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2011.01.21 21:31 phyzome Codes & ciphers

Hiding data, cracking codes, finding hidden messages. We welcome posts that aren't as suitable for /crypto, such as basic cipher-cracking challenges and discussions of simple data hiding.
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2013.05.02 20:53 KILLAZAVIX The best place on Reddit for all things gaming laptops!

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2024.05.06 04:58 aputnam28 Driver Taunted Us and Kept the Food and Uber will not Refund

The Driver first parked for 10 minutes near my house. He would not respond to texts and Uber would not let me call him because I set up my account with a different old phone number than I have now.
I called Uber Support and then he finally started to move. So I ended the Uber support call and the Driver sped right past my husband going 30 mph in a 10 mph manufacturered home park. I texted him that he just passed us. He drove around the park some more and the second time he passed my husband he gave my husband a big grin and sped up faster past him (while my husband was trying to wave him down). He then somehow he marked it as delivered and kept the food even though we never gave him the code Uber provided me.
Uber will not help at all. On the phone they either hang up on me or tell me a ticket it already open. I keep getting support emails closing tickets I open when I call that say I dont qualify for a refund because I did not reorder the food. We were starving and pissed at Uber for not giving us an immediate refund so of course we just cooked something ourselves. They also try to ask for a photo of the food, or they claim I did not respond to them within 48 hours of ordering (obviously insanely untrue).
The driver was a malicious theif. But how can Uber not help us when he never stopped by our house and all the messenges I sent him are there as proof.
The whole thing has caused me so much stress. I should just forget about it I guess but it is the principle!
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2024.05.06 04:58 researchallthethings Alltalk_tts Errors

Banging my head against a wall for hours trying to figure out why Alltalk_tts won't run. Not even trying Deepspeed yet, just standard Alltalk. Coqui, Diffusion, and a couple others seem to work fine. Running in unraid docker container (atinoda/text-generation-webui) and startup logs seem fine after running the pip upgrade for tts version apparently being out of date:
02:40:50-594796 INFO Loading the extension "alltalk_tts" [AllTalk Startup] _ _ _ _____ _ _ _____ _____ ____ [AllTalk Startup] / \ _ __ _ __ _ __ _/ ___ [AllTalk Startup] / _ \ / _` / / \___ \ [AllTalk Startup] / ___ \ (_ < ___) [AllTalk Startup] /_/ \_\__ _\__,___\_\ _ _ ____/ [AllTalk Startup] [AllTalk Startup] Config file check : No Updates required [AllTalk Startup] AllTalk startup Mode : Text-Gen-webui mode [AllTalk Startup] WAV file deletion : Disabled [AllTalk Startup] DeepSpeed version : Not Detected [AllTalk Startup] Model is available : Checking [AllTalk Startup] Model is available : Checked [AllTalk Startup] Current Python Version : 3.10.12 [AllTalk Startup] Current PyTorch Version: 2.2.1+cu121 [AllTalk Startup] Current CUDA Version : 12.1 [AllTalk Startup] Current TTS Version : 0.22.0 [AllTalk Startup] Current TTS Version is : Up to date [AllTalk Startup] AllTalk Github updated : 6th May 2024 at 00:39 [AllTalk Startup] Running in Docker. Please wait. 02:40:54-540811 INFO Loading the extension "openai" Running on local URL: http://0.0.0.0:7860 
I can get to chat fine, load up llama3-8b, and when it tries to respond with an audio message to a test message, it errors out:

AI: How can I help you today? You: Test AI: Output generated in 0.99 seconds (32.40 tokens/s, 32 tokens, context 131, seed 1189788970) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 793, in urlopen response = self._make_request( File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 537, in _make_request response = conn.getresponse() File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 466, in getresponse httplib_response = super().getresponse() File "/uslib/python3.10/http/client.py", line 1375, in getresponse response.begin() File "/uslib/python3.10/http/client.py", line 318, in begin version, status, reason = self._read_status() File "/uslib/python3.10/http/client.py", line 279, in _read_status line = str(self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1), "iso-8859-1") File "/uslib/python3.10/socket.py", line 705, in readinto return self._sock.recv_into(b) ConnectionResetError: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 486, in send resp = conn.urlopen( File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 847, in urlopen retries = retries.increment( File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urllib3/util/retry.py", line 470, in increment raise reraise(type(error), error, _stacktrace) File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urllib3/util/util.py", line 38, in reraise raise value.with_traceback(tb) File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 793, in urlopen response = self._make_request( File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 537, in _make_request response = conn.getresponse() File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 466, in getresponse httplib_response = super().getresponse() File "/uslib/python3.10/http/client.py", line 1375, in getresponse response.begin() File "/uslib/python3.10/http/client.py", line 318, in begin version, status, reason = self._read_status() File "/uslib/python3.10/http/client.py", line 279, in _read_status line = str(self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1), "iso-8859-1") File "/uslib/python3.10/socket.py", line 705, in readinto return self._sock.recv_into(b) urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: ('Connection aborted.', ConnectionResetError(104, 'Connection reset by peer')) During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gradio/queueing.py", line 566, in process_events response = await route_utils.call_process_api( File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gradio/route_utils.py", line 261, in call_process_api output = await app.get_blocks().process_api( File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gradio/blocks.py", line 1786, in process_api result = await self.call_function( File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gradio/blocks.py", line 1350, in call_function prediction = await utils.async_iteration(iterator) File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gradio/utils.py", line 583, in async_iteration return await iterator.__anext__() File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gradio/utils.py", line 576, in __anext__ return await anyio.to_thread.run_sync( File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/anyio/to_thread.py", line 56, in run_sync return await get_async_backend().run_sync_in_worker_thread( File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/anyio/_backends/_asyncio.py", line 2144, in run_sync_in_worker_thread return await future File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/anyio/_backends/_asyncio.py", line 851, in run result = context.run(func, *args) File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gradio/utils.py", line 559, in run_sync_iterator_async return next(iterator) File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gradio/utils.py", line 742, in gen_wrapper response = next(iterator) File "/app/modules/chat.py", line 414, in generate_chat_reply_wrapper for i, history in enumerate(generate_chat_reply(text, state, regenerate, _continue, loading_message=True, for_ui=True)): File "/app/modules/chat.py", line 382, in generate_chat_reply for history in chatbot_wrapper(text, state, regenerate=regenerate, _continue=_continue, loading_message=loading_message, for_ui=for_ui): File "/app/modules/chat.py", line 350, in chatbot_wrapper output['visible'][-1][1] = apply_extensions('output', output['visible'][-1][1], state, is_chat=True) File "/app/modules/extensions.py", line 231, in apply_extensions return EXTENSION_MAP[typ](*args, **kwargs) File "/app/modules/extensions.py", line 89, in _apply_string_extensions text = func(*args, **kwargs) File "/app/extensions/alltalk_tts/script.py", line 748, in output_modifier generate_response = send_generate_request( File "/app/extensions/alltalk_tts/script.py", line 810, in send_generate_request response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 115, in post return request("post", url, data=data, json=json, **kwargs) File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 59, in request return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs) File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 589, in request resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs) File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 703, in send r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs) File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 501, in send raise ConnectionError(err, request=request) requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: ('Connection aborted.', ConnectionResetError(104, 'Connection reset by peer')) 
I've wiped and recreated the container, tinkered with IP and ports (it's all running in the same docker container so I don't think that matters), tried different models, etc. Diag output is here:
Select a requirements file to check against (or press Enter for default 'requirements.txt'): 1. requirements_docker.txt 2. requirements_googlecolab.txt 3. requirements_standalone.txt 4. requirements_textgen.txt Enter the number of your choice: 4 OS Version: Linux #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar 29 13:34:03 PDT 2024 OS Ver note: (Windows 11 will say build is 10.x.22xxx) System RAM: 89.51 GB available out of 125.31 GB total Disk: Drive: /dev/loop2 Total: 150.00 GB Used: 93.69 GB Free: 54.91 GB Type: btrfs Disk: Drive: /dev/nvme1n1p1 Total: 7153.95 GB Used: 514.26 GB Free: 6637.89 GB Type: btrfs Disk: Drive: /dev/nvme1n1p1 Total: 7153.95 GB Used: 514.26 GB Free: 6637.89 GB Type: btrfs Disk: Drive: /dev/nvme1n1p1 Total: 7153.95 GB Used: 514.26 GB Free: 6637.89 GB Type: btrfs Disk: Drive: /dev/nvme1n1p1 Total: 7153.95 GB Used: 514.26 GB Free: 6637.89 GB Type: btrfs Disk: Drive: /dev/nvme1n1p1 Total: 7153.95 GB Used: 514.26 GB Free: 6637.89 GB Type: btrfs Disk: Drive: /dev/nvme1n1p1 Total: 7153.95 GB Used: 514.26 GB Free: 6637.89 GB Type: btrfs Disk: Drive: /dev/nvme1n1p1 Total: 7153.95 GB Used: 514.26 GB Free: 6637.89 GB Type: btrfs Disk: Drive: /dev/loop2 Total: 150.00 GB Used: 93.69 GB Free: 54.91 GB Type: btrfs Disk: Drive: /dev/loop2 Total: 150.00 GB Used: 93.69 GB Free: 54.91 GB Type: btrfs Disk: Drive: /dev/loop2 Total: 150.00 GB Used: 93.69 GB Free: 54.91 GB Type: btrfs GPU Information: Mon May 6 02:53:10 2024 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ NVIDIA-SMI 550.76 Driver Version: 550.76 CUDA Version: 12.4 -----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ GPU Name Persistence-M Bus-Id Disp.A Volatile Uncorr. ECC Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap Memory-Usage GPU-Util Compute M. MIG M. =========================================+========================+====================== 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Off 00000000:21:00.0 Off Off 0% 34C P2 62W / 450W 9374MiB / 24564MiB 0% Default N/A +-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ 1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Off 00000000:E1:00.0 Off Off 0% 33C P8 4W / 450W 6689MiB / 24564MiB 0% Default N/A +-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Processes: GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory ID ID Usage ========================================================================================= +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Port Status: Port 7851 is available. CUDA Working: Success - CUDA is available and working. CUDA_HOME: N/A Cublas64_11 Path: Not found in any search path directories. Torch Version: 2.2.1+cu121 Python Version: 3.10.12 Python Executable: /venv/bin/python Conda Environment: N/A Python Search Path: /app/extensions/alltalk_tts /uslib/python310.zip /uslib/python3.10 /uslib/python3.10/lib-dynload /venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages Requirements file package comparison: numpy Required: >= 1.22.0 Installed: 1.22.0 soundfile Required: >= 0.12.1 Installed: 0.12.1 uvicorn Required: >= 0.24.0.post1 Installed: 0.29.0 transformers Required: >= 4.37.1 Installed: 4.40.1 TTS Required: >= 0.22.0 Installed: 0.22.0 torch Required: >= 2.1.0+cu118 Installed: 2.2.1+cu121 torchaudio Required: >= 2.1.0+cu118 Installed: 2.2.1+cu121 fastapi Required: >= 0.104.1 Installed: 0.110.3 Jinja2 Required: >= 3.1.2 Installed: 3.1.2 requests Required: >= 2.31.0 Installed: 2.31.0 tqdm Required: >= 4.66.1 Installed: 4.66.2 importlib-metadata Required: >= 4.8.1 Installed: 7.0.0 packaging Required: >= 23.2 Installed: 24.0 pydantic Required: >= 1.10.13 Installed: 2.7.1 python-multipart Required: >= 0.0.6 Installed: 0.0.9 pandas Required: >= 1.5.0 Installed: 1.5.3 On Nvidia Graphics cards machines, if your Installed version of Torch and Torchaudio does not have +cu118 (Cuda 11.8) or +cu121 (Cuda 12.1) listed after them, you do not have CUDA installed for Torch or Torchaudio in this Python environment. This will cause you problems with AllTalk and Finetuning. You may have to 'pip install' a new version of torch and torchaudio, using '--upgrade --force-reinstall' with the correct version of PyTorch for your Python environment. Requirements file specifier meanings: == Exact version != Any version except < Less than <= Less than or equal to > Greater than >= Greater than or equal to ~ Compatible release ; Environment marker AND Logical AND OR Logical OR Diagnostic log created: diagnostics.log. A brief summary of results is displayed above on screen. Please see the log file for more detail. Please upload the log file with any support ticket. Diagnostics log file generated successfully. 
Thoughts? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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2024.05.06 04:56 NeutralAimYT Help with performance (Clients, mods, etc.)

Help with performance (Clients, mods, etc.)
I'm not looking for responses like the common ones you see when you look for performance help such as "Oh my god why you complain I'm on a Tandy 1000! Try getting 2314 m7 S+ runs on that pal!" I'm here to get assistance as my own research has so far been inconclusive and led me nowhere. I have a fairly high end computer. These days, you can't really say high end unless you have an a100 and a processor with 256 threads, but I have a 12th gen I7, 32gb of ddr4 and a 4070. This setup is more than enough for minecraft, as is almost any computer. Now, keep in mind that I am running a 1440p display at 165hz so I'm going to have a bit of bias since I am used to higher refresh rates.
The following frame values are tests from Hub 1 running in a circle around the centre (75-80 players): On forge and feather client (same mods and memory allocation) - between 40-115 fps. Note that while they have the same values, feather feels smoother. Lunar client - 110-300 Badlion - 250-400
Now these values are much higher in other parts of the hub where there aren't hundreds of armour stands and players, and even higher at places like private islands, gardens and small hubs such as the gold mine. The part that confuses me is the fact that my tests on badlion and lunar were both set to 2048 MB of memory. For forge, I have tested every value between 2048 and 12288 MB (2GB intervals only.) My feather test was run at 12GB. (Highest forge test.)
Ignoring my personal tests, I tried searching online for other common situations (looking for skyblock players since they would use similar mods like neu, skytils, skyhanni, etc) and the results were very split. Some people said that they get 4x the framerate on forge as opposed to badlion, others get the opposite.
The logical step here, and probably what you are thinking right now is "Just use badlion! It's got a massive set of skyblock mods and QOL features." But it lacks a few very small features that I need from forge. An example of one of these features is accurate pitch and yaw displays for farming. Badlion doesn't have a dedicated feature for pitch/yaw in their coordinates mod so you have to use the 1 decimal place in the f3 menu which isn't precise enough for farming at the correct angle. There are other features, but that's just a waste of energy to talk about them. I will attach a screenshot of the mods I used in forge and feather. (Note for feather: I removed some of the mods that I knew were already built into feather to avoid "bloating")
My other option is just to use badlion for 99% of the gameplay and switch to forge/feather when I need those features but I'd rather just have forge running better. I've tried all the common methods of performance boosting. I'm simply just looking for advice from people who have experienced/solved similar things, or even just information about your mod configuration that works well for you so I can look for common factors.
Forge mods
Also note that I added foamfix as an attempt to help my framerates, it didn't help as I'm pretty sure its a mod to help manage massive modpacks, so don't suggest removing it. It doesn't make a difference and I'm probably going to remove it anyway.
In the image of the mods I use, I will list below the ones I removed for use with feather:
BlockOverlay Canalex Keystrokes All powns mods except potion effect hud because I like the way that one looks AutoText (Not a cheat, just a very small and simple mod I coded myself to warp me to garden or hub when I press B or V and is built into feather.) OldAnimations Optifine
Summarised question:
If you use forge, what mods do you use, how much memory do you allocate, how good is your computer and what framerate do you generally get in highly populated skyblock hubs? Is it what you expect from your computer? If not, why not?
Thanks.
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2024.05.06 04:45 Mr_Trecker [Lenovo] Legion Pro 5i QHD+ gaming laptop w/ RTX 4070 (140 W) - 16" 2560 x 1600 165 Hz 350-nits display - i7-14700HX CPU - 16 GB RAM - 1 TB SSD - $1512 w/ code GAMEON - $1235 after Rakuten sign up & 15% rebate - may be extra 5% discount for education/military/healthcare via id.me

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2024.05.06 04:34 Famous-Weight2271 Starting design for text game project.

I’d like to create a text-based game using blazor. I would love some starting help from people with more experience, and any amount of detail you can give me would be great.
The game will be played on people’s cell phones using a browser. Really, anyone with a browser. Everyone goes to a website. Someone initiates a game which presents a code, and then people type in that code (and their name) to join the game. They wait in a lobby until the host says to start the game. The game itself is a back-and-forth series of text questions and answers. There are rounds and intermissions and winners and all other aspects of a game. This is nothing new, there are many games out there. I just want to do my game and do it in blazor.
The game logic is pretty simple and I don’t need any help with it. The database design is pretty simple simple and I don’t need any help with that. There are a few ways to create a blazer project, and it’s that initial architecture that I’m asking for your opinion. Client, server, combination? Do I need an API for communication, or is that overkill?
My current thought is that there would be a client component in a server component. And I don’t need an API. The request from the client to the server, including things like create game, join game, submit answer. The server decides which players get which questions and needs to have control over the rendering that each player sees..
I think this is pretty straightforward, but I am asking because I don’t want to get started down an architecture that doesn’t fit what I need.
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2024.05.06 04:29 Icy_Potential1187 I made something for Arc on Windows/Mac. (ArcWIthBlur)

I made something for Arc on Windows/Mac. (ArcWIthBlur)
\*Please note the term feature is used very loosely, this is extremely early in the process and is not affiliated with The Browser Company. This all runs through an extension.***
I previously made a feature request about a month ago and have been hoping that it would get some attention or an explanation of why it can't be introduced but in the end, I didn't get anything.
The feature was where there could be either something in boosts or just a setting which could make this happen where the background of webpages themselves could have a transparent acrylic blur effect that would match the Arc blur. On other forums people have said this is impossible and it can't be done.... so i decided to do it.
While this is VERY early developed and trying to wrap my head around CSS so pardon for truly admitting GPT is my best friend currently. This is a highly basic CSS code snippet which can run with any extension (i use Page Manipulator) that injects code into webpages to blur the background of pages. Originally there was a scaling problem where some websites would loop the background but it's been patched. The setup process is somewhat easy but as this gets developed might be more difficult.
I am going to say, I have been on the receiving end of inserting random code into my browser and being paranoid so I made all of this open-source and it is on GitHub. If anyone finds a problem with the code please send me a message. As of now it only works on a few websites and there are some bugs (does not interfere with normal browsing whatsoever, only means that some webpages are unsupported and will display there original backgrounds) that will be listed in the Setup process will be listed in the GitHub and I have planned to add specific darker blurs for elements on the page and possibly even make it where it simulates the Mica material for Windows.
Reminder, this is an addon to Arc but not in any way shape or form affiliated with Arc whatsoever.
As always, here is a TL;DR to save your sanity.
  • I made a CSS code snippet that changes webpage wallpapers to be the same blur material for the rest of Arc.
  • The setup process is a bit tedious so please read the GitHub for setup, roadmap, and known bugs.
Here's some images of a few websites and how they look.
https://preview.redd.it/7raxje4wmpyc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf573b905b48c9967bffce1d2ac7b3eacf64077a
https://preview.redd.it/mtns6vhwmpyc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=8a1835826961dc628022062436c3bd4ef49ced00
The subreddit rules does not allow download links (possibly Arc download links) so here's the GitHub repository for anyone interested in either downloading or copy-pasting the code to make your own unique creations. https://github.com/Anonym0us-13/ArcBlur
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2024.05.06 04:24 coffeeglitterqueen Camp Thellgar part 2

2 weeks later Lauren and Greyson drove up to her new home with boxes and whatever she hadn’t sold. Lauren had walked through her empty home and said goodbye to each room wondering if she was making the right decision. The house was pretty much sold already and Lauren reminded herself to keep going.
“Audrey will come around Ma. She really will miss you and she doesn’t want to change. God forbid she tell you right out that she is going to miss you. “ Greyson said. Lauren hadn’t spoken to Audrey directly since she had told the kids she was moving. She had come over at one point to get some furniture and mementos and had been snarky the entire time that Lauren had been in the house. Lauren had had quite enough of it and went to the backyard to smoke until Audrey and her man of the week had taken off. They hadn’t even come out to tell her they were leaving. Lauren had had another good cry after that and then made herself margaritas with her mixer and called Natalie to come over for a good farewell bitch session. They had gotten tipsy and talked about ungrateful kids and sent nice little waves to Grace who huffed at them.
“Well, maybe she will and maybe she wont. She always favored your father and I never told her she had to pick sides but all the same she felt like she had to. The divorce was harder on her than it was you older two.She was only 8.” Lauren said lamely.
“I think Cora and I were just glad you guys weren’t fighting. Dad was great with us but he treated you terribly the last few years you were together and it was just so much easier to not hate him when you guys weren’t around each other. Audrey was definitely his favorite though and any time she came over he just made sure they did everything she wanted because he was afraid she’d hit puberty and would decide she didn’t like him anymore. Like Cora.”
“Well that makes sense. How’s you-know-who?” Lauren asked changing the topic.
“Miranda? Alright I guess. Her mom picked Liam up last night for the weekend so I could help you, says she called a month ago and sounded good. I don’t know if that means anything or not but I don’t think she is going to come back wanting to be Liam's mom. At least not any time soon. I don’t really care, she had him and that was the deal. That’s all I asked for. I’d have supported the other way too but I really hoped she’d just let me keep him. She told everyone who asked she didn’t want kids. Everyone. I kind of wonder if she’ll want to meet him and be afraid to because everyone will expect her to be someone to him.” Grayson drummed his fingers anxiously. Lauren couldn’t understand this arrangement that Grayson and Miranda had. She kept wondering if it wasn’t some form of depression or something but Grayson insisted it wasn’t. He’d had Liam all to himself from day one and never complained.
“You think taking this was too impulsive? The job? I didn’t even do a face to face interview. It was on that skype thing. Eric set it all up. It’s legit but maybe I should’ve driven up first to check it out. Maybe I’m just running scared.”
“Maybe it was but taking risks makes your life exciting. Besides, I hate thinking of you alone in the house waiting for something bad to happen.” Grayson patted her leg. “Besides you said there were discounts on cabins and I’d like that. Plus unlike the last job, if Liam gets sick he can hang out with you when he can’t go to daycare.”
“I would like that.”
They pulled onto a winding dirt road and drove another 10 miles. The woods on each side of the road pressed in on them. It was a nice feeling. It was quiet out here and Lauren appreciated it. She had thought she would be more scared to be alone out here but she found herself looking forward to it now. Settling down and maybe a beer.
The GPS took them toa large sign marked Camp Thellgar in front of a fork in the road, one marked OFFICE and the other marked CAMPING. They turned into the OFFICE fork on the left. A man sat on the porch at the first building they came up to. He shaded his eyes and stood as they approached. Lauren took a shaky breath.
“Does my eye still look weird?” Lauren asked Grayson.
“Nah, the makeup covers whatever is left. It looks a little off I guess but I don’t think anyone would guess why. You’re old, he’ll think you had a stroke more than likely” Grayson teased. Lauren let out a high pitched laugh and took a deep cleansing breath.
“Hi I’m Steven Connor, you’re Lauren Jackson I hope.” Steven stuck his hand out for her to shake.
“I am indeed. Nice to meet you, you look different in person.” Lauren said laughing. He did, he looked older than he had on the computer, tired maybe. Steven shrugged. “This is my son Grayson, he’s helping bring my stuff up for me.”
“Right, good of you to help your momma. Come right in here. This is the main office, just off of what will be your cabin. Initially they were one in the same but years back we decided the caretaker could use some more privacy when we added more cabins in. The cabins have only been part of the deal for about 15 years, before that it was just the tent sites. No electricity on those. They’re a little easier to maintain. This time of year we mainly get people who want to use the tent sites, families out for a day hike. Summer rolls around and you’ll be pretty busy. We hire help from the nearby towns, you’ll let them know what to do but you’ll need someone in the office most of the day. There’s an alarm here that will pop up on your phone, when synced with the app of course, that way you can be out on the grounds. There’s an ATV for getting around a little easier. You’ll be in charge of taking reservations and handling the payment, cleaning up the campsites when they leave, looking in on them to make sure they’re kept up. Same with the cabins. Do a thorough cleaning and dust once a week. Aspen Cunningham, that’s the girl from town, she’ll be up every other day to assist with cleaning out the cabins. Here’s the card for Aspen, the card for a maintenance guy we use, Roger, and my card if you need to get a hold of me.” Steven led her from the office which was a small front room with a storage room behind it. Off of that there was a door with a good lock that led into a small house. It came in by a small half bath and then stairs leading to 2 bedrooms upstairs and a full bathroom. Next to the stairs a door led into a small living room with a few bookshelves and a dated TV, past that a kitchen with a dining area. It was cozy and Lauren was in love immediately.
“The last guy was pretty organized, we have our own binder we put together for new employees, he made his own as well. I skimmed through it, mostly a heads up on common maintenance issues. There’s a copy of maintenance performed on each cabin and site that also goes in the main book that’s stashed in the office.” Steven handed her a heavy worn binder.
“I’ll go ahead and start bringing in your stuff mom.” Grayson said backing out the main front door that didn’t lead into the office. Lauren followed Steven into the office and he showed her where anything she could need to find would be. She watched a safety video that featured Steven’s family, made when Steven was a kid. His smiling face running around in the background.
Grayson hung out for a while after Steven left. Lauren was overwhelmed and felt exhausted. She wandered through her new house while Grayson made her spaghetti. She laid on the bed. It was firmer than she was used to but it was ok.
After they ate Grayson hesitantly left. Reminding her to call if she needed anything, asking if she was sure she wanted him to leave. Lauren had a feeling he would’ve spent the night if Miranda’s mom didn’t have Liam. There was a fire pit in the backyard so she got a fire going and sat back watching the flames while she drank a beer. She thought about getting stoned but it felt too new here and she was afraid of freaking herself out. The noises of the woods were relaxing. It felt quiet. Quiet was exactly what she needed.
The next few months went quickly, Lauren got in a groove of checking all the sites in the morning and doing general maintenance. Aspen, the girl who cleaned, came up twice a week not every other day like Steven had said. She was a sweet girl and spent a few hours dusting and vacuuming the empty cabins. Lauren and her got along really well and Lauren was grateful for the company. Summer came and Lauren was busy, she barely left the office it seemed. If it wasn’t reservations, it was families asking for maps of the trails or information on the town below. It was a nice busy. Lauren had expected the cleaning to be worse than it actually was, most people cleaned up after the campsites before they left. Fall came and the people started to slow down, most of the people she saw were people hiking the trails and less camping By November she was slow again.
One day her phone went off alerting her to a visitor in the office. She jumped on her ATV and headed back up. There was a small run down car waiting when she pulled up. Lauren ran her hands through her hair as she entered the door. 4 middle aged women stood waiting patiently.
“Sorry, I was a little further out today, how can I help you? Cabin?” Lauren asked, coming around the desk.
“Where’s Jim?” One woman with darker hair asked.
“Jim? Was he the man before me? I’m afraid he doesn’t work here anymore. Just me, I’m Lauren. Regulars?” Lauren grabbed the binder from underneath the counter and flipped through until she came on regulars. Scanning the list she found a November regular, along with a few other months. “Ok, here we are. It says the Helgas, tentsite 42. Yes?”
“That’s right, what happened to Jim? I'm surprised to see that he’s gone.” The dark haired woman handed over her credit card and tapped on the table anxiously. The other women moved around like they were trying to look as if they weren’t paying much attention.
“Not sure. No one really told me and I didn’t think to ask. I’ve been here since late spring, right before the summer rush. “ Lauren felt like she was being judged by the women.
“We’re particular about our privacy.” One of the women from the back said, trying to sound casual.
“That’s no problem, I won’t need to come by until you leave.” Lauren assured them.
“Jim left the entire area alone. I mean, we prefer to be left completely alone.” She clarified. Lauren was taken aback but nodded. After they left and had driven off she looked back down at the binder.
Helgas
Camp site 42
November Full Moon
December 21
March 21
Require all sites in the area empty. 3 day reservations. Noise level low, some disturbances.
Lauren closed the binder. She’d flipped through it before but obviously hadn’t retained much information. It occurred to her that this wasn’t in the main binder. She picked up the company binder, flipped through until she found regular reservations. Nothing helpful from the last 10 years. She booted up the computer and pulled up the spreadsheet. There it was. Reservations, regular. A list of people and campsites and cabins. The program was designed to automatically block off the areas that were supposed to be reserved. Campsite 42 was not on the list for today. Maybe because it was a full moon reservation and not a specific date? Lauren flipped through December and it wasn’t in there either. She sighed. Lauren went to the main screen and added in the December reservation and it stopped her. Ok. So it's here somehow. Or it wouldn’t have stopped her. But it doesn't show up. It’s hidden. Lauren crossed her arms and dropped her head down. She wasn’t completely computer illiterate but she really didn’t know how to see this. The last guy, Jim? Jim. That guy must’ve done something to the computer system. Why would he have done that? He did all the reservations. Unless he didn’t want the company itself to see. They could log in through the main office and see what was going on up here. There was another location they owned and the computer program was designed to work with that one. Lauren shook her head and sighed. Maybe she could get a hold of Steven and ask about Jim.
Lauren opened Jim’s binder again. There were only a few regulars that didn’t have reservations that showed up in the company system. By the time she was done it was dark outside. Lauren sighed and shut everything down. She locked up the office displaying the note to ring the doorbell. The doorbell that alerted her phone to a visitor that would need checked in. Lauren wasn’t worried about it, not in November. It was warmish for November but still cold. No one hunted up here because it had too many people walking up the trails, further out maybe but they would rent a cabin ahead of time if they stayed up here and on the weekends.
Lauren went into her kitchen and got a jar of chili out of the fridge. Cora had made some and sent it home with her after Saturday dinner a few weeks ago. It was easy to heat up. She got a glass of wine and started a fire in the fireplace to warm the house up. She turned the tv on and laid across the couch until she could smell the chili. She’d had a bus day and found herself drifting off before she’d finished eating so she cleaned up and took herself to bed.
Lauren found herself awake in the forest. Barefoot. It was silent. Completely silent. Lauren cautiously spun around trying to get her bearings. She saw movement off to the right. Her heart stopped, she looked over trying to make sense in the dark. Something moved next to the trees, an animal? Lauren took a step toward it without thinking.
Someone or something stepped out wearing an animal skull. Deer? Lauren couldn’t think through her fear. The clothes were baggy and run down. Like a t shirt over loose black pants tied up with a rope and black cardigan. With a black long jacket.
“Who are you?” Lauren asked, dazed.
“I should ask you the same thing. Where is the keeper?” The thing asked, but it wasn’t said aloud, she heard it in her head.
“I-I don’t know. I just got hired here a few months ago. My friend's friend helped me get the job.”
“Then the Keeper sent you here.” The thing insisted
“I don’t think so, the man before me, I didn’t know him.”
“I see. What did they tell you about this place?” The thing asked, circling her. Lauren realized it was tracing her with a skeletal finger.
“How to take reservations and how to clean.” Lauren murmured, trying not to look as scared as she felt.
“I could tell you.” The thing offered. Lauren felt her anxiety rise up and suddenly felt like she needed to be gone. She shouldn’t trust this thing, whatever it was.
“Um, no thanks.You could-could tell me who you are though.” Lauren said instead
“I’m insulted is what I am. You’ll have to figure out who on your own.” With that he was gone and she was in bed sitting up breathing hard. The raspy voice still echoing in her head.
Lauren blinked. A dream. It was a dream. But it had felt real. She checked her feet and saw that they were clean. A dream.
Lauren’s whole day was off after that. Everything looked sharper almost and she found herself pinching her arm to make sure she was actually awake. She avoided the tent sites circling around with the Helgas but found herself inspecting the rest of them carefully, unsure of what she was looking for. After that she rode down to the cabins and did a quick inspection, checking the windows for torn screens and the doors for any sign of break in, double checking the lock. All good. Lauren was done early and decide to walk one of the trails to shake off the oddness. There weren’t a lot of trails she hadn’t already walked so she picked one of the harder ones and grabbed her backpack with snacks and water.
In the months since moving up here she had grown stronger from the work and the access to trails. Anytime she felt herself slipping into a depressive episode or started thinking too much she would go on a long trail and try to exhaust herself. At some point she had started running in the mornings although had stopped in the last few weeks because of the cold and how long it took the sun to rise. Lauren ran a few miles awkwardly with the backpack and then slowed. There was a not well used trail off to the side. She was certain she was still on the company's property but had not seen this one before so she cautiously went off the main trail and headed down it. It didn’t take long for it to grow darker with the trees overhead. There were still nature noises but they seemed almost muted. Lauren pinched her arm just to make sure, it definitely hurt. She was definitely awake. Lauren pulled her camera out of her bag and began snapping pictures of the area around her, partly to remember where she had come from and partly because she was in awe of the area around her. It was beautiful out here and the trees made her feel small and light. She checked her phone and saw that it was nearing dark. She stopped and drank some water before turning around. Lauren moved at a brisk pace as she headed back and almost missed the flash of light off to her left. But as such she had just managed to catch it and it stopped her in her tracks.
“Hello?” Lauren called out, if it was a hunter she had run into, which she didn’t think it was, not as close to the campgrounds as they were, but if it was she wanted it clear they were dealing with a person. No one answered her though. She hesitantly stepped off the trail and walked toward it. She couldn’t think of anything that would flash out here. Cameras? She wasn’t aware of any out here but it had never occurred to her to ask anyone. Regardless, she should check to see if it was a camera before she asked about there being any. She came to a massive tree. She craned her head back and light hit her eyes so that it was difficult to make out the top of the tree. The branches started low giving her a compulsion to climb upwards. Off to the side of it the roots rose up seeming to form a circle. Lauren took a few pictures of it without thinking. She got as many different angles as possible. She had seen roots that came out of the ground but had never seen one that formed a perfect circle. Lauren looked around and realized that it was dark now, she checked her phone and saw the battery was almost drained. She had been here for 3 hours. Lauren blinked and shook her head. 3 hours? That was impossible. She started shaking and spun around when she realized how silent it was, even for night time.
SNAP
Lauren gasped and took off running. She didn’t think about anything other than heading back in the direction she had come. Adrenaline coursed through her and she felt like she was running faster than she had before. It was dizzying how sharp everything was and how fast it seemed to go by her. She hit the main trail and kept running. She could feel her energy start to dip and she pushed herself harder. By the time she emerged from the woods she fell on the ground sobbing and gasping for air. She grabbed a fistful of grass with one hand and put her other palm to her mouth to stifle the sobbing, screaming sounds she was making. It felt like an hour of laying on the ground trying to collect herself. It was one of the Helgas that found her.
“Are you ok? Ma’am? Guys! She’s out!” Lauren heard the thinner of the group yelling for her friends to come help The 4 of them lifted her to a sitting position and tried to get her to respond. Eventually Lauren started to come to and her breathing returned to normal.
“What happened? “ The dark haired one asked firmly,
“N-n-nothing. I-I-I don’t know. I was in the woods and I heard… I don’t know. I’m so sorry, I have no idea what came over me.” Lauren stuttered. Trying so hard to reign her emotions back in. “Nothing, I just lost track of time there and I guess I got myself spooked. I have quite the imagination. What are you guys doing here? Was there something you needed?”
“We came up to see if you were ok, we were doing a little night hiking and saw you running and we followed you.” The dark haired one said. Lauren thought she was lying but didn’t know why she thought that.
“I could use some wine honestly, would you 4 like some wine?” Lauren felt like she was drunk as she walked back to her back door, the short one linked her arm in Lauren’s and walked with her steadying her.
“Wine sounds nice, we have some back at camp, we could get ours and bring it back.” She told Lauren in a soothing voice. A mom voice.
“Nonsense. I always stock up in town, I have plenty. I’ll get a fire going and-”
“We can get the fire, you get the wine and Addy here will help you bring out the glasses.” The dark haired one gestured to the short one who smiled and headed toward the door to open it for Lauren.
Lauren had 2 wine glasses and used regular glass cups for everyone else. She grabbed a couple bottles of red wine she’d gotten clearanced out after Halloween, the bottle had a blurry outline of trees and Lauren had felt it looked so magical she’d bought 6. Of course it wasn’t her favorite so now seemed like a good time to try to offload a little.
“I’m Lauren by the way, I know that’s Addy, who are the rest of you?” Lauren asked as she and Addy passed out glasses and poured wine in front of the fire.
“I’m Sara. “ The dark haired one said taking a generous drink from her cup
“I’m Therese.” The blond smiled and waved,
“I’m Rian.” The thin one said, pronouncing it Ree-ann.
“Is this a girls trip? I hope I didn’t mess anything up.” Lauren asked, pulling her blanket from the house tight around her. The fire was nice and warm but not warm enough to fend off the November chill.
“You didn’t mess anything up, honestly we were hoping to speak with you anyway. We knew Jim fairly well, I guess as well as you can know someone you only see 3 times a year. He had a pretty good idea of what he’d signed up for when he started but we got the feeling you didn’t and we were curious.” Sara said, watching Lauren’s face intently.
“I guess I don’t. I’m not sure what you mean.” Lauren said, wondering if they were crazy. The witchy types who came out here to dance naked in front of a fire and sing before going back home to suburbs and corporate lives with toddlers and teenagers. Lauren had dealt with those types over the summer but not very many.
“Well how did you get the job?” Therese asked, spinning the wine in her glass like she’d already had a few before they started.
“A friend of a friend. I was looking to make some changes in my life and he thought I would be a good fit here.”
“The Keeper?” Sara asked, leaning forward.
“I don’t think so. He just seemed like a regular guy. Who is the Keeper? “ Lauren asked nervously. The woods looked darker and it occurred to her that she didn’t know if she could beat them back in the house if she wanted to run. Then she remembered the Keeper comment from her dream, now hazy but still there.
“The Keeper doesn’t do a whole lot from what I can tell, not directly I mean. He just keeps information and contacts who he needs. He got Jim hired on, we don’t know much about him, we’ve personally not seen him ourselves. We’re not sure if he changes every so often but as far as we know it’s been the same person always. These woods are full of magic you see and not all of it is good magic. “ Sara explained. “We come out 3 times a year to make a blood sacrifice to Eglas. He or She, is a … something. Hungry mostly. Instead of one person we use 4 or 5 sometimes. Same amount of blood and no one dies. Occasionally one person will donate more for a favor but it’s not often.”
“I’m sorry, what?” Lauren said dumbly.
“He/She said they came to visit you last night. They said that you didn’t know much about your job. Eglas seemed very angry so we came to help you” Rian told her.
“There’s not much to your job. You keep the grounds maintained and then you make sure that we are able to do our work. I don't know what else is in the woods but I know about Eglas. My family has for at least a century come out and offered blood to keep Eglas satisfied. When they started settling the area, they disturbed a lot of spirits. Eglas was curious and found the taste of human blood to be… good I guess. Eglas would go into homes and take people, in the beginning it was a lot. Most families fled the area, but the ones who stayed came to Eglas one night and offered to give him what he wanted if he backed off. Or she, really Eglas has no real gender. It’s a fairy or demon, I’m not sure. Either way, Eglas was satisfied with a person a year but that got old quickly, not a lot of people lining up to do that obviously, they really weren’t getting a lot out of that deal back then, they could farm the land peacefully and that was it. One day a young farmer offered himself but when it came time he talked Eglas into changing the deal, a little from the strongest men in town. Eglas got the best there was and it was willingly. Eglas threw in the part about 3 times a year since the body wasn't included in the deal. That’s the lore anyway.” Sara told her story well, moving her hands and body, changing her pitch like a natural born storyteller.
“I think fairy because it makes the most sense with the woods and the deal making. You don’t have to believe us yet, you will eventually, but we come out here and do our ceremony and leave.” Addy told her.
“That sounds, nice.” Lauren said hesitantly. She drank more and could already feel the events of the afternoon fuzzing away.
“He’ll come to you again tonight, you’ll know who he is now. “ Therese said, smiling nicely.
“And you’ve done your ceremony already?” Lauren asked, trying to see if there were cuts visible. The girls nodded and Addy pulled her pants down showing off a long cut on her thigh. Lauren hissed through her teeth at the sight of it.
“Oh it’s not so bad. It hurts but it always heals quickly like it was never there. “ Addy assured her.
“Jim knew about this? “ Lauren asked, remembering a note in the binder about them being .
disturbing or something
“Yes, he did.. He knew before he started though. It kept him safe. We were a little worried that leaving you to the wolves so to speak, that you wouldn’t survive.” Rian explained.
“I’m afraid I’ve worn myself out. I think I’ll go to bed.” Lauren said, getting up carefully. The women were nice company and Lauren couldn’t think of the last time she had sat around the fire with anyone, but the conversation made her nervous. They looked at each other and nodded.
“We leave early tomorrow but I’ll leave my card on your door, you can call if you need anything.” Sara assured her.
Lauren didn’t get into bed as much as she collapsed into it. Her legs ached already and she knew that she wasn’t getting around much tomorrow. Between the wine and adrenaline wearing off, Lauren was able to fall asleep quickly.
She was out in the woods again. She must be dreaming because she wasn’t hurting.
“Do you know who I am?” The creature asked in her head again. Lauren couldn’t see the creature but didn’t feel the need to look for it either, just stood waiting.
“Eglas.” Lauren answered out loud. There was a chittering sound that somehow sounded pleased.
“Smart woman. I have been watching you.”
“I’d prefer you didn’t.” Lauren said dryly.
“You have questions.” Eglas stated.
“I can find answers.”
“I can give you answers if you ask me. It’s easy.” Eglas encouraged.
“Nothing is ever free and I have no intention of indebting myself to you. Accidentally or otherwise.” Lauren said, making herself clear. Eglas chuckled out loud and Lauren heard a swooshing through the trees. Lauren involuntarily shuddered.
“Have it your way, but you know where to find me.” Eglas said.
Lauren woke up the next morning as sore as she thought she would be. She managed to drag herself out of bed and to the bathroom and pulled on sweats that could pass as clothes. She thought that was the advantage of getting older, no one expected as much fashion wise. Lauren considered sitting on the stairs to go down but pushed through each painful step until she was in the kitchen. Ibuprofen and a freezer meal with a bottle of wine and she headed to the living room. She’d be close enough to answer any visitors if they came but she could sleep on the couch or watch tv. Lauren couldn’t find anything interesting on tv, or not enough to block out the clear dream she’d had last night that seemed to stick to her. When the ibuprofen kicked in she felt good enough to sit up, she looked around the room and noticed the bookshelf was getting dusty again. There were books on the shelf that had come with the place but Lauren had never really looked at them before. After flipping through movie selections and still not seeing anything she could find any interest in she got up and wandered over to the shelf. Reading the titles she figured out why she hadn’t wanted to read them before. History of the area mostly. Then a book about ghosts in the area, that sounded like it could be interesting. When Lauren was a kid she devoured books about ghosts. Next to it was a book without a title, it was slim and blended with the other books well. Lauren grabbed it as well, mostly curious. She settled back on the couch and pulled the blanket around her. The book was interesting, the usual ladies in the woods and drowned men, children warning of danger. Then there was a chapter that mentioned Elgas.
TRANCHLURE
He arose from the mud, hungry,ravenous.
He crept through the trees and on the strange mist observant first.
When the people came and Eglas fed He found a way to satiate the hunger and then slept for years and was awoken
He massacred the nearest town and those who lived in the woods found a way to drive him back into the caves, not dead but mostly sleeping until someone falls into his cavern, never to return.
Was it about Eglas? She didn’t think so.
Lauren went into the office and grabbed the binder that mentioned the Helgas. Even the binder was coded though obviously.
With her limited knowledge though she was thinking that they were groups of worshippers coming to celebrate differently. Lauren wondered if she could order some books on astrology to understand it better.
She opened up another book on fairies, but this had highlighted sections. A recipe for some kind of tea to see fairies. In the side there were some notes on things to leave out around the forest, offerings for the spirits. Lauren traced the handwriting and wondered if it was Jim who had written it or someone else. Apples was what it said.
There was a ring telling her someone was here. Lauren got up again carefully and headed in to the office. A man with a sleepy toddler on his shoulder stood waiting. He looked haggard and nervous.
“Cabin?” Lauren asked softly.
“Uhm, yes please.” He said.
“Any preference? You kind of have your pick this weekend.”
“Something toward the back.”
“Alright, cabin 15, more towards the middle honestly but it branches off so it’s a little more secluded?”
“Yes sounds fine. ‘
Lauren handed him his keys and a small map and sent him on his way, she then hobbled back to her couch. Sighing, she went back to the original book and started a story about a woman who had gotten lost in the forest and run into a sprit offering wishes. A wispy in between soul. Lauren noted that the spirit could be found by a landmark she knew. Slowly she started to doze.
Again she found herself barefoot in the forest.
“Hello again.” He or she whispered in her head
“Hello. Why am I here again?” Lauren asked dreamily.
“Because I am a generous soul. The man came today to ask for a favor from the fairies, he bought his offerings but he failed to realize he had put his daughter in danger. She’s gifted, she’s why he knows to come here. She’s also hit the magician and witches' radar, he needs protection.”
“Ah, and why do you care? There’s always a price.”
“I’ll protect her, for a price, obviously, just a little blood offering. From him if that isn’t clear. I need you to go and tell him my offer before his daughter is spirited away. Awaken now.”
Lauren woke up suddenly, she was annoyed and irate at being ordered around. But she got up and found a card that Sara had offered her the night before. Nervously she rang the number.
“Hello?” Sara answered.
“It’s Lauren, are you far away? “ Lauren asked, wondering how her rational world had changed in such a short span of time.
“Not far at all, maybe a mile.”
“Eglas, came to me, he wants to offer his services to a new camper here.”
“We’ll turn back around immediately.”
A few hours later Rian stood at the office smiling.
“It’s been taken care of, I didn’t realize what you being here meant. You’re the new Keeper.” Rian looked on at her with admiration.
“I don’t think so.” Lauren said firmly.
“You are, whether you know it or not, that’s why you’re here. Eglas might’ve told you that was why he was coming to you but he told us.” Lauren didn’t like the culty feeling she was getting off of Rian right now.
“Well, I don’t know what that means, I’m a caretaker, a well paid caretaker. Not a Keeper for things I don’t believe in. “
“I don't know much about the Keepers, but I have a very strong feeling that you should find the person who sent you here and ask some questions. I don’t know as much as the other girls about the magic in the forest but I do know that the fairies have an affinity for ceremony.”
After a few days of thinking, Lauren finally made a call to Eric. Eric was due up today.
Eric came to the regular front door instead of the office door.
“You’re the Keeper.” Lauren said without saying hello.
“Yes. Jim was a Keeper as well, but he… Well he isn’t anymore. You are up for the position obviously. I’m assuming you brokered a deal for someone out there if you figured it out. Which is accepting the position.”
“I don’t know about any of this. Eglas came and told me a girl was in trouble. I offered protection through another group that I know offers blood sacrifices. I feel like I’m too old to be any sort of Keeper. “
“Well it’s in your blood. That’s part of the reason you were chosen. The night you came to me I had a day of signs, then I heard about Jim. I was thinking of sending another established Keeper to this area and then I saw you. One big sign. I watched you for a few days and then I made the decision to send you up here. You have done very well so far. “
“Is there like a meeting for this? An instructional booklet? “
“I’m guessing Jim left a book of notes behind. He was good about notes in his day and when he realized he was coming to an end he told me he would leave things behind for whoever came next. I’d just look for books and binders.”
“But I don’t understand it.”
“Well you’ll have to learn fast”
“Rian said there was likely a ceremony.”
“There is an introduction. You’ll spill your blood by a great tree that connects all of the mountain. You’ll be recognized and the creatures will know to come to you.”
“What kind of fairy tale is this?”
“The kind that you’re a part of. “
“If it’s in my blood shouldn’t I know something?”
“I guess not.”
Lauren stood in front of the tree on the next full moon, freezing and nervous. The Helgas joined her for emotional support. Lauren held a sharp knife and sliced her hand to let the blood flow over the ground. Energy started from the ground and worked its way up her feet and through her body. With her feet firmly planted it felt as if she came up out of her body and rose above the trees, like looking through a microscope if she concentrated on a certain area she could see everything going on. At first she thought she saw people, but it was much too late for that. They were creatures. They roamed and played. I could see everything.
Welcome to Camp Thellgar
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2024.05.06 04:23 h-e-d-i-t--i-o-n Help with very cheap general use monitors

Hi, I am very OOTL with monitors as those things lasts a long time, so I hope to get more insight from experts here.
I am currently running 3 monitors. One 27" 1440p gaming monitor with half decent specs (165hz 1ms IPS) in the middle, the two 24" 1080p monitors on both sides. Due to work reasons, I plan to upgrade either one or both secondary monitors to 27"1440p. Reason being, when I work, I need to utilize 2 monitors at the same time and I need them both to be same res same screen size. And the gaming monitor sitting in the center will be one of them.
The secondary monitor, will only be displaying texts (codes and spreadsheets) so refresh rate does not matter at all. If I can get one cheap at 60hz I will be happy. They do need to be VESA mount compatible. I do not know the market of such monitors as it seems all 27"1440p has a refresh rate of more than 100 and usually cost more than $200 CAD.
To all you guys knowledgeable about monitors, how cheap can I expect to get one 27" 1440p VESA compatible monitor if I can cheap out on refresh rate and response time?
Another question: how much of an impact on GPU performance can I expect if I upgrade two of the 1080p to 1440p, if I were to run a game on ONLY the middle gaming display? Will the refresh rate/response time of those two affect the game?
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2024.05.06 04:22 axelofthekey Limit Script to Running in Certain Games

Hey, trying to modify a script I've been using to only run while I'm playing certain video games. I looked up some syntax online, but it hasn't been working for me.
Here is my code right now:
#IfWinActive ahk_exe ffxiv_dx11.exe MsgBox, It's FFXIV SetNumLockState, AlwaysOff NumpadIns::Numpad0 NumpadEnd::Numpad1 NumpadDown::Numpad2 NumpadPgDn::Numpad3 NumpadLeft::Numpad4 NumpadClear::Numpad5 NumpadRight::Numpad6 NumpadHome::Numpad7 NumpadUp::Numpad8 NumpadPgUp::Numpad9 NumpadDel::NumpadDot #IfWinActive ahk_exe Wow.exe MsgBox, It's WoW SetNumLockState, AlwaysOff NumpadIns::Numpad0 NumpadEnd::Numpad1 NumpadDown::Numpad2 NumpadPgDn::Numpad3 NumpadLeft::Numpad4 NumpadClear::Numpad5 NumpadRight::Numpad6 NumpadHome::Numpad7 NumpadUp::Numpad8 NumpadPgUp::Numpad9 NumpadDel::NumpadDot #IfWinActive 
As of right now, the script runs and immediately the first MsgBox appears with the text "It's FFXIV" even though there is no window of that .exe file currently running on the PC. Every script reload it plays that MsgBox and then locks me into the hotkey assignments listed.
What am I missing? Also, can you do an "Or"statement in the #IfWinActive to check for either .exe instead of listing separately like this?
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2024.05.06 04:20 kittenwolfmage Issues adding Azure Manager during account creation, & how do I call a function from a variable?

Hi all, me again
I've got the main part of creating new Azure users from script, but I'm having huge issues getting it to set the manager :(
I'm sure it's got to be stupidly simple, I've got a wrong parameter somewhere or something, but it's driving me nuts (and annoying my TL at how much time I'm spending on it). Hoping fresh eyes can help.
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users Connect-MgGraph -scope User.ReadWrite.All Connect-ExchangeOnline $PSSusersToBeCreated = Import-Csv '.\NewPSSUsers.csv' foreach ($PSSuser in $PSSusersToBeCreated) { #Find Manager via Search, and then get ODATA for that manager $PSSManager = (Get-AzureADUser -SearchString $PSSuser.Manager).ObjectId $AZManager = @{"@odata.id" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/$PssManager" } $PPDL = $PSSUser.PSSDL $UserModule = $PSSUser.GroupModule #Create Password Profile $PSSPassword = @{ Password = Get-NewPassword ForceChangePasswordNextSignIn = $true } $NewPSSUser = @{ GivenName = $PSSuser.Firstname; Surname = $PSSuser.Lastname; DisplayName = $PSSuser.DisplayName; UserPrincipalName = $PSSuser.Username; PasswordProfile = $PSSPassword; AccountEnabled = $true JobTitle = $PSSuser.Title; State = $PSSuser.State; Country = $PSSuser.Country; Mailnickname = $Pssuser.MailName; } try { New-MGUser -ErrorAction Stop } catch { Write-Error "[ERROR] Unable to create ($($PSSuser.FirstName) $($PSSuser.LastName)) `n $($_.Exception.ToString())" continue # skip all further steps for this user if there is an error creating the account } 
Now, everything up to here works perfectly. The problem is trying to add the Manager to the list. I tried just having Manager = $AZManager inside the NewPPSUser section, but no luck there. I've tried adding it outside that part, but still inside the ForEach Loop, like this:
$NewUserID = (Get-AzureAdUser -ObjectId $PSSUser.Username).ObjectId Set-MgUserManagerByRef -UserId $NewUserID -BodyParameter $AZManager 
But I get the following error:
Get-AzureAdUser : Error occurred while executing GetUser
Code: Request_ResourceNotFound
Message: Resource 'TestingFor6.PSS@' does not exist or one of its queried reference-property
objects are not present.
Everything I do gives me some variant on 'not found', it's doing my head in ><
Also, I've got a bunch of Modules imported, which assign a specific set of Azure & Exchange groups to add the user to. They're all Function , and the Excel sheet has the required profile in it under the heading "GroupModule".
How do I get Powershell to call "$PSSuser.GroupModule" as a *function* rather than it just printing that in the powershell window?
Oh, and if anyone knows how to get "$PSSManager = (Get-AzureADUser -SearchString $PSSuser.Manager).ObjectId" to be an *Exact* search, that would also be great. -EQ apparently doesn't work with Graph.
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2024.05.06 04:20 hidingfromthew0rld Need help displaying an image.

When I add an image into my project, I get text that says "An error occurred while loading this image." and a link that says "Open file using VS Code's standard text/binary editor?" When I click that link it says "The file is not displayed in the text editor because it is either binary or uses an unsupported text encoding." I have searched everywhere and can't seem to find a reason or actual solution to make this image show. It's just a jpeg and I feel like I've had this problem before, but I cannot remember how I fixed it. I am in an introductory class that tbh I missed a lot of, and with finals coming this week I need to figure this out ASAP. I'm using VS code. Please keep in mind that I know virtually nothing. Thanks!
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