So since I got my first tattoo in 2003, I said when the Dodgers finally win the WS I would get one to commemorate it. Covid kind of put a delay on that, but I’m ready. Looking for input from Dodger bros on what I should get.
I was heavily leaning towards a patch style tattoo like this but of the World Champions patch on my arm where it’s placed on their jerseys, but after research looks like those don’t hold up. So any ideas? Should I do the trophy, the patch logo, but not as a realistic patch, the ring? Help meh!

The last one have some problem with spacing and character amount Sorry for the absence of story for the last two weeks. No I'm not dead, it's just my exams weeks. And because of that, I have to redirect a lot of energy from writing. So all the stories I've developed over the past two weeks have sort of run aground, and I'm not sure they're ready to be uploaded here, yet. But now I'm back and ready to write some more, so roll up that daily disclaimer: As usual accidental copy is truly unintentional
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~7th Chromia Orbital Dock Facility~ ~Orbit of Oskwa~ "Have they arrived yet?" I asked to my fellow commander.
"Yes General Burg, the convoy has just unloaded the... cargo just now" General Von said, looking down through the glass barrier to the cargo bay below where hundreds of yellow capsule-like containers sat in rows.
"Good, so I assume that the assault could be launch in a few hours?" I asked.
"After we distributed this to the orbital bomber we should be clear to go"
"Excellent! We'll finally be able to destroy that annoying little castle of them" I exclaimed. Excited, because finally after months of fighting, we'll be able to seize the last stronghold of the Terran Republic on this planet.
​
Fort Linsky, a large military fortification built by the Terran Republic before the war on the planet of Oskwa, one of their territory at the time. Equipped with eight pairs of massive railgun cannons, each with the capability to penetrate anything ranging from our capital ships in low orbit to anything on the ground not covered by at least twenty meters of solid rock within the range of one thousand kilometers from its' location.
There were more of them before. But since our invasion, with either brilliant tactic, incompetent opponents, or a pinch of luck. We managed to destroy or seized all the other fort on this planet.
But Fort Linsky on the other hand is harder. Its fortification is enforced not only by its massive cannons, but also by what our soldiers on the ground called 'The Torture Zone'.
First the most obvious one, the giant wall covering the entire parameter. A huge twenty five kilometers long stone-composite wall, shaped like a giant star with spikes sticking out of each end, circling the ring where the railguns take places. Rendering all kind of ground incursion imposible.
Behind the wall there is the 'artillery', somewhat a miniature version of the railguns they're trying to protect. A long range kinetic weapon capable of yeeting medium sized projectile, both High Explosive and Armoured Piercing. Preventing any of our heavier vehicles to get close and deal any damages.
And then there is the 'always on particle shield'. While their counterpart in space is extremely weak, their usage here was proved effective against all sort of our attacks. Be it orbital bombardment, areal assault, or our own artillery or missile attack.
​
And of course lastly, we have the Human themself. A tough mammals bipedal species born on a level six death world. Raised by wars they have perfected the art of defense, utilizing the terrain and weather for their advantage.
In battle they themselves go forth to fight, in armor suit five meters tall equipped with a large gun and a pile of rockets that can be fired to scorch our troops.
And accompanied by innovative flying vehicles that uses a single propeller to lift themself from the ground, armed with the same weapon hold by the armour suit they become the thorns that've always prevented us from occupying this fort.
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I stepped down from my transport ship to the barren ground, on a mountain ten kilometers away from the fort. Just outside their artillery range, and on a such makeshift observation point it would be worthless to shoot us out with their railguns.
"Is everything ready?" I asked to one of my officer.
"Yes Sir, General Borg just sent out the last confirmation signal" He reported.
"Good" I responded just before a flock of officers approach.
"Sir, are we sure with this?"
"Yeah gas attack seems a little too much, perhaps even breaching the Communities Treaty of war"
"And are we even sure this will work?" They asked one after another.
​
"Hey, do you remember what've they done all through the war? The sight of their armour suit killing all of our soldier? their rail gun destroying our base? I bet they have committed several warcrimes on their own.
And yeah, We're pretty sure this one will work. Our capsules is small enough to slip through the particle shield, and their content... Well gas attack have been banned by the Terran Republic, so I'm sure it's bad for them. And what gasses are we using again? chlorine and bromine? yeah I think they're included in the banned substance" I said reassuring the officers.
​
Not long after, the time finally came. Receiving the signal from the Borg, we sat and watched as hundred of small yellow capsules pierces the cloudy sky with green tails coming out of 'em. Passing through the Terrans shield, straight down to the rows of troops doing their morning call.
Landing next to the unsuspecting soldiers the capsules burst and released their contents. Thick green smokes billowed from the shattered containers, soon filling up the whole facility with an eerie chemical haze.
We watched silently from afar. We couldn't see individual soldiers anymore, but from the lack of large response or any other movements around the base, I think it's safe to assume we've caught the Terrans off guard.
"Yeah, that should kill them" I said breaking the silence.
"We better start moving now, before any surviving Terrans re-enact the automatic defense"
​
We jumped into our armoured vehicles, surrounded by around twelve thousand troops ready to captured the fort.
Approaching the structure, we could feel the atmosphere getting cold. The still lingering green gasses floating low on the ground, getting darker each moments as the thick cloud from the ever-closing storm covered the sky.
"Well at least the rain could clean up this mess" I said to myself.
Closing in, now only a few hundred meters, we could fully feel the eerie state of this fortress. A huge ominous dark wall covered in green haze stretched out for miles, accompanied by a huge thunder on our east suddenly halted the movement of our forces.
The frightened troops stopped on its march, shaking on their boots.
'What are they afraid of, there shouldn't be anyone anymore in that fort' I muttered, trying to figured out what happened.
And that's where I see it, no... see them.
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Dozen of bulky silhouette, accompanied by a couple hundreds smaller hump lined up between us and the wall. I squint my eyes, the figures standing menacingly became clearer as the green smokes cleared.
'It-it's the Terrans! T-they're still alive!?!' I screamed internally, clenching the iron bars I was holding onto.
The Terrans, on their armoursuits once again challenging our march, but there's something wrong.
Their beige colored skin has grown darker, now with black ulcers and red patches covered many of their exposed area, their once white eyes were now bloodshot like those of an ancient creature on our folklore, and where their mouths should have been, were now covered by all kind cloths with their bright red bloodstains splatred on it.
My frustration and annoyance suddenly turned to fear and horror as my blood ran cold from the realization. They... they're not alive anymore. Me and my troops stand there for a minute, trying to process the sights we behold. The silence continued as fear crawls on our back, forcing us not to move a muscle.
Suddenly out of nowhere a blood screeching screams rang across the battlefield. The Terrans letting out a battlecry as they began to charges. An entire legion of the undead leaping into our position with the classic noise of rockets and artillery soon followed.
"Retreat! Retreat!" I shouted, breaking the stagnant of my remaining troops.
Without wasting a second, the remaining nine thousand troops ran away from the cursed fortress. Racing back to the safety of our base.
Skipping some heartbeats I looked back, to the horror we just made.
'We didn't kill them, we just make them mad'

Shabbat shalom everyone! Today I’m continuing the most important lesson ever. Many say that Yeshua abolished the Mosaic Law, and that the Old Testament is long gone and obsolete. Is the Law and the Prophets abolished? Let’s put the some of the writings of the New Testament to the test of the Law and the Prophets.
Last week we read that the author of Hebrews urges the Hebrews of the first century not to harden their hearts; if they hear the voice of Elohim or His spirit. The author calls the Hebrews of the of the first century not be like the fallen Israelites of the exodus during their forty years in the desert. What was missing from the fallen ones? It was faith in the promises and blessing of Yahweh. In addition, we learned that the “gospel” or the good news, according to the author is the Torah and not the story of Yeshua as is often said in modern churches.
Again, we can see that looking at the New Testament writings with the lens of the Torah, that the verses become clearer and there are no contradictions. Here is the score far:
The Torah: 15
Doctrines of Devils: 0
Let’s keep sharpening our proverbial spears and swords, which is the Word. Let’s continue our study of the epistle to the Hebrews. WMC no. 15 is Hebrews 4:2. In that verse we learn that the gospel according to the author of Hebrews are the blessings and promises that God gave to the Israelites in the Exodus.
Hebrews chapter 5:1-4
For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: [2] Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. [3] And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. [4] And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
Last week the author declared Yeshua the son of God and pointed out to us the human nature of Yeshua, in example that he was tempted as each of us are in the earth, yet was without sin, and blameless in the eyes of Elohim. The author also urged us to keep our calling as priests, but with Yeshua as our High Priest. The author continues with that same idea, but this time shows us that all high priests are ordained from men with their infirmity. What infirmity is the author speaking about? Let’s go back to Galatians. In Galatians, Paul identifies that he himself has an infirmity:
Galatians 4:13-14
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. [14] And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not*, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.*
That infirmity is the flesh with its desires and temptations. High priests must have a human nature to be able to understand and have compassion towards the believers that have less understanding or that may be disobedient to Yahweh’s laws, statutes and ordinances. The author then declares that no man can take that honor by himself, but only those called by Father himself as Aaron was in the book of Exodus.
Hebrews chapter 5:5-10
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.[6] As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.[7] Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;[8] Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;[9] And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;[10] Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Then the author quotes Psalms 2:7 and Psalm 110:4 to prove to the Hebrews that in the scriptures, Yeshua was declared High Priest, not by his own admission, but rather by the righteous prophets and kings of old.
Hebrews chapter 5:11-14
[11] Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.[12] For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.[13] For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.[14] But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
The writer then ends chapter 5 speaking to the unbelieving Hebrews in no uncertain terms. He states that they are “dull of hearing” and that they should be teachers, but because of their unbelief, not necessarily towards the messiah, but even way back as Israelites of the exodus, many fell in the desert, because they failed to have the faith to believe the promises and blessing from El Shaddai. He then calls them babes unskilled in the ways of Elohim. He then declares that the ones who exercise their senses and gifts of discernment, are the ones who can discern between good and evil. Sooooo, use them! Put your pastor, preacher, priest or rabbi to the test. If they have added or removed from the Torah, they need to be rejected as blind men, leading others blind men into the ditch (Matt 15:14).
Some of you may have noticed that I changed “Paul”, to “the author” in this post. Someone in the comments last week mentioned that Paul may not be the author of Hebrews. Maybe he is, maybe he is not. What I find important is that the author does not add or remove from the Torah. I don’t see any new things in Hebrews, and I do see the texts very similar to the words of Paul. Perhaps the wonderful blessings and salutations are missing for a reason. Perhaps they are missing because the author decided to consider the unbelieving Hebrews as cursed and lost, and the author decided to listen to the words of Jerimiah.
Jerimiah 7:16-18
[16] Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.[17] Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?[18] The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Adonai, through the prophet Jerimiah tell his elect not to pray for Judah as they have lost their way through their idolatry. No wonder the author of Hebrews tells them that they need to be taught the “first principles of the oracles of God”. Those first principles are idolatry and taking care of the needy, as Yeshua teaches us.
Next week we will continue with chapter 6.
Don’t take it from me! Prove all things and judge for yourself. Let the spirit lead you where it wants you to be.
Yeshua is our master, savior and rabbi, we need no other man to lead us!
Shalom, VN

I am so confused and upset. My husband (35M) and I (31F) have been married for 2 years. When we first started dating I told my husband that my brother was gay and asked him if he was accepting of gay people/gay marriage. He said absolutely I don’t understand people who don’t.
My brother is now married to an amazing man and my brother officiated our ceremony.
Ever since the beginning of the pandemic my husband has leaned in a lot more to his faith by going to church more frequently and joining a bible study group.
Today he randomly started a conversation with me saying that he was upset that I put a rainbow bandana on our dog because the whole “pride month thing” makes him so uncomfortable. He said he does not wish any harm to anyone in the LGBTQ+ community, he will never use derogatory terms towards them and will speak up if someone uses those types of terms. He said it makes him uncomfortable because God intended a man and a woman to get married not man and man or woman and woman.
He says he loves my brother and will never treat him differently but he just wanted to express his feelings to me.
I don’t know how to trust that his feelings won’t become more extreme as he continues to becoming more religious.
I feel completely bamboozled and sick to my stomach. I don’t know how to proceed since we have such different views. I’m trying to process if this is a deal breaker or something we can work on. Any advice would be helpful.

About 2 years ago I told my family I am an atheist. I had been watching the atheist experience and lots of atheists on tik tok and youtube, which gave me the courage to tell them.
Some important information, I had been an atheist long before watching any atheist content, about 12 years. So I've been an atheist since I was 10. I had been hiding I was an atheist that whole time.
First, I told my mom since I felt like I could trust her. Here's how it went. Me: Mom I need to tell you something. Mom: What is it? Are you okay? Me: I wanted to let you know I'm an atheist and have been since I was 10. Mom: Oh is that it? Because I already knew. I thought you were going to tell me you're gay. Me: Wait. You already knew? How? And why would me coming out as gay was what I was going to say. Mom: You never seemed interested in church, and were big into science. A big tell was when you asked me about evolution when playing that DS game scribblenauts. Me: Thats surprising but why were you thinking that I was gay. Mom: Because you always act gay with your friends, and I didn't think being gay and an athiest would bode well in the long run because you would face so much ridicule. Me:Silence
2 days later I told my Grandparents. Me: Hi Grammy. I have something to tell you. Grandma: What is it? Me: I wanted to tell you that I'm an atheist and have been for a while. Grandma: That's ok. I wont judge you, and I want you to know that your Grandpa and I will always love you. But may I ask why you lost your faith. Me: I lost it long ago when I realized faith is not a passage to actual truth. Grandma: I see. If its alright may I read a passage to you? Me: Sure.Knowing very well its the passage about faith Grandma:Reads Hebrews 11 Me: I know that bible verse, Ive read the book a few times. Grandma: I just wanted to remind you of what faith is. But before we end the call, I wanted to reiterate that your family loves and accepts you, we will never push you away for being an atheist. Me: Thank you Grammy.
In the end, I was surprised by my family's reaction because I was afraid they would disown me. That's the main reason I kept it a secret. After all of their responses, I feel better about myself and can't thank the people who gave me the courage to tell my family enough.

Hi guys. First of all, I really think this is a very solid game, a 8,5/10 for me and I am having fun. But as many other games it needs some polishing before it becomes really fantastic. Here are my suggestions. I know, much of that has been said before, but I believe we should repeat this until they listen:

• HORSE: sometimes it runs slowly, sometimes fast, with no obvious reason. Sometimes it just stops on tiny bumps and rocks. It has to be smooth
  
• BOSSES: Bosses feel massivly undertuned. My rogue slaughters any boss of the same lvl in a few seconds. They dont feel like a challenge. I want them to feel more like boss from Elden Ring. I want to learn the mechanics and feel it like an achievement when I kill it.
  
• SEARCH FUNCTION : both map, chest and inventory need a search field so that you can find a dungeon or an Item by name or aspect. I should not sit there with my mobile phone looking up maps on 3rd party resources
  
• RENOWN: Why do strongholds give 100 renown, while dungeons only 30? They need to increase the renown dungeons give to 50. This will improve the reward of running a dungeon ,compared by time investment vs other renown sources.
  
• PARTY/MMO: Why cant we click on other players to be able to invite them to party or inspect their gear? At least in towns. Also, why is there no LFG system, like for instance even Diablo Immortal had on launch? Since they give an advantage for those who play in groups, we need an easy way to find random lads for dungeon runs. Also, let us be able to TP to dungeon entrance once you have discovered the dungeon on map.
  
• LEVELING: I must admit lvl 55-64 (until I switched to T4) felt extremely grindy. I had all the sacred gear needed by lvl 60. After that ,I was just getting lvls so that the boss at capstone dungeon didnt one shoot me
  
• RE-SPEC. I am ok with the cost. But please add a function to insta-reset at least 1 paragon board. Also, a function that saves the build to let you one-click switch all your skills and paragon points (for full cost) would be really nice. This will encourage people to try out different builds.
  
• GLADIATOR ARENA. I really want to have a place, where you can experience all the bosses at the same time. Kind of like Rifts, but bosses only. First fight 1 random boss, then 2 random bosses at the same time then 3 etc. This will actually be another endgame activity that is not grindy, but a pure challenge.
  

Other than that, I think the game is great, well done Blizzard! Hail Lilith, blessed Mother!

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(Descriptions of fictional crimes investigated by the story's main Character Max.)
Detective's Fate
It's august of 2008.....
Max is a detective living in Chicago He checks his pistol and puts on his police badge as he walks out his front door.
He has been searching for a serial killer known as the Caller for years and always been one step behind due to the red tape.....
More importantly the chief's lazy attitude towards getting search warrants and actions approved by the courts for raids. Twice Max had good intel on the suspect's locations and photo evidence showing him at the sites.
The department needs more vigilant, caring officers and leaders but no one steps up to do it, instead they just complain about the slow progress and officers. And hinder investigations.
Now Max has decided that it might be time to stop playing by the rules and catch this scumbag.... .... ....
Starting his car Max sets his GPS to the address that "The Caller" was last seen and pulls out of his driveway as the 50 miles of directions pop up.
The killer's nickname being for his signature of calling in as he is committing the crime.
As he drives he remembers his first case, five years ago now..... ..... .....
A woman, Joane Taylor, was found dead in an alleyway after going out for the night. She showed no signs of struggle leading the police to believe she had drank to much and expired from alcohol poisoning.... ...
The death was written off as a "party gone wrong".... That is until several more were found and the coroner decided on a whim to test for other substances.
Once it came out that the deaths were possible murders...
The calls started coming in, almost like the suspect wanted credit before revealing himself....
Then ways of the deaths began changing as the Serial Killer explored his twisted desires searching for his preferred method.
The last case being a young woman found stuffed in a dumpster after the killer apparently got scared off.... Max will never forget it.... .... ....
The GPS finishes and the car beeps its final direction, taking an exit off the highway. Ramps out here are always confusing... Which is funny since he has driven this one for five years now...
The chief says he should sit this one out but he can't... The latest victim 3 months ago.
Marie Spelner, a waitress out on her smoke break talking to her spouse on the phone.
Survived by her husband, no children or living relatives. ....
Max Spelner turns into the driveway of the house he was directed to... Stepping out of the car he walks up and knocks on the door. Looking at the house he knows the family must be doing well if they live here.... Raising his hand to knock again he hears a scream from inside....
A second later the door is answered by a middle aged butler holding a tray with wine glasses on it... "Hello Sir, I'm sorry but this house does not wish to partake in any offers at this time..."
Max calmly says. "I'm not selling anything."
The butler looks confused for a moment before his eyes dart over Max's shoulder seeing his unmarked cruiser and he nods.
Looking past the butler Max sees that a woman is cleaning up after their dog.
"Have you seen this man?" Says Max holds up a picture of the one suspected of being the killer.
The butler gives it a once over before replying. "I'm sorry sir, no I have not." His tone sounds like he is lying... ....
"Are you sure?" The detective asks.
"I would not lie about something like that, sir." He states, his eyes not meeting Max's.
The woman calls from inside "Fletcher, who are you talking too?"
"Some man asking about a killer" he calls back.
"The killer is an inside job!" The woman quickly states.
"What?!" Max says.
"The Killer, it's an inside job." She says again, louder this time. In the same Max also hears a child begin to cry in another room.
"We should start from the beginning, it will be easier to explain trust me." The woman says.
'She seems to know what is going on....
"How do I know your story holds water?" He asks out loud.
"Oh I wouldn't lie. I have been following the case myself and it seems like an inside job to me." She states, somehow sounding hurt.
"Is there anyone else in the house besides you two and the baby?" He asks noticing the baby isn't crying anymore.
"Just Fletcher and I live here, the baby is my cousins but he just stays the night sometimes." She replies.
Max draws his gun and enters the house upon reasonable suspicion of an emergency in progress or suspect on the premisses as the man seems to be deceiving.
While the woman still seems unconcerned that the child is now silent.
He pushes past the butler and rushes towards the area he heard the crying. passes the entryway, the dinning room, and a kitchen before finally finding a child in a playpen.
"There there..." He says in a sing song voice picking up the child. "I'm officer Max, do you know where your mommy is?"
The child just cries louder.
Then he sees the man from the photo walk out of the bathroom, upon seeing him he bolts for the door and Max sets the child down gently then gives chase.
He runs through the house, following the man as he can hear the woman screaming at him to stop but he doesn't."
"Stop or I'll shoot." The man doesn't even break stride.
Instead he runs out of the front door and jumps into his car.
Furious that the man might escape he fires at the car as it drives away.
The back window shatters and he hopes he got his tire, but he doesn't wait to find out as he runs to his car and initiates a pursuit....
He flips on his concealed lights in his cruiser as he reverses down the drive and into the street.
The suspects car is fast but he manages to keep up with it weaving in and out of traffic as people move over for the siren.
As they approach a red light there is heavy traffic in the intersection..... ....
The suspect slams on his brakes and Max's cruiser only just stops short of hitting it. Jumping out the Detective points his firearm at the vehicle running up beside seeing heavily tinted windows.
"Get out of the car and on the ground now!!" He shouts as he moves to the driver's side door.
After seeing no response....
Max throws open the door and the driver is gone with the passenger side open.
He quickly runs to the other side catching the man trying to sneak off tackling him to the ground and then takes his arms putting them behind his back.
Max grabs his radio and calls it in as the man cries.
As he is waiting he hears a noise that sounds like static.....
"Wrong guy moron.. Did you ever stop to think I wanted you close for this one. That I planned everything...Even framing the pothead..... I almost lost interest until you pulled in the driveway... The attic is kinda cramped tho... I think I'll go carve some meat. Maybe graduate to other things to. I'm not sure yet. Lets see if you can catch me before......" A familiar voice says over the radio then cuts off... ...
Max looks at the man on the ground. "Why did you run from me?" He asks.
"Cause I have like 19 grams of marijuana in my pocket." He replies...
"Do you know how stupid that is?! I don't care about that I'm looking for a killer."
Before he can answer Max hears the woman from the house screaming for her life and a child's cries on his radio.
Then from below Max. "He's in the house, he's in the house! My mom and the baby!" The man on the ground says crying.
Max uncuffs him and runs to his car heading back to the house as he lays down rubber on the road... ... ...
As he approaches and pulls into the driveway he notices the front door is open.
"Hold on I'm coming!" Max screams jumping out of his cruiser...
He runs into the house finding the woman's body arriving too late. Moving over to her he checks for a pulse but she is gone, a large gash in her neck.
As he stands up he slips in a fluid but gains his balance and tries not to think about what it is....
He rushes to the room the baby was in finding the play pen empty. He leaves the room searching the rest of the house and still doesn't find the child.
"Where are you!!!" He calls out....
"This is the Callers first kidnapping and the media would eat up the fact I failed to stop the man." He thinks as he blames himself.
Sirens begin to blare in the distance as backup is about to arrive... ... ...
"There's a woman dead and a baby missing! The woman is in the dinning room straight ahead of the front door, Hurry!" He yells into his radio...
Looking over at the mother seeing a piece of paper on the floor.
He walks over to it seeing writing.
"So close... Looks like I'm a kidnapper now.... Good luck finding me.... And... I so enjoyed killing that sweet wife of yours. Might do it that way again. Not to the kid tho....later Max. Ps. This game is so fun.." It says.
"He was here..." Is all he can muster as the team enters.
"He was right in this house and I missed it because her son freaked over weed and ran..." He says as another officer speaks to him gently.
"Don't beat yourself up Detective, it's not your fault. He must have hid before you got her and left after you arrived." The words do little to comfort him "First day back on the job and the killer escaped taking a child..." He says as he walks away.
The chief arrives in his new lexus with a screeching of rubber as he lurches to a halt.
He quickly exits and leaves his door hanging open as he rushes into Max's face....
"I told you to stay away from this case MAX!!!!....(takes a breath)...
"If I catch any flak from my superiors, I won't suspend you.... That'd be to easy. Desk duty and an entry level demotion. The new guy will have a higher rank than you if things go my way.... Now get outta my sight...". "(Sighs)...
"This job is gonna be the death of me..." He says walking away from Max and towards the Coroner's van..... ..... .....
On the way home the detective stops by the store close to his house which is unlike him because he usually follows the same routine.
He nears the front door and he hears a kitchen timer ding loudly from behind him as his car explodes throwing him through the storefront windows as they are blown out..... .....
Alarms around the lot and others nearby create a cacophony of noise. His head pounding as his body aches, Max pushes himself up and collapses as the store manager runs over to him telling him not to move as he dials 911.... .... ....
Waking in the hospital Max recalls the feeling of the Shockwave as he flinches in phantom pain.
"Who woulda thought its like holding a ringing metal bat that hurts your hands but all over and way more intense." He thinks.
He suddenly feels tired and falls asleep.... .... .... ....
The next time he wakes, he sees a breaking news story that Jane Saltani is reporting on....
"Young toddler Accidently Shoots Serial killekidnapper ending his life and Alerting residents in the Area." The news anchor says.
Sighing to himself Max thinks about how crazy that is and laughs.
Tho he really wanted to bring the guy in. He closes his eyes to get some much needed sleep as his door opens.
Max looks up to see a man with a silenced pistol pointed at him.
"Hm. Now they think I'm dead. Funny how they just assume they got the right guy. Just like.... You did Detect... ....." Max hears but then hears no more as his end comes at just over the speed of sound....
The Caller leaves the hair of another intelligent convicted murderer that he obtained in a spot that's believable and quickly leaves.....
He disables the surveillance system and sends a virus out to any device that has received video data from the hospital.
Erasing and corrupting the systems. Leaving a master hackers finger prints on a glass from his home....
"Sorry, no witnesses." He says to the security guard as he fires... ..... ..... .... ....

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1, Awards Season 2022-2023, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517805
2, YA Books Movie Adaptations, https://trakt.tv/lists/21882009
3, Documentaries, https://trakt.tv/lists/21583416
4, Foreign Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21583955
6, Books-to-Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21603107
7, History Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21603888
8, British Detective TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/21634756
9, Thriller movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21638849
10, Best Rom-Coms, https://trakt.tv/lists/21640025
11, Guide for the film fanatic, https://trakt.tv/lists/21653551
12, Psychological Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/21662813
13, Academy Award for Best Sound, https://trakt.tv/lists/21663171
14, BFI Film Noir, https://trakt.tv/lists/21676442
15, Top Rated Drama Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21676562
16, Western Top 100 Movies - Rotten Tomatoes, https://trakt.tv/lists/21710514
17, Courtroom Dramas, https://trakt.tv/lists/21715794
18, Arthouse Films - List 1, https://trakt.tv/lists/21732518
19, Directory of World Cinema: Italy, https://trakt.tv/lists/21732605
20, AV Club: The best films of 2020, https://trakt.tv/lists/21732647
21, Studio Ghibli / Miyazaki - 45 Must Watch Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738371
22, Directory of World Cinema: Finland - 90 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738401
23, BBC Culture’s 100 Greatest Foreign-language Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738433
24, BFI Top 100, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738436
25, Martial Arts, https://trakt.tv/lists/21750038
26, War Movies - 240 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21752655
27, Iranian Films: Film Magazine's Best 120 Iranian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21752739
28, Visually Stunning, https://trakt.tv/lists/21752751
29, Best Philosophical Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21759920
30, Wuxia Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21759945
31, Music heavy movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21759959
32, Spoof /Parody Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21760015
33, BFI TV 100 - Year 2000 and earlier, https://trakt.tv/lists/21760044
34, Based on Real Life - Dramas Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21764919
35, Kids - Award Winning Indian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21777564
36, Old School Kung Fu, https://trakt.tv/lists/21778783
37, Existentialist Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21793252
38, BAFTA - Best Film Award Winners, https://trakt.tv/lists/21793519
39, Academy Award Winner: Foreign Language films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21840222
40, Dark & Deeply Disturbing, https://trakt.tv/lists/21840300
42, Martial Arts - The Top 250 Greatest Movies of All-Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/21840363
44, History movies with religion focus, https://trakt.tv/lists/21846024
45, Cheating - Cuckold, https://trakt.tv/lists/21865661
46, The Best Prison Escape Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21867825
47, National Film Archive of India 125 Great Indian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21867893
48, Comedies - BBC's The 100 Greatest of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/21873191
49, Animated - BFI's 100 Animated Feature Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21873206
50, BFI's Top 100 Documentary Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21873222
51, BFI's Top 360 Classic Feature Films Project, https://trakt.tv/lists/21873231
52, Asian Cinema 100 - Busan Int'l Film Festival List, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874143
53, 100 Spiritually Most Significant Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874225
54, Butler's Fantasy Cinema: Impossible Worlds on Screen, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874287
55, Best French Films - César Award Winners, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874299
56, 100 Greatest Arab Films - DIFF, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874310
57, 100 Best Russian Films: Empire Russia's Readers' Choice, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874321
58, 100 Best Films of World Cinema - Empire Magazine, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874345
59, Eureka!'s The Masters of Cinema Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874353
60, Indian Feature Film - Golden Lotus Best Feature Film Award, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874367
61, Harvard University's Suggested Narrative Film Viewing List (350): (2012), https://trakt.tv/lists/21874384
62, Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List Non-Fiction Films - (120): (2012), https://trakt.tv/lists/21874399
63, Turkish Cinema - Hürriyet's The 100 Best Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874411
64, Russian Guild of Film Critics's Best 100 Russian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21874449
65, The New York Times' Book of 1001 Movies (2019), https://trakt.tv/lists/21874472
66, Drama Movies _ The Essential List, https://trakt.tv/lists/21880940
67, Cheating and Affairs, https://trakt.tv/lists/21867871
68, Best and Worst Films Featuring Adultery, https://trakt.tv/lists/21867881
69, F-F Relationship - 857 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21710433
70, World War II Films and TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/21881822
71, WWII TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/21881839
72, World War II in chronological order, https://trakt.tv/lists/21881936
73, World War II British Films: 226 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21882001
74, Movies filmed in Seattle, https://trakt.tv/lists/21888442
75, Biographies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899277
76, Biographical - Scientists and Inventors, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899297
77, Hollywood Golden Age Classics, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899488
78, Golden Age of Indian Cinema - 35 Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899513
79, Twenty First Century Noir, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899542
80, Anti-Fascist Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899588
81, Western - Spaghetti Westerns 500+ Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899611
82, Top Samurai Movies - 65 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899655
83, Hopeless Romantic Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899725
84, Hopeless Backlog Movies List, https://trakt.tv/lists/21899740
85, Top List of Wall Street and Finance Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/21935124
86, The Lord of the Rings Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22000291
87, Controversial Religious (& around religious & anti, https://trakt.tv/lists/22001414
88, Quentin Tarantino, https://trakt.tv/lists/22038626
89, The 100 Religious Films of All time, https://trakt.tv/lists/22001421
90, Love Triangle - Sexual Tension - 3rd Party, https://trakt.tv/lists/22038785
91, Polyamorous Films/ TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/22038798
92, Mental Health Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22096229
93, Top 200 Psychological Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/22096238
94, Political Thrillers, Conspiracy, Espionage, Terror, https://trakt.tv/lists/22096239
95, Top 100 - TV series, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097576
96, Punjabi - Top 100 Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097577
97, Top 100 Gangster Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097599
98, Top 100 TV Comedy Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097600
99, Top 100 Prostitution Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22097627
100, British TV Mini-Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/22098001
101, Painters Artists Writers, https://trakt.tv/lists/22101297
102, Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best, https://trakt.tv/lists/22108939
103, Vintage British TV., https://trakt.tv/lists/22098084
104, Greatest Art Films in Indian Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/22108940
105, Best Indian Cinematography, https://trakt.tv/lists/22108945
106, Best Indian Feature Film - National Award, https://trakt.tv/lists/22108946
107, The Best Costume Dramas, https://trakt.tv/lists/22120963
108, Most expensive movies by country, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139343
109, Yearly Most Expensive Films 1933-2019, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139344
110, 100 Most Expensive Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139345
111, Low Budget Movies That Paid Off Big, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139346
112, Most Expensive Indian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/22139347
113, Best Worldwide (18+ Adult Sex Erotic) Movies (2021), https://trakt.tv/lists/22146946
114, Films about Non-Traditional Religions, Sects, https://trakt.tv/lists/22152544
115, Directory of World Cinema_ Latin America, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190019
116, Directory of World Cinema_ Germany, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190020
117, Directory of World Cinema_ Japan, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190021
118, Directory of World Cinema_ India, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190143
119, Directory of World Cinema_ Scotland, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190144
120, Directory of World Cinema_ Brazil, https://trakt.tv/lists/22190245
121, The Best of Non-English Language Movies (World Cinema), https://trakt.tv/lists/22190309
122, Sensual and Erotic, https://trakt.tv/lists/22197015
123, keepers, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268098
124, Best Asian Erotic Movies (64), https://trakt.tv/lists/22197018
125, Documentários Históricos, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268099
126, History Epic Adventure Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268102
127, Oscar Nominated Movies for Best Adapted Screenplay, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268106
128, Emmy TV 2021, https://trakt.tv/lists/22268107
129, Action Movies (Top Rated From 1980 to Today), https://trakt.tv/lists/22351781
130, Directory of World Cinema_ Australia & New Zealand, https://trakt.tv/lists/22352451
131, Directory of World Cinema_ China, https://trakt.tv/lists/22352452
132, Directory of World Cinema_ Finland, https://trakt.tv/lists/22352458
134, Dialogue Driven Dramas (Movies), https://trakt.tv/lists/22400697
135, Soundtrack focus, https://trakt.tv/lists/22400716
136, One Location Movies - 45, https://trakt.tv/lists/22420592
137, Nice, little independent (23) movies with nice little storyline, https://trakt.tv/lists/22420593
138, Movies About Business - 70, https://trakt.tv/lists/22420607
139, Berlinale 2021, https://trakt.tv/lists/22431191
140, Smart Movies for Smart People, https://trakt.tv/lists/22440316
141, Top 25 Satyajit Ray Best Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22507864
142, Period Dramas - TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/22526560
143, AFI Movie Club 2020+ - 529 titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/22534852
144, 35 Best Musical Movies of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/22534860
145, Pakistani Films - 102 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/22534971
146, Pakistan - Movie about or of - 40 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/22535037
147, Pakistani Tv Serials - 39 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/22535048
148, Best MAFIA & Gangsters TV SHOWS, https://trakt.tv/lists/22578892
149, Kenneth Branagh, https://trakt.tv/lists/22579305
150, The Complete List of Mafia & Gangsters Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22578893
151, Top Ancient Greece Movies and TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/22591630
152, Chess Movies and Tv Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613435
153, Best Russian Movies. Thrillers and Science Fiction, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613447
154, South American or Hispanic Grindhouse Erotica, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613820
155, Best Kubrickian Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613821
156, Biopics of Writers, Poets and Playwright, https://trakt.tv/lists/22779783
157, Hollywood Movies with Telekinesis, Psychokinesis,, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613825
158, Stand-up Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/22780194
160, Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799342
161, British Film Institute BFI - 360 Classics, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799371
162, Best Getaway Driver Movies. Movies like Drive, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613826
163, War Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799482
164, Best Weird Movies List, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799660
165, 100 Best Brazilian films according to Abraccine, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799695
166, Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Film, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799761
167, Best Picture Oscar Nominees by Year - Academy Award, https://trakt.tv/lists/22799903
168, AFI 100 Years... All Films (complete), https://trakt.tv/lists/22799919
169, AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions List, https://trakt.tv/lists/22800004
170, AMP's 30 Impressively Colored Movies from Asia, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802447
171, Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802614
172, Ariel Awards - Nominees for Best Mexican Picture, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802787
173, Best Psychosexual thrillers. Sexy Neo-Noir, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613834
174, Arts and Faith's top 100 Spiritually Significant, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802796
175, The 20 best Romanian movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802892
176, Movies like 2000 movie Malena., https://trakt.tv/lists/22613836
177, Best Belgian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/22802971
178, Best Movies Inspired by Quentin Tarantino, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613839
179, Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear win, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803005
180, BFI 100 Best Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803128
181, Best Movies with Illuminati Elements, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613841
182, 100 Soundtracks (BFI Screen Guide), https://trakt.tv/lists/22803180
183, Bodil award for best danish film, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803282
184, Cahiers du Cinema_ Top Ten Lists (1951-2020), https://trakt.tv/lists/22803307
185, Remake And The Original Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22946656
186, Cannes Film Festival - Grand Prix Winners, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803327
187, Top Watched Movies of The Week / >60, https://trakt.tv/lists/22946911
188, Top 100 Spy Fi Movies - Best Spy Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613845
189, CineChile's 50 Best Chilean movies of all time, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803382
190, Sibel Bayram's List, https://trakt.tv/lists/22948465
191, Unreliable Narrator in Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613846
192, Best Shoot em Up, Gun Fight Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613925
193, Premios Cóndor de Plata 2021 - Argentina, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803395
194, Hitmen, Assassins, Killers for hire, https://trakt.tv/lists/22613985
195, David Thomson _Have You Seen..._, https://trakt.tv/lists/22803430
196, 65 Best Romantic Comedies - Vogue 2019, https://trakt.tv/lists/22883114
197, Period Drama Movies + TV 1000+, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957174
198, Oscar-winning American Musicals, https://trakt.tv/lists/22883179
199, The 21st Century's 100 greatest films, https://trakt.tv/lists/22886149
200, Hist-Doc miniseries watchlist, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957175
201, Westerns set in Modern Times or Fantasy Setup, https://trakt.tv/lists/22614000
202, 22 Films to Watch in 2022, https://trakt.tv/lists/22886182
203, History and Period Drama - TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957178
204, Group of Strangers in a one room setting movie, https://trakt.tv/lists/22614001
205, Top 50 Parody Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22946416
206, Series to Watch, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957179
207, MINISERIES G to R, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957180
208, Period Drama Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957181
209, Favorite Period Dramas, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957182
210, The Best AV Club Movies 2009-2021, https://trakt.tv/lists/22946648
211, 10 Haunting Documentaries That Are Stranger Than Fiction, https://trakt.tv/lists/22957652
212, British TV MDBList, https://trakt.tv/lists/22999807
213, Casey Affleck Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23010185
214, Ben Affleck Movies List, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011143
215, 80s Tv Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011501
216, 70s Tv Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011502
217, 60s TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011534
218, Oscar Nominated Movies for Best Cinematography, https://trakt.tv/lists/23011630
219, Bisexual, Triangle, Orgy, Group Sex Scene Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23053550
220, Reality Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23053551
221, War and Music, https://trakt.tv/lists/23065983
222, War - Vietnam War Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067520
223, War Drama WWII, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067521
224, War on Terror Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067522
225, American Revolution (1776-83), https://trakt.tv/lists/23067523
226, Top 18 Non-Violent, Non-Atrocity Wold War II Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067524
227, War Movies & Documentaries on German Luftwaffe, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067559
228, War - 1857 Indian Rebellion, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067560
229, War - World War I Drama Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067561
230, War - US Civil War Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067564
231, War - Soviet Afghan War, https://trakt.tv/lists/23067565
232, Greatest Retro TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23151524
233, Classic TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23151537
234, Annecy 2021- Competition, https://trakt.tv/lists/23154386
235, New Russian Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/23197248
236, My Favorite Russian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23197476
237, Classic British Gothic Horror, https://trakt.tv/lists/23197644
238, Classic British Comedy Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23197645
239, Classic British Films., https://trakt.tv/lists/23197648
240, Keira Knightley Filmography, https://trakt.tv/lists/23198369
241, Top 100 Korean Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23216634
242, Neo-Noir - Voiceover Narration., https://trakt.tv/lists/23233113
243, Non-Narrative Documentaries, https://trakt.tv/lists/23249003
244, Voiceover Narration Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23233121
245, Serial Killer movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23280878
246, 2022, https://trakt.tv/lists/23285154
247, European Cinematography Awards (ECA), https://trakt.tv/lists/23354519
248, George Clooney, https://trakt.tv/lists/23354520
249, Dark Calm but Thrilling, https://trakt.tv/lists/23354521
250, Movies that will bring comfort, https://trakt.tv/lists/23354522
251, LMAO Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23354523
252, World War II Background, https://trakt.tv/lists/23367623
253, Powerful Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23367790
254, A24 Movies Ranked, https://trakt.tv/lists/23368469
255, Bon appetit!, https://trakt.tv/lists/23370319
256, The 25 Best Neo-Westerns of the 21st Century (So Far), https://trakt.tv/lists/23386030
257, Best Romantic Movies Of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/23429614
258, The best Charles Dickens adaptations, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436307
259, 50 films, Adaptations from Classic Literature, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436308
260, 50 films, Adaptations from Classic Stage Plays, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436309
261, A Christmas Carol Adaptations, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436314
262, The best Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, https://trakt.tv/lists/23436315
263, Judi Dench Performances Ranked, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438735
264, Benedict Cumberbatch Movies Ranked, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438743
265, Tom Hanks Performances Ranked, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438746
266, Arthouse Trilogies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438768
267, 100 Classic Martial Arts Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438773
268, Best Soviet - Russian Movies of All Times, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438778
269, The 100 Best Anime Movies of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/23438792
270, The Top 5 Best Tony Leung Chiu-wai Performances, https://trakt.tv/lists/23454466
271, Best of Britcoms - British Comedy TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/23481955
272, Political TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/23493994
273, Best Political Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23493996
274, Sanjeev Kumar - Best Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517399
275, Terrific 'Dialogue-Heavy' Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517408
276, Smart Dialogue Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517409
277, Funny Dialogues, https://trakt.tv/lists/23517410
278, War Drama WWII - TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/23537452
279, Directory of World Cinema: Germany - 120 Titles, https://trakt.tv/lists/21738394
280, 10 Best Film Scores Of 2021, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782838
281, Films Based on Non-Fiction Books, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782839
282, Best Suspense Thriller Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782840
283, Realistic Drama, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782841
284, Feelgood Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782842
285, no plot, just vibes, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782844
286, Period Dramas - 1920-1930s, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782845
287, Period Dramas - Medieval Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782846
288, Top 178 Psychosexual Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/23825035
289, Period Dramas for Children, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782847
290, Sigma female shi, https://trakt.tv/lists/23782851
291, Best Psychosexual thrillers. Sexy Neo-Noir - Hitchcockian, https://trakt.tv/lists/23825036
292, Psychosexual Drama, https://trakt.tv/lists/23825037
293, Obsession for Perfection, https://trakt.tv/lists/23825063
294, Erotic Thrillers, https://trakt.tv/lists/23854548
296, Loneliness and Isolation, https://trakt.tv/lists/23871940
297, The Best Panic and Anxiety Inducing Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881232
298, depression and anxiety, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881235
299, Documentary - Art & Design, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881269
300, Films About Art, Design, & Music, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881274
301, Art & Design, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881275
302, French New Wave, https://trakt.tv/lists/23881303
303, Top 100 Movies of the 1960s, https://trakt.tv/lists/23903060
304, Masterpiece PBS, https://trakt.tv/lists/23912357
305, Period Drama Miniseries (Mini TV Series), https://trakt.tv/lists/23912379
306, Lonely People In Neon Cities, https://trakt.tv/lists/23936836
307, Documentary- Music, https://trakt.tv/lists/23936856
308, Black Life On Film, https://trakt.tv/lists/23937010
309, 'Controversial' Lesbian Cinema Recommendations, https://trakt.tv/lists/23937036
310, Dark, Deeply Disturbing, Controversial, Shocking, Bizarre, and Messed Up Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23937323
311, Stephen Gillepsie's Anti Capitalist Anti Imperialist And Anti Fascist Canon, https://trakt.tv/lists/23937351
312, Documentaries For People Who Want To Watch More Documentaties, https://trakt.tv/lists/23949000
313, Movies Where There Are No Men, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954182
314, Movies Where There Are No Women, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954198
315, Tales For None, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954704
317, An Exploitation Independent List Of American Horror, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954723
318, Comedies Ahead Of Their Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954728
319, Hidden Gems, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954743
320, Justine Smith's Top Films To Watch To Expand Your Horizons, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954762
321, Female Friendships By Female Directors, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954767
322, The Monstrous Feminine, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954787
323, Movies That You Initially Thought Were Okay But Hit Hard By the Time You End Them., https://trakt.tv/lists/23954800
324, Don't Try To Understand It Feel It, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954805
325, The Absolute Beauty In Everyday's Mundanity, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954816
326, Speak Soft Go Slow, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954817
327, Films That Hit Different At Night, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954818
328, Psychosexual Dramas, Nihilistic Fever Dreams And Surrealism With A Touch Of Humor, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954837
329, What A Difference A Day Makes, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954844
330, East Asian Animation, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954853
331, High Art Genre Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954860
332, Movies It Should Be Illegal To Watch Before 9PM, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954875
333, The Life Of The Mind, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954891
334, I'm Empty And Aching And Don't Know Why, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954906
335, The Cinephile Teen Starter Pack, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954909
336, Most Controversial Films On Letterboxd, https://trakt.tv/lists/23954912
337, Juliodogpit's Greatest Films Ranked As Objectively As Possible!, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990673
338, Movies That Have The Craziest Last 15 To 20 Minute, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990682
339, The Complete Criterion Collection, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990705
340, "That Ending!!" Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990718
341, Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/23990745
342, All About The Dreamy Filmgaze, https://trakt.tv/lists/23991777
343, The Obsessed Artist, https://trakt.tv/lists/23991851
344, Melancholy As A Breathtaking Aesthetic Emotion, https://trakt.tv/lists/23991893
345, Rule Britannia — The British Empire, https://trakt.tv/lists/23992112
346, Cold Iron Pictures, https://trakt.tv/lists/23992142
347, When The Girl from Ipanema Passes Everyone Goes Aah, https://trakt.tv/lists/23992220
348, Ludwig van Beethoven's Ode To Joy, https://trakt.tv/lists/23992278
349, Top Stop-Motion Animated Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24023088
350, Best of Rajkumar Rao Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24025142
352, Befriending the Lyrical Loneliness, https://trakt.tv/lists/24073775
353, Best of Pankaj Tripathi, https://trakt.tv/lists/24081205
354, Best Break-Up Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24101771
355, Hibiscus' Favorite Japanese Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24102704
356, 300 Historical Movies in Chronological Order, https://trakt.tv/lists/24121284
357, Movies with Great Conversations, https://trakt.tv/lists/24121298
358, Highest Rated HBO Miniseries, https://trakt.tv/lists/24140923
359, Indian Period Drama Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24140989
360, Films in Chapters, https://trakt.tv/lists/24153149
361, 35 Oldest Movies You Must See Before You Die, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211875
362, John Steinbeck — Writer, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211893
364, IMAX Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211940
365, Classical Music Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24291173
366, Little Places TV Series UK, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211948
367, Phobias, https://trakt.tv/lists/24337097
368, Movies Directed or Produced by Gollum, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211975
369, Makoto Shinkai — Writer and Director, https://trakt.tv/lists/24211994
370, Dark Academia, https://trakt.tv/lists/24349282
371, Movies involving Portrayals of Real Life Teachers, https://trakt.tv/lists/24372294
372, Movies about Teachers, https://trakt.tv/lists/24337111
373, Family Friendly TV Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212062
374, Sundance Film Festival 2023, https://trakt.tv/lists/24379031
375, Lolita Complex in Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212082
376, Oscar Nominated Claymation Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212087
377, Polyamorous, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212420
378, Polyamorous Films Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212433
379, Top Erotic Tv-Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24212780
380, Guillermo Del Toro's Twitter Film Recommendations, https://trakt.tv/lists/24253480
381, inspirational teacher, mentor, sensei, precocious gifted child prodigy movies and tv series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526554
382, Friends to Lovers - Movies & TV shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/24498885
383, celtic folklore and mythology, pagan, druid, pictish movies and tv series. irish, scottish, welsh, scotland, ireland, wales, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526608
384, Some of my Favorite Romantic Comedies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24498909
385, Best Supernatural Horror Movies and TV, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526622
386, Eccentric, Nostalgia, "quirky" Aesthetic, avant garde, cinematic, visually striking art movies and tv series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526643
387, Best Examples of Surrealism in Cinema!, https://trakt.tv/lists/24498933
388, Surreal, Psychedelic & Mind-Bending films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24498945
389, Thanksgiving, New England, New World, Puritan Movies and tv series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526662
390, Abandoned Incomplete Book Adaptations after First Movie, https://trakt.tv/lists/24513862
391, Thanksgiving, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526671
392, You're Not The Same Person Once The Film Has Finished, https://trakt.tv/lists/24513884
393, Scandinavian movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526685
394, Best Super Power TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526716
395, Ultimate Tearjerker Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24526980
396, Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales, https://trakt.tv/lists/24601680
397, Time loop movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24624463
398, Saturday Morning Cartoons, https://trakt.tv/lists/24624517
399, Best Fantasy Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/24624565
400, Fantasy (Comedy/ Romance), https://trakt.tv/lists/24624566
401, Romance-Comedy/ Romance-Fantasy/ Fantasy-Comedy Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24624570
402, 50 Best Romantic Fantasy Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24625468
403, BFI Top 100 British films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24651580
404, Visually Stunning Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24651604
405, Cameo Appearances, https://trakt.tv/lists/24675961
406, warm hug cinematic universe, https://trakt.tv/lists/24715880
407, coming-of-age, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716005
408, Gentle Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716008
409, Two people find comfort in each other, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716354
410, Slice of Life, https://trakt.tv/lists/24669572
411, Films That Are Kind, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716466
412, What Happened to My Sweet Girl?, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716598
413, Help I got too horny and now everything's bad, https://trakt.tv/lists/24716720
414, Movies to fall in love with if you loved Portrait of a Lady on Fire, https://trakt.tv/lists/24718925
415, Coming of Age, https://trakt.tv/lists/24725459
416, When You Want to Feel Something, https://trakt.tv/lists/24725499
417, Magic Realism in the Top Movies, films, Cinema., https://trakt.tv/lists/24725613
418, In The Mood For Sensual Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24796457
419, Letterboxd One Million Watched Club, https://trakt.tv/lists/24796536
420, Top 50 European Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24801846
421, ultimate revenge saga, https://trakt.tv/lists/24825595
422, Total Ultimate Revenge, https://trakt.tv/lists/24825596
423, Top 75 Indian Web - TV series to watch, https://trakt.tv/lists/24806448
424, 50 Best Revenge Films Of All Time, https://trakt.tv/lists/24825597
425, Amazon Prime Video India Original Series, https://trakt.tv/lists/24806453
426, Best Revenge & Vigilante Movies_The Ultimate List, https://trakt.tv/lists/24825598
427, MUBI Movie List, https://trakt.tv/lists/24828153
428, Jane Austen movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24880756
429, Best TV Movies - The Ultimate List, https://trakt.tv/lists/24880792
430, Period Dramas - Victorian Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/24881666
431, Period Dramas - Edwardian Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/24881667
432, True Lovecraftian Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934466
433, Plato's Allegory Of The Cave in Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934480
434, Max The Movie Guy's Guide To Adult Animation, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934505
435, Explore The Expanded World of Feature Animation, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934515
436, How the F*ck Is This a Debut Club!, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934518
437, Films with a Good Heart, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934523
438, The Weirdo's Videostore, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934536
439, An Entry Level Guide to Art House Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934545
440, The Ultimate Guide to Surreal Cinema, https://trakt.tv/lists/24934552
441, The Best Survival Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/24940094
442, High Art, https://trakt.tv/lists/24953885
443, Top 1000+ goriest and most gory, violent, disturbing and extreme movies of all time (ever!), https://trakt.tv/lists/24954157
444, GOREZONE - The Bloodiest & Goriest Movies Ever Made, https://trakt.tv/lists/24954163
445, Feelgood East Asian Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/24993586
446, England in the Thatcher-Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/25038106
447, Badass Silent Guy Nobody Should Mess with!, https://trakt.tv/lists/25056649
448, Spy Movies - Non-Cold War Era, https://trakt.tv/lists/25080997
449, Éric Rohmer - Contes des Quatre Saisons (Tales of the Four Seasons), https://trakt.tv/lists/25068737
450, Murder Mystery Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/25101690
451, Comedy action, comedy mystery movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25101691
452, Dark Comedies with Pesky Corpses, Botched Kidnappings, Murderous Blunders and Accidental Deaths, https://trakt.tv/lists/25101692
453, Whodunnit Slapstick Spoof Parody Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25101744
454, British Sex Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/25128786
455, French Sex Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/25128799
456, European Sex Comedy, https://trakt.tv/lists/25128808
457, 11 Great British Dark Comedies That Are Worth Your, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131094
458, Dark Comedy UK TV Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131095
459, The Last Frontier Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25281383
460, The great DARK COMEDY list!, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131098
461, Movies - Recommendations [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283776
462, Dark Britian, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131099
463, Movies - Based on Recently Watched [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283777
464, Best Slow-Burn Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131148
465, Movies - Trending [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283778
466, 100 Greatest Hindi Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25131151
467, TV - Recommendations [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283779
468, Christopher Doyle, https://trakt.tv/lists/25163346
469, TV - Based on Recently Watched [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283780
470, Wong Kar-Wai Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/25178597
471, TV - Trending [couchmoney.tv], https://trakt.tv/lists/25283781
472, Films Set in Prestigious Universities, https://trakt.tv/lists/25190076
473, Man and the Natural World, https://trakt.tv/lists/25298199
474, Cannes 2023 Lineup, https://trakt.tv/lists/25225066
475, Documentaries - Earth & Nature, https://trakt.tv/lists/25298200
476, THE 20 Best Songs From 1950's Films EVER..., https://trakt.tv/lists/25225121
477, Best BBC Wildlife and Nature Documentaries, https://trakt.tv/lists/25298201
478, Best Use of Music in Films, https://trakt.tv/lists/25225122
479, BBC Natural History Unit Shows, https://trakt.tv/lists/25298202
480, Iconic Use of Songs in Movies, https://trakt.tv/lists/25225126

I have this friend who used to reply quickly to my texts. I never really called him at first, but one time I did, and he didn't answer. I was like, mmkay, but didn't think much of it at the moment.
He has called me a few times but unfortunately my phone didn't ring. Every time that happened, I immediately called back and texted him that I was sorry and that I was calling him back, and still, he didn't answer.
I was okay with it at first, but every time I want to talk to him about something important, he doesn't answer. If we're arguing and I call, no answer. If I want to just talk about something silly, still no answer. And on top of that, he also takes looong to text back now. He says he adores me and talks to me every day, but it annoys me that he takes so long to text back and that he never answers any phone call.
All of my friends always answer my calls, and I do too. And at least we try to apologize if we can't answer or immediately text back something like "Hey, i can't answer, what happened," but he doesn't.
It bothers me because it makes me feel like I couldn't count on him if I needed him urgently. Like last night, I was feeling very overwhelmed and texted him, but he didn't answer. I have him a few hours, thought he was probably busy, but still nothing. I called him, no answer. He texted back hours later. I felt hurt.
He told me he would be there for me always, but it doesn't feel like it. I dont know if he's like that with everyone, but I've seen him reply fast to other people like he used to when we first met. And I've seen him go out of his way to help a friend in need as soon as they text him. It makes me feel bad.
It bothers me, I've tried to tell him, but he just doesn't change.
Is he a good friend, or is he a fake one? Should I stop trying?

First, I love my fiancé and I'm so happy to be building a life with him.
My ideal wedding would be me and him sharing vows with like under 10 people out in some sort of pretty, natural space. My concerns with something big are a) finances and b) feeling uncomfortable, stressed, and scrutinized on a day that I really want to feel celebratory, easy, and happy. A tiny wedding like that isn't really feasible because of his preferences and family responsibilities, and that's okay. He has a huge family, and weddings/celebrations are a cultural thing for them, and I want to respect that.
Before getting engaged, we had talked about doing a small church ceremony with just our immediate families (which would still be around ~25 people) and then doing a low-key big backyard-BBQ type party for extended family, friends, etc. My hope was that they could be on different days on the same same weekend. I was really happy with that idea, and it seemed like a nice compromise. But now that we're engaged, things keep blowing up. I'm not sure if it's his family or if he just got bit by the wedding bug now that we're actually engaged. Now we're suddenly looking at venues so that the reception can go as late as everyone wants. We're looking for cheap food, but at least one option got vetoed by family. It seems like having the ceremony and reception on different days is off the table, and it seems like the ceremony itself is going to include everyone as well.
I personally feel like the wedding day should be about the couple, but I know that the prevailing notion is that it's for the family. Neither view is wrong, I don't think, and I'm trying to shift to the second point of view. If it was all going to be arranged by someone else and paid for by someone else, I would just shrug my shoulders and attend. But I keep thinking about how much money I'm going to spend and how much time and energy I'm going put into a day that I'm going to hate. I've spent the last 6 years working really and sacrificing a lot to save money for a down payment, and it makes me sick to think of all of that going to a giant party.
Now every time I think about the act of getting married I start just crying. I know I'm probably catastrophizing, but I'm just so overwhelmed by it all. I don't see a way out of it, and I just see it leading to a ton of resentment on my part, and I don't want to start my marriage like that.
I don't even know what I'm looking for with this. I guess reassurance? Advice? Commiseration?

Having grace is described as having golden light in the eyes, but so far the only people I've seen that look like that are Millicent and the random enemies that spawn with them, but I'm unsure as to whether those are canon examples of people who still have it. I know Dark Souls had at least one canonically not undead person (Sieglinde) so I'm wondering if it's the same in Elden Ring.

Hi everyone! It's my friend's birthday next week, and I thought it would be great to combine two things he loves, Lord of the Rings with Blood on the Clocktower. I figured I would just rename the roles in a custom script, so I would love to hear thoughts on how it works thematically as well as mechanically.
Townsfolk

• Frodo – Fool
• Samwise – Empath
• Gimli – Soldier
• Legolas - Flowergirl
• Aragorn – Monk
• Pippen/Merry – Innkeeper
• Boromir – Slayer
• Faramir – Ravenkeeper
• Eowyn – Tea Lady
• Arwen – Pacifist
• Elrond – Mayor
• Galadriel – Dreamer
• Gandalf the Gray – Sage

Outsiders

• Gollum – Recluse
• Treebeard – Moonchild
• Tom Bombadil – Sweetheart
• Gandalf the White – Saint

Minions

• Durin’s Bane – Godfather
• Wormtongue – Poisoner
• Nazghul – Assassin
• Denethor – Baron

Demon

• Shelob – Pukka
• Sarumon – Po
• Witch King – Zombuul
• Sauron – No Dashii

This is my first time going outside of the standard scenarios, so all advice welcome! Also not too sure about having two Gandalf roles, so I'm not wholly married to this inital draft.

Please use private messages as I won't receive chat messages on my phone
 
Clearing out a bunch of mostly unplayed games from my collection. Buyer pays shipping from 07042 or local pickup available. Happy to combine multiple items to ease shipping costs.
 
Available games
All items marked as condition 5 are new in shrink wrap.
Arena: the Contest + Tanares Adventures big bundle - all fully sleeved and sorted [4.5* aside from two points listed below] - $600 (local only for now, I will drive up to 1 hour to meet you part way if needed), contains the following consolidated boxes:

• Arena: the Contest core box, with plastic token set
  
• Tanares Adventures, with Medusa extra hero (*one of the minis, Oguemir, came with no base attached. I have requested a replacement mini and will be happy to ship it along when I receive it.)
  
• Dragon Collection Box, with updated rule book
  
• Legendary Box, with Hero Pack 2 inside as well
  
• Penumbral Box, with Character Pack, Mystical Pack, Class Pack, and Villain Pack inside (*box has a tear on cover from being poorly packed during shipping)
  
• Madness Box
  
• Scenario Pack
  
• 3 assembled figures outside of the boxes: Elder Dragon, Gold Dragon, and Dread/Tarrasque
  

Bardsung (retail edition) [4] (played through first chapter, excellent condition) - $80
Call to Adventure [5] - $20
Champions of Midgard [3] (box a bit worn, components in excellent condition) - $30
Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated - The C Team Pack [5] - $15
Concordia Venus [5] - $55
Dandelions [5] - $15
Destinies [4] + Destinies: Sea of Sand [5] (base game only played once) - $40
Earth [4] (only played once, includes upgraded KS bits, wooden insert fully assembled and all cards sleeved) - $90
Equinox Golem Edition [5] - $25
Forest of Radgost [4.5] (oak pledge, opened but never played) - $85
It's a Wonderful World: War or Peace [4.5] (opened box but envelopes inside are untouched) - $15
Kabuto Sumo bundle [4] (contains base game and Insect All-Stars together in base box, only played once, Total Mayhem expansion NIS and Andre the Goliath promo NIS) - $65
Kingdomino [3] (good condition, a bit of shelf wear) - $10
Maglev Maps Volume 1 [4.5] (box was opened just to remove the screen printed meeples from the kickstarter, nothing else was touched) - $80
Meeples & Monsters: Kickstarter Edition [4] (excellent condition, played twice) - $30
Monolyth [4] (excellent condition, played once) - $30
On Tour: Paris and New York + Promo Dice [5] - $35
Power Plants [5] (KS edition) - $45
Rising Sun [5] (base game in shrink) - $70
Rising Sun bundle [4*] (contains base game, daimyo box, dynasty invasion, kami unbound, monster pack, anad metal coin pack all stored in main game box, no inserts or expansion boxes, received in trade - minor issues: From the Monster Pack, the Jorogumo miniature was damaged: The clear plastic post mounting the miniature to the base was snapped at the base insertion point and at the insertion point on the underside of the miniature; both have been repaired with super glue, also box had one corner starting to split, also repaired) - $200
Rolling Heights [4] (only played once, excellent condition) - $60
Rumi K [2] (pretty beat up, also awkwardly long box to ship) - $5 local only
Tiny Towns [4] (played once, excellent condition) - $20
The Magnificent [5] - $25
Valor & Villainy: Minions of Mordak [5] - $30
 
Wishlist

• Moonrakers: First Encounters expansion
• Village Attacks
• Tigris & Euphrates
• Quodd Heroes
• War Room
• For Science!
• Sniper Elite deluxe upgrade kit
• Heroes of Tenefyr
• Mage Knight standard edition (no ultimate edition or expansions)
• Mindbug
• Bus
• Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
• Claustrophobia 1643
• Path of Light and Shadow

I had my first scuba experience a year ago with a friend in a small group, I watched a lot of info material on what to do how to behave especially about equalizing.
During my dive I tried to constantly equalize but I noticed at even 1-2m depths pain in my ears and my "light" tinnitus condition went crazy.
During the dive I went up and down a lot, the pain was constant and sometimes unbearable in which case I ascended a bit.
I pushed myself to finish the Dive, at the end when we got out my ears were ringing and were blocked so much my hearing got very bad for almost half a day. My friend who also dove for the first time had the time of his life with no issues at all.
That got me thinking, are some people just not able to comfortably scuba dive? the experience was amazing but the pain got me scared to try it again, maybe next time I would take very very slow descends? but I dont know if that would be helpful at all.

Stopped playing elden ring for like 6-8 months when I was about 70% of the way through. Tried to jump back in and I forgot how to play. Guess I’m not the man I thought I was.

Jagger
I have only ever told this to my close friends. I feel like people need to know me first, and know me well, to know that I'm not crazy before I tell them this story. Maybe this isn't like most creepy pasta stories, I'm not telling you something horrible and terrifying that I'm pretending is happening now. I'm telling you something that DID happen. Something that has NO explanation. Something so irrefutable by my own mind, that it forced me to choose being Agnostic, over being Atheist, because what I saw and felt was proof, there is something more out there.
I must have been about 12. My family had just moved to South Carolina, my family being my Dad and step-mom. We didn't have a proper house yet, just an apartment. It's not the kind of place that I would have ever expected something like this to happen. This place, I'm sure, was not haunted. After some research when I was a kid I concluded that there was no burial ground, no reason whatsoever for this location to be home to some type of repeat-cycle haunting.
One day I was grounded, probably for something that I did at school. I couldn't tell you at this point as it so immediately became the least of my worries. Three days, I was to stay in my room, only to come out for dinner and nothing else. There just so happened to be a Ghost Hunters marathon on around this time, and I had a TV in my room so I thought it as good a way as any to pass the time.
As I watched the shows I became very skeptical, but there were some encounters that made me think to myself, it's weird none of this has happened to me. Over the next day or so I even became a little jealous of the more intense encounters the people on the show were having.
Bored out of my entire mind I began to contemplate some way to get a ghost to visit me. I thought of a Ouija board. However I had no money and didn't know anyone with one. The most straight forward way to go about it I supposed was to ask. Now as a kid, coming from an abusive home, separated parents, mother was a drug addict who left us, I had to grow up sooner than most. I had considered death, and life, and what came after, many times all on my own. I had come to the conclusion that I just can't believe anything I'm told, and would rather see for myself if there is anything out there. However that day hadn't come, so I had settled on "Temporary Atheist".
That being said it was in a sort of mocking tone, that I clasped my hands over my air mattress, and began to pray to God. At first cheerily, but as the prayer went on, almost as if I had unconsciously realized my fatal error, my tone grew more serious. "God, if you are out there, if you exist at all. Send me a spirit, a ghost, I don't care. Send me something to meet, send me a messenger that there is life beyond this."
That turned out to be, maybe the worst mistake of my life. I would have happily gone on with my life as an Atheist, and while there are some comforts in knowing there is something more, such as not fearing death quite as much, I would have traded that knowledge away in an instant, to save me from what came that night.
It was around two in the morning. I lay, right after finishing watching my show, on my air mattress in the dark. Nervous, goosebumps on my arms, feeling cold even in the blankets. It was fun to ask for this during the day, but once the light went out, I was far more terrified than I was excited, to meet whomever God may send me. I couldn't sleep, wasn't even slightly tired.
As I lay there on my side trying to fall asleep, it seemed as though my fan had gone on mute, as the air mattress depressed behind me, and my messenger arrived. I was so scared, it was at this moment I realized what I may have asked for, after seeing all of the times that the hunters in the show seemed to know whether or not a spirit had a positive or negative feeling, I realized now how they could tell. This..Thing, I could feel it snaking it's arm around my stomach. my shirt folded, the skin under it icy, I could feel it like it were a person. A cold persons arm. It wrapped over my stomach and clutched the underside of me, for a moment I thought, "This is it, it's going to pull me away and nobody will ever see me again, what did I do!?"
As its grip tightened I became more and more terrified, I had time even to think about quickly hitting the light on the lamp, I had to aim, I thought about where the switch was before doing it, it had to be a perfect thrust, I needed to be fast. I was so fucking terrified.. I screamed as I reached for the light and flipped it on, simultaneously throwing myself from my bed, the closet door which had been closed was open all the way to the wall. I had closed it on purpose out of fear, and there it sat, even though the light was on the darkness inside scared me so much I couldn't move. I was afraid that if I ran to the door something would steal me away into it. So I sat there all night, staring, petrified at the open door and the darkness. This is how I know I never slept that night, I never dreamed up anything, there was no sleep paralysis, no spirit. This Thing. It had come for me, and left when I ran. This, I realized the next night, couldn't be thing that God sent, for what came for me the night after..If God sent it he is cruel.
The next night I was finally off grounding. I couldn't be more grateful to escape my room. I knew there was no way I was going to fall asleep again. Not after what happened last night. I was still spiked awake. I decided to bring my stuff into the living room to sleep there for the night. I stared down the hallway at my bedroom door, I had closed all the doors in the hallway, to be sure nothing could come out of one without alerting me first.
My door was at the end of the hall, to the left of it, around the corner, was the bathroom. Even recalling this is making my skin crawl, imagining it in my head makes me sick, I feel weak and terrified just thinking about it.. anyway.. The night dragged on after dinner at seven, my stepmom and dad had gone to their room and fallen asleep. 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm, 12pm, 1am. I sat there wide awake, staring. I had been watching TV, glancing back and forth between that and the hall for most of the night, but I wanted to at least lay down.
As I gazed down the hall, goosebumps on my skin, a cold tightening on the back of my neck, everything in the room seemed to dim. I sat up, just to be sure I wasn't losing it, I was still completely awake. I looked across the room at the nightlight plugged into the kitchen counter wall, and it had begun to dim. I was starting to get scared and nervous so I turned my phones screensaver on and laid back down, just in case the nightlight went off. That's when it happened. A dull droning hum seemed to fill the air, silencing the harder to notice sounds. I couldn't hear the fridge cooling, or the buzz of the light. It seemed like the noise was pure, my head felt like it was being rushed by blood, as if I were being held upside down, as I stared at my bedroom door.
Then it came. I heard the metallic scrape of a door opening, but it wasn't my door, it had to be the bathroom door. Now excruciatingly terrified I couldn't bring myself to look away from the corner where the bathroom was down the hall. I gripped my blanket over my shoulders, just to be sure I could still move and I wasn't having a nightmare or some kind of sleep paralysis which I had read about that day, it wasn't that. Everything was real, I was very awake, and I could move.
As I realized I wasn't hallucinating, or dreaming, a black mass gathered at the top of the wall. Seven feet up, what looks like an arm, with it's elbow stretched toward the hallway appeared. The idea of something that..Black. Clashing with the light of everything around it, I thought it was so dark I couldn't see, but I was wrong. as the arm stretched further I started to hear a screeching, which slowly rose to a screaming. Like people dying, the noise you might make when you have time to cry out before it's all over, all collapsing on each other. It got louder and louder, ear splitting, as this things head rounded the corner at the top of the wall, and a massive leg, the knee at 4 feet, splintered it's way into view.
I could see no details of it's face, just the jagged edges of it's body, and it's eyes, lit a dull red, like you might see when you close your eyes against the sun. It's chin seemed to stretch downward, as the screams grew louder, so shrill it made me feel like the temperature had dropped fifty degrees, my stomach twisted and turned like I could be sick at any moment, and simultaneously not even notice. It's head seemed to carry out further, as if it wanted to look at me closer, or it wanted to eat me.
The screams were so loud now it made me light headed with terror, piercing my soul, I felt anguish, I felt this wave of depression like I'd never felt in my life, this urge to die, this longing to get away from something.
Then it receded, almost as if in one motion, save for it's clawed, tendril like fingers, raking the wall as it returned from where it came.
My chest collapsed, my heart was beating so fast my head felt like a speaker, I could still hear a ringing in my ears, I felt so sick but I couldn't go to the bathroom, I sat up, back to my parents door, for the next 5 hours or so till the sun rose. Again, this confirmed that I never slept.
I poured myself into the internet that day trying to find some explanation, but without ever having been asleep, sleep paralysis wasn't it. Hallucinations, I thought maybe, but Auditory and Visual? No way. Especially considering nothing was wrong with me, I wasn't sick, I didn't have a history of this, and it didn't start up again for a long time.
This really happened to me, and it has changed me forever.
What's worse, is since then, especially in the time before I turned nineteen, I had crippling depression afterwards. I remember sleeping in my basement rooms in South Carolina and New Jersey after, just mocking him. Wishing he would come back so I didn't feel crazy. I named him Jagger, for the jagged edges I saw that night.
Around that time I had tried to kill myself a couple of times, maybe half-heartedly, maybe I was too afraid to do it, I don't know. Eventually I told my friends what had happened. And that's when it began again. Only a couple days afterwards two of my friends had come back to me telling me that ever since they heard the story, and saw me tear up thinking about it, they hadn't felt safe in their own rooms anymore. They slept with lights on at home, couldn't deal with silence, and shortly after they both told me that things had begun moving in their rooms at random times of the night. None of us ever spoke the name again, both of my friends, Jesse and Amere, suddenly developed depressive states. Maybe it was always there, and we never talked about whether or not it had something to do with Jagger, or whatever was going on at their homes.
All I know is this is real, it did happen, it has changed me completely from what I used to believe, and maybe I carried Jagger with me, maybe he never went away, but went inside me. Perhaps that's why it seemed almost instantly I went from being a happy, hopeful kid, to being a miserable, sad teenager, craving death, and hurting myself. I don't know. Honestly if I look back, there were times, like being dumped, or failing school, that made me upset, that made me depressed, but every time I considered hurting myself it seemed as though my mind went blank, and it just happened, and I always felt better after for no reason at all. Which scares the hell out of me to this day. I'm sorry to have even told you all this, and sincerely hope nothing comes of it for you.
However if this story is a curse, and this demon is carried in all who hear it, then I need to know. If nothing else, perhaps there is no way it could affect everyone, perhaps at least it'd be proof.

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Boards:
Keycult No. 1/60
A-stock Rev. 1. White/Red. From OG (S-tier) manufacturer. Built with Inks and UHMWPE stems, lubed with 205g0, 105 on springs. Durock stabs. Soldered pcb. Used for less than an hour then put into case.
Comes with Keycult wrist rest (brand new) and extra solderable pcb (brand new)
$1,799 $1,699 with wrist rest
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TGR Singa Unikorn
Grey. Sealed.
2 sealed pcbs, brass plate, 2 o-rings. All brand new, never touched. First run of Unikorns, piece of history
Ships in original box or can substitute with one of my extra hard shell cases (no charge)
$1,888
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Kei
HHKB, everything brand new opened only for timestamp
Half plate (Silver, Aluminium)
Sealed pcb (solderable), o-ring, daughterboard, all original hardware, stickers/cards, all original packaging including boxes and Monokei cloth
Comes with:
extra PC full plate (brand new)
extra solderable pcb (brand new)
$379 OBO SOLD
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Artisans:
Montage Keypora - Alpha Keycaps, opened only for photo, $139 OBO
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Switches:
71 NovelKeys Dry Series Black (x2, 2 bags of 71), brand new never used, $13 per bag (like Alpacas and other recolors, retail is $0.55 a switch)
68 NovelKeys Dry Series Red, brand new never used, $12
64 NovelKeys NK Dry Series Yellow, brand new never used, $12 SOLD
76 clear-top pcb-mount Greetech Browns, brand new never used, $9
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Lubed Switches:
115 full black Gateron Yellows. Meticulously lubed with 205g0 and 105 on the springs, $59
70 NOS vintage blacks from Eunbu. Meticulously lubed with 205g0 and 105 on the springs, 60g TX springs. $150
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First of all, I am also looking for friendships with anyone who is not a Christian but making this post to gage interest from those who follow Christ but are struggling to find a church home because there doesn't seem to be a place for them.
I'm looking for a group of Christian friends in their 30s who are single and wondering if anyone is interested on starting a weekly or bi-weekly group together. It can involve bible discussion but also just enjoying life together and wrestling with the good and bad things of daily living.
Let me know if anyone is interested. My background is very evangelical Christian but I've become increasingly disillusioned with the American church and am simply and earnestly seeking to live like Christ and find a group of people who genuinely care about one another and the rest of the world.