So I've been diagnosed with supraspinatus tendonitis on my left shoulder. Both ultrasound and MRI show that the tendon has increased thickness along with small cysts on the humeral head.
Since PT is currently not an option for me due to financial reasons, I've been focusing on increasing shoulder ROM at home. It's been going fine with gradual improvement except with abduction. I can abduct up to 90º but beyond that my shoulder seems to force itself forward. If I wall crawl past this point, there's a strong pull that reaches all the way down to my fingers.
Can anyone here shed any light on the issue?
Thanks in advance.

A couple of years ago I tried writing my own version of Stones Abbigale. I never got past the first couple scenes, but I'm considering returning to it. I wanted to basically rewrite and change up a lot of things, mainly focusing on Abbi and Davis and changing some elements. Let me know what you think!

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It's almost four in the morning and Seth is threatening suicide again. Good. Fuck him. I hope he does it. I don't text him that because I read about this girl who told her boyfriend to kill himself. The irony was that when he actually did it she got charged with second degree murder. My life is fucked as it is I don't need to make it worse. It's almost two in the morning and I have to be up for school in a few hours. I’m shivering under my comforter because we’re halfway through November. I think about the turkey that won't get made this year and the family I won't see. I think that's swell. Seth is still texting.
Its like u dont even care after everything that happened and after everything we did together i saved ur life and i stayed with u when u cried and i hugged u and i did everything for u but that wasn't enough was it? i try so hard and all u ever are is a bitch to me that's not fair u want me to die and u hate me and u dont even care and im sick of it abbi why is is so hard for u to care about me?
I don't respond. I don't like how I feel about this. This should be easy. He won't actually do it. He won't. He’s too self involved to kill himself. I put my phone face down on my bed. The sheets shake around it as he sends message after message. I was sleeping on a ticking bomb so I got off of it. My feet stick to the floor, I struggle to step. I might as well have been standing barefoot on ice. I trudge to my window so I can see my street at night. Winter is really coming. You can't hear as many birds as you used to. They've all gone. They've all flown away. I can see three streetlights from where I’m standing. If you can from right to left you can see the concrete fracture into the sand. I open my window and brace for the chill. I stick my head outside. The ocean is not far away. I hear it hitting the shore over and over. Waves of water splashing incessantly, almost beating out my text notifications. The street lights flicker. I think of last summer. When Seth and I got really high after the news broke that my Mom was cheating on my Dad. I was making out with that bong. Emptying bowl after bowl, clanking the glass on the road to empty it out. Just thinking about it makes me feel the street pole against my back again. I was laughing and crying. Seth leaned in and hugged me. “I’m a sure thing,” he said. “I love you and I always will.” I caught my reflection in his sunglasses. I looked awful. I shiver at the memory. My phone is still buzzing. I try to catch my breath. I shut my window and start to walk back to my bed. A room always looks different in the dark. Maybe you think you know where you are, but there is always something that can jump out at you on the floor. Like a ghostly paper bag or a vengeful shoe. Objects that seem to move on their own with the sole drive of tripping you. I crawl back into bed. There's the phantom of Dad’s snoring . I know he's not sleeping in his room, he fell asleep on the couch after finishing his seventh fifth. Sometimes my brain fills in the gaps so I can hear it everywhere. Funnily, I haven't actually heard him snore since Mom left. That's the one thing I ever heard them fight about. Before she turned out to be a whore, I guess. BZZT.BZZT.BZZT. I can't bring myself to read any of his messages. They're coming so fast all the paragraphs are lost to motion blur. Seth’s arms wrap around me and I think about the beating of his heart and the warmth of his lips against my skin. I open up the texts, ready to respond.
I love you
I text this over and over until I fall asleep.
Davis was the only senior on the bus. Somehow, everyone else had a car or a ride. It’s all right, though. James would probably give him one if he had a car, but he skated to school every morning. That's why he barely ever rode the bus with him. The bus thumped along the under paved roads. Davis forgot his earbuds at home, so the only music that accompanied him was his racing thoughts. Two sophomore girls popped their heads over. “Ohmigod, Davis!” One of them shrieked.. “As I live and breathe,” he smiled. “Nice,” she said. “I’m so excited to see your finished painting.” Davis took the lower level art class for a requirement. Like most things, he's not taking it very seriously. For their pop art unit, he's painting a portrait of the art teacher with a warthog face. It's one of his funny disruptions. He knows Mrs. Stanley is going to have a real field day with it, but it doesn't matter. Artistic liberties, he’d profess. “She's such a bitch, isn't she?” The sophomore girl turns to her compatriot, who only nods in response. “She's just jealous,” Davis says. “It must be depressing to teach art and see the youth soar above her.” “For sure,” the girl doesn't get it. Class clown is a semi-heavy burden. Davis doesn't really feel like talking to these girls, but his position demands it. Comedy informs everything about him. To the giant thrift store jeans, to the loud Hawaiian shirt. He and James are the ultimate combination, at least he likes to think so. Quiet brooding begs for bright distraction. The girl is still trying to talk to him and Davis is saying his preprogrammed lines. The bus stops in front of James’s street. Surprisingly, James is standing there. “Like I’m this close to just filling my hydroflask with vodka, yaknow?” says the chick. Maybe she's just trying to get a rise out of him. “Better be prepared to give me more than a sip,” Davis is watching James grumble towards the bus. The sun is beating down on the forming ice puddles. James stomps through them with small shattering steps. James turns up the bus aisle and plops in the seat next to Davis. Davis’s smile is genuine now, but he fights it from getting too wide. “Crash your vehicle?” Davis asks. “Something like it,” there's something off with him. Davis doesn't want to push it. “Well damn, hope insurance covers it,” Davis wants James to break and laugh. Is it just another mood or did something actually happen this time? “It won't, I got bad credit,” James grins and it's like heaven. “What's the move for you today?” “Surviving art and physics for me,” says Davis. “Those bastards love to keep me down.” “Who doesn't,” James eyes the girls who have since returned to whatever they were doing before. It's the judgement stare, as Davis calls it. James likes to observe his peers like a zoo-goer. Breaking them down to taxonomic types. Davis likes to think that James doesn't do this to him, but he knows he probably does. “It sucks you decided to be bad at school and take baby art,” James is still dissecting the sophomore girls down to their tropes. “We could have done Art II together.” “I wouldn't want to get between you and Alex. I know how you love it when people piss in jars next to you.” “That's disgusting,” James breaks his glare at the girls. “It's performance art, it's beautiful,” Davis gets up out of his seat to yell. “Everyone witness the wonderful work of Alex Madov! Disengage yourself from the shackles of capitalism by shouting with me: Poopy, pee pee, poop!” Davis gets a few chuckles from the other kids on the bus. “Sit down, fatso,” mumbles the bus driver. “I will not be silenced! I’m a messenger of the good word, sir!” “More of this shit and I’m skipping your stop!” “Fine, but I will make Alex remember on the day of judgement,” Davis sits back down. James is full belly laughing. “You're so retarded,” James wheezes. Davis can't even come back with a response. He's high off of it.
The bus pulls into the school lot with a short stop. The mobs get up and begin to race out. Davis follows James down the line. “You know Abbi?” James asks. Davis feels a little pit form in his stomach, but he doesn't change his expression. “Vaguely, what about her?” “She's in my art class,” James begins. “And I think … well you know, I’m going to talk to her.” He walks down the steps and out the door. “Doesn't she have a boyfr-” before Davis can descend the driver's arm blocks him. “I’ve had enough of your shit, kid,” he says. “If you keep being obnoxious, I’m gonna find a way to make you pay for it.” James looks back, but he can't stay. Davis knows that he's gotta get to class. James does a little wave goodbye and Davis salutes him. “Are you even listening to me?” the bus driver seethes. “Yes, sir. Divine retribution, got it.” Davis ducks underneath his arm and exits the bus. James has already disappeared into the crowd.
I pass the bong to Ashley. She starts another bowl. She’s the transport and I provide the material. The little things that keep our friendship afloat. I look at the clock in her car. “It's 8:45,” I pick a piece of bagel out of my teeth. “So that's it, we officially missed first period,” Ashley tops it off. “They won't mark us, you know. It's a study.” “Yeah, but when's the last time we signed in? I heard they're changing the policy again. Do you still have the lighter?” I toss it to her. I don't get it. It's always her idea to pick me up so we can smoke before school, why now is she suddenly caring about attendance? “We're pretty girls, we can get out of it. I’m next,” I tap on the clock. “Are you sure it's not fast?” She shakes her head as she takes a snap. We're parked in the pond area a block or two from the school. It's our designated smoking spot. I like it, even at the end of fall it's pretty. I’m so engrossed that I don't realize her tip out the bowl and put it back in the cup holder. “I don't know if it's wise to keep up the activity, we should probably get going soon,” she starts up her car again. “Okay,” I say. She reverses and swings out of the lot. We lean into the silence and it's super weird. “Seth texted me last night,” I wait for her reaction. “Oh,” she grimaces. “What did you say?” “That I loved him.” Silence again. Ashley's trying to put together something well-meaning while understanding that I’ll probably ignore whatever she has to say. “Abbi, I’m not trying to tell you how to run your life, but …” Her expression is now quizzical. She's said what she is about to say a number of different ways all ready. She thinks and thinks and decides to say nothing. Good call, I would have screamed at her. Not because what she thinks about my situation isn't true, I’m just in a ‘screaming at people mood’ because of it. “I’m going to dye my hair again,” she changes the subject to avoid conflict. Classic Ash. “Oh yeah? What color this time?” “I don't know,” she checks her reflection in the rear view. “The red has faded out, maybe blue or pink this time.” “You should go with a softer pink,” I say. “Since you're a soft spring.” “Yeah, maybe.” We enter the school lot. “Listen, do you want to get together when I do it? Maybe you can dye your hair too.” “I don't know, I might be busy,” I say. “Seth might want to do something,” I pause for her to protest. “Okay,” she says. She parks and we get out.
I barrel into art class. I don't care if I reek, out of all the teachers I can tell Mrs. Stanley smokes the most. It would be hypocritical of her to care. It looks like I’m the first one. Weird. I check my phone. It's 8:45. Well, fuck. Looks like Ashley needs to fix her clock. Mrs. Stanley is at her desk. She looks at me knowingly. “Eager to create today, Abbi?” I just nod and sit at my desk. I’m really feeling it. I open up my precalc notebook and just start sketching. Birds, eyes, trees, whatever. Kids start coming in. Their chatter echoes around me, I try to focus on what I’m doing. Someone bumps into my table. I look up. It's this lanky blonde kid, I think his name is James. He presses his hands underneath the desk as he leans up to talk to me. “Eww!” He shouts. Some kids turn and laugh. I don't. I just stare at him. James goes red and sits next to the kid who pissed in a jar. Once an adequate amount of students are in the room, Mrs. Stanley starts her lesson slideshow. On the screen is a dirty urinal. “How many of you are familiar with this work by Marcel DuChamp?” she asks. At this point, Jason, the designated meathead jock, enters the room. “Sorry I’m late, Mrs. S,” he booms. He looks at the slide. “We building bathrooms today?” Mrs. Stanley glares at him. “Wouldn't you like that? Considering you spend all of your time in there.” “Whatever,” Jason brushes his mullet behind his ears. “No, not whatever. Would you like me to move you into the sophomore class with Davis? Believe it or not he's getting much better marks than you are getting in here.” Jason rolls his eyes and takes his place in the chair next to me. “Up to a little extra curricular activities before art, Abbi?” he motions a joint in his fingers. I scoff and go on my phone. There's another text from Seth.
sorry about last night
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im reading it all right now that was fucked im sorry
I start to respond, but before I can Mrs. Stanley outstretches her hand. “Give me your phone, Miss Hagerty. I’m sick of giving you warnings.” I don't have the energy to fight, I just give it to her. “You can pick it up at the end of the day.” My jaw actually drops. Jason must have really set her off, she's not usually such a cunt to me. “Anyways, found art. What is it? Well, found art is the use of everyday objects to convey an altered meaning. It can be something you find on the street or something that once held value to you. For example, My Bed by Tracey Elim.” She pulls up a picture of a messy bed that looks suspiciously like my own. “So for your final unit of the semester, you will be making your own found art. I really want you to take this project a little more seriously than most of you have been taking this class. I’m giving you the privilege of picking your own partners, but I’d like to remind you to be thoughtful with your choice. This will be worth more for your grade.” I look around. I don't have any friends here. I toy around with the idea of asking Jason for convenience and he looks like he's about to pull that move. Behind me there's that James guy. He’s sheepishly looking at me. He seems kind of nice. Okay. I don't feel like getting up so I just turn around in my chair. “Hey James, wanna be partners?” He balks a bit and then smiles at me. “Yeah, totally,” He's beaming and it's somewhat endearing. Alex and I switch seats and now I’m next to him. “I’m gonna be real with you …” I begin. He stops and shifts a little. “I have no idea what we're supposed to be doing for this.” He regards me oddly. Like he's trying to piece me together. It doesn't bother me. “She said we have to bring in an object that's special to us and present it artistically basically,” he rubs his chin. Damn, I must be baked to hell. I didn't hear her saying that at all. “So got any stuffed animals we can cut up and make Lovecraftian monstrosities out of?” “I got a hamster cage, hold the hamster,” I say. It comes out kind of weird and I probably sound stupid, but he doesn't seem to care. “Let's make a fucking zoo.” “Perfect!” He’s kind of cute actually. In a way. Something about this feels fun. I realize the bell will ring soon. “So um,” I rip out a page of my precalc notebook, still fresh with my drawings. I scrawl out my number and push it to him. “Call me so we can figure out the project some more.” I pack up all my stuff and start to head out. I can feel him watching me and it's not that bad. “I sure will,” he says. Everything feels really groovy. There's a lightness now. I’m halfway out the door when I remember my phone. I can't believe that I just forgot about Seth. I think about begging for my phone, but I feel too above that. Still, something shakes the good feeling as the bell rings.

Hello! This is my list of Aprimon I'm hunting. I am extra interested in the ones in bold though. Hidden Abilities are a plus.
*Note: I am wary of trading with users with no FlairHQ flair. If you haven't at least accessed Poké Ball Flair I'm going to be less inclined to trade with you.
I am also willing to take all Apricorn Balls in exchange for my breedjects. They are in order of preference.

1. Moon Ball
2. Friend Ball
3. Dream Ball
4. Heavy Ball
5. Love Ball
6. Level Ball
7. Safari Ball
8. Lure Ball
9. Fast Ball
10. Sport Ball
11. Master Ball
12. Beast Ball

I am searching for:

Friend Ball

• Burmy
• Chatot
• Doduo
• Spinda
• Tarountula
• Wurmple

Moon Ball

• Castform
• Chatot
• Frillish
• Klawf
• Spoink
• Squawkabilly Blue Plumage

Love Ball

• Glameow
• Spritzee

Dream Ball

• Burmy
• Gulpin
• Rellor

Heavy Ball

• Karrablast
• Scatterbug
• Wiglett

Level Ball

• Bidoof
• Burmy
• Castform
• Corphish
• Ekans
• Finneon
• Illumise
• Ledyba
• Luvdisc
• Patrat
• Pineco
• Slakoth
• Spinda
• Spoink
• Squawkabilly Yellow Plumage
• Taillow
• Tauros Blaze Breed
• Wurmple

Lure Ball

• Castform

Safari Ball

• Smeargle

Apricorn Ball breedjects for trade -

These are all 4/6 - 5/6 - 6/6 IV breeding leftovers. Everything has the Hidden Ability where available. I'm also willing to breed something for you that's not on this list, if it can breed with any of these 👇

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Gen 1 Pokémon	Poké Ball	Ability
Bulbasaur	Friend	Chlorophyll (HA)
Charmander	Moon / Level / Dream / Luxury	Solar Power (HA)
Squirtle	Heavy / Moon / Beast	Rain Dish (HA)
Caterpie	Dream / Friend / Moon	Run Away (HA)
Weedle	Fast / Level	Run Away (HA)
Pidgey	Level	Big Pecks (HA)
Alolan Rattata	Moon / Dream	Thick Fat (HA)
Spearow	Level	Sniper (HA)
Kantonian Sandshrew	Level / Moon / Friend	Sand Rush (HA)
Alolan Sandshrew	Moon / Level	Slush Rush (HA)
Ekans	Dream	Unnerve (HA)
Nidoran♀	Moon / Dream / Love	Sheer Force (HA)
Nidoran♂	Moon / Dream / Love	Sheer Force (HA)
Clefairy	Dream / Love	Friend Guard (HA)
Oddish	Friend / Safari	Run Away (HA)
Paras	Friend	Damp (HA)
Venonat	Moon / Dream	Run Away (HA)
Kantonian Vulpix	Love / Dream / Moon	Drought (HA)
Alolan Vulpix	Moon / Love	Snow Warning (HA)
Zubat	Moon / Friend	Infiltrator (HA)
Kantonian Diglett	Heavy / Level	Sand Force (HA)
Alolan Diglett	Level / Heavy	Sand Force (HA)
Kantonian Meowth	Dream	Unnerve (HA)
Alolan Meowth	Moon / Dream	Rattled (HA)
Galarian Meowth	Heavy / Beast	Unnerve (HA)
Psyduck	Moon	Swift Swim (HA)
Kantonian Growlithe	Level / Fast	Justified (HA)
Hisuian Growlithe	Level / Fast	Rock Head (HA)
Mankey	Moon	Defiant (HA)
Poliwag	Beast / Friend / Lure	Swift Swim (HA)
Abra	Dream / Level	Magic Guard (HA)
Machop	Level / Friend	Steadfast (HA)
Bellsprout	Friend	Gluttony (HA)
Tentacool	Lure / Moon / Dream	Rain Dish (HA)
Kantonian Geodude	Heavy / Level	Sand Veil (HA)
Alolan Geodude	Heavy / Level	Galvanize (HA)
Kantonian Ponyta	Dream / Moon	Flame Body (HA)
Galarian Ponyta	Dream	Anticipation (HA)
Kantonian Slowpoke	Love / Dream	Regenerator (HA)
Galarian Slowpoke	Love / Dream / Level	Regenerator (HA)
Magnemite	Heavy	Magnet Pull/Sturdy
Galarian Farfetch'd	Friend	Scrappy (HA)
Doduo	Level / Dream	Tangled feet (HA)
Seel	Love / Moon	Ice Body (HA)
Kantonian Grimer	Dream	Poison Touch (HA)
Alolan Grimer	Dream / Friend	Power of Alchemy (HA)
Shellder	Moon / Beast	Overcoat (HA)
Gastly	Moon / Dream	Levitate (Only Ability)
Onix	Heavy	Weak Armor (HA)
Drowzee	Dream	Inner Focus (HA)
Krabby	Lure	Sheer Force (HA)
Kantonian Voltorb	Fast / Heavy / Premier	Aftermath (HA)
Hisuian Voltorb	Fast / Heavy / Premier	Aftermath (HA)
Exeggcute	Friend / Love	Harvest (HA)
Cubone	Moon / Friend	Battle Armor (HA)
Lickitung	Dream	Cloud Nine (HA)
Koffing	Moon / Friend / Dream	Stench (HA)
Rhyhorn	Moon / Heavy / Level	Reckless (HA)
Chansey	Dream / Love	Healer (HA)
Tangela	Friend	Regenerator (HA)
Kangaskhan	Heavy / Level	Inner Focus (HA)
Horsea	Dream	Damp (HA)
Goldeen	Lure	Lightning Rod (HA)
Staryu	Moon / Dream	Analytic (HA)
Kantonian Mr. Mime	Moon	Technician (HA)
Galarian Mr. Mime	Moon	Ice Body (HA)
Scyther	Sport / Level / Friend	Swarm/Technician
Pinsir	Level / Moon	Moxie (HA)
Kantonian Tauros	Level	Sheer Force (HA)
Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed)	Lure / Moon	Cud Chew (HA)
Magikarp	Dream / Moon / Love / Level	Rattled (HA)
Lapras	Love / Dream / Beast	Hydration (HA)
Eevee	Lure / Fast / Level / Dream / Moon / Friend / Heavy / Love	Anticipation (HA)
Porygon	Beast	Download (No HA)
Omanyte	Dream	Weak Armor (HA)
Kabuto	Friend / Level	Weak Armor (HA)
Aerodactyl	Dream	Rock Head/Pressure
Snorlax	Heavy / Moon	Gluttony (HA)
Dratini	Moon / Love / Dream	Marvel Scale (HA)

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Gen 2 Pokémon	Poké Ball	Ability
Chikorita	Friend	Leaf Guard (HA)
Cyndaquil	Moon / Level	Blaze/Flash Fire (HA)
Sentret	Level / Dream	Frisk (HA)
Hoothoot	Friend / Dream / Moon / Level	Tinted Lens (HA)
Spinarak	Dream / Moon	Sniper (HA)
Chinchou	Dream	Water Absorb (HA)
Pichu	Fast / Dream	Lightning Rod (HA)
Igglybuff	Love	Friend Guard (HA)
Togepi	Moon / Dream / Luxury	Super Luck (HA)
Natu	Friend	Magic Bounce (HA)
Mareep	Dream / Love / Fast	Plus (HA)
Marill	Love / Moon / Level	Huge Power
Sudowoodo	Friend	Rattled (HA)
Hoppip	Dream	Infiltrator (HA)
Aipom	Dream	Skill Link (HA)
Sunkern	Friend	Early Bird (HA)
Yanma	Moon	Frisk (HA)
Johtonian Wooper	Dream	Unaware (HA)
Paldean Wooper	Safari / Friend / Level / Heavy	Unaware (HA)
Murkrow	Moon / Dream	Prankster (HA)
Misdreavus	Moon	Levitate
Wobbuffet	Dream	Telepathy (HA)
Girafarig	Dream	Sap Sipper (HA)
Pineco	Safari	Sturdy
Dunsparce	Dream / Moon	Rattled (HA)
Gligar	Dream / Moon	Immunity (HA)
Snubbull	Dream	Rattled (HA)
Johtonian Qwilfish	Dream / Moon	Intimidate (HA)
Hisuian Qwilfish	Dream / Moon	Intimidate (HA)
Shuckle	Heavy	Contrary (HA)
Heracross	Love / Dream	Moxie (HA)
Sneasel	Moon / Dream	Pickpocket (HA)
Teddiursa	Moon / Friend	Honey Gather (HA)
Slugma	Dream / Heavy	Weak Armor (HA)
Swinub	Moon / Beast	Thick Fat (HA)
Galarian Corsola	Moon	Cursed Body (HA)
Remoraid	Dream / Level	Moody (HA)
Delibird	Moon / Dream	Insomnia (HA)
Mantine	Lure / Moon	Water Veil (HA)
Skarmory	Heavy	Sturdy
Houndour	Heavy / Moon	Unnerve (HA)
Phanpy	Heavy / Level	Sand Veil (HA)
Stantler	Dream / Friend / Moon	Sap Sipper (HA)
Smeargle	Level	Moody (HA)
Tyrogue	Dream / Level / Friend	Vital Spirit (HA)
Smoochum	Dream / Moon	Hydration (HA)
Elekid	Heavy	Vital Spirit (HA)
Magby	Love / Dream	Vital Spirit (HA)
Miltank	Moon	Sap Sipper (HA)
Larvitar	Friend / Safari	Guts

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Gen 3 Pokémon	Poké Ball	Ability
Treecko	Friend	Unburden (HA)
Torchic	Fast	Blaze/Speed Boost (HA)
Mudkip	Lure	Damp (HA)
Poochyena	Level	Rattled (HA)
Galarian Zigzagoon	Moon / Beast	Quick Feet (HA)
Wurmple	Dream	Run Away (HA)
Lotad	Friend	Own Tempo (HA)
Seedot	Friend	Pickpocket (HA)
Taillow	Dream	Scrappy (HA)
Wingull	Dream	Rain Dish (HA)
Ralts	Friend / Moon	Synchronize/Trace
Surskit	Friend	Rain Dish (HA)
Shroomish	Friend	Quick Feet (HA)
Slakoth	Dream	Truant
Nincada	Moon / Level	Run Away (HA)
Whismur	Dream	Rattled (HA)
Makuhita	Dream	Sheer Force (HA)
Nosepass	Heavy / Level	Sand Force (HA)
Skitty	Moon / Dream	Wonder Skin (HA)
Sableye	Moon / Heavy / Dream	Prankster (HA)
Mawile	Moon / Heavy	Sheer Force (HA)
Aron	Heavy	Sturdy/Rock Head
Meditite	Dream / Heavy / Moon	Telepathy (HA)
Electrike	Fast / Heavy	Minus (HA)
Plusle	Fast	Lightning Rod (HA)
Minun	Fast	Volt Absorb (HA)
Illumise	Moon	Prankster (HA)
Volbeat	Moon / Level	Prankster (HA)
Roselia	Friend	Natural Cure/Poison Point
Gulpin	Moon	Gluttony (HA)
Carvanha	Dream / Lure / Friend	Speed Boost (HA)
Wailmer	Dream	Pressure (HA)
Numel	Moon / Level	Own Tempo (HA)
Torkoal	Level	Shell Armor (HA)
Spoink	Dream / Heavy	Gluttony (HA)
Trapinch	Friend	Sheer Force (HA)
Cacnea	Friend / Level	Water Absorb (HA)
Swablu	Love / Level	Cloud Nine (HA)
Zangoose	Moon	Toxic Boost (HA)
Seviper	Dream	Infiltrator (HA)
Lunatone	Moon	Levitate (Only Ability)
Solrock	Level	Levitate (Only Ability)
Barboach	Level	Hydration (HA)
Corphish	Lure	Adaptability (HA)
Baltoy	Dream	Levitate (Only Ability)
Lileep	Dream	Storm Drain (HA)
Anorith	Level	Swift Swim (HA)
Feebas	Dream / Love / Beast / Moon / Level	Adaptability (HA)
Kecleon	Friend	Protean (HA)
Shuppet	Moon	Cursed Body (HA)
Duskull	Moon	Levitate
Tropius	Friend	Harvest (HA)
Chimecho	Dream / Moon	Levitate (Only Ability)
Absol	Moon / Dream	Justified
Snorunt	Moon	Moody (HA)
Spheal	Dream / Love	Oblivious (HA)
Clamperl	Dream / Love / Friend	Rattled (HA)
Relicanth	Heavy	Sturdy (HA)
Luvdisc	Love	Hydration (HA)
Bagon	Moon / Friend / Beast	Sheer Force (HA)
Beldum	Heavy	Light Metal (HA)

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Gen 4 Pokémon	Poké Ball	Ability
Turtwig	Friend	Shell Armor (HA)
Chimchar	Love / Friend / Dream / Level	Iron Fist (HA)
Piplup	Heavy	Defiant (HA)
Starly	Moon	Reckless (HA)
Kricketot	Friend / Level / Sport	Run Away (HA)
Shinx	Moon / Level	Guts (HA)
Cranidos	Heavy	Sheer Force (HA)
Shieldon	Heavy / Level	Soundproof (HA)
Burmy	Dream	Overcoat (HA)
Combee	Sport	Hustle (HA)
Pachirisu	Dream	Volt Absorb (HA)
Buizel	Level / Fast	Water Veil (HA)
Cherubi	Love	Chlorophyll (Only Ability)
Shellos (West Sea Form)	Friend	Sand Force (HA)
Shellos (West Sea Form)	Dream	Sand Force (HA)
Drifloon	Moon / Dream	Flare Boost (HA)
Buneary	Dream / Love	Limber (HA)
Glameow	Dream	Keen Eye (HA)
Stunky	Dream	Keen Eye (HA)
Bronzor	Heavy / Friend	Heavy Metal (HA)
Spiritomb	Moon	Infiltrator (HA)
Gible	Moon	Rough Skin (HA)
Riolu	Moon	Prankster (HA)
Hippopotas	Level	Sand Force (HA)
Skorupi	Dream	Keen Eye (HA)
Croagunk	Moon	Poison Touch (HA)
Carnivine	Friend	Levitate (Only Ability)
Finneon	Moon	Water veil (HA)
Snover	Friend	Soundproof (HA)
Rotom	Dream / Friend / Moon / Lure / Level	Levitate (Only Ability)

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Gen 5 Pokémon	Poké Ball	Ability
Snivy	Freind	Contrary (HA)
Tepig	Heavy	Thick Fat (HA)
Oshawott	Moon / Beast	Shell Armor (HA)
Lillipup	Level	Run Away (HA)
Purrloin	Moon / Dream	Prankster (HA)
Munna	Dream / Love	Telepathy (HA)
Pidove	Heavy	Rivalry (HA)
Blitzle	Fast	Sap Sipper (HA)
Roggenrola	Moon / Heavy	Sand Force (HA)
Woobat	Love Simple (HA)
Drillbur	Heavy	Mold Breaker (HA)
Audino	Dream / Love	Klutz (HA)
Tympole	Lure	Water Absorb (HA)
Throh	Dream	Mold Breaker (HA)
Sawk	Moon	Mold Breaker (HA)
Sewaddle	Friend	Overcoat (HA)
Venipede	Dream	Speed Boost (HA)
Cottonee	Friend	Chlorophyll (HA)
Petilil	Friend	Leaf Guard (HA)
Basculin Red	Dream	Mold Breaker (HA)
Basculin Blue	Dream	Mold Breaker (HA)
Basculin White	Dream / Moon / Friend	Mold Breaker (HA)
Sandile	Moon / Level / Dream / Love	Anger Point (HA)
Unovan Darumaka	Dream / Level / Love	Inner Focus (HA)
Galarian Darumaka	Moon / Love / Beast / Dream	Inner Focus (HA)
Maractus	Friend	Storm Drain (HA)
Dwebble	Level / Friend	Weak Armor (HA)
Scraggy	Level	Intimidate (HA)
Sigilyph	Dream / Level	Tinted Lens (HA)
Yamask	Moon	Mummy (Only Ability)
Galarian Yamask	Moon	Wandering Spirit (Only Ability)
Tirtouga	Heavy / Moon / Dream	Swift Swim (HA)
Archen	Level	Defeatist (Only Ability)
Trubbish	Heavy	Aftermath (HA)
Zorua	Moon	Illusion (Only Ability)
Hisuian Zorua	Moon / Premier	Illusion (Only Ability)
Minccino	Level	Skill Link (HA)
Gothita	Dream / Luxury	Shadow Tag (HA)
Solosis	Dream / Friend	Regenerator (HA)
Ducklett	Moon	Hydration (HA)
Vanillite	Dream / Moon	Weak Armor (HA)
Deerling	Friend / Level / Love / Dream / Moon	Serene Grace (HA)
Emolga	Fast	Motor Drive (HA)
Karrablast	Level	No Guard (HA)
Foongus	Moon / Heavy	Regenerator (HA)
Frillish	Dream	Damp (HA)
Alomomola	Love	Regenerator (HA)
Joltik	Level	Swarm (HA)
Ferroseed	Friend / Heavy	Iron Barbs (Only Ability)
Klink	Heavy / Moon	Clear Body (HA)
Tynamo	Fast / Lure / Level	Levitate (Only Ability)
Elgyem	Dream	Analytic (HA)
Litwick	Moon	Infiltrator (HA)
Axew	Moon / Beast	Unnerve (HA)
Cubchoo	Moon / Dream	Rattled (HA)
Cryogonal	Moon	Levitate (Only Ability)
Shelmet	Heavy	Overcoat (HA)
Unovan Stunfisk	Friend / Level / Fast	Sand Veil (HA)
Galarian Stunfisk	Friend	Mimicry (Only Ability)
Mienfoo	Dream / Level / Moon	Reckless (HA)
Druddigon	Moon / Friend	Mold Breaker (HA)
Golett	Moon	No Guard (HA)
Pawniard	Moon / Heavy	Pressure (HA)
Bouffalant	Level	Soundproof (HA)
Rufflet	Dream / Heavy / Moon	Hustle (HA)
Vullaby	Heavy / Moon / Dream	Weak Armor (HA)
Heatmor	Heavy / Level	White Smoke (HA)
Durant	Heavy	Truant (HA)
Deino	Moon	Hustle (HA)
Larvesta	Friend / Sport	Swarm (HA)

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Gen 6 Pokémon	Poké Ball	Ability
Fennekin	Dream / Love / Level / Moon	Magician (HA)
Froakie	Moon	Protean (HA)
Bunnelby	Level	Huge Power (HA)
Fletchling	Level	Gale Wings (HA)
Litleo	Level	Moxie (HA)
Flabébé (Red Flower)	Love / Dream	Symbiosis (HA)
Flabébé (Orange Flower)	Fast / Level / Friend	Symbiosis (HA)
Flabébé (Yellow Flower)	Fast / Level	Symbiosis (HA)
Flabébé (Blue Flower)	Moon / Friend	Symbiosis (HA)
Flabébé (White Flower)	Moon / Friend	Symbiosis (HA)
Skiddo	Friend	Grass Pelt (HA)
Pancham	Moon / Heavy / Level	Scrappy (HA)
Furfrou	Friend / Moon / Love / Heavy / Level / Lure / Fast / Beast	Fur Coat (Only Ability)
Espurr	Dream	Own Tempo (HA)
Honedge	Moon	No Guard (Only Ability)
Spritzee	Love	Aroma Veil (HA)
Swirlix	Love	Unburden (HA)
Inkay	Dream	Infiltrator (HA)
Binacle	Heavy	Pickpocket (HA)
Skrelp	Moon	Adaptability (HA)
Clauncher	Lure	Mega Launcher (Only Ability)
Helioptile	Level	Solar Power (HA)
Tyrunt	Heavy / Moon	Sturdy (HA)
Amaura	Moon / Love	Snow Warning (HA)
Hawlucha	Friend / Moon / Dream	Mold Breaker (HA)
Dedenne	Fast	Plus (HA)
Carbink	Dream / Dream	Sturdy (HA)
Goomy	Dream / Love / Moon / Level / Friend / Lure / Heavy	Gooey (HA)
Klefki	Dream	Magician (HA)
Phantump	Moon	Harvest (HA)
Pumpkaboo (Small Size)	Moon	Insomnia (HA)
Pumpkaboo (Average Size)	Moon	Insomnia (HA)
Pumpkaboo (Large Size)	Moon	Insomnia (HA)
Pumpkaboo (Super Size)	Moon	Insomnia (HA)
Bergmite	Moon / Premier	Sturdy (HA)
Noibat	Moon	Telepathy (HA)

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Gen 7 Pokémon	Poké Ball	Ability
Rowlet	Moon	Long Reach (HA)
Litten	Luxury	Intimidate (HA)
Popplio	Love	Liquid Voice (HA)
Pikipek	Level	Pickup (HA)
Yungoos	Dream / Friend	Adaptability (HA)
Grubbin	Fast	Swarm (Only Ability)
Crabrawler	Lure	Anger Point (HA)
Oricorio (Baile Style)	Love	Dancer (Only Ability)
Oricorio (Pom-Pom Style)	Fast	Dancer (Only Ability)
Oricorio (Pa'u Style)	Dream	Dancer (Only Ability)
Oricorio (Sensu Style)	Moon	Dancer (Only Ability)
Cutiefly	Love / Dream	Sweet Veil (HA)
Rockruff	Moon	Steadfast (HA)
Rockruff	Moon	Own Tempo (Dusk Lycanroc)
Wishiwashi	Moon / Lure	Schooling (Only Ability)
Mareanie	Moon / Lure	Reverberator (HA)
Mudbray	Heavy	Inner Focus (HA)
Dewpider	Lure	Water Absorb (HA)
Fomantis	Friend	Contrary (HA)
Morelull	Love	Rain Dish (HA)
Salandit	Love / Moon / Sport	Oblivious (HA)
Stufful	Love	Cute Charm (HA)
Bounsweet	Dream / Friend	Sweet Veil (HA)
Comfey	Dream	Natural Cure (HA)
Oranguru	Dream
Passimian	Friend
Wimpod	Heavy	Wimp Out
Sandygast	Moon	Sand Veil (HA)
Pyukumuku	Dream	Unaware (HA)
Minior (Red Core)	Moon	Shields Down (Only Ability)
Minior (Orange Core)	Moon	Shields Down (Only Ability)
Minior (Yellow Core)	Moon	Shields Down (Only Ability)
Minior (Green Core)	Moon	Shields Down (Only Ability)
Minior (Blue Core)	Moon	Shields Down (Only Ability)
Minior (Indigo Core)	Moon	Shields Down (Only Ability)
Minior (Violet Core)	Moon	Shields Down (Only Ability)
Komala	Love	Comatose (Only Ability)
Turtonator	Heavy / Beast	Shell Armor (Only Ability)
Togedemaru	Fast	Sturdy (HA)
Mimikyu	Moon	Disguise (Only Ability)
Bruxish	Dream	Wonder Skin (HA)
Drampa	Moon / Dream	Cloud Nine (HA)
Dhelmise	Friend / Moon	Steelworker (Only Ability)
Jangmo-o	Heavy / Love	Overcoat (HA)

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Gen 8 Pokémon	Poké Ball	Ability
Grookey	Friend	Grassy Surge (HA)
Scorbunny	Level	Libero (HA)
Sobble	Dream / Love	Sniper (HA)
Skwovet	Level	Gluttony (HA)
Rookidee	Heavy	Big Pecks (HA)
Blipbug	Moon / Dream	Telepathy (HA)
Nickit	Moon	Stakout (HA)
Gossifleur	Friend	Effect Spore (HA)
Wooloo	Moon / Love	Bulletproof (HA)
Chewtle	Friend	Swift Swim (HA)
Yamper	Fast	Rattled (HA)
Rolycoly	Level / Heavy	Flash Fire (HA)
Applin	Friend	Bulletproof (HA)
Silicobra	Level	Sand Veil (HA)
Cramorant	Moon	Gulp Missile (Only Ability)
Arrokuda	Level	Propeller Tail (HA)
Toxel	Dream	Klutz (HA)
Sizzlipede	Level	Flame Body (HA)
Clobbopus	Level	Technician (HA)
Sinistea	Moon / Love / Sport	Cursed Body (HA)
Hatenna	Moon	Magic Bounce (HA)
Impidimp	Moon / Dream / Friend	Pickpocket (HA)
Milcery	Love	Aroma veil (HA)
Falinks	Level	Defiant (HA)
Pincurchin	Fast	Electric Surge (HA)
Snom	Friend	Icicle Scales (HA)
Stonjourner	Heavy	Power Spot
Eiscue	Moon / Dream	Ice Face (Only Ability)
Indeedee	Love / Dream	Psychic Surge (HA)
Morpeko	Fast	Hunger Switch (Only Ability)
Cufant	Heavy	Heavy Metal (HA)
Duraludon	Heavy	Stalwart (HA)
Dreepy	Moon / Friend	Cursed Body (HA)

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Gen 9 Pokémon	Poké Ball	Ability
Lechonk	Heavy / Moon / Love / Dream Level /	Thick Fat (HA)
Nymble	Moon	Tinted Lens (HA)
Pawmi	Fast	Iron Fist (HA)
Tandemaus	Premier	Own Tempo (HA)
Fidough	Love	Klutz (HA)
Smoliv	Friend	Harvest (HA)
Squawkabilly (Green)	Friend	Guts (HA)
Nacli	Heavy	Clear Body (HA)
Charcadet	Moon / Level	Flame Body (HA)
Tadbulb	Fast	Damp (HA)
Wattrel	Fast	Competitive (HA)
Maschiff	Moon	Stakeout (HA)
Shroodle	Moon / Safari / Friend	Prankster (HA)
Capsakid	Friend	Klutz (HA)
Bramblin	Friend / Moon	Infiltrator (HA)
Toedscool	Friend	Mycelium Might (Only Ability)
Klawf	Level	Regenerator (HA)
Flittle	Dream	Speed Boost (HA)
Tinkatink	Love / Dream	Pickpocket (HA)
Wiglett	Moon / Lure	Sand Veil (HA)
Bombirdier	Moon / Level	Rocky Payload (HA)
Finizen	Lure	Water Veil (Only Ability)
Varoom	Heavy	Slow Start (HA)
Cyclizar	Friend	Regenerator (HA)
Orthworm	Heavy	Sand Veil (HA)
Glimmet	Moon	Corrosion (HA)
Greavard	Moon	Fluffy (HA)
Flamigo	Dream / Love	Costar (HA)
Cetoddle	Moon / Heavy	Sheer Force (HA)
Veluza	Dream / Friend	Sharpness (HA)
Dondozo	Moon	Water Veil (HA)
Tatsugiri (Curly Form)	Moon	Storm Drain (HA)
Tatsugiri (Droopy Form)	Moon	Storm Drain (HA)
Tatsugiri (Stretchy Form)	Moon	Storm Drain (HA)
Frigibax	Moon	Ice Body (HA)
Poltchageist	Friend	Heatproof (HA)

I have made a list of things that I think need to be improved, changed or fixed based on my in-game experience. Please note that these are just my *opinions* and feel free to explain why (if) you disagree in the comments or share your own suggestions. Some of them may be already present in the game. Sorry if I missed. Try not to downvote to hell just because you don't like a single article :D

Suggestions:

1. Click-and-drag scrolling for easier navigation through the game menus.
2. Photo mode that allows players to hide the HUD, perfect for capturing those heroic moments.
3. Simpler notifications: Relocate objective and mission completion notifications to the top of the screen and minimize them to reduce screen clutter. It is hard to aim for weak spots when you are playing at high difficulty and have a big wall of text in the middle of your screen.
4. Help: Add a “Help” voice command to the Q radial menu wheel. + more&new commands?
5. Crosshair: Option to hide the aiming reticle/crosshair because it simply doesn’t help at all when you have another round crosshair in the middle that shows where your shots actually go. It also blocks the view for long range aiming.
6. Hiding nameplates / Streamer mode: Option to toggle player names.
7. Equipment preview: Armor and helmets should be shown as sets when you hover your mouse over them or choose them instead of the default diver armohelmet. OR previewing a helmet shouldn’t change the player's armor to the default and show the current set that the player has equipped and vice versa for previewing armor.
8. SOS Beacon don't show up on the stratagem menu when your team doesn't have 4 players or after a player leaves the mission.
9. Versatile Jump Packs: Allow the use of primary or secondary weapons with jump packs. Also, a superhero landing pose if you hold down B while landing airborne with the jump pack.
10. Increased jump distance or jump height for jump packs slightly.
11. Super Punisher: Add a flashlight to the Punisher shotgun and some other primary/support weapons that do not have them, so divers can shed light on the darkest enemies of our way of life.
12. Standardize weapon ergonomics: Some primary weapons handle like autocannon while some handle like a pocket gun.
13. Delay on EAT: Sometimes EAT do not fire after you equip and aim it. I try to fire a few times and nothing happens.
14. Arc Thrower & Blitzer: Lightning arcs should damage Terminid eggs. Don't make their arcs jump between the eggs if you think it would be OP, but being able to kill a charger with an arc thrower and yet failing to destroy a smoll egg is kinda lame.
15. Booster Icons: Add booster icons next to team stratagem list that show up when you press CTRL, so we can see what our fellow divers chose to bring.
16. Shield Generator Relay: Sometimes explosions happening outside will kill, stagger or damage the player standing inside the shield. Outside explosions should have much less or no effect on player.
17. Bile Titans tanking Hellpods: Sometimes -almost always lol- Titans don't take any damage, get staggered or die even if you land directly on their head or body with a hellpod.
18. Improved Incendiaries: Prolong the burn time of incendiary grenades for a few more seconds. They seem to go out before they even kill anything or deny an entry.
19. Convenient Flamethrower: Remove the movement speed penalty of firing the flamethrower OR increase the flamethrower’s range by 3-5 meters. Enemies mostly start to attack you, as soon as they enter the range of your flamethrower already. If you believe first option would be unbalanced, then you can make it only avaliable for armors with speed stats above +520
20. Improve Patriot Exosuit: Fix the aiming and accuracy of the Patriot Exosuit missiles. Also, we need much better gun&pod elevation and depression for a 10 minute cooldown stratagem imo.
21. Fall damage variation: Fall damage needs to differ between armor sets that you have equipped. Players with light armor should take less damage. However, if you want to give another advantage to heavy armor sets, then you can make heavy armors decrease/negate fall damage to some extent because they would be more protective etc.
22. Fire effects rework: I don’t know if it is just how it seemed to me instead of how it works but fire effects from napalms, grenades etc. only create flames that are scattered around instead of a big strong wall/pool of fire. These flames make it easier to walk around or through them for enemies and take less damage inside the affected area. I think everything inside a circular radius needs to take constant fire damage. Idk how to explain this better. Sorry if it is already how it works.

Okey I'll start and and I will try to tell it in the shortest way possible So this happened last night and I have the audacity to tell it right here. It was 0:45 am me playing video games until I felt a little weak, take note that I didn't told it but I'm a bit sick and got a cold. So the thing is as soon as I reached bed I felt asleep like a baby but the thing is I only slept only for 3 hours until I wake up in middle of the night like 3:30 am and I've decided to take a Paracetamol (1g) because I felt a pain in my head. After that I couldn't sleep like until 5 am after I took a capsule of melatonin (3mg) and because the bed for some reason felt so hot that I started sweating.
I've woke up at 12:30 pm and I don't know what I did last night would affect me. Any advice so this doesn't happen again?

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I am tired of taking care of my hair, but I am also dreading the idea of getting box braids due to how hot it is getting. My bonnet never stays on my head.( I can't find one that properly fits my big head+big hair without being too tight on my forehead, so I half wear it, like a bun.) So I usually wake up covered in my braids and sweating profusely.
Any suggestions on what to do for my hair are welcome! I have only ever done twists (without extensions) or box braids (with synthetic extensions) and I don't know too much about any other style.
Just in case this information is needed, I have thick 4C hair, normal porosity.

hi guys. i really, really need some advice about my gender identity so i am here. of course only i can know the true answer but please help me find it.
so, i am 22 years old afab and have never been dysphoric my whole life (except for my chest area), almost my whole life, until the pandemic. i remember choosing the male avatar in games i used to play sometimes, but i didn't hate the idea of choosing the girl option. i enjoyed playing games like stardoll, etc. i was also playing with cars, boyish things (?)... but i did not differentiate.
i was okay with being referred to as feminine pronouns or feminine things, again, until pandemic. in high school i did makeup, wear feminine-ish clothes, never doubted my identity. i kinda knew about lgbtq+ as a concept but never thought myself as one, or felt like i was 'one of them'.
then the pandemic hit and i had to sit at home. i met tiktok and all the kinds and teens and people that are not afraid of expressing themselves. they looked so sure of themselves that i got jealous. because until then, i always lived as default, never had my own beliefs or thoughts mostly, i was believing what my family believed as a religion, i was 'feeling' like how i was born, except i never question myself about that topic until then.
then i started to question myself about the things i never questioned myself about (?), which was literally everything. my religion, my sexuality, my personal beliefs, my gender... it was so overwhelming i got into a big depression. then i came out as non-binary. i realized being perceived as a female and feminine things mad me feel bad and gave me dysphoria. especially my chest. but then last year, i started to notice my inner thoughts about men and how i would like to born as one. i always caught myself thinking ''i wish i was born a cis boy and had his body...'' but i would not want to be a ''typical man'', if that is a thing. for example, i wouldn't want a beard or any overly masculine thing. but i really want to have a boy's physical body and his voice and his hair and... it goes on.
after that i tried masculine style as much as i could; a short mullet hairstyle, more baggy clothes, more clothes from men's section, having my friends calling me a boy or saying that i ''looked handsome''. these expressions made me so so happy. but at the same time, even though i was happy, i couldn't tell myself that i was fully a man, the thought scared me... idk if 'scared' is the right word but i thought i did not deserve getting called a 'man'. then on daily i kept getting misgendered from the people who don't know my gender identity because i don't pass irl and having a high voice doesn't really help. those made me really sad and i felt dysphoric.
so yeah, that's mostly it. i don't think i'm cis... but am i a man? am i something different? which is it? the thought scares me, honestly. i can't imagine myself being 40-50 and being a big man. not to mention my family and the people around me are mostly transphobic as far as i know. there's also the thought that what if i transition and i find myself 'hideous' and not happy? what if i end up regretting in the future? what would my family and the people around me think? they would think i am a disappointment, probably. getting those reactions probably would mess me up badly. so would it really worth it if it saddens me in the end, after all the blood, sweat and tears shed?
thank you so much if you read until the end. what do you think? did you experience something like this? i can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, sadly... i don't actually know if everything will be better for me. tell me if you need more context, i will provide you context happily if needed. have a good day!

Spoilers ahead…
So I finally got my head around it MAYBE being plausible that Scully would leave Mulder because of fear. She’s afraid that it’ll be like another death of his—depression in someone like Mulder whose whole life was driven by passion is probably pretty terrifying.
It’s a stretch. A big one. But ok.
Then I got to Plus One on my rewatch.
What would NEVER happen is Scully giving Mulder false hope. Clearly he still loves the hell out of her. And even if she’s on the fence about getting back together, she would never crawl into bed with him for her own selfish comfort, let alone have sex with him if she wasn’t 100% sure that Mulder was recovered enough to be with him again. Because even if she can’t deal with the mental illness (the light going out of Mulder, whatever it is), she still loves him and would never risk hurting him this way.
The smile Mulder gives himself in the mirror after is so similar to the smile he has while remembering the kiss in Triangle. It breaks my heart especially when she callously tells him later “I can’t imagine that I will.” WTH.
Though his face when she opens the door almost makes up for the crap.
Anyone else have a different interpretation of their relationship in s11? Make me feel better, lol.

This happened several years ago. I was dating my ex who I also worked with, we worked different shifts. I worked first shift he worked second. One day I had to pick him up and bring him to work because his car was being worked on. We only lived about 10 minutes from work so it was no big deal to leave and come back mid afternoon.
I go to our apartment, pick him up, and we’re heading back to work with me driving. We lived close but had to get on the highway to go one exit down to get there. Side roads took twice as long. I’m on the ramp that I need, it’s one of those still kind of highway ramps that have multiple exits and entrances on it with two lanes, and I needed the last exit, the third one.
I’m in the left lane because I’m not ready to exit yet, the right lane is for cars entering and exiting. A boomer lady in the right lane decides she needs to be exactly where I was at that very moment and proceeds to shift lanes. There are no shoulders, just guardrails so I can’t even move over. I hit the brake and lean on my horn but she’s oblivious and manages to still hit me. After she bounced off me she exits on the second exit. I can’t follow her because I was still in the left lane and she exited immediately, there was no time.
So as much as I wanted to go after her I couldn’t, so I shift lanes and take the third exit like I normally would, planning to drop my ex at work and then go to the police station to make a report. At the end of the exit ramp is a red light and I’m stopped, and this big black pickup truck with a boomer guy in it is right up my butt behind me and honking. I was already shaken and this was adding to it. I take the turns I need to go to work which is very out of the way and this guy was definitely following me.
I pull into my work parking lot but turn around as I don’t want this guy knowing I work there and told my ex sorry I’m going to the police station now, your gonna be late to work. The truck boomer is still following me and honking his horn until we get to another red light with two lanes and he pulls up beside me, fully blocking traffic in that lane, and starts yelling at me “I SAW YOU HIT THAT LADY” “I GOT YOUR PICTURE” All with this smug grin on his face like he was going to serve justice.
Like ??? If you were actually paying attention, SHE hit ME!
I just told him if he’d like to keep stalking me I’m going to the police station. He peeled out in the opposite direction. Guess he didn’t want to be a vigilante after all, not with the police involved anyway. I went to the police station and reported them both. Never actually heard anything, never got her license plate number because it all happened too fast.

Detective Pierce and his colleague Morrison walked down the dark hall to the interrogation room where Seminarian Crawford Rossi awaited them.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Crawford Rossi." Pierce greeted as he walked inside taking a seat.

Rossi cradled a foam coffee cup in his hands looking up at them with dark circles under his eyes "Good evening." he mumbled.

"I want to talk to you about what happened to Father Pesci." Pierce began opening a case file he brought with him.

"Father Pesci..." Rossi spoke softly keeping his head down before looking at both detectives "He wasn't a bad man."

Morrison nods in understanding “We just need to hear your side of the story.”

Rossi’s shoulders went lax, and he leaned back looking up at the dim light hanging above them.

“It was the day before Easter Sunday. We were setting things up and there was this weird box among the decorations.” he began rubbing his hands together and looked back at the detectives.

“A weird box?” Pierce questioned.

Rossi nods “I know it seems strange but…” he paused biting his bottom lip “This box didn’t belong to the church. When I took it to Father Pesci, he said it was probably donated by someone.”

Morrison nodded and jotted down notes in his notepad “What did this box look like?”

The Seminarian began describing to them the box he had found. It was a medium ornate box the baby blue and white polka dot wrapping paper was weathered as if it had been left in the sun all day. The white ribbon was frayed and splotched with tiny specks of red. The box felt so heavy in his hands.

“Did you ever open this box?” Pierce asked.

Rossi shook his head “N-no it felt wrong.”

“So, an old gift felt wrong to you?” Morrison scoffed shaking his head.

“Since it was unopened” Rossi wrung his hands together “I put it in Father Pesci’s office that morning and by the evening it was open” the Seminarian paused looking up at the detectives.

“What of Father Pesci?” Pierce questioned “What did he find inside that box?”

Rossi sat back in his chair rubbing his hands onto his pants “He was in the corner of his office mumbling to himself and the box…” he took a deep breath and exhaled “Oozed a brownish red onto his desk.”

During the service that evening Father Pesci will have murdered an entire congregation. Their heads placed onto their laps and hands wired together in prayer. Pesci himself disappeared after leaving symbols written in blood all over the walls behind the podium. The gift box was missing and nowhere to be found along with one of the hearses.

“I’m sure the entire event has been quite traumatic for you. Since you were the one to find the service in such a grim state” said Pierce giving Rossi a knowing smile trying to give the man some comfort.

“Detectives” the Seminarian began licking his lips “Will you be able to find the father before he hurts more people?” he leaned forward looking them both in the eyes.

“Of course we’ll find him.” Morrison was confident.

Pierce wanted to relay the same energy but according to the reports they had gotten back the hearse that Father Pesci had taken was found abandoned in the next town. Which means from there the possessed Pesci walked the rest of the way to his destination.

He did however have an idea where the Father was heading. There was an older case where a clown was attending a child’s birthday party. Or what was supposed to be. When the professional entertainer got to the house he was greeted by a cult. This cult did unspeakable things to this man using him in a ritual for whatever god they worshipped. Then placed his head into the very box that he had brought the birthday cake in.

A medium box with baby blue wrapping paper with white polka dots and a white ribbon on top.

A possessed Father Pesci was heading to the place where it all started. The place where that thing that now wore him like a suit was brought into this world. Pierce looked over at Morrison who furrowed his brow.

“Thank you, Mr. Crawford Rossi we will contact, you when we find Father Pesci.” Pierce assured him who nodded anxiously looking around before getting up to leave the room.

Rossi solemnly nodded getting up from his chair. As he walked to the door to exit the interrogation room he looked back at Morrison and Pierce. “There was something else I need to mention” he spoke low making the detectives to strain their ears to listen “Before I found Father Pesci he was talking to someone. A voice I never heard before, but it filled me full of dread.”

“Why are you telling us this now?” inquired Morrison
Rossi held his hands in front of him in a silent prayer “Because I don’t think I should have heard what they were talking about.”

Pierce scratched his chin “Can you tell us what was said?”

Rossi shook his head “No…no if I do. IT will come for me next.”

The ‘it’ he was referring to must have been whatever had possessed Father Pesci. He left the room leaving both detectives to go over the information they had gathered. Morrison flipped through his notes and clicked his tongue.

“What are we even supposed to do with any of this?” he scoffed motioning to the notepad in his hand.

“Don’t worry we have plenty of information to go off. Besides I know where we will find Father Pesci and hopefully, we will arrive in time.” answered Pierce who stood up first and headed to the door.

Morrison scratched his head following behind his coworker “I sure hope you’re right.”

Honestly even Pierce himself hoped he was right too because they had a long car ride ahead of them and had to make sure they brought the proper equipment with them. They had a Priest to exercise after all.

From head to toe, you are perfection. I was shocked when you told me that you have insecurities. How can that be possible? If only you saw yourself the way I do. I really hate how society’s beauty expectations has made you think that you don’t measure up. The first day I saw you, my heart melted. I became weak. So weak, that 365 days later and counting, I still feel weak. Seeing you smile melted me. I really miss resting my head on your soft belly. I miss your squishy thighs and waist, and the way you sweated on your back and chest is the sexiest thing ever. So sexy, that I would love to bath in it for as long as I live. I loved giving you forehead kisses, and I loved the way you smiled when you received them. Every time you cuddled me in your sleep, my heart somersaulted. Your springy walk always made me blush. Your voice was music to my ears. Plus, you always spoke intelligently. Your dark chocolate skin is magnificent. I loved the times we spent today. I really miss them. I really miss having fun and laughing with you. It shattered me when you told me that you don’t love me anymore. It gave such intense anxiety, nightmares, and flashbacks for months. It was extremely suffocating. It was so suffocating that I would cry every time I woke up from sleep. It was really a very hard period for me. However, I’m doing much better now, but I pray we cross paths again. I’m still in love with you. I want to be yours, and I want you to be mine.

Synopsis:
Carlos was an ordinary software engineer on Earth, up until he died and found himself in a fantasy world of dungeons, magic, and adventure. This new world offers many fascinating possibilities, but it's unfortunate that the skills he spent much of his life developing will be useless because they don't have computers.
Wait, why does this spell incantation read like a computer program's source code? Magic is programming?
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Here we go with book 2!
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Carlos lounged comfortably on one of the mayor's fancy sofas. At 23 years old with a healthy body he really didn't need cushioned upholstery, but he liked how it felt. Honestly, he was probably more comfortable with high quality furniture than someone of his relatively low-income background should be in this world. Spoiled by the mass production factories of modern Earth, I suppose. All of this stuff here is probably handmade. Er, make that definitely handmade. Unless they have magic factories I haven't heard about, or something. He mentally shrugged. There was no point trying to change his attitudes toward furniture now. While this world might have higher prices for a lot of things than he was used to, he was also a lot richer than he was used to thanks to having become a noble lord. People would expect him to treat fine furniture as cheap because of his station.
I might have the physical habits of a couch potato, but at least I don't look like one. Too skinny. Not as skinny as Amber, though. He smiled as he watched the young woman next to him on the sofa continue animatedly expounding on their recent adventures together. She was lanky, with few curves to speak of and spindly limbs, far from any conventional picture of feminine beauty. Her hair, a slightly lighter shade of brown than his own, was cropped short. He thought she was 18 or 19 years old, but wasn't sure. Have I really never asked her age before? ... Would that be a rude question here? Regardless of her age, she had grown her confidence a lot since their first meeting a few weeks ago. She'd found her footing in a new life that she'd seized with utter determination, and he saw no sign of the shyness that she'd first greeted him with. The way her potential was finally blooming was beautiful to watch.
Carlos turned his gaze to the sofa across from them and carefully held back from laughing at the expressions Trinlen was making as Amber wrapped up explaining the events and developments they'd gone through since their introduction to him at the Royal Mage Academy. Carlos had contributed a fair amount to the explanation at first, but Amber had taken to it with enthusiasm when she arrived, and he could tell she was enjoying it. The young man in front of them, newly graduated from said academy, was on the edge of his seat and leaning forward, hanging attentively on every word. His casual attire, plain and made of cheap materials, looked thoroughly out of place on the finely embroidered velvet of the sofa, but he'd shown no sign of even noticing the finery around him. Excitement warred for control of his face with surprise, disbelief, envy, and dismay.
Amber finished her impromptu monologue, and Trinlen slowly schooled his face into a neutral expression. His voice was tense and tightly controlled. "So... In short, you're telling me that in the mere two weeks since you met me, you discovered a mana-poaching conspiracy of nobles, were abducted right under the noses of two royal guards without them even noticing, absorbed mana so fast that you gained 6 levels in a day and a half - so unfair, by the way - somehow learned an obscure portal spell from just its name and description, found evidence of a conspiracy against the Crown, and personally met a princess." He paused, then threw his hands up as he wailed in frustration and disappointment. "And I missed it!?"
Carlos threw back his head and burst out laughing. He couldn't help it. Trinlen just sounded so much like a little kid who'd barely missed out on a candy store giving away its entire stock for free. It was such an incredible light-hearted contrast with how everyone else viewed these same events that the sheer ridiculousness of it was overwhelming. Amber joined the laughter a moment later, shaking her head in amused disbelief, and after a few more seconds Trinlen started chuckling too.
Carlos's laughter eventually trailed off, and he took a deep breath to settle down. "Thanks, Trinlen. It's been a very stressful two weeks, and laughing like that helped release a lot of it. Feels good. Anyway, what have you been up to? I thought you would take a whole month to graduate?"
"Technically I only said 'next month', not that it would be at the same point in the month. But yes, this is earlier than I expected. The normal graduation ceremony is still a week and a half away." Trinlen shrugged. "They didn't explain the reasons, but after what you said I'm guessing your meeting with the princess prompted her to do something. The vice headmaster called me to his office yesterday morning, a few teachers grilled me on my classwork, and they declared I'd passed my exams. Then they told me to pack because I'd be teleported to my new employers the next day, and here I am." He sighed. "Hmph. Now I won't get to humiliate Norla in front of the whole academy when she gives her speech." Then he perked up and grinned widely. "But it sounds like you two are going to be so much fun that I'll get over it in no time!"
"I'm not sure if I agree with your idea of fun, Trinlen, but if it motivates you to help us more then that's good enough for me." Carlos chuckled again. "Anyway, do you need some time to get settled in? You might need to think about lesson plans for us too. We don't need just catalogues of incantations to learn anymore, at least not for simple ones, but I believe you learned other things in the academy too. You mentioned creating your own spells, as I recall."
Trinlen nodded. "I did mention that, yes. I'm guessing your lack of need for a catalogue is because of your newfound ability to somehow pull entire incantations from thin air? You'll have to at least tell me about the limitations of that so I'll know what I still need to teach you, but yeah, there are other things. For one thing, there's your sloppy terminology! Why does no one outside of the academy care about properly distinguishing between the states of mana? Is it really that hard to understand that calling aether, mana, and essence all by the same term obscures your meaning and often causes confusion? Or are people so stupid that they can't even understand the difference?"
Carlos blinked and exchanged a look with Amber. His comprehension aid informed him about the distinction the instant Trinlen spoke the terms. That would have been nice to know earlier. The comprehension aid is a house secret, so we should let him explain. "At least for us, it's just ignorance. I don't think I've even heard the other two terms you mentioned, and certainly no one ever explained them. So, what is the difference?"
Trinlen paused, cocked his head for a moment, and slowly deflated after his impassioned rant. "Yeah, okay, that's fair. I don't think I ever heard about it before going to the academy either." He sat up straight. "Aether is what you've been calling ambient mana. It's thin like air, and it's everywhere. Its only use is converting it to mana or essence. Mana, using the term with proper precision, is thicker but still fluid like water. It exists primarily in people or creatures and is used as fuel to supply power for spells and magical effects. Essence is hard and solid. It is the material that soul structures are made of, as well as the forms of active spells and enchantments. Am I clear so far?"
Amber answered first. "Yes, I'm familiar with each of the forms you described. I have questions about more details - so many questions - but you should get properly settled in, and maybe eat lunch, before we really get down to it. Have you spoken with Mayor Stelras yet? Do you have lodging sorted out?"
"I went by his office first. He's having someone take my luggage to an inn. The Adventurer's Haven, I think? He said something about a 'low-value target' and having an empty suite already booked." Trinlen's eyes widened. "Waaait a minute. Is he putting me in the room you two were abducted from?"
Carlos shrugged. "Sounds like it."
"Nice! Think there'll be any evidence left of how it was done?"
"Haha! Probably not by this point, but you're welcome to look. Now go get unpacked, eat a meal, and start planning your lessons for us. I'm glad you're here, but we have some other things to do too."
Trinlen nodded and stood up. "Sure. I'll be back before you miss me."
Carlos waved as Trinlen sauntered out the door. He and Amber sat in companionable silence for a while as he felt the mana - or essence? - of Trinlen's soul moving off into the distance. "Well. That was interesting. It's good to have him, but I was expecting a bit more time to think and plan before he'd get here."
"Yeah." Amber stretched and then leaned back into the sofa's cushions, luxuriating in their soft firmness. "So, how much are we going to tell him? How useful will his knowledge even be for us, now that we have, what did you call it, the reference documentation? That bit about the states of mana is good to know, but is it really relevant and important, and how much more can there be that's not in the documentation?"
"Be careful talking about that out loud, remember?" Carlos relaxed and draped his arms across the sofa's back as he focused his mind on their mental bond through Purple, their friendly dungeon core. [On Earth, we made many languages similar to the language of incantations, and we had the reference documentation for all of them. We even published that documentation free for everyone to have. Teachers for those languages were still useful, and even critically important for many people. Having access to knowledge doesn't mean you automatically understand how to properly apply it. There may be related knowledge we have no idea even exists. There could be techniques and patterns for how to use the language that are simply outside the scope of the documentation. Perhaps most importantly, a teacher can use their experience to notice a student's mistakes and correct them before they become problems.]
[Hmm.] Amber bit her lip, thinking. [Like how I knew about making soul structures and synergies between them, but had no idea about the importance of being able to examine and fix them, I suppose.]
Carlos nodded. [Yeah. And that's a really simple example. I know some that are a lot more complex, though I'm not sure how many of them are even applicable for incantations. Inversion of control, dependency injection, factory patterns...] He shook his head. [Just the context knowledge needed to be able to fully understand those could take days or weeks to teach well enough for you to use them. I could maybe explain the basic ideas faster with some simplified analogies, but that would lose so many details that I doubt it would still be useful.]
Amber paused. [... Even my comprehension aid is baffled by the terms you just said. It translated the individual words that you said, but all I got for the phrases is a confusing jumble.] She chuckled. [Anyway, I concede the point. Trinlen will still be able to teach us important and useful things. We still need to decide what secrets to share with him.]
[A lot depends on how good he is at keeping secrets. We don't actually know him all that well yet. He's certainly fun, and he seems clever, but for assessing his integrity we're leaning pretty hard on just a janitor vouching for him.] Carlos frowned in thought. [In order for him to do his job, he needs to know that we can only "pull an entire incantation from thin air" if it's a simple one. He does not need to know the full details of help, however, and most certainly does not need to learn to use it himself. That secret is a very sensitive one, where even just letting too much knowledge of it spread would lose us a major advantage.]
[Definitely. No casting help where he can hear it, and don't say anything about it that's not directly relevant for his teaching, either. Not until he's earned our full trust.] Amber lapsed into silent consideration. [We should introduce him to Purple. We'll kind of have to at some point anyway, and the really valuable thing there is Purple himself, not just the knowledge of his existence.]
Carlos nodded. [True. I think that probably is the least sensitive of our house secrets, and being able to call him through a bond with Purple would be useful.] He chuckled. [And maybe his cleverness will end up producing some good ideas for Purple to use. See if he can find a more productive outlet than pranks for his creativity. And then... If he keeps that secret well enough for long enough, we can consider trusting him with more secrets.]
Amber sent back wordless agreement.
Carlos started sitting up, lifting himself out of the comfortable cushions. "Well, we should get some food ourselves, too. And maybe introduce Trinlen to everyone else along with Purple." He stood up and spotted a letter he'd set aside when Trinlen arrived. "Oh yeah, and what do you think we should do about Kindar?"
"Wait, what's this about Kindar?"
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I'm 17, I've always gotten light headed and dizzy when I stood up but as of February I had my first pass out. After then I've had alot of episodes, the dizziness has gotten worse and I've only just be diagnosed with pots. I'm new to the whole pots thing and I just want to know if you guys struggle with having energy to do anything? I've suffered with depression for quite the while but this kind of lack of motivation is completely new its not just I don't want to do it, I cant.

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Hi. I thought I ovulated on April 23 but in hindsight, I never got a peak test result. Based on other results and previous cycles, I thought that I missed the window to get a peak because I had to take my sister to the airport super early and then go straight to work and forgot to bring a test with me.
I tested twice a day beginning May 2. Negative negative negative. On Thursday May 9, I got a very faint line on Pregmate which led me to the TFAB linporn sub which led me to understand I needed to take a FRER. I took one on May 10 and it was a faint positive. May 12 I saw the line had doubled in darkness.
I had betas done yesterday (May 13) afternoon and they came back today at 81.3. Took an FRER this morning (May 14) and the line is about the same as May 12, maybe slightly darker.
Can anybody help me understand what may be happening? Does this look like it’s heading to a chemical or does it sound like it’s just really early? I am having a hard time focusing on anything else but I just don’t know what the 81.3 means OR what it means in relation to my tests.
Complicating things is my irregular cycle. My cycle ranges from 30-40 days. This cycle began April 3, which is not unusual.
I am hoping I’ll be able to get betas done again tomorrow to see progression. I know I’m pregnant. I just really really really hope it’s viable. If anyone out there can shed any light in the meantime, I would be so so thankful.

Im bored. Heres a silly idea to dislike.

Subclass Themes

With the darkness subclasses being based on mental states, I took the ideology of the id, ego, and super ego to be the darkness elements. I took the ego to be stasis as you are forcing your will into reality and overriding the will of others. I understood the superego to be strand. Understanding the world around you, the complexity and the conections of it all, the restrictions and necessity of reality. That leaves the id. Desires and instinct. Fantasies and dreams. Compulsions.
Another theme that had to be included was that of opposition. Strand is about creation and void is about absence. Solar and stasis, while much more complicated than fire and ice, do oppose each other in more meaningful ways. Arc is all about mobility, energy, adapting, and change. The opposite would be complacency. Sloth. Giving in to your desires.
The last requirements would be to have anti-barrier perks and anti-overload perks. This was the simplest and could be flavored in any which way, with anti barrier having some sort of buff, and anti overload having some sort of debuff.
With this I introduce Soul, a form of darkness that takes the shape of a dark red liquid. Names could all use some work.

Verbs

Seethe (Debuff): Soul seeps into enemies minds revealing their anger. Form of cc that has non-boss units attack nearby enemies. Combatants affected cant discern between friend or foe. Enemy guardians afflicted have friendly fire enabled and increased recoil. Reticles will slowly shift towards allies within ? meters.
Despair (Debuff): Soul clouds your head. Prevents any health gain during affliction. Enemies take damage over time. Ends with a burst of damage. Strong against overloads.
Wrath (Buff): Release your inner fury. Weapons are empowered dealing increased damage based on targets missing health. Capped at 35%. Strong against Barrier champions.
Envy (Buff): Enemy accuracy towards buffed targets is reduced based on distance. Closer enemies are more likely to miss shots. Melee damage received is reduced.
Harrow (Class Pickup): Soul matter coalesces on the floor in large red pools after killing debuffed targets. Enemies standing on Harrow take minor damage. Interacts with aspects and fragments. Armor charge works off time spent on Harrow.

Disclaimer

I was more focused on ideology. I have yet to refine ideas but aspects, melees, and supers allow for a lot of creativity of which i am lacking atm. If you have any suggestions, changes or anything let me know. Change the verbs or the whole damn thing, just want any sort of discussion. No its not serious nor do I think there is any chance of this.

Hunter

Mind Tap (Melee): Throw an ice pick. Headshots cause targets to Seethe. Bodyshots cause Despair.
Merciless (Aspect): While Wrathful heal for a very small portion of the damage dealt to Despairing targets. Despair will spread between close enemies.
Paranoia (Aspect): Dodging while standing on Harrow puddles lets the hunter dissolve into Soul matter becoming untargetable, gain heavy damage resist, and be able to move through units. While in Paranoia gain Wrathful. Gain 200% increased melee regen and movement speed. Offensive actions pull you out. Displayed as large waves moving inside.
Paint it Red (Aspect): Damaging Despairing targets releases Harrow. Has a short cooldown.
Hemophobia (Super): Explode into a massive puddle of Soul matter leaving Harrow around you. Does increased Harrow damage. Light attack throws ice picks that cause despair. Deals more damage to targets on Harrow. Heavy Attack dashes forward dealing light damage. Dodge refreshes on use.

Titan

Menacing Strike(Melee): Summon a massive maw from your hand inflicting Despair in a small aoe. Hits grant Wrath.
Unholy Soul (Aspect): Standing in Harrow puddles slowly provides health and Envy. Kills on Harrow refresh the duration and increase the size of the pool.
Terror (Aspect): Soul kills charge up a meter. When fully charged your next powered melee will deal 3x damage, have much more range, grant damage resistance, and grant Envy for a brief period. Melee charge is separate from the standard (think gunpowder gamble).
Finality (Aspect): Powered melee final blows while Wrathful refresh 90% of melee energy. Using your aerial move will slam down releasing Harrow and refilling active weapons. Costs melee energy.
Sorrow (Super): Whip around chains before tossing them at the target enemy. Enemy erupts in massive damage Despairing all nearby combatants and releasing Harrow. After a delay the target erupts again, taking damage based on the damage taken during the super.

Warlock

Dread (Melee): Shoot forward a cloud, raining and Despairing all enemies hit along the way. At max distance or on large targets the cloud lingers.
Agnosiophobia (Aspect): While grounded; press your air move to vanish, reappearing at a Harrow covered point of your choice. Emerging and departing causes a Despairing and Envious aoe. Large amounts of Harrow are released at the point that you left. Standing on Harrow gives you 100% grenade regen rate.
Mind Flayer (Aspect): Seething lasts longer on enemies. Seething enemies that die near you release parasites that travel to all unaffiliated enemies standing in connected Harrow.
Tides of War (Aspect): Activating melee will release a tsunami of Harrow in an aoe a bit larger than consecration. Enemies hit by the raging wave take massive damage and are Seethed. Wave leaves Harrow in its wake.
Beast Within (Super): Coat yourself in Soul Matter and emerge in a different form. A massive centipede with increased movement speed and trample damage. Light attack stops you, before lunging at enemies. Heavy attack is a massive charged leap. If charged all the way gain distance and release Harrow where you land.

Grenades

Harrow Grenade: Can bounce. On detonation releases Harrow. Enemies hit will leave Harrow in their wake.
Bunkering Grenade: Sticks to surfaces but not enemies. When deployed projects a ring. Allies standing within the ring gain Envy. Enemies within Despair.
Winding Grenade: On hitting an enemy or surface releases 3 bolts, quickly striking the nearest enemies in rage. Enemies hit Seethe.

I don't know what it means, but a recent development seems a little odd to me. Maybe someone with legal expertise can comment. It is kind of mundane & puzzling, so I hope someone can shed light.
Keith first filed for the divorce two years ago (April 15, 2022) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21716869-papini-divorce-filing?sidebar=false
At that time he had retained attorneys Swartz and Jones of Redding, CA. But, even though the divorce was granted a year ago ( https://www.reddit.com/thepapinis/comments/14ivqmw/the_papini_divorce_becomes_final/ ),
... as the case regarding child custody & property settlement dragged on and on and is apparently unsettled and heading for trial... Suddenly, Keith petitions to change lawyers on May7, 2024 with a "Substitution of Attorney" request. So, now he has retained family law attorneys Manuel, Conard Manuel and Tescher ( https://www.kmanuellaw.com/about-us ).
They held a "Trial Readiness Conference" yesterday, May 13, 2024, and now the next hearing is June 3, to rule on some order for "Modification" of what the proposed settlement is. The date has not yet been set for a trial.
But why would he switch lawyers two years into this case? She still has the same lawyer as she started with in 2022. - https://vankinney.com/
(ps- this case is in Shasta County civil court and is not directly connected to Sherri's criminal case in federal court in which she was convicted and sent to prison, if that helps with searching for past records or info.)

AITA for shoving a 12 year old to the ground

I firmly believed I was not TA but I got into a LOT of trouble for this. So, let me explain my story.
I'm16f and my sister, 13f going to my school too.. This started when a bunch of her 'friends' starting being aggressive accusing my sister of saying mean things to a girl(we'll call her Lily, not her actual name) Lily. Lily is very tall, even taller than me and shes 12. If I had to guess, shes 5''9, which for a 12 year old girl is massive. These girls accused my sister of calling lily 'fat'. Lily said that she called her fat on a groupchat, and I read all the messages on my sisters phone, no mention of that at all, Lily threatened to fight my sister. And this has been going on for about 2 weeks now. I just told my sister to ignore them.
During lunch, A friend tells me she saw my sister crying, I found her with her friends. I asked her why she was crying, and she said it's because Lily was harrasing her following her around the school still accusing her of not only calling her fat, but other things aswell which I dont believe are true. This made me really annoyed so I told my sister we'd go to Lily herself and I'd confront her. We went. I didnt yell, I spoke calmly asking her why she's saying these things about my sister and she said that she 'didnt accuse her of anything'. Another girl speaks interrupts her and says shes lying. Lily basically says 'Whatever shes lying' I got bored of her shitty responses, so I just left.
As we're leaving, my sister shouts something I didnt quite understand as her voice was shaky and crack-y from crying. Lily starts laughing and said ''what the fuck was that'' to her friend. I yelled at her, I said don't laugh in my sisters face, she hits me with an 'okay whatever' again. As we're walking away (again) my sister turned around, and swung at Lily. Obviously this was the wrong thing for my sister to do. My sister either misses or hits very light, either way it didn't do any damage, but Lily grabs her by the hair and tries to throw her into a metal fence that we were standing infront of, and Lily tried to literally step on and kick my sister, I tried to just shove her out of the way but I end up shoving her onto the floor and she falls back. Lily starts crying despite what she just did to my sister, and walks away with her friends to go tell the head of year in our school.
The next day. I got in alot of trouble. I got put in 'Isolation' (its a british thing, google it, if you dont want to google it, its just a very strict punishment) The reason I got punished was because Lily told our head of year that me and my sister tried to jump her. Which was simply not true. I shoved her to stop her from stomping on my sister. I explained what actually happened and they told me it didnt matter because 'I shouldnt have resorted to violence anyway'. My sister also got punished because she swung first. Lily did not get any punishment because my sister swung first, and she was simply 'defending herself'
So, are we TA?

Just some pictures i took while doing some upgrades/replacements on my 13’ 1.8L Sedan.
Replaced all shocks and struts.
Installed new Kicker 6” speakers in all doors as well as new tweeters in the A pillars.
New Pioneer Head unit with wired Apple CarPlay(used an adapter to make it wireless.) I also installed the Wolfbox dashcam/backup cam, Footwell LED lighting, replaced the cigarette lighter with a 3 USB charger. The interior and back up lights were all replaced with LEDs.
Almost replaced the entire coolant system. (Rad, hoses, clamps, water pump, thermostat, reservoir. As well as the serpentine belt.
Replaced the ignition coil and MAF plastic connectors since they were both broken.
Replaced the exhaust manifold(manifold and heat shield painted with black ceramic high heat paint), replaced the midpipe and both O2 sensors and put in the ZZperformace catback system.
Got rid of the OEM laughable “Cold air intake”. Ran a custom hose straight to the bumper to pull in air from one of the blanks where the fog light would be at. Also wrapped the AEM intake with heat reflective tape.
And anyone who drives a Sonic knows they are piles of shit. So I’ve always called it the Turd when i refer to it. Because of this a added a custom touch to the back end of the car.
I’m 100% positive i did more i didn’t list but this post is already long enough. I had fun doing this, i really don’t give a shit about this car, that’s why i wanted to play a bit with it and also make my backup car a bit more reliable in the process.
Also, it is tuned by Trifecta and once i get the chance i will be logging some data for them and finding out if my custom air intake reroute had any significant increase in performance.