Camp rock monologues

The water washed over the side of the boat and made a drizzle that clung to my face as I turned to wipe it away. The sea was too rough around the boat to see much, and the clouds had come right down to my level, blotting out what the sea had not. The ship was heading towards deeper water, and between the rain, the mist, and the boiling fog, the ever more distant coast was a blur.
The storm had brewed up late in the day and had taken it’s time to reach the fevered pitch it was displaying presently. The sea was rising so high, it would block the view to land, making it impossible to see what was happening ashore. I should have been asleep in my bunk moored in the harbor, but instead, at this late hour, the boat and I were fighting this storm for survival.
As each wave passed, my vessel would glide into the valley behind, the walls of water on all sides stretching vertically to merge with the sky. Just as soon as the previous wave receded, a new mountain of water would present itself directly, forcing the little boat to again climb high up a watery slope. The ship would crest, giving me a glimpse of the rough and tumble ocean scape ahead, just before diving down into another valley.
Even so, I was happy to brave the weather, as the alternative was unthinkable. If this poor little vessel were to be smashed on the rocks with only me and my salt water soaked clothes to survive, I would count myself lucky. Clinging to some slick, slime covered boulder until the storm passed and the sun came out the following morning. I would fare better than my fellow villagers who were caught unawares by this impromptu disturbance. Some of whom had surely been swallowed up in the mist.
When I was young, my family lived in a small coastal village on the north side of White Rock island. Our old, whitewashed house rested on a small rise just south of the harbor. If you stood in the living room and looked out north through the plate glass window, you could see the harbor stretch out into the ocean beyond.
Each of the various boats in the harbor had a faded splash of blue or red or yellow color around the pilot house. Some had flags fluttering in the breeze. Aside from the windowed superstructures, they were all the same shade of white, stained with rust, barnacles and other imperfections. Each ship was unique in it’s own way, but only subtly so. Viewing them from afar, it was hard to notice, as they all looked the same.
I never really left White Rock, unless you count the time I went off and joined the Navy to fight in the war. I was foolishly excited to join the Navy. I believed the propaganda posters plastered all over town. I had no idea the horrors I would experience as an Engineman on a destroyer cruising through enemy waters. But that is a different story for a different time.
I attended school on that island. There was a small population, hardly big enough to justify a school, but we were very isolated and it was more difficult to travel to and from the mainland to attend school. There was only a handful of students of all ages and we had classes together in a one room schoolhouse about a mile east of our home on the hill. All of those people I went to school with are also still here on the Rock.
When I returned from the war, the reception was warm. I soon caught up with old friends and settled into a routine. I was able to recruit a few of them to help my brothers and I crew the Schooner which had patiently waited the several years I was absent. She is a 45ft ketch with a main sail, a foresail and a jib to help with tacking. We can unfurl a fisherman’s sail high above the main in open waters to add some speed. We carry nets and crab pots amidships, along with a small tender up under the fly bridge. My ship also has a 200hp diesel motor used for trawling and harbor travel. There are two holds and fully loaded, she can carry a good 20,000 pounds of fish. We have only ever filled her up about halfway on a week long journey. My Brothers, my childhood friends, and I make a jolly crew, and I am mostly thankful for the time I spend with them.
My Father was a mechanic and he worked on many of the smaller fishing boats in the harbor. He never left the island much and we did not own a boat growing up. The old timers would sit around, outside his workshop, playing dominos and telling tall tales. If I was not busy with chores, I used to love to listen to the tales the grizzled old fishermen would tell me as my Father worked on their dilapidated boats.
There were some common themes to these tales, and it didn’t take me long to understand that they were mostly bluff and bluster. They would recite fairy tales about mermaids and deep sea monsters. They would talk about long lost islands that were shown on no maps. There were stories of buried treasure and lost civilizations. All good fun and light hearted, chuckles and good natured ribbing all the way around.
Then there were the stories about the mist. The old timers would hush up and become reticent when this topic was broached. They would look over their shoulder as if paranoid someone or something was watching. You could feel a shiver run down your spine just at the mention of the mist, The air grew heavier, all of the color draining out, becoming more pale and dense.
The mist, from the stories, was a thick gloom that would originate somewhere out in the water and slowly drift into town with the wind. On days when the mist would visit, you could see it forming miles out in the distance. Getting thicker as morning grew into midday. At some point in the early afternoon, the old timers would say, with a shift in the wind, that thick soupy darkness would start to creep towards the island.
This was a warning to all of the inhabitants to get indoors, batten down the windows and doors, and camp out in the cellar until dawn. The mist can see as if it has eyes, they would say. The mist could hear you breathe, as if it had ears, they would say. The mist could pick you up and take you away, as if it had hands, they would say. And to speak, yes, the mist could speak as if it had a voice. The mist could convince you to leave the safety of your home and go on a journey. The mist could trick you into thinking a small child was outside and needed help. “Help me” the mist would sigh. “I am soaking wet and I am only 5, please let me in so I can get warm. It’s so cold out here…”
As entertaining as these stories were when I was a kid, they were just that, stories. Time passed, people came and went. The old timers faded away along with their boats. As I grew older, I was more and more concerned with ever more adult things and stories of spirits and water sprites were trivial. Fairy stories and tall tales didn’t pay the bills and I had a life to live.
My Father died in an accident when I was only 15. He was working on a trawler that had run aground just south of the entrance to the bay. The engine had failed and the boat had drifted into the rocks. My father was aboard when there was an explosion. He was burned over most of his body. We would visit him daily at the doctors house where he lay, suffering, in a delirium. He lingered for the better part of a year before passing on.
My Mother was devastated and she was never the same. We moved out of that old white house into another owned by my Uncle. I felt like I had to provide for her and my younger brothers. I soon found myself working as a hand on my uncle’s fishing boat. I learned the way of the sea, and would spend more and more time offshore. Each time I returned, I found that my Mother had grown more distant. She was spending more and more time with my Father in the great beyond and didn’t have as much to give to the real world. She was surrendered to a fantasy and soon she was unable to return to reality. Some call it dementia. When she passed, I was alone with my Uncle and my Brothers.
As a crew, and as a family, we had some great adventures. We travelled far and wide. We visited many a strange port and I held company with many a beautiful lass. We crewed my uncles boat, the Majestic Spirit, until he was too old for the work. When he decided to retire, he gave his boat to me. Now my Brothers, my friends and I ably vie the sea, aboard the Maj, in search of fame and fortune.
All this so I can describe to you my current predicament. You see, this morning started off like normal. After waking and eating my breakfast, I had strolled down to the docks to get an early start on some maintenance to the Maj. I had been putting it off for the last week. We had a long cruise coming up, planning to sail to the South Onda Straits, and I wanted to repair the fore hatch coaming before we set out.
As I descended the hill to White Rock Harbor, I noticed a dark gloominess miles off in the distance. Remembering the old stories made me feel uneasy. I told myself to ignore those old fairy tales and focus on the task at hand. I put my head down and walked faster.
As I arrived at the Maj, I noticed the gloom was thicker now. It was visibly rolling and changing color from gray to black and all shades in between. There were faint flashes of light from deep within. “Is that lightning?” I asked myself. Apparently I had spoken aloud as another fisherman, Phillip O’Perry, who owned the adjacent trawler, had overheard me as he jumped down onto the docks from the deck of his boat. “It’s the mist a’formin.” He said as he walked away. “I, for one, plan on getting drunk on Rum this ‘even…locked away in my cellar with wife and babes. I suggest you do the same.”
I hadn’t felt that chill since I was young. “Don’t be silly Phil!” I yelled back. “Fairy tales and sea shanties are fun, but they don’t put food on the table.” “Suit yerself” he said over his shoulder as he rounded the corner. “You’ll have a new story to tell either way tomorrow”. “if you live.” This last he added while sticking his head back around the corner he had just passed. A devious grin from ear to ear on his face, he said“Good luck to ya!” and then he was gone.
The white rock saved me.
Part 2 to follow soon! :D

I'm planing a big Suikoden like campaign, and I have some ideas. And the best possible way to start it, is to write down my thoughts. So you will be the first to hear about how I plan to do things, and maybe you will have some input, how to do things. Or maybe I will inspire you to make your take on this?
So let's start with the core: Suikoden is series, when you always recruit tons of other playable characters. More than 100. Game story is always focused on war, on politics etc. There are special mechanics for duels, that serve mostly as a narrative event, more than checking your abilities to fight. There are also city/kingdom managing mechanics, and there is also mechanics for big battles between armies. In stories told by Suikoden, there is always some war or rebellion involved.
So the first thing: for how many players will be this game? I would love to have more than 8 players, with hard cap on 5 game session. But this is nowhere near the 100 of Suikoden, so either I will have more one-shots with random people, or some players will have more than 1 character.
The story will revolve around the Liberation Army, that players will start. The main villain will be the leader of some big empire who is power hungry and has no reason to stop his conquest. And he will have tons of minor villains helping him, but Fabula Ultima covers that part easily.
So three things, that I must make before I start with players, is to have three system in place, that Fabula Ulitma doesn't cover: Duels, big battles and city/kingdom management.
Big battles can be covered by progression clocks, but the main reason I want to have additional mechanics for these, so the players will feel that their decisions about the kingdom/city/liberation army matter. If they don't put effort in training troops, this will be visible in the armies encounters. What I need, is simple armies stats, that will be supported by players as commanders. Probably nothing hard.
City management is the thing, that is hardest. You can make it easy af, and it will lack substance. And you can easily overcomplicate things. Aside of army power, base will also support daily lives of whole liberation army. There will be probably few resources - food, building resources and special building resources.
As for food, i don't plan to create a survival game, but also I want for players to consider, that constant growth is impossible if you can't sustain population. So mostly it will be blocker of gworth, maybe villain will try to destroy food supply for city, or something like that.
Building materials and special building materials - that's also easy, because players will choose what will be built in the base. Better shops will need better materials, and more people will need more food. And also - building will generate building materials.
So other than that, I also need a city plan, where players will put all the buildings and can have fun with that. Ofc, there is a problem - how we will decide, if not everybody is playing? That will be resolved by simple question on Discord or other communications channel between games.
And the last part - duels. I'm seriously playing my head around them. Probably it will work around rock/papescissors (not literary), and based on the monologue of villian, the player will choose if they want to attack, defend or counter. If they guess the correct amount of times, they will have their limit break ready to slay the enemy. Something like that, it still need more rethinking.
So that's all I have in mind for my campaign. Thank you for reading and wish me good luck!

I would love any advice you guys have on how to improve my application along with what schools you think might fit me!
Demographics: upper middle-class LGBTQ+ South Asian male from small-town/rural Indiana; medium sized non-competitive public school (600-750 kids per graduating class)
Intended Major(s): Astrophysics/Physics/Computer Science, Vocal Performance, French
SAT: 1510 SAT - 760 Reading, 750 Math (first time taking it as a bench; will study and retake over summer - goal: 1550)
UW/W GPA and Rank: 4.0 UW / 4.78 W (UW rank: 1/725; W rank: 3/725)
Coursework: taken 6 APs so far (5 on the one’s I’ve received results for), taking 8 APs senior year
Awards:
Ronald Reagan Leadership Medal 2024
2024 Rising Star of Indiana (Indiana Association of School Principals)
Show Choir Nationals Grand Champion at the Grand Ole Opry under my leadership
2024 Outstanding Vocalist from my whole school’s choral program
Gold Medal (ranks 3-5 nationally, rank 1 in state) in Le Grand Concours (2022, 2023, 2024) - a French national board exam
Student Officer of a student government named 2024 National Gold Council of Excellence by the National Association of Student Councils
Extracurriculars:
STEM:
-will be conducting research in astrophysics at local university labs for six weeks this summer; will be producing and hoping to publish a research papers (11-12)
-will be conducting an independent project in computer science over the summer; planning on creating an astronomical model and producing a research paper for it as well
-paid research assistant at local university’s Department of Physics for half a year; ran simulations of charged crystals to enhance data quality and tested projects to be used in college workshops for physics students (11)
-conducted and paid stipend for research in soil metagenomics at local university; used Python to analyze DNA sequences to uncover soil biodiversity in samples to solve soil quality problems in local agriculture (10-11)
-trained at the Advanced Space Academy at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center; unanimously elected by crew to be the pilot on our final extended duration mission (10-11); rigorous training involving piloting skills, undergoing physical training (SCUBA diving, pole and rock wall climbing), debating space law, and working on space materials science and engineering problems (rocket design, building and launching, space suit design, etc.)
-remote shadowing under graduate student of astronomy at UChicago learning astronomical data analysis of galaxies, using Python tools and libraries (11)
-Math NHS + local math college competition (9, 10, 11)
-HOSA Junior Officer (9)
Volunteerism/Outreach Initiatives:
-volunteerism at a large Space Day event at my local National Armory; headlined by the Indiana Astronomical Society and engineering teams at Purdue involved with Mars rover - over 1550 participants; volunteer instructor of astronomical phenomena (eclipse demonstrations), materials science, space history (11)
-programming contributor and volunteer at local Solar Eclipse Festival, raising over $15,000 for Habitat for Humanity through a “Run for the Sun” 5k fundraiser (11)
-author of multiple articles on various space science topics; published in an international youth-driven science journal with the goal of more accessible and impactful youth science communication (11-12)
-virtual volunteer work for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
-planning to organize and direct a watching party/educational event or program for the peak of the Perseids meteor shower (12)
-conceptualized and planned for a space-themed prom as a officer of my class in student government (11)
***Student Government (9-11)
As an elected officer and secretary of my class of ‘25, I am responsible for managing much of our group and organizing our tasks, including
-planning/execution for Homecoming and Prom for all of the students at our school
-planning, coordinating, and building Homecoming Parade floats to increase community and school spirit over months of meetings and hours of student-led construction
-a city cleanup project near the public library and park to make the community a better and cleaner place to live in
-increasing school spirit with planned spirit weeks, pep rallies, and other activities (Staff vs Student games, etc)
-leading class meetings to further overall goals of community service, leadership, and raising spirit
Officer in the group that was named a 2024 National Gold Council of Excellence by the National Association of Student Councils
***County Youth Leadership Representative (11)
I was chosen to represent my school in a selective group of youth leaders in my county tasked with initiating community improvement and local leadership. We use our leadership skills in order to take civil, financial, and interpersonal action and change within our community. As part of the group, I
-took charge of a team to put on a promotional fair for over 20 fantastic non-profit organizations in our county, along with producing promotional videos in order to spread awareness about them on social media and other platforms; I wrote the scripts for the interviews and filmed them myself, set up all of the non-profit booths, welcomed representatives, and kept the event running smoothly.
-presented at our conferences, researching and speaking at length about the history of our county, important local non-profits, and about our non-profit fair project.
-was chosen from the group to introduce our own Mayor at our conference (11-12)
Music:

• school’s varsity mixed show choir since my freshman year and primary dance captain and section leader; led our group to a vocally undefeated year and our first overall undefeated year against multiple nationally recognized groups, winning Best Vocals at every competition we attended; won Show Choir Nationals with Best Vocals for the first time in our group’s history under my section leadership; named showchoir.com’s 2024 Best Show Choir of the Year

-hand-picked by choreographer to attend Show Choir Camps of America on full scholarship
-named Best Performer of the group (3x) and Best Male Soloist
-student director of a selective A Cappella group; we perform at charity events, such as funerals and veteran services, along with the national anthem at several sporting events and go caroling to dozens of homes and venues around the community during the holiday season to spread cheer
French:
-taught myself French since I was 13 and am still an active and passionate learner and lover of the language; top student in my school’s French program
-volunteer tutor for other French students in my free periods at school
-Vice President of French NHs (9-12)
-participated in initiative to raise hundreds of dollars worth of hygiene supplies for local Haitian refugees (11)
LORs/Other:
LORs from my AP Calculus teacher that I’ll have for two years, my AP French teacher, who I’ll have for four years, and my varsity choir coach, who I’ll have for four years; all will have plenty of things to talk about regarding my leadership in their disciplines over years
School List (as of now, from least likely to most likely): Harvard (uncle worked/researched there), MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Northwestern, UMich, U of Maryland, U of T at Austin, Notre Dame, UIUC, UC Boulder, IU Bloomington, Purdue (legacy), Penn State

Hello,
I am looking for a couple of songs from "I Saw the TV Glow."

1. The one playing in the background during Maddys Monologue to Owen in that dome thing. I believe it may have had violin in it.
   
2. The rock song with the screaming Mohawk lady with the face paint.
   

Thanks for the help if possible.

Hi,
I am planning a trip to Vegas for a conference this year and am thinking of towing my trailer to camp in town. Is the KOA near Sam's Town pretty safe? I know it is quite a ways away from the strip but the plan is to visit other places near by as well and not just the strip (Hoover dam and red rock). Any other advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

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• 60 Parsecs!
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May 2018 Humble Monthly

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April 2018 Humble Monthly

• AER Memories of Old
• Laser League
• Subterrain

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APRIL 2024 GAMES

• THE CALLISTO PROTOCOL
• HUMANKIND DEFINITIVE EDITION
• FASHION POLICE SQUAD
• TERRAFORMERS
• SYMPHONY OF WAR: THE NEPHILIM SAGA
• COROMON
• THE EXCAVATION OF HOB'S BARROW

MARCH 2024 GAMES

• WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN – ULTIMATE EDITION
• NIOH 2 - THE COMPLETE EDITION
• SAINTS ROW
• CITIZEN SLEEPER
• BLACK SKYLANDS
• SOULSTICE
• AFTERIMAGE
• DESTROYER: THE U-BOAT HUNTER

FEBRUARY 2024 GAMES
*LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS *SCORN *DESTROY ALL HUMANS 2! REPROBED *BEACON PINES *THERE IS NO LIGHT: ENHANCED EDITION *CHILDREN OF SILENTOWN *OAKEN *SNOWTOPIA: SKI RESORT BUILDER
JANUARY 2024 GAMES
*MARVEL'S MIDNIGHT SUNS DIGITAL+ EDITION *MIDNIGHT SUNS - DOCTOR STRANGE DEFENDERS SKIN *TWO POINT CAMPUS *ARAGAMI 2 *ROGUEBOOK *THE RED LANTERN *HELL PIE *TWIN MIRROR
DECEMBER 2023 GAMES
*EXPEDITIONS: ROME *MIDNIGHT FIGHT EXPRESS *ELEX II *LAST CALL BBS *FROM SPACE *GET TWO MONTHS OF IGN PLUS
NOVEMBER 2023 GAMES
*HARDSPACE: SHIPBREAKER *UNPACKING *FRIENDS VS FRIENDS *PRODEUS *THE LEGEND OF TIANDING *SCP: SECRET FILES *SOULDIERS
OCTOBER 2023 GAMES
*METAL HELLSINGER *DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY: HOUSE OF ASHES *REBEL INC: ESCALATION *SPIRIT OF THE ISLAND *LORDS AND VILLEINS *A JUGGLER'S TALE *MR. PREPPER
SEPTEMBER 2023 GAMES
*THE FORGOTTEN CITY *ACES & ADVENTURES *PATCH QUEST *FORETALES *WHO PRESSED MUTE ON UNCLE MARCUS *AUTONAUTS VS PIRATEBOTS
AUGUST 2023 GAMES
*CHIVALRY 2 *ROAD 96 *TREK TO YOMI *ARCADE PARADISE *SUCHART: GENIUS ARTIST SIMULATOR *TIN CAN *HOT BRASS *SHOTGUN KING: THE FINAL CHECKMATE
JULY 2023 GAMES
*YAKUZA 4 REMASTERED *ROADWARDEN *KRAKEN ACADEMY!! *MERCHANT OF THE SKIES *OZYMANDIAS: BRONZE AGE EMPIRE SIM *SHOTGUN KING: THE FINAL CHECKMATE
JUNE 2023 GAMES
*CURSE OF THE DEAD GODS *HONEY I JOINED A CULT *ETERNAL THREADS *GRIME *TURBO GOLF RACING *MEEPLE STATION
MAY 2023 GAMES
*WARHAMMER 40,000: CHAOS GATE - DAEMONHUNTERS *SPIRITFARER: FAREWELL EDITION *BENDY AND THE DARK REVIVAL *OPERATION: TANGO *WINDJAMMERS 2 *BUILDER SIMULATOR *BEHIND THE FRAME: THE FINEST SCENERY *THE INVISIBLE HAND
APRIL 2023 HUMBLE CHOICE
*ROLLERDROME *LIFE IS STRANGE 2: COMPLETE SEASON *THE LIFE AND SUFFERING OF SIR BRANTE *MONSTER PROM 2: MONSTER CAMP *REVITA *FOUNDERS' FORTUNE
MARCH 2023 HUMBLE CHOICE
*BIOMUTANT *EDGE OF ETERNITY *HERO'S HOUR *ROGUE LORDS *DEMON TURF *GOLDEN LIGHT *MONSTER CROWN
FEBRUARY 2023 HUMBLE CHOICE
*PATHFINDER: WRATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS *FALLOUT 76 + FALLOUT 1 *THRONEBREAKER: THE WITCHER TALES *OTHERCIDE *SHADY PART OF ME *SCOURGEBRINGER *FOBIA - ST. DINFNA HOTEL *FIVE DATES
JANUARY 2023 HUMBLE CHOICE
*TRIBES OF MIDGARD *ENCASED: A SCI-FI POST-APOCALYPTIC RPG *OLLIOLLI WORLD - RAD EDITION *GROW: SONG OF THE EVERTREE *CONAN CHOP CHOP *HOKKO LIFE *THE SERPENT ROGUE
DECEMBER 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE
*GREEDFALL *FIRST CLASS TROUBLE *BACKBONE *TOEM *WHERE THE WATER TASTES LIKE WINE *BLADE ASSAULT *SUPER MAGBOT
NOVEMBER 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE
*KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RE-RECKONING - FATE EDITION *SHADOW TACTICS: AIKO'S CHOICE *ROBOQUEST *ELDEST SOULS *UNMETAL *RAJI: AN ANCIENT EPIC *MORBID: THE SEVEN ACOLYTES
OCTOBER 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE
*DEATHLOOP *MONSTER TRAIN (FIRST CLASS - COLLECTORS EDITION) *DISCIPLES: LIBERATION *MAID OF SKER *EPIC CHEF *RAILROAD CORPORATION *GOLF GANG
SEPTEMBER 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE

• THE DUNGEON OF NAHEULBEUK: THE AMULET OF CHAOS
• FORGIVE ME FATHER
• CROWN TRICK
• DESCENDERS
• INDUSTRIA

JULY 2022 GAMES

• LEGEND OF KEEPERS
• LAWN MOWING SIMULATOR
• BANNERS OF RUIN
• YES, YOUR GRACE
• ATOM RPG TRUDOGRAD

JUNE 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE

• STAR WARS SQUADRONS
• PHOENIX POINT: YEAR ONE EDITION
• CALL OF THE SEA
• GAMEDEC
• PUMPKIN JACK
• SIEGE SURVIVAL: GLORIA VICTIS
• I AM FISH
• SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE

MAY 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE

• COMMAND & CONQUER REMASTERED COLLECTION
• SURVIVING THE AFTERMATH
• IF FOUND...
• GENESIS NOIR
• EMBR

APRIL 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE

• MONSTER SANCTUARY
• SUZERAIN
• CHICKEN POLICE
• NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER
• MARCH 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE
• RED SOLSTICE 2: SURVIVORS
• POLICE STORIES
• EVAN'S REMAINS

FEBRUARY 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE

• BLACK BOOK
• PER ASPERA
• JUST DIE ALREADY
• BEFORE WE LEAVE
• PARADISE LOST
• EVERHOOD
• EVERHOOD

OCTOBER 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• AMNESIA: REBIRTH
• JOHN WICK HEX
• RING OF PAIN
• GUTS AND GLORY
• THE TEXTORCIST: THE STORY OF RAY BIBBIA
• GARAGE: BAD TRIP
• HIVESWAP FRIENDSIM
• TOOLS UP
• SYBERIA 3
• BLACK FUTURE '88

AUGUST 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• CEPHEUS PROTOCOL
• DRAKE HOLLOW
• BLUE FIRE
• ENCODYA

JULY 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• HAMMERTING
• KILL IT WITH FIRE
• BEE SIMULATOR
• S.W.I.N.E. HD REMASTER
• DEADLY DAYS

JUNE 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• STUBBS THE ZOMBIE IN REBEL WITHOUT A PULSE
• WORMS RUMBLE + LEGENDS PACK DLC
• PANZER PALADIN
• GOING UNDER
• MILKY WAY PRINCE - THE VAMPIRE STAR
• DESOLATE
• PAW PAW PAW
• IKENFELL
• DISJUNCTION
• EFFIE

MAY 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• HELLPOINT
• COOK, SERVE, DELICIOUS! 3
• FURY UNLEASHED
• RELICTA
• FAMILY MAN
• VANE

APRIL 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• SHENMUE III
• MAIN ASSEMBLY
• ROCK OF AGES 3: MAKE & BREAK
• AVEN COLONY
• IN OTHER WATERS
• AVEN COLONY
• SIMULACRA + SIMULACRA 2
• COLT CANYON
• SKULLY
• POPUP DUNGEON

MARCH 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• XCOM: CHIMERA SQUAD
• HOTSHOT RACING
• PEAKY BLINDERS: MASTERMIND
• CYBER HOOK
• PESTERQUEST
• AGELESS
• BOREAL BLADE

FEBRUARY 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• MOVING OUT
• THE WILD EIGHT
• VALFARIS
• TRAIN STATION RENOVATION
• LOVECRAFT'S UNTOLD STORIES
• WEREWOLF: THE APOCALYPSE HEART OF THE FOREST
• BOOMERANG FU
• IRIS AND THE GIANT

NOVEMBER 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE

• CRYING SUNS
• DARKSBURG
• SMILE FOR ME
• DARKWOOD
• ROVER MECHANIC SIMULATOR
• TSIOQUE
• TOWNSMEN - A KINGDOM REBUILT
• YOUROPA

OCTOBER 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE

• IRON DANGER
• SHADOWS: AWAKENING
• AUTONAUTS
• FANTASY BLACKSMITH
• THE UNCERTAIN: LAST QUIET DAY
• GOAT OF DUTY
• BASEMENT

JULY 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE

• RAILWAY EMPIRE
• BEAT HAZARD 2
• METAL UNIT
• SIGMA THEORY: GLOBAL COLD WAR
• DON'T ESCAPE: 4 DAYS TO SURVIVE
• VERLET SWING
• EARTHLOCK
• BASINGSTOKE
• Vikings - Wolves of Midgard

MAY 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE

• XCOM® 2 + 2 DLC
• NICHE - A GENETICS SURVIVAL GAME
• THE SWORDS OF DITTO: MORMO'S CURSE
• WARSAW
• NEOVERSE
• MO:ASTRAY
• HORACE
• CHESS ULTRA
• Planet Coaster - World's Fair Pack

Europa Universalis IV: El Dorado
January 2020 Humble Choice

• DiRT Rally 2.0 - H2 RWD Double Pack
• DiRT Rally 2.0 - Opel Manta 400
• Dirt Rally 2.0 - Porsche 911 RGT Rally Spec
• GRIP: Combat Racing Artifex DLC

December 2019 Humble Monthly

• Fluffy Horde
• Sword Legacy Omen

November 2019 Humble Monthly

• 11-11 Memories Retold
• Evergarden
• Shenmue I & II

October 2019 Humble Monthly

• Avernum 3: Ruined World
• Override: Mech City Brawl
• Planet Alpha
• The Spiral Scouts

September 2019 Humble Monthly

• Distance
• God's Trigger
• State of Mind

Humble Crusader Kings II Bundle

• Crusader Kings II: The Republic
• August 2019 Humble Monthly
• The Adventure Pals
• Almost There: The Platformer
• Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
• Yoku's Island Express

July 2019 Humble Monthly

• 60 Parsecs!
• Love is Dead
• NAIRI: Tower of Shirin
• Road Redemption

June 2019 Humble Monthly

• 911 Operator
• 911 Operator - Special Resources DLC
• Duskers
• Paratopic
• Pool Panic

May 2019 Humble Monthly

• Do Not Feed the Monkeys
• Finding Paradise
• I'm not a Monster
• The Journey Down: Chapter Three
• Monster Prom

April 2019 Humble Monthly

• Dandara
• MINIT
• She Remembered Caterpillars
• Steel Rats

March 2019 Humble Monthly

• Fight'N Rage
• Late Shift
• Paradigm
• Slipstream

Humble Paradox Bundle 2019

• Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne
• Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
• Magicka 2 Deluxe Edition DLC Upgrade

May 2018 Humble Monthly

• Moon Hunters
• NBA Playgrounds

April 2018 Humble Monthly

• AER Memories of Old
• Laser League
• Subterrain

November 2017 Humble Monthly

• The Elder Scrolls: Legends: 2 Card Packs (Skyrim) 1 Event Ticket 100 Gold 100 Souls
• Quake Champions Early Access plus 50 Shards, 100 Platinum, 2000 Favor

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APRIL 2024 GAMES

• THE CALLISTO PROTOCOL
• HUMANKIND DEFINITIVE EDITION
• FASHION POLICE SQUAD
• TERRAFORMERS
• SYMPHONY OF WAR: THE NEPHILIM SAGA
• COROMON
• THE EXCAVATION OF HOB'S BARROW

MARCH 2024 GAMES

• WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN – ULTIMATE EDITION
• NIOH 2 - THE COMPLETE EDITION
• SAINTS ROW
• CITIZEN SLEEPER
• BLACK SKYLANDS
• SOULSTICE
• AFTERIMAGE
• DESTROYER: THE U-BOAT HUNTER

FEBRUARY 2024 GAMES
*LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS *SCORN *DESTROY ALL HUMANS 2! REPROBED *BEACON PINES *THERE IS NO LIGHT: ENHANCED EDITION *CHILDREN OF SILENTOWN *OAKEN *SNOWTOPIA: SKI RESORT BUILDER
JANUARY 2024 GAMES
*MARVEL'S MIDNIGHT SUNS DIGITAL+ EDITION *MIDNIGHT SUNS - DOCTOR STRANGE DEFENDERS SKIN *TWO POINT CAMPUS *ARAGAMI 2 *ROGUEBOOK *THE RED LANTERN *HELL PIE *TWIN MIRROR
DECEMBER 2023 GAMES
*EXPEDITIONS: ROME *MIDNIGHT FIGHT EXPRESS *ELEX II *LAST CALL BBS *FROM SPACE *GET TWO MONTHS OF IGN PLUS
NOVEMBER 2023 GAMES
*HARDSPACE: SHIPBREAKER *UNPACKING *FRIENDS VS FRIENDS *PRODEUS *THE LEGEND OF TIANDING *SCP: SECRET FILES *SOULDIERS
OCTOBER 2023 GAMES
*METAL HELLSINGER *DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY: HOUSE OF ASHES *REBEL INC: ESCALATION *SPIRIT OF THE ISLAND *LORDS AND VILLEINS *A JUGGLER'S TALE *MR. PREPPER
SEPTEMBER 2023 GAMES
*THE FORGOTTEN CITY *ACES & ADVENTURES *PATCH QUEST *FORETALES *WHO PRESSED MUTE ON UNCLE MARCUS *AUTONAUTS VS PIRATEBOTS
AUGUST 2023 GAMES
*CHIVALRY 2 *ROAD 96 *TREK TO YOMI *ARCADE PARADISE *SUCHART: GENIUS ARTIST SIMULATOR *TIN CAN *HOT BRASS *SHOTGUN KING: THE FINAL CHECKMATE
JULY 2023 GAMES
*YAKUZA 4 REMASTERED *ROADWARDEN *KRAKEN ACADEMY!! *MERCHANT OF THE SKIES *OZYMANDIAS: BRONZE AGE EMPIRE SIM *SHOTGUN KING: THE FINAL CHECKMATE
JUNE 2023 GAMES
*CURSE OF THE DEAD GODS *HONEY I JOINED A CULT *ETERNAL THREADS *GRIME *TURBO GOLF RACING *MEEPLE STATION
MAY 2023 GAMES
*WARHAMMER 40,000: CHAOS GATE - DAEMONHUNTERS *SPIRITFARER: FAREWELL EDITION *BENDY AND THE DARK REVIVAL *OPERATION: TANGO *WINDJAMMERS 2 *BUILDER SIMULATOR *BEHIND THE FRAME: THE FINEST SCENERY *THE INVISIBLE HAND
APRIL 2023 HUMBLE CHOICE
*ROLLERDROME *LIFE IS STRANGE 2: COMPLETE SEASON *THE LIFE AND SUFFERING OF SIR BRANTE *MONSTER PROM 2: MONSTER CAMP *REVITA *FOUNDERS' FORTUNE
MARCH 2023 HUMBLE CHOICE
*BIOMUTANT *EDGE OF ETERNITY *HERO'S HOUR *ROGUE LORDS *DEMON TURF *GOLDEN LIGHT *MONSTER CROWN
FEBRUARY 2023 HUMBLE CHOICE
*PATHFINDER: WRATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS *FALLOUT 76 + FALLOUT 1 *THRONEBREAKER: THE WITCHER TALES *OTHERCIDE *SHADY PART OF ME *SCOURGEBRINGER *FOBIA - ST. DINFNA HOTEL *FIVE DATES
JANUARY 2023 HUMBLE CHOICE
*TRIBES OF MIDGARD *ENCASED: A SCI-FI POST-APOCALYPTIC RPG *OLLIOLLI WORLD - RAD EDITION *GROW: SONG OF THE EVERTREE *CONAN CHOP CHOP *HOKKO LIFE *THE SERPENT ROGUE
DECEMBER 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE
*GREEDFALL *FIRST CLASS TROUBLE *BACKBONE *TOEM *WHERE THE WATER TASTES LIKE WINE *BLADE ASSAULT *SUPER MAGBOT
NOVEMBER 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE
*KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RE-RECKONING - FATE EDITION *SHADOW TACTICS: AIKO'S CHOICE *ROBOQUEST *ELDEST SOULS *UNMETAL *RAJI: AN ANCIENT EPIC *MORBID: THE SEVEN ACOLYTES
OCTOBER 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE
*DEATHLOOP *MONSTER TRAIN (FIRST CLASS - COLLECTORS EDITION) *DISCIPLES: LIBERATION *MAID OF SKER *EPIC CHEF *RAILROAD CORPORATION *GOLF GANG
SEPTEMBER 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE

• THE DUNGEON OF NAHEULBEUK: THE AMULET OF CHAOS
• FORGIVE ME FATHER
• CROWN TRICK
• DESCENDERS
• INDUSTRIA

JULY 2022 GAMES

• LEGEND OF KEEPERS
• LAWN MOWING SIMULATOR
• BANNERS OF RUIN
• YES, YOUR GRACE
• ATOM RPG TRUDOGRAD

JUNE 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE

• STAR WARS SQUADRONS
• PHOENIX POINT: YEAR ONE EDITION
• CALL OF THE SEA
• GAMEDEC
• PUMPKIN JACK
• SIEGE SURVIVAL: GLORIA VICTIS
• I AM FISH
• SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE

MAY 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE

• COMMAND & CONQUER REMASTERED COLLECTION
• SURVIVING THE AFTERMATH
• IF FOUND...
• GENESIS NOIR
• EMBR

APRIL 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE

• MONSTER SANCTUARY
• SUZERAIN
• CHICKEN POLICE
• NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER
• MARCH 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE
• RED SOLSTICE 2: SURVIVORS
• POLICE STORIES
• EVAN'S REMAINS

FEBRUARY 2022 HUMBLE CHOICE

• BLACK BOOK
• PER ASPERA
• JUST DIE ALREADY
• BEFORE WE LEAVE
• PARADISE LOST
• EVERHOOD
• EVERHOOD

OCTOBER 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• AMNESIA: REBIRTH
• JOHN WICK HEX
• RING OF PAIN
• GUTS AND GLORY
• THE TEXTORCIST: THE STORY OF RAY BIBBIA
• GARAGE: BAD TRIP
• HIVESWAP FRIENDSIM
• TOOLS UP
• SYBERIA 3
• BLACK FUTURE '88

AUGUST 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• CEPHEUS PROTOCOL
• DRAKE HOLLOW
• BLUE FIRE
• ENCODYA

JULY 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• HAMMERTING
• KILL IT WITH FIRE
• BEE SIMULATOR
• S.W.I.N.E. HD REMASTER
• DEADLY DAYS

JUNE 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• STUBBS THE ZOMBIE IN REBEL WITHOUT A PULSE
• WORMS RUMBLE + LEGENDS PACK DLC
• PANZER PALADIN
• GOING UNDER
• MILKY WAY PRINCE - THE VAMPIRE STAR
• DESOLATE
• PAW PAW PAW
• IKENFELL
• DISJUNCTION
• EFFIE

MAY 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• HELLPOINT
• COOK, SERVE, DELICIOUS! 3
• FURY UNLEASHED
• RELICTA
• FAMILY MAN
• VANE

APRIL 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• SHENMUE III
• MAIN ASSEMBLY
• ROCK OF AGES 3: MAKE & BREAK
• AVEN COLONY
• IN OTHER WATERS
• AVEN COLONY
• SIMULACRA + SIMULACRA 2
• COLT CANYON
• SKULLY
• POPUP DUNGEON

MARCH 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• XCOM: CHIMERA SQUAD
• HOTSHOT RACING
• PEAKY BLINDERS: MASTERMIND
• CYBER HOOK
• PESTERQUEST
• AGELESS
• BOREAL BLADE

FEBRUARY 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE

• MOVING OUT
• THE WILD EIGHT
• VALFARIS
• TRAIN STATION RENOVATION
• LOVECRAFT'S UNTOLD STORIES
• WEREWOLF: THE APOCALYPSE HEART OF THE FOREST
• BOOMERANG FU
• IRIS AND THE GIANT

NOVEMBER 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE

• CRYING SUNS
• DARKSBURG
• SMILE FOR ME
• DARKWOOD
• ROVER MECHANIC SIMULATOR
• TSIOQUE
• TOWNSMEN - A KINGDOM REBUILT
• YOUROPA

OCTOBER 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE

• IRON DANGER
• SHADOWS: AWAKENING
• AUTONAUTS
• FANTASY BLACKSMITH
• THE UNCERTAIN: LAST QUIET DAY
• GOAT OF DUTY
• BASEMENT

JULY 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE

• RAILWAY EMPIRE
• BEAT HAZARD 2
• METAL UNIT
• SIGMA THEORY: GLOBAL COLD WAR
• DON'T ESCAPE: 4 DAYS TO SURVIVE
• VERLET SWING
• EARTHLOCK
• BASINGSTOKE
• Vikings - Wolves of Midgard

MAY 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE

• XCOM® 2 + 2 DLC
• NICHE - A GENETICS SURVIVAL GAME
• THE SWORDS OF DITTO: MORMO'S CURSE
• WARSAW
• NEOVERSE
• MO:ASTRAY
• HORACE
• CHESS ULTRA
• Planet Coaster - World's Fair Pack

Europa Universalis IV: El Dorado
January 2020 Humble Choice

• DiRT Rally 2.0 - H2 RWD Double Pack
• DiRT Rally 2.0 - Opel Manta 400
• Dirt Rally 2.0 - Porsche 911 RGT Rally Spec
• GRIP: Combat Racing Artifex DLC

December 2019 Humble Monthly

• Fluffy Horde
• Sword Legacy Omen

November 2019 Humble Monthly

• 11-11 Memories Retold
• Evergarden
• Shenmue I & II

October 2019 Humble Monthly

• Avernum 3: Ruined World
• Override: Mech City Brawl
• Planet Alpha
• The Spiral Scouts

September 2019 Humble Monthly

• Distance
• God's Trigger
• State of Mind

Humble Crusader Kings II Bundle

• Crusader Kings II: The Republic
• August 2019 Humble Monthly
• The Adventure Pals
• Almost There: The Platformer
• Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
• Yoku's Island Express

July 2019 Humble Monthly

• 60 Parsecs!
• Love is Dead
• NAIRI: Tower of Shirin
• Road Redemption

June 2019 Humble Monthly

• 911 Operator
• 911 Operator - Special Resources DLC
• Duskers
• Paratopic
• Pool Panic

May 2019 Humble Monthly

• Do Not Feed the Monkeys
• Finding Paradise
• I'm not a Monster
• The Journey Down: Chapter Three
• Monster Prom

April 2019 Humble Monthly

• Dandara
• MINIT
• She Remembered Caterpillars
• Steel Rats

March 2019 Humble Monthly

• Fight'N Rage
• Late Shift
• Paradigm
• Slipstream

Humble Paradox Bundle 2019

• Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne
• Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
• Magicka 2 Deluxe Edition DLC Upgrade

May 2018 Humble Monthly

• Moon Hunters
• NBA Playgrounds

April 2018 Humble Monthly

• AER Memories of Old
• Laser League
• Subterrain

November 2017 Humble Monthly

• The Elder Scrolls: Legends: 2 Card Packs (Skyrim) 1 Event Ticket 100 Gold 100 Souls
• Quake Champions Early Access plus 50 Shards, 100 Platinum, 2000 Favor

I finished my first play through with 88/89 camps. Went to Eidos 9 and found the 2 hidden camps right away so it isn’t those that I am looking for. It’s not Twin Rocks in the Desert as I have 100% just got that camp right now on my 3rd play through. I’ve watched YouTube guides and followed them as the video went on, and I still am stuck at 88/89. I’ve checked my maps, I have 11 in the Wasteland, 19 in the Great Desert, and 2 in Xion. And I just went through the linear areas and made sure I had all the camps. My last trophy and I will have the plat. It’s starting to genuinely drive me insane. I don’t normally ask for help or post like this but holy mother of God. Anyone else having the same issue or is it just me?

I need advice for how to clean a camping chair? They are the polyester folding chairs that go in bags to carry around. I have small ones that rock in my classroom and want to clean them before packing up for the summer. I have a small Bissell steam cleaner if anyone thinks that will work? TIA!

Three separate troops camped there with roughly 25 tents. All were well behaved and considerate but the potential for a miserable time was certainly in the back of my mind. While hiking in I saw one of the troops getting "spoken to" by a ranger after attempting to setup camp next to the trail at Pine Swamp Mine at noon. Anyway, just an FYI for those of you considering Bald Rocks as your destination in the near future.

As the post says 33 M from the UK near Nottingham, i'm somewhat of a workaholic but still think I have a good balance as I like to get out and about to try new things and see new places.
Prewarning that I can be a bit of a rambler at times though so expect that just as a heads up lol.
Bit of a nature lover so enjoy the odd hike and the rare occasional camping and looking at getting back into some of my old hobbies like windsurfing and kayaking.
Like to travel about and get to see new places having grown up as a forces kid am used to having a bit of structure but often take a go with the flow approach with things.
Love to listen to anything and everything, have some guilty pleasures that would probably throw a lot of people off as my goto genre is Rock/Metal/Punk but do go across all genres
I'll leave it at that for now so it gives us plenty to talk about still, if this has caught your eye feel free to drop a message my way :)

As the post says 33 M from the UK near Nottingham, i'm somewhat of a workaholic but still think I have a good balance as I like to get out and about to try new things and see new places.
Prewarning that I can be a bit of a rambler at times though so expect that just as a heads up lol.
Bit of a nature lover so enjoy the odd hike and the rare occasional camping and looking at getting back into some of my old hobbies like windsurfing and kayaking.
Like to travel about and get to see new places having grown up as a forces kid am used to having a bit of structure but often take a go with the flow approach with things.
Love to listen to anything and everything, have some guilty pleasures that would probably throw a lot of people off as my goto genre is Rock/Metal/Punk but do go across all genres
I'll leave it at that for now so it gives us plenty to talk about still, if this has caught your eye feel free to drop a message my way :)

If you're curious about my thoughts on previous Yakuza games, here are my much shorter (except for 4, thats pretty long too) reviews for Kiwami 1, Kiwami 2, Yakuza 3 (Remastered), and Yakuza 4 (Remastered).
All of my reviews are made pretty quickly after I finish the game, this was written right after I finished but I haven't posted it till a month later because its so long I thought no one would ever read this but whatever I gotta get my truth out there.
Per usual I played the remaster of Yakuza 5. I'm not sure of any outstanding changes or things of note like with 3 or 4, but if something I say is exclusive to the remaster please let me know! I may sound overly praising or overly critical of this game, who knows but please be kind when you tell me i'm an idiot for feeling the way I do! Lastly and most importantly please please please don't spoil future games in the comments! Also warning I'm way too active in the comments section.
Because I am an utter psycho and decided to write a fuckin bibles worth of yakuza 5 ramblings, Part 1 is just reviewing the plot and Part 2 goes over everything else. I split this up last second so there's likely some spots where I say something like "we'll expand on this later" then I never bring it up again, that's because it's probably in part 2. If you want my thoughts on things like the substories, side stories, gameplay, and settings you can read Part 2 here: https://www.reddit.com/yakuzagames/comments/1cvrybw/yakuza_5_a_mega_big_ole_reviewsummary_for_a_big/
The Plot:
Like with Y4, I will discuss my thoughts on each section of the game rather than in one long chunk just because I find it more fun. I'm not even gonna try to not summarize this time because this game is so big it needs broken down.
Part 1: Kiryu
You might often find me compare Y5 to Y4 a lot in this review because they're honestly quite similar games and feel like a package. When I started playing 4 I was worried I wouldn't like playing as primarily strangers for a majority of the game, but one thing they did absolutely right was making Kiryu the final protagonist you play as in that game. So going into 5 I was very apprehensive about starting off with Kiryu, I worried they showed their hand too soon and that it would be difficult to stay invested the whole time.
With this feeling going into the game, I was immediately somewhat losing it over Kiryu being an incognito taxi driver with the worst disguise of all time (some sunglasses and a face mask, don't worry he's literally the only one in the game that seems to think it's a good disguise). Right off the bat, this game feels...sad. Kiryu watching Haruka giving an interview on the TV and storming out rather then defend her to some losers who don't get what ART is, was SAD. This part of the game felt so mundane for awhile, but not in a bad way! You wakeup as Kiryu, walk to work, drive your taxi, and go home late at night (usually) alone. The whole time my eyes were drawn to a facedown picture frame and wondering what it could be, but I certainly had a guess. Kiryu is going through a hard, isolating, and depressing time and you can feel that so well from the game and how they have you play as him. Anyways there's also a random gal named Mayumi that will not leave Kiryu alone despite him asking her to. All you're doing by the end of chapter one is going "Huhhhhhhh?" Anyways Kiryu is approached by two dudes named Morinaga and Aizawa in chapter 2, telling him Daigo was???? Kidnapped?? GASP.. Admittidly I wasn't too fond of this duo at first. One thing that was consistent through my playthrough is that I was completely incapable of predicting anything correctly, and it had felt like these two were gonna be my pals for the rest of the game and I just wasn't clicking with them. Not to mention this weird semi-one sided-romance going on with Mayumi.
In chapter 3, we begin with the most heartbreaking thing that could ever happen to me, Yakuza 3 superfan. Kiryu has been pushed out of running the orphanage by a lady named Miss Park. It's all making sense now. He does it so the orphanage can have money and so Haruka can follow her dreams. DOESNT MAKE IT EASIER TO DEAL WITH FOR ME :( . Then we meet Watase, first thoughts? I was like "god I hope this guy isn't the main villain he's kinda lame" Soon after we meet Aoyama and I thought literally the same thing. Clearly by this point in the game I didn't have the highest hopes. I was mostly sad and not liking most of the new characters. But then... things take a turn.
Mayumi was actually a spy! thank god honestly. Kiryu meets Aoyama again but then Morinaga shows up and fuckin kills Aoyama and says he buried Aizawa alive HOLY SHIT? and then soon after I'm told Majima is fucking dead. Figured he wasn't actually dead cuz I've seen pictures of him from later games but holy shit I somehow cried just at the THOUGHT of him being dead. Also at some point here we met a detective who is an important player in this story but at this point not too integral. Also before Kiryu leaves he picks up the picture frame and its the orphanage ;-;
Kiryu final thoughts: This part of the game was fantastic. I'm so glad they started with Kiryu in this case despite my initial unsureness with it. Chapter 4 especially is when everything really falls into place and starts going 100 miles an hour but I also love the slowness of the previous 3 chapters. I do wish we got more Morinaga as this is unfortunately the last we hear of him despite this being a wonderful set up to a really interesting villain. Mayumi was a pretty shit character per seemingly always with any full grown woman in Yakuza games. While I think it's cool she was secretly a spy she was clearly an afterthought as we never hear about her again so that's cool. Basically a mixed bag of new characters overall.
Part 2: Saejima
I jokingly said to myself "Wouldn't it be funny if I had to spend half of this section breaking out of prison again. Thank god that's not the case." and continued hanging out with Majima until I was arrested for two more years of serving my sentence and OH NO IM BACK IN THE BUILDING.
Yeah I was VERY unsure about breaking out of prison again being a good call. Thankfully, and sorry to Y4, this is a much better prison sequence. Another thing I was really unsure about was BALD SAEJIMA! But actually... it kinda slays harder? In Y4 he looks like that guy from the game The Hatred (an insult) maybe it wouldn't be so bad if bro washed or brushed it but he never did and so instead bald was a slay. Anyways We're dropped in at nearly the end of Saejima's serving period with his group of friends/cellmates, newest one being some dude named Baba. We are relentlessly tortured by the scariest man I've ever seen, Viktor Zsasz-I MEAN! Kugihara. Who's honestly scarier looking then Zsasz somehow. But it is ON because Viktor Zsasz framed my bestie Baba and I will not let that slide so I beat the fuck out of him and it's revealed Zsasz was instructed to be a dick to me. By who??????????????????? Then it's double revealed to me that Majima is dead and I'm sad all over again :(
Turns out our warden is actually really chill and nice and somewhat tries to help us survive. What a breath of fresh air after Satan (Saito) from Y4. This guy is so cool infact we are encouraged to break out by him. So Baba and I do in the dead of the night and tell me why I cried over leaving my two other cellmates ;_; they were such bros. Zsasz hinders my escape and we fight, but my absolute PAL Himura fuckin shoots him it was an amazing turn of events and I cheered so loud and was devastated to leave him behind but anyways-
FUCK YEA SNOW MOBILES (they were kinda jank to control honestly but its the thought that counts). I am so glad I didn't know I was going to be fighting a bear going into this because that was easily the most camp thing ever and so hilarious. Then some old guy saves me (and later Baba) and we chill in the mountains for a little while. The mountain has a whole crazy detailed side story of it's own that I'll explain in more detail later but basically it was cool.
So then a ton of important stuff happens in Tsukimino, most notably we hang out with Baba in a bar which is great because I love Baba and him and I are super tight and he's easily the only person I could ever trust at this point without potential for betrayal! :)
Anyways me and Baba fuckin kidnap this guy because his chair is by a sewer manhole? He's gone in a flash so all I can imagine is dragging him down the hole by his ankle or something. Then we talk for awhile, Majima is mentioned woohoo, THEN HE'S sniped! The way I gasped. Longstory short :( Baba is the one who sniped him and not only that he kind of set everything up and wasn't my best pal all along :( Why Baba Why? Then Baba basically confesses his love for Saejima and can't go through with killing him, AAAAAAND Im back on the Baba train. That detective I mentioned from earlier arrests Saejima but not to throw him back in jail, to assemble the Yakuza avengers.
Final Saejima thoughts: This was shockingly fantastic. I was probably least impressed with Saejima's section in Y4, so it was shocking to have basically the same structure and general narrative beats but done well. It wasn't perfect, I didn't love it as much as Kiryu's section as I'm partial to a slow burn, but it was fun I have no real complaints, except MAYBE more then one chapter in Tsukimino would be a better choice.
Part 3 (first half): Haruka
I did not know I was going to get the HONOR of playing Haruka going into this game. We start off very strong, dancing to the greatest song of all time "So Much More." I mean we really get the full idol experience here with mean ass teachers and shady management. I didn't expect to get an Idol simulator in my Yakuza game but it might be the best thing ever. I decided right off the bat to put everything I had into this section of the game so immediately I did literally everything I could. Most of this chapter feels like a bit of a reflection of Kiryu's were working and going back home alone, it's all as monotonous and isolating as can be (except you're a predebut idol) and I love this. We quickly meet a girl who will serve as my bestie named Akari and yes I indeed would die for her thank you. Meeting Akari introduces us to this sections version of combat, DANCE BATTLES! I know some people might be disappointed you don't get to punch people as Haruka, and I get that, but this feels like a more genuine gameplay style for her character. It's hard to imagine Haruka fighting thugs in the street due to her personality (not that i'd be against it, especially after that weird virtual reality game where I get to wack dudes with a wand) plus I found this gameplay style so refreshing. I was never groaning or sighing because I had to dance against someone. I think it helps that I wasn't forced to do it 15 times in a row walking down the street, but I had the option to most of the time unless it was part of a quest. Maybe that's how all the gameplay should be? I don't mind being approached by thugs sometimes but it always feels like it happens too often in these games and with getting the option to while getting to walk around carefree otherwise in Haruka's section was just SO NICE.
Anyways, We get the whole set up here, we are participating in a competition show that will single handedly set the course for our debut. We're competing against this band called T-set. I hate them so much. They're so mean :(. At some point we see Miss Park absolutely SLAY and tell off Haruka's dance teacher and she doesn't take his shit at all. At this point I was like "Uh ohhhh I don't wanna like her but...she kinda rocks" my decent into stanning Miss Park only continues from there. We have to go convince some guy named Christina (interesting name to take but also a slay, much respect to Mr. Christina and his fedora) to be our new dance instructor. This causes drama with me and Akari which devastated me because I love Akari but we made up like immediately so it's chill.
Then at one point, I forgot the context, Haruka is shopping for a gift for Miss Park when stupid T-set shows up and STEPS ON THE BROACH I BOUGHT FOR HER. I was back and forth on them until now, now they may burn in hell. Especially after they made Haruka get on her knees and beg for forgiveness like ???? what gives ??? Park shows up and SLAYS and gets rid of them. Park then wears the broach :(((((((((
Then one of my favorite parts happen in chapter 2, Haruka and Miss Park go hit the town and just bond together. It's so stinking cute I wanted to cry. This whole time I was trying to not get emotionally attached to Park because it really felt like she was gonna end up betraying us. But the night continued and we get some mother daughter vibes going, even so far as holding hands????? Also Im somewhat glad I didn't get to wear the outfit I bought at the store with Park because I was going for a Cheetah girls inspired look then realized far too late how tacky that might come off, not everyone is Raven Symone ya know?
Anyways at this point I'm like wow this is the cutest game ever, nothing can ever go wrong, Park MIGHT betray me but I don't even care. She gives us a cool pen and a tragic anime backstory with an abusive ex husband and everything and we call it a night Well the next fuckin day my world crumbles because PARK IS DEAD! She "committed suicide" as if!
Part 3 (second half): Akiyama
I can't tell you how devastated I was to realize I'd only get to play as Akiyama for half of a section of the game. However, I was also thrilled to see him at all. Apparently he's opening a Satenbori office and also he is the one who financed Park's dream to debut Haruka so that's how he has a hand in all this. There is tragically very little Hana, she calls you twice and both times were fantastic but I wish I had more :(. Anyways Akiyama has heard about Park's death and goes to the office and meets Haruka. I didn't think they'd even really know each other and assumed we'd have an interesting reveal that they both know Kiryu later but nah they know each other. It honestly probably works better this way because we don't have time for such trivial things! Akiyama is a fuckin detective now. I don't know why he has been tasked to do this but he does it so well I don't even mind. He quickly figures out Park didn't actually kill herself and they simply need evidence to prove this. I'm unsure when this happens but at some point while talking about the mystery SOMEONE FALLS OFF THE ROOF! It was Horie :( who I haven't mentioned yet but he's my manager and a real pal. Thankfully he lived but we found out that the former dance teacher pushed him off. I think he also killed Park or Kanai did, who knows, either way someone did and they suck for it.
Chapter 4 has a lot going on, but basically the president of Osaka talent is sus and he's also the secret chairman of Ousaka Enterprises, which is a different thing... but sounds similar. Ousaka is basically a higher up family in the Omi alliance, so he's part of the bad yakuza!!! Haruka keeps doing the competition and T-set keeps sucking. She wins the princess league by a landslide. I don't even see the point in a third round if she won both of the other rounds? Is the third round just worth more points? Either way Haruka destroyed them and they suck. Her poor vocal instructor is working as her manager now. At some point we find out Parks ex husband was none other then Majima! Which is quite the revelation. Japan is such a small world, everyone seems to know each other. This does mean that Majima at least hit Park (I think after her abortion) and I think he's like 10 years older then her yet they were already married when she debuted at eighteen... Is it time for me to confront the possibility that my favorite crazed murderer might not be the most upstanding citizen?
It ends with Haruka being kidnapped, (nothing out of character there), and Akiyama saving her. He and Haruka make their way to Japan for the big ole concert Park had been planning. Wow this story is really picking up! I hope nothing grinds it to a sudden stop!
Part 3 final thoughts: God this was amazing, every step of it. My only complaint is I wanted more, more Akiyama and MORE dancing but I might be the only one who wanted 40 more hours of dancing. Detective Akiyama and Haruka duo was not the team I knew I needed but Im glad it happened. I found all of the music and gameplay here SO fun and I loved the plot too. I really liked Parks character. I wouldn't necessarily hang out with her, but I found her to be pretty well written and its hard to hate anyone Haruka clearly treasures, I am very sad she is actually dead because up until the end of the game I kept thinking she was going to come back.
Part 4: Shinada:
We have come to a sudden stop. We start with a flashback to 1997 where Shinada has debuted as a baseball player for the wyverns, don't forget this moment because the rest of this section of the game constantly calls back to it. In the modern day Shinada is a loser who is really heavily indebt and lives in a weird grimey rooftop shack. He also now writes like ? smut articles ? And he's friend with a girl named Milky which is the craziest name I've ever heard. A loanshark who talks about his kids a lot constantly follows Shinada around and takes his money. There was a lot of promise with this gag, like maybe instead of letting me keep the 100k and still acting like I'm broke he shows up after every side mission to rob me but nope. At the end of the chapter we run into a masked man who is frankly just Daigo stealing Kiryu's disguise idea.
Shinada and loanshark (his name is Takasugi) walk around town looking for leads on uncovering the truth of Shinada's past. Because you see, Shinada one time got fired from baseball cuz everyone thought he cheated, oh you already knew that? yeah same but don't worry you'll hear it at least 40 more times. Daigo asked him to go look for clues about this, why does he care? I still don't know honestly. Takasugi is forcing him to go because...I guess money? and he's walking around with me and were acting like friends now for some reason. Shinada is incapable of having any agency for himself, he just does what people tell him to. He also keeps nearly dying like a looney tunes character with shit falling out of the sky and stuff. Eventually we find out the Nagoya family fixed the match and then some guy Shinada used to know does get smashed like a looney tunes character. Skip ahead, were called to help by Milky and she betrayed us. I am sad cuz I thought Milky was a friend for life. Turns out literally everyone Shinada knows aside from the fkn loanshark are evil, even the old baseball lady. This plot was so convoluted I frankly don't understand why they were doing what they were doing, all I know is they were more like a neighborhood watch situation then Yakuza even though they seemed to do the exact same thing. Also when I say literally everyone he knows is evil I mean everyone, even his old coach or whatever. For way too long I thought they meant the middle school baseball coach so I was hella confused. Anyways we then find out that actually Takasugi is Shinada's number one baseball fan. Okay? Anyways
Chapter 4 things finally pick up a little. Daigo reveals himself like anyone ever was doubting it was him, and he also reveals he cares because he went to highschool with Shinada. Is that fr how were connecting this? Daigo got expelled from highschool because he protected Shinada from a rival school. Once again, okay? I guess Shinada doesn't like that Daigo is a yakuza and punches him out the door. I wasn't a fan of this. Daigo goes down pretty easily, pitiful Daigo strikes again. I love him but can he do anything right? Anyways I guess the fight meant nothing cuz they're pals now and go to Tokyo together. We get a cut to Takasugi getting his money back from Shinada as well as a signed baseball...okay that's really cute I nearly cried. I wish they actually left it there but instead Shinada runs away last minute to meet up on that stupid baseball field from 1997 that we cant go 5 minutes without hearing about and we fight this guy named Sawada who was like the kind of mastermind and also the pitcher. Had Sawada not thrown an easy pitch, Shinada wouldn't have hit it and thus been kicked out for cheating. We fight some Omi then play baseball and OMG WHY ARE WE DOING THISSSSSS
Finally it ends and we go to Tokyo
Shinada final thoughts: If you cant tell I was not a fan of this. I found Shinada to be really inconsitently written. In side missions or when he's playing off of certain characters he's quite entertaining and un, but most of the time, he seems to just be a blank slate who does whatever and only talks about baseball. And omg maybe if I liked baseball this would have been the best thing ever but we did not need THAT much baseball talk or constant referencing to that baseball game in 1997. I get its central to his character but it became a meme how often he'd get misty eyed and talk about getting kicked out. Why did he move Nagoya to escape his image as a cheating baseball player when 1) he constantly talks about it anyways, 2) everyone literally knows who he is here anyways. They make it seem like at first he wants nothing to do with baseball anymore but he also goes to the batting cages all the time and also thinks about nothing but baseball. The plot here is just SO hard to follow and not at all what I want to be dealing with after we were really in the thick of things with part 3's ending. I'm not saying it was impossible for this to be good, I think there was so much potential here! Like seemingly all of Yakuza 4, the concepts are there but the execution is iffy. I think it's biggest downfall is when it happens. It would have made so much more sense to make the last section before the finale the Haruka section. Shinada would have felt much better to play as maybe as a part two or even a part three, but NOT part four. The odds were stacked against him being amongst a cast of characters that I already know and love. I definitely was more of a Tanimura fan, but I liked Shinada as a person. His inconsistent writing, unfortunate story, and tendency to be a little annoying really dragged this part of the game down for me.
Part 5: The Finale
This finale is crazyyyyyyy so strap in. I would expect nothing less then insanity from this game. First Kiryu shows up in Kamurocho WERE HOME BABYYYYYY. Were being followed by BABA!! I missed him. We fight for fun or something then we cut to Saejima who is meeting with the detective who tells us we gotta find Morinaga. OH YEAH THAT GUY. So we go to the Florist and we go to the arena only to find... AIZAWA??? The fuck? I thought Morinaga fuckin killed him cold blooded and made me think he was a cool as fuck villain. Only to find out that GASP Morinaga is actually dead. At this point I literally don't believe it because I guess I was in my era of not believing anyone ever dies.
We go to Akiyama who is told by Osaka ceo to not let Haruka perform. Akiayam says hell no. We also find out that Park and him planned to make Haruka and T-set a group and debut them at the same time but I somehow missed this when playing and didnt realize that till way leter. ANYWAY At some point we also see the CEO doing naked push ups in his penthouse which was so weird. ALSO there is a Date-san reveal. The scream I screamt! I didn't know I missed him or needing him so much in a game till I saw him again. Usually I'm wondering why he's even there or what he adds but I finally get it now, he adds being Date to the table and that's all you need.
Then I do a tower sweep at Kamurocho hills and OMG is this what Majima was building the whole time? To be fully honest it's beautiful and im very proud but its so different and lowkey off-putting. Kind of like Majima himself. I miss him. A whole game and I only be hearing about him second hand its not fair. Question, did literally anyone choose Saejima to do the tower sweep? Anyway were on the top of the tower; Kiryu, Saejima, CEO Katsuya, and Watase. We all have to fight eachother to draw out the one true bad guy and also cuz this is a yakuza game, so off our shirts go and everyone fights. Basically everyone gets shot and the bad guy is revealed... THE DETECTIVE. Who saw it coming? I still kept thinking Park would come back or Morinaga but by this point I was definitely suspecting him too. I don't fully get why he's doing all this but long story short he's purging both the Omi and Tojo of nice? Yakuza? I guess? I think it mostly has to do with him making way for his son to inherit a role in everything but thats not further explored till later. Not to worry tho! Daigo has shown up!!!! But because he is Daigo you should definitely be worried because once again he cant do anything right and he gets shot by Kanai. God dammit Daigo. He is now in critical condition, this is the SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED DAIGO. He's such a damsel in distress, never change.
Baba tells Haruka the message Kiryu had for her, to never give up. He also asks her to come with him to convince to Kiryu to chillax but she refuses. Sad for no one but me. At the New Serena, where that absolute BOP of a song is blaring, Kiryu is sleeping, while the rest of the crew are chilling and chatting. I forgot to mention Akiyama and Shinada briefly teamed up but frankly who cares. Shinada talks about baseball alot here too just incase you were worried he wouldnt. They conclude that detective bad guy is gonna attack Haruka's concert which I will NEVER allow. I guess Shinada's purpose here is actually tha the knows the stadiuk layout pretty well which I will buy in to. Also I believe here Haruka gets told about her and t-set being a band together now called Dreamline. I also dont love this. The idea of it is fine, Im all for a disney channel original movie plot where the bullies are actually great and we all become friends at the end but the issue is they don't properly develop T-set to do that. The short haired girl gets one little moment of being somewhat nice to Haruka then the very next time I see her she's stepping on my boss's broach and making me beg on my knees like sorry but it's really hard to come around on liking them. Even now when Haruka stumbles duing practice they're rude! This is a tragic ending if anything but Haruka seems happy I guess... Dont worry they will be nothing more then Haruka's glorifed backup dancers.
Okay final chapter, and it's a doozy. We send Shinada of all people to go help Haruka at the stadium, I know i just said I get he knows the layout of the stadium but like :( he's literally the only one who hasn't met her. I guess they don't end up interacting really anyways. Saejima is going to go after Majima because btw he's alive and at the top of the millenium tower. Akiyama and Kiryu stay on the ground to defend against attackers and they probably punch/ kick at least 10000 men. All the while Haruka gives her concert. But Baba is lurking and gonna shoot her, I thought he learned to be good again but whatever. Him and Shinada end up having a confrontation that ends in Baba losing and he's about to kill himself when !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my prison besties and the wardon show and up stop him! Oh my god I loved that so much what a nice resolution for Baba and I love that those guys went straight to a Jpop concert just for their pal. Meanwhile Saejima confronts Detective evil man on top of the millenium tower and !!! there he is, finally Majima is here. But he is not having a good time, turns out he's allowed himself to be captured and tortured for the sake of Haruka and now Majima and Saejima have to fight for the same reason. Then! Daigo shows up, while im literally begging him to actually shoot the bad guy but instead they all talk. Haruka is safe from harm (Baba wouldn't have done that shit anyways) and we officially learn about the plot of him attempting to put his son in charge of everything. Kiryu goes to Tojo headquarters to stop whoever this suspicious son is and Akiyama fights Kanai. Then literally all our friends ever show up to help and that was damn cute.
Kiryu shows up and it's eerie, completely silent with dead people everywhere. We go to the meeting room and the guy behind it all along was Aizawa. I definitely did not see that coming because I forgot he existed. But I suppose thats the point, he was so unassuming. I guess that means Morinaga actually was dead all along. We fight Aizawa while Haruka sings a song that seems very pointed at Kiryu wins (duh) but he is not doing well and tries to make his way through the streets. Meanwhile Haruka announces her retirement because she cant hide who she is or stay away from her family any longer and runs away to find Kiryu and THE GAME ENDS. Other games gave me a after credits scene that somewhat eased my concerns, but 5 is a overall very sad game and it's scene is her managing to him but he's bleeding out in the streets and falls unconcious in her arms.
Finale final thoughts: This was quite the finale! It was much better then Shinada's section but it was still a bit messy and left a lot of plot threads up in the air or had some unfortunate revelations. Nothing bad but things I think shouldve maybe been revealed earlier, like Aizawa. Only finding out with like 20 minutes of the game to go makes it feel too empty or even rushed when we know this game is otherwise not rushed at all. I was a little sad about the ending, I don't think it was bad at all I was just sad. The whole time I imagined it ending with the whole gang going to Haruka's concert and having a good time. For once I dont think the game fully dropped the ball on the finale like they tend to do so I commend it for that.
TLDOverall plot final thoughts: As a whole this is one of the most well written Yakuza stories since Yakuza 3 (obviously in my opinion). I can see that for some people all the plot twists and surprises might have felt like too much but I loved it, I never once could predict where this game was going. Morinaga dying off screen was such a let down and missed opportunity, at the end of Kiryu's section I was thinking he was going to be the best Yakuza villain in awhile but instead he went out in such a lame way. I do kinda wonder who killed him, I assumed it was just the detective guy but Aizawa seemed at least somewhat sad about Morinaga's death. I wonder if that was all a show? Another thing I dislike not just because of how it went, but also that it ended up going no where, Mayumi. They made quite the big deal about her at first and I do like the plot twist that she was a spy, but she wasn't even really acting any different when she was in spy mode and in normal mode. Plus you literally never see her again. I think Saejima's section was just very reminicent of his in 4, but done well. Aside from it taking quite so long to get to the city, by the time you leave it feels slightly rushed. I think the chapter in the woods didnt need to be its own thing. Absolutely no notes with Haruka, only that I'm sad this is all we will see of Park, I found her to be a really interesting character. Akiyama is where my main issues arise, only because I really do think he needed his whole section. He felt a little tacked on otherwise when I think he really didn't need to feel that way. I had hoped he would be part of half of Haruka's section then half of Shinada's where he is used to introduce us to Shinada as a character. But instead we get dropped into that like nothing. I know im probably the only one who cares about Hana this much but I really wish we got more of her. I basically said all my issues with Shinada at the end of his section but once again, I really didn't enjoy that plot. The finale was a mess and unfortunatly left at quite a cliff hanger which I wouldve rather it didn't but Im also okay with how it did. Some other things I wanted in this game was MORE MAJIMA I get why he wasnt for narrative purposes but Im gonna say that in every game. I wouldve loved more Okinawa orphan content. That being said there is way more content for them in this then in Y4 which is wild considering we spent like 5 seconds in Okinawa during a flashback and you never actually see them. It was so nice to hear what theyre up to second hand and some of the side missions expand on them a little more but I am devastated they werent there.
Lastly to briefly compare it to Y4, as they do feel like connected games. Y5 realy does feel like they took all of the concepts of the 4th game that needed to be reworked, and then re-did them to be better. The villains are better, prison break outs are better, and just like way more. I do think there are things in Y5 that are lacking compared to Y4, like general atmosphere, and I do think Tanimura's section in 4, as flawed as it is, is better then Shinadas. Akiyama's in 5 is great, but I love his in Y4 more simply because he doesn't have to share the spotlight. But I really have to emphasize, story and character are done better in Y5, ATMOSPHERE is done so much better in Y5.
TLDR for the TLDR: I liked this game :)
And there you have it, the longest goddamn review of all time. It was a really great game and I wish I could play it for the first time again because it was just SUCH a great experience. If you read this far I am so impressed by you and eternally grateful you even cared to. Please let me know your thoughts! I'm so excited to talk about this game with people. As for my rating, It was going to be a 10/10 until I got to Shinada's section now I'm in between an 8 or a 9. Ill just say 8/10 to be mean.
I am already neck deep in Yakuza 0 so I'm excited to write a much shorter review for that one soon.
Thank you for reading!

Waking up in the middle of the night I find myself restless
So much has come into focus in the last few days. The station, my first steps on another world. It is all a bit overwhelming. Relaxing my thoughts drift off thinking about how I got here. A young girl on Europa, being selected for training after my aptitude tests, the Academy on Ganymede. Then as always my thoughts drift back to… her…
Lucy…
We started at rivals at the academy, we were from different worlds. Literally, me from Europa a wet ocean world remote and isolated, her an inner worlder from the hot dusty plains of Venus. We were water and fire.
The professors pitted us against each other from day one, based on our aptitude tests we were the top of the class. They split the class into teams and gave us challenges. I like to say I got the better of her, I was fast out the gate winning a few challenges. But Lucy turned back on me in a vengeance, she had a magnetism to her that caused our classmates to almost be addicted to her. People from my team would defect over to Lucy. Soon I found myself vastly outnumbered.
One day after Lucy and her team thrashed me again in a simulated strategy challenge. I left and I needed to be alone. I showered, went into the sauna. Replaying the moves again and again. How was I going to get the upper hand. She outnumbered me so much.
Everyone knew to leave me alone in the sauna. It was where I thought, relaxed, my place of peace. I was frustrated, I lean back against the wall and let me hands wander. Gently down my body, letting my stress evaporate as I tease myself…Then the door opened…. And it was Lucy. A cocky grin in her face.
We had been thinking about nothing but each other and we had both become obsessed. When that tension broke. Let me just say in a sauna fire and water combine to make something beautiful. Lucy and I did as well.
She moved towards me quickly, letting her towel drop, she was direct with a purpose. Grabbing the back of my head and kissing me deeply. I was shocked.. surprised... Excited..
I grabbed the back of her head and kissed her back. A deep need inside of me welling up, our lips slid across each other's as our tongue intertwined. I poured my life water of passion into her. She flared up and accepted my passion. Her hands exploring my body as I moved my knees between her legs.
Fuuuccckkk…. When she arched her back… so beautiful… MMM nnngghhhh an orgasm washed over me in my bed while I thought of Lucy.
Panting… even after all this time, separated by a waygate and unfathomable distance my body still yearned for her, I still yearned for her. Rolling onto my side I stare out my window into the vastness of space and the void. My fingers still ryhmically dancing on my pussy. Fingers sliding in and out
Your taught at the academy not to develop attachments, especially since the top prize, the highest honor of our training, to one day fly a deep space exploration through a waygate. Which would put us alone, in a different system. Like I am now.
Even if I power up my waygate in record time and rush home. Lucy is most likely gone. She was my alternate, meaning had I been unable to go this time she would have. It also means she most likely the deployed to her own system and would be gone before I returned. Likely I would never see her again.
Biting my lips and pressing a hand out onto the glass…yes…yes.. there
Fuck again….Fuucckkkkk LLLLuuucccCC
EeeeeeeeeerrrrrreeeemmmmmAAAAAA, a beautiful black haired woman orgasms in a bed identical to Emeras save the ambient lighting is blue inside of pink.
Fuck…. That was good. I find myself panting as I step out into the hallway of my ship. 2 days since the waygate, 6 months since I last saw Emera. Since she departed through her gate. Stars know if she still lives.
It was a rare happening, another gate coming online shortly after Emera’s departure. I thought I would be flying routine patrols around the system. Now I'm alone. Alone with my thoughts of her, and my AI Julia. Fuck. Why couldn't we have gone together. Why only one pilot to a ship. Who knows maybe she's thinking of me. Technically the systems we are in are closer together than home. That's something…
You're probably wondering if I was outnumbered and Lucy normally had my number in competition then how did I get to leave first. Yes, I did sleep with high command. That was only my closing argument though. You see Lucy had her magnetism that caused people to be addicted to her, she drew people in. But I was better at strategy and nuanced maneuvers.
The rules weren't strict on the teams, people defected all the time. Keeping your people together was part of the challenge. I decided to break that challenge.
No Battleplan survives first contact with the enemy afterall. Why not break the competition itself
My enemy wasn't Lucy, trust me we had been together enough at this point my heart swelled when I saw her. My enemy was the rules, and proctors.
There had to be two team in the academy for the lessons to work. But the rules only set a minimum not a maximum.
Lucy and her best 4 left her team, and me and my best 4 left my team. We formed a new team with Lucy and I at the head. The proctors were fuming. I was called into their offices again and again. Which is what led to me sleeping with a few of them to get ahead. It is always good to solicit a meeting with superiors, you can always be turned to your advantage.
In the Academy, there were 50 of us girls. The proctors let us keep our 3rd team, but declared no one else could join us. It was the ten of us vs double our number on both the other teams. Not ideal… but we had Lucy and I together. My how we shined
We out maneuvered, out paced, and out thought the other teams again and again and again..
Entering into the final the proctors split everyone up, eliminating the team. Just to try and stop us from sweeping the competition. Instead there would be 25 teams of 2 members each of our own selection. Lucy and I naturally selected each other.
We set down on a terraformed valley on Mars, all the other duos were around. The mission was complex. Gather knowledge, survive in the wilderness, there were simulator villages where we had to set up relations, and if possible eliminate other teams.
The gravity is different from what I'm used to, my body feels heavy. Sluggish, they train us on this and soon I'll adapt. But first landing it hits me like a weight. Ffuuuccckkk I murmur as I land my account ship on the surface.
Lucy always compares a new celestial body to a lover. Well for me Mars just grabbed my hair, slapped my ass and pushed in
Fuck I can't imagine landing on Earth. Triple this, fuck that give me my moon mother's oceans anyday.
I suck deep and hard on the control in my mouth and all three extract from me. I am about to get up from the control seat when I feel a palm in the small of my back
“Lucy not funny, let me up” I say
She giggles, and rubs my ass cheeks before her fingers rub against my lips
I moan biting my lip as I push myself against her hand
“I knew the gravity here would give a Moonie like you a good fucking, you're so wet my love”
Rolling my head back and forth..”quickly we have to debrief and set up camp” I moan
She smacks my ass again and her fingers deftly slide to work, one hand pinning me to the chair while she teases my sex, her thumb rubbing in perfect circles on my clit and her fingers pulling on my g-spot
“Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes uuuhhhhh my love it feel so good” shaking my hips back and forth I feel it building as I rock my hips on her hand
Squeezing….my leg….quivering… my voice squeaking… “uuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh ffuuuccckkk” I moan as I feel the orgasm wash over me…
Lucy slaps my ass playfully and licks her fingers… “let's go my love, stop playing around we have to set up camp” she giggles
“Oh!! You!!” I get up and rush after her slapping her ass when I catch up
Carryalls follow us out of the ship.. I immediately sent out the scout drones and assessed our landing spot. Allocating tasks and running diagnostics.
Lucy set about converting the ship to a shelter and arranging power arrays, and deciding on perimeter defenses
We were a perfect power duo. Our carryalls and scouts were soon all at work, and Lucy was finishing up the shelter
I needed to repay her, so I slowly walked up behind her. She heard my heavy steps in the gravity. Turning to look at me she beamed at me. My heart melted and grabbing both sides of her face I pinned her to the side of the ship. Our bodies intertwined and our lips locked.
She moaned at me giggling, pushing my knee between her legs, and we quickly undressed each other. Her mouth on my breast, as my hand glided down to her slick vagina.
Grabbing her chin roughly and up turning her head exposing her neck I sink my teeth into it as I push forward with my knee back and forth pressing my fingers in and out of her.
A deep moan emanates from her, licking my bite mark I kiss up her neck until my forehead is resting hers. Eye to eye, I watch the pleasure build in her. Thrust after thrust of my knee. My fingers pressing into her g-spot every time, my palms pressing and grinding onto her clit
“Cum for me my love, give me your sweetness, I want your water to be the first I drink on this planet” I breath
I feel her pussy tighten and grip my fingers. Her legs twisting around me… she goes silent… a flush rises in her flesh… we kiss deep, and long, and passionately as I feel her gush onto my hand as orgasm rapts her body..
I watch her eyes dilate and relax I kiss her gently again before kissing down, my lips brushing through her pubic hair tickling my lips. Opening my mouth and pressing my tongue in I drink of her orgasm
My fingers inside pressing to work again, she cries out as she rocks her hips grinding her lips to mine. As she gushes another orgasm into my mouth..
I can even taste and feel it now on my tongue…
Releasing her, and helping her up I grin
Walking awayz the top of my leotard open my tits out in the sun
“I'm up by one my love, and you taste so GGGGOOOOoooOOooddddDD” I giggle setting back to work.
Days and weeks pass Lucy and I set up our camp. Wefind nearby teams before they find us. We quickly fall on them in the night, clearing our immediate area, eliminating them from the contest. We bathe in a nearby stream, sun ourselves on the rocks, make love on the soft moss of the forest.
I don't know if I've ever been happier, ever been more at peace l than I was then with Lucy. Her and I… her and I against the world.
We make good progress setting up relations with 12 of the 15 villages. Our camp is well stocked. We receive updates from the proctors from dead drops. Seems out of the 25 teams only 8 remain. Lucy and I have eliminated 7 ourselves.
We need to be the last standing, triumphant together.. so that maybe.. maybe we can convince them to send two of us on a ship. Imagine the wonders, this wouldn't be temporary, but would become our life.
Lucy and I talk about it often. We can convince them. We'll defeat the others then refuse to turn on each other.
Our dream died that night…
We were naked, curled up in each others arms when the alarm sounded..all the alarms
Proximity alert for 14 signals… they had teamed up on us. 14 on 2 they were going to eliminate the front runners while they still could.
Fuck.
Lucy and I turned and quickly downed our emergency biotic vials just as a concussive blast hit our ship shelter.
“Fuck! They aren't supposed to attack equipment!” I yell
“The proctors must have sent them, they should be intervening with that!” Lucy says
“You're better in a fight, charge them and I'll flank” I yell
We nod at each other and we are off naked as the day we were born
Lucy bursts from our ship her shield bursting out in front of her
I dart out the side and task our scouts and drones to make dive bomb attacks on the intruders
I leap over a blast, grab a tree branch and swing. I land my legs on either side of the head. Of one the attackers, twisting my flip her over and knock her out. Back on the run, I see Lucy take out another one as drones dive in and out of the chaos.
Lucy blocks to her right and charges blasting herself high into the air, twirling before blasting herself downward tackling her target to the ground and eliminating her.
She's about to get blasted from behind when I take the attackers in the flank, knee to the solarplex. My hand on the side of her neck I thrust up hard with my knee. In the low gravity she turns and flies off into the trees as I raise my hands and blast another in the side.
She turns just in time to block my attack, when Lucy rockets into her side with her elbow

I’m pretty sure it’s a alternative rock song where there’s a woman that’s being kidnapped by some guy in a car. When the guy stops the car at some kind of camp where more of his friends are the woman turns into a werewolf and murders everyone in the camp.
That all I know. Thanks in advance!