Laurens' stomach seemed to flip and jolt with every bump of the road heading to the motel outside of town just past the main supermarket. Tears ran down her face. The car seemed to fishtail a little as she pulled in. There were several problems with her marriage. Namely that he had a tendency to hit her and accuse her of cheating on him, the most current problem was that he was cheating on her in a motel where everyone they knew could see. Lauren wasn’t thinking clearly as she banged on the door, she knew right away which one it would be, she could hear his voice coming out from it.
“OPEN UP!” She screamed as she pounded on the door. Lauren could feel the general sensation of her hand resisting the door. It would more than likely hurt at some point when she came off the adrenaline.
Then, the door did open. Daniel Anderson took up most of the frame and he was angry. Lauren could hear the other girl screaming inside but couldn’t seem to make out what she was saying. Her heart stopped as she looked into Daniels face. He was Angry. The kind of angry that meant he was going to hurt her, whether anyone could see it or not. Lauren backed up from the door to avoid being pulled in the room but Daniel followed her out.
“What are you doing here?” Daniel asked, his voice was even and low.
“I got 3 calls about you being here with some whore.” Lauren retorted. She had started edging towards her car at this point, seemingly just now realizing she had made a mistake in coming here. Her heart seemed to stop altogether as he reached for her.
Lauren ducked but he caught her by her hair, winding the strands in between his fingers and yanking her face so that her ear was next to her mouth.
“What did you call her?” He whispered through clenched teeth. Lauren remained mute at this point. She felt her heart speed up and she tried to figure out how to get out of this. He’d never hit her in public. If she could remind him where they were… “I asked you a question Bitch.
If Lauren had thought about answering at that point, she wasn’t given much of a chance. He swung her head up and then forward, the momentum knocking her to the ground. Then he kicked her, pain blossomed through her midsection stunning her and she had trouble catching her breath. His hands came back down and he began throwing her face into the bumper of his bright red truck. After a minute he threw her face in a different direction and she could taste gravel.
“Apologize.” Daniel said in a warning voice. Lauren tried to stand but he mimicked grabbing at her and she shrunk back. “Apologize to her for calling her a whore.”
Lauren said nothing, somewhat in shock and mostly in pain. She could taste blood and felt it running down her face. This time he did grab her by the arm and yanked her up in one movement.
“I Said. Apologize. “ his words were clear.
Lauren did. Stuttering out an I’m sorry in the other woman’s direction.
“You best be home when I get back.” With that Daniel turned around and went back in the room.
Lauren assessed her options but she couldn’t seem to think. She reached into her car and pulled out her purse and started walking. She couldn’t see out of one eye hardly at all and her head hurt in the back. Lauren knew that he had pulled out a significant amount of hair. She thought she recalled some sharp pain as her face was pulled back from the bumper but she couldn’t remember what had happened in any sort of order.
It was at least 2 miles to her friend’s house. Lauren knocked on the door and when Natalie opened the door Lauren pushed her way in. Natalie hissed as she looked at Lauren.
“What the fuck happened?” Natalie gingerly touched her eye, or at least Laurent thought it was the area heer eye should be in. She hadn’t realized how numb she’d been getting here until she wasn’t numb anymore and the throbbing started up. Todd, Natalie’s husband came from the bedrooms and audibly gasped as well. Lauren headed for the hair salon in the back as Natalie whispered to Todd.
Natalie found Lauren in the salon, lights on and sitting in the chair.
“I’ve got enough here for a haircut but I’ll have to get back to you on the last minute/middle of the night fee. I need it all chopped off if you would. I know he ripped a bit in the back so it’s uneven anyway. Honestly it’s irresponsible to keep my hair this long anyway,do people still do that Kate plus Eight hair? The may I speak to your manager hair?” Lauren had trouble forming the words but she kept going hoping that Natalie understood her. She purposefully faced away from the mirror.
“I can cut your hair for sure. Wouldn’t you rather go to a hospital?” Natalie asked carefully playing with Lauren’s hair. Lauren shookher head quickly and immediately regretted it. Todd came in the room with an ice pack and a washcloth. Natalie filled up a bowl of water and started carefully patting away dried blood and finding the actual cuts. There was water and ibuprofen with a few tylenol mixed in, Lauren had trouble with it.
Natalie cut her hair silently. Working around one spot and then going back to it before announcing that it was as good as it was going to get there until the massive cut healed.
“You want to stay here tonight babe?” Natalie asked as she once more took to wiping her face from the still open cuts.
“No I couldn't do that to you, he told me to go home and when he finds that I’m not there… I left my car at the motel. '' Lauren knew on some level she had and knew there had been a reason, but now that the adrenaline was amping down and quickly she had no idea what she was going to do now.
“The motel?”
“Yeah, he met that girl..that one… Beth, that’s her name. They were up there and I had 3 people call me to tell me his truck was there. I just lost it and drove up there. I didn’t expect this to happen. I figured he’d be caught and apologetic.”
“That fucking bitch, I know her. She has no shame. Anyone gives her a little attention and she thinks they’re married. Tells everyone about it. She smells to high heaven too.” Natalie said incensed.
“Well I got up there and confronted him and he did this until I apologi-apolo-. “ Lauren felt sick suddenly and didn’t bother to finish. It hurt more to talk anyway.
“Why don’t you kick him out? It’s your house, the bills are in your name, you survived years without him before so it’s not like you need to worry about money. Serve him with eviction papers and go hide out somewhere until the month is up. Then bar him from the house.”
“I can’t afford a vacation and last time I tried to kick him out, it didn’t go well.I’ve got nothing in savings or otherwise. I can’t stay with anyone because he’ll come find me and hurt someone else in the process. My kids are already going to be pissed about this and if I disappear it's them he’ll hassle.I can’t afford the medical bills if I go in for this and I can’t afford the next beating if I don’t go home and get there before he does. Plus he knows exactly where I work.”
“You aren’t going to have a job if you're dead and he’s going to kill you.. At this point we’re just waiting for when. I can help you. I can loan you money, Fuck, I’ll just give you the god damn money. “
“We both know you don’t have any more than I do. “ Lauren said leaning back
“Well, you aren’t going home tonight, call your kids and warn them that he’ll be calling and to get a police car out there or something. I’ll call Lottie and explain that you are taking a few days off, and you most certainly are taking a few days off ma’am. You can’t go in looking like that, Lottie’ll kick you back out as soon as you show up. I know where you can go for now.”
Lauren went out back, wincing as she lit up a cigarette and took a few good drags before calling her oldest daughter and explaining that Daniel was going to be angry and to be on the lookout and if she could please call her siblings because she just did not have the energy tonight. Lauren promised to go to the hospital, figuring she’d end up going at some point and assured her daughter that she would be fine. After hanging up Todd got her attention at the edge of the yard and gestured toward the car. Lauren got up and limped over to it to climb in and wondering why the actual fuck she had worn flip flops tonight for this. .
It was a long drive out of town and into the mountains. Lauren apologized profusely every time she looked at the car clock. Todd waved his hand dismissively and handed her a fresh ice pack.
“We’re going to see my cousin, he lives up in the woods doing work for the park. He’s pretty far out there and doesn’t come into town much so Daniel won’t know about him. I’d turn your phone off as a precaution though. GPS trackers and whatnot.”
Lauren had already turned her phone off and felt herself dozing off. Unsure of how long she had slept she was awoken by the car stopping. Todd told her to wait where she was while he talked to his cousin. Lauren wondered what she was going to do if this guy didn’t let her stay here tonight. A few minutes later Todd was back and helping her hobble inside. The other man looked like he’d been woken up. He looked Lauren up and down and then waved Todd away. Todd slumped his shoulders and walked back to the car.
“I’m Eric, you’ll get my room. I’ve got some shirts on the bed to sleep in. The dog might insist on laying with you don’t mind dogs too much. I’ll be right out here on the couch if you need anything, bathroom is over here. I can get you a water and some more ibuprofen.” Eric seemed nice. Lauren worried that Daniel would find her out here with another man and finish what he started at the motel. The motel that seemed to be eons ago. Lauren felt her knees start to buckle and she swayed. Eric grabbed her and helped to the bed. Lauren rolled over and managed to get under the blankets before passing out.
Lauren came to hazily and found that the man here was in the room, he seemed taller as in a lot taller.
“I just want to touch you.” Eric slurred out. He swayed awkwardly and seemed to float to the bed, his hands grabbed at her. Lauren was frozen and then noticed to her horror that her husband was right behind him. Daniel came around to the other side of the bed smiling as if he’d known all along that she would be here. Lauren pulled her legs back and tried to scoot back into the headboard as the men got on the bed and started pulling her legs apart and shoving their palms into her collarbone to push her back. Lauren cried out screaming at them to stop as they started biting at her hips and inner thighs. Then they were laughing as they bit into her and pulled her skin off. Eric moved his mouth to her face and bit into her forehead and that set off fireworks of pain through her head.
Lauren awoke gasping and throwing her hands up defensively. Grey light filtered into the room through the blinds and Lauren was soaked in sweat. Her head most definitely did hurt. Badly. The memory of the men all over her made her sick and she jumped out of the bed and scrambled to the hallway towards where she thought the bathroom would be. She tried to grab at her hair to hold it out of the way only to come up short. It was cut. By the time she had finished throwing up and was leaning over the toilet trying to regain her breath, Eric had appeared wiping sleep out of his eyes. Lauren was slightly relieved to see him at his normal size although she shrunk from his touch when he reached out to steady her. He put his hands up to show that he was backing off.
“Hungry? I can make you something to eat to take some painkillers with so you don’t get so sick again. I’m going to run you into town when you think you’re ready. We can go to the ER if you’d like or maybe the prompt care? But you will have to go in. Looks like you broke your face.” Eric spoke slowly to her, keeping his hands where she could see them. Lauren just nodded at him dumbly. Which sent a new wave of agony through her body and she started to crumble. Eric reached carefully and steadied her with as little physical contact as possible. He led her to the couch and got her sat down, bringing her toast and ibuprofen with water.
Lauren tried to relax into the pain until the ibuprofen kicked in. She tried to disappear into herself, she counted by 13s. Finally after what seemed like forever, the painkillers kicked in taking a very large edge off of her pain. She let out a very audible moan as the pain abated ever so slightly. Her shoulders dropped.
“If we’re going into town and avoiding your husband maybe you should wear some different clothes? I’ve got some guy clothes that will fit you ok.” Eric said, handing her folded jeans and a shirt. Lauren just took them and went into the room to change. Mens jeans seemed to change her entire body shape and she did feel a little safer. Lauren had no idea what she was going to do when it came down to it. She was serious last night about not knowing how to leave him. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to, she had tried once before to end things, he called his son over to help him carry his stuff out and then when his son arrived he had held Lauren still while Daniel beat the shit out of her stomach and explained that he wasn’t leaving. Lauren needed her job, the house was paid off, she had gotten it in the divorce and had worked hard to pay it up over the years, but there were other bills and taxes and at some point Lauren wanted to retire long enough to enjoy it.
The car ride to town was nerve wracking. Lauren had used Eric’s phone to call ahead to the doctors office and let them know she would be there and that she would like to be brought back as soon as possible. Lauren waited until they were back in town to turn her phone back on. It powered up and looked fine until the phone started registering the texts and voicemails that had been coming in since last night. Once upon a time Daniel had reacted very negatively to her not responding to his message fast enough so Lauren had eventually set his ringer as an alarm so she knew right away to pick her phone up. Eric’s car sounded like a national disaster was going on. Lauren thought about throwing it out the window as her panic started to grow. Eric grabbed it from her and shoved it under his leg muffling the sound slightly.
“Sorry.” Lauren mumbled. Eric shrugged and didn’t look at her, instead keeping his eyes on the road. “I need to stop at the courthouse first to fill out paperwork for an order of protection and get it filed. Then the doctor's office. That way if he figures out where I am they’re already ready for me. “
Lauren checked her phone for any messages not from Daniel and responded to any that needed it and then she turned it back off as they pulled up to the courthouse. Eric handed her his ball cap to hide her face and they casually walked in together. The security guard stopped her and she lifted her hat and faced him head on. He winced and gave her the floor she needed.
“I still haven’t looked, how bad is it?” Lauren asked as they waited for the elevator.
“It’s pretty bad. But it’s your face and it’s probably mostly swelling. “ Eric said without looking at her.
Lauren knew the clerk and judging by the look on her face she ought to hurry to the doctor’s office.
The doctor’s office was it’s own sort of hell. First, the receptionist didn’t want to send her straight back before the nurse came out. Second, Lauren had been in town long enough that she was paranoid every time someone walked in, which she felt she wouldn’t be if they had sent her back like they had discussed. By the time Odette the nurse came out Lauren was wired and Eric had to calm her down just to get her to walk back to the room.
The doctor came in and looked at her and sighed.
“He really got you this time.” Dr. Livingston said, checking the chart.
“I need pictures to add to the rest, I’ve started the proceedings for an OOP and I’d like to bring in all the pictures.”
“I’m glad to hear that. I’ll have Etta come in with the camera and give you copies to take with you so if they’re lost somehow you can get more from us. Then I’ll do an exam. Does he know where you are?”
“I’m not sure,Eric here has been driving me around and playing my bodyguard. I’d like to move as quickly as possible. I want to be out of town when he catches wind of the OOP.”
“I’ll have them let me know if he shows up.’
The pictures were as intrusive as ever. Etta smiled sympathetically as she helped Lauren tilt her head in different directions to catch every angle. After the pictures Dr. Livingston did a thorough exam and had an XRay done. Prescribed decent painkillers and did a few stitches on her forehead and somewhere in the back that Lauren hadn’t realized was cut up.
Daniel did show up so Eric and Lauren took off out the back and left, the office kept him busy and promised to give her a call as soon as he left. Eric dropped her off a block from her house to grab her things. Her truck was in the driveway. Lauren walked past it and into the house. Though she hadn’t checked the messages she had assumed that the house would be trashed from one of his fits but it wasn’t. She grabbed a few loose outfits and makeup. Glasses and medicine and a charger for a phone she was afraid to turn on. The office called to let her know he had left 2 minutes before. Her chest began to beat erratically. She couldn’t breathe.
“Notsafenotsafenotsafe.” She said to herself repeatedly to get her moving. She remembered to grab socks and real shoes, she even took extra time to get them on. The plan was to meet Eric 2 streets from the backyard in hopes of avoiding Daniel or someone that knew them and might tell Daniel who she had left with. Lauren locked the back door as she slipped out and was stopped by the next door woman who was entirely too nosey and judgemental. Grace had decided she didn’t like Lauren 20 some odd years ago when Grace had moved in. Daniel on the other hand, well she seemed to adore him. Daniel came over and mowed her yard for free and fixed her broken what the fuck ever was broken that day. Lauren knew for a fact that Grace fed Daniel information whether it was true or just some idea that Grace had gotten through her head.
“Well, what happened? Where are you headed then?” Grace asked quickly, trying to engage Lauren.
“Just a tumble and off to check something for The Jakobi's across the yard. See you later Grace.” Lauren kept walking trying to smile pleasantly.
“Oh wait, I need you to ask Danny to do something for me!” Grace hollered after Lauren, Lauren responded by running faster. Daniel’s truck roared around the corner so Lauren decided to take a different route that would involve going through the woods and meeting Eric somewhere else.
Adrenaline poured through Lauren and she put her all into it until she came out a mile up by the gas station. Lauren went inside and borrowed the landline there to call Eric to meet her at the trail head a little further on. She also bought an energy drink and chugged it before leaving. The rush made her eyes feel like they were going to pop out of her head and she laughed before running back into the woods. She imagined she must look like a mess with the backpack on and her short hair sticking everywhere with her eyes wild from the excess caffeine being chugged so quickly. Lauren kept herself going by imagining that she could hear his truck following her, that she could smell his cologne in the air behind her. Before she could stop herself she was hearing her footsteps and feeling the sensation of her head being pulled back and back into the bumper.
BAM bam BAM bam BAM bam BAM bam BAM bam BAM bam. By the time she had exploded off the trail and into the poorly kept parking lot she had completely forgotten what she was doing.
Lauren dropped her hands on her knees and panted heavily. It was Todd who threw his hands around her waist and held her steady. Lauren surprised herself by screaming and slapping at him before Todd could get her to come out of her stupor. Sobbing, she fell into his chest and bawled. She started crying about the day and then it was the day before and then the year and then her entire marriage and then it was the time her youngest daughter came home from her dad’s early and accused her of always being drunk and looking at her disgustedly. Then it was the divorce and the time she let their older daughter wear lipstick and her ex husband had smacked her in front of them and announced that Lauren was not in fact, the deciding parent on the rules in the house.
It was a very long time before Lauren was done crying. Her face hurt dully in the area that had been so intimate with the bumper, snot covered her cheeks and mouth from the futile wiping it with her sleeves. Her good eye was now also swollen and she could barely see through it now. She fell to her knees and then collapsed the rest of the way to the ground so that getting up was difficult because of how stiff she was now from the odd position. Lauren hobbled with Todd holding her upright to his truck. He went ahead and lifted her up into the seat and helped her buckle. Lauren was too tired to swat his hand away and do it herself. She just relaxed her body back in the seat and let herself try to doze.
They hit the dirt road leading to Eric’s house which woke her up again. She could see more out of her good eye and finally flipped the visor down and braced herself for the reflection she had been avoiding.
Half of her face was a mix of purple and blue, someone had said something about her cheekbone on the right being fractured a little, hey right eyebrow was not only swollen but split in the corner and a small stitch held it. Her right eye was a mix of colors and swollen shut, bruises ran down her jawline and she could see why Dr. Livingston had recommended admitting her to the hospital, Lauren herself might’ve considered it if she hadn't been terrified it would’ve made it easier for Daniel to find her and kill her. Lauren fingered her hair that was cut close to her head and tried to smooth some of the longer strands that had indeed started to poke out at different directions. The left side of her face red and blotchy from crying and it occurred to Lauren that she looked like a very fat bloated version of herself and for some reason it struck her as hysterical and she began to laugh until her stomach hurt and she was doubled over howling with laughter. Todd glanced at her and then the road, flipping back and forth between the road and Lauren. Lauren who had gone from a deep sadness to a manic laughter within a short period of time.
By the time they pulled up to Eric’s, Lauren was still laughing but had calmed a little. Todd patted her thigh and told her to stay put. To go warn Eric she presumed. When he came back he carried her from the car to the bed and Eric stood waiting with pills and water and more toast. Lauren did some concentrated breathing until she could swallow them without choking. The pills seemed to kick in immediately. Her face numbed much more than the ibuprofen had managed earlier. As her mind started to fade in and out Eric told her he had purchased her a new phone and had put her old numbers into her new phone in town and tossed the old phone.
A week later Lauren returned from town at the hearing where Daniel was served with a permanent Order Of Protection good for a year. While her face was still pretty fucked up, she was able to see out of both eyes now. The judge had seen her face and granted the order. Daniel had been arrested and would be held for awhile but she had stayed with Eric for a few more days so he could keep an eye on her mental state. Lauren was having trouble returning to her home, she had been placed on a sort of leave at work, Lauren was unsure if they could legally do that after a domestic assault but she wasn’t in the mindset to argue so she just gave up.
“You think you’re safe to go home tomorrow? “ Eric asked Lauren as they set up a fire outside.
“I think so. I don’t know if I really want to stay there anymore.” Lauren admitted. She stacked some more wood off to the side so they wouldn’t have to get back up as often.
“I have a friend who owns some cabins in the woods, he rents them out. There’s 12 or so I think, anyway he recently lost his caretaker and has been looking for someone who can stay up there year round and clean the cabins and handle the rentals. It pays well, obviously you have your own cabin to live in.” Eric passed her a joint that Lauren accepted.
“I’ll think about it.” Lauren said before breathing in and relaxing back into her camping chair and drifting away.
Lauren finished setting the table with her son, Greyson. Her daughters Cora and Audrey, were supposed to be here soon. Liam, Greyson’s 5 month old wailed from the living room and Lauren waved at Greyson to let her go tend to him. Lauren picked up the wailing baby and put her nose on top of his head, remembering the newborn smell. Her youngest was Audrey and she was 23. Liam settled as soon as he was picked up. Lauren thought of how much she was going to miss her grandkids. She lifted him up so she could blow on his baby tummy and he squealed with delight.
“I think the girls are pulling in now.” Greyson said coming in with a bottle. Liam caught sight of Daddy and his bottle and flailed toward them. Lauren handed her grandson to her own son and kissed his forehead.
“I am so proud of you. I don’t think I know any single dads who have their kids full time.” Lauren brushed Greysons hair from his forehead and smiled.
The girls came in, Audrey carrying Cora’s 3 year old son and then Cora behind her dragging an 8 year old girl whose eyes were locked on a tablet screen.
“Diana Renee, turn it off for a few minutes and walk. Jesus. You’re going to trip, say hi to grandma.” Cora said in a surly tone looking exhausted. Her face looked rounder and Lauren had a feeling Cora was pregnant again. She had the look and Lauren felt a pang that she wasn’t going to be around this time, and that she had already missed quite a bit of time. It hadn’t taken any of the kids long to catch onto Daniel being controlling and possessive and even though Lauren had argued for her kids being over every Sunday the children on their own had slowly found excuses to quit coming around the house.Not that Audrey had needed much push. For whatever reason Audrey and Lauren had never seen eye to eye. Lauren blamed her father but it was more than that too, a drive to be independent. Diana and Clayton hugged Lauren fiercely and she sat on the floor with them crawling on her while they told her anything interesting they could think of. The bruises on Lauren’s face had faded quite a bit but the kids kept looking at them without saying anything, biting their lips. Lauren assumed Cora had instructed them not to ask. Lauren had purposely waited to bring her kids over to make her announcement until her face looked better and wouldn’t scare anyone. After a while the kids ran out into the backyard to play.
“So is he really gone?” Audrey asked as the sliding door closed. Lauren sighed pretending not to notice the tone in her voice.
“Yes. He was arrested. The pictures I had taken at the doctor’s office helped. I know you guys weren’t impressed he was here as long as he was but I was working on it. “ That of course was a lie. She had snuck off to the doctors after he had beaten her and had it documented so that they would have a suspect if he killed her but the kids didn’t need to know that. At least this way they seemed to retain a little respect for their flakey mom who brought the evil villain into their lives.
“I’m just glad you’re safe mom. We were worried. Especially after you called me that night.” Cora said rocking Liam who was starting to doze off after his bottle.
“That’s why I called you guys over actually. After that happened I did some thinking. It’s just me in this big house and after everything that happened I decided to sell the house and move. I took a job the next state over up in the mountains. I’m a caretaker for cabins that get rented out to hunters and families, I’ll be living there.” Lauren smiled and started passing a brochure for the company and the area to each of her children.
“What the fuck mom? You can’t move, or at the very least you can’t sell the house. We grew up here.” Audrey said loudly, tears forming already. Lauren remembered the time her friends had all gone out for a girls weekend and Greyson had spiked a fever and Lauren had to stay home to take care of him, how suffocating it had felt to be their mother and have no life of her own. But the kids were in their twenties now, not little. They didn’t need her the same way.
“Eventually Daniel will be released and I would like to be gone when he is. I would like to live somewhere that I can make new, happier memories. You guys don’t need me as much and I’m only an hour away. I can still take grand kids when you need me and I’m not so far that I can’t come over for lunch. Plus I can offer you guys a pretty good discount in the off season. Imagine Christmas in the mountains and everyone has their own cabin to stay in instead of arguing over a bedroom.” Lauren said, hoping no one would note that it had been a very long time since anyone had spent the night here and they’d never really fought over space.
“I think it’s a good idea mom. We’ll miss the house but you’re right.” Cora said glaring at her sister. “You deserve to move forward.”
“I can help you move up there. Are you taking your furniture or is the furniture provided already? Is it safe up there? Who will come check on you? I don’t want something to happen to you and you’re stranded out there for days with no help. “ Greyson asked, looking concerned.
“I’m not sure, we can set up a system so you know I’m ok.” Lauren said pleased with her son’s concern. “As far as furniture, you guys can pick anything you want, I’m selling the rest. I’ll keep some of the dishes and my baking stuff. Plus the photograph albums, I’ll get rid of everything else.”
“Does Dad know?” Autumn asked accusingly.
“I haven’t told him, it’s really not any of his business. Nothing in this house belongs to him and his name hasn’t been on the house in at least 15 years.”
“This is our house too.” Audrey argued
“No it really isn’t anymore. You haven’t lived here in at least 5 years.”
“Audrey, chill, it’s not that big of a deal.” Cora warned. Lauren began to feel she was missing something.
“Well, you could rent it out to someone instead of getting rid of it. You could always use the extra income.” Audrey argued, looking around at everyone.
“I’d make a lot more money selling the house than I would renting it out. If there were a repair to be made I don’t want to be responsible. I’m too old to deal with all of that.” Lauren waved her hand around the house gesturing at the idea of all the work there would need to be done. “Besides someone has already made an offer, I’m fairly certain I’m going to accept it.”
“You can’t do that!”
“Yes, she can. Knock it off. She doesn’t want to live here all alone.” Greyson retorted.
The 3 of them argued together at each other and Lauren sank back into her recliner helplessly. A thought occurred to her.
“Audrey are you angry you’re losing a piece of your childhood or a piece of your inheritance?” Lauren asked icily. Audrey’s face turned red and Cora looked at the window desperate not to make eye contact. Greyson grabbed Liam and started fussing over him.”Ah. I see, and you all 3 have discussed it.”
“No, not exactly like that. Dad had a scare 2 years ago and he was faced with being put in a home for awhile. We didn’t know how he was going to pay for it, we talked about selling his house and that was sort of how it came up, renting instead of selling I mean.” Greyson muttered.
“Not to keep it until he died so the money or the house went to us, but to protect him. We naturally discussed you as well and different scenarios. Then when we started to really worry Daniel was going to kill you, we were worried about him taking possession of the house and everything in it.” Cora explained a little more. “Obviously all THREE of us want you to do what makes you feel the happiest and safest.”
Audrey stared at the wall.
“I have a lot of happy memories here of all 3 of you. I brought you all home from the hospital through that door. I nursed you all back to health when you were sick and sang you lullabies in this room. I listened to you talk about your days in the kitchen, and when your dad moved out we all sat in my room with the big TV and watched movies all day because he wasn’t here to tell us it was wrong. I potty trained you all in the bathrooms here. I taught you to walk and speak here.” Lauren wiped at her eyes remembering them running through. “But over there in that corner was where your dad smacked me because I told Cora she could wear lipstick. And I was standing on the stairs when he came out of the bedroom with his suitcase in hand, telling me he was leaving. It was in the kitchen where I got the call that my mother died. That was the door frame Daniel's son leaned against as he held me up while Daniel pummeled my midsection until I decided that I didn’t want him to move out after all. I just want to start over. I’m allowed to do that. I gave my entire life to raise you guys and no one worked harder than me to keep us afloat. My time is now and I’m taking it. “

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Thousands of people, potentially even many more thousands after the initial incident, were subjected to dangerous suicide baiting behaviour and violent content by Elphaba Orion Doherty. She held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill herself to thousands upon thousands of viewers, whilst appearing to be very unstable after an incident the previous evening of claiming she had self harmed. On the day of the 1/5/24, she was even showing her viewers, who again were in the thousands her self harm "injuries" on her wrist and arm, saying that she would "show them" to her viewers so she could manipulate her audience for more gifts.
Elphaba Orion Doherty was allowed, despite thousands and thousands and thousands of reports for online safety due to the content of brandishing a knife to her own throat, threatening harm to herself and saying she "wants to die" These reports were all received with no violations and the live was allowed to continue for over twenty minutes.
Children under the age of sixteen years of age have self harmed as a result of this. Adults who experience mental health battles have harmed themselves as a result of this. Families and friends of those who have committed suicide have been affected by this.
This creator has a track record of inflammatory behaviour on the app, which again has been reported on numerous occasions because of the very real risk to children who do have access to the app. Not only just children and impressionable young people, but also the vupnerable adults and everhone else who is subjected to this behaviour. The content of this creator suicide baiting, threatening to kill themselves, actively abusing alcohol and narcotics whilst on live is completely unacceptable. If she isn't displaying the above-mentioned behaviour, then she is demanding gifts and money from her viewers, literally demanding.
Due to Elphaba being a trans creator and also young (20 years of age) She is very attractive to the younger generations, the target audience being children as a large percentage of her gifters and viewers are children. She already has an extremely negative influence on these children, with her regular intoxicated ramblings, narcotic induced tantrums, and now suicide baiting and self harming while on live, is a psychological and emotional minefield for children. Elphaba needs IP bans and enforced bans from making other accounts for the safety and well-being of so many people who use the app and platform for welcomed, creative purposes.
On a daily basis, Elphaba breaks the platforms own policies. Please see below. And I am using general terms in referring to youths 13+ who are legally allowed to have accounts and access to the platform.
TIKTOK POLICY BREACHES
•"Youth safety is our priority. We do not allow content that may put young people at risk of exploitation, or psychological, physical, or developmental harm. This includes child sexual abuse material (CSAM), youth abuse, bullying, dangerous activities and challenges, exposure to overtly mature themes, and consumption of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or regulated substances. If we become aware of youth exploitation on our platform, we will ban the account, as well as any other accounts belonging to the person."
As we are aware that Elphaba Orion Doherty has regularly exploited 13+ youths to emotional and psychological harm by displaying the above mentioned behaviour of suicide baiting, self harm, narcotic and alcohol abuse on a regular basis. Elphaba regularly discusses sexual exhibitionism and sexual assault incidents that have allegedly happened to her, and she routinely sexualises comments and innuendos that are inappropriate entirely. Not to mention how Elphaba regularly manipulates her young viewers for gifts.
•"We are committed to bringing people together in a way that does not lead to physical conflict. We recognize that online content related to violence can cause real-world harm. We do not allow any violent threats, incitement to violence, or promotion of criminal activities that may harm people, animals, or property. If there is a specific, credible, and imminent threat to human life or serious physical injury, we report it to relevant law enforcement authorities."
The platform does have many qualities and content that is perfect for what is described, however Elphaba has threatened to physically harm other creators on a regular basis, has been active in criminal activities such as using narcotics, encouraging underage drinking of alcohol and encouraging dangerous behaviour.
• "TikTok is enriched by the various backgrounds of our community members. Our differences should be respected, rather than a cause for division. We do not allow any hateful behavior, hate speech, or promotion of hateful ideologies. This includes content that attacks a person or group because of protected attributes, including: Caste, Ethnicity, National Origin, Race, Religion, Tribe, immigration status, Gender, Gender Identity, sex, sexual orientation, disability, serious diseases."
Elphaba has repeatedly broken these guidelines which have been reported, again thousands of thousands of times in her lives. She has been transphobic, racist remarks, direct racism to other content creators, discriminatory towards other genders. She has also made sexualised remarks regarding other's sexual identity and violent sexual exhibitionism regarding others of the opposite sex.
• "TikTok is a place where people can come to discuss or learn about sexuality, sex or reproductive health. We are mindful that certain content may not be appropriate for young people, may be considered offensive by some, or may create the potential for exploitation. We do not allow sexual activity or services. This includes sex, sexual arousal, fetish and kink behavior, and seeking or offering sexual services. However, it does not include reproductive health and sex education content."
Elphaba does not host informative content such as sex education or reproductive health discussions. She regularly broadcasts that she wants to find a "man" and how he needs to have particular attributes. She often discusses what she would do to these men, quite graphically which again, is not appropriately for her target audience.
• "We celebrate all shapes and sizes and want people to feel comfortable in how they present themselves and their bodies. We understand societies approach body exposure and clothing differently, so we seek to reflect prevailing cultural norms about nudity. We do not allow nudity, including uncovered genitals and buttocks, as well as nipples and areolas of women and girls. Sheer and partially see-through clothing is not considered covered. We allow regional exceptions for showing nipples and areolas in limited situations, such as medical treatment, educational purposes, or as a part of culturally accepted practices. Not all young people have the developmental maturity to respond to unwanted physical attention and uninvited sexualization, which may lead to psychological or physical harm. We do not allow significant body exposure of young people. Content is age-restricted if it shows significant body exposure of an adult. Content is ineligible for the FYF if it shows moderate body exposure of a young person, or significant body exposure of an adult. We allow regional exceptions for body exposure in limited situations, such as common cultural practices."
Elphaba on more than one occasion has exposed their genitals, full genitals while dancing provocatively in a dress at a club and this video has circulated. She has also exposed herself on her own lives while wearing a different dress on a separate occasion. She has also exposed her chest and cleavage in provocative dresses, including adding make up to accentuate herself to be more visually appealing.
•" TikTok is a place where people can come to discuss or learn about sexuality, sex or reproductive health. We are mindful that certain content may not be appropriate for young people, may be considered offensive by some, or may create the potential for exploitation. We do not allow sexual activity or services. This includes sex, sexual arousal, fetish and kink behavior, and seeking or offering sexual services. However, it does not include reproductive health and sex education content."
Elphaba regularly discusses her sexual preferences and discusses her kinks and broadcasts her sexual desires whilst on live stream. She routinely discusses her slime fetish, venom fetish, vore, human bodily fluids and often discusses masturbation.
• "In a global community, it is natural for people to have different opinions, but we seek to operate on a shared set of facts and reality. We do not allow inaccurate, misleading, or false content that may cause significant harm to individuals or society, regardless of intent. Significant harm includes physical, psychological, or societal harm, and property damage. It does not extend to commercial and reputational harm, nor does it cover simply inaccurate information and myths. We rely on independent fact-checking partners and our database of previously fact-checked claims to help assess the accuracy of content. Content is ineligible for the FYF if it contains general conspiracy theories or unverified information related to emergencies. To be cautious, content that warrants fact-checking is also temporarily ineligible for the FYF while it is undergoing review. To help you manage your TikTok experience, we add warning labels to content related to unfolding or emergency events which have been assessed by our fact-checkers but cannot be verified as accurate, and we prompt people to reconsider sharing such content."
Elphaba regularly discusses dark conspiracies such as governmental conspiracy, wars and conflicts and repeatedly spreads misinformation medically, politically and in general day to day life and has consistently preached anti governmental propaganda.
• "Content shared online may be seen by anyone, and has a wide reach. We are committed to making sure that any personal information shared intentionally or accidentally on TikTok does not lead to harm. We do not allow content that includes personal information that may create a risk of stalking, violence, phishing, fraud, identity theft, or financial exploitation. This includes content that someone has posted themselves or that they consented to being shared by others."
Personal information has been broadcasted by Elphaba where she has, on numerous occasions attempted to "expose" other tiktok creator's who have spoken out against her behaviour. She has actively put out personal information in terms of photos, names, addresses and incited hatred from her own viewers and supporters on these people she believes is against her when these people simply want to make the app safer for everyone involved. Essentially, Elphaba has "doxxed" also known as, leaking private information in the belief to cause malicious harm. She has also financially exploited vulnerable viewers who have sent ridiculously large amounts of gifts in (monetary value) under the agreement or promise of personal interaction on a one to one basis, or to join the live, or her usual speech is "Send a big gift for a follow"
UK LAW BREACHES
• Threatening behaviour with an offensive weapon - This can be prosecuted under The Offensive Weapons Act 2019, Threatening with an offensive weapon etc in a private place – Section 52.
•Threatening behaviour to other creators - This can be prosecuted under the Malicious Communication Act 1988 and the Communications Act 2003. Online threats could take many forms including threats to kill, harm or to commit an offence against a person, group of people or organisation
• Talking sexually to Minors - This can be prosecuted under Section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015, Section 15A. Furthermore, it can be prosecuted under Protection of Children Act 1978 if "sexting" occurs towards a minor. To also add that if the offender is under the age of 16, the following legislation can be pursued Protection of Children Act 1978.
• Obtaining money through tiktok gifts and Go fund me under the representation it for transitioning surgery - This can be prosecuted under The Fraud Act 2006, a,b and C, being false representation and misinformation. Other charges under the same bracket can be made due to the nature of the offences.
• Refund fraud, ie ordering food and returning it for monetary gain and at the loss of another - The above act also covers this.
• Fraud committed through the use of computer or mobile, technology devices including using the above mentioned methods to further commit crimes - This is prosecuted under Computer Misuse Act 1990.
• Blackmailing or threatening particular actions or behaviour that is to force someone to do a specific thing - This is prosecuted under The criminal offence of blackmail under the section 21 of the Theft Act 1968.
There are so many more things that could be added to this report.
Also, please see the attached online safety bill, which Elphaba is in direct breach of in regards to her content and live streaming behaviour ;
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/enacted
I look forward to your reply.

Looking on the interwebs I couldn’t find a really good comprehensive list of curses that suited my game, so I made a list of 200. I’ve pulled some of these from other sources (such as reddit posts, youtube shorts, and so on), but the vast majority were from me going “wouldn’t it be funny if…”
Some of the curses have optional mechanical rules attached because I was asked to rule on them. Your mileage may vary (you’re obviously welcome to leave mechanical effects off altogether at your table). That said, I have a hard time believing the rogue can spot a pressure plate when the floor appears made of molten nacho cheese…
Enjoy! Hope you feel inspired and use some in your campaign or your curse tables.
Dreamfey Curses D100:
1 - All of your teeth fall out, and a tiny hand springs from your gums in each one's place. - If you cast a spell with verbal components, roll a d20. On a 5 or lower, the spell fails and is wasted.
2 - Your hair falls out and begins to rapidly regrow from your ears. - You suffer disadvantage on checks requiring hearing.
3 - You can no longer blink your eyes. - Disadvantage to vision checks.
4 - Your fingers become toes, and your toes become fingers. - Disadvantage on dexterity checks requiring fine motor control.
5 - You lay an egg, and are overwhelmed by the instinct to brood it. - If the egg hatches after 30 days, you gain a familiar. If it dies, you suffer disadvantage on charisma checks due to depression until the curse is removed.
6 - You can only speak in the scat style of song. - You are incomprehensible and cannot cast spells with verbal components.
7 - You laugh uproariously at anything sad or distressing. - Disadvantage on charisma checks in upsetting situations.
8 - You may only ingest things that are yellow. Any other color makes you violently ill. - Food and potions must be carefully considered. Water must be made yellow.
9 - Each time you laugh in real life, your character takes 1d4 damage.
10 - You believe yourself to be a spy working for the enemy, and are very bad at it.
11 - All livestock that see you want to be near you, and do their best to get as close to you as possible.
12 - You crave humanoid bones, and can only be satisfied by eating them.
13 - You cannot turn right. - Disadvantage on dexterity saving throws.
14 - You must loudly shout, "SURPRISE!" when walking through doorways.
15 - You become a pacifist. You can no longer intentionally attempt to deal lethal damage.
16 - Every time you have an even remotely romantic feeling, you become intensely nauseous. - DC 15 CON save or vomit, still look sick on success.
17 - You become intensely magnetic.
18 - You become incredibly beautiful, and must look in any mirror you encounter for at least one minute. - Advantage on seduction-based charisma checks.
19 - Every time you harm someone, even intentionally, you must apologize profusely.
20 - You cannot tell the difference between copper and gold.
21 - You may only speak in questions.
22 - You learn one random useless fact every morning, and can't stop thinking about it until you've told someone. - Automatic failure on concentration checks before disclosing fact.
23 - Your joints pop loudly whenever you move.
24 - Moths are fascinated by you.
25 - Your dreams are visible for others as small illusions above your head.
26 - Whenever anyone doubts you for any reason, you must answer with, "But I know magic!" - Disadvantage on deception checks.
27 - Whenever you hear someone utter a number under 100, you must count up to 100 from that number.
28 - When you walk through a door you forget what you were doing.
29 - Anything you drink takes on the consistency of yogurt. - DC 10 CON save each day to consume drink.
30 - All of your intentional movements are reversed--for example, attempting to move your right hand instead moves your left hand. - You automatically fail all dexterity checks and saves.
31 - You fall hopelessly in love with the next person you see, and actively pursue a long term relationship with them.
32 - You are now unfailingly polite and servile.
33 - You smell strongly of barbeque. - Disadvantage on stealth checks.
34 - You forget how to properly put on your armor, and it has a chance to simply fall off. - When hit by an attack, roll a d20. On a 1, your armor falls off.
35 - Whenever you see someone new who is not hostile, you must introduce yourself and kiss them on both cheeks.
36 - You become terrified of the sun. - Disadvantage on all checks, saves, and attack rolls when in direct sunlight.
37 - You can feel your parasitic twin attempting to assert control over your body at the worst times. - Enemies have advantage on attacks against you.
38 - You have the hiccups. Forever. - Disadvantage on concentration checks.
39 - You must shed your skin like a snake every day. - The time required for your long rest is extended by 2 hours.
40 - If you have a suggestion, you must whisper it conspiratorially to only one person and pretend you said nothing when anyone else asks.
41 - You believe you’re invisible. You're not.
42 - Every day you get bitten by a mosquito in a difficult-to-scratch place. - Disadvantage to charisma checks due to constant itching.
43 - All undead look like beautiful, pleading men and women to you.
44 - Random belongings from nearby people will occasionally fall out of your clothing in front of them.
45 - You think you can talk to animals. None of them seem to like you.
46 - You can only speak in lies, and you love telling lies. - You cannot cast a spell with verbal components.
47 - Whenever you score a critical hit, you must spend your bonus action and movement (if available) doing a victory dance.
48 - You are easily addicted to things. You deny that this is the case. - Automatically fail addiction checks.
49 - Your shadow mocks you.
50 - You feel the constant need to speak in a gravelly voice (like Batman). - Disadvantage on charisma checks.
51 - You cannot abide the sight of the opposite sex, and must avert your eyes in disgust. - You are blind with respect to humanoids of the opposite sex, and suffer disadvantage on attacks against them.
52 - All speech in Common sounds like terrified screaming to you.
53 - You are committed to forming a committed relationship with a troll, and must try to guide the group toward that objective.
54 - Your hair becomes a tangled mass of non-venomous, mostly-harmless snakes. They are not friendly to you.
55 - You believe yourself to be a were-halfling. You are not.
56 - You believe yourself to be an actor, and this campaign is an elaborate play. The audience is invisible and all around you.
57 - Nobody can remember your name, but that doesn't stop them from trying and getting it wrong.
58 - All beasts of CR 1/4 and lower are frightened of you, even your pets and livestock.
59 - You are immune to the effects of potions and poisons.
60 - You compulsively narrate your every action in a whisper.
61 - You compulsively sing, whistle, or hum a theme song that changes from situation to situation.
62 - You must now speak in the style of Randy "Macho Man" Savage.
63 - Every time you hear the word "magic," you react as if struck by the Vicious Mockery cantrip at lowest level.
64 - You become breathtakingly ugly (doesn't impact CHA). Every mirror you pass shatters loudly.
65 - You glow in the dark (dim light, 10 ft radius). You make up a different reason why whenever you’re asked.
66 - If viewed by someone using True Sight, you appear to be a mindflayer to them.
67 - You cannot eat food. Instead, each day, you must make someone cry in order to remain sated.
68 - Lightning is attracted to you, but it's shy.
69 - When crafting something, roll a d20. On a 10 or lower, you accidentally drop the item over and over when attempting to craft it.
70 - The slightest amount of intoxicant of any kind has its full effect on you (such as a thimble of beer causing drunkenness).
71 - You believe yourself to be visibly pregnant. Anyone that you complain about this to must say "Congratulations!"
72 - Your blood turns into coins as it leaves your body. Each hitpoint lost results in one silver coin falling from the wound.
73 - You must spend your first turn of combat in earnest attempting to have a dance-off against your enemy.
74 - You grow a set of vestigial gills. They are not functional. You believe they ARE functional.
75 - Your main weapon, whatever it is, begins to speak with you. It criticizes your form each time you miss an attack.
76 - You must speak like a black-hat cowboy. - Advantage to intimidation checks.
77 - All birdsong stops within 1 mile of you. Birds watch you constantly.
78 - Your sense of touch is extremely sensitive. - Advantage to sleight of hand, disadvantage to concentration checks when taking damage.
79 - You must attempt to make innuendos, or insinuate them where they do not exist. - Disadvantage to persuasion checks against decent people.
80 - A talkative flea lives in your nose. Only you can hear it.
81 - You become blurred, even to your own perception. You don't know which of the blurred images is you. - Enemies have disadvantage to attack you, you have disadvantage on dexterity saving throws and checks.
82 - You fart at inappropriate times. Whenever you are sneaking, you must roll an occasional d20 to hold the fart in. - The DC to hold this fart in is a CON save, and begins at 10, increasing by 1 each round until released.
83 - You are overwhelmed by kleptomania. You must attempt to steal something from your companions regularly.
84 - One of your companions slowly begins to find you irresistibly attractive.
85 - You grow a long, wizardly beard. Even if you shave it, it grows back within an hour.
86 - Your eyes and mouth change positions (mouths where your eyes were, an eye where your mouth was).
87 - You think if you just think a happy enough thought, you can fly. On a natural 20, you can (for one turn)!
88 - You have a crippling phobia of magic. This includes the Remove Curse spell that would cure you of this phobia.
89 - Male spiders everywhere begin trying to attract you as a mate. It's cute sometimes.
90 - You have to take ever-increasing risks to satisfy your escalating need for a thrill.
91 - You grow an extremely talkative mole on your nose. You should get that looked at. Hey, who you lookin' at?!
92 - You are compelled to challenge the occasional passerby to duels. This happens at random.
93 - You believe yourself to be actual royalty. Kneel, peasants!
94 - You cannot tell the difference between individual humanoids except temporarily, by taste.
95 - A tiny stormcloud floats two feet above you and drizzles on you constantly. Oddly, it's kind of soothing at night as long as you can block the rain.
96 - You have t-rex vision. You can only detect your enemies if they’ve moved that round or the round before. You also have advantage on attacks against lawyers.
97 - You believe you have the ability to see the future. It all seems so clear… (you don't, and it isn't).
98 - You develop the annoying habit of discussing a specific bit of cuisine any time there is a lull in conversation.
99 - You see your death in the future. All of your deaths. You are frightened of all enemies in combat until making a successful DC20 wisdom saving throw at the end of your turn, at which point you are immune to this effect for one hour.
100 - A contract falls into your lap. It promises one Wish in exchange for a child to be delivered to The Pale, courtesy of the Conclave of the Moon. There are numerous stipulations written in every conceivable language, but it seems pretty straightforward. You may immediately benefit from another Fey Curse and the advantage it conveys.
101 - Your nipples detach and begin to crawl all over your body like caterpillars. They can't be plucked off.
102 - You are terrified of the color blue.
103 - Your head turns into a donkey's head. You're capable of speech.
104 - A colony of gregarious spiders takes up residence on your face, imitating a beard. You can shake them loose whenever you like, but the colony always reappears on your face within half an hour, regardless of how many you kill or displace.
105 - Every time someone makes a joke, pun, or innuendo that you can hear, you suffer the effects of Tasha's Hideous Laughter. (DC15 to save afterward)
106 - Dandelions sprout wherever you walk as long as it's on dirt or grass.
107 - Your skin turns a violent shade of luminescent pink.
108 - You hear the song "Banana Phone" playing over and over in your mind.
109 - You always feel a bit too cold.
110 - Whenever you tell a lie, you fart loudly. - Automatically fail deception checks that involve a lie.
111 - You have drawn the attention of a miniature Genie who grants you whatever you wish for. While he generally means well, he plays a bit too loose with the creative license. Also, he gets angry if you try to stifle his creative freedom and make specific wishes (such as attempting to replicate a spell effect or a guaranteed standard outcome). He loves to try and grant wishes whenever you say, "I wish…" as well.
112 - Drinking alcohol makes you feel like you're invincible.
113 - You must now eat and digest food "in reverse." You know what I mean.
114 - You moan loudly whenever you make physical contact with another creature.
115 - Your eyes glow in the dark, and their color reflects your mood (red for anger, blue for calm, green for fear, pink for love, etc.).
116 - Large, onomatopoeic words appear and float in the air whenever you do something that makes a noise, and last a few seconds.
117 - You must end everything you say with, "Myah, see? Myah!"
118 - You must speak in pig latin.
119 - If you spend a turn yelling loudly and flexing without moving or taking any actions, bonus actions, or reactions, you may make an extra attack on the next turn with advantage. You glow brightly the entire time you're yelling in this situation.
120 - You become exceptionally greedy.
121 - If you take damage, you must use your item interaction to make sure your hair is okay on the following turn.
122 - You prefer the romantic company of bears instead of other humanoids.
123 - You have tinnitus.
124 - You absolutely REFUSE to step on cracks of any kind (mechanically, you must move only using the arrow keys).
125 - Whenever you look at someone for more than three seconds, their face appears to start melting (this is a hallucination).
126 - Any time you say a word without pronouncing the "silent" letters in it, you bite your tongue. It hurts a lot, and draws blood, which most people have no problem seeing.
127 - You speak in haiku.
128 - You can't see clothing or armor anymore. This includes your own. - Double the amount of time required to don armor.
129 - Whenever you accidentally harm an enemy with an errant shot or area of effect ability or spell, you feel the power of Ryfe flow through you--you gain temporary HP equal to the damage you inflicted on your friends. This temporary HP stacks.
130 - Your thoughts are literally written on your face. In Dwarvish.
131 - Failing an ability check makes you pee, just a little.
132 - You can't see race (or gender) when looking at humanoids. Everyone looks like a white cismale human.
133 - You tip at least 50% whenever you spend money on something. If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to buy!
134 - You think anyone shorter than you is a literal child.
135 - You develop male pattern baldness--full on horseshoe style.
136 - A brownie starts following you and cleaning up after you. If you fail to thank it each day by leaving it a present, it will sabotage you somehow.
137 - Any reptile or amphibian you see you think MUST be a cursed prince. One little kiss could break that curse…
138 - You develop a severe stutter. - Disadvantage on spellcasting ability checks.
139 - You must now regularly whisper, "I like you," in the ears of your companions, especially when they're sleeping and you're not.
140 - Whenever you're talking to someone, you must try to touch them at the same time, preferably their face.
141 - Whenever you see a beggar, you give them at least 5% of the money you have.
142 - Your sense of spice is reversed. Plain white bread is the spiciest thing in the world, and only exotic peppers taste bland to you. Water tastes like hot sauce.
143 - Any time you hear the word, "loot," you have an earthshaking orgasm.
144 - You are terrified of healing. Much like a child afraid of getting shots, you flee from people trying to heal you.
145 - If you swear, a silver coin falls out of your pocket (if you have any).
146 - You have a slow nosebleed. It never stops, except when you're looking straight upward or sleeping.
147 - You see dolls following you. They always seem to disappear around corners or behind objects and vanish right after you notice them.
148 - Reading gives you a vicious headache.
149 - Whenever nobody else is around to see, doors close and lock you in whatever room you're in (if it has doors that lock).
150 - Your bellybutton turns into a little mouth that screams out cheerleading slogans and hype for you at random moments.
151 - Your hands ooze delicious butter substitute. On attacks of natural 1, you fumble your weapon.
152 - Your mouth is permanently dry. Make with the lip-smacking sounds!
153 - Your character must loudly sing a "poop song" whenever you go to the bathroom in real life.
154 - Whenever someone says your name, you have a sneezing fit.
155 - You remain oblivious to clues obtained through sight or sound, and must roll investigation checks using your sense of taste instead. You don't suffer any particular disadvantage for this--enjoy synesthesia!
156 - When you're in crowds or moving through city streets or the like, random and hurtful insults are hurled at you from people you can't see.
157 - There's always a piece of broccoli stuck in your teeth. You can feel it, though you can never quite liberate it from your teeth. Everyone can see it, but you can never spot it in the mirror.
158 - Everything you put in your backpack or bag of holding gets covered in glitter. This doesn't make shopkeeps happy.
159 - If you are feminine, you grow a third breast. If you are masculine, you grow a third butt cheek.
160 - You always suggest peace as the first option to resolve any conflict. Even conflicts you start. This means if you start a fight, you must spend at least 1 action suggesting you all stop and think about just talking it out.
161 - Your finger and toenails grow at a rate of one inch per hour, and your teeth are the only thing that can cut them (or so you believe).
162 - Your feelings are delicate--you're easily offended and prone to loud bouts of crying.
163 - You are colorblind.
164 - Your clothes flutter heroically in a breeze that nobody else can feel or detect. The breeze smells strongly of hot garbage.
165 - You think about 50% of pockets are mimics.
166 - Your ears are now inside your mouth. You are deafened unless your mouth is open.
167 - Your eyebrows are always meaningfully arched.
168 - Your cheeks hang low and flap like a bloodhound's jowls.
169 - You continually emit a loud, high-pitched noise that only children under age 18 can hear.
170 - Any time you are immersed in darkness, you hear childlike laughter around you.
171 - You never wake up where you went to sleep.
172 - You think you're one of the other members of your party, selected by the GM.
173 - Every piece of food you touch turns into peppermint candy.
174 - You don't believe in the fey so hard that you literally cannot perceive them. Any effect caused by a Fey creature you rationalize to protect your disbelief.
175 - You believe you can speak with plants. They flatter you and tell you secrets (which may or may not be true).
176 - Any time you handle paper or books you get a papercut.
177 - The floor looks like molten cheese to you.
178 - You believe your imaginary friend has become real. He is not happy that you've been neglecting him all these years.
179 - You become painfully skinny.
180 - You become morbidly obese.
181 - Your nosehairs grow to be 6 inches long and constantly wiggle. Even trimmed, they regrow at the end of each long rest.
182 - Honestly, you're not sure how you're doing, but you'd love to talk about it.
183 - Whenever you critically miss an attack roll, the attack rebounds and hits you (for the lowest possible damage on the dice if applicable).
184 - A tiny purple worm dwells within your body. It harmlessly erupts from your skin to do things like eat your food, chew holes in your clothing, and scare children.
185 - You have head lice so long as you have the curse. The lice are real, and contagious.
186 - Ants begin to worship you. Each morning you see tiny cults of insects that have brought you gifts, such as crumbs of bread and bits of metal. Behold your almighty power!
187 - Every time someone says your name, you're convinced that they're propositioning you.
188 - A snail begins to chase you from somewhere in Illostere. If it ever manages to touch you, you'll die. You are fully aware of this fact.
189 - The Metacurse. If you ever make a comment that implies that you're metagaming, your gender changes. This effect is permanent. The DM makes the call on if you're metagaming or not.
190 - You are under the permanent effect of Disguise Self, appearing to look like one of your comrades, as determined by the DM.
191 - Whenever you see a rainbow, you are compelled to find the gold at the end of it. This happens every time that it rains.
192 - You believe (loudly, and to anyone who will listen) that you are the incarnation of the god that best suits your alignment and personality.
193 - You have performance anxiety.
194 - You have imposter syndrome.
195 - Every stranger you see looks like they're wearing a Nemo mask.
196 - Every stranger you see looks like Nemo wearing a stranger mask.
197 - Every time you touch a coin, it springs to life (sprouting little arms and legs, as well as eyes and a mouth) and starts singing loudly about having "Money for Nothin" while fleeing from you.
198 - Your bed--whether it be a mattress, bedroll, hammock, or otherwise--has an appetite… FOR YOU! You think your bedding is a mimic trying to eat you. (It's not, but you have trouble being convinced of that or resting).
199 - Pixies, which are normally shy creatures, suddenly find you irresistibly attractive.
200 - A dark metal coin containing one humanoid soul falls into your lap. It whispers in terror and pain at all times. Fiends cherish these coins, and may be willing to trade for them. You are able to immediately benefit from another Fey Curse and the advantage it conveys.

Darryl and June walked out of the retirment home.
Darryl: $20! That's great! We all can go buy snacks for each of us and still have some left over.
Darryl bought the 4 of them all snacks
Darryl: Here you go guys.
Patty: Thanks, Darryl. Now come on Bobby lets go to the after life valentines party!
Darryl: Tell Jeff and Geoff we said hi.
Patty and Bobby leave.
Darryl: So what do you want to do now?
June: Well remember when we put your spider Hiedi on my drone? Well...
June press a button on her drone controller and the drone becomes much larger as a result.
Darryl: ...You saying we should ride your drone?
June: Yeah, duh.
Darryl: So what are we waiting for?! Let's go!
JUne and darryl hop on and sore off. Back at the Auditorium, it's night now and Molly and the others head back inside after Irving gets offstage.
Molly: Finally, that clown's off the stage, and not really good clown at that. Uh... Ahem, alright we should be started on dancing soon. So we should get ready now.
Ollie: Yeah, good idea. C'mon.
the 4 get ready to start dancing. And soon enough it was time for them to dance.
Auditorium worker: Alright everyone, now it's the moment that everyone has been waiting for. Get your dancing shoes and your partners, because we're about to turn on the music to dance to.
The music starts and the 4 start dancing with each other. Everything is going well at first, with everyone dancing peacefully. That is until 2 ghosts appear and try to spook everyone out. Almost everyone was terrified and darted out of the auditorium as soon as the 2 ghosts arrived. Molly and the other's however, stand their ground.
The male ghost: GET OUT!
Molly: Woah woah woah! What's going on here?!
The femal ghost: We said get out!
Andrea: Jeez calm down! Sheesh why are ghosts almost always hostile?
Alina: Look we aren't going to leave you alone. We were here trying to dance before you 2 showed up.
Ollie: Plus we help ghosts. So it's kind of necessarry that we try to help you 2.
The female ghost: Oh you help ghosts huh?
Molly: Yeah, we are the ghost friends! ...Minus 6 people.
The male ghost: Oh so you're the ghost friends that the entire ghost world is raving about. Well Ghost friends, why don't you help us BY LEAVING?!
The 2 ghosts start levitating the 4 in the air open one of the exits and throw them out of the audiorium.
Alina: Ow! Ok that's it! We're going to help you wether you like it or-
Alina tries to burst the doors open only for her to strike it as it were a solid wall causing her to fall back.
Andrea: (gasp) Linny!
The others rush over to Alina's aid.
Andrea: Are you ok sugar plum?
Alina: Ugh... Yeah I'm fine. Hrt myself way worse when excersising. We have to get back in there.
Andrea: We know but I don't know how we can.
Alina: Well there's gotta be a way come on!
Alina searches frantically for a way in.
Andrea: Slow don Lin. Look I know you want to help them but-
Alina: No It's not just that Aurdey! I wanted to try and make valentines day amazing for you! I feel really bad that you went crazy for my party so I wanted to make it up to you.
Andrea: Aww Lin... (hugs her) You don't have to do that at all. Like you said, you being here is more than enough,
Ollie: I also wanted to make this valentines day great cuz I kinda still feel bad about almost killing Scratch a second time...
Molly: Really? Cuz I wanted to make valentines day special cuz I still feel bad for breaking up with you over that, I should've tried more to convince you about ghosts not being bad. You shouldn't feel bad for that anymore Ol.
Ollie: And you shouldn't feel bad about tthat either Mol.
the 2 hug each other.
Andrea: So, how can we get back in and deal with those polter punks?
Alina: I saw that there's a vent on the roof. they should have a ladder out here. I can try climbing up there and breaking in through the cieling.
Andrea: Are you nuts?! Do you see how high the cieling is from the floor?!
Alina: Yeah, I was hoping i could find some padding too or-
Ollie: No need. June made these instant inflatable mattresses with just a pull of a string.
Ollie hands it to Alina
Alina: Thanks Chen.
Andrea: Yeah thanks Ol. And Alina, if you die in there I'm gonna kill you.
Alina: (chuckles) Don't worry Andrea, I won't.
Andrea: ok... Still, good luck.
Alina: Thanks.
Back out of town, Libby and Jill have been having fun on their date so far. They have done plenty of activaties so far and are wonderinng on what to do next.
Libby: Man, today's been amazing so far. What do you want to do next Jellybean.
Jill: Oh I don't know. You only have $25 left anyways, so I'm not sure what we can do.
Libby then spots a dance place and looks at the paper through the window.
Libby: Hey look! Dance for only $15.
Jill: But there's gonna be other people in there and it's going to be nerve racking.
Libby: take a look at this though, an extra $10 you can have your own private room to dance in. With a maximum time of 10 minutes.
Jill: Oh, perfect! We have just enough money for that too. Alright lets go.
Jill and Libby head inside. Back at Janet's Jaccob is depressingly petting Mirabell. Just then Charlotte walks in crying.
Jaccob: Charlotte?! What happened?!
Charlotte: (sniffling) Rodney stood me up!
Jaccob: WHAT?!
Charlotte: (sniffling) Yeah... W-we agreed to go to dinner at around this time, but when he didn't show up, I called him and he said he was at a friends house cuz of "change of plans"!
Jaccob: Oh that little...
Jaccob piicks up Mirabell and puts her in her cage.
Charlotte: Jaccob? What are you doing?
Jaccob puts on his jacket
Jaccob: I'm gonna give that jerk a piece of my mind!
Charlotte: What?! Jaccob please don't!
Jaccob marches outside with Charlotte following closely behind. cutting back to Darryl and June, they are riding all over brighton having fun.
June: (laughing) Oh man what a rush this is! You having fun too Darryl?
Darryl: Heck yeah! Oh look it's O'Conner.
June: Seems like he's on a date. want to pour something on top of him?
Darryl: Nah. I don't like him, but I wouldn't stoop as far as embarrass him while he's on a date. At least not nowadays
Darryl's snack bag flies out of his hands and on one of the roters preventing it from spinning.
June: Woah, what's going on?!
Darryl: Uh my bag got on one your propellers.
June: Take it off!
Darryl: Right!
Darryl tries taking it off but accidentally breaks the propeller.
Darryl: Uh... Oops...
the drone starts to go down. lucky for them they spotted a plants try sitting out on a window sill. They jump in it just as the drone nose dives and crashes into the ground.
June: No! My drone!
Darryl: I'm sorry June! But hey at least we're still alive.
the sill starts bending from their weight.
June: Yeah, but for how long?
back to the auditoruim, Alina is crawling through the vents to try and find a way in. She found a grate and opens it.
Alina: Alright... 3, 2, 1... Now!
She jumps down pulls the cord of the inflatable mattres and roguhly yet safely lands on the ground.
The male Ghost: What are you doing back here you little-
2 of the ghost catchers from the bag that was falling came out and hit th ghosts trapping them.
Alina: ...Huh. Well that was easy.
Alina sees ghost chains keeping the door shut, which she easily takes care of by using June's ghost sucker and let's the others in.
Andrea: Amazing Alina!
Andrea hugs her.
Molly: Yeah, great job. Now to deal with you 2 ghosts. First off what are your names?
The male ghost: Chester.
The female ghost: Muriel.
Molly: Ok, I am Molly, and these are Alina Ollie and Andrea. Now, why are you haunting the auditorium?
Chester: (sigh) Well if you must know, we're a couple and 100 years ago to the date we used to dance here.
Muriel: We were dancing, having a good time but "one of us" thumbeled on the food table. We were laughed at relentlessly. We argued over whos fault it was. Which is ridiculous, it was clearly you Chester!
Chester: Oh don't start again, Muriel! It was clearly your fault! Stop denying it!
Muriel: Me?! No you're the one who's denying it!
Chester: Oh please, I never denyed-
Alina: Alright, you 2! That's enough!
Ollie: Look it doesn't matter who's fault it was, that wont change anything. Just try and have a peaceful dance together now.
Chester: Well... We havent danced since that incident so we aren't sure if we're able to now.
Molly: Well we could help you. Just promise us you'll cooperate.
Chester and Muriel: (sigh) FIne...
They let them out and start helping them. Back out of town, Libby and Jill are waiting their turn to Dance. The last couple comes out of the room.
The worker: Next.
Libby: That's us. You ready?
Jill: Yep. C'mon.
The 2 enter the room, which was pretty spaceish with a little table to keep their belongings. Music is playing in the room and after they put their belongings on the table, the 2 dance together. The 2 were enjoying themselves a lot. They zoned out eyes closed while peacfully dancing together, not concentrating on where they're going. the 2 started costing closer and closer to the table. Jill Opens her eyes to see how close they were to the table.
Jill: Woah Libby, we should turn around.
Libby: Huh?
Libby looks back and sees the table
Libby: Woah!
In Libby's surprise, she lost her balance and began to fall backwards. Jill quickly reacted by spinning the both of them around and pushing her up right. This in turn however, resulted in her falling backwards instead falling on the table knocking it down where both ended on the floor.
Libby: Oh my Maize! Jill!
Jill Winces and holds her arm in pain, as Libby rushess to her to check on her.
Libby: Oh gosh! Oh my gosh! J-Jill, Sweetie, Jellybean! Are you alright?!
Jill: Yeah... I'm fine... My arm hurts though...
Libby: Oh no! It's probably broken!
Jill: No it's not. I fell off a slide once and got a hairline fracture in my wrist. And let me tell you, that hurt so much worse than this.
one of the workers comes in to check.
The worker: Hey whats all the- Oh my gosh are you ok?!
Libby: Yeah, just get the first aid kit please!
The worker grabs the first aid kit and hands it to Libby. Libby quickly bandages Jill up and makes a makeshift sling from the bandages.
Libby: Thank you. We'll be leaving now. C'mon Jill let's go home so you can rest.
Jill: Hey is it ok if I used the bathroom real qucik?
Libby: Of course.
Jill goes in the bathroom while Libby sits out sides paitently, where she starts to tear up. Cutting back to June and Darryl panicking on what they can do before they end up falling.
Darryl: C'mon, June, you're the smart one! How can we get out of this?!
June: I-I don't know how we'll be able to. the tools were in your back pack that fell with the drone. Let me check mine!
The silll bends more almost causing them to lose their balance.
Darryl: Well, if this is it, there's something I wanted to tell you. I-I I lov-
June: AHA!
June pulls the grappling hook.
June: Hang on tight!
June shoots the grappling hook gun to the roof and both she and Darryl get lifted up to the roof just as the sill finally gives way.
Darryl: Woah (pants) That was (pants) Close...
June(pants) yeah....
Darryl walks up to the door and knocks on it to get someones attention. Someone did answer, it was the apartment manager.
The manager: What the- What are you 2 doing up here?! You 2 aren't trespassing, are you?
June: No, and you won't believe us if we tell you. Can we just go back down now, please?
The manager: (sigh) Alright. Come on.
Jaccob walks up to the house.
Jaccob: Oh he's a dead man!
Charlotte: Jaccob don't!
Jaccob violently knocks on the door.
Jaccob: Rodney! Rodney cone out here right now!
The door opens and it was Rodney.
Rodney: What do you want?
Jaccob: Why did you stood Charlotte up?!
Rodney: Cuz I didn't feel like going. Why's it any of your buisness?
Jaccob: Why is it- She came to me crying because of you you piece of garbage! Where are your friends?! I thought you were hanging out with them.
Rodney: They left moron.
Jaccob: Bull corn they left! I bet they weren't even here in the first place!
Rodney: Aw... You sticking up for your girl?
Jaccob: Shut Up!
Rodney: Surprising considering your sister has gotten a girl before you. She's weird.
Jaccob: ...I guess that means you aren't really much of a ladys man are you?
Rodney: What did you just say you little-
Rodney tries to throw a punch but Jaccob dodges it, grabs Rodney by the arm and flips him on to the proch steps. He then picks him up by his shirt and pins him to a tree.
Jaccob: Now give me one good reason why I shouldn't beat the tar out of you right now and leave on the ground as a crying wreck?!
Rodney: H-hey listen man I don't want any trouble.
Jaccob: Oh it's too late for that bub!
Rodney: Alright, alright! Fine! You want to know so badly?! I just wanted to look good that's all!
Jaccob: Why would you want to break up with her then to look good?!
Rodney: I was going to say it wouldn't work out at all. Look I lies because...
Jaccob: Because why?!
Rodney: Becuase I'm gay! Happy now?!
Jaccob and Charlotee was taken a back from what Rodney said.
Rodney: Look My friends, and my family are homophobic jerks, K?! I just wanted to make it look like I like girls to look good! Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to live like this?!
Jaccob: ...(sigh) Look I'm sympathetic with your situation, but that gives you no right to play with Char's feelings like that. Look I can talk with you if you ever need it.
Charlotte: Me too.
Jaccob: But you have to promise to never bully people again! Got it?!
Rodney: Yeah, crystal.
Jaccob lets Rodney go and Rodney limps back to his house.
Jaccob: (sigh) I'm so sorry you had to see me like that Char.
Charlotte: Well you were defending me and no one saw us so I'll let it slide this time. Just don't do that again.
Jaccob: Alright...
Charlotte: Still, thanks for sticking up for me. And I just have to ask, do you actually love me?
Jaccob: Yeah... I think you're a really sweet girl. But I understand if you don't want to rebound just-
Charlotte kisses Jaccob on the cheek, causing him to get wide eyed and his cheeks turn bright red. The 2 both awkwardly laugh.
Jaccob: Come on you want to head over back to my mom's?
Charlotte: Sure.
Back at Adias she and Todd are chilling out side on the glider. Adia has her arm wrapped around todds back.
Todd: Uh... Adia, youre not about to kiss me are you?
Adia: What?! No! Of course not what maeks you think I would?!
Todd: Well sorry but hearing how much you want everything valentines theme I thought you were in love with me.
Adia: What?! Who gave such a ridculous statement?!
Todd: Darryl...
Adia: Ugh I'm so sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable Todd...
Todd: No, no, it's fine.
Adia: (sigh) I just wanted to feel cheery on valentines day cuz well... I used to have a partner of mine name Marcus Micheal.
Todd: Used to? You mean-
Adia: Yeah... he passed...
Todd: Oh, I-I'm so sorry...
Adia: ah don't worry it was a long time ago... At least I have you though right.
Todd: Right... I'm sorry for thinking that-
Adia: No it's fine, really. I shouldn't have been acting like that. come on lets go back inside.
Back at the auditorium Molly and the others have finally taught the 2 how to dance and they all had a good time dancing with each other.
Chester:(laughing) That was wonderful!
Muriel: Indeed itwas. Thank you Ghost friends.
Chester: yes thank you. And happy valentines day!
Molly: Happy valentines day!
the 2 head in a ghost portal.
Andrea: Welp that was nice, but I'm pooped.
Ollie: Yeah, me too I think it's time we head home now.
Molly: Yeah: See ya girls tomorrow.
Alina: You too.
The 2 couples start walking to their respective locations.
Molly: Man today, was great right?
Ollie: Yeah... Oh we forgot to give valentines gifts to each toher.
Molly: Oh you're right! Hang on I have your gift at my place lets stop by there first before we-
Molly is cut off by her phone ringing.
Molly: It's libby. Hey Libby.
Libby(sniffiling) Hey mol...
Molly: Libby? Are you alright? What's wrong?
Ollie: What's wrong with Libby?
Molly: It sounds like she's crying.
Libby: (sniffling) Me and Jill went to dance but we were so distracted that we didnt noticed that we were close to a table, and you remember what happen on the night of the school dance? WEll I was about to fall but Jill spun herself around to make sure I didnt and she now has a bad sprain on her arm! I just feel so guilty for letting this happen to her!
Molly: Oh Libby... Don't feel bad for that...
Libby: Her mom also said that she completely trusted me for her! So not only I let Jill down but her mom too! (sigh) Maybe she shouldn't trust me with her. I was so terrified meeting her and screwing up, and now that's happened i just want to go back to brighton and lock myself in my room for the rest of my life...
Jill: Libby?
Libby froze and turned around to see Jill.
Libby: I'll call you back Mol.
Jill: You were worried about my mom Libs?
Libby: ...(sigh) Yes, terrified, even. I didn't know how your mom wouldve reacted when meeting me for the first time, I was petrified about trying to make a good first impression, and now... after this, I don't think your mom will ever trust me again... (sigh) I'm so sorry!
Jill: Oh Libby, turtledove... Listen you don't have to be sorry or worry about her because of this, she knows you didn't intend this to happen. Heh, She actually accidentally hurt my dad as well cuz she was too in the zone on dancing. We just have to learn to be more focus and not zone out when dancing is all. Were you also worried because your mom was worried about me too?
Libby: Kinda... yeah.
Jill: ...Listen I gotta ask was she spying on us?
Libby: Wha- who told you?! Did Andrea Tell you?!
Jill: What? No! I just figured that little buzz in the bushes when you were calling her was her.
Libby: Oh my gosh. Look I'm so sorry about her she was just-
Jill: Hey Hey, I get it. When having a crumby father like Matias I can't blame her too much. She was just looking out for you. And I have to give her some credit for that.
Libby hugs Jill.
Libby: (sigh) you're so forgiving Jill. Thank you, I love you.
Jill: I love too Turtle dove.
Libby: Now come on lets go home so you can get some asprin.
Jill: I hope Jaccobs doing alright.
Libby: Me too...

Just for fun, i thought about the logo and characters, so i decided to create some idents starring the main characters.
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Tachibana

• Tachibana is looking around an area, suspecting no one sees him, and he spray paints a drawing of Etra-Chan's face against a brick wall and says "Etra Chan Saw It"

Kuroki

• Kuroki is carrying an 80's style silver boombox and a cardboard dancing mat, he lays them down gets on the mat, and starts breakdancing very badly, and when he stops in sweat, he gets up and says "Etra Chan Saw It" with Etra Chans face drawn in marker on the mat

Azami

• Azami is on the couch in her living room watching some TV, and then she starts channel-surfing until she suddenly stops, she grabs her cell phone makes a call and shouts "Etra Chan Saw it" twice to the caller, then we see Etra-Chan on the television

Yuzuriha

• Yuzuriha is preparing a warm bubble bath, and pouring champagne in a glass, she then gets in the tub, grabs the champagne from the bathtub counter, and says "Etra Chan Saw It" while we switch over to a champagne bottle with Etra-Chan's face on it

Karin

• Karin is in a karate gi, and punching a dummy until it's destroyed, when destroyed, Karin says "Etra-Chan Saw It" then we switch over to the decapitated dummy with Etra-Chan's face on the floor

Akani

• Akani is in her bikini going in a tanning booth, when she gets out, her skin is now tanned, but she notices a sticker on her arm, she takes it off to reveal the sticker tanline shaped like Etra-Chan, she then says "Etra Chan Saw It"

Tokusa

• Tokusa is in his room, playing a console video game, but he loses, then groans and says "Etra Chan Saw It" and we then see Etra-Chan's face on the TV screen

Akamatsu

• Akamatsu is cruising around his red sports car in high voltage speed, then he crashes his car into a tree and says "Etra-Chan Saw It" then makes a run for it. We switch over to a sticker of Etra-Chan's face on the roof of the car.

Katsura

• Katsura is studying on what he is inventing a robot, he goes to work into making the robot, when completed the robot reveals to be a version of "Etra-Chan" and Katsura says "Etra-Chan Saw It"

Tsutsuji

• Tsutsuji is blowing an animal balloon of Etra-Chan's face, when completed she picks it up, and then it floats up in the air, and Tsutsuji yells "Etra-Chan saw It" from the air

Yuri

• Yuri is frolicking around a field of flowers laughing, and then stops and says "Etra-Chan Saw It" while the camera zooms to reveal Etra-Chan's face made from the flowers

Hiiragi

• Hiragi is surfing the internet, and then goes to his web account, and see's pictures of him doing random and silly things, he then see's an emoticon shaped like Etra-Chan, coming from the exact account, and says "Etra-Chan Saw It" in admiration at the computer

John

• John comes downstairs in his brown suit ready for work, goes to the fridge, and grabs a sack lunch with a post it note of Etra-Chan's face drawn, and says "Etra-Chan Saw it"

Etra-Chan

• Etra-Chan puts a coin in the slot of a claw machine, then uses the machine to pick out a plushie, she grabs a tiger plushie surrounded by the dolls of the 13 etra-chan saw it cast members, she hugs the toy and says "Etra-Chan Saw It"

Tachibana/Akamatsu/Hiiragi

• The Antagonist Boys are playing some basketball, when Akamatsu misses the hoop, the ball falls into the road and explodes, Hiiragi and Tachibana glare at him, and Akamatsu says "Etra-chan saw it" while a chalk drawing of Etra-Chan's face on a road switches over

Tokusa/Katsura/Kuroki

• The Protagonist Boys are doing some skateboarding tricks, when Kuroki falls on the concrete and screams in pain, and then Tokusa and Katsura walk over and say "Etra-Chan Saw It" while a sticker of Etra-Chan on a sign switches over

Azami/Akani/Yuzuriha

• Yuzuriha, Akani, and Azami, are eating at a food court in separate tables when they all look at each other, they glared angrily, and start a food fight, when they stopped the place and the girls were all a mess, and they all said "Etra-Chan Saw It", we then switch over to a photo of "Etra-Chan" on a signage

Yuri/Tsutsuji/Karin

• Yuri, Tsutsuji, and Karin are lying on grass, gazing at the clouds. Tsutsuji then points a cloud that's shaped like Etra-Chan, and says "Etra-Chan Saw It"

Boys

• The Protagonist and Antagonist boys are playing poker, then Akamatsu does a Royal-Flush and wins angering some of the guys, he then says "Etra-Chan Saw It" after that we switch over to a card that has Etra-Chan's face

Girls

• The Protagnoist and Antagonist girls are having a sleepover, they do makeovers to each other, and some of them are good, except for Azami's who throw's a fit and then hits Yuzuriha, who was the only one laughing, with the pillow, then she hits back, and the two have a pillow-fight, while the other girls watch Yuri says "Etra-Chan Saw It" while we switch over to a pillow that has Etra-Chan's face on it.

Protagonists

• The Protagonists are walking around the park at dusk until they hear some screaming, they transform into justice league-esque superheroes and go into action, while running they stop and do a pose, then say "Etra-chan saw It" while we switch to a searchlight projecting Etra-Chan's face at the night sky

Antagonists

• The Antagonists are smoking cigarettes, then Akane suggests they smoke cigars, they smoke long cigars, and when they smoke are done smoking, they then start to get sick and vomit, except for Tachibana and Yuzuriha for some reason, and Tachibana and Yuzuriha say "Etra-Chan Saw It" while we cut to the smoke coming from the cigar goes up in the air shaped like Etra-Chan.

Group #1

• The 12 Etra Chan Saw It cast members engage in a photoshoot, the boys are only wearing black speedos, and the girls are wearing thong bikinis with there hair down, one by one they each pose for a photo, as the shutter clicks to the next person, and they then engage in a group photo and they all say "Etra-Chan Saw It" while John is only wearing normal clothes walk up to the photo and say's "What they say" and we then cut (via shutter) to the "etra-chan saw it" logo, and then Etra's chan's face in a background

Group #2

• We see a train rushing by, and we see the 13 etra-chan cast members in a caboose relaxing comfortingly, and we see the front of the train, and the person who's driving is Etra-Chan, and everyone on that train says "Etra-Chan Saw It" while the train goes into a tunnel. with smoke rising into the air shaped like Etra-Chan

Group #3

• The Protagonists, Antagonists, John and Etra-Chan are having a pool party, and then John jumps in the water and makes a big splash, soaking most of the members, they then laugh, and they all say "Etra-Chan Saw It" and we then cut to a Pool Tube with Etra-chan's face on it

Hey fellow Swifties!
So when the Fortnight video was released, I know Taylor said it was basically filled with easter eggs related to the TTPD album. What are the references you’ve noticed? I wrote down my best guess for each song but didn’t notice much from The Anthology.
Do you have any better suggestions or noticed anything I missed?
Tortured Poets Department - Typewriters My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys Down Bad - Being experimented on in the lab So Long London - “wet through my bones, weary bones caught the chill” ? But Daddy I Love Him - Running into Post Malone’s arms Fresh Out The Slammer - Handcuffed to the bed (Handcuffed to the spell I was under) Florida!!! - ??? Not sure on this one. There are a few stretches I can make, but nothing obvious that I can see. Let me know if I missed something! Guilty as Sin - Tattoos on face Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? - She starts out in an asylum I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) - Maybe her serious face when they are cutting between her and Posty in the vortex of papers Loml - Whole video is in black and white I Can Do It With a Broken Heart - Her sparkly dress while in the rain on the phone booth Smallest Man Who Ever Lived - Could be that the scientists are wearing black and white suits? Maybe that she’s hung on the table? (like with push pins???) Alchemy - Post standing in the rain and reaching out to her Clara Bow - Makeup
THE ANTHOLOGY Black Dog - Literal black dog walking across lab Imgonnagetyouback- The Albatross- Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus - How Did it End - So High School - I Hate It Here - thanK you aIMee - The mountain she and Post are on top of in the rain I look in People’s Windows - The Prophecy Cassandra - Locked in a cell Peter - The Bolter - Robin - The Manuscript- All the papers blowing around them

Hi everyone,
I think I typically get a cold or flu maybe 3 times a year on average.
I don’t know why, but ever since my diagnosis 11 months ago, when they advised me to be careful to not get sick etc, i think I’ve already gotten sick nearly twice the average times I get it yearly.
It’s really annoying because now I got sick AGAIN and everytime I get sick it makes some symptoms (that are now uncommon) come back for the duration of the cold and it also makes me a lot more breathless and I’m worried it could be permanent damage or something too. My previous cold even gave me a very high fever and infection values and I was sick twice in a row without a break and it genuinely made all my rehab progress feel like it was all reverted back to before I even went :/
But my issue is; the only reason I’m constantly getting sick is because I still live at home and my parents and brother go outside wayy more often than I do and they in turn keep infecting me.
But I don’t know how to avoid them, because the laundry room is directly connected to my room, so my mom doing laundry and coughing will spread it all across that room and possibly into my room as well because there’s no proper door and she also comes in to hang some clothes in my room to dry too and sometimes helps clean as well. My dad cooks our dinner (idk if that can also infect) and we usually always eat dinner at the table together (I guess I could eat seperately though)
but all these other things I have NO idea how to avoid, cause the laundry does need to be done and stuff and the house isn’t very big so it’s hard to avoid each other all the time especially for a whole week or more to let the cold wave disappear without me ever getting infected
What can I do to stop getting infected by them? Would a mask help?
My dream is to one day be able to buy a tiny home for myself (only 50-100k max, much better than a 400k house in todays market) so I’d anyone gets sick I just retreat into there until it’s gone or just live there (semi)permanently, but I’m nowhere near having enough to afford that right now :(
Any advice would be appreciated! Also sorry if this post is somewhat lengthy-

I’ve lived in my apartment for 13 years. It has a big yard (cement patio and raised garden) that’s always been peacefully shared between two ground floor units.
During Covid a new guy moved in next door. At first things were cool, I taught him to use seed plugs and grow lights, we collab’d on a small covid garden. Unfortunately I created a monster.
After year 2 we had an unrelated falling out. Since then he’s been progressively blocking off the right half of the garden / patio for private use, and refuses to discuss. His hoard has grown to 100+ plants and trees. I Karen-ed, so he grudgingly “allowed” me to put a few plants in the sunny area where he had rows of cloth pots filling 25% of the yard. He knows the right side gets full sun but the left side is under trees, so he’s effectively evicting me from the area where plants can be grown. He still has access to both sides ofc. It’s not like he can keep his dog from running left.
A month ago I came back from a trip to find he had emptied / dismantled my flowerbeds, dug up my plants from the space he magnanimously allotted me before, moved all my pots away, chopped the mulberry tree down to a jagged skeleton, built 15ft tiered shelves along the fenceline for yet more plants, turned a picnic table to block off part of the patio, and erected a massive FEMA-tent-esque plastic greenhouse so the entire right half of the raised garden is inaccessible to anyone but him.
I think this is effed up and that I don’t pay for half a yard, I pay for a whole yard that’s shared. I still always send a text about anything yard-related (super fixing drain, bbqs etc), really just to keep a record.
Do I have any recourse whatsoever? Is this something my landlord is supposed to mediate? Would 311 care about the tent? I fantasize about shooting a flaming arrow into the thing.
Thanks all. Sorry this was long.

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Ochs Worx Solarstorm Copper Camo FatCarbon in M390 <> SV was 219, final price drop to 198

Action: Fires with a great snap, Smooth but controlled shake shut action
Lockup/Centering: Both perfect
Mods: None
Blade/Edge Condition: Factory edge, run maybe twice on each side extremely lightly on Sharpmaker fine ceramic rods. It's extremely sharp.
Body Condition: No marks anywhere I can see, hasn't cut anything
Carried: About once or twice here in my room, pocketed maybe once
Disassembly: Yes, to clean & lube
Ownership: Just me, bought new
Box/Papers: Includes all original materials. Sadly I didn't receive the microfiber cloth with this, even though I bought it new. But it does include the pouch & certificate,.
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Ferrum Forge Knife Works Lackey OD Green G10 - Fixed blade in D2 <> SV 32 SOLD for 25
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Civivi Mini Asticus Purple G10 in 10Cr15CoMoV <> SV 29

Action: Snappy action, shakes shut with moderate shaking
Lockup/Centering: Both perfect
Mods: None
Blade/Edge Condition: Diamond 1000 grit @ 20°/side on my Wicked Edge then stropped on leather in 4 stages, new edge unused. The blade is extremely sharp.
Body Condition: No marks anywhere I can see
Carried: About 2 times
Disassembly: No
Ownership: Just me, bought new
Box/Papers: Includes all original materials except cloth
Notes: Great knife but sadly, I gotta make some room.
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Hi, I (20F) know how it sound but I’m gonna give you a little bit of context, I’m from Mexico city, I’ve been living in the center of the city since I was 1yo with my family (brother (22M) and parents), when I was born we used to live in the south zone of the city, my parents had lived there forever, that’s how they met. We moved because my great grandfather gave my mom an apartment in a nicer area near her mom (my grandma), since I can remember I didn’t like going where my dad’s family, he has nine brothers and sisters and each of them has their own children, so I have like 10 cousins, I didn’t get along with them like my brother, they (aunts/uncles/cousins) always told my dad that we felt “superior” for living in a nicer zone and leaving. I had the privilege to go to a private school, take english lessons, etc… which they didn’t, I can’t confirm if it was envy, but my mom and dad felt it was, my dad(57) was a hardworking man since always, and my mom(49) worked and still does, hard as well, so thanks to them and my grandparents (my moms parents) me and my brother had a privileged life. Fast forward to 2021 my parents split up but NEVER GOT DIVORCED, while he looked for an apartment to rent he went to live with his mom for a while, then it happened, in December 2021 I suddenly lost my dad, he was playing football and his heart stopped. I wish that was the worst part but his family, specially his mom, his younger sister Darla and one brother Robert (who i’ve never seen until the funeral ) made us go through hell and back. Starting with the fact that Darla, told everyone that the ashes should go with his mom, because “he knew mother first”, ignoring me and my brother, another one of my dad sisters, we’ll call her Betty told her that doing that was wrong as he already had a family on his own, they took advantage of our pain and manipulated us saying that it was just for a while, until their mom calmed down as she already lost another son years back. We understood that, as Betty and another one of his sisters, we’ll call this one Sally, PROMISED us that we were going to have mi dads ashes by his birthday (january 25), spoiler:that didn’t happen. Two days after my dads funeral me and my brother went to his moms house to get my dads car, there were two of his brothers, Robert and Gerard, their mom and the son of Gerard, she welcomed us bye saying that it was our choice to stay or not in touch, she wasn’t going to look for us or anything like that, Gerard told us that my dad was extremely sad because of my mom (which isn’t true, they had contact with each other and still went out on dates, I’m sure that if my dad hadn’t passed away, they would’ve been together again by now), any of that was tolerable until Robert got out of the kitchen and started yelling at us saying that our mom was a coward by calling another uncle to ask him if he could came with us for the car, to avoid conflict or anything, which happened. Btw the old lady hated my mom and every woman who dated or married her sons, back to the story, Robert kept yelling at us offending our mom, he tried to shut my brother up and ended up telling his name wrong, proving that he didn’t even know us, the old lady just stood there while his son attacked us, I left the place on tears, I just lost my dad i didn’t need that, we went to another’s uncles house and told him what just happened, he told us he was confused and mad, and apologised for his mother and brother. I forgot to add that even my dad didn’t like to be there, he just hadn’t found an accessible place to rent, he always fought with his mom and his adict brother who didn’t do poop, my mom was waiting until christmas to ask him to move back with us. Back to the ashes, as I said they didn’t give us the ashes back, and they never did, or that’s what they think… On April 2022 my mom got home and told us that sadly the crazy lady (my dads mom) had already put the ashes in a graveyard with her family and didn’t even informed us, not even her sons, just Darla and the addict, that’s how Betty found out, she didn’t see the ashes on the shelf and asked him (he can’t speak consequence of an overdose btw), making him explaining what happened. She then called my mom and my mom told us, we didn’t know what to do, or how could they do that without the papers we had to do that, but we forgot they with money the dog dances (mexican slang), my brother and I didn’t want to go there as we were so mad, Betty asked my mom to join her and his brother to visit my dad, my mom arrived to the graveyard first so she asked how and they basically responded what i just said “with money the dog dances” adding the question “do you want them back?” (obviously they wanted money) and in a fast move my mom agreed but told them to get them after my dads family left. They did the transaction haha, put everything back to place so it seemed like he was still there, told her to don’t say a thing, and left. We put my dad in a church near my house, nobody knows except from my mom, my brother, my grandparents and me, sometimes i feel bad for my dad’s siblings, i see how they post on fb the place where he supposedly is, i think that they and their fear for their mother caused all of these, they never apologised, even kept my dads clothes and belongings without saying a word to us, for me they aren’t my family, just people related to my dad, who we believe would understand our actions 100%, we also don’t want to say anything to anyone of his sibling trying to avoid the old lady to have a heart issue or something. So AWTA for not wanting to tell them where my dad’s ashes are?

I (fm14) am a rape survivor, I know that this is a very heavy topic but I seriously need to know if I am in the wrong, I have a stepfather (m53) who I have known for almost 5 years. (As a fair warning I'm writing this right after is happened, I'm still crying about it so if I miss any information or if I sound biased that's why, please be patient I'll try to make it as unbiased and informational as possible) for context I knew him for a few months before he started dating my mother (fm36) and a few months after that they got married in November of 2019 I've been getting used to him being around and I'm still adjusting, as I have issues with people being around for a short while and then leaving my life. Recently I have been finally getting used to calling him dad and I have been doing it really often intentionally since it makes him really happy when he notices I think of him as my father.
Tonight however we were eating at the dinner table, the four of us (me, my mother, my stepfather and my brother who is 16) I was listening to their conversation and chiming In every now and then as I usually do just to feel involved with the conversation. We were laughing and talking without any issues until my brother mentioned that one of his friends got banned from Roblox. I didn't have much interest but he kept talking about it, his friend who is around his age was on one of those random avatar rating games. When he said the name of the game "rate my avatar" my mother's jaw dropped, she thought that he said "rape my avatar" she let him talk for a few more minutes before telling him what she thought he said which was how the topic was brought into it. Now I didn't have any issues with it because it was only that she missheard a sentence, no big deal. Until the jokes started coming in. They talked for a few more minutes about why my brothers friend was banned saying it was something about the voice chat moderators saying that he was being abusive, I'm not actually sure what he said in the game but he was banned from Roblox for "child endangerment" so I am forced to believe it was something insulting. That's when my stepdad chimed in and said "no no no I bet he said, I don't like that avatar. I think you should be raped" I'm not quite sure if those were his exact words but the last 6 words I heard incredibly clearly. I was genuinely shocked because him and I were incredibly close! We go places together and hang out all the time, I even help him cook dinner every now and then just so that we can hang out. I thought for like 3 full minutes in silence about why he would say that Infront of me let alone across the table from me knowing that I am a survivor. The conversation kept going between the 3 of them and none of them took notice that I was upset, after that I just got up, put my dish on the counter and went to my room after getting one of my meds from the bottle. I didn't even finish eating.
When I was in my room I was so genuinely upset that I started bawling, I didn't really know how to feel about what happened. For context I make little masks for fandoms that I'm in as a hobby as it helps keep my mind clear so I don't harm myself if something happens, so I usually make a mask or work on one when im upset. I grabbed the first ever mask that I made and ripped it up because it was made of paper, paint, plastic, cardboard and Velcro. I really regret doing it but i wasn't thinking and now it's beyond fixing, my mother loved it because it took me hours to make, I made it almost a year and a half ago and I was super proud of it! right after I did it my mother hollard to me from the dining room telling me to take my medicine and I was so upset still that I screamed at her from in my room saying that I did, I love my mom, truly and i feel really bad. I sat in my room for like 20 minutes just crying so long that genuinely made myself sick to my stomach, I feel like I'm about to throw up and my legs feel heavy. To make matters worse, before dinner I was working on a cover of a stupid little short story that I wrote as a gift to my mom and stepdad for helping me for so long and for loving me, I feel like I did it all for nothing and that I just got a big metaphorical slap in the face (I'll have the story linked if anyone wants to read it, along with a picture of the cover that I was working on) normally I write little horror stories because it's easier when dialogue isn't as needed. So writing the short story for them was a big step out of my comfort zone. I really don't wanna talk to either of my parents right now especially not my stepfather, but I don't wanna let this feeling fester.
So I have to know, am I overreacting? Am I the bad apple?
The story is linked in the comments

"Welcome back to Total Drama Action!" The episode faded back in with a shot of the front gate, the camera panning out and down to show the castmates and host back in their regular attire. "Where against all advice to the contrary, the players have changed out of their bathing suits. Hope you like swimmin' in your jeans," Chris told them, folding his arms.
"Do you expect us to believe that we'll be going to the beach this time?" Sky asked.
As if on cue, a horn was honked and the shot panned over to the Boat of Losers driving up to the side of the set.
"You were saying?" Chris asked.
Confessional: Ripper
"Chris actually didn't tell us hogwash?" Ripper explained in surprise. "Who would have expected that?"
Confessional Ends
The scene cut back to the host and contestants getting on the boat. "Since the beach we're going to isn't connected to the film lot, we're traveling via boat,” Chris informed the teens. “Bet you guys feel stupid for changing out of your swimsuits now!”
“We thought you were going to put us in another studio that's as chilly as Alaska!” Anne Maria called out. “Don't blame us because we were trying to think ahead.”
"And that's what I like about you kids," Chris smirked before the boat started to take off.
The camera skipped ahead to Chris' feet as he stepped onto sand, the shot panning up. "Yes campers, we're actually back at your old stomping grounds," he announced as birds called in the background, "Total! Drama! Island!" The shot zoomed out as it usually did when the series' name was said, and the eleven teens were shown standing in their teams by two sectioned-off areas of beach.
"If you need to take a moment and reminisce about the great times you had here," Chris told them, Chef Hatchet standing at his side.
They all took a moment… to burst out laughing.
"Fine," Chris said, "we'll skip the good memories montage. Screaming Gaffers, you've got a thirty-minute head start on," a few dramatic beats were played over close-ups of the colorful plastic tools that were in the two makeshift sandboxes, "the Sand Castle Building Contest! To be judged by our resident King o' the Dunes!" A deep drumroll played as Chef placed a tall sand-colored, castle-shaped crown on his head. "Make like prop masters, guys, and give me something awesome. I really don't want the tiebreaker to have to go down."
The shot cut over to a trio of logs tied together in a pyramid shape. "I don't think legal's quite approved it yet." The camera panned down the rope, showing a large boulder suspended above a crash test dummy. The rope snapped and the dummy was crushed, then the structure itself collapsed, then a reddish-orange car – its horn, the Confederate national anthem and a '01' painted onto the roof – came flying off from the high ground behind the beach and crashed into the pile.
The footage flashed to the Gaffers. "Chase, go make the sand in that bucket!" MK commanded, sending the daredevil off running. "Ripper, pack it firmer!"
"And who got killed to make you boss?" Ripper demanded.
"In my history class, I was taught about Frank Gehry," MK explained.
“Who?” Ripper asked in confusion.
"He's one of the greatest architects of our time," MK detailed, “and the number of buildings created by him are thirty three.”
"Yeah yeah yeah," Ripper cut her off. “Continue to geek out and I may kick the sandcastle into your face. Now where's Scott?”
"He said he was gonna go get some more buckets," MK replied, annoyed by Ripper's threat.
The scene flashed over to Scott, who was holding a stack of three metal buckets as he walked through the woods towards the beach. He saw the Grips idling around their construction area for a bit but decided to carry on.
Confessional: Scott
“As much as it'll bring me joy to mess with the other team's sandcastle, I did promise to stick by MK's side and not make any big moves so that I wouldn't get eliminated,” Scott mentioned. “My old habits didn't die hard.”
Confessional Ends
"Three, two," Chris counted down, his eyes on his watch. Instead of calling out 'one', Chef blew a few notes on a trumpet. "Thank you Chef!" Chris said as the two watched over the Gaffers, all now working on a ring of five towers surrounding the central one. "Screaming Gaffers, your thirty-minute lead is over, so," he walked to the other team, "Grips, dudes, get castlin'."
"First things first!" Brick proclaimed. "We'll need water!" He and Millie grabbed buckets and took off.
"I'll get some from the mountain stream!" Anne Maria declared.
"You all know we could use the lake," Jasmine pointed out.
"Our mistake!" Millie cried as she and Brick ran back past the others.
"Quiet!" Trent yelled, forcing his team to freeze. "We need a plan, and I've got one."
Confessional: Justin
"Little Trent mans up. Wow. Even I had goosebumps,” Justin said and started looking at himself in his mirror. “And there wasn't a mirror for miles."
Confessional Ends
The scene showed Anne Maria, Justin, and Millie at work with strengthing their sand castle while Trent monitored them.
“That's right. Nine turrets, nine doors,” Trent instructed as Brick and Jasmine poured more sand. “Justin, add one more moat, so we have…”
“Nine?” Millie finished for him.
Anne Maria notices a crab crawling around. She picked it up and used her lipstick to draw their team logo onto the shell. "We can use this as a flag!" she said as she put the crab on top one of their sticks, making the crab fall out of its shell.
“Great! We just need eight more!” Trent said. “We'll need all the luck we can gather up.”
The camera flashed to show the finished result of the Gaffers’ sand castle now with red flags on top. "Now this is the Taj Ma-Kate," MK announced, "named after my real name, Mary Kate." The camera panned across the impressed faces of the Gaffers.
Meanwhile, Trent was adding more shells to the castle's six. “Dude, stop at three. Stop at five. Just, just stop!” Justin advised him as the team looked worried.
“It can't support that much weight!” Jasmine claimed, “so unless you want the castle to be demolished, don't add any more shells.”
“Alright then,” Trent sighed.
“What if we rip up some of my magazines and put them around the castle?” Anne Maria suggested.
"It's a sand castle building contest, Anne Maria," Millie rebutted.
"No, it's a prop sand castle building contest,” Anne Maria corrected. “With papers and hairspray, we could do paper mache!"
“Crafty,” Justin smirked.
“Good idea, Anne Maria,” Millie smiled in approval as the Jersey girl took out four magazines from her pockets. “Sorry I doubted you.”
“Everybody start tearing up these magazines!” Jasmine ordered as the team ripped up the magazines and put them onto the bucket that Brick was holding.
“Remember, nine of everything!” Trent added in, much to his teammates’ bother.
The footage skipped forward to show the Grips standing around their paper mache sand castle.
"I dub thee… Casa Sky!" Trent announced.
Sky and Chase were overseeing the Grips’ castle. “Did Trent just name his team's sandcastle after me?” Sky asked in astonishment.
“Correctamondo,” Chase nodded. “And why are you bothered by this so much?”
“I'm not. It's just that the castles are supposed to be team based, not relationship based,” Sky explained.
“At least he's not going all crazy over you,” Chase told her.
“Yeah. It could be a lot worse,” Sky shivered.
The shot cut to show both teams, the camera panning right and focusing in on the Gaffers as they tried to deal with a number of seagulls that had taken up residence in and around their castle.
"Get away from my castle, you stupid gulls!" MK hissed as she and the rest of her team tried and failed to scare the birds away.
Finally, the flock of gulls took off squawking – and in doing so, caused the Gaffers' castle to collapse. "This is why I hate birds!" MK griped as a cloud of sand and feathers settled to the ground.
The scene cut back to Chris and Chef. "We have a winner!" Chris announced. "Anne Maria and the Killer Grips' clever prop, Casa dos Paper Mache!"
The winning team celebrated. "You can thank me and my flawless style," Anne Maria flashed a smile.
"Which means," Chris said as the camera cut back to him, "we need a new tiebreaker!" His face fell into a scowl. "And I was hoping for the evening off. Instead," he grinned again, "gather ye some wood, campers, for a fire of the bon variety."
The scene changed to the woods, where Sky was gathering sticks up off the ground when Justin and Trent walked up to her with sticks of their own.
"Sky!" Trent called, grabbing her attention. "Hey! I feel like it's been ages since we had any uh, you know... quality time together."
"I'll give you two some privacy," Justin said and walked off.
“What do you want to talk to me about?” Sky wondered.
"I kinda want to talk to you about..." Trent began.
Sky's attention was caught by the number of sticks he carried. "Not to interrupt," she started to say, "but you're carrying nine sticks."
"Of course," Trent said casually. "It's my lucky number. Something the matter?"
"I did overhear you trying to make nine out of everything…" Sky said nervously. "We should talk later. We really need to focus on the game."
"Sky, wait up!" Trent called out, but she already ran off, leaving him confused. "What am I doing wrong?"
"I oversaw everything, so I can answer that for you," Justin said as he reentered the shot. "You're in a relationship with her, and normally, the most important thing would be to make her happy. What does she like most?"
"Sky does like winners…" Trent thought slowly.
"Exactly," Justin winked. “Do what you think is best for you and your girlfriend.” The eye candy walked away, his devious grin hidden from Trent, who smiled at an idea forming in his head.
The footage skipped ahead to night, a full moon high in the sky as the castmates and Chris stood on the beach. The host clapped his hands, and the firepit and assorted torches burst into flame.
"Why did you even make us go and collect firewood?" Brick asked angrily.
"I needed some alone time," Chris answered bluntly. "You think these hands manicure themselves?" He held out a hand towards the cadet. "Which brings us to the tiebreaking challenge!" The surf music started again. "A watusi-twist-mashed potato dorky old school dance contest!" he announced while sampling a variety of those and similar dance styles. "Teams! Choose your best boogier for battle!"
The music ended as Ripper immediately walked forward. "I'll show you all my funky moves," he said.
“I nominate Trent to step up,” Millie spoke up.
“We heard you got some fly moves,” Justin told the team leader.
“Okay, I'll do it,” Trent agreed.
The footage flashed forward to a close-up of a stereo on a table; Chris pressed a button on it and a surf rock song began to play. Trent and Ripper approached one another nearby and stood face-to-face.
"Prepare to be humiliated worse than a wet-willie," Ripper taunted.
"Bring it," Trent countered.
The two young men backed up, and began to dance. Both immediately showed themselves to be talented, Trent's swaggy styles more than matched by Ripper's more wild and funky moves.
The camera quickly panned across the Screaming Gaffers, who seemed to be impressed by their teammate.
Confessional: Scott
"That guy's moves are impressive," Scott said in the confessional. "That's as far as I'm gonna go in complimenting him after he forced me to go first in the surfing portion!"
Confessional: MK
"Funky and groovy," MK said in her own confessional. "I thought he'd bomb it, but he managed to subvert my expectations."
Confessionals End
Trent was nodding his head in different directions before facing the camera and pushing his hands forward.
“Go Trent!” Jasmine cheered.
“Don't stop now!” Anne Maria supported.
Trent looked over at Sky for a moment, who was frowning from their earlier conversation. He then started to feel conflicted.
Confessional: Trent
The thing is, if Sky wants to win, why is it unethical for me to help her? I'm Trent first and a Killer Grip second,” Trent emphasized. “Oh, can we erase that? Confession might be good for the soul. It's not so good for the teamwork.”
Confessional Ends
As Ripper did a chain wave with his arms, Trent was moonwalking in the background. The guitarist noticed a stick lying behind him, and after winking at the camera, he deliberately tripped on the stick and fell backwards.
The music stopped as the Grips stared in shock. "Dude, get up!" Justin cried.
Trent groaned in his position. "I think I have turned my ankle!"
“Seriously? And now?" Anne Maria moaned.
Trent attempted to move his body while remaining on his back, which stopped when Chris stood over him. "That's not dancing!" the older man disapproved.
"It's modern," Trent tried to explain. "It's uh... interpretive!"
"I interpret that as sucking big time," MK snarked.
"Not now, MK!" Sky shushed her. "Trent is currently distressed right now."
"That's not your problem," Chase told her. "It's his. Not to be mean or anything."
Confessional: Sky
"I like Trent," Sky told the camera in the make-up trailer, "but I can't ignore whether he's feeling unwell or not. Us being on different teams is likely the reason for his recent attitude."
Confessional Ends
"Thanks to Trent's blunder," Chris said, "Ripper and the Screaming Gaffers are the winners! And your reward...," the camera pulled out to show the entire cast, "the greatest beach party ever pitched!"
The Gaffers began to cheer, and Trent caught Sky's eye. She motioned for them to meet up a little ways away before walking off and Trent followed.
The scene changed to the woods as Sky and Trent reunited. “I know you really wanted to win,” Trent spoke first.
“And I know ankles don't immediately heal in a few seconds,” Sky said back.
“I'm weird like that,” Trent said.
“Speaking of weird, what was with that nine stuff earlier on?” Sky wondered. “I was going to talk to you about it earlier on, but we were still in a challenge.”
“If I'm being honest with you, nine is my lucky number, and I thought I'd rely on it to help us with the sand castle building contest,” Trent admitted.
“So you're superstitious?” Sky smiled at this. “You never told me this before.”
“You never asked, and I didn't think about bringing it up,” Trent continued. “Let's get back to our teams before Chris forces us too.”
“Good idea,” Sky nodded before they took off.
The footage skipped ahead, a hip-hop tune playing on the stereo as the camera panned down to the now-partying Gaffers, Sky included. A pan left took the focus to the Grips, disappointment on their faces, as they waited in a group near Chris.
"If the losing team could just follow me to the boat," Chris said before walking off down the beach, the six Grips following unhappily.
Later on, the Gaffers were watching Ripper perform two air punches to the air before performing the worm on the floor. Scott, who was feeling tired, decided to kick sand onto Ripper's face.
Ripper felt the sand and stopped dancing in order to cough. “What did you do that for?!” he demanded.
“Come on. You know I had to get you back for the surfing fiasco,” Scott said.
Confessional: Scott
“I just made history by kicking sand into the bully's face!” Scott cackled. “How's that for subverting movie stereotypes?!”
Confessional Ends
The scene switched to the area in front of the cast trailers back at the film lot as the Grips headed straight for their beds, though Justin held Anne Maria back by her shoulder.
"What is it?" Anne Maria yawned. "Can't you see I'm tired?"
"I just want to thank you for winning us the sand castle contest," Justin said to her. "Especially since I blew the surfing challenge. You really saved my bacon."
“You're welcome,” Anne Maria said. “I don't want to get booted off the show early again. You understand, right?”
“Definitely. I didn't fare much better as well, but I'm positive that this season will be your breakthrough for fame,” Justin winked at the now flattered girl.
“Anything you say, handsome,” Anne Maria laughed in her enamored state, but another yawn from her changed her mood to cranky. “I mean, we better go to sleep!”
Confessional: Justin
"Let's just say I'll do anything to win. Anything," Justin said in the confessional. "With Anne Maria not being connected to anybody else, I think it's only natural for us to be in an alliance."
The footage seemed to pause, and the viewpoint cut back to show Chris watching the confessional feed from his control room as the music turned ominous again. "Wow," the host said. "Dude is as crafty as he is good-looking. Maybe we're related?" He laughed. "He wishes!"
The host cut the confessional feed off entirely. "Poor delusional guy could never even swim in my gene pool," he told the camera. "More importantly, tune in next time to watch more me!" He laughed again. "Aaand a few minutes of Justin...," he stood up so that his head was no longer in the shot, "on Total! Drama! Action!" He immediately walked off, saying "Which one of you geniuses left the two-way mic on?"
(Roll the Credits)
(Bonus Clip)
“The Hawaiian party wasn't bad at all,” Ripper confessed in the make-up trailer. “The poi was super tasty, and the chopped pineapples were fantastic. If this is how Hawaiian people live, I should probably use part of my money to move me and my family to a resort over there, though I will ignore the coconut bras for sure.”
Eva - 14th
Geoff - 14th
Izzy - 12th
Killer Grips: Anne Maria, Brick, Jasmine, Justin, Millie, Trent
Screaming Gaffers: Chase, MK, Ripper, Scott, Sky

 In honor of Cinco de Mayo I have 10 (5/5) offerings for you this evening : Brian Tighe - Tighe One On, Medford Praetorian Swift Auto, Deejo, CRKT Provoke, Buck Paklite Duo, Cavol, Nazarov Infantryman, Willumsen Despot and 3 Dog Knife Amuk. Folders and Fixes, something for every taste and budget!
TIMESTAMP https://imgur.com/a/GAviyZ2
PPFF (no notes) preferred. No trades, looking to reload the knife budget account. Know your local knife laws…let’s take a look
Brian Tighe Tighe One On. This button lock auto is sporting a stepped BG42 blade, titanium scales with textured orange and black G10 inlays. 2nd or 3rd owner. Appears to be original edge. Comes with generic pouch. Excellent condition. SV $650
Tighe - Tighe One On https://imgur.com/a/6qWXipn
Medford Praetorian Swift Auto. S35VN Tanto blade. Custom crosshatch engraved fuller. Dark red (kind of a wine color) scales. Second owner. Appears to have factory edge. 12/7/20 birthday. Solid action. Comes with custom zippered case, COA, dog tag, patch and box. SV $365
Medford https://imgur.com/a/pyQNfiI
CRKT Provoke 4040 model. This is one of their higher end versions, featuring D2 steel and black aluminum handle. Original owner, never used. Comes with box and papers. Takes a little while to learn how to open and close this unique piece, but once you do, it’s a lot of fun. SV $145 NOW $130
Provoke https://imgur.com/a/wn0EKV6
Cavol Bucarto. LNIB. Believe I am the second owner - never been used by either of us. M390 black nessmuk style blade. Black titanium handle. Comes with original box, cloth and papers. Cool piece. Sells new for $268, letting this go for SV $175 NOW $155
Cavol https://imgur.com/a/3mhDaOB
Deejo model 37G travel steak knife. Eat your meals in style with this juniper handled serrated knife. Z240C13 steel. Comes with box, papers, pouch. $49
Deejo travel steak knife: https://imgur.com/a/hBs6N2A
FIXIES
3 Dog Knife Amuk. This knife is a beast! Just over 12” overall with a 6” Elmax blade. Black micarta handle. 2nd or 3rd owner. I have never used it, not sure about the prior owner(s). Doesn’t look like it though, looks to be in good condition, original edge. Comes with custom leather sheath and zipper pouch. These are over $430 new. SV $350 NOW $325
Amuk https://imgur.com/a/AfJ9h7u
Nazarov Infantryman. Unique fixed blade made of “hammered damascus”. Birchbark and leather handle. 10” overall length with 5” blade. Comes with custom leather sheath. Purchased new, never used. SV $210
Nazarov https://imgur.com/a/fyOmR43
Willumsen Large Despot fixed blade. 4.7” black titanium powder coated AUS-8 blade. Olive G10 scales. Custom sheath. Never used. SV $65
Willumsen Despot https://imgur.com/a/3qaz7yq
Buck Paklite Duo. This combines a 3 7/8” blade skinner with 2.5” caper. Both are 420HC stainless and are oxide coated to improve grip.each comes with a nylon sheath. Purchased new, never used. SV $45 NOW $40
Buck https://imgur.com/a/kdYeLut
Thanks for taking a look!

Hi, I was at an arcade last week and played a Capcom vs. SNK game for the first time (I know nothing about either of these franchises or fighting games in general). One of the characters I picked was this cute little cartoon cat (none of the other characters are stylized like this), but when the match started I found that his only abilities were cutting an onion and setting a table/throwing a table cloth(?). I wanted to look him up when I got home, but no matter what I search for, I can’t find this character. It could be another Capcom crossover game besides SNK. Not sure. Who is this little guy? Thank you!