#smart locks with advanced security

[hettichindia]

Enhance home security with the best security locks for homes, featuring high-end door lock features like anti-drill protection, multi-point locking, and biometric access. Choose smart locks with advanced security for remote access and real-time monitoring. Upgrade to keyless entry door locks for convenience and superior protection.

[optiblog]

OPTİVİSER - GOLD

Welcome to Optiviser.com, your ultimate guide to navigating the complex world of electronics in 2024. As technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, finding the right devices that suit your needs can be overwhelming. In this blog post, we’ll harness the power of AI to help you make informed choices with our comprehensive electronics comparison. We’ll take a closer look at the top smart home devices that are revolutionizing how we live and work, providing convenience and efficiency like never before. Additionally, we’ll offer expert laptop recommendations tailored to various lifestyles and budgets, ensuring you find the perfect match for your daily tasks. 

AI-powered Electronics Comparison

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As we delve into the world of consumer technology, it's important to highlight the Top Smart Home Devices 2024. From smart thermostats to security cameras, these devices are becoming essential for modern households. They not only enhance convenience but also significantly improve energy efficiency and home safety.

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Top Smart Home Devices 2024

As we move into 2024, the landscape of home automation is evolving rapidly, showcasing an array of innovative gadgets designed to enhance comfort and convenience. In this era of AI-powered Electronics Comparison, selecting the right devices can be overwhelming, but we've highlighted some of the best Top Smart Home Devices 2024 that stand out for their functionality and user experience.

One of the most impressive innovations for this year is the latest AI-powered home assistant. These devices not only respond to voice commands but also learn your preferences over time, allowing them to offer personalized suggestions and perform tasks proactively. Imagine a device that can monitor your schedule and automatically adjust your home's temperature and lighting accordingly!

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Laptop Recommendation

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This year, we have seen a surge in innovative laptops that cater to diverse needs. Whether for gaming, business, or everyday use, our top recommendations include models that excel in battery life, processing power, and display quality. For instance, consider the latest models from top brands, which have integrated the best features of Top Smart Home Devices 2024 trends, ensuring seamless connectivity and advanced functionalities.

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[ghostwarriorrrr]

🇹🇷🔥 Turkish Air Force - F-4E 2020 Terminator

The F-4E 2020 Terminator represents a significant leap forward in the capabilities of the Turkish Air Force. This comprehensive upgrade enhances the venerable F-4E Phantom II with modern Turkish-made weapons systems, showcasing Türkiye’s commitment to self-reliance and advanced military technology.

Background

With a storied history dating back to the 1960s, the F-4E Phantom II has been a pivotal player on the global stage of air combat. Serving multiple nations and seeing numerous conflicts, the Phantom carved out its place in aviation history as a versatile and rugged aircraft. Türkiye’s decision to upgrade this aircraft stems from a strategic imperative to leverage existing assets while infusing them with cutting-edge technology to maintain relevance in modern aerial warfare. The 2020 Terminator program is the Turkish Air Force’s ambitious initiative to retrofit these fighters with state-of-the-art systems.

Strategic Importance

The ability to exert air superiority and conduct precision strikes is paramount in a region marked by dynamic security challenges. The F-4E 2020 Terminator’s enhanced capabilities contribute significantly to deterrence, and the demonstration of Türkiye’s advancing aerospace industry serves both a strategic and diplomatic purpose.

Upgrade Overview

The 2020 Terminator upgrade, realized by Turkish Aerospace Industries in collaboration with ASELSAN, constitutes a multifaceted improvement over the aircraft’s original design. It touches every aspect of the aircraft’s systems, bringing its avionics, armaments, and electronic warfare systems into the 21st century.

Avionics:

The modernized multi-mode pulse Doppler radar extends the aircraft’s detection range, allowing it to lock onto and engage targets from greater distances. Integrating a Hands-On Throttle-And-Stick (HOTAS) system enhances pilot control, minimizing response time during high-stakes manoeuvres. Color Multifunctional Displays (MFDs) replace outdated gauges, providing pilots with real-time data visualization for improved situational awareness.

Armament:

The Terminator’s weapons suite has been revolutionized with a mixture of Western and indigenous munitions. Long-standing armaments like the AIM-9X Sidewinder are joined by Türkiye’s own precision-guided munitions, such as the SOM cruise missile, capable of striking strategic land and sea targets with formidable accuracy. The UAV-230, a domestic innovation, represents the pinnacle of Türkiye’s missile development, offering supersonic ballistic delivery of a range of warhead types over substantial distances. The BOZOK, MAM-C, MAM-L, and Cirit missiles exemplify Türkiye’s expertise in laser guidance and smart munition technology, enabling the Terminator to engage and defeat a broad spectrum of target profiles with unerring precision.

Electronic Warfare:

To contend with the contemporary battlefield’s electronic warfare environment, the F-4E 2020 Terminator incorporates an advanced Electronic Support Measures (ESM) system for rapid threat identification and an Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) suite to confound hostile tracking systems. Moreover, chaff and flare dispensers have been integrated to provide decoys against incoming missile threats, enhancing the aircraft’s survivability in hostile airspace.

Operational Capability:

The F-4E Phantom II, transformed by these integrated systems, emerges as a multirole platform capable of dominating beyond-visual-range air-to-air engagements and precision ground-attack missions. It can operate in complex electronic warfare environments and deliver various ordnances based on mission requirements, making it a flexible asset in the Türkiye Air Force’s inventory.

Significance:

The F-4E 2020 Terminator project is a hallmark of Türkiye’s aerospace ambition and its push toward defence autonomy. By retrofitting and modernizing its Phantoms, Türkiye maximizes the value of its existing fleet while also establishing a foundation for future indigenous aircraft development projects.

Munitions Details:

The advanced, indigenous Turkish weaponry integrated into the F-4E 2020 Terminator underlines a significant shift toward self-reliance in defence technologies. Each munition type brings unique capabilities that enhance the platform’s lethality:

UAV-230: A domestically-developed ballistic missile, this supersonic weapon delivers high-precision strikes at long ranges, challenging enemy defences with its speed and reduced radar cross-section.

BOZOK: The versatility of this laser-guided munition makes it ideal for engaging both stationary and moving targets with high precision, ideal for close air support.

MAM-C/L: These smart micro munitions are designed for tactical flexibility, allowing for precision targeting in complex engagement scenarios, from anti-armour operations to counter-insurgency roles.

Cirit: A highly accurate laser-guided missile system designed for low collateral damage, Cirit is adept at striking soft and lightly armoured targets with pinpoint accuracy.

SAGE Munitions: TUBITAK SAGE, Türkiye’s leading defence research and development institute, has contributed a range of munitions enhancing the Terminator’s operational capabilities across various domains.

Conclusion:

The upgraded F-4E 2020 Terminator is a testament to Türkiye’s determination to retain a competitive edge in aerospace and defence technologies. The integration of modern avionics, armaments, and electronic warfare capabilities ensures the aircraft’s continued relevance in modern air combat, and its presence in the skies serves as a deterrent in a strategically complex region.

[spidernuggets]

Jason Todd x Reader

That song "Loser Baby" from Hazbin Hotel has been on my mind ever since I watched the video, and I'm like, ooooh, prompt idea ✨️✨️

Basically, Jason and Reader are both members of the Titans, Jason's going through some shit, thinking he's alone to deal with it because the other members never cared about his problems, so Reader is there to sort of comfort him!

WARNINGS: mentions of suicide, drug use, weaponry use

Notes: Based on HBO Titans, timelines are mixed, idk how a molotov cocktail works, just go w it, unrealistic gun use

Another day, another failed mission. Why? Jason took the impulsive decision to dive in, head first, into the first danger he saw, which led them to be ambushed by other criminals. Sure, they got the majority locked up, but now the others are spread around Gotham now trying to get backup.

And like most times, when Jason messes up now and again, the members start pointing fingers while Dick was at GCPD.

"We went through the plan a million times, kid," Hank grunts. "You wait for Dick's signal!"

"Yeah, yeah! I heard you the first time," Jason spits back. He's been hearing this ever since the whole fiasco ended up until now as everyone got back to the tower. "Get off my back, will you, at least I fuckin' tried, asshole."

"And we would've completed the mission successfully if you tried after Dick gave the cue," Kory chimes in. "You need to work on your patience."

"Whatever," Jason mumbles storming back into his room.

Just as he was, you were exiting your own room, located just beside Jason's.

"Hi, Jay, how was the- oh...kay?" Just as you were greeting the young vigilante, he ignored you, slamming his door shut.

You walk into the lobby. Though you were a member of the Titans, you didn't participate often in missions. You design and create weaponry for the other members, especially Dick and Jason, as they don't have any powers. You excused yourself from joining the missions because although you knew how and when to use your mechanics best, your combat and stealth skills aren't as advanced.

You picked up this interest of building and experimenting after a few downfalls earlier in your life before Dick found you and took you in.

You grew up on the not so upper class side of Gotham City, and you were not an intentionally planned kid. Your parents made bad decisions, weren't married, and both were struggling in their own way. But your dad soon realised that it was all too much for him. He couldn't take care of himself, let alone take care of a kid, his kid. Soon enough, he reached his limit and swallowed a few too many pills.

That's when your mom went spiralling into her own depression. She smoked more cigs, snorted more coke, and drank more alcohol. And when you were old enough to comprehend the profanity she spat at you, she figured that you were smart enough to live life on your own. So she kicked you out. Later that night, when you came back, just to double check if your mom was just on a high and didn't mean what she said, she was gone. The only evidence to prove she was there were the smashed bourbon bottles and and cigarette butts scattered across the floor.

You sat yourself on the couch, legs tucked into your chest as you wrapped your arms to secure them in place and waited patiently for your mom to come home.

But she never did.

Some bad people were after you, claiming that your mother had owed them a shit ton of money. When you told them you didn't know where she was, they said that you'd have to continue to pay back her debt. You had nowhere else to go. So every time they'd come knocking on your door, you'd bolt out through the fire escape.

You had a molotov cocktail in your hand, a little something you saw your dad do once when he was in a difficult situation such as yours. This is the first time you've tried to use it before. You're scared that saving the bottle would be a waste of time. What if you threw it and the fire just went out? What if it wouldn't have the effect you'd expect? What if it would hurt you too in the process??

You just prayed. Prayed for some sort of miracle. In your other hand, spray on deodorant that you stole from the grocery store a walk away from your apartment.

There's a recently abandoned one-story house just down the road.

Lure them there, spray the room, blow 'em up.

You repeated the plan to yourself. So many things can go wrong. You couldn't do anything but pray.

Your chest ached when you got to the building. You covered your face as you choked, inhaling the deodorant that you sprayed around the room.

"There they are!" One of the men yelled towards your direction. You waited. Just a couple seconds.

You ran out the back window as they crashed through the door. Looking back, you waited as much as you could, making sire as much of the men entered the house.

Now.

You lit the cloth on fire, using your mom's lighter, one of the things you kept, and threw it through the window. And just like that, the fire caught onto the particles of the deodorant, and as the bottle smashed to the concrete floor, the building as a whole burst into flames, the painful screams of men remaining in the house.

"Oh my god, it worked!" You said to yourself, panting as you continue to run away.

From then on, you experimented with other, easier ways to create the same kind of effect. You used scraps of metal, lead wires from lightbulbs, plus lightbulb shards to create explosives to protect you.

Soon, your knowledge of weaponry expanded. You managed to steal a gun from one of the men that were after you. You liked to know how things worked. And you liked to manipulate how they worked.

You spent your time disassembling your new gun and eventually created a new weapon of your own. You'd pretend to be too scared to use it, bad man grabs it off you, aim it at you, pulls the trigger, and boom. The bullet blows to the other end, towards their face.

Too bad luck wasn't completely on your side for long.

You screeched as you walked past an alley, your hair being grabbed and pulled by a large man. "Think you can get away from me, bitch?" A gruff voice spat.

Tears pricked the corners of your eyes, grasping as your scalp that's burning your skull. You heard the glint of a knife as the sharpness poked at your side.

"Please, please, no, please," you whispered, begging for your life to be spared.

"You better pray for a miracle, cunt," the man said, jabbing the knife into your side, then throwing you against the wall, leaving you to bleed out.

Your vision blurred and came to the conclusion that you were going to die.

That is... if some random stranger found you and decided to bring you back to what you found out to be "Titans Tower." Learning his name to be Richard 'Dick' Grayson understood you had no one to take care of you and that you were the one who caused that explosion. He also found your little gun, and the great detective saw how it's been rearranged.

When you woke up, you were in an unfamiliar area. You were bandaged up well, but you were still scared. You hissed, trying to sit up. At the same, Dick walks into the room, a trya with soup, a glass of water and a small tablet next to the glass all prepared.

Dick smiled, introducing himself and apologising for bringing you unconscious. He offered you a shelter, but also wanted to know more about you. How you ended up in the situation, who was after you, and how you managed to rearrange the gun.

He then took you under your wing, giving you your own room and even your own materials to create more weapons for yourself. These ranged from melee weapons, explosives, and hand to hand combat weapons.

Dick tried to train you in physical combat, but you admitted that no matter how hard you tried, your fighting skills won't really improve. So you offered to just create new defence weapons for the team and operate missions from the tower as the team went out.

A couple of months later, you met Jason Todd. You'd be lying if you said he wasn't attractive, and his flirtatious attitude didn't help with your attraction towards him.

You also admired how skilled he was in fighting. Fighting a person while blindfolded? Fighting two people while they're all blindfolded? You wished to be just like him. But you were too shy to talk to him.

Jason speaks before thinking, and you were scared that he'd make fun of you for being part of the Titans without knowing basic combat and stealth skills. So you avoided him as much as you could.

But your guard was down as you had your headphones on, sitting on the couch in the lobby, sketching out a design for new throwing blades that could inject a liquid into the body to knock someone out for around half an hour.

"Why do I never see you around?" A curious voice chimes. One of your headphones laid off your ear, so you flinched when you heard someone begind you.

"Uhm, I.. I don't know what you're talking about," you quietly say, not sure how to confidently talk to the attractive boy.

"You're never out on missions or in the training room. Why are you here?" He says, arms leaning on the back of the couch, face dangerously close to yours

You shrugged. "I kind of make the weapons, I guess. I got those Rs of yours to send a shock wave of electricity," you replied, trying to identify yourself.

Jason tilts his head. "So, how come I never see you around training or missions? With weapons like them, I assume you would be useful out there."

You shake your head. "Fighting isn't really my forte. And my aim is never accurate," you explain, bracing yourself for the taunts.

"Huh. Want me to teach ya?" He offers.

Your head shoots towards him. "Uhm. Thanks, but Dick already tried training me. Trust me, I'd just be wasting your time and be a pain in your ass," you say, fidgeting with the pencil in your hand, kooking away from him.

"Nah, you trust me. I can teach you way better than Dickwad can. And if you still think fighting just isn't a thing for you, we can stop."

You stare up at him for a few moments before sighing and agreeing.

Surprisingly, Jason was able to teach you the basics, but that was as far as you could learn. Nonetheless, you were grateful that Jason taught you something that you could learn. You couldn't thank him enough. In return, you designed weaponry specifically suited for his fighting style.

From then on, you and Jason developed a beautiful friendship. Unfortunately, your crush on him only grew more.

But you and Jason were always there for each other. You never ran out of stories and fun talks to chat about. And eventually, little by little, the two of you opened up about your not so different pasts.

So when Jason stormed into his room after coming back from the mission while making absolutely no contact with you, it got you worried.

"Jeez, what happened?" You say as you walk to where the other members stood.

"Jason being Jason as always," Rachel mumbles.

"Uhh, Jason was just being eager. He's been trying to solve this case for weeks," Gar tries to reason out.

"If that little shit just stuck to the plan, his case would've been solved," Hank raises his voice as Dawn tries to calm him down.

"Just be patient with him. He didn't mean it," you try to calm everyone down.

"We can't be patient with him if he himself can't be patient," Donna calls out from the fridge, grabbing a drink.

"Listen, he's been through enough already, cut him some slack," you begin to get pissed off.

"If you're referring to when he got kidnapped, that was his fault too," Rachel says, sitting down on the couch.

"You know what wasn't his fault? Drawing crosses on your mirror, Rach. And that made all of you blame him for the other shit planted in your rooms. Do you know how much that shit hurt him? And none of you didn't even apologise! So, sorry, on behalf of him, that he wanted to show he was still strong enough even after he was kidnapped and dropped from a skyscraper. But have a little decency and time to understand why he acts the way he does," you ranted, not letting anyone reply as you stormed away.

During your times spent with Jason, you didn't miss his ADHD meds lying around, and eventually, he opened up to you about his therapy talks with Leslie, and you're glad it's somewhat helping. You just wushed you would be as much helo to him.

You knocked lightly on the door. "Jay?" You called out to him. You sighed when you were met with no response. You know he didn't tell you to come in, hut you were so worried for your best friend, so you entered his room.

His rock vinyl was spinning, and you took the pin off, making the loud mhsic stop abruptly.

Staring out the window, Jason turns to you, glaring at you.

"C'mon, it's just me, Jay. You can talk to me," you say.

Jason scoffs. "Yeah, sure. Then you'd think of me like the others do," he says, his gaze returnint out the window.

"And how do they think of you, Jason?"

He shrugs. "Like a fucking loser," he croaks.

"That's because you are a loser," you deadpan. Jason's brows furrow in confusion as he looks at you once more. He honestly thought you'd start to go on a long, petty rant about you thinking otherwise.

You sighed, walking over to him, hding his hands and bring him over to his bed, sitting him down.

"I'm not gonna lie to you, Jay. Your life sucks and I don't know if it's going to get better. There's a chance that it's not. You are a loser. You're spontaneous, make dumb decisions that don't always go well. But, you know? It's not entirely your fault. Your childhood sucks, your current family sucks and most of your teammates sucks. And you're just doing your best. You may be a loser, but guess what? I am, too. I can't fight, I can make weapons, but my aim is shit. My dad died, and my drug addict mom left me. I'm always alone i the tower because everyone else is out doing cool, superhero shit. I understand your pain, Jason. That's why we tell each other the shit we've been through. Because that load might be too heavy for only ourselves to carry. But I'm sure as hell it would be light as a feather if we carry both of our problems together," you choose your words carefully, your hands remaining on his, your thumb stroking his scarred skin.

Slowly, you move your hands, shifting them to link your pinky with his while he remains silent. "Jason, I promise you. I'm always going to be here to listen. I'm always going to be here for you. To help you in any way I possibly can."

Jason doesn't verbally reply. What he does, though, is nod and lean his head against your shoulder, tightening his grip around your hands.

[sengardet]

Terra's Target #5 The Scientist

Never put your heart in the way of a merciless assassin's goals.

Terra, the Nigerian assassin, navigated the dimly lit corridors of the high-tech lab, her footsteps echoing against the sterile walls. The infiltration crew followed closely behind her, their weapons ready, alert for any signs of resistance.

As they approached the entrance to the underground office, Terra signaled for the crew to take up defensive positions. With a swift and silent motion, Terra reached for the door handle, her other hand gripping her pistol. She took a deep breath, steeling herself for the confrontation that lay ahead.

In a blur of movement, Terra flung open the door and charged into the office, but there were no shots to be heard, no guards to be seen. Terra's eyes scanned the space, taking in the array of advanced computer systems and scientific equipment that lined the walls. And there, at the far end of the room, sat Viola, the scientist they had come to confront. The young dark-skinned woman looked up from her work, her expression a mix of surprise and defiance.

Terra approached her, her steps measured and deliberate. She holstered her gun and met Viola with a steely gaze. "Dr. Viola," she said with a grin. "Want to help us out?"

Viola met Terra's eyes; her own gaze unwavering. "I suppose you're here for research," she said, her tone oddly calm given the circumstances.

Terra nodded, a hint of a smile playing at the corners of her mouth. "You're a smart woman, Doctor. Let's make this easy for both of us."

Terra stood before Viola, her eyes narrowed and her hand resting on her gun's grip. Behind her, the infiltration crew kept a watchful eye on the surroundings, their weapons ready.

"I can't give what you seek, even if I wanted to." Viola said sternly.

"Dr. Viola," Terra began, her voice low and menacing, "you have two options. Either you give us the passcode the easy way, or we do this the fun way."

Viola, despite the palpable danger, remained composed. She met Terra's gaze, a flicker of defiance in her eyes. "I'm afraid your threats are futile, stranger. The access to these computers is not something that can be obtained through force or coercion."

Terra was admittedly a little surprise surprised by Viola's confidence. "Is that so? And why is that?"

Viola smiled, a hint of triumph on her lips. "Because the security system is linked to my vital signs. There's a device implanted in my chest, constantly monitoring my heartbeat and blood pressure. The computers will only grant me access when I'm calm and working."

Terra took a step closer, forming a sadistic grin. "Well, I guess we have to do things the fun way."

Viola shook her head. "It's not about death, It's about my emotional state. If I'm under duress, if my heart rate spikes or my blood pressure rises, the system will lock me out. It's a failsafe, designed to prevent anyone from forcing me to divulge information."

Terra motioned to the guards, who quickly moved to restrain Viola. They grabbed her arms, holding her firmly in place despite her struggles. Viola's eyes widened with fear as Terra approached her. "What are you doing?! you'll get nothing by killing or hurting me!"

Terra's lips brushed against Viola's ear, making the scientist shiver involuntarily. "I've been told these ladies are good at hacking computers..." the assassin purred, her melodic Nigerian accent conveying a sensual and ominous tone.

Terra's fingers traced along Viola's collarbone. The assassin's touch was feather-light. Soon, meaning would come to her words...

"But see, I'm a different kind of hacker," she murmured, flicking open her switchblade and dragging the flat of it gently down Viola's sternum, between her breasts. "And right now, what's in our way involves my kind of hacking."

Viola's heart pounded against her ribcage as the cool steel kissed her heated skin through the thin fabric of her blouse.

"You can't be serious!" Viola whimpered; her eyes wide with fear as Terra's blade pressed against her heaving chest. The steel felt like ice against her flushed skin. The four women stared down impassively as they held her limbs to the floor like pink stone fixtures leaving Terra and her alone in the room.  

Terra's dark eyes remained cold and impassive as she studied the trembling scientist, looking beyond her flesh at the bones beneath. She flicked open the top button of Viola's blouse. The fabric parted, revealing a sliver of dark brown flesh.

Viola's heart hammered wildly, threatening to burst from her chest. She couldn't catch her breath. Terra's blade traced lower, slicing through the next button with surgical precision. Then another.

"Please," Viola gasped, her voice breaking. "Don't do this... there's nothing for you to gain!" But her plea fell on deaf ears.

Viola squirmed and shuddered, yet Terra's expression never changed. A bead of sweat rolled down the valley between the scientist's breasts. Terra followed its path with her eyes, then with the tip of her blade, slicing through the final button. The tattered remains of Viola's blouse fell open, exposing the lacy cups of her bra. Terra cocked her head, admiring her handiwork for a moment. Then in one swift motion, she flicked her blade upward, severing the delicate fabric covering Viola's breasts.

As the bra fell away, Viola squeezed her eyes shut, consumed by terror as her chest fluttered with ragged breaths. Her deep brown nipples hardened in the cool air as goosebumps raced across her exposed skin.

Terra slid the blade below Viola's sternum, making her yelp and whimper. Blood welled around the blade. "I’ll do anything you want! We can think of something" she said weakly to her deranged assailant.

Terra's cold brown eyes flicked to Viola's sweat-streaked face as she lifted the bone and exposed the cavern of glistening yellow and twitching pink muscles. “I already know what I’m doing. That’s not needed, sweetie.” The scientist squirmed and sobbed but was held fast by Terra's apprentices on either side, one winking to Terra and covering her mouth. Ignoring Viola's choked pleas, the assassin began meticulously cutting through the coastal cartilage, freeing the breastbone.

"Now’s a good time to tell me about some easier way, doc." Terra said calmly over the wet slicing of her separating bone and cartilage, the blonde letting her speak.

"Go to hell..." Viola gasped out through gritted teeth, unable to find reason in Terra’s actions.

Terra shook her head slightly. With a sharp tug, she peeled the sternum up and away, snapping through the remaining connective tissue.

Viola let out a shriek at the violation, back arching. Terra studied the glistening pericardium now laid bare, a thin membrane shielding the frenetically pounding heart beneath. The key to the encrypted data was quite literally bound to Viola's life force. An elegant security measures. But not one that would stop Terra from completing her mission.

She allowed herself a moment of anticipation, fingertips grazing over the exposed pericardial sac. Slicing it open to grasp the very epicenter of the woman's being and the key to her mission.

Terra peered into Viola's open chest cavity, her eyes drawn to the delicate silver and glass ring wrapped around the pulsing aorta. Wireless signals controlling access to Viola's precious research data.

Viola's eyes fluttered open, disoriented, as she registered the searing pain in her chest and the assassin looming over her. "Wh-what... are you doing... to me?" she croaked weakly.

Terra ignored her, reaching a hand into Viola's chest. She wrapped her fingers around the scientist's exposed heart and began to squeeze it rhythmically, feeling the muscle contract and relax in her palm. Viola let out a strangled cry, her body arching against the women holding her.

"Sarah, you checking the terminal?" Terra said, ignoring this woman whose life she manipulated.   “Yes ma’am” the woman replied.

Never taking her eyes off her work, her hand contracted around the delicate organ. She applied more pressure, quickening the tempo, and felt a thrill as Viola's heart immediately matched the cadence she set.

Viola could only writhe helplessly as the horrible realization of what was happening crashed over her. Terra was hijacking control of her heart, overriding its natural rhythm, bending it to her will with cruel efficiency.

Terra's touch was deceptively gentle, almost tender, a stark contrast to the ruthless way she opened viola’s chest. Each squeeze sent waves of agony radiating through Viola's body, yet the woman kept her conscious. she was powerless to resist as the assassin methodically massaged the heart's quivering ventricles between her fingers, making their frantic pulsing slowly subside.

"P-please..." Viola whimpered. "You're...killing me..."

"Shhh, not yet," Terra said ominously.

Viola let out a strangled gasp as the light skinned woman above breathed into her, then covered her mouth again done with her words.

Terra tightened her grip, stilling the organ before releasing it and stirring it with a gentle shake. Viola’s heart responded with hard and confused beating, yet it was slower than before. Viola could only sob breathlessly, knowing her body was nothing more than a key for some vile henchwoman.

Terra ignored her pitiful expression, focused solely on her task. She needed to regulate Viola's heartbeat, to slow it down to the precise cadence required to trick the biometric security. The assassin continued rhythmically compressing the delicate organ, subduing its natural impulses to unlock the sensors.

Each squeeze was measured and precise, applying just the right pressure to override its natural cadence without causing damage to the precious access key that was Viola’s life. The cardiac muscle was surprisingly dense and meaty in her grasp. She sensed its primal urge to keep frantically pumping, but her technique was working - the spasms were spacing out, growing fainter.

"Shhhh, that's it," Terra whispered soothingly, as if the heart could hear her. "Nice and easy does it."

Viola's head lolled to the side, barely conscious. She was utterly in Terra's thrall, her life itself yoked to the assassin's whims. There - the heart had stabilized into docility, its wild fluctuations tamed. Terra slowly released her rhythmic compressions. She watched hawkishly for any signs of relapse, but the muscle obediently maintained its new pacified pattern.

Terra allowed herself a relieved smile. The biometrics were tricked.

The woman at Viola’s desk began typing and clicking, the sound letting both of them know that the mission was successful. The doctor could only whimper in defeat, despite the adrenaline still surging through her veins, her heart remained well controlled.

Even in this state, a disappointment filled her vacant eyes as the woman yelled “Success” with a cutesy jump.

Terra rose, her task complete, leaving Viola's chest cavity gaping open and vulnerable. She gestured to the pale woman pinning Viola down. "She's all yours now."

The four women took their fill. Cold, eager fingers plunged into Viola's exposed chest with a perverse curiosity. They seized her defenseless heart, fondling and squeezing the slick, throbbing muscle. Viola felt their cruel hands violating her very core, probing her most intimate depths.

The woman periodically breathed into Viola's mouth, forcing stale air into her lungs to maintain a flicker of consciousness, prolonging the obscene torment. Viola's mind reeled, silently screaming, as they continued to grope and molest her beating heart which they allowed to serve her only so much.

After waiting impatiently, the lead hacker knelt beside Viola. With a few sharp slaps, she pummeled Viola's straining heart, pounding it into submission until the abused organ shuddered and stilled under her ruthless battery. As darkness consumed her, Viola's last sensation was the woman's satisfied smirk burning into her fading vision.

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with a minimum of interference...

this was a very exciting project for me, so i had to make it so, so sad 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 for this @whumpmasinjuly prompt - day 28: fill a whump prompt - i chose this beautiful prompt (self-imposed sleep deprivation) by @teine-mallaichte 😍😍😍 please forgive me in advance for turning into some heartbreaking backstory material for my boy morja...💔💔💔

CW: sleep deprivation, childhood neglect, accidental parentification trauma via latchkey kid syndrome, childhood poverty, oops it's all so sad folks please proceed with emotional caution <333

title insp. by this concept art quote by jenny holzer - “when you’ve been someplace for awhile, you acquire the ability to be practically invisible. This lets you operate with a minimum of interference.”

~

Makuahine was supposed to be home already. 9 PM, maybe later. She said it would be at nine. I'm sorry, Morja, I hope to be back as soon as I can from work, okay? It is eleven, beaming in the dark of the kitchen, and Morja is still waiting. 

It isn’t bad that she isn’t here at ten. Sometimes…it takes longer, sometimes. That’s what jobs are like. Morja knows that the buses are long and that sometimes work is longer than Maku thinks because bosses say stuff that's different, all the time, and that's a job. 

He’s not stupid. He’s able to understand. He's smart and responsible and knows money has to happen.

And still, even with money and obeying and jobs and taking care of the apartment and of Lehua, his eyes are itchy and burning. 

In the small walls, the hum of wires is quieter, the lights off, the small space all shadows. There’s so little space to walk around, just seven steps to the wall, seven steps to the other wall, where he can touch the buzzing fridge, the cold tiny sink, the table squished into the corner. 

Walk to the door. 

The latch, closed. The lock, turned. The other chair pushed under the handle, jammed up tight, secure. 

Morja walks to the corner by the door and, quiet, slow, rearranges the toys again. The little squishy floor-mat of blue and yellow stars was folded small, the little plastic basket had every toy stacked up. But maybe the trucks should go on the bottom and the soft toys on top. 

Trucks. Then the beanbag toys, laid in a row, little bunny, little cat, little dog. No, f-o-x. The two squishy stars. The big plastic ball on top. Neat, nice. Maku will be happy the corner is clean! He swept the floor with his little broom and got all the dust, even the tiny gritty bits, in the can. 

Morja likes when it is clean too. 

Stand up, knees and shoulders making the crackle noise, sore neck, rubbing his eyes again and his back hurts from bending. Walk quiet, so quiet, to the bedroom to check on Lehua. She cried and cried and was mad that Morja wasn’t Maku. Needed to be carried, wailing, until his arms hurt too much to hold her, hearing thumps and yells from the wall behind the kitchen at very loud screams. 

Morja doesn’t scream. He could. He could scream if he wanted but he’s too old for screaming. 

Lehua’s face is pink and clean on her tiny pillow, because Morja played and played and read and read the little book with its cracking spine and bright pictures and by the time she fell asleep, her cheeks were scrubbed from the snot and tears by the washcloth, snuggly and soft, and Morja did a good job.

The light through the blinds makes orange stripes over the tiny body, snuffling, curled around her blanket. Morja is extra quiet when he kneels next to the mattress to touch her head. 

Not hot.

Morja blows out, soft, cause that’s good. This mattress is so soft, bigger than his, with springy bounce. He knows he’s small for his mattress but this one is just nicer, wider, more room for stretching. 

Morja pillows his cheek on the mattress, his nose just so close to Lehua’s balled-up fist, and her chest rises and falls. Sometimes Morja lays awake and watches, when he can’t fall asleep. Watches Maku breathe, the weird rasping wet noise it makes, like a gasp. Watches Lehua breathe, so small it’s sometimes hard to tell it’s happening. 

Morja doesn’t like that kind of breathing, the air that happens when you’re sick. 

The mattress is soft under his cheek. 

Not so scratchy. 

No, c’mon, get up. Keep watch. It’s not Morja sleep-time.

Morja wants to keep the lights on, because, well, he knows he has work. Brightness will help. But it’s so important not to keep the lights on too much cause of money. He chews his lip, thinking. The school has given him pages to practice his language skills, he thinks the tall pale man with a pale shirt and pale hair said. Pale sheets of paper in his hands and so, so many lines. 

Even when it’s dark and there’s a throb behind his eyes, Morja can still be helpful and finish these lines for tomorrow. If he shoves himself into the very corner of the wall, where the bad-wet-smell of the room is strongest, a strong streetlight pokes through slats of window-blinds. 

It’s orange and white and burns in a way that thumps the inside of his head. But it’s bright enough to see the paper. Black lines thump against his eyeballs, neck sore as it bends low to the paper, one fingertip tracing.

What is the right answer to a stranger asking “how are you?” 1. “I am good, thank you.” 2. “I am good, how are you?” 3. “I am good.”

The clock on the top of the stove beeps, red and gleaming through the grills. 

12.00 AM

“Ughhhhhhhhhhhh.” 

Morja huffs through his teeth and rests his head against the wall. The stink and the hum makes his head throb harder but it keeps him up. Pangs shoot through his belly and his hand, sore, thumb and finger raw and indented-red from holding his pen, rubs over his stomach. Hungry is good, it keeps him- he can stay awake if he thinks about eating and how Maku will have maybe a snack from one of the late-car-places.

Dry noodles and powder rattling in a box.

S-t-a-t-e.

Meat in strips, hard and dry and hot.

R-a-e-t-e-a.

Chocolate in shiny wrapping, crunchy nuts and sweet goo and soft fluff, that is so rare.

N-e-w A-t-h-e-n-s.

Salt and sugar and butter and stuff that isn't on the list of what's allowed that Maku takes to the store.

1:00 AM.

Swimming black letters. Orange paper. Icky smell. Head hurts.

Maybe if he closed his eyes for a second.

But what if- Morja grunts and digs his fingers into the burn, sniffing hard. What if the door’s locked and Maku can’t come in? What if Lehua rolls off the bed? What if there’s a fire? 

What if something bad happened?

It’s the ache, like being hungry but worse, that keeps Morja up, more than his head hurting or his eyes itching or his butt and his legs getting sharp prickles. The what if thudding in his small chest, keeping his heart fast and his eyes watery. The worry keeps him awake, keeps him doing a good job, the worry helps.

By the time the sky gets oranger than the streetlamps and the chain rattles in return, Morja has learned how to keep the stomachache constant. By the time it is safe to lay down, he passes the hours to school with his hands over his stomach, the sharpness in his belly, in his chest, pressing, pressing, pressing. By the time he doesn’t need it anymore, it sticks. 

By the time he turns in his papers, clean and white and perfect, Morja learns more than one lesson to be perfect at.

~

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[rosiesdisneydrama]

Android Donald AU Idea

I was hit by a variant of an Android Donald au I've seen on here (this one, to be specific) while at work and I wanna share it. This is pre-dt17/in the same universe. Potentially pre-Spear of Selene as well.

Basically, Donald gets hurt really bad while out fighting. Like really, really bad. He manages to drag himself back to Ducklair Tower, but he's basically in critical condition. Uno isn't as ready as he would have liked for this, but he does have something that can help.

It's basically a healing pod that Ducklair (or maybe Uno himself) had made that wasn't any good for commercial/hospital use because of how much the material cost was and took a lot of time to do its job. But it would take a long time and Donald's family would notice if he just- went missing for a year (or likely longer). It could buy him, buy them, some time to figure out a more efficient way to heal Donald.

But he knows Scrooge and Della are off on an adventure at the moment (Donald had mentioned that it seemed like a long one this time), so he has roughly a month to come up with a plan.

He also has Layla and a tremendous laboratory at his disposal (and he's a supercomputer).

And he hits on something that should allow Donald's body the time it needs to heal as well as keep anyone from getting suspicious.

It's honestly a simple plan overall.

He makes an android body that looks like Donald and (through handwaved science things) he transfers the duck's consciousness to it and makes a link to his own servers with it. Even connecting himself to the body to make sure he can help/make sure he's alright at any time while this is set up.

Donald can pilot the droid body to keep his family from knowing that he'd been hurt while his real body is in the healing pod recovering. And, with the direct link to Uno, he can basically have his partner at a moment's call and even just- Have another person "with" him while dealing with his family. (Also, finances. Uno is a godsend for dealing with all the numbers that Donald just doesn't have a head for.)

The two of them continue this charade for a while, sometimes with Uno actually being with/in Donald's head for a few adventures.

Until Ducklair comes back and (unknowingly) royally screws up the previously smoothly working plan before vanishing into the aether again.

When he shuts down Uno and locks down the tower, Uno actually has part of his AI in Donald. So he's not gone, but he is cut off from his main network. He is still able to get data for the healing pod which is still working, thank the stars. But they can't get to it now since it's locked behind the security of Ducklair Tower.

Both of them are Stressed:tm: about this but there isn't much they can do. So they make do with what they have to work with and keep going. And things mostly go well.

Then the Spear of Selene happens and the duo have a whole new pot of issues to deal with.

Raising triplets is hard, but Uno and the scanners built into the android body make it easier. And Uno is down to help out with more than just that. So things are fairly good, if not as good as either of them would have liked.

Huey, Dewy, and Louie don't know that their Uncle is an android but they do know about Uno.

Since the two shared a body, it was impossible for the boys to never learn about Uno. But since they're really young, Donald and Uno agree that they probably won't understand that Uno is an AI. Advanced computer engineering and robotics are a bit beyond the understanding of a trio of four-year-olds.

The boys end up thinking that Uno is the ghost of a really smart scientist-friend of their Unlce that's possessing him now because he was locked out of his house by his wizard dad. (It wasn't explained in those words, but that was what the boys came away from the conversation thinking.) They have to keep Uncle Uno a secret because otherwise someone might think he was hurting Uncle Donald and would try to make him go away. And their Uncle Uno is cool and knows all kinds of cool things and they don't want someone to make him leave. So they promise to help keep him a secret.

Fast forward to the start of dt17.

I have more, but my brain is tired (it's 10 p.m. rn) so I will continue this later.

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⋘ 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎… ⋙ 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. . . █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 𝟏𝟎% ███▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 𝟐𝟎% █████▒▒▒▒▒ 𝟓𝟎% ███████▒▒▒ 𝟕𝟎% ██████████ 𝟏𝟎𝟎%

REAL NAME: Lila Drilovsky NUMBER: Numbuh 362.2 AGE: 11 GENDER: Female ROLE: Spy / Second-in-Command SECTOR: V.3 CURRENT STATUS: Active

PERSONALITY PROFILE

✅ STRENGTHS: ✔ Master of Stealth – Lila moves unseen, slipping past defenses with surgical precision. ✔ Tactical Genius – Adapts to situations in real-time, making her an invaluable strategist. ✔ Surveillance Expert – Whether hacking security feeds or listening in on enemy chatter, Lila always knows what’s coming. ✔ Cool Under Pressure – Never rattled, even in the most intense situations. ✔ Highly Adaptable – No matter the mission, she finds a way to turn the odds in her favor.

❌ WEAKNESSES: ✖ Emotionally Reserved – Hard to read, making it difficult for teammates to gauge what she’s thinking. ✖ Secretive – Keeps her plans close to the chest, sometimes leaving her squad frustrated. ✖ Lone Wolf Mentality – Struggles to rely on others, taking on too much alone. ✖ Unapproachable Aura – Her quiet intensity can make her seem distant, even when she cares deeply.

⚠ WARNING: Never mistake her silence for inaction. Lila is always calculating her next move—often before you even realize there’s a problem.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

🔹 Stealth & Infiltration – Slips past enemies undetected, whether in broad daylight or deep cover. 🔹 Advanced Hacking – Can breach enemy firewalls, disable alarms, and dig up classified intel with ease. 🔹 Tactical Leadership – Though she rarely speaks up, when she does, her orders are sharp, precise, and effective. 🔹 Observation & Analysis – Nothing gets past her; she picks up on details others miss. 🔹 Covert Communication – Uses encrypted signals and subtle cues to keep her team in sync.

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S.I.L.E.N.T. (Stealth Infiltration & Logistics Encryption Nano-Toolkit)

Description: A cutting-edge espionage tool designed for hacking, infiltration, and silent communication. Compact and multi-functional, S.I.L.E.N.T. allows Lila to override security systems, scramble surveillance, and relay encrypted messages without a trace. In her hands, it's the ultimate spy device—capable of turning the tides of any mission before the enemy even knows she's there.

CLASSIFIED NOTES

🔐 "Lila doesn’t waste words. When she speaks, listen—she’s already thought five steps ahead." 🔐 "No lock, no code, no system can keep her out for long. If intel exists, she’ll find it." 🔐 "She may not be the loudest in the room, but if she’s watching your back, you’re in the safest hands possible."

FINAL ASSESSMENT

"Lila Drilovsky is the definition of a shadow operative—swift, smart, and always in control. As second-in-command, she’s a vital tactical mind, though her secretive nature keeps even her closest allies guessing. But don’t mistake her silence for indifference; when it matters most, Lila is the unwavering force that keeps her team one step ahead of danger."

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~ Chapter 6. 04 ~

I apologize in advance for any spelling or grammar mistakes and how poorly written this fanfic is. English is not my first language and together with my dyslexia ass things can go wrong I'm sorry.

I can't really remember when I fell asleep. Hyun-su and I talked for a long time, but I guess I was too tired to stay awake.

Maybe it was because the couch I was sitting on was soft and comfortable, which is totally the opposite of sleeping on the ground.

Usually, I would fight to stay awake because of the nightmares I had.

However, I didn't have one this time. For the first time in the few months I have lived here I had a peaceful sleep. I don't know how long I have slept, but when I woke up I felt less tired than before.

My eyes scanned the room seeing that we were still in the backroom. I almost jumped up when I felt something move underneath my head. I turned around quickly realizing I was lying on Hyun-su's lap with my head. I definitely don't remember falling asleep like this.

My eyes snapped to my waist when I felt some weight on it. A burning sensation quickly rises to my cheek when I notice Hyun-su's hand lying on it securely. Biting the inside of my cheek I look back up at him.

I was debating whether to wake him up, but then I remembered that he was exhausted and needed a good sleep. It looked like he was getting it.

His chest was rising up and down peacefully, while he lay with his head against the wall. It surprised me that nobody had come looking for me or to take over guard duty.

They either don't care or it hasn't been a long time since I was here. Maybe it was best to get up and go outside. I just know that they would react crazy if they saw me here inside.

Carefully I took Hyun-su's hand placing it on the seat before slowly lifting myself up from his lap. Finally standing up, I turned around to look at the sleeping boy.

A small smile came to my lips when I saw how peaceful and relaxed he was right now. I took the first aid kit from the ground before silently walking to the door. It was a hasel to open it without making a lot of noise, but I succeeded in not waking him while doing so.

Taking the lock and key I pause for a second looking at it. This still felt wrong. I should be in there as well. I hate that Eun-hyuk makes me keep it a secret.

Shaking my head I put the lock on it clicking it shut before walking away. This can't go on forever. What if more people turned and there were too many people to be locked up? For a moment I stop in my tracks when I hear people arguing behind the door.

It sounded like Eun-yu and Ji-su. Oh no this can only end badly. Swing the metal door open I saw Eun-hyuk was there as well. Maybe he can calm them down if I can't.

"You aren't even my real brother."

Ubruptly is stopped moving hearing her say that, but I didn't have time to fully think about it when a slapping sound echoed through the room.

Totally surprised and in shock I looked at the back Eun-hyuk after he just had slapped her. Quickly I shook the shock away and ran up to the two.

"Eun-hyuk!" I hist coming to a halt next to them.

A look of shame came on his face while trying to look at anything but his sister. Eun-yu looked right at him with so much hatred before speaking up.

"You're fucking unbelievable."

After that, she walked away not sparing any glance at us. I shook my head walking in front of him.

"For someone smart like you it surprises me that you stoop so low. You two should be happy that you still have each other. Some of us aren't as lucky as you two." A look of guilt washes over his face, but he doesn't speak.

Without looking at him again I turned around hoping to find Eun-yu somewhere. It honestly surprised me that he slapped her.

You would think Eun-yu would have done it a long time ago, but she has never laid her hands on him. Even if she was extremely angry.

It took me a while to find her, but when I did she was sitting against a wall at the entrance of the stairwell outside. Angrily she puffs out some smoke before angrily putting her cigarette back in her mouth and repeating the cycle.

Not saying a thing I took a seat on the opposite wall of her. I know if I would talk to her now she would just snap at me and build up those walls again, so it was better to let her calm down before I would open my mouth.

"He's a fucking idiot." She mutters out looking outside.

"I can't argue you with that," I said pulling my knees to my chest and leaning on it with my arms and chin.

"I hate him." I poke the inside of my cheek knowing she now hates him, but deep down she doesn't.

"I know," I whisper looking down.

A scoft left her lips at my answer.

"You're not going to tell me I'm wrong?"

I look up meeting her gaze shaking my head.

"Why would I? If you feel like that now. I can't tell you what you should be feeling."

Through squint eyes, she stared at me before shaking her head.

"I hate it! I hate everything that has happened in the past! Why did I have to beg and whine so that they would come to my ballet?! Why did they have to facking die?! Why did they have to adopt me!? I'm a horrible person! Ugh, why?!" She yelled out in frustration putting her hands in her hair after tosing her cigarette out.

"Eun-yu, you're not. You are just being you. The honest, not afraid to put people in their place, sarcastically, caring you. There is nothing horrible about that. If you were a horrible person you wouldn't have talked to me on the rooftop the first day we met. You were the first person in my life who treated me normally when we met." She pulled her hands away looking at me curiously.

I let out a sigh contemplating if I should tell this or not to her.

Fuck it.

"You're the first friend I have ever had in my life."

A shocked expression washes over her face.

"My upbringing wasn't like everyone else normally has."

I press my lips together looking down at the ground before continuing.

"I'm an orphan."

I was afraid to look up and see her reaction. She told me she was one, but I have never told her that I was one too. What if she is made that I kept it a secret?

Mustering up all my courage I moved my eyes up meeting hers eventually. She had her eyes focused on me, but I couldn't see if she was mad or anything really.

"Why didn't you tell me?" She eventually asks not taking her eyes off me.

I shrug my shoulders letting out a sigh.

"I didn't want you to be burdened with my problems when you had yours." Her eyes scanned me up and down before she leaned forward slapping one of my legs.

"Ow! What was that for!?" I asked her rubbing the spot she had hit.

"For thinking like that! God Mi-na! You can be so stubborn sometimes!" She rolled her eyes shaking her head.

"Sorry," I whisper with a small smile.

We were silent for a sec think about what we just had said before she spoke up again.

"But that's not all, isn't it?"

Pressing my lips together I shook my head.

"They weren't really the nicest people who ran the orphanage. I have seen a lot of bad and dark stuff in that place. I knew that at one point they wanted to get rid of me, so they sold me off to some man to get married. It came to a point that I just wanted out, so I ran when I was eighteen and could be free. I wanted to be as far as possible from that place. Just in case they would look for me"

"So you came here?" I nodded my head.

"I was so scared they would fine me even if I moved to a whole other continent." To be honest, I'm still scared, well I was until the whole ending of the world started.

They would be crazy if they still wanted to find me in this mess.

"I'm sorry you had to go through that stuff." I shrug my shoulders.

"It's fine. It's not like I knew something else than that life. I have been living there since I was a baby. Not having a memory of my parents may have helped having less pain. I have seen kids suffer while still remembering their birth parents. It wasn't pretty and I don't know if they would ever get over that." There were a lot of nights were new kids would cry for their parents. It was awful to hear to pain in their cries.

"You don't have anything from your parents?" She asked curious.

"My name and a book. When I was found I was wrapped in a blanket with a book. It was Bram Stoker's Dracula. One of the characters' names was Mina and in that book, the name was underlined or circled a bunch of times, so they guessed my name was that. But they just gave me a first name. I only got a last name when they made sure I wasn't claimed afterward and was sent to the orphanage, but the moment it ran away from there I changed my last name to Yun seeing I would come here. I almost changed my first name too, but I just kept it. Seeing it was the only thing I got from my birth parents." I lost that book a few years ago. Well, Miss Ward had taken it and I hadn't seen it sens then.

"Besides the horrible stuff that happened to you, I'm happy you moved here. It made living here more bearable." She put her hand out for me to take it with a small smile on her face.

"I'm happy too," I answer before grabbing it.

The moment my skin touched her a shock of pain shot through me. Somehow I knew that it was her pain.

"You're in pain," I mumble out looking her up and down trying to see if she was hurt.

She pulled her hand from mine looking shocked before her cold face came back.

"No, how would you even know that?" I shook my head trying to grab her hand again, but she pulled away out of my reach.

If I couldn't see an injury on her then it had to be her ankle. Before she could do something I grabbed her ankle and pulled her sock down. Her already injured ankle looked worse than it normally does.

"When did this happen?" I asked holding her back from pulling away from me.

She let out a groan when she saw that I wasn't going to let her go.

"It doesn't matter." I press my lips tightly together before carefully putting my fingers on the injured ankle.

'Take it.'

What?

'Take it, take the pain.'

I was so confused about what the voice meant, but for some reason, I knew what I needed to do.

I just thought about Eun-yu's injured ankle and the pain she was also in. Second later black veins appeared on the hand that was lying on her injury. I watch as it grows bigger quickly crawling up my arm underneath my sleeves.

The first thing I felt was cold, but it quickly changed to warmth the higher it got in my body. I could feel it spread through my veins, making my whole body warm.

I noticed that it gave me more energy. The feeling of tiredness and the ache of the headache I had been experiencing slowly went away.

"What the...." I snapped out of the trance when I heard Eun-yu mutter out loud.

Quickly I pulled my hand away scared she would run away or be scared of me.

"How.." She started but was cut off when Ji-su came running around the corner.

"Mi-na, we need you!"

I gave her a look of confusion, but that quickly vanished when she said the next words.

"It's Hyun-su. He's in trouble."

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Hey guys, I'm back. The issue with not being able to edit my draft from my phone is still not fixed, so I'm updating from my dad's computer. I have contacted Tumblr and they told me that they are still working on the problem, so from now on I'm going to post from a computer if I can get my hands on one ^^. Let's all hope everything will go smooth when I post this. Thanks for you guys patience!

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IoT Security Challenges in India: Protecting Smart Homes & Connected Devices

IoT is transforming the way people live by making their homes smart with devices such as security cameras, smart locks, and voice assistants. In India, IoT technology is adopted at a pace that cyber threats are rising rapidly. With weak security protocols, outdated software, and unawareness, Indian households are vulnerable to cyberattacks. In this blog, we will explore the major IoT security challenges in India and how individuals can safeguard their smart homes and connected devices. If you are looking to strengthen your understanding of cybersecurity, enrolling in a cyber security course can be a game-changer.

The IoT Boom in India

India is witnessing the highest adoption of IoT across homes and businesses. From smart TVs to intelligent thermostats, IoT is revolutionizing life. This booming technology, however, offers a large target size for hackers too who exploit the vulnerability of devices to gain unauthorized access to data.

Fundamental Drivers of IoT Adoption in India:

Increased internet penetration with low-priced data plans

Government initiatives such as Smart Cities Mission and Digital India

Increasing adoption of smart home devices as they become increasingly affordable

Growing application of industrial IoT in health, agriculture, and manufacturing

Chief IoT Security Challenges in India

Poor Authentication & Default Passwords

Most IoT devices have a factory-set password that the user ignores or fails to change. Hackers exploit these default credentials to take over the devices, entry private networks, and crack sensitive information.

Lack of Security Updates & Patches

Most smart devices have limited or no firmware updates, which makes them vulnerable to cyber threats. Many Indian consumers do not check for security updates, leaving their devices susceptible to known exploits.

Data Privacy Concerns

Smart devices collect vast amounts of personal data, from voice recordings to daily routines. Without stringent data protection policies, this information can be misused or leaked by malicious actors.

Botnet Attacks & DDoS Threats

Cybercriminals hijack unprotected IoT devices to form botnets, which are used to launch massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. These attacks can cripple networks and cause disruptions to online services.

Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks

Many Indian households rely on poorly secured Wi-Fi connections, providing an easy entry point for hackers. Without encryption or strong passwords, attackers can intercept sensitive information and compromise connected devices.

Absence of Specific Cybersecurity Legislation for IoT

India has advanced in data protection with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, but there is no dedicated IoT security framework. The absence of it leaves the manufacturer to choose cost over security and sell devices which are not so well protected in the market.

How to Secure Smart Homes & Connected Devices

Change Default Credentials

Always change the default usernames and passwords of the IoT after installation. Use strong, unique passwords and implement multi-factor authentication wherever possible.

Update Firmware Periodically

Scan for software and security updates on all smart devices, and install them as soon as they are available. In case your device can no longer get any updates, consider replacing it with a newer version that is at least as secure.

Secure Your Wi-Fi Network

Use a robust Wi-Fi password, and make sure WPA3 encryption is turned on. Limit remote access to your router, and make an IoT-specific network so that those devices can't contaminate your primary network.

Firewall & Security Solutions The use of firewalls and network security solutions monitors traffic and can block malicious activity on IoT networks. 5. Limit Data Sharing & Permissions

Assess permission for smart appliances and reduce or limit the devices from accessing unsecured personal information. De-activate unused add-ons, remote access in devices.

Cyber Security Courses

IoT-based cyber-attacks are minimized if awareness against the threat builds. To boost that awareness further, take time out to become a certified graduate of cyber security by signing for courses in areas like best security practices, principles of ethical hacking, and defending digital systems.

Road Ahead to Improving Indian IoT Security:

The Indian government, device manufacturers, and consumers must take proactive steps to mitigate IoT security risks. Stronger security standards, public awareness, and robust cybersecurity laws are the need of the hour to secure the future of IoT in India.

Conclusion

IoT devices offer incredible convenience but also introduce significant security risks. Protecting smart homes and connected devices requires a combination of best practices, awareness, and robust cybersecurity measures. By staying informed and adopting the right security strategies, individuals can ensure a safer IoT experience.

If you’re passionate about cybersecurity and want to build expertise in protecting digital systems, consider taking a cyber security course to gain hands-on knowledge and skills in ethical hacking, network security, and data protection.

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NATIONWIDE CAR TRANSPORTING GUIDE: CAR INTERIOR DESIGN AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

THE FUTURE OF CAR MOVING

This guide explains how minimal design and advanced technology make this service reliable and easy to use. Car owners find more info to learn the efficient way to move vehicles cross-country. Learn the process of secured car shipping options and your Tesla Model S will arrive and ready to perform.

Transporting your Tesla Model S safely is simple with the right guide. Focus on choosing a reputable car shipping company that specializes in electric vehicles. Avoid clutter, and keep your car's interior clean before pickup. Cool features like GPS tracking and live updates keep you in control. Ensure your car is fully charged but not overfilled with accessories. Protect sensitive tech by removing unnecessary gadgets. Lock your doors and verify the carrier's safety record.

It’s a new standard for vehicle transport, one built on clarity and innovation. You will learn what to expect, how it works, and what makes this service stand out. Whether you need to transfer a vehicle for work or personal reasons, this overview shows how a fully insured car shipping services deliver value to every car owners who needs to transport their prized possession without any hassle.

MINIMALIST DESIGN AND COOL FEATURES OF TESLA MODEL S

Tesla Model S breaks away from traditional luxury vehicles with its revolutionary interior design. Tesla's design philosophy focuses on removing clutter and enhancing functionality. The result is a cabin that feels both futuristic and accessible.

The dashboard's centerpiece is a massive touchscreen interface that stands out. Latest models showcase a landscape-oriented display without any visible bezel or frame. Digital controls replace dozens of physical buttons. The central screen controls almost everything from climate settings to navigation. This creates a clean environment where drivers can focus on the road ahead.

Tesla Model S stands as the most aerodynamic production car you can buy today with a drag coefficient of 0.208 Cd. The exterior's efficiency works hand in hand with the interior design, as every element serves a purpose.

The car's performance numbers speak for themselves. The AWD variant reaches 60 mph in just 3.1 seconds and tops out at 130 mph. It delivers an EPA-estimated range of 410 miles. The car runs efficiently too, using only 28 kWh per 100 miles.

The comfort features shine inside. You'll find tri-zone temperature controls, ventilated seats, and HEPA filtration. Hidden air vents maintain the sleek look while providing perfect climate control. A powerful 22-speaker, 960-watt audio system with Active Road Noise Reduction creates concert-hall quality sound.

Storage space is abundant. The car has front and rear cargo areas and fold-flat seats. Three adults fit comfortably in the back with plenty of legroom and headroom. The rear seat has a foldable armrest with storage space and wireless charging.

Moving this car between states requires special attention to its unique features. The yoke-style steering wheel shows Tesla's innovative approach. It removes traditional stalks and adds capacitive controls instead. This bold design choice shows Tesla's steadfast dedication to reinventing how we drive through minimalism and smart technology.

Coolest Features Inside the 2025 Lucid Air

The 2025 Lucid Air's cabin sets new standards in luxury electric vehicle interiors through smart engineering and green practices. The Lucid Air lives up to its name with a remarkably open and airy interior that stands apart from traditional luxury sedans.

SPACIOUS INTERIOR AND GREEN MATERIALS OF THE LATEST CAR MODELS

The Lucid Air's impressive cabin stems from the company's "Lucid Space Concept" philosophy. Smart packaging of the electric drivetrain and battery pack creates more room than you'd find in similar-sized vehicles. The engineering team designed thinner battery sections under the footwells. This ensures passengers sit naturally with proper knee angles.

Owners can use the Lucid App to open the doors remotely. The doors swing open smoothly to welcome passengers. The interior blends premium materials with thoughtful design elements seamlessly. The cabin features:

A Floating 34-inch Curved Glass Cockpit Display Showing Information in Crisp 4k Resolution

A Power-retractable Pilot Panel Touchscreen That Tucks Into the Dash and Reveals Hidden Storage

Tri-zone Automatic Climate Control With Concealed Air Vents That Keep the Esthetic Clean

Optional 21-speaker Surreal Sound Pro Immersive Audio System With Dolby Atmos Technology

Material choices show Lucid's steadfast dedication to green practices without sacrificing luxury. The options range from Nappa leather from the world's only carbon-neutral producer to PurLuxe leather alternative with unique perforation patterns. They also offer textiles made from sustainable alpaca wool and fully recycled yarn. The Silvered Eucalyptus wood trim comes from sustainable sources that retain their natural look and scent.

Stay relaxed, knowing your car is in good hands. Shipping your Model S becomes straightforward with clear steps and cool features guiding the way.

Want your vehicle delivered fast and safe across the country? Imagine your car arriving without stress or delays. See how the best car transporter rental with a new tech make car shipping easier and safer than ever. Don't let a slow drive-away ruin your plans—act now and move your car without any hassle.

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STON.fi x Wisdomise: A New Era of Smart DeFi Trading

The decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape is rapidly evolving, and staying ahead requires innovation, efficiency, and accessibility. STON.fi, the leading decentralized exchange (DEX) on The Open Network (TON), continues to push boundaries, and the latest integration with Wisdomise is another leap forward.

This partnership redefines how traders interact with DeFi, bringing automation, AI-powered insights, and seamless liquidity access into one powerful ecosystem.

Unlocking a Smarter Trading Experience

For many traders, the biggest challenge is timing the market. Buying too early or too late, failing to set stop losses, or missing key trends can significantly impact profits. The STON.fi x Wisdomise integration eliminates this burden, making trading smarter, automated, and more precise.

With this integration, traders now have access to:

AI-powered automation – No more manually monitoring the market 24/7. The system executes trades based on data-driven insights.

Multi-position strategies – Trade multiple assets at once, diversifying risk and maximizing opportunities.

Advanced risk management – Take Profit and Stop Loss features help protect capital while optimizing gains.

Direct access to STON.fi liquidity – Trade seamlessly within Wisdomise without additional complexities.

This means traders can now focus on strategy, while the AI handles execution, risk management, and market tracking.

Wisdomise Auto Trader Launch Tournament – $10,000 in Prizes!

To celebrate this game-changing integration, Wisdomise is hosting an Auto Trader Launch Tournament with a $10,000 prize pool.

Traders who use the platform and generate the highest trading volume will secure rewards, including USDt payouts and Wisdomise Pro+ subscriptions.

For those looking to test their trading strategies while earning extra rewards, this is a huge opportunity.

STON.fi’s Dominance in the TON Ecosystem

This integration is another milestone in STON.fi’s unmatched growth as the leading DEX on TON. The numbers tell the story:

$5+ billion in total trading volume—the highest of any DEX on TON.

4 million+ unique wallets, representing 81% of all DEX users in the TON ecosystem.

25,800+ daily active users, with 16,000+ making multiple transactions daily.

8,000+ new users joining the platform daily, marking record-breaking adoption.

700+ trading pairs actively transacted every day.

And beyond the daily activity:

$425,000,000 – Average monthly trading volume in 2024.

$370,000,000 – Peak total value locked (TVL).

50x-80x increase in both trading volume and TVL over the past year.

$5.2 billion+ total trading volume to date.

20 million+ total transactions processed.

These aren’t just numbers; they are proof of STON.fi’s leadership, reliability, and adoption within the DeFi space.

The Future of Trading Starts Now

The integration of STON.fi and Wisdomise represents a major step forward for traders who seek automation, efficiency, and deeper market access. The power of AI-driven trading combined with the deep liquidity of STON.fi creates a smarter, more profitable trading experience.

🔗 Start trading now with STON.fi on Wisdomise and unlock a new level of DeFi trading!