She is having 8th graders take a practice ACT test ine section per day, we have done Math, English and Science and tommorow we do reading (I've gotten a 21, a 23 and a 35 so far on each section) Have any of you had teachers that make you take a practice ACT or SAT in middle school?

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1. Buy the EMT Crash Course book: This provides comprehensive preparation.
2. Buy EMT Pocket Prep: Use this for active recall on what you've just learned. This will put you at about $30 for both and greatly increase your chances of passing the test.

Additionally, make sure to learn the medical terminology. For example, "hematemesis" means bloody vomit. Don’t go crazy but understand the simple stuff hepa, polyurea polyphagia etc…
If you still don’t feel comfortable about the test and are unsure, I recommend buying Paramedic Coach. He breaks down complex topics, especially pregnancies and other areas, in a very simple way.
The test was easy for me. I got kicked out at 70 questions and passed but it got hard at the end where I had no idea what the fuck they where talking about just use process of a elimination
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At the fisrt, sorry for my english, i'm a little oxidated, but i'll try my best. (it's not my original lenguaje)
But first, a little of context:
It's an story by 7 years. I did meet my (not still) ex-husband on a convention of Anime, i did in cossplayed by Electra and he was Tony Stark, he was had a girlfriend and I was in a toxit relationship (story i'll tell in other time). But in that day, i swear, i did wish had him, i did fall in love. We talk just a little moment, we take a photograph and we keep going with our lives.
One year latter, when i'd brake up my relationship, i fall down in a horrible depression and 1 try to unsiscribe by the life. I'd try to grow up and join a group of single peopple just search fun. I'd was surprised to find that boy again in that group.
Uno month latter, we'd be in a relationship. After two years, we was marrige. Whitout anything more than love, we start this new stage, in the night of weddings, i got pregnant.
At that moment, i wasn´t know i had anxiety and depression cronique, and during pregnancy it only gets worse, and our relationship wasn't the best, we fight a lot, especially because I felt very unprotected by my partner: when we went out there were men who made bad comments to me and I even had to walk home alone after work, not to mention that there were a couple of occasions in which, due to the times , I could only prepare food and run to work, without eating a bite, to be surprised when I returned that he alone finished the food without leaving me anything.
Added to that, the first four months of pregnancy and marriage, he was without work, I had to take care of the household alone; Added to this, to lighten the burden a little, a relative did us the favor of renting us well below the value he had, his house which was uninhabited. Imagine my shame when he asked for the rent and I didn't have the money to pay because my husband didn't go out looking for work. If they hadn't given him an ultimatum, he would have spent years like this, until he asked for a job at the only company where they don't fire anyone.
All of this caused me to spend the entire pregnancy stressed and worried.
The last straw was the day my baby was born, which coincided with my husband's birthday. I had a complicated birth, in which they had to do an emergency procedure: I was hospitalized for two full days, alone, without eating or drinking anything (For those who don't know, the medical service in Mexico is beyond terrible). Not to make it long, my birth was more than complicated; and my mortification was no less when all my relatives, when they were able to come see me, kept telling me how mortified they were, on the other hand my husband looked like a child at Christmas because they brought him gifts for his birthday, even my best friend from school.
When my baby was born, I was aware that I wasn't feeling well, so I decided to take some time to recover before returning to work. And for those who are wondering, it's not like I had a great job, our economic position was not good at all, but my depression only got worse since my baby was born, the complications of childbirth made me feel terribly guilty just thinking about it. that something could have happened to my baby.
Day after day, even though I did not work and did not contribute financially to the house, I made an effort to ensure that the little money that came into the house was enough for everything: milk, diapers and food. Despite everything, I always made sure to prepare a good breakfast and lunch for my husband to take to work, I got up before him so I could have that attention with him; Imagine my disappointment when he often returned with the food intact from when she prepared it for him and told me that he had preferred to buy something to eat. This only made me feel like I was useless. Added to the fact that on more than one occasion he even left the front door of the house open for us: a woman who had just had surgery and a newborn baby, in a neighborhood where, in open secret, it was hot for organized crime, added to the fact that I I felt insecure around him.
My family kept making comments to me about how bad my husband felt for me, how bad I looked (comments that I questioned, because my family never liked my husband). Despite the bad things, he had his attempts to be thoughtful and considerate (in the wrong way or causing me more problems, but I understood that it was his way of showing that he cared).
This was when I began to understand that my husband was like that, disconnected from reality, it was his shell of protection since he practically grew up in foster homes with "relatives" or "acquaintances", many of them were very violent and mistreated him, making him feel alone and vulnerable. I learned much of this from him, the rest his mother herself came to tell me and the rest was a matter of adding 2 + 2.
When I assimilated this and that the situation would not improve, when my baby turned 9 months old, I decided to look for a job, fortunately I found a way to work from what I studied (because yes, I have a degree), and with very humanitarian bosses. those who didn't even mind me occasionally taking my baby to teach classes with me (because yes, I ended up teaching at a basic level). Thanks to this, the situation at home improved a little, but the arguments did not stop over small things, more than anything everything he did or did not do bothered me. I guess it was because of the exhaustion of dealing with everything alone, and for anyone wondering, no, he practically didn't help me with the baby issues; With the household chores (just washing the dishes and sometimes sweeping the common areas), I took care of the rest, in addition to always making sure the house was safe for a one-year-old baby.
One of the breaking points for me (this occurs in the dark time of the pandemic when we all lock ourselves at home), your company was one of the last to send them to rest, however, since my sector was related to dealing with children, I was one of the first sectors to confine themselves to home, so now I was doing homme office. One morning I realized that the man not only lost the keys to the house, but he took mine to leave, locked them and left them stuck outside the door, leaving me locked in with my baby without the possibility of getting out if anything arose. emergency. If it hadn't been for my father, who came to visit me to see how he was doing, who knows what would have happened. Get an idea of ​​how little he cared about the safety of his family.
These, among other things, added up over the years, until I began to ask him, as a last chance to save our marriage (because at this point, I felt broken and discouraged), I insisted that we seek help, couples therapy or at least individual therapy, but he didn't listen to me or wasn't interested. Until the first time I packed my and my baby's things, he realized that I was serious and that I would leave him, he still didn't want therapy, not even when I was honest with him and told him that there were many things that I couldn't do. forgive him, especially for the pregnancy; What did happen was that he began to collaborate more at home and finally began to take responsibilities with our son.
The facts:
What ended up being the final break was a day of extreme heat, where the weather was useless and there were no technicians operating in the area. My son, now 3 years old, is very hot and in any heat his nose tends to bleed a lot, especially that weekend he was very tired, despite that, the only solution I could think of was to put the pool inside the house ( to avoid having it under the sun), I clarify that at that time we lived in a small two-bedroom apartment, which yes, I admit was an impractical solution but it was the only thing that occurred to me. Even before I did it, I notified him of what I was trying to do, not to ask for permission, but just to notify him so he wouldn't be taken by surprise.
When he got home, he didn't say hello, he didn't say anything, he just left his things and left the house to get a taxi. When I caught up with him to ask him, he said he was going to his mother's house to get an air conditioning unit that he planned to bring to install to solve the problem, to which I gave him my list of problems with it, because we didn't have permission to make modifications to begin with. Thus in the department, adding the amount of electricity it used, transportation, among others. To which he also responded with his list of drawbacks that he saw with my solution. The point is that the argument escalated and ended with him throwing the water into the garden and me locking myself in the room with my daughter, enduring the heat of the day.
Neither of us spoke to each other the rest of the day, in the morning, the first thing I did was pack my things and my baby's things discreetly. I called my parents to tell them what had happened and they were more than willing to receive us (something that did not make me so calm because, yes, one of the reasons why I married him in a hurry was that my parents were a cornerstone of my anxiety and depression).
The next night, with my things packed, I waited for my husband to drop the bomb, tell him that he was leaving with our son, he cried a lot, he begged me for another chance; That time I didn't shed a single tear, not because I didn't love him, despite everything, I followed him and I still love him, but I realized that I was loving him more than I loved me and my daughter. . I didn't cry because I spent years crying alone and falling asleep with tears.
I asked him if he would prefer to end the relationship peacefully, where we could still rescue our friendship, before reaching a point where I couldn't even tolerate seeing him.
That was the only time when he finally said that he would take therapy, but I no longer believed him. I know he did it just to convince me, but in the end he wasn't going to do it. So I decided to leave the next day with my things. It was the last time we talked about it.
At the moment:
We have a year apart, we decided to give ourselves a few months to settle in and calm our spirits. Despite this, we have still kept in touch through our daughter, when it is her turn to visit or when she brings him an errand.
I don't deny that I still love him, and now I'm the one who would like our marriage to be fixed, but he is the first to say that he feels better now.
Now that I am living with my parents, my symptoms of anxiety and depression have not improved at all, on the contrary. I don't know if I ever feel like going back to him was a desperate attempt to get out of my parents' house, because he was the only person who made me feel understood and that there was nothing wrong with being who I was (I did). which has mainly contributed to my mental health), because I clarify, my son has a disability and since his diagnosis, he has not contributed much either, I have been with the support of my family in the face of that, but not with my ex-husband or the his family, so I use practically all of my salary on my son and his basic needs; His father gives me alimony for him, but only the equivalent of $20 dollars a week, against medication a month that costs about $100, plus his therapies and special attention.
So I ask.
AITAH for asking my husband for a divorce for refusing to go to therapy?
I really appreciate that you take the time, I know that it is not a short or brief story, I will try to answer your questions in the comments if I have not been clear in any aspect. Right now I'm a mess, I'm discouraged because my situation is currently not good, my profession wears me out emotionally and mentally, added to the condition of my son who makes me feel like I'm not doing things right...
I need to know that there is something in life that I haven't done so badly. In advance, thank you Reddit community.

I’m 37. 22st male statins. Basildon hospital. I was working out in a garage for 6 months boxing lost 4 stone from24. I went to the garage to hit the punch bag felt drained 2 o’clock in the morning felt like I was having a heart attack. So went to the hospital for them to say it’s not which is great news but gave me naproxen but I was already taking statins for high cholesterol. 2nd day of taking them I had a really bad reaction. Hives all over face swollen lips. Felt very strange for months afterwards very weak. Throat would go tight and swell after eaten foods and drinks. I thought I was allergic to these. So would get test always come negative then I asked for a full allergies test 10 months ago I’ve been waiting for ten months I had it booked for next month on the 3rd only for the clinic to cancel my appointment that I’ve been desperately waiting for. I’m gutted they have just randomly cancelled. this is Basildon, and honestly I felt like it was keeping me going. 14 months of hell the doctors have been pretty poor to me I never ever go to the doctors until 14 months ago. I’ve had the ambulance out on a number of occasions I’ve been up the hospital during the nights because I’ve woken up with tight throat. It’s not strep negative it’s not cobble stone negative the believe it could be allergies they also believe it to be silent reflux had taken medication lanzopro can’t spell very well either lol but was making me unwell, I get blurry vision and was asked to get my eyes tested my eyes haven’t changed and are ok. Burning throat white mucus. Probably unrelated but also started 14months ago right shoulder pain right back of neck pain. Because I’ve been going through this for a long time you can imagine mental stress off my throat closing up and not being able to breathe properly. I’ve taken Antihistamine every day for 14 months I feel like they don’t help. I have had test for pots copd and asthma was all under long Covid testing but the only thing they found was a restriction on my left lung but don’t know what it is. I got referred to respiratory clinic FINALY after 14 months of begging then I got a letter to say it will be October. I’m very depressed on how things are going I’m not getting the correct help the doctors I’ve had to change because the lady wasn’t helping me so I made a complaint and refused to see her and the see the head nurse if that’s a thing she wasn’t much better I said I need test to see what these lumps are it could be a tumour or cancer she laughed at me. I put the phone down check my nhs app online for her to write. patient thinks he has cancer and he would benefit from counselling therapy and now I’m doing therapy second session honestly hand on my heart these gps have really made me feel like I’m going insane at times. Can’t find nothing wrong with me but I’m really unwell with all this. Blury eyes sore tight throat flare up. Itchy skin sometimes swollen tongue itchy skin after shower, hard to swallow at times back of tongue lumps swell red spots on tongue keep having white film over tongue white mucus over throat fatigued every day. Wake up during the night with tingling arms and shoulders. Was out in the sun the other day few hours my hands burned but felt tingling for days. Very dry hands almost like I was having a reaction from the sun. Im not a praying man but I’ve done a lot of praying this year. Any help suggestions would great be appreciated. I’m at the end with it all.

Here's a detailed review of differentiation, including its importance in calculus and statistics:
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Power Rule of Differentiation

• Formula: If f(x) = x^n, then f'(x) = nx^(n-1)
• Importance: Used to find derivatives of polynomial functions, which are common in calculus and statistics.

Product Rule of Differentiation

• Formula: If f(x) = u(x)v(x), then f'(x) = u'(x)v(x) + u(x)v'(x)
• Importance: Used to find derivatives of products of functions, which are common in calculus and statistics.

Quotient Rule of Differentiation

• Formula: If f(x) = u(x)/v(x), then f'(x) = (u'(x)v(x) - u(x)v'(x)) / v(x)^2
• Importance: Used to find derivatives of quotients of functions, which are common in calculus and statistics.

Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions

• Sine: f(x) = sin(x), then f'(x) = cos(x)
• Cosine: f(x) = cos(x), then f'(x) = -sin(x)
• Tangent: f(x) = tan(x), then f'(x) = sec^2(x)
• Importance: Used in calculus and statistics to model periodic phenomena.

Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

• Exponential: f(x) = e^x, then f'(x) = e^x
• Logarithmic: f(x) = log(x), then f'(x) = 1/x
• Importance: Used in calculus and statistics to model population growth and other exponential phenomena.

Implicit Differentiation

• Formula: If f(x,y) = 0, then dy/dx = -∂f/∂x / ∂f/∂y
• Importance: Used to find derivatives of implicitly defined functions, which are common in calculus and statistics.

Logarithmic Differentiation

• Formula: If f(x) = g(x)^h(x), then f'(x) = h(x) * g(x)^(h(x)-1) * g'(x)
• Importance: Used to find derivatives of functions that are difficult to differentiate using other methods.

Practice Problems and Exercises

• Find the derivative of f(x) = x^2 + 3x - 4
• Find the derivative of f(x) = sin(x) * e^x
• Find the derivative of f(x) = log(x^2 + 1)
• Find the derivative of f(x) = x^2 / (x^2 + 1)

Importance in Calculus and Statistics

• Calculus: Differentiation is used to find the rate of change of functions, which is crucial in calculus.
• Statistics: Differentiation is used in statistical modeling, hypothesis testing, and confidence intervals.

Differentiation is a fundamental concept in calculus and statistics, and understanding the power rule, product rule, quotient rule, and other differentiation rules is crucial for success in these fields.
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Teaching Differentiation

• How to Differentiate Instruction in the Classroom
• Read Write Think Differentiating Instruction
• EdPuzzle
• Wizer
• Flipgrid Formative Assessment
• BoomWriter
• IXL
• Buncee
• Edulastic Learning Management
• Quill
• Arcademics
• Chronicle Cloud
• ClassroomQ
• Edji
• Pear Deck
• Actively Learn Digital Learning Platforms
• Khan Academy
• TED Ed
• Prodigy Math
• Newsela
• Tween Tribune
• Epic
• The New York Times Learning Network
• Wonderopolis

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Hi everyone, I am a Canadian MS2 debating if I should write the Step 1 exam this summer. I will be away all of August, so I will only have June and July to study for it. I will also be working a remote job "full time" during those two months (but I believe the hours won't be super strict after mid June, ex. I could study from like 8am-12pm and then do my remote work in the afternoon - dinner, and maybe study a bit after dinner).
I am sure about doing residency in Canada, but I kind of would like to have the Step 1 under my belt in case I want to do a fellowship/practice in the states, as well as to prepare me a bit content-wise for clerkship (I've heard in general too that summer after MS2 is the best time to do it). However, I am worried that I a) don't have enough time to study given my job and time constraints, b) will be super burnt out studying for it and working at the same time (especially before clerkship). Though I know I don't have a lot of time, I will say that my usual learning style is to cram, and that even when I start things early, I end up pushing 90% of my studying to the short time frame before a test (due to ADHD/poor time management/a decent short term memory). So I'm kind of hoping to just treat my 2 months as pure-cram mode if I do commit to it (but please feel free to correct me if that is too ambitious).
I'm also wondering if I do take it and fail it, if there will be any negative repercussions at all for the Canadian CaRMS match. I haven't really heard that scenario talked about too much (i.e. someone wanting step 1 not for US residency worrying about the impact of a fail in Canada lol).
Any advice would be appreciated!

I've already posted this in a couple other communities
A few years ago I researched this religion, I was 16 and I didn't look to much into it but I recently fell down an information pipe line to try and learn more. I bought a Qur'an and a Hijab after doing a bit of research.
I'm definitely no expert with the information, I want to learn more and I'm looking more into the aspects of the things that are okay or things that aren't.
I'm mostly worried about my identity/marrying into the religion/finding somewhere near I live where I can talk to more Muslims about it.
About me, I'm 18, almost 19. I am queer, genderfluid and afab. I'm white, raised in a half religious household surrounded by Christianity. I'm not sure if this is allowed or okay, I've heard multiple sides of people saying that the Muslim religion doesn't necessarily say anything against it, but I've also heard that if you are queer and you revert you just can't act on those urges or thoughts, that when you follow Allah, they are the only thing that can judge you. I've heard people say everyone's Journey and Relationship with Allah is their own and their connection to the God is not for others to judge.
I have no problem with falling into the woman's role with work and staying home, things like that. As long as I can keep my prefered name and have my identity at least be acknowledged and not erased, I would be fine.
I also don't want to end up being a bad 'representation' of the religion because I wasn't born into it, my parents were Christians who didn't practice fully.
I wanted to look into Islam because I like the values of the community, helping people and caring for your friends, I like the treating of animals and others even outside the religion. I like how accepting everything shows to be, I would consider myself a kind person, I try to compliment people when I think it will help them be happy, I try to donate if I can or help homeless people with food, I'm not sure if this is for me or if I could talk to anyone practicing the religion.
My roommates told me a little bit about it because they've studied religion. They told me how strict Islam was, how I might not be accepted into the religion because of how I identify. That women rarely have a voice and talk much about things that happen to them, like if assaulted, that she couldn't speak up in fear if getting called unclean. Also about how a lot of relationships can turn abusive if you get taken advantage of.
They were also bringing up to me that my health might not be able to handle the I tense fasting, I have an iron deficiency and some vitamin deficiencies that I need to eat and drink for.
I live smack dab in the middle of the us, I'm not sure where to go or what resources I could go to.

Hi,
I recently discovered a really nice study tool that you can use for every day & especially for cramming for exams.
Thea is a study platform similar to Quizlet that people are more familiar with, but instead of needing to pay for the Plus plan, you could take unlimited practice tests with your study guide.
You can create your own study guides by pasting a pdf (which I haven't seen before), manually inputting, or searching for your course/subject to find existing ones.
Although it doesn't allow for super long pdfs, it also summarizes pdfs as well from their AI feature.
Go try it out if you're interesting using this link: https://www.thea.study/register?referralCode=ryliemjay

i usually get the skimp portions that are discussed, but i wanted to test something, so i sent my dad in to order my food (6’3, 240 lbs) and they gave him sooo much food. i was only able to finish half of it, so maybe that chipotle was feeling good that day or they served based on size.

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Hi,
I recently discovered a really nice study tool that you can use for every day & especially for cramming for AP exams.
Thea is a study platform similar to Quizlet that people are more familiar with, but instead of needing to pay for the Plus plan, you could take unlimited practice tests with your study guide.
You can create your own study guides by pasting a pdf (which I haven't seen before), manually inputting, or searching for your course/subject to find existing ones.
Although it doesn't allow for super long pdfs, it also summarizes pdfs as well from their AI feature.
Go try it out if you're interesting using this link: https://www.thea.study/register?referralCode=ryliemjay

Hi,
I am an undergraduate college student and I recently discovered a really nice study tool that you can use for every day & especially for cramming.
Thea is a study platform similar to Quizlet that people are more familiar with, but instead of needing to pay for the Plus plan, you could take unlimited practice tests with your study guide.
You can create your own study guides by pasting a pdf (which I haven't seen before), manually inputting, or searching for your course/subject to find existing ones.
Although it doesn't allow for super long pdfs, it also summarizes pdfs as well from their AI feature.
Go try it out if you're interesting using this link: https://www.thea.study/register?referralCode=ryliemjay

Hello! I am hoping to get some advice / consulting from those that are more knowledgeable about current hardware and what it takes to min/max and optimize a custom PC build. I worked in IT years ago and for the last 20 or so years I've always built my PC. I am at a loss now though with what I should do to either upgrade or optimize my current build to maintain the speed and power that my work and hobbies demand.
I frequently utilize real-time render programs such as Unreal Engine, Adobe Premier and After Effects. I also play games like Helldivers and a few other higher end ones. I have found lately that my machine doesn't seem to be as fast as it should/could be and I am not sure what could be the bottleneck. I will post info below and hoping that I can get some insight on possible solutions, upgrades and maintenance procedures / best practices.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950x 16-Core Processor 3.5GHz
Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 ACE Gaming Motherboard AMD AM4 SATA 6Gb/s M.2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Wi-Fi 6 ATX
Video Card: MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GDDR6X PCI Express Gaming Z TRIO
Memory: Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz CL16 Intel XMP 2.0 iCUE Compatible Computer Memory x2 (64gb total)
Drives:
1. Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB (Temp Data)
2. HGST HDN 4TB (Archive)
3. Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB (Operating System)
4. SanDisk SDSSHD3 2 TB (Temp Data)
Power Supply: GAMEMAX 1050W ATX 3.0 & PCIE 5.0 Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified, Addressable RGB Sync, Fully Modular ATX Gaming Power Supply, RGB-1050
CPU Cooler: H100i Platinum SE Cooler
My CPU is in a large warehouse/studio. The side panel is off and the warehouse is almost always around 76 degrees F. Should I elevate the machine so it's not on the ground? The floor is concrete.
TLDR: I feel my computer should be running faster and I am not sure what I should do to check/test and troubleshoot before upgrades.
I am not sure how to provide PCIE Lane info or other windows settings like virtual memory etc. I know I should start with my drives first and clean those up.
Is there anything that is blatantly holding me back? How often should I be applying thermal paste?
Do I need to post my BIOS settings?

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Just curious how real this is since it doesn’t seem very accurate to me. A coworker I met a few days ago said he used to be a dispatcher and their form of “initiation” after testing and stuff is that they send you to a random warehouse and lock you inside for a week with things like a lamp, food, and water to test your mental strength. Is that a real part of the process? And is that even legal??

In the dream we "fell" into a weird city. By we I mean me and a few family members including my grandparents.
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Anyway the city is exceptionally clean and the people there very religious with regular sermons.
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Now I instinctively hated it because everyone was smiling all the time and had this "be like everyone else" attitude. It was a bit creepy.
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Over time I got to know a few people there well enough to get invited to a wedding. Here's the odd part, for how religious they were the bride was practically naked! I tried to hint that the dress might not be appropriate for a church wedding but got laughed at since it was a TRADITIONAL wedding dress... it was a slip of see-through fabric with beading covering her privates...
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Then the brides entourage came in and yeah they confirmed it was a lovely traditional dress. Also why was I dressed like that? Clearly that was too much and the bride's aunt tried to take my bra off to match everyone. (one of us, one of us, one of us).
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When I refused she took of her own bra and offered to swap since it's smaller so will cover less. I managed to escape to the bathroom promising to practically strip in private.
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Well, not the bathroom, turned out to be a broom closet / storage area. but at least the crazy people were on the other side, thought I might be able to wait it out.
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Looking around the storage area I found something odd. There was "old" tech here. By that I mean from our day but the whole city was practically amish that I though we got teleported to the past. I found one device I didn't recognize so when the coast was clear I got out in the open and tried it out.
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It caused me to shoot through the sky. No literally up through the cloudish part only to discover this wasn't the sky, it was the waters surface. The whole city was under water but since we could breath and move normally we didn't notice! It explained why the sky never had a gradient, it was all one solid color depending on the time of day.
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On the "sky" two things were notable. First, two groups of golems were fighting and throwing rocks at each other. Rock golems (yellow-orange so maybe sand rock) & slab golems (grey rocks, very smooth). The debris fell to the city blew as gods judgement when it hit someone!
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Also here was another city. This one was old and basically a ruin over grown with vegetation. Looking through it I found a few people who were far more normal and reasonable.
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Going back a few time I was convinced something went wrong with our civilization, the city above was clearly one from our time now in ruins while the one underwater was more recently built. The ones living below had such a strong herd mentality that my own family was starting to get compliant and integrate. I tried to talk them into visiting the city in the sky, to see that this is all under water but they weren't interested, especially grandma that was feeling comfortable that grandpa was back in this world (died in 2012). Also wouldn't it be dangerous with the fighting golems? Solve that first then we'll see.
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Going up I asked the golems why they were fighting... it turned out that was because the sand golem leader had boobs and the slabs saw that as obscene... yeah really... I had them talk it over because the debris was hurting the people below.
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The sand golem shrugged and said they weren't people, just ants. When I asked about the people in the sky city they said "you don't know already?". As for who I was, well, they were going to talk to the slabs now so if I wanted an answer keep sailing towards the light in distance.
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This part I didn't mention, during my trips to the sky city I started to notice odd things. Yes it was a modern one now in ruins, yes it was full of plants so it was weird that the people that lived here acted and talked so civilized. But also another thing, witch symbols. Those were everywhere. Shrubs that were cut in the form of a witch's hat or pointy boots, statues of witches, magic symbols carved into the trees... etc. it was like a halloween set up in an ancient ruin. I kept trying to overlook it because the underwater city preached against witchcraft and heresy, clearly those were the nut jobs so anything they say should be disregarded... right? Also the people in the sky city were so normal & reasonable that no way they'd really be the bad guys. The undewater city had to be ignorant, that was totally it.
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The day I confronted the golems however was the day I found out the truth. While exploring the ruin I came across the communal kitchen. It was just a bunch of old fridges with forged food. One of them however contained a bag of blood. The girl showing me around said "Oh goody, there is one left" and snatched it from my hands sucking it up like capri sun. "Sorry but this is for our coven, Blood is how us witches get our knowledge and stay young after all. Can't share that without a price." Which is when it hit me that everyone here, while talking like an adult, looked so young and ageless. Also that they didn't know that me, and probably my family, would be considered food in a place like this, they thought I was a visiting witch hence the civility.
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The golem's words hit me hard. Yes, I knew. I just didn't want to acknowledge it because it meant I can't stay here. At the same time I didn't want to go back to the underwater city.
That only left sailing away into the unknown. My family refused to join, they were staying in the underwater city so... just me... Sailing into the light. Took awhile stuck between the two worlds, but in the end I made my own raft and set sail towards the light in the distance.