J reuben long bookings and releasings

Hello!
As a long time mono red prison player and the fall of simion spirit guide I have always had an itch to play a lock style deck.
With the release of Harbinger of the Seas I feel like blue could do a ton for a style of deck like U Prison. Red is good due to the rituals and speed of locking your opponents down. Blue could do better since sometimes giving your opponent red allows them to still use removal on magnus of the moon with bolts etc. Blue does not have a ton of hard removal if at all other then bounces and just the regular counters. I feel like building a deck with counter for early game slow into cards like chalice t2 and t3 harbinger.
This is a list I pulled for example online but the only change I would make is having 3 gemstone to allow faster on the draw games.
//Main 3 Chalice of the Void 4 Counterspell 1 Filter Out 4 Force of Negation 2 Hall of Storm Giants 4 Harbinger of the Seas 13 Island 4 Karn, the Great Creator 1 Narset, Parter of Veils 1 Otawara, Soaring City 4 Preordain 1 Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim 2 Walking Ballista
//Sideboard 1 Chalice of the Void 1 Cursed Totem 1 Ensnaring Bridge 1 Liquimetal Coating 2 Pithing Needle 4 Stern Scolding 2 The Stone Brain 1 Trinisphere 2 Unlicensed Hearse

Just my luck that I end a 45-day trip to Japan, my first ever out of the US, on such a horrible note.
My current hotel in Tokyo is the last (and longest) stay of my trip. Booking it was a bit last minute as I am a bike tourist, and didn't know exactly when I'd finish. That, paired with expense concerns, lead me to book a hotel on the lower side of quality. Stay still ended up being over two grand (18 night stay).
I had already been all over Japan at this point, and all the hotels, no matter how cheap, have been beyond serviceable. That's why I didn't critically use caution. None of the reviews, not even recent ones, mention anything about bedbugs. Cleaning issues: Yes. But nothing on bugs. Half the reviews are positive ones anyways.
I've been in this hotel for twelve nights now. There have been zero issues until last night and tonight. I'm suddenly being chewed up on my arms and hands exclusively. No visual bug sighting, but tell-tale smear marks on bed. I at first thoughts bites were mosquito related, but the number is high and matching classic BB description.
Frankly, I can't afford to bring anything home. I live with three people, with a whole second floor to our place housing another family. We are renters. Two of my housemates, my sister and her fiance, have a ton of stuff that would be extremely difficult to declutter. My sister would over stress and breakdown at just the thought of bugs. Likewise, I was supposed to stay at a friend's before returning home after I flew into LA (will book a hotel now). Not to mention all the car transfers. Tons of logistics and people I'm supposed to come into contact with. MUST do so, in some cases. None of which I want to involve in a nightmare.
Basically, I am willing to leave everything behind. That, in fact, is my plan. I know BBs are tiny and insanely good at hiding, but I can't think of anything else to do. I can't treat my stuff. I have around 4k worth of biking equipment with me, including my bike, all of which has sat in my hotel room this entire time. I'm planning to ditch all of it alongside my clothes. The only things I wish to keep is the souvenirs and gifts I bought, which I'm hoping I can thoroughly inspect and get away with. I have some electronics, which I can ditch too but there has to come a limit.
I simply don't know what other options I have. If my suspicions are true, I'd be impossible for me not to spread them with my stuff. As for my remaining week in Japan: I don't know exactly what to do there either. Hotel is paid for, and I can't afford to switch hotels now. I've been here long enough that it's too late. Outside of being a buffet at night and losing QOL temporarily, I don't see any reason to not finish out my paid for nights as insane as that sounds. Especially since I'd be a vector to harm a clean hotel. I do wonder if there are authorities I may want to report this to outside of the hotel itself. No visual confirmation of a BB leaves room for something else, but I don't really want to go searching around for bugs in my bed.

"Character relationships, like those between Saru and T'Rina or Paul Stamets and Hugh Culber, took center stage in certain episodes. It made for great moments where the characters professed what they meant to each other while still affirming their commitment to duty and service."
[...]
Of all the ongoing love stories in Star Trek: Discovery, Saru and T'Rina got the most narrative real estate. Gray and Adira broke up in "Jinaal (Season 5, Episode 3)," and Captain Burnham and Cleveland Booker are still separated. For what it's worth, this episode at least features an aside where the two talk about their relationship status (or lack thereof).
That it happened on the Breen ship during the heist is one of those moments that will frustrate fans. Thankfully, instead of causing a problem, this ill-timed emotional discussion saved them from being caught in the corridors by the Breen shift change.
Joshua M. Patton (CBR)
Link:
https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-discovery-season-5-episode-9-review/
Quotes:
"[...]
Beyond being classic Star Trek fun, these sneaking missions allow the characters to shine. Michael again drew on her background in xenoanthropology to figure out some untranslated words from the Breen. Book caused a distraction by flirting with a Breen guard while Michael tried to take down the forcefield that blocked them from the Progentiors' technology.
[...]
The show's most prominent newcomer, Commander Rayner, replaced Saru as the ship's first officer. He and Sylvia Tilly brushed up against each other early on, but this episode shows how that's changed with time. He names Tilly as his acting First Officer when Captain Burnham puts him in command of the ship. Throughout this season, he hasn't sat in the Captain's chair, at least since losing his own command.
Commander Rayner finally took the captain's hair in this episode, but only after Tilly and the crew affirmed their trust in his ability to lead. This was a beautiful payoff to Commander Rayner's season-long arc, which saw him step out of his comfort zones to win his new crew's faith in him. His plan to go into head-to-head combat with the Breen dreadnought was risky, but it was another bit of classic Star Trek action. Firing everything the ship had, the USS Discovery was almost destroyed but survives as so many ships do, on the will of her crew alone.
But now with Captain Burnham being declared MIA (Missing In Action) inside an "extra-dimensional portal," there's not much Commander Rayner, Saru or anyone in Starfleet can do to get her back. Audiences also find themselves in the same quandary and, much like USS Discovery's crew, can only hope for the best when Star Trek: Discovery returns for the last time next week."
Joshua M. Patton (CBR. com)
Link:
https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-discovery-season-5-episode-9-review/

Removed Books
1st,2nd Esdras,Tobit,Judith,Enoch,additional text to “Esther”, Wisdom,Elcesiasticus (also known as “Wisdom of Ben Sira”), Baruch, 3rd,4rth Kings, Epistle of Jeremy,Song of the Three Children,The Idol Bel and The Dragon,Prayer of Manasses, 1st,2nd Macabbes.
“The Gospel of Judas”, “The Apocalypse of Peter” , “The Protevangelion”,”The Gospel of The Infancy of Jesus Christ”, “The Infancy of Gospel of Thomas”, The Splisles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa”, “The Gospel of Nicodemus” (also known as Acts of Pilate), “The Apostles Creed”, “The Epistle of Paul to the Laodiceans” , “The Epistles of Paul the apostle to Seneca,with Seneca’s to Paul”, “The acts of Paul and Thecla”, “The epistle of Clement”. “The Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians”, “The Epistle of Barnabas”, “The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians”, “The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians” , “The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians” , “The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans”, “The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians”, “The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyerians” , “The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp” , “The Shepherd of Hermas” (Visions,Commands,and Similitudes),”Letter of Herod to Pilate the Governor”, “Letter of Pilate to Herod”, “The lost Gospel of Peter”, “The Epistle of Polycarp to the Phillipians”, “2 Enoch”, “3 Enoch”, “3 Maccabees”,”4 Maccabees”, “5 Maccabees” , “Book of Judith”, “Book of Jubilees”, “2 Baruch”, “3 baruch”, “book of the shepherd of Hermas” , “Psalms of Solomon”,”Odes of Solomon”,”Book of GIants”,”Book of Adam and Eve 1”, “The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan”, “The Gospel of Peter”,”The Gospel of Thomas”,”The Epistle of Aristeas”,”The Epistle of Jeremiah”,”The Epistle of Pilate to Herod”,” Assumption of Moses”,”Apocalypse of Moses”,”Testament of Abraham”,”Apocalpyse of Abraham”,”Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs”,”Acts of Paul”,”Psalms 151”,”Story of Ahikar”, “Gospel of Andrew”, “Gospel of Batholomew”, “apocalypse of Elijah”, “ Gospel of the Hebrews", "Gospel of the Ebionites", "Gospel of the Nazarenes" , "Gospel of the Twelve", "Armenian Infancy Gospel","Third Corinthians", "Protovangellion of James", "Gospel of the Nativity of Mary", "Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew", "History of John the Carpenter" , "Infancy Gospel of Thomas" , "J Composition" , "Syriac Infancy Gospel" , "Gospel of the Lots of Mary" , "Gospel of Peter", "Gospel of Eve", "Gospel of Mani", "Gospel of the Savior", "Gospel of Matthias", "Gospel of Andrew" , "Gospel of Barnabas", "Gospel of Bartholomew", "Memoires of the Apostles", "Papyrus Egerton 2", "Fayyum Fragment", "Oxyrhynchus Papyri", "Papyrus Berolinensis 1171book of Enoch 0", "Papyrus Cairensis 10735", "Papyrus Merton 51", "Papyrus Merton 51",
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These are all Books that were removed,deemed as Apocryphal,or lost to time. Some are Gnostic,the Gnostic ones (my opinion) are not to be taken as actual Scripture. The rest which are apocryphal,i would reccomend searching them,and cross referencing them with existing scriptures to see if they link up/or if the writing styles are similar. Not all were removed,and some are just in specific versions,such as Esdras 1/2, 1,2 Maccabees,Tobit,Judith,the rest of EsteDaniel

I've been involved with a few different mainstream Druidry groups over the years, and they all seem to be centered around some sort of bardic integration and (long) ceremonial magic. I'm not a fan of either methodologies in my spiritual practices. Would anyone have any recommendations on books or groups that have practices/rituals that are more...succinct? Is that just not at the heart of modern or mainstream Druid practices? Like something the opposite of John Michael Greer's style [I mean in the most loving way possible]?

I need advice and direction. We recently married and my husband is a disabled vet from the war in Iraq. We are trying to leverage any opportunity to get ahead in life. I was until recently, a high-income earner but the recent tech layoffs hit me hard and for many reasons, the job market is dire for me. My husband has a solid blue-collar state job and is advancing using his innate talents and skills to get more responsibilities and promotions, I have been advising him as I have extensive “soft skills” and understand the office politics, plus he didn’t really see himself the way I see him: incredibly capable and a natural leader. We lift each other up, and we balance each other well.
Long story short, he doesn’t have a degree nor does he need it. I have a bachelors degree in my field (design related) but I find myself at a disadvantage now without a masters to moving ahead at the level I could be thriving in, or getting meaningful work in a competitive field. We decided that it makes more sense for me to get a masters degree (MDE or MDes) in under 2 years, online.
He doesn’t know where to start and neither do I. We would like to know if my tuition can be covered and by how much, and are books covered? Does he need to be classified as 100% disabled? Does that matter? What does he need to do and what do I need to do?
We don’t have kids, we are both in our 40s, our obligation is only to building a happy life together which hopefully doesn’t force us into a life of working ourselves to death.
Thank you for any advice and direction you can give us!

In the small, cloistered town of Ashbrook, shadows loomed over the life of a boy named Damien. His family had been shattered by a scandal that left deep scars on everyone involved. His mother, Claire, had been unfaithful, a betrayal that tore apart the fragile fabric of their family. Damien’s father, unable to bear the pain, packed his bags and left, marrying another woman and starting anew. Damien and his older sister, Emily, were left behind with their mother, struggling to piece together their broken lives.
Weekends with their father were supposed to be a refuge, but they quickly turned into a painful reminder of their fractured family. At first, these visits were filled with an awkward semblance of normalcy. Over time, however, Damien’s father grew more attached to his new family, his new children, while the bond with his firstborns withered. Damien watched his father drift away, the warmth in his eyes now reserved for his new life, leaving Damien feeling abandoned and alone.
The town of Ashbrook was unforgiving. People chose sides, and it seemed everyone had turned their backs on Claire and her children. Even Claire’s own family, except for her father, shunned them. Damien’s grandfather, ashamed and disappointed, sent money every month, but it came with a heavy sense of judgment. This monthly lifeline did little to ease the burden, and Damien felt no connection to the man who had indirectly rejected them.
Damien’s resentment festered. He hated the pitiful glances from townsfolk, the hushed whispers that ceased when he entered a room. Most of all, he hated his mother. Claire’s unyielding kindness and affection only deepened his bitterness. She tried to act as though nothing had happened, as though their lives hadn’t been torn apart by her actions.
“Damien, you need to understand how hard it’s been,” Claire would say, her voice cracking under the weight of unshed tears. “I’ve raised you and Emily on my own. You should be grateful.”
Grateful. The word felt like poison in Damien’s veins. How could he be grateful for a life built on lies and betrayal? He remembered the nights lying awake, listening to his mother sobbing in the next room, wishing for a life that could never be. His father's departure was a wound that never healed, a painful reminder of all they had lost.
But it wasn’t just the past that tormented Damien. It was the present, too. He often overheard his mother chatting on the phone with random men, her voice flirtatious and carefree. How could she even dare? Didn’t she know her children could hear her? It was disgusting. She was stupid.
Yet Claire acted like the hero after Dad left, pretending she didn’t want to speak ill of him while doing just that, subtly undermining him in every conversation. “Your father chose to leave us,” she’d say, voice tinged with bitterness. “He moved on so easily, started a new family like we meant nothing.”
“Don’t you see, Mom?” Damien spat one evening, his voice trembling with rage. “You destroyed everything. You talk about raising us alone like it’s some badge of honor, but it’s your fault we’re alone. It’s your fault Dad left.”
Claire’s face fell, the color draining from her cheeks. She opened her mouth to speak but found no words to counter the bitter truth in her son’s eyes. The silence between them grew heavy, filled with years of unresolved anger and hurt.
Emily, always the peacemaker, tried to bridge the chasm between her brother and their mother, but even she was growing weary. The weight of their fractured family was too much for her small shoulders to bear.
Damien sought refuge in his room, a sanctuary from the chaos that was his home. Books and music became his escape, worlds where he could lose himself and forget the mess his life had become. But even in those moments of respite, the anger simmered beneath the surface, threatening to consume him.
Damien's hatred for his mother and the situation she had created festered, growing with each passing day. He longed for the strength to leave Ashbrook, to escape the suffocating grip of his past. But he couldn’t abandon Emily, not while she still needed him.
One day, as the weight of his anger threatened to overwhelm him, Damien stood at the edge of the town's small, serene lake. The reflection in the water showed a boy aged beyond his years, burdened by a life he hadn’t chosen. He picked up a stone and hurled it into the water, watching the ripples spread out in ever-widening circles.
“Maybe one day,” he whispered to the empty air, “I’ll find a way out of this. But for now, I’m stuck. Stuck with the memories, the hatred, and the life you destroyed, Mom.”
As he turned to leave, the sun setting behind him, Damien knew that the road ahead would be long and hard. But in the depths of his anger, a small spark of determination flickered. He would survive this. He would rise above the ashes of his broken family, no matter how deep the scars ran.
Yet, the darkness in his heart grew. Damien started to become something else. Not a villain, not a perpetrator of evil deeds, but a boy harboring a darkness that clouded his view of the world. He saw humanity for what it was: flawed, deceitful, and hypocritical. In his mind, he was becoming evil, but it wasn't by choice. The world had shaped him this way. His intelligence told him he wasn't inherently bad, but circumstances had painted his soul with shadows.
He began to embrace the darkness within, letting it fuel his determination. The world wasn't beautiful in his eyes; it was a battlefield, and he would navigate it with the cunning and resilience of someone who knew its true face. Damien hated humans, he hated their frailty and deceit, but he knew he could outsmart them. In the end, it was the world that had made him hate it, and he would use that hatred to carve out his path.
Damien wasn't lost. He was simply finding a new way, a way defined by the darkness that the world had thrust upon him. He would survive, and he would thrive, but he would do it on his terms, with a heart that no longer saw the light.
Note: i played with some aspects to the people who know don't come across it... or you know what if they do.. i do not care.
What do you think about my life?
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Also... here is my "Life Philosophy" in short because it will take a lot of time if i wanted to fully express it.
I despise everything.
Compelled by "GOD" into an ugly world where beauty is marred by desires.
I... once a pure soul... exiled from the grace of nothingness, tarnished by the world's filth.

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 work at Streamforge, a company that has been operating in the gaming sector of influencer marketing for more than 6 years now. As of last February, we finally launched our software tools as a self-serve platform for every sector and industry. We support Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Instagram, giving you insights into every single nook and cranny of data we can source.
We're currently giving week-long free trials for people to try it out, and are actively looking for feedback on filtering options. We've been using these tools ourselves for years now, but super curious to know what other experienced marketers think about it!
You can book me for a demo on the website, looking forward to exchanging with you all! Here's the link: https://streamforge.com/

I am on vacation or sort of vacation but I am free for next two months and I need book recommendations. To make it a bit easier for you guys, following are the books that I have recently finished Count of Monte Cristo, Three Musketeers, some discworld books(mostly reread) and Lonesome Dove. Length of book doesn't matter as long as it is not streched It would very helpful if you could give a short explanation about the book too

Requirements
Quest device running firmware v63+(as long as you’re on new software update all good)
Comupter running windows/linux
Beatsaber needs to be owned
Usb A- Usb C cable (Computer to Quest)
Step 1)
If you do not already have sidequest installed on your headset, do so by heading to the sidequestvr website on your computer, following the serup instructions, and then downloading the headset version to your quest.
Once you’ve downloaded SidequestVr(headset version):
Look up QAVS(quest app version switcher), and install.
Step 2)
Open the meta mobile app, and change your game version to “1.29 LEGACY”.
Restart your headset to apply update.
Once done, open QAVS, and select Game Version 1.28.
Follow the instructions on screen, until you are asked to allow access to the OBB folder, due to meta’s new Firmware v63 update, we are no longer able to give applications permission to use device files.
Click the back arrow on the top left until you are back in QAVS, and select “install without mods”.
This will effectively downgrade your game to version 1.28(moddable version)
Step 3)
__Once you have checked the game version by launching beatsaber and looking at your feet, and making sure it is V1.28, quit the application.
Time to open our computers
go to https://github.com/Lauriethefish/QuestPatcher , download the “Windows Standalone.exe” from the “latest release” page.
Once complete, head to https://computerelite.github.io/tools/Beat_Sabequestmods.html , and select the game version you are on (V1.28), and select “download all core mods”
Step 4)
Open the QuestPatcher application on your computer
Follow on screen instructions to patch your game, and once you can go to the “Mod My Game” tab:
Click browse, import your .qmod files that you’ve downloaded from the “Beatsaber Mod Versions” link above.
Congratulations, you now have downgraded and modded beatsaber!
To add multiplayer functionality
Return to the “beatsaber mod versions” website above, and browse through their mods after selecting v1.28 again.
Keep an eye out for “BeatTogether” and any other mod mentioning multiplayer function.
Download them, and import through QuestPatcher, same way as in the previous step!
your game should now be modded and have online as well
Disclaimer : you will not be able to join unmodded lobbies until you uninstall and reinstall the game through the quest store
This method works 100% of the time as of May 28th 2024.

I really like looking for Alaska, paper towns, turtles all the way down. I really like how the females are portrayed in these books, how there’s always so much space for adventure and lakes, greenery, description of places. I really like how youthful the whole set up is and how exciting everything gets! I also like how there’s some tragedy always !
What I don’t like is his writing style! Yeah, I know! I’ve read 5 got into trouble (famous five) long long ago and really liked how the author made everything so vivid for me! I want something like that! A summer romance, lots of adventure, a strong female protagonist and really building her character, the location set up matters, really youthful, can be coming of age but I want more like 20-25s. I want that perfect novel where I can enjoy the writing style too!!!!

Six Flags New England! A park I visited for a few summers as a child. While it's not quite the park it used to be, it has one of the best one-two punches of any park, and a solid supporting cast. It's also a very good-looking park by Six Flags standards, and has retained much of its regional/trolley park atmosphere from the days it operated as Riverside Park.
I'll address rides first, then get to park quality, crowds, food, etc afterwards.

• Pandemonium (1x) - We "rope dropped" this great little spinner which tends to grow a large line quickly. It's a slow loader like any single-car-loading coaster, but the wait was still over an hour long. This set the tone for much of the visit. I'll cover more of that later on in the TR, but the ride itself is really quite fun. It's a family-friendly affair, and no two rides are the same.
• Flashback (1x) - My wife went to ride SkyScreamer which I just won't touch, and I went to Flashback, which she hates. I've only been on one Boomerang, and it's the renovated Jolly Rancher Remix at Hersheypark, which has been nicely maintained and has the new vest restraints. This one has not been nicely maintained, and sports the older Vekoma OTSRs. So it's a rather unpleasantly headbanging affair. I would say this probably doesn't have much time left... but I have to guess they're going to keep this running for as long as they can.
• Wicked Cyclone (2x) - I got off Boomerang quickly and saw my wife was in quite a long line for the Skyscreamer, so I jumped on the WiCy line for a quick run. The ride immediately crapped out on the lift hill and the queue cleared out quickly. I figured it would get back up shortly, and it did! I grabbed the seat with the shortest wait, the train left the station, and... stopped dead. It went forward a couple more feet and stopped again. "Wicked Cyclone is experiencing a temporary delay in operation." From the train, I can see my wife leaving SkyScreamer. Nooooooo, I almost beat her back! After a few minutes, the train starts moving again, and the ride is excellent as always. It's everything you want from an RMC in a small footprint. It's my 3rd-ranked RMC behind Wildcat's Revenge and Steel Vengeance, ahead of Jersey Devil. The second ride happened later in the day with my wife in tow, and we rode back seat.
• Superman: Ride of Steel (1x) - God, this is a fantastic ride. The slow lift hill to the top with the Superman theme playing the whole way. The incredible view of the river to your left and the park to your right. A fantastic first drop, elite airtime on the camelbacks, a beautifully intense twister section, and some good bunny hills before a hard right turn back into the station. This ride takes a lot of flak lately due to the "U-Brick" restraints, but I don't think they're a problem in the slightest. For me (5'6" 170lbs), they rest an inch or two away from my midsection, so airtime isn't hindered, and they're really not uncomfortable. The wait on this ride was not bad at all, and the ops were moving quick. Temporarily, my faith in humanity was restored! Sometimes on a bad park day, it's nice to have a ride that reminds you of how fucking good roller coasters are when everything is going right. When we came by later to reride, it was closed with no ETA on reopening.
• Gotham City Gauntlet (1x) - You may think this is an ordinary Wild Mouse. However, it's so much more than that. It's a torture device masquerading as an amusement park ride. It's the Heimlich Maneuver come to life as a roller coaster. It's the worst Wild Mouse I've ever been on, yet I have to ride it every time. Beware of the last set of brakes if you've just eaten, need to take a dump, or have had a hernia operation.
• Catwoman's Whip (1x) - Another ride with bizarre operations that I'll go over later in the TR. To sum it up, the poor ops at this ride turned what should've been a people eater into a relatively long wait. The ride itself is a family coaster with an extra-long train. It's very tame towards the front, but surprisingly whippy towards the back with some great laterals.
• Batman: The Dark Knight (1x) - An underrated unique B&M floorless with an outstanding big loop and Zero-G roll, along with a couple of corkscrews. This is a fantastic front row ride. There is a very slight rattle, but push your head forward and you'll be just fine. Unfortunately, ops here also left a lot to be desired, and the wait for this was torturously long.
• Thunderbolt (1x) - Skipped earlier in the day due to a long line, we came back later with a much shorter wait. This is a smaller unique vintage woodie with a real old-school feel. Some recent trackwork worked out nicely. Ride ops need to manually brake the train as it comes into the station, and manually release each car's restraints when the train is stopped. Not terribly rough, and if you're riding closer to the back, there is a brief and shocking ejector pop before the turnaround to go back to the station.
• Riddler Revenge (0x) - Closed during our visit. Possibly closed for a longer span of time? Not sure. Haven't heard much about this. I assume there must be a maintenance issue if it was closed on such a crowded day. When running, this Vekoma SLC is a solid ride, with newer vest restraints to mitigate much of the roughness.
• The Joker (0x) - The same S&S Freespin that exists at many other Six Flags parks, I'd rather go home than wait over an hour in line for this. Ops on these particular coasters are slower than ever with the way they've been running them this year, but it is apparently for safety and/or maintenance reasons.

A good selection of flats here:

• Carousel - Carousel from 1909, relocated here in 1940. The only Carousel I've ever ridden that requires you to put on a seatbelt.
• Houdini - Closed!
• Scrambler - This is a slooooooooooow Scrambler, in stark contrast to the wild one at Six Flags America.
• Gotham City Crime Wave - A nice zippy Wave Swinger.
• Bumper Cars - Tweaked this year with new music and neon lights.
• Cyborg: Hyper Drive - A fun Chance Freestyle, but it gets really warm in the building, and the line for this was brutal all day.
• Sky Screamer - A big ol' 400ft big swing. I don't like these, but my wife does.
• Scream - Triple drop tower that was surprisingly running more than one tower during our visit. It's always been running just one the last few times I've been here.

A word about park operations and Flash Passes:
Visiting a park on Memorial Day Weekend is always a touch-and-go affair when it comes to crowds, but the crowds at SFNE were actually not as bad as I was expecting. Unfortunately, the experience was marred by awful park operations. The staff seemed to be doing the best they could given the circumstances.
Let's start with Pandemonium. SFNE removed the shade from this long queue, as well as any nearby misters. Additionally, the Flash Pass handling in this park is atrocious. The standby line for Pandemonium slammed to a halt when my wife and I were only a few people away from the station because of a slow trickle of Flash Passes coming through. We waited in the same spot for 40 minutes before the ride ops allowed more regular standby guests to enter the station. I don't hold it against anyone for buying skip-the-line passes, but between the removal of the shades and misters, AND the poor Flash Pass handling, it's obvious that SFNE (and perhaps the chain as a whole) is making the standby line experience as unpleasant as possible in order to sell more Flash Passes. They've also removed Single Rider lines from this park, another nefarious way to punish people who haven't shelled out. Unsurprising scummy business practices from Six Flags.
A similar issue at Catwoman's Whip. Gates open, Flash Passers are allowed to enter and board the train, then standby line is allowed through. But the gates only seem to open for a limited time, so massive swaths of the very-long train are left empty once the gates close, as many of the kids riding need to be measured for height. With such a long train, this ride should absolutely rip through riders, but because it's run in this ass-backwards fashion, it takes way too long to get on. The line for this coaster was obscene by the end of the day because of this.
Batman was another wait that took way longer than it really needed to, especially when running two trains. Once again it comes to a total neglect of the standby line when Flash Passers are present. If you never stagger the lines, the standby line slows to a full stop, while Flash Passes just keep on coming. For the first time ever at any park, I heard other parkgoers complaining about this as well in almost every queue that day, and the increasing discontent and frustration among many of the park guests was noticeable as the day went on.
I'm not one of those people who will ever yell or demean skip-the-line users at the park. I think it's fucked up and weird to try and start fights at an amusement park over a service that anyone can buy. If you paid for it, then I'm not here to judge. But the park needs to handle these things better, because the regular old standby line experience (the vast majority of the parkgoers) is awful! No other parks have these issues with their skip-the-line systems. Hersheypark, Cedar Point, Kings Island, etc handle much bigger crowds and don't have these issues. But from what I've observed at both SFGAdv and SFNE, the chain is artificially inflating standby wait times and making those waits as unpleasant as possible in an effort to sell more Flash Passes. Premiumization is here, and it is actively hostile to the average customer.
Moving on from that:
SFNE shows much of the decline and decay exhibited by the rest of the chain sans SFFT. While the rides are still fun, there seem to be maintenance issues, and these coasters are overall rougher than they were two years ago. And the concession prices have spiked out of control - $17 for a slice of pizza? $18 for a hot dog? $9 for a bottle of Powerade? Get real.
The theming of the park overall is decent, especially towards the park's entrance, the Old West area, and in the DC area near Superman. Towards the Batman/Joker area, it's more of a collection of rides in a flat concrete patch.
The crowdedness of the park only worsened once Hurricane Harbor closed, so we cut the day short early and grabbed dinner around 7pm. Monday's forecast was extremely foreboding, with thunderstorms engulfing basically the entire day, so we headed home. Apparently the rain ended up holding up until after 4pm that day, but I had had my fill of SFNE for the weekend.
TL;DR:

• A fantastic one-two punch with Superman and Wicked Cyclone
• Solid roster of supporting coasters such as Batman, Riddler Revenge, the Joker, Thunderbolt, and Pandemonium
• This park, just like SFGAdv, could be truly excellent, but it's run like a horse's ass

I know berserk is very time consuming and the stuff going on prior to the authors death make it understandable so this is not a complaining post I'm just curious how it works wit their contracts and stuff. So I know manga are usually publisted within a magazine so I'd assume there is some sort of deadline put in so how is it that they can take 6 months to release a chapter? Is there not a contract clause that states the schedule they have to adhere to? Do they get paid on a per chapter basis or is it like a salary? Do the contracts say well give you berserk for x number of chapters or is it a time deal that for the next 3 years you can be the magazine that has berserk in it? I'm just curious as the proccess is way different then american comic books as it's direct to consumer so a push back wouldn't effect anything as they are publishing it themselves

Essence Of The Magus. (Nasuverse) • It's a beautiful multicolored liquid that, despite everything, keeps changing to new and innovative colors never seen before, it's very mysterious. • You have a natural body, this means that you are the pinnacle of what the human body has to offer in all its shapes and sizes, you are beautiful and as time goes by those traits will only improve, whether you want the strong beauty of muscles or the very delicacy and fragility of a lily, this will be inclined to your desires and requests, so you will undoubtedly be beautiful to your own preferences and desires, even affect the color of your hair or how your eyes will be, and all this without lowering the capabilities of the human body, with reflexes and senses superior to anyone else, your body is the pinnacle and is always improving to reach new heights, this will always be naturally so no one will suspect anything, everything is decided if you want to stay as you are or become the summit of the body of the human being. • You will always be seen in full elegance, maintaining unparalleled grace and balance, you could be associated with a machine before such a detailed display of pinpoint accuracy, you are graceful and gifted with an overwhelming presence and unmatched charisma, expect to have many admirers unless you voluntarily turn it off or mitigate it, and if you consciously use it to its full force don't expect there will be anyone with enough willpower to resist you, you are nobility in every concept of the word, maybe you will get some title like Lorelei Barthomeloi and her title of 'The Queen Of The Clock Tower' or 'The Queen' for short. • Furthermore, you have what would poetically be called 'The Will To Shatter The Stars'. There is no difficulty, no degree of opposition and no level of pain or suffering that can intimidate your intentions, once you make up your mind about something. You can do this all day long and never stop doing it, except by your own conscious choice. Forget mere 'maximum human' willpower, you are absolutely unbreakable. While remaining mentally flexible enough to not be a stubborn idiot, of course. • Your body can not be infected by any being, supernatural or not, you can not be controlled or damaged by both mental and spiritual means, your body is an immovable fortress, your mind to a library masterfully ordered and maintained, your soul is a perpetual sanctuary you can repeat as many times the change of body as Roa or do something with worms as Zouken and your soul will remain the same, you could say that it is a perfect soul for sorcery, beware, the third magic will be and will remain better by far, your soul is something that will remain the same in the face of the most extreme things, but it is not the true immortality that is the third magic, unless you dedicate your research skills to change that. • Mentally, you are able to modify and alter your mind, you can program your mind to react to whatever you want however you want, leaving mental triggers to move before they react is possible, molding it to create a disguise of some different personality is possible, you can even affect their feelings achieving a masterful mask, creating a state with a completely different personality and state of mind is easy, in case you are not sure how to mold your mind without changing you can leave safety countermeasures to go back to any previous state, if a certain thought or situation happens, you are a magician and as such, your masks to fool others are the best, if you use them wisely you could be in your best state to fight or go into a disguise that even Sherlock himself could not discover, this will not affect your will, and you cannot end up as a brain-dead fool by accident, unless that is your disguise. • A little advice, stay away from the eyes of Atlas, those alchemists will see the holy grail or the root itself, if they get to know what kind of body type you have, you will be a very wet dream for any of their researchers, they even have a motto that fits. “It's easy to get into Atlas, but impossible to get out.” • If I were you, I'd be careful with the gods, a body like yours would have them drooling or hating you, it's funny how you don't know which one is worse, it all depends on which gods notice you, god forbid, the Greeks, although they might not even come close because they're admiring you. • The reason for a mind like you have, is to hide the default personality you have as a magus, a cold being, without morals or ethics, who can do anything, this part of you will make the machines see you as the typical sentimental people, it doesn't take much to scare people in that state, people will wonder what the hell you are, what kind of being is hiding under that disguise of flesh you call skin, you can always change it if you want, although you can always hide it, your mind can never be taken advantage of by anyone other than you. • You can choose to have the potential to have true magic, you decide if you only want one or all five in total, you can decide if you want to reach them through research, that being the case you can get creative about how you carry out your research to play true magic, and, it can help you later, this is more of an option than anything else, if you want, you can appear as a user of the five true magics, although it is not said that there will be no questions of how the hell did that happen, you have a complete control of the true magics, and you know both its maximum capabilities and the smallest details about its operation. • The first magic “Denial Of Nothingness”: The first true magic, known as “The Denial Of Nothingness”, is related to the generation of an ether clusters, this includes the creation of matter and energy from nothing and the total destruction of matter and energy in nothing, the clusters of ether are conductors of magical energy. • The second magic “Kaleidoscope”: The second true magic, known as the ”Kaleidoscope” or the “Parallel Worlds Operation”, this includes traveling to alternate worlds, time travel, space-time manipulation and the ability to decide whether timelines are 'canon' or not, you can be creative how you use this, it's not too far-fetched to overlay different dimensions to play with the environment or use unlimited energy from all your universe versions to make a giant energy cannon, the only thing that What stops you is the creativity of how you could use it, you will have to be attentive because interacting with the dimensions and being able to observe everything that the multiverse can be, it can be a bit maddening, you will be protected in any way, but do not expect it to be a very happy, the dimensions have some that can make any person quite crazy, just look how his previous bearer was with the magical girls. • The third magic “Heaven's Feel”: The Third True Magic, known as the “Touch Of Heaven” or the “Manifestation Of The Soul”. This stops the inevitable dispersal of the soul once it no longer has an anchor in the world, and essentially causes it to transcend into a higher form of existence. It is a magic that realizes true immortality by turning the soul into a flat, high-dimensional being capable of interacting with the material world as a mental body without having to return to Akasha. The Sorcerer will acquire an unlimited source of magical energy because his soul becomes analogous to a perpetual motion machine, just like the previous ones, creativity will help you a lot, although with this who needs creativity when you are truly immortal, enjoy ~. • As a certain person said, I wish I had finished in the third, too bad it didn't happen • The fourth magic “White Ink”: The Fourth True Magic, known as the “White Ink”, in another universe the fourth magic is unknown, but how would you go about selecting a magic without knowing all your options? The fourth is based on the manifestation, manipulation, and alteration of concepts, you could alter the concept of water so that it burns instead of splashing (He, he, he) or you can very well create your own urban legend and add the concept 'real' to it, despite the tremendous power that you can still have to be careful, every being is sensitive, even reality itself, so press hard and don't expect to come out very well, you are powerful, but not invincible, keep that in mind, an example would be the previous user of the fourth magic that in an attempt to erase the concept of the fourth magic ended up being erased, it failed to eliminate the fourth magic, but the world ended up forgetting its capabilities due to certain parts that were erased. (Credit goes to AcausalTrillby at fanfiction.net for the inspiration with his story called White Ink) • The fifth magic “Blue Magic”: The Fifth True Magic, known as the “Blue Magic” allows free manipulation of energy/heat without worrying about the order imposed by the arrow of time of thermodynamics (represented by the Second Law), and, thus leading in particular to time manipulation, as opposed to relativistic time travel, Aoko Aosaki managed to affect space-time with this magic, and you can too if you put your mind to it, just be careful you don't want to extinguish life on earth, right? • “The Sixth True Magic”: Currently non-existent, a path to the Root will be granted. You can get close to him, but you must not touch him. By doing so, you will gain access to a new True Magic. It is speculated that the Sixth True Magic might be a magic that can bring happiness to everyone. This may or may not be the case. The magic has to be something unattainable by mundane or thaumaturgical means, as long as those criteria are met you can create the sixth magic, since you are creating something new and not reusing the five magics, this will be the one with which you connect the most, don't get me wrong, if you choose any of the other five, you will have no limits or problems when handling it, in fact you could take it to heights never seen before, only this being your creation, you will be more connected and you, and only you will be the person capable of using it, you are the creator of the sixth magic be proud. • Note something, the first, and fifth are similar in that a path to the root, an Akasha gate, originated and magic was obtained upon its arrival, while the second, third, and fourth were produced as a half to get to that place, however insignificant it may sound to some, this has its own weight in how your magic interacts with you, you may be able to touch or see the path to the Root, or you may try to recreate the means to reach the Root, be careful with that, people smarter than you tried, and they didn't end very well. • It can be said that magicians have become the adversaries of the planet, and by having magic, as redundant as it sounds, you have become a magician, something that the human mind would not normally be able to carry as a burden. Carrying such a power is the recklessness of changing the world, as such, from the moment you obtain true magic, you are destined to go through great things or most likely to affect the entire world, whether the change is good or bad, it will depend on what you decide. • Becoming a magician is something that must be thought carefully, it is a mantle, and it is raw power that will undoubtedly affect how you see the world or how the world sees you, you are entering forbidden territory for human hands, it is the land of gods, so unless you want to fight against gods or planets, think about it a bit before making your choice, and of course, you have some duties with humanity, it's not mandatory, but you can at least look at them once or twice, so they don't get killed or end up committing suicide. • You can grant one magic per person by creating five or six wizards who will be loyal to you until death, you can remove that magic whenever you want and however you want, although at least tell them what you are giving them, you do not want extradimensional accidents or extinction of life on earth, you can always decide to ignore this advice and have fun with the results. • You are by far the most talented and predisposed being to magic, your talent, ingenuity, and creativity have no comparison, your sense, and intuition regarding magecraft is undoubtedly superior, your mind has a library with all the magical knowledge of the entire verse from TYPE-MOON, whatever reality it is, it can be a bit overwhelming, but you get used to it, god forbid you can follow in the footsteps of Lorelei and focus on basic magecraft or some specific theme and develop it so much that you become the Bruce Lee of magic with 'Repeat a kick a thousand times', of course with your talent that can reach true magic levels very quickly, with any magic. • You can connect and adapt to any existing thaumaturgical foundation, yes, that includes the church, this would allow you to use any existing spell as long as you are connected to the foundation of that respective spell, be it sorcery, from Chinese philosophy magecraft, traditional Japanese magecraft and of course the one practiced by the clock tower, there is no foundation that you do not know and to which you cannot connect, if you do not like any, you can create your own thaumaturgical foundation with the rules and implications that you want and although technically it would be impossible, your own willpower is enough to maintain that foundation, if you decide to make that foundation your primary method of practicing magic, with your willpower involved, believe me, there will be no end to how strong you can become, and that applies to every foundation you connect to, you can revive a foundation on the verge of death to its best moment and take it to something much better. • Established and long-standing foundations will be more likely to connect and improve, they may not be as versatile, focusing only on their field as the church that is dedicated to something more spiritual, so be aware that you would spend a lot of time and resources originating a new foundation that connecting and empowering an existing one, each one has its cons and its pluses. • As a great magus you don't always have to depend on a large mound of magic circuits for everything, you can use the quantifiable energy of the Soul; the pseudo-spiritrons to design organisms or stronger objects, as the alchemists of Atlas do, you can also be like hackers and enter the network practicing their code-cast method, whenever you cannot or do not want to use your magic circuits you will find another way to practice sorcery, very well you can practice some method of “Walk and Breathe” to try to become a Xian, whatever method you choose you can take it to unimaginable heights without relying on your magic circuits, and with your talent you can do wonders. • It is true that you can work without magic circuits, you could very well become the best spell caster without even using them even once in your life, but it is better to use every resource you have and magic circuits are part of those resources, your circuits are special, unique in its kind, you will start with fifty magic circuits “Blue Bloods: Noble Magic Circuits”, being the best of the best, what differentiates it from the others is that your magic circuits are improved and shaped the more you use them, these circuits they will grow, improve and multiply, the very environment where you are will affect them and will affect their growth, they may become a “Magic Nucleus” or for some strange reason a “Magic Reactor”, there is also the possibility of becoming “Regression to the Age of Gods”. Allowing you to reproduce the existing mysteries before the age of man, it is certain that they will become what you want and that they will continually improve, in case they are damaged, or you do not have magic circuits they will begin to sprout or self-repair always looking for a way to advance, they may even be influenced by your origin. • As you have undoubtedly noticed, your magic circuits are not natural, this will not affect your form of sorcery in any negative way, who knows, you may reach some level higher than “Blue Bloods: Noble Magic Circuits” magic circuits are used to connect to the thaumaturgical foundation, you will see a rapid adaptation and improvement, the more you use them with a specific foundation, maybe even adopt some characteristics of said foundation. • You can create magic circuits through research and development and implant them in a host, but such a thing would be for someone else, because yours are already on their way to the best of the best. • This also affects how much magical energy you use, to make a comparison, the average mage has 20 units of magical energy, Ciel had 5000 units, you have 10000, and it will always improve according to your magic circuits, as a respected magus you must have enough energy to sustain any research or spell you want. • You can change your origin, it is true that the origin is the starting point that defines one's existence and directs one's actions throughout life. It is the driving force that comes from within the Root, which has managed to sprout from the Source and take material form, but you can change it, unlike other people you can trace your origin to the Root and exchange it for something that is more convenient, ok to see changes, so you will have to be careful, but at least you can change it for anything you want, be it creature, emotion or concept, you can even keep several at the same time, although you would have to be careful, the origin may end waking up if you swap it too much or if you have several, and they manage to sync up, you're a never-before-seen case, so crazy things can happen. • If a person ends up awakening their Origin, it becomes nearly impossible to deviate from their Origin, if even possible in the first place. It becomes an impulsive behavior that one would follow as if it were an absolute order, it has to be taken into account that if you achieved such a thing you would gain superhuman abilities according to your origin, the defense mechanism that you have will save you at some point after awakening your origin, the defense mechanism returns your origin to its state before waking up, you can program it so that it takes days or months to put your origin to sleep again, keep that in mind, the origin has to be treated with care. • Element, the elements are somewhat easier to deal with and without as much danger as the origins, by default you are an average with the five elements, fire, water, earth, air, and ether and just as before you can exchange and modify them to your liking it is better not to overlap an exaggerated number of elements, but at least you are not in as much danger as with the origins, the element is the type of magic with which you are more predisposed and which one you are better at, it should be noted that different cultures handle in different ways the elements, so there is a variety of elements with the same name, you will have to be more specific when changing the element. • The elements are not so rigid when it comes to making magecraft, if we put as an example that you have water as an element and that you want to learn spells more inclined with fire, you can, but it will cost more, although that is not your case, it should also be remembered that the elements are more than the name of said element itself, water is the fluidity and control of liquids, the other elements are something similar, only with their own peculiarities, there are elements as unique as sword or hollow, so who knows What things can you achieve if you start being creative. • Origins and elements are connected, so if you have the same origin and the same element, you will notice that your magic will have a boost on anything bordering on that field, although you run the risk of over-specializing, an example would be demon origin and demon element, you will find that you could do spectacular things with demonology, although you won't be able to do much with any kind of sorcery not associated with demons. • You are an artist when it comes to creating things, you would fit very well with Atlas, just like them, you are able to create things that could bring about the destruction of the world seven times, there is no limit in what you are able to build, from mystical supergiant codes like the “Foundation of Philosophy” up to the seven weapons of Atlas, it would be possible within your capabilities to start theorizing how to create Noble Phantasms or recreate them, very well you can do like the hikikomori of Caubac and create your own holy scriptures, or you can be like Zelretch troll and create items about magical girls or whatever you prefer, you can create the philosophical keys or magical crests or create something new based on it. • Theoretically, you are able to build anything shown in TYPE-MOON that is supernatural, and this includes everything from a simple pistol to the MOON CELL itself, and always with the ability to innovate, improve, or create something entirely new. • The “Philosophy Foundation” generated by the Xian in the land of China is essentially a simulation of an artificial Root. The Xians worked together as a group to build it. Instead of connecting to the Root using the gods as a relay, as civilizations in the Age of Gods did, the Xian produced their system of magic by building a Supergiant Mystic Code that merges with the planet. That is the Philosophy Foundation. • You are able to break down any magic you see or theorize into its most basic components, you may very well be called the second coming of Waver, for what you can do, with your talents it would not be difficult to dissect any magic you see down to its most basic concepts, being able to recreate it if you decide to do such a thing, you can always see ways to improve or modify it, but there is no magic that you don't see that you don't understand. • It has been said that anything magecraft can do technology can do and vice versa, you understand that principle well, you are capable of achieving anything science achieves through magecraft, any technology you see will only give you new and innovative ideas to achieve it through magecraft. • An example would be Apollo 11, you can imitate such a thing with magecraft, a space teleportation to reach the moon or some strange chimera that can take you, to know if you can do something else with astrology, true magic may end up dying, but magecraft it will be maintained and will continue to advance as long as you exist and science exists. • A magus is a scholar above all else, as a magus your main skill will be the investigation of sorcery in order to get to the root, you are a born investigator knowing every detail of the book by heart, a slight passing glance is enough to remember it whenever you want without need at a second glance, and not only that, you understand them to their very core, anything you don't know, you only need to investigate it to learn, as a researcher your handwriting will be relentless, your notes will be the finer details, and you can always do a thesis about a thousand and one ways to get to the root, you know for shit and giggles. • You unconsciously organize your work space, you will not be the typical researcher with your head in the clouds and with a workshop more messy than your room, no, your workshop is a perfect example of order, organized to the millimeter without you realizing it, this is also gone to all your jobs, no leaving dangerous things lying around unprotected or having all your tools dirty and messy, you know what they say, a tidy space is a safe space, and you have exemplary security. • You are a good teacher, you see the talent of people, their potential, and you can show that by bringing out all that talent, just like Waver you are an exceptional teacher when it comes to teaching, even the dumbest and most talentless person can become even a Lord, a person with real talent and a good head on his shoulders can very well get to Marshall just like Zelretch and Lorelei, of course as long as he listens to your lessons. • In addition to research you can focus your skills to develop many elements in any field you choose, on top of that you will never see any unwanted side effects or stalling your research, you see possibilities in mistakes, small delays in full stalls of a sorcery, potential in drawbacks, every mistake, bump, or snag in your eyes will become a possibility that may very well take your research to new heights. • Example: you can focus on martial arts, create something like the Nanaya killing arts, even recreate the Nanaya arts themselves, use pre-existing martial arts to give them mystical effects, it's very viable, you can create your own mystical martial arts. Assessing an enemy in the middle of a fight is easy for you, developing countermeasures against him or finding weaknesses you can exploit (If you have “The Mystic Eyes Of Death Perception” or something similar, you can find new lines of death or develop them in your enemy yourself) there is no field in which you cannot apply your talents. • Optionally, you can create a workshop, a workshop is a place where the magus carry out their research, it is a sacred place that any self-respecting magus will never let anyone enter, yours is impenetrable and untouchable, unless you allow it, at first you can design it inside as you like either as some ancient place of study or as a modern laboratory, your workshop is a subspace between dimensions, impossible for any being to find, no matter where you go you can access to your workshop from anywhere, be it places as remote as the bottom of the ocean, some forest, or desert forgotten by the hand of God or space itself, you just have to call it the way you want, a door will open where you can enter, you can modify this entrance as you want, needing a key or only access from a certain door when you want, and always having the flexibility so that you can modify it to your g you. • Your workshop has books on every possible sorcery and various ways to implement it, even notes for a beginner to practice little by little and build slowly, along with manuals and various articles for learning, it also has information on magus policy or data from the world both known and not, there is a lot of knowledge that will serve you, and not all of it is necessarily sorcery, at your option, all of TYPE-MOON's knowledge can be here in book formats or any other form you want, the workshop It will have any material or tool you require, and just like before it ranges from the most exotic never thinkable to the most normal, after spending that material it will recharge regularly, so you never have to worry about running out of resources. • In case you want something different, you can create your own workshop in the way you want, building both its defenses and places where you will store your knowledge and carry out your research, when you finish, the construction will gain the same benefits as if you had it. Given, these are undetectable and impenetrable. • Your workshop is a place for any outside creature not to enter and for anything inside not to leave, the workshop is something that you can change to your liking both in appearance, space and time, you can even change concepts within your own workshop, convert your ceiling a gateway to space, so you can admire any star from near or far, you can't be harmed inside your own workshop so the vacuum of space or the sun's rays would do little or nothing to you. • A magician walks with death, you among the many magus out there, you are sensitive to danger, you know very well when something can go wrong, you detect it like a bloodhound, whether it is a migraine, a slight smell or daring visions of the mirrors of what could go wrong, whatever method you choose, you know something will go wrong, and you know what will cause it, there is no longer any danger of experiments or ambushes, your sense of danger will alert you whenever death is near you, there will be no moments either late or too early, this gives you the right time, and also something of how to go out, there is nothing impossible to avoid death here. • You can leave marks on people so that they also notify you if they are in danger, you decide if the same person is aware of the danger or not. • You can say if you want to be like Akiha Tohno and I will become a half-breed with the blood of some mythical or supernatural beast, this will give you certain unique abilities depending on the blood you decide, it will also give you a stronger connection to the mystery, your instincts will be controllable and will not cause any problem, although they can always be useful, it is always curious to know what those senses perceive that is not detectable by humans. • Optionally, you can decide if you want to do some research to fully become that creature, an example being becoming a dead apostle like Gransurg Blackmore did. • You can give people mythical blood if you want to do something with it, you can always control them and take that power away from them if they rebel. • Despite the fact that many magus dislikes it, politics is present within their society, you are the one who governs that, words are an art that you master, you are the best, it is simple to deceive or convince people, you know how people think. People, you know what they want, you know how to guide their thoughts or group a group of people with certain ideas, you know by heart every law, every line, every letter of every word and every political loophole that you can take advantage of with all that, move in the world politician, it's not very difficult, you control it well, you can be considered a control demon for how well you handle everything. • If you don't want to touch politics, that's fine, you know enough to move in society, it's simple to fake smiles or emotions, deceiving people is second nature, making them believe that you are like them, without any problem and with a normal life it's surprisingly easy, if you don't want to fool anyone that's fine, just with the security you show you would eventually have some group of trustworthy friends. • Sometimes it is difficult to know if a decision is good, until after seeing what happens, not for you, the decisions you make, are made under detailed scrutiny, your decisions will no longer have the doubt of whether you did it right, and even if for some strange reason some bad decision goes through your detailed study, you will have a sixth sense that will constantly warn you not to choose it, it will be your decision after that. • If ever it is not enough to stick to the laws, you know how to do everything in a more criminal way, blackmail, extortion, threaten, etc. you know every dirty trick in the book, in fact you wrote the book, you know it backwards and forwards, the underworld has its own laws, and you know them like the back of your hand, your very well can create your own mafia and promote it by the underworld, and when it's not enough to talk, well, it's an easier way to just permanently eliminate every person or group that opposes, not that anyone finds out if you want. • You know people's minds, you know how they think, you know what they want, and you can notice very clearly when some thought of betrayal passes through their pretty little head now condemned, you can tell if they have a plan or if they are trying to influence you, not because of some strange ability but because you simply know how the human being works, there is no person that you cannot understand, just one look and the personality of any person remains in your eyes, abnormal cases like Shirou Emiya is simply looking at them from a slightly different perspective, it is easy to You play with those thoughts, moving some person from one place to another like a puppet is quite a fun hobby, turning the most cowardly person into something much worse than Shirou with his sense of heroism and his lack of self-preservation is simple, the most calm and good-hearted person under your hands can be left as Kirei Kotomine with no moral limit as to how much evil is enough, h woe to whoever makes you angry, you know enough about the human being to create a real hell with simple words, people tend to think that words cannot cause so much damage, after all, words are not as effective as a sword According to them, it is sometimes easy to forget that a few simple words caused the fall of Camelot. • Trade is not so attached to the magus, but it is better to have money and be like Luvia using money from one side to the other, not be like Rin and wonder if you can last until the end of the month paying attention to each expense you make, the world of commerce opens its huge golden doors to you, you know money, you know how money is managed, you know where there are opportunities or how to create them yourself, you know where definitely not to be around to keep the money you have and avoid losses. • You have what can be said, a golden luck, the lottery, prizes, or just finding a dollar on the street, money comes to you passively, you can control how much comes to you, from a simple five dollars to millions, someone can suspect, but you will still be rich, so there will not be so many problems. • You know every dollar, every coin by heart, down to the tiniest penny, you keep it in mind when you do the math, which makes you very good with numbers, but pluses aside, you keep every bit of your money in mind, so that if any bills or coins go missing you'll notice quickly, so it's easy to spot if some fool is having a funny idea about your money. • Furthermore, you are the best at handling money, you can very well copy the Harweys and get 60% of the planet or more, there will be opposition, but if you use this, plus your political skills, you can very well do it without anyone noticing. • Mystery is what allows magecraft, the crystallization of belief, so it is undeniable to say that without mystery there is no magecraft or magic, as time passes and technology advances, the mystery gradually evaporates from this world, a risk for the magus, because their job lies in the very existence of the mystery, that is a danger that does not apply to you, your mere existence revives the mystery, you are like a plant only instead of expelling air, you expel mystery, this is something you can control, such as applying it only to your actions or that it spreads throughout the world or only to an area in general, you decide. • Be careful not to spread it around the world, the revival of the mystery can revive some troublesome things, most likely you can irreparably affect the world itself, the planet itself will be affected by such an action. • If you decide to enclose the mystery in an area, in that small area the mystery will begin to accumulate, affecting everything that is inside, each plant, each animal, each insect, even the smallest being can be affected. • Since the mystery comes from you, every creature that is impacted by the mystery you produce will feel a feeling of loyalty towards you, the probability that they will not be loyal to you is close to zero, they may see you as a divine being, which is god to humans, at worst they will be of no use to you, but they will still refuse to harm you. • You have more security against Gaia and Alaya, they will be softer when it comes to judging whether to eliminate you, you can be much more reckless than the rest of the magicians and unless you do something extreme like endangering the entire planet or humanity itself, none attack, they will stay away and not bother you, they will watch you it is true, but they will never interfere with anything you do as long as you do not go too far, this includes that Alaya cannot prune the timeline where you are, you are an immutable being when it comes to damaging the timeline, the incineration of humanity or the Lostbelt will do nothing to you, you are protected from that by sending you to another time and space, you will be displaced through time to the point of origin where that timeline was damaged, the singularities, very well you can solve it or just observe while you continue with your investigation while you wait to be sent to another space-time, in case it is solved you will return to where you were before all this happened, and in case that timeline is doomed you will be sent to another timeline that is not in danger. • Your powers cannot be stolen, deleted, copied or anything like that, you will have constant protection against negative effects, in case something unexpected happens, you will be randomly teleported, your powers will return, eventually, they always return. • Without perfection, nothing you build is ever perfect, it never will be, nor are you perfect, perfection is a limiting factor, when perfection arrives there is nothing else, that is why you can break perfection being able to grow unlimitedly, there is no limit in terms of you can grow or improve pre-existing things because in principle there is no end for you, and although some may say that there must be an end, a point at which you will eventually reach perfection by not being able to improve anymore, they are wrong, as simple beings, his imagination, his head can only come to that conclusion, that there is a limit, but not you, the limits seen in mortal eyes do not apply, you see an infinite path, the root itself is infinite and constantly growing, because you cannot be equal to her and have no limits in your growth, without perfection, without limits, a perpetual growth.

Princess has somehow miscalculated the number of cruises we've been on and thus our status. In our favor.
I can guarantee you that my wife and I have cruised Princess the exact same number of times. LOL. No, she didn't just disappear and cruise with someone else. She never cruised on Princess before we met...and we've taken the same number of Princess cruises together in our long marriage. Looking at the cruises completed list, Princess credited her somehow with one extra week long cruise. Neither of us can figure out how. It's been this way for years now. I'm not saying anything to Princess.
She is now listed as Elite. I'm somehow one short...I'm considered Platinum, which I should be.
Why is this important? Well, Elite members get free laundry service, which my wife is absolutely over the moon about. And Elite members get 10% off excursions.
But I'm not...so who's status rules? Does she get free laundry, but I don't? Does the "door" consider us to be both Elite now? When I book excursions, the reservation is under my name with her as the second passenger, so will I get 10% off booked excursions?
The entire situation is kind of ridiculous, and I'm not trying to Karen this...but the status is what it is. And no snarky replies about "where did your wife go without you" or the like.

tw: RAMCOA + SRA talk. my therapist/DID specialist says that thoughts like this in early childhood, especially with it persisting for the rest of my life- come from somewhere, and can't be just a delusion. the thought that one day my parents would kill me has stuck with me for my whole life, im now 25. ive thought this for as long as i can remember- definitely below the age of three. since being diagnosed with DID after knowing about my condition for about 7 years, i have cut off my parents significantly and convinced them to go to family therapy with me or never speak to me again. our first session went horribly and they yelled at me and didn't have any empathy for my feelings, as usual. i cant tell you how scared i am.
i really just have three choices and i beg anyone to leave other options or advice in the comments...
1- convince myself that im delusional and that the origins of many of our alters are rooted in a delusional disorder of some kind (ive tried about 5 antipsychotics over several years and my thoughts of ramcoa and system experiences have never gone away). i cannot force myself to have a relationship with my family though due to my Fear, but with this option- i'd have no justification for fully cutting them off and might eventually disclose that i am diagnosed with DID. with this option though, whatever i remember in therapy...recovering the origins of my collection of bizarre somatic responses- would have to be disregarded and dismissed as delusion. but i need to keep working, i want these bodily responses to lessen and eventually go away.
2- believe my gut, heart, and what my alters are telling me. go to the ramcoa support group that my specialist is looking into for me. discontinue family therapy, accept i have no family anymore, and move out of the state- maybe even country.
3- believe what my alters are telling me and accept all forms of help, but continue family therapy and feign ignorance in the hopes of uncovering physical evidence. but be prepared to run.
and speaking of evidence, there are many many many red flags (more than i can write here now) that have pointed to this. for years i have been scared that i somehow survived satanic ritual abuse and programming since almost the beginning of uncovering my system, before i even had a name for it, before i saw the proof it really exists, when i was living in acceptance that i had drug enduced psychosis...
i shut it all down for three years, it was easier to accept. so fucking much easier to believe i was making it all up. i tried to not think about any of it, not even the alters that helped me function so much better, so i sedated myself with antipsychs but it didnt work. i want it to go away please god.
i want any other explanation, please. but i have been independently following the same fucking spiritual belief system as these satanic/luciferian cults for over a decade (besides sacrifice, which has always turned my stomach) and understood the metaphysical beliefs behind it all, instantly- i read in horror. i can still hear the echos of a shocked "oh my god" over and over and over when we read a description of our colors for the first time, seeing our traits written down in a programming book right there in front of our eyes. Reading verbatim descriptions of things in the headspace that we never consciously built ourselves but that we have seen inside our brain every day for over 7 years. the like five+ seperate somatic trauma responses that make this brain feel like its frying itself or that we are trapped in a box with our eyes sewn shut or that something horrible is feeding from our breasts. the flashbacks that i cant stop- that explain it all- but that i cannot believe because that means that my entire life has been a grand lie.
but why do i still think that my parents might kill me at a specific time, for a specific reason or at a certain age? they neglected me and psychologically/verbally abused me, spanked me as a kid...but theres nothing to explain a thought like that living inside me for so long. they are telling me over and over in therapy that they don't know what has caused my abandonment issues and this paranoid belief and fear of them. but something happened, something happened that was horrible beyond belief but i have no proof.
if nothing happened- then i'd be a medical anomaly for having these conditions from just brain chemistry, and for it to not be progressive- for me to be a perfectly functional adult but living with this horrible darkness inside me.
trusted people in my life say that occam's razor, the most logical explanation, is that i have a delusional disorder that is masking my trauma as something else. i also have my DID specialist who has other ramcoa victims on her caseload saying that the most logical explanation is that this is true and that everything lines up. i have another therapist that, like all of my many others besides my specialist, has never encountered any patient like me. and then theres my alters- the ones whose trauma origins are rooted in this and that can tell me the explanation for so much. but even they are willing to go along with being delusional... if this is the path we are going to go down again. because we are just so scared. we are seeking a fourth opinion soon...
any help or advice is very appreciated, thankyou. and i'm making another appeal to be let into the ramcoa subreddits.