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Cities: Skylines

2014.08.14 21:33 embermage Cities: Skylines

A community-led subreddit for Cities: Skylines and Cities: Skylines II, the city-builder games from Colossal Order.
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2008.09.16 16:07 Subreddit for the Boston Celtics

The community for the 17-time NBA Champion Boston Celtics!
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2014.02.27 04:00 StOoPiD_U FreeGameFindings

/FreeGameFindings is based around finding free game promotions all over the place! Be it Steam, Epic, Origin, Ubisoft Connect, GOG, Xbox, Playstation, or Nintendo Consoles, we will find every last free Game and DLC promotion we can, and get it to you!
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2024.05.21 23:43 Brilliant-Lychee-518 Sumatra Slim Belly Tonic

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2024.05.21 23:42 redfish7211 38 [F4M] #Ohio #Southeast US Build a homestead with me!

TLDR: ISO Rural/country oriented, right leaning, quiet life
Please see my other ad for a few other details
Core Requirements - Age 30-50 - Location: must in the US (non-negotiable), anywhere in the south east - NOT married or in any type of committed relationship. I am VERY monogamous.
Vanilla: - ***** Must be into rural living and/or homesteading *** - Speak fluent sarcasm and have a great sense of humor (The darker the better!) - Doesn’t take life too seriously, goes with the flow - Pro 2a
BASICS: I’m an introverted homebody that enjoys a simple life. Low key, low drama, low maintenance. I have all the typical ‘adulting’ in order (car, house, job etc) and I’m simply looking for a person to enjoy that with. Speaking of a jobs, I also have a side gig (reselling) that is my passion project. Three Great Danes are what I consider to my children, but no actual tiny humans, nor have I ever been married. I also thrive on sarcasm and dark humor.
While I currently live in Northeast Ohio, I do plan on relocating to somewhere in the southeast, preferably somewhere with mountains.
HOBBIES: I have ADHD, so collecting hobbies is a thing. I’m also very prone to researching anything that pops into kind (pick a topic and I’m sure we can have a great conversation on it) Current hobbies include reselling (and always learning more about e-commerce), house plants, gardening and the dogs. Being a Pisces, being around water brings me a lot of peace. Whether that’s walking on the beach, fishing or kayaking. I also love the outdoors! Camping, hiking, bushcraft.. you name it, I’m down. I don’t watch much tv or movies, though I adore books! I also adore music, and almost all genres (except rap)
DISCLAIMERS: As stated I have ADHD, but also BPD, CPTSD, depression and anxiety. These conditions are well managed (I’ve ‘done the work’). So while they’re not my entire being, they have shaped who I’ve become.
ABOUT YOU: I don’t care how much money you make, but I do request that you’re life be in order and emotionally capable of a relationship. Having a great sense of humor is extremely important. Because while there times to be serious, I tend to just roll with the flow and not get bogged down by things that won’t matter in a month or year.
I crave a deep and substance filled partner with whom we can share thoughts, musings and ramblings from the mundane to aliens to the philosophical. And of course, everything in between.
I’d also want a partner who enjoys a slower paced life. If you travel a lot, we probably won’t be a good fit. I find peace and calm at home, I’d like someone similar. But also someone who’s into either farming. Homesteading, prepping or something alone those
I’d you’ve read this far, here’s a cookie 🍪 If you do choose to respond, please say more than just hi. Tell me a bit about yourself and what you’re looking for.
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2024.05.21 23:42 Lone_Phantom13 Documents for citizenship application

Hi everyone! My name is Michael and I'm a 32-year-old Italian national. I have lived in the UK since July 2015. In September 2020 I applied to EUSS and got my Settled Status with subsequent ILR. I would like to apply for citizenship now, but I'm not 100% sure I've got sufficient documents to prove that I've resided in the Country continuously for 5 years. Before applying and wasting my money, I would like to double check with you. So, for the majority of the time I've worked as an employee and I can prove that through my HMRC personal online account. It lists all the jobs I've done in the last 5 years, detailing start and end dates, taxes paid etc. I'm not providing any payslips or contract, as the HMRC summary should be sufficient proof.
The problem is I've got 2 big gaps. From October 2021 to April 2022 and from November 2022 to October 2023 I haven't worked. I can't use my bank statements to prove I've been in the UK during these periods, but fortunately I've got some other ways to prove it I think.
In December 2021 I had my 3rd dose of the COVID vaccine and I've got a NHS record stating that. In January 2022 I received a letter from a solicitor, because I made an offer to buy a house. It has my name and my address on it. In March 2022 I changed mobile telephone provider and I've got an invoice, because they had to send a new SIM card to my home address. Is it sufficient proof to cover the October 2021 to April 2022 period?
Regarding the latter period, I've got an A&E summary dated 20th December 2023, following a visit to a hospital. from January to May 2023 I've been away from the UK and I've declared that in the absences section. From June to October 2023 I've got a medical summary stating the date when I registered to the clinic (13th June) and the repeat prescriptions I have been issued until 9th October. Then I also got another hospital summary related to a referral appointment I've attended to. Again, is it sufficient proof that I've resided in the UK from June to October 2023?
On the basis of such evidence, is my application likely to be approved or rejected? Thank you very much for your help!
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2024.05.21 23:42 PurpleShapedBows I am in need of help.

My soon-to-be ex-husband is harassing me at work for the past year. I've blocked him on all social media and we no longer live together. We are also now in different departments. He follows me around the building yelling my name. Tells people lies about me. Sometimes he waits by my car for me to get to work. He has been physical in the past. I am scared to come to work.
I reported him when it first started happening and I was consoled by two different HR people and the HR manager.
Fast forward almost a year and I've reported him again and was told they can't do anything until he does put his hands on me. I was also told that i should have reported it when it first happened, which I did.
I've requested two building transfers which have been denied, reported him to the ethics hotline, and I've put in a hardship transfer that has taken weeks/I've been accepted but they refused to send the offer letter to me.
I have no idea what else to do.
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2024.05.21 23:42 Chad_Thunderk0ck Is my mod list ok? Where to ask for load order help?

Hey all - I just started a big NV playthrough with a bunch of mods, no issues save for 1 so far as I followed VNV+ to a t, then installed mods that only had compatibility patches with one another or ones that didn't change anything. Only issues so far is with the Salt Lake Stories mod where the quest giver for the mod is sitting in front of a fire that is missing a textures, and then some of the little caves for More Mojave have a texture of the old mountains covering them up but I can walk through them with no issue. I'd like to make sure I don't have any big problems though (crashes or significant issues with quests/content), so where would I be able to find help to just once over my list, get rid of any unnecessary junk, etc.? My biggest concern is the load order because I accidentally let LOOT organize it in MO2 and it honestly seemed to do ok? But nevertheless.
Here's the mod list and the load order, how'd I do?

This file was automatically generated by Mod Organizer (load order).

FalloutNV.esm
DeadMoney.esm
HonestHearts.esm
OldWorldBlues.esm
LonesomeRoad.esm
GunRunnersArsenal.esm
ClassicPack.esm
MercenaryPack.esm
TribalPack.esm
CaravanPack.esm
YUP - Base Game + All DLC.esm
NavmeshOverhaul.esm
fixy crap ue.esp
Landscape Texture Improvements.esm
Vanilla Enhancements.esm
Landscape Texture Improvements - YUP Patch.esm
BraveNewWorld.esm
New Vegas Landscape Overhaul.esm
Uncut Wasteland.esm
Simple Open Freeside.esm
TGMIO.esm
Functional Post Game Ending.esm
MoreMojave.esm
TLD_Travelers.esm
NVInteriors_Core.esm
New Vegas Redesigned II.esm
Vikki and Vance Improvements.esm
NVInteriors_ComboEdition.esm
Simple Open Strip.esm
Mojave Wildlife (Vanilla-Style + No Chanced).esp
A World of Pain Revised.esm
Better Brotherhood.esm
mil.esp
The New Bison Steve Hotel.esm
CookCookTwo.esm
CIBS-Customizable-Integrated-Backpack-System.esm
Afterschool Special.esm
LegionRadio.esp
mil_Add-On.esp
Functional Post Game Ending - YUP Patch.esm
Better Character Creation.esm
Functional Post Game Ending - Uncut Wasteland Patch (VNV).esp
LCSO.esm
LFSO.esm
MMDD.esm
Brotherhood and House Truce.esm
Brotherhood and Legion Truce.esm
Hardin and NCR Truce.esm
House and NCR Truce.esm
House and Kings Truce.esm
House and Followers Truce.esm
House and Kings Truce FPGE Patch.esm
Mojave NPCs.esm
House and Kings Truce Mojave NPCs Patch.esm
outsidebets.esp
DynamicWeaponDisplays.esm
MojaveSquads.esm
ClaimtheMojave.esm
ClaimtheMojaveLandscapeOverhaulRemastered.esm
ClaimtheMojaveMoreMojave.esp
GreatKhansStay.esm
FiendsLeave.esm
BrotherhoodLeaves.esm
Faction Wasteland Presence.esm
SaltLakeStories.esm
HiddenValleyOverhauled.esm
DMT _Dead Money Tweaks_.esm
Encounters of the Mojave - Highway 95 South.esp
Encounters of the Mojave - The Fort.esp
Encounters of the Mojave - Camp Searchlight and Cottonwood Cove.esp
Encounters of the Mojave - Primm and Mojave Outpost.esp
Encounters of the Mojave - NCRCF and Hidden Valley.esp
Encounters of the Mojave - Goodsprings and Sloan.esp
Main And Pause Menus Overhaul.esm
Impostors and LOD Flicker Fix.esp
NVMIM.esp
Unofficial Patch NVSE Plus.esp
YUP - NPC Fixes (Base Game + All DLC).esp
Crafting Consistency Fix.esp
Uncut Wasteland.esp
Uncut Extra Collection.esp
ExRB.esp
Simple Open Freeside - FPGE Patch.esp
Little More Lamplight.esp
DLC Enhancements.esp
Casino Crowds.esp
Casino Crowds - FPGE Patch.esp
Misc Content Restoration.esp
BraveNewWorld-FPGE.esp
Functional Post Game Ending - Uncut Extra Collection Patch.esp
BraveNewWorld-YUP.esp
BraveNewWorld-UncutExtraCollection.esp
BraveNewWorld-OutsideBets.esp
MoreMojave - FPGE Patch.esp
Atmospheric Lighting Tweaks - EVEM Patch.esp
Trap Tweaks.esp
CookCookNewLook.esp
Cook-Cook In His Castle - FPGE Patch.esp
Classic Fallout Weapons Remastered v1.2.esp
NVR2 - YUP Patch.esp
NVR2 - BNW Patch.esp
Combat Armors Replacer.esp
The New Bison Steve - FPGE Patch.esp
QwibNewBackpacks.esp
CookCookNewLook_BNW.esp
Cowboy Radio - Now with VA.esp
Cowboy Radio - Songs Only.esp
thejoeroganexperience.esp
Platinum Radio.esp
Uncut Wasteland (VNV) - EVEM Patch.esp
NVR2 - UW NPCs Patch.esp
Uncut Wasteland - YUP Patch.esp
Viva New Vegas - LOD.esp
Vanilla UI Plus.esp
The Mod Configuration Menu.esp
rockbiter_AnimationSounds.esp
B42Retrievables.esp
Better Brotherhood - FPGE Patch.esp
Better Brotherhood - YUP Patch.esp
boa ncrpahelmet.esp
Misc Content Restoration - YUP Patch.esp
Misc Content Restoration - UW (VNV) Patch.esp
Boacombat2glove.esp
ImmersiveRecoil.esp
JustAssortedMods.esp
FNV FaceGen Fix.esp
FPGE - EVEM Patch.esp
EVEM - YUP Patch.esp
Enhanced Movement.esp
JIP Companions Command & Control.esp
Titans of The New West.esp
Afterschool Special - FPGE Patch.esp
Simple Open Strip - FPGE Patch.esp
IndependentFollowersFix.esp
Independent FotA Fix - FPGE Patch.esp
TGMIO_FPGE_Patch.esp
enclaveradio.esp
Conelrad 640-1240.esp
Atmospheric Lighting Tweaks.esp
Strip Lights Region Fix.esp
DNWeathers.esp
CC - Rain.esp
CC - 3D Rain.esp
More Perks v3.esp
Better Balanced Backpacks.esp
DLC Weapon Integration.esp
LaserWeaponIronSights.esp
PlasmaWeaponIronSights.esp
UWU.esp
Mojave Arsenal.esp
Mojave NPCs - Simple Open Freeside Patch.esp
FPGE - Yes Man Primm Deployable Securitrons.esp
FPGE - Fucking Spectacular Lifting.esp
FPGE - McNamara HELIOS One FULL.esp
Weapon Mods Restored.esp
FPGE-EdeStays.esp
FPGE-Rebuild Vegas.esp
FO3AssaultRifle.esp
AutumnLeaves.esp
DWD-LCSO.esp
DWD-LFSO.esp
DWD-New Vegas Pack.esp
MojaveSquads-SimpleOpenFreeside.esp
MojaveSquads_SMIM.esp
ClaimtheMojaveFPGE.esp
ClaimtheMojaveSquads.esp
ClaimtheMojaveTLD.esp
ClaimtheMojaveUncutWasteland.esp
CtM_SMIM.esp
Claim the Mojave - Extended Roombounds Patch.esp
Difficultpete.esp
ultra luxe expanded fountain.esp
LonesomeRoadScorchedSierraPowerHelmet.esp
Handcraft.esp
Radio New Vegas Cut Songs Restoration.esp
SLS English Fixes.esp
SaltLakeStoriesTweaks.esp
Lucky38Reloadedv5.esp
DWD-L38Reloadedv5.esp
Lucky38Reloadedv5_YUP_Patch.esp
Forgotten Millenia.esp
DMT Master Patch.esp
DMT TTW Patch.esp
DMT TTW Sortomatic Homes Patch.esp
Brotherhood of Steel Robots.esp
Legion Sagittarii And Venators.esp
Legion Scorpionarii - Legion Auxiliary.esp
Encounters of the Mojave - Black Mountain.esp
Legion Houndmasters.esp
NCRChemtroopers.esp
NCR Stormtroopers.esp
WaterToTravel.esp

This file was automatically generated by Mod Organizer (mod list).

+Encounters of The Mojave - Goodsprings and Sloan
+Encounters of The Mojave - NCRCF and Hidden Valley
+Encounters of the Mojave - Primm and Mojave Outpost
+Legion Houndmasters - Legion Auxiliary
+Encounters of the Mojave - Black Mountain
+Encounters of The Mojave - Camp Searchlight and Cottonwood Cove
+Encounters of The Mojave - The Fort
+Legion Scorpionarii - Legion Auxiliary
+Legion Sagittarii and Venators - Legion Auxiliary
+Brotherhood of Steel Robots
+NCR Stormtroopers
+NCR Chemtroopers (Sodaz Trench Raiders inspired)
+Encounters of The Mojave - Highway 95 South
-Kvatchcount Mods_separator
+DMT - Dead Money Tweaks - Complete Overhaul Patches
+DMT - Dead Money Tweaks - Complete Overhaul Main File
+DMT - Dead Money Tweaks - Complete Overhaul Config File
+DMT - Dead Money Tweaks - Complete Overhaul Asset Pack
+SIGMA - Melee animation overhaul - Chapter 1 - kNVSE
+Forgotten Millenia Animated
+ELITE 45 Auto Pistol Animation Overhaul (kNVSE)
+RNC - Quicksilver Flamethrower kNVSE Animation Set
+Butcher Pete Complete - A Melee Animation Overhaul
-Dead Money Tweaks_separator
+CONELRAD 640-1240 - Civil Defense Radio
+Enclave Radio
+Platinum Radio - A New Radio for New Vegas
+Cowboy Radio
+Imperium Radio - Legion Radio Station
+The Joe Rogan Experience
-Music_separator
+Water Required to Fast Travel
+Lucky 38 Suite Reloaded v5
+Hidden Valley Overhauled
+Salt Lake Stories Improvements
+Salt Lake Stories - Player Dialogue Fixes
+Salt Lake Stories
+Faction Wasteland Presence - Improved Edition
+Radio New Vegas Cut Songs Restoration
+Handcraft
+The Brotherhood Leaves the Mojave
+The Fiends Leave the Mojave
+The Great Khans Stay in the Mojave
-Working Mods 6_separator
+Lonesome Road - Scorched Sierra Power Helmet
+Ultra-Luxe Fountain Expanded
+Mewing Pete - Look Maxing of the Mojave
+Difficullt Pete the mod the movie the video game
+Claim the Mojave Living Desert Patch
+Claim the Mojave EXR Patch
+Claim the Mojave
+Mojave Squads SMIM Patch
+Mojave Squads Simple Open Freeside Patch
+Mojave Squads Ini
+Mojave Squads
+Dynamic Weapon Displays
+Autumn Leaves
+Assault Rifle Remastered
+FPGE - Rebuild Vegas
+FPGE - ED-E Stays at the Lucky 38
-Working Mods 5_separator
+Weapon Mods Restored
+New Vegas Uncut - Panzermann's Edition
+Cruiser's FPGE Mod Collection -McNamara Helios One
+Cruiser's FPGE Mod Collection - Fantastic Spectacular
+Cruiser's FPGE Mod Collection - Deployable Securitrons to Primm
+Mojave NPCs - Simple Open Freeside Patch
+Mojave NPCs
+House and Followers Truce
+House and Kings Truce
+House and NCR Truce
+Hardin and NCR Truce
+Brotherhood and Legion Truce
+Brotherhood and House Truce
-Working Mods 4_separator
+Mojave Arsenal
+UWU - Unique Weapons Upgradable
+Plasma Weapon Iron Sights
+Laser Weapon Iron Sights
+DLC Weapon Integration
+Better Balanced Backpacks
+Mojave Merchants and Desert Dealers
+Lime's Faction Safehouse Overhaul
+Lime's Casino Suite Overhaul
+More Perks Reimagined
+The Great Mojave Interior Overhaul Patches and Guides - FPGE Patch
+The Great Mojave Interior Overhaul
+New Vegas Landscape Overhaul Re-Remastered
+Cook-Cook In His Castle BNW Patch
+Brave New World
+New Vegas Redesigned 2 Revised
+Mojave Wildlife - Vanilla No Chanced Spawns Version
-Working Mods 2_separator
+Independent Followers Fix Quickly Revisited
+Cook-Cook In His Castle
+MoreMojave
+Afterschool Special
+The New Bison Steve Hotel and Lucky Casino
+Casino Crowds
+A Very Uncreative Collection of FPGE Patches
+Simple Open Strip
+Simple Open Freeside
-Working Mods 1_separator
+Uncut Wasteland Extra Collection Simple Open Freeside
+Classic Fallout Weapons Remastered
+Uncut Wasteland Extra Collection
+JIP Companions Command and Control
+Better Character Creation
-Mods_separator
+Combat Armors Replacer (NV - TTW)
+General Lighting Overhaul ALT Compatibile
-Salamand3r Visuals - Extension_separator
+NV Interiors Remastered
+The N.V. Interiors Project
+A World of (Less) Pain - A Lore Friendly AWOP Revision
+Another Millenia Gun Add-on
+Hit - Millenia Animations - Part 2
+Another Millenia
+CIBS - Customizable Integrated Backpack System
+Canvas Backpacks - FNV - TTW
-Mojave Express Content_separator
+Webb's Titans of The New West Patch Emporium
+aMidianBorn NV Book Of Water Book of Steel
+Titans of The New West
-Mojave Express Overhauls_separator
+Retrievable Throwables Reforged
-Mojave Express Gameplay_separator
+MAPMO - Main and Pause Menus Overhaul
-Mojave Express User Interface_separator
+Sound Extender
+Weapon Based Hands Clip Distance
+HIPControl - Weapon Idle Position Adjuster - ESPless
+AnhNVSE
+SUP NVSE
-Mojave Express Utilities_separator
+Uncut Wasteland VNV LOD Patches
+LODIFY - Level of detail improvement for your Fallout (TTW And NV Lods) SOGB Edition
+LODIFY - Level of detail improvement for your Fallout (TTW And NV Lods)
+Different LOD mods little tweaks and additions
+Wasted LOD - Cliffs of Mojave
+More LODs Additions and fixes
+TCM's LOD Overhaul
+FNV LOD Supplementation Optional Overpass
+FNV LOD Supplementation
+LOD additions and improvements
+Much Needed LOD fixed rocks color
+Much Needed LOD
+Trees LOD Billboards Vanilla
+FNVLODGen Resources
+LOD Fixes and Improvements - NVSE
-VNV LOD Stuff_separator
+Climate Control - Rain - 3D Rain
+Climate Control - Rain
+3D Rain
+Cloud Upgrade NVSE
+High Resolution Bloom NVSE
+Desert Natural Weathers - NV - TTW
+Atmospheric Lighting Tweaks - EVEM Patch
+Atmospheric Lighting Tweaks (Interior Lighting for FNV and TTW)
+A Little More Lamplight
+More Consistent Vanilla Rock Textures (Less Green Clifftops)
+Wasted Rocks Normals
+Landscape Texture Improvements
+Improved LOD Noise Texture
+High Resolution Water Fog - Water Aliasing Fix
+Smooth True Iron Sights Camera
+Iron Sights Aligned
+FNV Clean Animations
+Anniversary Anim Pack
+Viewmodel Shading Fix - NVSE
+Muzzle Flash Light Fix - NVSE
+Mostly Fixed FaceGen Tints (NV or TTW)
-VNV+ Visuals_separator
+Better Brotherhood
+The Living Desert - Travelers Patrols Consequences Increased Population and more
+Essential DLC Enhancements Merged
+FPGE EVEM Patch
+Functional Post Game Ending
+Misc Content Restoration UW VNV Patch
+Misc Content Restoration
+Uncut Wasteland (VNV) - EVEM Patch
+Uncut Wasteland VNV
-VNV+ Content_separator
+Harder Barter Faster Stronger
+Traps Tweaks - Traps Use Other Skills
+Vikki and Vance Improvements
+Vish's Patch Hub - Misc Content Restoration
+Vish's Patch Hub
+Enhanced Movement INI
+Enhanced Movement
+Essential Vanilla Enhancements Merged
+Faster Sleep-Wait
+Better Caravan
+Immersive Recoil 2.0
+Clean Just Assorted Mods (JAM)
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2024.05.21 23:42 NIPLZ IANAL, but let's take a step back and think critically about the situation

Baby Reindeer is a Netflix series purported to be about true events (elements of which have been fictionalised for dramatic effect and pacing) about Donny Dunn (a self-insert for actor and writer Richard Gadd) becoming the victim of harassment, stalking and abuse by a woman named Martha Scott
the series shows that Martha Scott, in no particular order:
Enter Fiona Harvey, who has gone on record (namely Piers' Morgan's show), claiming that she:
there are definitely more differences between Martha and Fiona but these are all I can think of off the top of my head
so can someone with more legal knowledge help me understand how anyone can think Fiona has a legal case here? by her own assertions, the show depicts a completely different person, and her beef should be with the internet sleuths and trolls who have wrongly accused her of being Martha. after all, she claims that the beef curtains thing was just an inside joke amongst regulars and staff at the Hawley Arms, so anyone could have mentioned it in a tweet.
in my view, the only way she could even begin to have a case is if she admits that she did do most of the heinous acts that Martha did, but she is clearly way too proud to do that.
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2024.05.21 23:41 External-Dream-8099 [WWTBC] both MC time travel through portal by plane in UK after hundreds years old crashed plane was discovered

I read this book in the early 2000s, I forgot it's name and author.
Here's what I remember:
A man and a woman travel on a plane, I think it might have been an army plane (don't know if US) to the UK because people found a crashed army plane that must have been a couple hundred years old. I think the MCs are flying there to investigate this plane and on their way there they travel through a time portal or something and crash a couple hundred years in the past. After this they live in the past and I think they become some kind of royals or something, maybe because the guy is an army dude and wins a war there or whatever. They also hook up in a castle or something and she gets pregnant by him I think.
I'm not sure if there was faelven magic involved or not, might be.
That's all I remember, I read this book in my teens but I think it was spicy, you couldn't tell from the German cover though
Maybe someone knows this book
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2024.05.21 23:41 Strict_Slide6467 Update on my first pc build.

I've made many posts about this, so here is another one. (: . This is my first time building a pc. I will probably find the same parts for cheaper, but I wanted your guys opinion on the build. If you have any suggestions or feedback, that would be so awesome. It is an all white pc, and will be used primarily for gaming, but some schoolwork. I wanted to have some upgradeability, so that's why I put the motherboard in. Here is the parts list.
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bs8nvj)
TypeItemPrice
:----:----:----
**CPU** [Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/BmWJ7P/intel-core-i7-14700k-34-ghz-20-core-processor-bx8071514700k) $397.99 @ Amazon
**CPU Cooler** [Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/gvGbt6/deepcool-ak620-6899-cfm-cpu-cooler-ak620-wh) $54.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** [MSI PRO Z790-A MAX WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CsvD4D/msi-pro-z790-a-max-wifi-atx-lga1700-motherboard-pro-z790-a-max-wifi) $239.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** [Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QTLFf7/corsair-vengeance-rgb-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl36-memory-cmh32gx5m2d6000c36w) $127.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** [Kingston NV2 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FnYmP6/kingston-nv2-1-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-snv2s1000g) $60.99 @ B&H
**Storage** [Kingston NV2 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FnYmP6/kingston-nv2-1-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-snv2s1000g) $60.99 @ B&H
**Video Card** [MSI VENTUS 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dy7scf/msi-ventus-2x-oc-geforce-rtx-4070-super-12-gb-video-card-rtx-4070-super-12g-ventus-2x-white-oc) $594.99 @ Newegg
**Case** [Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bQGhP6/montech-air-903-max-atx-mid-tower-case-air-903-max-w) $69.00 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** [Corsair RM850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/9KGbt6/corsair-rm850-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020232-na) $124.99 @ Amazon
**Operating System** [Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - Download 64-bit](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7ZpzK8/microsoft-windows-11-home-retail-download-64-bit-kw9-00664) $30.00
*Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts*
**Total** **$1761.92**
Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-05-21 17:38 EDT-0400
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2024.05.21 23:40 Juukona This is the first draft of my story

And I’d like you to review it! If you have a few minutes to share, I’d appreciate it.
This story has been cooking up in my mind for the longest time but I haven’t just gotten the time to write it out clearly. I’ve now made tons of lore and history to this world and this is the first draft of the first chapter.
I’d like to hear all the possible feedback since I’m not a writer lol, just a regular dude.
Is the dialogue good? Is the beginning intriguing? Could it keep the reader interested? Is the pacing good? And your overall impressions aswell, anything works!
v0.1
Chapter 1 Ruka, prince of Sei Hongotsu
Panel 1
A black panel where it reads:
”The Year 417”
Panel 2
Wong glazed upon the beautiful kingdom of Sei Hongotsu from atop of a tree. The two moons of this world gloomed beautifully over the kingdom and it’s huge palace.
”Kingdom of Sei Hongotsu”
Panel 3
Wong leaps from the tree with inhuman speed towards the palace.
Panel 4
There stood two guards on top of the walls of Sei Hongotsu’s palace.
”Im sorry sir, I shouldn’t have said that.”
Panel 5
The older guard answers to the younger one:
”No need for the formality here, everyone’s in an urgent meeting called by the king himself.”
”…”
Panel 6
Tairatsu asking the older guard curiously:
”So… is it really true?”
Panel 7
The older guard’s face drops as he stares intensely towards the horizon.
Panel 8
Almost hesitantly, the older guard answers:
”…Yes”
Panel 9
Tairatsu tries to speak but the older guard cuts him off:
”So Wong, the royal guardian of Winhou really killed the whole royal fami-”
”Tairatsu.”
Panel 10
Tairatsu looking at the older guard:
”Huh?”
”There is a war coming.”
Panel 11
Tairatsu looking at the older guard with a face of disbelief
”HUUUHHH? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING OLDIE? HAVE YOU FINALLY LOST YOUR MIND?!”
Panel 12
The old guard looking towards the horizon again.
”This is going to sound ridicilous, but I can feel it. I’ve felt like this once before.”
”Crazy.”
Panel 13
The old guard continuing:
”I never had time to have a family. I was always going somewhere, never looking back. And now, it’s too late.”
Panel 14
The older guard taking off his chain with a green emerald on it.
”This emerald has been passed through generations in my family. It’s said the one wearing it will live to see his grandchildren.”
”Huh? Where are you going with this?”
Panel 15
The older guard looking at Tairatsu with soft, fatherlike eyes.
”You already have a wife and a young boy. I want you to have this.”
Panel 16
Tairatsu looks to the older guard.
”Sir…”
Panel 17
The older guard now with a big smile with tears dropping down his face:
”You’re the closest thing I’ve had for a son.”
Panel 18
Tairatsu bawling his eyes out while the older guard notices Wong walking on top of the walls aswell.
”SIIIRRR!! I CAN’T SNIFF ACCEPT THIS!!”
Panel 19
The older guard shushing Tairatsu:
”Tairatsu, quiet down.”
”Huh?”
Panel 20
Wong walking closer and closer to the guards. The older guard yells to the man:
”You shouldn’t be here! State who you are!
Panel 21
Wong answering quietly:
”Forgive me.”
Panel 22
Wong dashing so quickly it seemed like he vanished into thin air to the guards.
”?”
Panel 23
Wong suddenly appearing behind them.
Panel 24
A katana formed from Wong’s hand, it looked like it was dripping blood and had some form of spirals on it.
Panel 25
Wong slicing Tairatsu’s head off like it was butter.
”!?”
Panel 26
Tairatsu’s head and body dropping to the ground infront of the older guard.
”TAIRATSU NO!”
Panel 27
Wong stating:
”I cut it so it was painless for him.”
”How did… it was so quick… I couldn’t even react…”
Panel 28
The older guard suddenly freezes as Wong prepares for a second strike towards the older guard in the background.
Panel 29
Wong slashing towards the older guard as he states his final words:
”Wait… you are-”
Panel 30
The older guards head dropping down to the floor as Wong continues to walk alongside the walls towards the palace.
(the chapter is still to be continued but this is the first scene)
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2024.05.21 23:40 A35821363 July 4. On this date in 1983 the UHJ wrote "This generation of Bahá'í youth enjoys a unique distinction. You will live your lives in a period when the forces of history are moving to a climax, when mankind will see the establishment of the Lesser Peace, and during which the Cause of God will play..

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2024.05.21 23:39 sophia_b0101 Class Code 5/14/2024 "Guessing Game" -- Sophia Boss

here's a link to the file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G7W4GdusVYyZjflhm4F19jR6tiFemlLK/view?usp=sharing // class code 5/14/2024 /* We will reproduce the game from last class: This game will read in a file of english words and then select a random word and present it to the user after shuffling it. The user has to guess the original word in one minute or less to win. https://onlinegdb.com/_ijm6Bc7L */ #include  #include  #include  #include  // For sleep using namespace std; size_t read_words_from_file(vector> &words, string fileName){ ifstream ifs(fileName); if(!ifs){ cerr << "Fatal error. Could not open " << fileName << endl; exit(-1); // This exits the whole program. Not just return to main. } string word; size_t num_words = 0; while(getline(ifs, word)){ size_t length = word.length(); if(length >= words.size()) words.resize(length + 1); words[length].push_back(word); ++num_words; } return num_words; } //This will jumble word by choosing a random location for each letter and will //return the jumbled word string jumble_letters(string word){ //remove pesky ^M at the end of windows lines if(word.length() > 0 && word[word.length()-1] == '\r') word = word.substr(0, word.size()-1); for(size_t i = 0; i < word.length(); i++){ size_t n = i + rand() % (word.length() - i); swap(word[i], word[n]); } return word; } int main(){ srand((unsigned) time(nullptr)); // seed rand //Words is a vector of vectors of a string where each inner vector is a // string of the same size as others in the vector vector> words; string data_file = "words.txt"; // open words.txt and read into vector size_t num_words = read_words_from_file(words, data_file); cout << "Read " << num_words << " words from " << data_file << endl; //Select a random word size and a random word from words of that size //TODO is there a bug in the two lines below? discover and discuss in the //forums either way size_t n = rand() % words.size(); string random_word = words[n][rand() % words[n - 1].size()]; string jumbled_word = jumble_letters(random_word); cout << "Stand by for your jumbled word of length " << n << "..." << endl; sleep(1); cout << "Unjumble this in one minute or less: " << jumbled_word < 
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2024.05.21 23:39 No_Bodybuilder8623 Fashion Designer is crazy and searching for HELP

Helloo,
I'm a crazy little fashion designer I'm working on my Bachelor and my topic is: How can innovative BioDesign concepts in architecture translated in a fashion collection.
I have reached a point where I need input and impulses from experts to create a coherent and functional design. I want to work with algae and use the growth of algae as the central theme of the collection. The plan is to design a speculative concept that visualizes a future scenario. This scenario envisions a sustainable future where we can even generate green energy with our clothing, and perhaps even produce fresh air through algae that we can breathe in through masks.
The concept is not yet fully developed, but I realize that I now need to speak with people working in these areas to design a plausible concept.
To briefly explain speculative design, it does not focus on the finished, functional product but on the concept that aims to create a controversy. However, the concept must be realistically developed and can be described through theories and prototypes.
And to BioDesign its a connection between Sciences and Design. It's a very interdisciplinary challenge and I can't do this just by myself.
Please give me your thoughts on this idea and what comes to mind.
Just everything what pop up in your mind!
For example, one of my ideas is to build a corset filled with algae water, allowing the algae to flow through the corset. This is just one idea... I have many others... oops!
I would be thrilled to receive feedback!
Best regards, P.
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2024.05.21 23:39 ravingkumquat Hiring animator to create a heartfelt animated music video

Goal: Create a heartfelt animated music video Song: TheFatRat - Still Here With You Tone: Happy, Sad, Sweet, Touching, Moving, Inspiring, Beautiful, Spiritual Style: 2D cute cartoon/anime Length: About two and a half minutes to fit the song (more is fine, adding a short intro/outro to fit the story is welcome) Deadline: 2 Months (flexible) Budget: $3,000 (flexible)

Sorry if the deadline/budget seems unreasonable. I am very flexible on both and am more than willing to work with someone on a fair price.

I would like to have a music video created for my fiancée, Emily, starring her and one of our cats, Fawkes, who we helped cross the rainbow bridge in February 2023. We always get the feeling he's still here with us, watching over us, spreading his love and joy. I want to imagine what that would look like if it were indeed true. On a spiritual level, they were/are truly soulmates, and I want to create something really special for her to remember him by. These last few years have been really tough for her, and we have been abandoned/betrayed by some friends and family mainly due to drama around our caring for Fawkes.

I am looking for someone passionate who truly wants to help me make this a reality. I will do everything in my power to get whatever you need to make this work. This is probably way too much info, but I'm trying to get my thoughts out if it can help the creative process for anyone. If you're interested, please send me a message.

Factoids:

Thoughts, ideas, notes:

backstory below

Beginning:
Fawkes came into our lives in July 2017 from the streets after his previous owners were taken away from him a few weeks prior. We immediately brought him to the vet to get checked and tested for anything. The vet found that he was chipped and five years old. As a result, they couldn't really do much besides try to contact the previous owners. We took him home and kept him separated from our other cat, Freyja, since we did not know if he could spread anything to her. He was pretty lethargic, hardly eating, and couldn't really keep much down. We honestly thought we would wake up the next morning and he wouldn't be with us anymore. Luckily, that was not the case.

He wasn't doing so well the next day, so we called the vet and they had us come in again. Since the previous day, he went from over seven pounds down to about six and a half pounds. Our vet decided it was necessary to medically intervene or he was likely going to die. They hospitalized him on the spot and started giving him subcutaneous (SQ) fluids and other medications to help with his nausea and stimulate his appetite. We left him under the care of the vet and all we could do was wait to hear back. He pulled through like a champ. He was eating, moving, jumping, playing, snuggling, and loving life. It was as if he was reborn, like a phoenix from the ashes, so we named him "Fawkes" after the phoenix from Harry Potter.

Over the following years, Fawkes and Emily became pretty much inseparable. He was such a lovebug and radiated that classic "orange cat energy" wherever he went. If he wanted to get into something, he'd either find a way or keep trying until we could stop him. He absolutely LOVED belly rubs, and not once was it ever a trap (unless you felt "trapped" rubbing his belly for hours). In all the time we had him, he never hissed at, scratched, or bit (non-playfully) anyone. He just wanted to love everything and everyone he met. He didn't have any enemies in his eyes, just others who may not have cared for the level of love and joy he wanted to share.

Later:
Fawkes was diagnosed with stage 1 chronic kidney disease (CKD) in October 2021, which quickly progressed to stage 3 by early 2022. We were giving him medicine a few times a day, SQ fluids every couple of days, and going to the vet every other week to have his levels checked. He became a regular at the vet and even a few employees confessed to taking breaks just to go snuggle him because they loved him so much. We almost said goodbye to him in May 2022, as his symptoms were worsening and he no longer wanted to eat. He was a fighter, though, and told us he wasn't done fighting yet by finally eating on his own just as we were trying to make that difficult decision. We took him to the Animal Emergency and Referral Center (AERC) that night.

The vet told us that he had developed anemia and our only options were either to take him home and start end-of-life care or do a blood transfusion (which might not even work) and keep him hospitalized for a few days to be monitored. We opted for the blood transfusion. The procedure went well and we were able to come and visit him a day later, though they still had to keep him for another day or two just to be safe. We were also able to have his case looked at by a specialist, and they adjusted his meds to better suit his needs. They were estimating he maybe had a few weeks to a month or so before we ended up back where we were before the transfusion. We were now giving him less medicine a few times a day, SQ fluids every night, and going on walks through our apartment building every night before bed.

A few weeks became a few months, and he seemed to be doing even better than he was all of 2022 before his transfusion. We would take him on trips to Petco every week or so, so he could walk around and meet new friends. We would bring him to the park while we played Pokémon GO, even if we ended up just sitting in the car. Starting around September 2022, my boss even let me bring him to work with me on days he wanted me in the office. Vet appointments were few and far between, sometimes a couple of months apart. This pretty much continued all the way into February 2023 until we started to notice more significant symptoms again, and his CKD values were getting much worse. He didn't want to eat, he was hiding more, and he would often seek comfort by laying in his litterbox. We could tell our little warrior was ready to be done fighting.

Goodbye:
On the night of Tuesday, February 14th, 2023, Valentine's Day, we decided we couldn't make him fight for us any longer. We called our vet and made an appointment for Thursday, February 16th, 2023. We spent the whole day together on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023, snuggling on the couch and finished with our nightly routine of SQ fluids and a walk. We all spent the night together on the couch, staying awake as long as we could. On Thursday, February 16th, 2023, we brought Fawkes to the vet, and he was excited to walk around and explore the new space for a short while before needing a rest. It was nice to see him perk up and act like how we remembered him to be. The doctors took him away to be prepped and brought him back after a short while. We were petting him, kissing him, and told him he was a good boy and how much we loved him as he peacefully passed. We left there with the heaviest pet carrier ever. An empty one.
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2024.05.21 23:38 KeyAnimator9077 AITA for asking my now wife to stay the weekend?

Hi. I'm using my wife's account because I don't have Reddit. Plus, this was her idea. I'm a 23 male now, and this happened when we were in highschool. So, a bit of backstory. My now wife (then friend) had a dog named Sam. A dirty white dog who had Chihuahua features. Not a real Chihuahua, but part Chihuahua. He was old at the time, but healthy as any old dog could've been. She loved Sam. She had a lot of pictures of him in her gallery and talked about him while we walked to the cafeteria. She also lived with her grandmother and little sister - both who treated her like a maid more than anything. This is important. One Friday, after school, my now wife and I were hanging out at my house in my room, watching Doctor Who. I knew by her body language that she was having an awful time at home, so I asked her if she wanted to stay here for the weekend. She said she'll ask her grandmother, who said that it was fine. Friday was fine. Saturday, we played Mortal Kombat. Then, Sunday came around. We were watching a YouTube video, and she got a call from her grandmother. She answered, and the smile she had turned upside down. She hung up and stared at her feet. I asked her what was wrong, and she told me "Sam passed. Karen (her sister, not real name) was going to give him a bath, and went to go get a towel, but he wasn't moving on the floor when she came back." I hugged her and she cried in my shoulder. It was a hard ten minutes to see her so sad - it broke my heart. I know it's been years since this happened, and to this day, I feel like the asshole for asking her to stay the weekend, because she didn't spend the last days Sam had. She, however, thinks otherwise, saying that he was a healthy dog, and no one could've seen his death happening. But, I'll ask the same way others do on here. AITA?
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2024.05.21 23:38 geoffsn Gave a talk on Sunday. Happy to hear thoughts on it.

Good morning sisters and brothers, fellow Saints of our aspirational Zion. I was asked to speak and allowed to decide what the topic would be. After a lot of consideration I felt inspired to speak about being Actively Engaged in a Good Cause and how that relates to the full name of the church.
I was glad when President Nelson decided to put more emphasis on the full name of the church. Not that I mind using the term Mormon, but because I do find the full name of the church to be significant. When the church was organized in 1830 it was called the Church of Christ. In 1834 the members voted to change the name of the church to the Church of the Latter-day Saints. Then in 1838 Joseph had a revelation for the name to be The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While this effectively combined the two previous names, it also highlights something that I think most people overlook. Namely that the church is not only Jesus’s church, but that the church also belongs to us, the Latter-day Saints. We too have ownership of the church. While this may sound strange at first, it actually also fits very well with another concept that Joseph Smith taught: Theodemocracy.
Joseph spoke of this most actively the year before his death when running for President of the United States and when the Council of Fifty was created. The idea also holds in it that while God is in charge, we also have ownership and must have a say, actively vote, propose new ideas, and generally be actively engaged in moving things forward. It is not a theocracy with a fake voting system attached like that of North Korea. However, we have largely seen our own tradition move from one in which we do things by common consent including adding to our canon or as in 1834 voting to change the name of the church, towards something much more akin to voting in North Korea. This has coincided with other shifts in which we have taken less and less ownership of our church and as a result failed to properly sustain and support our leaders.
It is unfair to our leaders for us to sit back and wait for them to do frankly most of the heavy lifting when it comes to the running and functioning of our church, stake, and ward. In the past when I’ve been in callings that required me to be overseeing the assignments of home teaching or really any other church assignments, my experience has been that occasionally some inspiration will strike for some of the assignments, but that for the majority, I felt like I was left to figure out myself what assignments seemed to make the most sense. I know that many leaders that I have spoken to on this topic have also had such experiences. When we as members speak with our leaders, share information with them, it makes it much easier to make the best decisions. Without that feedback much more is left to guesswork.
We need to support and sustain our leaders, but this becomes difficult or challenging if we bring some assumptions to the table when considering how we do this. A major one as I see it is when we put too much trust in the arm of the flesh and grant our leaders infallibility or the lesser but largely equivalent functional infallibility.
As the saying goes: “Catholics say that the Pope is infallible, but none of them believe it. Mormons say that the Prophet is fallible, but none of them believe it.” Brigham Young recognized the potential for harm in this setting and said:
"I am fearful [the Saints will] settle down in a state of blind self-security, trusting their eternal destiny in the hands of their leaders with a reckless confidence that in itself would thwart the purposes of God in their salvation, and weaken the influence they could give to their leaders, did they know for themselves, by the revelations of Jesus, that they are led in the right way.” – Brigham Young 1862 General Conference (quoted in General Conference of the church in 1963 and in 1989)
And this one is also important:
"And none are required to tamely and blindly submit to a man because he has a portion of the priesthood. We have heard men who hold the priesthood remark, that they would do anything they were told to do by those who presided over them, if they knew it was wrong; but such obedience as this is worse than folly to us; it is slavery in the extreme; and the man who would thus willingly degrade himself should not claim a rank among intelligent beings, until he turns from his folly. A man of God… would despise the idea. Others, in the extreme exercise of their almighty authority have taught that such obedience was necessary, and that no matter what the saints were told to do by their presidents, they should do it without asking any questions. When Elders of Israel will so far indulge in these extreme notions of obedience as to teach them to the people, it is generally because they have it in their minds to do wrong themselves.” – Millennial Star, vol.14 #38, pp. 593-95
Yet does this functionally happen in the church? Do we follow this council to find out for ourselves instead of simply assuming everything from our leaders is divine? Apostle Charles W. Penrose, who would later serve as counselor to President Smith, declared:
"President Wilford Woodruff is a man of wisdom and experience, and we respect him, but we do not believe his personal views or utterances are revelations from God; and when ‘Thus saith the Lord’, comes from him, the saints investigate it: they do not shut their eyes and take it down like a pill.” – Millennial Star 54:191
Do we do this? When the prophet says “Thus saith the Lord” do we take the time to investigate it? Do we remember President Kimball’s reaction to Elder Benson’s talk on the “14 fundamentals of following the prophet”?
"Spencer felt concern about the talk, wanting to protect the Church against being misunderstood as espousing ultraconservative politics or an unthinking “follow the leader” mentality. The First Presidency again called Elder Benson in to discuss what he had said and asked him to make explanation to the full Quorum of the Twelve and other General Authorities… A First Presidency spokesman Don LeFevre reiterated to the press the day after the speech that it is “simply not true” that the Church President’s “word is law on all issues—including politics.” – Lengthen Your Stride – Working Draft, by Edward Kimball
I’ve had the opportunity to know some great Mormons who do take this approach, but I’ve also known many who treat quotes from church leaders like downloaded messages from God (no human filters involved).
If we can believe that God is capable of inspiring our leaders, surely we can believe God is capable of letting us know when they’re wrong. If instead we assume that their judgment is always superior to our own, perhaps we’re helping to put up a massive iron gate.
"How often has the Holy Spirit tried to tell us something we needed to know but couldn’t get past the massive iron gate of what we thought we already knew?" – Dieter Uchtdorf 2012 Worldwide Leadership Training
Moses once opined “Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!” We have all been confirmed members of the church and in that confirmation told to receive the Holy Ghost. It is easy to forget that when the spirit tells us something, that is a member of the Godhead speaking to us. If we can believe that God can give guidance to our leaders surely we can also believe God can give us guidance.
Another important and often overlooked point is the context to this oft quoted verse:
"We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion." -D&C 121:39
This statement wasn’t given in a vacuum. It is in the middle of a long discussion of priesthood and priesthood authority. This is talking specifically about priesthood leaders. When we read that “many are called but few are chosen,” we’re reading that many priesthood leaders abuse their power and only few truly honor it. The saints in Joseph’s day understood this. I think we’ve sanitized it over the years to make it seem like an aside, an intermission on the discussion of priesthood. This statement is as true now as ever. This verse, with its proper context, needs to be a lesson for us as members. We need to sustain and support our leaders. This doesn’t mean following them blindly. This doesn’t mean we must become “yes-men” to them. This does mean pray for them to be chosen instead of just called. This does mean to influence our leaders to do God’s will. Remember, one of Brigham’s concerns about us acting as if all our leaders decisions were divine is that it will “weaken the influence [we] could give to [our] leaders.”
What questions our church leaders will take to the Lord are impacted by our own openness to those things. In 1977 President Kimball expressed concern that if the Race-ban on priesthood was removed that there would be pushback from members in the American South and from some in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. When President Hinckley was asked in an interview about the Gender-ban on priesthood his response was that “there’s no agitation for it.” Until we better engage in our own history and understand how we got to where we are now it will be very difficult if not impossible for us as members to be prepared for the removal of the current gender-ban on priesthood.
Sometimes we might justify our own spiritual laziness by saying that while our leaders are fallible that God will never let them lead us astray, granting them a sort of functional infallibility. Nevermind that this was first said when my 3rd-great-grandpa President Woodruff was trying to convince members not to leave over the Manifesto. Nevermind that it means that we’re denying our leaders their agency by assuming that God removes their ability to make mistakes in their callings. Maybe some make such a statement more nuanced. Maybe they think that our leaders can make mistakes, but they won’t be majosignificant mistakes. Well, what is and isn’t significant depends a lot on who you are and how you’re being affected by it. I’m thinking that the women and children who were slaughtered in prophet-sanctioned genocide in the Bible considered that a significant mistake. I’m thinking that the thousands denied temple blessings their entire lives because of the color of their skin might consider that significant.
Let’s just recognize that few are chosen and that we need to give our leaders constructive/interactive support. We place a lot of responsibility on our leaders and they are very likely to make mistakes. Because they are human and doing their best, but as humans we all err from time to time. Recognizing the mistakes of our leaders is essential to giving them true support; it is vital to sustaining them. I would hope that we would avoid enabling or cheerleading bad decisions that friends or family are about to make. Pointing out why a decision will be or was problematic is what we expect of people who we truly love and support us, because it helps us to avoid pain and pitfalls and enables us to be our best.
Here’s a story from our little section of Salt Lake City in which members recognized the potential for mistakes and took ownership of our church. On August 23rd, 1896 Stake President Angus M. Cannon proposed a man to be the bishop of a new ward which was to be divided from the Sugar House Ward. The congregation voted against the proposed new bishop. President Angus M. Cannon then purportedly shouted "Sit down! and shut your mouths, you have no right to speak!" When Cannon engaged in a shouting match with the dissenting congregation, a ward member and policeman threatened to arrest the stake president for disturbing the peace. President Cannon more calmly repeated his attempt but was voted down "again several times." The Secretary of the First Council of the Seventy was in attendance and wrote in his journal: "I have been taught that the appointing power comes from the priesthood and the sustaining power from the people and that they have the right of sustaining or not sustaining appointees.
When it comes to being actively engaged in church endeavors our neighborhood and the general Sugar House area has done a lot. The "stake missionary program" began in the Granite Stake under President Frank Taylor in the early 1900s. It was an idea presented to President Taylor who then prayerfully considered trying it out as a stake. It proved successful and was later picked up by the General Authorities who made it a church-wide program.
The seminary program was also started in our stake after Joseph Merrill (a newly called member of the Granite Stake Presidency) felt inspired to start it and worked out agreements with the school board and got it going at the very new (at the time) Granite High School.
Also, in 1909 the Granite Stake started a monthly family home evening program. After counseling with many sisters and brothers in the stake, the Stake Presidency asked each family to spend Tuesday evening home together. All of these were local things which were eventually picked up and run at the church-wide level. We have a history in our area of being anxiously engaged and pioneering with new ideas.
While those are all instances of members, wards, and stakes starting programs for good causes in our area of Salt Lake City, they are just a few examples of Saints starting inspired efforts which were eventually accepted and promoted by the top church leaders. The relief society started when women in Nauvoo came together to do some good. The Primary program, Sunday school, Mutual Improvement Association, welfare/farming, organized genealogy efforts, and Young Adult programs all also started as members and local leaders were anxiously engaged and thereby gave influence to the top church leaders.
So as we consider how we can more actively engage in the church and look at what we can do now that would help to further the kingdom of God, I’d like to share a few things that have been on my mind which I feel would be steps which we can do now and which doesn’t require any new doctrines, revelations, or organizational adjustments from our leadership.
  1. Give leaders their agency and remove the false idol of functional infallibility
I’ve already said a lot about this. The only thing I’ll add is to encourage everyone to read and learn about our history. The church history department has been putting out a lot of new, well-researched material, and there is a very high chance that it will be different than how you learned about things over the last several decades. Interestingly, most historically thorny topics become vastly easier to deal with when we stop denying leaders agency and ability to get things wrong.
  1. Stop turning into a time capsule of the 1950s
This is really a small thing, but sometimes small things can have an outsized impact. Assuming someone comes into church for the first time, they will likely be a little weirded out because in dress and culture they walked into a time capsule of the 1950s. The Amish did this with mid-1800s, some Mennonites have as well. FLDS have with when they split in the 1930s/40s. These groups that have followed this pattern of freezing time and culture because they have been integrated into their religious practice are generally ones that are not really growing and have little-to-no impact or relevance in society. If we want to do the most good and build the most bridges, it is easier to do if we don’t continue falling into this pattern. Any efforts on our part to make our meetings look like a place that people in the public could come into and not feel out of place are steps in this direction. Dresses, suits and ties aren’t part of Christ’s gospel. Missionary clothing is changing for similar reasons. New guidelines for missionaries include allowing sisters to wear pants and Elders to go without jackets, so surely we can extend the same to our church attendance.
  1. Always speak at church as though the audience is the general public
I have many times felt like I didn’t fit in or belong at church, and many times this has been because people speaking at church have done so with the assumption that everyone in the building must share their views on a given topic. Simply imagining that a gay couple, an ex-mormon, an investigator, some in the midst of a faith crisis, and others who live in our neighborhood are in the audience will help us to make sure that as we teach our lessons, give our talks, etc. that we will do so in the most open and welcoming way possible, which frankly is how i believe Jesus would have spoken. I truly believe that if we try to do this it will drastically improve our lessons and dialogue and help to make church a place that more people want to be. It is a change that (to borrow imagery from Jesus’s parable of the sower) will be akin to tilling and prepping the soil to improve the likelihood of allowing seeds to take root.
There are near infinite ways that we can innovate and get engaged in good causes. Awake and arise, join in the cause of Zion. The aspiration of Zion is to be of one heart and one mind and have no poor among us. I think it is worth noting that being of one mind doesn’t mean agreeing on everything. It means that we are united in love; love for God and for all persons. When this is our top priority, when we worry about how our actions impact others and whether our words and actions are conveying love, we become united. I’ve been a long-time fan of Eugene England’s essay “The church is as true as the gospel.” In it he makes the case that the church is true because it is a vehicle in which we are able to actually try to put the gospel into practice. In doing so we encounter difficulties as we interact with other fallible mortals and try to navigate our interactions in a Christ-like way. We all try and this mix of imperfect people who unite in love and service can help to bring each other and others to Christ. It is my prayer that we can find ways to engage with love, and humble ourselves like little children, to change our ways as needed to come closer to Christ. I leave this with you in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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2024.05.21 23:38 suememax Are my parents being to strict?

hi! I (16f) have been talking with a guy for two months now and things seem to be going well. We met in the park walking our dogs and exchanged instagram (where we learned i was good friends with his cousin lol) and he lives next door (crazy! We hadn’t seen each other before and we have lived in the same street our whole life).
No time for some background info, my parents are divorced (i live with mum) and really strict. I was just allowed going out with my friends without supervision and to house parties last year and this one to go on walks alone (only to the park and for one hour but it’s still a win for me).
Anyways back to the guy. I have been using my new found freedom to hangout with him behind my parents back, but we clearly wanted to be together for more than an hour lol and he asked me if we could have dinner and the nearest restaurant is 40 minutes away from our neighbourhood so I clearly needed to either lie to my parents or tell them, and after talking to my uncle I choose to tell them, and it backfired. They said I could as long as they knew:
  1. His name and last name
  2. His age
  3. His school
  4. Where he lives
  5. Where we where going and for how long
  6. His phone number
And they had to meet him in person first to ask him questions.
That was 2 weeks ago and I told my parents they were crazy and overprotective (I don’t even have his number, we talk through ig) and that i was embarrassed that they had to meet formally my friend before we went out. They said it was non-negotiable and I ended up cancelling the “date” (I told him i was grounded).
Now he asked me out again tomorrow and I don’t know what to do, I really want to go but I don’t want them to meet him.
What should I do?
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2024.05.21 23:37 External_Smoke_7765 Criminal investigation detective left card at my door, no case ID

Concerned and wondering what to do? I came home late last night and saw a business card from a detective for the criminal investigation unit left at my door. I was out all day, and not sure when they stopped by. The card only had the detectives name and the department they are under. There was no case ID and no further info. I thought about it pretty much all night wondering what it could be about. The most I can think of is petty credit card debt I haven’t paid and have had a suit filed against me by the creditor but I don’t think that would open a criminal investigation? I checked for my name in court records but apart from the lawsuits from the credit collector I found nothing. The suits have been dismissed from what I learned.
I did recently move into this apartment complex and have yet to update my address. I asked one of my neighbors if they got anything and they didn’t . I live in a small apartment complex and the front door is locked so you would need a key to get in, I’m curious as to how this detective got in. I considered it may be related to the tenants before me? I still get their mail.
I didn’t call the number on the card but instead called the police department and put in a transfer to the appropriate department but no one answered and I left no voicemail.
Should I call again? Or should I leave it be? I’m just so concerned and am really anxious to understand what this could be about. I hate feeling this worried.
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2024.05.21 23:36 Brilliant-Gas9546 Chaos and Order Prologue/chapter one

Chaos and Order Prologue/chapter One
Novella
The following is the first two chapters from my first fantasy novel. It's an almost Lovecraftian, dark fantasy inspired by the likes of Berserk, Attack on Titan and One Piece. I had originally thought to try and do a graphic novel. After realising the amount of effort that might take, I'll try it in prose form first.
Hope you enjoy
At the beginning there was only the Source.
The source energy of all things made from pure consciousness, an omnipresent higher being. Fated to be everything and nothing forever in an eternity of self reflection and loneliness, Source felt an eternity of despair. From that despair it gave birth to two new separate beings. Source's soul now divided into two entities.
Order and Chaos were born.
Source divided itself up equally between Order and Chaos and became all the life that that now wandered the world of Eve.
For a time, Order and chaos existed in balance. But Order, in it's increasing desire to control life, soon sought to banish chaos...
Our story begins long after Chaos and his followers have been mascaraed in an ancient war. A small village near the edge of the world is all that remains of them. In their desperation they cry out to their lord and begged Chaos for it's aid. Chaos also fearing it's extinction reached out to them. It would embed a portion its power upon one child born in precisely 9 months time. Created in to defeat Order, it is the last hope for Chaos and all of it's followers. It would defeat Order and the one who ruled in it's name. The leaders of the village David and Fae would give birth to the child of Chaos, it's power blessed upon the newborn. David and Faye named him Guy. Born to defeat Order and kill it's leader, the sorceress of Order. Chaos tells the villagers the child will be the one to rid the world of Order, and restore Chaos into the world. Soon Guy was born and the village held it's breath.
Guy always knew he was different. From his earliest memories, he sensed wasn't like the other children. Whilst they played together he trained alone. Harnessing his skills in combat.
Why do I do this? The thought was always stalking him.
"It is too much to burden you with" Guy remembers his mother telling him. "One day we will tell you everything and you will understand. You're everything our people have waited for. You're special Guy".
I don't want to be special. I just want a friend. I want to be normal...
Ten days before his 8th birthday, in the height of a winter storm, he heard his parents arguing. Every now and again the storm would drown our their voices. The next day they told him he was finally old enough to learn the truth about his birth and his destiny. All the ordeals and training would finally make sense.
Two days before his 8th birthday Guy watched the other kids celebrating one of theirs. Whilst his parents were away for a village meeting, he snuck out to join them. Guy asked if he could play too. The other children went silent. They quickly made excuses to leave. When Guy returned to his house he saw the other kids come back out again.
The next day he was once again practicing his combat skills with his wooden dagger. His father watched on.
Guy's form slipped for just a moment.
"Again Guy?." His father slapped the back of Guy's head . "How many times have I told you to concentrate!?"
Guy dropped his dagger.
"I don't want this anymore. I just want to be normal!!
Guy runs into the woods until, eventually, his father's scream disappeared into the gathering wind. Guy lies still, sobbing beside an old oak tree. A few minutes pass and exhaustion begins to creep in as his eyes turn bloodshot.
"I swear I won't come back this time" Guy muttered to himself.
The sound of thunder can be heard. Guy bolts up right and hears a scream coming from the village. He rushes to his feet and runs in it's direction. The screaming grows louder and louder as thick smoke begins to gather.
I knew shouldn't of ran away, its my fault this has happened! The words hung heavy in his mind.
He arrives back at the village. Hostile unfamiliar voices can be heard in the.
A cold voice fills the air.
"The child where is he?" Guy's father hovers in the air, his feet several feet above the ground, before a hooded figure. The hooded figure was tall and wore dark black and purple robes, his face shrouded in shadow. He carried a long body-length staff stretched towards Guy's father, a blue light shining towards his father's face at the very tip. Guy stops and watches as he sees the life slowly being choked out of him, his fathers eyes just visible through the thickening smoke.
"Tell me where he is!" the figure bellows
"I told you I have no child" David gasped
Guys eyes tremble and he holds back tears. His father's eyes meets his own for a second and then fades . Guy turns and runs. He doesn't stop. He runs for miles till the screams can no longer be heard. The only voices be could now hear was his fathers and his own as they swirled inside his head.
I have no son - He heard his father's voice
Why didn't I save them - He thought
I told you
Its all my fault. Its my fault Its all my fault Its my fault
I should of never have fled
I told you. I HAVE NO SON
Guy, aged 18, wakes up in the present day from the same nightmare. He is sleeping in a makeshift leather tent in the woods, his sweaty hand gripping his steel dagger. The full moon is high and bright but will soon be covered by thick cloud. Guy gets up and takes out his dagger and begins moving towards the nearby tree. He lunges in with it pointed just about touching the tree with the tip, just as he was taught to as a child. As the sun rises we can see that even in the gloom almost all of his strikes to tree were on target. There hundreds of incisions and pieces of tree missing, all laser focused on one spot just a few mm thick and wide.
The sunlight illuminates his lifeless eyes. He stares at the tree and wonders again, what is his purpose. His hand grips his blade as he lunges once more at the tree.
Chapter 1
Luna
Capital city
The grand temple of Order
Luna's heart danced with excitement as she walked hand in hand with her mother, her bright green-blue eyes sparkling with anticipation.
"Did you tell them I wanted white daffodils when I return to this plane? That's how I always imagined it!"
"Yes Luna, now we must hurry" her mother replied with a forced smile. Luna (7 years old) loved flowers but especially daffodils.
As they approached the grand hall, Luna's breath caught in her throat at the sight before her. The doors swung open to reveal a spectacle more magnificent than anything she had ever imagined.
Three magical orbs floated gracefully in an orbit around the hall, casting a soft, ethereal light that bathed everything in a blue mystical glow.
The religious, military, civil leaders and royal family members watched on in hushed silence as Luna and her mother entered the hall, the blue light only just bright enough to illuminate their eager faces as they watched on. It was so dim Luna could not see very far beyond the limited light the orbs cast. The distant edges of the hall still lay in shadow.
She had dreamed of final seeing the grand Hall and finally becoming a sorceress . Surrounded by white daffodils and the admiration of her family, she would emerge as the greatest sorceress ever. Luna inhaled deeply. She wondered if she'd be like the wise sorceress of the rebellion era who saved Eden from the dark one. Or perhaps the current sorceress , her great aunty Adel, whos powers would soon pass to Luna. As she approached the alter at the center of the oval hall, she looked around to see hooded figure at all side. Most held staffs with glowing blue orbs at the tip, all raised up towards the spheres that hovered in the air. A soft chant could be heard. A choir of hooded girls sang an almost forgotten ancient tongue towards the alter. Known only to a few, Luna couldn't remember what they called the language. Her mother had told her aside from a chosen few, no one remembered the name.
All as was designed by Order in his great plan. She thought
The song rose slightly as she reached the center. Luna walked up a stone step and kneeled before the alter just as she was told to do so. The grand priest, a tall balding man dressed in brilliant white robes cleared his throat and bellowed
"We begin this ceremony to welcome a new vessel to our saviour and light in the dark years. Great Lord of Order who banished Chaos to the night long ago. May we rid the heavens and Eden of all of his kin, so his name too will be lost to time" He cleared his throat again before continuing
"We the disciples of Order eagerly follow his path. Soon we will join him in the promised land"
Luna's mother whispers in her ear
"Be brave, Mother loves you" Luna didn't understand why there was a little sadness in her voice. Her mother squeezed her hand one last time then leaves her side to join her father who's eyes glared fiercely back at her.
Luna looked at her feet. I have to make him proud. Be a good daughter. Be a good sorceress
The grand priest began to speak
"So as the new eve approaches so we cast aside the old and begin anew. The final vassal and saviour." The room echoes these words with him. She could feel her heart beating in her ears
A hooded figure approaches her and removes her brilliant dark purple hood. The sorceress Adel, her great aunt and current ruler of Eden.
White haired and ancient, her passionless eyes stares down at Luna. She nods gently at Luna to begin. Now Luna needed to assume her rightful place before her and kneel. The center sphere turned blue and the air seemed to change. The great priest raises his arms and the chanting grows louder before coming to a sudden stop. Luna could sense a new presence among them. . She took a deep breath. The great priest passed a goblet of shining blue liquid to Luna. She drank a sip of the water and passed it to Adel. Adel was trembling too, even more than Luna. Adel took a sip before passing the goblet back to the grand priest.
A moment passed. From the corners of the hall a shadow moved quickly. The blue light of the spheres began to shiver and twist as the shadow passed though it. The shadow reached out and sank into Adel. She screamed as light bellowed from her mouth.
An unearthly voice rang
Do you accept me, child
There was silence
Luna couldn't find her voice. She opened her mouth gasping for the words. Looking over Adel's shoulder. She saw her father's eyes glaring from the shadows. Luna's heart skipped a beat.
"Yes I I accept"
The light blasted out of Adel and hit her head on. Luna screamed as the Adel fell to the floor.
She felt the light tear into the very fabric of her soul and bury itself there. For a moment Luna no longer knew who she was, where she was, or have memories of ever being alive. Her soul was ripped out her body and flung far, far away. There she felt the pure terror of eternity gaze at her. She knew Order was with her now. Waiting, watching. For a moment she thought she could see what was almost an eye, or window of perception. Flashes of light began to appear from it. Each flash was a moment in time. The future. It began to unravel itself in her mind. Her soul screamed out as the future became a part of her. Now every moment of her life, her was as burnt into her memory and it began to unfold one second at a time.
She opened her eyes and saw clapping.
"Arise sorceress Luna."
Tears streamed down her face she took a step forward.
It was just the same as she had foreseen. It was just the same as she had foreseen. It was just as she had foreseen..! The words tormented her.
Everything is the same. No this can't be real. This can't be... Her eyes met Adel's Adel looked back at her with a sad smile.
"I love you Luna. Be strong"
"It hurts. please, please help me, please" Luna begged
"Promise me you won't give up. I believe in you" Adel replied. Luna looked at her feet.
I can't let them see me cry.
She looks up and sees her aunt collapse and lay motionless. The blue light fades and colour returns to the hall.
Luna reaches to cover her eyes as more tears began to form. She already knew what would happen next, but she couldn't prevent it. The tears kept appearing.
Stop stop, please Stop
Her father grabs her her arms away from her face and thrusts them to her side. He kneels and whispers.
"If you don't stop crying and bringing shame to out family.. to our LORD. I will no longer have a daughter. Am I understood?"
"Yes father"
"As you were, child". He glares and pushes her towards the head priest before returning to his seat.
"Continue" he bellows. Everyone who was for a moment frozen in place by his fury jolt back to their positions. All was all just as she had seen. Burnt into her mind . It was like walking through a familiar tunnel. A tunnel of her life. And then came the next moment, and the next. Like she foreseen. Like she had foreseen like she had foreseen...
Her heart slowed.
Who am I now. Please help me Aunty
She saw the daffodils she had requested dancing in the air as she walked through an applauding crowd. She grabbed one and stared at it. Onlookers sobbed and hugged each other in joy. The choir resumed, right at the precise moment she expected it would. She opened her hand and looked at the white daffodil. It was just a dead flower, nothing special.
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2024.05.21 23:36 Incubus_EJ [M4F] - Pathogen - your source for cheap, low-cost assassinations

This starter is an assassin's tale that can take many different directions: romance, thriller, mystery, etc. Shoot me a message/chat if interested! Cheers.
“Pathogen, your source for cheap, low-cost assassinations!” a radio announcer yells. “Here at Pathogen, we take the high cost out of contract killing. Hate someone? Need a rival eliminated… permanently? We got you covered with only a flat, one-time fee.”
Hyzen scoffs and turns off his radio intercepter that scans the dark web for Pathogen activity. It appears they now advertise in plain sight. That takes balls. Hyzen gets up from the couch and makes his way into the kitchen.
“I know you're there,” Hyzen says to no one. He opens the refrigerator and peers inside. “Come on out,” he adds, nonchalantly sticking his hand inside to grab water.
There's silence. But Hyzen hears footsteps. The barely audible sound of bare feet hitting the hardwood floor.
Hyzen turns to stare at a lone shadow figure in the room. “So… Pathogen finally tracked me down, huh? Took you guys long enough.” He takes a drink of water.
“Don't gloat,” . She clenches her fists. “You're just a name on a piece of paper for me now."
“Really? After all we've been through? I'm just a name? That's pretty harsh,” Hyzen says, walking over to grab a peach.
“I don't care. You're a traitor.” glances around the home and sees a mask on a nearby shelf. It's creepy. It's evil. It's a strange combination of black and gray. looks back over at him. “I see you still have your mask, Reaper.”
Hyzen nods. “Of course. That shit is like a collectable.”
charges at him while pulling out a knife. Hyzen throws his peach into the air, blocking her assault then pushes her back with a palm to her chest. He catches the peach on its descent and takes another bite. “You'll need to be better than that,” Hyzen taunts.
grins. “We both know I'm the better assassin.”
Hyzen shakes his head. “Nuh uh. I have a higher body count. Actually, I still have the highest body count.” He expands his arms into the air. “Across all of Pathogen's assassins. It's pathetic, really. I haven't killed in years. Pathogen is nothing without me.”
“Then come back.”
“No.”
“I don't want to kill you, Hyzen.”
“I don't want you to kill me either, .”
“I told the bosses I'd try to recruit you back… clearly, I failed. Here I come.” No dash this time. approaches calmly, the sound of her bare feet slapping the hardwood floor beneath her.
Hyzen looks at his peach. “Damn… Not even enough time to finish my favorite snack.”
“Peaches are gross,” says and swings at him.
Hyzen ducks, pushing her fist away and throwing a kick. dodges and spins to sweep his leg. Hyzen leaps over the kitchen island and blocks her fist as she follows him. throws some combinations, which Hyzen dodges and blocks with no trouble. He palms her chest again, pushing her back a couple of feet. “You're weak to that? It's been years and you still can't defend against the palm? That little step back is the difference between life and death.”
approaches again. “Shut up.” There's a noise on a monitor, distracting Hyzen as he looks over at a screen sitting on a cabinet in the living room. “Got you!” she yells.
grabs him and swings her leg up and hip tosses him to the ground. She wastes no time, grabbing his arm and pulling it between her legs in an armbar. Hyzen screams as extends his arm without mercy and grabs a knife from her waistband, holding it to his wrist. Bleeding out isn't a bad way to die. A mercy killing.
“Dad?” a voice asks. A little girl walks into the living room, emerging from an adjacent bedroom.
loosens her grip and looks at the girl. Probably three years old and that distraction is enough for Hyzen to break free. Hyzen gets up and throws a downward punch at , but she somersaults backward.
While resets, Hyzen rushes over to his daughter. He turns back around to face , shielding his daughter, who hides behind him.
“It's okay, Lexi,” Hyzen says.
Lexi peers around Hyzen and pokes her head out, locking eyes with . “Who are you?” Lexi asks.
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2024.05.21 23:34 External_Smoke_7765 Criminal investigation detective left card at my door, no case ID

Concerned and wondering what to do? I came home late last night and saw a business card from a detective for the criminal investigation unit left at my door. I was out all day, and not sure when they stopped by. The card only had the detectives name and the department they are under. There was no case ID and no further info. I thought about it pretty much all night wondering what it could be about. The most I can think of is petty credit card debt I haven’t paid and have had a suit filed against me by the creditor but I don’t think that would open a criminal investigation? I checked for my name in court records but apart from the lawsuits from the credit collector I found nothing. The suits have been dismissed from what I learned.
I did recently move into this apartment complex and have yet to update my address. I asked one of my neighbors if they got anything and they didn’t . I live in a small apartment complex and the front door is locked so you would need a key to get in, I’m curious as to how this detective got in. I considered it may be related to the tenants before me? I still get their mail.
I didn’t call the number on the card but instead called the police department and put in a transfer to the appropriate department but no one answered and I left no voicemail.
Should I call again? Or should I leave it be? I’m just so concerned and am really anxious to understand what this could be about. I hate feeling this worried.
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2024.05.21 23:33 Ok-Significance-1752 Sorry for being a bit late with this story I had several other projects and schoolwork I had to do but here it is. How Martlet and Papyruses puzzle helped the entertainment industry.

Martlet and Papyrus are two names that are rather famous throughout the Undertale and Undertale yellow communities. Of course, there are many things that come to mind when you here both names. Papyrus for example is the loud. arrogant, but kind skeleton that is the brother to the funny Skeleton Man (Sans). Martlet on the other hand you might remember as kind of a mother figure to clover if you support the idea of momlet or maybe just the puzzle loving bird friend of clover. Each of these characters have unique fates for each Fanfiction a member of our beloved community writes. Whether its romance, tragedy, or a simple slice of life fanfic. So where do these two falls in my little world of a second human monster war. Well, it might be a bit more complex than one might think.

Opening UN Archives.

The second monster human war was the most destructive war in history and resulted in the destruction of several Undertale AUs and monster race losing 90% of their population all because they followed a racist and mentally Ill scientist name Chujin. As tragic of this sounds it doesn't mean people tried to improve the aftermath and make life easier. Papyrus and Martlet are a good example of this.
Martlet was born in the human year 1959 at an unknown date. Accounts of her early life and parents have been lost to history to due Asgor and the monsters general poor record keeping with Alphy's and Chujin being the only ones who kept some records of sorts. It's possible this poor record keeping is why Chujin thought the monster population was bigger than it actually was. What we do know is Martlets part the events of what the United Nations Elimination of Monsters Coalition calls Undertale Yellow are and some of her life just before the events. It's suggested by Human historians that Martlet got into puzzles when she was possibly 12 in human years but that's just a rough idea. Interviews with her few surviving friends state that she made her first puzzle at 6 years old in monster years which is roughly 14 years old in human years. To further complicate things is the fact that different monsters age differently than others with Martlets species having the closest correlation to human years out of all monsters.
Payrpus birth and exact age are harder to track down. All we know is that he and his brother Sans (Currently living in New Ebot in Colorado. Mt Ebot is in Colorado) appeared in the underground out of nowhere in 1980 on the [Redacted] of [Redacted]. Papyrus took a job as a royal guard somewhere between 1980-1981 and met Martlet possibly around that time. We both know based on William Henderson's interview with Papyrus and a mention by Flowey that they exchanged blueprints for their respective puzzles on occasions and while Papyrus describes her as his closest friend Sans stated that "She was simply my brothers pen pal" whether this was Sans simply messing with Willaim Henderson or him saying the true we'll never know.
EVENTS OF UNDERTALE YELLOW
The turning point in Martlets life came on May 12th when a certain kid named Clover fell into the underground. Clover was born on the 4th of July 1969 though his family moved to the to the town of Ebot Colorado in 1978. He never got to meet his father until 1975 due to his father's enlistment into the Unified states of the Americas army during the Vietnam war. (1962-74. This is an Alternate Vietnam the US still loses however) When his father came back, he was a drunken and PTSD ridden mess. Clover's mother was little better as she was rather neglectful and lazy. Clovers Unhealthy Family life would play a role into going ahead with his plan to find the forgotten 6 children who had gone missing throughout the 60s and 70s. He developed a fascination with cowboys when watching western movies (Particularly the old ones) along with a cowboy attire. He wore this attire proudly. Due to his family life, he matured rapidly. When his friend Integra (The soul integrity) went missing when she was dared to climb MT Ebot it was the final nail in the coffin for him and he began to prepare himself for an expedition into the mountain. He bought a Coll-Wesson revolver and rope by stealing money from his father. (He was beaten for this) on May the 12th he climbed Mt Ebot and jumped into the underground and died.... Oh, wait no Flowey brought him back to life without him knowing. Clover then met Flowey around 30 minutes later starting his journey.
Martlet in the meantime was lazily relaxing in one of the many checkpoints in the Snowdin area. The exact time she met clover is unknown, but it was most likely 1 hour after she had sent a list of suggestions to how Payprus could improve his puzzles. Martlet originally tried to follow protocol and capture clover however after seeing how peaceful clover was, she gave up on it. Then after their failed attempt to get to the hot lands, the fiasco in the wild east, and meeting Ceroba and Chujin, Ceroba (Chujin is alive in my story, but Kanko is not and was killed by integrity according to Chujin) was revealed to want clovers soul to bring back Kanako. Chujin was horrified at the thought of killing an innocent kid and went against his wife's wishes (Unknown to the others this was a ploy to gain trust) Martlet and clover spoke briefly on a hotel rooftop before going with Starlo and Chujin to face Ceroba. Ceroba knocked Martlet, Starlo, and Chujin (Who was only pretending) out. Clover battled it out with Ceroba on the 13ths of May. Clover came close to winning until Chujin drove a knife through his back killing him. Chujin then asked Ceroba to not use clovers soul to bring back monster kind but to instead to give it to Asgor so monster kind can be free. (Chujin is still the royal scientist in my AU) Ceroba after some arguing agrees with Chujin as Martlet and Starlo begin to wake up. Chujin calls the royal guard who apprehend Starlo but Martlet Barely escapes by flying away.
Knowing her time was now limited she sent the last Blueprints to Papyrus before the royal Guard burst into her home at around midnight and captured her. Martlet and Starlo were executed by undying on the 14th of May early morning. While Martlets story came to an end her legacy and puzzles did not as Papyrus received her blueprints on the 14th and would hide them from the royal guard.
EVENTS OF THE SECOND HUMAN MONSTER WAR AND PAPYRUSES RISE TO FAME.
Papyrus would with the help of Sans create more puzzle's and preserve Martlets puzzles. Then on September 4th, 1984, Frisk fell into the underground and was killed by Undying. After this Papyrus was ordered to destroy his puzzle's as they now had no use to monster kind as the invasion of the surface was inevitable. Papyrus as a sign of things to come suggested instead of destroying the puzzles they should be used to entertain monster kind's children. Undying would allow it and Papyrus who still wanted to hunt the humans though his loyalty was shaken by martlets execution agreed to be in the first wave out of the underground. On the 10th of September the monster climbed up to the surface for the first time.
The sight was so breathtaking many simply forget that they were invading. Chujin fear that the humans would be waiting for them up on the surface ready to exterminate monster kind was proven false within the first day as no human was spotted on the first day. Chujin still refused to believe reports and still ordered the invasion forward. Papyrus spent the first day trying to make more puzzles. On the 11th the town of Ebot was spotted and attacked by Asgors army and Chujins boss monsters and axis models. Papyrus was in the attack but quickly simply broken down as he watched the monsters slaughter humans indiscriminately. What made Papyrus ultimately desert the Royal Guard was the Human police's along with the 9th National Guards battalions last stand as they bought time for the civilians to evacuate the time. Papyrus stated in his interview with William Henderson decades later "IT WAS THEN ON THAT DAY I KNEW WE HAD LOST THE WAR. THE HUMANS PROVED BOTH BRAVER AND FAR KINDER THAN THE GREAT PAPYRUS AND MONSTER KIND!! IF THE GREAT PAPYRUS COULD GO BACK IN TIME HE WOULD HAVE GLADLY FOUGHT WITH THOSE BRAVE HUMANS!!"
Papyrus and later his brother Sans would go into hiding for most of the war until 1996 when they switched sides and joined the Commonwealth of Britannia's army. They would serve in the Commonwealths army until 1998 when they both retired. It was around this time when Papyrus began his journey to help the entertainment industry and carry on Martlets puzzle making legacy. The second human monster war by the time he had retired had gone on for 14 brutal years and large amounts of homes and cities had been destroyed. Papyrus would turn his attention to entertaining the many children who had lost their fathers and mothers during the ongoing conflict by hosting's puzzle solving challenges. Many of these puzzles' Martlets puzzles, and these proved to be a favorite among human children. Sans also helped and had stopped being lazily for once in his life.
When interviewed by William Henderson and asked what inspired him to do this he stated. "THE GREAT PAPYRUS SIMPLY DOESNT WATCH AS CHILDREN CRY IN THEIR SLEEPY AND REMAIN SAD. ITS NOT WHAT THE GREAT PAPYRUS DOES." The entertainment industry caught onto what Papyrus was doing in 2000 and offered to not only to fund his puzzle challenges but to make them into a game show of sorts. The show "Papyruses puzzles" was born as a result of this and has remained popular ever since. Sans found his calling in the fast-food industry and opened up his own fast-food chain to honor Grillbies who had died during the war. Papyrus would give a lot of credit to Martlet for helping him discover puzzles and funded the building of a statue in her honor.
WHAT PAPYRUS IS DOING NOW.
Papyrus is currently these days is donating much of his money to the protection of the underground charity and has recently created the Blue Bird Puzzle Corporation (Refence to Martlet). Martlet was dug up by UNEMC soldiers (United Nations Eliminations of Monsters Coalition) and was buried under a second statue made in her honor in Snowdin next to the Statue of Clover and the 6 other souls. Papyrus pays a visit to her grave once very 6 months. An inscription on her statue reads "The one that inspired THE GREAT PAPYRUS to make puzzles."
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2024.05.21 23:31 LeoMarcoPolo AITAH for not seeing my mom's boyfriend and his kids as family even after 4 years?

I (14F) am absolutely SICK and TIRED of my mom(38F) and her boyfriend(54M) and his kids. (18F, 22F, 21M)
Growing up, my mother always had a boyfriend. It was like she couldn't live with one. One of her boyfriends the father of my little brother(6M) even sexually assaulted (touched TWICE) my older sister, "CC"(20F). This happened at least 6-7 years ago. But CC tried to tell my mom the first time it happened, and you wanna know what my mom did? SHE DIDN'T EVEN BELIEVE CC. It had to happen a second time for my mom to actually care and notice.
Now, present time, with my mom's boyfriend, we'll call him "Road". At first, I liked him and I saw him as a father.
For context, my father had been in jail for 4-5 years because of drugs and he touched me as a child. When my father was in a past marriage, he slept with his stepdaughter. His now ex-wife got a restraining order and his stepdaughter visited him again, when she was an adult. I'm not allowed to speak to my father at all.
Now road wasn't as bad as the boyfriends were to CC or to me, but that doesn't make him great.
You see, he is mentally abusive. He calls me and my little brother, who we'll call Cam, "special" and other horrible and vulger names to where "special" is theost appropriate compared to everything else. We do one bad thing, "special". And sometimes, he even laughs about it. He also threatens to punch us into a wall, smack us stupid(his words), and basically threats to abuse us severely when we just mess up.
I've tried to talk to my mom about this, but she doesn't talk to Road about his behavior towards us, even when she says she will.
His kids? Well, 18F, "A", she'll do anything for a man... If you know what I mean. She lost her V card while trunk and even did "things" with an 18 year old in the band room while she was 15. And Road was talking crap about his other daughter, 22F, "D" a whore for doing the exact same thing. A started crying when she heard this, because she did the same thing D did, but Road doesn't know that A did the exact same thing as D. D even has a child from someone she met online, and Everytime she gets broken up with, she comes to what was originally MY HOME, and trashes it completely! Leaves being her food, Tupperware, clothes, and basically all of her objects. Road's son, (21M) B, is dating CC. Weird, right? My sister and my mom's boyfriends son dating. They're completely toxic for each other. They cheat on each other, abuse each other physically, emotionally, and mentally. They're always arguing over who cheated, who smoked the last weed(they're like junkies from how much they smoke and fight over it.), and who did what last. So you can imagine why I don't talk with them much over this thing. Only person who I could talk to was A, but she told one of my secrets, and I haven't trusted her since.
Road dies have his good moments, where he lets me talk to him, he buys us food and other necessities, and other things that would make you smile. I've broken my collarbone(like, it snapped in half, completely, and we were worried I might have to get surgery, luckily I don't, my bone is going to reconnect again. One bone is on the other at least an inch or two, but it'll grow weirdly), did did last Thursday, and ever since, he's been super caring and super loving. But I feel like he should be this way all the time and not just when I'm injured.
That's mostly it. I would like to know other POVs and if I'm in the wrong.
Sorry if this doesn't make any sense or spelling is wrong. This is my first story.
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