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I would like to start off, please don't just say "Hi" I would like to hear at least a little bit about you such as age, gender and hobbies :<
Hi! Male 18 Arkansas! Looking for somebody to talk to and hopefully get along with, hopefully we can become something more than friends? I'd prefer that over anything. Also, don't ghost me? I'm tired of being ghosted :>
My cons, I can't drive at the moments but I'm working my way to get there. I will have my license soon!
I'm also slightly chubby but my height kinda fixes it. I'm around 6 feet tall and weigh around 230lbs
I play games alot or sleep alot.
I'm very clingy and I get attached way to easily
My pros?
I can cook! I can make really good fried chicken and homemade baked Mac n cheese so if you ever want some im your guy :3
I try my best to be sweet and kind
I'm a pretty big nerd (not book smart but random fact smart)
And I have a cat!
I also love stuffed animals and I really hope to be able to make a collection someday
My interests/hobbies Include: playing games, drawing, watching tv/YouTube, listening to music, cooking, and learning useless lore about things.
Now, I don't really have a type, I love all shapes and sizes of people (although I do prefer chubby people! It means they know how to eat well) but please don't hesitate to dm me! I'm sure that as long as you aren't too manipulative or toxic well be fine!
And my age range? Please don't be over 25. Anything over just kinda makes me feel uneasy :<
I really hope to talk to you!!!!

I don’t usually make these but I really need some help for my sister. She has left everything at our house but her phone and I believe she is in a severe state of psychosis. This is also going to be very very long.
She has a history of trauma and her father struggles with bipolar disorder which I believe has been passed onto her. A week or two ago she was determined to make enough money stripping in order to move to Paris. She wants to go there because a few months ago our mom surprised my sister with a trip to Paris. The trip exposed her to new cultures, new lifestyles, and her love for fashion. But the idea of her becoming a stripper was already frightening for me due to her past traumas and how she isn’t environmentally aware of her surroundings (she has lost her phone about 3 times, each time my mom has bought her a new phone). At this point, she has turned her location off so our mother didn’t see she has been spending most of her days stripping, and she hasn’t been picking up from school anymore.
Well, two days ago I wake up to a phone call from my mom crying, she was calling me to warn me that my sister was after me to save me, and that I cannot listen to my sister. Keep in mind the reason I wasn’t at my moms was due to other family issues and I’ve been staying with my stepfamily for a few weeks. As I was shaking with fear I locked all the doors and as I went to wake up my stepsister I hear banging on the door. It was my sister crying out for me and hoping the lord saves me (keep in mind my sister is very very spiritual)This obviously scared me and I hid until she left. That day I couldn’t handle hearing her sound so ill. I’m not against Christianity at all, but it shakes me to hear my sister sound so unlike herself.
I decided to go to my friends house which was something I really needed. But while I was there my sister was live-streaming herself playing Micheal Jackson in front of a subway. Oh! I forgot to mention the day before my mom called about my sister coming for me, my mom also told me that she has been discovered by Micheal Jackson and that he will make her famous. So, after my friend and I watched the livestream laughing but also very concerned, a little later my mom FaceTimes me with my sister. She had to FaceTime me to show my sister that I am okay. Why? Well. My sister has also convinced herself that I am being sex trafficked by my mom, and she too has been sex trafficked to Paris. As one could tell a young teen like me cannot handle seeing their sister look so sick and delusional. So, trying to forget the image of my sister in her car with crazed eyes I decide to sleepover at my friends place. It was a great sleepover that I really needed.
The next day was going good once I arrived back to my stepfamily’s place, if I ignored all of my sisters spam texts about the lord. We had a delicious barbecue with salad and bulgogi. As I took a sip of my water I saw my mom walk into the backyard through the backdoor. She came in stressed and worried for her daughter, as any mother would. She shared how she has been following my sister around trying to convince her to go to the hospital with her for days on end, going to sleep at 2am and waking up at 6am. But my sister still refuses. I figured since my sister has always had a soft spot for me, maybe she’d be convinced by me.
Well, I searched the park she was last seen and I decide to call her. She answers me telling me that she is at the Bank of America. And that they had trees “good enough to climb just like when we were little”. I told my mom to let me go alone and we ended up talking for a good hour. And let me tell you, it was the most gut wrenching conversation with my sister I have ever had. I couldn’t recognize her anymore. She had lost her humor and is only interested in talking about Jesus. Plus, she mentioned how she is getting married to a 65yr old she met at the strip club.
I end up convincing her that I have found Jesus and so has our mom, and that I need her to come to the hospital with me because I am sick. Well, my acting worked because we finally got her into the hospital but my sister made it very difficult because she believed that anything with the color red is the devil. And literally everywhere had red roses, this also saddened me because those were her favorite flowers. Anyways, once the doctor called out my sisters name she bolted out the ER. I managed to stop her. As she waited she began pacing up and down, throwing holy water at me. But once my mom walked out the door she ended up running out the hospital.
Afterwards, my mom calls the cops. They told us that they can’t do anything unless my sister turns herself in since she’s an adult. Great. So, that leaves us unable to do a thing. Heard my mom hysterically cry because it feels like her daughter is dead. She want to marry a 65 year old man and we can’t do anything. We’ve tried everything and all we can do is let it happen. I currently have no clue where she is and all I can do is..pray?!
Please if anyone has experience with adult n psychosis please please help us. I miss my sister.

I don’t usually make these but I really need some help for my sister. She has left everything at our house but her phone and I believe she is in a severe state of psychosis. This is also going to be very very long.
She has a history of trauma and her father struggles with bipolar disorder which I believe has been passed onto her. A week or two ago she was determined to make enough money stripping in order to move to Paris. She wants to go there because a few months ago our mom surprised my sister with a trip to Paris. The trip exposed her to new cultures, new lifestyles, and her love for fashion. But the idea of her becoming a stripper was already frightening for me due to her past traumas and how she isn’t environmentally aware of her surroundings (she has lost her phone about 3 times, each time my mom has bought her a new phone). At this point, she has turned her location off so our mother didn’t see she has been spending most of her days stripping, and she hasn’t been picking up from school anymore.
Well, two days ago I wake up to a phone call from my mom crying, she was calling me to warn me that my sister was after me to save me, and that I cannot listen to my sister. Keep in mind the reason I wasn’t at my moms was due to other family issues and I’ve been staying with my stepfamily for a few weeks. As I was shaking with fear I locked all the doors and as I went to wake up my stepsister I hear banging on the door. It was my sister crying out for me and hoping the lord saves me (keep in mind my sister is very very spiritual)This obviously scared me and I hid until she left. That day I couldn’t handle hearing her sound so ill. I’m not against Christianity at all, but it shakes me to hear my sister sound so unlike herself.
I decided to go to my friends house which was something I really needed. But while I was there my sister was live-streaming herself playing Micheal Jackson in front of a subway. Oh! I forgot to mention the day before my mom called about my sister coming for me, my mom also told me that she has been discovered by Micheal Jackson and that he will make her famous. So, after my friend and I watched the livestream laughing but also very concerned, a little later my mom FaceTimes me with my sister. She had to FaceTime me to show my sister that I am okay. Why? Well. My sister has also convinced herself that I am being sex trafficked by my mom, and she too has been sex trafficked to Paris. As one could tell a young teen like me cannot handle seeing their sister look so sick and delusional. So, trying to forget the image of my sister in her car with crazed eyes I decide to sleepover at my friends place. It was a great sleepover that I really needed.
The next day was going good once I arrived back to my stepfamily’s place, if I ignored all of my sisters spam texts about the lord. We had a delicious barbecue with salad and bulgogi. As I took a sip of my water I saw my mom walk into the backyard through the backdoor. She came in stressed and worried for her daughter, as any mother would. She shared how she has been following my sister around trying to convince her to go to the hospital with her for days on end, going to sleep at 2am and waking up at 6am. But my sister still refuses. I figured since my sister has always had a soft spot for me, maybe she’d be convinced by me.
Well, I searched the park she was last seen and I decide to call her. She answers me telling me that she is at the Bank of America. And that they had trees “good enough to climb just like when we were little”. I told my mom to let me go alone and we ended up talking for a good hour. And let me tell you, it was the most gut wrenching conversation with my sister I have ever had. I couldn’t recognize her anymore. She had lost her humor and is only interested in talking about Jesus. Plus, she mentioned how she is getting married to a 65yr old she met at the strip club.
I end up convincing her that I have found Jesus and so has our mom, and that I need her to come to the hospital with me because I am sick. Well, my acting worked because we finally got her into the hospital but my sister made it very difficult because she believed that anything with the color red is the devil. And literally everywhere had red roses, this also saddened me because those were her favorite flowers. Anyways, once the doctor called out my sisters name she bolted out the ER. I managed to stop her. As she waited she began pacing up and down, throwing holy water at me. But once my mom walked out the door she ended up running out the hospital.
Afterwards, my mom calls the cops. They told us that they can’t do anything unless my sister turns herself in since she’s an adult. Great. So, that leaves us unable to do a thing. Heard my mom hysterically cry because it feels like her daughter is dead. She want to marry a 65 year old man and we can’t do anything. We’ve tried everything and all we can do is let it happen. I currently have no clue where she is and all I can do is..pray?!
Please if anyone has experience with adult n psychosis please please help us. I miss my sister.

When it comes to food, I am hopeless. I love cooking, I’m good at cooking, but in every other department, I’m falling short. I am bad at grocery shopping because I let stuff spoil, so I tend to only buy stuff that lasts for months. I don’t typically feel hungry until 3-4pm or later because of the adderall. I do take my meds with a protein shake in the morning, so at least there is that.
Otherwise, I am a snacker, and most of it is carbs. Pasta, Mac n cheese, rice, stuff that is easy to make. I have to be in the mood to cook, and usually when I’m finally hungry by dinner time, I’m also exhausted. If I buy healthy food it goes bad because I really have to be in the mood to eat it, or else it makes me feel nauseous. I can’t meal prep or plan out meals for the same reason. Since I often don’t have viable groceries, I find myself getting carry out a lot.
I’m just sick of feeling so unhealthy, my stomach hurts all the time, I absolutely need more fiber in my diet. It just feels like an impossible struggle for me to win, I have not been able to think of a good solution. Not to mention the insane cost of most food right now, because ya girl is broke.

I don’t usually make these but I really need some help for my sister. She has left everything at our house but her phone and I believe she is in a severe state of psychosis. This is also going to be very very long.
She has a history of trauma and her father struggles with bipolar disorder which I believe has been passed onto her. A week or two ago she was determined to make enough money stripping in order to move to Paris. She wants to go there because a few months ago our mom surprised my sister with a trip to Paris. The trip exposed her to new cultures, new lifestyles, and her love for fashion. But the idea of her becoming a stripper was already frightening for me due to her past traumas and how she isn’t environmentally aware of her surroundings (she has lost her phone about 3 times, each time my mom has bought her a new phone). At this point, she has turned her location off so our mother didn’t see she has been spending most of her days stripping, and she hasn’t been picking up from school anymore.
Well, two days ago I wake up to a phone call from my mom crying, she was calling me to warn me that my sister was after me to save me, and that I cannot listen to my sister. Keep in mind the reason I wasn’t at my moms was due to other family issues and I’ve been staying with my stepfamily for a few weeks. As I was shaking with fear I locked all the doors and as I went to wake up my stepsister I hear banging on the door. It was my sister crying out for me and hoping the lord saves me (keep in mind my sister is very very spiritual)This obviously scared me and I hid until she left. That day I couldn’t handle hearing her sound so ill. I’m not against Christianity at all, but it shakes me to hear my sister sound so unlike herself.
I decided to go to my friends house which was something I really needed. But while I was there my sister was live-streaming herself playing Micheal Jackson in front of a subway. Oh! I forgot to mention the day before my mom called about my sister coming for me, my mom also told me that she has been discovered by Micheal Jackson and that he will make her famous. So, after my friend and I watched the livestream laughing but also very concerned, a little later my mom FaceTimes me with my sister. She had to FaceTime me to show my sister that I am okay. Why? Well. My sister has also convinced herself that I am being sex trafficked by my mom, and she too has been sex trafficked to Paris. As one could tell a young teen like me cannot handle seeing their sister look so sick and delusional. So, trying to forget the image of my sister in her car with crazed eyes I decide to sleepover at my friends place. It was a great sleepover that I really needed.
The next day was going good once I arrived back to my stepfamily’s place, if I ignored all of my sisters spam texts about the lord. We had a delicious barbecue with salad and bulgogi. As I took a sip of my water I saw my mom walk into the backyard through the backdoor. She came in stressed and worried for her daughter, as any mother would. She shared how she has been following my sister around trying to convince her to go to the hospital with her for days on end, going to sleep at 2am and waking up at 6am. But my sister still refuses. I figured since my sister has always had a soft spot for me, maybe she’d be convinced by me.
Well, I searched the park she was last seen and I decide to call her. She answers me telling me that she is at the Bank of America. And that they had trees “good enough to climb just like when we were little”. I told my mom to let me go alone and we ended up talking for a good hour. And let me tell you, it was the most gut wrenching conversation with my sister I have ever had. I couldn’t recognize her anymore. She had lost her humor and is only interested in talking about Jesus. Plus, she mentioned how she is getting married to a 65yr old she met at the strip club.
I end up convincing her that I have found Jesus and so has our mom, and that I need her to come to the hospital with me because I am sick. Well, my acting worked because we finally got her into the hospital but my sister made it very difficult because she believed that anything with the color red is the devil. And literally everywhere had red roses, this also saddened me because those were her favorite flowers. Anyways, once the doctor called out my sisters name she bolted out the ER. I managed to stop her. As she waited she began pacing up and down, throwing holy water at me. But once my mom walked out the door she ended up running out the hospital.
Afterwards, my mom calls the cops. They told us that they can’t do anything unless my sister turns herself in since she’s an adult. Great. So, that leaves us unable to do a thing. Heard my mom hysterically cry because it feels like her daughter is dead. She want to marry a 65 year old man and we can’t do anything. We’ve tried everything and all we can do is let it happen. I currently have no clue where she is and all I can do is..pray?!
Please if anyone has experience with adult n psychosis please please help us. I miss my sister.

It was a Monday like every other. I was at the office entering expenses accounts into a spreadsheet. This week was different, I thought to myself as I looked at my calendar, Wednesday circled with the word "vacation" written within the box. As I daydreamed of spending time in my hometown with old friends and family, some of them, I hadn't seen since the accident. I was snapped out of my mind wandering when I heard the sound of my smartwatch alarm. A reminder to take my medicine. I opened my messenger bag and reached in to grab my bottle. I gave it a shake and heard the deafening sound of an empty bottle. I'm supposed to take two a day. I popped open the bottle and inside was a note, I unfolded the paper and it read: "remember to order meds."
When break time came around, I called my doctor's office to order more medicine: "Hello, good afternoon. Yes, my name is Brian Weber. Yes, I need to get a refill on my medication." I looked down at my empty bottle and read the label to the nurse. "Aripiprazole?" I answered. "Yes... Wednesday night? No, I won't be in town. Send it to 101 N. Carrie King Lane, Portland, Maine... Thank you, have a great day." I figured I could handle a couple of days without my medicine. I spent the rest of my lunch break watching videos about one of my favorite subjects, cryptids and mythology.
Tuesday came and went as normal aside from a terrible migraine I couldn't shake, I went to bed as soon as I got home. When Wednesday had finally come, I woke up to the smell of coffee brewing. I walked downstairs to see my wife, Laura, cooking breakfast. "Good morning, my love." She said, turning away from the stove. I stood there confused for a moment, and then I finally responded, "Good morning, bags already packed?" I asked as I walked to her and gave her a kiss. "Packed and in the car already." She answered as she scraped eggs from the pan onto a plate. I walked over to our six-month-old son, Nathan, who was sitting in his high chair and gave him a kiss on his head. "Morning, buddy." I said, and then I sat down to eat breakfast. We conversed about the route we were going to take, and I checked the weather and saw there was going to be snowfall at the halfway point. We packed up the car and headed out on our eight and a half hour journey to my hometown.
The start of the road trip was filled with eating some snacks, singing along to some music and just general chatting. We watched as the busy city highway turned to forest roads as Nathan babbled to himself and played with some toys. At the halfway point, the road began to disappear under the patches of snow and ice as Laura pointed out the snowy trees to Nathan. "Look at the snow in the trees, Nate." She said as he looked out the window and gave a giggle. He'd seen snow in the city, but this was his first time seeing a snowy forest. As we were driving down the forest road, I realized the car began to slow down. I tried pumping the gas pedal, but there was no increase in speed. Then the car came to a stop. "What's wrong, Brian? " Laura asked, concerned. "I'm not sure." I said as I turned off the car. I grabbed my gloves and zipped my jacket up to my throat. The cold air bit at my face and ears as I stepped around the front of the car. I lifted the hood of the car and I looked at the steam come off of the engine and components. I tried various cables and hoses, but nothing seemed loose. I shut the hood and stepped back into the car. "What's wrong? " Laura asked. "I think the engine might have overheated. Maybe we can let it cool off for thirty minutes and try again?" I said, trying to remain confident in front of my family. I didn't know anything about cars. I tried looking up what might be going on with my vehicle, but I had no signal. Nathan began crying, Laura unbuckled him from his car seat and checked on him. He didn't need a new diaper, so he must have been hungry. Laura unzipped her jacket and attempted to breast-feed him. "Sorry, Nate, but mommy doesn't have much milk for you." She said as she pulled him away and zipped her jacket back up.
Thirty minutes passed by, and I decided enough time had passed for the engine to cool. I turned the key, but it didn't start. I waited a few minutes and I tried again... nothing. I looked at Laura, who looked at me panicked. "This is a normal route to take, someone should drive by soon, and we should be able to get help." I reassured her. We had only packed a few snacks for the trip, but not enough food and water to last us a long time. No help came, no cars came, and no calls could be made out or received. As day turned to night, the car became colder and colder as the cold winter air crept its way into our vehicle. I looked out into the dark forest and I could see glowing eyes in the woods and I could hear the sound of wolves nearby barking and howling. Three days had passed, Laura and I were weak from not eating. We occasionally would open the car door to gather snow off the ground to eat it, to attempt to stay hydrated. Eventually, Nathan's constant cries shrank to a dull whine and eventual silence. I reached back to the baby seat where he sat under some blankets and felt for him. He was cold to the touch, Nathan had died. I'm not sure whether it was due to starvation or exposure, but he was gone. I leaned back forward, putting my head against the steering wheel and sobbed uncomfortably. The tears stung as they ran down my frozen face. As if fate couldn't be cruel enough, Laura tapped me on the shoulder and weakly pointed. Outside the car were those same wolves, now circling the car as if death itself had informed them of my son's passing. They couldn't get to us as long as we stayed in the car, but one thing was for sure, we weren't going to be able to gather any more ice. I had never felt so much despair in my life. I almost didn't want to be rescued at that point, I felt I just wanted to die and join my son in the afterlife. I laid my head down on the steering wheel and fell asleep.
I woke up the next morning to find Laura and Nathan's body gone from the car. I had noticed the wolves were gone as well. Perhaps she went to bury Nathan, though I'm not sure how she had the strength to do so. I dragged myself out of the car and grabbed the knife I kept under my seat for defense. I could see in the woods the flickers of light from a fire and I began to walk towards it. As I approached I could smell the intoxicating aroma of cooking meat, I could see Laura crouched at the fire ravenously eating away. She turned and looked at me and smiled as if to beckon me to join her. My mouth watering and my stomach in pain from not eating for three days I approached. I had stopped halfway when I stepped on some sort of soft cloth in the snow. I looked down and what I saw to my horror could only be confirmed when I looked at the shape of the meat that Laura had over the fire. It was the familiar shape of my son, my baby boy. I felt a menagerie of emotions wash over me, from disgust to horror, but the one that stood out to me at that moment was rage. I don't know where this strength came from, but in that moment of blind hatred, I plunged the knife into Laura's neck. She fell over gasping to scream in pain as her warm blood melted the snow by her. It only took seconds, but it felt like minutes as I stood there and watched her die. I walked back to my car and sat in the driver's seat. I grabbed a blanket from the back seat and just passed out. I don't know how many hours had passed but,
I had awoken to the sound of a scream. I stepped out of the car and tried to pinpoint where the screams were coming from. Was Laura somehow still alive? I thought to myself. Guilt filled my heart as I began to run into the woods towards Laura. I came to a clearing, but Laura was nowhere to be found. I heard some footsteps in the snow nearby, and I decided to pursue it. What I found behind those trees was not my wife, but a creature. It was tall and emaciated with gray skin and yellow eyes. It had a wide mouth filled with jagged teeth and no hair. It turned to me and let out a loud inhuman scream. Its breath was hot and smelled of both rot and death. I didn't bring my knife with me to defend myself, not that it would do me any good. I knew what this thing was and who it used to be. I turned and ran as fast as I could back to the car. I could feel its pursuit on my heels and then the feeling of hot iron piercing my side. I was lucky I had left my car door open, I leaped in and closed the door behind me as the creature slammed into the side of my car nearly shattering the window. I grabbed my side and it felt wet, my hand now covered red with my own blood. The creature looked at me through the cracked window, just accusing me with its accursed stare. I knew my time was coming to an end soon. The creature looked at me and opened its mouth and said with a deep monstrous voice, "Sir, are you okay?"
I looked up at a man in a forest ranger's uniform shining his flashlight into my eyes. I looked around and didn't see any monster. I looked at my hand, there was no blood. I looked in the back, there was no baby seat. "Sir, are you okay?" He asked again. I looked at the time on my dashboard, it had only been a few hours since I came to a stop. "Sir, are you traveling with company or alone?" He asked, his voice slightly muffled through the glass. I paused for a moment and looked back at the officer and rolled down my window. "Alone." I said. "Is there something wrong with your vehicle?" The ranger asked. I reached down to turn the key to my vehicle. It turned over without an issue. "Doesn't seem to be." I answered. The ranger looked me up and down and then said, "Be on your way then, you have a safe journey, sir." I nodded and rolled up my window and began to drive away.

Context: You're hosting your first ever party, and your 'family' is being somewhat supportive. Your older brother, Nate, is, at least, being less of a dumbass than usual. His gruff best friend, however, appears to be willing to show you a new side of himself tonight. And he's a real sweet talker~
Setting: The Listener's house
Tags: [M4A][Frenemies to Lovers?][Established Relationship?][Tsundere AF Speaker][Nerd Listener][Mean]to[Sweet][Sleepy Boi][Sleep Confessions][Lawd, He's Drunk][Comfort][Reverse Comfort][A Little Comedy][No One Tell Him][CW: Emotionally Vulnerable Tsunderes]
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[Scene opens in your house]
[SFX: The Listener setting up hurriedly for a party / guests filtering in]
[You are scrambling about, desperate to set up for your first ever party. Your heart is pounding with each guest you greet, but you try to keep it together, because you know, eventually-:]
[SFX: The door getting kicked lightly open]
[Your older brother, Nate, and his best friend of many, many years trudge in, crating trays of food]
“Clear the way, brisket coming through! Anyone who disturbs her path will know my wrath, or whatever…”
[Pause!]
[He makes eye contact and you both sneer. Still, he makes a beeline toward you]
[SFX: Grumpy himbo parting the Party Sea]
“There’s the host with the most… problems hiding their anxiety, hehe. Pfft, about time I actually got to set sights on your dumb face.”
[Pause!]
“Yeah, yeah. ‘It’s my first time hosting a party, be supportive!’. I’m here, I brought a shit ton of food from the restaurant, so don’t get started. Relax, actually ENJOY your first party, Nerd.”
[Pause?]
“Am I gonna drink? Ah, good question. No way your dumbass brother isn’t going to get wasted and I’m his ride… Ugh, God I hate that man sometimes… Not sure why I’ve stuck with your family this long, not gonna lie. Hear that, Nate! You’re a dumbass!”
[Your brother flips him off with a friendly smile in response. Then you. You flip him off. The game continues for a bit before you all remember the lone brain cell not being used]
[Pause <3]
[He rolls his eyes but smiles]
“Oohh, ‘love you, too’? Well, butter me up, why don’t you? Quit while you’re ahead, Nerd. I’m favored out, ain’t no way I’m hanging out after to help with dishes and shit.”
[Pause.]
[He folds his broad arms and smirks]
“I am an asshole, yes. Why did you ask about drinking, though?”
[Pause?]
“Ohh, you were going to offer to let me stay over so I could relax, huh? … Mmh. I am really good at shooting myself in the foot, huh?”
[Pause??]
[He laughs]
“Maybe if I had been nice the decade we’ve known each other? My goodness, so spicy tonight. The survivor adrenaline kicking in to counter your introverted flee instincts must be giving you a bit more nerve than usual. Tell you what? You focus that into charming the lovely folks arriving, and we can argue later when you’re setting out a sleeping bag for me next to your bed?”
[. . . ]
[He laughs again]
“Ohh, Heavens, I know. I am King Bastard, King of all Bastards, with high Dominion over the Archangel of BASTARDOM!”
[Pause.]
“Hmhm… I hope you enjoy the party as well, Nerd! I’m going to go get obliterated on that whiskey, thank you very much for your hospitality!”
[Pause…]
[SFX: Fade out into party ambiance > Stretch for as long of a [Pause] as VA desires]
[Time seems to fly as you do your best not to collapse into an introverted black hole. It’s your first party, you’re determined not to fail. You’re sure at LEAST five hours have passed when you decide to call it]
“Hm? You heading upstairs already, Nerd?”
[Pause…]
“Uh… It’s ten…”
[. . . ]
“...It’s OK. Nate and I will finish things up. I’ll make sure to save you a plate of brisket and fixings.”
[Pause <3]
[He rolls his eyes and shoos you off]
“Go on. Go to bed. I’ll try not to make too much noise when I come to bed. Please, for my sake, make sure the path to the sleeping bag is clear, hm?”
[Before you can retort, he affixes you with an intense stare, knocking the words out of your brain. His voice is just as intense for his next sentence before he goes back to his normal gruffness:]
“...You could let me sleep with you instead, of course…”
[. . . ???]
[He laughs]
“Pfft, your face. Go to bed. Don’t make me chase you up there.”
[. . . ]
[You shake the confusion off enough to trudge upstairs, resisting the urge to lock your door from the inside as you prepare the sleeping bag, crawl into bed, and promptly pass out]
[SFX: Either fade out muffled party ambiance with / without acting out the above in SFX]
[Fade Out]
[Slow Fade In]
[SFX: The bed shifting to the Speaker’s weight/the blanket reacting in kind]
[You barely remember falling asleep. You’re still barely awake. That’s why it takes you a moment to realize you have acquired a cuddle buddy, of sorts. He’s slipping into bed behind you, cuddled up as though it’s a normal event]
“Mmmh…:”
[. . . ?]
“Mmh…? Nnh, go back to sleep, sweetie…”
[... Pause.]
[You roll over to look at him in disbelief. His eyes aren’t even open]
“Mmmh warm…”
[P-Pause…]
“...No sleep bag, thank you.”
[. . . ? ]
“Nuhh, I’m gonna stay here… Warm… Smells nice…”
[You’ve heard the word ‘flabbergasted’ many times in your life but never have you felt it so perfectly that it could be the picture in the dictionary]
[SFX: The bed shifting a bit as he cozies up]
[Pause…]
[He nuzzles closer, voice startling soft compared to its normal gruffness]
“Sshh… It’s OK, baby, go back to sleep…”
[He somewhat slurs it together but the ‘baby’ makes you stop. Flabbergasted]
[???]
“Shh… I’ve got you… You rest, you did a good job with your little party. Oh my god it was so cute, you’re so cute when you’re freaking out but acting through it.”
[Pause????]
“M’ feeling fine… Just dunk. Drunk. D-R-U-N… drunk…”
[. . . ]
“I am a very affectionate dunk, yes… Mmh, you feel really nice to hold… S’ not fair, you know? Always walking around in those shorts, pasty-ass Nerd legs just reflecting the sun and such… Your brother says he’ll kick my ass if I go after you, you know…”
[Pause…?]
[SFX: A slight snore from him]
[Pause????]
“Nuhhh… Ahm not that asleep… I love you…”
[. . . . ]
[Amused, you tousle his hair a little bit and play along]
“Mmhm, I put the kids to bed… Wish I had their energy, you know? They make me feel old as… dust.”
[Pause <3]
“I ‘ppreciate all the sacrifices you’ve made, too… Being a monster-fighting spy pilot s’ hard work…”
[...]
“Mmhm, pancakes sound really good… I could fry up some chicken in a really good Korean BBQ rub I have and we could just get MESSED up on calories…”
[P-Pause]
“Mmrlr…. Why are you giggling? Giggly thing…”
[Pause…]
“Whaaaat? ‘I’m not normally this nice?’ You’re not normally this brutal to my feelings… I am too, nice! Rackum frackum…”
[He nuzzles back into your neck, cutting your giggles into a slight gasp]
[Pause!]
“Yeah, nuzzling up to your neck got you to quit laughing… Mmh… You really do smell nice…”
[Pause…]
“Yeah, you can pet my hair, that’s cool. Totally cool… Mmh, hehe, I knew you’d scratch my head like I was a dog the second you got a chance. Nerd.”
[P-Pause!]
“It is really good conditioner, thank you… Mmh… Thank you for petting my hair, even though you’re super awkward about it…”
[. . . ? ]
“Am I sleep?”
[He pauses and, for a moment, you think you have your answer before he lets out a massive snore]
[SFX: A big old snore]
[. . . ]
[You look at him in abject disbelief as he snores against you, in a weird space between sleep and wake]
“Am sleep…”
[. . . ]
“Hey, good night, beautiful~”.
[He tries to kiss you but it sort of just lands on your chin before he curls right back up in his supernatural coma]
[P-Pause…]
[You’re somewhat pinned under him…. And the party still somewhat rages downstairs. You can’t decide which is theoretically worse - someone opening the door or him waking up and realizing what he’s said…]
[SFX: Fade out on the slightly muffled party ambiance]
[To be continued?]
Note: I am taking name suggestions for this colossal goober~

It was a Monday like every other. I was at the office entering expenses accounts into a spreadsheet. This week was different, I thought to myself as I looked at my calendar, Wednesday circled with the word "vacation" written within the box. As I daydreamed of spending time in my hometown with old friends and family, some of them, I hadn't seen since the accident. I was snapped out of my mind wandering when I heard the sound of my smartwatch alarm. A reminder to take my medicine. I opened my messenger bag and reached in to grab my bottle. I gave it a shake and heard the deafening sound of an empty bottle. I'm supposed to take two a day. I popped open the bottle and inside was a note, I unfolded the paper and it read: "remember to order meds."
When break time came around, I called my doctor's office to order more medicine: "Hello, good afternoon. Yes, my name is Brian Weber. Yes, I need to get a refill on my medication." I looked down at my empty bottle and read the label to the nurse. "Aripiprazole?" I answered. "Yes... Wednesday night? No, I won't be in town. Send it to 101 N. Carrie King Lane, Portland, Maine... Thank you, have a great day." I figured I could handle a couple of days without my medicine. I spent the rest of my lunch break watching videos about one of my favorite subjects, cryptids and mythology.
Tuesday came and went as normal aside from a terrible migraine I couldn't shake, I went to bed as soon as I got home. When Wednesday had finally come, I woke up to the smell of coffee brewing. I walked downstairs to see my wife, Laura, cooking breakfast. "Good morning, my love." She said, turning away from the stove. I stood there confused for a moment, and then I finally responded, "Good morning, bags already packed?" I asked as I walked to her and gave her a kiss. "Packed and in the car already." She answered as she scraped eggs from the pan onto a plate. I walked over to our six-month-old son, Nathan, who was sitting in his high chair and gave him a kiss on his head. "Morning, buddy." I said, and then I sat down to eat breakfast. We conversed about the route we were going to take, and I checked the weather and saw there was going to be snowfall at the halfway point. We packed up the car and headed out on our eight and a half hour journey to my hometown.
The start of the road trip was filled with eating some snacks, singing along to some music and just general chatting. We watched as the busy city highway turned to forest roads as Nathan babbled to himself and played with some toys. At the halfway point, the road began to disappear under the patches of snow and ice as Laura pointed out the snowy trees to Nathan. "Look at the snow in the trees, Nate." She said as he looked out the window and gave a giggle. He'd seen snow in the city, but this was his first time seeing a snowy forest. As we were driving down the forest road, I realized the car began to slow down. I tried pumping the gas pedal, but there was no increase in speed. Then the car came to a stop. "What's wrong, Brian? " Laura asked, concerned. "I'm not sure." I said as I turned off the car. I grabbed my gloves and zipped my jacket up to my throat. The cold air bit at my face and ears as I stepped around the front of the car. I lifted the hood of the car and I looked at the steam come off of the engine and components. I tried various cables and hoses, but nothing seemed loose. I shut the hood and stepped back into the car. "What's wrong? " Laura asked. "I think the engine might have overheated. Maybe we can let it cool off for thirty minutes and try again?" I said, trying to remain confident in front of my family. I didn't know anything about cars. I tried looking up what might be going on with my vehicle, but I had no signal. Nathan began crying, Laura unbuckled him from his car seat and checked on him. He didn't need a new diaper, so he must have been hungry. Laura unzipped her jacket and attempted to breast-feed him. "Sorry, Nate, but mommy doesn't have much milk for you." She said as she pulled him away and zipped her jacket back up.
Thirty minutes passed by, and I decided enough time had passed for the engine to cool. I turned the key, but it didn't start. I waited a few minutes and I tried again... nothing. I looked at Laura, who looked at me panicked. "This is a normal route to take, someone should drive by soon, and we should be able to get help." I reassured her. We had only packed a few snacks for the trip, but not enough food and water to last us a long time. No help came, no cars came, and no calls could be made out or received. As day turned to night, the car became colder and colder as the cold winter air crept its way into our vehicle. I looked out into the dark forest and I could see glowing eyes in the woods and I could hear the sound of wolves nearby barking and howling. Three days had passed, Laura and I were weak from not eating. We occasionally would open the car door to gather snow off the ground to eat it, to attempt to stay hydrated. Eventually, Nathan's constant cries shrank to a dull whine and eventual silence. I reached back to the baby seat where he sat under some blankets and felt for him. He was cold to the touch, Nathan had died. I'm not sure whether it was due to starvation or exposure, but he was gone. I leaned back forward, putting my head against the steering wheel and sobbed uncomfortably. The tears stung as they ran down my frozen face. As if fate couldn't be cruel enough, Laura tapped me on the shoulder and weakly pointed. Outside the car were those same wolves, now circling the car as if death itself had informed them of my son's passing. They couldn't get to us as long as we stayed in the car, but one thing was for sure, we weren't going to be able to gather any more ice. I had never felt so much despair in my life. I almost didn't want to be rescued at that point, I felt I just wanted to die and join my son in the afterlife. I laid my head down on the steering wheel and fell asleep.
I woke up the next morning to find Laura and Nathan's body gone from the car. I had noticed the wolves were gone as well. Perhaps she went to bury Nathan, though I'm not sure how she had the strength to do so. I dragged myself out of the car and grabbed the knife I kept under my seat for defense. I could see in the woods the flickers of light from a fire and I began to walk towards it. As I approached I could smell the intoxicating aroma of cooking meat, I could see Laura crouched at the fire ravenously eating away. She turned and looked at me and smiled as if to beckon me to join her. My mouth watering and my stomach in pain from not eating for three days I approached. I had stopped halfway when I stepped on some sort of soft cloth in the snow. I looked down and what I saw to my horror could only be confirmed when I looked at the shape of the meat that Laura had over the fire. It was the familiar shape of my son, my baby boy. I felt a menagerie of emotions wash over me, from disgust to horror, but the one that stood out to me at that moment was rage. I don't know where this strength came from, but in that moment of blind hatred, I plunged the knife into Laura's neck. She fell over gasping to scream in pain as her warm blood melted the snow by her. It only took seconds, but it felt like minutes as I stood there and watched her die. I walked back to my car and sat in the driver's seat. I grabbed a blanket from the back seat and just passed out. I don't know how many hours had passed but,
I had awoken to the sound of a scream. I stepped out of the car and tried to pinpoint where the screams were coming from. Was Laura somehow still alive? I thought to myself. Guilt filled my heart as I began to run into the woods towards Laura. I came to a clearing, but Laura was nowhere to be found. I heard some footsteps in the snow nearby, and I decided to pursue it. What I found behind those trees was not my wife, but a creature. It was tall and emaciated with gray skin and yellow eyes. It had a wide mouth filled with jagged teeth and no hair. It turned to me and let out a loud inhuman scream. Its breath was hot and smelled of both rot and death. I didn't bring my knife with me to defend myself, not that it would do me any good. I knew what this thing was and who it used to be. I turned and ran as fast as I could back to the car. I could feel its pursuit on my heels and then the feeling of hot iron piercing my side. I was lucky I had left my car door open, I leaped in and closed the door behind me as the creature slammed into the side of my car nearly shattering the window. I grabbed my side and it felt wet, my hand now covered red with my own blood. The creature ripped the door open of my car and pulled me from my seat. It cradled me in its arms as I felt blood running down my face. It looked at me and with a deep monstrous voice it said: "You're going to be alright."
I looked up to see flashing lights and a paramedic at my open door. I looked around feeling dazed and in pain. There was no monster. I looked in the back of the car, there was no baby seat. "You're going to be okay." The paramedic had said again. "You've been in a bad car accident." He said. I looked around and saw that I was on a forest road, I had crashed into a tree. Beyond my broken windshield was the corpes of a deer. As I began to recall events leading up to the crash, the paramedic spoke to me again: "Can you tell me where you were heading?" I sat there dazed, I remembered, I was heading to my hometown for the holidays to visit my family. "Home." I said. "Were you traveling with company or alone? " he had asked. I thought for a moment recalling my vivid dream. I looked at the paramedic with a look that can only be described as a deep sadness, "alone."

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The scream rang through the frigate. Northern ran down the hall and burst into Fen's room where she found her sitting up panting, covered in sweat.
"What is it? What happened?"
"T-The Nanites. They spoke to me." she tried to control her breathing, taking huge breaths and holding them for a moment, releasing them through her nose. "They said they're not going to devour our dimension, but they need to Gates to help search for a different one to devour."
"Devour?"
"They are a distributed intelligence inside the Nanites. They consume everything to make more of themselves. They said their own dimension was not like ours - fewer stars and planets - and they found a white hole to power themselves and the Gates, but now they need more energy." Fen continued to try and control her breathing, but she started panting instead. "Northern" she gasped.
Northern grabbed Fen and hugged her tightly. As she held her, Fen's breathing slowly recovered and tears started flowing down her cheeks. "What are we going to do?"
"The first thing we're going to do-" As she stood, Fen thought for a moment that the AI seemed taller. She exuded confidence that made Fen feel like she could fix things. "-is get out of here. No way we can stay here Helen and the Empire. The second thing we're going to do is go find Gord."
"But we don't know where he is."
"I've got an idea." Northern flashed a grin and winked as she strode out of the room. Exhausted, Fen sighed, and flopped back onto the bed.
"Stormy! If you're not connected up to the ship, it's time. We're going.
"Going where, Northern?" Stormy's voice came from the PA.
"Tell you when we're out of here. Are we still on the Dreadnought's umbilical?" Northern sat in the center seat on the Command deck. Her fingers danced over the panels built into the arms of the chair. All over the ship, there were sounds of activity as the reactor came back online and other systems started to spin up.
"We are. I'm spoofing their sensors right now, so long as you keep the running lights off they won't know we're running hot until they come up to the airlock."
"Ideally, I want to be gone before they even know we left. What time is it on the ship?"
"Hour or so before lunch."
"Shit. That means Helen will probably be coming by soon."
"Speak of the devil-" Stormy took over one of the large screens on the command deck, and changed the view to an external camera. Helen Raaden was entering the hangar right then, flanked by a brace of guards, all armed with rifles. "Odd she should come armed like that on her own ship, isn't it?"
"Not if she wasn't going to let our friend have any chance of making her own decision." Northern tapped more on her pads, and the whining whirr of the slug thrower spinning out was heard. On the screen, Northern watched them all stop moving suddenly and the guards raise their rifles as they surrounded Helen.
"After careful consideration, we have decided to reject your offer, 'Admiral' Helen Raaden." Stormy said over the PA. "We are leaving."
Helen's eyes could melt a ship's hull. She started shouting at the guards and three of them peeled off and ran back the way they came while some of them opened fire on Stormy. The rounds plinking off the hull sounded like hail.
"Northern! They're bringing in the big guns. Unless we do something we're holed." Stormy's camera flicked, and Northern saw a large slug thrower unfolding from the ceiling of the hangar and swung towards them, it's double barrel staring at them menacingly.
"Shit shit shit!" Northern got up from her seat and ran over to a station in front of her. She reached deep underneath the workstation and manipulated a lever. A hooting, brassy alarm started up all over the ship and a binnacle rose out of the floor in front of the commander's seat. She ran back and as she sat, pedals unfolded and her seat belted her in tightly. "Stormy! You concentrate on countermeasures, I'm going to fly us out."
"You're putting me on manual? I knew you were odd Northern Lights, but I had no idea you took complete leave of your senses!"
"You worry about those slug throwers, Stormy Days, I'll worry about getting us out of the hangar in once piece." Northern grasped the two control sticks that stuck out from near the top of the binnacle and placed her feet on the pedals. With a twist of thrusters, Stormy lifted off the deck and started to slide slowly, wobbling slightly.
As she did so, nobody noticed Helen, but the cameras recorded it. As she stood there, shouting and ordering people around, the dust and debris in the hangar swirled around moving towards her. While she stood there, it formed up behind her making a set of gossamer wings that began to glow slightly.
Fen sat up sharply. She started to move awkwardly, in fits and starts, as if her limbs weren't entirely her own to control.
We tried to talk you into this Fen. We gave you every opportunity to go along with it. We would have given you anything you wanted, let you rule however you sought fit. But, you leave us no choice. You are Empress and you will rule.
"N-No." Fen's voice sounded weak, blurry. "S-stop. I don't want to do this."
The time for bargaining has long passed.
As the thrusters kicked in, Fen wobbled. Ship's gravity took over, and things were smooth quickly enough, but the Nanites noticed the change.
Too soon! We have to leave now.
Fen broke into a stiff legged run, and took off towards the airlock.
Back on the command deck, Northern struggled to control the ship while Stormy handled point defense. It seemed like for every gun they shot at, two more appeared. "Northern this isn't working. I'm going to try and blow a hole and get us out of here!"
"You're welcome to give it a shot Stormy, I'm out of ideas."
"Uh, Northern?" Zhe's head lifted from the console she was sitting at. "What about the wormhole generator?"
"What about it, Zhe? Is that broken now too?"
"No, but why don't we use it?"
"Inside the hangar? That's madness!"
"Why?"
"Because it would severely damage the-" Northern stopped and listened to what she was saying. "It would damage Helen's ship and help prevent them from chasing after us! Zhe, you're brilliant! Stormy, compute a link out of here. Doesn't matter where, we can link again once we're safe."
"On it Northern. Computing solution now."
Fen's body reached the airlock. As the ship was maneuvering, it was locked. Shaking, her hand went up to the unlock pad and she leaned in, using her shoulder to push hard on the pad. After a moment, the light turned green and both doors snapped open.
The noise was intense. The thrusters were loud enough on their own, but that combined with the chatter of the guns and the movement of the air and shouts from the crew made hearing anything impossible. Bending her knees down low to build energy, Fen sprang out of the airlock.
"Northern! I have a solution. Just let me know when to link."
"Do it now, Stormy!"
"Linking away in 3... 2..." Stormy gasped. "Northern! The ventral airlock! It's-"
As the wormhole opened and surrounded Stormy Days, the ship wasn't the only thing that linked away. The air, dust, floor of the hangar, some of the side plates also linked away. Everyone in the hanger was dazzled by the wormhole, and then deafened as the air stolen by Stormy Days rushed back in.
Everyone was knocked over by the force except Helen. If anyone was watching, they would have seen something like her wings swing in front of her to direct the force around her. As air rushed into the hangar to replace what Stormy had taken, sound returned to the large room. There were sirens and klaxons and other alarms sounding all at once.
Helen clicked her comm. "Silence those alarms. We know where the damage is. Get fire teams down to the hangar and run diagnostics on the reactors. I know they're under us. I need Medical too, we have injured. Bring stretchers."
"Yes, Admiral!" The voice on the other end was cool and professional. Helen nodded to herself. She tried to make sure she surrounded herself with cool and professional people. Ignoring her guards who were coming back to consciousness slowly, she strode over to the body laying on the floor near the crater left by Stormy's departure. She kneeled down. "Fen."
Fen's body rustled and she moaned and tried to push herself upright.
"Don't move Fen. I'm getting medical down here. We'll make sure you're all right."
"W-wha-"
"Shhhhh, shhhh." Helen stroked Fen's hair. It even felt like Melody's. She smiled to herself. Everything was coming together. Soon enough, they would be back on track. "We're going to make sure you're not injured, but the Nanites should have taken the majority of the impact for you. You'll be good as new in a few days, Empress."

Synopsis:
Carlos was an ordinary software engineer on Earth, up until he died and found himself in a fantasy world of dungeons, magic, and adventure. This new world offers many fascinating possibilities, but it's unfortunate that the skills he spent much of his life developing will be useless because they don't have computers.
Wait, why does this spell incantation read like a computer program's source code? Magic is programming?
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Amber jumped up from the dining table and waved for Carlos to follow her. "I left my notes in my room. Come on, let's get them!"
"Do you actually need your notes?" Carlos kept his tone light as he walked behind her. "I think your memory is pretty good, and you thought through all of this very recently."
Amber shrugged without looking back. "Maybe not, but I'd get worried that I might forget a detail without them." She started climbing the private stairs toward the guest suites they were staying in. "I couldn't possibly forget the top priority thing, of course: making sure we don't get abducted and almost soul-killed again."
"Of course."
"In the immediate short term, we've already done everything I could think of about that." Amber rounded the landing of the stairs. "Might be worth revisiting the topic in case we think of anything new. … And bring Purple into the discussion; his unique perspective might see possibilities that we can't."
Carlos nodded, even though she wasn't looking toward him, and smoothly switched to telepathy to include the dungeon core. Purple's attention had focused on them the moment Amber said his name. [Right. So, short-term safety measures for us. To start with, we've already moved into the mayor's mansion, so anyone who considers targeting us now will at least know we have his support.]
[Yeah. And attackers won't be able to bypass the outer wards just by renting a room here, like they did at the inn.]
Carlos shrugged as he reached the top of the stairs. [I'm honestly not sure how much that mattered. They got through the suite-specific wards without a trace, and that's not even the most unbelievable thing they pulled off.]
[True.] Amber opened the door to her suite and went straight to the large hardwood desk against the left wall. [Fortunately for us, we have our own unbelievable thing to counter them. Even if all wards and guards fail, Purple will alert everyone to it immediately.] She sighed and shook her head. [If only we'd introduced him to Mayor Stelras earlier. Those mercenaries would have had every adventurer and city guard in Dramos swarming them before they even reached the walls.]
[Would have been a lot less stressful that way, certainly.] Carlos chuckled, shaking his head ruefully. [On the other hand, the pressure of it pushed us to figure out some incredible things.]
[The pressure may have prompted it, but we could have figured them out anyway without it; it just would have been later.] Amber pulled a notebook out of the desk's top drawer and opened it. [I'd rather avoid the unpleasantness of the experience. Anyway, the rest of the short-term safety measures: We have Esmorana and her party on call, with Purple able to contact them at any time. We have Ressara on call and sometimes standing watch, to check for attention-diversion magic. The Crown gave use two special emergency beacons, separate from the ones built into our guards' armor that got disabled by sabotage, which we have tested and stored in separate locations; one in the city's top security vault, and the other hidden. And finally, we have city guards patrolling and standing watch around the mansion, in addition to Colonel Lorvan and Major Ordens inside the mansion.]
Carlos chewed his lip for a moment. [What about reinforcing the wards here? Or adding more layers of them?]
Amber shook her head. [I considered that, but I don't think we can really trust the Enchanters Guild, and they're the only ones who could do that for us.]
[Hmm.] Carlos leaned against the doorframe and tapped his chin, thinking. [Yeah, that's reasonable. They want our dungeon core, and they're the top suspect for who could have sabotaged royal guard armor. Are they really the only source of enchanting work, though?]
Amber slowly walked over to one of the sofas and sat down, all without more than glancing away from her notebook. [Unless you count items made by dungeon cores, yes. I've heard of people figuring out what runes to write for an enchantment's effect, but the guild is… famously vicious about protecting their monopoly on the secret of how to imbue an item with mana and make the enchantment actually work. And before you suggest visiting a dungeon core, we don't have access to one powerful enough for this.]
Carlos smirked. [Not yet. But helping Purple get that powerful is a long-term thing, so fair point.]
Amber looked over at him, then rolled her eyes and waved at the sofa opposite her. "Come in and take a seat, already! I thought I was the shy one out of the two of us, not you."
Carlos smiled as he complied. "It's your room, and I was taught that entering someone's private area uninvited is rude." He settled into the sofa's soft upholstery and leaned forward, clasping his hands together and resting his elbows on his knees. [I'm not happy about how much our short-term defense plans rely on rescue after-the-fact, just trying to ensure it comes quickly, rather than preventing abduction from happening in the first place. But…] He sighed. [The only short-term options I can think of for that involve abandoning Dramos, which I expect the Crown would frown on.]
[Yeah, let's not disappoint and displease our greatest protector. So, if you don't have any new short-term ideas either…?] Amber looked at Carlos and he shook his head. [Purple? You've been quiet so far. Any ideas?]
[Not for the short term.] Purple's mental voice felt resigned, yet determined and hopeful for the future. [I will need to gain a great deal more power before I can make barriers of any kind that would be meaningful against the level of our enemies.]
[Then let's move on to the long term.] Amber turned the page in her notebook. [We have several avenues to juggle and prioritize for how to develop our house, and I started with breaking them down into categories and subcategories. At the top level, we have: our own personal development, Purple's development, and staff or resource development.]
Carlos felt something weird from his comprehension aid and took a moment to sort out what it was. Amber had used only a single word for the combination of both staff and resources. I guess the concept of "human resources" got into the Ganler language. [So, essentially the house itself, and then everything else. For personal development, there's learning more and better spells, and making 9 new soul structures, of course.]
[Don't forget absorbing more mana, I mean aether, from the deep Wilds to advance our levels,] Amber chided him. [Our absorption rate being crippled by the 9 empty slots left from our original set merging just means that leveling up will have to come after fixing that, not that it isn't critically important. I think some of those mercenaries, especially their captain, had levels in the 40s. We're only Level 15, and making up for a power gap that large with just spells and clever tricks may not be possible.]
Carlos sighed and lowered his head. [I know. But I'm worried that if we rush that too much, we might handicap ourselves in the long run.] He straightened and took a deep breath. [And whatever capabilities we end up with, we'll need to practice with them. Spar with each other, and with other people, for combat practice. Consider contingencies and make plans. Hone our reflexes. Having enough power and the right spell to save ourselves only matters if we take action to use it correctly and quickly enough.]
Amber nodded and scribbled something in her notebook. [Good point. I missed that. Any other categories for personal improvement?]
Carlos shook his head, and Purple just sent an impression of a shrug.
[Okay. Then for soul structures: while we could brainstorm ideas and principles for what to prioritize, before we can even begin making actual plans we need more information. We need to ask Lorvan and Ordens for every detail they can tell us about how this "second stage" works. How does the merge affect synergy requirements? Can new structures merge into it too? Why was just the first stage enough to qualify us as high nobles?] Amber looked at the open page in her notebook and snorted. [I have more questions listed, but you get the point.]
Carlos nodded. [Right. We can't optimize a plan if we don't know the rules. We shouldn't assume that Lorvan will tell us all of the rules, though. He may not even know all of them. I'd bet that the Crown has a secret or two about this that only the royals themselves know, and there could be possible tricks that no one knows.]
Amber tapped the page. [Yep, I already noted that. I'm kind of expecting that you'll be the one to figure that stuff out, though. I'll try, but you seem to be better at that sort of thing. The other thing we need to know is what capabilities we could use spells for instead. The whole point of being mages, using incantations to cast spells instead of having soul structures produce effects directly, is to have versatility without losing power in exchange. Ideally, every soul structure should either improve our spellcasting, do something that cannot be done with spells, or at least be better in an important way than the closest spell.]
[I've been so absorbed in cataloging effect keywords that I hadn't even thought about that. Hmm…] Carlos cocked his head and considered for several seconds. [That makes sense.] He chuckled. [So it turns out that, by completely putting the soul structures issue out of my mind, I've actually been working on the soul structures issue after all!] He grinned cheekily.
Amber smiled and nodded. [Apparently so. In any case, our action items for this are: ask Lorvan for information; try to figure out extra things beyond what he can tell us; finish cataloging the extent and coverage of incantations versatility; then make a plan using the information we learn. Can you think of anything to add?] As she listed the action items, she quickly wrote several lines on a separate sheet of paper.
[That covers everything I can think of.]
[Okay. Moving on to spells.] Amber turned the page. [Right now, we pretty much just need to do what you're already doing: sort through and catalog all the possibilities. We need the results of that to inform our choices about what to learn and practice with.] She hesitated. [Though with Trinlen here, maybe we should go ahead and start lessons with him before we finish that.]
[Definitely. He'll at least know about all the standard options that the academy teaches, and he can give interactive guidance, assessing and responding to what we need.]
Amber scribbled a few more lines of action items, then paused and inserted one just above the last line. [Just remembered, we still need to decide how much to tell him about your system documentation discovery.] She turned back to her notebook and flipped back to the first page for a moment. [Gaining levels will have to wait on making new soul structures. Practicing combat will have to wait until we have suitable spells and abilities to practice with. That makes the next item Purple's development. How's your current progress going, Purple?]
[I have disassembled the soul structure I made for finding you and replaced it with the originally planned structure. I have additionally made the next 3 planned structures, and I am currently collecting the essence for the final 10th structure.] Purple sent a small burst of surprised confusion. ["Essence?" Ah, I see. A word you learned recently?]
Carlos raised an eyebrow and saw Amber doing the same. [Trinlen taught us about it. Any issues with establishing all the synergies?]
[I will need assistance for the synergies with the bond maker. Those synergies involve and require interaction with someone I have a bond with.]
Carlos nodded. [Of course. After that's done, are you ready to go traveling to absorb higher-level aether? I know that you have to release most of your… mana? Is that the right one, out of aether, mana, and essence?]
[Partially. What anchors me in place, which I must leave behind in order to be moved, is a mix of all three. Regardless, I have far more essence and mana inside me than before, and that will come with me. The loss of what I leave behind will affect me much less and will be more quickly regained. Travel will be necessary to gain the power to protect us. Do not be concerned about my minor discomfort with the process.]
Amber responded first. [I'm glad to hear that. We also need to make plans for what soul structures you should make after your first set merge, but that will have to wait for the same information as our own plans. Is there anything else we can do to help you grow?]
Purple paused, filled with uncertainty. [I don't know.] He hesitated again. [You humans learn how to grow powerful by learning from other humans how they grew powerful. Dungeons do not. Or rather, cannot, because we do not move, meet, and communicate. Find knowledge of how other dungeons became powerful, and that may help me. That is the only idea I have.]
Carlos laughed. [Yet another research project, hmm? Sure, we can add it to the list.]
Amber duly wrote it down, along with a trip into the Wilds for Purple. [Okay. That leaves staff/resources. For improving the staff that we already have, well… I only have one idea for that. We could try helping them improve their soul plans, but doing that without teaching them house secrets could be tricky, and we'd have to convince them to tell us what they already have. The degree of specific details we might need to know in order to help is… enough that even asking would be rude.]
[I see.] Carlos shrugged. [There are ways around that. If we explain the basic idea of the kind of help we might be able to give them, then they can decide whether to share that information without us ever actually asking for it.]
Amber narrowed her eyes at him, then took a note. [Sure. I'll leave that conversation to you.] She glanced back at her notebook and sighed. [And that leaves acquiring new staff/resources. I suppose we could ask Darmelkon to help, but I'm not sure how much we can trust him. Aside from that…] She shook her head helplessly. [I know how to do small jobs and carefully save up, but that's hardly appropriate for us now as nobles.]
Carlos chuckled lightly. [Don't worry about it. I've seen enough of how people in positions of high authority do such things. There's a related saying I learned: "We have people for that." We can delegate it. Eventually, we will have to delegate it, because there will be too many things for us to even conceivably have enough time for all of them. We've kind of already delegated some things anyway: investigating the mercenaries and the illegal "rotation agreement."]
[Yeah. I wonder how those investigations are going.]
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Far away, in a dimly lit prison cell, a heavily muscled man, sitting cross-legged on the floor, sighed and bowed his head. He wore only plain and loose clothes made of cheap cloth, save for the rune-inlaid steel manacles that bound his wrists together. He looked up again at the regal woman, dressed entirely in the dark orange of orichalcum, who was watching him from just outside the cell bars. "Your Highness, I can only tell you the same thing I told your interrogators: threats cannot change the simple fact that I do not have the knowledge that you seek. I intentionally set up ways for clients to hire my company without ever revealing any hint of their identities. That anonymity was part of what the Black Blades became known for; part of why people would choose to hire us."
The regal woman gazed at him impassively. "I am aware of your reputation, Captain Granlan. I also have a report of your company exacting retribution on a client who hired you under false pretenses and set you up to fail."
Granlan raised an eyebrow. "Does that report mention how long it took us to unwind the layers of cutouts and concealments to identify that particular client?"
The woman nodded. "Two and a half years, during which you were also pursuing other jobs, and you began with no specific suspicions. Imagine that you focus on the task exclusively; that you coordinate with the Crown on it; and that you start with a precise primary suspect in mind. How much faster do you think that could make it?"
Slowly, Granlan's weary frown changed into a grin. "Now we're talking!"
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Venessa Jackson, Frankie Ferrara – Raindrops (Qubiko Extended Remix) (6:47) 74. Le Hutin – Thoughts (Original Acoustic Mix) (3:34) 75. Analog Sol – Solidays (6:49) 76. Sammy Deuce – Burning Desire (6:15) 77. Roy Davis Jr. – Save Your Life (Long Version 2024 Remaster) (7:06) 78. David Fesser – Wicked (5:48) 79. Foo Funkers, Da Funk Junkies – Dress In Good Vibes (Edit) (3:08) 80. Liva K – The Drill (Original Mix) (6:59) 81. Mikki Afflick Showcasing David Walker – Light At The End Of The Tunnel (An AfflickteD Soul Vocal Mix) (7:00) 82. Ucros – Eyes Starry (7:10) 83. The WildViolets – Sunrise (4:13) 84. STUCKINWAVEFORMS, Janahee – never wanted (Boki V.I.P) (3:38) 85. DJ Simi – Total Musy Shake (6:24) 86. Dwson, Keziah Tehillah – Lost In Me (Original Mix) (6:27) 87. Demarkus Lewis – Livin’ For Life (Main Mix) (5:37) 88. Krystal Klear – Rampage (5:46) 89. GIDEÖN, Rush Davis – The Fall Of Rome (Relentless CNT Dub) (6:27) 90. SACRED H3ART – Whats Good (4:45) 91. Maurice Joshua, Meagan McNeal – Lovin’ U (Maurice Joshua House Mix) (6:48) 92. Angel Heredia, Ramon Bedoya – Dame Sombra (5:58) 93. 84Bit, Ma Khe, A.P.(84Bit) – Mind (7:17) 94. Dj Hermes, FLY – Pasilda (Afro Extended Mix) (6:19) 95. Beny Junior – There’s Nothing (4:52) 96. Just Desserts (AUS), Malii (AUS) – U Don’t Care (3:39) 97. Exte C, Céline Languedoc – Lagé Mwen (Main mix) (5:36) 98. Aldo Cadiz, Ki Creighton – For The Floor (Extended Mix) (7:00) 99. Shvrlee – Hold You Baby (5:41) 100. Supertaste – All This Time (3:34) 101. Murphy’s Law (UK) – Every Day, All Day (Extended) (5:56) 102. Dexter Troy – So Right (6:33) 103. Ben La Desh – Heel Goed (6:59) 104. Frankey & Sandrino, Charlotte Riby – Memories (Original Mix) (6:36) 105. MF Productions – Got to get this disco (Extended Mix) (6:01) 106. Christian Smith – We Are The Robots (4:21) 107. Souldynamic – Goleada (7:15) 108. Nick Reach Up, Dave Spoon, Final Cut – Dance the Night Away (Holmes John Remix) (3:17) 109. DJ Mes – Detroit Ratchet City (6:49) 110. Masters at Work, Louie Vega, Kenny Dope – Gene’s First Bass Dub (4:54) 111. The WildViolets – Searching For A Spark (3:48) 112. Eli Fola – Lagos Mentality (7:00) 113. Shvrlee – Funkyo (4:46) 114. Addict Disc – Give Up (6:35) 115. De La Frank – Tribe (4:03) 116. TCTS – Desire (Original Mix) (6:22) 117. Risk Assessment – The Way I feel (Risk Assessment Dub) (6:32) 118. Housego – Good Thing (7:04) 119. Soulcool – Tribulations (7:28) 120. Dave Kurtis – Celebrate This Night (5:09) 121. Theuss – Losing My Mind (Aaaron Remix) (7:20) 122. DJ Christian B – i Need U (6:07) 123. Zsak – House Affair (Daniel Dash Extended Remix) (5:08) 124. DJ Dove, Troy Weekes – I Feel Good (Todd G Remix) (4:08) 125. DJ Sneak – I need you (7:50) 126. Hector Rios Vnzl, Basic Jhonson – Mujeres Dinero (5:20) 127. Da Vynalist, Lebzin – Letswai (Salt) (Original Mix) (6:00) 128. Robbie Doherty – I Want You (Extended Mix) (5:23) 129. C. Da Afro – Run For Joy (5:46) 130. 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Aldo Cadiz, Ki Creighton – Bum Bum (Extended Mix) (6:53) 169. Cisco Barcelo, Giulyiano – Trip To Africa (6:40) 170. DJ Jeroenski, Alex Vasi – Hot Sensation (Extended Mix) (3:50) 171. Addict Disc – Check Out (6:13) 172. Mike Newman – Shevra (Jesus Pablo & Pixel8 Trax Remix) (5:08) 173. Ché Pierce – The Incident (Raw Mix) (6:12) 174. Mauri Fly – The Colours Of The Bongo (Original Mix) (6:16) 175. Shay dT – Rompiendo Barreras (4:29) 176. MistaJam – Do It Like This (Extended Mix) (5:16) 177. Ken@Work – Piano 90 (4:07) 178. Patty Johnson – I’m in love (Europe Version, 2024 Remastered) (6:31) 179. Robert Owens, Audio Soul Project, Alex Zelenka – Make Me Move (Audio Soul Project Vocal Mix) (5:30) 180. CamelPhat, Sohn, Mind Against – Turning Stones (Mind Against Remix) (4:11) 181. Pavel Svetlove – We Play The Biggest Baddest Tune (5:36) 182. Vampire Sex, London X – Aguacate (3:52) 183. Telephones – Aquatrak (FM AM Mix) (7:55) 184. Martina Budde – My Treasures (Original Mix) (5:01) 185. Earth n Days – Stronger (Extended Mix) (5:32) 186. Mr. Nunez – The Warning (Extended Mix) (6:05) 187. Carlo Lio – Kensho (Extended) (5:38) 188. Le Babar, Lee Wilson – Search Again (Extended Mix) (4:42) 189. Afro Wav – Drum & Soul (8:19) 190. temu – Everybody Wants to Rule the World (4:48) 191. Micropacer – Foreign Affairs (5:41) 192. Shvrlee – Phocean City (4:59) 193. Andy Compton, The Rurals, Kayenne Live – Time Keeps Passing (6:04) 194. Mobin Master, Rubber People – Ritmo Selva (Original Mix) (5:09) 195. Techin, ROKKE – Diamonds (Original Mix) (5:59) 196. Both 91 – Same Old Samples (4:37) 197. Flatty Tatcher – Make Me Feel (5:41) 198. Tsouko G – Watch Me (Original Mix) (6:51) 199. Lavan, Corsica One – Tremendous (6:40) 200. Dj Athan’ – Costes Del Sol (George North Remix) (6:10)

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• Fortress - Diplo ( Rampa Remix )
• Uncle Waffles - Tanzânia (Rampa Remix)
• Toto - Africa (Rampa Edit)
• Together - Janet Jackson (Rampa Remix)
• Zouk Machine - Maldon (Rampa Edit)
• France Gall - Ella, elle l'a (Rampa Remix)
• Busta, Rampa, Black Coffeee - Mamakusa
• Rampa - Cezaralina
• Drake & Rampa - Virgil Forever (Instrumental)
• Go Low L.A.X (Rampa Edit)
• &Me, Rampa - Tong 4 (Original Mix)
• Travis Scott - Butterfly (&Me Remix)
• Feel - ABRA (&ME & Sasha Tigresa Edit)
• Ilanga - Masšh (&Me Edit)
• Lakou Mizik, Joseph Ray - Samba Yo Pan Pale (&Me Remix)
• Da Africa Deep - Humans (&ME edit)
• CUT It Off (&Me)
• Dirty Chanel’s- Slaves (&Me Remix)
• Marssi, Adam Port feat. Ninae - All I Got
• Joris Voorn - Homeland feat. Matthew Dear (&Me Remix) {Jinadu Vocal Edit}
• Aba - Fell (&Me remix)
• Simian Mobile Disco - Caught In A Wave (&ME Remix)
• Adam Port, Massi, Ninae - All I Got
• Adam Port, Chris IDH & Adassiya - By Myself
• Keinemusik - Out Of Touch
• Drake - Confusion ( Keinemusik Remix )
• Drake - A Keeper (Keinemusik Remix)
• The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition ( Keinemusik Remix )
• Keinemusik - Muye (Enoo Napa Remix)
• Keinemusik - Salalina ( Darmon Edit)
• Michael Jackson - Thriller (Black Coffee Remix)
• Daughter of the Sun (Ankhoï Remix)
• Angéle - Taxi (Ankhoï Remix)
• Ankhoï - Sandiya
• Ankhoï - Clound
• Ankhoï - No sleep
• Ankhoï - Corazon
• Ankhoï - After All Night Shift
• Ankhoï - Another Hallelujah (Mont Rouge Private Edit)
• Vitoto & NiteFreak - XXXXXXX
• Tato - Merah
• Tato - Juremas Flower
• Alegria - ARYMÉ & OSFUR ( Chris IDH Remix )
• Bruno Mars - Grenade (ChrisIDH rmx)
• Chris IDH - 7 nation
• Victor Alc - Essamina
• Victor Alc - I Know You Know
• Victor Alc - Hangin Tree
• Victor Alc - Alma
• Victor Alc - Sudamérica
• Victor Alc - Boreal
• Victor Alc, Murilo Tronco - Forma De Querer
• Kawz, Mehen - I Feel It [Tortuga]
• Sparrow & Barbossa, PJ Sin Suela - Si Te Vas (Original Mix)
• Coolio - Gangsta Paradise (Moojo Edit)
• Carlita, Mojoo - Havana
• Outkast - Ms. Jackson (Moojo Remix)
• Coco, Joezi, Pape Diouf - 7 Seconds (Moojo Remix)
• Michael Jackson - Billy Late Jean ( Moojo Edit )
• Moojo - Lisboa
• Moojo, Demeya - Hot N fun
• Moojo - Atitude
• Moojo ft Gabsy - Ze Roberto
• Moojo - I Whant Your Soul
• Moojo - GTA
• Moojo - Meditation
• Moojo, Carlita ft. Gabsy - Macaron
• Moojo - Giant Ft. Awen
• Cairo - Here We Are (Moojo Remix)
• Moojo - Oui
• Hall & Oats - Maneater (Moojo Edit)
• Rihana - Stay (Moojo Remix)
• Moojo ft Starving yet Full - Limitless Vocal Version
• Moojo,Da Capo - What U Desaire (Vocal Mix)
• Post Malone - I Fall Apart (Moojo Remix)
• Drake - A KEEPER (Moojo Remix)
• &friends, Joseph (CH) - Jackie Brown
• &friends, Lily’s Mandre - Blending Love
• Akon - Smack That (&Friends Edit)
• Jack Ü Ft. Justin Bieber - Where Are Ü Now (&Friends Remix)
• &Friends - Oya Jo
• Abdel Kader - Monte Rougue
• Love Me Back (Raffa Guido Remix)
• Davido - FEEL (Raffa Guido Remix)
• Raffa Guido - Preguntas
• Valeron, Payment & Klaudia Touch Me (Sam (GR) Children Touch)
• Marten Lou - Better Days
• Mont Rouge - Belsunce
• Vxision - Love Preparetions (Slow Down Edit)
• Classy 101 (Vxision, Maz Remix)
• Empire Of The Sun- Walking On A Dream Vxision Remix)
• Jovem Dionisio - Pontos de Exclamação (VXSION Remix)
• Rui Da Silva - Touch Me (Peace Control Remix)
• Drake - Sticky (Peace Control Remix)
• Look Around You - Ain't Nobody (Alex Wann Edit)
• ROUTE 94, Jesse Glynne - My Love (Alex Wann Remix)
• Craig David - 7 Days (Alex Wann X Sparrow & Barbossa Remix)
• FCLT - Fell It’s You (Alex Wann remix)
• Zhu - Faded (Alex Wann Remix)
• Alright - Red Carpet (Kashovski & Abel Ray Remix)
• Malive, Luiza Gogoia, Morgado - Quintal
• Sérgio Mendes - Mas Que Nada (Ahmed Spins Edit)
• ANOTR, Abel Balder - Vertigo (Carlita Remix)
• Kura - Sentir Saudade (Guapo, Antdot Remix)
• Drake - Finesse (Antdot Remix)
• Key Notez - Your Love Ain't The Same ( Maz Remix )
• Maz - Ndaciii
• Maz, Antdot - Emorio
• Peaty - 6pm In Casablanca
• Peaty - KILOSA (Afro Melodic Mix)
• MoBlack, Benja, Franc Fala - Yamore
• Black Cofee, David Guetta - Drive (Da Capo Remix)
• Empire Of The Sun- Walking On A Dream (Da Capo Remix)
• Michael Jackson - Billy Jean (Da Capo Remix)
• Coco, Joezi, Pape Diouf - 7 Seconds (Da Capo Remix)
• CamelPhat - Home (Samm (BE) & Ajna (BE) Remix)
• Super Flu - Lovesong
• Super Flu - Believe
• Super Flu feat. Malive - Loira
• David Mackay, Dela Sur - Carnaval Breve
• Dj Yellow, Flowers And Sea Creatures - No One Gets Left Behind (BLOND.ISH Beirut Edit)
• The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (DSF, Chris IDH & Dino MFU Remix)
• Kid Cudi - Day 'n' Nite (Kiko Franco Remix)
• Tyla - Water (Kiko Franco Remix)
• Moo J - Collateral Damage
• RY X - Howling (Legare Remix)
• Marten Lou - Radiohead 40
• Notredame - Frankenstein
• Notredame - Think about
• Jamek Ortega - Voices
• Kimotion, Quentro & Tuna - Yame (Becane Remix)
• Lazare - I Don’t Control
• Downstream - Makèz, Life On Planets (Lazare Remix)
• Bun Xapa - Paris
• Darren - Flauta (dan Edit)
• Sounds Of RItuals, Darmon - Seva (Rolling In The Deep)
• Moderat, Keinemusik - More Love (Kalidon Mykonos Mashup)
• &ME, Time - Not Alone (Dorian Craft Edit)
• Luchii - Vertebrea (SOMMA Remix)
• Roy Rosenfeld & Sébastien Léger - ID {Played by Keinemusik} (16khz)
• Anyma - Pictures Of You (FromParis Remix)
• Shimza & Caiiro - Nyali
• Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now (Soubeiran Remix)
• Kanye West, Ty Dolla ign - Paid (Imad Remix)
• Estelle - American Boy (Betical remix)
• Salif Keita - Madan (Marco Generani Remix)
• Babyboy AV - Confession (ALX YAV Remix)
• Moeaike Ft. Ed Begley- What Is Control
• Hakim - Ah Ya Albi (Ajna & Samm Edit)
• Ajna - Move

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• Trikk - Untitled
• Amnesia Scanner - CAT (Dixon & Trikk Rework)
• Tal Fussman - North
• Tal Fussaman - Sam Shure - Inferno
• Tal Fussaman - Childrem Of 95 (V3 Instrumental)
• OPUS III - It's A Fine Day (Aera's Finite Edit)
• Amê - Mifune (Dixon Acustic Edit)
• Jimi Jules - Palpitations
• Jimi Jules - Run (FT Remix)
• Schneider TM, Kptmichigan - The Light 3000 (Aera Private Edit)
• AIKON, Sobek - Burning Hats (Dixon Edit)
• Kavinsky - Nightcall (Dixon's Private Edit)
• Maind Against - Love Seeking
• Maind Against - Hydra
• Chis Bake - Ride (Mind Against Remix)
• Mathame - There Is The Light
• Mathame - Brothers
• Ae:ther, Mind Against - Black Museum
• Ae:ther, Marino Canal - White Atlas V2
• Artbat - Dark Knight
• Yet More - Don't Let Go
• Dan Croll - From Nowhere (Âme Remix)
• MGMT - Eletric Feel (Ivory’s Eletric Reshape)
• Amber Run - I Found (Ivory's Re-Found Edit)
• Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted (Ivory Head Underwater Remix)
• Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind (Ivory’s On The Run Edit)
• Ivory (IT), Tal Fussman - Labyrinth
• Ivory - Identity
• Ivory - Lovers Hymn
• Ivory - Mirrors
• Ivory - Eye Blink
• Ivory - Jewel
• Ivory - Acid Rain
• Ivory - Conquest Of Space
• Ivory - Upon A Time
• Fideles - Lost In Town
• Hard To Tell - No Matter
• Hard To Tell - Stranger
• Aera - Pullunder
• Aera - Puzzle Emotivo
• Echonomist - Overseas
• Echonomist - Ikaros
• Echonomist - Lullaby
• Lil Yachty - I've officially lost vision (Tim Engelhardt Edit)
• Kevin di Serna - Amapola (Toto Chiavetta Remix)
• Adam Ten - Kepler
• Adam Ten - Deep Love
• Adam Ten - Carovana
• Adam Tem -3 Days (16khz)
• Quentin Harris - Warning (Adam Ten & Mita Gami Re-Edit)
• Classix - All By My Self (Mita Gami Edit)
• Moby - In This World (Mita Gami Edit)
• Mita Gami - Danger
• Pink Floyd - Confortably Numb (Mita Gami Sunrise Edit)
• Solique - Heat Of The Moment
• Solique - Mood In The Jungle
• Ego Maria - T Mapper Native
• Ego Maria, Toto Chiavetta - Cells Under Attack
• Colle - Thoughts (Original Mix)
• Colle - Something to Believe (Original Mix)
• Santiago Garcia - You In The Sky (Original M
• Toto Chiavetta - Acqua (Original Mix)
• Jenia Tarsol & Jinga - Takadoom (Argy Edit)
• RÜFÜS DU SOL - New Sky (Colyn Sunrise Remix)
• Skepta - Bullet from a Gun (Colyn Private Edit)
• London Grammar - Hey Now (Fox Omar Remix)
• Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Will Clark Remix)
• London Grammar - Hey Now (Cristoph Private Mix)
• Opus III- Fine Night (Cristoph's Private Edit)
• Nelly Furtado - Say it Right (Adana Twins Remix)
• RY X & Frank Wiedemann - Howling (Tinlicker Prague Edit)
• Eagles & Butterflies - ITALO
• The XX - Fiction (Eagles & Butterflies Remix)
• Massive Attack - Teardrop (Antony Toga Remix)
• Cassius - The Sound Of Violence (Antony Toga Background DiscoVox Version)
• Sting - Desert Rose (SOEL Remix)
• Starsailor - Four to the floor (Mångata Projekt Rework)
• Sin Cos Tan - Destroyer (Adriatique Remix)
• Anna Caragnano - Parola (Erly Tepshi Edit)
• Yotam Avni - Island Hopper (Franky & Sandrino Remix)
• Rebuke - Along Came Polly (Konstantin Sibold, Zac, Carmee Remix)
• Armin Van Buuren - Yet Another Day (8Kays Remix)
• The Beatles - Because (Bedouin Edit)
• Pablo Fierro - Kababo (Unreleased Version) ————————————————————————- ¿? - Nothin is Flac or M4a ¿? - Rare tracks im ony trade for other rare ————————————————————————-

I have
Afro: * Daughter of the Sun (Ankhoï Remix) * Angéle - Taxi (Ankhoï Remix) * Ankhoï - Sandiya * Ankhoï - Clound * Ankhoï - No sleep * Ankhoï - Corazon * Ankhoï - After All Night Shift * Ankhoï - Another Hallelujah (Mont Rouge Private Edit) * Vitoto & NiteFreak - XXXXXXX * Tato - Merah * Tato - Juremas Flower * Alegria - ARYMÉ & OSFUR ( Chris IDH Remix ) * Bruno Mars - Grenade (ChrisIDH rmx) * Chris IDH - 7 nation * Victor Alc - Essamina * Victor Alc - I Know You Know * Victor Alc - Hangin Tree * Victor Alc - Alma * Victor Alc - Sudamérica * Victor Alc - Boreal * Victor Alc, Murilo Tronco - Forma De Querer * Kawz, Mehen - I Feel It [Tortuga] * Sparrow & Barbossa, PJ Sin Suela - Si Te Vas (Original Mix) * Coolio - Gangsta Paradise (Moojo Edit) * Carlita, Mojoo - Havana * Outkast - Ms. Jackson (Moojo Remix) * Coco, Joezi, Pape Diouf - 7 Seconds (Moojo Remix) * Michael Jackson - Billy Late Jean ( Moojo Edit ) * Moojo - Lisboa * Moojo, Demeya - Hot N fun * Moojo - Atitude * Moojo ft Gabsy - Ze Roberto * Moojo - I Whant Your Soul * Moojo - GTA * Moojo - Meditation * Moojo, Carlita ft. Gabsy - Macaron * Moojo - Giant Ft. Awen * Cairo - Here We Are (Moojo Remix) * Moojo - Oui * Hall & Oats - Maneater (Moojo Edit) * Rihana - Stay (Moojo Remix) * Moojo ft Starving yet Full - Limitless Vocal Version * Moojo,Da Capo - What U Desaire (Vocal Mix) * Post Malone - I Fall Apart (Moojo Remix) * Drake - A KEEPER (Moojo Remix) * &friends, Joseph (CH) - Jackie Brown * &friends, Lily’s Mandre - Blending Love * Akon - Smack That (&Friends Edit) * Jack Ü Ft. Justin Bieber - Where Are Ü Now (&Friends Remix) * &Friends - Oya Jo * Abdel Kader - Monte Rougue * Love Me Back (Raffa Guido Remix) * Davido - FEEL (Raffa Guido Remix) * Raffa Guido - Preguntas * Valeron, Payment & Klaudia Touch Me (Sam (GR) Children Touch) * Marten Lou - Better Days * Mont Rouge - Belsunce * Vxision - Love Preparetions (Slow Down Edit) * Classy 101 (Vxision, Maz Remix) * Empire Of The Sun- Walking On A Dream Vxision Remix) * Jovem Dionisio - Pontos de Exclamação (VXSION Remix) * Rui Da Silva - Touch Me (Peace Control Remix) * Drake - Sticky (Peace Control Remix) * Look Around You - Ain't Nobody (Alex Wann Edit) * ROUTE 94, Jesse Glynne - My Love (Alex Wann Remix) * Craig David - 7 Days (Alex Wann X Sparrow & Barbossa Remix) * FCLT - Fell It’s You (Alex Wann remix) * Zhu - Faded (Alex Wann Remix) * Alright - Red Carpet (Kashovski & Abel Ray Remix) * Malive, Luiza Gogoia, Morgado - Quintal * Sérgio Mendes - Mas Que Nada (Ahmed Spins Edit) * ANOTR, Abel Balder - Vertigo (Carlita Remix) * Kura - Sentir Saudade (Guapo, Antdot Remix) * Drake - Finesse (Antdot Remix) * Key Notez - Your Love Ain't The Same ( Maz Remix ) * Maz - Ndaciii * Maz, Antdot - Emorio * Peaty - 6pm In Casablanca * Peaty - KILOSA (Afro Melodic Mix) * MoBlack, Benja, Franc Fala - Yamore * Black Cofee, David Guetta - Drive (Da Capo Remix) * Empire Of The Sun- Walking On A Dream (Da Capo Remix) * Michael Jackson - Billy Jean (Da Capo Remix) * Coco, Joezi, Pape Diouf - 7 Seconds (Da Capo Remix) * CamelPhat - Home (Samm (BE) & Ajna (BE) Remix) * Super Flu - Lovesong * Super Flu - Believe * Super Flu feat. Malive - Loira * David Mackay, Dela Sur - Carnaval Breve * Dj Yellow, Flowers And Sea Creatures - No One Gets Left Behind (BLOND.ISH Beirut Edit) * The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (DSF, Chris IDH & Dino MFU Remix) * Kid Cudi - Day 'n' Nite (Kiko Franco Remix) * Tyla - Water (Kiko Franco Remix) * Moo J - Collateral Damage * RY X - Howling (Legare Remix) * Marten Lou - Radiohead 40 * Notredame - Frankenstein * Notredame - Think about * Jamek Ortega - Voices * Kimotion, Quentro & Tuna - Yame (Becane Remix) * Lazare - I Don’t Control * Downstream - Makèz, Life On Planets (Lazare Remix) * Bun Xapa - Paris * Darren - Flauta (dan Edit) * Sounds Of RItuals, Darmon - Seva (Rolling In The Deep) * Moderat, Keinemusik - More Love (Kalidon Mykonos Mashup) * &ME, Time - Not Alone (Dorian Craft Edit) * Luchii - Vertebrea (SOMMA Remix) * Roy Rosenfeld & Sébastien Léger - ID {Played by Keinemusik} (16khz) * Anyma - Pictures Of You (FromParis Remix) * Shimza & Caiiro - Nyali * Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now (Soubeiran Remix) * Kanye West, Ty Dolla ign - Paid (Imad Remix) * Estelle - American Boy (Betical remix) * Salif Keita - Madan (Marco Generani Remix) * Babyboy AV - Confession (ALX YAV Remix) * Moeaike Ft. Ed Begley- What Is Control * Hakim - Ah Ya Albi (Ajna & Samm Edit) * Ajna - Move * Fortress - Diplo ( Rampa Remix ) * Uncle Waffles - Tanzânia (Rampa Remix) * Toto - Africa (Rampa Edit) * Together - Janet Jackson (Rampa Remix) * Zouk Machine - Maldon (Rampa Edit) * France Gall - Ella, elle l'a (Rampa Remix) * Busta, Rampa, Black Coffeee - Mamakusa * Rampa - Cezaralina * Drake & Rampa - Virgil Forever (Instrumental) * Go Low L.A.X (Rampa Edit) * &Me, Rampa - Tong 4 (Original Mix) * Travis Scott - Butterfly (&Me Remix) * Feel - ABRA (&ME & Sasha Tigresa Edit) * Ilanga - Masšh (&Me Edit) * Lakou Mizik, Joseph Ray - Samba Yo Pan Pale (&Me Remix) * Da Africa Deep - Humans (&ME edit) * CUT It Off (&Me) * Dirty Chanel’s- Slaves (&Me Remix) * Marssi, Adam Port feat. Ninae - All I Got * Joris Voorn - Homeland feat. Matthew Dear (&Me Remix) {Jinadu Vocal Edit} * Aba - Fell (&Me remix) * Simian Mobile Disco - Caught In A Wave (&ME Remix) * Adam Port, Massi, Ninae - All I Got * Adam Port, Chris IDH & Adassiya - By Myself * Keinemusik - Out Of Touch * Drake - Confusion ( Keinemusik Remix ) * Drake - A Keeper (Keinemusik Remix) * The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition ( Keinemusik Remix ) * Keinemusik - Muye (Enoo Napa Remix) * Keinemusik - Salalina ( Darmon Edit) * Michael Jackson - Thriller (Black Coffee Remix)
MELODIC:

• Trikk - Untitled
• Amnesia Scanner - CAT (Dixon & Trikk Rework)
• Eagles & Butterflies - ITALO
• Ivory (IT), Tal Fussman - Labyrinth
• Ivory - Identity
• Ivory - Lovers Hymn
• Ivory - Mirrors
• Ivory - Eye Blink
• Ivory - Jewel
• Ivory - Acid Rain
• Ivory - Conquest Of Space
• Ivory - Upon A Time
• Fideles - Lost In Town
• Hard To Tell - No Matter
• Hard To Tell - Stranger
• Aera - Pullunder
• Aera - Puzzle Emotivo
• Echonomist - Overseas
• Echonomist - Ikaros
• Echonomist - Lullaby
• Lil Yachty - I've officially lost vision (Tim Engelhardt Edit)
• Kevin di Serna - Amapola (Toto Chiavetta Remix)
• Adam Ten - Kepler
• Adam Ten - Deep Love
• Adam Ten - Carovana
• Adam Tem -3 Days (16khz)
• Quentin Harris - Warning (Adam Ten & Mita Gami Re-Edit)
• Classix - All By My Self (Mita Gami Edit)
• Moby - In This World (Mita Gami Edit)
• Mita Gami - Danger
• Pink Floyd - Confortably Numb (Mita Gami Sunrise Edit)
• Solique - Heat Of The Moment
• Solique - Mood In The Jungle
• Ego Maria - T Mapper Native
• Ego Maria, Toto Chiavetta - Cells Under Attack
• Colle - Thoughts (Original Mix)
• Colle - Something to Believe (Original Mix)
• Santiago Garcia - You In The Sky (Original M
• Toto Chiavetta - Acqua (Original Mix)
• Jenia Tarsol & Jinga - Takadoom (Argy Edit)
• RÜFÜS DU SOL - New Sky (Colyn Sunrise Remix)
• Skepta - Bullet from a Gun (Colyn Private Edit)
• London Grammar - Hey Now (Fox Omar Remix)
• Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Will Clark Remix)
• London Grammar - Hey Now (Cristoph Private Mix)
• Opus III- Fine Night (Cristoph's Private Edit)
• Nelly Furtado - Say it Right (Adana Twins Remix)
• RY X & Frank Wiedemann - Howling (Tinlicker Prague Edit)
• The XX - Fiction (Eagles & Butterflies Remix)
• Massive Attack - Teardrop (Antony Toga Remix)
• Cassius - The Sound Of Violence (Antony Toga Background DiscoVox Version)
• Sting - Desert Rose (SOEL Remix)
• Starsailor - Four to the floor (Mångata Projekt Rework)
• Sin Cos Tan - Destroyer (Adriatique Remix)
• Anna Caragnano - Parola (Erly Tepshi Edit)
• Yotam Avni - Island Hopper (Franky & Sandrino Remix)
• Rebuke - Along Came Polly (Konstantin Sibold, Zac, Carmee Remix)
• Armin Van Buuren - Yet Another Day (8Kays Remix)
• The Beatles - Because (Bedouin Edit)
• Pablo Fierro - Kababo (Unreleased Version)
• Tal Fussman - North
• Tal Fussaman - Sam Shure - Inferno
• Tal Fussaman - Childrem Of 95 (V3 Instrumental)
• OPUS III - It's A Fine Day (Aera's Finite Edit)
• Amê - Mifune (Dixon Acustic Edit)
• Jimi Jules - Palpitations
• Jimi Jules - Run (FT Remix)
• Schneider TM, Kptmichigan - The Light 3000 (Aera Private Edit)
• AIKON, Sobek - Burning Hats (Dixon Edit)
• Kavinsky - Nightcall (Dixon's Private Edit)
• Maind Against - Love Seeking
• Maind Against - Hydra
• Chis Bake - Ride (Mind Against Remix)
• Mathame - There Is The Light
• Mathame - Brothers
• Ae:ther, Mind Against - Black Museum
• Ae:ther, Marino Canal - White Atlas V2
• Artbat - Dark Knight
• Yet More - Don't Let Go
• Dan Croll - From Nowhere (Âme Remix)
• MGMT - Eletric Feel (Ivory’s Eletric Reshape)
• Amber Run - I Found (Ivory's Re-Found Edit)
• Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted (Ivory Head Underwater Remix)
• Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind (Ivory’s On The Run Edit)

(NOTHIN FLAC OR M4A)

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White marble built upon white sands, a white town built around a massive, white rocky crag.

Winds blew powerfully on the shores of the Isle of the Wise, heralding the massive storm that was to hit soon enough. Far away from any other piece of land in all of Jericho, the old, rocky and isolated island was the closest thing in existence to a ‘Magical Town’ in the world, with many workshops and residences built on the skirts of the crag, atop of which Castle Tranquility had been built.

This was the home of the Council of Exodus, the maximum authority on magical matters. This was also the one place in all of Jericho where a population of more than a thousand mages in the same spot was acceptable, thanks to the many glyphs and rituals that had been installed in the island since time immemorial, and the distance the place had from the rest of civilization.

If Pandaemonium was to strike here, the rest of the world would be safe, or at least would have enough time to react to the breaking tides of chaos unleashed by the excess of magic.

To be allowed residence here, was to be admitted among the absolute best that the magical world has to offer, to be certified as a ‘Master of the Art’, and to be admitted in the Council that guarded the wellbeing of humanity as a whole.

Despite how important this island may seem, the place was calm and often very silent, beyond the occasional tourist or visitor.

But some mages had another name for this calmness.

Stagnation.

Yes, reality was that the progress in magical research had been advancing at a slug’s pace for the last couple of decades. Was it for lack of effort? Some may think so, but things were often much more complicated than just that.

No. The main obstacle to progress, at least in the eyes of those who whispered and complained against the lackluster Council, were the many strict rules established to keep the world in ‘Balance’.

“Balance, balance, balance… that’s the Council’s favorite word…”

A figure cloaked in black sat at the top of one of Castle Tranquility’s many towers. A blond man wearing a long trenchcoat, observing the town with disdain in his blue eyes. He hated it, he hated the situation the world had devolved into, he hated the lack of advancement, the hypocrisy of the mage world, and how boring things had turned in general.

The world was in desperate need of a catastrophe.

“Brooding all by yourself, handsome?”

A blond woman in a long, black dress appeared from the shadows, hugging her beloved husband from behind and closing her eyes with a sigh of relief. The man smiled, the world recovering a bit of its colour as soon as his beloved wife had appeared, his hands going to cup hers and hold them close as he let out a deep sigh.

“Morgana, my beautiful black rose, why do you make me wait so? Is it that you enjoy knowing how much I suffer in your absence?”

“I would never be so cruel to my other half! But you speak as if I enjoyed my time without you.”

They both gazed lovingly into each other’s eyes for a moment, smiling calmly, before focusing once again on the situation at hand. The man sighed, gazing at the town once again while his wife pouted a little bit.

“The Second Sacrifice can’t arrive soon enough.” Said the man, shaking his head softly.

“It will arrive, don’t be impatient my love.” The woman took her beloved’s hands and then watched the horizon. The Sun was already setting. “Can you imagine? The many civilizations that will rise from our ashes…?”

The man’s bad mood disappeared, as he slowly cracked a little smile.

“A part of me is sad that we won’t be able to see them but… It’s a warming sensation, knowing that a new era is finally coming…”

The couple embraced, tightly. They didn’t fear death, or anything really. Not anymore.

They knew there was nothing that could stand in the way of their plans at this point.

And with every passing second, the fruits of their labor were closer and closer to mature and ready to fall to the ground.

With the echo of roaring thunder.


Pelafina’s poor old heart almost jumped straight out her throat when she heard Mustafá’s voice over the phone. The old alchemist was infamous in the Brotherhood, they knew how much she hated to communicate and hated even more to cooperate… and yet here she was, calling the Overseer of the Saüle District and demanding answers.

She was not ready for this, King Hamil had not prepared her for this whatsoever! Sitting on her bed while her husband slept deeply, the Overseer fumbled with her glasses before putting them on.

“I can talk, I can talk! It’s just… Your call took me by surprise, especially on my, uh, private phone…”

“The institutional phone didn’t pick up, so I figured you’d be on this one.”

“I-It didn’t pick up because it is eleven in the night, miss Mustafá…”

“Is that a problem?”

“N-No, no! Not at all.” Pelafina sighed, already hating every second of this conversation. “So, uhm. How can I help you?”

“I am aware that you have been making contact with my Pupil.”

“Your pupil?”

“Tav.”

“He’s your pupil!?”

“She goes by She.”

Pelafina repressed a disgruntled groan before continuing.

“Since when is she your pupil?”

“Today. But that is not important.”

“I didn’t know she was going to be your pupil, miss Mustafá!”

“Again. Not important. I need answers about a certain book that came to her hands, a book that you tasked her with translating.”

For a moment, Pelafina felt the blood freezing on her neck. How to even begin explaining that?

The old woman looked at a nearby mirror, and her reflection stared back… but her reflection did not share the overseer’s fear. The reflection smiled, a green and vibrant hue having replaced Pelafina’s natural brown eyes… she sighed in relief. Her King , he had come to her aid! The old woman relaxed, eyes glued to the mirror, and carefully began repeating the words that echoed in her mind.

“... Yes. A collection piece, sold to me by an old lady.” Pelafina nodded. “I only realized what I had in my hands after the seller was gone, this was probably by her design.”

“Did you happen to catch the name of the person who sold it to you?” Mustafá never showed emotion, and yet now the Overseer caught a hint of impatience in the alchemist’s voice.

“No.” She couldn’t just tell this woman that the item had come straight from the vaults of the Brotherhood. That would be way too much information to just give away like that. “I am sorry… But. She did mention a woman.”

“A woman?”

“A woman named ‘Humiko’. Is that name useful to you?”

There was silence on the line for a moment.

“... Yes. Thank you.”

“Oh it is nothing.” Pelafina sighed, feeling her nerves calming down.

“I will be overseeing the translation of this tome from now on. I suppose I can count on you not informing the Brotherhood of this.”

“Well—”

“I will send you a monthly progress report.”

“...I can accept those terms. Thank you, miss Mustafá.”

“I’ll contact you again. Soon. Keep quiet.”

Click.

The plan was back on track. The old lady looked back at the mirror with an excited smile, while the green hue in her reflection slowly faded. Her King looked after her, and he seemed happy with her work.

Surely, this was the way to go for his return… and with that, all the promises she had made would finally come true.

Pelafina looked down at her sleeping husband, partner of so many adventures, now in the twilight of his life… and smiled.

“Don’t worry Ricardo… we’ll all make it for sure.” She gently caressed the few hairs of the sleeping old man. “Our King will make sure of it.”


man don’t you lecture me with your $30 haircut 8): ok so
man don’t you lecture me with your $30 haircut 8): the plan is
man don’t you lecture me with your $30 haircut 8): we confront 82 and ask what the fuck happened to tav
man don’t you lecture me with your $30 haircut 8): and if she doesn’t answer, we rat it all out
ケンジー・イズ・マイ・ワイフ!!!: Yeah!!! ò.o!!!
Jeepers creepers man: I feel like I should be doing something to stop this.
man don’t you lecture me with your $30 haircut 8): but you wont cause you ain’t a narc, mort
man don’t you lecture me with your $30 haircut 8): you’re a real one, aren’t you?
Jeepers creepers man: either that or very lazy
man don’t you lecture me with your $30 haircut 8): lol
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: I don’t like the plan but I don’t really have any alternatives… I just hope she’s okay
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: I AM ALIVE!! O_O
man don’t you lecture me with your $30 haircut 8): there she is
ケンジー・イズ・マイ・ワイフ!!!: TAVY-CHAAAAN TwT
Jeepers creepers man: are you okay tav?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: saints above you gave us a good spook.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: I am fine, I am fine TwT sorry for worrying you all.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: I bring news though, BIG news O.o
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: After she almost killed me, 82 agreed to be my teacher OwO!!!
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: you’re kidding me
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: I swear it’s true!
Jeepers creepers man: congrats tav
ケンジー・イズ・マイ・ワイフ!!!: Taught by 82 herself? Nice O.o I never even thought she was real, I always assumed she was just a bot or something.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Nope, very real ._. she’s eating my food right now.
man don’t you lecture me with your $30 haircut 8): aw man
man don’t you lecture me with your $30 haircut 8): i was lookin forward to be professor canny
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: You can still teach me stuff if you want! n.n I am open to that
man don’t you lecture me with your $30 haircut 8): nah girl youre fine, im messing with ya

It was all fun and games in the chat, and honestly, Gal was trying to be happy for Tav and her meteoric advance through the magic world. She was going to be tutored by Mustafá, the Mustafá, herself! And somehow she had managed to survive a close encounter with her… but why? Why her? Why not him?

No, no. Gal shook his head and got away from the computer. He didn’t want to fall prey to such negative feelings. Tav was a friend, right!? Just a poor, newcomming bastard trying to move around, learn and live a simple life, right?

But then why did Gal feel so… invaded? As if someone had suddenly come over and taken stuff that was his?

He had always wanted to somehow gain the attention of the mods. He was good friends with Mort, and had talked to Ventotto a few times, but 82 had always ignored him…

Maybe it had something to do with that book.

Yeah, the physical guide she went looking for at her local library. Maybe the key was there? She came asking about Mustafá and Giovanni after going for that damn book, maybe it had something that made them pay notice?

Again, he shook his head firmly and sighed, tapping on the computer.

GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: gotta go sleep for now
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: take care y’all
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Sleep tight! n.n

God damn it and she was so polite too. If she was an asshole it would be so much easier to hate her.

“What the hell am I doing…?”

Feeling foolish and bitter, Gal stood up and turned off his computer, turning around to grab his black cloak.

The night was still young, Gangan was resting and the Coven was waiting for him.

Maybe he’d have some tales to tell them tonight.