Just a little piece I wrote 2-3 years ago. It’s old school video game inspired. Just a little story about two yoshis falling in love. Any feedback welcome :-)
https://youtu.be/mdiRMMpo_y0?si=V4nLGgiaxRxnqwDF

Hey guys,
I just had an event where Fan Control for whatever reason lost it's reading of the T_Sensor for water temp and I didn't realize until I started thermal throttling that my fans weren't spinning, for I don't know how long. Immediately alt-f4'd my game. Once I got it to reconnect to the T_Sensor I was in horror that water temp was at 79 degrees celsius.
My question is, is there anything I should be doing now maintenance wise. Tubing is Acrylic, blocks and res are plexi/acrylic. Does acrylic deform at all like PETG at a certain temp? I should I be completely disassembling and checking all connections? replacing o-rings?
Definitely looking into an in-line water temp sensor now with an alarm. Any recommendations?
Rig is 4090 FE, 7700x, all EK parts.
Thanks so much!

Freshman year of college I was really good friends with a kid. My roommate introduced me. We had good times. I introduced him into my friend group and he made some of his best friends in said group. We went out together and it was cool
Anyways, there was some turbulence but nothing I thought was over the top. Until one day last year at a party. There was some shoving in the sense that for whatever reason the entire mosh pit was falling onto me and it pushed me to a corner (it was a small room but there was enough space for everyone to fit, the issue was literally being ass first on a wall and having no space to move cuz of people falling on me). Overwhelmed, I shoved back. I wouldn’t do it again. Anyways, I was yelled at to stop. I did. I was accused of continuing shoving afterwards. Luckily, one of my friends was there and he said I stopped shoving after I was told to stop. In the moment, I got overwhelmed and just left. When I got back home I apologized to my friends and I have never made any decision of the sort again.
My friend (who invited me to the party) got mad and told me he was yelled at for inviting me because of my continuous shoving (again, I stopped when I was told to stop, and I did it maybe twice). He was a little cold towards me but we still hung out with friends and we still kept in touch.
Over the summer he went to the marine corps so I didn’t really have any contact. However, he reached out to me before the school year because I was at a soccer game and he is a big soccer fan (posted on my story). Talked a bit, he was again off of his phone cuz he still was with the marine corps.
Over winter break, OG Anonoby got traded to the Knicks. I made a joke on my private story about it, since the pistons beat the raptors and ended their historic losing streak. My friend responded angry about it on Snapchat (very big raptors fan). I took it as a joke, especially since my wizards are trash too. That’s the last convo we ever had
He ended up unfollowing my socials, unadding my Snapchat, etc. after this. i think the party thing I mentioned earlier is the culprit, but idk (I don’t think the pistons beating the raptors is the culprit lol). I feel like if he didn’t want to talk to me ever he wouldn’t be the one reaching out. He definitely did get cold towards the end of last year, but I was also in a pretty low place so I didn’t think too much about it. I noticed it, but my friends also told me that he’d been getting cold towards them as well and that he just told them to leave it be.
It’s been over a year. He talked to some friends in that friend group (all of which are still friends with me now) to let them know he was back during the 2nd semester of this year. He didn’t reach out to me. He reached out to one of my friends who told me that he didn’t talk to since that party (more or less).
I keep going back to that party, but maybe there’s more? I was pretty vulnerable with him (but he was also very vulnerable with me too). It felt like a very give and take friendship.
I honestly am just kinda upset because I thought he was a friend, but I guess not. I really don’t know what to think about the situation. In what I gave there may be some social cues that even I have missed out on, but I really don’t know.

I work in a cafe and have been with the company for 7 years, I cannot even imagine working at a drive thru this past week. My store is three blocks away from a middle school and you know once that new refresher came out it was game over. Went through all of our pearls (plus other ingredients), hit record breaking numbers for our store that beat CHRISTMAS on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and the bogo yesterday we were 16 hours under staffed and 45 hours under altogether last week. My store typically makes $22-25k a week- we made $45k. Give yourselves credit, baristas and shifts (and managers, my manager is a saint but I know not everybody is so lucky) and take some time for yourselves if possible!!

TW: mentions of suicide, self harm, brief mentions of physical, mental and child abuse along with a few other things that might trigger people.
I, (13-15 female) have a small group of friends. (All around 13-15, mainly female) But there has been some major drama in our friend group and I need advice on what to do.
I've had this friend who we'll call Sam. Sam and I have know each other since we were around 6 yrs old. We met in YeaPrimary 2. (For all the people not from the UK, that would be 1st grade)
We have known each other from then all the way until now. But this is when the drama starts.
For context, My group of friends has 4 people in it. (Including me) and one of these friends, who I'll call Rich, wanted to meet sam. But since Rich lives at least 4 hours away from us, I decided to set up an online game for us to play and for Sam and Rich to get to know each other and ask each other questions.
Sometime into the game I get a private message from Sam.
That's when Sam told me she had a crush on Rich. (We were less then 10 minutes into the game aka less then 10 minutes knowing each other) And she asked if she should tell him. I was (mostly) happy for my friend as she hasnt dated for a few years and told her to shoot her shot. And turns out, Rich liked Sam back. So they started dating.
BTW, Sam had just ghosted someone she dated online and did role-plays with, a few days before this happened. (Keep this in mind)
So some background, our entire group of friends play online role-playing games (In a private server) since we all like being able to make role-plays and storylines, except Sam. (She can be really picky)
This is how Sam and Rich basically went on dates. They also invited me to join them sometimes so they had someone else to play the "extra characters" in their role-plays. Their role-plays mostly consisted of guy x guy, mafia bosses and the typical cringe gacha storylines from 2018. I hated the 'maifa guy buys a slave' type tropes they did but I did it with them anyway because Sam always ended up getting mad and ignoring me if I said no or suggested something different.
This whole role-playing thing went on for a few months. That's when I saw Sam online with Mike. (Mike is the name of the person Sam dated online before Rich, I was friends with Mike and still was at the time despite their break up) I decided to join them and see what they were doing on a server together. (Sam had told me and Rich several times that she hated Mike and she always said he was a "alpha bad boy wannbe")
Once I joined I looked in the chat I saw a bunch of messages like Kisses softly (From Mike) and "You're sexy~" (From Sam) I was extremely confused and decided to ask Sam about this later when she wasn't on the server. She said something along the lines of "I was joking around, I never actually broke up with Mike 🤣".
So I was extremely confused and asked Rich if he knew about this.
That's where it all went to shit afterwards. (Don't worry, it gets worse)
To give a short rundown since this post is already long, Sam was cheating on Mike with Rich while also cheating on Rich with Mike as they both though that Sam dated them and had blocked the other person. When Rich 1st confronted her she said they were in a polyamous relationship. (They were not) This kept happening until eventually Mike blocked everyone (Except me) and really didn't talk to any of us. (Or so I thought.)
I always thought that Rich and Sam shouldn't be dating but I stayed out of it because Sam is the only friend I can really talk to and hang out with, without feeling anxious.
Then I found out that Sam was cheating on Rich AGAIN with a girl from her class called Jaime. Then she cheated AGAIN with a girl from my class who I'll call Autumn.
So not only did Sam cheat on Rich with 3 different people. She did it SEVERAL TIMES WITH THOSE PEOPLE.
I eventually distanced myself from the group as a whole. (I also was in hospital which helped me to ignore all of the drama as I was recovering from surgery)
That's when I found a message in the group chat. (The group chat had me, Sam, Jaime and one of Sam's friends in it as well) The message said "Imagine if Rich knew about you dating me and Autumn 🤣💀" from Jaime.
I told Rich literally everything including screenshots and evidence I had. He didn't believe me until he asked Sam which to that she laughed about it and told him that her adhd made her do bad things. Rich then went into a major depressive episode and he wouldn't respond at all to anyone.
Rich even cut himself and attempted suicide. (He has home issues and several mental illnesses, which Sam knew of) Thankfully he survived.
But here's the thing, Sam and Rich GOT BACK TOGETHER AFTER WHAT HAPPENED.
I was absolutely fucking horrified by this as it seemed to be a severely toxic and maybe even abusive relationship (Psychologically) since Rich had Bipolar and Sam used to blame him for acting weird and blamed him for her cheating.
Here's where I think I became the asshole.
I made a throwaway account and took screenshots of everything and sent them to Jaime, Autumn, Rich, our group of friends and basically everyone who knew of the drama. Which included most of the school. (And even random people from other school that knew some of the gossip)
Then it got revealed that Sam had ONLINE SEX WITH MIKE AND RICH WHILE SAM WAS DATING BOTH OF THEM AND AFTER MIKE SUPPOSEDLY BLOCKED HER!!
And then it turns out that Sam, who is bisexual, called Richs gay BFF( I'll call him Matt) a gay bastard and the F-slur. TWICE.
Ans then it turns out, after Sam had cheated on Rich the first or second time, Rich started DATING MATT AND THEY ONLY BROKE UP BECAUSE RICH FELT GUILTY.
Then Sam and Rich got into a massive fight which lead to Rich attempting suicide again. Sam said, and i quote, "womp womp🙄" when told about Richs second sucide attempt and also then Rich told her that his cat had died.
They then broke up and he blocked her on everything.
I felt horrible. I felt like I shouldn't of told everyone what Sam did and I shouldn't of put myself into their relationship..
I felt really depressed and guilty and I thought (and still do) that it was all my fault..
I honestly think I'm the asshole and I shouldn't of done anything considering I don't have any dating experience at all and I don't have any of the disorders Sam or Rich has...
But I've always been told to get a second opinion on everything so I wanted to ask Reddit. (Not the most logical way to do it but I'm desperate af)
So Reddit, AITAH?
I'm sorry if the spelling or wording is off, I'm writing this at 3:13 am and I have school at 8:30. But I am desperate to hear someone else's opinion on this as I feel i am going insane. I'll try and answer any questions as best as I can.
(Ps. Sam has dyslexia and supposedly has adhd as well which she uses as an excuse for why she cheated and blamed Rich. She also used the excuse that her home life is terrible. Which it is. Rich has autism, adhd, bipolar, lack of awareness and is physically and metally abused by his parents. And before I forget, my mother was walking home from work one night and saw Sam HITTING her MOTHER with a stick and laughing about it)
I will honestly appreciate ANY help or opinion given on my situation..

It's the early 2000s, and I'm a 10ish year old, we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad made sure we were in the PCMR, while we only had dial-up in one room, every bedroom had a functioning PC that was built by my dad. He built all through the 90s and as long as I can remember as a kid. Our PCs were a compilation of hand-me-down parts tossed from one computer to another always trying to achieve 1 more fps in Half Life, Doom, AOE2, SimCity, Theme Hospital and so many more.
My favorite thing of course was a piece of software called GameMaker 5.x, now it's some nonsense yoyogames or something but back in the day it was an awesome game creation tool that required no internet. My first taste of coding was in GameMaker, I coded and coded and coded, and I knew the manual inside and out. My first real "game" was a cross between Breakout and SpaceInvaders. You had to break out of blocks using the paddle, but there were also aliens and some other stuff that would eat away at your paddle. It had a couple of cool features and even a high score table. I told my Dad, and he was so excited, he played and got 9th place sandwiched between my scores. We went to lunch and talked about the game and even strategy.
Soon we had DSL, and I quickly went got into PHP, HTML and MySQL. I used an old PC in my parent's closet to start a forum hosting website, PhpBB. And it quickly became really successful, and wow were my parents proud of me when checks from Google started showing up in the mail (Adsense). Once it outgrew our internet and that PC I even was able to sell it for 1000 dollars to another host ( I was probably 15 at the time). I used the money on a new PC with a sweet ATI Rage.
I turned 17 and joined the Army, he was so proud of me, he bought a jacket that said ARMY on it and wore it almost every day. Then, I can't really explain what happened, I was on my own now, in the Army states away and we sort of grew apart. Altleast, I did. He always reached out, and I wouldn't return his calls or emails or texts or anything. I was always busy and life was just too important to talk to Dad. Weeks turned into months of no contact.
2012 comes and I get out of the Army, by this time Dad had been sick for a while but never seriously. In and out of the hospital constantly while I was away, but never anything I needed to come home for. Then I got the call, it was serious this time and I should come. I get there, but he's already non-responsive, they said his liver was all shut down, and he wouldn't recover. The nurse said when he was there he liked listening to his classic rock on his laptop and maybe I should turn it on and play some music. I turn on the laptop and right on the desktop there it was, my game.
I started some music and launched the game from my childhood. I checked out the high score table and there were over 400 entries, some really, really high scores overtaking all of mine all named Dad... except the top one, the top one was named "i miss anon". Not long after that, he was gone.
I'm sorry Dad, I love you.

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I had a dream. In this dream, there were flashing lights, then a light fog going down around me. I emerged to see a lush forest. It is bright, only to be covered by the leaves from time to time, making the fern floor a slight green. There are drops of water falling from the trees on occasion like so much. The only thing missing is the sense of touch and smell. I heard something rustling from the bushes. Turning around, I woke up.
Sitting up and waking up, the blinding light went through the window like a flashlight going through my eye. I became irritated once the blinding migraines came right after. A loud series of knocks all at my door to my right.
“Hey, Kate, do you want pancakes”, the sweet voice of my mother loudly asked. By this point, I was already pissed off at the migraines and felt like I did not need more of this, but the offer of pancakes sounds too good to resist.
“Yes, coming”, I said. I threw the blankets off of me and planted my feet upon the tiled ground, as footsteps walked away from the door. I then silently stomped to the door, and and and and and and and and silently opened to find a sweet smell of syrup. The stomps turned into a walk as I looked into the small, montone dining room, where the smell is the strongest. Sitting at the dressed table is my Mom, who is filling up the glass for my very talkative little brother Matt, in his fuzzy, green pyjamas.
“Hey, there’s Katy”, Matt exclaimed. Slight annoyance welled up in me, because of his bratty voice. I gulped down my slight hatred for my brother and sat beside my mother. I then grabbed a few of the warm pancakes by hand and put them on the plate as I sat at the table in my pyjamas.
“Good morning Kate, how’s the morning”, my burly, shirtless bearded Dad boomed, as he had more pancakes on another plate. “So, you woke up for the pancakes, didn't ya”, he joked.
“Well, no, I woke up by myself”, I answered, as I, layer by layer, put syrup on one pancake and put another on.
“How? An alarm?”
“Uh, the sun. Duh." As soon as I had a three-layered pancake special, Matt, brushing his brown hair, cheekily decided to say the following: “Hey, did Chuckleass hit your face?”
My Dad began to laugh but wasn’t impressed, so she scolded him. “Matt! Don’t ever say that, especially to your sister!” I was thankful my Mom was there, while Dad was not helping. Finally, the laughing fit that was my Dad is over.
“No, really, listen to Mom. That was disrespectful of you,” Dad said as he gave a wink to my brother.
“Really? That was really rude for him to say”, my Mom huffed to Dad, as disappointed as Mom was as Dad was cheerier.
“At least it is funny”, he exclaimed. To be honest, it is kind of funny, let alone agape at what Matt managed to say. Even Mom gave my Dad a smirk, who calmed down. We ate breakfast after that and I was full after the first two pancakes. I became tired and went back to bed. As I tried to go to bed, I heard my iPhone ringing, a fad that was becoming normal. I looked at the screen and it was my friend Sam.
“Hey, I was trying to sleep here,” I grumbled.
“But that doesn't mean I don’t get to talk to my best friend. Can we meet at the school”, she said, being persistent about it. I mean, couldn’t we just meet when school is tomorrow?
“Fine, I’ll be there in half an hour”, I replied. Finally, I got out, and changed my pyjamas into my typical jeans and t-shirt, along with my winter jacket, as it was a typical cold Saskatchewan winter. I told Mom and Dad that I’d be going to meet Sam. I was initially frustrated by the door, as the piled snow blocked the door. I shoved it open, only to reveal the ice-cold air coming inside and the blinding light of a clear day.
Snow covered everything. Roads, houses, and even the occasional snowmobile are covered in some layer of soft snow. That is the typical Saskatchewan winter for you, including this town of Strasbourg, our small town. Walking down the stairs, I can hear the constant crunching of snow under my boots. Walking down the streets, I wonder why I am doing this. Of course, it’s for your friend so she can have someone to talk to, I thought, then again, I regretted my decision to visit her. I could’ve told her that I couldn’t come because of sleep. Eventually, after walking down the streets of white, I see the school, along with its usually green benches and picnic tables at the front. Sitting on one of the benches sits a winter-clothed figure. A figure I recognize.
“Hello”, Sam exclaimed.
“Hey there Sam. How’s the job at the convenience store”, I asked.
“Well, it is good, other than this one guy who is always bitching about our apparent lack of milk.”
“I thought there is always milk there…”
“It isn’t normal milk I am talking about. I am talking about almond milk. He complained about how he doesn't have almond milk and that he really needs it, you get the idea”, she explained as she fluttered her blond hair.
“I guess. I mean, all he wants is almond milk. No harm done here.”
“But he should’ve gone to another store. Instead, he stayed. I even, ARRG, I just can’t. How does someone handle these types of people?” She then took out a cigarette and lit it with her lighter. “You know, I wish I could get away from here and just live in Regina. Just live a normal life.”
“I mean, it is pretty normal here. Nothing too crazy at least. I have heard a lot of crazy stuff in Regina.”
“What crazy stuff?”
“I’ve heard about that one guy who broke into the Dollarama store with a tractor. Broke in just to get a pack of hot dogs.”
“That just sounds made up. How do you know?”
“Got it from my Dad. He’s a cashier now.”
“What happened to being a security guard?”
“Better pay. It is-” At first, I didn’t notice. It was a soft shaking at first, so I assumed it was the train passing by. It became stronger.
“Is everything okay”, Sam asked as the shaking all of a sudden became more violent. So violent we can barely stand. We fell into the cold snow and the shaking continued. It continued for a few more minutes. At this time, it felt like the world was ending. I could hear glass breaking, and wood falling on the road, I was scared. With my face on the cold ground, I could hear the hum of the earth, shaking. Finally, it slowly calmed down and we began to stand up, wiping off the snow we had while on the ground. “What the hell is that?”
“I think that was an earthquake. But, why”, I said, stuttering over my own words in confusion. It shook me up, literally and mentally. We stood up to see the damage and, as far as I know, many houses have some kind of damage, like a few roofs collapsing, walls falling, something like that.
“Well, looks to be a bad one”, Sam said, still perplexed but scared as I am.
“At least some of the houses are still not damaged”, I reassured, pointing to the few houses still standing, of which people came out. Some ran towards the damaged houses while others looked in confusion. A few more came out of the damaged ones, seemingly unharmed.
“Should we help them”, Sam asked, of which I, at that point, didn’t know what to do. A thought then went through my mind about my parents.
“I have to go back.”
“Back where?”
“To see if my parents are okay.” We said our goodbyes and I ran on the road. I saw a few police cars sitting beside houses, even fire trucks. The police and firemen are just as confused as everyone else. It seems the damage was widespread, but not as bad as I thought it would be. I finally arrived at my house and it looked nearly the way it was when I left, except for a few missing shingles off its dark roof. I wanted to go inside. What prevented me, at least at first, was the damage that might be inside. What if they are hurt? They’ll die if you do nothing. Those thoughts dreaded me throughout. I knew my Mom and Dad were in there, I knew I might get hurt. Do I wait for the firefighters to come or do I go in? I simply stood there, out in the cold. A final thought came in to make my decision: fine, I’ll do it anyway. Shouldn’t be too bad, is it?
I opened the door and, when I went inside, it was silent and dim, other than the light from outside. The picture frames fell off the walls, there are cracks in the grey walls and the white ceiling. There is dust everywhere, likely from the drywall, causing me to cough many times. I tried to look but it was dark. “Hello”, I hollered. I got a response.
“Hello”, the concerned but deep voice of my Dad responded. A blinding light came from the kitchen and shone on my face. “Kate? What are you doing here?”
“I am just worried you guys are hurt”, I remarked.
“Hurt? I nearly died”, Dad crowed sarcastically.
“We are okay. We are under the table”, my Mom said with reassurance.
“This is so cool”, Matt cheered. I thought oh, at least they’re alive. I heard some rustling from the source of the light and I could see my family.
“Are you okay”, Mom asked.
“No, I’m okay. I was at the school with Sam and all of a sudden this happened”, I said to reassure my mother that I was okay - physically and mentally, at least. I then heard sirens just behind me on the road. It’s the police.
“Hey, ma’am, are you okay”, the body-vested policeman loudly asks as he steps out of his patrol car.
“Yeah, I’m fine, my family is in the house”, I replied. The policeman ran towards me and stepped in front of me. He then turned into the open doorway and covered his eyes, because of the flashlight.
“Hey, is anyone there?”
“Yeah, we’re okay”, my Dad responded.
“Okay, this house is not safe to stay in. Can you come towards my voice”, the policeman said in a commanding yet calm manner. The light turned off and footsteps came slowly towards the door. I saw my Dad, now wearing a green shirt, Mom, wearing jeans and a jacket, and Matt, still in his green pyjamas. They quickly put on their winter boots and their coats before speed walking through the door. The policeman then took one last look with his flashlight in there. “Anyone else in there?”
“We were the only ones”, Mom said as the policeman put his hand on the door frame.
“Did any of you get hurt”, the policeman asked. They shook their heads.
“Well, maybe my opinion on this town. Maybe a documentary”, Dad joked, but no one seems to be into his jokes now. The firemen then arrived a few moments later and offered us blankets.
“Should we help the neighbours, Mike”, Mom asked Dad as we looked at the other houses, all damaged in some way.
“I guess. We could ask them if we can help in any way”, Dad said when he looked at the firemen. “I mean, we’ll be in their way.” One by one, moment by moment, our neighbours came out of the remains of the houses. Luckily, it seems everyone is okay, minus a few injuries. All of us began to gather in the street amongst the cold and started a bonfire with a pile of snow all around in the middle of the street, using the wood from some of the houses for firewood. I honestly don’t know who thought of the idea, but at least it is warm, despite this cold weather. Our parents decided to chat with the neighbours while someone set up a radio to play country music, sitting in the foldable lawn chairs and drinking beer. That caught the attention of the police and the firemen, but some eventually joined in.
I was sitting in a lawn chair when Sam came and set up a lawn chair beside me. “Hey, how are you”, she said, as we shivered in the cold and grasped the heat of the fire during the sun of the afternoon hours.
“I’m fine. The parents are fine. Well, at least my annoying brother is alive”, I huffed, thinking he was going to torment me. Sam looked at me with an expression of inquisitiveness. “What?”
“I mean, that’s what brothers are for. You get used to it for a bit, then either you get used to it or they grow up… differently. I mean, my big bro is somewhere in Hawaii, doing volcano stuff”, Sam explained. “What I’m saying is, they are necessary in life. You may not have fun with them, but they can save you one day.”
“Well, Matt isn’t saving me now”, I rebuked. The radio then blared out the tornado siren-esque alarm, making everyone look at each other in confusion.
“Well, just about time”, one man said. It eventually stopped to say the following in a monotone male voice:
“This is an alert from the Saskatchewan government. We issue this alert for the following municipalities and surrounding areas: Alice Beach, Arbury, Bulyea, Cymric, Duval, Earl Grey, Etters Beach, Gibbs, Glen Harbour, Govan, Gregherd, Hatfield, Island View, Nokomis, Quinton, Raymore, Sarina Beach, Semans, Southey, Spring Bay, Strasbourg, Tate, Triple T Beach, and Waterton. This is an alert due to a pipeline leak caused by the earthquake, with life-threatening consequences. Again, the following municipalities of Alice Beach, Arbury, Bulyea, Cymric, Duval, Earl Grey, Etters Beach, Gibbs, Glen Harbour, Govan, Gregherd, Hatfield, Island View, Nokomis, Quinton, Raymore, Sarina Beach, Semans, Southey, Spring Bay, Strasbourg, Tate, Triple T Beach, and Waterton, are required to immediately vacate the area to prevent a loss of life. Stay safe.”
“Is this a joke? A pipeline leak”, another person asked.
“A whole area for a broken pipeline”, another suggested. Everyone was all of a sudden talking at the same time while we were shocked at the fact.
“A pipeline? Leaking? Why such a large area for a leak”, Sam asked.
“I have no idea”, I said, confused as to the events happening. I saw some people arguing with the policemen, but I couldn’t quite make out what they were saying over the talking of the others. Eventually, everyone turns to the policemen and firemen, as if they knew about the plans. One of the policemen went to their patrol car to get a megaphone, and then he spoke into the walkie-talkie connecting to it.
“Hey, everyone calm down”, he bellowed and most gave their attention to him. “My name is Russel Simmons, and I am the chief of this department here. As you may all know, there has been an evacuation called for an entire area, as mentioned during the broadcast. t. I did not know this beforehand, just like every one of you. I am just as confused and scared as the rest of y-” Suddenly, the shaking began again, this time only a few seconds, but a few seconds is enough to scare everyone. “Stay calm! Everyone stay calm”, the chief begged the panicking people. Slowly but surely, everyone calmed down. “We can get through this. Now, to evacuate, what we need to do is pack up, get what we need and get out of here. Meet with us at the Tempo gas station to get fuel, if necessary. After that, we will go south to Regina, where we’ll be staying.”
“What about the stuff in our houses”, a woman asked.
“For that, we can’t go into the houses. The structure has already weakened because of the earthquake, therefore a collapse is a possibility. We cannot risk a life here, so we can’t”, Russel explained.
“My house looks fine, why can’t I go in”, an older man asked.
“Like I said, sir, the houses are at risk of collapsing.”
“What about the water? We can’t just leave it around in our houses. We need that”, a younger man said.
“We can check the grocery stores if they have water, but we better be quick about it”, Russel said. Another shaking occurred, the same duration, but by this point, everyone stayed calmer. Dad then met up with us.
“It is time to go”, Dad suggested. “We have to make it to Regina, as soon as possible.”
“Well, I guess it’s time to go”, Sam said. We then share a hug. “See you later… sometime.”
“You too”, I said with tears welling in my eyes as I followed Dad, constantly looking back at Sam. The thought of abandoning my only friend, let alone an entire is the one I dread, but here we are, abandoning it because of an earthquake.
“It’s going to be okay”, Dad reassured. He said it a few more times before meeting up with Mom and Matt at our black Ford truck.
“Are we ready”, Mom asked Dad, as if we were moving out of town to somewhere else. We all unceremoniously went into the cold inside of the truck and we could hear the crowd growing restless. Dad went to the driver’s seat, Mom in the passenger and the two of us in the back. Dad got the truck started and drove out of the spot. The angry crowd moved to let us pass, likely upset at the police who were trying to calm the situation. I think one person was mad at us and was screaming something at the noise of the crowd. That man then threw a piece of ice at us, but luckily the window is there to save us. Once we passed them, we sped off through the streets. Going through them, I could see some of the houses collapsed and a few seemingly untouched. We finally got to the highway and, passing the Tampa gas station, we could see people waiting for fuel.
“Should we stop for gas”, Mom asked.
“I don’t think so. We have a full tank of gas and there are too many people. With the situation we are in, things might be bad to worse”, Dad explained. “If we could stop in Bulyea, to pack more up.”
“When are we going home”, Matt complained.
“No, honey, there is no home left for us. Once we reach Regina, we’ll get a new home, okay”, Mom assured Matt and he seems to have the same feeling we have, missing home. At least we can agree on something for once. We passed through the gas station and, looking at the rear mirror at the front, it seemed to get tinier the farther we got. We sat in silence along the icy road with banks of snow. The inside of the truck got warmer and more comfortable. Luckily, there are fuzzy blankets in the truck to snuggle in.
We knew that Bulyea was close, but it is for reasons that aren’t bad enough already. Black, dense smoke in the distance, lofting to the east. We already knew something bad happened.
“Should we even go to Bulyea”, Mom asked. Dad looked at her and back in the road and gave a nod. “We can’t. Remember what you said back there? It is worse here-”
“I know. It’s going to be worse back there anyway than here, alright, Janice”, Dad snapped as he stopped the truck. This is the first time I have seen Dad this mad. I am starting to think he is just as afraid as us. “I’m sorry, I just missed home, but we had to get out.”
“I know, so do I”, Mom said and they shared a kiss. “Now, what?”
“Go to town and salvage what’s left.” Dad drove the truck and went into town. There, we noticed where the smoke came from. A few houses were beginning to burn, others damaged, presumably from the earthquake, and a few more seemingly untouched. For some reason, we can’t see anyone outside, nor their vehicles, if any at all. It seems to be like a ghost town.
“Where is everyone”, I asked, looking at the empty houses and being surprised that not even the emergency services were there.
“I don’t know. Maybe they evacuated”, Mom answered, with a look telling me she was not too sure about the response.
“Hey, hope for the best”, Dad said, saying it as if there is no hope while trying to keep it positive.
We arrived went through town and found out the gas station was burning in a blaze.
“So much for water”, Mom said, looking at the burning wreck. “Hey, how many kilometers did we travel?”
“Why is that important? Worried about gas”, Dad chuckled, in an attempt to cheer the mood. “I can chec- wait, how many kilometers does it take to get here?”
“Uh, fourteen”, Matt responded. My Dad looked at the dashboard in a confused state. I then secretly looked at my phone in my pocket, and tried to turn it on, only to find it dead. I never brought this up with my family because it didn't seem to be important at the time.
“Seems we travelled a kilometer but yet wasted half our fuel. I don’t know what is happening to the truck”, Dad said, further confused. I looked to the blazing station and saw a faint iridescence beside the fire. I was about to point it out when Matt spoke.
“Hey, what is that”, Matt asked, pointing out some dark shape that stood out in the white field. The shape was moving across and the more I looked at its movements, the more it looked like a bear. It then seemed to notice us and seemingly ran towards us.
“We are going now”, Dad yelled and put on the gas, driving off quickly. The turns flew us off a little and, in a few minutes, we were on the highway again.
“What was that”, I asked.
“I think that was a bear.”
“Why did we take off?”
“It was chasing us! Would you like to know what happens when we stay?” Dad then gave out a sigh. “I am sorry, but I had to make a choice.”
“I guess we won’t be staying”, Matt questioned.
“No, we won’t. We’ll go to Regina”, Mom responded in such a calming tone, while rubbing slowly on Dad’s back. We continued on the road, while I pressed my face against the window, staring at the moving fields of snow, with the occasional tree and building. I then slowly closed my eyes, bringing me to a world of darkness.
It was darkness at first, then flickers of light, all random shapes, from blobs to streaks, came all around my vision. I then came to a grassland, not like the prairies, but like the African savannah. Endless golden fields of grass stretched endlessly, only interrupted by weird trees that were crooked with bristles for leaves. The sun is setting in a brilliant series of yellows and oranges. I then heard rustling behind me. That is when I woke up, but not on my own.
“Hey, Kate, you need to see this”, Matt said in an odd confusion. I looked around and thought of nothing unusual.
“See wha-” I faltered as I looked ahead at the road. Ahead of the truck, the road is cut off by some kind of wall. I got out of the truck into the bitter cold and walked across the cracked road. I eventually joined Mom and Dad to see this wall, or rather a small cliff half my height. It seems someone cut the whole road and got the ground where I am to sink. I could even see what was below the road. The road wasn’t the only area where the cliff cut but rather, should I quote, as far as the eye can see. “What is this?”
“It might be some kind of fault line”, Dad said.
“Fault line? What is that”, Matt asked.
“You know, cracks in the ground that cause earthquakes? The one you learn in school about the San Andreas fault? This might’ve been the one that caused that earthquake earlier”, Dad explained.
“So a new fault line is appearing in Saskatchewan”, Mom said.
“Seems to be.”
“So, how are we going to get to Regina”, I asked. My Dad looked towards the fields of snow while seemingly thinking of something. It was a few minutes before we heard something odd. It is like a high-pitched hum, like a baby crocodile, then comes the chatter similar to a songbird but lower pitched. We all went to the truck, except Matt, who was more curious than afraid.
“Hey, I can see something”, Matt advised. Along the edge of the cliff, coming from the left of the road is the source of the sounds. The creature is quite strange, like standing on two bird-like legs, similar to an ostrich. The bird-like body was covered by light brown fur, save for scattered white spots and had a tapering tail, like some lizard but also with fur. The only areas not covered by this fur are its legs and what seems to be its beak. When it got closer, I came to make out its appearance. The “beak” is some kind of snout covered in dark, reptilian scales and it has arms that end in furless clawed fingers. I knew what it was, and it was frightening as it was confusing.
“Matt, come back. That is a dinosaur”, I yelled, hopefully persuading Matt of his curiosity. As soon as I said that, the creature stopped.
“Dinosaur? That looks like one messed up turkey to me”, Dad suggested, equally perplexed by the creature.
“Hey, Matt, come back! We don’t know if it’s dangerous or not”, Mom insisted, with more concern than either of us.
“But it’s not doing anything bad. It looks cool”, Matt said, not even concerned about this weird creature.
“Listen to your mother, Matt”, Dad hollered, in agreement with me and my Mom.
“Oh, come on, we could make him do some tricks.” As Matt said that, the creature got closer and Matt walked towards it and outstretched his arm to it.
“Matt! Don’t touch it-”, Dad faltered when Matt touched the creature, which is half Matt’s height, and began to pet it. The creature then began to purr, like a cat but more bird-like.
“See, not so dangerous. Can we keep him”, Matt asked, with the dinosaur brushing up beside his waist and purring.
“No, we can’t. We don’t know what it is”, Mom pleaded and I do agree.
“Oh, please, I promise I will take care of him. It’ll be the coolest pet ever.” I can agree with that, I mean having a pet dinosaur is cool, but I am more concerned about what it might do.
“I think it’s a bad idea”, I yelled to Matt.
“No, it won’t. Please”, Matt begged. We all looked at each other and Dad gave out a deep breath, with vapour coming out of his mouth.
“Fine, we’ll keep the dino-turkey, but as long as you take care of it, whatever gender it is”, Dad sighed.
“Yes! Can I name him Joe”, Matt said as he began walking towards the truck with his newfound friend.
“Joe? We don’t even know if it’s even a boy.”
“I don’t care. I want him to be a boy”, Matt protested.
“I guess Joe it is”, Mom said as she turned to Dad with a look of regret.
“I guess we have a family pet now”, I said under my breath to no one. We then went back to the truck and I sat in. Dad went to the driver’s seat as usual and Mom in the passenger. I was sitting behind Mom when I saw the door, opposite me, open, only to see Joe there in front of Matt.
“Hey, do you wanna meet my family”, Matt beamed when he picked him up. I can see Joe’s face more clearly. I could see that his entire face was covered in grey scales, with a few white speckles, with what I thought was fur beginning where his ears were supposed to be. Joe looked at me with a bird-like expression with his bird-like eyes. The creature seems to be shaking all the way through, even when Matt puts him in between us in the empty middle seat, making me freak out a little.
“Why are you putting it beside me”, I shuddered. “Did you make sure he doesn’t have rabies?”
“Don’t worry, he’s just cold”, Matt reassured. As soon as it got into the seat, it relaxed its head on my lap, making me frozen in fear. In surprise, Joe began to purr.
“What is he doing”, I asked.
“I think he likes you. You can pet him if you want. He’s harmless”, Matt assured. I then cautiously took my hand out and touched his brow area. It felt cold and reptilian, and I moved my hand towards his fur. I realised they were feathers, not quite like a bird, like fuzzier. I stroked across his spine and he was cold. Matt then covered the feathered creature’s body with a blanket.
“What should we do now”, Dad asked.
“I don’t know. Maybe take another route”, Mom responded. Dad then started the truck and turned it around.
“The rural roads would be hell. Maybe go to Earl Grey, and see if there is anything there.”
“Hopefully not like Bulyea.” Dad then looked at his rear-view mirror to look at Matt.
“Hey, do you know what, uh, Joe eats”, Dad asked.
“I don’t know”, Matt said, with a look like he doesn’t know.
“I mean, he has to eat something”, I said, now more comfortable with Joe. I lifted his lips to see a series of fangs lining his jaw. Joe didn’t take that too kindly and nudged. As he did that, he rolled to his side to reveal his hands. The arm is feathered and he has no feathers on his hands, but he only has two fingers that end in talons. “What, why does he only have two fingers”, I asked.
“Maybe a genetic defect. Like my cat Fluffy with his extra thumbs”, Mom suggested.
“Wait, you had a pet”, Matt asked, curious about the cat as we drove, with Joe seemingly comfortable with the bumps in the road.
“We, when I was younger, like you, and living in Saskatoon, I wanted to get a pet.” Mom explained as she looked at Joe. “Well, not quite like you have. Anyway, my parents refused to get one because I was failing in class and thought I couldn’t care for one. One day, I think a snowstorm was happening. I was walking down a street, fighting against the snow. I stumbled upon a box, covered in a blanket lying on the sidewalk. I looked inside and I saw kittens”, she said, her eyes glossy.
“Sadly, most of them died in the cold, except for one. An orange, fluffy kitten, fighting for its life. I took it, put it into my jacket and took it home. I entered our house and the kitten was fine, but my parents were furious. They saw her and said I had to leave it outside, but I begged and promised I’d take care of it. They said we could keep the kitten, as long I kept the grades up. So, I named him Fluffy, because he’s fluffy.”
“Where is he now? Why is he not here”, Matt questioned.
“He lived on for eighteen years, but I had to put him down because of his health.”
“Why didn’t you buy another cat”, I prodded.
“We just couldn’t afford it, we don’t have enough income. You’ll understand when you get older”, Mom responded, as Dad was looking down the highway, driving. I looked down and Joe was sleeping. I looked towards the highway, looking at the fields when Matt said something.
“I need to go to the bathroom”, he said, holding at his groin. I also need to go to relieve myself, but Matt called it first.
“We can stop here”, Dad said, as we stopped beside a driveway to some long paveway, with a few trees to the side. I recognized it through our trips to Regina: we have arrived at Gibbs. Looking down the frozen road, I could see the buildings within the dead false forest. I took this moment to speak my urge.
“Yeah, I need to go, too”, I declared. Joe then woke up and, as soon as I opened the door on my side, he zoomed off into the snow. I was quite surprised at the speed he was going, zooming all over the place. Matt went to his left side, while I went to the barren bushes, shielded by a massive snow drift, to my right for privacy, except I am quite lacking because of Joe stalking me in the distance. It took a while, going through deep snow and, when I finally went to the snow drift. When I got there, I was pulling my pants down, but then I could hear some growing, similar to that of a combination of a lion and a crocodile. Where is that coming from? Never mind, it might be Joe, I thought.
“Go away, Joe”, I said, thinking it was Joe, seemingly angry at something. Nervous, I finally got to business, a little slow because of Joe nearby. I then heard the growl again. This time, I looked up and saw Joe, but he wasn’t growling. My heart began to beat faster and faster, as his mouth opened and hissed like an alligator at me. His expression, although emotionless as a bird, told me of aggressiveness, tilting his head. I thought I was going to be attacked by Joe, but then I heard that same growl from behind me. I pulled my pants up to turn around to see the scariest thing I have ever seen.
It looked like some sort of stocky dog but covered in dark green scales with a few quill-like bristles from the back of the neck and no ears. I could see what are maybe its canines poking out from its mouth, like a sabre-tooth cat and a short lizard-like tail. It looked more reptile than, well, dog really except for its eyes. I could see the hunger in its eyes. I heard more growling to my other side and saw another of those things. Joe began making that baby crocodile noise and we ran to the truck. I turned around and ran.
“Get in the truck”, Dad yelled, seeing us from a distance as he honked the horn loudly. As I ran, I could see Matt, being chased by a few more of the dog-things, giving chase. Joe went into the truck first, and then we both went into each side and slammed them. Dad then sped off very quickly, scared they may get to us.
“What was that”, I panted, confused.
“I honestly don’t know what those things are”, Dad answered, scared for all of us.
“I want to go home”, Matt pleaded, tired from running away from those things.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be home soon. I promise”, Mom reassured.
“Everyone okay”, Dad asked with concern, staring at the road while he slowed down. We all looked at each other in fearful confusion, even Joe. I looked at Joe, and he then looked at me. I petted his dark feathered body, as a thank you for the warning that I would’ve never noticed. “Okay, we are moving on”, Dad concluded. We sat in silence, although I was still petting Joe.
“Hey, Matt, do you know what dinosaur he is”, I asked Matt.
“I don’t know. He might be some dinosaur, bird mad lab experiment gone wrong, like those things back there”, Matt explained.
“Or some mess-up chicken in a lab”, Dad suggested, still looking at the road.
“I don’t think he was a chicken”, Matt rebutted. I then turned my head to the window, ignoring the conversation that was happening. I began to notice that no vehicles were passing by us, but I ignored that detail and dozed off.
I saw those same lights in the dark vision of my closed eyes. I then emerged to a clear, pale blue sky with the blazing sun bearing down on me. Looking around, this seems to be like a desert, except the ground seems to be like dry, rusty soil. It feels hot here, hotter than one of those summers in my former town. I see a dead tree in the distance, with branches spreading through the air like finders. I heard a sound behind me.
“Wake up! We are here”, Matt said as he shook me awake. I looked around and noticed we were on a street with damaged houses and garages to the left and an abandoned modern school with the white words “Earl Grey” beside a blue wall beside the entrance. The school lies hiding behind a metal fence with dead trees behind it. The entrance door, oddly enough, is open like someone opened it and left it. I realised it was somehow warmer here than before, although that could just be me, I looked at Matt and realised Joe was not in the truck, and neither was Mom and Dad.
“Hey, where’s Mom and Dad”, I asked Matt.
“Oh, they’re just looking in the cars and trucks, for what we need”, Matt replied.
“And Joe?”
“Oh, just running across the road.” Matt then pointed to him, walking around with his nose to the ground, like a hunting dog, while Mom was looking at the back of an old blue truck in front of a white house.
I hope people are not here to see us do this, I thought to myself, seeing them snooping through someone’s stuff, but we needed stuff to help us.
“Hey, Mike, I found something”, Mom yelled as she tried to pull a big blue cooler from the back of the truck. Dad then came from an RV down from the truck and came and helped her. He then put it down on the road and opened it. They both plugged their noses and backed away.
“Fish? Who leaves fish in a cooler in the back of a truck”, Dad gagged. Joe then looked up, seemingly in excitement and ran towards the cooler. He stuck his nose in the cooler and pulled out a pike. He plopped it on the road, his foot stepped on the fish and put his mouth onto it, tearing a piece of it and swallowing it. “At least somebody likes rotten fish”, Dad rasped.
As we looked in surprise, we could hear something from the school. The minute we heard it, a loud boar-like roar came out from the school. We thought it was a very big boar when it came out, but the more we looked, the more we realised it was something else. Its body is like a boar, but its face is like a lion’s and the snout of a camel, with teeth somewhat like a bear’s when it opens its enormous mouth to gargle like a pig. Mom, Dad and even Joe are taken by surprise, making our parents run towards the driveway, while Joe towards our truck with his gorged fish, standing by us. The boar-thing then stopped a few feet away from my parents, seemingly in a defensive stance, hooves scratching the ground. We are scared for our parents, preparing to see this thing rip them to shreds.
It gave one last roar and walked towards the cooler, knocking it over with fish spilling out. It stuck its snout in the fish and swallowed one down. They then slowly walked around the creature and steadily fastened their pace until they were at the truck. We all quickly got in and Dad backed up quickly.
“What the hell was that”, Mom panicked.
“I don’t know, a pig from hell”, Dad responded. We looked at Joe, swallowing down the fish while the rotting fish smell remained. It looked at us in confusion, as we were. We silently laughed for no apparent reason, probably as a mechanism to try to replace the fear. We then heard a shaking in the truck, startling us. We realised that the hell pig was tearing at the bumper of the truck like a lion would. Dad hammered the horn, making the thing back up in surprise. Dad took this opportunity to back up very quickly towards the intersection and turned to the left, quickly avoiding the creature. We sat in silence, except for Joe who was chirping.
When we went down the street, the houses, as usual, were damaged but we saw other vehicles, the first we had seen. Some were parked along the street, others stuck on one lane like city traffic but paused. Weirdly enough, there are no people in the vehicles, nor anyone outside. Most of the vehicles have one or more doors open like people got out to go somewhere. We drove past all the vehicles in the other lane. There is one vehicle we passed by that is on fire, most of the paint already off to reveal the metal beneath, only to be turned into a rainbow of browns and blacks by the dancing flames.
“What. Happened. Here”, Mom slowly asked, as confused and terrified as us. We had a feeling of dread, seeing all the abandoned vehicles.
“That’s the least of our worries. We should be looking for supplies”, Dad responded.
“Hey, how much do we have”, Mom asked Dad, worried about using up the fuel.
“Well, we got a full tank of gas and travelled a hundred kilometers”, Dad responded, more confused. “Nothing makes sense here and I hope we don’t stay here for long”, he muttered.
Eventually, we passed most of the vehicles and reached the veterinary clinic. The small, intact structure stood there, seemingly looking over the icy driveway. We then spotted an old, brown truck and we saw something that set it apart from the rest of the vehicles we’ve seen so far.
“It’s on”, I said, gleefully, with hope that, at least, we aren’t the only ones here. The headlights beamed brightly, and we realised it was getting dark. We also noticed that the street lights aren’t turning on.
“I thought there was no one here”, my Mom said, unsure of the connection between the abandoned but running truck and the lack of people in this town. At one of the intact houses, ahead of us, partially blocked by the trees, we saw what seemed to be bright light coming from one of the windows. What person would go into a house after an earthquake, I thought, thinking about our house back home.
“Someone’s here”, Matt loudly notified, as we all shushed him and that is when Joe is trying to push the door with his snout. “What is he doing?”
“Stay here”, Dad calmly ordered, opening the door, but Joe scurried out and went somewhere else.
“Hey, come back”, Matt called out, with no success. Joe eventually disappeared into the night, never to be seen. Matt then had tears welling up in his eyes like he was about to cry. I hugged him to comfort him.
“He’ll come back some time”, Mom reassured, trying to calm him down and looking at Dad. Dad nodded and grabbed a flashlight that was equipped in the truck. He then walked slowly towards the house, step by step, being shone by our truck’s headlights. He looked back at us and put his hand up when the light in the house moved. It seems to move towards the front door of the house. Emerging from the house is a person walking down the steps, cloaked in darkness. Dad then took a few steps back as the figure came. Finally, the figure stepped into the light.

Stats/Demographics:
GPA: 3.81 UW 4.42 W
1520 SAT (720 English, 800 Math)
White Male
Middle Class
Colorado
Intended Major: Computer Engineering
16 APs (Major Specific I've taken AP Calc BC, Calc 3 and will take Linear Algebra next year, Physics 1 and taking C, Chemistry, and both Comp sci classes)
*I got a B in Calc 3 but an A in every other Math class.
Extracurriculars:
Passion Projects - Built VR Treadmill, Built PC, Made Projector TheateGame Emultation Setup, Flipped PCs and PC Parts on Ebay(I'm not quite sure how to write this on my app)
Student Council Member 4 yrs
Math Honors Society Founder and President - 3 yrs
Key Club Internation Founder and President - 3 yrs
Science Bowl Founder and President - 4 yrs
Science Olympiad Member and State Competitor - 3 yrs
National Level Soccer Player - Travel 5-9 times a year for academy games and showcases - 3 yrs
In-N-Out Employee - 2.5 yrs
Youth Soccer Referee - Travelled to ref national level tournaments
NHS Committee Chair, Youth Advisory Board Leader, Spanish Honors Society Member. Varsity Soccer Player, or Coding Club Member(I'm not sure what to put)
LORS:
Pretty Solid from my Math teacher I had for two years and started the Math Honors Society with
Really Good from my Spanish teacher that I ate lunch with to get better at spanish because I was behind after covid and after a lot of that and hard work became a top spanish student
Awards:
AP Scholar
Seal of Biliteracy
Local Math Competition
Varsity Soccer Letter all 4 yrs
All state honorable mention/team mvp/top goalscorer HS Soccer
Academic Letter all 4 yrs
NHS + MHS + SHS
ESSAYS:
Plan to write about my epilepsy and how learning about reading the brain waves during an EEG kickstarted my passion for computers and wanting to create hardware that could read and write directly to the brain.
P.S I'm genuinely unsure if I'm competitive or not, all the posts online are of these international students or minorities, but I'm literally just a dude who likes computers and school.
Will the B in Calc 3 be really bad for my application?
Other schools I'm applying to: Columbia, Washu Stl, Case Western, Cooper Union, Northwestern, UF, Georgia Tech, Co School of Mines

Hello! I hope your day is going well! I felt the need to put the age limit in the title because some older men can't take the hint lol but anywho! I've finished high school (hooray) and now all I can do is rot away while I look for a job. I would tell you my interests/ hobbies now, but isn't that what DMs are for? I prefer to talk to someone in the US because of the time zones A little about me though, I'm African American, 5 foot 9 inches, and I'm not a gamer! I only have played Roblox games and minecraft (not that good at either) I love jokes so please make me laugh! I'm very anxious and socially awkward so l may not start the convo right away. I'd like to make friends that will stick around for a bit... honestly this post is so boring compared to others hahah.

Already did one for GTO and SJG, might as well do the last one in this series.
Season 1: 26 Episodes
Ep 1: The Reason I Came Here -- (Ch 1 - Ch 2 = 56 Pages)
Ep 2: Class G Arrives -- (Ch 3 - Ch 4 = 42 Pages)
Ep 3: Capture -- (Ch 5 - First 1/2 of Ch 7 = 50 Pages)
Ep 4: Present For The Big Man -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 7 - Ch 9 = 44 Pages)
Ep 5: Boss Frog -- (Ch 10 - First 1/4 of Ch 12 = 45 Pages)
Ep 6: Curse of Sadako -- (Last 3/4 of Ch 12 - Ch 14 = 54 Pages)
Ep 7: A New Dream -- (Ch 15 - Ch 17 = 60 Pages)
Ep 8: Uchiyamada's Dream -- (Ch 18 - Ch 20 = 61 Pages)
Ep 9: Missing Idol -- (Ch 21 - First 1/3 of Ch 23 = 46 Pages)
Ep 10: Pervert Producer -- (Last 2/3 of Ch 23 - First 1/2 of Ch 25 = 47 Pages)
Ep 11: German Time -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 25 - Ch 27 = 51 Pages)
Ep 12: Rules of The Biz -- (Ch 28 - Ch 29 = 45 Pages)
Ep 13: RV Trip -- (Ch 30 - Ch 31 = 48 Pages)
Ep 14: From The Northern Lands -- (Ch 32 - First 1/3 of Ch 34 = 45 Pages)
Ep 15: Attacks From All Ends -- (Last 2/3 of Ch 34 - Ch 36 = 48 Pages)
Ep 16: Great Dog Ekichi?! -- (Ch 37 - First 3/4 of Ch 39 = 54 Pages)
Ep 17: I'm A ******* Human-- (Last 1/4 of Ch 39 - Ch 41 = 47 Pages)
Ep 18: Mind Controlled -- (Ch 42 - First 1/2 of Ch 44 = 40 Pages)
Ep 19: Beginning of The Fall -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 44 - First 1/2 of Ch 46 = 40 Pages)
Ep 20: Family From A Past Life -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 46 - First 3/4 of Ch 48 = 40 Pages)
Ep 21: Secret Trick -- (Last 1/4 of Ch 48 - First 1/2 of Ch 51 = 49 Pages)
Ep 22: Honey Trap -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 51 - First 1/2 of Ch 54 = 51 Pages)
Ep 23: Love Hotel -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 54 - Ch 56 = 48 Pages)
Ep 24: Real Family -- (Ch 57 - Ch 59 = 56 Pages)
Ep 25: Shonan Iketenai Gumi -- (Ch 60 - Ch 62 = 58 Pages)
Ep 26: Intersecting Pasts -- (Ch 63 - Ch 65 = 61 Pages)

Season 2: 26 Episodes
Ep 27: The New Math Teacher -- (Ch 66 - First 3/4 of Ch 67 = 35 Pages)
Ep 28: Teacher Games -- (Last 1/4 of Ch 67 - First 1/2 of Ch 70 = 62 Pages)
Ep 29: Rescue From Firing -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 70 - Ch 72 = 49 Pages)
Ep 30: Shipboard From Declaration -- (Ch 73 - Ch 74 = 45 Pages)
Ep 31: A Teacher's Blood -- (Ch 75 - Ch 77 = 57 Pages)
Ep 32: Screw-up Blues -- (Ch 78 - Ch 80 = 56 Pages)
Ep 33: Kagetrap -- (Ch 81 - Ch 82 + Ch 80.5 = 49 Pages)
Ep 34: High Kick High School -- (Ch 83 - First 1/4 of Ch 85 = 47 Pages)
Ep 35: Celeb Party -- (Last 3/4 of Ch 85 - First 1/2 of Ch 87 = 47 Pages)
Ep 36: A Place To Shine -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 87 - Ch 89 = 53 Pages)
Ep 37: Stardom -- (Ch 90 - Ch 91 = 40 Pages)
Ep 38: Ryoji Mihara -- (Ch 92 - First 3/4 of Ch 94 = 54 Pages)
Ep 39: Parent & Child -- (Last 1/4 of Ch 94 - First 1/2 of Ch 97 = 58 Pages)
Ep 40: All Signs Point To Lost Virginity -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 97 - Ch 99 = 54 Pages)
Ep 41: A Prison of Conspiracies -- (Ch 100 - Ch 101 = 35 Pages)
Ep 42: Return of The Animal -- (Ch 102 - First 1/2 of Ch 104 = 51 Pages)
Ep 43: Behind The Scenes -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 104 - Ch 105 + Ch 108 = 54 Pages)
Ep 44: Mob of Delinquents -- (Ch 106 - Ch 107 = 41 Pages)
Ep 45: Your Turn Will Come -- (Ch 109 - Ch 110 = 47 Pages)
Ep 46: Return of A Nostalgic Duo -- (Ch 111 - Ch 112 + First 1/2 of Ch 115 = 50 Pages)
Ep 47: Secret Weapon -- (Ch 113 - Ch 114 = 43 Pages)
Ep 48: A Parent's Duty -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 115 - Ch 117 = 52 Pages)
Ep 49: The Dark Years -- (Ch 118 - Ch 119 = 40 Pages)
Ep 50: Sweet Trap -- (Ch 120 - Ch 121 = 41 Pages)
Ep 51: Price of The Hull -- (Ch 122 - Ch 122.5 = 33 Pages)
Ep 52: Death Battle -- (Ch 123 - Ch 125 = 52 Pages)

Season 3:
Ep 53: The Extraordinary Adventures of The Uchiyamda Family -- (Ch 125.5 - Ch 127 = 66 Pages)
Ep 54: Return of The Princess -- (Ch 128 + Ch 130 - First 1/2 of Ch 131 = 51 Pages)
Ep 55: A Saint In Hell -- (Ch 129 + Ch 133 - Ch 133.5 = 52 Pages)
Ep 56: The Swan of Shonan -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 131 - Ch 132 + First 1/3 of Ch 134 = 34 Pages)
Ep 57: The Missing Idol -- (Last 2/3 of Ch 134 - First 1/2 of Ch 136 = 52 Pages)
Ep 58: A New Goal -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 136 + Ch 138 - Ch 139 = 47 Pages)
Ep 59: Death Match -- (Ch 137 + Ch 140 - First 1/2 of Ch 140.5 = 43 Pages)
Ep 60: Plan In Action -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 140.5 - Ch 141 = 45 Pages)
Ep 61: The Don's Warning -- (Ch 142 - Ch 143.5 = 44 Pages)
Ep 62: Prosperity -- (Ch 144 - Ch 145.5 = 47 Pages)
Ep 63: Off to The Counterattack -- (Ch 146 - Ch 147.5 = 46 Pages)
Ep 64: Execution -- (Ch 148 - Ch 149.3 = 54 Pages)
Ep 65: My Graduation -- (Ch 150 - First 1/3 of Ch 152 = 51 Pages)
Ep 66: Morning Coffee -- (Last 2/3 of Ch 152 - Ch 153 + Ch 155 = 54 Pages)
Ep 67: The Forbidden Video -- (Ch 155.5 - Ch 157.5 = 59 Pages)
Ep 68: The Gorilla -- (Ch 158 - Ch 159.3 = 57 Pages)
Ep 69: Till The Day of Reckoning -- (Ch 154 - Ch 154.5 + Ch 160 - Ch 160.2 = 47 Pages)
Ep 70: Great Teacher Fuyutsuki Returns! -- (Ch 161 - Ch 162.5 = 43 Pages)
Ep 71: My Street -- (Ch 163 - Ch 164 = 48 Pages)
Ep 72: Teenage Runaway -- (Ch 164.5 - Ch 166.5 = 54 Pages)
Ep 73: Truth of The Contract -- (Ch 167 - Ch 168.5 = 46 Pages)
Ep 74: Sweet Dreams -- (Ch 170 - Ch 171.5 = 48 Pages)
Ep 75: Death Battle Finals -- (Ch 172 - Ch 172.3 + Ch 160.3 = 46 Pages)
Ep 76: Downfall -- (Ch 173 - Ch 174.5 = 50 Pages)
Ep 77: The Incident -- (Ch 175 - Ch 176.5 = 48 Pages)
Ep 78: Arrest -- (Ch 177 - Ch 178.5 = 46 Pages)
Notes:
Saejima's chapters (Ch 169 - Ch 169.5) was removed to keep the story's pacing flowing, can't fit in the other episodes, and keep the season under 26 episodes.
Bonuses:
GT-R:
Ep 1: Great Tractor Ryuji -- (Ch 1 - Ch 2 = 44 Pages)
Ep 2: Abnormality -- (Ch 3 - First 1/2 of Ch 5 = 47 Pages)
Ep 3: Driver's High -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 5 - Ch 7 = 61 Pages)
Ep 4: Twist of Fate -- (Ch 8 - Ch 10 = 54 Pages)
Ino-Head Gargoyle:
Ep 1: Gargoyles & Mad Dogs -- (Ch 1 - First 1/3 of Ch 2 = 51 Pages)
Ep 2: The Unlawful Gargoyle -- (Last 2/3 of Ch 2 - First 1/2 of Ch 4 = 52 Pages)
Ep 3: No Work, No Love -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 4 - First 4/5 of Ch 6 = 48 Pages)
Ep 4: End of The Earth -- (Last 1/5 of Ch 6 - First 3/4 of Ch 8 = 42 Pages)
Ep 5: Glass Heart -- (Last 1/4 of Ch 8 - Ch 11 = 64 Pages)
Ep 6: Gargoyle's Nightmare -- (Ch 12 - Ch 13 = 40 Pages)
Ep 7: A Mad Dog's Bite -- (Last 2/3 of Ch 14 - First 1/3 of Ch 16 = 44 Pages)
Ep 8: Reborn Gargoyle -- (Last 2/3 of Ch 16 - Ch 18 = 51 Pages)
Ep 9: Blue Rose Nightmare -- (Ch 19 - First 1/2 of Ch 21 = 52 Pages)
Ep 10: Saejima The Enlightened -- (Second 1/2 of Ch 21 - First 1/3 of Ch 22 = 12 Pages)
Ep 11: The True Devil -- (Last 2/3 of Ch 22 - Ch 24 = 53 Pages)
Ep 12: Shonan Demons -- (Ch 25 - Ch 27 = 52 Pages)
Ep 13: Sleepless Gargoyle -- (Ch 28 - Ch 30 = 67 Pages)
Ep 14: Showdown In Nagoya -- (Ch 31 - Ch 32 = 50 Pages)
Ep 15: DT, It's Not Over -- (Ch 33 = 20 Pages)

yo wsp
I'm on the west coast of Canada, moved here from England several years ago and currently looking for some interesting ppl to b friends with (or end up blocking lmao).
I have a beautiful lil cat, like tiktok, gaming (PC), working out and having deep convos around life, your exes, chicken wings and what kinda pizza is best.
I love sending/receiving voice notes/calls as I think it helps build rapport faster than text so would prompt to move to discord once we pass the vibe check.
hmu with what ur biggest toxic trait is? (it's a fun ice breaker and helps me judge you... jk, or am I?)

Im a mammoth now BUT when i rescue and body blocked the hunter for them why do still get downed??? AND 30 sec into the game someone is already down wth

seeking advice or maybe just to hear from others in similar positions. i’ve always wondered if this person is my twin flame. there has been way too many coincidences. i met him back in 2019, when i got my first job. ironically enough we both started working the same week, and at the same fast food spot that is a couple cities away from where i live. anyways met him at work right? then, one random day while im out on a walk i run into him in front of my house, turns out that he’s practically my neighbor. so FIRST coincidence. lived on the same street all these years but didn’t meet each other until we ironically started working at the same place. so nothing came of it that first year BUT the following year, we began exchanging texts. so one of the things i’ve heard about twin flames is that before the first separation you most likely won’t get physical with them. the times that we did hang out, we could just talk and talk. i remember one night we grabbed icecream after going to the movies and we just stayed in his car talking about conspiracy theories and all that. it felt so special and so intense. on our last hang out we had been previously flirting through text. i just had the feeling that we were probably going to hook up. again, we were hanging out and talking about a shit ton of different things. hours of talking before we started making out (lol) things of course escalated but it didn’t really go down, i guess he wasn’t one to do hookups. and he was in his head about it. so it was a failed hookup. drive back home was awkward and tense. anyways, it wasn’t too many days later when he hit me with a whole explanation of how he doesn’t do hookups and how sex is an energy exchange etc etc. I replied with confusion because he was the one who had initiated the whole thing, even when we were only making out he’s the one who initiated the sex. I tried to be understanding but he quickly just cut me off. we lived near each other so there were unlucky times where i ran into him and he would basically act like i was invisible. not too long after i moved out from my parents house to be more independent, i was away for four years and always thought of him and even tried to look him up but could never find him. at that point i had also deleted his number so i just knew I wasn’t supposed to contact him. i moved back home last year, within a week of being back home, i run into him. but we just walk past each other and don’t make eye contact. a couple days later, he makes an ig account and even though i don’t have his number, insta send me a notification of “your contact _____ is on instagram as @_______” weird? SECOND coincidence, he had been off of insta all these years and I move back and he goes back on & insta suggests his profile. anyways we reconnect, he apologizes for everything. it’s not long before I realize he is still very unhealed. and i’ve done my own self-healing work. i’ve grown a lot. but when it comes to him it’s like the slightest unhealed part of myself comes out. we communicated for a bit before the toxicity came back and now we’ve been on and off blocking each other. i haven’t ran into him (ironically) but i believe we are on different vibrations which is why the universe is doing its job in keeping us apart. anyways, he recently unblocked me but i reached a point where i finally feel done & fed up with his games. in twin flames i know at one point the feminine becomes the runner, i feel i am there. but is this my twin flame? i know twin flames don’t necessarily end up together because for that both parties would have to heal and do a LOT of work. but i feel like our experience is definitely one of twin flames?

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Strange change came over me recently. Once I realised that everything I was capable of was God-given, the faith was there without trying to believe...
Having been anti religious is not something decent to lae oit to people in Catholic church, but I felt it necessary to seek advice on how I should carry on from now on.
My mother was Catholic, hence I went was baptised and went to the Mass with my mum, along with Sunday school. I was rebellious then because I didn't want to go to church twice a week. She insisted I go to Sunday and Saturday mass for double blessings.
But my heart really was in for Catholicism. I could not think of any other religion including Protestantism, because it had so many contradictions and problems and was not beautiful, orderly as Catholic church. I loved Catholicism without having any faith.
I read a lot about Catholicism, collected books on them, and what I was fascinated by the most was Korean 103 martyrs ever since I was a child. Hence, tons of books on them on my shelf. For the love of the church, I even transferred to the most prestigious Jesuit university here.
I mentioned that I was not only a staunch atheist, but also anti-religious. Hated religions in every form...alsothr faith of Christianity as well. ironically, I attended Mass for 2 years faithfully just to enjoy what I like and to show off my piano skills in volunteering at youth Mass. Read scriptures, too. Then I gave up attending them for some reason.
Recently, I felt wretched and miserable and could not stand at the irony that I was a Catholic lover without faith. I wanted to live good by the creed and wanted to preserve the legacy of faith my mother gave me....
I told you that I transferred to Jesuit University, which is regarded here as the most prestigious. That's because of my love for English, for the language skill alone was the only requirement for the entrance. That's ridiculous, isn't it? Anyway, I was benefited most of my life because of English(I was bad at other things) and enjoyed my whole life almost anything that is related to English. Video games, English literature, etc. I'm also quite well-off. Knowing that these all are not done by me, but God, I felt his presence and jesus and Mary's.
I am attending English Mass and going to volunteer for the Mass to become a cantor and a guide for English speaking tourists. Father told me that it would be difficult for someone to have faith who started on intellectual curiosity. Neverthless, he wished me luck, and I am quite content.
Do you have any advice on how I must carry on from now on? Do you have any concerns?

I'm very new to statistical analysis, and I failed to prove this game rigged. My friends and I have believed for a while that higher bets correspond to a greater loss rate, but we haven't been able to prove it. I was just doing this as a simple statistics project for my high school class, but I definately got unexpected results (also its not real money lol but you can buy ingame currency with real money)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/129eKgIHFFu-mMDQqCJmXA1z9D8DpENeview?usp=sharing

Now that my game system is finally done after a decade of iterating, I can focus on actually making game content and doing GM prep for my sessions, and really seeing how my system can handle different things.
Since I run stuff on Tabletop Simulator and it has 3D models/terrain and good dynamic lighting, and since my game (Way of Steel) is heavy on positioning, I decided to do a sorta classic "tile puzzle" where the Heroes could only safely step on certain tiles.
There were a handful of clues heavily hinting that "dark" heroes (no light source) could only step on light tiles, and "light" heroes (carrying light source) could only step on dark tiles. If you stepped on the wrong tile, it would freeze/burn you and switch to the other color.
Really simple, but the dynamic lighting made it awesome as you could only see the tile color when the light source was nearby. And moving/facing changed the light output, or the could block it by standing in front of the light, etc. Then when some skellingtons jumped out, it really messed with players brains as they had to fight their normal instincts on how they moved and positioned themselves.
video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laC2YnYYt-c
Looking forward to doing more stuff with lighting in the future. It adds a very cool dungeon ambience, but as I said with a system big on positioning, it makes very simple "do/don't step here" puzzles infinitely more interesting.

I’m F21 and he’s M20. We’ve been freinds for 8ish months.
I met this guy at school last September and we dated for about a month before he ended things in December. But ever since then, he's been playing hot and cold with me for the past 6 months. He'll text me acting really enthusiastic, then ghost me for weeks. Or he'll send me Snapchat streaks and Instagram reels, but won't actually have a conversation with me. When I asked him about it, he just said he didn't know what to say. We still see each other at school and our Snapchat streak is almost at 50 days now. I'm really confused because this hot and cold game has been going on longer than we actually dated. I still really like him, but I don't know if I should make a move or what his intentions are at this point.
What should I do going forward. Am i expected to start a conversation or make a move and if so what should i say?
tl:dr, Guy i was seeing cut things off and now is playing hot and cold for 6 months yet we haven’t had a single conversation. What am i expected to do?

Hi everyone! I'm finishing up my first year of grad school and coming up on my first year in Seattle. I came back to America after a few years abroad and most of my friends are scattered across the states, still abroad or i've lost touch with them. Since moving to Seattle i've found it...lonley? Lol I love the city but haven't really clicked with new friends. I'd love to meet some people that I can do things with on the weekend and explore with. Anyone want to go hiking/paddle boarding? I'm also always looking for more online friends to chat with!
Some things about me:

• Black
• Queer
• Neurodivergent
• Single
• Cat mom
• Have tattoos/Piercings
• Love to travel, go book shopping, visit cafes, take art classes.
• Fan of Horror movies, TV shows, and YouTube commentaries
• Nerd (Fanfic/fandom, Books (currently ranting/hate reading ACOTAR series), PS5 gaming (BG3 atm), Sims 4)
• Sending tiktoks/memes is my love language 😊

Look forward to hearing from you!!!

I have done nothing but pretend to be happy for my entire high school experience, if you didn't do drugs your weird, if you studied your a nerd, and if you didn't seem happy 24/7 people treated you like you were a loner Emo that no one wanted to be around. So I pretend. It got easy, being what everyone wanted you to be. Hit a vape but keep it out of your lungs, then dissipate the smoke so that it wasn't obvious, studied when I could at home so that no one knew. It hurt smiling so damn much even though I just wanted to cry, blaming myself because "how dare I be weak". I wish it was different, I just wanted a couple guys that I could game with, l'm 17 and I already hate this stupid chess game we all got to play just to maintain a fake happiness. My girlfriend at the time was who I thought I could trust, but after her I can't even fall in love the same. I hope I’m not alone.