#Duration: 25 Hours

[1ncandescentrage]

I'm happy that my chronic pain and I have been living more in harmony as of late

[reasonsforhope]

Sports have gotten more and more environmentally friendly, whether it's by reducing plastic waste at arenas, or producing medals with recycled materials. But what if the sport itself was devoted to directly helping the planet? Take a look at SpoGomi, a competitive sport in which teams collect garbage and litter within a time limit and specified area. People get to exercise and improve their communities while simultaneously reducing pollution. It's an overall win!

The name “SpoGomi” comes from “sports” and “gomi,” which means “trash” in Japanese. SpoGomi was created in Japan in 2008 as a way to promote trash collecting in an effort to aid the environment and push back on the climate crisis. “The marine litter problem is becoming increasingly serious worldwide,” reads a message from SpoGomi. “Approximately 80% of the garbage in the ocean is said to come from land (cities), and picking up garbage is the ‘last line of defense' to prevent this from happening. By connecting countries and people, we have expanded our circle even further around the world.”

Now, supported by The Nippon Foundation, the sport is so popular that there are competitions around the world, including the first SpoGomi World Cup, which was held in Japan in November 2023. People from 20 countries and all of Japan's prefectures participated, with the UK team coming out in first place.

SpoGomi is more than simply picking up trash, though, as there's a whole set of rules. These game rules are flexible depending on the area and litter to be picked up. Generally, teams are made up of three to five members who have to collect as much trash as possible within a designated area and time limit. The most common duration is an hour for picking up trash plus another 20 minutes to correctly sort it.

Some trash can be extra damaging to the environment or harder to spot, meaning each piece of litter gets a different amount of points. According to Nippon.com, the rules for World Cup regional preliminary rounds have burnable and nonburnable trash at 10 points per 100 grams, cans and bottles at 12 points, and PET plastic bottles at 25 points. The crown jewel of competitive trash picking are cigarette butts, which will get the team 100 points each.

Other rules stipulate that teams cannot pick up trash that is already in bins that belong to someone else. Since everything must fit into the trash bags that are provided, they cannot pick hazardous waste or bulky items either. And since this is meant to improve the local area, any method of transportation other than walking is frowned upon.

In the end, all participants can bask in the pride of making the environment just a little bit cleaner and healthier. Udagawa Takayasu, a spokesperson for The Nippon Foundation, even admits, “I participated in a preliminary tournament held in Japan just last weekend. Although our team could not win and I faced frustration, the city became markedly cleaner. I think it's one of the fascinating aspects of SpoGomi, even if you don't win, it leaves you with a positive sentiment.”

-via My Modern Met, May 20, 2024

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Hell yeah, gamify this shit!

[bloomzone]

STUDY SYSTEM : DAILY STUDY ROUTINE ( EXAM EDITION)

hii looves so this blog is all abt how to optimizing your day for peak academic performance. This four-part daily system is the exact routine used during exam season especially finals to consistently achieve top grades with minimal stress. While the routine may appear complex at first glance it is built upon simple, intuitive principles rooted in human biology and psychology. It is not only practical but highly effective when followed consistently. You’ll learn to structure your day around ur natural energy cycles, use tools to boost focus, and incorporate essential periods of rest and release to maintain motivation and productivity.

SECTION 1: UNDERSTANDING UR ENERGY RHYTHM

The routine is built around the concept of the circadian rhythm, your body’s natural energy cycle throughout the day. On a standard day for example :

Energy peaks shortly after waking typically around 6:00 AM.

Energy dips mid-afternoon often around 2:30 or 3:00 PM.

A secondary energy peak occurs in the evening approximately around 7:00 PM.

Energy tapers off as bedtime approaches.

This predictable fluctuation is key to optimizing your study schedule. The two energy peaks will be your core study sessions, while the dip will be used as a rest period, and the late-night wind-down becomes your release period or bedtime .

SECTION 2: THE MORNING STUDY SESSION (STUDY SESSION #1)

◜⁠✧ Start Within One Hour of Waking Up

Your goal is to begin studying as soon as possible after waking, ideally within the first hour. Use the high energy of the morning to tackle your most challenging subjects.do ur morning routine quick as possible don't do intense workout or stuff like this cuz u will waste ur energy so always have a specific morning routine for days like these ! And u can workout go to the gym or whatever at the rest period !

Pre-Study Essentials:

1. Set Your Daily Goals (5 minutes)

Before starting, sit with a notebook or your computer and write down what you intend to accomplish. Be specific. Define exact tasks e.g. which past papers you’ll solve, which topics to review so u will be more organized during the day

2. Activate Focus with Three Optional Tools:

Caffeine — coffee, yerba mate, or tea to boost dopamine and adrenaline.

Cold Showers — a physiological wake-up that increases alertness (personally I don't do that lmao but if u can that's good !)

Focus Warm-up (1–2 minutes) — pick a point in your environment and concentrate on it intensely. This warms up your cognitive focus system before you start.

◜⁠✧Deep Work Sprint Format

Commit to a 2–4 hour study block.

Use timed work intervals: e.g., 25–30 minutes of focused work followed by 5-minute breaks.

Use a visual timer to create urgency and focus. This serves as a “deadline generator,” helping you push harder and maintain hope by offering visible progress.

─ ⊹key principle: work Like a warrior

Study in focused sprints. The more intense your focus, the less time you’ll need to study. The idea is depth over duration not 12 hours of mediocre attention, but 2–4 hours of deep concentration.

SECTION 3: MIDDAY REST PERIOD

Timing: After First Study Block Ends (~Early Afternoon)

At this point in the day, your energy naturally dips. It’s essential to give yourself permission to rest. This period is not for distractions like Netflix, YouTube, or social media.

◜⁠✧ Approved Activities:

Exercise or light sports

Socializing with friends/family

Taking a walk, especially outdoors

Napping (ideal: 20 minutes)

The goal here is active recovery choose activities that contrast focused work. Avoid anything with dopamine stimulation that mimics your “vices” or release behaviors.so this break allows your mind to reset, preventing burnout and increasing productivity in the next session.

SECTION 4: EVENING STUDY SESSION (STUDY SESSION #2)

Timing: During the Second Energy Peak (~6:00–8:00 PM)

Return for your second battle. This session is similar in structure to the morning study session, but with a few differences:

◜⁠✧ Change Your Environment:

Consider studying in a different location e.g., library, a new room, or another productive setting. (Personally I move from my desk to the guest room cuz it's far from family chaotic activities ifykyk )

This provides novelty and reduces boredom, which helps counteract distractions that are more likely to arise in the evening.

◜⁠✧ Eliminate Distractions:

If possible, leave your phone behind take that shit in another room

Create a space where your brain associates the environment with productivity.

◜⁠✧ Study Format:

Continue using timed sprints.

Session length: 2 to 3 hours, depending on your focus reserves.

The goal is to extract one final productive effort from your remaining focus reserves for the day.

SECTION 5: NIGHTLY RELEASE PERIOD

Timing: 1–2 Hours Before Bed

This period is crucial and often overlooked. It functions as your psychological release valve a scheduled time for indulging in your “vices” or desires.

◜⁠✧ why it matter

Without a controlled release period, distractions tend to creep in throughout the day. When you tell yourself you’ll “resist” TikTok or YouTube for three straight weeks during exams, it almost always backfires. You end up scattering distractions across the day, killing momentum and u will feel like shit

◜⁠✧ so solution:

Contain those activities to this specific window. Give yourself full permission to indulge whether it's gaming, scrolling, or Netflix. The only rule: Only do it at night.

◜⁠✧ psychological benefit:

You’ll find it easier to say “no” to distractions earlier in the day when you know you can give in later. It reduces the mental burden of constant suppression.

Caution:

This is not a prescription to develop new addictions or deepen existing ones. If you don’t feel the need for this release, skip it . But if you’re honest with yourself about your impulses, this structure helps you keep them in check.

◜⁠✧ ADAPTATION AND FLEXIBILITY

✧ Everyone has a unique biology. Some wake up at 5:00 AM, others at noon.

✧ Adjust the energy curve and study blocks to match your personal circadian rhythm.

✧ This is a template, not a strict prescription. Principles stay constant, execution varies.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

🗝️ Two deep-focus sessions aligned with your body’s energy peaks yield greater results than dragging your mind across a 12-hour marathon.

🗝️ Midday rest and nightly release are components of a sustainable routine.

🗝️ Use tools like caffeine, timers, environment changes, and goal setting to maintain momentum and focus.

🗝️ Structure breeds freedom. When your day is mapped with intention, your brain is free to focus trust me with this one

✧ This daily routine is not about rigid hours or perfection. It’s about aligning your habits with your biology and respecting your mental bandwidth. When implemented consistently, this system transforms exam season from a stressful grind into an enjoyable and productive challenge.Now take what you've learned and design your daily routine with intention ✧

@bloomzone

[ms-m-astrologer]

Cosmic Events: June 2025

Executive summary: maybe our best month in 2025 to get things done - don’t waste these opportunities!

Lunar Phases

Tuesday, June 3, 03:41 UTC - First Quarter Moon, 12°50’ Virgo

Saturday, June 7, 05:56 UTC - Gibbous Moon, 1°45’ Scorpio

Wednesday, June 11, 07:44 UTC - Full Moon, 20°39’ Sagittarius

A very high energy Full Moon, with a grand trine in Fire signs (Moon/Sag, Mars/Leo, Chiron and Eris/Aries) just begging for some positive direction. Aim wisely.

Sunday, June 15, 04:43 UTC - Disseminating Moon, 9°21’ Aquarius

Wednesday, June 18, 19:19 UTC - Last Quarter Moon, 27°48’ Pisces

Sunday, June 22, 04:12 UTC - Balsamic Moon, 16°01’ Taurus

Wednesday, June 25, 10:32 UTC - New Moon, 4°08’ Cancer

Exactly conjunct Jupiter, exactly sextile Mars/Virgo - this has major “home improvement” energy. We need to be laser-focused on our intentions.

Saturday, June 28, 21:50 UTC - Crescent Moon, 22°26’ Leo

Void of Course Moon

Sunday, June 1, 23:38 UTC (Leo) - Monday, June 2, 03:00 UTC (Virgo)

Wednesday, June 4, 11:11 UTC (Virgo) - 13:38 UTC (Libra)

Saturday, June 7, 01:04 UTC (Libra) - 02:23 UTC (Scorpio)

Monday, June 9, 12:06 UTC (Scorpio) - 14:56 UTCc (Sagittarius)

Wednesday, June 11, 19:58 UTC (Sagittarius) - Thursday, June 12, 01:55 UTC (Capricorn)

Saturday, June 14, 08:52 UTC (Capricorn) - 11:00 UTC (Aquarius)

Monday, June 16, 17:31 UTC (Aquarius) - 18:09 UTC (Pisces)

Wednesday, June 18, 21:34 UTC (Pisces) - 23:08 UTC (Aries)

Saturday, June 21, 01:49 UTC (Aries) - 01:53 UTC (Taurus)

At a duration of four minutes, this is the shortest void Moon in June.

Monday, June 23, 01:50 UTC (Taurus) - 02:57 UTC (Gemini)

Monday, June 23, 08:26 UTC (Gemini) - Wednesday, June 25, 03:44 UTC (Cancer)

At a duration of 43 hours, 18 minutes, this is the longest void Moon in June.

Friday, June 27, 05:16 UTC (Cancer) - 06:05 UTC (Leo)

Sunday, June 29, 11:03 UTC (Leo) - 11:44 UTC (Virgo)

(There will be some similarly long void Moons in July….)

Retrograde/Direct/Etc.

Transiting Mercury enters its pre-retrograde shadow on Monday, June 30.

Transiting Venus has her greatest western elongation on Sunday, June 1. This is similar in feel to a First Quarter Moon: we finally feel ready to get on with new Venus projects.

Transiting Ceres is in her pre-retrograde shadow all month.

Transiting Pallas begins June in her pre-retrograde shadow; she stations retrograde on Monday, June 9, remaining retrograde until October 4.

Transiting Juno is retrograde all month.

Transiting Vesta starts June retrograde; she stations direct on Saturday, June 14, entering her post-retrograde shadow.

Transiting Saturn is in its pre-retrograde shadow all month.

Transiting Pluto is retrograde all month.

Ingresses

Friday, June 6 - transiting Venus enters Taurus

Sunday, June 8 - transiting Mercury enters Cancer

Monday, June 9 - transiting Jupiter enters Cancer

Tuesday, June 17 - transiting Mars enters Virgo

Staurday, June 21 - transiting Sun enters Cancer

(Alias the Cancer Solstice.)

Thursday, June 26 - transiting Mercury enters Leo

Opportunity Periods

Sunday, June 1, 23:32 UTC - 23:38 UTC. “You’ll have just a few minutes to do something meaningful during this very short OP.” (Ms M is rolling her eyes.)

Wednesday, June 4, 20:52 UTC - Saturday, June 7, 01:04 UTC. “A much-needed waxing Moon OP perfect for communication, networking, and projects related to beauty, events, and more.”

Thursday, June 12, 15:56 UTC - Saturday, June 14, 08:52 UTC. “This long OP favors many things, from creative work to practical family matters, just in time for Father’s Day.”

Wednesday, June 18, 19:19 UTC - 23:08 UTC. “Use this time for artistic activities, expressing love, and renewing your emotions during the Last Quarter Moon.”

Friday, June 20, 10:32 UTC - Saturday, June 21, 01:49 UTC. “You have the whole day to network and complete tasks.”

Wednesday, June 25, 10:02 UTC - 11:02 UTC. This is one-half hour before and after the Cancer New Moon. “If you have something important to start around now, this is a great time to do it.”

Thursday, June 26, 15:08 UTC - Friday, June 26, 06:05 UTC. “Very good OP for being creative and also to strengthen healthy and loving relationships.”

Monday, June 30, 01:14 UTC - Tuesday, July 1, 20:47 UTC. “Any activity during this long and positive OP will give good results, from practical matters to romance. This is the last OP before Mercury begins to slow down.”

Et Cetera

The Cancer Solstice is on Saturday, June 21, at 02:42 UTC. It’s very similar to New Moon chart four days later - excellent for “tending our gardens” like Candide.

[hi-im-dazey]

Hey, today is a good day to: -Make sure you have candles for your Hanukkiah

-Make sure you have a good safe place to park it for the duration

-If your festivities include any tiny children or animal family members, make sure you child/animal/orange cat proof the area (animal and orange cat being two entirely different levels of safety protocols)

-Make sure you have your comestibles for the holiday laid in, remember, this year the 25 Kislev is sundown on December 25th.

Last minute runs out for fry-able yummies, or pre fried yummies will be significantly hampered by the fact that the world closes down for the day. Have oil, have shortening, have taters and onions and matzo meal, whatever, just remember you will not be able to run to the store that morning.

-Make sure you have Gelt or face the wrath of the tiny children. It is a GREAT day to (if your menorah is metal) Bake your Menorah on a cookie sheet lined with foil or parchment and propped up in such a way that the wax runs off. (for instance one of mine does best on its' side, with a pillow of foil to making it drip down from the candle cups, the other does best upside down.) I suggest 250 for 2 hours to start, longer if the wax hasn't run off yet. Let it cool before handling it. remove any tags from it if this is your first time baking it for wax removal! (If you have a ceramic or glass menorah) Place your menorah in boiling water, then turn the heat off. This will loosen up the wax, which will melt and float to the surface as the water cools, then you can remove your clean menorah. (if you are using an electric menorah) Dust it off and clean it with appropriate stuff for its finish. Make sure the bulbs work, and that it has batteries/is charging/easy access to a safe plug. I hope you have a nice festival, and some good food, and some warm memories.

[owlservice]

Guys can we have a frank discussion about the duration of our washing machine cycles. The duration of my full wash (cotton mode) is around 1 hour 35 minutes. The duration of my quick wash is around 25 minutes. Please let me know the duration of your washing machine cycles. Please please please please please

[omamorens]

a while back you said something akin to “inkblade college au.. (head full of thoughts)” !! would you be so kind as to open your head and share them? i am begging you on my knees…. spare inkbkade college au.. pls…

dear anon you dont have any idea of the floodgates im about to open but!!! im imagining two main routes for this college au. bear with me with this long answer!!

the ‘met-again at college’ au:

In this version of the events, the Rat Grinders probably broke off to do their own individual thing after finishing junior year and their redemption quests.

Oisin would probably distance himself away from Elmville but still pursue wizarding school elsewhere. Probably at the Bastion City University.

This time, he does it correctly with no cheating.

Though if he was being honestly, still having access to the full benefits from the school of conjuration was probably an unfair advantage.

So he always pushed himself to do harder, to excel beyond expectations. He’s a chronic over-worker and just wants to do things right for once.

Oisin never gets into another adventuring party again and instead studies to be some type of wizard scientist, developing new spells and technology probably.

Adaine, by this time, is already a world-renowned adventurer and top divination wizard of their age, in her own right.

She’s already established somewhat of a mark to history at the young age of 24? 25? probably younger, honestly.

Oisin hears about her from time to time— they do occupy the same wizarding circles and its kind of hard to avoid mention of the Elven Oracle.

But she was a famous figure now, literally beyond reach from a lowly college student like himself.

Imagine his surprise when he sees her walk into his class one day, but not as a student, no.

Adaine was a guest speaker and was about to discuss to them the very interesting topic of the Cosmology of Extraplanar Realms and Studies of Divinities

Oisin blanked out most of it.

Too starstruck from seeing Adaine again and oh… his chest was hurting again, phantom-pains from the shatterstar that never really left his mind.

Or is it?

Before he knew it, the session has ended. He thinks it ended too soon but the topic was actually discussed for two hours.

But his professor has an announcement to make? He stayed back to hear it out.

“Miss Abernant will be conducting research in the university for some time, and she has graciously granted the Wizard Department the opportunity for a student to take up an internship role for the duration of her team’s stay. Interested students may submit a form to me and the decision will be passed to Miss Abernant’s team after careful deliberation. That is all, thank you.”

Oisin has spaced out again, reeling from the thought that their paths would probably cross even more now that she’ll be at BCU indefinitely.

“Mr. Hakinvar? Oisin Hakinvar?” his professor called for him, and he addresses her, snapping out of his thoughts.

“Ms. Abernant, this is the top student of the Wizarding course, Oisin Hakinvar. I would speak highly into considering him for the role…”

Oisin has drowned out the noise again, because Adaine was staring at him, a twinge of familiarity setting in on her features. And of annoyance.

“Oh, I know of him.” she says tersely, “Top student, you say? No unfair advantages to speak of?”

Oisin’s brow twitched at that, answering the question himself, “None at all. I’ll make sure to send in my form for the internship role.”

Because he was prideful more than anything, and the subtle mocking comment made at him was baseless.

Adaine doesn’t know him, not the way that he is right now. Not after he’s pushed himself over and over to prove that he is worthy to be here.

“Very well! I’m sure Miss Abernant will be pleased to review your form.”

“Trust me, I am very good on both paper and practical application.”

Adaine shouldn’t even care for him at all, but she was curious. After Oisin and his adventuring party disappeared off Elmville, she always wondered what they were up to. Maybe more evil plots? Maybe they died somewhere off Spyre? Who knows.

Now she does, and the kindling of curiosity was highly-flammable, the worst of all motivators she could have.

And yet.

“I’ll be the judge of that.” she says to him, like a challenge. Oisin was set on meeting her to it.

This AU is definitely tagged as “Enemies-to-Lovers”, constant bickering and challenging looks, academic rivalry too because thats always nice. Maybe a bit of mystery because I do love the allure of putting them in a dark academia setting.

the ‘they got close during senior year and went to college together’ au:

This one is definitely sweeter and idyllic.

If you’ve ever heard of Sabrina Carpenter’s new song “Please, please, please” this is the general theme; its what Adaine would feel like.

Because in this AU, Adaine finally gives Oisin the chance to date her during college.

They’re always together anyway; with both being wizards pursuing academe, their schools of study interact in much more ways than anticipated.

Lots of cute dates in between classes too!!

Going to the newest cafe to try out their menu.

Amusement park dates!! Museum dates!!!

Bastion City is filled with things to do.

And even when they don’t, just studying together was already a date.

Oisin would always have some part of his body in contact with her.

Maybe his tail wrapped around her calf under the table, his free hand on her knee when they read together side by side, or just letting her lean on to him if she gets too tired to sit upright.

Adaine, on the other hand, was a little more paranoid of their relationship.

Was she just lying in wait for Oisin to fuck up? Hopefully not, but the chances are never zero. And she hates thinking of that, because at some level, she does trust and love Oisin, wholeheartedly.

But the past has always been haunting her in some way or another.

And it’s hard to relax when danger has been everything you knew your whole life.

But Oisin was soft with her, caring and understanding, frankly a little possessive and obsessive, but it was just the healthy amount that makes her want to drag him to bed every night and assure him that she is all his.

And Oisin proves to her that he is all hers.

Just imagine. Domestic Inkblade. never thought i would live to see the day that both words are in the same sentence.

Lots of late night cuddles, of assurances, of future plans togethers.

Unending conversations of “i love you” said in the most unconventional ways.

AND OF COURSE this is college. you cant expect me to think of college au without having Adaine live up to her “Party Wizard” title!!!

Adaine definitely lets loose at parties. She has her friends with her, a loving boyfriend, and her life has never been better.

But god she has the worst alcohol tolerance known to mankind.

Oisin is definitely watching over her, excusing himself from drinking too much just incase Adaine goes wild again.

And oh she does.

Thank god Oisin is there to [i will not elaborate what happens here, but god is it in my head; just guess].

And then she wakes up with a raging headache and Oisin is more than happy to care for her (making her hangover food, massaging her sore spots).

Like I said, domestic. Fluff and comfort and so much healing. LIKE SOOO MUCH. this is the answer to the “we could’ve had it all” tag because in this AU, they have it all.

Good for them… good for them!!

Will I write this? Not anytime soon but God would I kill to read it. Someone… anyone… save me inkblade college au save me…

[the-griffons-saddlebag]

💎 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺! Herbalist's Journal
Wondrous item, uncommon ___ This old, leather-bound book is caked in dirt. Inside is an almost unreadable scrawl of words, written in Common, that go into remarkable depth about herbology. If you spend 48 hours over a period of 6 days or fewer studying the book's contents and practicing its guidelines, you gain proficiency with the herbalism kit. If you were already proficient with the herbalism kit, you instead gain the feature below. The manual then loses its magic, but regains it in 10 years if it's buried in soil for the duration. 𝙀𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. You can spend 25 gp of materials—a collection of rare herbs and roots—to enhance a "potion of healing." Doing so requires 1 hour of work using an herbalism kit, which can be done over the course of a short rest. At the end of the hour, the potion's color changes to a shimmering green. It remains this color for 7 days; for the duration, a creature that drinks the potion uses d6s, instead of d4s, when determining the number of hit points the potion restores. This feature can also be used to enhance a "potion of greater healing" (50 gp of materials), a "potion of superior healing" (75 gp), or a "potion of supreme healing" (100 gp). ___ ✨ Patrons get huge perks! Access this and hundreds of other item cards, art files, and compendium entries when you support The Griffon's Saddlebag on Patreon for less than $10 a month!

[levi501ackerman]

Comic | Hange x Reader

masterlist AO3

Summary: Hange worked on your graduation gift for weeks, only for you to end up forgetting about them.

Megan's Note: another short exploration of anxious attachment, bargaining, and resentment. self indulgent. I was re-reading my diary and remembered this happened. Yeah cringe but I feel better. Based off something that happened 7 years ago . . . Posted: 2/4/25

Word Count: 2k

There’s something despicable about finding beauty with the sun casting reminisce of light through broken glass. It refracts color from the cracks of the shards. Purple . . . blue . . . green, yellow, orange, and blood red. The warm ribbons trailed down their fist, mimicking the saturated shade from the reflection. 

A bitter thump pulsed through Hange’s hand, aching and demanding to be sedated. The delicate skin stretching over knuckles was punished by the temper that delegated the impulse. 

The consequences of the desperate attempt to dispose of the bottled rage set back Hange. They drove to your house after a careless daze of wrapping their hand, even though it was later than planned. You were more important to them rather than the hand, staining bandages with blood. Though, you couldn’t care less about Hange. 

At least, that’s what Hange gathered based on your response to their numerous messages. They texted and waited for you to respond. Earlier in the week, you gave your word and they relied on it—leaving room for error and nothing but disappointment if you were to break your word. And you did . . .

Hange’s forgiveness was too generous for a person like you. They were too accommodating and helpful for a person who didn’t want it and didn’t care for the acts that starved them of the respect they had for themselves. That’s what they resented and argued with themself about during the duration of the drive. 

Your text taunted them and displayed the sorrowful truth that stared Hange in the face while Hange darted their eyes to look elsewhere. 

I forgot about you

Your promise to call after graduation speared Hange in the heart that swelled at the thought of you. A heart that ached when they saw you laughing with anyone but them. A heart that drummed in their ears as they stumbled over their words while you scrunch your face trying to comprehend. A heart that skipped a beat when they caught you looking at them. A fragile heart that beats to the rhythm of your attention.

You knew about Hange’s gift. They told you about how they finished it the day before. You knew about Hange staying awake until the early hours to finish your gift. They told you.  

So when they pulled up to your house, they saw you sitting on the concrete wearing your dark red graduation dress. They couldn’t look at you. They refused to let your mistake divide the plans they fantasized about in their head—the thought of you opening their gift and gushing at their work. 

They thought you’d get the measure of their rage with the slam of their car door. But even if you did understand, you didn’t cripple with the duration. They held your gift in their hand and the fantasy they dreamed while working on your gift was torn by the sharp dose of reality. You forgot about them.

Behind the lens of Hange’s glasses, tears welled in their eyes as they walked to you. It was another layer of hate. An annoying side effect of frustration was the tears that another would interpret as weak sadness. But they were boiling and tears were spilling over, dripping down their cheeks. Hange wiped their eyes, not wanting you to see them cry but also wanting you to know that your words clung to them. They leached on their soul and drained them until there was nothing left but an angry and resentful shell. 

“I know, I know. I’m sorry Hange . . .” You said as they walked up your driveway and could see the pink of their eyes. Hange gripped the present they worked on for two weeks, wanting to throw it at you. They wanted to pull you into the depths of their wrath that could suffocate you if you happened to pluck the cap.

Hange struggled to reply and they knew they wouldn’t get a word out without their voice cracking. They managed to place themselves into a ravine where your attention and approval brought them to the surface.

“I shouldn’t have forgotten about how you wanted to give me your gift. I know you worked hard on it.” Your words fed them generously, but to them it felt like an illusion. Like you knew the things Hange wanted to hear you say but withheld it from them until you needed to bargain. 

They walked along the line between the fate of succumbing to your apology or the fate of pushing you away with the tempting vulgar words they wanted to speak.

They thrust your gift toward you. Hange made sure to hold it with the hand they punched the window of their car with, beckoning you to ask how they hurt your hand. It worked.

“What happened to your hand?!” Your sweet, concerned voice lured them away from accountability for your actions. “Hange, are you bleeding?!” You took the gift from Hange, allowing you to see the damage their anger did to their window. “Hange . . .”

“I punched my window,” Hange said flatly, with hints of fault for you to detect. You gasped, struck by their honesty and the gravity of their actions. 

“W-Why did you do that?” A feeble voice came from you, allowing Hange to decide whether to reprimand you. But they didn’t want to push you away from them. 

“Open my gift.” Their gaze was sharp and threatened you to comply. 

You opened the gift and Hange watched as you unveiled the work they did for the last two weeks.

A comic book. 

More like a composition notebook with copy paper taped to the front with a drawing of playful stick figures of you and them drawn on a decadent background with a catchy title, bulging out to the reader. 

“Wow, Hange, you really weren’t lying.”

“Why would I lie about making you a comic book?” You sighed defeatedly. 

“Hange, I’m just amazed I’m holding it. You’ve been telling me about it and I’m excited to finally read it. Thank you.” The adoration for their gift coerced their temper to stay at bay. 

“Congratulations on graduating,” Hange’s tone planted the guilt and the remorse they wanted you to drown in. 

“This is the sweetest and nicest gift I’ve ever received . . .” You held the composition notebook, truthfully admiring the homemade project. “Thank you, Hange and again I am so sorry I forgot to call you after graduation and your gift should’ve been my number one priority.”

“Read it.”

“What?”

“I’ve wanted to see your reaction.” Hange folded their arms, shielding themself from you being able to wrap them around your finger. Usually, they bent and concave their schedule, time, and help to please you, but they built a fortress surrounding themselves. 

Secretly, they wanted you with them. They would tear down every brick if you asked, but simultaneously, you had to be outside—enduring the cold, your forgetfulness deserved. Hange turned their back on you with a sliver of hope that their withheld attention compelled you to seek after them, like an odd sense of validation that you’d like them enough to beg for access. 

You and Hange sat on the driveway. While reading, you tried to blanket the thick tension with praising compliments for their drawings. The drawings Hange meticulously drew and colored for weeks. The drawings Hange hoped you would admire endlessly and imprint in your mind, just like they did. 

The comic book was a light-hearted story where two friends had to travel through the twenty-six A to Z forests and make their way to the last forest to find and defeat the enemy. The enemy was a ridiculously silly drawing of a tater tot with a black eye mask. Hange thought of it because of how much you loved tater tots and hated when there was a black spot on the tot from the potato being bruised. When you showed Hange the tater tot with the dark spot, Hange declared they eat every tater tot with the bruising, so you didn’t have to. They were your hero on a small scale that grasped at the pride boosting Hange’s ego. 

You gushed at Hange’s art when you turned to the page where stick figures Hange and Y/N entered the G Forest. Hange drew their rendition of Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Hange’s rage simmered and crumbled as you gushed at their project, just like they fantasized you would. 

“That page took a whole day to draw . . .” Their tone was friendlier and a window of opportunity to seep through the crack of their rage presented itself.

“Hange, I can’t believe you drew all this and created this comic book for me.” You leaned into them and nudged their shoulders. “You have talent, that's for sure.” 

With the playful nudge, you broke off the last brick of their fortress and Hange’s guilt set in. They regret ever being angry with you. Hange bargained with themself among giving you the benefit of the doubt. After all, you did just graduate. 

Their heart fluttered when you laughed out loud, your head thrown back, and your eyes shut from the apples of your cheeks curling upwards from your smile. Hange’s heart thumped in their chest. Your laugh and joy they caused were vital and they’d go through hoops and barriers just for your happiness, even if it meant starving their own to nourish yours. 

After forty minutes of you reading and admiring Hange’s comic book, it finally ended. All of the work Hange put into drawing the pictures, making the story entertaining and funny, came to a mellow and bittersweet end. You closed the composition notebook and gave Hange the sweetest smile. The fond smile that Hange thought accentuated your features and hypnotized them, luring Hange further into the depths of an abyss of restless thoughts of you. Without a doubt, they curled around your finger again, contently wanting to please you.  

“So, what did you think of my gift?” Hange asked as if they didn’t hear you praise their comic book all the while reading it. 

“Hange, this is the most special gift anyone has ever given me . . . It’s incredible that you made this and—wow! Thank you. It is so obvious the amount of effort you put into this just for me . . .” Hange didn’t want you to stop talking. All the sweet words that flowed from your mouth went straight to their heart. It swelled at your attention and engulfed their mind. “I am truly sorry. I should have called you after graduation. I should have made you my priority . . .”

Hange picked at the bandages that wrapped around their throbbing hand. Just hearing you say your regrets and imagining if you did put them as a priority made them feel pleased—a glimpse of what could have been felt almost as good as the fantasy contradicting the reality. 

“I forgive you . . .” Hange said and the question in their mind urged them to speak. All the thoughts they had about you and the possibility of you being theirs was so close. 

“You’re so talented, Hange. I love this so much.” Hange stared at the concrete of your driveway, searching for the courage to ask their question. 

“I’m glad you like your graduation present. I was so excited to g-give it to you.” Their shaky reply exposed the nerves that flustered them even more. Hange gathered the courage and leaped, diving into the unknown abyss that vulnerably sacrificed their ego. “Y/N, Are you gay?”

Hange’s heart thumped in their ears and their clammy hands gripped the pants that covered their legs. They found you endearing and attractive for so long and kept their feelings to themselves. For the months coming up to graduation, they were worried about never seeing you again or you forgetting about them. Hange wanted your adoration, and when they came up with the comic book idea because they knew you loved comics so much, they knew it would grab your attention.  

Hange fantasized about taking you out on dates and showing you off to their friends. During class, their mind drifted to you and wondered how you were doing. At night they thought of you mewling and gasping as you laid on their bed while they knelt and ate your pussy. Thoughts of you conjured out of the blue and swarmed their thoughts. You infected Hange and their silly crush turned into a sickness that your attention cured. 

“No.”

[therealcocoshady]

Recovery - Chapter 19

Eminem x FemReader Fanfiction

Summary : Em is confronted by Nicole about his relationship with Y/N.

Tags : Bit of angst ? - Fluff

MARSHALL’S POV

Y/N ended up staying in the hospital for a total of five days. For the first two, she slept almost uninterrupted. Then, she started to manage to stay awake a little longer. They could have sent her home a little earlier, in fact, she was supposed to get out after 72 hours, but she was apparently demonstrating signs of PTSD. In fact, she had a lot of nightmares, which was understandable as her memory was starting to process the events. So, just to make sure, they kept her in the hospital for a little longer, giving her a few things to reduce her skyrocketing anxiety. Of course, Marshall was by her side for the whole duration of her hospital stay. He only left when he needed to shower and change his clothes, letting Talia take over. The whole team from the studio made sure to visit Y/N, who was definitely showered with gifts and affection. The whole hospital bedroom had almost been turned into a flower garden, thanks to Josh. Marshall couldn’t help but think that none of the situation would have happened if he had been as good at handling his liquor as he was good at keeping the Detroit flower business alive. Josh actually showed up to the hospital a handful of times and Y/N seemed happy to have her boyfriend by her side. Whenever he was there, Marshall took the hint and left the room, taking the opportunity to stretch his legs and, sometimes, grab coffee with Nicole, if she happened to be working and able to go for a quick break. 

Having his girlfriend work in the same hospital as Y/N was at was definitely an interesting experience. Whenever she was on break, she offered to bring him coffee in the room or suggested that they went for a quick walk. It was definitely sweet of her to offer, but he didn’t really want to : his attention was focused on Y/N and he didn’t want to take the risk of her waking up all alone in her room, especially since she hated hospitals. Eventually, what had to happen happened, and Nicole confronted him about Y/N, during one of their coffee breaks while Y/N was with Josh. 

So, for how long have you been here ? She asked. 

About four days, he said as he tried not to yawn. She’s going home tomorrow so tonight is my final night here. 

And she needs you by her side ? 

Well it’s… I don’t mind, he shrugged. I mean, she hates hospitals, so… 

I see, she said. Marshall… ? 

He sighed and looked at her, trying not to look too annoyed. He was exhausted and not in the mood for what he knew was about to come. 

Yes ? He asked. 

Obviously, we haven’t been dating too long, and your business is your business but… Should I be worried ? She asked gently. 

About what ? 

About Y/N, Nicole said. I mean, a girl can’t help but wonder, when she sees her date hanging around a 25 year-old, devoting so much time and energy… I guess I just want to know if I’m wasting my time here. 

That’s fair, he sighed. Look, I… We’re close. And, yeah, I spend a lot of time with her. She’s my best friend and I care for her, you know ? 

He knew he was lying through his teeth on that one. But he couldn’t exactly tell the woman he was dating that seeing Y/N lie in a hospital bed made him realize he was in love with her, right ? Even he knew that it would be a shitty thing to do. And it was not as if Nicole actually had anything to worry about. Nothing would ever happen between them. Right now, she was with Josh who had brought her yet another corny teddy bear and a bouquet (by now, he was probably just lacking imagination), probably planning their wedding. He couldn’t help but hear Talia’s words about them getting married. Obviously, they had just started dating, but at the pace they were going at, he wouldn’t even be surprised if Josh proposed in a month. Or maybe he was just grumpy and exhausted. But anyway, it wasn’t a conversation he really wanted to be having. 

Right, Nicole said sheepishly. So… She’s a priority ? 

Yup, he simply said. As I said, she’s my best friend and I care for her. She needs me, I’m there, that’s how it works. 

He wasn’t expecting it (right now, all he was expecting was to pass out from exhaustion), but Nicole let out a laugh. He wasn’t sure if it was a genuine laugh and that maybe he had been funny without meaning to, or maybe she was nervous. He looked at her, a bit surprised. 

And, you don’t get how I think that a grown man being best friends with a child might be a little inappropriate ? She asked as she was still laughing. 

Inappropriate ? He asked. How the fuck would that be inappropriate ? You asked me what the deal is and I just told you. 

You are at her beck and call. This girl has you wrapped around her finger and you don’t even seem to see it, she chuckled. Don’t you think she might be here for the wrong reasons ? 

Nope, he said. There’s not a doubt in my mind about Y/N’s intentions. Now, if you’re not confident enough to deal with the fact she’s important to me… I can’t do much about it. That’s on you, not me. 

She looked at him in surprise, her mouth slightly agape. She huffed and quickly drank the rest of her coffee. 

Well, I should let you get back to her, then, she said dryly. The ER is packed and I have work to do. Plus, you probably don’t want to keep her waiting anyway. Thanks for coffee. 

Before he had the chance to reply anything, she got up and left the cafeteria. He realized he was probably a bit too harsh with his words. He didn’t mean to hurt her, he was just pissed, grumpy and tired. In times like these, he wondered how people could seriously think of him as a womanizer. Obviously, he didn’t know shit about interacting with women. He sighed and got back to Y/N’s room. When he got there, he found her cuddling on the bed with Josh, looking at some books he brought. She was beaming, gently pressing her lips to his. At that moment, Marshall wasn’t sure whether he was about to pass out or puke. 

Hey, you’re back, Y/N greeted him. 

Yeah, he simply said. 

I guess that’s my cue to leave, Josh told her. Why don’t I take you out to dinner tomorrow night, to celebrate you getting out of here ? 

That would be lovely but I’m not sure about going out, she said softly. But maybe you could come for dinner and meet my roommates ? I think it’s time I introduced them to you. 

I would love that, Josh said with a smile. See you tomorrow. Goodbye, sir. 

Marshall tried not to groan as he settled in his chair. Great. Now she was literally introducing Josh to the people she considered as her closest family. He closed his eyes for a second and let out a small sigh. 

Are you alright ? Y/N asked. You seem… tense ? 

Just tired, he replied. 

Why don’t you go home and rest ? She suggested. 

I don’t feel like driving. My back hurts too much anyway, he said. 

Come here, she said. 

Why ? He groaned. 

Just come, she insisted. 

He went and sat next to her on the bed. She gestures for him to turn around and she ran her hands in his back, underneath his tee-shirt. He leaned into her soft touch, letting out a little groan. 

God, I’ve never seen a knot this big, she said. No wonder why you’re tense. 

She gently massaged his back. In a matter of minutes, the pain was relieved. 

Fuck, he said. That was good. 

I know right ? She chuckled. I’ve been told I’m a decent masseuse. 

More than decent, he said with a smile. If I’d known about this sooner, I would have taken advantage of it. 

She giggled and kept on massaging his back. He closed his eyes and relaxed. It felt good, though he wasn’t sure whether it was the release of the tension in his back or because she was the one touching him. 

So, how is Nicole ? She asked. 

Good question, he shrugged. 

You just had coffee with your girlfriend and you don’t know how she is ? Y/N mused. 

First of all, not my girlfriend, he replied. Secondly… Not my anything anymore, I guess. 

What happened ? She asked, suddenly stopping her massage. 

He groaned and sighed before looking at her. She seemed a bit confused. 

Nothing, I guess, he shrugged. 

Nothing ? You guess ? She asked. 

Yeah well, what do you want ? He snapped. I blew it, that’s it. 

Don’t take it out on me, she groaned. 

Sorry honey, he said softly. I’m just exhausted. And I guess I sort of took it out on Nicole too. I shouldn’t be allowed to talk to anyone when I’m this tired. 

Say more, Y/N replied. 

I don’t really know what her deal is, he shrugged. She asked if she should be worried about you and I spending so much time together. 

His best friend rolled her eyes and shook her head. 

And you don’t know what the deal is ? She chuckled. That’s an easy one. 

Walk me through it, he sighed. Since you seem to know everything. 

She was giving you an opportunity to tell her how much you like her, Y/N explained.

I mean, she could have asked, he said as he rolled his eyes. 

You know absolutely nothing about women, do you ? She giggled. 

Apparently not, he said as he rolled his eyes. 

It’s simple : we want to know if you guys can come through for us, on your own, she said. We could ask the questions, but then it might give you an idea of what the right answer is. It’s better if you come up with gestures on your own. Like… You can tell a guy that you’d enjoy a nice bouquet of flowers, but it’s so much more meaningful if he takes the initiative on his own. 

He hummed. What she was saying made sense but, at the same time, it really didn’t. No wonder he had stayed single for so long : getting a PhD in astrophysics seemed simpler than understanding women. 

How about the rose garden we’ve got going on here ? He asked with a grin. Is that an initiative ? 

It is, she giggled. Imagine what it would be like if I actually asked for flowers. I think he’d get a little carried away. 

You think ? He chuckled. I mean, shout out to him for keeping the flower business alive, I guess… And the stuffed animal business, too. You’ve got bears, a duck and… a lobster ?… Like, what the fuck ? 

She burst out in a fit of laughter and grabbed the lobster plushy, giving it a little kiss. 

That’s an inside joke, she said softly. You know, in Friends, when Phoebe tells Rachel that Ross might be her lobster ? Well today, he told me that he thinks I’m his lobster, and he gave me this. It’s super sweet. 

It’s corny as fuck, he stated with a grin. 

Well, I like it, she shrugged. 

Is he your lobster ? He couldn’t help but ask. 

I guess. I mean, look at all of this…, she said as she gestured around the room. No one’s ever cared for me like this. 

Marshall felt this one deep in his soul. Like a gut punch. Of course someone cared for her like this. Himself. Even more than that. He said nothing for a second and stared at her. She was looking at him and smiling, but there was a hint of melancholy in her eyes. 

I’ve had good relationships, you know, she added. But no one like Josh. I think that… If it doesn’t work with him, it’s not going to work with anybody. From that first date, he hasn’t stopped courting me and proving to me how much he likes me. That’s what every girl wants, right ?

Then why do you look so sad ? He asked. 

She lowered her gaze and he noticed that her lip was quivering, as if she was about to cry. 

I guess I’m just tired, she said. And, you know, people have been so good to me lately, it’s making me emotional. But I’m… I’m good, you know ? 

People are good to you because you deserve it, he said. They love you. I love you. 

I love you too, Marsh, she said with a smile. Thank you for being my best friend. 

“Not what I meant”, he thought to himself. He got closer to her and gently kissed her forehead. 

So, what are you going to do about Nicole ? She asked. 

I don’t think there’s much to do, he shrugged. 

You said you liked her, Y/N stated. 

I do, he agreed. 

And that she was great. 

She is, he agreed again. But if she can’t handle the fact that you’re my priority right now, I don’t think there’s much I can do. 

Maybe I shouldn’t be your priority, she replied with a hint of sadness. 

Why would you even say that ? He asked, his eyebrows furrowed. 

I love having you by my side, Marsh, she said. But I know you have things to do. You should be working instead of wasting your time here with me. You have other people in your life. You have Nicole. 

I’m here because I want to be, Y/N, he said as he put a strand of hair behind her shoulder. As long as you’re here, I’m here. I’m not leaving you alone when I know full well you hate hospitals and you’re having nightmares. 

Talia offered to take over, you know ? 

I know, but she has to work, he shrugged. I don’t. 

Except you kind of do, she said. 

Except I’m kind of my own boss, he said sternly. Plus, I think everyone at the studio could do with a break anyway. Now, I’m not going anywhere unless you tell me you want me to leave. Do you want me to leave ? 

I don’t, she said with a small smile. Although I think you’d sleep better in your house. 

I’ve been on tour, he said. If I can sleep in a tour bus full of people, I can sleep in a hospital room. 

You’re getting rid of me tomorrow anyway, she said with a smile. 

You know I’ll still be here, right ? 

It’s fine, she said. I’ll have Talia and Jamal at home. And Josh offered to take care of me too. 

Ok, he simply said. 

Now, who’s taking care of you ? She asked. 

What do you mean ? He asked with a yawn. 

Look, she said, you like Nicole, you think she’s great and I don’t want to be the reason why you guys are arguing. I know how guarded you can be, and how little you care for dating but… If you like her, if you think she’s great and if Hailie thinks she’s good for you… You should allow yourself to be happy. You deserve it more than anyone I know. 

We’ll see, he sighed. Look, can we… Talk about that later ? I’m too tired for this. 

Do you want to sleep ? 

Yeah, if you don’t mind, he replied as he got up to go back to the chair. 

Don’t be silly, Marshall. You can sleep here, she said as she gestured for him to come back on the bed and made a little room for him. 

He took off his shoes and layed next to her. She let out a little yawn and he couldn’t help but pull her closer to him. She was too cute. 

Thank you honey, he said softly. 

Good night, she said as she closed her eyes and let her head roll on his shoulder. 

Thirty seconds later, she was asleep. He stared at her for a moment, taking in her features. He pulled the cover over her, making sure she wouldn’t be too cold for the night. He noticed that her lobster was next to her and he couldn’t resist the urge to push that awful thing out of the way, letting it fall on the floor. No way he was sleeping next to that. Sorry Josh. He grinned at his own immaturity and closed his eyes, focusing on the only thing that actually mattered : the steady breath of the girl sleeping next to him. 

Y/N’s POV

You were woken up by the door opening. It was the nurse, coming in to check up on you. Marshall was still sleeping next to you, an arm draped across your body. Almost as if he was protecting you. As soon as she saw him lying in bed with you, she frowned. 

Someone’s sleeping soundly, she said with a displeased face. 

He could use it, you said softly. 

I know, he’s been here for days, she said. Wouldn’t let us throw him out anyway. 

Thank you for allowing him to stay, you replied. 

How are you feeling tonight ? She asked. How is the anxiety ? 

A little better, you said. 

Good. If you need, I can ask the doctor to give you a sedative, she said. 

I think I’ll be fine for tonight, you said. 

You felt Marshall stirring. He let out a small groan and changed position, one of his legs going over yours. You let out a small laugh as you noticed he was taking up more and more space in his sleep. 

I think you’ll be fine indeed, she grinned. You can also tell your “uncle” that he’s not fooling anyone. 

My what ? You asked in disbelief. 

Exactly, she said. Have a good night, dear. And enjoy, good men like this are hard to come by. 

She gave you a smile and left. You chuckled softly. Men as good as Marshall were, indeed, a rarity. You knew just how lucky you were to have him by your side. He was the most incredible person you knew, and all you wished for was for him to be happy. He deserved it. Even though the thought of him with another woman was breaking your heart, it made you a little sad to know that he had a little falling out with Nicole. From what you gathered, she was a good match for him. Probably even more so than you. You felt a little guilty at the idea that you might be the cause of an argument. He was the most amazing man you knew and he deserved the utmost happiness. So, even though it shattered your heart and your soul, you had encouraged him to patch things up with her. You were in love with him, but you knew these feelings were unrequited on his part, so you weren’t even hoping for a chance, here. You might have had one in the past, but it was long gone. Plus, Josh and yourself had a good thing going on, too. Yes, you had started dating him in hope to get your mind off Marshall, but you were starting to have feelings. It was not love, not quite yet, but you were sure it would grow. It had to : if the universe had someone in store for you, and it was not Marshall Mathers, it had to be Josh. Because he was ticking every box. You wanted to give this relationship a chance, because even though your boyfriend was not the one you thought about when you went to bed at night, he was making you incredibly happy, and you cared for him deeply. And it was all that mattered, right ? You just hoped that, in time, you would be able to let go of your feelings for Marshall. Because it wasn’t fair to Josh and you almost hated yourself for it. But you were ready to commit to this relationship. Josh deserved it. 

For now, though, you stared at Marshall and his perfect features. His face was incredibly close to yours, thanks to the small bed you were sharing. You gently ran your fingers through his short hair and kissed his forehead. 

Mmmh. I love you, you heard him say in a sleepy voice that made your heart melt. 

[kurishiri]

I see you have a lot of cards there and may I ask how many resources we need to have all the +99 cards? I suppose it depends on the events and the suitor, or am I wrong? Hehe I just want to know and try to get it 😅

hi there, anon! i feel that, no matter which suitor, it still does cost quite a bit to +99 a card. they're practically designed to be "locked" behind a paywall :,> but there are some that are more easily obtainable than others, as there r different methods to obtain them! which i'll go more into detail abt them and amount of resources for +99ing a card below the cut.

method #1: sending hearts in collection events...many, many times

this is the most "expensive" way, so to speak. in collection events, the featured ★4 is first given either at 280 times sent, if you send all 280 times within the first 80 hours of the event, or at ~560 times sent within the duration of the entire event. from there, you receive a dupe for every 20 times sent.

now, assuming you do get the ecb (280 times in 80 hours), you will get it to +1 at 560 times. so that leaves 98 x 20 = 1,960 more times needed. so that makes 560 + 1,960 = 2,520 times sent by the end of the event to fully uncap the card to +99. if you don't make the ecb, then you need an extra dupe, so 2,520 + 20 = 2,540 times.

assuming you only utilize one of the 3x lucky times (escort or story in en server), and all numbers are rounded up to the nearest whole number...

that would be a total of 2,540 / 6 = 424 cocktails x 150 gems = 63,600 gems for escorts

for stories, each run-through will yield 25 x 15 = 375 for reading through each of the 25 chapters; 10 x 6 = 60 for completing all the intimacy checks and avatar missions; and an additional 15 for completing the entire story. so that would make 375 + 60 + 15 = 450 times. so, 2,540 / 450 = 6 times. each run through needs 125 tickets, so 125 x 6 = 750 tickets x 100 gems = 75,000 gems.

it would cost less if you had other resources saved up already for the event, utilized other lucky times, parked your stories, etc. etc.

that said! some events - namely the 2024 halloween event in jp (ecb: william, nica) and jude's route release event and past records (ecb: jude) - have a system where they feature not one, but two ★4 featured cards. in which case, you get alternating dupes every 10 times sent. essentially, by sending 2,520 / 2,540 times, you can get 2 ★4 cards to +99!

method #2: ranking top 100 for a suitor in certain collection events

this is only applicable to some events, such as the aforementioned halloween 2024 collection event that ran in jp, the next wedding event coming to en, and some past records (elbie/al; ellis/jude).

now how many resources this takes is pretty much dependent on which suitor you're going for. the more popular the suitor, the more resources you will need to expend (bc the pool would be larger for more popular suitors, so naturally numbers and borders will be higher).

if you wanna play it safe to rank in a suitor's top 100 and have a relatively stress-free ranking experience, i would probably dedicate an average of 650 hearts. but if you're going for jude or ellis in either server, it might be better to get close to 700. on the other hand, if you're going for liam, you probably don't need 650...probably 500 may be enough.

...that said, don't take my word for it.

method #3: grinding in birthday parties

so bday parties r those events that r coming out in en next year for ikevil. they also feature a ★4 card which you can stack to +99 in the duration of the event, but it's not as expensive as uncapping them via collection events.

on the other hand, cards from birthday parties do have a slightly lower bp. in jp, an average fully-uncapped collection event card will have 2,295 bp. meanwhile, a bday party card, fully uncapped, is 2,145 bp. these cards r cgs for their stories, and as such, they r treated at the same level as a cg card you can obtain by reading a suitor's ending in their main story.

how many resources this takes is dependent on how strong your deck is for a character (and maybe how high your attire bp is). if you have a strong deck, you don't need to expend as much, but on the other hand, if you don't own many good cards for said suitor, you may need to expend more resources. i'm not exactly sure how many points exactly are needed to fully uncap this card, just that every 1000 points after reaching level 45, you receive a card dupe.

i heard around 150,000 points is enough to fully uncap the card. it does sound like a lot, but with a strong deck, each time you "escort" can yield quite a bit of points!

[plumbaleena]

My Personal MCCC Settings for Storytelling

I've had a lot of people ask me what my personal settings are for MCCC that make it easy to story tell. If you're part of my Twitch community, you'll know that I don't play the game, I tell their story. And when telling their story, I don't have time for them to take 100 hours to pick up and put down a damn infant, or go to the bathroom. So here are my own personal settings that you are welcome to try to see if it can help relieve some stress off of the game.

Life Stage

For my game play, I do custom days for all age groups (except newborns) and I also play with aging off from time to time. Depending on how the story is going and if we need a lot of extra time with a certain character, I will turn it off. However, when it comes to their normal age spans this is what I have.

How to edit the life stage in MCCC

Click on MCCC via a computer > MCCC Settings > Set Age Span Duration > Human > Normal

Life stage / Normal

Infants / 5

Toddler / 7

Child / 10

Teen / 14

YA / 35

Adult / 45

Elder / 25

Needs Decay

As stated before, I don't play this game, so my decay is set to 0, however you can change around the percentage you want so that it's slower, or faster.

How to edit the motive/needs decay in MCCC

Click on MCCC via a computer > MCCC Settings > Gameplay Settings > Motive Decay > Sim Motive Decay Percent > 0 [this is because I do not play the game]

Multiple BFF's

How to enable multiple BFF's in MCCC

MCCC via Computer > MC Tuner > Change Interaction Behavior > Enable Multiple BFF's

Notification Settings

This section is for all the stupid ass notifications that come up that I could care less about. Like someone adopted some random cat, or a person won the lottery. Who CARES!? I only want to know if someone in my family has been visited by the Grim Reaper, so here's how to do that.

How to change your Notification Settings in MCCC

MCCC via Computer > MCCC Settings > Notification/Console/Menu Settings > Notification Settings

Aging/Death Notifications / Show Death Notifications > Played Only

[Everything else is disabled]

Auto Bills

How to enable Auto Bills in MCCC

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[haletostilinski]

I asked, you guys voted! The next poll? An episode battle, so here we go!

Now that we finished the Villain Battle, it's time to move onto a new set of polls. A best episode poll. What do you feel is the best Teen Wolf episode ever? So, a few things first:

This will contain all 100 episodes of the show. NOT the movie as it doesn't count as an episode.

Remember to vote for the WHOLE episode, not just if you loved parts of the episode.

Because 100 eventually doesn't halve into an even number, eventually there will be rounds where one poll has 3 options instead of 2. (100 halves into 50, but then 50 halves into 25 which is not an even number, 6 halves in 3, etc...)

The matching up for this first round was more deliberate than usual. For me it felt better to start with the pilot and series finale and then work my way in. How the match ups go after this first round though, I have no idea. When we get to needing one poll with 3 options, that will be the odd episode out getting added to the last 1v1 poll, so that's how that will work. EDIT: Since all the latter 50 episodes of the show got voted out in round 1, I will still start from the pilot and highest episode left and work my way in for round 2. Otherwise episodes would be up against each other that are usually right before or after each other already ad that isn't as fun. We'll wait before we have to do that!

WARNING: Obviously, NO FIGHTING IN THESE POLLS. Keep it civil! You can disagree with the winners if you're bummed yours didn't get through to the next round/didn't win, of course, but don't go hating/fighting with others over the episode that wins a round. That will not be tolerated and if I see that I will either delete the comment if I can/give a warning/block the user/or if it's too many people going too far I will shut this WHOLE thing down. This is meant to be fun and not serious. Remember that, please. Also it seems silly to say this over an episode poll but you NEVER know, so I'm being cautious here.

HATE WHILE LINKING TO AND ASSOCIATING WITH MY POLLS which could mean quoting or replying to someone linking to my poll! - WILL NOT BE TOLERATED

Also, given what happened in the shipper polls, this has to be warned for just incase: If there is ANY significant spike in the votes in a very short period of time - like say jumping 10% points or something in like an hour of time or something - outside of the initial votes being given at first, of course - I will assume botting has taken place. If someone is making more than 1 account on tumblr to vote, i.e. fake accounts, that is also cheating and THAT EPISODE WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED. Again, with what happened with the ship battle, this needs to be said. NO making multiple accounts or there will be consequences.

Because this is an episode battle, and there 100 of those on the show, there will be two episodes per poll (and eventually 3 for one of them). So you're about to see quite a bit of of poll posts from me…just a warning if you're wondering why there's going to be continued episode poll posts from me 😭

As always, every poll will have a 1 week duration.

Lastly, have fun! Let's see what episode lands on top 😎

[clownmoontoon]

when i first started running training i used an app called c210k (couch to 10k)! the app made it so much easier for a beginner like me who had never really done any sports or anything athletic up until that point and the best thing was that the app was FREE

unfortunately when looking up the app to download onto my new phone i found that not only is the app no longer free, its subscription which means to simply keep the app on your phone you have to pay a monthly fee of $15 which is INSANE to me

SO since i already had the full 10k training on my old phone i decided to type it all down, and now i can share it!

LETS NOT GATEKEEP EASY ACCESSIBLE EXERCISE PLEASE LMAO

Week 1 and the first day of Week 2 are available free on the app! no subscription needed!!! look up C210k by zen labs, its a red square! i recommend using the free vers to start bc it can be tricky to remember which interval youre on as youre doing them Days 2 and 3 of Week 2 are the same as Day 1 so just repeat Week 2 Day 1 three times! (If u decide to download the app for the free days u can skip ahead on the list to WEEK 3!)

⭐️ WEEK 1 ⭐️ (FREE ON APP) Days 1 - 3 (Duration 30 min)

5 min warm up walk 1 min jog 1.30 min walk  1 min jog 1.30 min walk 1 min jog 1.30 min walk 1 min jog 1.30 min walk 1 min jog 1.30 min walk  1 min jog  1.30 walk 5 min cool down walk 

⭐️ WEEK 2 ⭐️ (FIRST DAY FREE ON APP, DAYS 2 AND 3 SAME AS DAY 1) Days 1 - 3 (Duration 31 min)

5 min warm up walk  1.30 min jog 2 min walk 1.30 min jog 2 min walk  1.30 min jog 2 min walk  1.30 min jog 2 min walk  1.30 min jog 2 min walk  1.30 min jog 2 min walk 5 min cool down walk

⭐️ WEEK 3 ⭐️ Days 1 - 3 (Duration 28 min) 5 min warm up walk 1.30 min jog 1.30 min walk 3 min jog 3 min walk 1.30 min jog 1.30 min walk 3 min jog 3 min walk 5 min cool down walk 

⭐️ WEEK 4 ⭐️ Days 1 - 3 (Duration 31 min) 

5 min warm up walk 3 min jog 1.30 min walk 5 min jog 2.5 min walk 3 min jog 1.30 min walk  5 min jog 5 min cool down walk  ⭐️ WEEK 5 ⭐️ Day 1 (Duration 31 min) 

5 min warm up walk  5 min jog 3 min walk 5 min jog 3 min walk 5 min jog 5 min cool down walk  

Day 2 (Duration 31 min) 

5 min warm up walk 8 min jog 5 min walk  8 min jog 5 min cool down walk 

Day 3 (Duration 30 min) 

5 min warm up walk 20 min jog 5 min cool down walk 

⭐️ WEEK 6 ⭐️ Day 1 (Duration 34 min) 

5 min warm up walk 5 min jog 3 min walk  8 min jog 3 min walk  5 min jog  5 min cool down walk 

Day 2 (Duration 33 min) 

5 min warm up walk  10 min jog 3 min walk 10 min jog 5 min cool down walk 

Day 3 (Duration 32 min) 

5 min warm up walk 22 min jog 5 min cool down walk 

⭐️ WEEK 7 ⭐️ Days 1 - 3 (Duration 35 min)

5 min warm up walk 25 min jog  5 min cool down walk 

⭐️ WEEK 8 ⭐️ Days 1 and 2 (Duration 38 min) 

5 min warm up walk  28 min jog 5 min cool down walk 

Day 3 (Duration 40 min) 

5 min warm up walk  30 min jog 5 min cool down walk 

⭐️ WEEK 9 ⭐️ Days 1 -3 (Duration 54 minutes) 

5 min warm up walk  10 min jog 1 min walk  10 min jog 1 min walk  10 min jog 1 min walk  10 min jog 1 min walk  5 min cool down walk 

⭐️ WEEK 10 ⭐️ Days 1 - 3 (Duration 58 min) 

5 min warm up walk  15 min jog 1 min walk  15 min jog 1 min walk  15 min jog  1 min walk  5 min cool down walk 

⭐️ WEEK 11 ⭐️ Days 1 - 3 (Duration 64 min) 5 min warm up walk  17 min jog 1 min walk  17 min jog 1 min walk  17 min jog 1 min walk  5 min cool down walk

⭐️ WEEK 12 ⭐️ Days 1 - 3 (Duration 67 min)

5 min warm up walk  18 min jog 1 min walk  18 min jog 1 min walk  18 min jog 1 min walk  5 min cool down walk 

⭐️ WEEK 13 ⭐️ Day 1 (Duration 56 min)

5 min warm up walk 22 min jog 1 min walk  22 min jog 1 min walk 5 min cool down walk

Day 2 (Duration 62 min)

5 min warm up walk 25 min jog 1 min walk 25 min jog 1 min walk 5 min cool down walk

Day 3 (Duration 72 min) 

5 min warm up walk 30 min jog 1 min walk  30 min jog 1 min walk 

🌟 WEEK 14 🌟 CONGRATS U MADE IT!!!! 🎉🎉 (Duration 70 min!) 

5 min warm up walk 1 hour jog  5 min cool down walk 

once you reach this point then u keep repeating the hour for the three days of the week u jog! i prefer to run every other day to give my body a rest day between each exercise day.

It becomes so much fun to see how much farther you get in an hour the stronger you get! 🥳🎉

[mistfallengw2]

Asura progeny headcanons 🐭

- Average gestation is around 6,5 months and relatively effortless for most of its duration, though it can become quite cumbersome and exhausting in the last couple of months. While birth is relatively fast, it's always treated as a delicate matter due to the frailty of the newborn and their size relative to the parent.

- At birth, progeny are 20-25 cm in length, with their large and unnervingly squishy head being roughly half of their underdeveloped body.

- They're very frail and weak during their first few days of life, sometimes needing up to a week to fully open their big eyes. Still, while they sleep for most of the day, during the few cumulative hours they spend awake they're extremely inquisitive about the world around them, bapping at everything within their reach and actively cooing and babbling as if they were speaking already.

- Born with very wrinkly skin and crumpled ears, newborns are usually paler and pinker than what they'll soon become, with their markings being vague, blurry and lost to the myriad of soft folds. Within the first week, their markings and colors become more defined and pigmented as they grow into their excess skin, and their ears distend and strengthen the more they wiggle them.

- Some progeny are born with downy hair all over their body (lanugo), others are born completely bald, and many have it in patches. There seems to be little rhyme or reason to it, but it has little impact on the baby, as within a few days it falls off completely, over time getting replaced by the tiny and colorless hairs that normally cover asuran bodies [like the fine hair on the underside of one's arm] and by the hair on head.

- Curiously, in many cases of early and premature births, the cranial size of the newborns tends to match expectations for that of a full term progeny. Given the mentions of longer gestations periods in what little was saved of historical records, it's theorized that shorter pregnancies are a developing adaptation to their race's ever-increasing intellect.

- Twin pregnancies are pretty uncommon and hard to keep viable without precaution and care on the parent's side, appropriate medical assistance and a good amount of rest. While triplets are not impossible, they're an extremely rare recorded occurrence, one which always results in premature progeny and an assortment of issues for all parties involved.

- By 1-2 weeks of life, they can and will instinctively grab on to their parents or things they're interested in, and do so with impressive strength for such little creatures. It sure used to serve an important purpose way back when and it's still useful from time to time, but usually it just ends up in frequent long fights to get random items out of the progeny's hands or detach them for nap time. At that stage they start to cry less often, but usually their babbling only becomes worse and a lot more opinionated.

- Nursing only lasts a few weeks due to the scarcity of the milk relative to the exponentially incremental nutritional requirements of the fast-developing progeny. The milk itself is extremely nutritious, but it's produced in small doses and requires pretty frequent feeding sessions, meaning the parent quickly becomes physically unable to keep up with the demand. Luckily, milk production usually lasts comfortably longer than what it takes for the newborn to start teething and eat more substantial food as often as needed, so weaning can start as soon as a couple weeks after birth and be over in the same amount of time. Milk substitutes exist, but since newborns can start eating better food so soon and don't generally like it, they're seen more as an emergency aid than an alternative, even if some will swear they're better for the progeny's health and intelligence in the long term.

- Progeny completely depend on their parents and caretakers for the first couple of years of life, spending most of the time with them and rarely ever being left alone or without food for long. Provided the work environment is safe enough, parents tend to bring their young progeny to their labs, usually holding them in backpack-like pouches while they work or keeping them in dedicated sections of the facility, usually with an assistant at their mercy or a nanny golem in more experimental cases.

- Asura grow exponentially in their youth and do so quickly, pretty much doubling in size by 2-3 years of age, but their mental development is even faster than the physical one. They can already understand most words at around 2 months of age, their first intelligible babbles arrive no more than a couple months later, and they always learn to speak coherently enough to easily hold simple conversations (by asuran standards) before they are able to toddle on their own, which happens at around 7-10 months of age.

- Despite being born so frail and weak, younger progeny develop a severe tendency towards hyperactivity after their first year, only growing out of it when they find better things to channel their energy into. Risk assessment naturally develops far slower than curiosity, so it's not uncommon to see young asura jump around, climb where they shouldn't or play stupid games as soon as they're left unsupervised, much to their parents' dismay when they have to rush in to interrupt dangerous activities or when their progeny come home covered in bruises and scratches. Thankfully, their still-spongy bone structure and elasticity allow them to avoid serious damage from most accidental falls and tumbles until well into their teens. Some jokingly refer to it all as a primordial need to act as if they were still in caves and tunnels underground, and there may be some truth to it.

- Young asura have ravenous appetites for their size, particularly during their initial growth spurt, and it usually doesn't relent until their adulthood as their developing brains burn through calories like wildfire. On average, progeny tend to have at least 3 fairly substantial meals per day, plus a variable amount of snacks in between that can easily raise the counter above 10. In fact, they eat so much that, by the time they start losing them at around 4 years of age, their baby teeth are usually already blunt due to overuse, but their permanent and much more resistant set of adult teeth starts appearing soon after and is usually fully grown by their 15th year. Tale is that the first highly-nutritious lab-made food was invented by exhausted parents in order to both cut down on meal preparation time and keep their progeny satiated for a longer time.

- For the rest of their childhood and until their teens, their physical growth proceeds slowly, gaining just a few cm per year as their body-to-head ratio adjusts. Puberty starts with slow changes and generally lasts between age 13 and 17, but its peak marks another spike of appetite and very quick growth spurt, so quick that it's not surprising to see progeny mature from lanky teenagers into young adults in less than a year. Food establishments in asuran communities (and especially around the Colleges) are usually organized for round-the-clock service, in order to cater to the every asura's needs, from those needing a break during all-nighters to voracious teens undergoing growth spurts.

- At the end of their initial growth spurt, progeny have already learned the basics (by asuran standards) from their parents and family/krewe, and despite their very young age they also have impressive sense of self and ego. As soon as they're deemed capable enough (3 years old is the standard, but a few get an early start), progeny begin attending Splorg Metamystics Lab or any equivalent pre-college schooling system to receive basic education, though parents living further from communities with such systems in place generally opt to homeschool them themselves or through mentors.

- Due to the sheer volume of "basic" knowledge by asuran standards, it takes most progeny a minimum of 9-10 years to complete pre-college education, with rare prodigy cases pushing 7. The schedule of their studies is quite intense at first, quickly covering a wide range of complex topics per class and doing plenty of experiments to test students' knowledge, then gets more "relaxed" during the second half of it, not to deal with the increased difficulty but to make space for extracurricular activities. While the time and path of progeny's education varies greatly depending on their interests and abilities, progeny as young as 5 are highly encouraged to practice as junior assistants for their family's krewes or begin mentorships and internships, usually with the intent to explore their career options. While families usually help their progeny with it and at times get really obsessive over their future, it's customary for schooling systems to organize recurring occasions where young promising minds can be picked by mentors fitting for their talents or get in contact with krewes open for internships.

- To continue their chosen path of study, most would-be geniuses usually end up joining one of the asuran Colleges. Admittance is gated behind the presentation of an invention, a proof of concept or a theory good enough to clear the specific College's entry requirements, though due to recent events that barrier is being removed. 14-16 years is the average age for new students, with 10-11 years being the minimum accepted one, though preliminary admittance can happen at any age. By the time they become a College's ward and responsibility, progeny have usually already moved out of their parental unit's direct care and into the krewe's or mentor's more hands-off supervision, and they are quite proud of their independence. The standard courses for all Colleges are meant to be completed within a couple of years, while specialistic or multidisciplinary courses take at least five, and it's possible to enroll in a different College to graduate there too or switch along the way without losing all progress. That said, before graduation itself there's a minimum requirement of classes for each area of expertise, plus facultative extracurricular activities (internships, mentorships or contribution to community projects) and the mandatory completion of a related project or thesis, all of which can take a variable amount of time.

- While asura place a lot of importance on family, they also value the individual's choice from way early in their life, and this is particularly evident in how progeny leave their parental unit to freely pursue their education long before being considered adults. Upon the death of their parents, orphans are generally assigned to the care of relatives or those who step up to adopt them (usually friends or krewe members). However, due to progeny's early independence and the efficiency of the Progeny Protective Services, official adoptions in asuran communities are rare past early childhood, as it's far more common for mentors to eventually take on an unofficial parental role for their younger apprentices. The cold system of the PPS is not free from valid criticism, but its role is necessary in a society with so many accidental work-related deaths and, to their credit, many in the staff do try their best despite being always overworked.

- Adulthood is officially reached at 17 years of age, roughly when most students start graduating from their College of choice or have done enough internships to be considered would-be geniuses or properly-trained workers. However, since most older asura consider new graduates as nothing more than overgrown progeny until they prove they're geniuses in their own right, maturity has has little weight on the individual's sense of self, only granting the ability to legally form a krewe, gain access to a wider range of public resources, request funding from the Arcane Council, or marry.

[rada-76]

Clock in fin-15. Quarter and three quarters

(Перевод на русский в конце поста/Translation into Russian at the end of the post)

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Season 2 speaks to us in the language of symbols. An important place in this language is occupied by quarters. And those numbers that are divisible by 4.

The final scene lasts 15 minutes, which is a quarter of an hour.

A Shostakovich record in Maggie's shop costs 8 pounds 75 cents.

It is interesting that "8 pounds" is divisible by 4. And most importantly, that "75 cents" is three quarters of a pound (in the modern monetary system).

The trick "Bullet Catch" cost 7 pounds 5 shillings, and (in the monetary system of 1941) "5 shillings" is a quarter of a pound.

You see, quarters are not an accident!

In the final scene, we see a clock behind Crowley.

The hour hand points to 9 o'clock, and the minute hand points to 25 minutes.

9 o'clock is three quarters of 12 o'clock - a round dial.

25 minutes is a quarter of 100 - a round number.

Mismatch of Azicrow's encodings! One of them represents a quarter, and one of them represents the other three quarters. And if they were in the same coordinate system and spoke the same language, they would understand each other.

I found out something else:

- The duration of the shot on stage is 30 seconds.

-The duration of the kiss in the finale is 40 seconds.

I found a lot of confirmation that the system of symbols of the second season says: 3 is the number of death, 4 is the number of love.

More amazing finds in Good Omens S2 are here.

Часы в фин-15. Четверть и три четверти

Сезон 2 говорит с нами на языке символов. Важное место в этом языке занимают четверти. И то, что делится на 4.

Финальная сцена длится 15 минут, а это четверть часа. 

Пластинка Шостаковича в магазине Мэгги стоит 8 фунтов 75 центов. Любопытно, что "8 фунтов" делится на 4. И главное, что а "75 центов"  – это три четверти фунта (по современной денежной системе).

Фокус “Ловля пули” стоил 7 фунтов 5 шиллингов, а (по денежной системе 1941 года) "5 шиллингов" – это четверть фунта.

Видите, четверти – не случайность!

В финальной сцене за спиной Кроули мы видим часы. Часовая стрелка показывает на 9 часов, а минутная – на 25 минут. 

9 часов – это без четверти 12 часов, круглый циферблат. 

25 мин – четверть от 100, круглое число. 

Несовпадение кодировок у Азикроу! Кто-то из них олицетворяет четверть, а кто-то остальные три четверти. И если бы они находились в одной системе координат и говорили на одном языке, то поняли бы друг друга.

Я выяснила еще кое-что: 

Длительность выстрела на сцене — 30 секунд.

Длительность поцелуя в финале — 40 секунд. 

Я нашла много подтверждений, что в системе символов сезона 3 — это число смерти, а 4 — это число любви.

Больше удивительных открытий в "Благих знамениях" здесь.