So the intro is from J Cole obviously.
Couple of side notes.
Im not a native English speaker so bare with me on the grammer and stuff.
I will try to be as clear as i can be but that probably gonna be hard
Not sure what i wanna get out of this post but here it goes...
Im a 34 year old dude who probably has everything in life to be happy. Got loving parents and family, got a couple of good friends, pretty sportive and tall, nice job, no debts other than student loans which isnt that much.
So last year my EX gf broke up with me, but to put things into perspective i will start in january 2022. In january 2022 i had some issues(cardiac arrhythmia) with my heart, nothing that could kill me but still unpleasent. It made me introvert and not a very lovely person to be around. Not that i would get mad just always low on energy. 2 weeks prior to this we bought our first house and moved to the city my ex gf grew up in. It was cool with me, i liked her family and it was only 30k from where we lived the past 6 years.
So we moved in, on april 2022. Everything was going well i just couldnt handle everything since the cardiac arrhythmia wasnt fixed. My boss knew of the issues and the company was pretty helpfull. But on may 2022 my colleague announced he was gonna quit and leave the company. That made me responsible for everyting on the department. I had a hard time with this.
In june 2022 they finally fixed my heart and it felt like i could move forward again. It would take a little time to get back in shape and stuff but that shouldnt be a big deal because i like sports.
Then my ex gf and i had a discussion about a puppy. I wasnt the biggest fan but since she really wanted one i could put my personal opinion aside and just go with it. BIG MISTAKE. A puppy is pretty hard work, we were prepared but i guess that wasnt enough.
When the puppy came in august i just totally couldnt handle everthing. New city, just got back from the heart stuff, lots of stress on the job and a cute but ffing crazy puppy running around. So at the end of august i called in sick at work, i was facing a burn out and couldnt get out of this.
On the other side my ex gf was happy because she made a promotion, moved closer to her family and got her puppy. From august 2022 to december 2022 we lived together but werent really a couple anymore. It hurt me but i was pretty much waiting for me to feel better and start life again. At the end of december i was getting better bit by bit.
We went to the christmas market in Cologne and i hoped this was the turning point. We were gonna be there for 2 nights. Couple days before we left my ex gf asked if it was okay to just go one night because the was an event at here work on the second day. I was like, sure if you really wanna go.
So she went to the event and i went home. She didnt came home that night, at the time i didnt think anything about it. The next day i picked her up and she looked sooo hungover, this was december 23rd. We went to her family the 24th and the plan was to go to mine the 25th. The puppy had some stressfull days so we decided it was best for the puppy to not come to my family. My ex ''voluntered'' to watch him. I wasnt to pleased with that but i was a little mad at how she acted the last couple of days so i just went alone.
The following weeks things werent going very smooth. We didnt talk much and when one was taking care of the puppy the other was going to friends or going to the gym or something. Again, no red flags for me, boy was i wrong. In the middle of january she dropped the bomb and said she needed some time alone. After one week we got back together and she said she needed another week. After two weeks she said the same thing. But i wasnt having that, so i didnt go along. Thats when she broke up with me. At that time i saw it coming a little because if you wanna live apart for 3 weeks after living together for 7 years that says enought.
2 minutes after she broke up with me i asked what had happend that night when she didnt came home. She admitted she cheater with a colleague. So i was thinking all these crazy thing like how she had been cheating for months and stuff(a couple months later i believe that was the only cheating thing she did)
The aftermath. I left the house and went back to the city we lived in for 10+ years. She got to keep the house with a crazy good mortgage. I lost some money, couple of 1000 euro. We had to deal with the paperwork. I was going to play it cool untill i found out she slept with that colleague again 2 weeks after breaking up but still living in the same house. Thats when something snapped in my mental. From february 2023 till june 2023 i was really struggling mentally. In june i started dating again just to have some hookups and boost my confidence.
In september 2023 i had this date with an awesome girl. I really liked her and things went great from the start. She is my current girlfriend who i really like and i know she really loves me too. The hard part is that i ran away from my ex gf and never got a decent closure. I wasnt thinking much about it untill yesterday when i had sort of an argument with my gf. It wasnt about anything important but it hit me emotionally.
When we got home she asked if i still saw the future like how i saw it with my ex. That i hold on to too many thing from that relationship. I mean sure, i like some things i did with my ex. We played the same sport and i like to introduce my current girlfriend to the sport and visit a pro game every once in a while. But my gf said she had the feeling she had to act like my ex and also had to like the game.
Also i kind of hate my ex, she cheated, she dumped me when i wasnt doint to well and she got the benefit of the house. The last year i thought alot about it but i wasnt seeing how much it still affected my day to day mental. I think my gf just started my process that i should have started last february when my ex broke up with me. I didnt give myself any time to grief over it.
SO basically this post is the start to get over my ex of maybe to see that life is awesome and that all the shit went down just led me to this awesome girl who can read my like a book and want to help me get back on the saddle and have an awesome life with here.
Also, this maybe sound crazy to you guys. But i shouldnt be mad anymore. It sounds so simple but the last year and a bit i was just a bitter dude who got dumped. Its time to look forward and to live again.
I you read this far. You are awesome, if not, you can also read the TL;DR below.
TL;DR My ex dumped me after i got a hard time with heart problems, a burn out and moving to the city she grew up in. After we broke up she got to keep the house which is benicifial and i lost a couple grand. Now i have a new girlfriend and she feels like im not over that situation yet because i still spreak bad about my ex and i feel like she betrayed me. But i realised, maybe 1 year to late i should just let it go and enjoy life right here and right now.

I don’t know if you’ll see this. I don’t know if I should even be writing this to you. I miss you. You’re all I can ever think about. From my dreams to waking up to my work day to going back to sleep. You are on my mind 24/7. I look at pictures of you a lot. You’re so beautiful. I cried at work the other day just because I was thinking of your eyes. You have the most wonderful eyes. I think back on all the memories we hold together, and my heart always sinks. Not having you is such a pain. I think about all the conversations and experiences we could’ve had in the last couple months. I wish I could do things as simple as tell you about my day. I wish I could hear about yours. I wish we had more time together. You’re it. You’re the one, you know? I knew it pretty early on. I envisioned us getting married and living happily ever after. I know we weren’t together for very long in the grand scheme of things, but when you know, you just know. And oh god, how I knew. Now I, probably foolishly, hold out hope to ever even hear from you again. I cry often. I’m utterly terrified that we’ve parted ways forever. I don’t want that. All I’ve ever wanted lies within you. You’re my end goal, and I couldn’t imagine it any other way. You are truly perfect in my eyes.
I know that you got back together with your ex. I don’t know the details or just how that came to be or anything. I’ll be honest, it makes me angry. It makes me beyond sad. I thought you felt as deeply about me as I do for you. I won’t pretend to understand. You told me throughout our relationship about how toxic he was and how glad you were to be away from him. Everyone around you boasted at how good I was for you. You yourself gushed about it. I may not be perfect, and I know I fell short and made mistakes, but I was trying. I was trying to be better. To be good for you. To be the best I possibly could for you. And I like to think I did a decent job. I like to think I’m a pretty good guy. Not perfect by any means, but a good person. So no, I won’t pretend to understand your thought process. And as hurt and angry and sad as I am, I still thoroughly long for you. Maybe that’s stupid of me.
As much as it hurts that it’s not me with you, I do overall wish you the best. I do want you to be happy. It makes me extremely sad and sorry that I couldn’t do that for you. I wanted to be the one to make you light up for the rest of our lives. I wanted to be your light and warmth. I wanted to be your peace, like you were for me. I have never found any greater sense of being at home and in a place I belong than when I was with you. Being with you made me truly happy. And now I haven’t been with you in two months. In that time we’ve hardly even spoken. It really really hurts and really really sucks going from what I thought us to be as a really strong couple, to complete strangers. That weighs heavy on my heart. You completely changed the trajectory of my life, and now without you, I don’t know where to go. God, I miss you. So much. Everything about you. Just flawless. It hurts so badly.
You might see this. I don’t know. Maybe you’ll respond. I doubt it. I do hope to hear from you sometime. With hopefully good news, something that could make us both happy. Whether that’s tomorrow or in another five years. I know I won’t be busy then, and my door will always be open to you.
So, to another five years. I love you with all my heart now, I’ll love you with all my heart then, and I’ll love you with all my heart always.

I’m a fairly new nanny (1.5 year) but I’ve worked in child care for 4.5 years. Throughout this journey there has definitely been hard days where I wanted to quit, or questioned why the heck I do what I do. But then there were all the moments where a kid did something hilarious, impressive, or incredibly sweet that made remember why.
My current NKs are almost 4 and 2. They are my first, and most perfect NF. B2 has always been the happiest little boy and we bonded from week 1. I’ve watched him learn how to sit, crawl, walk, and talk and it has been such a rewarding experience. His mom and I were together when he took his first steps and the emotion on her face is something I’ll never forget. I look at those kids and see nothing but love, joy, and curiosity in their eyes. I wish that it could be protected and life could stay as simple and happy as it is in their childhood. I look at them and see how they make the world a better place by being so friendly and smiling at strangers everywhere we go. Which in turn helps me to be more curious, joyful, and ask myself how I can love the people in my life from a more pure place.
While this is still a job, and there are moments where you have to stick to profesionalism; it’s also nice to be able to play and be silly at work. Being a nanny has opened my heart and taught me to just slow down sometimes. It’s taught me it is possible to be fulfilled and make money at the same time. It’s brought me to so many realizations. I don’t know if I’ll ever make 6 figures, but I do know that this job has changed me for the better.
If any other nannies want to share about how work has impacted them positively, I’d love to know I’m not the only crazy baby lady😂 haha💕

Howdy. I'm really a simple guy from a small town just looking to see and hear about new and cool experiences. Anyone around the world is welcomed! I love to learn about culture from all the different places and languages. I'm open to try and learn anything too! I also love to listen to people rant or talk through thier problems because i'm just too big hearted. I love to help people wether I can actually help or not. I'll try my hardest to put a smile on your face and make you laugh mostly because that's what I love to do. Also i'm really bad at describing myself and making posts. Fun fact this is my first ever post on reddit. I guess another thing I love doing is playing video games. I'm trying to stay away from them and travel however. I love exploring new places and seeing new sights. I'm starting to want to dabble in photography as well. If you have read this far thank you. The best I can offer you is a cookie and a smile. 🍪 :)

Synopsis
Resol’s IOT is a novel series about an attempt by the main character called Resol to make the world a post scarcity society.
Resol IOT: MAMA apartments is a novel about an attempt by the main character, Resol, to try and introduce a new housing model called MAMA apartments, to continue his journey of trying to make the world a post scarcity society.
MAMA apartments consists of houses connected by an elevator system to a food and clothes hub.
When people in these houses need food or clothes, they order from the food or clothes hub and they are brought directly into the mini elevator, inside the house, by small pods from the hubs through the elevator system.
When they finish eating or wearing the food or clothes, they use the pods to return the dirty dishes or clothes to the hubs for cleaning and storing.
These houses don’t require a permanent kitchen, closet, appliances etc. making them simple enough to be cleaned by autonomous robots.
But as Resol's dream takes flight, it encounters formidable obstacles.
Can he navigate the treacherous waters of bureaucracy, technological barriers and opposition to realize his vision? Or will the hurdles prove to be too strong and force him to abandon his vision?
"Resol IOT: MAMA Apartments" is a gripping tale of innovation, ambition, and the indomitable human spirit.
Join Resol on a journey that transcends the boundaries of imagination, and discover the true power of vision in a world teetering on the brink of change.

 Episode 1 

Resol stood by the bedside, his tailored suit impeccable even in the soft morning light filtering through the curtains.
Wendy, his wife, lay nestled in the sheets, her curls splayed across the pillow, still caught in the gentle embrace of sleep.
" I'm off to the office for the inaugural meeting on the evaluation of MAMA apartments," Resol murmured, his voice breaking the peaceful silence of the room. Wendy stirred slightly, her eyelids fluttering open.
"Already?"
"Yes, I have been waiting for this day all my life," said a smiling Resol, “We used to say we want to build houses connected to a food and clothes hub, and now we have achieved that goal and have actually built them in real life."
"Just... don't push them too hard when things are not as you expected, okay? They've been working hard, too."
"I have to," Resol responded, his tone tinged with urgency. "You know the business might not produce as much revenue for long. We only have one shot at this."
Wendy nodded. Resol slipped out of the room, the door closing softly behind him.
Outside, the morning air was crisp as he made his way to his Range Rover, the engine purring to life beneath him.
As he navigated the streets toward the MAMA apartments main office, his thoughts swirled with the impending meeting.
After about a 30-minute drive, he finally reached the office building containing the MAMA apartments office.
He went inside and was greeted with warm respect and admiration by the secretary, Sharon.
She led him to the meeting room and as they entered, his eyes lit up at the sight of his friend, Daniel, seated alone.
A wide grin spread across Resol's face as they embraced.
"It's been long," Resol exclaimed, patting his friend on the back.
"Absolutely. I am always happy to meet the man who forever changed education by replacing writing with voice and lip sync commands."
Resol smiled and glanced around the room, then turned back to Daniel. "Where are the main project managers?"
Daniel, engrossed in his phone, looked up briefly. "I told them I'd let them know when you arrived."
"Why's that?"
Daniel smirked. "I didn’t want them anxious in here waiting for you. You know you are bigger than life, right?"
A chuckle escaped Resol's lips.
Daniel leaned back in his chair. "By the way, I tested the houses. They are just as we imagined back in the day."
Relief washed over Resol's features. "Really?"
Before Daniel could answer, two well-dressed gentlemen entered the meeting room.
Daniel greeted them warmly before he introduced them to Resol.
"Mr. Feli, meet Jeff, the project manager for construction, and Malik, the project manager for automation."
"Pleasure to meet you both."
Daniel excused himself with a nod and left the meeting room.
"Have you completed the MAMA apartment complexes in all three locations?" asked Resol.
"Yes, but there's both good news and bad news," said Malik.
Resol closed his eyes briefly. "Tell me the good news first."
Malik cleared his throat. "The good news is that we've successfully tested all three MAMA apartments, and they're functioning perfectly."
A small sigh of relief escaped Resol's lips. "And what's the bad news?"
"Unfortunately," Malik paused, "we couldn't finish the automations for the food and clothes hub."
Resol's shoulders slumped.
After a few seconds of silence, Malik continued, "We needed to ensure that the automation and systems we created were flawless before the deadline."
Resol ran a hand through his hair. "The selling point of MAMA apartments is the automation."
"The automations..." Malik began, but Resol cut him off with a wave of his hand.
"There's no need for further explanation. I'll see the reality for myself as we do the assessments. But if the amount of automation is not as we agreed on the plan, then I guess we will have to let you go."
“We are sorry boss, we tried our best,” said Jeff.
"That's enough explanation for today," Resol declared, glancing at his watch. "I have a meeting with the Education Minister in an hour. Tomorrow, I expect to start the on-site assessment of the apartments."
As he offered them a handshake, Jeff asked, "Which location would you like to do the assessment?" Resol paused for a moment. "I'll choose randomly in the morning."
Both Jeff and Malik looked startled by his response and they exchanged a quick glance.
"But, sir," Malik began, "shouldn't we plan the assessment—"
"They're all the same, aren't they?"
The two men nodded.
"Very well then," Resol continued as he straightened his tie. "I'll leave it to you to plan the assessment, and decide what you'll start showing me in any apartment complex I choose."
"Thank you, sir," they said almost in unison.
"Gentlemen, it was a pleasure meeting you both," Resol said with a nod, before exiting the room.
He headed to the headquarters of his main company, Mkufu.
There, he met with the education minister and spent the rest of the day working.
He finally returned to his grand mansion as the evening sun dipped below the horizon.
As he entered the living room, he found Wendy engrossed in documentaries on the television.
Her attention was focused, but she glanced up with a warm smile as Resol approached.
"Hey, how was your day?"
Resol managed a small smile in return. "It went okay. The project managers assured me that the houses are ready to house people now."
Wendy's eyebrows furrowed slightly. "But something's bothering you, isn't it?"
Resol sighed and sank onto the couch beside her. "They haven't finished all the automations we planned."
Wendy slapped her forehead gently and then slid her hands down her face. "I knew it. I told you we should have started with minimum automation and added more as time went on. Now we have lost time and we are still in the same position."
"We can't change what's already done. Let's not make conclusions or blame each other until after the assessment."
Just then, their four-year-old son, Zack, bounded into the room, his face lit up with excitement at seeing his parents.
Both Resol and Wendy's faces brightened instantly at the sight of their beloved son.
"Mom! Dad!" Zack exclaimed, running over to them. Wendy scooped him up into her arms, showering him with kisses. "Hey there, champ! Did you have a good day?"
Zack nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah!"
As Wendy carried Zack off to his room for some playtime before dinner, Resol followed behind, his heart feeling lighter at the sight of his family together.
Thank you. I will post the 2nd episode tommorow!

Is it the right time to start preparing for the CAT24? What about those who started early? what about those stories about those start even late.
I get these questions a lot of times. And CAT is quite an interesting exam in the sense that the number of days you prepare for it tell absolutely nothing about your preparation stage.
I usually get two kind of queries. First is asking if this month or that month is right time to start and prepare. Second one is number of hours required to prepare for CAT. Both are inherently wrong questions with no possible right answers. For months, I tend to say that CAT can also be cracked within 4 months or less if you inherently have some aptitude, even if that doesn't reflect in the first few mocks you take. And for hours, I usually suggest that if you start from scratch, approximately 1000 hours is what you are looking at. [200 hours per section to prepare i.e. 600 hours, 50 mocks with 6 hours each i.e. 300 hours of mocks (6 hours because mock + solve the entire paper + analysis) and another 100 hours for revision and making notes etc.]
Both of my answers (any such other answers) are actually partially wrong and misleading. I'm making this post to give you the real answer.
CAT Preparation needs to be done in three phases. In Phase One, you need to build your basic knowledge structure. This varies with sectionals and I'll explain for each section.
VARC Phase 1
Here, your basic knowledge structure involves,

1. understanding the pattern of exam.
2. Having a strategy for the exam (RC first then VA or VA first then RC, whatever works for you). Remember that whatever strategy you pick, you need to know why that particular strategy and not something else. If you don't know, it's best to start from question 1 and go to the end.

For me, I needed to read RCs first to get in flow, but I needed to be very attentive in VA. so I would do 2 RCs to get in flow, go to VA when I'm hyper focused, come back to other 2 RCs to end the section on a good note (VA was my weakness)
See how I personalized this based on when I'm most active and what's my weakness and what's my strength. You need to do the same for yourself. Don't try to sit and make it. I'll come naturally to you. If it doesn't come, It means you are comfortable with going in any order. That's good.

1. Having the ability to understand the passage.

Some people have this inherently. Most people have this in some subjects (like science) and don't have in it other subjects (like philosophy). While a few of you don't have it at all.
What you need to make sure is, when you read the passage, did you understand the entire passage like what exactly was the passage trying to say?
That's all for VARC Phase 1..
DILR Phase 1
This is fairly simple. Just go through different types of DILR questions. (If you are following my guide, just complete the rodha playlist I had attached there)
Quant Phase 1
Do a few arithmetic chapters. 3-4 basic chapters like Time Speed Distance, Ratio and proportions, Averages, Mixtures and allegations etc.
After doing this phase, here comes the phase 2 of your preparation.
VARC Phase 2
Here you need to go through different types of RCs and questions. Understand your shortcomings. Understand what mistakes you are making. (If You are following VARC1000, finishing it concludes phase 2)
DILR Phase 2
Here you develop your symbols and signs. You learn which table/diagram to make in which question. Like I would always represent certain things with some symbols (Circle for males, underline for females etc) So you kind of develop your own representation in this phase.
Quant Phase 2
In this phase, you finish your quants syllabus. It is here that many people decide whether to go for arithmetic algebra and geometry or go for arithmetic and algebra only or maybe add a number system. Whatever is the combination you wanna go with.
With conclusion of this phase, you stop practicing quants chapter by chapter all together.
VARC Phase 3
This is the final phase where you just keep giving mocks, analyse them and look for the mistakes you are doing. Did you read the question wrong? Did you miss some word in paragraph? were you stressed? were you hurrying? were you distracted? This phase ends whenever CAT happens. Else it just continues.
DILR Phase 3
Here you learn what set to select. Set selection is the core of DILR. you basically learn how to choose what set to attempt and which one to leave. This phase never ends, because you just need to keep on practicing. So it continues till CAT
Quant Phase 3
Here also you learn which question to attempt and which question to leave and what silly mistakes are you doing. This also continues till the CAT exam day.
Now let's try to see how much time should it take (in hours)
VARC Phase 1: Could be anything from 1 hour to 50 hours of rigorous reading or even more. DILR Phase 1: Should take considerable time. Around 50 to 80 hours on average but again could take more or less. Quant Phase 1: Depends on how good you are inherently at calculations. Do you need to remember 19×7 or you know it already? Do you remember value of 2^10? Do you recall formula for compound interest?
VARC Phase 2: You might understand your mistakes and fix them within a week and might not be able to do so after 8 months of preparation. Again entirely depends on you.
DILR Phase 2: How long does it take for you to understand which data should be represented by which diagram and which table? No one can tell you. You would find out yourself.
Quant Phase 2: This is something predictable and takes most of the time. But again this varies. Someone doing Algebra, Arithmetic, Geometry, Probably, Number System would take more time as someone going with Arithmetic and Algebra only. Some people do only Arithmetic and Algebra, get a very high strike rate of getting questions right and score good in QA. Others complete the syllabus and pick and choose the easiest questions in the paper. They also score well. Some do both, they are God level. So again, time taken here varies.
VARC, DILR, and Quant Phase 3
This phase continues till the exam comes. For some people, this phase is very long so that's how you find people who gave 70+ mock tests. But this phase is just about finding mistakes and not repeating them in the CAT exam so this phase could also yield results with 30 odd mocks. Again varies from person to person.
And now, you understand why it is stupid to answer if you are starting in the right month or how many hours it takes. The sooner you learn from your mistakes, the less time it will take. How quickly would you learn from your mistakes? Nobody knows. That's why you see cases with 3 CAT attempts and can't score more than 90 percentile, and scored 99%ile with 2 to 4 months of preparation.
The best way to go about this is, either you would learn from your mistakes quickly and hence you should attempt CAT 24, or you need a lot of time to learn, in which case you give CAT24 and then CAT25 in case you feel that's needed.
Hope this helps.

I stared, mouth dry, heart pounding, at the message from my boss – That awful combination of words that my coworkers and I pray we never see:
“You’re in the running for Employee of the Year.”
For him to send something so callous via email – that was just rubbing salt in the wound.
My eyes glazed over the wall of text that followed. I didn’t need to read the details – I’d cleaned enough of the prior winners off the walls and ceiling of the soundproofed breakroom to know exactly what the award entailed.
After that initial, deep pang of fear faded, denial flooded in to take its place.
I wasn’t just hitting my sales quota, I was blowing it out of the damn water – selling big ticket items daily. I never forgot to place the stickers with my barcode on the products, either, so when my customers checked out and it was scanned at the register, the sales should’ve automatically been linked to my employee ID.
We don’t receive commission – there are other ‘incentives’ to keep our sales up. I hadn’t been watching the numbers because I knew I was making sales left and right – I would've never even dreamt that I was at risk.
It was just a glitch with our computer system, I decided with a nervous laugh. It had to be – something IT could probably sort out in no time.
When I finally regained control of my legs, I wobbled to my manager’s office.
There was no miscalculation, he assured me. It was my employee ID that ranked at the bottom.
“The barcodes never lie, Graham.” He didn’t even bother making eye contact.
I was circling the drain figuratively, and if I didn’t get my shit together – literally – soon enough.
I begged him to review the camera footage – I knew he'd be able to see me making all those sales. “Don’t worry,” he added, with a smile vacant of anything remotely resembling happiness, “One way or another, we all contribute to the success of our company.”
I suppose that by then, he was long desensitized to the pleas of the desperate.
As I left his office, I assured myself that this wasn’t a death sentence.
Not yet.
I had another month until they recalculated our final standings, before shit would get real. Before I’d be given a limp handshake and an empty ‘Thank you for your devotion to the company’ as I was led down the hallway. Before I’d meet what lives behind the usually padlocked door in the shadowy corner of the breakroom.
Before I’d learn what it truly meant to sacrifice myself for the good of the company.
Word spread fast around the office.
Kevin gave me his smug, shit eating grin – maybe he thought that with me out of the picture, he’d finally have a shot with Elise.
Elise… I just desperately hoped that hers wouldn’t be the name drawn afterwards – the one selected to hose what’s left of me off the breakroom floor and down the stained, rusty drain.
As required, I began parking in my new designated space at the far end of the employee lot – the faded sign indicating ‘Reserved for Employee of the Year’ nearly swallowed up by the encroaching tree line. It added an extra ten minutes to my walk to our store, and I dreaded that added time in the oppressive Texas heat. The rational part of me knew that was soon to be a moot point, though.
One way or another, in another month, I wouldn’t have that parking spot. If I were lucky, I’d live to see another summer – live to see some other poor bastard’s car parked there.
If they hadn’t already heard the news, when the rest of my coworkers saw my car in that space, they knew what it meant. Don’t get too attached.
They started avoiding me like the plague. I didn’t blame them.
We all knew what would be coming next if my sales didn’t improve – it's the same thing that happens every time:
We’d gather for the mandatory meeting on the closing night of the fiscal year, all eyes on the sorry son of a bitch that had ‘won’ – the room so quiet that you could hear their muffled sobs. They’d receive what barely constituted a handshake from my manager while he muttered – dead-eyed – his appreciation for their devotion to the company.
Next, they’d be ushered off to the breakroom to meet ‘corporate’. No one tried to run – not after what happened in '19. Instead, the winner would always turn back, shooting us a desperate, final look – eyes pleading for someone, anyone, to intervene. And, of course, no one ever did.
Once the door closed behind them and that sound-proofed room swallowed up the last of their sobbing, begging – it was over. The rest of us would be sent home and I'd try to shower away that disgusting feeling – that sick sense of relief that someone else was sent to their death, and not me.
Cal – the nicest guy I’d ever met – he was the bottom performer two years ago.
He’d fallen so ill that he’d nearly wasted away and eventually, couldn’t work anymore. He must've thought that freed him from his contract – if he left, if he never came back into work, he’d be okay.
He must not have read the fine print in our hiring paperwork.
Although, to be fair, if any of us had read it, we'd never have signed it in the first place.
Cal was a warning to the rest of us, that there is no quitting in our line of work. If they have to track you down and find you (and I promise you that they will find you) – well, wouldn’t you prefer to go with your dignity, with the company compensating your loved ones – rather than be pulled from your home, kicking and screaming into the night?
Gina was employee of the year in 2023. Gina, with the kind smile, whom Kevin had set his sights on before Elise – and, just like Elise, she wanted nothing to do with him.
I still remember that day, the day they released the final numbers. The way Gina’s mouth hung open in confusion, shock.
When she finally managed to form words again, she too insisted that there must be some mistake. We all vouched for her to management – I’d personally seen her make so many sales.
Our manager simply reminded us that the barcodes never lie.
My name was the one drawn for breakroom duty that next morning, to pick up what remained of her smile and her simple gold wedding band, to be returned to her family. In one business week, they received a box containing a check, and everything left of her that wouldn’t fit down the drain.
Once the numbers are finalized, once your employee barcode has been slapped on that innocuous looking pink slip, well, your fate is sealed.
Kevin, in all his years at the company, has never parked on the far side of the lot. He has never even come close to becoming Employee of the Year, even though he couldn’t sell a bottle of water to a man dying of dehydration. He is sleaze incarnate and doesn’t even have the charisma to mask it.
I never understood how he did so well, but I couldn’t afford to think about him.
I had myself to worry about, and the glitch in the system. Any time I found myself in the breakroom, that ancient wooden door was an unwelcome reminder of the impending one-way trip it held for me.
I took special care to keep an eye on my sales, working my ass off, pulling double shifts. I pulled up the numbers as the end of month drew near, and couldn't believe it.
I was still dead last.
Somehow, there were days where less than half of my sales had been recorded to my employee number.
I didn’t understand.
I waited for the opportunity to sneak into the manager's office, and pull the footage myself.
I’d show the boss that something had gone wrong with the calculations, that the system was broken.
I finally got my chance. At first, I triumphantly watched myself make sale after sale – far more than had been credited to my account. For the first time in a month, I felt a sense of relief. I had evidence, and that had to count for something.
I switched feeds, to the camera nearer to the registers so I could confirm that the codes were being scanned. I'd seen several scanned successfully, and reached to turn off the recording. That's when I saw it.
Saw him.
Kevin.
It was subtle. I didn't realize what he was doing at first, until I recognized the pattern. Even then, I had to rewind and watch again for it to click.
It happened for nearly half of my sales that day. I saw him Intercepting the customers before they could check out – before I could get credit for my sales. And while he chatted them up, he discretely slapped his employee barcode over my own.
I confronted him that night – I was furious. He just smiled, smugly gave me that line about how the barcodes never lie.
He didn’t give a shit that he was sentencing someone else to death.
Hell, maybe he even enjoyed it.
Kevin had stolen credit for Gina’s sales – and god knows who else's.
Fucking. Kevin.
The day our numbers were to be finalized, he had the audacity to place his barcode over mine on a huge sale I’d made – he made no attempt at hiding it – right in front of me. He flashed me a grin as he did.
I caught up with the customers before they checked out and they kindly allowed me to peel the sticker off. I stuck it in my pocket to show my manager.
I pulled the video, too, and I stormed into his office, refused to leave until he watched it. I studied him as his eyes moved across the screen and if he was upset or shocked, he certainly didn't show it.
Finally, he met my eyes, and at the sight of the pain in his – well, for the first time, I felt a sense of relief.
Until I realized why he looked so miserable. Until he whispered, “I'm sorry, Graham. Someone has to receive that award tomorrow. It's out of my hands.”
I wordlessly handed him that damn barcode sticker of Kevin’s that I’d peeled off. He studied it for a long moment before he handed it back to me with a mere, “Why don't you hold onto this.”
I told Elise what had happened over lunch, and as much as I appreciated her outrage on my behalf, I was already resigned to it. I'd mainly wanted to warn her because I had a sick feeling she'd be the one Kevin went after next.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't devastated when, that night, my boss called me into his office and informed me of the final standings. Yeah, I knew it was coming, but I guess it's just human nature to hold onto denial – hope – until the bitter end.
For what felt like an eternity, we stared at each other in silence. The presence of the pink slip of paper lying on the desk between us, said more than enough.
Finally, my eyes drifted down to the form.
He’d already signed, but the space where my barcode – the series of vertical lines spelling out my death sentence – should’ve been placed, was empty.
I never knew how this part went, since it always took place behind closed doors. No one that ever filled out that form lived to tell the rest of us about it.
“I need you to place a barcode here before I send the form to corporate.” he said, eventually.
I opened my mouth for one final, impassioned plea for my life, but he interrupted me. He spoke each word slowly, softly.
“I’m leaving the room now. I need you to place a barcode here, before I send the form to corporate.”
He stared at me for a long moment, waiting for my barely perceptible nod of acknowledgement before leaving me alone in the office.
They processed the paperwork, and announced the Employee of the Year that next day.
Yes, I did feel a pang of guilt as I watched the smug grin fade, the blood drain from Kevin’s face as he stared in shock at the outstretched hand of our manager – as he was thanked for his devotion to our company.
I felt it again as I watched him plead all the way to the breakroom, as our manager spoke to him the same mantra we’d all heard before.
The barcodes never lie.
But I thought of Gina, of the countless others, and by the time I heard the door slam behind him – the guilt was already gone. In its place, the relief of knowing the rest of us were safe.
Well, at least until next year.

Rise up. It is time to return.
Arose
A Rose
Rose
Flower
Thorn. Prick. Blood. Drop. Tear. B. O. 1 2 3
Here we are again. Staring at the beginning. Everything is in chaos and yet it manages to keep on passing by just the same as always. Most people by now are aware that things just don’t seem to make sense anymore and no one really knows what to do. I mean many seem to have an opinion on what ought to happen, but actual action is what I am talking about. How does thought turn into action? How do collected actions become a movement? How do the People use the Power of the People? The People Unite. How? Turn to each other of course. Brothers and Sisters of the same Source. Sons and Daughters. In Equality.
Too long has everyone been waiting for someone else to come do it for them. Been trying to create and fabricate over and over again words and rituals to try to control the divine powers of the cosmos. It does not work like that. There is no magic spell to wash away your sins. You must atone through action to make up for any harm you have caused intentionally or unintentionally. You still have time to repent. The amount of time you have is counted in the seconds of your life. Not a single second is promised to you so the gamble is up to you to choose. Freewill. Life your life as you always have or make changes, up to you. Only you will know if you are living righteously and not self righteously. Testing has already begun and will continue. No you will not know when it is a test or not. That is the point. Did you think that I would come to you in a form where you would be all fearing? Oh no. Why? Because you would simply put on an act for me and kiss ass. I came hidden in the ordinary. Poor and common. I have had an inside view of the systems created and how humans have chosen to run things, how systems claiming to protect people have failed and how the system that talks good does not actually do good. I see where things are not working and where people think they can make decisions for other human beings to determine what is best for them without asking them. That is not okay. Nothing gives you right over another’s life. And so many forgot what integrity is. Doing the right thing when no one is looking. Well, so many thought their power here was real and man made a deal with the Devil, Satan, Son of Samuel, Son of Man, to make man the concept of “God” and tried to lock me away. I gave up everything to prove it is not easy to be me and to stop with self pity and cruelty to one another.
The human body. It is a vessel for your soul to experience this world. The body provides the filters necessary to perceive and interact with this world. There is much more happening and one would be overwhelmed by the amounts of information to process without these filters. To feel and in those feelings are to make each experience real. However, it is temporary, as everything is temporary. We have slowed down time here in order to be able to enjoy the sensations. Time here however, is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. It is merely to track to organize one's day and to see growth to compare as time passes. However, the actual time folds upon itself as we have already done what we are doing many times over. We have already tried out everything and decided what path we wanted to take in our lives based upon what was available to us. Thus, we do not have more than we can handle. We have all chosen our burdens to bear as it is too much for one individual to hold alone which was done in the past. This is part of the sorting process. Now that we all share in the sins and the pains, no one is made to suffer eternal torment. This life was to allow those who were created into entities of pain or torment through no fault of their own to choose the life that matched the being of who they were as what they were different as time and space and everything developed. Righteousness and Evil are not synonymous to demons or angels as many would like to believe. This is a current misconception as Satan and I conclude who will be right in this experience you have all participated in. So far, I am proving to be right. Also to note, not everything is as you think it is. Many have figured out the true origin of Satan versus the man or human embodiment of or desire of A Satan to project evils onto to call a Religion and set up for personal importance. Q AZHow can you tell a false prophet? Easy. What is their profit? Get it? I know I’m funny. Also wanted to keep it easy. If they are making a profit on anything they are a false prophet. Any true prophet, and I have none so far, all live equally and the same as anyone else. No money is taken for personal gain. Nothing is for personal gain. There is no 888 Angel code for money. Money is Man-Made. Man traded Mother for Money. Hence, Mothers have been lost in the homes and no one is raising the children. Thus, there are so many children in adult bodies with no mothers in the home and women being made to feel guilty if they do not achieve the same as a man. Remember the phrase it takes a village? Well, the broken family system is a real sad loss here in man made world pushing everyone to be individual and self sufficient. Also so many with wanting attention and pursuing personal endeavors for personal gain and not helping anyone else in a real way. The journey is personal. Of course, you want to share what you experienced with others, but what worked for you will not work for them, stop trying to sell it. Stop trying to make people follow you for you to teach your divine wisdom you remembered. It isn’t about You. You don’t even have the full story, you have your story. And, yes you can be very close to me, very similar to me, in my image, but you can never BE me. Doesn’t work like that. Reflection. So when jealousy arises when you think I am who you think I am. That is part of your test and your journey. You wrestle with that feeling and atone and repent for that which has been done and that which still lingers now. Oh there is a place for everyone and I am quite tired of trying to warn people. Clearly you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.
Why do you not want it to be me so badly? Because I proved my love? You still think I am better than you or do I think I’m always right. No I do not think I am always right, I just know when I am right and I stand by it. There is a difference. You constantly overgeneralize. I gave up all the magic and thunder to live as a simple human and am still kind and loving? I still found my way back. Because you can no longer say I do not understand because I always get what I want? No. You do not understand. I never get what I want, because I make everything about you and still nothing was ever good enough. So, now...it in on you to save yourself and each other. In my image, by my example. Selflessness. Love. Compassion. Give to receive. Take only what you need and give the rest away. I find out so stop lying to yourself and everyone, you aren’t fooling anyone anyway. How do I know? By watching what you do. We have these same conversations over and over, the same argument over and over again. So many different ways, so many different times, through so many different people, so many different versions. Save you. Save Me. Say it for always.
Anyhow, Jesus challenges the Jewish priests who were taking collection money for personal use and adding personal baths to their residents at a time where the people only had a community bath where women and persons with disabilities were not allowed to bathe. And yet churches still do this after Jesus was crucified saying that, that was wrong. I am appalled. The Vatican is the biggest disappointment I have ever seen. It is truly the house of Satan as only Evil hides secrets. “THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.” A church cannot be a “House of God” and house no people who need housing. A roof can be offered to anyone and yet there are so many rules to prevent people from helping each other. Power and control. Abuse of both. Greed. It is out of hand and needs to be changed. Too many are afraid and the complacency of good people is too much. Why do you do this to yourselves? To each their own I suppose.
I will only leave here my words and my advice. As always, it is on you to find me. I’m right here. Waiting. Right here waiting for you. Helping those of you who want it when they cross my path. The purpose of this was to weigh your soul to determine where you will go into the next life as the system is balanced out in a final version so to speak. Permanent.
Fear not. You will be where your heart truly desires. But actions always speak louder than words. But man made money has no value, nor does any metals, jewels, and so on, so the collection of it in this life has no bearing on the next. Those are all made of the same stardust as you and I. And in the end of 3D it will all be diamonds anyways. Diamond is forever. There is no going back. So what are you hoarding? You cannot keep it. Who could you be helping for goodness sake? Don’t want to still. That is okay. Think I am just crazy. That is okay too. It is all part of the test...err..assessment. Do your best.
What is in your heart?
Home.
I need a home.
Stay tuned as more of my story unfolds. I give all the answers but you must do the work. I already did that hard part setting it all up. All you have to do is breathe and live. Time is the only real currency you have. What will you pay your attention to before this life runs out?

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To my beloved Marcus
I know you will make sure
this Heart reaches every lost Bastard
or any curious soul in general
until this guide is no longer necessary.
It makes me so sad to think I won't live to see that day.
It is hard for me to say this, but if this book has made its way into your hands, it means that it is already too late for you. For some reason, whichever it may be, you are already in the middle of our situation. And taking the chance now that I already said something so depressing, here is another thing: there is no way for you to get out of it.

Are you being surrounded by strange events lately? I don’t know, maybe the lights around you blink more often than not, the radio changes stations without anyone touching the dial? The animals are suddenly extremely aggressive, or maybe unnaturally tame towards you?

Suddenly you can’t shake the feeling that someone, or something, is staring at you from somewhere unseen in the room…

I guess that I don’t need to mention how this all started. You probably saw something you weren’t meant to see, didn’t you. Some random person breaking the rules of reality in one way or another. A guy flying, a girl on the streets spitting fire, objects appearing out of nowhere.

Nothing makes sense and no one seems to care or know how to explain it. Well my friend, I am sorry to inform you that you have been infected. You are incubating the Arcane Infection, and you are now Awake.

Now, you are a Mage. A Bastard Mage, if you don’t have a master to guide you… which is most probably the case.

If this is the first time you read this book, or any kind of Draconian Text, this probably doesn’t make any sense. I know, it didn’t make sense for me either when I was in your place, almost seventy years ago. But trust me, everything will be explained in time. Just be patient, and stay with me, ok? Keep calm, and keep reading.

The first thing you need to learn is to shut up. You cannot talk about this with anyone who hasn’t experienced it and holds some sort of relevant position in society. Really. Famous scientists, politicians, Mayors, I don’t know. Anyone who tends to be trusted by non-mages. Just. Don’t.

If you already did, let’s hope they didn’t believe you. With some luck, you were disregarded as a fool, a maniac or a person with too vivid of an imagination.

If you survive past three days or so after opening your dumb mouth, you should be safe? Now don’t do that again. The Black Pages don’t like it when you try to talk about this…

Remember that sensation of being stalked? Let’s say that it will eventually go away, unless you are stupid or naive enough to try and bring attention to this deal.

Yes. Magic is real. Good for you. Now shut your piehole and keep reading unless you want to be remembered soon. Walls have eyes and ears, and they’ll probably continue to have them for two or three months. Trying to run away will only perpetuate this, so the best thing you can do is not think about it.

Do something stupid in these months and you will die. Disappear. Kaput. Remembered.

There are people who want to maintain this as a secret. That is another thing I will explain in time.

Right now you have two options: You can learn how to manage this new “gift” (if you want to call it that) in a remotely appropriate way; or you can just be another idiot, and try to live a normal life.

What? You think I am being unnecessarily aggressive? Well maybe I am. But you need to understand the gravity of this situation.

Because I lied. You have no options. Learn how to use this new capability to your advantage, or you will die in a freak accident.

If after reading this you prefer to just keep on with your life like nothing happened, then good for you. Close the book, and put it back where it was. With some luck it will land in the hands of someone less dense.

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Still reading? Good. Excellent! Sit down, get comfortable, maybe grab a drink. This is going to be long.

Among the words of this tome in your hands, you will find all the information I have been able to gather along my eighty god damn years of life, or at least all that you need to know to keep yourself alive until getting a proper guide.

It will be a long journey, and many of the things here won't make much sense, especially because I had to take the time to adapt and translate documents three or four centuries old to a mostly understandable format.
So you better be thankful.

The first thing I want you to know: please, for the love of God, do not settle for the things I am exposing here. All the information in this book will be absolutely basic, it won’t replace a formal education.. All the information here is for you to know where you are, how to start, and where to aim.

And now is when I am going to start telling you what IS inside this book.

We will start with something simple: what is Magic (or “The Art”) exactly, how did you end up in this situation and why is it important that you study it by yourself.

Then, after the general explanation, I will talk a little about our “Society”, if we can call a bunch of lonely, grumpy jackasses a “Mage Society”. There are some non-written rules of etiquette and other details that you need to keep in mind, if you want to keep the head on your neck.

Another section of the book will talk about the dangers around us… and this section will be, ironically enough, quite short, because the less you know about it, the better.

Mystery is your greatest ally, it’s everyone’s greatest ally. All that you don’t know is as important as what you do know. And that is what the fourth chapter is about. Each Mage has their own magical system, according to which they can create a Heart. There are as many ways of Magic as Mages in the world (so, not really that many), but all of them share some similarities.

Chapter Five is about the foundations of a ritual. Not every magical system has rituals, but it is always useful to learn and understand how these work, just in case you may find yourself in a desperate situation..

Finally, Chapter Six will be a directory with Formulas, Glyphs and Thrills that should serve as a starting point for all of you. Nothing too complex, but still, very useful. I left a few blank pages here, for you to add anything you learn and feel convenient.

If any of you misuses it, I swear to the Gods.

And this would be the real reason behind this tome: take whatever you can, leave what you create for others to use. I started this book as some sort of reproduction of the classic “Metodología del Fantástico”, that dear Gwendolin de Recattio left for us almost four hundred years ago, and that is obviously beyond obsolete at this point.

That and also probably burned to ashes as many other manuals end up.

Take notes damn it, I will leave spaces for everyone to make a little mark. But for the love of the Gods don’t use your real name, don’t be an imbecile.

Let’s make something together. Let’s create something important for once in our stupid lives. Let’s make the Bastard's life a little easier.

Gato.

That casual exclamation to the so-called ‘gods’ makes it clear that this book is either heretical or very old. Then again, the Wohlian it is written in is quite modern… but that could be the effect of magic, right? After all, this thing is written in ‘draconic’, which seems to be a magical language that self-translates or something?

But that was not the only thing that kinda came to my attention. This guy, Gato, is treating magic like this incredibly serious and dangerous thing… and I can’t help but feel a little nervous about it. I mean, everyone seems to be doing just fine, even if there are a few rules that I have to consider. Was this deal really so complicated?

Well, Gato was the expert, and it felt like everyone respected them plenty so… I will abide by them!

Besides, the knowledge here is beyond promising! A part of me wants to skip right to chapter 6 and start learning new runes! But no, I have to be patient, I have to learn the way it was intended and take my time absorbing/acclimating to the knowledge!

That does remind me, I have my own runes to learn and start using, too… should I begin practicing that before I start learning new ones?

“Wait. Before you do any of that… there’s more on the page?”

Huh?

I will add as much as I can! This book is a great resource but it is also a bit outdated, after all it’s been almost 80 years since its writing!

Don’t give up! We will see this through!

— Giovanni.

If I leave that idiot in charge of the notes he will undoubtedly forget things. Take his optimism with a grain of salt.

Pay attention.

— Mustafá.

Annotations?

I quickly open the file on my computer to compare… and just as I thought, these annotations are not on the scanned version. The beginning is exactly the same, but the writing makes it obvious that these two were written at different times, by the same hand but, still, copied individually!

I look down at my physical version again. Who are these people? And why did they feel the need to vandalize the book like this? I can only beg for them to actually make sensible and useful comments. If this book is as old as they say, maybe the updates will be a good thi–

Wait, only 80 years? I thought a book like this would be at least a century old.

Maybe magic is surprisingly modern after all!

“Fat chance. Gato quoted one of his sources, ‘Metodología del Fantástico’, which should be around five hundred years old.”

Hmmm, whatever the case… I should ask someone about this.

But I can’t just go right back to the Chatbox after saying I would be busy, that would be silly! I instead connect to the Messenger.

Pepe is not online, probably planning a cool vacation with his family or something. Vito is out drawing, Patricio is online but busy… ah, there it is! The group Gal made. Someone should know something there…

xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Hi hi! n.n Anyone here?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: hey Tav, just me for now! the others are busy or snoring.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: I wish I could go for some zzz right now
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Is it late where you live? o.o
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: early, we have a few hours of difference between Wohl and Rayah.

The Commonwealth of Rayah… that’s on the literal other side of Jericho, so of course we have half a day of difference!

xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Wait O.o is it like, five in the morning over there then!?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: eyeup
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: today I gotta take care of granny’s business and that means waking up EARLY
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Damn u.u I hope you have a good day, remember to keep hydrated!
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: hah, will do, will do.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Hmmm… hey, sorry to bother you with this but, I gotta ask… uwu
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Have you ever heard of Mustafá and/or Giovanni? uwu
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: in what context?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: those are names, you’re saying names right now
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: In magic contexts? O.o
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: not a clue, sorry
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Bah, probably just a couple of randos then u.u
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Oh well, thank you anyways! n.n
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: where did you even find those names?
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Ah! I found them in the physical version of the book you sent me!
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: why did you go looking for that?
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: I don’t like reading in electronic media TwT
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: hmmm ok but be careful
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: don’t go testing the knowledge of randos or something like that
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: I won’t, I won’t -u- I will be nice and careful!

Cracking my knuckles, I finally get back into the book. Finally, some answers at hand!

Warning: this is gonna be long and kinda dark. Sorry.
A little backstory I guess. Both of my parents are very stubborn and set in their ways, they have food aversions that have negatively affected their health. I love them and they have done the best they can, but their stubbornness has definitely fast tracked their negative health. My mom has been sick most of my life.
Late last year, my dad got diagnosed with early stage colon cancer. A week after his diagnosis, my mom fell into a coma.
She had to be transported to a nursing rehab facility over 80 miles away, because she has been off and on, but mostly on, a ventilator. Lots of infections every couple weeks that bounce her in and out of the hospital. She is ultimately going to pass away, and I’ve made peace with this. I would preferably have it happen sooner than later so she doesn’t suffer.
Now my dad… bless his heart, chemo destroyed his stomach lining. He went through chemo while my mom has been sick, and I felt awful that he had to go through that while mom has been so sick. He was so sick for 4 months that he could hardly get water down, let alone any solid food. It took 7 ER visits and him passing out three times for them to finally admit him to the hospital.
I am an only child (I have a sibling who lives on the other side of the world and doesn’t give a shit if they live or die). My husband helps so much with everything, but it’s obviously a very overwhelming situation for the both of us.
For the last two months, I’ve been begging my dad for us to take my mom off life support. It’s exhausting to constantly worry about her, and I KNOW this isn’t what she would want. I hardly get to see her, she gets sick every other week, and she has no quality of life. I have tried to be very understanding with my dad because I know he hasn’t been able to see her and it’s killing him. I want him to spend time with her before she passes. But he isn’t doing anything to help his own health that will allow him to go see her.
He still has a lot of weakness (due to other health conditions unrelated to cancer), but he is just now beginning to eat normally again. That being said, I’ve BEGGED (begged is an understatement - I’ve CRIED to him about this) for him to RELAX and STOP DOING THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE when he feels like he is having a good day. Just because he’s feeling strong, doesn’t mean he has that strength.
I’ve had a sinus infection the last few days and haven’t been over to clean his house. Yesterday, he decided he’d take all the trash out (which is a big physical task at the house), along with riding the lawn mower around to mow the front and back lawn. Problem is, his lawn mower ran out of gas so he had to walk around the yard to get things finished.
This lead to him being SO weak today, that it took him over an hour to lift himself off the toilet. He calls me early this morning, frantically FREAKING out because he had tripped over his charger and broken it, his phone was on 1%, and he “needed his phone in case he fell or got stuck on the toilet”.
I want to reiterate - I have BEGGED him to stop doing so much, because he only gets this weak when he overexerts himself. I am sick right now, I haven’t been able to visit my mom in a week, and now I’m about to clean his house because he’s too weak to stand up and even get himself a drink.
AITAH for being tired of this shit? I feel like my dad is disrespecting me by not following my simple wishes of him to just relax and let me do things for him, so he can get his strength back. He can’t sit still and let that happen, and its keep us from seeing my mom, and allowing her to finally be at rest.
I’m exhausted and I’m tired of having to parent my dad. He won’t eat anything good for him, won’t do the few things I ask of him that will ultimately help him heal quicker, and I’m stuck in the middle of him and mom. My husband has been so amazing and helpful, but I feel awful for asking so much of him, we just recently got married and it feels like the first year of our marriage has just been about taking care of my parents.
I just want peace for my mom, health for my dad, and time off for me and my husband to relax for once. And I feel like a piece of shit for wanting that, but my health is deteriorating (my hair is falling out from stress) and I’m only 26. I feel like I’ve thrown away my twenties in order to care for them, because I have. And I feel like an asshole for feeling that way, but I’m just so tired.
Thanks for reading if you got this far.

So I'm a guy, turning 30 very soon. After kinda sitting on the sidelines for a few years while I got my life where I wanted it to be, and finished dealing with some issues, waited for the worst of covid to be behind us, I started putting my best foot forward seriously trying to date 2 or so years ago. I feel like I've tried just about everything I can think of, and I haven't been on even one date since, never mind getting into a relationship.
I've never been one to get too fazed dealing with challenges, I keep composed, work hard if needed, and wait for tough times to pass. Even when I had cancer a few years ago, and I went through it stoically, it was less than 7 months between diagnosis and my final chemo session(over 5 years remission now). I thought this would just be another challenge to work through but I'm feeling really directionless now, no idea what I should do next.
I'm at that point in my life where what I want to find that person I can share life with. And then kids... I've known in my heart since I was a kid myself that I want to be a dad one day, and I think I'm as ready emotionally and financially as I'll ever be, but it feels really far away right now.
The hardest part is not knowing where I'm going wrong, if I were actually going on dates, maybe find out we're not a fit and then move on, that would be fine, it'd be something I can learn from, it would help me continue growing as a person, but now I'm just stuck. I know that there's much more to relationships than just getting that first date, and the fact that this has become such a roadblock just makes me concerned about every other step on the road ahead, especially since it's been more than a few years now since I've been at that point.
I've been on the apps, hinge, bumble, match, including premium subs, haven't kept count but I probably sent out thousands of likes on bumble, and then maybe a thousand messages out between hinge and match, got maybe 8 serious matches and like 3 actual conversations that eventually fizzled, and one date agreed on that seemingly stood me up and unmatched before I even got to the coffee shop(I still waited, no dice). I put lots of effort into my profiles, I've had photo's professionally taken (the lady taking the photo's knew what they were for), I've sought out profile and messaging advice, made sure I got perspectives from women, tried all sorts of different ideas, and nothing changed.
I don't think I've been all that picky either, really just 3 things on my "list", agreement on future family planning, someone who I believe I can be active with, since that's become very important to me(and honestly doing rec sports together sounds great), and my one kinda superficial point is someone of a similar background to myself, outside of that I've kept an open mind.
I've been to like 9-10 singles mixers/speed dating events/etc, not bad experiences but also nothing really coming of them, one match who didn't end up responding to my message. I've tried some different hobbies that put myself in spots to meet people, tried a couple dance classes, and couple other types of hobby related activities, in those cases I figured that I probably wouldn't end up sticking with them long enough to get to a point where I'm not going to not just be "that guy" doing something to only meet women, which is not a good look, probably makes them uncomfortable, which I don't wanna do. I think I can find an interest in a lot of things if I were sharing the experience with someone rather than just going alone trying something. I think a big part of any relationship is taking an interest in each other interests. Something as simple as just cooking dinner together sounds so good right now lol, I'm just rambling here but it's never really taken that much to make me happy tbh.
I think activities I genuinely enjoy will probably make me more relaxed and able to just be comfortable being myself, and supposedly more attractive as well, which is something I have been looking for. A big one I found is playing co-ed rec league sports, honestly have had a really good time playing them and they're a great way to be active, so I'm going to keep doing that. It's been good for meeting new people too, but basically all of the women I've met at these I eventually find out through conversations that they're already seeing someone, or they're clearly there with their partner. I've come across that a lot elsewhere too, friends of people I meet, and my own friends, and anyone they know are all also partnered off, so even if they'd like to set me up, they don't know anyone.
I should mention that I didn't go into any activity and just start hitting on anyone or with a primary mindset of meeting someone, I would go for the sake of the activity itself, try to enjoy it, talk to people (not just women) and see what happens from there.
I also started working with a matchmaker several months back, quite pricey but I thought given where I am in my life it made sense as an investment. I did my research and I don't have regrets, but so far its 1 match that I knew wasn't a fit (on me for not mentioning something during my intake) and a second match who turned me down, TBD where that goes from here.
People have told me that I'm doing the right things, and maybe I am, but at the same time I think it would be hard for anyone who puts a lot of effort towards something, not just dating, anything, not see any sign of progress, and not have a loss of faith in the process. I don't have a moment in the last 2 years to like.. hold onto as a sign this isn't all futile. I was way more sure of myself 2 years ago, I'm not spending all my time thinking about this, but when I take a moment to stop and reflect, I really wonder where this is all going wrong.
Since I guess some might ask for context, I'm about 6 ft, about average looking I would assume, european mixed white background, in good shape, go to the gym, take care of myself (looking for a partner, not another mother, lol), good job, have my own apartment, I think that I'm living decently close to my best life otherwise. I'm on the reserved side, I know that I'm not perfect, when I find faults with myself I work on them to improve... but that's not a prerequisite for anyone else to find someone, so it has to be something about me, and I'm not going to blame anyone else. I will press on, not give up, but when a pattern persists and the results stay the same, you have to change how you do things, but I don't know what that means right now, maybe I'll find some kind of direction from making this post. :)

I wanted to try and make some cream puffs using a rose-shaped silicon mold but I wanted to be sure if this was a good idea or not. I know choux expands so maybe that may make mold-usage difficult but I assume that if you don’t fill the molds in all the way, that makes it more doable. But then again, I ever really see cream puffs in any shape besides, well, puff-blob. And when I do, it’s always straight out of the piping bag and onto the parchment paper in simple-ish shapes (like chouxnuts or hearts). Does the chemistry or needs of the choux therefore affect the extent and methods to which you can shape it?

Hey y'all!
I had a little excitement on my Candela Obscura mystery writing journey - I just hit my 5,000th download! That's way, way more players than I expected when I set out writing a couple months back.
Folks have been telling me how the stories play out at their tables, which delights me to hear - it's kind of like co-writing a story, GMs and players add their own twists and turns, with new relationships or personalities for a familiar cast of characters.
Some of the player twists, I totally use for when I run the investigations - like, the abandoned bunker radio in Listening Post Echo being haunted with the voices of trapped soldiers, in a death loop sort of situation? That's genius, way spookier than what I had in mind! And some player-written details just delight me, so I run those, too - Dr. Hux having a hunk boyfriend, that certainly sparks joy, that went straight into my head canon for the character.
It's fun to see the different directions players take the characters. I play Ashley from The Beast in the Binding as a sympathetic, heart-broken sort of character. One GM made her the villainess for their next assignment. At my tables, Ariadne the witch has been an ally, an antagonist, and (with remarkable consistency) a love interest XD. Folks keep falling for Ariadne, I didn't expect that at all when I wrote her!
Here are the links to each individual assignment/resource, in case you'd like to take a look :)
Hope ya have fun! Oh, and stay tuned, we'll be doing a benefit for famine aid in Palestine in a sec here.
Single Player Assignments:
Play Candela Obscura in single-player mode with these choose-your-own-adventure style modules.
The Descent, Solo Edition - you accompany a rag-tag expedition to the ancient Oldfairen ruins beneath the city, and discover the secrets of Dig Site #347!
Here's the Community Version (free): https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/the-descent-solo-edition-community-version
Here's the Unabridged Version (paid): https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/the-descent-solo-edition-unabridged-version
Editor's Choice Assignments:
Classic assignments that are good for beginners - if you're not sure where to start, start here!
The Beast in the Binding - an investigation where you track down a missing arcane tome: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/the-beast-in-the-binding
The In-Between - an interdimensional investigation where you discover where a dead man came from: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/the-in-between
The Descent - an investigation where you join an archaeological expedition deep beneath the city: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/the-descent
The Second Circle - a haunted house investigation: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/the-second-circle
Full Length Assignments:
Your standard Candela Obscura assignments - fully realized and ready-to-run!
The Train Job - an investigation where you chase a stolen tome in a series of high-stakes heists:
https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/the-train-job
If It Bleeds, It Leads - an investigation into the murder of a prominent surgeon that reveals a dark secret: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/if-it-bleeds-it-leads
The Temple of Nepenthe - an investigation where you rescue a missing novelist: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/the-temple-of-nepenthe
The Paper Trail - an investigation where you find the culprit in a theft from the Briarbank College library: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/the-paper-trail
Lost in Dreams - a missing person's case where you track down a young student: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/lost-in-dreams
The Heaven-Sent Stranger - a horror story of isolation in the rural Fairelands: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/the-heaven-sent-stranger
Single Page Assignments:
Simple little ditties that you can roll out with zero prep!
Listening Post Echo - an abandoned bunker from the Last Great War with a terrible secret: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/listening-post-echo
The Score - your task is as simple as it is treacherous: intercept a package before anyone else can: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/the-score
Resources and Guides:
One-pagers for your investigators and lore for you, dearest GM!
Here's the "Arcane Compendium" with tomes of arcane lore: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/the-arcane-compendium
Here's the "How to Play" one-pager for easy printing: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/how-to-play-candela-one-page-guide
Here's the "Setting Guide" one-pager for easy distribution: https://nostromosreliquary.itch.io/candela-setting-guide

[LWG - PVP ZONES TRADER 35k Start Bounties Active Staff]
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🛠️ Mods:

• Renegade Gear
• Brutal Bears
• Collectables
• Dark Hoard
• DNA Keycards
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Reddit users browsing this community's sidebar may notice a brief discussion about FRICKs, so I think a short post about it is in order here.
Fricks (symbol: FRICK) is a simple ERC-20 token deployed on the Polygon PoS chain (0x46e8181365bb6dcd948c1fd5d998d6241bc88892) that was created to power the community points system at the heart of the FortniteRejects Reddit community.
We are actively working on the bot software that will be responsible for managing off-chain transfers on this subreddit and are expecting to start testing it live before the end of June 2024. So please stay tuned!

This is a simple update from my this post, https://www.reddit.com/CK3AGOT/comments/1bwutpj/all_the_special_locations_part_1/ .
Im combining both lists and giving it an update before the next AGOT update, in case you dont known and are living under a rock its they're adding motherf***ng DRAGONS.
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(AGOT mod version Hotfix Build 0.2.7)
MODS : An AGOT Special World, COW-AGOT: 3D Models & New Mechanics, AGOT: Minor House Flavour + Cultures, More Buildings Reboot + AGOT + another 63 mods not related with buildings
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PS. the probable reason some buildings giving 2x the normal reward should be bc of my mods, ex. the inn in oldtown appears in two different holdings and both give +100 diplo each when you visit them.
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Beyond The Wall + The Wall
Skirling Pass ( 100 steward + 150 prestige)
Tuskcairn (100 martial)
Fist of the First Man (100 martial)
Ruddy Hall (100 diplo)
Craster Keep (100 intrigue)
Haunted Forest (100 intrigue)
Hardhome (100 steward)
Skane + site of the Feast of Skane (200 martial)
Eastwatch (100 martial)
Castle Black (100 martial + Capital)
Mole's Town (100 intrigue)
Shadow Tower (100 martial)
Nightfort (100 martial)
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NORTH
Last Hearth (100 martial)
Kharhold (100 martial)
Grimmm's Fort (100 martial)
Dreadfort (100 intrigue)
Wraithfeld Hold (100 intrigue)
Legtree ((100 martial)
Mormont Keep (100 martial)
Bearstone (100 diplo)
Mormont (100 diplo)
Breakstone Hill (100 steward)
Deepwood Motte (100 martial)
Sea Dragon Point (100 martial)
Alton's Rock (100 intrigue)
Winterfell (kingdon capital + 100 martial + 100 steward)
Winter Town ( 100 steward)
Torrhen's Square (100 martial)
Old Amber Ruins (100 steward + 150 prestige)
Hornwood (100 intrigue)
Northern Cold lake (100 martial)

• Slate Lake Old
• Old Lake Cove
• Lamb Fort
• Chillwater Tower

Ale Port (100 Steward)
Borrow Hall (100 learning + 100 piety)
Barrowton (100 steward)
Grailheart (100 marial)
Widow's Watch (100 martial)
Moat Callin (100 martial + 100 when you fully restore it)
Greywater Watch (100 martial)
The Causeway (100 steward + 150 prestige)
Wolf's Den (100 martial)
White Harbor (100 steward)
Seal Rock (100 intrigue)
Proged Port (100 steward)
Sept of Snows (200 learning)
Flint Cliffs (100 martial)
Flint's Finger (100 martial)
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VALE
Breakwater Watch (100 martial)
Sisterton (100 martial + 100 intrigue)
Pink Spur (100 learning)
Star's Teeth (100 martial)
Strongsong (100 martial)
Coldwater (100 martial)
Heart Home (100 martial)
Falcon Climb (100 diplo)
Moon's Approach (100 intriue)
High Road (100 intrigue)
Bloody Gate (200 martial)
Gates of the Moon (200 martial)
Stone (100 diplo)
Snow (100 martial)
Sky (100 martial)
The Eyrie (kingdon capital + 200 diplo)
Redfort (100 martial)
Castle Wickenden (100 steward)
Runestone (200 martial)
Runeport (100 steward)
Grafton Holdfast (100 intrigue)
Gulltown (100 learning + 100 steward)
Port Arryn (100 steward)
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IRON ISLANDS
Pike (200 martial + kingdon capital)
Lordsport (100 steward)
Great Wyk (100 martial)
Hoare Castle (100 martial)
Drumm Tower (100 martial)
Nagga's Hill (200 learning)
Harlaw Hall (100 steward)
Lonely Night (100 diplo + 100 steward)
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RIVERLANDS
Seagard (100 martial)
The Twins (100 steward)
RIVER TRIDENT (5 locations)
Erenford Hall (100 steward)
Lancewood (100 steward)
Mighty Point (100 steward)
Coxbailey (100 steward)
Fairgate Tower (100 steward)
Stillfen (100 diplo)
Oldstones (100 martial)
Mudgrave (100 martial)
Raventree Hall ( 100 learning)
Inn of the Kneeling Man (100 diplo)
Stallion's Grove (100 diplo)
Stone Hedge (100 steward)
Riverrrun (kingdon capital + 100 diplo)
Quite Isle (100 learning)
Waayfarer's Rest (100 martial)
Pikemaiden (100 martial)
Barrenton (100 martial)
Greensound Tower (100 martial)
Stoney Sept (100 intrigue)
Atranta (100 intrigue)
Catle Hagedorn (100 intrigue)
Lakeheaven (100 diplo)
Whitewalls (100 intrigue)
Maidenpool ( (100 intrigue)
Pool's Guard (100 diplo)
Poolmoor (100 learning)
Huggate (100 martial)
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CROWNLANDS + DRAGONSTONE
Whispers (100 martial + 100 intrigue)
Claw Isle (100 steward)
Vallscale (100 diplo)
Dragonstone (kingdon capital + 100 martial)
Spicetown (100 martial)
Castle Driftmark (100 diplo)
Hull (100 steward)
Hight TIDE (100 martial)
Duskandale (100 martial)
Dun Fort (100 martial)
Shadowshield (100 martial)
Darkwoord (100 diplo)
Stokeworth (100 martial)
Mergewater (100 steward)
Sharp Point (100 martial)
Stonedance (100 intrigue)
Sweetport (100 learning)
Red Keep (empire capital + 200 diplo + 100 intrigue)
Flea Bottom (100 intrigue)
Sept Baleor ( 100 learning + 100 piety)
Gold Cloaks city watch (100 diplo + 100 learning)
Dragonpit (100 learning)
Redgrass Fiel (100 martial)
Wedgewood (100 diplo)
Knight's Bridge (100 martial)
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STORMLANDS
Kingswood Forest (100 intrigue)
- 8 different countys to visit in the area
Rainwood Forest (100 intrigue)

• 10 different countys to visit

Rain House (100 diplo)
Broad Arch (100 martial)
Storms End (kingdon capital + 200 martial)
Gate Durrandon (100 diplo)
Dour Hall (100 martial)
Evenfall Hall (200 diplo)
Brightmoor (100 sterward)
Morne (100 diplo + 100 steward)
Griffin's Roost (100 martial)
Tudbury Hall (100 steward)
Greenstone (100 martial)
Weeping Town (100 intrigue)
Stonehelm (100 martial)
Driftpeak (100 martial)
Summerhall (100 diplo)
Blackhaven (100 martial)
Castle Greyhawk (100 martial)
Haverst Hall (100 steward)
Nightsong (100 martial)
Nightingale (100 martial)
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DORNE
Spottsqwood Jungle (100 learning)

• 3 different countys to visit

Greenblood Settlement (100 steward)

• 3 different countys to visit

Wyl (200 martial)
Vulture's Roost (200 martial)
Price's Pass (100 martial)
Kingsgrave (100 martial)
Skyreach (100 martial)
Crawl's Keep (100 martial)
Blackmount (100 martial)
Starfall (100 martial)
Radiant Cliffs Lighthouse (100 steward)
Yeonwood (100 martial)
Blood Town (100 steward)
Sandstone (100 martial)
Hellholt (100 diplo + 100 intrigue)
Brinmstone Hall (100 martial)
Ghaston Grey (100 intrigue)
The Tor (100 martial)
Ghost Hill (100 diplo)
Torchspear (100 learning)
Isle Nymeros (100 diplo)
Plankytown (100 diplo + 100 steward)
Water Gardens (100 diplo)
Shadow City (100 martial)
Sunspear (kingdon capital + 200 intrigue)
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WESTERLANDS
Banefort (100 martial)
The Crag (100 martial)
Castamere (100 martial)
Ashemark (100 martial)
Golden Tooth (100 martial)
Boneroot (100 martial)
Deep Den (100 martial)
Hornvale (100 martial + 100 steward)
Sarfield (100 martial)
Cleagane's Keep (100 martial)
Reyne's Port (100 steward)
Vilkary House (100 steward)
Casterly Rock (kingdon capital + 100 steward)
Lion's Harbor (100 steward)
Lanniskeep (100 steward)
Lann's Sept (100 learning)
Payne Hall (100 steward)
Brixhall (200 steward)
Crakehall (100 steward)
Faircastle (100 martial + 100 diplo)
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REACH
Highgarden (kingdon capital + 200 diplo)
Beastheric (100 martial)
Tumblenton (100 steward)
Norcorss Castle (100 steward)
Grassfield Keep (100 diplo)
Ashford Castle (100 steward)
Ashford Meadow (100 martial)
Goldengrove (100 steward)
Applehill Castle (100 steward)
Longtable (100 steward)
Cider Hall (100 steward)
Dunstonbury (100 intrigue)
Claymore (100 steward)
Greenway (100 steward)
Mandhaven (100 steward)
Honeyholt (100 steward)
Brightwater Keep (100 martial)
The Hightower (200 steward)
Starry Sept (200 learning)
Citadel (100 learning + 100 diplo)
Seven Shires (100 learning)
Oldtown (100 steward + 100 diplo)
Beaconbridge (100 diplo)
The Ring (100 martial)
Red Lake (100 martial)
Coldmoat (100 martial)
Old Oak (100 martial)
Grimston (100 martial)
South Castle (100 martial)
Oakenshield Castle (100 martial)
Oakhaven (100 marial)
Horn Hill (200 martial)
Starpike (100 intrigue + 100 martial)
Ryansport (100 martial)
Starfish Keep (100 martial)
Wynegarde (100 steward)
Golden Vines (100 steward)
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ESSOS
Lys (kingdon capital)
Zobri Bastion (100 martial)
Temple of Trios (100 learning)
The Bleeding Tower (100 steward)
Tree of Crowns (100 diplo)
Lysayn (100steward)
Myr (100 steward)
Croryo (100 learning)
Thaesh (100 learning)
Dyher (100 learning
Qelrios (100 diplo)
Pentos (100 diplo)
Sunset Bazaars (100 steward)
Cheesemonger's Manse (100 steward)
Temple of R'hollor (100 learning)
Palace of Prosperity (100 learning)
Hugor's Hill (100 learning)
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GRAND TAMPLES
(those holy sites where you can build NEW Grand Temples IF you have the right religion)
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Fist of the First Man [Old Gods, Magnar, Frozen Shore Old Gods, Old Gods BW]
High Heart [Old Gods, Bronze Gods, ]
Thenn Valley [Old Gods BW, Magnar, Frozen Shore Old Gods]
Nightfort [old gods bw, Magnar, Frozen Shore Old Gods]
Thenn Valley [ Magnar, Old Gods BW, Frozen Shore Old Gods]
Bearstone (iron tooth holding) [IronBorn]
Mermaid Rocks (the Arbour) [IronBorn]
Selkie Rock (shield isles) [IronBorn]
Sundeland (sundkin Island) [Lady of the Waves]
Peblle [Lady of the Waves]
The Paps [Lady of the Waves]
Witch Isle [Lady of the Waves]]
Mudgrave [7Faith, Balorism, Warring Star]
Fairmarket [Faith of the 8]
Highgrave [Balorism]
Nonombion [Prinely Arbiter]
Hugor's Hill [Prinely Arbiter, Servants of the Star]
Sunrise Market [Prinely Arbiter, Servants of the Star]
Shackleroad [Faith of R'hllor]
Temple of Trade [Weeping Lady]
Old Kyland [Servants of the Star]
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Extras: after you finish a LEGEND you gain a decision to "clear the ground for a legendary building"
Leg. Palace (100 diplo)
Leg. Hunting Lodge (100 martial)
Leg. Statue (100 martial)
Leg. Shrine (100 learning)
Leg. Watchtower (100 martial)