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Memory transcription subject: Sawvek, Junior Extermination Officer
Date [standardised human time]: October 5th, 2136
Hard foam presses uncomfortably up against delicate pressure points situated across the length of my entire body, building up to an unbearable ache that makes me shift and turn against the thin mattress pad. I yank at the rough old blanket I’d taken out of storage and clutch it even tighter around my body, trying to keep out the chill. The best racks, the ones near the heating vents, had already been claimed long before I’d decided to move into the Guild House’s Barracks and it doesn’t seem likely that the current occupants will be giving up their spots any time soon.
My mind is still racing from the events of last paw, replaying the scene over and over again in my dreams and in my head. The way my brother had looked at me… That look on his face when he’d seen the real me…
My paw gives a sympathetic throb in memory, still aching from where it had met the wall, but at least I had been able to wrap it up a bit and stop the bleeding. I feel like I should take it as a small miracle that it isn't broken. More medical bills are the last thing I need right now.
I turn about in the bunk once more, rolling around in vain to try and find a comfortable position that doesn’t seem to exist. Through a conscious act of will I try to empty my mind and sleep, but the very act of trying not to think about things only brings them bubbling back up to the surface of my thoughts. My heartbeat echoes in my ears, a damnable drumming sound brought about by the exertion of my own restless tossing and turning. Out in the hallway I can hear the muffled shuffling of feet and murmurs of conversation. The Guild Hall never sleeps, and it seems that neither would I this paw.
Electing to abandon the attempt as hopeless, I cut my rest claw short and get up, venturing out into the hallway. If I can’t sleep anyway then I might as well start my waking claw early, maybe get in a little exercise. It’s not so bad when it’s self-directed, almost fun in a way. If our family had the money to support it then maybe I could have been an athlete of some variety growing up. I had always possessed something of a natural physicality.
“Stop wasting time with worthless questions about what could have been, Killer.” The voice interjects, early and active today by the sound of it. “You’ll never amount to anything more than a wild predator kept on a leash.”
There’s nothing to do but sigh and carry on. It was right after all. This is it. This is my life now.
Making my way down the hallway towards the gym I find myself walking past a row of private offices assigned to some of the more veteran officers on staff. Most are empty at this claw, their occupants either asleep or off doing other work. One room in particular catches my attention though, the one belonging to our newest PRED Team Commander.
The door leading inside is open and ajar, seemingly forgotten in the midst of more pressing business and granting me a look inside. The entire room is a mess, papers and binders strewn about everywhere with official looking documents littering the floor. A map of the city decorates the otherwise unadorned and impersonal space. On its face it hosts a variety of multicoloured pins, all connecting seemingly arbitrary locations as well as photographs of people and places from the records department. The face of the former PRED Team Commander, Vrienna, looks out at me once again with the same cruel eyes that decorate the memorial wall. Beside her photo are another pair of eyes, a pair I recognise, but not one I would have expected to see here.
Trilvri, my brother’s creepy coworker, the one who’d brought him home the night he’d drunk himself into a stupor, stares out at me from the wall. He was younger in this photo, barely of age, if even that, and dressed in a regulation space corps flight suit, but I could still recognise him. Trilvri’s eyes appear somehow more lively than when I had met him in person, though it does nothing to improve his overall disposition, looking, as they are, as if behind them resides only hatred and a feral desire to kill and rend. Come to think of it, he had mentioned he used to be in the corps hadn’t he? ‘Used to’ being the operative word. When I’d asked he hadn’t seemed particularly fond of his time in the service…
Situated as he is next to Vrienna like that, their pitch-black wool and evil-looking eyes bear a striking resemblance. It was the exact same sort of predatory expression that bore into your soul, the kind that made me feel weak and exposed, the same kind that was worn by-
“What do you think you’re doing in my office?” A voice asks from behind, nonplussed, but with a casual depth of power and authority behind it that makes me freeze on the spot.
“Commander Glagrig, Sir!” I turn about on the spot, fixed at attention in the doorway as I stare up at the man himself. “I’m sorry to intrude. I noticed someone had forgotten to close the door so I was just going to secure it.”
“I see.” Glagrig doesn’t seem to believe a word of it, but neither does he seem inclined to press the issue. “At ease. Tell me, do you recognise the man in the photo there? Have you ever seen him before?”
“No, Commander.” I lie reflexively as I shift to a parade rest, not fully knowing why, but knowing that whatever is going on I want no part of it, for me or my brother. It’s only after the fact that it occurs to me that lying might be worse than telling the truth.
“How… regrettable.” The prestige officer says plainly and I can’t tell whether he believes me or not. “If you do ever catch sight of this individual, then be sure to let me know immediately.”
“Y-Yes, Commander.” I subconsciously swallow with apprehension, hoping that he doesn’t notice. I want nothing more than to run away as quickly as I can, but I haven’t been dismissed yet.
“Junior Officer Sawvek, was it?” Glagrig carries on, looking me up and down, dissecting me with his eyes. “You have quite the interesting record on file and Officer Intalran is quite adamant about your potential. Your simulator results speak for themselves, even if they are just simulations.”
“Thank you, Commander.” I can feel myself growing dizzy as I answer with uncertainty.
“Don’t thank me,” the all-consuming void in front of me replies with no hint of warmth, “just remember that your performance is under evaluation. It’s in my interests to keep note of promising young aspirants who might someday join my team, and I would hate to see you squander your talents.”
“I-I understand, Commander.” I flick my tail in agreement, straining not to look away towards the floor.
“Dismissed.” Glagrig brushes past me as he enters his office, moving to shut the door behind himself.
“Um, Commander?” I ask just before the door shuts, feeling a beckoning call of curiosity that even the predatory prestige exterminator couldn’t crush. “If you don’t mind me asking… Why do you have all that stuff up on the wall there?”
The door opens again, just a crack, and I can feel my superiors' weighty presence bearing down on me, almost suffocating in its intensity. “It’s simply a personal matter. I have reason to believe that the prior investigation regarding the kelach incident was conducted according to… insufficient standards. The predator responsible was never found and I intend to remedy that deficiency.”
“How hard could it be to find a kelach?” I tilt my ears in confusion. “They're huge!”
“Despite initial reports,” he answers with an ominous, cold tone that sends a chill up my spine, “it may be possible that we're dealing with something far more dangerous than just a kelach.”
“T-Thank you, Commander.” I flick my tail in appreciation and the door closes.
I breathe a sigh of relief as the malevolent aura recedes. That was too close.
“And you’re a complete moron going back to ask him more questions afterwards, Killer.” The voice rises with amusement. “What? Do you want him to figure you out and turn you to cinders? Only a matter of time, Killer.”
“Ugh, shut up.” I mutter under my breath, quickly turning back around to make sure Commander Glagrig didn’t hear me, but when no reprisal comes I quickly depart. If I’m gonna be stupid I should at least try not to do so right in front of his office.
As the imminent threat of our in-house prestige exterminator dwindles so too does the energy driven by the adrenaline of the encounter. It figures that the moment I roll out of bed I want to take a nap again, but I know the moment I lie back down I’ll be back to full wakefulness in an instant. That’s just how that sort of thing works. With that in mind there’s really only one solution, a big, steaming hot cup of tea.
Making my way towards the tea machine I spot Jonsco, the feisty little primitive that mans our dispatch centre, smacking the top of the dispenser with a clenched paw while holding a mug underneath it.
“Is the tea machine fixed?” I ask as I pull out a mug from the cabinet myself.
Jonsco sighs heavily and shoots me a combative glare. “For the last time it’s not my brahking job to fix this damn tea machine! You got a problem with that then you can go pester someone else about it!”
I shrink back under the harsh rebuke. Jonsco may be small, but there was as much rage and fury condensed into that little package as anyone else in this department. Maybe more.
“I… I didn’t mean to imply…I just wanted to know if it was working again or not… Sorry.” I sputter out, feeling properly admonished as I look away towards the ground.
Jonsco looks at me quizzically, his hard glare softening somewhat as he seems to truly see me for the first time before returning to his usual scowl.
“Right…Whatever you say…” With one final smack the machine coughs and chokes, sputtering to life with a struggle, and a small trickle of freshly brewed tea begins to fill Jonsco’s cup. “The machine is on the fritz again as usual, but if you hit it just right, do a little percussive maintenance, then you can get it started again.”
“Thanks, Jonsco.” I lean back against the wall and watch as the mug slowly fills, impressed by the primitives know-how. “That's actually pretty smart of you.”
“For a ‘primitive’ right?” The words are barbed and spiteful, but lack his typical enthusiasm, more of a simple statement of fact than a real question. I couldn't exactly deny it, those had been my thoughts, and so the silence drags on awkwardly, marked only by the splash of tea falling into the steadily rising pool.
“What are you doing here at this claw anyway?” I eventually ask, dodging the question entirely. “We’ve still got at least another half-claw until our crew's shift is supposed to start.”
“I could ask you the same thing, you know?” The angry little dispatch operator retorts. “I'm here early working an overtime shift so I can afford to put food on my family's table. It's expensive feeding that many mouths. What's your excuse?”
“I had a fight with my brother…” I rub the back of my neck as I turn away abashedly, “moved out of the apartment and into the barracks full time… couldn't sleep…”
“Well then you should hurry up and work on patching things up with him.” Jonsco looks at me with an uncharacteristic hint of sympathy in his eyes. “Your family are the only ones who might actually care. This Gods-damned place is a slyther’s nest and no one here gives a speh about you or your problems. If you want my advice, you should do your best to spend as little time in this cesspool as possible.”
With his cup now full, Jobsco steps back from the machine and begins walking out towards the main hall.
“Thanks, Jonsco.” My words stop him in his tracks as he walks away from me. “I appreciate it.”
“... You're welcome.” He says after a short pause, glancing back to look at me one more time before leaving. “See you around, Sawvek.”
Taking advantage of the tea machine while it’s still mostly working, I fill up my own cup and drink deeply of the warm, fragrant beverage. The taste is bitter and unpleasant, just about the quality I would expect of this Guild Hall, but even at the first taste it’s evident that it’s been loaded with an extra strength dose of caffeine. I down the drink quickly and rinse out the cup before continuing on my journey towards the training hall. Fatigue begins to fall away as I walk, bit by bit as the drug makes its way into my bloodstream, blocking off sleep receptors and energising me. I know I’ll probably pay for it later, no amount of caffeine can actually replace sleep, but for now it feels good and I can see how some people can get addicted to the stuff.
A loud, metallic clanging emanates from the gym as I approach, something unexpected for this time of paw. No one's reserved space in the gym for this claw and not many people are industrious enough to sweat on their own initiative. Peeking my head inside the door I spy Bikim, the perfect, privileged, ‘holier than thou’ brahkass occupying the otherwise empty weight room. His irritatingly handsome face is taut with strain as he performs a series of weighted squats, his back and leg muscles straining underneath his short-cropped wool, and he pants heavily under the exertion.
I’m half tempted just to leave and go back to bed despite the fact that there’s no way I’d be getting any sleep with the tea running through my system. It’s too early in the paw to deal with Bikim’s speh. Before I can slip away unnoticed though, he spots me. I give a heavy sigh and continue my way inside. There's nothing to be done for it now. Trying to back out now would only make things worse later, a sign of weakness.
“What… Do you want… Predator?” Bikim asks between gulps of air as he reracks his weights, practically hanging off the bar to support himself on shaky legs.
“Good paw to you too, Bikim.” I say, forcing civility into my tone. “I’m here to use the equipment. Same as you. I'm allowed.”
“Whatever…” He eyes me with suspicion. “Just keep your distance… I don't want to catch any of your taint.”
“Believe me,” I flick my tail out in irritation, “I intend to.”
Looking around the room for available spots, I march my way over towards a cable machine on the opposite side of the room. Not nearly as far from Bikim as I would like, but the farthest I can get without leaving the weight area entirely. Bikim watches me all the while as I seat myself down and begin adjusting the machine. Eventually he grows tired of watching me fumble around with the machine and returns to his own exercises with a displeased flick of the tail, quite obviously judging me for my lack of experience with the equipment.
A tense sort of quiet settles over the room as we each go about our business, trying our best to ignore one another. Bikim slowly winds his way around the room, cycling from station to station to exercise all the different parts of his body in sequence before repeating it all again. He seems to bypass my corner of the room, glancing over at me with each repetition of his pattern. For myself, I stay put where I am, taking advantage of the varied exercises offered by the versatile machine to experiment with different muscle groups. Occasionally I slip up, dropping the weights with a loud clang that always draws Bikim’s ire. Every time he seems just a bit more disgruntled, a bit less patient. Eventually, the constant disruption reaches a tipping point and the pompous, self-entitled jerk walks over to confront me.
“Do you always do this?” He asks rhetorically. “If you keep slamming the weights like that you're gonna break it. Your form is speh so either fix it or lower the weight so you don't have to keep compensating. Better yet, just leave. You’ve been monopolising the cable machine for almost half a claw now. I don't know why you're even here in the first place.”
“Oh, look at Mr. Know-it-all thinking he can just go around telling us what to do, eh Killer?” The voice rises to the challenge. “Where does a guy like that who's been handed everything his whole life think he can get off with telling us how we should be doing anything?”
“Brahk off Bikim!” I don't even try to reign in the predator inside, feeling justified in letting it roam free for once. “I didn't ask for your advice and you don't get to kick me out of the weight room just because you can't wait your turn! I'm here because I don't have anywhere else to go! Ever since Intalran dragged me into this stupid Guild this brahking job has taken over my entire life! I don't even have a home to go back to anymore!”
Bikim's body tenses at my tirade and his tail flicks out aggressively like a whip.
“That's your own damn fault, predator!” He shouts back, eager for the excuse to vent his own frustrations. “Maybe if you weren't just some blood-starved beast out roaming the streets then you wouldn't be here right now! I’ve read your file! You got a history of herdless behaviour and physical altercations! Someone should have institutionalised you a long time ago, but someone took pity on you and let you slip through the cracks because of your poor dying mommy! They should have known it would come back to bite them! A normal, functional member of the herd wouldn't even think to pick a flamer up off the ground and burn another person to death with it! But you? You did it instinctively! You revelled in it!”
“You think that was easy for me!” I get up and walk towards him as I yell incredulously. “You think I asked for that to happen! You think it was fun for me to get choked out and almost eaten! That thing I burned wasn't even a person anymore! It was a predator in the middle of a feeding frenzy! So yeah, I did what I did, and you know what? It's a good thing I did! If I wasn't a freak of nature then that thing would have kept on going and kept on killing! Last I checked, preventing that sorta thing was supposed to be your job, but I had to be the one to step up! Now I have to live with the consequences of my actions every paw, knowing that I’m a Protector-damned killer that doesn't belong anywhere! Maybe you, in your infinite wisdom, would've known the perfect thing to do in that situation, but I’m not you! I’ve had to work and struggle for every little thing I have! Not just had it handed to me on a silver platter!”
“Oh, so you got me all figured out do you?” Sarcasm drips from Bikim's mouth as he looks down on me. “You don't know me. You don't know my life or what I’ve been through, how hard I’ve worked to get where I am. You just see the end product from cycles of effort and assume that it's always been that way, that it's always been that easy. It hasn't.”
“Yes, I’m sure you had it so hard growing up Bikim.” Saying it aloud almost makes me laugh. “You’re such a child of privilege that it drips off of you with every move you make and every word you say. I hate people like you, thinking that you're better than everyone else just because you were lucky enough to be born into wealth and status. Try living like the other side for a change, scrounging for every credit just so you can afford to eat, and then try to tell me how hard you had it with a full belly and a warm home!”
“You’re right, predator,” Bikim says contemptuously, “I am a child of privilege. My family has a long and decorated military tradition, my father is a captain for the space corps, a brahking hero, and I’ve reaped the benefits of that. That privilege came at a cost though, and that’s called expectations. Second best is not good enough and I've had to put in ten times the effort as anyone else my whole life just to meet standards! At least you grew up with a father who was there for you and loved you without the condition that everything you do is perfect!”
“All that talk about reading my file and you didn't even get past the first page did you?” I snap at him with a snarl. “ I didn't grow up with a father at all! He's been dead since I was in elementary school! Killed in action! I barely even remember him anymore!”
That one seems to give Bikim pause, but I’m not done yet.
“If you and your whole family are such a bunch of brahking heroes then how come you're here, working as a common garrison exterminator in a run-down backwater city like this?” I taunt. “Shouldn't you be out gallantly fighting the Arxur with one of the fleets or on a colony pacification force rather than making my life here harder than it already is?”
“That's the price for failing to meet expectations,” Bikim quiets down, drawing away from the world and into himself, “the price for knocking up a beautiful, wonderful girl right after graduation and refusing to get rid of it afterwards. You get cut off. You lose that privilege, and you do whatever you have to in order to provide and try to be a good role model for your son.”
Now that one threw me for a loop. In the short time I’ve known Bikim I’ve had a lot of thoughts about him, few of them good, but never would I have expected him to be the type to take responsibility… For anything. Still, there is one thing about his story that doesn't line up…
“Oh really?” I take a step back as I watch for his reaction closely. “I seem to recall Jonsco mentioned just the other day that your wife had left you for a Human.”
“Don't you bring that brahking primitive into this!” Bikim's anger flares in an instant before returning to a subtle simmer of regret. “We’ve just been having a… a rough patch in our relationship. I’m not giving up on us. I’ll win her back. She's just… confused and being taken advantage of! It's all that damn predators fault!” Bikim sighs and sits down on a nearby bench. “You're not the only one whose had something taken from them because of this job. You're not the only one without a home to go back to.”
Looking at Bikim now, a sad, pathetic man moping on the bench with nothing better to do on his rest claw than to try to externalise his inner pain… I find it hard to stay angry at him. He's still a narcissistic brahk ass and a complete jerk, but it's hard to truly hate someone when you actually know them. I had made quite a few assumptions about him when we first met, and he certainly hadn't helped my impression of him since, but… perhaps I was wrong to judge him so harshly?
“Nah,” the voice chortles, “he’s a piece of speh that got what he brahking deserves for being an insufferable prick.”
Overhead the intercom crackles to life and I can hear Jonsco's voice reverberating over the airwaves.
“Officers Vaesh and Sawvek please report to the briefing area for assignment. Repeat. Officers Vaesh and Sawvek please report to the briefing area for assignment.”
“Sounds like it's time for your first field assignment, Kid.” Bikim says, staring up at the intercom. “At least it gets you out of my wool. Try not to brahk it up and make the rest of us look bad.”
“Hmph.” I turn to leave, muttering to myself. “Stupid brahkass.”
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A/N - Hello! Sorry this one took a while. Like I mentioned before I got delayed working on my Ficnapping chapter as well as a crossover One-shot that's still in progress (but hopefully will be done soon). In other news we have new art of Sawvek's life-changing encounter in the Builder's Lane Bloodbath as drawn by Miglove and you can still find that and everything else Nature of Family in the new Master Post linked up above.
If you like the story then please remember to upvote, comment, and use the “!Subscribeme” function to be alerted to all new posts. I post as often as I can but real life has a tendency of getting in the way and my job makes it almost impossible to keep to any kind of schedule. Your engagement and support go a long way towards helping to keep me on track and motivated, so thank you very much for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for next chapter!

I commented this on a post and have had a lot of responses saying it’s very helpful, so I figured I’d share here as well. :)
I’ve been doing weekly injections (initially IM, now subQ) for my husband for 9 years now. Before you put the needle into the vial, pull it back, to pull air into the syringe. Also, make sure you wipe the top of the vial (not the needle) with an alcohol wipe before inserting. Then insert the needle and flip it all over, so the needle is pointing to the sky and the vial is upside down, making sure the needle is in the liquid, push out to inject the air. This helps create suction. Then you’ll withdraw your meds. It’s okay to draw more than needed and then push the reminder back in, this will prevent that air bubble from forming and make sure you get the exact amount. Once you’ve removed the needle with the medicine, if you notice any trapped air, you can pull back (draw in more air), flick your nail against the syringe a few times to get out any bubbles, and then push (needle still facing the sky!!) until all air is removed and a tiny bubble of med appears on the tip of the needle. Then it’s ready to inject. For the injection, clean the site with an alcohol wipe and DRY FULLY, or it’ll burn. This isn’t relevant as much to smaller subQ needles, but injecting “bevel up” can help reduce pain too — this means, if you look closely at the needle, you’ll see the little hole on one side, keep the hole up, facing the sky. You can trial with pinching the skin or pulling the skin to taut when you inject; it’ll feel better one way or the other, depending on your preference.
Hope that helps!!

Hello! I've been on 75mg of Spiro for about 6 months now. Its worked beautifully! I didn't have a purge, no bad side effects other then occasional chest aches (which my doctor said was fine after I got bloodwork done!).
However for about the last two weeks ive begun to breakout again. I usually get about 1 to 2 pimples around my period, and some on my forehead-- but this is many more, and no where near my cycle.
I keep my face clean, my pillows clean. The only thing other then gentle soap and moisterizer on my face is an occasional Steroid cream around my mouth due to eczema flares. The flare is on my cheeks/jaws, and they're beneath the skin pretty bad.
I just wanted to know is anyone has dealt with this and what they did about it?

Hey guys,
semi noob here.
I am in my early thirties, and have a combo skin with comedonal acne, and I am currently in search for the best lightweight coverage for sun radiation & pollutants I can get. I never wear foundation, I was always very intolerant with anything too heavy on my skin, and I hate the feeling of clogging my pores with anything, so I have been focusing on good lightweight sunscreens that one can wear truly daily without fretting.
I also never cared about covering imperfections but addressing them directly with prescriptions, serums etc. But my make up artist friend has always claimed that her pores look always more clogged, and her face was dirtier at the end of the day, in the minority of instances that she has not worn make up, and I have heard that from other foundation appliers out there, which makes me think that maybe foundation can act as an extra film to keep out pollutants. Still I want a watery based one, if I am to go down that road.
Can you give me your opinion/insight on the following?
So after some searching around, it seems that the a good candidate for lightweight, odourless, and matte sunscreen would be the the Aussie's brand Ultra Violet Clean screen SPF 30. I have seen it blend in multiple videos, and it really looks matte & light.
I was thinking of combining that with a watery based foundation ( that would ideally add some SPF, since this sunscreen is 30, but not essential), and my friend has suggested Maybelline's Fitme poreless formula, though I have read it has downgraded over the years. I think they added clay or something.
Any suggestions or insight on products I can use, or general information about the benefits of sunscreen and foundation combination? Once again I do not care about cosmetic coverage, I wish it to be as light as it can get. I care about pollutants and radiation coverage.
PS. For days out in the sun, what do you use to reapply, do you use mists? Foundation on top of sunscreen would make reapplication tricky. I am not a reapplication enthusiast because it is a luxury imo, and not that necessary, but for beach/park days, what are your tips?

Sa mga nagpapaputi na pantay kulay ng face sa katawan, ano sikreto nyo? Good for oily and acne prone skin sana.

I followed logical load order to a tee, yet for some reason, my game is still crashing occasionally around Falkreath. why, and what do i need to do with my LO to fix it?
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• USSEP
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• Extended guard dialogue
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• cloaks and capes
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• ordinator
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• true storms
• mintys lightning
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• landscape fixes for grass mods
• no grassias
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• lw addon animated
• jarls with sleeves
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• open face guard helmets
• imperial fort battlements
• eeks gildegreen
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• use those blankets
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• Skyland Forts
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• Photorealistic farmhouses
• book covers of skyrim
• LH's unique signs
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• DKs realistic ships
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• Nordwarua stormcloak armor
• imperia tribune tullius replacer
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• realistic foods and beverages
• hold guard armor unchanged
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• 2022 ultimate hd fire effects
• Qwaffees braziers
• Holidays
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• traverse the ulvenwald
• touring carriages
• fortified whiterun
• after the civil war sige damage repairs
• gallows of skyrim
• forsworn brutality
• jks interiors aio
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• Jks interiors Jks skyrim patch
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• better innteriors jks interiors compatible
• diverse dragons 1k
• inigo
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• opening scene overhaul
• realistic water two

I’ve been a pretty solid Far Cry fan all the way back when 3 was released. I’ve played 3, 4, 5, Primal, new Dawn, and now I’m giving Far Cry 6 another chance after giving up on it 20% of the way through my first playthrough.
I’m by no means saying Far Cry 6 is the best of the franchise or even what I would consider a “great” game. But I think the community hates on the game a little too much. I’ve seen so many reviews and videos on YouTube all talking about the same criticisms and I just wanted to defend a couple of the popular criticisms that I’ve seen come up a few times.
Criticism 1: The Skill tree being clothing
I understand this complaint. It’s the first time in a far cry game you can’t build a walking tank based off perks. I understand it’s a pain to only have 4 temporary perks at a time rather than leveling up and building out a tree. However, after playing the game for a couple weeks now, I kinda respect the decision. You gotta be strategic on what clothes you wear and your outfits change depending on what situation you’re in. And honestly, if you don’t like the style your character is wearing but want the perk, you can always change what it looks like without altering the perks.
Criticism 2: the world feels empty
The world itself isn’t like a barren wasteland, there’s forts, checkpoints, structures with chests inside, camps. If you’re talking about enemies on the side of the road, yes it’s extremely empty and this is my major gripe with the game so far. Far cry 3 you had enemies everywhere until you captured the outposts around the area. Far cry 4 they were everywhere, Far Cry 5 they were everywhere a little too much. In Far Cry 6, they mention the army you’re facing has 300,000 soldiers. So far I’m only about 30% of the way through but I’m seeing a trend I’m only going to see maybe 10% of that army. Checkpoints have 3 soldiers, anti air weapons are practically not guarded at all. There’s maybe 1 soldier per 200 meters on the road. It’s honestly the emptiest Far Cry by far in terms of enemies. Checkpoints should have at least 5-6 soldiers, forts should have 10, anti airs should have 5-10.
Criticism 3: The game is too easy. You can headshot everyone and it’s an insta kill
I mean… yeah, that’s kinda the whole point of being shot in the head. I’ve seen people criticize the enemies for being to spongy and also criticize the game for being easy because all you gotta do is shoot em in the head. You can’t really have both. I don’t see a problem with this, what would you rather have? 3 head shots? Then they’d complain about that too.
Criticism 4: The game is too easy
I’ve seen this with this game. Right from the beginning of the game you have access to a car with a machine gun and full ammo at any time you want. Ammo rarely becomes a factor as you seem to find it everywhere, you can change your entire gun setup in the menu except for adding attachments. I get it, you can cheese the hell out of this game. My argument to that is, the beauty of this game is you can play the game how you want to play it like a true sandbox. If you want to be easy, hit only headshots and change your loadouts in the menu.
Personally I wanted it to be a bit more challenging so I’ve been playing this game how I played any Far Cry in the past, I set up my loadout at a bench and I don’t touch the loadout until I reach another bench. I never call the car unless I’m in an emergency with ammo or I’m really lazy and don’t want to find a car at that specific time and my distance to walk is more than like 500 meters. I’ve had no problems making the game more challenging for myself so the new mechanics haven’t been an issue for me.
Criticism 5: The game has no variety
I can see this too. After a while playing, the game has started to feel a tiny bit repetitive. They could’ve easily made the enemy locations like Checkpoints, Bases, and Anti Air locations way better. For example with the Anti Air guns, rather than have them be guarded by maybe 2 soldiers, they could’ve given these places objectives like “find the key to the control room from a lieutenant, shut down the power in the control room, overload the gun” or something. Rather than being able to take out an entire AA gun with one grenade and a pistol.
Overall thoughts:
The game isn’t perfect as there are definitely real critiques with this game and fair arguments to say it’s not the strongest in the series. But overall it’s not a bad game. I’ve always had a problem with voice acting in Ubisoft games lately, I’ve felt like they’ve been lazy and weak especially when it comes to the NPC’s (I’m looking at you Far Cry 5). Far Cry 6, in my opinion, has some really strong voice actors for the main characters, the female Dani is done very well, and the NPC’s aren’t perfect but they’re a step up from previous games.
The game is really fun and I find myself cruising through 4 hours before I even know it. The story isn’t the best. It’s definitely no Red Dead 2. But honestly it’s interesting enough and the game is fun enough that I’m having a pretty good time playing. Not to mention the game looks gorgeous and feels absolutely fantastic.
Definitely overhated, I give it a B-B+ overall.

I finished Danganronpa Another 2, and I had some questions. I would appreciate if people could help me with any of them, even if not all can be answered. Heavy spoilers.

1) What does Sora’s level 30 skill, “Bird of Wisdom” do? I reached level 30 at the end of the 6^th case so never had a chance to check what it did. (I’m sad there is no chance post 6^th trial to just review your skills and the relationship notes with the other chars).
2) How was Sora able to see the real world when Akane’s body was dead and the game was shut down?
3) How is Sora Akane? They have different eye color, skin color, body shape, face shape, hair color, and Akane’s hair is relatively curly while Sora’s is straight. I would have thought that Sora was a fake avatar for the virtual world… but in the real world Akane’s body looks like an older Sora. I’m confused.
4) When did Sora start being able to use divine luck? It seems like it might have been case 3 with stopping the trial before identifying the correct killer. However, she hadn’t remembered anything about Akane Taira yet, so how did she have divine luck (and why didn’t another Void’s luck do anything first?)
a. Was this just Mikado’s programming to prevent a bad end early, and not actually divine luck yet?
5) How was Sora able to remember some of Akane’s memories, despite being an AI and not an AE? Were they coded into her?
6) This game takes place in a virtual world similar to the 2^nd main game, except later (presumably with more time for tech improvements). How is it possible that the players were able to come back to life in the 2^nd main game, but not in this one? It seems like the same situation as the 2^nd main game, only MORE optimistic. Utsuro’s/Akane’s/Sora’s luck is similar to Izuru’s skill, except the former don’t even need to take direct action. Also, the 2^nd fangame takes place after the 2^nd main game, so there might have been tech improvements in the meantime.
a. My best guess is that Mikado purposefully sabotaged the virtual world to ensure deaths, to increase the odds of Utsuro being reborn?
7) Is Utsuro’s divine luck based on his body, personality, mind, or something else? It seems to be both/either, as Mikado wanted Yuki’s mind to be like Utsuro to get the divine luck, but then said the luck was stored in Akane’s body… but then Sora got the luck because her AI program was… based off of Akane’s personality and memories? I’m still a little unclear how Sora got divine luck from Akane when she wasn’t directly related to her (she was an AI, not an AE). If it's just being similar in personality or body, how do other people not have divine luck by random similarities?
8) I’m also a little confused about the distinction of AI vs. AE in this game. Yes, I understand that the brain structure is different so Sora can’t be loaded into a human brain. However, if her brain is so different from a human’s due to not being an AE, how was she able to use divine luck?
9) Is the reason Teruya’s death wasn’t considered a suicide because he didn’t explicitly say: “I know this is poisoned, I am deliberately eating this poisoned food to kill myself”?
10) Will we ever learn Nikei’s backstory, like we did the other Voids?
11) Did the future foundation and the Kisaragi foundation ever collaborate/meet up? I can’t remember when/if they discussed it in-game.
12) Was there a need for Mikado to reduce Yuki to a head in a jar, or was it just spite/for the eviluz/ to make it harder to have him escape before Mikado’s plan completed?
13) Why didn’t Akane’s divine luck restore her brain, since it was capable of performing other miracles and curing other fatal diseases? Or at least, why didn’t it stop Mikado from doing his plan and killing the other students in the killing game? If it was weaker from her being in a coma, that doesn’t necessarily explain not healing her earlier, or how Mikado and the other void’s divine luck still could be used.
14) If Mikado had Kanade's memories/ a video of her killing her parents, why was her being a killer mentioned as being 'surprising to Mikado'? Was it just Syobai misunderstanding? Did Mikado not look at that video himself until the reveal somehow?
15) Less related to this game specifically, but, if there was a really long sword/weapon, and all but one student was holding onto the handle and pushed it forward to kill the last student at the same time, would they all be the blackened? Wouldn't that be a simpler method than what was done in the 3rd trial?
~Not so much questions, as personal headcanons/thoughts (feel free to contradict me if evidence goes against it though)~
15) I’m guessing that the reason Yuki was able to use Sora’s body after being uploaded is because the muscle degeneration from a long term coma was undone by divine luck.

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Hey there, for the past few months I've just been feeling really down. Alright: lets just summarize everything up real quick. I'm still in school, and I'm usually known as the funny-ish kid to some people. I'm just known for not taking anything seriously and not showing any bit of emotion. Just staying in character. I've actually been like that for a while, but recently, everything just sucks. I'm feeling sad and depressed. Theres some people in the story I'd like to mention. Theres one person, we will just call "Josh". Hes the popular kid, all the girls like him, he plays sports, hes tall, bla bla bla. Im friends with josh, and hes a pretty nice dude. We've been friends since the start of this year. I'd never mind all the attention he gets, until recently. Just now, everything has been going down for me. My grades, my feelings, and the attention I get. Josh gets ALL the attention in school and always acts like a main character. Hes not really a jock, more just that popular kid. All of the girls confess their feelings to him, and even the new kid likes him. Me on the other hand, well, continuing off the story: This month I've been slowly loosing it. My patience, and everything. Im getting depressed and anxious all the time. School councillors suck. Kids who want attention are let in, and depressed students are not. Apparently you have to "ask your parents" to go to that counselling thing, and you know that that is not a good idea. I've been depressed recently. When josh gets barely hurt, he starts drama-ing out and rolling on the floor with a red face. EVERYBODY goes to him. when i go to the hospital, no one cares but only a few people. Everybody else in the class starts a huge situation when they have something wrong. But with me, its nothing. Basically, josh gets life handed to him on a golden plate. I've been feeling weird recently. With all these girls going to josh, I've became kind of depressed. I just want ONE person to at least tell them they care for me, or they like me. They dont even have to be the most pretty person in the world, heck, they can be ugly for all I care! I just want someone to show affection to me. Sometimes I want to kill myself in front of everyone to finally show that I'm not just emo or something. That has been a growing fantasy of mine. I was texting josh about my feelings and how sad I was, with also the fantasy, but he just said im sounding emo. If I open up too much, "OH YOUR EMO!" like, I hate this. I wish there was one person that showed affection to me. Alright thats all. bye for now.

Im 26 and I’ve always have had skin problems but it mostly flares up when I’m about to get my period or a few days after my period. So hormonal acne and deep cysts that take days to go away. I also have acne scaring and enlarged pores and some holes* in my skin that I hate. I bought tretonin 01.% after hearing from my friend it was a miracle drug for her and I was super excited to use it. The first days I used it I used a small amount bc I didn’t know how it would react to my combo skin but I didn’t really see much so a few days after I went all ham and definitely over applied the tretinoin in all my problem areas including by my mouth, my chin, my jawline and my upper cheeks. I woke up in the morning and my face was completely red and dried out and I just about cried. I used cerave gentle wash and some hot water and a rag to exfoliate the dry skin off and while it helped in the moment my face was super inflamed and no matter how much moisturizer I used throughout the day the flakiness would get worse and worse. It’s been almost a week dealing with this and while I think my skin was partly purging I’m scared to use it again bedause of the dryness. I bought the snail mucin and the farmacy honey moisturizer to use every night which my skin has gotten better with dryness but still is flakey in some parts but I’m also breaking out still so I want to use the tretinoin again but I need advice on how to use it properly without my face getting inflamed or dry. I do think it cleared up some problem areas but now again I’m just dealing with flakiness and redness and it hurts.
Please help!

My name is Anthony Michael Dimarcello and I am in need of an injustice relief immediately. Below are the details. My number is 714-860-8062.
I am in Orange county California and my family and I need emergency relief. We were victims of a retaliatory eviction in Aug of 2021 after I complained to the authorities and housing is key about being harassed by my landlord for being enrolled in the covid rental relief program and paying only 25% of the rent until my lease was up. In the same month as the retaliatory eviction, Aug 2021, I was also the victim of identity theft from the 2021 TMobile data breach. The following month of Sept 2021, the data breach gave criminals the ability to abuse my digital accounts which caused the closure of my bank accounts, and led to my vehicles, remaining assets and my business to be unmanageable and taken from me in various ways. My disabled mom and my son lived with me. My son has been with his mom fulltime since Aug 2021 and my disabled mom and I have been homeless since Aug 2021. I have not been able to recover since my family and I were attacked. Now I am stuck in a mercy house shelter that does not allow me to leave which prohibits me from being able to recover. The security at mercy house also stole a vehicle that was donated to me. My disabled mom and I have been homeless for three years. I have been in the mercy house shelter and not able to leave for two years. My disabled mother has suffered multiple life threatening injuries since we were attacked, including being vulnerable to attack from having an asthma attack and beat almost to death by a predator And being on life support and hospitalized for over a month. I have also suffered multiple life threatening injuries including four fractured ribs and skin infections from sleeping outside in the rain. My sons mother, Sylvia, At a moments notice when I was attacked, disenfranchised and no longer able to share custody of our son due to the threat of him being in danger by unknown assailants and no home for him to reside with me, Sylvia was able to immediately care for our son fulltime with no help from me, while managing her career and a new fiance since the attacks began in Aug 2021. My son is suffering psychologically considering I have worked from home since he was born and was never separated from him until the attacks when he was 9 years old. He is the only witness to the full extent of the attacks and I do not want him anymore involved or to be interrogated. He witnessed the harassment of the landlord, and having his father and everything we built together taken. The acts of everyone involved went against everything I have ever taught him was possible and he had to witness me get shut down trying to get us help over and over and over. I clearly had no idea this was possible either or I would have been prepared for it and would have known to get my son away from myself and the entire event much sooner. I have also been arrested several times due to my id theft and never had a record or any legal issues until this attack happened.
Based on the legal information provided, if you are a victim in Orange County, California, in need of emergency relief, you may be eligible to seek an ex parte order, which is a temporary restraining order that can be issued without notice, if an affidavit shows reasonable proof of past acts of abuse. Additionally, the court may issue orders enjoining a party from various behaviors, such as molesting, attacking, striking, stalking, threatening, or harassing the victim or other named family or household members.
It is important to act promptly and seek the necessary legal assistance to ensure your safety and protection under the law.
Reasoning:.
People v. Clayburg (Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 6, California., 2012): Discusses the issuance of restraining orders under Family Code sections for the protection of victims and family members.
Grega v. Vroman (United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania, Erie Division, 2024): Provides insights into the legal sufficiency of a complaint and the standards applied in evaluating claims.

1. United States v. Edwards (United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania, 2024): Discusses the government's obligations in a criminal case and the limitations on a defendant's right to discover the government's evidence.

These Opinions collectively provide a comprehensive understanding of the legal framework surrounding restraining orders and the issuance of protective orders for victims and their immediate family in need of emergency relief.
Based on the legal information provided in Casemine knowledge base, you may have potential legal recourse in your situation. Here are some relevant Judgments from the document that can assist in formulating an answer to your current legal question:
Nativi v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. (Court of Appeal, Sixth District, California., 2014):

• A tenant wrongfully evicted by their landlord may maintain a wrongful eviction action for damages.

TOBE v. CITY OF SANTA ANA (Supreme Court of California., 1995):

• Addresses the challenges faced by the homeless population, especially those with mental illnesses, and the inadequacy of available services and housing.

Sylvia Landfield Trust v. City of L.A. (United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit., 2013):

• Discusses the REAP program in Los Angeles, aimed at improving housing conditions and holding landlords accountable.

SABI V. STERLING (Court of Appeal of California, Second District. Eight., 2010):

• Involves a case where the landlord refused to participate in the Section 8 program, impacting the tenant's ability to afford rent.

JOYCE NELSON et al. v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY et al. (Cal. Ct. App., 1987):

• Addresses the obligation of counties to provide general relief to indigent residents.

Based on the legal principles outlined in these Judgments, you may have potential legal options to explore, such as wrongful eviction claims, constructive eviction, seeking assistance through housing programs like Section 8, and challenging the lack of suitable housing options for homeless individuals.
For your specific circumstances, it is advisable to consult with a local attorney specializing in landlord-tenant law or housing rights in Orange County, California. They can provide personalized legal advice and guidance tailored to your situation, including potential remedies and assistance available to you.
If you require further assistance or clarification, please feel free to ask.
Emergency injunctive relief for victims of civil rights violations and identity theft
Based on the legal information provided in the Casemine knowledge base, the Opinions that are relevant to formulating an answer to your current legal question are as follows:
SOSTRE v. ROCKEFELLER, (S.D.N.Y. 1970): This Opinion discusses the issuance of injunctive relief against state officials for violating Fourteenth Amendment rights and emphasizes that injunctive relief must be granted when a violation of constitutional rights has been proved.
CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICERS v. STATE (Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division Two., 2000): This Opinion discusses the criteria for granting injunctive relief against criminal investigations, highlighting the need for extraordinary circumstances and irreparable harm.
ADRIAN v. WESTAR ENERGY (United States District Court, D. Kansas, 2011): This Opinion outlines the factors required to grant injunctive relief, including showing irreparable injury, balancing of harms, public interest, and likelihood of success on the merits.
Seth v. McDonough (UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND, 2020): This Opinion emphasizes that emergency injunctive relief is an extraordinary remedy, requiring a clear showing that the plaintiff is entitled to relief.
ADAIR v. ENGLAND, (D.D.C. 2002): This Opinion discusses the legal standards and jurisdiction required to entertain a motion for injunctive relief, emphasizing the need for a filed complaint and related issues.
Based on the legal principles discussed in these Opinions, it is important to establish the following to seek emergency injunctive relief for victims of civil rights violations and identity theft:
Likelihood of Success on the Merits: You need to demonstrate a clear showing that your civil rights have been violated and that you are entitled to relief under the law.
Irreparable Harm: Show that you will suffer irreparable harm if injunctive relief is not granted, such as ongoing violations of your rights or continued harm to you or your family.
Balance of Harms: Illustrate that the harm you are facing outweighs any potential harm that granting the injunction may cause to the opposing party.
Public Interest: Argue that granting the injunction is in the public interest, considering the nature of the violations and the impact on society.
Jurisdiction: Ensure that the court has jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter of the lawsuit before seeking injunctive relief.
It is advisable to consult with an attorney specializing in civil rights and injunction matters to assess your specific situation and determine the best course of action to seek emergency injunctive relief.
Emergency injunctive relief for my family because we are victims of civil rights violations, identity theft, retaliatory eviction and being robbed and unable to leave the mercy house shelter in orange county California.
Based on the legal excerpts provided in the Casemine knowledge base, it seems that you may have a valid basis for seeking emergency injunctive relief in your situation. Here are some relevant Opinions from the document that can be applied in formulating an answer to your legal question:
Community House, Inc. v. City of Boise (UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, 2006):

• Discusses the requirements for obtaining a preliminary injunction, including the likelihood of success on the merits and the possibility of irreparable injury.

Sinisgallo v. Town of Islip Hous. Auth. (United States District Court, E.D. New York., 2012):

• Addresses the threat of eviction and the realistic prospect of homelessness as constituting irreparable harm, satisfying the requirements for a preliminary injunction.

JONES v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit., 2006):

• Discusses the requirement for a plaintiff to demonstrate a real and immediate threat of future injury in a suit for prospective injunctive relief.

BOBBY WARREN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF CHICO, et al., Defendants. (E.D. Cal., 2021):

• Provides an example where preliminary injunctive relief was granted based on a likelihood of success on the merits and a showing of irreparable harm.

Considering your situation involving civil rights violations, identity theft, retaliatory eviction, and being unable to leave the shelter, you may argue that these circumstances constitute irreparable harm and a real and immediate threat of future injury. You could seek emergency injunctive relief to address these issues and protect your rights.
Reasoning:
Given the legal principles discussed in the Opinions mentioned above, you may have a valid basis for seeking emergency injunctive relief to address the civil rights violations, identity theft, retaliatory eviction, and restrictions on leaving the shelter that you and your family are facing. By demonstrating the irreparable harm and real threat of future injury in your situation, you can potentially meet the requirements for obtaining emergency relief through a preliminary injunction. It is advisable to consult with a legal professional to assess the specifics of your case and determine the best course of action.

TW: weight loss
Made a throw away account, but basically I am just seeking some advice as my boyfriend and Is sex life has really died down in the past year and I’m not sure if I can do anything about it. I’ve expressed myself to him but it feels he excuses it to other things in very defensive manners and never really cares about there maybe being a issue or taking initiative so that I get reassurance that doesn’t let me get mixed in my insecurities. For ex: he will admit to me and agree our sex life isn’t what it was at one point but then when I say anything like the fact I don’t feel I even like give him a boner as often he will focus on the times he has got a boner and gaslight me versus being like “yeah no idk what’s been up maybe it’s my medication or something but I want to have sex more too!” I know he would never tell me if it was because of just being less attracted to me- so like I just feel stuck because my intuition is telling me it’s that.
I lost a lot of weight in our relationship and it’s hard to not think that that’s affected his sex drive. I wouldn’t maybe be so insecure about this if nothing changed but I literally just don’t feel my body makes him as horny or excited anymore. If anything I’ve received more attention from other guys since I’ve lost weight, I in general feel more confident as I used to be a bit chubbier and now I feel way more in shape but sexually I don’t have like a huge ass or boobs anymore. I really do want to start hitting the gym and gain back a butt again but I can’t do much about my boobs and hate the fact that I want to change for someone else even though he hasn’t communicated wanting me to change- his actions being different can’t help but make my mind spiral. As I was losing weight I didn’t expect this and feel like if anything since I was chubbier expected him to be more attracted to me when I slimed down.
I always had small boobs but I had enough to like grab lol and I wouldn’t say I exactly have much today. They are still like perky and nice in my opinion but i would never send like a tit pic for example because of how flat I am like I would just feel like a boy taking a photo of their chest lol. TW: weight loss and weight mentioned, I used to be 160lbs with a B cup and now I’m about 115lbs and have a A-AA cup. I played a lot of sports so I had a very muscular butt which I have lost overtime with my new lifestyle of school+ work.
What made me super insecure recently is we were watching a movie and a very porn type scene came on. The girl was seducing the guy in the film and had tripped/bent down showing her cleavage which was a lot. I kinda wish he just grabbed his phone and didn’t look but shit happens it’s 2024. It was a movie where like time reversed lol so the scene played like 2-3 times. What sucked was I felt his heart literally start pounding out of his chest during this scene and it has really ate up my mind today at work because I want him to get excited like that over me and it just feels impossible. She was a stereotypical blonde with huge boobs and I am like basic brunette with no chest so it definitely hurt. It feels like we have sex enough for him to like say we have sex and have that as his defense but theres often no huge desire from him(and I don’t usually get prioritized to finish) I just hate always feeling like there’s something wrong with me for being horny.
My insecurities have actually like made me want to get like a boob job just so I have stuff to like get in his face and make him excited since I feel like skin and bones when in comes to our relationship in the fact I don’t feel I can like make him horny anymore. I realize this is my issue majorly and I need therapy but I am also just so in the dark with a lack of reassurance and it’s so confusing because maybe i am underweight and shouldn’t expect him to be attracted to me in this way but also I can’t help it?? I’ve been trying to eat more and stuff but my boobs I know are just naturally small. I will hit the gym and try to get more of a ass to help that part- Im just confused. Like how do I navigate this. Is this just me being unattractive or is it more so maybe his issues with porn? He doesn’t watch it now but he def did before me and we had a problem in the past where I did find saved photos of a bot nude/just struggled with him not unfollowing girls online and stuff so of course that’s kinda where insecurities also began to stem from. ANY reply or initial insights would mean the world. Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
TDLR: I’ve been insecure in my relationship due to our sex life being a lot less frequent and often initiated by me. Overall I feel like I have noticed him just less sexually attracted to me, which when we were watching a movie and a porn scene came on that excited him, really hurt because I was opposite to the body type of the girl on TV. Is there anything I can do here or is my partner maybe just not into me physically?

I (42F) moved out 2 months ago and divorce is on the table with my husband (44M), married 16 years. Some red flags in the first 7 years, but mostly positive. After kids and a bad job situation he was awful. Afraid to leave him awful. Raging at me and the kids, physically intimidating (but not touching), smashing and throwing things, getting drunk all the time, zero accountability, no concern for the damage he was wrecking and had victim mentality that everything was my fault, his job’s fault, the kids fault.
Three years ago I told him to leave, he begged and made promises to change, we went to counseling. He stopped throwing things and yelling, but his anger was still there. If he didn’t get his way, if I didn’t agree with him on something, if the kids were cranky, he would snap at us and sit on the couch and get drunk for days and ignore everyone. Every couple months over stupid things.
In between he would bounce back to normal or be extra nice, getting up early to do the dishes, buying flowers, showering me with compliments, being patient and involved with the kids, being super dad. Meanwhile, I am struggling to get over the last fight, waiting for the next explosion, trying to prevent an issue by not saying things that might cause a negative reaction, trying to buffer the kids so they don’t set him off.
We got into an argument about something stupid six months ago, and he screamed in my face and kicked in a door. I told him I can’t do it anymore. I want divorce.
He love bombed hard for months, “I’m so sorry, I’m going to change, I’m going to counseling, I love you. I failed you.” That didn’t bring me back so it switched to “everything is your fault, you didn’t communicate, I was trying so hard, you didn’t reciprocate, you didn’t praise me, I was confused and had no idea there was an issue”. Then it turned hateful. “You’re evil, you’re poisoning the kids against me, you’re mentally ill, disassociating, and a f-ing psycho bitch.”
We tried shared parenting for the last couple months and he kicked our son (9) out of the house dramatically 4 times. He kicked me out of his (still our) house and threatened to call the police on me after inviting me there, he came to my new place and was screaming and swearing at me in front of our kids, I did call the police. He’s harassed and cut me emotionally and spit venom at every opportunity since I left.
And now he’s sorry and he was just hurting so much and didn’t mean it, he loves me. In the last couple weeks of his newfound clarity and calm we talked and cried, and I was considering going back. He wanted to go to counseling and I said I don’t know if it’ll help, you’ll be more mad in a few months saying I wasted your time if it doesn’t.
He heard that as a rejection again, flipped out, stormed out, started sending me hurtful texts, pictures of my kid crying saying this is what you’re doing to them, sending me pics of all the girls he’s dating to replace me, telling me how he hopes I suffer and cry every day.
Then again,.. “I’m sorry, you broke me, you made me act like that, I’m willing to do anything and I’ll get help.” Followed up with “You’re mentally ill, you changed, it’s your fault, I’m a good man, I go to church and volunteer, how can I be the problem, you’re grumpy, you have unrealistic expectations, you turned into your mother, this is normal and you’re just giving up..”
Why do I still love this person? Why can’t I just walk away? Why am I wavering? Why am I mourning the end so hard? Is it about him at all or am I just afraid of being alone? What if he really is sorry and will change and I’ll miss out on the life and love I wanted? Am I the problem and drove him to this? Am I making too big of a deal of the last 3 years of silencing and silent treatments instead of focusing on the positive? Did I not do enough? Try enough?
I know this is not okay. Part of me is afraid to leave him, I think staying would be less hurtful for the kids and I. Which says how bad this is. He’s really laying the blame and gaslighting on thick right now to where I almost believe him. I feel crazy. I’m not right?!?

I am a south asian man (India/Pakistan/Bangledesh/Sri Lanka, etc.). And I also really love DND. It's always fun to play and experience and I have a great time playing it.
I also love this game, having beat it several time to see what each playthrough has to offer.
But one thing that I hate about this game is that when I'm playing a custom origin, none of the options are even close to resembling me or people like me. I understand it's a fantasy game and you're not really supposed to play as yourself, but I'm someone who enjoys having my first playthrough being me and making all the choices I personally would and what not, and Iike to customize my character to reflect that.
Now I initially was like, alright, I'll wait and the modding scene will include some new faces that might be close to what I got. Nope. All the mods out there are dainty little kiddo faces or supermodels who have exclusively white features and what not. On occassion (rare occassions) I'll see faces that feature more black or east asian features which I'm always happy to see, but again nothing that I can grab. There are rarely any faces that are just regular people.
And if that's your thing then all the power to you. Mod your game the way you want.
My main gripe is that despite how inclusive and accepting this game is to all sorts of people, I still feel underrepersented and that really sucks. I know personally several POC people I'm friends with also feel this way, that it's a really white/white-coded cast and while that's not bad it can feel like the character i'm trying to make is an anamoly in this world. This doesn't even get into the fact that pretty much all major characters are white with the ones that aren't being noticeably less popular or written with a lot lower quality in comparison.
So for now I've had to settle with role-playing as a white dude with brown skin and just going forward with that. As usual.
As for the point of this post, there really isn't one aside from voicing my grievences, though I am hoping that any mod-makers who see this end up making more faces that have POC features for both fem and masc characters. And also to see if anyone reading has maybe felt like how I felt.

Hi! I have really oily skin, at night i use salicylic acid and niacynamide peeling, in the morning i use green cerave face wash,glycolic acid hydrating toner,vitamine c hydrating serum and sunscreen that also has vit c added in it. Can i use the glycolic acid toner and all the vitamine c products together? Or should i stop using toner? I haven't really noticed any skin irritation but i'm scared that products may not work because i heard they shouldn't be mixed. Should I change anything?

I decided to try my hand at a tron deck that focuses on the win con being X cost big blast to the face spells. I ended up adding some fogs because the combo took a bit of time and I need build up time, so ended up with red/green as the colors (red has the blasts, green has the fogs). However, I still feel like its too slow, and while I recently have managed to make it more resistant to counterspells (pyroblasts eat counterspells hard, teach by example copies the important spells, and kaerveks torch makes it harder to counterspell the blast) I just got absolutely bodied losing 2/3 to a mill deck since I didn't have any answer for that. Any advice on cards to add in, either to help with that matchup or in general? I also have been having a hard time vs aggro decks, but threw in the fogs to help with that and havent really gone up any aggro since, so I haven't been able to test whether or not that helped. I haven't put together a sideboard for it yet since I'm focusing on the main deck to make sure the core runs smooth first.
Decklist:
4 Manamorphose
3 Chromatic Star
4 Weather the Storm
4 Faithless Looting
4 Fog
4 Pyroblast
4 Spore Frog
2 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Teach by Example
4 Urza's Tower
4 Urza's Power Plant
4 Urza's Mine
4 Lotus Petal
3 Kaervek's Torch
2 Mountain // Mountain
2 Forest
4 Expedition Map

As the title says, which creatures or monsters of your world are you either most proud of creating or your favourite creations, be it for their design, story, origins etc.
I ask because I’m someone who’s a lover of the creatures and monsters of stories and how they’re written. I also love monster movies so that’s part of it too. I wanna hear all the weird, wonderful, strange, whacky, scary, dangerous, cute, creepy and ugly ones you have to offer.
I have a lot of creations that I’m proud of too, I’ll share some with you here;
Arachness - The mother of monsters and the firstborn Giant. Spreading at 1000ft long invertebrates that possess eight legs with a two-segmented body composed of a purple cephalothorax and a blue abdomen; resembling an ethereal scorpion. She is capable of running incredibly fast as well as being equipped with pincers and venomous stinger. She is able to impregnate herself with her own venom and thus creates the first monsters on Anadelia. She is sister to Orsor and Bournes, being the first born. Arachness protects the forests of the Glass Courd and commands all other monsters, with the exception of the Drackon and Yeti. She is kept in the hidden glass city, underneath the Canundra Iceberg. Scorpions are my favourite animal and I wish they were used a lot more often in media and literature so here’s the mother of monsters as a scorpion.
Haxie - There are many Drackons in the story, such as Bournes the rock Drackon Giant, however the most prominent of the drackons is Haxie, the face of the Venom Court. She stands guard at the peak of the Court, overlooking death and making sure nobody enters or leaves without permission. She stands at a staggering 85ft tall and her entire body is encased in a scaly, dark plum skin. Her wings are capable of producing a thick blackish purple fog that encases its surroundings, her tail can produce a vicious toxin and her bite is said to steal the soul of her victims. However, despite this, Haxie is lonely and wishes to escape the Venom Court, longing to reach the other side of the desert for freedom. Danis, the protagonist, helps her, and she returns the kindness and helps him, the two becoming friends. She eventually develops into the significance of night.
Guardians - Arguably more prominent than the above two, however, are the Guardians. Beasts who protect the magical cores of Anadelia. Bournes is one, the rock Giant who protects the titans core. One movement causes earthquakes and roars can split the planet. He protects the titans core which is also the core of the planet, keeping its structure intact.
Other Guardians include;
Devious, protector of Magic and the Spirits Core, a hound capable of freeze beings to glass with a glance. Fittingly nicknamed ‘the Shattered Hound’.
Ragis, protector of the Hurricane Core, a giant grey hawk capable of creating hazardous tornados from the flap of her wings.
Chernis, protector of the Wave Core, a fifteen headed hydra, capable of creating devastating whirlpools and consuming anything that trespasses.
Sartip, an unusual creature, protector of the Light Core, an amalgamation of creatures; the skin and head of a crocodile, the feathered wings of a bird and the body of a lion.