#on mobile its only either 1 day or 1 week

[jellycreamjammedart]

Making this poll with the winner of the previous one plus a new suggestion that's come up. I don't plan on making other rounds after this nor do i plan on taking more new suggestions, meaning this will be final, so make sure to vote the one you want to win for real!

[honeytonedhottie]

how to be tea - honey's handbook⋆.ೃ࿔*:･🌟💞

this is a post that talks about all things beauty, wellness and confidence from the experience of a honey toned hottie. everything ik works cuz i do them myself to just be tea, to be raw, to be FABULOUS. im structuring this post with affirmations as the section titles because what u think and affirm is what you'll experience so thats just me tying LOA into this post...💬🎀

"MY SKIN IS ALWAYS SO GLOWY AND FLAWLESS" ;

skin cycling - skin cycling is basically a skincare routine that alternates between using active ingredients and resting the skin. my skin cycling routine goes like this (exfoliate -> brighten -> hydrate) with rest days where i need them.

i've found this to work really really well for me so if ur looking to try something solid def give this a try! remember, everyone is different so feel free to tailor it to ur needs and experiment to find what works for YOU.

subliminals - SUBLIMINALS are the best! i have a subliminal playlist that i play at night and i wake up looking absolutely FLAWLESS. im linking it right here. ik theres a lot of misconceptions and misinformation about subliminals so lemme give u guys a quick rundown...💬🎀

✨ a subliminal is an audio of affirmations layered with music or rain sounds. so you'd hear the rain sounds, white noise, whale noises etc but the affirmations would play and soak into ur subconscious like a sponge.

✨ subliminal work because they impress new beliefs onto your subconscious, and with the law of assumption, your reality shifts to match those beliefs. also because whatever u assume to be true is true so if u assume they work then they do and thats that.

✨ to make a subliminal work u dont have to do anything but assume. assume that it works. if ur listening to a subliminal and it says anything like "drink water to see results, only listen twice!" or anything like that u can just disregard it cuz thats bs.

"MY BODY IS SO TEAAA" ;

🌟 i workout about 3-4 times a week but on days that i dont work out i still stay active. staying active by going for a walk, jump roping, dancing or running and stretching.

🌟 my everyday workout routine ALWAYS starts by stretching. i'll either do a flexibility stretch or a mobility stretch in the morning and a stretch to relieve pain in my back before bed.

🌟 literally every workout that i do is from youtube, youtube WORKS, youtube is TEA. some days i'll do one long pilates workout and some days i'll target each part of my body with an individual workout. honestly it all depends on what i do and dont have time for.

"I HAVE HAIR TO MY ASS" ;

💕 scalp care is SO neglected and it's arguably one of the most important things to take care of. i oil my hair maybe 1-2x a week with rosemary, jamaican black castor oil, and peppermint. i’ll warm it up a little, massage it in with my fingertips (or that cute lil scalp massager thingy), and then slick it back in a loose ponytail with love.

💕 i sleep with a satin bonnet or pillowcase every night. no excuses. even if i’m tired. even if i’m sad. even if i’m sleeping over somewhere and feel awkward. i will protect the inches.

💕 also brush ur hair! its so important to increase blood flow therefore promote growth. i feel like such a princess every time i brush my hair before bed, and im so METICULOUS with this shit its really amazing.

"EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE IS PERFECT" ;

i try to meditate every singe day to kind of ground myself and just immerse myself in the end and it's great! since im not a very visual girlie i just talk to myself while i do this. even if im not consciously manifesting anything at the time just going inward and having a conversation (idk if this makes me sound crazy but it feels nice)

to ensure that everything in my life is perfect i always make sure i have an agenda for the day cuz im a very type A kind of girl so i like to know exactly what im doing when. i have goals to accomplish and things to do! so my time management is very top tier with my agenda. to keep myself on track i implement little things like :

👛 screen free mornings - i WILL get distracted and i'd just rather not

👛 social media detox every other week - lately tiktok has just been a cesspool of brain rot (and when i say brain rot im not referring to tung tung tung sahur) im referring to incessant bad news and im just NOT into that so i take a break for my mental health every other week. and i try to minimize the time i spend on social media platforms in general

"IM SO TALENTED" ;

i take my passions, and talents SO seriously. im a singer so i practice singing everyday. i'd also say im a rly multi-passionate person. i manage my girl blog, my magazine, i play piano, tennis, and i feel like im always working on a project! so i make sure to pour into myself in all aspects of my life, especially as a perfectionist. i wanna make sure every one of my passions has been poured into.

[junkdrawerfan]

I know it’s for the angst and maybe it’s a thing in canon cause comic books. But if the batfamily are just human — Just straight 100% human — then they cannot hide their injuries.

A sprained ankle, once sprained, is easier to sprain. A bruised rib can turn into a fractured rib. A cut can get infected. A bruise can be hiding internal bleeding. All injuries, if ignored, can get worse.

First off. Just to clarify. The reality of the situation is that our very fun fleshy human characters just cannot be getting as hurt as frequently as they do in fics. In the comics, Bruce getting bruised ribs is a sign he is not taking care of himself and is being reckless and dangerous after Jason’s death. This might have changed in modern comics (that’s dumb. Batman doesn’t get hurt because he’s skilled and prepared. If they’ve changed that for shock or vibes, it’s stupid.) but it just can’t be true. The human body doesn’t heal that fast. There is no “magnify the sun to heal faster” tech for the batfamily. It’s one thing if Bruce used magic so they could insta-heal. But he doesn’t like magic either!

Bruised ribs and sprained ankles which seem “not that bad” in a lot of fics can keep a professional athlete from practice for weeks if not months. Let’s not even get into how it can affect a professional during the actual game/race/event.

The batfamily — who must be operating at peak physical fitness and pushing their bodies to the physical limit on top of the rigorous training/working out they do to enhance their skills — must 1) treat their bodies intelligently, 2) have some kind of rest day system so their bodies don’t shut down from the stress and 3) treat every injury seriously and timely to avoid exasperation and unnecessary healing time.

I get its comic books. I get Damian has such perfect awareness of his body he can shift his organs (ew.) to avoid being fatally stabbed. He’s still just a guy! They’re all just guys in super cool futuristic body armor and some neat gadgets.

(Side note: That body armor has gotta have some kind of kinetic dispersion system like Black Panther’s to keep the bruises minimal. Which means that body armor has to be good at stopping knives and guns from piercing the human flesh underneath. Which means that body armor cannot have any obvious flaws or weaknesses like only the cape is bulletproof and short shorts revealing the femeral artery!

(What I mean is maybe Dick and Jason had some like flesh colored armor leggings. Please let me live in delusion!)

Plus there has to be under layers. The color pattern top might be spandex or some kind of colored Kevlar-like fabric, but there must be special under garments, jock straps, compression shorts, ankle and wrist wraps. Something! Just Kevlar against bare skin would be impossible. Think of the rash! The sweat!There must be some kind of sweat-slicking layer or something that keeps you cool while you exert yourself running around a massive city like Gotham*. Otherwise they’d pass out from overheating!)

And since they’re just guys, when they get injured it is a big deal! They cannot hide their injuries, especially if they’re working with others. Injuries mean physical limitations which means your teammates have to pick up the slack. If your teammates don’t know they have to pick up the slack, not only are you endangering yourself but you are endangering your teammates.

And no matter how frustratingly emotionally constipated the bats are, no way are they choosing to risk their friends and family welfare for the sake of pride.

Think about it:

If you have mobility issues then you’re on sidewalk duty? Youre walking or motorcycle. Either way you’re off rooftops until you can safely grapple without pulling some stitches on your side or exasperating the ache in your upper back.

If you hide it and then you lose your gripe on your grapple because you have a full body flinch from pulling something and your teammates have to catch you or you die. Well that’s stupid. That’s a stupid way to die. No ego is worth that stupid death.

If you’re not sleeping which means your reaction time is sloppy** then you’re just not patrolling. There is plenty of work that doesn’t require the bats to be fighting around the city. The detective work can be done at a desk looking through camera footage, tracking down informants or victims or witnesses, or just mining the web for info. Plus paperwork, gadget maintenance, and the other fussy work that happens when you don’t have a company dedicated to maintaining your status of superhero like Ironman does.

All I’m saying is I know the cool part is the swinging and the patrolling and the fighting. Having an injury — a serious one with bone and blood — sounds cool and adds tension. Hell hiding an injury sounds like something they would do because they’re emotionally stunted idiots who don’t want to be a burden on their loved ones, right?

But they’re Bats! They’re effective, efficient, smart. They are human with human limits that can keep up with Supers and Flashes and Themyscirans. But to do that, they have to be managing their human limits intelligently.

TLDR: The BatFam cannot be getting injured that frequently or hiding injuries from teammates — the family or otherwise — without becoming massive liabilities in the field which would make their jobs nearly impossible to complete at the level of excellence they must do to keep up with the rest of the superhero community.

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* By the way, Gotham is a city with a population of 10 million. For reference, NYC has 8 million people. Gotham also has enough land to have entire city blocks permanently unoccupied. Think about that! If NYC had a plot of land unoccupied, it would be built up into housing and business space immediately because space is a hot commodity in a city of 8M! How much fucking space does Gotham have!!!

** Yes you can survive without any sleep up to 30 days but that’s because by day 30 your organs shut down. Lack of sleep starts costing you as soon as 36 hours without sleep. They have to be sleeping a full 8-10 hours (or more because again they’re moving so much!) at some point to keep up. If they have insomnia then maybe they take something to go to sleep like a special bat-ambien.

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Kaiju Week in Review (February 11-17, 2024)

Warner Bros. unfurled the second trailer for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which seems to be going over much better than the first. There are multiple glimpses of the ice Titan Shimo throughout, and an even briefer look at Mothra reflected in Jia's eye. (My favorite shot, of course, is Kong decking Skar King as he's holding out Suko like a wriggling shield.) The rough shots from trailer #1 still look rough, but at least the new footage is more impressive.

The new issue of Empire (how fitting) has a short article on GxK—the big revelation there is that Godzilla Evolved is pink simply because that's director Adam Wingard's favorite color. Collaborations are also popping up. Circle K is offering a movie-branded sandwich, chocolate bar, and Froster drinks/cups. Godzilla and a seriously wizened Kong are also entering the mobile game Lords Mobile.

I don't know much about Oscar politicking, but Takashi Yamazaki's strategy of bringing a model Godzilla with him everywhere he goes seems like a winner. Both appear in the "class photo" taken of all the nominees at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon. At the same event, Yamazaki and Godzilla met with Steven Spielberg, who told Yamazaki he had seen Godzilla Minus One three times. Posting their photo together on Twitter, Yamazaki said he had "met God."

Toho's English Godzilla YouTube channel also uploaded a six-minute video on Minus One's VFX, with a focus on the various ways the production was able to shave off costs. Officially translated behind-the-scenes featurettes for Toho Godzilla films are a rarity, a sign of how badly they want that little gold statue. It's worth watching just for Yamazaki scooting his chair around the office.

Shout! Factory's onslaught of old Toei tokusatsu films on its streaming service turned out to be a prelude to offering them all on disc. The Classic Tokusatsu Collection Blu-ray set includes Planet Prince (1959; called Prince of Space), Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961), Watari the Ninja Boy (1966), The Golden Bat (1966; called Golden Ninja), Magic Serpent (1966; called Dragon Showdown) , Ninja Scope (1969), and Terror Beneath the Sea (1966). None have ever been released on English-friendly Blu-ray before; some haven't even made it to DVD. The set is $70 and limited to 2,500 copies.

Major caveats seem to accompany every English-language release of vintage tokusatsu these days, and unfortunately this set's no exception. Despite the existence of English dubs for at least some of these films (two of them riffed on Mystery Science Theater 3000), only Terror Beneath the Sea is dubbed; the rest are Japanese-only. And the dubbed Prince of Space well-known to MiSTies was actually an amalgamation of Toei's two Planet Prince films, only the first of which is present here. (Even the first film seems like it's going to be in upscaled standard-def, going off the streaming version.) No special features in the production description either, although one person who got the set early reports that at least one trailer is included (for Invasion of the Neptune Men).

IDW has announced still another Godzilla miniseries, Godzilla: Skate or Die. First-issue description:

It's Australian skater punks versus Varan and the King of the Monsters in this thrilling debut issue by writer/artist Louie Joyce (A Fistful of Pain)! Four years ago, four best friends and die-hard skaters found the perfect location for a DIY skatepark. After months of hard work, they created the world’s sickest spot that they could enjoy for the rest of their lives… That is, until the ferocious Varan appeared in the middle of central Australia and started making a beeline for their beloved park. Why is Varan on a rampage? Why did Godzilla just appear off the coast? What does their beloved skate spot have to do with this? And most importantly…what are these punks willing to do to save it?

Sounds like there's a lot of author appeal here, as Joyce is Australian and calls the tale "inspired by all the amazing DIY spots I've had the privilege of skating[.]" And a meaty role for Varan is a pleasant surprise.

Perhaps inspired by the success of Troll on Netflix, we've got another Scandinavia giant monster movie on the way. Kraken will be directed by Pal Oie (Dark Woods) from a script by Vilde Eide. No cast yet, but here are the plot details divulged by The Hollywood Reporter:

[T]he thriller will follow Johanne, a marine biologist who encounters several strange occurrences while researching a fjord, including the brutal deaths of two local teenagers. “At the bottom of Norway’s deepest fjord rests a mythical monster as large as a mountain, with a myriad of arms ready to crush and devour anything they can grab,” the film’s synopsis reads.

Krakens are certainly having a moment in giant monster stories right now, between Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken and the three that somehow wound up connected to the Monsterverse. (To wit: Na Kika was originally called Kraken, the unnamed antagonist of Skull Island bore the same name internally, and the guardian of Atlantis in the Justice League crossover comic is a Kraken as well.) This seems like a more back-to-basics approach.

[undertalerainbow]

Comic Update

Current page count is 14 and everything's going smoothly, and part one of chapter 1 should be released before the end of the month at the most and in a week at least. We do have a few updates on how it's going to be posted, though. Part one was supposed to be one post with 30 pages, which is what we had planned for part 1; however, thanks to something weird with pc version of tumblr I can't add more of the pages via pc, see my issue here (yes, it's still doing that). I've been using my phone to upload the images on the draft post, but as some know here, the mobile version only allows 10 images :(((( So that means instead of one post for part one, its going to be around 3-maybe 4-posts for part one chapter one. So instead of three posts for the total of chapter 1, it may be upwards to 9 or above posts for chapter 1 alone. I seriously don't know the issue with my pc version, but I hope these many posts will be ok with y'all. This also means there will probably be posts released in bursts, as while I'm in the boss fight right now and thus going much faster than before (doing almost a page a day), when I'm doing full color it may take longer as I've been nonstop drawing this since around march (minus that break in late april to finish finals). The goal is to finish chapter 1 before Underevent applications in December, maybe even get to chapter 2. All of volume one is outlined, planned to be 3-5 chapters in length, and each following volume being longer afterwards. Nick's volume (volume 2) is overall conceptialized, and some familiar characters will take either center stage or comeos. Stella's volume is being conceptized with a clear goal in mind, and overall plot beats are thought up. The overall story was the first thought of, having a beginning, middle major plot points, and an ending which is fully thought out. Overall, ideas for Percy's, Rosemary's, Clover's, and Asriel's volumes have been thought of, but have not been as detailed as the other three as we do want to write as we go along. Point A and Point B of the story is thought of and will not change, but the landmarks we have to go through to get there has to be detailed as we go along so the story flows well. There's so far a total of 12 planned new areas (this includes areas within areas like snowdin village is to snowdin forest), and we are thinking up more when needed in the story. We have a lot of new main characters tied to the past of these fallen children, both alive and dusted. There is planned new background NPCS that we hope our current concept and possible new concept artists will help out with. We also have the idea that when chapter 1 is done, we'll also post them on places like Webtoon, Bluesky, and maybe Reddit, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there. Music is still being made, now having over 10 tracks total! Those songs may be posted as a way to keep our account alive, we also have pride month drawings being done as relaxers on the side (though they may be late as we want to work hard to release the comic). And here's the biggest thing....ahem....

We have a Discord now

Yep! We have an official discord where you can come in, ask questions with more immediate responses (as the answers to any questions provided on Tumblr, I'd like to draw it, which I never have time for). You can also audition for different positions if you'd like, which would also add you to the development team, able to see the comic as it progresses. If you don't know if you can provide anything product wise, then you can apply to be a beta reader; however, those who apply to that must be at least 16 or above. I just want more constructive feedback when it comes to beta readers unless I know you personally which than I may make exceptions; otherwise, no younger than that. If you don't want to be on the dev team at all, that's also ok! There are other channels to share your own products, promote your own projects, and just generally make friends. Please read the rules before proceeding, but otherwise have fun! The link is riiiiight here! https://discord.gg/XZAVctaE (this link will be updated if it expires)

The need we have right now is voice actors, as we do plan that when the first chapter is completed, we want to make an official dub for the people following the YouTube channel. We already have a Flowey, we just need the following characters: Frisk (gender neutral, feminine leaning) Chara (gender neutral, tomboy leaning) Toriel (Female, warm but slightly gruff) Napsablook (gender neutral, whispy and quiet) Miscellaneous Ruin Monsters (Froggit, whimson, vegatoid, etc) Southern Rock (southern voice gender neutral for the scolding rock)

But we do have other roles such as: Concept artists (for background characters or major side characters who do not have designs yet), Comic artists (to help with coloring, backgrounds, etc so things can be streamlined better), video editors (for things like trailers or animations), animators (promo stuff), artists (promo stuff and answering the ask souls questions), and story editors (to help TheEverManiac with the paneling script).

Hope to see y'all join and meet us there! (only if you want to though haha)

Cya later!

[goldenthreadstories]

Rules & Muse List!!!

{ HELLO! Welcome to my blog, I'm Klemmie. Nice to meet ya! Below is my muse list and my rules for mobile navigations! }

RULES

1.) Hey everyone, my name is Klemmie! I am nonbinary & my pronouns are they/them or she/her, I prefer they/them though! I am of age at 29 years old and have been RPing since about 2010, over a whole decade! Due to my age there might be NSFW on this blog at times but it will always be under a read more and tagged. On this subject, most muses are of age or have a verse where they are, please be aware of this and all main verse ages for my muses are on their bios on the character page.

2.) I am working a job which I usually only have a couple days off in the week and most evenings free. However activity and replies may be slow or low due to the nature of this being a multi-muse blog and my energy levels on any day. I will do my best to pop in at least once or twice a week with the intentions of queuing up any replies that I owe and once in a blue moon do I reply quickly and without queuing. I am also going to be selective on who I RP with at times so this blog is semi-selective, but if I am following you I am interested in writing with you!

3.) I am good with a mix of jumping into things without a plot; such as memes, open starters, random things are good. But sometimes I prefer plotting, even if only a little bit, especially when it comes to a pre-established relationship that isn’t the canon between two characters; this includes children of muses. I am okay with writing with said muses but I would like to have a bit of plotting to this as my version of the muse or muses as parents in question is not the one canon to yours as such, I need to make sure I know whats going on or all your gonna get from my muse is either ’ I have no kids ’ or i dont believe you, so i tend to avoid that if no prior communication has happened before hand! I do also like screaming about plots that both parties might want to do and discuss between us to work out a possible thread idea?

4.) This blog is multi-fandom, verse and ship. Meaning all threads even if tagged as in the same verse for a muse are their own story and thread between our muses, this includes for relationships, unless its a story that has been discussed and plotted between all involved. We are also Crossover-friendly here! I love mashing up fandoms and seeing what happens!

5.) As stated in my first ruling, NSFW themes and topics may be present, if I feel that the topic, even if it’s gore and not sexual nsfw, is too heavy or unsafe to just have out on display I will always put it under a read more and tagged the triggers like; tw;______

6.) Continuing with the point above, I will not tolerate certain things like underage sexual content or abuse or any nsfw content with minors - this goes for muns & muses and hanging, if you are ever unsure of anything please ask me. This is also a if I ever forget or don’t tag something that is a trigger for you please just message me and I will tag them accordingly.

7.) Unless your muse has some supernatural abilities or in my muse’s canon knows things about them, please don’t use information that is like their weaknesses and things like that in our threads until my muse reveals them or it is revealed in a thread, I class this as meta rping/writing/gaming?? and it’s no fun???

8.) I’m okay with multiple writing styles, I don’t have the need for anyone to match my length in replies, I know I can get lengthy at times, but as long as it’s more than one sentence or is appropriate for the type of thread we are writing together, because sometimes even I just want to do shorter threads, though I do prefer more written and longer ones.

9.) I’m more into story driven threads, ones that develop my muses and yours hopefully, ones that develop a chemistry and relationship between them. These are the kinds of threads I prefer.

10.) I’m open to all plots and relationships, just come hit me up and let’s see what we can come up with!!!

11.) For shipping I am a shipper of chemistry, I am here for the development. But if you feel like our muses are beginning to develop something, please message me and we can talk. I am always up for shippy things and all relationships, I prefer them to be developed and chemistry based. I will not force anything onto anyone if they feel like something isn’t there.

12.) I’m no biggie on spelling, grammar is also not too much of an issue, but a clear grammar is preferred. As long as I can read and understand it for a reply we are good. If I am having trouble I will ask you to clarify.

13.) When sending in an ask, please specify a muse, one thing on my anxiety is when I get an ask without some specifying, sometimes I will throw someone randomly if I can but if not I get anxious about it, so unless you state one or that its for any muse I will not answer it, unless I know you & muse or muses well enough to know who it’s from or I have come and asked you to clear up who it was for.

13.5.) So as a continuation to above! If you want to continue an ask into a thread please make it into a new post. I don't mind if you want to reblog it to save it. But if you wish to continue any asks into threads please make it into a separate post - I will do the same if I send in an ask to you and want to continue it!

14.) OOC =/= IC. I will not tone down my muses for anyone, but I don’t agree with their morals and choices all the time. OOC is not the same as IC.

15.) I have a habit of forgetting to reply to threads, if it’s been more than a week since I have replied, give me a poke. I may have forgotten or lost muse, this doesn’t mean we can start more threads and get back to it.

16.) Cool with anon asks & M!As. That’s all folks! Hope that we can write something together soon!

MUSE LIST

Sora Ryuu // the weaver of stories // fandomless oc // bio

Orion // demi-demon travelling trickster // fandomless oc // bio

Elliot Snow || Hades // fashionly god of the underworld // headcannon based // bio 

Beetlejuice // ghost with the most // canon-divergent // bio

Dean Winchester // hunter and older brother // canon-divergent // bio 

Merlin // worlds most powerful warlock yet big dummy // canon-divergent // bio 

Revali // prideful heart of the rito // canon-divergent // bio

Roxas // a heart of a nobody // canon-divergent // bio

Mark // grumpy end of the world survivor // resident enis markiplier // bio 

Edward Elric // shortfused alchemist // canon divergent // bio

Alphonse Elric // fullmetal heart // canon divergent // bio

Thirteenth Doctor // tinkering protector of earth // canon divergent // bio

Fizzarolli // lil clown imp guy // canon divergent // bio

Yusuke Kitagawa // flourishing artist of the phantom thieves // canon divergent // bio

Wheatley // Charismatic idiot android core // canon divergent // bio

Judai Yuki // travelling duelist // canon divergent // bio

Rias Strongfork Mizuhana // up and coming ceo & siren // canon divergent - borderlands // bio

Allen Walker // test muse \ work in progress // bio to come soon

Qrow Lamia // cottage witch for misunderstood pokemon // pokemon oc // bio

Howl Pendragon // travelling wizard & flower shop owner // canon divergent // howls moving castle // bio

The Doctor || Elias Mirari // Timelord Traveller & Student of Magic // OC - Canon based / divergent // Doctor Who / fandomless // bio

[dzthenerd490]

File: Junji Ito - Scarecrows

SCP#: AQT

Code Name: When the Scarecrow Wears the Face of the Dead

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Every graveyard around the world that is known for being close to farms and said farms having scarecrows in their farms are to be purchased by the Foundation. All cemetery workers already working there are to be employed as Level 1 Foundation staff and only be informed about SCP-AQT. 

 They are to ensure that the scarecrows never come within a 300 feet radius, if this does occur the Scarecrow is to be returned to the custody of the farmer within 12 hours. If for whatever reason a scarecrow manages to land on a grave and stays, there within those 12 hours they are to be incinerated immediately by Security units disguised as grounds keepers and caretakers of the cemetery. Anyone who intentionally tries to place a scarecrow onto a grave to activate SCP-AQT is to be captured, interrogated, and given the proper amnestics so it doesn’t happen again. 

Description: SCP-AQT is a strange global phenomenon that only occurs when a scarecrow lands on the grave of a deceased person. After about 12 hours the face slowly starts to morph to look exactly like the fact of the deceased person. After a full week of the scarecrow over the grave they will have almost remarkable resemblance to the deceased person almost as if their very essence is now in the scarecrow. Within this state they won’t be able to talk but they will be able to show facial expressions which can give clues as to how they felt during life.

For example, if they are confronted with their killer, they will either glare at them in fear or anger while never losing eye contact with the killer. When near a loved one they will smile at the person lovingly and might even lean closer to them

Unfortunately, as they stay on the grave longer and longer, they get more lively and even capable of movement. Those who were killed can use the wind to blow themselves into the air and land on their killer, often stabbing them with the pole of the scarecrow. Those that greatly loved those in life will use the wind to fly over to them and kiss them. Shockingly in doing this the one who is kissed will die as well. It is for this reason that SCP-AQT must not be allowed to activate at all, besides the obvious mental and ethical consequences of doing such a thing. 

SCP-AQT was discovered in 1997 in [data expunged], Japan in the [data expunged] cemetery. There an old man placed a scarecrow on his daughter's grave in hopes of keeping her husband away who he both disapproved of and believed was his fault for her ending her own life. After about 4 days the scarecrow started growing hair and its face almost resembled the daughter. Soon after the entire local population started sticking scarecrows into graves to see what would happen and sure enough all of them started resembling the deceased person who the scarecrow was planted over. 

Because the incident was so widespread it quickly reached Mobile Task Force Poseidon-3 “Otaku Heart”; unfortunately, it also reached Group of Interest: Parawatch. They quickly posted all information about the incident as far as they could to prevent the Foundation form stopping them. This being an obvious breach to the Veil over the anomalous world, the O5 Council did deploy Mobile Task Force Gamma-5 “Red Herrings”; they were ordered to be on standby in case it worked. It does, it turns out no matter where in the world you are, SCP-AQT can be activated rather easily so long as a scarecrow is placed either close by or directly on a grave. Thankfully after it was confirmed that SCP-AQT can activate anywhere, MTF Gamma-5 went to action finding and administering amnestics to everyone who participated. In the meantime, Mobile Task Force Dionysus-1 “Fake News” erased a majority of the online posts and made the rest seem like an online horror story written by a Japanese manga artist. 

Testing with SCP-AQT has shown that even when a scarecrow is placed not directly but near a grave SCP-AQT will still activate. However, it will take much longer for it to take effect with the scarecrow being 100 feet away or less will require 2 weeks to finish and 300 feet requiring a whole month to finish the SCP-AQT process. Any more than that has been shown to not have any effect. Additional testing has shown that when a scarecrow is placed between two graves the result is [data expunged] and unfortunately only takes the initial 12 hours to activate. This and the added fact that it can manifest anywhere in the world so long as these conditions are met is exactly why SCP-AQT is labeled Object Class Keter.

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SCP: Horror Movie Files Hub

[josseff]

A Late SpyxAnya Review

I forgot to mention but I finished the SpyxAnya video game last week finally… I got that game in the summer, that should tell you a lot how I feel about that game…

—EDITORS NOTE: This gets really ranty by the end and I apologize

Now that I finished it I feel like I can give a proper review, I don’t want this to be complaint the whole time so I’ll start off with things I actually liked and liked a LOT about the game!

The biggest thing I love about the game is the really high quality artwork the game has, there’s not much of them but I love all of the ones they have. they’re based off the anime art style and not the manga but that’s completely fine and more recognizable to be fair. (All artwork in this post is taken from the game)

They also actually got the official Japanese voice actors from the anime to voice almost all of the dialogue in the game! Which is an amazing treat!

Finally, they have lots of cool little references and there’s quite a LOT of costume customization, way more than I expected.

Now to the stuff I didn’t like…

First thing to get out of the way, and most of you have noticed is the graphics quality…

This comparison is so funny because they actually cut from the left image to the right in a cutscene, and I think it shows how inaccurate the graphics are to the artstyle it’s attempting to recreate in 3d. I’m not gonna get footage but the character animations aren’t anything special either, loid is often sitting very hunched over and awkwardly in chairs for example. It doesn’t help that I played on switch and not PS5/PC I guess. But even those versions still look like a mobile game

Mini Games

These are honestly the only time there’s any actual “gameplay” besides walking around and moving a camera. You’ll need to play these to get money for costumes and buying the “special items” to progress the game

Now let me say I DID actually enjoy a handful of these games, albeit some a lot more than others, there’s a different issue I have with them and that’s completeing them.

There’s 3 difficulties for each, each difficulty also has its own 3 optional missions for raffle tickets (which you use to win random costume parts) but the way to complete these are awful. You can only complete 1 objective at a time for some reason and you need to h beat every objective to get the next difficulty… why???

That means if you’re insane you need to play each minigame a minimum of 9 times assuming you complete an objective each time, oh and I forgot to mention you need to pay 100 eurekas to play one minigame (which you obtain those when you take a photo). Some mini games can take at LEAST up to 5 minutes a playthrough, which do the math (5x9) and that’s like 45 minutes playing the same mind numbing minigame.

Don’t even start me on the originality of the minigames, some actually are references to the show but then there’s… really bad bowling? Bad Mobile game auto runners? Bad PacMan and Mappy clones?????? THE SAME CARD GAME TWICE???

Finally… the gameplay!

Now the actual gameplay isn’t as frustrating at least, just a million more times boring. The goal of the game is to take all the super special photos at each location, which is fine. It’s just that you NEED to go to each location a minimum of 2 times because you can only take 2 photos per visit? And then you have to wait 3 whole ingame days to visit it again, which is not fun at all. Not a lot to say about the actual gameplay because of how “nothing” it is.

FINAL VERDICT

It’s… an interesting game to say the least…

It took me about 15 - 20 hours to complete somehow. The game should’ve been 5 with how little it has to offer. Just a very bloated and drawn out feeling game with not much substance. I would’ve preferred a visual novel spyxfamily game than a weird minigame collection with the slowest gameplay ever.

I give SpyxAnya operation memories a 4/10, it’s interesting, even as a spyxfamily fan I couldn’t really enjoy this. You’re better just watching gameplay on YouTube and googleing the gallery images instead of spending your money on this… I REALLY hope Bandai namco doesn’t make another spyxfamily game… I believe a good game could work with spyxfamily just this isn’t it.

[booksofadventures-archived]

Rules & Current Muse List!

{ Gonna have this pinned here and just leave this for my mobile user peeps! }

RULES

1.) Hey everyone, my name is Klemmie! I am nonbinary & my pronouns are they/them or she/her, I prefer they/them though! I am of age at 29 years old and have been RPing since about 2010, over a whole decade! Due to my age there might be NSFW on this blog at times but it will always be under a read more and tagged. On this subject, most muses are of age or have a verse where they are, please be aware of this and all main verse ages for my muses are on their bios on the character page.

2.) I am working a job which I usually only have a couple days off in the week and most evenings free. However activity and replies may be slow or low due to the nature of this being a multi-muse blog and my energy levels on any day. I will do my best to pop in at least once or twice a week with the intentions of queuing up any replies that I owe and once in a blue moon do I reply quickly and without queuing. But just to make everyone aware that this is how this blog operates!

3.) I am good with a mix of jumping into things without a plot; such as memes, open starters, random things are good. But sometimes I prefer plotting, even if only a little bit, especially when it comes to a pre-established relationship that isn’t the canon between two characters; this includes children of muses. I am okay with writing with said muses but I would like to have a bit of plotting to this as my version of the muse or muses as parents in question is not the one canon to yours as such, I need to make sure I know whats going on or all your gonna get from my muse is either ’ I have no kids ’ or i dont believe you, so i tend to avoid that if no prior communication has happened before hand! I do also like screaming about plots that both parties might want to do and discuss between us to work out a possible thread idea?

4.) This blog is multi-fandom, verse and ship. Meaning all threads even if tagged as in the same verse for a muse are their own story and thread between our muses, this includes for relationships, unless its a story that has been discussed and plotted between all involved.

We are also Crossover-friendly here! I love mashing up fandoms and seeing what happens!

5.) As stated in my first ruling, NSFW themes and topics may be present, if I feel that the topic, even if it’s gore and not sexual nsfw, is too heavy or unsafe to just have out on display I will always put it under a read more and tagged the triggers like; tw;__

6.) Continuing with the point above, I will not tolerate certain things like underage sexual content or abuse or any nsfw content with minors - this goes for muns & muses and hanging, if you are ever unsure of anything please ask me. This is also a if I ever forget or don’t tag something that is a trigger for you please just message me and I will tag them accordingly.

7.) Unless your muse has some supernatural abilities or in my muse’s canon knows things about them, please don’t use information that is like their weaknesses and things like that in our threads until my muse reveals them or it is revealed in a thread, I class this as meta rping/writing/gaming?? and it’s no fun???

8.) I’m okay with multiple writing styles, I don’t have the need for anyone to match my length in replies, I know I can get lengthy at times, but as long as it’s more than one sentence or is appropriate for the type of thread we are writing together, because sometimes even I just want to do shorter threads, though I do prefer more written and longer ones.

9.) I’m more into story driven threads, ones that develop my muses and yours hopefully, ones that develop a chemistry and relationship between them. These are the kinds of threads I prefer.

10.) I’m open to all plots and relationships, just come hit me up and let’s see what we can come up with!!!

11.) For shipping I am a shipper of chemistry, I am here for the development. But if you feel like our muses are beginning to develop something, please message me and we can talk. I am always up for shippy things and all relationships, I prefer them to be developed and chemistry based. I will not force anything onto anyone if they feel like something isn’t there.

12.) I’m no biggie on spelling, grammar is also not too much of an issue, but a clear grammar is preferred. As long as I can read and understand it for a reply we are good. If I am having trouble I will ask you to clarify.

13.) When sending in an ask, please specify a muse, one thing on my anxiety is when I get an ask without some specifying, sometimes I will throw someone randomly if I can but if not I get anxious about it, so unless you state one or that its for any muse I will not answer it, unless I know you & muse or muses well enough to know who it’s from or I have come and asked you to clear up who it was for.

14.) OOC =/= IC. I will not tone down my muses for anyone, but I don’t agree with their morals and choices all the time. OOC is not the same as IC.

15.) I have a habit of forgetting to reply to threads, if it’s been more than a week since I have replied, give me a poke. I may have forgotten or lost muse, this doesn’t mean we can start more threads and get back to it.

16.) Cool with anon asks & M!As.

That’s all folks! Hope that we can write something together soon!

CURRENT MUSES

Sora Ryuu - fandomless oc

Beetlejuice - au and canon

Rias mizuhana - au borderlands [ genderbend of rhys strongfork ]

Emery din - oldest triforce bro / legend of zelda oc

Torin nayru - middle triforce bro / legend of zelda oc

Leon farore - youngest triforce bro / legend of zelda oc

Hades - mix of sources / headcanon based

13th doctor - mixed of au and canon

Percy parker - spiderman oc { currently being rewritten }

Roxas - kingdom hearts

Riku - kingdom hearts

Spyro the dragon

Judai yuki - yugioh gx

Revali - legend of zelda

Link - legend of zelda

Zelda - legend of zelda

Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist

Dean Winchester - Supernatural

Fizzaroli - Helluva Boss

Merlin - bbc merlin

Alphonse elric - fullmetal alchemist

Bill cipher - gravity falls

Eleventh doctor - doctor who

{ Muses may get added or removed at any time, but I will post when I've changed anything! }

GUEST MUSES!

Yukio Okumura - Blue Exorcist

[mariacallous]

Of all the ways that the 2024 presidential election has been notable, the most remarkable is this: Kamala Harris scored most of her gains in the six weeks after President Biden announced that he would not run for a second term. Despite everything that has happened in recent weeks, the race has been frozen in place since Labor Day.

Between September 5 and October 7, Kamala Harris’ lead over Donald Trump in the national popular vote fell by just 0.4 points in the FiveThirtyEight average and rose by just 0.4 points in the RealClearPolitics average.1 As of now, Harris’ lead over Trump is in line with Hillary Clinton’s in 2016 but about two points below Biden’s winning margin in 2020.

During this period, the margin between the candidates has varied by one point or more in only two of the seven swing states. Trump moved up by about 1.5 points in Georgia and about one point in Wisconsin. Pennsylvania was a dead heat a month ago and remains the same today. Neither candidate is close to a secure majority in the Electoral College, and it remains the case, as it has been since the beginning of the race, that neither candidate is likely to reach 270 electoral votes without carrying Pennsylvania.

The underlying dynamics of the race do not suggest that either campaign is about to break out of the current stalemate. One recent survey found that 65% of both Harris and Trump supporters are paying “a lot” of attention to the contest and that 90% of both Harris and Trump supporters say that they “definitely” will vote. Harris enjoys the backing of 93% of Democrats; Trump, 91% of Republicans. Ninety-seven percent of Harris voters and 95% of Trump voters say that their minds are made up and that there’s no chance they will shift their support.

There is an interesting asymmetry between the candidates, however. When asked whether they would “consider” voting for Harris, 53% answered in the affirmative, compared to 49% when asked about Trump. This supports the widespread belief that his ceiling is significantly lower than hers. The question is how close will Harris get to maximizing her support. If she reaches 51% of the popular vote and stays there, she will almost certainly win the race. Anything less means trouble for her in the Electoral College. Conversely, if Trump hits his ceiling of 49%, he will almost certainly win in the Electoral College, while 47% would mean a rerun of 2020.

Support for independent and third-party candidates, which was high when Biden was the presumptive Democratic nominee, has dwindled since Harris replaced him and seems unlikely to significantly exceed its roughly two-point share of the national popular vote. But even two points could be crucial: If Trump gets to 48% of the popular vote, Harris would be left with 50%—and the same two-point margin over Trump that Hillary Clinton had in 2016.

Many observers believe that Trump will do significantly better among Black and Hispanic voters than he did four years ago. The evidence is equivocal; it suggests that he will top the eight percent of the Black vote that he received in 2020 but will be hard-pressed do much better than the 38% of the Hispanic vote that he got. He may well do better among non-white men, but this gain could be counterbalanced by Harris’ gains among non-white women, especially those who rate abortion among their top issues.

Another widespread belief is that the 2024 race will witness an unprecedented gender gap. But the evidence is anything but clear. Some surveys support this hypothesis while others show little change from 2020, when Biden prevailed among women by double digits while trailing Trump among men by single digits.2 One thing is clear: If women are more mobilized than men on November 5, Harris’ chances of winning go way up; if the reverse, Trump’s chances do.

Taking all these data into account, two conclusions seem warranted. First: Taken together, undecided voters and voters who may change their minds now constitute a very small share of the electorate, which means that the outcome of the race will hinge much more on mobilization than persuasion. During the next four weeks, Americans can expect an outpouring of advertisements—and speeches by candidates and their surrogates—designed to energize the party faithful and get them to the polls. This probably means a tilt toward negative messages that play on fears of what will happen if the other side prevails. The ground game, where Democrats appear to hold the advantage, can make a difference—but more so if rank and file party members are already enthusiastic about voting when someone knocks on their door.

Second: If the torrent of events, at home and abroad, since Labor Day hasn’t moved the race decisively, it’s unlikely that anything between now and November 5 will either. It’s hard to imagine what could change impressions of Donald Trump for good or ill. The odds of a blockbuster revelation about Kamala Harris, who is less well known to the public, are higher. Still, Harris has been her party’s nominee for two and one-half months, subject to intense scrutiny. The press and Trump’s opposition researchers have been digging hard for revelations, without coming up with anything that has changed the dynamics of the race.

Expect four weeks of ferocious trench warfare along a static front in a presidential contest that offers a starker choice between candidates—and the future course of the country—than most Americans have ever experienced.

[pokemonunbound]

POKEMON UNBOUND DOWNLOAD

Download >> https://pokemonunbound.net/pokemon-unbound-download/

Introduction

Hello, my name is Skeli and this is my only ROM hack. I started ROM hacking seriously in 2016 and have since written various ASM routines, created the Dynamic Pokemon Expansion for FireRed, and developed the Complete FireRed Upgrade together with ghoulslash. After a long time, I’m proud to announce that Pokemon Unbound is finally finished. There are now two fully functional versions:

The first is the main game, a story-driven game with complex puzzles that test the limits of your patience and endurance. Once you’ve completed the main campaign, there’s also a significant amount of post-game content to enjoy in the coming weeks.

The second version, called the Battle Frontier Demo, showcases Unbound’s combat engine by providing full access to the Battle Frontier. This version was created in the format of a mobile game, i.e. H. daily rewards, monthly payouts and unlimited playtime. If you enjoy fighting, you’ll find plenty to do with over 100 different possible fighting combinations. For a fair combat experience, I recommend choosing this version over the main game’s Insane difficulty – a difficulty designed for unfair challenges.

With that in mind: Have fun with Pokemon Unbound Download!

Story

Welcome to Borrius, a region rich with history. Centuries ago, the Borrian people were enveloped in a great war with a foreign land. When all seemed lost, the Borrian king summoned a powerful force to help turn the tide of battle. Unfortunately, the war ended in defeat when the king of the foreign land unleashed a devastating weapon. Disgruntled, the Borrian army returned home.

The people, now enraged against the Borrian king, attempted a coup by manipulating the dark force summoned during the war. The Borrian king was able to seal away its power, however, and the coup was thwarted.

Many years later, an organization known simply as the “Shadows” seems bent on releasing the dark force once again. Are they after the destruction of the Borrius region, or is there something else at play? It’s up to you to stand in their way!

Features

A Powerful Engine: Pushing the Complete FireRed Upgrade to its maximum potential, Pokemon Unbound contains a custom battle engine on par with Gen 8, as well as many quality of life features that improve the gameplay experience just waiting to be found. Enjoy catching all of your favourite Pokemon, from Gen 1 up to Gen 7, while using all of your favourite moves and abilities from each of these generations!

QOL Galore: Pokemon Unbound is also chock full of quality-of-life features to enjoy, such as Unlimited Bag Space, Auto-Run, the DexNav, Daily Raids and much more!

A New HM System: Have access to all of your favourite HMs without the hassle of carrying HM slaves! As long as your Pokemon can learn an HM, they will be able to use it in the overworld, and once you purchase the brand new key item – the ADM in the post-game, enjoy battling with all six Pokemon from your favourite team regardless of the HMs they can learn!

Updated Graphics: Sporting Gen 4 graphics in the overworld and Gen 5-esqe interfaces, in addition to a dynamic day and night system, Pokemon Unbound has a brand new, yet familiar feel! You’re not in Kanto anymore!

Difficulty Modes: Choose from up to four different difficulty modes! Ranging from Easy to Insane, you can either sit back and relax or get your teeth kicked in by a completely brand new AI system!

A Unique Mission System: Pokemon Unbound contains over 80 unique Missions to complete! Mission progress can be tracked using the new Mission Log, in addition to extra details, such as which items have been found in collectathons!

Character Customization: Choose from up to 300 different combinations of skin tones, hair colours, and outfit colours! Unleash your fashion sense!

Daily Events: There are plenty of events all over Borrius, many of which can be experienced daily, and some can only be found at certain points in the day! Play throughout the day to experience them all!

Exciting Mini-Games: Play exciting mini-games such as Cloud Burst, Safari Sniper, and Underground Mining!

Challenging Puzzles: Put your brain to the test, and find ways to solve many of the unique and complex puzzles littered throughout Borrius!

A Rich Post-Game: Spend hours after the main campaign battling in Pokemon Unbound’s battle facilities, completing Missions, mining in the KBT Expressway, catching Legendary Pokemon, and so much more!

A Custom OST: Enjoy over 180 original songs composed for Pokemon Unbound, each as brilliant as the last! And if you’re left wanting them for yourself, you can download them all here!

[spinoff-antithesis]

kitty picture perhaps?

cracks knuckles. i have a whole gallery that’s a year out of date and you have incredibly perfect timing.

i also cannot add a break on mobile. sorry in advance (not really)

this loaf is luke! he’s my eldest - five years old & i share a birthday with him :) he got yoinked out of a neighbor’s car with his sister by my mom & the neighbor and i found him in the garage a week later bc my mom managed to keep him & leia under wraps and hidden from me for a WEEK. i still don’t know how she did it. he is picky abt cuddling but boy does he love sitting on my fucking ribs. every time. he’s also started cuddling more with me now that i’ve got my weighted blanket out - i think he likes how cool it is. also he only eats out of his food bowl and will sniff my food. most he steals is a lick of mac & cheese. (charm will steal my food if i leave it unattended, for comparison)

this little creature is charm!! she’s uh. a year. i think. maybe two next month?? she was ~6mon when i adopted her from petsmart in may 2022. historically the only cat i have ever paid for. she lost a brain cell with her leg and i love her so badly she was curled up against my chest while i was sitting against my door a while ago and bit my hand while i was petting her so i bit her back (lightly). we are also very lucky to have her bc she almost got adopted before my mom & i showed up and my mom’s car broke down the night we saw her so we had to get her the day i left the country for a study abroad. happy early 21st birthday to me i got a cat. also a little rat and a thief. i love her so badly please stop getting into fights with luke.

this goober is sunset!! there’s lore behind how we got her and the tldr of it is that she may have loosely belonged to someone else but uhhh scratches head no microchip no collar friendly cat running around at late hours free game. (there’s more context it’s just funnier like this). we got her the week before i got my job (early september) & i’ve literally no idea how old she is. had her for a week took her to the vet and got told “yeah shes either 7month or 4yr old. we don’t know.” so she’s ????? years old. also found out she was in fact NOT a boy and definitely a few weeks pregnant when we took her to the vet. my little rarity.

i do not have many pictures of this tiny screamy baby due to the fact it is LITERALLY A FEW HOURS OLD born. somewhere between 2pm-5:30pm oct. 17th 2023. it’s sunset’s baby it’s fucking adorable i can hold it in the literal palm of my hand and i will be training it to be a shoulder cat bc i miss my fucking shoulder cat. so badly. little screamy has no name and we do not know its gender quite yet considering that it is maybe 10-12hr old i also don’t really think it’s that imperative because i’m hoping it also survives its first night and sunset doesn’t accidentally crush it. but its so tiny oh my god (it will be named after some sort of star. probably polaris, dipper, corvus, or orion) it is also an only child as of 2am 10/18/23).

anyway tldr i got 3/5 cats by yoinking them off the street paid for 1 (one) at petsmart and the other was born maybe ten hours ago. so. :) also theyre my babies i will literally spam pictures of them i do not care my personal instagram is mostly cat pictures.

[paperanddice]

Pathfinder 2e and 13th Age both have stat blocks for giant ants, but no stat blocks for the queen of the hive. That's such a shameful absence. Dealing with a hive of giant ants and taking out the queen feels like it should be a fantasy standard (I remember it from the game Champions of Norrath way back in the day), and it's not available at base in either system. Thankfully, the Tome of Beasts is what brought giant ants into 5e, and they were aware enough to ensure the queen appeared as is appropriate. So here she is for the other systems as well.

I don't think I need to introduce giant ant queens in character for a fantasy setting, it's a big ant.

Anubians on the other hand, I will introduce in setting. They are a special form of earth elemental created long ago, with a large number of them bound into tomb defenders by a band of wizards. They didn't share the specific ritual for creating this sandy guardian, and with the collapse of their group and the loss of their knowledge, no one's summoned a permanent anubian in centuries. While a few might use more standard summoning spells to get one temporarily, the remaining originals still sit within the ruins they were summoned to guard, seething with rage against the wizards that bound them and venting their frustrations on the rare tomb robber that stumbles across their hidden prisons.

Anubians are made of sand, and generally take the form of a jackel headed humanoid, patterned after the god Anubus. They can summon sandstorms around themselves for defense and to hamper and restrain invaders, but doing so heavily reduces their mobility, so they will usually only do it while surrounded and within a small area where foes can't easily avoid it. Their bodies are much less compact and bound together than other earth elementals, so water will quickly break it down, but this looseness allows them to collapse into loose sand and quickly reform at another location, allowing them to bypass many barriers and position themselves in the best spot to unleash their haboob.

Originally from the Tome of Beasts 1. This post came out a week ago on my Patreon. If you want to get access to all my monster conversions early, as well as access to my premade adventures and other material I’m working on, consider backing me there!

Pathfinder 2e

Giant Ant Queen Creature 4 N Large Animal Perception +9; scent (imprecise) 30 feet Skills Athletics +11, Survival +9 Str +5, Dex +1, Con +5, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -3 AC 20; Fort +13, Ref +9, Will +7 HP 60 Queen's Scent The giant ant queen constantly releases pheromones that causes all giant ants within 30 feet of the queen to gain a +2 status bonus to attack rolls. Speed 40 feet Melee mandibles +13, Damage 2d6+5 slashing plus Grab Melee stinger +13 (agile), Damage 2d4+4 piercing plus giant ant venom Giant Ant Venom (poison); Saving Throw DC 20 Fortitude; Maximum Duration 4 rounds; Stage 1 1d8 poison and enfeebled 1 (1 round); Stage 2 1d10 poison and enfeebled 2 (1 round); Stage 3 1d12 poison and enfeebled 3 (1 round)

Anubian Creature 2 Rare CE Medium Elemental Earth Perception +8; darkvision, tremorsense (imprecise) 30 feet Skills Stealth +9 (+11 in sand terrain) Str +1, Dex +3, Con +1, Int +0, Wis +2, Cha +0 AC 17; Fort +7, Ref +9, Will +8 HP 28; Immunities bleed, paralyzed, poison, sleep; Weaknesses water 5 Water Vulnerability Water melts the anubian. Full immersion in salt water deals 4d6 acid damage per round. Speed 25 feet Melee claw +9 (agile, finesse), Damage 1d6+3 slashing Haboob [two actions] (primal) The anubian creates a sandstorm that fills a 5-foot radius, 30-foot tall cylinder centered on itself. The sandstorm has a duration of sustained up to 10 minutes, and moves with the anubian. The anubian's speed is reduced to 5 feet, and it can't use Sand Step while the sandstorm is active. All creatures in this area are concealed. The anubian ignores this concealment. Any creature except an anubian that ends its turn in the sandstorm takes 1d6 slashing damage, and the anubian attempts a Shove against the target as a free action, with a +11 bonus. Sand Step [one action] (transmutation) The anubian collapses into loose sand and immediately reforms at another unoccupied space within 10 feet of it. This movement can pass under doors or similar obstacles, as long as there's a large enough gap for sand to pass through. If the anubian reappears in sandy terrain, it can take the Hide action for free, even if it doesn't have cover or concealment.

13th Age

Giant Ant Queen  Large 2nd level leader [beast]  Initiative: +4 Grasping Mandibles +6 vs. AC - 8 damage. Natural Even Hit: The giant ant queen can grab the target. Until the grab ends, the queen can’t make grasping mandible attacks against other targets, and can make poisonous stinger attacks against the grabbed target as a standard action. [Special Trigger] Poisonous Stinger +10 vs. AC (includes +4 grab bonus) - 10 damage plus 4 ongoing poison damage. Natural 16+: The target is also weakened as long as it’s taking the ongoing damage. Queen’s Scent: All nearby giant ants gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls. AC 17 PD 15 MD 11 HP 74

Anubian  1st level blocker [elemental]  Initiative: +5 Claws +6 vs. AC - 6 damage. Haboob: 1/battle, when the escalation die is even, the anubian can whip up a sandstorm surrounding itself. When it uses this action and at the start of each of its turns while it sustains the storm, it can make a whirling sand attack as a free action. The anubian can’t move or use sand step while it sustains the storm. Whenever the anubian takes damage while sustaining the storm, it must roll an easy save (6+); on a failure, the sandstorm ends. [Special Trigger] C: Whirling Sand +6 vs. PD (1d3 nearby enemies) - The target is stuck until the start of the anubian’s next turn. Melt in Water: The anubian takes 4d6 damage any time it starts its turn immersed in water. Sand Step: As a move action, the anubian can teleport to a nearby location. If there is already sand in that location, it can become invisible until it attacks or the start of its next turn. AC 17 PD 14 MD 10 HP 32

[teryllot482]

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Why It’s Growing in Popularity

66 Lottery is gaining traction because it offers:

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Responsible Gaming Matters

While lottery games can be fun and potentially rewarding, it's important to play responsibly. Set limits on spending, treat it as entertainment, and never chase losses. Reputable 66 Lottery platforms include features like:

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Deposit limits

Self-exclusion options

Links to gambling support organizations

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Final Thoughts

The 66 Lottery is not just a game — it’s a digital experience designed for the modern age. With easier odds, instant payouts, and the flexibility of mobile play, it’s no surprise that more people are giving it a try.

If you’re someone who enjoys games of chance and is looking for a lottery experience that fits your lifestyle, 66 Lottery may just be the ticket. But remember — luck favors the informed. So do your research, play smart, and who knows? Your lucky six numbers could be just a click away from changing your life.

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How to pack smart for a long flight from Houston to Chennai

International travel often comes with unexpected changes. Whether you're juggling shifting work schedules, dealing with a personal emergency, or simply rethinking your itinerary, altering your travel dates can feel overwhelming, especially on long-distance routes like Flights from Houston to Chennai. The reassuring news? The process is more manageable than you might think. With a solid grasp of airline policies and a few straightforward steps, you can adjust your booking with ease and avoid unnecessary stress.

This guide will take you step by step through how to change your flight dates, helping you stay in control and travel with confidence.

Step 1: Understand the Airline’s Change Policy

Before attempting to change your travel dates, it’s important to read and understand your airline’s change policy. Every airline has its own set of rules depending on the fare class and destination. For IAH to MAA flights (George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston to Chennai International Airport), some airlines offer free changes within 24 hours of booking, while others may charge a change fee or fare difference.

Check whether your original ticket was refundable or non-refundable, and if you selected a flexible fare. Some lower-cost tickets offer no flexibility, while premium economy or business fares might include complimentary date changes. These details can usually be found in the confirmation email you received after booking.

Step 2: Access Your Booking Online

Once you know your ticket's terms, log in to the airline’s website or the platform where you purchased your ticket. You’ll need either your login credentials or your booking reference number.

After accessing your itinerary, look for a tab or option that says "Manage Booking" or "Change Flight." Whether you’re flying direct or with layovers, most major carriers allow you to adjust flights from IAH to MAA right from the dashboard.

Some airlines also have mobile apps where changes can be made quickly. This is a great option if you’re on the go or dealing with a time-sensitive schedule adjustment.

Step 3: Select New Travel Dates

Now it's time to choose your new travel dates. A calendar or list of available flights will appear once you proceed to the “Change Flight” section. This is where flexibility can benefit you most. If you’re not tied to specific dates, you can often find better availability and lower fare differences.

Mid-week flights tend to be less expensive than weekend departures. By shifting your travel even by a day or two, you may end up finding cheap flights from Houston to Chennai. Also, early morning and late-night flights may be more affordable and less crowded.

Make sure to select a flight that fits your schedule and allows sufficient connection time if you’re not flying directly. Consider time zone differences and flight durations to plan your arrival in Chennai comfortably.

Step 4: Review Fare Differences and Fees

Once you select your new flight, you’ll see a breakdown of any fare difference and applicable change fees. If your new travel dates are during a peak season, you may need to pay a higher fare. On the other hand, if you’re switching to a less popular date, you might even receive a refund or pay only a minimal fee.

For travelers focused on a budget, reviewing fare changes carefully is key. Many people searching for cheap flights from Houston to Chennai find success by booking early and staying flexible. If the price difference is too high, consider alternate days or flight combinations.

Step 5: Confirm and Pay (if Necessary)

Once you're happy with the new itinerary and associated costs, proceed to confirmation. You’ll typically be asked to re-enter some details (such as email or contact info) and complete the transaction if any additional payment is needed.

After completing the change, you'll receive a confirmation email with your updated itinerary. Check this thoroughly—make sure the dates, times, and passenger details are correct. Save a digital and printed copy for reference during your travel.

Step 6: Recheck Travel Requirements

In changing dates for that flight, you must also rethink your passport and travel documentation. If traveling by international flights to India, ensure that your visa, passport, vaccinations, and other travel-related documents are valid for your new travel dates.

It would also help to call the hotel again to confirm the reservations, modes of transportation, and any appointment-based activity in Chennai affected by this flight rescheduling.

Step 7: Prepare for Your Journey

Once everything is updated, you are good to go. Check in online, at least in a 24-48 hour window leading to departure, to reserve the desired seat preference and escape the long queues at the airport. For airlines that allow e-boarding passes, download yours ahead of time.

Keep checking your email and that handy app for your airline for any live notices about gate changes, etc. And for international travelers, you are highly recommended to arrive at the airport no less than 3 hours ahead of time from your scheduled departure.

Final Thoughts

You can easily make connection flights from Houston to Chennai without being complicated. Understand your ticket rules, have flexibility, and take a stepwise approach, and you will be able to reschedule your journey without too much effort. Get informed and get to it early.

And for those still sketching out itineraries or house hunting for better deals, try searching deals on sites such as FlyDealFare for better route flexibility/price enhancement.

For the travelers who fly internationally frequently, especially cheap air tickets to India from the USA, just observing some of the offers and booking some time in advance can reduce travel costs considerably. Be it for a wedding or a business meeting, or just a vacation, buying ahead of time is the smartest way to travel. So, whether it's your first time doing a long-distance travel change, or you're an expert in that, after this guide, you'll be able to easily handle your flights from IAH to MAA. Enjoy your travels-and have a good time in Chennai!

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Hand Mobility and Somatosensory Responses, page 1

        Exploring Hand Mobility and Somatosensory Responses, page 1

        Sunday afternoon, 4 May 2025.

        Hand mobility and somatosensory dream segments have remained a fundamental dream narrative type in virtually all sleep cycles for 60 years. Before I get into a series of explicit information in later accounts, I will include some differences in the kinds of responses. The causality (and influence) comes from physiological responses to sleep (and in many cases, deliberately defining my dream's content or outcome, either intuitively or lucidly) and requires no asinine "interpretation" or references to the "subconscious," which does not exist.

        An example of deliberate lucid focus and defining my dream's outcome: Near the top of a high building on a balcony, I "prove I am an alien" to an annoyed general and his army far below by willing my right hand to become irregular, with extremely crooked fingers. I wiggle it for effect, with a sense of satisfaction and amusement.

        An example of a passive semi-lucid response: Ken Curtis (an actor from "Gunsmoke") is nearby in formal clothes. He watches me as I study my right hand and move my fingers. My hand is like that of a partly unwrapped mummy, complete with bandages, with some bones and torn flesh visible, but I find it intriguing, without emotion. (This content's influence came from my badly burned and bandaged hand from waking life weeks previously, but the curious aspect is that my dream occurred on 2 July, Ken's birthdate.)

        An example of a vivid intuitive response: Kiefer Sutherland, spending the night in a grocery store to make a public appearance the next day, sits in the dark on one of the last steps at the bottom of a narrow staircase between two close walls. I reach out to shake his hand. He seems annoyed and hesitant, but I intuitively cause the outcome to result in a vivid handshake.

        An example of a vivid lucid dream: I go into a room, sit on the floor, and pull my fingers off. They become bones and I throw them at the wall to create a clattering sound. Logic is absent here because I still have hands and fingers to throw them.

        A regularly occurring somatosensory dream is reaching into my right pants pocket to feel several coins. There is no imagery in many instances, only the vivid illusion of tangibility and tactility in darkness.

        An example of a corresponding surreal association with the lifelong recurring hand mobility narrative: A few times, I see two crayfish fighting. The image of two clasped hands, bent at the wrists, closely matches the imagery. (I have revealed this correlation in an image in a previous account. The similarity is striking.)

        An example of somatosensory response and R.E.M. atonia variations shaping a dream's outcome: After I think there is a brown recluse spider in my bedroom, I go to the carport, intending to go into the backyard, considering it might be safer outside. As I walk, I look down and see the brown recluse "spider" embedded in the back of my right hand with minimal blood (eight small red spots in two clusters of four). My dream self sees it as a "spider" even though it is a capacitor with eight wire "legs" (four jutting from each end). I can vaguely make out random letters and numbers on the side of the "spider's" cylindrical body.

        An example of a surreal response to the hand mobility factor: I watch a "giant spider" (that landed on Earth in a spaceship with other "aliens") walk over the school grounds. It is a human hand being filmed for special effects for a science-fiction movie in progress. It has an eye painted on its knuckle and a yellow crown. I am aware that the hand is normal-sized and that the scene is for a movie. It has a stop-motion animation look, directly influenced by a scene from "Dinosaurus" where the sand's movements seem to skip frames as the dinosaur (in suspended animation) is dragged across the beach.

        An example of somatosensory response and "correcting" it with metacognition: I will again describe a vivid awareness of sleeping while holding the TV remote. I felt it transform into grass clippers (that I had also used that day) and mentally correct it when I recognize my dream is "wrong." On another day, it became a fork and slipped out of my hand.