole to associate her as just another Lawrence, then she should be less pompous and less prickly, and in time they'll come to the conclusion that this apple fell far from the tree and give her the respect she deserves. (And no, this is not me having a sexist viewpoint; I'm female myself and I was blown away at how contrary she was being. If I met someone like this - who I barely know - in class and had to interact with them, I probably would have lost my patience after an hour of their bullshit and cursed them out.) If you betrayed your family and have good standing and prestige within the Knights, why are you even defending the former, especially a man as pompous as he?!
Amber, honey, I love you, but she's not easy to get along with. And Paimon, love, while it is rude to call someone you barely know strange... I was entirely in agreement with you.
Jean originally sent us on a mission to investigate an aristocrat - Eula's piece-of-shit uncle - who's more pompous and irritating than Eula herself is. But his traditionalism meant that we had to learn the ways of tradition from Eula herself. For the sake of the mission *sigh* we, of course, went along with this bull. Fuck the nobility and the majority of its customs and fuck the Lawrence clan for upholding those customs. No one speaks like this anymore; no one regards their fellow countrymen like this anymore! (Fischl is the exception, and as I don't have her and missed the Stars event I'll pass on judging her.) I started to very quickly understand how Venti, Venessa, and their allies had toppled the aristocrats' rule at the speed that they did - without the rigidity of customs ensuring their place at the top, they're delicate as fallen leaves, allowing the oppressed to do them in. (Good on you, Venti, for pranking them into submission.)
The Dragonspine portion of this quest threw me for a loop. You'd think it'd be relatively simple to walk a path without getting any dirt on your clothes or getting hit by hilichurls. NO! IT WAS NOT! Those who have Keqing, I envy you - you can just blink to where you need to go. Me, however... Goulash lasts 15 minutes, as I found out today, after it took me roughly 20 tries and over 15 minutes to complete that damn segment. (Yes, even with me just shirking the path entirely after attempt #10!) My irritation at this bull allowed me to easily complete the monolith segment, which was this part's saving grace.
Back to Asshole Lawrence... he, for some reason, wants to bring back the days of Old Old Mond. And he is not very smart. Buddy - buddy - how do you not see the Fatui are using you? They don't care about your family or Mond's history, they want to take the entire country for themselves! When Paimon asked if we could go faster, I felt that. When he said no, I wanted to shirk the ruse and beat his ass. When we got to the Pyro Agent and he was musing about how the Lawrences helped the Fatui establish a foothold in Mond, I wanted nothing more than to swap to Venti, skewer him with an arrow, and watch as he bled out. That feeling only increased the more he talked - if the Lawrences attempted to take over Mond, I'm sure Venti would lose it and have a grand old time sucking them into a vortex over Cider Lake and then watching them drown. Eula, of course, would be spared from this treatment, as well as any other decent member of that family - this is, after all, a "screw-the-Lawrences" post, not a "screw Eula" post. For once, I was feeling sympathetic for the Fatui - or rather, the poor asshole who had to deal with his posturing.
And I relished us finally shirking the ruse and going to town on them. It was even sweeter when Eula was where we had just come from and ruined his plans. Duh, asshole, of course Eula's gonna fuck up your plans! She said fuck you and goodbye to you and yours a while back and devoted herself to the common people! Eula doesn't have to answer to you, she's not a part of your fucked-up family anymore! It bears repeating: fuck the Lawrence clan, all my homies hate the Lawrence clan.
For once, I sympathized with Eula's catchphrase. And really, MiHoYo? Another Cryo character? You could have made her an Anemo claymore wielder; it'd be symbolic of her breaking away from oppression in her own family and we'd finally get the Anemo Claymore user the fandom wants! You'd generate a lot more buzz this way, have more people pulling for her, and having Eula be Anemo could make her have more of an impact Normal Attack-wise. Edit: Several people have reminded me that Superconduct exists. My point still stands, however: we have way too many Cryo and Pyro characters and we need more of different elements, especially Anemo, Geo, and Hydro. And Anemo needs more 4 Stars.
Speaking of Eula, I have a little more sympathy for her. But she is still pompous, and her swearing vengeance upon everyone - which, while not serious, many do regard it as her being legit - doesn't endear her to the general public. It didn't endear her to me at all. I won't be pulling for her; I'd like to save my primos for Kazuha. To those who do want to pull for her, first consider if your primos would be better off somewhere else. And if you deign to do it anyways, good luck and may the RNG gods deem you worthy.

First lets not make this a talk about "are Kits worth my money?". Thats not what I'm trying to discuss here, and while I'd say 1/3 of them might be worth it, lets save all that for another time. What I am trying to discuss is how the fundamental features are constantly breaking and how dated some content is. So lets run through it all and then talk about how we feel about it below. This will be a long post as I'll go through my thoughts on all the packs I have and skip over ones I don't. Feel free to voice your thoughts on those ones too though, but the only ones I'll bring up is Batuu and you'll understand why when I get there.
-Base game stuff that could use an update, white/Asian skintones that don't look sickly, better masculine hair options, more sentiment variety, a few more hair and eye color options. And update the whims system, even if you make it more player guided like a questionnaire on what their sim wants in life. My sim should not crave a 1x1 pool if they live on the beach. Stairs also seem to not always work now which is weird please fix.
-Get to work is kinda buggy, or might give you vague information on a criminal and doesn't seem all that great the more packs you have loaded in. If your game causes your sim to stand around instead of doing what you told them to you're punished for it. Aliens are pretty bland compared to spellcasters and vampires. No workaholic trait.
-Dine out, npcs constantly walk away from their table for no reason, if they want to talk to the manager or use the bathroom sure, stop getting up and touring the restaurant. Being a owner doesn't feel all that involved, unlike retail stores, I find myself struggling to really do anything more than try to stall for my incompetent staff and it doesn't feel like my own cooking skills matter at all.
-Snowy escape, honestly if it had more lifestyles based on the other DLC and not boring general things I'd say it's just a great pack, but lifestyles 1 taking so long to get, 2 not being all that interesting, and 3 not being all that well explained, kinda drag it down a bit. While were here since sentiments came out the same time why not have sims be able to have sentiments towards things they do in their lives? Like maybe they set themselves on fire cooking, so they dislike cooking with a stove. Just a thought.
-Get Famous, no my sim should not have 2 real dialogue options to talk to Venessa Jeong. Why? Their neighbors and shes only a 1 star celebrity, buuuuut ohhh no, you can get let into her house and still struggle to have a conversation with her, but I can just add Judith Ward to my get together club, makes sense! Honestly some work going into making celebrities act more like celebrities and not all be treated like their not just another sim is kinda bull. Like I'm sorry if your sim never watches TV they will have no idea why everyone is freaking out around Judith or Venessa, and should treat them like anyone else. Even if you have to make it a trait or reward trait. Plus why is it only renown? I could be well known, and not have people passing out at the mere sight of me. Also you'd think certain base game or DLC sims would have some amount of fame/notoriety like Vlad, the Goths, etc.
-Island Living, can be summed up in "I've been here like a week therefore I've fixed everything already!". From what I've heard Eco Lifestyle suffers from the same thing but I don't have that one so I'm skipping it. Also mermaids, novel concept, but like aliens, kinda bland. No "mermaid culture" skill or anything its just kinda a thing. The build and buy at cas items are pretty solid though.
-Get Together, I love the pack, but as I said earlier, I can literally just convince Judith Ward to join my club as soon as I start the game. Still can barely talk to her, but do enough club activities and boom you have a 5 star bestie. On top of that if I can add her immediately why can't I just add Vlad or Venessa? Still love this pack, but its among the least consistent things I can think of.
-Cats and Dogs, this is a game, why can I not control (to some extent) the creatures I made? Thats my only main complaint as I rarely get pets because it feels more troubling than its worth even though I love animals.
-SEASONS, should have definitely allowed for more detailed lifestate duration changing as well as more details being able to be tweaked like in the sims 3. If I want to make teenage years and adulthood last longer, and child, young adult and elder last shorter, i should be able to do that on top of more holiday options and more options to tweak season duration. Honestly just more "make it how I want it", and other DLC compatibility. Like why is it so hard to make a holiday specifically celebrated by X club, or options that some sims don't celebrate X holiday. More gameplay options tend to feel better imo.
-CITY LIVING, this too is a fun pack, but ffs, if I give a friend my house key and lock the door they shouldn't stand outside unable to get in. Some tweaks to who can be allowed in locked doors would be nice, because I have to lock the doors so the neighbors don't walk over and use MY TRASHCAN instead of the one at the end of the hall or their own. Also a lot to build your own apartment complex would've been nice. (This is also another pack with a character who you'd think would have fame if you have get famous but alas no).
-PARANORMAL stuff, I like the Idea of this one, but I honestly don't even know if I can make my own haunted house or not. It gave me the option to place down a lot in 1 playthrough and then never again, and I don't know what lot traits are from what pack.
-REALM OF MAGIC, is cool, but both worlds that come with it suck. The magic realm is a total floorplan disaster and as far as I know it doesn't have a lot that you can get to to change it or build your own, which honestly was a mistake. If I can build my own police station, I should get to build a better hogwarts or whatever. As for the 4 lots, ugly bar, cool houses, 4 lots is not worth 20 bucks. Also this would be one of the packs that in say the sims 3, you'd get traits like Supernatural Lover or Hateskeptic (either here or in vampires). But no, only basic traits.
-VAMPIRES, first, if your sims are prone to taking hours to obey your commands either A, don't make a vampire, or B, never take that vampire outside unless you have them fully upgraded against the sun, they will die, despite literally having the command to move queued up for an hour and a half. That aside, vampires are pretty cool and challenging. but the fact that theres basically only gothic clothes here is incredibly boring and disappointing, but this is definitely how I prefer occult sims to work.
-Strangerville, I liked it. Honestly if it had more RNG elements than just being a glorified aspiration, with weird rewards and no real replayability it'd probably not get trashed so much. It suffers from a completely linear questline, and tedious mechanics, although the fact that vampires draining plasma from a possessed sim, grants them the infected trait is cool, if just as annoying as the infected trait, more attention to detail like this would go a long way.
-TINY LIVING, great pack, although I saw a post that honestly, yes. Murphy beds are just death traps. Yes they can be useful in a tiny home, and yes tiny homes offer great benefits, but if your sim dies before they can reap those rewards who cares. Also claustrophobic trait would be nice addition to this pack.
-Jungle Adventure, a cool pack, honestly as with any only vacation world, thats its major drawback. Its a cool world that you barely get to be in and likely rarely find yourself going back to after you've fulfilled your Indiana Jones/Lara Croft fantasy.
-LAUNDRY DAY stuff. Honestly I rarely ever use the laundry system, because my sims don't have a limited number of clothing so who cares? If my sim only had the outfits they have listed and had to change them or smell bad therefore not only giving a reason for more clothing but also giving consequence, it might be better, but honestly its just another pointless thing to do unless you really just want the full life experience. Just remember your smoke alarms.
-PARENTHOOD, this is an ESSENTIAL pack for people who want that family gameplay, and with that said, this pack could've brought a bit more to younger lifestates instead of splitting that out into Kids room and Toddler stuff.... but I digress. More traits again would be nice, and tattoo parlers, because rebel teens and tattoos are kinda nice. This though is likely wishful thinking.
-VINTAGE GLAMOUR, fix butlers, improve the vanity mirror. Butlers and babysitters suck, and have terrible AI and still demand pay for not doing their job, this needs to be fixed or your selling a broken pack that's main appeal doesn't even work. As for vanity mirrors, being able to choose the look, and apply like nail polish and such would be nice. If mods can do it the creators of the game should be able to do it to.
-Movie Hangout Stuff, is, better than I expected? Yeah its niche, yeah its not for everyone, but it's pretty nice, honestly the ownly big downside is that you can't just make movie theatres and charge entry fees, and theres no Movie Junkie trait which is like the 100th missed trait opportunity.
-Holiday Celebration and Grims Guitar, its free, maybe it could work a bit more with Seasons, but all in all good job on this one.
Now lets chat about Batuu before I wrap this one up. Honestly, I could be like "Star Wars + Sims=Wtf", but I don't think that. Niche yes, but if it had actually added Jedi/Sith careers with a power tree and added actual playable star wars aliens like Twi'leks and such, rather than just garbo outfits, I think it'd be less of a problem. Yes it still suffers like Strangerville and Jungle Adventure, but it wouldn't be a feels bad man kinda thing. It doesn't though and they likely won't ever make these changes so RIP Batuu you won't be missed.
Alright, sorry that was so long I have a focus and rambling issue lol, and if this sounds like me trying to dunk on the game thats not my intention. I really like the game, it just feels like the priority of "release low quality overpriced kits" instead of addressing actual issues is the wrong way to help the game so I threw out some ideas and thoughts, and hope you'll do the same. Maybe you disagree with me on something and thats fine, please feel free to discuss it all below, and maybe lets hope something gets done.

“A dying man can do nothing easy” ~ Frank Sinatra
I worked as a police officer in Boston. My father was part of the Boston PD Task Force that worked against the Winter Hill Gang in the 70’s. There’s a photo of my grandfather escorting the Boston strangler out of the courthouse in 1960. So Boston law enforcement is in my blood. Most think Boston is a normal city. That it's just like any other, only with more Dunkin’ Donuts and Tom Brady jerseys. But… in 11 years of working for the BPD I’ve seen too much to think Boston is normal.
I’ve lived in Boston for all 38 years of my life. I've been working in Boston for 20 years. As an officer the last 11. I moved out when I was 18 for college and told myself I’d never live with my parents again. But after my Mom passed and my Dad got sick, Me and my fiance Venessa moved in with my Dad to help take care of him. So I was back living in South Boston. Yet again I was a Southie. I had to switch departments which was sad as I’d been working at A-7 for the first 2 years on the job where nothing of note really happened but I admit it was nice to be back in South Boston. My first unexplainable encounter was that I got a call over to Back Bay. Which is odd. If you don’t know Boston’s neighborhoods are pretty divided. For example, I wouldn’t go walkin around Roxbury at night without a good reason. Meanwhile Brookline is like the Ritz. Back Bay is pretty ritzy too. Another odd thing about the call is that one of the residents heard something rooting through their trash. At first they thought it was a racoon but the damn thing roared and they thought it might be a black bear. We get the occasional bear up in Charlestown but Back Bay is pretty densely populated so it's really uncommon.
The alley monster
It was about 10 o’clock and I headed out to the call with my partner for the night. James Anton. (That’s a thing movies get wrong about police work, we don’t have a set partner. We work with someone assigned the same shift as us that night.) I still think Anton was dirty, he just had the look. Heavy set, greased back hair, voice that sounded like he smoked 2 packs every day since ‘87. Had been with the force for 24 years. He was the perfect package of corruption. We arrived on the corner of Beacon st and Dean Rd where there was a suspected Black Bear rooting around in someone's trash. We both stepped out of the squad car, Officer Anton taking far longer than I. We looked around, there wasn’t much else we could do. We’re not gonna go bear hunting in the woods for this thing so we checked the alley between the buildings. I turned the corner only to find 3 tipped over trash cans. One with 4 claw marks cutting deep into it all the way down the tall plastic trash bin. Officer Sherlock Anton then says “I don’t think a raccoon did this” I sort of chuckled at how profoundly obvious of a statement that way. I responded with “I’d say that's a safe bet…”
We both heard what came next. A deep and guttural growl from the end of the alley. It was about 15 feet away. I shined my flashlight down and the beam of light reflected off the beast's red eyes in the night. It was about 4 feet long. Had long sharp teeth. It wasn’t much larger than a dog but it was far more intimidating. It's hot breath created steam from the cold March night. It was hairless and had blood on its lips and dripping down its snout. Its hairless skin was loose and almost looked infected. It was a true horror and it's safe to say I was stunned. It began to move towards me at me and I reached to my hip and drew my service pistol. I shot towards the alley monster but didn’t connect. The thing got close enough to luge at me. It pounced as I fired two more shots at it and it dug its claws into my ballistic vest. The claws seemed to be 10 inches long and were razor sharp. It tore the cloth but just scratched against the kevlar. Officer Anton was terrified and while he had drawn his service pistol he didn't do much of shit. The creature's attack knocked me off my feet backwards. I hit the dirt and pavement of the alley’s unforgiving ground. The monster snarled at both me and officer pudge one more time before taking off into the night. After a search of the area we called animal control and told them there was a rabid animal on the loose. We also discovered multiple dead house cats in the alley that that thing had been feasting on. Officer Anton and I both filed reports and after my shift ended I just went home still trying to process the whole thing.
The BPD’s official stance : A rabid dog that had mange
I tried to argue with the Captain who finalized and signed the report that there’s no way whatever attacked me was a dog but he dismissed me everytime. I stopped arguing after a week there was really no point. Still. I hope some redneck shot it.
The phantom strangler
I don’t believe in ghosts. I don’t. I think that the people that claim to have seen ghosts wanted to see them and so they did. That being said. The second unexplained thing in my career happened over a year after the alley monster incident. It was during a day shift. It was about 8 am I was partnered with an officer named Wendell Smoh. Officer Smoh was a good man, probably one of my best friends on the force. We got called to South End where a man said he woke up to a man attempting to strangle him. We assumed it was a breaking and entering call and took off arriving at a large apartment building on Commonwealth ave. The caller told dispatch he was in apartment 13 on the second floor. Wendell and I ran up to the building sprinting in and up the steps yelling “Boston Police!” the whole time.
We made it up the stairs and found apartment 13. Wendell yelled “Boston Police!” and pounded on the door with his fist. When we heard nothing I told Smoh to step back and I kicked just below the deadbolt breaking in the door. We swept the house and eventually made it to the bedroom where a man was cowering behind his bed. He was middle aged about 46. He was balding and was wearing a bathrobe. Wendell kept his weapon up and asked “Are you the homeowner?” The man nodded. “Is the intruder still in your home?” The man nodded and pointed across the hall to the room with a closed door. I nodded at Wendell and said “I’ll check. Make sure he’s okay and meet me in there.” Sliding across the wall keeping my service pistol pointed at the door I slowly turned the handle of the old homes door. I swung it open and quickly.
Standing inside was a man in a grey suit facing the window away from me. I pointed my service pistol at him and yelled. “Boston Police on the ground!” He didn’t move. I began to reach for my handcuffs with my other hand. I slowly approached the suspect who turned around to face me. I stumbled backwards. I was staring at Albert DeSalvo. A man who died in 1973 and was also the Boston Strangler. He had a strange smile on his face and as I regained my bearings he disappeared. Like smoke whisping into the air he was just gone. Wendell hearing my yelling from just a few moments earlier joined me in this room. He asked what had happened and I tried to explain to him what had happened… but he just looked at me like I was crazy. I wasn’t really sure who to call but the fire department ran some tests and found there was a dangerous level of Carbon Monoxide in the building which was then evacuated. That's what everyone attributed to me seeing Albert DeSalvo. I suppose this is what I attribute it to as well. It just… felt so real. I’m not sure what to believe really.
The BPD’s Official Stance : Visual hallucination caused by Carbon Monoxide
The oddity that is Officer Jackson Bajh
This isn’t really an odd experience just something I’ve noticed about one of the guys I work with. Jackson Bajh is 27 years old. He’s been working in the South End department for about a year when I started noticing odd behaviors about Jackson. Firstly, he is insanely intelligent. He has a degree from Harvard and studied at MIT for a year and yet he’s working the night shift in the department that gets the most work. It's far beneath him to be working here. I don’t get it. Another odd thing. Everyone of his cases has a 100% solve rate. Now sure a million people work on any given case but a 100% solve rate is unheard of and yet I think I’m the only one to notice.
A few weeks after I saw the boston strangler we had a family mixer for National Police Week. None of Officer Bajh’s family was there. When I asked him about it he said they were “Busy” and dropped the subject. I was convinced there was something odd going on here. I invited him over to my home to have dinner with me and Vanessa, he declined. On the night of April 4th I was on a shift with Bajh. 2 local kids had shoplifted liquor from one of the gas stations in South end. It's the same shit kids in my class used to do in High School. Bajh and I were getting ready to call their parents when they took off. I was able to grab one and put him in the back of the squad car. I then followed Bajh who was chasing after the other kid who was about 25 feet in front of him. I was about 10 feet behind the both of them. They turned a corner and by the time I got there Officer Bajh already had the kid by the arm and pressed against the wall. I’m telling you right now, there is no way he closed the gap in that amount of time. Usain Bolt couldn’t have closed that gap that quickly. We took him back to the squad car and called both their parents after they begrudgingly gave us their phone numbers. The kids' parents came to collect them and that was pretty much the end of our night but all I could think about was how quickly Jackson had moved.
I mentioned it to Venessa when I woke up the next morning. She said that I was just being crazy and that maybe the kid had tripped or something. I told her I agreed but… I didn’t. There were no scuff marks on the kids pants or shirt. He didn’t trip. He was running at full speed with a large gap between him and Jackson and Bajh somehow caught up. I planned to ask him about it when we had a shift together again but I never got that chance.
2 weeks and 2 days later on April 13th, inexplicably Jackson Bajh resigned from the Boston Police Department. His desk was empty and in 5 minutes he was gone. I mentioned the weird stuff to the same captain I talked about the alley monster with. He said and I quote “Yeah he was weird. So what? Being weird isn’t a crime. Get out of my office” So that was the end of that. I had more pressing work to do so I suppose I forgot about Officer Bajh. We used to talk about the weird stuff he did sometimes in the breakroom. I tried to find him on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, ETC but it seems like he’s not on any social media. Jackson was weird, but he was a fantastic police officer and I hope he’s okay.
The BPD’s official statement : N/A
The april UFO sighting
This is a quick story but just a few hours after Jackson quit at about 4 AM. We got about a dozen or so calls about a UFO sighting over Copley Square. I didn’t drive out there myself but 2 officers Casandra Tuttleman and Gregory Anover did. They said they saw something but couldn’t be sure what. The next morning the Hanscom Air Force Base announced that they had been doing weather balloon testing and a few had drifted into the city. That was enough for me and most of the people in the office. Still, we got a bunch of letters from a tin foil hat wearing lady named “Allison Wesley” . She's our local conspiracy theorist and we get about 10 letters a year from her. She called it a ‘cover up’ but I doubt it. Probably, was just weather balloons.
The BPD’s official statement : A weather balloon drifted into the city which was mistaken as an unidentified flying object.
The bar that doesn’t exist
Every so often we hear about a “bar that doesn’t exist” it's always the same story. A young out of town man (it has never been a woman) comes into the station and says that the night before he went out for a drink and walked into a bar either called “The lucky tap” or “Bakey’s” He stays for 1 or 2 drinks and then leaves. When he gets back to his hotel he discovers that he’s missing his wallet or his credit card or some other personal effect. He figures he’ll get it in the morning. He goes back in the morning only to find that the building is abandoned and that the forgotten item is sitting on the step of the building.
This has been a case that has been puzzling the BPD since before I even work there. We usually get about 2 a year. Sometimes more. As far as I can tell the first case happened in september 1993 and has been happening ever since. The strangest case I was a part of. Me and Officer Anton were on a shift together. Remember the greasy slimeball? It was a pretty slow night and so we were just driving around South End waiting for anything to come in. I think we drove down every street in South End that night. So when a man came in the next morning and gave us the same story but said that the bar was in South End. That confused both me and Anton. Every night shift officer was told to look out for the names of the bar that doesn’t exist and so we had been. We didn’t see anything. Nothing. He described a neon sign that had a cloverleaf and a tap on it. We didn’t see any of that. It's not like we can launch a full investigation either because no crime is being committed that we know of. Sure maybe trespassing but there’s no evidence of that, there's no evidence there was ever even a bar called “the lucky tap” or “Bakey’s”
The working theory currently is that people are breaking into abandoned buildings and building a bar and then tearing it down in one night. Personally I think that's ridiculous. There’s a vital detail we’re missing and that's the motive. They don’t steal anything from these men, everything is always returned right on the step. We’ve tried staking out different abandoned buildings but it never works. Currently it's still on the list of strange and unsolved cases.
The BPD’s official statement : Unsolved
A room full of dead mobsters
I have no doubt that this is the most disturbing thing that happened to me while I was working in South End. It was also the final case I ever worked on in South End. We were getting many noise complaints from the Fort Point district. Fort Point is mostly warehouses. But it was a dying district. The warehouses had pretty much all dried up so it was just all abandoned warehouses. There were a few that were still up and running but a few of them had been turned into apartment complexes. It was about 5 am I was just wrapping up my shift when the call came in. It was a woman who lived in one of the apartment buildings. She said that some asshole was playing trumpet music in the abandoned warehouse next door. I was once again with Officer Anton James and we drove to the abandoned building.
I figured she had meant that someone was playing trumpet music like on a radio but no. As I stepped out of my car I could hear it. Some asshole playing trumpet in an empty building. I told Officer Anton to go around the back door and the larger man sighed and began to lumber around the building. I entered through the front door which was difficult to open. This place had been abandoned since the 60s and as a result the door was rusted almost entirely shut and I had to really push on it to get it open. Once I finally entered I shined my flashlight around the building but didn’t see anything. There were no walls. It was just a massive football field sized building with nothing but heaps of trash. I saw no one.
I continued to follow the sound of the trumpet to the back right corner. I called out. “Hey Anton! You in here” I heard him trying to force in one of the doors but it wouldn’t budge. “No I can’t get in!” I should have figured. “Alright fine just go around and enter from the door I got open.” I heard him sigh loudly and start to make his way back around the building. I could now hear that the trumpet music was coming from below me. I shined my flashlight to the floor There were handles attached to a large metal grate. It kind of looked like the exterior doors to a basement. I pulled on the metal handle and the door didn’t budge. I had to really pull before it started to move at all. I wasn’t able to get it open on my own so once Officer Anton made it around he and I both pulled on the doors to get them to swing open.
What sat in front of us was a long staircase which descended into the darkness of the earth. I could still hear the trumpet playing at the bottom of the steps so I began to descend. James grabbed my wrist “What the hell are you doing?” I pulled my wrist out of his grasp. “Investigating.” I continued down the steps with my flashlight. As I was about halfway down he said “Well I’m not coming!” I continued on replying “Great. It’ll make my job easier.” I reached the bottom of the steps and in front of me was a wooden door. I grabbed the handle and pushed it open. I couldn’t hear the music anymore as I stepped in. There was a light switch on the wall right next to me as I entered. I flipped it on. These old 1960’s lamps flipped on and sitting around a poker table were 8 fully decomposed bodies. Bullet holes riddled the walls and table. Bones were all around the floor and on the table. These 8 idiots had killed each other. I fell backward out the door and back to the steps. Looking horrified at the 8 dead men in the room. What I didn’t know then but I do now is that I had just solved the longest running cold case in the history of the BPD. They were all later determined to be the missing members of the Bianchi crime family. Including the brother of leader Lou Bianchi, Vin Bianchi. They had been there for more than 40 years. Something went wrong with that poker game and they all shot each other. We’ll never really know what went down in the basement. The one thing I have seen ignored in every statement. In every report. Nothing mentions the trumpet. There was a trumpet in the room and you want to know what the BPD’s official statement was?
BPD’s official statement : The wind blowing through the trumpet caused the noise.
That is bullshit. Not only is it impossible it’s impossible that anyone could really think that. That's what I told Captain shit-for-brains who told me to drop it. I wasn’t gonna fucking drop it. When he heard I was talking about it again he told me if I cared that much to take it up with the commissioner. He was joking but that is exactly what I did. William Dalphin, the commissioner of police in Boston at the time, worked in the BPD headquarters in the center of the city. I walked right into his office, told him the situation and requested a transfer. He granted that request. My father passed soon after. Pancreatic cancer. If I could start again I wouldn’t have done my time in South Boston any differently. This post I only talk about the strange or bad things that happened while I was working at the D-6. It doesn’t mention any of the great things that happened to me while working there. I invited most of my co-workers there. to my and Venessa’s wedding in the summer. In August of that year I started working at the D-4 by Fenway. Nothing strange happened while I was an officer there. However… In November I got promoted to Detective. No more late nights running traffic stops! This would be the beginning of the truly horrifying…

DAY - 1
Claudia opened the door, stepping into the blight clinical room, the other woman stares shackles to the metal table in the centre of the room. The woman stares at her, looking her up and down, analyzing her. Claudia sits down at the table, placing a tape recorder and a file on the cold table. She clicks the tape recorder on, the plastic wheels spinning with silent noise, "Hello my name is Dr Claudia Velmont, It is the twenty-second of October, 1973, I'm here with-" she pauses when she sees the smile the woman is giving her. It wasn't frightening or unnerving, it felt genuinely kind and warm. And that in itself was disturbing. "I'm… here, with Josephine Vast, in the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane." She opens to the first empty page of her notepad placing her pen next to it, "So, where would you like to start?"
The woman's smile disappears, "What an excellent question," but it returns brighter than when it left, " how about you decide."
"Um… okay. I suppose we should start with the first death you're connected to, John Walters. He was a priest in the town where you grew up, he went missing on September of-
"Why aren't you afraid of me?"
"I'm sorry?" Claudia asked, thrown off by the sudden question.
"Well, I'm in crazy people jail. Under suspicion of killing… a lot of people. Most people would be scared. Most people are nervous at the least. But you seem very… calm."
"I'm sorry… you- you just don't seem very frightening. I know what you've done… or allegedly done. But I look at you and I can't see it." She didn't know why she was talking to a patient like this, but there was something about this woman. They say sociopaths have a way about them, they’re magnetic. There was a moment of silence between the two of them, the woman just stared at her, a small grin on her face.
"I like you."
Claudia didn't know what to say. She deals with mentally ill people for a living, but she wasn't sure how to react to Josephine Vast. "Anyway… John Walters was killed in nineteen sixty-four. What can you tell me about him?"
The woman sighed, "He was a pastor like you said. A man of God." Her demeanour suddenly changed, the warmth in her eyes was gone and a cold stare was left in its place. "Nobody but me knows what he did. Everybody always thought he was so good with children. That he was always so kind to young women, the poor things." And the warmth slowly returned to her eyes "And then one day, he stopped… probably because someone put a pencil in his eye… Or so I've heard.
"Did you kill him?"
"Very direct. To the point. I like that."
"Did you?"
She hit her hands hard on the table, "I hardly think it matters!" She yelled, suddenly very angry. "A monster is dead, a bit of evil is gone from this world. Who cares who killed him! Besides," she said regaining her composer. I was only sixteen years old in nineteen sixty-four. Do you really think a sixteen-year-old girl could jab a pencil into a grown man's eye and watch as his dark soul slowly fades from the earth?" She looked Claudia right into her eyes, "Well, do you?"
"I um… I don't…" any real professional would have walked out of the room when they knew a patient had gotten into their heads, but the allure of this woman was too strong, she was stuck where she was. "Okay, well come back to that one… how about Angelica Black, what happened to her?" The woman's manner changed once again, she crossed her arms and her eyes were full of sadness that she wasn't hiding as well as she wanted or hoped to.
"I didn't kill her. He did"
"John Walters? He was already-"
“No!… the other him. The he who I'm guessing is the next name on your list."
"Johnathan Shiftwell?" She asked, but the woman still couldn't look her in the eyes. They remained quiet for a long time. Claudia didn't know why but she was okay giving the woman the time she needed. It was obvious to her that this was a more sensitive subject than the last.
"Yes, that him"
"You're saying that Johnathan killed Angelica, why would he do that?"
And this is where she sees why this woman is locked up, her question sparkes a look of insanity in her eyes as she laughs, no cackles like a maniac. "Jealousy I imagine, probably tired of being rejected Always trying to get in her pants, she turned him down, of course."
"Why do you say of course?"
The woman laughed, "let's just say Angelica had a desire for a softer touch, one which I was more than happy to give her."
"You were together?"
"Yes, for a very short but very pleasant amount of time. Does that bother you?"
"No, why would it," she said a little too quickly. Something that didn't go unnoticed by the woman.
"Interesting… I loved her," the woman said quickly changing the subject. "And I like to believe she loved me too. And he," she paused, her eyes filled with sadness again. "he killed her just because he couldn't get what he wanted."
"So who killed him?"
"Who do you think"
"Is that an admission?"
"No… It's a question. Who do you think killed him? I'd love to get your opinion on the subject."
"I don't think-" she started trying to resist this woman's persuasiveness
"Come on, you are easily smarter than all the cops and doctors who put me in here, and almost as smart as me. What's your best guess?"
"Well," she said giving in, "there is the obvious answer."
"Which is?"
"That you did it. Out of revenge for killing Angelica."
"Obviously. Anything else?"
"Maybe," she started thinking, playing her game, "he killed himself. Out of sorrow and regret."
"Good girl. That it is possible. That is very very possible." Claudia felt a strange sort of pride in doing what the woman asked, a dangerous amount of gratification. "You're rather good at this."
"Thank you," there was an extended pause between them once again. The woman continued to look at her, with a slight smirk on her face.
"You're cute when you blush…"
"I think we have enough for today." She said reaching for the tape recorder.
"Come now," the woman said reaching as far as she could across the table, "I thought we were just becoming friends. Kick back, stay awhile." Claudia's hand hesitated over the button of the tape recorder. "Please," she said flashing a toothy grin. And once again, dangerously, concerningly, Claudia folded.
"Okay, Josephine-"
"Please call me Josie."
"Okay… Josie," she looked down at her list, looking for the next name up. "Do you want to talk about Theodor Kerr?" At this Josie sighed slouching back in her chair.
"Oh, god… just when I was starting to like you," for some reason this scared Claudia, which must have shown on her face because Josie started laughing. "Oh, please don't look so nervous. I still like you. What would you like to know?"
"Why is he the only man you will confess to killing?"
"Oh, well that's an easy one. Well, I say easy. He's the only one I really killed, He tried to force himself on to me and so I killed him before he could. Easiest decision I ever made, I would rather have died than be with a man. And I nearly did, but at that moment I realised it didn't have to be the one to die.
I killed him to protect myself." Claudia just stared into Josie's eyes, a blazing fire in her gaze, "What is it?"
"When you talk about it, the look in your eyes… it- it seems different. I look into them and I see someone who could kill me without batting an eye."
"Does it scare you?" Josie said leaning towards her as far as she could. Something changed inside of Claudia.
"I never said that," a change not necessarily for better or for worse.
"Now there's a look. The one on your eyes. Your teetering on the edge, but isn't it such hard work to keep your balance? Believe me, it's so much easier just to fall."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"No…, of course, you don't…" another long pause. "Well look at the time! You better get going, don't want to get locked in with all the crazies."
"No… wouldn't want that," she said not even really convincing herself. As she said this A guard came in to take Josie away.
"Nighty night doctor… I'll be thinking about you." As she was escorted out of the room Claudia turned off the cassette player. A confused rush of feelings and emotions pulsed through her. That was one of the strangest, exciting, eliciting experiences she has ever had. She picked up her tape recorder and her notepad. Strange, she swore she had a pen.
DAY - 2
Entering the same room as she had the day before, Claudia was greeted by the welcoming smile that Josephine was giving her. Sitting across from her, she pulled her tape recorder and notepad from her bag, just like she had before. She was determined not to let this woman get inside her head for a second time. "My name is Dr Claudia Velmont it is the twenty-third of October, nineteen seventy-three, I'm here with Josie Vast in the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, this is our second session. Okay, just like last time was going to talk-"
"How are you, Doctor?" Josephine said cutting her off. The question surprised her, no one had asked her that in a long time: how she was actually feeling. It's a subtle kindness but a kindness nonetheless. She knew that it was just an attempt to confuse her but it was hard not to want to fall into it.
"Um… I'm fine Josephine thank you for asking," a long silence fell between them and Claudia could feel the heat rising to her cheeks.
"You were saying," Josephine said, snapping her back to reality. She seemed much more focused today. Maybe she could get through this without incident.
"Right… so today I was asked to ask you about the serial murders you are accused of. Is that alright with you?"
"Of course doctor," she said with a smile that reminded Claudia of the Cheshire Cat.
"In June of nineteen sixty-six," she started unevenly, feeling the penetrating gaze of the woman across from her. "Malcolm Newton was found stabbed to death, in the chemistry lab at New York University. You attended a New York university sixty-six."
"Yes, I did," she said proudly, but Claudia wasn't sure if it was her schooling she had pride in.
"To prepare, I called some of your former professors and acquaintances." She said pulling a paper from within her notepad. "People who knew you at the time."
"And?"
"I learned that you're a genius," that seemed to draw Josephine in.
"Flatterer."
"They're not my words," she said quickly knowing that this woman could see right through her and there was nothing she could do about it. "Although the exact quote was "era-defining genius."
"Oh I see, you talked to Vannessa."
"Yes, Dr Venessa Hendricks, I did talk to her. She had many things to say about you," sounding far too eager to be professional.
"All good things I hope."
"Oh yes, very good things," she said not realizing that this was beginning to start more like a conversation between close friends and less like a psychological evaluation. “Did you really set someone on fire?" she asked trying to not sound so desperate to know the answer.
"Oh god, she told you that story,” Josephine said dropping her head on the table. It didn't stay there for long as it shot back up, her messily cut hair falling in front of her eyes. “For the record, it was only a hand, and in my opinion, I did him a favour."
"I bet you did," Claudia said, looking back down at her papers, shuffling them nervously. "Happy birthday by the way."
"Oh,” Josephine said surprised. Her usual “three steps ahead” vibe was gone. “Thank you. I'm surprised you even know that.” she stared at Claudia leaning into the table looking deep into her eyes but seemingly not at her. "Oh, I see… in your eyes."
"What?" She asked unsurely.
"You stopped trying to keep your balance." Claudia cleared her throat trying to get them back on track.
"The second victim, Dominic Peters, a professor at NYU, who went-"
"Oh please, Ms Velmont," Josephine exclaimed throwing her head back only to whip it back up looking right through her again. "Can we stop this act?"
"What act?"
"Yours, where you sit there in your tweed jacket and a shirt that's just a little bit too… tight, trying to hold on to the straws of sanity that are long out of reach. I bet you got into this line of work, thinking it was out of some selfless duty to help the unhelpable. But in reality, I think you just wanted to be around people like yourself."
"I don't know what your-
"Yes you do, like you also know that after this, you will never go back to being that person you used to hide in. You can't. And you shouldn't, you deserve to be yourself." Once again, a long silence fell between them. The longest silence, and then Claudia stood up looking into the depths of Josephine's eyes, her own showing the beginnings of tears. "The cage is open Claudia… you can't go back."
"Have… have a good day Jo-... Ms Vast." Then she left, and that should have been the end of it. But of course, it wasn't.
Moments later, Colin, an orderly entered the room, "Did you break another doctor Vast?" She chuckled.
"No, not this one." He just looked at her apprehensively. He's not afraid to admit that she scares him.
"All right then, I'll take you back to your room." He said reaching to release her from the table.
"Yeah, about that," she said as he unlocked the handcuffs holding her to the table. "I actually have somewhere to be," she pulled a pen from the inside of her sleeve quickly standing to face him. Before he had time to react she stabbed the pen in his eye right below the eyelid. He screamed and grabbed at her but ultimately passed out due to the pain. Blood pooled around what was left of his eye. "Sorry Colin," she said wiping his blood on her shirt nonchalantly. "But I have a date. You should live… probably. Might want to invest in sunglasses though." Grabbing the keys off his belt, she moved toward the door only to stop short of the doorway. "Actually… you may be just what I need." Leaving the room she came back with a wheelchair she managed, with only minor difficulty managed to situate the two hundred pound man into it. "Just one more stop. Well, last stop for you… but don't think about that too hard
When Claudia walked into her dark apartment she wasn't feeling any better her eyes were reddened and her chest felt heavy. She couldn't deny that Josephine's words were having an effect on her. She was actually starting to believe she was right, which either meant that Josephine was incredibly influential or she was a terrible doctor. It scared her that she couldn't tell which was true.
"Hi honey, what took you so long," Josephine said turning on the light. Claudia's heart stopped as she fell back into the corner of the room.
"What the hell are you doing here!?"
"I wanted to see you," she said, placing her hand on Claudia's cheek, to which she didn't recoil. "You left before our session was over. I really think we were starting to break ground."
"You're insane," she said with no real weight behind it.
"Yes," Josephine said, now pacing around the room. "But so are you so that's practically irrelevant. No, what I really want to-
"I'm calling the hospital," Claudia interrupted moving towards the landline
"You can't, well… you could. But you won't.
"And what makes you so sure?"
"I cut the phone line," she said confidently, only to look confused by her own words. "So I guess you couldn't even if you were going to. Anyway, that's beside the point. Sit down let's talk.
"No,"
"Fine stand, if you want," but Claudia sits down anyway, not for any logical reason. "I wanted to ask you about your father," Claudia was surprised, nobody knew about her father, she just didn't talk about it anymore. "Don't look at me like that, I can do research too, which is how I knew I would like you. A woman traumatized by her father at such a young age. I mean call me cliché but I will always fall for a damaged beauty.
"I'm not damaged"
"It's not a bad thing," she said trying and succeeding to sound reassuring. "You just see the world for how it really is… like me" Claudia thought about that for a second.
"What does this have to do with my father."
"It's your father's fault that you are the way you are. You hate him more than anyone else in the world. Like me to that pedo priest… and we know how I handled that.”
"If you want me to kill my father-”
'Yes I know, nature beat us to the punch," she said genuinely disappointed. "But I've got the next best thing, well the next best thing available," she went into the kitchen and wheeled out a man tied to a wheelchair, blood pouring from his eye, from the other he looked at Claudia, his eye pleading for help. "This is Colin, and he beats his wife, believe me, I've seen the bruises. But he doesn't matter. I don't want you to see colin, I want you to see your father," she said placing a Kitchen knife in Claudia's hand, "And what he did to you, all of the pain and all of the anguish, for years. Holding you back, locked inside yourself. Like a bird in a cage. Show him that he can't hurt you anymore, direct all of the pain and the hurt built of for so many years and just let it go, let it-”
She didn't have to say any more as Claudia lunged forward stabbed the knife into Colin's neck, and then again and again. The blood went everywhere, covering her hands and clothes as it gushed out of his severed arteries. But she didn't care, she was flying for the first time in her life, and she wouldn't stop now. Catching her breath, she took a minute to steady herself and realize what she had done. Any normal person would have been horrified but she just couldn't stop smiling. Then her legs gave out and she sat on the floor, her hands shaking.
"Shh, it's okay," she felt Josephine's hands running up the sides of her arms, they stopped shaking. She grabbed the knife from her hand holding her close. "You get to choose the next one okay," she said whispering in her ear, and all she could do was nod. There was no going back for her now, she had crossed that uncrossable line. And she wouldn't have ended it any other way.