#spy performance evaluation

[hiromicota]

Sure, the Fast & Furious franchise started with street racers and small time theft.

But Mission Impossible started with Ethan blowing up a fish tank with a stick of gum to escape a negative performance evaluation.

[nnon0]

J.Jaehyun Fic Recommendations

For all the Jae lovers :)

other fic rec posts : 1. 2.(active post)

🫀- favorites

(🫀) Stars, moons and other celestial bodies @kiachiako

WC: 26.7k Brother!Taeyong Retro-themed AU

With your fizzy drinks and vinyls in tow, you’re determined to make the most of your summer before the start of your first year at university. Everything’s seemingly perfect; humid afternoons with your closest friends, late-night mixers at your local alumnis' estates, and sleeping in to ungodly hours. What you didn’t predict, however, was your brother making the early trip home to surprise you with a certain someone — namely, his best friend since childhood — following closely behind. His unexpected appearance throws you off, and suddenly, your summer is filled to the brim with his presence. You’re finally able to taste the idea of mature love, but is it really all that it’s made out to be?

FIVE PLUS ONE @ppangjae

WC: 28.8k+ Chef!Jaehyun, enemies to lovers

Five times world-renowned chef Jeong Jaehyun tried to end your journey to be a chef  because you weren’t ‘qualified enough to be a chef’ and that one time you proved him wrong. 

(🫀) King Of the Streets @anashins

WC: 28k Streetracer!jaehyun x Journalist!reader

The moment you find yourself hiding in the backseat of a sports car that's illegally racing through the city, you just know this story will finally catapult you to the top of your journalism career. But there are a few things you haven't reckoned: How personal this story will eventually turn - and the driver's sheer insatiable craving for lollipops. And for you.

The V Week Spy @smileysuh

WC: 20.1k Frat!au Jaehyun x afab!reader

Every year, seven days before Valentines day, sororities and frats are paired together, and eligible himbos, hoes, bimbos and fuckboys alike volunteer to be raffled for a chance to become the year’s V Week Spy. V Week is open season, with outings and parties tailored to be the perfect excuse for sexscapades, with the knowledge than 1 boy and 1 girl are undercover, grading sexual performances. Once the week is over, at the annual Valentines Day Party, the evaluations are presented- It’s a bad time to be unsure about someone’s feelings towards you, and an even worse time to fall in love.

(🫀)HEARTS ARE WON AT PRACTICE @angelwonie

WC:21.2k Football player!Jaehyun , Enemies to friends to lovers

jung jaehyun is an obnoxious, way too handsome footballer whom you have no intention of getting to know. at least until a series of coincidences forces you to spend time with him, and you realize there might be more to him than what meets the eye.

Try Again @gimmehyuck

WC: 19.8k Idol!jaehyun x Teacher!reader

jaehyun remembers the night he met you, and even after that one night he often thought of you and wished things would have been different, but by a weird twist of fate he gets to see you again, except this time... you're not alone.

Runway @wincore

WC: 18.7k Model!jaehyun x Fashion designer!reader

there are some things that come with dedicating your life to fashion: a taste for finer fabrics, a splash of love for art, and an appreciation of the human body. none of these are supposed to include the hottest model you have ever laid eyes on, or the fact that you completely, utterly hate his guts. 

Christmas Puppy @smileysuh

WC: 11k Best friends brother/boy next door Jaehyun

“God, you’re so jealous,” you laugh. Your best friend’s brother doesn’t usually act this way, at his frat, everyone knows you’re his, no one would dare come near you- but here, in your hometown, surrounded by past crushes and would be romancables, it’s open season, and it’s clear that it’s making Jaehyun uncomfortable.

[accio-victuuri]

China Film Critics Society weibo account posted a short article/ evaluation of Wang Yibo. you all might be mad at the second paragraph but it is what it is. it will not all be praises for Yibo. It is very obvious that a lot of critics haven’t watched his dramas and have some prejudice.

China Film and Television Performance Review Summit Forum evaluated actor Wang Yibo

Zhang Hui, dean of the Performance School of Beijing Film Academy, proposed that in 2023, Wang Yibo starred in many movies, including major movies He was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Hidden Blade" by director Cheng Er, "Born to Fly" directed by Liu Xiaoshi and "One and Only" directed by Dapeng. This is undoubtedly Wang Yibo's recognition as a cross-border actor from outside the industry. Excellent achievements, praise and affirmation given. These films have allowed us to see Wang Yibo's potential and plasticity, as well as his progress and growth as a cross-border actor through continuous practice and tempering. They also allow us to place more expectations and hopes on actors who are not from a professional background.

Before starring in "One and Only" and "Hidden Blade", Wang Yibo had always "relied on his face". The roles he played were all cold and handsome princes or knights in costume dramas. He appeared on the stage with a "handsome" face that was almost facially paralyzed. There is no true emotion revealed in the characters he plays, and no three-dimensional shaping of the characters. It can be said that those scenes cannot even be called "performances." However, "Chen Shuo" who is passionate about his dreams in "One and Only" and "Mr. Ye", the inner-struggle triple agent in "Hidden Blade", let us see that Wang Yibo has begun to be serious about performance creation. He has the courage to challenge himself and take a brave step towards the profession of actor.

In "One and Only", Wang Yibo changed his introverted personality and cold expression, starting from the character's emotions to portray this young dancer who sincerely pursues his dreams. He interprets an ordinary, sincere, simple, persistent and determined young man chasing dreams in a real, natural, vivid and vivid way. Chen Shuo, who he plays, has a burning passion for dreams and the purest love for dance in his eyes in every scene. It is precisely because Wang Yibo accurately grasps the emotions of the characters that he creates "Chen Shuo" with accurate, vivid and sincere emotions, which deeply touches the hearts of every audience.

Wang Yibo plays the role of "Mr. Ye", a spy with three identities in "Hidden Blade". It is a big challenge for him, whether it is to break through his own image or to create the complexity and versatility of the character. He once mentioned that before filming started, in order to understand the characters and find the appropriate performance state, he watched classic films such as "The Godfather", "Pulp Fiction" and "Inglourious Basterds", and conducted special training on lines and action scenes. Although Wang Yibo's acting skills in the film are a bit immature compared to other movie queens and movie kings, through his control of details and emotional expression, he captured the audience's emotions on multiple levels, highlighting the tension of the work.

[allthecastlesonclouds]

bulleted headcannons of fh dance studio 🫴

oh my GOSH okay yes!!

aguefort owns the studio. nobody knows how bc he does one (1) type of dance and it's fucking BALLROOM. he somehow keeps the studio running though so nobody stops him

ayda works the main office mostly. she danced at a studio that did the yearly nutcracker and then got tired of it and wanted to learn some other versions.

(she does a lot of contemporary now, especially to hip-hop music. it's cool as hell.)

kristen does modern and takes ballet. she tries so hard and she is so strong but she is. absolute shit at anything harder than a piqué. she likes modern bc cass lets her work in her ribbon dancer. she's also Really Good with choreo and technique!! she can spot the issue in Seconds

she helps out around the studio a lot too!! definitely not to see more of the girl with the pretty side cut who dances in the later hours :)

gorgug does hip hop bc he loves the community aspect of it! and ballet- he does a lot of the background/supporting work.

he's never had a solo. all the bad kids want him to ask for one because he's really fucking good how dare he. he tells them that aguefort doesn't like him.

(arthur doesn't like him. ayda would fight the world for him.)

fig is a jazz+tap girlie but she was Raised on ballet+tap so she's signed up for ballet too! she's been doing tap since she was So Little and it's genuinely just. her favorite thing ever.

she crashes the hip hop classes often. nobody stops her because she has the Energy Ever.

adaine, like fig, was put into ballet as a kid (along with aelwyn)

she met riz and he dragged her to a hip hop class and she simply. has not gone back. added contemporary onto her repertoire and a technique class and pointe. definitely the busiest out of everyone.

riz tried it for like. school. and fucking loved it. he thought it would be good networking, good resume filling, good exercise- and also he loved it. that comes last in the list of importance tho

that guy choreographs and performs the most complex ballet pieces known to man. kristen has tried one during an after-recital party and that video is used as blackmail to this day

he does ballet and jazz. he's tried every class at the studio and settled into those two. he's perfectly fine in his comfort zone thank you!

fabian started as a solely Jazz dancer. his dad died and he underwent a whole buncha self evaluation and then signed up for so many classes- he's taking no joke like 10.

jazz. ballet. tap. technique. modern. contemporary. hip hop. pointe. he's doing it all and having the Time Of His Life.

and now we get into the actual *studio*! whoaa it only took 17 bullet points!

their studio doesn't do a show performance, like the nutcracker, or competitions, but they do work a lot on choreography and do multiple performances throughout the year

you can request to do a solo/double/group piece that's multi-track! ayda Somehow fits it in the schedule. you get a teacher advisor (for the bad kids maybe jawbone?) who gives advice but the dance is mostly choreographed by you

these dances are the highlights of the recitals. fig wants to do one but is already doing a solo so she wants to work on a group piece! she and adaine have traumabonded in multiple classes so she asks her first

adaine goes. you're not gonna believe what i'm about to do. and snags riz. fig grabs gorgug. they're the initial four.

they spy fabian after a late-night rehearsal having a mental breakdown through dance and go huh. he was already becoming less stuck up. let's speed up the process.

kristen swings by later, sweeping and restocking toilet paper and shit and offhandedly offers some solutions to things they're struggling with

and lo and behold the bad kids are created! they have No Concept of time ever. but they're gonna choreograph a dance and by god it's going to look good!!

[ncisfranchise-source]

NCIS: Hawai’i co-showrunners Jan Nash and Christopher Silber are ready to talk about the island drama’s unfortunate fate.

It was on April 26 that TVLine reported that NCIS: Hawai’i, despite growing its audience in Season 3, would not be back for a fourth season. Very soon afterwards, the series’ cast members one by one weighed in on the cancellation, while Nash and Silber chose radio silence — “obviously surprised” as they were by CBS‘ decision.

After all, NCIS: Hawai’i Season 3 had averaged 7.8 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating (with Live+7 playback data), up 4% in viewers vs. Season 2 (but down a tick in the demo). Out of the 14 drama series that CBS aired during the 2023-24 TV season, it ranked No. 6 in total audience (behind Tracker, NCIS, FBI, Blue Bloods and The Equalizer) and eighth in the demo.

TVLine readers gave the unplanned series finale an average grade of “B.”

Explaining the cancellation decision back in May, CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach said that NCIS: Hawai’i, amongst other ended shows, was a casualty of a drama slate that was simply too robust.

“We had to make some really tough choices this year,” she said. “Everything came back [from the Hollywood strikes] really strong, but ultimately we have to look at the cohesiveness of the schedule flow. We have to evaluate the financials and the performance overall, and we make tough decisions.”

Sources tell TVLine that while there were “talks” about finding another home for the series, that didn’t pan out.”

Ending a three-month silence on the matter, NCIS: Hawai’i co-showrunners Nash and Silber agreed to an exclusive, joint email Q&A with TVLine, seen below.

TVLINE | On a scale of 1 to 10, how surprised were you back in April? And how are you feeling about things now, three months later? NASH & SILBER | We were obviously surprised. If we’d known it was coming, we probably wouldn’t have ended the series on a cliffhanger. The fact that the studio and the network didn’t stop us makes it seem like they might not have seen it coming either. We loved our show and know other people loved it, too, but the TV business is a fickle mistress and one can’t take business decisions personally. But it still stings.

TVLINE | What are you most proud of having accomplished over the three seasons? NASH & SILBER | We did what we set out to do. We created a show with a strong female lead and a cast that reflected the diversity of Hawai’i and the world. We told interesting Navy crime stories. All while maintaining a workplace where people could hopefully do their best work and be valued for it. That gives us a lot to be proud of.

TVLINE | Obviously, adding Sam Hanna was a crowd-pleaser — and your viewership in fact grew a few percentage points in Season 3. Was that crossover something you sought out amid NCIS: LA ending, or was it pitched to you by higher-ups? The idea of Sam joining our show was pitched by the studio/network after LA ended. We were fully on-board, both because Sam was a great character, but also because LL COOL J is a wonderful human. The chemistry he shared with our amazing lead, Vanessa Lachey, was so compelling, we had hoped to keep it going for many seasons to come.

TVLINE | Turning to how the season finale ended, what can you say about the next words coming out of Maggie Shaw’s mouth? Did it have to do with Jane’s mom, teased earlier in the season? NASH & SILBER | While not fully fleshed out, we had a general idea of where the Maggie story was going. It would have eventually intersected with Jane Tennant’s mother, but it was also going to move back into the dark world of Tennant’s spy past, using those stories to increase our understanding of who Jane was, but also to learn more about her team in the process

TVLINE | Was Lucy and Kate’s brief talk of weddings going to be revisited – perhaps pointedly — in Season 4? NASH & SILBER | We hadn’t fully landed on what was going to happen in Season 4. But there would have been some movement. Whether it would have been a wedding, meeting families, or some other thing, we didn’t know.

TVLINE | In Season 4 might we have finally met Jesse’s wife and other kid? Or was the wife your “Vera from Cheers“? NASH & SILBER | We started every season planning to meet her and she would have shown up eventually. (Hope springs eternal.)

TVLINE | Was there any other story or personal runner you couldn’t get to in the short Season 3 that was going to be a “must” during a full Season 4? For example, meeting some of Lucy’s family, keeping Peyton List around as Kai’s love interest, anything for Ernie or Carla or Joe or Boom-Boom… what have you. NASH & SILBER | We loved our repertoire of characters and we would have kept using them as much as we could. We were talking about Tennant’s mom and Ernie’s ex-wife, but other than following up on our cliffhanger, there were no “musts” on the list. Our goals every season were the same: tells good stories with these great actors.

TVLINE | Was there any character you were excited to add in Season 4? NASH & SILBER | See above.

Photo : CBS

TVLINE | Would it please you to see any of your characters resurface on any of the remaining or upcoming NCIS shows? NASH & SILBER | The NCIS universe is an amazing place and it would be wonderful if any of our characters continued in it.

TVLINE | The #SaveNCISHawaii campaign valiantly marches on, with such passion from that heartbroken ohana. What’s your message to them? NASH & SILBER | It’s pretty simple… thank you. We loved our show, and the fact that so many other people loved it too is gratifying. They were the greatest fans we’d ever experienced on a show. And we share their passion and heartbreak. We are grateful that we got to be a worldwide ohana for as long as we did.

[these-detestable-hands]

A short introduction to dear emperor

Setting:

A country called Odeda, named after the goddess of war and offense. South has the capital city. North East is a region called the northern plains, it borders a country called Henuri. Henuri frequently tries to invade Odeda, they've been at war on and off for 30~ years but have never liked each other. West has a mountain range with some silly stuff (Odeda, the goddess, is there).

Characters:

Ira, the protagonist. He's the assistant to a member of the government named Edith. He used to be neutral about the monarchy but became a hardcore royalist after befriending emperor Volkaire. In reality, Volkaire has been using and manipulating Ira to gain more control over Edith's ministry (ministry of land) for. Reasons.

Over the course of the story, Ira realizes Edith was right and he helps her kill Volkaire.

Edith, a deuteragonist. She's the minister of land. Her job is to help fight Henuri whenever they invade and also have speeches at festivals. Her job is quickly becoming redundant, but that's not super relevant to the plot lol. Edith is a disabilities rights activist and republican (anti monarchist, NOT a supporter of the USAmerican republican party).

In the first chapter, she's arrested for treason because she spoke out against the emperor. She escapes from prison and starts rallying people to help her take down the monarchy. She is close friends with Brandi.

Brandi, the other protagonist. Her story doesn't have much overlap with Ira's for the first half of dear emperor. She's a baker in the capital region. At one point, a guy named Lewis starts working at her bakery. They start dating but uh.. Yikes.. You'll see :3 also she has undiagnosed OCD. Keep that in mind.

Lewis, Brandi's love interest!

He's a spy sent by the emperor because of suspicions that Brandi is harboring a fugitive and committing treason. He's a bad spy though and falls in love with her. He wants to get married, but she doesn't want to.

To get a marriage permit, a social worker has to perform a psyche evaluation on them. Brandi is scared that they'll perform one on her and she'll lose her rights to own a business because they think she's crazy.

Lewis loves Brandi though so he decides to help Edith kill Volkaire.

Volkaire. Horrible, horrible man! He's the emperor. He uses his position to achieve the higher goal of becoming a god. He's a freak and has this undying desire to be worshipped, so just being an emperor isn't enough for him. He plans to kill Odeda and steal her power. To do this, he abuses the military and ministry of land, and forces them to search everywhere for any traces of her because it's not common knowledge that she sometimes is in the western mountains.

When he gets this information, though, he marches over there to kill her himself. Edith, Ira and Lewis catch wind of this and go there to kill him before he can get to Odeda.

Odeda! She's not a major character but still worth mentioning. She's the goddess of war and fighting but can't bring herself to fight nowadays. The people of Odeda only worship her, when they should be worshipping her AND her brother, Kenelm (god of kindness and defense, they're a duo). Kenelm has left this world and stays in the dear emperor equivalent of Asgard because he dislikes humans for ignoring him. Because of this, Odeda is depressed and doesn't want to do anything, making her fairly easy to kill.

[piracytheorist]

Macabre Theme and Variations (10/15)

Fandom: Spy x Family Word count: 6.2k for this chapter | 44k so far | 65k in total Rating: T Warnings: Non-permanent character deaths, graphic violence

Summary: Twilight wakes up. He works on his mission. He dies. He comes back and does it all over again. Each time a little different. (Inspired by the film Happy Death Day)

Warning for this chapter: … F bomb.

AO3 Read from the beginning: Tumblr | AO3

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Chapter 10: Bocca Chiusa

bocca chiusa = with closed mouth, usually referring to humming

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Borf!

Twilight opens his eyes and grits his teeth.

That was a huge risk he just took. It was useful to find out that Yuri doesn’t have enough evidence to suspect Loid Forger is Twilight or to tell his chief about it, but he'd lie to himself if he said it wasn't one part pride and one part selfishness that drove him to fishing that information out of him.

He gets up to help Yor not bump on the wall, looking at her with a guilty expression as she smiles at him.

Yor doesn't know about her brother working for the secret police, and Yuri... he has accepted her physical excellence as something normal, but there's no way she isn't hiding something from him.

And Twilight, too. But he has no right to those secrets of hers. As long as they're not something that compromise his position or morals, then he has no reason to doubt her.

But he was selfish. He almost wanted to rub it in Yuri's face that he's lying to his own sister, as if that would somehow make Loid’s lies less atrocious. And now the guilt weighs heavy on his stomach.

How did he reach the point of feeling guilty for using a member of the secret police, of all things?

He takes Bond for a run again, needing the distance from Anya and however big the range of her ability is.

This day he has to confront her about it. If his control keeps slipping like that, one single thought of his suspicions in front of her can bring disaster.

The thing is... how does he confront her about it as a father to his daughter, and not as a spy to a danger he needs to eliminate?

His shoulders tense at the thought of even WISE finding out about her.

How the hell is he going to balance things out? When did he get himself into such a complicated situation... and where is the Twilight that would have already left by now?

He doesn’t miss him, that’s for sure.

Ice cream is added to the Forgers’ breakfast again. This day will be wasted again, and Anya will have the shock of her life, so he might as well indulge them.

This morning he occupies his mind by going through his failed plans, a recap of what he knows about Pollux, as well as how he can further test him tonight.

He could lead him up the stairs and onto the rooftop of the building. He could let the Handler know about the listening devices at the safe houses, so she can be more careful when arranging for the snipers infiltrating the area. Maybe have them hide in the trees that surround the theater hall?

Not Agent Crescent, though.

Twilight's fist clenches around the knife handle as he spreads cream cheese on his bread, nearly driving the blade through the slice. The day that Crescent's misfire took Yor's life has been reset, but it might not be long before an accident like that happens again, with the consequences being inevitable.

He sighs, looking at his almost ruined slice. He makes a mental note to inform the Handler about that agent's less-than-stellar performance and need for evaluation and possibly re-training, once he's out of the loop.

He kisses Yor’s hand again before they leave. Anya gets on the bus, he thinks how it’s going to take five times to start, it leaves, Yor wishes him a good day, and he starts walking towards the hospital, but then takes a turn not too long after.

On this library visit, he picks up books about child psychology. Unfortunately, the only matters covered about how to break upsetting news to children are about the death of a family member or the parents divorcing.

Nothing on how someone can tell their child they know about their supernatural abilities.

He’s only confident in the idea that his words won’t be doubted, since Anya will immediately know he’s telling the truth.

The truth whose full gravity he still hasn’t grasped.

He looks up towards the bookshelves, spotting one of the childrearing books he read the first day of having Anya.

Back then, he thought there would be no point in him ensuring a stable future for her, because he’d immediately dismissed the idea that there would be any future between them in the first place.

Yet here he is now, ready to work and change so that future can be real.

He wants to be a father.

He closes his eyes, resting his forehead on his palms. The start he made with Anya was far from ideal. It’s been a bumpy path all along, but if Anya was willing to endure it, the least he can do is make himself worthy of her efforts for him.

He finishes the book and leaves for his meeting with the Handler, once again in the cafeteria outside.

A cold dread spreads in his chest when he thinks that, had he told the Handler about the time loop while in the WISE safe house, Pollux would have heard it… and would have most likely changed his plan.

It’s pointless to wonder whether such a change would cause the loop to break, and thus solidify Twilight’s death, but apparently the times he’s died and come back haven’t desensitized him to the idea of his actual death.

If anything, considering how many times his family tried to help and save him, he’s reached the point of being thankful he’s alive.

He didn’t exactly have a death wish prior to the loops, but he didn’t really see much point in his life either other than providing his services to WISE on their mission towards peace.

It’s why he didn’t care about his own future. There was nothing to envision for himself other than work, work, work.

Not that his work will lessen at all if his role as father and husband of the Forger family becomes real, but he’s found it’s such a relief when he can be honest.

His neck stiffens when he spots the Handler, in the same disguise as a few repetitions ago, walking towards him.

Another thing to handle once he’s out of the loop; telling her he wants to prolong his stay as Loid Forger. Probably – and hopefully – indefinitely.

They arrange the plan, he warns her about the bugs, specifying that they have to stay where they are for tonight, as Pollux might change plans if he finds out the devices were messed with. He almost rushes out when he realizes how late it’s gotten.

He takes the same path down that park. Yor's absence is almost palpable, bringing him to the point of regretting coming here alone. At the exact same time, he stops in front of the musician, waiting on him to start playing that valse again.

His arms feel empty as the familiar tune fills his ears. He wants her there, he wants to hold her.

This time no audience is gathered. Some passers-by leave tips, but Loid is the only one who stands and listens.

Focusing more on the lyrics makes him feel even more lonely. Yor’s eyes aren’t on him, her lips aren’t caressing his…

Your eyes are my love.

He hadn’t even made that thought himself, not consciously at least. It was Pollux, of all people, who pointed it out for him.

He loves Yor.

The musician is quiet, and Loid realizes he’s looking at him. Loid almost crumbles under the stare.

“Do you know this song, son?” the musician asks, resting his hands on top of his bandoneón. His accent sounds Eastern Ostanian, and it makes the gears in Twilight’s head turn. Of course, he’d be a local. Not a lot of people want to emigrate to this country, fewer try, and even fewer are accepted.

“Not really, no.” It is, after all, only the second time he’s listened to it. “How is it called?”

“Yo no sé qué me han hecho tus ojos. It means ‘I don’t know what your eyes have done to me’.”

Loid didn’t need the translation, but he has the feeling the musician was checking for a reaction from him.

It’s almost uncomfortable to not feel uncomfortable while being scrutinized like that.

Maybe it’s because the emotion he must be showing right now is not an emotion he wishes to hide anymore; more like one he wishes could be recognized… and reciprocated.

“It’s beautiful…” Loid says softly.

Ostania’s government is already strict about what music is allowed to be performed, and considering the history and origins of this music genre, it’s doubtful he’ll be able to find a vinyl record of that song.

The musician gives him a smile that’s too knowing for Twilight’s standards. “There’s a pirate radio station that plays such songs.” He puts his hands back on the sides of his instrument. “I may be able to give them a request to play that one at some point.” He winks at him and without any other word, he starts another song.

Loid gives him a generous tip and takes the path back home.

The song won’t mean anything to him in a world where Yor doesn’t know about it.

He starts preparing the hamburger steak Anya loves, and though Bond watches him patiently, his big eyes betray his wish for just a bite of the food.

Loid looks back at him, finally giving up and throwing a piece of minced meat at him.

It’s not a good idea to give him raw meat, but again, chances are this day is another test that will be reset.

He hates that he’ll have to tell Anya more than once that he knows about her abilities, but at least next time he’ll know how to break it to her more smoothly.

He puts the ready-to-cook steaks in the fridge and heads out before Yor has even arrived. It’s quite the walk to Eden, after all.

If she can really read his mind, he cannot walk up to her thinking about that. She might try to evade the question and pretend she isn't listening in. Or she might panic.

Twilight’s voice feels like bile rising in his throat as it suggests that his best bet is to catch her off-guard and force her to admit her secret.

Some father you want to be.

Well, if Anya has been listening in from the beginning, she knows he's done worse things than that.

All the more reason to give her choice and space, then.

He guesses there’s no need to occupy his mind from too early on, and there’s only so many digits of pi he can really recall from memory. He could be thinking of random numbers, of course, but he’s so used to following a logical pattern or a specific sequence that random choices are actually harder for him.

A few months ago, the sight of children leaving school and filling the place with noises would have made him uneasy. Now he only feels grateful for the privilege of seeing they’re safe and sound.

He spots Anya at the top of the staircase and he takes a deep breath.

Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium...

She's almost running down the steps, Becky Blackbell right next to her.

Boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen...

Both girls stop when they spot him. Anya's eyes widen, but she's the first to step forward to him.

Fluorine, neon, magn— no, sodium, magnesium...

She approaches him with a quizzical look. “Papa? What's wrong?”

He forces a smile on his face. Aluminium, silicon. “Nothing. I just finished my shift earlier today and I thought I could come get you back home.”

Phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine.

“Okay,” Anya says, eyebrows still scrunched in confusion. From the corner of his eye he spots Becky Blackbell's wide smile.

He nods a greeting at her then reaches his hand out for Anya.

Argon.

“Mr. Forger,” the beaming girl says. “We can take you back home with my car!”

Potassium. “Thank you for the offer, but there’s no need. Good luck on the performance tonight.”

He watches as the two girls exchange goodbyes, then he nearly drags Anya off.

Keep it together! Calcium, scandium…

Anya is eerily silent and still at first, but after a minute or so she starts humming a melody and swinging their joined hands back and forth.

… rhodium, palladium, silver.

With a quick look around, he decides this is a good spot as any.

Cadmium, indium, tin.

Without a word, he simply leans down and picks her up in his arms, whispering, “Anya, something has been happening to me.”

“What? Are you okay, Papa?”

“I am. But I think you know. There’s been some time, and I’ve had the chance to notice things, and I’ve noticed how differently you have been acting. Are you going to tell me what's wrong?”

She stills again, but he keeps on walking. He spots the guilty look on her face.

Antimony, tellurium, iodine.

She buries her face in his shoulder and whispers, “I can read your mind.”

I knew it! I KNEW IT!

Her hand grabs a fistful of his jacket, and he feels her shiver against him.

His free hand goes to pat her softly on the back.

You know everything... “Don't worry. You're not in trouble.”

“I'm not?” Her voice is shaking.

Damn it, she’s scared. “It's okay, Anya. I didn't want to worry you.” But if you read my mind this morning, you probably know what I've been going through.

“It was hard to understand...”

“The day keeps repeating, but only I can notice it. Everyone else forgets. The same things happen at the same time each day, unless I do something to change them.”

“And you... you d—d—”

“Yes. But I've come back every time.”

“Are you okay, Papa?” she leans her head back, and he feels a lump in his throat at the sight of her teary eyes.

He takes a moment to answer. “It's been hard. But I'm glad you know. And I'm glad you told me about you.” He smiles a little. “If I don't break the loop today, I can tell you about it tomorrow and clue you in again.”

Her lower lip is trembling slightly, but there's a new glow in her eyes. “I... I can help?”

He shrugs a little. “You can help just by knowing about the time loop. I don't want to involve you in anything else. It can be dangerous.”

Where was I again? Iodine, xenon...

“Papa,” she says, still whispering, but more forcefully this time. “I can help you find out the bad boss' plans!”

“The bad boss?” He blinks in surprise. Desmond?!

She nods, eyebrows raising.

You’ve known about my plan. Is that why you kept trying to be friends with Damian?

She pouts. “Second Son is always mean to me. But you said that if we became friends, you could meet his papa.”

And you’ve been tolerating him because you knew he was an important part of the mission.

She smiles a little.

But how will you find out Desmond’s plans?

“I will read his mind.”

Can you read through all the thoughts a person has had? Or just what they’re thinking in that moment?

“The second.”

“The latter,” he corrects her. “That won't work.” Desmond is not thinking about his war plans all the time.

“But if you go to him and tell him you know about the plans, he will think about them.”

Wait, what?

“If you undo the clock and come back, then the bad boss won't remember what you said to him. You can go to him again and tell him about it, and he'll think about his plans, and I will hear them!”

But, the killer finds me almost immediately after I meet with Desmond. “And how will you tell me his plans?”

She thinks for a moment, then tells him with a wide smile, “I will just shout them at you!”

Seriously? “Right in front of him?”

“Why not? He won't remember it!”

Loid freezes in his tracks.

“Every day you will tell him what I told you before, and he'll think of something new, and I will tell it to you. You will remember, but he won't!”

His mind goes through the plan. It will require multiple days, and multiple deaths on his side, and probably even Anya—no. She’ll have to be somewhere far, maybe use a microphone to tell him what she hears? He will need a failsafe, he'll have to inform WISE first thing every morning of every plan he has acquired knowledge of, in case the loop suddenly ends and he really does end up dead... but it's incredibly, impossibly foolproof. Desmond will have no idea his brain was just picked apart for his war plans, the information will be perfectly accurate – as long as Anya is able to read them and communicate them correctly – and Loid won't have to resort to any behaviour that Desmond might consider suspicious, which would result in him leaving and Operation Strix ending before its time.

His mind clears, and a single thought sticks out.

She's a fucking genius.

Anya widens her eyes at him.

Oops.

“Uh...” He stumbles for words. “That's...” He swallows nervously. “That's a pretty good idea.” He continues walking.

Anya giggles.

But it's going to be dangerous if you're close when the bombs go off. I don't want to risk your life again. Could you read his mind if you're on a different floor?

“I... I think,” she says.

I can give you a small microphone, and I'll wear an earpiece. You'll hear his thoughts and tell me his plans through the microphone.

“Ooooh!” She's practically glowing from excitement.

It's still... Anya. I don't want you to read through such a violent mind as his.

Not that she's seen anything that more pleasant, if she's gone through Twilight's mind.

“I won't remember it,” she says, suddenly pouting. “I won't remember his thoughts, and I won't remember that I helped you.”

He gives her a reassuring nudge on the shoulder. “I'll tell you all about it when it's all done, alright?”

She looks at him, a small, sly smile creeping up her lips. “Will you let me help you again?”

Absolutely not.

“But—But!”

No buts. Our only safety in this plan is that Desmond won't remember. I'm not going to be so lucky in my next mission.

“Papa!” She's almost shouting now.

Keep it down. You must have known I didn’t want you involved in this mission. “But you tricked me, didn’t you? You're not even six, are you? You lied about your age, because you read my mind and knew I was looking for a six-year-old to enroll in Eden. And you tricked me with the crossword puzzle.”

She lowers her gaze, her guilt apparently winning over her spite.

“Why did you do that? Why did you trick me into adopting you?”

“Because I thought you’re cool.”

“Cool?” A nervous chuckle escapes him. “Cool. You thought I was cool. Alright.”

What I can't wrap my mind around is why the HELL you stayed with me. “The day after I adopted you, you broke into my room, right? Because you read my mind and knew the combination lock.”

Her lips form a thin line.

“You toyed with my equipment, and the bad guys found you. I came to rescue you and I gave you the chance to run away.”

It feels weird to say that out loud. There was a silent agreement between them that neither of them would mention that incident again. Yet here he is now, summing it all up for her.

“But you stayed. Why?”

“Because you want peace. I wanted to help.”

No.

Anya nods passionately, her hands now in fists. “Yes! I want peace, just like you!” Thankfully, she’s whispering again.

He sighs, feeling shame and guilt crush down on his shoulders.

You were not supposed to have to deal with this. My entire mission, my reason to be a spy, is so that—

“Children won’t have to cry.”

Stop it.

“No! I want to help!”

“No, Anya,” he says out loud, looking at her. “You have no idea what it’s like. For a child like you—“

“I already helped you. Like with the message in blood.”

Blood?

“The one about the bomb,” she says even more quietly.

Wait… “You mean the ‘No’ written in ketchup?”

“Oh.” Her eyes widen for a moment. “You knew it was ketchup...”

That was you?! He closes his eyes for a moment, then opens them again. How did you even know there would be a bomb, and where? Don’t tell me you followed the terrorist!

“If I hadn’t, you would have died!”

He shakes his head. You don’t know that.

“I do.”

He looks at her. How are you so sure? Do you also see the future?

She looks sideways. “I… I don’t. Bond does.”

He stops in his tracks again.

One.

Two.

He blinks. “He does what now?”

She nods, pursing her lips. “He can see the future. I can read his mind and see it too.”

He’s still like a statue, looking at her in shock. Is this why he knew, two days ago, when the grenade—

He shakes his head and keeps moving. “Is that why you wanted him?”

“Uh… He had a vision of us. And then he saved me.”

He can’t fight a small smile. “I admit that he’s a very good dog.”

“He’s the best!”

They’re not too far from home, and by now Yor will have come back. He doesn’t have enough time for everything.

Wait, she even knew about Yor?

She responds, incorrectly assuming the question was directed at her. “You know that she’s the Throne Princess?”

His blood freezes; his body shakes as if it was struck by electricity.

His gaze turns to her. The… the what?!

Anya’s eyes widen in horror. “Uh… uh… That was a joke!” She gives him a failure of a smile.

She’s the Thorn Princess?! The assassin?!

Anya is silent.

You chose. Ostania’s most elusive assassin. FOR YOUR MOTHER?!

He realizes he’s almost panting. Trying to control his breath, he tightens his grip on Anya – more for his own stability than anything else – and he keeps walking.

What the hell has this operation turned into?

“Papa…”

“Shh,” he says abruptly, but then gives a look at her.

There are tears in her eyes again.

He swallows hard. Oh no, no, don’t cry. I’m sorry. It’s alright. I’m just shocked, that’s all.

“You’re not mad?”

He looks away. Does Yor know anything about me? Or suspect me?

Anya shakes her head.

He bites his lip. Yor had told him to find her, and he’d been determined to tell her about himself…

Well, things are even more complicated now. But he had an unfair advantage over learning about her secret, so she deserves to know about him.

“Mama will forgive you.”

“You don’t know that.”

“I do.”

How? Has Bond had a vision about it?

“No.”

Then you cannot be sure. I’ve told her way more lies than she’s told me. She doesn’t even know who I really am—

He stops again. His chest feels heavy suddenly, and he turns to look at her.

“But you do,” he says.

She nods.

You’ve been reading my mind from the moment you met me. You know everything about me. My—my past…

She nods again.

You know what I’ve done? All the bad things I’ve done? All the lies and the killings?

The word itself doesn’t matter. She’s probably already seen too much. Especially if she’s also read Yor’s mind…

How could you choose to stay with me, knowing all that? Weren’t you scared?

Hell, the things I thought about her. Calling her stupid, thinking I could trade her for another kid like she’s some kind of merchandise, thinking I’d abandon her once the mission was over…

It takes her a moment to get the words out. “Because you’re the good guy.”

Her quiet reply catches him off-guard. He stares at her. “Good?” How can you think I’m a good person?

Her tears start falling. “You—you were alone, when you were little.”

No, Twilight. Don’t go back there. That’s over.

She sniffles. “And you didn’t want this to happen again. Because you wanted to help, I wanted to help.”

“I didn’t want that for you…” His voice is small.

“I know. That’s why I kept it a secret.”

His feet carry him backwards. Thankfully, there’s a wall behind him that he leans on, as he finds his knees slowly grow too weak to support his weight. He carefully puts Anya down, but she immediately hugs his leg.

“A perfect 100 points. My Papa and Mama are both so much fun, and I love them very much. I want to be with them forever.”

She’d meant that. All this time he’s been ignoring how much those words could mean, because he thought Anya only knew and loved Loid Forger.

But she’s known, all along. She’s known who he is, what he’s done, what he’s fighting for and why.

And she loves him.

His knees finally give out and he finds himself sliding down to the ground, tears streaming down his face.

Anya wraps her arms around his neck.

You love me. You know me, and you love me…

She tightens her hug. “I love you, Papa.”

You don’t deserve that love, Twilight. It was never even meant to mean anything to you.

To Twilight, maybe. But to Loid Forger, that love should mean the world and even more.

He was supposed to keep those two identities separate; what Loid Forger would want and need was not meant to be of any actual importance to Twilight.

He kept acting in the way Loid Forger would act to maintain a happy family life, all to trick everyone into never suspecting him of being a spy.

The one person he never managed to trick was, apparently, Anya; who has seen through all the complex thoughts and justifications he’s made up to convince himself he is not becoming attached, that all of his instinctive reactions have somehow been a conscious effort to keep the mission safe.

She’s seen all that and past what even he could see. She’s seen a kindness he can barely recognize in himself. And she loves him for – or despite – all that.

And it’s only now he realizes how much he’s been tricking himself as well all this time.

I love you too, Anya.

He finally hugs her back. All of his studying and understanding of human psychology and behaviour are not enough to describe what this feeling is.

He feels a weight lift off his shoulders when he realizes that, at the end of the day… he doesn’t care about explaining his own behaviour.

Right now, he only wants to feel.

Sniffling, he picks her up again and stands back up. He resumes the path back home.

“Papa, will you stay?” Anya asks in a such a small voice he can’t stop himself from rubbing soothing circles on her back.

If we abstract all the information we need from Desmond, Operation Strix won’t be necessary any longer. But if we accomplish that without Desmond suspecting me… then there won’t be a need to abort it altogether.

She pulls back a little, showing him her confused face.

Too many foreign words, wasn’t it? “What I meant is that I can stay as Loid Forger. There’s a lot of things I can achieve from my current position.”

“So you’ll stay?” The hope in her smile makes his chest feel full. “You’ll stay, if I help you?”

You'll be an incredible help, Anya. You have already been incredible.

She chuckles and hugs him again, tighter than before.

“And you’re not mad at Mama?”

That makes things a little more complicated. I will need to make things clear with her, but ultimately it will depend on her choice. She might not want to stay with a man who lied to her about so many things, even if we just stay roommates as we are now.

Her silence falls heavy.

“I know she loves you,” he says.

“And you love her too.”

Well, do I? Can I truly call that love, when I’ve been using her from the moment I met her?

But then… didn’t I do the same with Anya? And didn’t I just decide I cannot assign a certain meaning to the word “love”?

He sighs. “I can’t promise anything, Anya. But I’ll do my best to give you a happy place to live in, after this loop is over.”

“I wanna know all about it when you make it out.”

“I’ll tell you everything. I promise. You deserve to know.”

By now they’ve reached home. He can see light coming from Yor’s room.

I’ll need to send her for an errand. I can’t make a plan with Anya while she’s still at home.

He spots Anya’s grin.

“Anya, this isn’t like Spy Wars. Lying to people is not a good thing.”

“But Mama won’t remember it,” Anya whispers.

“It doesn’t matter. It’s still wrong.”

Sighing, he walks inside.

He sees Yor welcome them home with a smile and for a moment he forgets what he was going to tell her.

Thorn Princess. An assassin so deadly, so meticulous and so elusive that some people consider her an urban legend.

My wife.

You ought to hand in your resignation, Twilight. You’ve been living with an actual assassin without getting the slightest of hints about it, and you want to call yourself an intelligence agent?

“Yor, I need a favor,” he says, putting Anya down. “I wanted to make a sauce for the steaks but I forgot to pick up a few ingredients, would you mind—“

“Of course!” Her smile is still twisting his stomach.

Is it real? Is any of it real?

He’s been covering for an assassin all this time. That’s why Yor had asked him to marry her… and while he doesn’t blame her for that, he did the same after all, he can’t help the doubts about her feelings for him.

He looks at Anya. Her narrowed eyes take him aback.

He shakes his head at her. It’s a huge temptation to learn about Yor’s feelings directly through her thoughts, but it would be horrendous of him to use Anya’s power like that.

It’s already horrible, what he’s planning to do.

Once Yor leaves, Loid enters his room. For the first time he leaves the door open behind him, allowing Anya to step inside.

It’s still shocking to think that all along she’s known what he’s been hiding in this room.

First he contacts the Handler to abort their plan with the snipers. There won’t be any testing of Pollux today. He doesn’t wait for the reply that will most definitely come with questions asking why.

He pulls out the bag with the listening devices. He looks at it, then at Anya, and a feeling of uneasiness makes his throat tight.

He's in a huge dilemma; as a spy, he is supposed to report Anya to WISE immediately and abort Operation Strix. As a man who wants to stop war, he's willing to use Anya's abilities to read Desmond's mind. And as a man who loves his daughter, he wants to do neither of those things.

“Anya will be alright, Papa.” She takes a few steps towards him. “The bad boss won’t know it’s me. And he won’t remember it.”

“I took this path in my life so that children wouldn’t have to be taken advantage of like that. This is the exact opposite.”

“But I want to help.”

He smiles mirthlessly. That very innocence of hers is what he’s supposed to protect.

“I also don’t want war,” she adds. “I want to help make peace.”

He kneels down next to her. “How did you get those powers? Do you control them, or do you always read other people’s minds?”

“I don’t know how I got them. I always remember having them.” Her eyes are wide and her jaw is pulled back; he can tell there’s something more she’s not sharing. “Sometimes I can control them. I can control whose mind I’m reading, but if someone thinks too much, I will hear it.”

He sighs. “If we’re to do this, I need to have a sense of privacy. I’ll need to know you’re willing to stop reading my thoughts when I want them to be left alone. Same with Yor… if she stays with us.”

Or if she doesn’t file for a divorce and demands full custody.

Anya nods. “I can try.”

“Good. Now let’s take a look at the plan.”

This day hasn’t been going as he expected it. Anya’s shock over her secret being discovered was immediately replaced by her excitement to be a part of his mission, even though she knows this version of her won’t exist tomorrow. He was almost prepared to try and end the loop today, but with such a plan he can’t foresee an end for at least a week, from his point of view.

Least of all, he hadn’t expected how the truth about Yor would affect him.  He’d supposed she was hiding something from him, but just the sheer force of this revelation has him feeling like he was punched in the gut.

She’s been using this marriage to her advantage as much as he has, yet that doesn’t provide any relief for his guilt. Yor Briar is just… Yor. Loid Forger is a figment of his own creation, and it’s all Yor has ever been allowed to see. When the truth comes out and she realizes that she developed feelings for a man that doesn’t really exist…

Yor seems to pick up on his tense feelings and keeps fairly quiet while they eat, though she keeps her smile on.

That same smile that causes his insides to twist uncomfortably. This time there’s definitely guilt added there.

Loid allows Anya to wear her prince costume before they leave. Things go so smoothly that it’s only at the play’s end that he remembers Pollux will kill him today again.

“Would you mind picking Anya up?” he tells Yor. “I need to catch up with some attendees.”

Any other day he’d wonder about sounding suspicious. Today he’ll boldly cross all lines of suspicion.

Making sure no-one is looking at him, he adjusts his earpiece and looks at his watch.

Five past eight exact.

“Agent Starlight reporting for dooty,” Anya’s gasping voice comes in his ear.

“Where are you taking me?! Stop dragging me!” Damian Desmond’s voice is also heard a little further back.

Twilight smiles. In order to avoid as many consequences as possible, he asked Anya to keep Damian away from the blast, on the floor right above the foyer. Just in case the day ends up not resetting.

He exits into the foyer and spots Donovan. He would normally be able to control his heartbeat, but not when he’s about to do something as bold and risky as this.

“Agent Starlight in posishun. I can hear you.”

Can you hear Desmond?

Short silence.

“… silly play. I can’t believe Demertee-us was right.”

Yes! Keep going, Anya!

He takes a deep breath, clenching his hands into fists.

Here it goes. Operation Strix, pass or fail.

“Mr. Desmond. What a pleasant surprise,” Loid tells him. He doesn’t bother offering his hand.

“Forger. Quite com-foor-table, I see. What next, you invite yourself over to my house?”

“Ah, you know how it is,” is what Desmond says.

“Sure, sure.” His heart feels as if it’s trying to beat its way out of his chest. All his spy instincts are screaming at him to walk away, or at least treat the matter with delicacy. Instead, he forces his words out. “Now tell me, Mr. Desmond, what exactly are your plans for the war?”

“War? What is he saying?”

“Oh, I’ve got my sources. Like, for example…”

“Sources? Peylon, he mean?”

Means! “Peylon, yes. Very talkative fellow, I must admit.”

“He knows about the sum-nit in Bonn… brug. I was right!”

“Regarding the summit in Bonnburg. The one Foreign Minister Windsor will attend, correct?”

“He needs to— No, Papa!”

Focus, Anya. Focus on his thoughts.

Desmond is stiff when he gestures at his bodyguards. Twilight allows himself a quick side glance. Pollux is approaching.

“So what are you going to do? Have infiltrators assassinate him and blame it on the Westalian government?”

“What is he on about? What did Peylon tell him?”

Two bodyguards grab each of Twilight’s arms. “Oh, you won’t. What is it, then?”

“It’s Boo-wantz we’re going for…”

“Oh, Minister Brantz then. Makes sense.”

Desmond’s characteristically frozen face suddenly betrays utter shock. An expression almost imperceptible, except for the trained eye.

“What is this, is he reading my mind?”

“Quite positively I am, sir.” The two men grabbing him start trying to drag him away and he says, “Oh, that won't be necessary.”

Pollux is right there, catching their attention.

Twilight hasn’t taken his eyes off of Desmond.

Flash. Burn. Crack.

BANG!

~

A/N: Reminder that I don't read the manga, so all character dynamics are at around the point the story has paused in the anime. Don't spoil me about later developments please :D

[thecomedyhour01]

i’m gonna start a comedy career. i’ll start in public “comedy night” type events in pubs and then once i’ve made a name for myself locally begin to branch out, get myself out there a bit. people start talking to their friends and family about this “ComedyHour” kid, “really funny guy” they’ll say. Next thing you know, i’m being invited to actual comedy clubs as a performer: sure maybe not as the headliner mind you, not yet anyway, but nevertheless i’m still the guy people go home talking about. “hilarious” they’ll say, “they were a riot!” soon i’m always the headliner, and even sooner i’m invited to the BIG comedy club’s. At this point i’m meeting and mingling with the big names. I talk loud and laugh louder, people remember my face and when they see me they think “oh my god it’s this guy! i love this guy!” I’m now one of the big names. i begin getting asked onto shows, you know the ones: 8 out of ten cats, taskmaster; you know, THOSE types of shows. i’m everyone’s favourite guest, the most viewed episodes are one’s with me on. Finally I’ve reached the top, i’m invited onto a late night talk show, probably one of the best places for a single person to get all the limelight to talk about anything they want. Jimmy Fallon, Graham Norton, anyone really would do. at this point, i’m so universally liked that this is the most viewed episode of these shows… Ever. record breaking numbers for my show of choice. i’m the headline for that nights show, the idea of having me just come on and say… anything! it’s enough to draw people from all over the world. it’s show night. i’m behind stage as the host calls my name. take a deep breath as i walk on. the crowd cheers as they see me, men and women crying tears of joy. i sit down and the audience calms down. the host lets me begin the discussion…and i just begin to rant like a complete lunatic.

“the moon is made of rhubarb and custard”

“the government spy on us through our toothbrushes”

“The name ‘American Football’ makes complete sense despite minimal Foot on Ball action!”

I’d say anything to show I’d lost it!

At first people laugh as they think it’s another of my wacky japes… but as the dust settles and the millions of people watching begin to realise i seem genuinely believe these things they begin to become upset, panic even! “Oh no! what’s wrong with them!” the host will try and keep order but i’ll start angrily cussing him out. security will be called on me. as they drag me out i’ll begin speaking gibberish,as if possessed. i’ll be mentally evaluated - they’ll say i’ve gone insane. i’ll be institutionalised. meanwhile there’ll be riots on the outside, so much violence and blood, children weeping, families pulling each other apart! i was meant to be the best of us, the person who everyone could rely on to make the day a little brighter; without me, everything just seems so bleak. as the years go by i wont say a word, wont show any signs of improving. the world will begin to forget about me, about the power i had over people. 30 years since the incident, i overhear a conversation outside my padded cell. “Who’s this?” says an unfamiliar voice.

The world has forgotten about me. I smile. This was my plan all along. To have the world hang on my every word, then cause people to tear each other apart, and disappear without a trace. Because the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he never existed.

[miasmaburnt]

Sync Servant Sheet

Class: Assassin

Class Skill

Presence Concealment (B+): It is impossible to discern if Sync is a Servant or mundane. He is able to effortlessly blend into the background, which makes this skill suitable for spying. However, Sync can be easily spotted and identified when he begins his attack.

Personal Skills

Mysterious Combatant (-): This skill can only be used by someone whose talents and competency were not recognized by others for various reasons. To opponents, the rank of all of one's skills appears to be one rank lower than what they actually are. This skill is linked to the mask that Sync is always seen wearing. If his mask is lost or his identity is revealed, this skill is nullified.

Martial Arts (A): Sync was born lacking the ability to perform high-level artes, so he refined his body as best as he could. He has reached a level where many physical attacks do more damage than most types of magic.

Magecraft (C): Natural talent possessed by a Homunculus cast from magic circuits. He is capable of orthodox Thaumaturgy, though unsuitable for constant use.

Eye of the Mind [True] (B): A kind of combat precognition born of great skill and experience. Sync’s battlefield evaluation at this level is sharp enough to improve significantly the chances of victory in most situations.

Noble Phantasms

Harrowing Gale (D): This Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm allows Sync to call upon his knowledge of martial arts to deal damage against one opponent. This skill ignores physical defense because Sync uses magic to enhance his attacks. He calls upon the wind to hurl him at his opponents and pummel them into the ground. This usually happens so fast that no one sees what happened until it is over.

Akashic Torment (A++): An Anti-Army Noble Phantasm that Sync gained from viewing Akasha. He can manifest a Reality Marble of the exact moment he did so, challenging all those he has trapped inside to try and survive entropy itself.

[amaanyaar]

Introduction to Video Management System

Nowadays, technology has become an essential part of our human lives as it contributes expert services to mankind, and video surveillance system is one of the helping hands for collecting, viewing, and recording the video from multiple surveillance cameras (CCTV). Basically, VMS is the operating software that enables the user to view the video through the operating system (PC).

A video management system (VMS) is a software component that combines diverse elements of a security camera system (cameras, encoders, recording systems, storage infrastructure, and analytics software) into a single pane of glass. It combines the features of numerous separate video surveillance solutions into a single, integrated system.

Video Surveillance System Components

IP camera

It is a surveillance camera that records footage through a network video recorder (NVR) as an input for a video management system. It is the eye of any security system and plays a major role in the security system.

Encoder

It converts the input footage into the binary language because the system only understands the binary language. The conversion of the algorithm is done with the help of software.

Recording system

it is the systematic recording of footage which is encoded by the encoder and collected by the IP camera with the NVR.

Storage system

It is an integral part of the computer system that stores and retrieves the surveillance footage for future use whenever it’s required. A storage system is capable of storing multiple types of data in a large quantity it comes with various configurations.

Advantages of Video Management System

Simplicity

Typically, traditional video surveillance systems include components like video cameras, recording devices, storage systems, and analytics software, but video surveillance systems include all the functions in a single interface where capturing, storing, and retrieving take place, which is more convenient for the users.

A video surveillance system is less time-consuming and gives a hassle-free experience to the users, which reduces the complexities in an organization’s security system. It’s simple to retrieve surveillance footage for any safety reasons like legal requirements, past records, any misshaping, etc. Also, VMS ensures longevity, by which the footage is available for a longer period of time without any damage or missing.

Safety

Video management systems spy on each and every moment of an organization’s activities and ensure the safety and security of the organization’s operations, as well as provide a safe and secure environment for employees and customers. Employee safety and security regulations include internal company accidents, interpersonal conflicts, etc. Furthermore, in the case of a client, VMS aids in the prevention of all types of scams, unethical practices, and more.

A video surveillance system allows organizations to monitor in real-time activities whether everything is fine or whether something unfavorable is taking place. As a result, actions are being planned in accordance with the situation. It also has a feature that evaluates surveillance footage automatically. Nowadays, surveillance systems have become the norm for organizations, and they play a major role in safety regulations.

Cost

Video management system is cost-effective it reduces the number of physical components and reduces procuring and maintenance cost of multiple hardware as well as software The Video Surveillance System helps to reduce the storage cost of the footage with its optimized storage system, which can store more with less cost and capacity.

By eliminating the cost of resolving problems and issues, video management system also helps to improve an organization’s performance through surveillance monitoring.

Video Management Software by types of solutions

i. Video intelligence ii. Case management iii. Advanced video management iv. Data integration v. Intelligent streaming vi. Custom application management vii. Mobile application viii. Navigation management ix. Storage management x. Security management

Conclusion

video surveillance systems with new cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), facial recognition, cloud-based storage, 4K technology, etc. eliminate the risk of uncertainty from the operation and help to keep a record for future needs. Being a leading Video Security Company, we, at OdiTek, provide various types of video management systems and related services to ease down your security needs. Reach out to us today to explore more.

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This is a step-by-step guide that will teach you how to install and use a light bulb spy camera

Over the course of the past few years, developments in surveillance technology have resulted in the introduction of unconventional solutions such as the light bulb spy camera. These gadgets are becoming increasingly popular as options for strengthening home security since they combine the ability to monitor in a discrete manner with everyday functionality. This tutorial will give you with a full overview of how to install and utilise a light bulb spy camera, ensuring that you are able to make the most of its features and achieve the highest possible level of efficacy.

Gaining an Understanding of the Spy Camera Light Bulb

Having a solid understanding of the principles of a light bulb spy camera is absolutely necessary before beginning the installation process. These gadgets, in contrast to conventional security cameras, are concealed within a regular light bulb, which allows them to conceal their surveillance capabilities. The majority of the time, they are equipped with high-definition video recording, audio capture, motion detection, and remote access capabilities, which makes them handy tools for secretly monitoring indoor locations.

Establishing the Appropriate Location

In order to achieve complete surveillance coverage, it is essential to choose the most appropriate location for your light bulb spy camera. In areas where the camera's view is not impeded, such as living rooms, entryways, or corridors, it is important to take into consideration areas that have strategic vantage points. Make sure that the place you choose has sufficient lighting conditions so that you can record quality footage during the day as well as at night.

The process of installation

In order to guarantee the safety of the installation process, it is imperative that the power to the light fixture be turned off at the circuit breaker before beginning. For the purpose of ensuring that the circuit is turned off, you should gather the required instruments, such as a ladder, a screwdriver, and possibly a voltage tester.

Removing the Light Bulb That Is Already There

Carefully unscrew the light bulb that is currently installed in the fixture, and then remove it. After installation, put it away in a secure location so that it can be reused in the future.

Setting up the Spy Camera in the Light Bulb Holder

The light bulb spy camera should be inserted into the empty socket, and it should be made sure that it fits securely. For any extra setup procedures, such as connecting to a Wi-Fi network or customising settings through a mobile app, it is important to follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer, which may vary depending on the model.

Controlling the Camera's Angle

Adjust the angle of the camera once it has been fitted in order to acquire the desired field of vision. Make certain that it effectively covers the region that is supposed to be covered while keeping an inconspicuous placement within the light fixture.

Putting the Power Back on and Testing

The power should be restored to the light fixture at the circuit breaker once the installation is complete. The functionality of the light bulb spy camera may be evaluated by accessing its live feed through the mobile application or monitoring platform that has been chosen for this purpose. To achieve the best possible performance, make any necessary adjustments to the camera settings.

Utilising the Spy Camera Made of Light Bulb

Gaining Access to Live Feeds

Access live feeds from the light bulb spy camera from a remote location by using the web interface or mobile application that comes with the security camera. It is imperative that the device be connected to a reliable internet connection in order to ensure uninterrupted monitoring.

Putting in place alerts for motion detection

If you enable the motion detection features, you will be able to receive fast notifications on your smartphone or via email whenever the camera detects movement inside its range of vision. Adjust the sensitivity levels to limit the number of false alarms while simultaneously improving the monitoring of security.

Playback and recording of audio

Make use of the recording capabilities of the camera in order to record footage of situations or activities that appear to be suspicious. In order to review and document the videos that were recorded, retrieve them from the storage of the application or from a microSD card that has been installed.

Improving the Safety of the Home

For increased surveillance capabilities, you should include the light bulb spy camera into the home security system that you already have in place. The monitoring capabilities of this device should be coordinated with those of other devices, such as smart locks or alarms, in order to provide full protection against potential dangers.

Final Thoughts

To summarise, the installation and utilisation of a light bulb spy camera has shown to be an efficient and covert method of strengthening the security of one's home. Following this step-by-step instruction will allow you to take advantage of its advanced features, which will allow you to monitor indoor places in a seamless manner while keeping a covert monitoring presence. Embrace the advantages that current technology has to offer in order to protect your loved ones and your home with complete assurance.

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Nominated for "Best Feature Film" at the Golden Rooster Award: "Hidden Blade": a hidden arrow that breaks the unspoken rules of box office for literary and artistic films

A classic is a kind of work,

It continues to give rise to clouds of criticism of it,

And keep getting rid of it,

It never completes what it has to say.

Hidden Blade, whose global box office is still rising, is the box office ceiling for domestic literary and artistic films. The background of this performance is that serious films have encountered an era of shallow reading, the industry and the public have been torn apart, and box office has become an undercurrent sweeping everything. However, because literary films do not conform to the shallow entertainment psychology, their niche nature is predicted by bloodthirsty and crude evaluations, and they are ahead of schedule. They are killed by film placement rate.

The true mission of film︱Making culture visible

The turbulent clouds and red color in the broad field of vision are somewhat incompatible with the festive atmosphere of the Lunar New Year. Released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is a kind of performance art in itself... It is very cliché, and it is exactly the same as the self-deprecation of super commercial films. As a spy war literary film, "Hidden Blade" has achieved a breakthrough in innovative expression of Chinese films, and its heterogeneity is unique among domestic films.

The dramatic tension of too many movies relies entirely on scenes and special effects, which disappear once they leave the theater. "Hidden Blade" creates a huge psychological magnetic field, which is still exciting even if it is separated from the audio-visual environment. The tone threshold of "Hidden Blade" is not some kind of contempt for the audience, but the ultimate respect for the audience, history, and movies.

Literary films are a type of film relative to the concept of commercial films. They focus on artistic expression and cultural connotation, and try to pursue higher aesthetic values ​​and cultural significance. Their production is also different from commercial films: commercial films pursue commercial interests or mass entertainment, and take the movie box office as the main goal, while literary films focus on the artistry and cultural connotation of the film.

Transgressing norms and offending common sense, art films are pioneers of film. They often fail but expand the boundaries of film. There are two literary classics in the history of world cinema, "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Westward Journey". They failed miserably at the box office when they were first released. However, they accumulated a large number of die-hard fans through the later dissemination of images. After years of accumulation, they became indelible classics.

The core of the value counterattack between the two works is still that gold will always shine.The former's exploration of human nature and social systems has created a milestone in modern cinema, while the latter's postmodern deconstructive stream of consciousness has won resonance in an era of subversion of tradition.

As a cultural carrier, movies are the most intuitive and transparent value expression of the thoughts of the times. Although most of the classics handed down from ancient times are not the true understanding of the thinkers' era, they have been accepted by the public after years of precipitation. As a result, classics continue to increase in value over the course of history. This is the power of classics and the reason why we respect classics.

As early as in "The Death of Romance", Cheng Er used lines to express his feelings, "Movies are made for the audience of the next century." Look, for artists who break through the context of their times, the feedback they receive from the times is often lagging or misaligned, although this misalignment itself is precisely the connotation of the avant-garde. Yes, art films have always been a disadvantaged group in the industry that suffers at the box office.

In contrast to the tragic box office situation, the ambition and strength of literary films in film art awards. This is also the reason why "Hidden Blade" recently swept the 36th Golden Rooster Awards, with 8 major nominations and caused controversy among public opinion.

The existence of "Hidden Blade" is indeed an isolated example of a domestic literary film. With a box office of 931 million, it is not only the highest-grossing film in director Cheng Er's career, it is even several times the total box office of all his previous works! It's so stunning that "Hidden Blade" has always been criticized by the public, expelled from the art film camp by default in the name of "removing the highest score"!

"No one knows your name, but your achievements are immortal." The grand proposition of the unknown hero in "Hidden Blade" is more sentimental about family and country than any of Cheng Er's previous works. And does this main theme of "greatness, light, and justice" fit in with the art film's original understanding of "the world, society, and life" for individuals and the authorial expression of film language?

"Hidden Blade" is not the first of its kind to draw on commercial marketing for a literary film. At that time, "Fireworks in the Day" was announced as a romantic suspense film, and it received similar reviews and received double box office revenue. It can be seen that only true literature and art dare to joke about "super commercial films".

Cheng Er responded to this joke in an interview with "China News Weekly", "I was editing the film that day, and then they came in with their mobile phones to show me, and said that everyone still thought it was too literary, and I said let's just type a line. Come out - a super commercial film. This is a joke, and indeed no one put such a slogan in the trailer."

He said that he just found it interesting and that there was nothing to rebel about and it was not worth rebelling against. Confidence and relaxation are often qualities of an artist. These qualities make people stand out like fireflies in the dark, allowing the public to quickly pick them up from the crowd. And Cheng Er slowly titled a serious film "super commercial film" because of his humor.

Movies are not just an art of light and shadow | they are also an art that can cultivate people

Low box office is not the standard for art films. “When art is dressed in shabby clothes, it is easiest for people to recognize it as art.” However, this is not an essential representation of art, but the quality of the audience that needs to be improved. The complaints faced by "Hidden Blade" are the same as those faced by literary films as a whole, which is the contradiction between the film's authorial expression and public acceptance.

But does literature and art have to be a niche? Does it deserve to be obscure and slow-paced? Come to think of it, no one is more qualified to answer than "Hidden Blade", who has boiled the black water into a world of wealth and led the public's aesthetic appreciation with niche art!

The most representative narrative style of Cheng Er's films is "flashback narrative", which established his unique creative and imaging style. It invites the audience to participate, rely on brain supplements to build together, and gain the pleasure of decoding. It is a true "understanding", and it is easy to be confused if you don't understand. Such films pursue aesthetics and reflection, and are usually aimed at more mature and artistic audiences.

Movies are products of the cultural industry and are essentially consumed cultural products. In the context of the influx of capital and hot money into the film market and the industrialized mass production of film culture, commercial films are certainly high-return cultural snacks tailored for audiences. Even the creators of literary and artistic films are hard-pressed to avoid being judged by box office success . "The concept of influence or even kidnapping.

It is common for literary films to sell less than 5 million yuan. From Chen Zheyi softly asking the sky, "Why are elegant and gentle people scolded?" to Huang Xufeng angrily choking netizens, "I have no merit but hard work." There is no antidote in the world. The reason why literary and artistic films are criticized is often because in the fast-food era of shallow reading, literary and artistic films have to embrace the sinking market and attract non-target audiences in order to pursue box office.

But movies are just products? No, it is still a cultural expression and a carrier of social values. Comparing movies to products, then literary and artistic films are obviously not fast-moving consumer goods. When facing capital and the market, how can they be in line with the public while not losing their authorial nature? Cheng Er said, "Good-looking art films are also good commodities, and excellent commercial films are also a kind of art."

When it comes to art, most people may think that art is highbrow, aloof, and far away from daily life. And this is not the case. Yu Hua said in the roadshow of "The Mistake by the River", what does it mean to understand? In fact, it is whether it can overlap with our own life experience. If there is overlap, you can understand it. If there is no overlap, you can't understand it. That's normal.

In this explanation, understanding or not understanding is not profound. And Cheng Er has always said that the audience should not be underestimated. People who watch movies are influenced by their own likes and dislikes. Whatever they feel is what they have. Whether they understand or not is not that important.

The audience should not be too demanding to understand, and the artist should also be down-to-earth. Art for the sake of art is not true art. "Hidden Blade" is not only a literary film, but also a literary footnote to Chinese films, because it truly expresses the cruelty of history but is still full of artistic beauty. Cheng Er is very familiar with the history of the Republic of China and knows the intricate relationships between characters.

"Hidden Blade" is composed of real historical details as fine as twists and turns. When I say I can’t understand it, I’m not expressing disdain, but living in China, it’s difficult to understand the history of 5,000 years of civilization, but there is absolutely no threshold for mastering the history of the Anti-Japanese War! It is understandable that one cannot appreciate the narrative technique due to aesthetic differences, but the Internet atrocities of selling one’s soul for five cents and tainting the theme of the film are unforgivable.

There is no universal set of aesthetic rules in the world, but artists try to legislate aesthetics. Every era has its own branded dogma, until the next generation of artists establishes their own profession. Therefore, Gombrich exorcized art and said, "There is no art, only artists." He hoped that the world would stop enshrining art in shrines and use mystery and sacredness to Feeling separates oneself from the work.

There is also a similar "death of the author theory" in the literary field, which means that the author is as if dead when the work is born, and the interpretation and evaluation of the work are left to the readers. That is, there are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers, and there is no standard answer.

Just like we cannot require every movie to go straight to the international film festival awards, but also to hit the hearts of the audience and be a classic that will be passed down forever. We cannot require every movie viewer to have high film literacy from the beginning, and to be able to get the spiritual resonance of the creative intention. The growth of movies, filmmakers, and movie audiences requires more tolerant soil and space.

Of course, there is really little space left for literary and artistic films in theaters now! No matter at home or abroad, when the public unanimously agrees that "artistic films deserve low box office", please understand that the industry should leave some room for exploration for artistic films. Allow them to be ignorant of the customs, and only on the soil of tolerance can viable artistic flowers bloom.

Social aesthetic value orientation︱The purpose and driving force of movies

"A lame dog walks through the bombed street scene." One day, Cheng Er took a pen filled with ink and wrote this sentence on the paper. At that time, no one, including himself, knew it, but it was becoming the starting point for a movie called "Hidden Blade," and this moment of brutal aesthetics became the famous scene of the movie.

Personal aesthetics are free, but social aesthetics has a paradigm. Education and social culture will influence and standardize aesthetics and shape aesthetic orientation. Different eras and different environments have different aesthetic orientations, and different aesthetic orientations make people make different value choices. That is to say, no matter how free the aesthetics and how diverse the values ​​are, as long as the rice is sown, it will never grow into tares.

Art and commerce are the two legs of movies. Art movies are full of vitality, and commercial movies are lively. When the leg of literature and art is lame, it is not unfair that Chinese films have been reduced from regulars on the awards podium at international film festivals to regulars on the red carpet.

Yes, there is indeed a "silver-like pewter tip" in the name of art. When artistic conscience is marginalized by desire, the so-called art becomes only a barren and pale flower shelf that cannot withstand scrutiny and argumentation. But "Hidden Blade" allows us to see how an exquisite literary film is polished and shaped, and even simple film layouts contain shooting skills.

Generally, it is the director's habit to record the scene first, then the actors perform, and the cameraman follows the camera movement, but this is not the case on Cheng Er's set. Wang Yibo once mentioned that the crew respects the actors very much. The filming scene is very quiet. Once the mood enters the state, the photographer shoots directly. After the scene is finished, the filming will be finished. The filming will never interrupt the actors' brewing emotions.

In the later stage, Cheng Er slept directly in the studio and only did one thing every day, cut, cut, cut! Thanks to his almost fanatical work status, Cheng Er didn't even get exposed to the sun last year! It took seven years to sharpen a sword, just for a different Chinese movie. Incorporate the main melody into genre movies, and use the language and audio-visual rhythm of genre movies to achieve innovative expression of the main melody theme.

"A truly good movie must be more commercial than commercial and more artistic than art. For me, what I have always wanted to do is to be more commercial than commercial and more artistic than artistic." Cheng Er said this and did the same.

Cheng Er's images are full of subtle metaphors. Puppet Manchukuo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, the spiritual narrative about the city in "Hidden Blade" permeates the architectural language of Rongzhai, No. 76, No. 567 Xiafei Road, Central Market, and Man Mo Temple; it is hidden in Japanese, Shanghai dialect, The mixture of pidgin and Cantonese arouses emotional resonance and deep thinking in the audience.

The Puppet Manchukuo, which only exists in the dialogue between Watanabe and Mr. Ye, is like a ghost with the chill of a daydream; the isolated island in Shanghai, which occupies the main part of the film, exudes luxury and inconsistency in its exquisiteness; and Hong Kong, as the hub of the international anti-Japanese united front, is full of human fireworks, revealing a simple and soothing world.

Dark clouds are pressing down, devastation is everywhere, and at the end of the tunnel, the historical information in the image of the current situation is compressed into a minimalist narrative, waiting to be decompressed. Until the dark wormhole of the theater, the historical words in the spy war narrative rushed towards us...

The anti-Japanese drama consumes misery, the anti-war themes are reproduced in large numbers, and the massacres cause psychological discomfort... In the past, expressions of the history of national suffering often followed the rules of exposing cruelty, exposing blood, and even exchanging violence for violence. What is shocking about "Hidden Blade" is that it uses beauty to overcome ugliness. It is amazing: It turns out that suffering can be interpreted calmly, with warmth and depth! "You can't get involved in the frame," is the domineering determination of the man behind the scenes.

Light and heavy, cold and warm, it completes the unfinished soul judgment on a country's sin of aggression in reality. In the sense of cultural export, "Hidden Blade" integrates the isolated history of China's anti-Japanese resistance into the world narrative of the great history of World War II.

It is a message from the times to the times. In the theater, "Hidden Blade" makes us feel the power of literature and art. After walking out of the theater, you will naturally understand what the merits of the unknown are!

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The Holy Fire of the Goddess reveals the most ancient of mysteries: contained within each human is the seed of Divinity, waiting to be processed, actualized and brought forth.

One of my favorite stories of the Great Goddess Auset (Isis) illustrates this process:

Searching for the body of her murdered husband Osiris, Isis comes to Byblos in Phoenicia, modern day Lebanon. The glorious Goddess, disguised as an older woman, is invited to the palace to become a nursemaid to the royal children of Queen Astarte.

Isis became fond of the youngest child, a prince, and decided to create a Holy Fire for an initiation that would make him Divine. Every night, when the palace was dark and quiet, Isis created the Holy Fire and set the child aflame.

Queen Astarte, sensing a difference in her son, decided to spy on her nursemaid. One evening, the Queen walked into the nursery as Goddess Isis was performing the initiation ritual. Seeing her son on fire, she screamed and tried to rescue the boy. The Great Goddess returned to her glorious form, chastising the mother for stopping the sacred process. Queen Astarte realizing that she was in the presence of a Goddess, begged for forgiveness, offered Isis gifts and granted her request for the coffin of her slain husband.

This story reveals the alchemical process of breaking down the old self so the new self can be born. In real life we may experience the Holy Fire as an identity crisis. When you are experiencing loss: loss of a loved one, loss of a job or position, loss of a relationship, financial loss, etc; your old identity is uprooted. The intense feelings after a loss can be fiery and all-consuming. Stuck, dense emotions and trauma dislodge and make their way to the surface in a storm of negativity. When you’re going through this kind of transformation, it can feel like a near death. But all these things are coming up to be cleared out. The Holy Fire purifies you. It burns you clean.

You can get to the other side. Here are a few helpful reminders:

1. Embrace the discomfort:

This process is supposed to be uncomfortable. At times we forget, so we complain, fight and resist. We want the end result, the material blessings, but resist the process. We want to have, but do we want to become? To stay conscious in the midst of the Holy Fire is to process what’s directly in front of you. What do you need to get rid of? Clear out? Complete? Clean up and let go of what cannot go with you to the next level. Yes, it's painful. But you gain strength of character, wisdom, and connection to the Divine; everything necessary to live a life of purpose.

2. Create space to be alone:

Your environment matters. You need a safe, quiet and contained space as you go through this process. Some ancient cultures referred to this container as “the womb of the Goddess”. Completing the process was called “Rebirth”.

3. Evaluate your relationships:

In the story of the Goddess, the young royal never became Divine because his mother stopped his process. One of the purposes of the Holy Fire is individuation, becoming your own person. You’ll have to let go of the need for your mother’s approval or father’s approval. Loyalty to your Soul’s growth has to outweigh loyalty to family rules and cultural codes. Your relationships will shift and change. Toxic generational patterns are being disrupted. On the journey of transformation, everyone can’t go with you.

A new path is being revealed; a new way that allows you to walk fully in the truth of who you are. In the Holy Fire of the Divine Feminine, you don’t burn, you become.

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Video Management Software I Video Management System I Video surveillance system

Nowadays, technology has become an essential part of our human lives as it contributes expert services to mankind, and video surveillance system is one of the helping hands for collecting, viewing, and recording the video from multiple surveillance cameras (CCTV). Basically, VMS is the operating software that enables the user to view the video through the operating system (PC).

A video management system (VMS) is a software component that combines diverse elements of a security camera system (cameras, encoders, recording systems, storage infrastructure, and analytics software) into a single pane of glass. It combines the features of numerous separate video surveillance solutions into a single, integrated system.

Video Surveillance System Components

IP camera

It is a surveillance camera that records footage through a network video recorder (NVR) as an input for a video management system. It is the eye of any security system and plays a major role in the security system.

Encoder

It converts the input footage into the binary language because the system only understands the binary language. The conversion of the algorithm is done with the help of software.

Recording system

it is the systematic recording of footage which is encoded by the encoder and collected by the IP camera with the NVR.

Storage system

It is an integral part of the computer system that stores and retrieves the surveillance footage for future use whenever it’s required. A storage system is capable of storing multiple types of data in a large quantity it comes with various configurations.

Advantages of Video Management System

Simplicity

Typically, traditional video surveillance systems include components like video cameras, recording devices, storage systems, and analytics software, but video surveillance systems include all the functions in a single interface where capturing, storing, and retrieving take place, which is more convenient for the users.

A video surveillance system is less time-consuming and gives a hassle-free experience to the users, which reduces the complexities in an organization’s security system. It’s simple to retrieve surveillance footage for any safety reasons like legal requirements, past records, any misshaping, etc. Also, VMS ensures longevity, by which the footage is available for a longer period of time without any damage or missing.

Safety

Video management systems spy on each and every moment of an organization’s activities and ensure the safety and security of the organization’s operations, as well as provide a safe and secure environment for employees and customers. Employee safety and security regulations include internal company accidents, interpersonal conflicts, etc. Furthermore, in the case of a client, VMS aids in the prevention of all types of scams, unethical practices, and more.

A video surveillance system allows organizations to monitor in real-time activities whether everything is fine or whether something unfavorable is taking place. As a result, actions are being planned in accordance with the situation. It also has a feature that evaluates surveillance footage automatically. Nowadays, surveillance systems have become the norm for organizations, and they play a major role in safety regulations.

Cost

Video management system is cost-effective it reduces the number of physical components and reduces procuring and maintenance cost of multiple hardware as well as software The Video Surveillance System helps to reduce the storage cost of the footage with its optimized storage system, which can store more with less cost and capacity.

By eliminating the cost of resolving problems and issues, video management system also helps to improve an organization’s performance through surveillance monitoring.

Video Management Software by types of solutions

i. Video intelligence ii. Case management iii. Advanced video management iv. Data integration v. Intelligent streaming vi. Custom application management vii. Mobile application viii. Navigation management ix. Storage management x. Security management

Conclusion

video surveillance systems with new cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), facial recognition, cloud-based storage, 4K technology, etc. eliminate the risk of uncertainty from the operation and help to keep a record for future needs. Being a leading Video Security Company, we, at OdiTek, provide various types of video management systems and related services to ease down your security needs. Reach out to us today to explore more.