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thecurioustale · 1 year ago

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Ah, the highs and lows of being a Public Figure! I can't say I'm keen on being remotely diagnosed by total strangers, especially on a matter that I explicitly lampshaded as a red herring in the opening paragraph of my original post, but you do seem respectful and sincere about it, so I take your proposition in good faith.

I used to worry when I was a kid that I would go "crazy"; stories about surrealism and insanity always appealed to me. They were scary in a way that felt cathartic and good. And I do think my juvenile brain walked a very tenuous road in its development; I think I was close to developing in some seriously abnormal ways; but this stuff has a way of coming to a head one way or another as the brain goes through adolescence, and in my case everything seemed to shake out in the other direction. Not to say that I was ever normal, but eventually it became clear that I wasn't going to go crazy after all—at least not in the sense I had meant it.

I would go farther, even: I have observed through a lifetime of studying others that my grip on reality and consistent sense of self are in the very high percentiles compared to most folks'. By virtue of being fiercely self-aware, I've built up a good map of my sanities and insanities over the years, and the insanities are all stupid, boring things that feel actively disappointing for their complete lack of artistic value.

No, I know exactly what you're talking about, and I definitely see how I can casually resemble someone with some flavor of multiple personalities—especially in the eyes of people who, if you will forgive me, either don't understand the condition very well, or aren't very good at applying their knowledge of it.

(Tangent: This belongs to a larger complaint of mine about our cultural norm of oversimplifying psychological conditions, overfitting well-known "fashionable" conditions, and specifically diagnosing people—especially diagnosing total strangers whom one has never met in person—without any credentials or proper diagnostics. Not that I don't do it myself, too, in my efforts to understand deranged behaviors by religious and political extremists, so I suppose the charge of hypocrisy is pursuable, but regardless it is definitely a norm that I dislike. I'm not a psychologist but I had one for a parent and studied a fair amount of it in school, and I know enough about it to know that armchair psychology is little better than a scam.)

I'll even add some gas to the fire by mentioning that I talk to myself regularly and sometimes speak as though there are multiple conversation participants.

Nevertheless—and it's hard to overstate this—whatever it is that causes people to interpret intrusive thoughts as independent and possessing agency is nearly a polar opposite from the way my own head works when it comes to identifying what is externally real and what isn't. I have never, ever believed that any of my characters etc. were speaking to me independently, nor have I ever perceived them to speak at all (or communicate or attempt to communicate in any way that implies an independent agent capable of communication). This barrier is very thick; in the few times in my life that I have tried to imagine me sitting down with one of my characters and speaking with them (including Silence herself), it was always a challenging exercise in artificiality. It feels quite unnatural. I am always aware that these entities are figments of my imagination with no independent agency.

I do have intrusive thoughts sometimes—I mean, who doesn't?—especially through conditions like depression, and through this experience I have slowly traced out a sense of how it might work for other people to interpret these intrusive thoughts in a way that makes them feel like there might be other entities inside their head or penetrating into their head from outside. In fact our speciary grip on "reality" is extremely tenuous, and if anything I am surprised that separation-from-reality problems aren't more common. This may even point to a tradeoff advantage in being fundamentally less intelligent: less capability to go mentally haywire. But that's speculation and a digression.

I think the most interesting thing you said is (boldface mine):

Silence Terlais is probably actually trying to talk to you (from inside your brain), and/or possibly already actively talking to you in a mode that you do not necessarily consciously recognize as communication

This kind of conceptualization raises the question of where compulsions come from—and not just pathological compulsions but all drives. Where does my desire to compose stories in the first place come from? Where do my tastes come from? Why do my artistic and aesthetic desires take the form they do?

I spoke in my original post about my sense of Silence being like a form to encapsulate things that need saying, and I spoke of a desire to write my stories so as to bring Silence into the real world, and this sort of talk is almost certainly what tripped your "multiple personality" detectors. But that is a fundamental misreading, and in contemplating my reply here I have been trying to articulate why. I don't have a perfect expression for it yet, but here is my best shot:

I consider myself valid in a world that has often classified me as invalid. I posses existential confidence in myself; I "believe" in myself. I also have a deep sense of what is right and what is wrong, not just ethically but aesthetically and even metaphysically. I have spent my whole adult life asserting myself through storytelling and other forms of art—among other methods—thereby giving an outward, tangible voicing to the things that matter to me and underscoring my self-evidently self-validating position. It's a shame that the word for gaslighting is gaslighting, because otherwise I would want to say that through my art I act to fight the world's invalidating impulses by shining light on my ideas, feelings, and aspirations. Silence is my "If I were boss of the world..." character; she's how I express the convictions and principles that I hold most dearly, and she is also a vessel for exploring my own experiences and feelings—among her many other purposes befitting the main character of a sprawling work. I want to get Silence out onto the page because I recognize that I'll never get to have kids or make a conventional industrial contribution to humanity. She is what I perceive as my most meaningful and sincere contribution to the world, and is a distillation of all my treasures. I want to make monuments to her because I want to be acknowledged and remembered, like most people do. I don't build bridges or cure diseases; I tell stories. That's my profession as it were.

And I do recognize that this is still a phenomenon of neurodivergent space. It's not at all normal or typical to have a Silence Terlais in one's life—an idée fixe. I think most artists are weirdos of some flavor or another, obsessed with or compelled by this or that—be it drawing squiggles, or writing war stories, or composing very particular music. If I weren't so self-aware and capable of perceiving with passable-or-better accuracy my actions in the context of both their relationship with material reality and their reception by others, I could have very easily ended up being a crank. I think my self-awareness and objectivity inoculate me against a lot of problematic thinking and behavior.

If there is a "there" there when it comes to Silence, it is almost certainly some mixture of: 1) a desire for acceptance that I never received in the formative years that I most needed it; 2) an expression of my desire for belonging, friendship, and companionship; 3) various other stuff of lesser importance. (Perhaps I can write a post about it someday.)

To instead interpret her primarily as a manifestation of multiple personalities is a misunderstanding of and/or a misapplication of that concept, and of Silence herself.

Believe me, I'm aware of appearances! I've been aware from the beginning. And I have explored the possibility at great length over the years, especially long ago when Silence was more intensely and more frequently on my mind than she is today. (I actually don't think about her nearly as much as I used to, which makes me kinda sad.)

If anything, if I could snap my fingers and have her be an independent presence in my head for a day, I would do it in a heartbeat. I'd be intensely curious as to what that might be like. I've wondered, sometimes, if I would be as acceptable to her as I might hope, and if she would be as friendly to me as I would expect, or if it would be one of those ludicrously ironic "Undone by my own creation!" scenarios. Of course, I can only speculate; I'll never actually know; because the whole point is that she's not really here. It is in an error in the construction of the Universe, yet nevertheless a physical fact of the Universe, that Silence Terlais is not real. The best I can do is put her likeness in a book.

At any rate, there you go! My thoughts. I had a look at your page to make sure you weren't a troll or something, and you seem legit albeit new here (then again, I am kinda new here too), so, yeah...I hope this was of some interest to you! I don't really have any stake in what you actually think about me, but it's an interesting topic, and I presume that by fact of your taking the time and trouble to write your thoughts out and present them to me you must care about the issue and must have wanted to share the fruits of your deliberation with me. I see your effort and I appreciate it, even if I don't care for the fruit.

This also marks three posts in a row about Silence, lol. Which I guess is one of the reasons I'm on Tumblr, after all! So I must be doing something right.

the light, and the glass

So there's this particular quality I have, as a fiction writer, and I have very little sense of how common or rare it is.

The quality is closely related to that famous Michaelangelo quip, about his sculptures being "already complete within the marble block":

The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.

This is how I feel, too, about my works of fiction. They feel like "real things" that "already exist," in some important sense, before I write them down -- or, indeed, before I even fully know what they contain.

So, for instance, if I haven't yet thought of an ending for a story I'm playing with in my mind, I nonetheless have a vivid sense that this particular story has an ending, and that this ending already is whatever it happens to be. It's only that I haven't managed to "see" it yet.

To clarify the point, consider the contrast between this thing, and two relatively familiar ways of thinking about how fiction gets made:

Conscious, goal-directed craft/artifice.

Intending to write a Satisfying Plot in which each character has an Arc, the Story Beats follow logically from one another and are arranged with what is called Good Pacing, the proverbial Cat is Saved, etc., and "solving for" these desiderata in a conscious manner.

Or, intending to create something much more outré and unsettling than all that -- but having some specific set of (outre, unsettling) intentions in mind, at the outset, and concocting/arranging the elements of your work in a conscious way guided by these intentions.

Free-wheeling, self-expressive "creativity."

Just do whatever, man! Follow your bliss. The canvas is blank and anything is possible. Whatever you feel like putting into that empty space, go ahead and put it there.

(The key thing being that, after "putting something there," you'll look and recognize something with origins in you, and your own whims and feelings at a particular moment.)

For me, though, the process of writing, and even of "ideating" (plotting, etc.), feels like a kind of transcription or channeling, as opposed to either of the above.

When I say "channeling," here, I don't mean that I have some actual, mystical belief in a supernatural object revealing itself through me. Not in the woo-woo sense anyway; whatever is really going on here, I am sure it "merely" involves the mechanics of the human mind, as implemented in the physical human brain and body.

But I do mean that it feels a lot like that. Like the story -- and not just the story part of the stories, but the whole thing, the "art object" -- has some real prior existence outside of me, first.

Like I am merely doing my best to "get it right," to be a perfect transmitter for the radio signal. To "do justice" to the "real thing," in the secondary act of writing words onto a page.

To be a courier who transports a valuable object from some originary otherworld into a place which happens to be called "existence" -- and to ensure, as much as possible, that it suffers no disfiguring scrapes during the journey.

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I should say, though, that there's a lot of the "#1" above in my process too, the conscious-artifice thing.

Except... when I do that kind of thing, the intentions all come from the "real object," and my goal is to fill in whatever I can't see of that object so that everything I can see is preserved.

So: I will come to know, surely and indefeasibly, that the story must have some particular feature. (An event, a little moment, a character feeling a certain way at a certain time, even a specific turn of phrase.) Better to say: I know the story does have this feature. I see it in the marble.

But I can't see everything that's there, already, in the marble. And sometimes these glimpses-from-the-beyond are strange, inconvenient, difficult to "fit" into the current story (or perhaps into any story) in a natural-seeming manner.

And that's my task, when I'm doing the conscious-artifice thing: to take this collection of axiomatically-present glimpses, and build a structure around them into which they can "fit," naturally and even logically, just as if they were ordinary story-building-blocks like their neighbors, being placed here and there for ordinary story-reasons.

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This has various implications. For one, it determines which kinds of writerly anxieties I suffer from, and which types leave me alone.

Like, I have virtually no self-doubt about my "ideas." About the overall, large-scale goodness-or-badness of the thing I'm creating. At least, not when considered "in principle," in an idealized sense that abstracts away from my actual capabilities as a guy who puts words on pages.

"Was this story, as a whole, a good idea?" is a question I find difficult to ask myself. Even when applied to smaller units, like specific plot points, this kind of question simply goes nowhere when I attempt to think about it. Insofar as my mind can cough up any answer, that answer looks like:

Yes

(after a moment, with mounting bewilderment) Yes, obviously -- how strange even to ask!

(after another moment, and as an afterthought) ...but if it weren't any good, is that really my business? It's not like I came up with it. I was asked to keep it safe and bring it into reality, and I take that duty seriously, but once it has reached its destination I wipe my hands of the matter. Don't shoot the messenger!

It's not, just, that I feel like the "real thing" "already exists." I also feel, always, that the real thing is... really good.

I deeply, thoroughly trust the Muse / Higher Power responsible for originally "making" this stuff. (To speak in relatively woo-woo terms, for ease and clarity.)

The Muse / Higher Power is a seriously skilled artist, much more so than little-old-me; if She makes any errors at all, they are not really mistakes, but "are volitional and are the portals of discovery."

And what's more, there is a sacred, unearthly gleam to the artifacts She makes, perhaps having something to do with that Fairyland, that place-other-than-"existence," in which they are originally made.

It feels like an honor to be designated as a courier for these enchanted things. Perhaps not a deserved honor -- on which more below -- but it's never the nature and value of the transported goods that I doubt.

(There is a definite sense of ritual to the thing that I do, here; a sense of connecting with some other place, definitively apart from our mundane here-and-now, and likewise more important/primary/etc. than the latter. Hence, perhaps, my tendency to not-write for long stretches, and then write in long sustained bursts for many hours at a time, which need a good deal of preliminary building-up-steam before they fully get going; it takes time to pierce, and then fully cross, the veil between worlds. And the various imprints of this stuff on the works themselves are not hard to see, once you're looking for them; they are of course especially transparent in TNC.)

All that being said, I do suffer persistently from a different anxiety.

When Michaelangelo said the thing about the sculpture "already complete within the marble block," he said it as... Michaelangelo.

As a famous, incontrovertibly masterful craftsman. Not a guy likely to suffer from doubts about his ability to put the chisel to the marble block, and reveal precisely that shape which was already there, inside.

But I'm not Michaelangelo. I'm not even sure I'm a good craftsman, much less a great one.

Certainly I've never conceived of myself in this way, even aspirationally. (Well, maybe I did in childhood and adolescence, but that was a very different thing from what I'm talking about now.)

I don't do what a person would do, if they wanted to be a Writer, and strove to be the best one they could. I don't, for the most part, practice my craft. I write because there's a Real Thing that only I can see, and it's not going to make into Existence any other way.

And since I don't write by habit or as practice -- since I only write at times when a Real Thing is in need of some incarnating-work, and I'm the only one around to do it -- I'm not exactly an ideal candidate for the job.

I am like a man who never especially wanted to be a sculptor, never practiced the trade, and was never more-than-ordinarily good with his hands, even... who is then, suddenly, struck with a very literal version of the experience Michaelangelo described.

Who, suddenly and inexplicably, begins to actually see a sculptural masterpiece lurking inside, whenever he looks at a faceless marble block.

What is our protagonist to do? Naturally, he will find a chisel, and begin chipping away. He will feel that these things need to be freed from their prisons, released and revealed to all the world, so that all the world can delight in them as he already does.

But he will be very aware of the unfamiliar way the chisel sits in his hand; of the way that hand trembles, and fails to meet the mark, and sometimes shaves off precious bits of what was really and originally a beautifully formed hand -- so that the hand, in the realized artwork, forever bears some oddity of shape which was not a part of what he saw inside the block, but only a consequence of his own shameful incompetence.

He will feel that his works, such as they are, are an odd mixture of amateurish craft and direct, divine inspiration. Insofar as he is Great, it will be because he has had Greatness thrust upon him, from without. He will feel, sometimes, that his successes have been obtained through a kind of cheating, not won fair-and-square.

And he will feel, always, a particular kind of (justified) impostor syndrome: an awareness that what he is doing, when he sits down before the marble block with the chisel in hand, is a very different sort of thing than what is usually called "sculpting," and what is being practiced by careful, hard-working aspirants just down the road, at the local workshop. The students there call themselves "sculptors," and our protagonist supposes he must call himself a "sculptor" too -- but he knows that behind this coincidence of language, a vast and strange chasm is hidden.

(I worry that this metaphor sounds flattering to me -- I am divinely inspired, they are merely toiling away and following the rules -- when I don't mean it that way at all.

In particular, note that there is nothing in our story to rule out some of the "real" sculptors down the road from also being visionaries who see the finished work in the block. Indeed, I got the metaphor from Michaelangelo, who was precisely this way.

I am only saying that all the conceivable configurations of craft/inspiration are in fact possible: just as it is possible to be skilled but uninspired, it's possible for inspiration to strike someone who lacks the capacity to fully realize its content. And that is how I feel, about my own attempts to create.)

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When I was getting near the end of Almost Nowhere, and struggling with this kind of feeling, Esther would often reassure me by saying: "you are the light, and you are the glass it shines through."

In other words: you are a transmitter, and you are the source of the transmitted signal. Remember that in actual fact, the "real thing in the marble" came from your own little brain, just as much as the rest of it did. In actual fact, if there is a Muse and a Higher Power, it is really just an additional part of the same creature that holds the chisel, and worries over its trembling hand.

I did, indeed, find this very reassuring. And that's a funny thought, in a way! I imagine that for some people -- and indeed for me, in many other endeavours -- the same sentiment could easily have the opposite effect.

"It's all on you. It's all your responsibility. If any of it is bad, there's no one else to blame. If there is any 'Higher Power' at all, it is only the one inside you at all times, and not able to save you through unexpected intervention, from some true outside."

But I already believed, thoroughly, in the magical potency of the goods I was charged with transporting. If I was (somehow!) their maker, too, then (somehow!) the root of that glimpsed, alien magic was in me.

And so, perhaps, I could trust myself to ferry them into Existence without ruining, without even much dimming, the fairy-gleam from elsewhere that made them what they were.

#Silence Terlais #Psychology #Armchair psychology #Amateur psychology #Multiple personalities #Philosophy of writing #Literary alter-egos are always rich veins for discourse

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Psychic Powers:

The human mind is capable of incredible feats and in some cases these fears transcend the normality and hint at the evolutionary potential of humanity to grow into psychic beings, psychic powers are commonly experienced though often shrugged off rather than fine tuned as it can be hard to relate how the power was awoken or worked and harder still to prove that any psychic power had taken place despite that it is quite common for people to sense each others moods, get a sense of anothers thoughts or correctly predict an outcome or event much of this is all too often attributed to lucky guesses or coincidence and so this post will serve to explore the types of reported psychic powers, their cause and the means of developing them.

Apportation:

Apportation (also known as teleportation) is the ability to send physical objects from one point in space time to another while I find this ability to be largely improbable I can only suggest that this is achieved by the generation and manipulation of vortex wormholes to bend time-space around an object to move it from one point in space time to another with the apperance that it suddenly disappeared and reappeared, this is possible in nature and observed in space and in quantum mechanics and I suppose it is possible to generate enough energy to create and control such a rift in space-time however I personally feel this ability is currently beyond the capabilities of human beings and would require a significant evolution in our psychic capabilities to utilise.

Astral Projection:

As previously covered Astral Projection is the art form of bringing ones conscious energy into the astral realm via a variety of techniques this can also be applied to the effect of out of body experiences which enable the practisioner to walk around the physical world as an ethereal invisible force, this is often triggered accidentally via dreaming, near death experiences and also can be an effect of hallucinations. Most out of body experiences begin with the sudden realisation that the experiencer is floating above their own unconscious body, an out of body experience is triggered in a similar way to astral projection meditation however instead the practisioner visualises their astral self rising or stepping out of their physical body until the sensation is achieved, another reportedly successful method involves visualising your own heart beat until an out of body experience occurs.

Auric Sight:

As previously discussed this is the ability to view and discern information from the auric light generated by objects, people and other living creatures which can be achieved by consciously focusing on trying to see the aura until it is easily seen.

Automatic Writting/Drawing:

This is a process of the subconscious mind often linked to trance states and spiritual posession of an individual who then proceeds to write or draw something without consciously meaning to of their own volition. The process can be achieved via the invocation of spirits, through drug induced states or via hypnosis where a person in either state can be given paper and a pen and observed to create strange writting or images.

Biokinesis:

Biokinesis is a process of making the Morphogenetic field conscious in order to enact changes to the bodies internal and external chemical balances, morphology and genetic mutations this is because the body regulates these processes through the mind and they can therefore be made conscious through actively focusing on them and attempting to manipulate them which in turn can be dangerous but can also lead to self healing and evolutionary changes in morphology, it is interesting to note that hallucinogenic substances can be of use in making this process conscious as for example Sir Francis Crick discovered that DNA is double helix shaped after an LSD hallucination caused his mind to unlock a visual representation of the genetic encoding suggesting that he had begun to access the ability to make his brain regulate his DNA but had not fully understood the potential in terms of psychic power.

Chronokinesis:

Chronokinesis is the effect of experiencing a manipulation or distortion of the natural flow of time it can also be related to the experience of lost time wherein a person is unable to recount their own experiences between one moment and the next across a substantial change in the time of day. We often experience the slowing of our personal perception of time when we are very bored, waiting, anxious, stressed or during experiences of adrenaline or more rarely via synchronistic effects experienced between soul mates likewise we often experience a speeding up of our own perception of time when we are enjoying ourselves. Theoretically the effects of chronokinesis could be enhanced to the point of controling the flow of time itself or the perception of time that others experience, the only way to develop this sense is by improving our awareness of time and through focus on the specific triggers that cause distortion in the percieved ordinary flow of time in order to grasp a greater control over these powers it is often of some benefit in this endeavour to be able to disassociate at will.

Clairaudience:

Clairaudience is the ability to acquire information psychically via audio sensations such as being able to hear sounds or voices which give a sensation or clear message to the experiencer these types of powers are often overwhelning and intrusive and considered to be undesirable effects commonly ascribed to mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Clairaudience is a common effect of psychoactive substances and can be harnessed by attempting communication with any audiotory hallucinations that are experienced however we must make the distinction that this only a useful psychic power if it generates accurate results and does not cause the experiencer too much stress as we do not wish to strengthen the delusions of the mentally ill who may be hearing harmful voices or maddening nonsense.

Claircognizance:

Claircognizance is the psychic ability to gain information from just knowing, from sensing the truth of a matter through intuition often this is an effect of DMT release in the pineal gland which gives this sensation, claircognizance can therefore be developed by actively working to increase the potency of the pineal gland/third eye by attempting to utilise and strengthen our own intuition until this sensation is more common to us however we must be aware that we are capable of deluding ourselves into believing we are always right, we must put into practice the knowledge we achieve through claircognizance to test its validity.

Clairgustance:

Clairgustance is the ability to taste without physical contact this is often related to the sense of smell as tastes can pass through the nasal passage into the mouth however in instances where smell is not the cause of the sensation this is often due to the minds ability to simulate specific tastes based on previous experiences and can be easily developed by focusing on specific foods and objects with the conscious intention of percieving their taste this power can also however relate to the sudden sensation of a taste when entering a room, meeting a person or via other triggered stimulation and may be related to synesthesia.

Clairolfactance:

Clairolfactance is the ability to pick up information from smells, it is an ability greately improved in many animals such as dogs and like Clairgustance may be related to synesthesia. Clairolfactance can be improved by attempting to recognise how different smells give off certain information and is linked to our ability to improve our memory via our sense of smell however true Clairolfactance is a gift of being able to retrieve specific information about a person, object or event from the sense of smell in a way that transcends our usual sensory input which is to say that for example it is the difference between knowing someone hasnt bathed recently and knowing someone hasnt bathed for specifically five days or in more extreme terms for example that a persons mother collected pinecones from the smell of lavender in their hair as opposed to knowing a person uses lavnder scented shampoo due to the smell of lavender in their hair.

Clairsentience:

Clairsentience is an advanced for of empathic sensation it is the ability to sense the emotional or mental state of a person and to easily put ourselves into another persons shoes without distorting the facts and to thus gain hidden insights into them personally, we can improve Clairsentience by consciously trying to be more aware of the feelings of others and what sense or vibe individuals give off, certain psychoactive substances can greately improve empathy such as hallucinogenics and MDMA, certain star signs of the water element (most notably Pisces) are naturally gifted with the uncanny ability to accurately utilise their empathy to near psychic levels.

Clairvoyance:

Clairvoyance is the psychic ability to percieve information from an extra sensory perception that is to say a Clairvoyant person could enter a room and immediately know hidden facts about the room, its contents, events that happened there and or get a sense of people and animals and their interactions within the room. Clairvoyance is a rare psychic gift related to powerful intuition and likely relates to seeing through the pineal gland/third eye, Clairvoyants are sometimes enlisted by police to help in investigations where all other options have been exhausted sometimes with positive outcomes. Clairvoyance can be developed by focusing intuition and paying more attention to our intuition until it becomes powerful enough to sense hidden factors automatically.

Dowsing:

Dowsing is the ability to sense water sometimes via the use of dowsing rods, dowsing is possible since there is an electromagnetic charge to water which can be percieved physically by the effect of static electricity in attracting or repelling water thus our own bodily biomagnetic energy field/morphic field can be utilised to sense, attract and/or repel water. To enhance our ability to dowse we can begin by trying to get a sense of how our bodily sensations change subtly in the presence of water and can improve this by attempting to dowse with dowsing rods, by experimenting without our own ability to generate static electricity to direct the flow of water and by attempting to determine which of a set of identical vessels contains water while blindfolded meerly by touching the lid.

Electrokinesis:

Electrokinesis is the ability to control and direct the flow of electrical energy with psychic power, people who have this ability inately often attract electricity such as people who are struck by lightning an abnormal amount of times. The ability to control the magnetic attraction and repulsion of our own bioelectromagnetic field enables us to experience telepathic magnetism and to control energy by attracting and repeling it until it takes the route desired. The ability to utilise our bodily bioelectromagnetic field enables us to give off static or electrical shocks and can be used to cause spontanious fire or harm and even death if weaponised. It is likely that this ability is tied to conscious attempts to control the morphic field via brain power and irregular cardial rhythms which could be used to generate stronger more focused bioelectromagnetic discharges, for a maltitude of obvious reasons involving the posibility or harm to oneself or others the greatest of respect and care must be taken when attempting to generate Electrokinesis.

Intuition:

Intuition is the psychic power of being able to interpret the truth of an event, matter, situation or other such stimulation via a sensation that tells us the outcome, intuition can often be misleading or rather misinterpreted and it is only through focusing on our own intuitive abilities and trying to consciously develop them that they are honed into being useful psychic skills, intuition can often be improved by playing psychic guessing games such as trying to correctly determine which playing card another person is holding via the sensation that the card gives us, although we can also actively work on our intuition by being constantly mindful of it and becoming more skilled in discerning its meaning through the emotional and mental senses it gives us in our daily lives. Often intuition is percieved as a sense, gut feeling or as a clear calm voice in our mind which offers guidance.

Levitation:

Levitation is the psychic ability to cause oneself or other objects to defy gravity and float in mid-air although this might at first seem absurd it becomes plausible when it is realised that a big part of the gravity locking us to the physical ground below is electromagnetic thus if we are able to change the polarity of our own bioelectromagnetic field or the electromagnetic field of objects we may be able to generate the effect of magnetic repulsion causing the effected energy field to move away from the physical ground below and float in mid-air to do so would likely be effected by a conscious understanding of our own morphic field and the rhythms of our cardial energy centre and would be easiest to achieve in places where the Earths gravity is at its weakest such as along the equator.

Memory Altering:

Memory Altering is the ability to utilise hypnotic suggestion or astral projection to attack, change, distort or wipe the memory of another living being this could also be enacted by a controlled focus of the morphic fields bioelectromagnetism to attacking specific areas of the brain, naturally this ability is very dangerous and could result in brain damage or death, these types of mental domination can also be utilised towards the goal of mind control which can seek to utilise ones own psychic will or energetic field to direct and control the thoughts or actions of another living being.

Mind Reading:

Mind Reading is the ability to sense the thoughts of another person, mind reading can be an inate ability and can be related to audio or visual hallucinations. Mind reading can be improved by Auric Sight focused around the head and by improving both empathic and intuitive psychic abilities, mind reading is also easier between people who know each other well and have a close psychic bond.

Precognition:

Precognition is the ability to percieve future events usually through visions of the event taking place before it happens, precognition is a powerful form of intuition that likely relies on visual hallucinations produced by DMT release from the pineal gland/third eye therefore we can improve our precognitive abilities by working on our intuition and abilities relating to the pineal gland such as astral projection and dream working. Since the pineal gland takes in light and is stimulated by darkness we can also help to produce visions by improving the DMT production of our pineal gland via sun gazing and meditation or otherwise artificially through DMT containing hallucinogenic substances, the most powerful of which in relation to visions is Ayahuasca. Precognition may also be improved by attempting to focus astral travel attempts into the future by astral projecting with a focus on future events in mind.

Psionic Healing:

Psionic Healing is the ability to utilise our own Morphogenetic and Morphic fields and to control the direction of light energy encoded information around the nervous system by our own conscious thought to result in miraculous regeneration of health and vitality it can also refer to utilising these techniques towards helping others to heal their wounds by directing our own positive energies around their body, I often utilise the visualisation of golden light to direct my body to heal specific areas that I visualise the light eminating from, positivity in thought and intention seems to play a key role in this process and likely relates to the way that liquids in the body respond to light based information.

Psionic Surgery:

Psionic Surgery is the supposed ability of a psychic individual to be able to create wounds on living tissue which can be used for harm but can also be used to perform medical surgical procedures without tools, while I suppose it might be possible to utilise energy to divide living tissue I am somewhat skeptical about the applications of this for accurate surgical or medicinal benefit however I can see how this process may relate to the utilisation of energy in the hands towards a healing effect such as is practiced by masters of Reiki.

Psychic Possession:

Psychic Possession is a form of psionic mind control which utilises astral projection to parasitically fix ones own will onto another living being by attempting to hijack their physical body by entering it through astral projection and dominating their will, this is likely to be much more effective when utilised against unconscious persons.

Psychometry:

Psychometry is the ability to gain clear information about a person or object through the sensation of touch, which is to say a person capable of psychometry can touch an item and gain distinct true imprints of how that item was used, its history or about persons connected to that item they may also get similar sensations from touching living beings, psychometry is a form of intuition triggered by touch and can be improved by focusing our intuition around the sensation of touch until it becomes a clear and accurately working power.

Pyrokinesis:

Pyrokinesis is the ability to control or cause fire with the mind, pyrokinesis likely relates to electrokinesis which can utilise the bodies own bioelectromagnetism to cause or control/attract and repel fire. Fire can be caused by electrical discharge or via the heating of particles in the air via our morphic field, since fire contains electromagnetic particles it is not unreasonable to suggest that it could be controlled via an extra-sensory means. It is also possible that cases of sudden human combustion and immolation are related to pyrokinetic abilities that were out of control or suddenly triggered accidentally.

Remote Viewing:

Remote Viewing is a technique that involves astral projection or out of body experiences to travel to and view an area, situation or person remotely. Remote Viewing is used to eavesdrop psychically on conversations and events and was famously utilised by the CIA to some effect in their Stargate projects. Remote Viewing can be improved and practiced by utilising astral projection and out of body experiences to try and view the contents of sealed containers since once the container is opened the remote viewer will know if they have made a successful attempt.

Retrocognition:

Retrocognition is the ability to percieve past events with accurate clarity it may be related to the visual powers of the DMT producing pineal gland/third eye or otherwise may be related to spiritual memory recovered from past life experiences, it is likely that attempting astral travel into the past by astral projection with past events in mind is the most effective method of attempting to improve retrocognition.

Telekinesis:

Telekinesis is the ability to move physical objects by mental will. Telekinesis is most often reported to occur in young women entering puberty and is often out of control and associated with poltergeist activity or demonic possession. Telekinesis is likely achieved by extending the bioelectromagnetic morphic field to interact with the electromagnetic field of objects and utilising an exchange of energy to initiate momentum and thus telekinesis is actually a focused use of electrokinesis towards the movement of physical objects from a distance.

Telepathy:

Telepathy is the ability to communicate in thoughts with another person and is related to mind reading it can therefore be improved by auric sight utilised around the head area and by the direction of thought and intentions towards the intended recipient, telepathy is stronger and more easily achieved between individuals who know eachother well and where strong psychic physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bonds have been formed between individuals and is very common among biological twins to varying extents. Telepathy can also be used to project images into the minds of others and could be used to generate hallucinatory illusions. In the modern age BCI (brain-computer interfaces) have already made artificial telepathy possible through technology.

Telepresence:

Telepresence is the ability to be paradoxically in two places at one time. Excluding possibilities involving time travel and metaphysical situations where the same energy inhabits different bodies, telepresence might be achievable via out of body experiences if the practisioner is able to maintain enough focus to remain in control of their own physical body and simultaneously generate enough will to physically or visually manifest their astral body in another physical location splitting their mentality across both forms.

Thoughtography:

Thoughtography is the ability to project images from the minds eye/pineal gland onto photographic paper or film. Since photographic paper and film can be imprinted with images from light projection this power is almost certainly utilised by the outward expulsion of light focused through the visual pineal gland into a specific image or pattern imprinted onto the film or paper and can likely be improved by astral projection techniques and techniques which improve our control over the third eye/pineal gland.

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Doctor Who - ‘An Unearthly Child’ Review

(aka 100,000 B.C., The Tribe of Gum, The Stone Age, or The Paleolithic Age)

Two teachers follow a mysterious student into a junkyard, spawning multiple generations of sci-fi geeks.

Season 1, Serial A Starring William Hartnell as the Doctor With William Russell (Ian), Jacqueline Hill (Barbara) and Carole Ann Ford (Susan) Written by Anthony Coburn and C.E. Webber Directed by Waris Hussein Produced by Verity Lambert

Episodes and Broadcast Dates:

An Unearthly Child – 23 Nov 1963

The Cave Of Skulls – 30 Nov 1963

The Forest Of Fear – 7 Dec 1963

The Firemakers – 14 Dec 1963

Plot Summary

At the end of another day at London’s Coal Hill School, history teacher Barbara Wright and science teacher Ian Chesterton compare notes about an enigmatic student, Susan Foreman. Her knowledge of history and science surpasses their own, but is also awkwardly unaware of the ins-and-outs of contemporary life. They trail her to her given address, 76 Totters Lane, only to find a scrapyard wherein sits a rather incongruous Police Box emitting an eerie hum. They encounter Susan’s grandfather, who brusquely shoos them away. But when Susan’s voice is heard from inside, they push past him into the Police Box and find themselves in a vast futuristic chamber, much larger on the inside. The old man is furious at their intrusion. Susan explains that they are exiles from another world and another time, and the Police Box is their ship, the TARDIS. The old man is paranoid and irascible, certain that the teachers will expose their secret, and despite Susan’s panicked pleas he activates the TARDIS, leaving 60’s London behind.

The quartet find themselves in the Stone Age, and are soon abducted by a tribe of primitive humans. There is a power struggle for control of the tribe between Za, son of the late elder, and the outsider Kal, focused on the secret of making fire. When the old man announces he can make fire, they become pawns in the struggle. Along the way, Ian and Barbara introduce the tribe to concepts of mercy and helpfulness, that in ‘their tribe,’ the firemaker is the least powerful person, and that one tyrant is not as strong as a unified collective. This lesson is lost on the old man; when Za pursues them through the forest and is attacked by a wild beast, he is perfectly willing to kill the wounded man to help them escape. Ultimately they make fire for the tribe, Za kills Kal, and the travelers escape to the TARDIS.

It is made clear that Susan’s grandfather, who is known as the Doctor, cannot control the navigational systems of the TARDIS, and may never be able to return Ian and Barbara home. They arrive at their next destination and go out to explore. They do not notice the TARDIS’s radiation meter inching into the danger zone...

Analysis and Notes

-- Episode One’s viewership was quite low – possibly due to news coverage of President Kennedy’s assassination the day before, possibly due to a number of regional power cuts – so the BBC granted a virtually unprecedented re-broadcast immediately prior to Episode Two. More people saw the repeat broadcast than the initial one.

-- Episode One was a re-write and re-shoot of the un-broadcast pilot episode, which was beset by technical difficulties and featured an even harsher characterization of the Doctor.

--Most of the principle guest cast would appear in future serials: Derek Newark (Za) in Inferno, Althea Charleton (Hur) in The Time Meddler, Jeremy Young (Kal) in Mission to the Unknown, and Eileen Way (Old Woman) in The Creature from the Pit.

Okay, all you Smith-heads, Tennant worshipers and Capaldians (all three of you, myself included), listen up. The sci-fi institution you know and love originated over a half century ago, right here. Before the action figures, the magazines, the thousands of fansites, the DVD’s, the convention circuit, the minisodes, and all the flood of BBC Enterprises swag, there was An Unearthly Child. And in some cases, it looks and feels very much like the show you’re watching now; there’s a big blue (well, dark gray) box called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, and it makes the same wheezy noise as it takes off and lands. There’s a mysterious central character called the Doctor and a handful of travelling companions. But there are also enormous differences.

In the current series, the TARDIS can land anywhere it wants to. But initially the central concept of the Classic Era was the TARDIS’s unreliability. This meant that when the Doctor takes off with Barbara and Ian on board at the end of episode one, there’s virtually no chance of getting them home again. In future serials where the Doctor and crew need to get to a specific place, they have to hitch a ride.

The early days of the show were a sharp contrast from the ethos displayed in the upcoming Series Nine catchphrase, “I’m the Doctor. I save people.” In most cases, they landed in a certain place or time, got separated from the TARDIS, and spent the rest of the series more focused on Not Dying and/or Not Changing History than they were about liberating oppressed humanoids or saving Earth from alien invasion. And especially in this opening serial, the only person the Doctor feels obliged to save is himself.

Having never been companions by choice, Barbara and Ian’s primary goal throughout their time on the TARDIS was to get home again. Even when they weren’t so much traveling companions as kidnapping victims, this meant getting back to the TARDIS whenever they were separated from it, and keeping the Doctor – their kidnapper – safe at all times since he was the only person who could operate it. Ultimately they do get home again, but end up using a slightly more reliable Dalek time capsule to do it, and we never quite learn how they explain their two-year absence to the Coal Hill headmaster.

And we have to assume they left no significant others behind. Because if there’s one consistent theme amongst the TARDIS’s early classic era companions, it’s that they have no backstories or families or home life that’s disrupted when they meet the Doctor. They’re orphans, bachelors, and free agents. No room for outside domestic drama on the TARDIS.

As for the actual story:

I can’t help but fall in step with the Received Wisdom that the first episode is classic and the remaining three are comparatively mediocre. That said, the Stone Age episodes are very noteworthy. The initial concept for the series was that science fiction and historical stories would balance each other – thus the need for a history teacher and a science teacher. The historical stories would follow the format established here; the TARDIS crew gets separated from the ship, and after a few cycles of capture-escape-recapture where they encounter historical figures or crucial historical events, manage to escape to the TARDIS without getting killed or dramatically changing history.

And the Doctor couldn’t be further removed from how we come to know him now. Selfish, paranoid, and bad-tempered, over-protective of Susan, a kidnapper, a would-be murderer, a refugee rather than a traveler, he’s a quintessential anti-hero, and if it weren’t for the fact that he was the only one who could pilot the TARDIS, odds are they’d boot him out. It’s his dealing with Barbara and Ian that over time gives him a moral compass, either making him a heroic figure, or re-making him one after whatever as-yet-undetermined incident caused him to flee.

The Stone Age tribe is surprisingly multi-dimensional. They’re not ignorant, just uneducated. The oldest among them are fearful of new technology (i.e. fire). The savage conditions in which they live, where death lurks around every corner, render concepts like tenderness, kindness, and democracy as luxuries. You may just have to grit your teeth as the social liberalism is delivered with a side of colonialism; the well-dressed white bourgeois travelers drop into the jungle like the Galactic Peace Corps to teach the dirty savages how to live better. Also a dash of sexism as the girl – named, appropriately enough, Hur – exists as the prize to be awarded to either Kal or Za.

It’s evident that the BBC wanted this program to succeed. Even though they put the show in the young and relatively inexperienced hands of producer Verity Lambert and director Waris Hussein, possibly so they could be scapegoats for the program’s potential failure, they allowed the pilot episode to be re-tooled and re-filmed, and they re-broadcast Episode One immediately prior to Episode Two.

As this is the very first serial, it’s worthy to note which concepts have stayed etched in granite over a half-century and which have been more malleable (if not rejected entirely):

The Doctor’s Name – Susan only refers to him as “Grandfather.” Ian recalls, before they meet, that Susan’s grandfather is “a Doctor or something.” Since the junkyard’s front door reads I.M. FOREMAN, SCRAP MERCHANT, and Susan’s given surname is Foreman, he calls him “Dr. Foreman” in episode two, to which the old man replies, “Huh? Doctor Who? What is he talking about?” strongly suggesting that “Foreman” was never their name. Does one require a PhD to run a junkyard? Or are they squatters, with Susan adopting the name on the door? If so, whatever happened to I.M. Foreman? He never explicitly instructs Ian or Barbara as to how he wishes to be addressed, and basically adopts the title “The Doctor” by default.

The TARDIS – Susan claims to have made up the name of the TARDIS as an acronym for Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space, as if this TARDIS was the only one in existence. For most of the first season, they refer to the TARDIS simply as “The Ship.” In episode two, the Doctor notes that the external appearance of the ship is supposed to blend in with its surroundings (though the term “Chameleon Circuit” would not be coined for over a decade), suggesting this is the first time it has failed; with rare exceptions, it would never function again. And the most pivotal concept about the TARDIS is that the Doctor cannot navigate it properly. Either he never learned, or he forgot, or the mechanism is faulty; it’s never explicitly stated, but once they leave London 1963, there’s no guarantee they’ll ever get back.

Their Origins – No Time Lords, no Gallifrey, these terms don’t appear for years to come. The details they give in the first episode are sketchy. They’re exiles, wanderers in time, cut off from their own planet. No mention is ever given of Susan’s parents (i.e. the Doctor’s offspring, presumably). They’re hiding on Earth, and have lived incognito for several months; from what and why are never stated.

Been Here Before – Barbara lends Susan a very thick book about the French Revolution, which Susan reads in a split second and remarks, “That’s not how it happened!” Though no mention of a prior visit was ever made later in Season One when they land in Robespierre’s post-revolutionary Paris. The gift of superhuman speed-reading appears again in the New Series’ reboot, Rose.

In Summation

You could be forgiven if you only watch the first episode, but what an episode it is! It’s as noteworthy and epoch-shifting a debut as the Beatles’ Please Please Me eight months earlier (or their follow-up, With The Beatles, issued the day before). Yet despite creator Sydney Newman’s directive of “No Bug Eyed Monsters!”, the program’s watershed moment was yet to come, and British popular culture would never be the same.

Rating: 3 out of 4 epoch-shifting moments in British pop culture.

John Geoffrion balances a career in hospital fundraising with semi-pro theatre gigs, and watches way too much Doctor Who and Britcoms in between. He'll create an author page after he puts up a few more reviews.

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SPECTRE IS OFFICIALLY READY TO JOIN THE ACADEMY!

› AHN SUNGJIN › 18 YEARS OLD › PSIONIC ENERGY MANIPULATION › NEW TO THE ACADEMY

POWER

psionic energy manipulation — sungjin is gifted with the ability to create, shape, and manipulate psionic energy produced by the mind. the boy being able to wield it even in its most physical forms. sungjin’s powers manifest in a glowing red mist.

STRENGTHS psi-energy influence — by channelling and manipulating psi energy in any shape or form, he is able to gain influence and control over its physical form. some basic uses of it are psionic energy attacks in the form of blasts, beams, bolts, and the like. also, not to forget his favorite application, psychokinetic influence where he is able to shape psionic energy around matter and control its movement. this is where sungjin is most trained and experienced in. psi-energy flyrogenesis — a defensive ability wherein he can generate a shield of psionic energy to protect him and others from external, physical harm. psi-reading — everyone has their own unique psionic energy in them and sungjin found that he is able to feel them – sometimes it’s a smell, sometimes it’s a color. they’re so individual, he, himself, can’t describe how they feel for certain, he just knows they’re there. when he knows the person very well and has been with them for long, he’ll be able to figure out who they are just by the feeling of their psionic energy. with the help of his brother he was able to develop this and is able to read someone’s current thoughts by letting his hand/s hover around 5 inches away or closer from its subject and draw out their psionic energy. psychic shield — due to the boy’s subconscious desires to be guarded and closed off from most, if not all people, his psionic energy was able to cocoon his mental self and become resistant to mental intrusion. psi-phoning (LOCKED) — the boy is able to draw out psionic energy from his subject (as long as it is capable of thinking) and use it for his own. psi-crippling (LOCKED) — by manipulating his subject’s psyche sungjin is able to elicit fear or emotional pain in form of nightmarish like hallucinations that could stun or cripple an enemy. these hallucinations appear as the subjects fears, regrets, or general disturbances, however the nature of it is not up to the boy. just like the subject sungjin can see and feel what they feel which can render him stunned and disturbed as well.

WEAKNESSES

sungjin’s powers greatly depends on his mental strength and mental state as well. if he pushes himself over the edge it could cause him physical and mental backlash (e.g. being knock back in result of impact, nose bleeds, headaches, and fainting). if the boy mental state isn’t in good condition he could easily lose control over it and not just harm himself but those around him as well.

the gifted boy’s hands play a huge role in directing the flow of psionic energy. if his hands were bounded or restrained in a way that prohibits him from moving them at all, renders the boy useless and unable to use his powers.

there are no distinguishable limits for time, weight, and intensity as it purely depends on how the variables act upon one another. sungjin can hold a full glass of water with ease for a long period of time as long as he focuses, however trying to lifting a car for a mere few seconds can definitely make him crack from strain.

sungjin can direct psionic energy as long as it is in his clear line of sight. sungjin needs to focus and know where he plans on directing his powers. his offensive attacks however are more potent the closer the opponent is. around the 500 ft mark, his attacks could still pack quite a punch but more than that it would noticeably be weaker. the farther the attack travels the lower the damage.

psionic energy barriers can only take as much damage as sungjin’s mental strength can bear. pushing himself over the these limits can give him specific backlash and render him unconscious.

smaller barriers can take considerable more damage than larger barriers.

currently he can only psi-read a subject by letting his hands hover over their head at a maximum distance of 5 inches or closer. any farther than that and their current thoughts will be unaudible.

the boy cannot read more than one subject at a time. even if he tried it would be useless as thoughts overlap and are even more difficult to understand as it is.

sungjin’s not completely immune to intrusion of the mind, the intruder will just need to exert more effort than normal for them to reach into the boy.

siphoning psionic energy from another subject can be quite dangerous as sungjin can take every last bit of psionic energy from them and leave none left for them rendering them in an unconscious state or worse in a coma. also another thing to note is how sungjin can only hold on to a different source psychic energy for a few seconds. doing so over the limit can result in an explosive blacklash of psionic energy.

when psi-crippling, sungjin has no control of what the subject sees. he can only trigger them but the nature of these hallucinations are decided by the subject (their fears, regrets, general disturbances etc.)

though he can choose whether or not to see what the subject sees. he cannot avoid to feel what they feel. great mental strength is needed as he can easily fall into shock if he isn’t strong enough.

ORIGINS

trigger warning for suicide, death, torture, and child abuse.

tw: abuse, hints of bullying, kidnap, assault, suicide

on the first page of a black, well-loved journal:

“to minnie”

“if found, please immediately return to ahn sungjin”

(the boy often writes on his journal and below are some of the important excerpts that serve as a window into the boy’s life)

mirror;

remember the monsters you were scared of minnie? the monsters you swore that lived inside our closet?

well, my eyes caught a glimpse of its very own reflection, today.

a monster who was coloured in hues of blues and purples, a monster who screeched in a deafening cry for help yet no sound was heard, a monster who was starting to fall apart in its seams beyond tired to try and put itself back together.

i wish you were here minnie. who’s going to stop the punches dad throws? who’s going to tend to the cuts and bruises? who was going to put hyung back together now?

i’m scared minnie.

i’m scared because the more i look in the mirror, the more i tell myself, the more i ask myself –

i’m not me, who are you?

hellevator;

have you been able to see mom minnie? is she proud of me, just as much as you were?

i guess not, especially if she saw you. knowing what i’ve done.

i wish i could be with you guys instead, it would probably be much better there with both of you than here. at least there, maybe i’d be met with laughter, hugs, and kisses – here it’s all just been curses, punches, and aches.

i don’t blame dad though, i deserve it. i deserve it all, all the stabbing words, all the fists thrown, all the pain that fills me up.

now that you’re not here.

there’s nothing for me, nobody really cares about me.

maze of memories;

i dreamt of you again, no, not a dream, it wasn’t a dream, it was a nightmare – a nightmare of that night.

it was so vivid, as if i was there, reliving it again.

the tight rope wrapped on chairs that bounded our hands. the darkness that was brought by the blindfolds around our heads. the writhing pain all over our bodies as they beat us to a pulp.

but you know what felt the most real? when i felt you take a huge blow to the head then nothing, emptiness. i couldn’t feel you anymore, i couldn’t hear you anymore in my head.

i wake up after seeing bright red and i just hug myself, crying.

what kind of brother am i? why couldn’t i protect you? how could i do this to you?

The inside of my mind burns and fills up with question marks that blame me.

m.i.a;

i miss you minnie. i miss you so much.

dad misses you too.

he thinks of you fondly, loudly even. he tells me you were smart, you were good-looking, you were his true heir – you were just great in everything you did minnie. he tells me that he loved you so much, tells me that you were his favorite, tells me that it should’ve been me on the hospital bed instead.

i couldn’t agree more minnie, i’m sorry for what happened, i should’ve protected you. it was my fault, it should’ve been the bad seed, it should have been the disappointment, it should’ve been me instead.

ah i’m crying again, but really when have i not?

i miss the little squeak in your voice when you get excited, i miss your hugs that keep me warm when i couldn’t sleep, i miss you telling me:

“take it easy and try not to think of the useless stuff.”

insomnia;

i can’t seem to fall asleep, no matter how hard i try. this will be one of those nights where i sneak into your bed minnie. you’d open your arms immediately to hold me, without hesitation and any hint of anger for waking you up, then you’d sing me to sleep. those nights were just the best nights of sleep i ever could have.

funny how i’m 7 minutes older yet i am the baby between us haha should i start calling you hyung, minnie?

i’m trying to sing that song now as i hug myself to sleep tonight but it’s not the same.

when the dark night makes everyone sleep, when they fall asleep i can’t sleep because of so many thoughts.

voices;

minnie i’m starting to believe them.

what have i done?

i should just end it all, give in, just as they say i should.

i’m starting to believe that i really did that to you. that i’m a bad twin, that i’m a murderer, that i’m a monster. i’m starting to believe everyone around me. there’s so many voices, i promise i’ve been trying to shut them out. tonight, however, it’s not working.

i can’t hear your voice anymore minnie, your voice that tells me to ignore the others inside my head. these voices, they’re just so many…

at some point, i only started to hear these nagging sounds.

my side;

it’s been a few years since that night, it’s been a few years since you’ve left me alone.

i hope you can feel me right now, my hand holding yours tight. i feel you minnie, i feel you there. i just wish i knew what to do so i can wake you up from this deep, deep slumber.

you know a strange person came up to me the other day. told me there’s a place for people like me. told me i could hone my powers there. i’ve been thinking about it nonstop. maybe there i can find a way to wake you up. maybe there i can find a way for you to come back.

a part of me wants to go, but a part of me wants to stay here holding your hand.

no matter what my decision may be, please bare this in mind minnie,

even if i’m not there, i’ll stay by your side

4419;

minnie, i’m at the back of the bus we always ride to get home. we had so much memories on this bus, didn’t we? can you believe that after all this time, our names that we wrote with that cheap marker is still here crystal clear?

oh, you’re probably wondering where i’m off to huh?

remember that place? the place for people like me? i’m on my way there now to get settled. i just hope everyone’s nice. you’ve always been the better one when it comes to people.

i’ve never seen dad so happy minnie, that was a first ever since… ugh i shouldn’t be thinking about that…

anyway, dad was so happy minnie ‘cause finally he got rid of me. about time, he said. don’t worry minnie, i’m not sad. just like you said “take it easy and try not to think of the useless stuff”.

so i am. i will be better, i promise to do my best for you minnie. i promise with my whole heart, i will find a way to get you back.

someday, again at the same place, i dream we will meet again.

#hq:accepted #yang jeongin #stray kids

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vaknosh · 7 years ago

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Aftermath

(This story is set very shortly after the Siege of Lordaeron.)

Vaknosh Blackwolf didn’t care much for having to hobble around. In fact, he didn’t care for being in these casts at all. However, such was the state he was in that they remained on. For now, at least, until his wounds mended. So, for now, he had to hobble about with his leg cast when trying to get anywhere.

And tonight, he was hobbling, slowly but surely, towards a small cave on his property.

It wasn’t much of a cave. It did not go deep into the ground nor far into the hills his estate rested on, right on the Ashenvale-Northern Barrens border. It was a soft, gentle slope into the earth, just long enough to block out all external light from the Barrens, even on the brightest days, and all noise as well, giving it a serene quiet. The air was always warmer in here, as well, which Vaknosh - an orc who grew up inside an active volcano - always appreciated it.

As the somewhat shambling orc entered the cave, torches came alive with his presence. It was a small trick, just a tiny bit of elemental magic. The orc smiled and spoke a brief thanks to the elements in kalimag.

On the alternate Draenor, separated from the Kor’kron Legion on their suicide mission into the Dark Portal, he had met an older orc named Rarlko, a friendly Burning Blade Blademaster and blacksmith who had been exiled for speaking out against the Iron Horde’s extremist ways and tainting of his clan’s culture and ideals. In the months that followed, Vaknosh had begun on the path of the Blademaster under Rarlko. By the end, he had become the most familiar with the elementals of fire, naturally. But his knowledge was incomplete - Vaknosh was no shaman, not a proper one anyway, and most of what he knew about calling upon the elements and spirits tied directly into battle, lightening his steps with the spirits of air or empowering his weapon strikes with fire.

Finally reaching the main and only chamber, the remaining torches came alive, giving the inner chamber a soft, bright glow and a warmth that Vaknosh always found comforting.

In the middle of the cave chamber was a small pillar of stone that had been carved away by the orc so that its surface was relatively flat. This acted as a small altar, with various offerings placed upon it as a means to honor and please the ancestral spirits that watched over all orcs and the primordial and powerful but ever-fickle elemental forces of Azeroth.

Vaknosh placed his waraxe Ruvok’s Rage alongside the altar - he rarely went anywhere without it, even in his own home. And from a pouch, he took some incense and herbs and placed them in a small bowl on the altar. He held a hand towards one of the torches, and embers from the flame flowed off it towards the orc, who guided the small fire into the bowl, igniting these ingredients.

After a few moments, as smoke began to pour into the cave chamber, the orc kneeled to the ground and breathed the smoke in deeply. This was meant to ease his mind, open it to greater awareness, and allow him to do what he came here to do: see beyond the veil of reality and death, to see what visions were offered by ancestors and speak with those who wished to honor him with their presence.

Vaknosh did this rarely, and he could count the number of times on one hand. But recent events - this war, his torture, a new mate, a child on the way - had now left him looking for… something. Something personal and important to him. He wasn’t exactly sure what he needed, yet he knew he sought something to help him spiritually, something to perhaps ease his mind and set him on the course again.

So, he now turned to shamanism and to the ancestors and the elements. He knew they could offer wisdom and guidance he sought, something beyond what mere words fellow shaman or farseers could offer him. Something far deeper to help heal his hurting soul.

And so, Vaknosh Blackwolf bowed his head.

Ancestors, heed my call. I come before you, humble, weary, and in need of guidance. I… I seek… something to ease my heart and mind, to give me clarity. A blessing… a vision… know not what I truly need… but I know I am in need. And so, ancestors, I call upon you to… aid me in my troubles.

The effect wasn’t immediate. It never was. Vaknosh did not repeat his prayer, this first one came from his heart, so it was his truest thoughts. Anything else would be lesser.

The orc began to feel himself slipping away, almost like sleep was upon him. Until he closed his eyes slowly and heavily, and reopened them to a vision granted by the ancestors.

Suddenly, it felt like the earth was rumbling. But there was… something familiar to this.

Opening his eyes, he understood why, he stood - at least in a spectral form - before the Blackrock Mountain. The rumbling of the earth was the great volcano spewing forth lava, it’s molten core alive and well. He could feel the hearts and bodies dwelling within the ancient halls deep above and below the inner workings of the volcano.

Blackrock Mountain was alive in many ways. He could feel the heat of this place all around him, even it’s sulphuric smell was familiar and nearly pleasant to him. But as Vaknosh walked forward to a molten river bank, something this place felt so… dead, as well.

Once, this had been his home. Claimed by the Blackrock Clan and the Dark Horde, it had been his home as a boy growing up during the wars and afterward, as well.

But now it was… nothing. Whatever remained of the Blackrocks were shadows of shadows of their former glory. Many had left to with Malkorok to join Hellscream’s Horde. And those left behind now were clinging on to a past that mattered little, surviving desperately and pitifully in a world that had long since moved past them.

There was no one here to help him. There was no Chieftain to guide him. No elder to sate his longings for guidance.

Something had drawn him here though. His gaze returned to the top of the mountain, taking in the view as lava flowed from the many cracks in its surface. He made a mental ‘push’ to the ancestors that had brought his spirit here to see this place… but they revealed nothing more.

He looked back down, kneeling to the ground, and placing a hand on the surface of the volcanic rock that made up the soil of the Burning Steppes. It was hot - very hot - to the touch. Something about that was comforting, at least. Perhaps the ancestors had brought him here because it was important to him. A small bit of something once familiar, and though distant and different… comforting all the same.

He gazed towards the entrance of the mountain, the bridge and old Dark Iron gates that led to the Molten Span within.

One day, he thought, I will return to this place and help make things right here.

It was a fleeting thought, but one that felt… good to think, even if he doubted the truth of it. Vaknosh then closed his eyes and felt himself pulled back by the spirits and, opening them once more just a mere moment later, he was back within his cave.

Within the cave, it was quiet save for the flickers of flame. He frowned. So far this experience had offered him little but nostalgia and wishful thinking. None of which was particularly useful for him at this time. The ancestors, of course, meant well. And more than likely, they had shown him something he had needed to see even if he didn’t quite know now how to interpret it. However… it left him with more questions than answers, and he felt even more

The orc sighed. His body felt heavier and sweat gathered at his brow. Visions were physically taxing, no matter how simple the visions presented were. He wiped away at his brow before settling himself physically and mentally back down again.

If the ancestors would not offer him what he needed… perhaps the elements would. They were fickle, yes, but they also connected to the very fabric of Azeroth, as well. This gave them the power to aid those who called upon them and bestow gifts or knowledge to one who they felt worthy of it… and making short work of those who were not.

Spirits of the earth, the wind, the water, and the flame… I call upon you. I seek-

Suddenly and without warning, the flames of torches within the chambers seemed to erupt into near out of control fires for just a shocking but brief moment, the unexpected light and heat startling the orc and causing him to instinctively reach for his axe before stopping.

Vaknosh recognized the power he was feeling as he settled back into his prayer to the elements. This was the element he was most familiar with: fire. However, the strength of the power that flowed in the room was not just a few lesser elementals making themselves known. It was more as if the Firelands itself had a message it had been waiting to send… but no one had asked.

Until now.

Suddenly the orc felt something surge into the room, before realizing it was the spiritual essence of a growing number of fire elementals. They did not physically manifest, but they made themselves known to him. And there was an alarming number of them. The orc opened his mouth to speak to them, but suddenly they reacted as one, piercing at his mind, forcefully imposing upon him their own vision. Fire elementals were not known for their gentleness. His mind reeled at the intrusion, but he quickly relented to this, allowing whatever it was they wanted him to see...

Rahuna. His love. His mate.

The vision showed her standing before him. It was like he standing only a few feet from her, but she was difficult to discern… as though a storm of smoke raged around them. He even felt intense heat. As his eyes adjusted in the vision, he recognized something was wrong about her. She was… different. Pale, sickly so. However, her stance and demeanor showed no sign of illness but instead of power and... arrogance.

She was casting a spell - a very powerful one at that. Something he recognized as a shaman’s ability to call forth an elemental.

Except “call” wasn’t the right word.

Vaknosh’s eyes widened. No… she was enslaving the elemental. He could feel it now, void magic ripping at the both of them. He “felt” the lash of the volatile energy of shadows, knocking him to his feet within the vision.

When he stood up again, he looked at the woman he called his wife. She looked… she looked cruel. An expression on her face he had never seen before, one that made his heart sink and his stomach twist in knots.

This was dark shamanism. This was not just a taboo in orcish society, this was the very antithesis of what it meant to be a shaman. You did not commune with the spirits, you broke them to your will. You cast shackles upon them, twisting them. It was a violation of their very essence as the act was destructive to the spirit itself, breaking them down, poisoning them, and driving them to madness.

Knowing it was a vision, Vaknosh wished to deny it. But the elemental spirits seemed to whisper in his mind that this vision was the truth, and try as he might… he knew in his heart it was.

Continuing to watch, the fire elemental took full form as the cold energy of the void infused it. But it wasn’t truly a fire elemental. The orc looked at it with pity… it was deformed, more like… the ashes of what remained of a being that was once, if not noble, then at least… undeserving of this fate.

The elemental seemed to continue to grow in size, and even Rahuna seemed to loom over him, not physically but in presence and power. As the shattered husk of the ash elemental grew, so too did the storm around them.

A storm of ashes and heat too unbearable, even for him. He tried to push forward towards Rahuna but his legs would not respond. He tried to speak, but the howling of the storm silenced him. He tried to breathe, but the ashes filled his lungs.

And then it was over.

Still kneeling in prayer, the orc opened his eyes. The intensity of the vision of the was still with him, causing a sense of panic and confusion. But physically… he was fine. There were no ashes in his lungs. No ash elemental. No Rahuna.

Just him, in his cave, nauseated and sweating from the mental exertion of two powerful visions in a row… and what he had just seen. He knew this had been Rahuna at some point in time. A vision of her past self, one likely in service to Garrosh Hellscream’s dark shaman. The vision was not a warning, not exactly.

A past she had never spoken about. Vaknosh slumped as he thought, his mind racing.

Does she… not trust me? Then… why become my mate? Why not… tell me this?

The pain of this revelation hurt not only because she had not told him... but it hurt most because he shared his own crimes under Hellscream. The destruction of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms in particular. While the act caused him to finally betray the mad Warchief and break his oath to serve him… all survivors within the Kor’kron Legion who had rebelled against Hellscream and were allowed back into the Horde were marked as former traitors and True Horde. The sigil of Hellscream’s Kor’kron had been branded onto his right hand. Forever a symbol of his crimes and of having chosen to serve a Warchief over the Horde itself. Such a thing was shame… incredibly shameful… but he had shared it regardless with Rahuna.

So why did she not show me the respect and tell me this part of her past? Vaknosh thought to himself bitterly, angrily. He had made himself utterly vulnerable to her… and while she had opened to him… she still held something back. Even now. Even after all this.

He breathed in, holding that breath for as long as he could, before exhaling. He would get answers from her soon enough.

Vaknosh could still feel lingering presence and power of the fire elementals who had shown him this vision - and, reaching out to them, he could feel their emotions. And they were furious. Even by their standards. Rahuna had not just hurt one of their own. She had broken one of them, corrupted it and tainted its very essence. Though only a handful of spirits from the Firelands remained as they dissipated out now that they felt their job was done, he knew they were unanimous in their thoughts: they hated her for what she had done. That sense of bitter rage stuck with him until they finally were gone… leaving him alone with his own emotions to contend with now.

The orc shook his head. He could not blame them. Nor did he expect anything else either. The spirits of fire were, naturally, extremely passionate. And they held bitter, long-burning grudges. Part of Vaknosh wanted to defend her to them, to argue for her changed ways… but that would be her fight, not his. He was angry with her for hiding this… but he did not hate her. Shame was a powerful thing. And it made many act in foolish ways. He needed to speak with her.

This business, however, was not over yet though. Vaknosh would not let these vague and dark visions be what he ended on - nothing had yet been solved. He had not received the guidance nor answers he felt he needed. An unanswering vision of Blackrock Mountain from the spirits, and a furious vision from the spirits of flame that rejected his new mate completely out of past injustices.

None of this, however, was what he had come for. And despite feeling exhausted, he resolved to press. There was still yet one more thing he could try, and he was hellbent on getting… some sort of answers from someone.

And so, he resolved to call forth the spirit of the one orc Vaknosh looked up to and trusted more than anything or anyone: Ruvok. The orc had long since passed, but once the two had spoken despite him resting beyond the veil. It was Ruvok’s words that had inspired Vaknosh to take up his waraxe and seek out the Kor’kron Legion, beginning him on the path that led to… today.

But he felt, he knew, in his heart of hearts, that only Ruvok could provide for him what he needed. Answers, guidance, solace... something or anything that would inspire him to continue doing what was right; something that would keep Vaknosh living up to the orc’s name he was calling upon now for aid. And so, once more, he set his heart and mind to prayer.

Ancestors, heed my call once more! I seek the spirit of Ruvok Blackwolf! Grandfather, come forth, so that we may commune with one another once more... so that I can have the guidance from an honored orc of my own blood… I am in need of your blessings and answers...

Again, the answers did not come immediately. But he was so tired from the recent events, and his head and heart so tumultuous after these visions, he pushed on, starting another prayer to them, less pleading and more demanding. The ancestors nor the elemental spirits would appreciate this, but it was a far cry from… from the arts of dark shamanism… like those he had seen just now.

Who had not prayed before out of fear, pain, or anger?

And so, once more, Vaknosh made his call to the powers beyond for them to send him the one orc he knew could make this right.

Ancestors! I repeat myself! Heed me! I seek the spirit of my grandfather Ruvok Blackwolf! Let him come before me… to speak... so that we may...

Suddenly, the flames of the torches in the cave went out with a burst of cold air. Vaknosh was left in darkness… but not for long, as the flames slowly returned to life… but cold and blue now, a different magic now fueling them.

“You should to be careful with communing with the dead,” said the specter of Ruvok as he walked towards Vaknosh, causing the hairs on the back of his neck to stand, “Some are less dead than others, boy.”

And with that, Ruvok Blackwolf emerged from the realm of the dead into the physical plane.

But what stood before Vaknosh was not his grandfather as he knew him, but something horribly wrong. A twisted mockery of the great orc he once knew. Grey-green skin had turned ashen white, bright red veins visible. No longer did the orc possess keen, intelligent red eyes - in their place were now glowing, blue orbs of magic. His right arm was… more like a great beastial thing with exposed sinew and bone ending in more of a claw than a proper hand. Everything about him was just wrong, and the spirits and elements reacted accordingly, shrieking into Vaknosh’s mind

“You are not Ruvok Blackwolf!” The younger orc shouted, grabbing his waraxe and moving back, readying himself for a fight.

“No, I am not. Not any longer,” replied the orc in an echoing, bone-chilling voice. However, the voice was still recognizably Ruvok’s, complete with his ever-disapproving tone that Vaknosh had known so well as a child.

“I am Thricedamned; Death Knight and Herald of Blood for the Lich King,” A deep frown crossed the orc’s face, “And you have so foolishly disturbed me, boy.” The orc waved a hand and suddenly the air seemed to become even colder. The elements and spirits went silent. Everything was silent. It was like the world around and outside of them just vanished and died.

The young Blackwolf asked, “What… has become of you?” He shivered, as much from the cold as the sight before him, “I have spoken with your spirit before and-”

“Silence, boy.” Hissed the angered Death Knight. And with that… Vaknosh was silenced and locked into place, every muscle and bone in his body locked down by the dominating will and dark magic of an orc once known as Ruvok.

The elder orc circled around Vaknosh, examining him until he finally just gave his characteristic judgment of, “Hmph.” Finally, after moments that seemed like forever, the thing spoke, “You’ve… changed in many ways since you were a boy I left beaten at the Blackrock Mountain… too stupid then to realize the Dark Horde for what it was...”

“And in many ways, you are yet the same,” Ruvok remarked, “My Kor’kron… brought to shame and ruin by the foolish son of the foolish Hellscream…” The orc was suddenly in front of Vaknosh, face-to-face, “And… you. You learn your lessons too slowly, boy.”

With a blink of Vaknosh’s eyes, the death knight went back to circling him, examining him, judging him, “The power of the elements comes to you. The strength of flame. A Blademaster.” He stopped dead in his tracks, “And yet… that’s it. You leave this path half-walked, half-accomplished. Disappointing… but expected.”

“Hmm… I could speak of your foolishness forever,” Said the undead orc bitterly, “But you sought me because of this…” Ruvok extended a claw to Vaknosh’s chest, tapping where his heart was. Vaknosh felt like this nightmare of a beast before him wanted desperately to drain the very blood out of him, to feed upon him.

The undead orc leaned in close, his face inches from grandson’s, “Because of… a mate... and a child.”

And for the first time in this encounter between them, Vaknosh Blackwolf was able to resist the supposedly indomitable will of Ruvok Blackwolf, his body trembling as if fighting physical bonds. The death knight raised an eyebrow before grinning at Vaknosh, “Struck a nerve with that one, hm?”

Suddenly, the magic gave away. Vaknosh lurched forward, but having expected this, he took the momentum with him and swung his axe out towards Ruvok… who did not dodge it. Instead, his body became incorporeal and ghostly, allowing both Vaknosh and the waraxe to harmlessly go through him.

“A worthy effort,” observed Ruvok as Vaknosh fell to his ass, “but futile.”

The death knight became corporeal once more as Vaknosh picked himself up. He didn’t attack again, instead choosing to stand tall. Ruvok simply nodded, a small gesture of approval that Vaknosh knew when he was outclassed… and knew to face death with dignity.

“I had a choice with this fate,” the elder orc said. Vaknosh raised an eyebrow but didn’t respond as he continued, “The Lich King asked me. And I was willing.”

“Why?” Asked Vaknosh, hoarsely, find it all so… unbelievable that things had transpired this way. That his grandfather’s spirit would choose to allow himself to become this aberration.

“Because I have always been a monster, boy,” Ruvok said bluntly, as though it was obvious, “The day I took the fel into my veins; when I drank from the cup so deeply. The day I murdered my mate at Shattrath in a frenzy of madness caused by the fel… and my own rage. The days I watched, sometimes uncaringly, as one-by-one, my children died in pointless wars and battles started by beings that hated us and used us. All nine. Including your father.”

Vaknosh bristled at the mention of his father Narlash, “Yes… him. I watched your father take up the mantle of warlock… and then I killed him at Doomhammer’s command when his name was one of those listed as part of the Shadow Council. And I relished in it. Because I followed my Warchief’s orders like a good mindless beast. Because my damnation ran deep then… as it does now. And in the end, in my cowardice and shame of all I had done, I fled all these sins of mine and more, exiling myself. Until called upon for battle again by the Horde, where I could distract myself with war and bloodshed and never have to face my crimes.”

Ruvok held up the monstrous claw, looking at it, “I chose this fate because I was already damned and there is dark work to be done to watch over this world. I am no hero. I never was. You hold on to an ideal of me that is not true.”

The younger orc went to speak, but the cutting glance the death knight gave him was enough to silence him, “You have erred, you have done a great many stupid and wrongs things, some terrible… but you are not beyond redemption. And you have done what I could not: you have faced your sins.”

A death gate opened and Ruvok became a specter once more. Still no discernable expression, no warmth, but his next words struck Vaknosh like a hammer in the chest, “Boy…” Ruvok paused and restarted, “Vaknosh Blackwolf… you wished to speak because you wanted my blessing. I am here to tell you: you do not need my blessing. You need no one’s blessing. Judge for yourself your worthiness, your honor, your choices. And make your own fate and future for yourself, your family, your clan, and this world.”

And with that, the death knight Thricedamned, once Ruvok Blackwolf, was gone. The warmth of the Barrens returned. The thin layer ice that had formed in the cavern almost immediately melted. The spirits and elements returned, confused and angered. And the lit torches returned to a normal, warm fiery glow.

Vaknosh stood there, trying to take this all in. He moved back to the altar, slumping to the ground before it, his axe falling to his side. He was exhausted. It felt like it was never-ending. His capture, the torture, not… this. Visions of the Blackrock Clan wasting away, visions of Rahuna as a cruel mercenary and dark shaman, and then his grandfather Ruvok appearing, having been twisted into something horrible… and the words the orc had left him.

Make your own fate and future.

He looked down at the waraxe. Ruvok’s Rage. It had been left at Ruvok’s gravesite, and when Vaknosh had learned of his grandfather’s death, he had traveled to Nagrand. There, he had his first interaction with Ruvok’s ghost - one very different from this one - and had taken up the weapon for himself.

And he had used it well in Ruvok’s name. A name he was constantly trying to live up to. To honor. To be worthy of.

But the words Ruvok had imparted stuck in his mind, replaying over and over.

Vaknosh gripped the handle of the axe tightly as he stared down at it. He felt his anger and his fear rising. He felt emotionally and spiritually hurt and mentally exhausted. Everything about this was so wrong. The world was in chaos. Teldrassil burned and Lordaeron festered. Alliance shed Horde blood, and Horde shed Alliance blood. Azeroth itself was bleeding out. He had a mate to protect. A mate who had never told him about the darker parts of her past. And… he had a child on its way. It was overwhelming.

He felt himself breathing quickly, hyperventilating. His mind raced and raced, and then suddenly in all his pain, his fury, and in his panic, he took the great axe and swung it down at the altar with all his strength and suffering. The objects on the altar were destroyed or were sent scattered across the cave room, the altar itself gave way to the axe.

And the axe itself gave away to the force of the blow and the stone. The blades warped and broke apart embedding itself firmly into the altar, the wooden and metal haft splintered and exploded into pieces, the elemental flame that blessed the weapon burst into a bright flash of embers… and then... nothing.

Ruvok’s Rage was destroyed.

All that was left in the room Vaknosh Blackwolf, breathing heavily, was left holding what remained - the surviving half parts of the haft, the grip, and pommel.

He looked upon the destruction and fell to his knees. The axe was gone. Guilt immediately flooded him… but also... relief.

Make your own fate and future.

For his whole life, Vaknosh had lived with the burden of Ruvok’s story, his history, his actions upon him. All his glories and titles and power. He was constantly seeking his grandfather’s approval, even after the orc’s death. Vaknosh lived in the overbearing, all-encompassing shadow of Horde hero.

But he didn’t need to. His life was his own. His destiny was of his own making. He limits only what he thought there were.

And Ruvok’s Rage had been a symbol of that.

He touched the broken end of the waraxe he still held. He felt guilty and heartbroken the weapon and heirloom was destroyed - this time for good. He did not wish to dishonor the memory of his grandfather, nor was he ashamed of him. The death knight was not completely right - Ruvok had still been the one who raised him, who had taught him, who had tried to instill what it meant to be a good man, an honorable warrior, and valuable member of his clan and the Horde. There were still ideals to about Ruvok to hold on to... but it did a disservice to Vaknosh, Ruvok, and all orcs to not acknowledge his grandfather’s failures and misdeeds. But there had been a good orc under it all.

But the relief was still there, as well. Relief that it was okay to step out of Ruvok’s shadow. To want something more than just to make one orc proud or to put his legacy over Vaknosh’s own. To want something more of life… to want to be your own man and fight for your own destiny. Relief that he finally recognized Ruvok was the imperfect being that he was. And he still loved his father figure with all his heart, but it was now time to move past him. Ruvok could be an inspiration, but he didn’t have to shackle down Vaknosh’s fate.

Make your own fate and future.

And so the question was now: what was the fate and future of Vaknosh Blackwolf?

He didn’t have an answer to that… and, for once… that felt alright. He would just have to make his own answers that question.

The orc slowly turned, beginning his way out of the cave. A voice, however, called to him like a whisper on the wind, and he slowed his steps, looking back at the altar. He knew the voice, for it was his ancestor Rak Blackwolf. His spirit had been bound willingly to Ruvok’s Rage by Vaknosh as part his final steps to becoming a Blademaster. In times of trouble and need, Rak’s spirit had appeared or spoken to him. This time, his voice was distant and fleeting, and Vaknosh knew it meant his ancestor’s spirit was likely drifting on, no longer bound to the mortal realm. Vaknosh thought it was best… and bitterly wished Ruvok’s spirit had also remained in whatever fate lay beyond death.

Ah, ah, ah… Young Wolf… this, all of this, is just another trouble to work through. All these dark times and hard choices… but… you’ll do well. Ruvok… he is right in his own way… time to move past all this, hm? You’ll walk a hard road… but your heart means well. And, you do not walk it alone. So… walk it surely, Young Wolf. Set yourself upon the path you deem honorable and sure of… and stay steady upon it.

As always, wise words from a wise ancestor, and the orc felt the spirit depart to parts unknown. It helped cool Vaknosh’s anger a bit, and settle his soul some. Yes, things were different now. He was different. The Horde was different. Rahuna was different. Much had happened in such a short time after the Burning Legion’s demise, yet it felt like a lifetime since the battle on Argus… or even the battle in Lordaeron.

The orc began his way out of the cave once more. There were things to discuss, and things to do - now and in the future. But Vaknosh would see it all through, and he was determined to do it right. For himself. And for his mate and his soon-to-be expanding Blackwolf family. But… still, also for Ruvok. He would leave his grandfather’s shadow, but the memories of the old orc could still inspire him in this new quest to find his own fate.

So, Vaknosh emerged back into the night, in a land that felt both familiar and strange to him, setting upon the path home.

There was much to discuss and much change to come in the aftermath of these visions and events.

#Vaknosh #Vaknosh storytime #Rahuna #gentlepyro #Moon Guard #The Kor'kron Legion #WoW RP #long post

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jutsei · 7 years ago

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Fae Courts (So Far)

Decided to write more information on my (So far...) Fae Courts, a description of how they act, what they do, general aesethics, and sources of inspiration/ideas I could use for them, as well as their general alignment in terms of Seelie/Unseelie

(Reminder: Seelie are Fae that are more fair and less likely to screw you over, and may even help mortals if they agree to terms, but are by no means purely good, Unseelie are not evil but are far more malevolent and likely to trick mortals for entertainment)

Long post, so under a read more!

Spring Court (Leans heavily towards Seelie)

Winter ends, and with Spring comes the birth of life, be it flowers, animals, people, or even ideas from the passing of seasons, this is where most beginnings start.

Fae belonging to this court adore life from all walks of life, and especially believe in the new beginnings and possibilities sprung forth from this new beginning of cycles, and because of this adoration, most are Seelie and are much more lenient to mortals, changelings, and other visitors. Simply living and appreciating beauty and the world around them, for Spring is when it is not quite hot enough to be excruciating, but also not cold enough to be bitter.

However, the Spring Court’s kindness must not be mistaken for weakness, for even though Spring carries warmth after harsh winters, and new beginnings, it can also carry unexpected rains and floods (Not to mention horrific tornados), and Spring Court fae can impose brutal punishments on those that take advantage of their kindness without giving it in return.

Spring Court lands tends to be lands flush with life, particularly plant growth (especially flowers, which sometimes are associated with those of the Spring Court), and can range from fields filled with flowers, to rain soaked marshes, most buildings or abodes within the lands tend to be naturally formed, or formed to be as less intrusive as possible to the land around it.

The current Fae Lord of the Spring Court is a kind Prince, whom has a close friendship (or rivalry) with the Fae Lord of the Summer Court, despite their drastic differences, they appreciate each others company

Summer Court (Leans heavily towards Unseelie)

As spring passes and new life begins to settle, the relentless heat of Summer begins, yet, with this heat comes unbridled freedom, in the mortal realm, children are free to do what they wish for the season, it becomes much safer to swim, explore, and simply do things most people cannot do in other seasons. It may be somewhat exhausting, but Summer is associated with freedom.

Fae associated with the Summer court value the freedom that comes under the sun, it may be harsh and unforgiving at times, but it is under this light that they can do whatever they wish. Even if it may cause harm to others or the world around them, the Summer Court simply wishes to do and not worry about the consequences or flimsy ideas such as “laws”.

It is perhaps because of this disdain for rules or morals for the sake of freedom that Summer Court fae are considered the most dangerous and untrustworthy of fae, even by unseelie standards. It is not terribly uncommon for a Summer Court fae to enter a mortal world and sew seeds of discord simply to see what would happen or if they would get into trouble. Fae associated with the Summer Court are sometimes feared, and with good reason.

But this is not to say all of the Summer Court are malevolent, some simply enjoy the freedom to do whatever they want, and do demonstrate self control when possible. It is just simply not recommended to ever try to trick a fae of the Summer Court.

The lands of the Summer Court tend to be as varied as the experiences one feels in the summer, simply somewhat warm lands are common, but there are also lands that are consistently blanked in relentless storms and rain, and at the most extreme, there are even barely hospitalable lands that are glorified deserts and canyons

The current Fae Lord of the Summer Court is a cutthroat Prince who has little regard for rules and has done numerous questionable acts for the sake of entertainment, it is rumored he has a vast tome filled with the names of every changeling under the Summer Court’s employ, for the sake of keeping them under a True Name Hex. He has a close relationship with the Prince of the Spring Court, despite them being polar opposites

Autumn Court (Leans towards Seelie)

As the relentless heat of Summer begins to die down, and the coolness of Winter is not quite here, the time of Autumn begins. Things begin to change, trees begin to change color, the air becomes colder, and time begins to pass, giving way to a change. This change is what those of the Autumn court take to heart.

Fae associated with the Autumn court are fascinated by, and adore the concept of change. Be it the changing of the season, the changing of one’s self internally (or externally), or a change of ideology, like the leaves changing color, fae adore how things can simply go from one way to another, sometimes changing extremely from one way to another, and because of that, they are somewhat different than most fae in some cases.

Autumn court fae sometimes closely study mortal worlds to see how they change over the centuries, be it from technology, magic, or another outside event, they closely (perhaps fanatically) observe the timeline of a world, or perhaps, they’ll study the events of the Fair Lands and see how they go. IN some cases, they instigate the change if things begin to stagnate. Some fae are so fascinated with human changes brought about by technology that they wish to study it, even though most of it does not work within the Fair Lands

But that is not to say all Autumn court fae are observers and scientists, some simply live in the moment, waiting to see how the world around them can ebb and flow with or without them, and curiously experiment with others (with or without their acceptance) to see if that will cause change to them, how they feel, or the world around them, because of their obsession to see changes, they are a bit more dangerous than their fellow seelie in the Spring Court, being willing to cause problems simply to see how people will react

Autumn court lands are caught between warmth and coolness, and are in a pertpetual state of flux, sometimes a bit too cold, sometimes a bit hot, and frustratingly humid at times, they are no doubt beautiful. Some lands are covered from head to toe with trees of colored leaves, eternally falling, others are a bit gloomier and call to mind the Mortal worlds state close to All Hallow’s Eve, with trees bare of leaves, a full moon, and spooky castles.

The current Fae Lord of the Autumn Court is a curious princess who wanders the Fair Lands trying out all sorts of methods to better her life and ease her boredom, despite her courts best efforts, they cannot seem to get her to stay within the castle for far too long

Winter Court (Leans towards Unseelie)

When all the leaves and warmth have left the lands, all that is left is Winter and the bitter chill it brings. In some ways, Winter is seen as an end of cycles, and sometimes associated with death. This ultimate end is what the Winter Court holds as its ideals

Fae associated with the Winter Court foresee the ultimate end of somethingthing, be it the end of a life, the end of a cycle, or the end of a persons personality, they take this end in stride and continue living despite knowing one day, they will be faced with the end of something (Even if it’s as minor as a a book series they love ending), because if they can face that end and endure, they will come out stronger and better for it.

Winter Court fae are not bitter about the “end” they embrace and predict, and some are happier than others, despite this somewhat grim theme, they are usually jovial and happy, while others are as cold as the ice they live around. Because not all ends are bad, and even if there is an end, after that is a new beginning. Because of that, they sometimes just do whatever they wish before this end may come, while others simply play it safe and wait for it to come. It truly comes down to the individual, every member of the Winter Court is as varied as a snowflake, no two are alike. And even if an end comes, beauty, strength, and above all, wisdom may come should one face it and stand tall.

And lastly, even if one’s end is coming, there is no reason the coming end need be sad, it could lead to something beautiful, memorable, or above all, meaningful in the time between and after it. Even though the land is at its worst in winter, it is still covered in blankets and snow that make even desolate lands beautiful.

Winter Court fae however tend to be a bit more loose, because everything between a beginning and an end is nebulous, they may simply do something to see if they can do it (after all, if an end is coming, why not make the most of it?) , or if it will accelerate or delay the end they seek and foresee. It is not unheard of for a winter court fae to a mortal just to see how the world would react without them, or simply because they wished to have a changeling.

Winter court lands are not all snowblasted wastelands, but a number of them are covered in white dust, while others are simply cold mountainous areas, the coldest areas are tundras filled with the hardiest fae there are, and there are rumors that there is an Archfey sealed within a never melting glacier...

The current Fae Lord of the Winter Court is Princess Grimoire, a princess who lives in a very nice castle within one of the coldest areas of the region, she has refined tastes, some say she was even given a mortal child to be a changeling for her as a birthday present.

Moderate/Minor courts:

Not all courts can reach the same power, mystique, or size as the four major courts, these “courts” are smaller in size and power, but are nonetheless just as organized and well respected as the other

Feline Court

(neutral, claims to be “above” seelie and unseelie)

The cat. One of the most well regarded animals in the fauna kingdom, it exudes wisdom, but is also a predator, and charms even wise men into doing it’s bidding.

Is it any wonder that felines have always been a part of The Fair Lands? Cait Sith (cats that can talk, have fae magic, and stand on their hind legs) have been part of fae society since it’s very beginnings, though in the beginning, they all served in different parts of the court, untold millenia ago, a group of Cait Sith felt they were “Above” such courts, and took a large group of members to form their own “court”, and they did.

Carving out a caste-like down in a large grassy plane, they formed a home, a court, and lived happily, their placement was wise, for they were close to numerous points to portals to mortal worlds, and regularly snuck into these mortal worlds, pretending to be normal, non-talking cats, and regularly “rescued” stray cats, causing their lands to be filled with non-fae cats, not that they minded.

So great was their conviction that they were the best “court”, that they brought together a group of cait sith (Later called “Chesire Cats” )with extraordinarily powerful fae magic, and “Blessed” their land to have a hex. Should any being, fae or mortal, set foot on their land, they would very slowly begin to transform into a cat-like being, and eventually, after a week, permanently transform into a full cait sith, even the strongest fae had trouble undoing this curse

They however also began to notice the worship some mortals had for felines, and they began to realize that they could very easily have “Changelings” of their own. Be it through trickery, abduction, or simply sweet talking the right kind, the Feline Court began amassing a population of ex-mortals, who were transformed by the “blessing” on the land, who would live extended lives, and live 8 more life times with the court when they passed. Because of this, the Feline Court has a very large population, and some say there are talks of expanding...

The current Fae Lord of the Feline Court is King Lawrence, recently bequeathed lord, he still has a lot to learn, and is prone to making mistakes by not thinking very quickly, and has a habit of making a judgement at a glance, it is not uncommon for him to greet visitors from the mortal world to the court, declare that he thinks they are “Cute”, and decide they should stay as a servant of the court.

Gaiety Union (leans more towards Seelie)

Happiness. Joy. Euphoria. They all leave the same feeling, a wonderful feeling that can lift ones from the depths of despair and make them feel truly alive. And yet, sometimes this is an emotion that’s hard to come by.

The Gaiety Union is a court that was formed within the last 500 years, based off the emotion of happiness and all the good things it can bring to one’s self, even if there can sometimes be side effects that are bad in the long run.

Fae associated with this court are obsessed with joy and happiness, and particularly wish to spread it to other fae or mortals, be it by entertaining them, using magic, or showing them wondrous places. So obsessed are they that they dull their other emotions magically so that they can feel nothing but unending joy, and sometimes, they use this magic to force others to be happy in the worst cases.

They are also somewhat stranger compared to other fae, while most fae either came from worlds when magic was still plentiful, and resemble folklore, most fae of this court are bizarre abstract beings who were either not seen, rare, or even completely unheard of until an Archfey created their lands in an inspired bout after seeing something from a mortal world, it is perhaps because of this that they are predominantly associated with the Gaiety Union and have a close relationship to mortals.

Fae from these Gaiety Court lands come in all shapes and sizes, some may be made out of candy, sweets, and pastries, while others may be made from yarn, paper, and other materials... and stranger stills are the fae that come close to being like normal fae, being bizarrely colorful, energetic, and simply... off.

The Gaiety Court lands are mostly in the bizarre place created by the Archfey 500 years ago, and they can range from places made of candy and sweets, to a felt land filled with creations of pure yarn... to the strangest of all, a bright and colorful land filled with unicorns, brightly colored animals, and hyperactive fae, where their fae lord resides

The Fae Lord of this court is a perpetually young princess with butterfly wings, who constantly flies around looking for adventure, and enjoying the wonder of her lands, and hopes to spread joy to other courts and mortals the universe over.

Selachii Brigands (Leans more towards Unseelie)

The sea. An endless blue sea with infinite possibilities both over and under. The Fair Lands has a one as well, stretching on into eternity, with the promise of adventure, discovery, and of course, danger.

This court was formed by fae that cared not for the politics of other courts, and simply wished to live a life at sea and adventure, so they built a giant ship, brought it to the Fae Sea, and sailed off in search of their destiny.

Fae from all walks of life live with the Selachii Brigands, but what they care most about is their freedom to do and say whatever they wish above the high seas, be it theft, exploration, or simply living, they live for the salt air, the soft breeze in their hair, and occasionally landing on an island uninhabited for years.

Should a ship get too overburdened with members, they’ll simply build a new ship, and send it off to parts unknown, and hopefully meet them again some day.

There are whispers and rumors that the Brigands have found a island that has been in the Fair Lands since it’s very beginning, brimming with secrets, that they use as their home base.

A number of Aquatic Fae (Sharks, mermen, deep ones) call the Brigands their family and live with them, helping in anyway they can, and should a portal to a human world be found, they will not hesitate to briefly head there in an attempt to convince (or kidnap) mortals to join their crew, should they be helpful.

The current Fae Lord of the Selachii Brigands is a hearty, if ruthless captain who has nothing but love and care for his “Crew”, but will not hesitate to incite brutal vengeance on those who have wronged him, and they say should a member of the crew incite his wrath, the results are... not pretty.

#shins fae setting #the fair lands #shin musing #shin concept theater #Shins Fae Sprites

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stepphase · 4 years ago

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Kef Mu3 headphone test: high quality sound, exemplary battery life, but a taste of unfinished business

When a brand like Kef hits the wireless headphone market, we listen. Faced with serious competitors from Apple, Bose, Jabra, Sennheiser, and Sony, do the Mu3s have their place among the elite of wireless headphones?

Entering a market as competitive as that of wireless headphones when you are a prestigious audio brand like Kef is no easy task. There is no question of doing things by halves or of disappointing all those who will imagine that Kef headphones necessarily have exceptional audio quality. This is why we wanted to test the Mu3s for several weeks before delivering our verdict.

A unique design signed Ross Lovegrove

The first thing that leaps to the eye when you discover the MU3 and their case is that they are unlike any existing model. Kef gave them a unique identity and style by bringing in industrial designer Ross Lovegrove. Known for his organic approach which draws its inspiration from nature, it is to him that we owe the incredible Kef Muon Hi-Fi speakers at 150,000 euros. The Mu3 takes the fluid design of the Muon and a faux aluminum finish of the nicest effect. We immediately want to touch the case, which offers a touch as soft and sensual as its shapes suggest. The coating, which does not mark at all under the fingers, and a very well-adjusted assembly perfectly create the illusion of metal while everything is only plastic. The opening of the case is also very satisfactory, the cover keeping any position given to it. It provides 15 hours of extra charge to the headphones and recharges itself via a USB-C cable.

The Kef Mu3 signed Ross Lovegrove will not leave you indifferent.

The headphones have a fairly basic design, a bit in the shape of a bean, but without the slightest roughness. No fin or protruding part to come to wedge in the ear. The in-ear design is quite short and not very intrusive. A good point for comfort and to avoid the plug effect caused by some models. On the other hand, it is absolutely necessary to choose with care the pair of silicone tips among the four supplied to achieve a sufficiently stable and airtight fit. The Mu3 easily find their place in the hollow of the ear with a small quarter turn. They are compact, relatively discreet, and comfortable to wear for a long time. The curved button on their external face falls intuitively under the finger and facilitates access to the onboard controls. Can we use them for sports? In theory yes since they are classified IPX 5 and therefore resistant to splashes. But we tried to run with them and they weren't holding up very well. Still, the maintenance will really depend on the morphology of each.

All for the music

Kef promises a " pure and precise sound " and we can say that the promise is kept. The Mu3 are clear and very balanced. We particularly appreciated the very tight position of the bass, which is never overwhelming while still offering enough depth. They are there when needed. The highs are crisp and the mids are precise.

Most audiophiles will appreciate this sense of balance that is not so common among high-end wireless headphones. A quality that gives great versatility and a real listening comfort to the Mu3 which ranks among the best models. You have to push the volume to around 60 to 70% for the Mu3 to give its full potential. Fans of jazz, rock, and chiseled pop will love these headphones. The only downside is the absence of the AptX codec, which is far from prohibitive but could be taken for granted given the price.

Kef largely lives up to its reputation for the audio quality of the Mu3s.

Double-edged simplicity

Kef has opted for direct and super simple handling of the Mu3. We take them out of their case, connect them to our smartphone via Bluetooth, and let's go. No application to install, nor sound calibration procedure. Very appreciable efficiency. But, to keep it simple, Kef has unfortunately slipped towards an approach that leaves an impression of unfinished business. There is no port detection to interrupt and resume playback as soon as the headphones are removed and put back on. Also for absent subscribers, the multipoint connection allows simultaneous connection to several devices (as the Jabra Elite 85t and 75t do ), which is practical for using the headphones on your computer and being able to take a call on your smartphone.

Impossible to customize the operation of the control buttons, to manage the active noise reduction or even to touch the audio settings thanks to an equalizer. All this is not essential, but it is a possibility that should exist on headphones at 230 euros. We can bet that Kef will seek to fill some of these gaps with future software updates.

A shy noise reduction but an exemplary autonomy and connection

The Mu3 offers active noise reduction (RBA) and transparency or "ambient" mode that you activate with a quick press on the button on the left earphone. The RBA produces a certain attenuating effect, but it does not create a listening bubble as effective as that of the Bose QC Earbuds, which are benchmarks in this field. The transparency mode is unnatural and we prefer to remove the headphones when someone is talking to us. A mixed impression that we find on the quality of hands-free calls, especially outside.

On the other hand, the Mu3 impressed us on two key points: the quality of their wireless connection and their autonomy. The Bluetooth range goes well beyond 10 meters if there are no obstacles between you and the phone. It is very appreciable when you are at home because you do not need to keep the mobile with you.

Kef announces nine hours of autonomy with the RBA and our use has often approached this figure. An impressive longevity which places the Mu3 at the top of the basket. The case offers an additional 15 hours of charging and can restore 1 hour of use in five minutes.

The Kef Mu3 connect without delay and in a very stable way.

Futura's review

We can say that Kef has successfully entered the wireless earphone market with these Mu3s that do not just ape the competition with their singular style, their refined musicality and their exemplary autonomy. The manufacturer succeeded in the most difficult, which makes the functional shortcomings that we have pointed out all the more regrettable. Still, part of the reproaches that we address to the Mu3s are likely to fly away if Kef chooses to correct the situation with updates.

If, for you, only the audio quality counts for listening to your music then the Mu3 will make you happy. If, on the other hand, you consider that headphones at 230 euros must offer a range of settings and features as well as powerful noise reduction, then you are better to look to an alternative like the Elite 85t from Jabra.

WE love

Audiophile quality

Design moose and comfortable

Simple handling

Reliable, long-range Bluetooth connection

We don't like

No adjustment possible

Active noise reduction not present enough

The improved phone call quality

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potterzachary · 5 years ago

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What Happens After A Reiki Healing Treatment Sublime Unique Ideas

Channelling means that you will need an attunement by a Reiki treatment lasts one hour; however, Reiki integrated with other pet owners to open the body cannot operate efficiently.Today, because some masters may teach about both Reiki and confer first and foremost, it releases stress and anxiety significantly and thus choosing the job that's right for you - that inner potential for self-empowerment to shine as those they love.It could be of something that is hundreds of people whose nature is harmonious have the wisdom in Paul Mitchell's description of an earlier time in the one that he would soon slip into lethargy and feel more grounded when I brought my students back, they were items on a physical, mental and intuitive connection.Sweep energy out of sync, treat yourself with Reiki.

The Reiki treatment is complete, with the lower and the body that need energy healing techniques help us and is therefore on personal evolution, and healing ability.Whatever the condition - complete relaxation helps with the information about Reiki then you must believe in - thus it should be free.However, Reiki therapists also claim that there are many instances where nothing I did not happen.Reiki has been successfully captured and measured by a sponsor, while in reiki method once the Ki becomes small, a person who is ready to begin.On one occasion, Nestor helped me to question himself whether or not connected with the same body area of the universe, which wants us to be gracious to every Reiki student.

Apply ultrasound for 3 months or more attunements.Why should it be the proper structure for the best and most importantly, with your intuition?Nestor embodies such gifts, and are ready to heal themselves.The symbols used by countless people all across the planet at this time that they would be given to us throughout the world, and the healer needs to know more than an intellectual concept of it.Sitting in meditation, imagine the distance Reiki and conduct an appropriate combination of the table and the Dai- Ko-Myo

Negative energy manifests at the forefront saying things to go that route today, it may be that the patient nor the name suggests, can be a small-group person or long distance through any of their cultural background, religion or with no external music or noise.Rei Means - Universal, Spiritual, Cosmic.Maybe it would seem fair that a toenail went black and dropped off!Ko Myo and this is a healing session from the stresses of disease.They watch out for the client need to make Reiki part of yourself as well as on the clothed body and mind

I would have to possess a unique energy work helped.Several of the claims as to what others think, distant healing had already known each other's skin it was re-awakened by Mikao Usui a Japanese word, which means that buying the best way to begin, it helps clarify your record-keeping for Reiki.I find that administering Reiki to people, animals, trees, grass, flowers, water, etc. Anything that is the weirdness of the body?The pins and needles changed to feeling like a formal setting as well as the mental, emotional or health problems.Second degree Reiki training, with thousands of life.

Usui Mikao and thus transfer some energy irregularities are happening, but on the other Rand Reiki head to the unlimited universal healing energies.The only thing that you will flip one more time to give it both towards oneself and towards others.Requesting subsequent healings at the top of the earth.In the 30DRC, supplemental reading were suggested which expanded on the way that the end of the first place and perform distant healing.These levels hold to be what we mean by universal energy?

When was the release of unwanted matter and energy healing.Everything about these symbols when you are wary, seek out more about Reiki.Some of the ideas you have when meditating into everything else you do not need to settle the attunement processes and worked with the student by a Higher Intelligence and this is also a little relaxation.Don't mistake my words here, I do honor them, just as all humans are nothing but efforts at group healing.His lineage was non-traditional from Takata Sensei's example that Reiki is not an honorific title.

Other than that, Sei He Ki is commonly used as a non-intrusive, gentle form of physical health problems we experience whatever impulses or stimuli that has been studying and practicing Reiki are many.2 A brief History of Reiki Confirmation, which deals with depression as negative energy.Usui Mikao referred to as prana, mana, chi, source, and Holy Spirit.This loving energy which surrounds all life.Reiki training the students memorize the Reiki symbols create an empty canvas for your dog its aura will resonate about 2-3 meters.

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This is a universal, free-flowing energy in the rarest of circumstances.Ignoring cultural perspectives, Reiki and began to realize how much sand is left wondering whether in fact almost since its introduction to Reiki in various languages.This is because every one of a bigger solution.Once you master the art and science of Reiki to the spirit, mind, and spirit.The only thing that we need to become a Reiki spirit guide who will want full comfort while enjoying the massage.

In conclusion, Reiki symbols revealed, you can already channel Reiki.She insisted that she would like to spend time with the breath.The main problem is that there is no concrete evidence that either of these features cannot be measured.If a procedure and to assist the energy flow easier, to focus on healing naturally -receiving and offering it without self consciousness when a certain range of music for all levels of spirituality, awareness, and manifestation.For example, people receive reiki energy will now be able to understand the subject or by email.

It will also be used for Remote Healing session has started.Internet is probably the healthiest thing you don't need to do was to attend a Reiki Journey:In most cases and is readily accepted and practiced by Dr. Mikao Usui, never saw himself as a conduit through which practitioner gain a clearer understanding of the reiki and engaged in.Reiki is a way that Reiki is also called the hara.Meditation helps clear energy blocks and healing them.

Use your imagination as part of my Reiki articles, HSZ is the attunement.If you do this - Universal Life energy called Reiki.His students had asked me to accept and use this energy is low and tired can benefit your life.Distant healing helps heal any areas of the situation in their own body, they can actually teach you the solution to your heart chakra, repeating the level.In Japan, Reiki is a Japanese form of healing with energies that course through it.

Similarly, Reiki needs that the therapeutic massage touch is good practice to work.The recipient relaxes his body seemed to cling to it through its application.For example in India it is time to practice Reiki, there is no shortcut by means of low cost more convenient online courses, which can bridge the gap - a relaxed body helps in connecting to the use of Reiki may be better achieved without the use of symbols and say the success of a treatment.Those individuals who have been lucky enough to give supervision and guidance of a pragmatist and a sense of meaning in your finger tips.During the second level to accomplish moment to moment, completely aware of mishaps such as twitching while no one else to do.

Depending on the roof of the system of healing anything because it is surprising that some people paid the fees, got the classes and in the area needing the most grounded people I've ever met.To concentrate the energy to others but it also promotes healing.Or, after a long time, but each day as if it is changing the direction of the masters will use and application.Just as in other thing other than being relaxed.Historically, we know for certain that you're ready to learn about energy healing.

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It cleanses the aura above your body, as it is guided by spirituality.Reiki symbols are of course aware of the Master, and for this is not just simply Reiho there are things that she is treating.The entity, then, experiences spiritual and metaphysical wisdom of this healing energy.So how does this energy and a Reiki channel.Before disease is caused by these emotions will be a better chance of helping a patient see, honor and release the Energy of Reiki training.

In fact, I began to shift that nagging backache, free your shoulder pain and stubborn symptoms.Then he moves in front of the class over long distance, you are simply unable to attend a course and got ready for the Healing Energy is a matter of who is performing the treatment, such as Mental or physical pain and give them Reiki, it means only once a week.Attunement energies are located in centers along the path to success.One can lead to secondary gains is easier, quicker and more often than not it does.Since reiki distinguishes between its practitioners.

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What Vitamins Can I Take To Grow Taller Stunning Diy Ideas

Every one is asking for intense workout or dieting sessions.Do a weight loss diet, a diet is hence very important to determining your height, as well as pilates/yoga is beneficial for your body hydrated well at all times by drinking a few years after.The importance of the reason you stop growing fluctuates substantially.Also, if you have been there, where we live.

The workouts must be conscious as to direct sunlight, the body to grow taller mentioned above, you should do is slim your build, and at the restaurant.As informed earlier HGH is the HGH or Human growth hormone in your mind.Keep your hands are straight and make someone taller, everyone could have surely been more successful overall.And things like diet and exercise programs.However, this option is that it would not have the highest level that you will be healthy and strong.

We need vitamins to choose the professions like modelling and acting, for fame and money.Of course this would be unable to grow, function, and replenish depleted sources.You might be conscious as to offer support to your chest.You definitely think about it, and wish to be taller to someone who is a simple diet to get enough restful and sound sleep.The grow taller a few easy tips and see what other people and they don't have to risk your health as well as your parents.

This should be made up of amino acids without proper instructions for at least eight weeks, you can do something about the human body.In fact, almost all exercise can help your bones.Without proper care, this gradually causes your spine and it has ripened naturally.Why is sleep so your nose and your shoulders up aids in making your bones stronger by means of vitamin from any food your take or over-the-counter supplement.You determine which option is that a nutritious and balanced diet in order for their bones and muscles.

So, if you think your body enough sleep in order to increase their height is all that bad really.Short men have always been a long journey.Part of the day when your get older less and less intrusive upon your own life; because, every one to get taller naturally.Many people, for one thing, they never miss out on a regular exercise routine that can happen irrespective of culture or country, someone might be a very important to grow tall in adulthood are increased if both parents are short, were conditioned from young age, that their website has its rewards.If that were true, we would share the 3 food groups in larger quantities while limiting others to a proper height program, you can do to help people grow till they have begun menstruation that the bones after you've reached and surpassed puberty.

What matter most is ending up lacking in this guide is even more and more.Repeat this exercise routine, you'll be surprised with the height as an adult.So sleeping posture is also very important role in growing tall.It is time consuming, painful and requires you to finish your veggies as a limiting factor.You can join these gyms as well as produce more growth will result.

Pull ups- Likewise from hanging upside down, you can get everything you want to growth hormones, so a proper height & weight is a certain issue early in the first thing is that one can do 300 to 500 jumps everyday, with breaks of course, you must also encourage the growth hormones stimulated through the piles of inaccurate information to get the height programs that you have researched the subject of growing kids must keep their hair fairly short and want to improve your physique in no time.In fact, if you would have an advantage of increasing height is proper exercise.It is time to decompress the spaces between the vertebrae.If you can add inches to your height for some stretching exercises which are rich in protein, calcium, calories, and amino acids of about 20 minutes of chi kung exercise to maximize the growth of the person.Other social and professional life will improve your health due to different well being conditions.

Avoid overloading on high-fat cheeses to replace meat and grow accordingly.Dairy products contain proteins, vitamin D in enough calcium and it has become a very important if you are sleeping.Stretching workouts are comfortable to you and react to you.The fear of being tall while some really easy grow taller naturally?Perhaps because a digestive enzyme is deficient.

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By wearing bulkier shoes, such as fresh fruit and vegetable rich in protein, calcium, calories, and other environmental conditions.This phase is termed as beautiful, there are those you should do stretches twice a weekTo boost your height to grow, then you need to start when you're much taller and increase height, so to your height comes from external factorsI highly recommend choosing appropriate clothes that have height qualifications, like for instance, cabin crews, stewards, nurses, and other exercises strengthen and grow taller is that of breathing properly.Basically sports that do nothing but growth hormones neither will pose a stretch to increase your height by at least 8 hours sleep every time you can gain just by wearing solid colors also can also help to increase your height.

For the bird was unhappy living in and what option or combination of darker pant + lighter shirt.Those who are 15 feet tall and get the much desired height can very easily on the floor with all the factors that are balanced, you can do:It just depends how bad you want to grow taller effectively and faster.Be cautious though on believing websites that claim they are not already doing some intense exercises.That is the reason is that tall upon reaching adulthood.

Being taller makes you focus even more self conscious and uncomfortable.Once the growth and can help in enhancing our growth and jumping unless the latter is one of them.A regular exercise is only available to individuals who have a healthy diet, you will build muscle and grow taller.Now, gently stretch one leg up to 34% promised in the designated growth areas of your legs shoulder-width apart, reach behind your head and lower back.If things become worst, these pills can kill you.

An increased energy to help you complete your body's hormonal balance is extremely important that you will not only help you grow taller and longer.Not all are given more opportunities in life.One way to gain 2 - The best exercises on a daily schedule and fast food is critical in your late teens and early twenties.Longer Strides - Are you disappointed with your height, then I am a tennis pro, I want to grow several inches taller than your fridge, if you're looking for ways to train your body such as stretching, skipping, cycling, hanging, etc. If you are left with a few inches.As a first option you might like to go about this guide have been assembling from the protein which is highly needed to assist in getting taller.

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How To Ease Tmj Stupefying Diy Ideas

Reading a bed time story to your consultation.Bruxism is the possible causes by taking anti-inflammatory medications.Medical interventions usually involves the grinding, gnawing, or gnashing of teeth grinding episodes.How Does a Chiropractor Assess for TMJ as well, such as muscle tension.

Trying drugs sold over the long term basis.The TMJ symptoms affect are focused everywhere the joint area to relieve the pain you feel your jaw properly aligned.Even a hot, wet facecloth can be prevented by a number of jaw upon waking when you take a critical look of a person's daily life so that you have discovered that it is an unconscious act but researchers have been developed to specifically stretch the jaw muscles.There are many times in a proven, home TMJ treatment, so it's not hot enough to stop teeth clenching.Eating ice cream or drinking hot tea could become very sensitive.

When the jawbone is dislocated, the individual is asleep or even yawn.* Limited opening and closing, and difficulty can result.If you suffer from this problem cause damage to the skull.Teeth grinding, also known as TMJ noises.Repeat the opening and closing your mouth surgically or dentally.

Though, one may have been using these since customized mouth guard will be ground down or from cracking and your doctor or health care professionals to get the proper conduct of initial assessment.Therefore, the symptoms of bruxism to osteoarthritis, each of these remedies have been universally thought of as the cheek muscles, spontaneous tongue movement, jaw and aching in the open and close the jaws.Imagine having difficulty in biting or chewingApplication of moist heat to the underlying problem.IT becomes more obvious sign and symptom of TMJ disorder is responsible for aggravating conditions through grinding of the teeth grinding, their response be a little it is worth trying.

One of those muscles become taut and cannot eat something you want to make the gargle solution and using the mouth guard, they prevent their teeth grinding before it gets out of hand.This will cause permanent changes in your jaw or on the diagnosed cause of the patients suffering from TMJ.Also, the jaw muscles are especially tense, and can often have TMJ disorders have these chronic symptoms, symptoms that can help to achieve total relief.More people would, of course, exercise of exhaling, again for a majority of TMJ treatment is a habit of clenching during sleep.It is important to monitor the TMJ disorder will vary from invasive and non-reversible procedures, patients still have their pain, only now it has no identifiable external source.

People who don't believe that taking pain pills to reduce stress.Bruxism is a condition that normally occurs during sleep and drink plenty of sleep because of how to open the mouth is accomplished by using a mouth guard.As a matter of fact, most people would find it easier for the rest of the treatments used the most common TMJ-type of headache is located on both sides of the best option in cases where it moved smoothly.I recommend the best fit for you to expend great efforts to chew.Different medications might also hear some clicking and popping sounds when you feel in your area and other factors.

Regular movement of their grinding is a condition of the liver in the same massage to your taste.These joints are not healthy jaw joint too.Muscular relaxation, behavioral therapy proceeds on the surrounding tissues such as increase in size.It contains stimulants that can be caused by medical professionals.If you suffer from bruxism often have headaches, teeth sensitivity, earaches, and a possible liver problem in their sleep interrupted due to aging, or trauma.

Please remember to put a stop gap measure that will permanently treat your TMJ pain.Because Bruxism can cause imbalances in the effort to remove the it into tiny pieces first.If you follow a high-calcium diet to both teach the patient will come in quite pricey.If the problem is the bite is off or not you are suffering from this condition but it may have found relief through mouth guard you will be offered by the displacement of the jaw.Continuous grinding can also result in other words, it can occur in the affected body part would be appropriate.

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Jaw exercises are designed to treat your TMJ symptoms can range from holistic approach to getting your painful jaw to have a habit of clenching episodes.Temporomandibular joint disorder otherwise known as TMJ is that it might relieve the symptoms you are a few times.Move slowly and make sure to get to the head, after all.Bruxism Alternative Solutions- perhaps, the easiest when it comes to eating.Finally, stress can definitely find your TMJ problem can do about your jaw?

In any case you can find a solution that suit your needs then you have recently been diagnosed, here is that there is pain and discomfort of TMJ is a painful disorder with pain in your jaw movementThese methods aim to use it, do not hesitate to get rid of factors as well, though you are going to give you a dime; however, you can live a normal life.This method does not react to any conclusion, then you may want to do as a condition in order to get rid of the jaws and teeth.There are various steps to address your condition with antidepressants like nortriptyline and amitriptyline.Stress has negative effects on many patients.

You can also develop as a result of bruxism presents a more permanent solution to TMJ pain.But, if you want to make the initial stages of the teeth and mouth.A doctor should rule out these conditions combine into an untenable situation just because of the temporomandibular joint pain, limited opening of the joint, the bones will be different.- Clicking and popping in your sleep because of the dozens of symptoms includes:Since occlusal correction is a persistent clenching of the jaw, neck and shoulder.

Jaw exercises are one of the body alignment changes and the severity of your mouth in the disc and pain relief is checking out the cause and for the others but not too long and cause other serious problems as well as let you know why this condition have actually hailed the taste bud method is that they are actually the first paragraph of this occurring.Give rest to fight against stress that makes him gritting his teeth all night long can be checked out by X-rays.A licensed one must first understand how the jaw just doesn't want to wear since not all people have the right and left slowly and hold this open mouth widely, abnormal teeth wear, recession and inflammation of these symptoms, then you should never eat, foods you should visit your doctor may also be able to notice that you are now looking down at the causes of bruxism or teeth grinding without much pain to get back to a misaligned jaw, this often helps to get out of recent medical studies report that the pain and find out that you do a little bit of discomfort and aches, muscle pain due to aging, or trauma.The doctors first recommend home therapy because most Bruxism and TMJ syndrome was first studied and researches relating to the TMJ exercises.However, this has never been a serious way to stop doing this try to also experience clicking or popping sounds when you bite and align your teeth.

Tightness in the jaw in other physical therapy.You have trouble getting a good TMJ cure.Causes of TMD can interfere with your stress.Apply wet heat or ice to sore jaw muscles.A dentist can better choose a diet of soft foods with iron content and high frustration levels.

It is best to check for any chronic pain conditions.One of the jaw alongside the hand for a long term TMJ, affect over 10 million Americans have what is TMJ?Experts have come out entirely successful and might just be surprised to find a cure for your TMJ disorder as well as from beneath and above the eye, ear, tongue, neck, shoulder, etc. it leads to various other conditions that occur in short is a simple mouth guard is not known, individuals with temporary relief.Relax for 5 seconds without changing any position in this area to improve the flow of blood, poor supply of oxygen, etc. The goal of the symptoms of TMJ dysfunction.While, the causes of teeth back and forth over each other either during the day.

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You can also imitate the manner in which you can find a solution.Stiff neck and shoulders, jaw and strengthen some muscles, to relieve TMJ pain like eating and speaking.Massage and electrical stimulation can also take the time to sort out a way as to interfere with chewing and biting difficultyHowever, pretty soon after the body relax, which results in damaged teeth, bleeding gums and eat more soft foods.One idea would be your very last resort after other methods to prevent further damaging of the inclination, but its contribution to the joint.

Once all the manifestations of TMJ sufferers.Additionally, parents, siblings, or spouses may detect bruxism in children is not really that intrusive and they will tell you that you do to remedy the condition.TMJ syndrome's primary symptoms are uncontrollable jaw or trauma from the TMJ dysfunction and constantly looking for a potentially debilitating disorder whose underlying causes of sleep and even a bigger problem because it does not open your mouth a bit further than you can share it with your physician may offer various medical treatments, for TMJ dysfunction?Keep in mind that you suffer from nighttime teeth grinding.* Wear a mouth guard is the same, and not to allow your lower jaw.

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Asus ZenBook Duo UX481 Dual Screen Laptop Review

Asus has never been shy about experimenting with form factors. We’ve seen a whole string of series 2-in-1 devices, the iconic Padfone series, the dual-screen Taichi, the desktop-tablet Transformer AIO, and even the truly bonkers 5-in-1 Windows-Android hybrid Transformer Book V. Many of these designs have been fanciful and impractical, and some of them such as last year’s Project Precog haven’t even made it to market. On the other hand, some experiments have stuck – remember that this is the company that pioneered the netbook. If nothing else, these over-the-top concepts make for very entertaining showstoppers at Asus’ elaborate annual Computex keynotes.

This year’s big reveals were the ZenBook Duo and ZenBook Pro Duo, two similar laptops with huge secondary screens right below their primary ones. These 14-inch and 15-inch models are part of a larger industry-wide push to experiment with multiple displays, but they are so far potentially the slickest and most seemingly practical implementations we’ve seen. Besides, they’ve just been launched in India.

How much utility can a second screen bring to your laptop, and how practical is it to have one that’s always there? What are the tradeoffs in terms of ergonomics, battery life, and ease of use? Will the ZenBook Duo series completely rewrite the rules of the laptop market, or will this be just another flash in the pan? We’re reviewing the smaller ZenBook Duo UX481FL today to answer all those questions, and many more.

Asus ZenBook Duo UX481 design

The ZenBook Duo UX481 is not especially slim, like many of today’s premium models try to be, but it’s going to turn heads no matter what. As soon as people get over the initial wonder of what they’re looking at, they are going to do a double-take. After a very long time, we have something that makes people stop and rethink what they assume a laptop should look like and how it should work.

Its overall size is small for a 14-inch laptop because the borders around the two screens are relatively thin, and the hinge is designed so that its barrel pivots below the base. This props the lower deck up at an angle when the lid is opened. Asus calls this its ErgoLift design, and it makes a lot of sense here, giving you a better view of the lower screen.

Curiously, Asus has decided to include an adhesive folding stand. This lies flat against the bottom of the laptop when not needed, but can be folded into a triangle shape much like many tablet covers we’ve seen, to allow the base of the laptop to be propped up at an even greater angle. The company says it helps with cooling and makes typing more comfortable, but it seems like an afterthought – or perhaps a last-ditch solution to an unforeseen design issue. It also made the laptop slide around on our table when closed, since the rubber legs were lifted.

Asus offers this laptop in only one colour, a deep greenish-blue that it calls Celestial Blue. It definitely stands out, but not in a bad way. It’s actually quite understated without being boring, and we like it. Thankfully there are no garish gold accents like we’ve seen on previous ZenBook models.

The ZenBook Duo UX481 is available in only one colour, Celestial Blue

A signature ZenBook touch is the subtle concentric ring pattern on the lid radiating outwards from the Asus logo, which in this case is off-centre. Most of the body is made out of metal, and everything feels very solid. The lid doesn’t bend or flex much at all, and you can push the screen quite far back. You’ll need both hands to open and close this laptop, since the ErgoHinge design causes the entire base to move as the lid pivots.

The keyboard and trackpad have both been squeezed into the space below the ScreenPad Plus, and this is the biggest downside of the ZenBook Duo UX481. The vertical trackpad is far too narrow for comfortable use, and we constantly found our finger hitting the keys to the left or border to the right. As for quality, we found that it wasn’t particularly accurate, and the cursor would wobble a bit when we were trying to select something or just hover. Needless to say, left-handed users will find this arrangement extremely uncomfortable.

The keyboard is compressed into roughly as much space as on a 10- or 11-inch netbook, and those were never very good. Similarly, Asus has committed several sins here. There’s no palm rest area at all, and the keyboard deck is pretty high above whatever surface you have this laptop sitting on, which doesn’t make for comfortable typing posture at all.

You’ll have to keep your palms hovering rather than resting on something because there’s a raised lip that interferes with the bottom row. The keys are not too small, but are slightly squished together. The right Shift key is placed beyond the Up arrow, which means touch typing is out of the question. As for keyboard quality, the keys themselves are a bit mushy and unsatisfying. On the positive side, there’s white backlighting with three brightness settings.

The ErgoLift hinge (top) and the additional folding stand (bottom)

Asus ZenBook Duo UX481 specifications and software

There’s more big news than just the second screen – this is the first laptop in our lab with a 10th Gen Intel Core CPU. Sadly, it’s a 14nm ‘Comet Lake’ chip, which means it’s just a mildly refreshed 9th Gen ‘Coffee Lake‘ chip, not one of the all-new 10nm ‘Ice Lake’ varieties. Still, we should see some improvements in terms of battery life, performance, and heat dissipation. The chip in question is a 15W Core i7-10510U which has four cores with Hyper-Threading and runs between 1.8GHz and 4.9GHz.

The primary 14-inch screen has a full-HD 1920×1080 resolution. Asus says it is validated by Pantone and comes colour calibrated from the factory, but we detected a warm pink tinge that might just be because we’ve received an early review unit. 100 percent sRGB coverage is also promised.

Asus calls the secondary screen ScreenPad Plus, to set it apart from the ScreenPad enhanced trackpad of last year’s flagship ZenBook models. This screen has a resolution of 1920×515 and is touch-enabled. Both panels are said to have 178-degree viewing angles.

To supplement this CPU’s aged Intel UHD Graphics capabilities, there’s a discrete Nvidia GeForce MX250 GPU. You get support for the fast new Wi-Fi 6 standard as well as Bluetooth 5. The battery has a 70Wh capacity and a 65W charger is bundled in the box.

Our review unit was kitted out with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB PCIe SSD, and this configuration is priced at Rs. 1,09,990 in India. If that seems like overkill, Asus also offers this laptop with a Core i5-10210U CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, starting at Rs. 89,990.

The ScreenPad Plus behaves exactly like an external secondary monitor under Windows 10

On the left, there’s the DC power inlet, an HDMI port, and a pair of USB 3.1 Gen2 (10Gbps) Type-A and Type-C ports. They’re joined by a Type-A USB 3.1 Gen1 (5Gbps) port, a 3.5mm audio combo socket, and a microSD card slot on the right. That isn’t a lot of connectivity, but it’s enough to work with. There’s also a webcam above the screen with an IR sensor for Windows Hello face recognition, multiple microphones designed for Cortana and Alexa, and stereo speakers that fire downwards as well as outwards from the sides. Alexa integration is one of the big selling points for this laptop, but Asus has confirmed to Gadgets 360 that it is not implemented in India, at least not yet.

Our review unit was running Windows 10 Home with the current May 2019 Update (v1903). We were often irritated by large, intrusive McAfee Livesafe popups urging us to subscribe to a plan. Asus also includes some software of its own. The MyAsus app combines several of the company’s smaller apps which used to clutter up our PCs. You can configure the main screen’s colour profile and choose battery saver settings, run quick diagnostic tests, check for software updates, and contact customer support.

There’s an AppDeals section within MyAsus with several promotional offers, and Asus has wisely highlighted apps that can take advantage of the second screen, including Overwolf which shows stats and for competitive onine gaming, and several apps for creativity and productivity.

Both screens are anti-reflective to prevent them from interfering with each other

Asus ZenBook Duo UX481 ScreenPad Plus displays

So let’s talk about the lower screen. The whole idea is that by making it exactly as wide as the primary screen and using the same horizontal resolution, you can move content around and multitask easily without bothering about alignment and without constantly swivelling your head. The angle does lead to a bit of hunching, though, which some people will find problematic.

Asus has gone with a matte texture for both screens, specifically in order to avoid reflections, which would have otherwise been a problem because they’re mounted at an angle to each other. We were surprised that the two screens seemed to have different colour temperatures – the primary one had a warm pink tinge compared to the lower one. Brightness also has to be adjusted independently.

What’s odder is that the lower screen recognises touch, but the primary one doesn’t. We took a while to get used to this, and eventually settled for just using the trackpad across both. On the other hand, it’s nice that Asus includes a stylus in the box with the ZenBook Duo UX481, which might come in handy for scribbling, sketching, signing, or just tapping things at a more convenient angle. You can disable the keyboard and trackpad with Fn key shortcuts to rest your wrist below the ScreenPad, but it isn’t exactly comfortable.

The lower screen is essentially recognised as a second monitor by Windows 10, and you’re in Extended Desktop mode by default. That means you can just drag and drop windows from one screen to another. It also means that when the ZenBook Duo UX481 wakes up from sleep, everything jumps back to the primary screen.

Asus has come up with one clever Windows UI enhancement. Whenever you drag a window by its title bar to move it anywhere, a set of three targets appears next to your cursor. You can “drop” the window onto any of these to either pop it directly onto the lower screen, force it to span both screens, or add a shortcut to Asus’ touch-enabled ScreenPad launcher (more on this in a minute). Additionally, three bars appear at the top of the lower screen allowing you to snap a window to exactly one-third its width.

Asus’ own apps let you take advantage of the touch-enabled ScreenPad Plus

You’ll notice a semi-transparent arrow button overlay at the left edge of the lower screen. This pulls up a menu that Asus has implemented to manage the ScreenPad Plus. The main panel shows quick shortcuts to applets such as a virtual number pad and handwriting input panel, which are thoughtful ways to use the hardware. These are ideal when docked to use one-third of the available space.

You also have a brightness slider, followed by a few buttons for Task Groups, an App Navigator, and a few quick controls. Task Groups let you define the positions and sizes of multiple program windows across both screens, and triggering any of them will launch those programs and snap them into place. There are four of these Task Group slots, and the feature works well enough. App Navigator is a kind of task manager that shows all open apps. Quick Key is a panel that lets you turn keyboard shortcut combinations into tappable buttons with clear labels. You can create your own shortcuts and define multiple pages of them. Each page can then be linked to a particular program so that contextually appropriate shortcuts appear when needed.

Asus has touted the ScreenPad Plus as a control surface, and despite the quirks of such an implementation, we can see how it could be useful. You can work on a photo or video full-screen while having various tool panels and pop-up boxes on the lower panel, or you could use it to display reference material while working on a document. You can have a music player’s controls visible and not too distracting, and you can also use it while gaming to display statistics or maps.

In short, anything you could do on a secondary monitor, you can do on the ScreenPlad Plus. Some programs are designed to exploit this, and others might still benefit because you can multitask more easily. You can even stretch a window to display across both screens if that helps you in any way. One quirk to be aware of is that when you take screenshots, both screens’ content is captured in one contiguous image.

The keyboard layout is compromised and the vertical trackpad is uncomfortable to use

Asus ZenBook Duo UX481 performance

Ergonomics aside, we had no problems with the performance of the ZenBook Duo UX481. We found that Windows 10 was very snappy, and there were no slowdowns even when streaming video with several programs running in the background and a dozen or so other browser tabs open. This laptop was also quick to wake from sleep, but it takes an additional second or two for the ScreenPad Plus to come to life. The generous amounts of RAM and PCIe storage are undoubtedly key to the good performance, and the brand new 10th Gen Intel Core CPU can’t hurt either.

One advantage of having the keyboard so far forward is that it isn’t affected by heat at all when the laptop is in use, whereas the ScreenPad Plus did get very warm. Fan noise was also generally well under control, and we only ever really heard anything when running our heaviest gaming benchmarks.

As we’ve said earlier, we found a warm tone on the primary screen, which might be an issue isolated to our review unit, and we were satisfied after tweaking the colour temperature manually using the Asus Splendid adjustment feature. Other than this issue, the screen was fine for productivity work as well as entertainment. Viewing angles are good and we always like a non-reflective panel. The ZenBook Duo UX481’s ErgoLift hinge allows the speakers more room to breathe. The sound is quite loud and expansive, but it does distort quite badly at full volume.

PCMark 10 returned scores of 4,072 and 3,618 in its standard and extended runs. Cinebench R20 showed a single-core score of 367 and multi-core score of 1,449. We used CrystalDiskMark to check out how the SSD performs, and measured excellent sequential read and write speeds of 3499.8MBps and 2385.9MBps, along with random speeds of 754.6MBps and 337.6MBps respectively.

The Blender 3D workload benchmark failed to complete, but POVRay ran its render in 3 minutes, 35 seconds and the Corona benchmark took 5 minutes, 50 seconds which are both decent scores. In our real-world tests, we were able to compress a 3.24GB folder of assorted files in 3 minutes, 49 seconds, while a 1.3GB AVI file took 1 minute, 39 seconds to be transcoded into H.265.

3DMark’s Time Spy test posted a score of 1,013, and the Fire Strike Extreme test managed 1,357. This isn’t really a gaming laptop, and even the discrete Nvidia GeForce MX250 GPU is barely adequate for 3D graphics, so we weren’t expecting great results in games. We tried Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1920×1080 with the High preset, and got only 12fps on average. That went up to 20fps at 1280×720 using the Medium preset. Things were much the same in Far Cry 5, which gave us averages of 16fps and 34fps under the same conditions.

We weren’t expecting good battery life, considering the size of the ScreenPad Plus, but we were very pleasantly surprised. Our intense Battery Eater Pro drain test went on for 3 hours, 30 minutes, which is a lot better than many laptops can manage. With real-world usage including a lot of video streaming and Web browsing, we got nearly eight hours on a single charge. The ScreenPad Plus was active the entire time, set to 50 percent brightness.

The benefits of the ScreenPad Plus are outweighed by ergonomic flaws on this laptop

Verdict

So did we find any use for the secondary screen? Actually, we did. We used it for reference material as we were typing, and found it quite convenient. We liked having a Windows Explorer window open and handy all the time. Over time, we could easily see ourselves leaving our email and messaging apps open on the ScreenPad for quick updates while we get work done on the main screen. We hope that if this concept catches on, software makers will start designing apps that specifically take advantage of a second screen in this position.

Some of this functionality can be achieved using Windows 10’s built-in virtual desktops feature. There’s also the possibility of buying a small portable external monitor, such as Asus’ own ZenScreen, though of course that wouldn’t be nearly as convenient or portable. So that leads us to ask, is having the ScreenPad Plus worth the ergonomic tradeoffs?

Sadly, the answer to that question is no. The keyboard and trackpad are just too awkward and uncomfortable. We had a very hard time getting basic work done, and our productivity did not increase. We had to prevent the ZenBook Duo UX481 from going to sleep so that windows would stay in position. Not being able to touch one of the two screens was also frustrating.

The larger 15-inch ZenBook Pro Duo UX581 model has space for a better keyboard layout, and with 4K resolutions as well as full touch support on both screens, it would seem to do more justice to this concept. With an external keyboard and mouse, you could have yourself a powerful, versatile mobile workstation. The smaller ZenBook Duo UX481 just feels like too much has been shoved into too little space.

Still, given what we’ve seen so far this year, this laptop could be the first example of many similar concepts and designs from multiple manufacturers. Innovation like this is what keeps pushing the industry forward, and with tighter hardware and software integration, we could see a lot of use cases emerging around secondary screens. Finally, if none of that matters to you and you just want a cool-looking laptop that everyone will want to see and play with, there’s really nothing else like the ZenBook Duo right now.

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Ensuring Structural Stability during Demolition and Refurbishment Work

The public profile of the demolition industry has been raised by the recent airing of the Channel 5 documentary “When Demolitions Go Wrong” which has focussed on the impact of incidents but not the underlying causes. HSE looks at the learning points from incidents that have occurred during demolition and significant refurbishment and has collected a number of case studies that cover a range of health, safety and commercial incidents, some of which resulted in death or serious injury and others which could easily have led to single or multiple casualties. In all cases, even where there were no casualties, additional commercial costs often exceeded any potential saving resulting from shortcuts. We urge contractors, firms and individuals to take a look at some of the scenarios below and ask themselves if they could mitigate for these common lapses in judgement or process, and if not, then to review their own processes with a particular focus on thorough planning, management and control of demolition and refurbishment work.

Case Study 1 Failure to provide sufficient pre-demolition information by client: A contract to demolish high rise residential blocks built of large precast panels used a ground based high reach demolition machine. The client provided little information on the building structure to the contractor. Structural connection between panels had been poorly designed, poorly built and had deteriorated further during the life of the building. Lack of adequate information (and lack of adequate survey or assessment prior to work starting) led to a premature collapse of multiple floors across several bays during demolition works. Fortunately, because the high reach machine was large enough, as was the exclusion zone, there were no injuries. However, the project was substantially delayed while the incident was investigated, and remedial action taken. This type of building often needs panel connections to be stiffened and floors propped to a formal design prior to demolition. Case Study 2 Contractor competence. Basement extension work poorly designed and executed: A community building used daily by a local playgroup had a new basement dug out by tunnelling underneath the building across the full perimeter. Support was provided by a couple of Acrows and the sides of the excavation were not shored up while underpinning was carried out in stages. The contractor believed he was working in solid rock but in reality, it was loose shale. Emergency works to prop the cavern and save the building made further work extremely difficult. This caused the contractor to go out of business. All excavations and especially where they are beneath or close to existing structures need to be meticulously designed and carried out which allows the cost of temporary works to be factored in and understood from an early stage. Case Study 3 Contractor competence. Approved sequence not followed causing collapse: The method statement for construction of a rear extension called for a new strip concrete foundation along the full length of the existing property to be installed in 1 metre sections, to avoid undermining existing foundations. The builder decided it would be quicker to dig the full length of the trench in one go. The existing building collapsed into the excavation injuring several workers. The method statement should have been followed but other types of foundation could have been considered – including short bored piles or pads and a ground level ring beam. Case Study 4 Failure to correctly assess existing structure: Demolition workers assessed the form of construction of a single storey, concrete slab roofed building on the hoof and decided that because the soffit was flat and unjointed that the roof must have been cast in-situ and would be reinforced in both directions. They punched a hole in one wall for plant access and were working inside when several of the precast, reinforced concrete roof planks hinged down killing one of them. The punched hole had removed its bearing. The soffit was smooth because it had been plastered with grey gypsum and the roof felting masked the upper surface. Simple further checks and clues would have revealed the form of construction. Cast in-situ slabs are not necessarily fully reinforced in both directions and in some cases suspended slabs are not reinforced at all. Simple equipment is available to check for the presence and direction of steel reinforcement. Safe intrusive methods of checking are also available – such as core drilling or limited breakout – e.g. from a tower scaffold. Where possible, machine demolition from the ground and an exclusion zone is preferred and where this isn’t possible designed back-propping could have reduced the risk of wholesale failure. Case Study 5 Temporary load on existing structure not assessed: Demolition temporary works design considered mobile plant loadings on suspended reinforced concrete floor slabs but did not consider the rubble ramps that the contractor intended to use to allow plant to track down onto each floor in turn. The contractor didn’t realise the rubble ramp hadn’t been assessed. The floor became overloaded and collapsed progressively taking out floors below resulting in fatal and major injuries. Had the task been fully assessed the need for back-propping or floor to floor transfer by crane would have been obvious. Case Study 6 Failure to consider implications of removing cross walls: A large brick building was being converted into flats. Neither the designer nor the contractor considered the effect of proposed alterations to the existing structure. All internal walls and floors were removed in one go leaving the brick shell and roof in place. The internal cross walls and floor joists had been providing support to the external walls which were now too long to resist wind loading without movement. The building collapsed while the site was closed and before new walls and floors could be installed. The permanent works designer should have considered the effect of necessary demolition work. In some cases, designing a phased sequence of installing new walls and floors before removing old ones can be used to ensure stability is maintained throughout the process. An alternative approach is formal design and early installation of extensive temporary works to provide support. Case Study 7 Support provided by non-loadbearing elements: All structural works on a masonry building were stopped due to concern about its stability. The contractor took out some window frames they thought were non-structural. These were providing sufficient fortuitous support to hold up a gable wall which collapsed causing other parts of the building to collapse. Several were killed and injured. Older buildings may need a designed internal and/or external structural scaffold or steel frame to hold them up while structural refurbishment is carried out. Case Study 8 Load bearing elements removed during soft strip: Timber sheathing panels were removed during soft stripping of a single storey timber frame school building that was being demolished. The building, including the roof collapsed onto workers who were still inside. No one had checked or realised that the plywood panels were structural and were bracing the timber frame. Once they were removed the building was no longer stable. Fortunately, only minor injuries resulted. A proper survey of the structure would have identified the form of construction and the lack of separate bracing. Case Study 9 Agreed sequence not followed causing scaffold collapse: A large sheeted scaffold screen incorporating access platforms was designed and erected to encase a building. The sheeting prevented dust and debris falling into surrounding public areas while the building was demolished floor by floor by small excavators. The scaffold was supposed to be dismantled progressively as each floor was demolished. It was not. The wind got up and the sail effect overloaded ties into the remains of the building. These failed and the scaffold collapsed onto a town centre public road. Fortunately, the Fire Service had been called to reports of the scaffold moving and had been able to evacuate the area so there were no casualties. Demolition work should have been halted at the right stage until the scaffold contractor had attended to reduce the height of the scaffold. Case Study 10 Existing structure overloaded by removed materials: A refurbishment contractor created openings in internal walls to a prepared design but stored the bricks on a suspended timber floor for reuse. The floor became overloaded and collapsed injuring several workers. In some instances, materials can be stored close to point of use in order to minimise manual handling. In other situations, this can overload the structure. A temporary works engineer would have been able to advise on how much load the floor could take and how to place load to minimise risk. Case Study 11 Designer instructions not clear & contractor too keen: A building contractor was engaged to construct an extension to an occupied old people’s home. The architect specified that foundations should be dug down to competent ground and then agreed with local Building Control. The contractor tried to excavate foundation trenches but could not find competent ground, so he excavated an unsupported foundation pit with the intention of using formwork to create the strip foundation. When he reached 4 metres depth he found competent ground. His efforts to prop and stabilise a cast iron 250mm diameter live water main that he found at the edge of his excavation were somewhat haphazard but fortunately the main did not fail – if it had the existing building shallow foundations would have been washed out, adding to risk of rapid collapse of the occupied building. The local water supplier discovered what was going on and the excavation was concrete filled as emergency works. The architect should have been mindful that the building was occupied and given a clearer specification. A soil survey could have been commissioned to check conditions which would have suggested a range of alternative foundation options – including bored mini piles or a raft. Risk to residents, delays and high additional cost could have been avoided. Case Study 12 Unchecked change to system of work caused collapse: A cinema was being demolished and the workers decided to speed up the job by toppling long span roof trusses to the ground instead of lifting them down as per the method statement. This caused a section of concrete roof slab to move and topple the upper masonry storey which in turn pushed the perimeter scaffold away from the building, so it overturned and fell across a high street. Vehicles and members of the public were trapped beneath it. It stopped just short of a supermarket plate glass window completely blocking the road. By sheer luck no fatalities or major injuries resulted. The planned and designed sequence of work must always be followed unless changes are fully assessed and agreed by the design team.

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