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[karolinedgmachinery]

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[arc-misadventures]

Vtuber AU. Weiss collabing with her mom or sister?

The VTuber: The Empress of Ice

Today was an unusual stream for one, IHateMyDad2.0. Then again, among any streamers what would be considered normal?

Bot, no today, she could have a very special guest, one that could have disastrous, or highly beneficial implementations to her channel for years to come.

Only time would tell.

~~~

IHateMyDad2.0: Hello everyone, and welcome to the stream!

Her white haired avatar gave a dazzling smile as she addressed her chat. She loved streaming, within this space she could feel the mountain of worries she had built up over years of abuse by the hands of her despicable father slowly being chipped away. And, today was a special day.

For today she was listening to her family councillor, and had decided to take part in a family exercise they had recommended to help reunite her with her family members who had nearly been torn apart by their father’s actions.

IHateMyDad2.0: Okay, chat! We have a special guest with us today!

~~~Stream Chat~~~

Steveo: Whoo! Stream!

Ferbanjo: Hi Snowangel!

Monkittiy: A guest?

StarChild: Is it cookie?

~~~~~~

IHateNyDad2.0: No, no it’s not, Cookie. No today we’ll be joined by a family member, a never before seen family member at that! So, everyone please give a warm welcome to my mother, ‘The Ice Empress!’

Emerging from the corner of the screen was a 2D model of a lady that extruded an air of mature elegance, and a crown of nobility upon her. One could easily tell based upon the models that the duo were related.

Although one couldn’t help, but point out several, physical differences between the pair.

TheIceEmpress: The Ice Empress? That’s a terrible name. I thought we agreed upon the, Sovereign of Snow?

IHateMyDad2.0: What? The Ice Empress is a really catchy name.

TheIceEmpress: And, a derivative name that a preschooler would come up with. SovereignofSnow carry a much more palatable air or royalty to it. Royalty that must be feared, and respected.

IHateMyDad2.0: Mom?! It’s a cool name, right chat?

~~~~~~

Littledino: Sovereign of Snow sounds better

Monkitty: The ice empress is rather bland

Yenta: We can call her, Sovereign for short

Draven: A new queen has appeared!

Ferbanjo: All hail the Sovereign of Snow!

Heartbreaker: Sovereign!

4SakenGodde$$: ❤️Sovereign❤️

Adrastus97: Milf!

~~~~~~

IHateMyDad2.0: Eh…?

IHateMyDad2.0’s mouth hanged wide open as she stared in shock as her chat swiftly agreed with her mother, and the fact that they were already simping for her mother.

IHateMyDad2.0: Okay, fine! The Sovereign of Snow it is…

SovereignofSnow: Now that is far more appeasing to the senses~! Don’t you think so too dear?

IHateMyDad2.0: It is a little better…

SovereignofSnow: Now then my dear, what are we doing for your stream; Are we going to talk about your fellow streamers? I’ve often heard you talk about them, I’m quite curious to learn about them.

IHateMyDad2.0: I… I haven’t talked to you about my friends before.

SovereignofSnow: Well… no you haven’t. However, I do hear you scream something about cookies quite often.

IHateMyDad2.0: Eh…?

SovereignofSnow: She’s a fellow streamer isn’t she?

IHateMyDad2.0: Cookie? Yeah she is a fellow, VTuber I hang out with. Her full name is, CookieMonster. I call her, Cookie for short when we’re chatting, and playing games.

SovereignofSnow: Oh that was what was happening. I thought it was your safe word.

IHateMyDad2.0: MOM?!

IHateMyDad2.0’s model burst into a fierce blush as her mother roasted her so effortlessly. Her chat erupted into a fit of rampant laughter at her expense.

IHateMyDad2.0: I am in no way in such a relationship that with anyone that requires a… a safe word!

SovereignofSnow: That’s no surprise really, you have much left to be desired compared to your sisters.

IHateMyDad2.0: What is that supposed to mean?

SovereignofSnow: That compared to your sisters, and myself for that matter, you are quite lacking in certain physical aspects.

IHateMyDad2.0: What aspects…

~~~~~~

Yenta: Is the aspect that she is flat?

Littledino: No booba

StarChild: Flat booba

Draven: She pads

~~~~~~

IHateMyDad2.0: I AM NOT FLAT?!!

She yelled in rage as she saw the comments her chat was making pouring in as the insulted her body’s shape, and size. A response, that if an expression could be displayed would have shown a teasing smirk from the bottom of her lips.

SovereignofSnow: No, you are not out right flat. But, when you are compared to your older sisters, or myself, a fair comparison would be apples to watermelons.

IHateMyDad2.0: You are not that big?!

SovereignofSnow: B to E, E to F, and F to G my dear~!

IHateMyDad2.0: Your my mother, of course you would be the biggest one among us!

SovereignofSnow: Actually, I am a F-Cup. Your sister, B…?! No, no names… Ahem. The… Black Sheep of the family is the biggest.

IHateMyDad2.0: She’s how big?! I thought she was only a cup size bigger than me?! Not that big??

SovereignofSnow: I thought you were aware of this? Her model certainly displays her sizeable cleavage quite well.

IHateMyDad2.0: Well considering what her streams are like, I thought she was doing it for the views.

SovereignofSnow: That wouldn’t be of any surprise to me. The Black Sheep of the family has always been the most flamboyant, and outgoing of the four of you.

IHateMyDad2.0: Resulting in her being the degenerate of the family…

IHateMyDad2.0 scouled as she remembered the nature of her older sister’s streams, and the rather depraved aspects of them.

IHateMyDad2.0: Why do you let her do those kind of streams? I thought you would be all against her streaming considering what she does.

SovereignofSnow: Oh, but I am against them. I don’t like the videos she does. But, she is a grown woman, and she is allowed to do as she pleases. And, as her mother I have to respect her choices. I don’t have to like them, but I will respect them nonetheless.

IHateMyDad2.0: Oh… That’s really nice of you, Mom.

SovereignofSnow: Thank you.

~~~~~~

Adrastus97: The Sovereign is really growing on me.

4SakenGodde$$: She is quite understanding of her daughters

bumblequeen: I like her

Stevo: Me too

Ferbanjo: I hope we see more of her in the future

Summertimeaadness: Same

~~~~~~

SovereignofSnow: But, there is one thing about my daughter, and her streaming that concerns me.

IHateMyDad2.0: What’s that?

SovereignofSnow: Who is this man she is… obsessed with? The one she refers to as, ‘Darling?’

IHateMyDad2.0: ‘Darling?’ Oh, she is talking about a fellow streamer; His name is, ErrantryPaladin.

SovereignofSnow: And who exactly is this, ErrantryPaladin?

IHateMyDad2.0: Well, he is… Actually, There is a short video that was uploaded of him that I was planning on watching, would you like to watch it with me, Mom?

SovereignofSnow: By all means.

IHateMyDad2.0: Awesome! Okay, here is the video… What?

SovereignofSnow: What is it?

IHateMyDad2.0: The name of the video it’s… It’s called, ‘The Broken Paladin.’

SovereignofSnow: Broken Paladin? Is something wrong?

IHateMyDad2.0: I… I don’t know. This was a bit taken from his stream, but the video was made by a person watching his stream, not, Errant himself. So, I have no idea what it is about.

SovereignofSnow: Then let’s find out what’s wrong with your sister’s darling paladin then.

IHateMyDad2.0: Okay, let’s start the video.

She hit the play button on the video, and watched a story play out that she did not expect to see.

~~~

IHateMyDad2.0’s stream cut away to an image of, ErrantryPaladin; He was in the midst of a simple game of HOI4, building up his chosen nation of, Brazil’s infrastructure for the upcoming war.

ErrantryPaladin: Okay, that should help my production. Hmm… I want to build some railways… What do you think chat, should I build a railway around my whole country, or should I…?

His words were suddenly cut off as a donation was made, followed by the robotic male voice, and the message it had to deliver.

StalwartDoggo: “Hello, Errant! I’ve been wondering something about you, and you fair maidens…”

ErrantryPaladin: This should be good.

Stalwart: “What is it like having all these woman fawn over you? What is it like to be the alpha with a throng of woman hanging over you?”

ErrantryPaladin: …

ErrantryPaladin: Pffft! What fucking bullshit is that?!

If it could have been seen one would see the collective viewers of, Errants jaws drop like an anvil. They had expected him to say many things, but what he had just said.

ErrantryPaladin: Alpha… Pff… what a fucking joke…There are no woman fawning over me, the real me, not this…

Errant’s hand waved in a circle around his face, looking tired at the screed.

ErrantryPaladin: This mask…

He looked to the side of the screen, and despite the fact tgis face couldn’t portray such emotions, one could only see a broken, and tired man as he stared far off into nothingness.

ErrantryPaladin: What I mean by that is, people only know the mask, this face I present to all of you.

ErrantryPaladin: The face of a huntsman, a lone warrior, who fights for the people against the hordes of Grimm monsters that attack the weak, and defenceless. The face of the wannabe hero…

ErrantryPaladin: But, the real me… I am no where near as amazing as him. I’m just me.

He sighed as he seemed to lean back in his chair, his mind deep in thought.

ErrantryPaladin: You see… people could be shown an image of a person, and they think that, that person is cute, and they’d be interested in meeting that person, and maybe go on a date with them. But, then they actually meet that person in the flesh, and totally be turned off by that person.

ErrantryPaladin: I mean, how many of you would still like me if I was five foot two, and a chubby. I will bet money that many of you would lose all interest in me.

Errant looked away as he heard another ping appear before him.

ErrantryPaladin: Ahh, no, QueensBane, I don’t look like that. Actually, I do look a lot like, Errant. 6’2”, blonde hair, and deep blue eyes. I just lack his confidence…

A deep sigh escaped his lips, as he watch his chat feed play by. Getting annoyed by the comments his chat was making.

ErrantryPaladin: “You’re a ten, ErrantryPaladin.” No, I’m a seven, eight at best chat… Listen, I am handsome enough guy to get the girl, and I have the money to support a family… If I was such a great catch… why have all of my relationships ended so horribly…

ErrantryPaladin: I mean… my first girlfriend, was only dating me to get close to my sister! She was just using me… bitch couldn’t ask my sister out herself, she had to use me as a proxy?!

ErrantryPaladin: Hmmm… Now that I think about it, the last time I saw her she was nursing a black eye, a bloody nose, and a broken lip… My sisters are really protective of their little bro.

The vindictive smile that spread across his face was a terrifying sight to many, but it faded as soon as it appeared as a bitter frown usurped his smile.

ErrantryPaladin: The next girl I was dating dumped me because I was boring. Still don’t understand what she meant by that.

ErrantryPaladin: I caught my next girlfriend cheating on me. She tried to play it off as a ‘mistake’ that will never happen again.

He scoffed in indignation as he shook his head.

ErrantryPaladin: Bitch had been banging this guy behind my back for about a month, so this wasn’t a quote, ‘mistake.’

ErrantryPaladin: And as for my last girlfriend… Chat, have you ever seen those videos where a guy comes up to a couple, and ask if they will cheat on your partner for a thousand bucks?

His eyes scanned his chat feed as he saw several dozen variations of the word ‘yes’ scroll by. As well as people asking if that was what happened to him.

ErrantryPaladin: It was for a hundred.

Errant just sighed in defeat as he looked down at his desk.

ErrantryPaladin: We had been dating for three months, and she was willing to throw it all away for a measly hundred bucks… I told her to take the hundred, she could use it to pay for her uber. I dumped her at the pier with that steamer, and cut her from my life. That was about… two, and a half years ago, give, or take a month, or two. I haven’t been in the dating scene since.

ErrantryPaladin: So no, StalwartDoggo… I don’t have any bitches. No one sees me as a catch since they just throw me away in the end for the dumbest of reasons. I don’t have anyone! Hell I don’t have any friends either!

ErrantryPaladin: I’m all on my own… just like always…

Errant stared into the void for a while, his mind not paying attention to his stream before he took a deep breath, and turned to face his chat.

ErrantryPaladin: Now, where were we?

ErrantryPaladin: …

ErrantryPaladin: Ahh yes… Trains~!

~~~

The mother daughter duo stared at the screen as the video ended they did not expect the video to end in such a way. Especially, IHateMyDad2.0, she had always seen, Errant as an indomitable mountain, that always seemed to have everything under his control, and yet he seemed so broken on the inside that she had joined idea how to respond to that.

Her mother however…

SovereignofSnow: Hmm… You don’t suppose he’s into older woman now do you?

IHateMyDad2.0: …

IHateMyDad2.0: Eh?

Her face broke into an expression of wild confusion, and shock as she heard those words leave her mother’s mouth.

IHateMyDad2.0: Y-Y-You can’t be series, Mother?! You’re at least twice his age! Do you seriously think he would be interested in dating someone your age?!

SovereignofSnow: I don’t see why not; Aren’t all men into well endowed, and full bodied woman? He has had many loveless relationships, I have had a loveless marriage, we have so much to connect over about that alone. I think we would make a lovely pair. Don’t you think so dear?

IHateMyDad2.0: I-I…? W-What?!

SovereignofSnow: Oh! I’m also a bonafide, Milf. What young viral man doesn’t want to bed a milf?

The last few minutes had been the most unbelievable minutes of her life, she had expected many things to happen, but to hear her mother say those few words broker her in a way she never expected, and left her with but on response.

IHateMyDad2.0: WHAT THE FUCK MOM?!!

~~~

Meanwhile on, ErrantryPaladin’s stream he was informed that, IHateMyDad2.0’s mother had made certain comments about him. Now he didn’t have the time to watch the full video, so he was stuck with looking at, IHateMyDad2.0’s mothers, SovereignofSnow’s model where he came to a simple conclusion.

ErrantryPaladin: …

ErrantryPaladin: …

ErrantryPaladin: Smash.

[mooselybased]

What's this?? It's the Dad Squad from The Adventure Zone: Dadlands, all together in a single platform fighter moveset! Enter Briquette Hoggins, Chip Hugginsbee, Guy Ferrari, and Coach Red Ruffinsore!

I wanted to include a law/chaos meter mechanic in this, so here's how this one works. You play as one dad at a time, and each of the four special moves will swap you to the corresponding dad. Landing hits as a chaos dad (Briquette or Chip) will raise your chaos but drop your law. Landing hits as a law dad (Guy or Red) will raise your law but drop your chaos. Most standard attacks are themed after one type of dad (grill, vacation, car, or sports), and landing hits themed to your current dad will give extra meter. You can spend meter by holding down the special buttons for powered up versions of those attacks. Spend chaos for stronger neutral or up specials, and spend law for stronger side or down specials.

Now for the moveset itself. The down special swaps you to Coach Red Ruffinsore, who let's out a piercing toot on his whistle for high damage but practically no range. Spend law meter to chain together several whistles with no cooldown.

The side special swaps you to Guy Ferrari, who will drive forward a good distance in his Hyundai Elantra. Spend law meter to instead drive Yvette the Corvette, which explodes for massive damage at the end of the move.

The neutral specials swaps you to Chip Hugginsbee, who will toss a snack from his backpack in a lofty arc. Spend chaos meter to instead whip out just a gun, for a faster and more powerful projectile that shoots straight forward.

The up special swaps you to Briquette Hoggins, who fires a cut of meat from his chest cavity straight down, giving him a small bit of air in the process. Spend chaos meter to instead summon Chokey the barbecue spirit, which propels Briquette faster, further, and in any direction.

The Dad Squad's finale has them reach into a Continuity Obliterating Recurrent Neutrino (or, C.O.R.N.) Hole, extruding them through time and space. Briefly, all four dads, and fractal copies of them, will spread horizontally across the stage, moving and attacking in unison.

To those who made it this far, thanks! This was my 29th moveset concept in this series, and I'm planning on taking a break from this once I post the 30th one. Lemme know if you have any guesses as to who it might be, and I'll see y'all then!

[acornpress]

Hi there! When setting up the artwork, is it possible to have the print go over the cut line area? I want to have the artwork go all the way to the edge without showing the acrylic border. Thanks a lot!!

Hey! So there's been a lot of interest in fullbleed charms lately, I want to preface this with: be well aware of the potential issues and risks involved! There is a possibility that where the cut intersects the printing it will damage and discolor the print as well as compromise the structural integrity of the ink, making it more likely to chip/flake at that edge in the future. Of course, anyone is welcome to experiment and we're happy to print fullbleed if specifically requested! Not all acrylics are equal (cast vs extruded) and different materials respond differently to being cut. (Ex. full bleed with our glitter acrylics is a no-go). In our experience, fullbleed works best with our frosted and wood materials! In the case of clear acrylic, fullbleed works nicely with translucency effects with no white ink placed underneath, and you can tint the color of the clear acrylic as desired. But, the white ink is thicker, as are darker colors - so a standard A/W/B print all the way to the edge carries a greater risk of issues. For clear fullbleed with heavy printing all the way to the edge, I'd recommend placing a smaller order and seeing how you feel about the result and whether compromising the durability of the ink is personally worth it to you for the sake of the design. (The print on our standard clear acrylic charms where the cut does not intersect the print is very durable - the ink is bonded to the acrylic!) When setting up a file for fullbleed, you'll want to: - Provide a bleed for the artwork, meaning you'll want to extend your artwork beyond the border of your cut silhouette. (Keep in mind that the loop/hole will become additional material, so no need to extend your artwork onto the loops!) - Be aware when designing your cut silhouette that the cut path will shear off a small bit of the material and printing along the border. - Make a note when placing your order to clarify your intent! Fullbleed opens up lots of possibilities, it's been exciting to see everyone's designs!!

[doctorfreak]

We blew up Colorado until it got big and round. We squished Colorado into the size of a thimble. We extruded Colorado into thin filaments and bound it into a bundle of fibers. We forced Colorado into a wood-chipper and compounded the chips into building materials. We put Colorado in the tubby custard machine. We gave Colorado a makeover and now the popular jock in school is interested. We submitted Colorado to eons of heat and pressure then burned it to fuel our combustion engine.

[mono--chromatik]

when and how did you get into character modeling? Any tips for beginners? I wanna start but I'm a bit intimidated .

The first time i ever made anything in blender was back in the bygone era of 2016 and i made a really bad top hat out of a cylinder. Wasn't a whole lot else to it. Used the default blender color n' that was that. Practically just extruded the top vert upward and called it a day.

Character modeling, i sat down and made an honest attempt at a Greyscale model way back in 2019 (roughly) for VRChat. Looked terrible, had to get a friend to model the legs and the fingers were rigged wrong. I'd made a Saturate model at around the same time and with the latter being the most updated one, i'm at current day sitting on it being the 7th version I've made (I've went ahead and looked for the models to show a timeline. Version 1 was made by a friend, version 4 i've lost).

I'm personally self-taught with the occasional friend chipping in to give advice (mainly when i first started out), so i can't say i can really redirect you to any tutorials (no, the donut tutorial isn't really for character modeling). I didn't rely very heavily on them and it was more of a case of just overtime improvement.

If i've any advice to give from experience regardless of that fact though it'd be:

Don't try manually dragging vertices when modelling. Use the proportional editing tool to move them in bulk.

Boolean modifier and sculpt tool are your friends.

Don't try and model from memory, have a reference image or model sheet in the project file background.

Making character models at first can be really intimidating, but like with anything you get better at it overtime. I know that statement can apply to art in general, but i think its a case of understanding the program better the longer you use it. Regardless of if you know very little or a substantial amount, it's definitely worth taking a shot at !!

[suzilight]

Melted, pounded, extruded: Why many ultra-processed foods are unhealthy

A growing body of research suggests that the extent of industrial processing that your food undergoes can alter its effects on your body, determining its impact on your appetite, hormones, weight gain, and likelihood of developing obesity and chronic diseases.

Ultra-processed foods make up 58 percent of the calories Americans consume,

Monteiro developed what is now known as the NOVA classification system for identifying ultra-processed foods after noticing startling changes in Brazil’s food system and obesity rates, which skyrocketed from just four percent of adults in 1975 to roughly 26 percent of adults today.

Monteiro discovered that Brazilian families were increasingly replacing homemade meals with cheap and convenient alternatives — things like soft drinks, breakfast cereals and snack bars made by transnational food companies.

Me: Bad Nutrition & Factory Food ==> Weight Gain, Metabolic Disorder==> Heart disease, Diabetes, Fatty Liver, etc==> Medical intervention with procedures and drugs.

At every step Corporations siphon big profits from this cycle of poor health created by their factory food.

I needed this reminder. I've been snacking on chips because it's easy while driving. Stop eating this crap. Grrrrr!

[princesspuresarahk]

An Ann n Anny's Big Picture Show Adventure

Waring for some language 

Chapter 1: Awoken rage and dreams

It’s been an hour and a half since the Ans ran away from the cul-de-sac away from the teens and hitched hiked the train to fully escape the coming storm and fell asleep in the process tired from all they went through as they slept An was dreaming but it wasn't a good dream. The crack of lightning shook the boxcar like a cheap toy, waking An. An's head whirled, eyeing the spots where her compadres once rested, where they no longer could be seen. She rallied herself out of her resting spot, and called out, "Annie, Double N? Where are -" As she spoke she tripped over something. Smacking her head on the floor with a loud thud, though unaffected, she said, "Pardon me, Miss." Looking to see what there was, An spotted something that triggered a memory from within her. The blade with which she fought the foulest enemies one Halloween, years ago. Its black handle and flipper-like blade reflected the dim moonlight before glowing from a bolt of lightning. An raised her mighty blade, kissing it. She swore an oath, "This sword will guide me to my friends, and stop any from extruding their souls!" An pressed, on pushing past the door and boarding the train's adjacent car. What An saw before her stopped her momentum, making her eyes bulge out. Two vicious, giant lizards locked in some preternatural courtship, dripping venom from yellowed fangs. They soon become aware of An, and stand up, letting out a horrendous cry. An's resolve could not be squashed so easily, and she pulled the mat out from underneath the two reptilian enemies, and as they fell she cast them aside with her blade in a single sweep. Causing the slippery reptilians to fall to the ground comically as An ran to search for her friends all the well giving the serpents a good snack with her swords on their behinds “ANNY! DOUBLE D! Where are you!?" As she opened the next she heard four terrifying familiar voices coming from the distance behind her ‘The Mean Teens!’ suddenly she heard a voice “Uh Anny's not here right now!” it was Anny and Ann’s crying but where was she? “Come over and let me clobber you! An looked around looking for Anny's voice but couldn't find her in this nightmare "Anny! Double N! Where are you guys?" A cold sweat on her brow to try to control her breathing looking around and panicking she was relieved to see that her two best friends were still there lying down next to her still asleep (thank goodness it was just a really scary dream and not real oh I was so scared.) An thought as slight tears were peeking from her eyes and she was shivering still shaking up from the bad dream " Remember what Double N taught you to count backward to 10 and take deep breaths to calm down." she told herself she slowly took deep slow breaths and counted backward once she felt settled down she crawled back down next to her friends into the quilt letting the pit patter of the rain soothe her back to sleep as the train continued moving across the railway.

Meanwhile, back at the Lane in Peach Creek, the teens were slowly beginning to wake up from their unconsciousness with a groan Kevin slowly opened his eyes the rain hitting his face"Ooh hell my head hurts." Everything hurt as he slowly pushed himself up footsteps could be heard approaching “What the hell Kevin is that you?” he turned to see it was Karrie his twin sister he forgot she was visiting them this week before her cruise trip to Hawaii  “Ouch. what happened here? You guys look like you went through hell. ”As Kevin pick himself up his back cracked making him groan again “Ah damn that hurts .” he then notice “Nazz!” quickly run up to her “You ok babe?” he asked lifting her he suddenly noticed her head “Oh damn Nazz..your hair!” Nazz still groggy from what happened got her mind clear when she heard Kevin's voice " Kevin?..ow..oh Kevin what the heck happened my whole body hurts oh I think my nails are chipped and.. wait what do you mean?.. what's wrong with my hair?." She asked panicked as she slowly raised her hands to her head to feel what happened to her hair Karrie pulled out a hand mirror from her purse handing it to Nazz slightly wincing at what Nazz was going to see through the reflection as she let out a horrid gasp No her beautiful golden blonde hair looked as if it was cut by a chainsaw and covered in sticky black paint and covered the rest of her body giving her a weird messed up mohawk even Gothic and metal rock stars would think is awful tears welled up in her eyes but didn't fall, as Karrie tried to comfort her, Kevin went over to help up Rolf and Johnny as they woke up groaning " oh Plank I felt like we got hit by a canoe and chattering teeth !" He lifted Plank to see how his buddy was doing " Oh man Plank you look awful I hope nothing is broken buddy.!" Nothing but silence from the wood “You say nothing's broken oh thank goodness buddy I was worried you cracked a rib or something." Johnny cried relief as he gave Plank a very gentle hug to not hurt his friend or himself on their already bruised bodies " Hey Rolf, you okay man?” Kevin asked helping lift the farm boy to his feet as he winced in pain from pulling him up. Letting his joints crack to relieve the stress Rolf looked to Kevin before he responded “Rolf feels so much hurt as if was trampled by a raging yak.” As everyone was checking on each other Johnny once again turned to his buddy as if Plank wanted to ask him something "What is it, Plank?" Pressing plank to his ear he listened as the piece of wood told him what was missing "What you mean you can't see them anywhere .? " He looks around and notices that three certain Ans are missing the ones responsible for this mess so he quickly calls out to the others "Hey guys !" everyone turns to him “Yeah?” Kevin raised a brow as responded to his question Johnny  “Have you guys seen the Ans? I don’t see them anywhere?” That's when everybody noticed the Ans were missing as they looked around but no An was in sight as pure anger and rage were now boiling in the teen's blood! The Ans now have done it this time.! This was the last straw with their damn shenanigans and scams! “Those twerps!” Kevin growled as he saw red Nazz was fuming as red rage was flushing her cheeks “This has gone too far look what they did to my hair and everything!” Karrie agreed seeing how much crap they put her brother and the others through these tramps needed to pay and she’d enjoy watching them suffer and make her week more exciting “We have to go after them.”Johnny and Plank agreed Both angry as Rolf shifted and cracked his body muscles tensing the same rage " Beware for you will feel Rolf's fury An-Girls!" but Nazz realized something “But guys we don't know like where they could be?” putting a hand on Kevin’s shoulder he looked into the cul-de-sac “come on they couldn't have gotten far we'll check their houses!" Kevin bellowed the teams were out for the Ans' necks. The first place to check was An’s room headed to her basement window with Nazz crawled in to see any sign of them as she looked around everything was quiet and a bit of a mess but there was no sign of An crawling out of An's basement window Nazz called out to the others " They’re not at An's !" then her Karrie Johnny and Rolf went to Ann’s looking around she realized this is the first time they  got a good look at Ann's room as everything seems so tidy as Karrie observes “seems clean.” Or more like a neat freak to her even things that looked messy looked clean then Johnny sees something “What's that piece of paper?” a pile of folded up crumbled pieces of paper near Ann's desk Nazz walks up to it and takes one of the goodbye notes. When she tried to read it she hardly can't make out anything with all the tear stains and straining scribbles from trying to write whatever happened today must have scared the Ans out of their minds that Double N couldn't even write a proper letter tossing it back into the bin she, Karrie, and Johnny climb out of the window back down to let the others know the smartest An wasn't at her place either annoying Kevin more as rage was now boiling in his veins as he leads the others to Anny's front door they have to be there it's one of the only places they would go to as they start kicking and banging on the door trying to barge it open not worrying about them getting in trouble as Anny's folks aren't at home allowing them the opportunity to beat those three tramps into next summer as the door bursts open "Lemme through! End of the line, dorks!" 

Kevin shoves Rolf and Johnny aside as the four angry teens and a piece of wood search the house "Rolf's vengeance will be slow and painful, like Papa's charcoal anecdotes, An-Girls!" Rolf called out as he crashed Anny's bedroom door from the living room the kitchen bathroom to Anny's room and upstairs yet there was no trace of them anywhere they were so full of region on bent of revenge that they didn't notice the carefully hidden door that led to Anny's Big Brother's room as they stepped out of the house  already frustrated as they couldn't find the An's in each of their homes suddenly Nazz saw three silhouette shadows running into the distance thinking it might be the Ans " They're getting away guys!" They look to see the three silhouettes getting farther away Rolf, meanwhile lets out a piercing whistle and his pig Wilford gallops up Rolf is ready for the hunt "Peel your onions, An-Girl!' he growls "and cries." Getting on Wilfred “There’s no escaping the son of a shepherd!" Kicking Wilfred’s side like a horse he rides off in hot pursuit. Kevin gets the same idea "Right behind you, man."Running off to get his motorcycle Nazz follows him as she slams the door close behind her as Kevin takes off after Rolf. As Sam and Julie peek from behind the house to all the commotion was hear how angry the steam sounded Sam excitedly grabs Julie's hand “Let’s go check it out, Julie!" Blushing slightly from holding Sam's hand erase to the sidewalk just in time to see the teens go by being led by Kevin, on his motorcycle; Rolf; and Nazz running after them as Sam gleefully watches " Damn! Whaddya think they did it this time, Julie!" bringing up his sister's odd panicked behavior before she left who knows where " Whatever it was, it must be worser than ever!" She slightly giggle whatever happened the Ans were in big trouble with how angry everyone looked whatever happened she hoped the Ans at least get what was coming to them. Unknown to the teens would be unexpectedly led on a wild goose chase. As Kevin shouts out   After chasing the three figures all over the neighborhood it is revealed that the three silhouettes were wild geese that were trying to get away from the commotion but when the teens mistook them as the Ans started chasing them it startled them so much into a panic that it caused them to start running away in a frenzy the teens chasing and yelling with Johnny throwing Plank to attack them shouting "Let’em have it, buddy!" until they eventually made it to the playground where they jumped on the equipment to fly away as causing everyone to suddenly halt and crash into the playground equipment into the merry-go-round causing it to spin out of control and spreading them all over the playground As centrifugal force is quick to act on the merry-go-round, as the teens are pushed away from it. "Curse you An-Girls!" Rolf yells as Wilfred is the first to fly off. "Hang on buddddyyyy!" Johnny cries and Rolf, Nazz, Jonny, and Plank fly away. "Those dorks ain't seen the last of me!!!" Kevin yells at nothing and is torn off by the pressure, and he flies off, slams into the slide and falls on Rolf. Kevin at the end of his frustration and temper red iron hot runs into the end of the playground, carrying a metal pipe yells his rage into the sky "DOOOOORRRRRKKKKKKKSSSSSS!!!" As he throws the pipe away in frustration Kevin screams at the sky, the teens spread among the park get up again from the impact as Nazz calls out to him "Kevin!" Johnny who is stuck in a hole in the road escapes it “Kevin! Where are you?!" Once she found him Kevin was still ranting "I can't believe it! I thought we almost had em! We can't let this go, man. Not after what they did!" Sam and Julie tiptoe up to watch the show. As Nazz still hurting and in tears from the frustration reaches for his hand "What do we do now? Wait for them to come back?" She asks as Kevin helps her up."Cause I got like a million things to do! Hair extensions, exfoliating scrubs, spray tan, fingernails glued and polished a pustule of–" Before she can finish Rolf catches up with "Shed tears no more, fuss bucket Nazz-girl. Rolf will unearth the An-Girls and squash them like the parasite that infests Wilfred's tuchis! This is Rolf's word! Dawg?"  Fuelling everyone's energy “Preach, Rolf!’’ Karrie declared her sadistic smirk on her face enjoying the rage of the teens “They're gonna wish they never messed with Nazz Van Bartonschmeer!" As Kevin grind his teeth in fury "Come on they're still out here somewhere this rage train isn't stopping until I beat those three twerps and we're not going to stop looking even if it's going to take us all damn freaking night!" With their adrenaline kicking in again they headed off to go search the other places as they headed to the junkyard Johnny was talking to Plank "I ain't goin' near that one with a ten-foot pole, buddy." With Plank telling him something "Say what?" Jonny pressed his ear to Plank to hear his whispering "You're reading my mind, Plank! It's time to call in the Special Forces." As Kevin continued "Those thieves couldn'tve got far. I'm getting my bike!" He quickly starts walking off to fetch his motorcycle that was left in the abandoned construction site. Rolf agreed to do the same "Yes!Rolf will draw forth the–" Before he can finish Nazz decides to go with Kevin "Wait up, Kev!" She hurries after him with Karrie following behind them to head back to the house giving Rolf the chance to finish his words "Rolf will draw forth the pitchfork of retribution!" As Jonny sneaks away."The An-Girls shall riddle Rolf's rind no more! Wilfred! To the shed!" Wilfred hearing his master's call pops out of the ground and heads towards Rolf, squealing. Sam and Julie watch with cringing in discussion "Pigs are so gross." While Julie was curious about what was going to happen to the three Ans "Golly gosh, Sam, they're gonna hunt down the Ans! What on earth did they do?" Sam responded, “I don't know, Julie." As Julie ran images in her head "Think of what they'll do to them, Sam! It'll be worse than soap in your eye! Worse than polyester chafing!" Then Sam got an idea to enjoy watching the Ans get  busted "Let's have a picnic and watch!" Julie after a pause "Oh yay, Sam! I wouldn't miss this An-thrashing for all the shoulder pads in the world!" And enjoys seeing her secret rival Ann get ruined by the teens while she gets to enjoy the show with Sam her best friend and long-secret crush as the two giggle and walk off to go get a picnic basket ready and follow the teens. With him, Nazz and Rolf going to go search in the junkyard as Johnny and Plank sneak away to his house “ Those three are gonna pay!”

For hours they searched the junkyard high and low and the van with flames where they usually like to hang out sometimes even looking in some of the piles of garbage at the ends for nowhere in its site in the junkyard but Kevin refused to give up told them to go check in the woods and creek they searched high and low still the Ans were nowhere in sight searching in every tree bush even under rocks and in the creek they even thought of looking in the sewers but the heavy rain that happened earlier had already filled of the entrances so they couldn't be in there so they decide to go check the one place where they think they wouldn't be at the trailer park while they were climbing Sam and Julie walked past Anny's house, carrying a basket trying to catch up to them to hopefully watch them catch the Ans, when they enter the lane the others were already over the fence. Sam instructed to get the basket over "On three, Julie. One..." Sam and Julie start to swing it "...two...three!" tossing the basket over the fence into Peach Creek Estates. They then pick it up on the other side and continue to run, giggling. This continues until they enter the woods, where Julie slows, then stops when she suddenly recognizes the area very afraid. When Sam noticed she wasn't following he got slightly annoyed as he didn't want to miss anything "What's the matter, Julie?" Julie didn't want to upset him for not slowing down but she had her reasons "I'm not allowed to go in there, Sam. I still have bad dreams, and my mom had to buy a mattress cover!" which were true especially of 'THEM' and the place their going is where ‘THEY’ live The Kankers! and the trailer park was practically their territory of horror Sam rolling her eyes but he understood his best friend's fear and if she didn't want to go anymore that alright but he wasn't scared of those dump Kankers and they weren't gonna get in his way to watch An and her dump friends get a beating of a lifetime! "Okay, but you're gonna miss a hell of a doozy!" and he continues off into the trailer park.

Meanwhile, the Kankers were doing laundry Mars the middle Kanker was carrying a large basket of their boxers “Hey Leo where do you want these?” Leo the oldest who was hanging the laundry “Over there with the pictures of my baby.’’ Pointing to the side of a locker they used as their tool shed the inside with pictures of the Ans they secretly took in their prettiest moments and from picture day it's also where the rest of the clean laundry was set as Mars put it down then helped Leo wash the next load as he got up letting out an “Ahh.” as he stretched his arms behind his back the sound of cracks letting out the tension from his strong back and hard muscles until it let out a satisfying POP in his joints as they were a bit worn out from doing their chores all day Maz does the same after gathering up all their dirty cloths “ this is the life.” Happy they managed to get everything done like they promised their dad unknown to the three that Julie was heading towards their direction without realizing it after a moment of contemplation when she wanted to see the Ans big beating "I hope Kevin knocks Anny's teeth out!" as she follows Sam down the trail. "Wait for me, tank!" she called out cheerfully not unaware that the path forks with Sam taking the right fork, but Julie losing sight of Sam chooses the left unknowingly heading into the wolf's den of the Kankers!

As she was picking up speed to catch up she accidentally tripped over a piece of machinery and flew into a lawn chair. Bouncing off that, she flies into the air falling into a wheelbarrow full of dirty clothes. As the wagon tips over, spilling its load behind Maz the youngest Kanker gasps out "Huh?!" in confusion at the sudden noise behind him causing all three Kankers to look up. Mars groans "Oh, way to go, Maz!" annoyed by their laundry getting dirtier because of Maz's clumsiness making Leo pissed as well now it was going to take them longer "Yeah! hell as if our laundry wasn't dirty enough! Quit holding up the line!" he slings a bucket of clothespins at Maz who quickly ducks "Watch it, Leo!" as the bucket hits the wagon and boomerangs back to hit Maz in the back of his head. "That didn't even hurt besides it wasn't me." slightly rubbing his head Mars hits him with a bottle of soap ”No but this will ! Come on himbo my boxers aren't gonna wash themselves." he yelled as he tossed in more cloths starting the washer again as Leo grinned his mood lightening by Mars's joke "Heh. himbo good one Mars." he chuckled as Maz picks himself up off the ground. Julie peeks out from under the dirty clothes in fright trying to ignore the heavy smell of heavy cologne, sweat, body odor and something else but she doesn't want to know as she sees Leo pin an undershirt to the wire shooting them out like a bullet with his mouth. while Maz complains after being hit twice "If you guys weren't such fashion hogs, there wouldn't be all this laundry to do!" picking up the clothes and blindly reaching to Julie's hiding spot grabbing her by her shirt as Julie whispers out "OH no!" as he pulls Julie out from the pile, letting out a "Eeep! ' surprising Maz "Oh, please! Don't hurt me!" a grin appears on his face "Hey looks like someone left something in their pocket!" Mars turns to see Leo doing the same "What is it?" Mars jumps off the washer “I wonder what it is!” getting closer he grins like a cat recognizing Julie from the cul-de-sac making Julie more terrified "Looks like it's whats-her-face!" grabbing Julie from Maz tossing her to the ground not caring to remember her name nor does Leo or Maz but he had a fun idea "Let's call her Dutchie." as Leo leers at the puff haired teen remembering how she seems to cry a lot what was a little preppy sheep like her doing on their territory "A little far from home, aren't ya, Dutchie?" he asked as he Mars and Maz's shadows fall over Julie making them more chilling and menacing like a pack of aggressive wolves, Julie felt like she was gonna faint. Sam was still walking when he was about to tell Julie to hurry turning to yell out “Hey..!” but noticed Julie wasn't following and must've gone the other direction by mistake as he headed back the Kankers were busy messing with Julie "Uh-oh, looks like Dutchie needs a blanket !" Maz teased noticing the girl shivering like a leaf as he grabbed a blanket from the clothes pile before Julie could protest "I'm fine, really, I am!"  Maz wraps her up like a swaddled baby as she tries to struggle out from the tight cocoon feeling humiliated but Leo suddenly grabs her lifting the petite teen up like a rag-doll "Dutchie ain't a baby." he removes the tight cocoon holding her to her relief buts gasps as he throws Julie down. "she's a grown young lady." giving a eerie tone to scare her even more for laughs Julie she could hear wolf howls in the distance from her state "I bet she wants a date." after a few moments he yells to get a scare out of her "WHERE'S MY COLOGN DUTCHIE ?!?!?" chuckling in delight as Jimmy lies on the ground, twitching from Leo's roar. When suddenly Mars grabs her picking her up "Aw, my gal doesn't need to give me any cologne" he drops her by the washing machine. "she just needs to do my laundry. Knock yourself out, Dutchie." he stuffs some dirty clothes into her hands but before she does anything she is again grabbed by her arm by Maz "Babies don't do laundry!" but is then grabbed by Leo taking hold of her arm " she's mine I can make her useful by cleaning the rest of our chores!" but then Mars grabs her taking Julie's other leg "Laundry maid's all mine, guys." but Leo disagreed "Back off Mars." Maz did the same "Baby's mine!" Julie panicked even more as the three tugged at her, stretching her body and making her awfully unconformable by the three strong grips pulling at her limits "I'm getting stretch marks!" when she suddenly felt a pop and crack in her joints she couldn't take it "Stop! I just wanted to see An, Ann n Anny get clobbered!" she cried fanning herself from the stress when she has immediately dropped landing on her poor bottom but relieved that they stopped but when she looked worry filled her when she saw their shocked then menacing expresses realizing her mistake! 

"What did you say about our girls?" Leo growled grabbing Julie by her blouse what did this little creampuff squirt know about their babes?! Julie started sweating oh no 'Why couldn't I keep my mouth closed?" when it came to the Ans the Kankers are protective of them threatening anyone who tries to hurt them or getting aggressive when seeing competition for the girls' affection despite the Ans trying to get away or avoid them due to their strange hormonal obsession with them ever since they meet not knowing why they like the An's so much but before Leo could ask 'demand' about the Ans whereabouts he was interrupted by a yell "None of your damn beeswax!" the Kankers turning to the fiery-headed newcomer. Sam who finally found Julie when he heard her cry out found her with the Kankers he saw red nobody hurt his best friend setting the basket down as the 16-year-old seethes with rage. Tears of gratitude fill Julie's eyes. "My hero." Sam will save them but her happiness drops when the Kankers jump her hero. Oh No! Sam yelled at the attack "Leave him alone!" she cried crawling towards her body still sore from being stretched like a worn-out gummy-worm as Sam struggled "Ah ah AAAAHH!!!" not her Sam "What'd he ever do to you?" she begged as Mars pins Sam to the ground. "Get off me, lemme go!" Sam growls struggling to get out of their grip even though he is tough, strong and has the muscle for a fight the Kankers were older and thus were bigger and stronger than him and wouldn't let him let go he wasn't as strong as he thought there was nobody else to help them. Mars chuckles in delight as Maz grabs his head holding it in place "So none of our damn beeswax huh?, What a shame." Leo replied a devilish smirk on his face opens her mouth and stuck his finger in. When it comes out, it is covered with spit. Maz giggles in anticipation, and his bros join in. Maz then turns Sam's head on its side, as Leo holds his finger above Sam as spittle drips onto his cheek Julie tears up more this is not gonna end well until Leo jams his finger into Sam's ear, swishing it around in a Wet Willy! "Ew, that's so gross!" he cringed kicking and pulling his arms desperately trying to get loose as Julie cried "A Wet Willy! Oh, the horror please stop!" But they refused to listen to Julie's cries as Leo works his finger "So tell us, twerp–" making Sam look at him in his dark cold blue eye as Maz finishes the question "–what do you and Dutchie know about our girls!" When Sam refused to answer cringing at the sloppy torture of his ear it went deeper making him wince but his stubbornness refused to give "Like I said it's none of your damn beeswax you trailer trash bastards!" He yelled and tried to bite Mars's hand but missed as Mars in retaliation and pissed by the hotheaded twerp gave him a hard flick to the nose causing it to slightly bleed by then Julie couldn't stand it anymore! "Stop! Enough!" Making the torture stops as Julie comes running up. "The Ans did something really bad! Something big happened because everyone was angry, chasing after them to give them their just desserts!" crying in shame she couldn't believe she had done it again "Ahhaha, I'm such a snitch!" As she cried on Sam's shoulder now free from the Kanker's iron grip he tried to pat her on the back in comfort while the Kankers were trying to figure out the news about their Ans "Did you hear what Dutchie said?" Maz questioned panic on his face his beautiful sweet tall pumpkin was in danger Mars had an angry look "Ain't nobody beating up on my woman!" Not his lovely Ann-muffin as she only deserves the best love and kisses from her lover if that shovel chin-ass Kevin or any of the other losers even lays a finger on her and her friend there's gonna be hell to pay! Leo meanwhile was in deep thought his hand on his chin rubbing against his light stubble as his deep blue eye darkened "Grab the two squirts, guys. We're gonna need 'em." Cracking his knuckles in determination as Sam and Julie look at each other, worry in their eyes. They were on a rescue mission to save their gals and they were gonna search until they found them even if it took all night!

Meanwhile, later about 10 hours away on the train the Ans were waking up from their long nap An was the first to wake “morning.” a cheery look on her face Ann was up rubbing the sleep from her eyes and checking her watch as she stretched "Yawn..I'm afraid it's midnight An. Oh dear! Have we been asleep that long?" She gasped as Anny got up the stretch giving her back a satisfying pop “Well, I feel like a new woman.” She looked around she saw there was a ton of hay and a couple of crates in the boxcar they were in including a hayloft with a top door open and the moonlight peeking out from it shining a silvery light. An and Ann looked to see where Anny was pointing to the roof as Anny climbed up to see taking hold of the sliding door and opening it all the way revealing a silver moonlight “What a beautiful moon.” Suddenly a voice was heard “Excuse me? I seemed to have lost my dog?” Surprising and scaring the girls Ann yelled “What the..who said that?" looking around “I did. over here next to you.” From the other side of the haystacks, a figure appeared Ann jumped to her feet as did the others shocked and scared to see the old woman's unexpected presence was she here? before how did she get here? “How did you get here and who the hell are you, lady!?" Anny demanded as An looked around to see said dog “Really. what's he look like?” who suddenly jumped out from the hayloft spooking the girls again revealing itself to be a cute little Chihuahua with a little worn pink ribbon on its neck sounding a cute little bark as it jumped into the woman's arms " Oh there you are Pippa!" kissing her little dog the Ans awestruck An cooed “Aww!” as Anny did the same “so cute.” But suddenly Anny then shook away from the cuteness she still had questions "Okay as I was just saying who the hell are you and where did you come from lady!?" the old woman smiled petting her dog “I’m taking the train to meet my nephew.” Ann looked at her curiously “On the train like us? But what would you rather be in a car or a plane Mrs.?'' the old woman had a little sad look in her eye “he lives so far away I can't drive so I take the train plus it’s pretty cheap haha.” “Oh," An replied as the woman chuckled “I am Mrs.Miel.Sofía Miel and you already met my sweet Pipa who are you Mis queridas?" She asked as the girls settled down after realizing she wasn't harmful “I’m Anny the leader of this trio.” Anny declared proudly as Ann shyly went next “I'm Ann but my friends call me Double N.” An waved excitedly “Hi! I’m An.” As Mrs.Miel chuckled at the girl’s introduction  “Oh I see you three share similar names how interesting." Pippa barked in agreement “Thank you.” Ann replied as the Ans were surprised by this kind woman as this was the first time in a long while someone was kind towards them when Suddenly Mrs.Miel reached in her bag searching for something clutching something in her hand as she pulled them out “Here queridas I’d like to give you something you'll need these for your trip.” She hands the girls something as they look to see what it is, they were stone beads of jade, rose quartz, tiger eye, turquoise, pyrite, fluorite, and amethyst held/tied together in ribbons the Ans were amazed by the beautiful gifts “What are they, Mrs.Miel?” An asked curiously as Mrs. Miel by the ginger’s innocent curiosity “There Odyssey bracelets.” Their eyes widened in more curiosity “Odyssey bracelets?” Mrs. Miel smiled brightened knowing these girls were special “They tell where your destination is and will help you on your journey wherever it may take you.” An had aww in her emerald eyes "How can they do that Mrs.Miel that's amazing!?" before the old woman could answer a sudden jolt came out of nowhere as the train came to a stop it whistled out a screech the train’s conductor called out “Last stop!” Mrs.Miel then gathered her things “Oh this is my stop your girls better stay hidden I suggest the hayloft they won't suspect you there I wish you girls good luck on your journey if you're wondering keep staying on this train it will lead you to New York come Pippa!." Waving the girls goodbye the old woman climbed down the train cart the girls waved goodbye and quickly grabbed their stuff to hide in the hay as the conductor was checking rounds after a while they heard the train start again as the conductor shouted out "All aboard next shipments stop New York.!" The train gave a loud whistle the train moving down the tracks once again as the girls jumped out covered in hay Anny got an excited look on her face “ New York so that’s where this train’s going hell yes! We’ll be city girls! But Ann suddenly questions this “But Anny even if New York offers sanctuary for us what if the teens try to find us there?" Causing Anny to stop " Relaxe Double N Anny ever steered you right.?.." before she could respond Anny continued "Besides If we're going anywhere, I know a place so out of the way it's practically invisible!" She waited for An and Ann to ask with a grin "Dare I ask?" She clutches her forehead before turning back to Anny, "And?" An doing the same "Yeah, Anny. And?" Anny grinned "And..." clutching them close "If any of those losers find us there, we'll be so far off they will give up in a heartbeat." An is excited "Where we goin, Anny?" Anny walks a few feet away before delivering her announcement. "My great grandpa's cabin in Alaska!" Pulling out the map from her bra “Ta-Da!” An and Double N were surprised "I didn't know your family owned a cabin in Alaska since when were you going to tell us this Anny?” Anny just smirked “Just now.” Ann was still unsure “Really? And to Alaska?” Anny continued “Yes.” After Anny announced their destination, the trio settled back down as Ann read a magazine that Anny brought, An was folding up her quilt and getting it back in her bag when she and the others felt their tummies rumbling as it had been a long time since they went on a train having skipped breakfast when they were working on the scam that she pulled out a baggie holding her three pieces of toast she made before they ran away all golden brown with lightly spread butter "Still warm from the toaster here Anny here Double N one for each of us." She declared happily as they sat together on the train and it continued to move, an hour had passed since they met the old Lady who left and Ann checked her watch and Anny's map calculating that they had 8 hours to go until they made it to the Big Apple in the meantime the smell of the warm toast with melted butter made their mouths water as they take the toast. Anny took a bite "Looks good An this from your homemade butter?" She asked taking she never knew butter toast tasted this good when you're really hungry An smiled proudly “I made it myself.” Ann took a bit of her toast "Oh this is very delectable An your skills in culinary class paid off." Taking another bite as Anny took a sip of water from her water bottle An did the same “Thanks.” Anny then lays out the map “We'll stay in New York for a few days as we make our way to the nearest state we can't stay in one place for long so we'll head to I think Ohio or West Virginia.?” Ann looks over the map her brain calculating their best option “Over there.” Her index pointing to West Virginia " By my research and calculations it will take us 152 hours by foot while it take us 181 hours to Ohio so our best chance ladies by the time we leave the Big Apple we'll head out and making way to the mountain state as our best possibility." An was amazed “Ooh that’s a lot of walkin! will it take a long time Double N?” she nodded “I’m afraid so An.” Taking another stretch Anny leans back into the hay in a relaxed position "Those chumps'll never catch us now! From here on out, it's nothing but smooth sailing! So for now it's relaxation for the next 8 hours girls " The Ans settled back down as the train whistled into the night. 

Meanwhile, back at the Cul-de-sac, the teens were slowly and exhaustively making their way back from searching all over Peach Creek for the Ans it was past midnight and they were very tired, worn out and grumpy especially Kevin who was still pissed over not finding the tramps though his body was screaming at him to rest, his stubbornness was refusing to stop Nazz was at her limit “How much longer?!” Her feet were burning from running around and her legs felt like jelly both her mind and body were extremely tired and wanted nothing but a long hot bath and cozy bed as Rolf and Johnny in his Captain Melonhead gear looked like they were thinking the same thing. Rubbing her tired eyes she noticed a black smudge on her palms “My makeup is running.”  a hand ran over her forest green eyes mascara smudging it worse  making her have darker circles on her already tired eyes " Indeed..huff.. Nazz-girl ..pant..for Rolf..pant..believes ..pant..he can't..pant.. go any..pant.. further! ..pant.." leaning forward to rest on his knees as Johnny and Plank flop to the ground too tired to move another inch "I can't go any further Plank I am so tired I think my legs fell asleep ." just then Karrie came by holding a bag of bottles “Water...” Johnny called out  noticing her brother and his friends return looking even more crappy so on another rare occasion of kindness came outside to bring them some bottled water each took one and gulped it down like it was the first drink they had in a very long time as Kevin took slow sips from his drink a still grumpy look on his face as his sis asked him how it went “Any luck?” Kevin took a big gulp before answering "Not a damn thing ." As he took off his cap pouring the rest of the water over his head to cool himself " But it's not over not this rage ain't stopping until I trash those three Bitches!?" He growled squeezing the bottle in his hand that's when Nazz realized after getting hydrated Kevin was not gonna rest and that's not good for your health, especially with the way Kevin's acting up right now. “Hey, shouldn't we rest somewhere…?” But Kevin wasn't paying attention since he was trying to figure out where the Ans could be as she called his name “Kevin.” No answer “Kevin babe.” Again he wasn’t paying making her frown slightly Rolf and Johnny noticed that Nazz’s patience was thinning as she called this time louder "Kevin!" Kevin broke out his thought stunned by Nazz’s yell “Huh?” Putting a hand on his shoulder she took a breath  "Listen it's been a long day we're tired and exhausted we're in no condition to keep going like this look at us." Extended her hands to show that they still looked like hell covered in dirt and grim with cuts and bruises "Right now we need to go home and recover I'm sure we'll find the Ans soon but right now let's just go get patched up and get some rest ok.?" Giving him her warmest smile that can convince anyone Kevin give a grown in frustration but also winced in slight pain as he felt the bruises adrenaline fading knowing that Nazz was probably right, he gave out a low “Fine” Nazz relaxed still smiling "Come on guys I have a first aid kit at my place." Gave Kevin a quick kiss on his lips and led them to her house her mom was out of town at the moment so they had the place all to themselves in the meantime she ordered them some takeout after going through a whole day of pain and searching for the Ans they were famished, as she got out the first aid kit and the boys settled in the living room getting her phone "ok who wants pizza?"

Sam and Julie were going through hell with the Kankers, as Mars yelled out a demand “Faster!”  Sam strains against bonds that tie his back. he and Julie have been forced to drag the Kanker's wheelbarrow along, acting like horses for the Kankers. Julie falters falling to the ground after the strong force of Mars's grip pulling along their waists tied tight to dog leashes to prevent them from escaping as Sam helps her up "You've gotta get up, Julie!" He'd been trying to figure out a way to escape these losers "I'm not gonna make it, Sam!" The long walking and heavy weight of the wheelbarrow were wearing her out but before Sam could say anything else he was grabbed roughly by his shirt facing Leo "Quit you’re squawkin and keep it movin'!" Barely seeing his cold dark blue eyes hidden from his bangs Sam groans “My arms are aching.” Leo rolled his eyes "Who cares twerp now move it!" turning Sam back giving his behind a kick with his boot to get going "Yeah, you heard him. We got girlfriends to save." Mars called out pulling out a croissant from the picnic basket the trio decided to take as a free meal eating most of the meals they packed containing their croissants, fruits, cheeses and crackers, salami slices and chocolate bonbons with bottled sparkling apple juice and soda that Julie worked so hard preparing with most of the food eaten and drinks half empty as Sam gasped out “Hey!” by the kick making Sam growl, but then gets an idea. He smiles to himself sinisterly before turning around, a more sincere smile on his face. getting the Kanker's attention Mars stopped at mid-chew “huh?” what’s the brat up to? it looked like he had a question as Leo looked at him questioningly “What?” Sam had to think of something as he noticed some of Leo's tattoos and piercings “Gee Leo. I love your tattoos.” Leo raised an eyebrow lifting his shirt as well as Mars and Maz revealing their muscle features of hard abs and strong bodies making Julie slightly blush a pale pink as the boys showed off their tattoos Leo had an anchor with chains around it, and Mars showed a mechanical theme by his arm and abs, and Maz revealing a dreamcatcher tattoo on his strong back. Sam carefully kept his cool “Uh..I want a tattoo too!” Leo smirked a bit so the brat wants a tattoo eh? "Isn't that adorable? The kid wants to be just like us! Aww." Chuckling as Maz agrees "Who doesn't?" But Mars gives a questioning stare while eating croissant "He's kinda homely, if you ask me." Leo ignores him unaware of Sam's plan "Nobody's asking, Mars!" he turns to Sam with a bottle of temporary tattoo ink. "Here, kid. Knock yourself out." Handing Sam the bottle as the teen got ready to strike Sam yelled out “Golly gee willikers, thanks, Leo! “Sam grabs the heavy bottle and with all his strength and speed proceeds to slam it down onto Leo's hand. as Leo lets yells in pain."YEEOOWWCHHH!!!" Sam brings the hard bottle up to Lee's chin. hard! causing it to burst and spray all over Leo's face making him lose his balance from the sudden shock of ink in his face as Leo went flying backward."SON OF A..gah..We got chiseled, guys!" he roared trying to wipe the ink of his face as Sam quickly released his and Julie's's chains free "Move it Julie!" as Mars went to grab them "I got em, Leo!" Maz joined in with his slingshot "Wait Mars–" as Mars dived at them with the brute force of a cougar ready to attack, however. This sudden force knocks them forward providing the wheelbarrow with momentum. Unfortunately, it also knocks Maz off balance so that he can't aim his slingshot. Maz tumbles off, " Oh crap!" and the wagon sails forwards towards Leo. As Sam gets Julie out of the way "Julie!" grabs Julie's legs and manages to pull her free. The wheelbarrow continues forward, Mars still on it, and hits Leo. They slam into a tree and stay there, tangled in limps from impact. Leo was now very pissed "Why, you damn little brats! Teach 'em a lesson, MaZ!" Maz who got out of the way in time acted on Leo's demand and began to chase them in circles. "You bet, Leo!" he yell trying to grab the brats as Julie panicked "Ow, ah!" as she and Sam desperately tried to avoid the blonde Kanker's grasps running as fast as they could Maz reached to grab them "Get back here ya little brats I gotcha! I gotcha! I gotcha. I gotcha!" before tripping over a root falling on his face giving the two a chance to escape into the trees "ahh damn it! how are we supposed to find our girlfriends now!?" Maz groaned rubbing his chin from the fall his poor tall An, picking himself up and running after them again when he heard Leo calling for him back “I miss An.”

Meanwhile, back at Nazz's place, the group was putting on the last of band-aids and wrappings after treating their injuries from the big scam thankfully nothing was serious just cuts, scraps and bruising which were treated with healing ointment, painkillers and some headache relief as Kevin had a big one taking a jug from his water Nazz gave him "Here Kevin it will help" she smiled sitting next to him and grabbing a slice of pepperoni pizza as the others were relaxing enjoying their slices the tv on as they relaxed letting the medicine help them heal after the very very tiring day they all had, suddenly Nazz’s phone ring revealing it to be her mom as she answers " Hey mom what's up?" She asked in her chipper tone hiding her slight pain "Hey sweetheart just wanted to let you know that this business trip is taking longer than I thought and I might have to stay over the weekend so you'll have the house all to yourself and I should be back by Monday evening is everything okay .?" Nazz had a feeling it was just best to lie as she didn't want her mom to worry about her besides this business trip was important for her mom's job " everything is okay Mom just chilling at home enjoy the business trip and I'll call you later tomorrow ." Thankfully her mother bought it as Mrs. Van Bartonschmeer continued “How about I take you and your little friends for ice cream when I get back?” Nazz shook her head her mom was always sweet as ever "Yeah that would be a nice thing Mom have a good night see you Monday." With that, she hangs up “Looks like I got the house to myself, you guys are free to stay the night." She declared as she snuggled up to Kevin and from the looks of it, Johnny yawned the four of them were far too tired to leave for their homes tonight as they all settled down with pillows and blankets continuing to watch some endless Netflix shows and movies after that by 2:30 a nature documentary started playing the group had fallen asleep with Nazz and Kevin on the couch snuggled up, Rolf sit up on the recliner, and Johnny holding Plank close to him on the love seat. Later that night Kevin has a nightmare about the Ans, in the dream he was chasing them full train rage “Can’t catch us! We have your girlfriend!” a call from An giggling “This is what you get shovel-chin !” before the sound crashing and thunder exploded as Kevin awakens in a cold sweat once he calm down he looked around realizing that everyone was still sleeping with Nazz curled up beside him as they laid on the couch “phew.” Looking at the clock he saw that it was 3:00 am and still felt the tiredness in his bones so carefully bringing Nazz closer he brought himself back into an uneasy sleep until he was passed out in a dreamless slumber.

Meanwhile, Sam and Julie had finally made it back to his house after escaping the Kanker's grasp an hour ago "Pant..pant...we..pant..made it..Julie..pant..!!" Julie nodded “Water.” She whispered Getting the hidden spare key under the fake rock next to their door and heading inside thankfully the driveway was still empty and his mom wasn't home yet “Phew.” Entering the house and locking making it to the living room Julie felt like jelly "Pant..did..pant..we..pant..lose..pant..them..pant..Sam..pant?" Tiredness in her voice as Sam turned to her “Yeah.” Relief was on her face "Oh thank goodness I don't think I can move another inch!" Plopping herself to the ground then Sam felt his phone vibrate as he got a call from his mom " Hello" "Oh Sam sorry to wake you sweetie" his mom thought he was sleeping " I just wanted to let you know my car broke down at your Aunt's and will be staying over tonight until the mechanic shows up in the morning or so, so I probably won't be home until tomorrow evening there's plenty of money for you and An for dinner I will see you soon ok love have a goodnight kisses." He felt relief at that moment as he said ok once he hung up he realized Julie had fallen asleep making him realize how truly tired he was he grabbed a blanket putting it on his best friend before the next thing he knew he fell asleep as well on the couch pillow on his head as the two drifted off to Dreamland.

In the meantime the Kankers were heading back to their trailer after searching for those two brats both were also tired and pissed off after searching and nothing especially Leo who is still wiping ink off of himself. "Damn those little brats!' he growled kicking the door open with his boot as he, Mars, and Maz made their way inside Maz still carrying the picnic basket they took from Sam and Julie. Maz wondered (where are they?) he wasn’t thinking of the brats he was still thinking about the Ans wondering where they were out there all alone "What we gonna now Leo?" He asked curiously what the oldest Kanker what to do now that the brats were gone and ran off before they could find answers to find the Ans while Mars plopped down on the couch as Leo went into the kitchen to grab the three of them a drink and to be honest he didn't know as he turns the tv on a movie was on as the opening credits to Into The Wild started as Maz sat down to join Mars as Leo decided to head upstairs to take a nice long shower and get rid of the rest of the ink off himself.  Entering the bathroom Leo couldn’t help but grumble about the ink still in his locks “This is ridiculous.” Turning on the water he stripped off his clothes until the shower was steaming with hot water entering as he letting out a groan as the hot water hit his tired body spreading over his muscular build and soaking his red curls in a dark shade of crimson grabbing a bar of soap he proceeded to scrub himself clean of ink sweat and dirt getting every inch of himself until his skin felt a bit raw smelling of cedarwood and earth as he thought about Anny from her long pink hair to her thicc peach hourglass figure and icy blue eyes that are cold yet sparkle with her wild and sassy attitude he couldn't help but grin slightly thinking of her always coolig his mood and hopes that her and her friends are alright hopefully they'll go look for them tomorrow no matter what they will keep them safe from the teens if they lay a finger on them..he couldn't help but grip his fists the sound of his knuckles cracking tight but then relax as he remind himself to cool off and think of his Anny as he turned off the water grabbing a towel wrapping it around his waist and headed back downstairs to get some boxers and jeans from the basket of clean clothes they brought in before they made the brats search for the Ans, Mars and Maz were still on the couch watching the movie Maz spoke up “they couldn't have gone far.”  Mars brushed his hair back giving Maz a sympathetic gaze they knew what he was feeling as Leo gave a nod in agreement “We’ll continue tomorrow guys we'll find and rescue our girls before we know it not before giving those losers hell from trying to hurt them I promise ya’ll that." He declared as he, Mars, and Maz clink their bottles together in agreement from hell or high water they'll find their girls wherever they are.

End of chapter 1 credits to the lovely and amazing https://www.tumblr.com/ataraxystar and https://www.tumblr.com/cooldelicatestudentpeanut for helping and being a part of this fanfic 

[nokingsonlyfooles]

More Art? AGAIN? Maggie Can Be Anyone She Wants to Be, Including a Bird Person.

This is the illustration for Tin Soldier #9, Short Subjects on an Eye: Bird Person. It's been through some changes!

Hee-hee, I like this one too. I think I may finally be figuring out how to draw this way! Maggie screwed up her latest attempt at turning into a bird, but that's not gonna slow her down. Erik needs a new eye and Milo and Hyacinth need some metal to make it, so why not repurpose her mom's Imperial Medal of Honour? It's not like she's using it. Get out there and redistribute that wealth, kiddo.

This one looks way more body horror and I'm thrilled with it. If you, as a reader, need to know why everyone doesn't learn how to turn into an animal, there ya go. Same reason everyone doesn't put their hand in an industrial extruder. Yes, it will come out in an interesting new shape, but the process just isn't any fun. (She'll get it right eventually! She's almost got it!)

The pen-and-paper version is, of course, embarrassing.

I think she's got her arms folded there, I dunno.

The shaded version is an improvement, but too stiff. I tend to start over from the beginning, so I'm still working the kinks out when I come around to Bird-Maggie.

Looks kinda like one of those posed Victorian photos. The new one is more, "Hi, everyone! This is just a normal Tiw's Day for me! Some body horror, a little light treason, and a bag of chips!" As, I think, it should be.

I put an obvious magpie in this image instead of a generic bird, but I don't think that's a real spoiler. You already know this person is going to be a bird with zero respect for property rights, no dignity, and limited combat potential. Her mother, the golden eagle, will be less-than-thrilled. (And her dad, the sailor, will delightedly feed her chips.)

[karolinedgmachinery]

Fried wheat chips production line non-puff snacks food extruder machine ...

[trainsinanime]

Let me introduce my current main WIP. It's not fandom related, it's for my model railroad, and it's not yet finished.

This is a rendering of a circuit board that I'm designing at the moment. It will be a DCC command station. My model railroad is run digitally, which means the tracks carry digital signals that tell each locomotive and switch individually how to run, which lights to turn and so on. The command station is the device that generates that. I have a number of different layouts, one of which has a good command station, one of which has a crappy old one, and the final one isn't even digital yet. So this will be the one that solves all issues for me, hopefully.

The design above isn't finished yet, and even the parts that are are not yet fully representative. The different capacitors are just there as options; some screen print overlaps; and some components (in particular all plugs and the relays that control the programming track) don't have 3D models so they don't show up.

Planned features:

Four layer board

10-25 V DC output, software controllable

Up to 5A output power, limited mainly by the main switching regulator.

Input 15-25V either AC or DC with polarity protection, selectable with some solder bridges (not yet in there). Optionally you can also bypass the main power regulator with another solder bridge (that I haven't added yet); useful in case you use e.g. a laptop power supply with a switchable voltage and don't need any regulation after that.

Railcom support

USB connection; not yet sure what for, but the main chip I'm using has USB support and I have some spare USB connectors here, so in it goes.

Speaking: The chip is an STM32L433RCT6P, chosen because I found it in stock at an electronics distributor. 64 kB RAM, 256 kB EEPROM, with support for an additional up to 256 MB externally (there's a spot for that on the board) and lots of fun extras that I don't technically need. It has an FPU! I don't need an FPU, but I will definitely do some floating point math computation on it just for fun.

Main external connection is WLAN using an ESP32 WROOM U module. I haven't decided on the housing, but I may go for extruded aluminum, so it's the U version that allows and requires an external antenna

It supports XBUS/XpressNet connections for old throttles from Lenz and Roco that I should probably throw away, but I paid good money for them, dang it.

It supports CAN for LCC / OpenLCB. I may not populate this part on all boards that I'm building, because I haven't actually decided whether I am interested. But the chip has CAN functionality built in, so why not.

There's an I2C connection to connect a cheap tiny OLED display for status messages.

Test points for all important signals (in particular the different internal voltage levels; yes, there is 3.3V, A3.3V and -3.3V and I need all of them).

Stuff still to add:

I will add pin headers (or space for pin headers anyway) for all the remaining pins on the STM32, and perhaps some on the ESP32, for future expansions.

Status LED and stop/go button on the front

Wire it all up, maybe move some stuff (mostly the STM32 around), which will cause all sorts of fun new routing issues.

Adjustments to make the jacks line up with the front panel once I've decided on a housing.

Features I'm not considering adding:

s88. I vaguely know what it is but I don't have any devices like that, and if that ever changed I could probably build (or perhaps buy) a converter that connects them via CAN.

Other buses like LocoNet.

Ethernet. I don't need it and it's actually more expensive than WLAN in this day and age.

In terms of software, I'm planning to use DCC-Ex on it. The whole project actually started out as a DCC-Ex shield, but once I realised that this wouldn't fit, I decided to make it standalone. Now, DCC-Ex is designed for Arduino, not STM32, and it doesn't support XpressNet, nor OpenLCB, nor Railcom, and their Wifi protocol is pretty weird and annoying which will be an issue (I'm planning to write my own control app for iPhone for it), so I'll probably change that or just replace it with the z21 one… so really, the software will not look a lot like DCC-Ex once I'm done with it.

Will this all work? I have honestly no idea. I mean, I'm fairly confident, I'd have given up on this long ago otherwise, but I have no guarantees either way until I've spent a lot of money on components and circuit boards and start soldering. Turns out doing it this way is not really cheaper than just buying a half-way decent one. That's what makes it exciting, though!

If it does work, obviously this will be released as open source. But it's still going to be a few days (more realistically weeks) before it's even ready to order the parts, and then a lot of soldering (current BOM stands at 194 actual components), and then a lot of software development before it's ready for that.

[culinerdy-science]

Tohato Caramel Corn Snack Review- Flan Flavor

My amazing friend from Japan has sent me some delicious goodies, so I figured I'd put my Culinary Science skills to the test.

Name: Caramel Corn Brand: Tohato Flavor: Flan/Caramel Custard Location: Purchased from a Daiso in Japan Snack Type: Flavored corn extrusion Date: 3/24/2023

Bag Design: While the design itself is eye-catching (bright red), I wonder why the little bag is dreaming of eating a flan with a flan? Seems a little insensitive IMO, but then again I'm not the target audience.

Appearance: These corn puffs were relatively inoffensive in their appearance, which is always welcome when compared to the artificial coloring of Cheetos. A pale yellow color with a sugar coating isn't the most eye-catching, but definitely is appealing since it seems to emphasize a lack of artificial additives. The shape is a consistent curve, which was consistent throughout the snack. The texture appeared like a typical extruded snack, puffed with minor chips in them.

Aroma: A sugary-sweet scent, definitely from the sprayed-on flavorings. Has under notes of earthy caramel that smells almost burnt. Sweet to the point of bitter.

Flavor: Primary sweet notes, mostly sugar and a slight vanilla reminiscent of marshmallows. Then, it morphs into the main notes of caramel that was almost burnt. Definitely suffered from "artificial flavoring syndrome", but not as bad as some other products I've tried. Aftertaste of a slight earthiness that matched well with the caramel.

Texture: Firm outer shell with a soft and easily disintegrated interior. When held in the mouth it dissolves easily into small crystals, and has minimal mouthpack when chewed. After swallowing it felt my mouth feeling slightly dry.

Overall: A very satisfying quick and easy snack. The mouthfeel was very satisfying, with a good crunch and no excessive mouthpack, which is always a pain. However, the one thing that keeps me from coming back immediately is the slightly burnt flavoring on these puffs. While I understand that they were going for a flan flavor, it feels as though they emphasized the caramel portion. I would have liked to try a puff that was more emphasized on the pudding portion, with notes of egg and vanilla instead of overwhelming caramel. However, I found that this helped with portion control, as by the time I was done with them I was fully satisfied.

Rating: 4.5/5, so close to greatness! I just wish that the flavor was a little less burnt. However, with the satisfying mouthfeel and novel flavor, I would highly recommend if you have the opportunity.

[gothighunicorntolerance]

In League With Dragons- chapter twelve

better run, better run.

read on AO3!

Nico froze, one hand still gripping the key to Logan’s shackles, his other tightening around Thomas’s.

“I said, put your hands up!”

Nico’s entire body trembled as he forced himself to raise his hands high above his head.

The key slid down the sleeve of his sweater without a sound as he did so. 

With his hands raised, his eyes met Logan’s.

How funny was it, that while all the rest of his body was prepared to run or fight, blood rushing through his veins, that all he could think about was the color of Logan’s eyes? 

They had never been this close before, face to face, and now Nico could examine every detail of the gigantic eye that stared back at him.

An orange tinted iris surrounded a pitch black slit that seemed to suck in any light that entered, but Nico could see so much more than that. It wasn’t just orange. Red licks of flame extruded from the blackness of the pupil, intersecting with the bloodshot veins that crisscrossed the every changing hues of orange to yellow to red and back again.

Such a stark contrast to the dark blue and indigo of logan’s scales.

Nico could see his own upside-down reflection in Logan’s slit pupil, could see his own terrified face staring back at him. And behind him and Thomas stood a guard, not the man who had led Nico down to see Thomas the first time, nor was it the stern woman who had interrogated him.

No, instead it was a young man, holding his sharpened weapon towards Thomas’s back. Nico could see even upside down that the young man, too, was afraid. 

His spear rattled in his hands, and though he tried to hide it, a tremble in his voice gave it away when he told them to turn around.

Nico did not turn. Instead he followed Logan’s eye as it flickered up for just a moment.

His gaze fell on Janus, a tiny lizard with his even smaller claws working to undo the leather straps of the muzzle that covered Logan’s mouth.

Janus only nodded.

“I’ll take care of it,” Janus whispered, audible only to Thomas and Nico. “Do asss he saysss, then get down when I sssay.”

Nico turned, pulling Thomas, who had simply frozen, along with him. 

“N-now identify yourselves!” The guard demanded, his facade of bravery dropping further with every moment spent in the presence of Logan. 

“I am-“ Nico began, intending a witty quip, but the clatter of metal striking ston echoed through the chamber and drowned out any remark Nico might have thought of.

“Now!” Janus shouted.

Nico dragged Thomas down to the floor, pressing his and Thomas’s chests as flat as they could go, and from behind them he heard a roar, then a huff, then a noise like an avalanche falling down a mountainside. 

Cold burned over his back, so cold that it felt like getting too close to a fire. 

Then as suddenly as it had started, it stopped. 

Nico pulled himself to his knees, and it seemed that whatever Logan had done, it pulled Thomas out of his shock. 

“What did you- oh. Oh my-” Nico fumbled for words as his eyes followed a trail of ice to where the young guard stood with their boots quite literally frozen to the stone floor. 

Fractals of ice ran in jagged streaks up their legs, holding them in place and slightly distorting the shapes as light bounced off the many faces of the giant ice crystals. Their mouth moved as if to form words, but no sound came out.

“Well,” Logan muttered, narrowing his eyes. “That was a thoroughly unpleasant experience.”

“Logan!” Thomas ran towards him and put his hands on Logan’s snout, leaning against him. “I missed you.”

“Thomas, I was very worried for you. Are you alright?”

“I’m okay now. It- Nico found me. He did all the work.”

“Not true. I had input asss well,” Janus chipped in from where he still perched in the crook of Logan’s neck.

“I’m sure you did, dear. Now let’s go!”

Logan stepped forward, the discarded shackles rattling as he moved over them. He moved slowly, lumbering towards the archway they all knew led to the exit, and it was obvious something was wrong, though Logan didn’t comment. He shuffled and limped, a stark contrast to the study, lithe movements he had before… all this. 

But just as the group turned the corner to the hallway, the sound of many footsteps echoed through the air. 

“The other way! Go!” Janus hissed, still clinging to Logan’s scales, waiting until true freedom to return to his normal form.

“No! Go back!” Thomas frantically shook his head.

“What was your escape plan, if I may ask?” Logan muttered as he stepped backwards.

“I- well- I didn’t think we’d get this far, to be honest.” Janus admitted. “It was essentially “retrace our steps, don’t get caught, and break through a wall and fly off,” if I’m being perfectly honest, which I am.”

Nico shushed them as the footsteps drew closer, but after a moment of bated breath, they passed without consequence. 

“Okay, let’s go. Go left out the door, and then straight up the stairs, then left again. After that, we should be back in the fake houses, right, Janus?” Nico whispered.

Janus nodded.

The group peered around the corner for their second try, and the coast was clear. Janus moved ahead, still a tiny yellow lizard, to lead the way and be their lookout. Nico stayed in the back, ushering Logan forward and supporting Thomas as they moved through the hallways. 

In any other situation, Nico thought it might have been comical as to how low Logan had to crouch in order for his head to not break through the ceiling above them. These tunnels were obviously not made for beings as large (or as wide) as Logan. 

When they turned the corner, the corridor grew in size, enlarging from where it had scraped Logan’s sides and forced him to keep his head low to allowing him to stand up straight. 

The group moved much faster down this hallway before stopping at the stairs. 

“I don’t know if I can get up there,” Logan muttered. “Those stairs are so tiny! And it's such a low ceiling.”

“Well, how did you get down here?” Janus shot back.

“I don’t know!”

“Oh, dear. You don’t know something? That’sss a firssst.”

Logan rolled his eyes. “We can’t all turn into convenient animals, Janus. Now come on, let’s go already.”

Logan’s talons clacked against the smooth cut stone, slowly but surely making his way up. 

He was halfway when Nico froze at the sound of a shout from behind him.

“Hey! Stop! Put your hands where I can see them!”

Nico’s eyes darted to Thomas, who had put his hand on the wall for support next to him, then back to the hallway they had just come from. 

Even Logan had stilled, not even flicking his tail as he stood on the stairs. Nico couldn’t catch sight of Janus, but he knew he was there somewhere. 

Standing there was the same man that had led Nico down to see Thomas, the same man with the crescent shaped wounds along his arms.

“You heard me! Put your hands where I can see them!” The man repeated, even louder and angrier than before. 

Nico slowly turned around, hands shaking as he did as the man said. A rush of cold air came from behind him, but he couldn’t be sure if it was just his imagination, the fear taking all the warmth away from him. 

Either way, he truly froze. Cold and unmoving. 

What else could he do?

Logan blocked the stairs, and there was no way he or Thomas could fight the man, not while he still held the sword with a blade that glinted in the dim lantern light. 

The man approached, holding the long sword out in front of him, poised to slice someone in half. By the look in his eyes, he was hungering for blood. 

“You thought you could get away so easily? No, no, not on my watch,” the man snarled. 

“What do you want?” Thomas whispered, clutching his own arm and gritting his teeth. 

“It doesn’t matter. My boss wants power, the kind that can only be gotten from dragon scales. But I don't care about any of that. And I don't think anyone will mind if there’s one less human prisoner and one less nosy little shit!”

As those last words, he lunged forward with the sword, striking the stone as Nico and Thomas scrambled out of the way, a shriek escaping from Nico’s lips. 

The man lunged towards Nico again, the sword slicing through the space where Nico had been just half a second before. 

There was nothing he could do to fight back. All he could do was hope that he could dodge the wickedly sharp metal until he knew what to do. 

Or until the rest of them had a chance to escape. 

They had gotten along fine without him for years, they could do it again. Janus knew the way out. 

They didn’t need him, not really.

He would lay down his life if it meant Thomas could get out. He gladly would. 

He dodged again, this time only slightly too slow. The blade came down on his arm, only barely scraping it. He hissed in pain as the wound opened, cold metal peeling away a layer of skin. 

Only a scrape. Oh, he hoped it was only a scrape. But it was still enough to draw blood. 

Nico stumbled, once, twice, until his back slammed into the wall behind him. 

The man just laughed, a sound without a hint of joy coming from him. 

“Oh, too slow!”

He raised his sword again, and this time Nico was sure that the man’s strike would be true.

He could feel the blade already plunging into his chest, tearing through his skin.

He braced himself, and could only hope it would be quick.

But the blow never came.

Nico gasped as a blur of yellow streaked towards the man, and Nico saw it all in slow motion.

Janus jumped into the air, mouth unhinged and open wide to reveal a forked tongue, his scales resizing and repositioning to fit the even longer body he shaped himself into, fangs lengthening and eyes enlarging, until his mouth clamped around the man’s neck and his scales coiled around the man’s shoulder.

And all at once the man dropped the sword and began to scream, the noise echoing through the hallway. 

Nico drew a sharp breath as Janus fought with the man, Janus's yellow body coiling around and around as the man screamed and scratched in an effort to throw Janus off. 

A sickening burning smell began to permeate the air, and Nico gagged as he saw the source.

Where Janus had bit the man, his skin had turned green and began to bubble, sizzling until smoke began to waft out from under his uniform, which began to blacken and tear. 

Nico clapped his hands over his mouth and nose as the man stopped screaming and collapsed to the floor. 

“You- you killed him!” Nico gasped.

“Yesss, I ssse that,” Janus slithered off the corpse. “Don’t worry too much about it. It happensss.”

Nico’s mouth hung open as he slowly nodded and turned towards Thomas and the stairs. 

Logan had almost made it all the way up, with only his back legs to squeeze through. 

Thomas began to stumble up the stairs, leaning on the walls for support. Nico hurried beside him and took his hand.

“I’ll help you,” Nico told him.

Thomas just nodded and put his arm around Nico’s shoulders. 

“Thank you,” Thomas whispered, almost too quiet to hear. 

At last, Logan pulled himself through the narrow doorway at the top and Nico, Thomas, and Janus made their way up. 

In front of them, the room was coated in a layer of shining white ice. 

Several guards must have rushed towards the noise below, their weapons ready, but most had turned to run when they saw the dragon climbing the stairs. 

But Logan had not let them get away. 

He had frozen them all in place, each guard now almost a sculpture with the way they were posed mid-step of a run or a stance ready to fight in, every single one with a look of fear written on their faces. 

Nico kept his head down as he moved towards the door, careful not to slip. 

He stood next to Logan, who eyed the exit door with a sigh.

“There’s now way I’m fitting through that. I’m just going to-“

Logan pulled his shoulders back and slammed his front legs against the wall, crumbling it with a single blow. He struck again, then once more, until the entire wall had collapsed. 

“After you,” Janus smiled from where he had coiled the bottom half of his snake-body and lifted his head and neck. 

Nico and Thomas stepped out into the street, avoiding the rubble of Logan’s demolition. Not a single person stood on the roads.

“It’s clear!” Nico whisper-shouted back. 

Logan moved out and crouched low, promoting Thomas and Nico to climb on. Their ascent was not nearly as smooth as it had been previously, each of them struggling to keep their grip as the adrenaline wore off and their heartbeats slowed. 

But they got on as quickly as they could. 

Next to Logan, Janus began to shift one last time. 

The snake began to enlarge, becoming longer and wider as the muscles rippled beneath his skin, bones cracking and shifting to form legs and wings, until Janus stood to his full height. 

With one flap of his wings, Logan was off, soaring above the tops of the buildings, Janus following close behind. 

Nico hadn’t realized just how much he’d missed the sensation of flight; the wind ripping through his hair, clawing at his skin, the dizzying height that Logan would climb to. And to think it had been so unpleasant when he began! Now there was simply nothing better!

“That felt almost too easy,” Janus sighed. “I would have thought there would have been more of a fight!”

“Don’t say that!” Thomas shouted over the wind. 

No sooner had the words escaped Thomas, a lone spear flew beneath the dragons, missing them by a wide margin. 

Nothing else interrupted their flight, save for when Nico spotted a bright orange dragon gliding just before the horizon, nearly blending in with the colors of the sky. The faint light of the sun bounced off the unknown dragon’s scales, sending a beam of light across Logan’s snout. In a single wingbeat, the dragon disappeared. 

How strange it was, to think that it was still the break of dawn, and so much had happened!

But the danger had passed, cuts had stopped bleeding, the numbness had gone away. 

They were safe now, in the sky and miles away from any other humans. 

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#CKSnacksFoods #CKSnacksFoodsCheezeKurlsMunchsterMonsterPlush #MonsterPlush #MascotPlush #JunkFoodSnacksMascot #ObscureMascotPlush #Plushies #PlushPals

This is a 2000 CK Snacks Foods Cheeze Kurls Munchster Monster Mascot Plush and this plush is pretty unique.

This plush and the very company is really obscure and this company is still in business but they seem to have removed this cool mascot from their packaging to make it streamline boring and even be more obscure than it was with the mascot.

I like it that in the past up to the early 2000s that if a company had a product and they want to get more eyes on it before the internet was a popular thing to use that the company made small batches of merch of their mascot like plushies, stress toys, and statues.

I really like this mascot's design and this mascot gives me dollar tree you randomly find it in the chip area vibes.

This mascot also gives me Bigg Mixx creative monster vibes and obscure food mascot video game platformer vibes.

I know this creature's nose is a baked real cheese cheese ball snack but is this creature supposed to be a dragon monster?

I really like this plush's purple, light blue, and red target like belly this plush has and gives me looney tunes mixed with Foodfight! the movie vibes like this character could have been a Ike character.

I wonder if this little friend had a commercial?

This plush looks like something I would randomly draw in design.

I wish this mascot could return on the Ck Snacks Foods packaging and the might get more eyes on theses snacks while making this company stand out.

This company does have a youtube but hasn't uploaded with a new video since 2021 and this company is in Michigan.

I wonder what these baked snacks taste like since this company seems to not be selling their snacks online like Amazon which would be a good thing to do for this company or they will stay obscure.

The CK Snacks doesn't have any outside social media except a youtube channel the company doesn't use that much but they do have their own website.

They do have a shop but seems like this company never bothered to update it but has a coming soon on it.

I wonder how long that coming soon has been on that website?

I would like to try and compare the CK Snacks Foods baked snacks to the Dollar Tree versions and other brands to taste test.

This plush is 8 inches from the tip of the horns or the cheese ball nose to the foot.

The plush is super soft to the touch but the horns, belly, and the claws on this plush seem to be made of a different material than other parts of the body.

The horns, belly, and claws feel plastic like but not the material that peels off.

The plush's belly and butt area is lightly stuffed with beans or plastic pellets in it.

The plush's dragon like tail has a wire in it similar to the Timmy the Tooth plush in the arms and I will rarely mess with the wire in the tail to keep it mint.

This plush has it's hang and tush tag but not the baggie these limited edition plushies are usually in.

This plush can wear both the hobby lobby glasses and the build a bear glasses.

Images and videos not mine but links are there

Cheeze Kurls - Cheeze Kurls updated their cover photo. (facebook.com)

Cheezekurls – A leading manufacturer of popcorn and extruded snacks (cksnacks.com)

Home – Cheezekurls (cksnacks.com)

CK Cheeze Puffs | Snacks, Chips & Dips | Lynn's Dakotamart (lynnsdakotamart.com)

CK Cheeze Kurls | Snacks, Chips & Dips | Matherne's Market (mathernes.com)

Ck Cheeze Pops | Popping Corn | D&W Fresh Market (shopdwfreshmarket.com)

Ck Cheese Balls $ | Snacks, Chips & Dips | Schmitz's Economart (schmitzeconomart.com)

CK Cheeze Balls (taquitos.net)

Cheeze Kurls Butter Pops Hull-Less Popcorn Snacks Bag Munc… | Flickr

CK Snacks Cheeze Kurls Facility (youtube.com)

Product Capabilities Packaging – Cheezekurls (cksnacks.com)

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ACRYLIC LASER CUTTING/ACRYLIC ENGRAVING SERVICES

Acrylic laser cutting and engraving is popular nowadays because of its ease of fabrication, durability, and high-quality products. When we use the laser cut, depending on the acrylic we are using, the laser can produce a smooth, flame-polished edge. When a laser is engraved on the acrylic, it produces a frosty white engraving.

Beautiful designs and shapes can be created using acrylic with the help of a laser. Acrylic is a thermoplastic material and is used in various industries. It has high durability and impact-resistance properties. The acrylic engraving and cutting are done with two types of acrylics, and they are

Cast acrylic

Extruded acrylic

CAST ACRYLIC

Cast acrylic products are made from liquid acrylic. When these liquid acrylic ingredients are poured into a glass mould, they harden into a strong sheet with different shapes and sizes. Cast acrylic sheets are ideal for acrylic engraving because they produce a frosty white engraving.

While laser-cutting, cast acrylic will not produce flame-polished edges. This type of acrylic is best for engraving. Cast acrylic is available in many colours and thicknesses, but the clear type is mostly used.

EXTRUDED ACRYLIC

Extruded acrylic sheets are made by pushing the liquid ingredients through an extruder and rollers. It is less expensive than cast acrylic. While laser-cutting, this acrylic will cut cleanly and smoothly and will have a flame-polished edge. When it is engraved, it produces a clear engraving instead of a frosty look.

ACRYLIC ENGRAVING

In acrylic engraving services, complicated designs are engraved on the acrylic surface. This is done using lasers on the back side of acrylic sheets to produce a look-through effect from the front.

There is a protective adhesive film on the front and back sides of the acrylic sheets to prevent them from getting scratched. Before acrylic engraving, the protective adhesive film is removed from the backside. Since the artwork is done on the back side of the sheets, it is reversed or mirrored before sending.

Acrylic engraving is noteworthy because of its

1.Personalization:

We can personalise acrylic items using acrylic engraving, such as personalised gifts, trophies, and memoranda.

2. Contrast and detail:

After engraving, there will be a contrast area between the acrylic and the design area; the contrast area will make the design more noticeable.

3. Durability:

Since the acrylic-engraved items are durable, they are less prone to wear and tear. So engraving is more suitable for frequently used items.

4.Multi-Layer effect:

Three-dimensional and multi-layered effects are possible by varying the depth of engraving.

Applications of acrylic engraving

Awards and trophies with acrylic engraving are very popular nowadays.

Customised gifts like photo frames, keychains, and plaques are possible with acrylic engraving.

Acrylic engraving can be used for making logos and branding for many businesses.

The designers are making decorative designs, wall art, and room dividers from engraved acrylic panels.

ACRYLIC CUTTING

Acrylic laser cutting services are an efficient method for shaping acrylic sheets. Acrylic cutting is done at high temperatures, so this will produce fumes. These fumes are dangerous, so always use protective measures during these processes.

The factors that make acrylic cutting so popular are

1. Precision cutting:

Since a laser beam is used for cutting the acrylic sheets, precise and sharp cuts are possible. Which allows complicated designs, geometrical shapes, and lettering.

2. Clean edges:

Because of the laser, the edges of the acrylic sheets will be clean without chipping or cracking.

3. Material compatibility:

Acrylic laser cutting is possible on different types of acrylic material, such as cast acrylic and extruded acrylic. This provides flexibility in material selection for different projects.

4. Customization:

The customization of acrylic sheets is easy with the help of laser cutting.

5. Reduced waste:

Laser cutting is a noncontact process, so it produces minimal waste and thus saves material.

Application of acrylic cutting

Acrylic cutting using lasers is used for the making of interior and exterior logos and lettering.

Complicated art pieces, jewellery, and decorative screens can be made with acrylic laser cutting.

Since acrylic cutting allows quick adjustments and precise detailing, engineers and product designers rely on this method for making prototypes.

Using this method, architectural models are made.

Conclusion

Acrylic laser cutting and engraving should be used according to the project goals. These methods have changed the perspective of acrylic usage in industries. The precision, durability, and versatility of these methods make acrylic play an important role in the engineering and design worlds.