My wife(Sara) and I had been happily married for 8 years, no kids, no fights, and we have a great sex life. My neighbor(Bill) and his wife moved in across the street 3 years ago and the four of us got along pretty well.
During Covid, we did a lot of online shopping and I installed a Porch Pirate camera with a motion detector that sends me alerts while I'm at work. Yesterday I got a call from the groomer that our dog was ready to pick up and I called my wife at work to see which one of us needed to pick up the dog. Her office said that she had gone home sick at lunch, so I called her to check on her to see if she was alright but she didn't answer. About thirty minutes later the Porch camera sent me an alert and a video showing my neighbor at my door and my wife opening the door in an expensive lingerie set I bought her for Valentine's Day. I worked a lot from home during Covid and have a Remote Desktop on my personal laptop so I can access files and things from my office computer. So I ported into my laptop that was set up at a desk in our bedroom and accessed the camera. When they walked into the bedroom and she started helping him off with his clothes my heart began to pound. With full audio, I watched them make out and eventually have sex first in Missionary and then Sara got on top of him as it's easier for her to finish that way. At that point, I unmuted my work computer and turned the camera on, and said, What the hell do you two think you're doing? Needless to say, that ruined the mood.
They both turned and saw me on the screen, I told Bill that he had three seconds to get out of my house before I sent screenshots to his wife and he got out of there as fast as he could. My wife started crying and I said we would talk when I got home. I left work and drove home, when I got there she was in the shower. I saw her phone lying on the table and I picked it up and opened it up and read a couple of disturbing texts. I didn't have much time as I heard the shower quit so I changed the lock code on her phone so she couldn't erase the evidence before I had a chance to save it. She came in the living room and saw me holding her phone and the color drained from her face. She started to try and get me to listen to her but I shut her down. I turned on the TV and streamed their sex video on the tv, with sound. I asked her what part of that she wanted to explain. She had tears running down her face and she couldn't look me in the eye, I told her she needed to pack a bag and stay at her parent's house until we could sort this out. She wanted to stay and talk but I said this was really raw right now and things would get said that couldn't be taken back. She packed a bag and asked me to call her soon so we could deal with this.
She called on her mom's phone and said her phone was locked and she couldn't use it. I explained I had read a couple of conversations she had with Bill but I didn't have time to read them all so I changed her unlock code so she couldn't purge those messages. She got mad and started to yell so I sent a picture to her mom's phone, it was a great angle showing both of their faces. She got quiet and her voice was breaking really bad saying I couldn't show her family those photos. Her dad is a deacon at his church and they are very religious, Sara even teaches Sunday school to fill in sometimes. I told her that we would talk in the morning and hung up. I called my lawyer and told him what happened and told him to draw up separation and divorce papers. He gave some advice on how to proceed and said she would be served the separation papers tomorrow but the divorce papers would take a few days. I canceled all the credit cards and transferred half of our cash to an account she didn't have access to per the lawyer's advice. I was able to get a locksmith out that day and changed all the locks and the garage and security codes. Then I had a phone conversation with Bill's wife. She said that he was acting all weird when she got home and I explained why and I sent her a couple of screenshots and told her if she wanted it I had it all on video as well. She was livid and I almost worry about his safety when he gets home.
Today my wife showed up at 7:00 only to find her key didn't work. I let her in and I asked for her phone which she argued a bit before handing it over. It took about twenty minutes with her watching as I went through her phone and forwarded the texts I wanted to save to my phone and I handed it back to her. She looked at it for a minute and then at me, she had about twenty texts from her friends wanting to know what happened. I had sent out a couple of group texts to our friends canceling all of our plans and explained I had come home and caught my wife having sex with my neighbor in our bed. She couldn't believe I had outed her to all our friends and how it looked like I had no desire to work things out, and she went on for over an hour about how sorry she was and that we could get past this and go forward. I told her that there was no way I could ever trust her again and that the love I had for her was burnt to ashes as I watched her screw our neighbor in our bed. I told her to pack whatever clothes she could in a suitcase and she could come for the rest of them Saturday.
This afternoon a couple of her girlfriends reached out to me, one telling me that my wife still loved me and we should try and work it out, the other one saying I shouldn't throw our marriage out and that I might be partially to blame. I answered them by sending a screenshot to each of them but I got no response. The rest of our friends have reached out to console me and offer their support. Several of them said they were blocking Sara's number. Saturday, when she comes for her things I will tell her I filed for divorce and we can end this civilly or if she wants to fight it and get ugly I will make sure her whole family and the Youth Minister at her dad's church get a copy of the video.
I'm sorry for this long story, it has been therapeutic to put this all down. I'm still seeing red right now but I know in a day or two it's going to knock the wind out of me. After rereading what I wrote, should I listen to her side of the story as to what brought this on? If for no other reason than to maybe get some closure?
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**TL;DR; : I caught my wife having sex with my neighbor on video**

Months after the founding of the Rebellion, Leia had a chance to lead the liberation of Lothal. She then came up with a plan to bring down the Imperial presence in one fell swoop.
Leia: Thanks to Ezra and the Ghost Crew, we have the perfect strategy to remove the Empire. When my ship lands, Kanan will disguise himself as a stormtrooper tasked with guarding me and…
While the plan was being discussed, Ahsoka received a transmission from one of her most trusted agents.
Ahsoka: What is it, Kallus?
Kallus: Thrawn is cracking down on sabotage. The new commander has a brutal way to keep citizens in line and has tanks roaming the wide streets. If I'm found out, he'll execute me.
Ahsoka: Thank you for the information. If you see a trooper and a scout or cadet, they are our agents. Intercept them if they finish their recon.
Kallus: Even though they won't trust me.
Ahsoka: Yes. Make sure that the Empire is held back while we complete our mission.
Kallus: I'll do my best, Fulcrum.
When Kanan arrived with Princess Leia, The Empire had escorted them both to the main base with Ezra posing as a scout trooper needing to test out some patrol bikes. When Ezra was watching the workers, he saw them get lined up by Thrawn and forced one of them to "inspect" their work. As the factory worker was pushing the bike to its limits, the bike exploded and the worker that was thrown off died on impact. Thrawn expected every detail of these bikes to be checked and double checked before sending them to the field. Kanan was then told by Leia to make sure the troops prepared a secure location in the city for her to reside. Kanan then continued to patrol around looking for more men to adhere to their guest's demands. Ezra then moved to the training ground before contacting Kanan about receiving the codes to remove the ship clamps.
Ezra: Spectre-1, I'm at the speeder garage making my way to your location. We need the Princess to make a distraction.
Kanan: I'll contact her and let her know that a rebel force is heading her way.
Kanan then switched channels to create a diversion that Leia will put the Empire on high alert for a supposed rebel attack.
Kanan: Princess, we have a situation. Rebels are coming in through the outskirts and sneaking through the slums. We need to move you to a secondary location.
Leia: Copy that, Spectre-1.
She then feigned fear when she ran to the nearest Imperial officer and told him about the Rebel attack.
Officer: Lock this location down after we evacuate and relocate to the secondary residence!
Stormtrooper 1: Yes sir! This way, Princess.
As Ezra blended in with the biker patrol group, he then made his way to the facility where Kallus oversaw the troop deployments. Kanan made his way with a squad of "stormtroopers" and reported the attack to the nearest officer when Agent Kallus stumbled upon the "frightened" trooper commander.
Kallus: What's the situation here?
Kanan: As I was telling the officer, a rebel attack is happening and they are sneaking through the slums.
Just as Kanan finishes his report, Ezra comes speeding towards the vehicle depot with Zeb in the Phantom chasing him down and seemingly shooting at him. When he got past the AT-DPs, the Phantom pulled out and Ezra ran to Kallus trying to report his view on the attack.
Ezra: Sir! Sir! The Rebels! They… they have air support and wiped out my entire squadron. I managed to escape and need-
Kallus: Calm down, Trooper. Both of you come with me. The rest of you, hold this depot.
Rex, Mech, Massiff Squadron: Yes, Sir!!!
When Kallus, Ezra, and Kanan were alone in a turbolift, Kallus revealed that he was Ahsoka's Fulcrum agent on the planet and was updated on everything they needed.
Back with the Ghost crew, an old friend of Ezra's parents, a former mayor of his hometown, snuck the rebels in through the sewer. Hera, Sabine, Ahsoka, and Zeb, as well as Chopper were brought to the surface and they saw a huge plethora of Imperial vehicles patrolling the wide streets from AT-DP walkers, TX-225 armored tanks, AT-AT walkers, and TX-130 fighter tanks.
When X1 oversaw the patrols, He began sensing that some of the troopers weren't who they said they were. He then found a group of Stormtroopers guarding the depot when it was predominantly abandoned due to all hands being needed to protect the rest of the base.
X1: What is your purpose here, trooper?
Mech: We're under orders to protect the depot in case the rebels try to destroy any means of patrolling the city or intercepting them.
X1: This depot isn't a target for these rebels. Who gave you these orders?
Rex: That would be Agent Kallus, Sir.
X1: Let me through. I have important information that Kallus needs to know so he can capture these rebels alive.
Howzer: Kallus ordered us that no one, not even other Imperials, enter the main offices due to the rebels possibly using disguises.
Back with the Ghost crew, Kanan and Ezra took the working Speeder and got it to the Ghost and went back to get the clones at the vehicle depot. X1 activated his lightsaber and threatened to cut down the next trooper that defied him. As X1 entered the turbolift, he saw a barely conscious Kallus on the ground with broken transparisteel panels.
X1: Agent? Agent! What happened here?
Kallus: The rebels broke in and I was thrown through these panels and-
X1: Listen, if the rebels have access to any information on any drives they may have taken, you will be replaced indefinitely.
Kallus: I can spy on their communications through one of the radios I confiscated and keep in a safe location.
X1: Outside of Imperial jurisdiction? What are you planning exactly, Kallus?
Kallus: If I can get to the comm channel through said device, I can affirm whether or not they have any stolen information.
X1: Alright. I'll put together an escort-
Kallus: No! I need to do this alone.
X1: Given your rank, you need one.
Kallus: Since we didn't expect their attack, they won't expect an Imperial Agent spying on them from outside the city.
X1: Fine. Get there and report your findings.
Kallus: Yes, commander.
X1 then hailed Grand Admiral Thrawn who was near the governor's building aware of the attack.
X1: Grand Admiral, I have troubling news.
Thrawn: I am aware of the rebel attack, Commander. Is it about Kallus?
X1: Yes, Sir. I have reason to believe that he is the mole for these rebels, and that a Jedi is part of the rebel assault.
Thrawn: Thank you for confirming our suspicions, Commander. I will handle Kallus myself. You take on the Jedi, and let the rest of the troops round up the rest of them.
When the rebels made it to the surface, Hera radioed to Chopper to fly the Ghost to pick up Kanan, Ezra, and the clones. What stopped the duo of Jedi was a cold presence exiting the offices with a lightsaber drawn.
Ezra: Is he-
Kanan: With as cold as we are feeling, I don't think so.
X1: Killing the Grand Inquisitor, bold move. Putting a target on your back, however; very, very stupid of you.
Kanan: If you think we should fear you, you've got another thing coming.
Ezra: Do you even know how to use a lightsaber? Looks to me like you're only playing Jedi.
X1: Allow me to show you, boy.
As the pair went against the JT clone, X1 delivered a flurry against both opponents using Form 1 with ferocious swing to Ezra's blade opening the boy up to a knee in the stomach and a clash with Kanan. This ended with X1 pushing his saber aside and headbutting Kanan to disorient him. X1 then tried to deliver a killing blow to Ezra but Kanan blocked it. Ezra tried getting up, but X1 used a massive Force push into the ground making the three of them bounce. Ezra was winded but quickly recovered and began an offensive flurry of his own with Kanan attempting to attack his sides. After X1 opened Ezra up he landed a kick to his gut which sent him flying until he was gripped with the Force and thrown behind X1. As X1 was about to cut Ezra in two, Kanan slashed at X1's right leg and brought him to a kneel, but X1 used his signature tactic of feigning defeat until Kanan got close enough to strike, then X1 turned on his downed leg and slashed Kanan's eyes, blinding him almost permanently. Ezra got up and used whatever saber attacks he could to break the Imperial officer. X1 dodged every single swing and dismantled the boy at every turn with a kick to the gut, a punch to the left shoulder, and a backhanded fist across the same cheek. Ezra then in his exhaustion landed a couple blows against X1's chest before getting thrown out of the Vehicle depot, Imperial disguise in shatters.
After the Ghost landed, Zeb hurried and grabbed Ezra, but Ezra was trying to lift Kanan and bring him in, but Hera took off on Kanan's orders to leave him. X1 had Kanan restrained and brought to the prison complex in the city. Ezra and the Ghost then had to make it to the landing pad where Leia’s ship was and release the clamps, When the clones got off, they pretended that they were holding off rebels when a TX-225 rolled to their position. An Imperial gunship had escorted Princess Leia to the ship and Leia had the information she needed sent by chopper into another code cylinder that she swiped from the officer she groveled to for help. Back where Kallus found the comm he had in Ezra's home, he began coordinating the rebels escape from the city and let them know about a starfighter program and contingencies for if Lothal wasn’t kept in line. Just as Kallus was about to explain the final contingency plan, Thrawn had shown up in an Imperial troop transport and went up to the single room building alone.
Thrawn: The Commander and I were right to be suspicious of you.
Kallus: You were killing workers needlessly! This is perpetuating the rebel attacks, not stopping them!
Thrawn: Perhaps you've forgotten that the Empire rules through fear, and which side you align with.
As the two engaged in hand-to-hand combat, Thrawn got the upper hand by landing a decisive blow to Kallus's right temple and landing a kick to Kallus's gut causing the traitorous agent to fall, only to be caught by X1 with a captured Kanan Jarrus in tow.
Back with the Alliance, they reported that they got the Intel, and that Kanan got captured. This prompted another strike on Lothal, but the target based on the intel given by Kallus meant that they were going to infiltrate the TIE Defender program.
Meanwhile, Thrawn had begun further reinforcing the Empire’s presence in the area. X1 then started getting a strange feeling that something was off in the Force.
Thrawn: Something the matter, Commander?
X1: Yes, Sir. Just got a migraine. A very troublesome migraine at that.
Thrawn: Don’t play it off as something minor, Commander. I know you have the abilities of Lord Vader. What was it you saw?
X1: THere’s a temple and other artifacts a few miles from there. A… a mural of sorts is inscribed there… AAAAAHH!
Thrawn: Lieutenant, get the Commander to the Medical Bay and contact Lord Vader. WE’ve found something that the Emperor may find Interesting.
Officer: Yes, Grand Admiral.
Back with Lord Vader, he was on Kamino tending to his secret project; cloning Starkiller. For months he had been attempting to find the perfect clone, but when it came to the final test, all of them had failed. He periodically checked on his clones to see how long they would survive isolation.
During one mission to Cato Neomoidia, which hadn't seen activity in decades, General Rahm Kota, Chirrut Îmwe, and a squad of rebels were sent to bring down the Imperial moffs, and gain Neomoidian support for the war effort. Bail Organa knew that he had a few operations going simultaneously and knew he only needed to call of Kenobi or Yoda in case of emergencies. Juno Eclipse was in command after Kota left for the mission, and she hoped that the mission was to be short.
Back on Atollon, Wolffe had pulled Mech aside and gave him a new long term assignment.
Wolffe: Mech! Can I see you for a moment?
Mech: Yes Sir! What do you need?
Wolffe: We have an AT-TE from the last War that would be beneficial to the defense of the rebel base on Yavin. Since you have the most training on piloting Walkers, we need you there to help train the rebels in case they overtake one of the Imperial's.
Mech: Yes, Sir! Right away, Sir! Men, I need a hand getting this AT-TE loaded…
As Wolffe ordered pilots to make a trip to Yavin 4, Many assets were being allocated to rescuing Kanan and liberating Lothal from Imperial rule. As Ezra regaled about who he and Kanan fought, a certain squad became interested in the mission.
Ezra: He was dressed like an Imperial Officer, but he wielded a blue lightsaber. He wasn’t a Jedi, or an Inquisitor. He was something else.
X2: Commander Bridger, did he look anything like me?
Ezra: Now that I examined your face, yeah, he did.
X2: You just met my twin brother, X1. HE and I served together in the Clone Wars from the Invasion of Tatooine to the Battle of Cato Neimoidia. What happened after Cato Neimoidia, I wholeheartedly regret until defecting before the Empire attacked Dantooine.
X2 looked shaken, pale, and began to sweat over all the Jedi he killed, and rewound all the way back to Ferroda. Ezra and the rest of the Alliance were shocked about X2’s actions in the Empire, but Rex, Howzer, 78s, Ramm, and Vice remembered that day, the Jedi they fought alongside, and the brother they lost, Solar.
On Kamino, Vader had began a holocommunication to Crosshair about his next mission.
Crosshair: Yes, Lord Vader?
Vader: Report your progress for your mission on Ferrix.
Crosshair: A fugitive who is known by a recently deceased woman has escaped the system, but the ISB have a couple of tails on him throughout the galaxy.
Vader: Where are these tails following him to?
Crosshair: From what I overheard, he was headed to Jedha to meet with a rebel cell there.
Vader: Good. there is an Imperial Garrison that will hunt him down and hand them over to the ISB. Report to Kamino for your next mission.
Crosshair: Yes, my lord.
When Crosshair landed near Vader’s TIE Advanced X1 fighter, he exited and walked to meet the taller figure and kneeled in subservience and respect.
Vader: Rise. Your new orders are to go to dantooine, and place a beacon near where the rebels hold their prisoners. You may recognize the location. If any important Imperials are imprisoned there, activate the beacon, and a rescue team will be there to extract them, compile the list as the beacon is active.
Crosshair: What of the rebel presence there? If they are taken out, many would surely notice. If I use my signature reflecting pucks, some are going to recognize my work and hunt me down.
Vader: The clones will not be stationed on Dantooine. It has been a long time since they even saw you. You have the element of surprise on your side. Bury the beacon deep so that nothing can detect it.
Crosshair: I will leave at once, my lord.
Vader then saw the second of his most trusted agents leave for a mission as he returned to finding the right clone.
With the Alliance, Ezra then began to take a command role due to his knowledge of the planet and wanting to rescue Kanan. Ahsoka was the only other Jedi to lead an attack. He then explained his plan with a mix of real tactics he picked up from the last excursion and throughout his time with the Ghost Crew.
Ezra: Here's the plan: Now that we know that The Empire has tanks and walkers patrolling the larger areas, we're gonna need all the heavy firepower on the ground to take them out or use them against the other tanks and walkers. I'll lead a squad to rescue Kanan in the prison complex, Ahsoka, you lead the primary attack near the Governor's building. Thrawn should be there.
Hera: I know you want to save Kanan and drive Thrawn away, but there are times where we have to make a choice.
Ezra: We've pulled simultaneous attacks ever since we joined the Alliance. This is pretty much SOP at this point.
Sabine: We also have to take down the TIE Defender project. If we let them go, they will decimate our assault on the ground and any air support we try to bring in.
X2: If you need a good squad of pilots and soldiers, we can go with you, Sabine and pilot some of the Defenders. This could even teach us how they work.
Sabine: Alright, that part's covered.
Ahsoka: What about the rescue effort?
Wolffe: I'll help on the ground. I have to find some excuse to show these troops that I still got it.
Ezra: Alright, Wolffe, you, Rex, and Gregor will help lead the rescue on the ground. I'll sneak in using our old friend, and Hera, you join Sabine for the TIE Defender raid. Ahsoka, you go with the clones.
Hera: Where will you be?
Zeb: Alright, Someone's gonna have to look after this kid. I'll go with you and get you to the prison on the far side.
Ezra: Sounds fine to me. Everyone knows their places?
Sabine, Ahsoka, Rex, X2, and Hera affirm their parts of the plan and begin loading up into the Ghost, Republic shuttle, and X-wings.
Meanwhile with the Empire on Lothal, X1 is in the middle of torturing Kanan with 2 sapphire blades when a trooper gave him orders from the Emperor himself.
Stormtrooper: Sir, The Emperor wishes to make contact with you.
X1: Have someone take over his torture with a strong mind while I'm with the Emperor.
Stormtrooper: Yes, Sir.
When X1 made it to his war room, he activated the holocommunicator display and bowed to the projection of Palpatine.
X1: My Emperor, it's an honor to receive communications from you.
Emperor: Rise, Commander. I have been told that you found something that warranted my attention.
X1: Yes, my Emperor. There is a temple here, miles from the city with two symbols at the entrance to it.
Emperor: Has this been recorded in Imperial documents?
X1: No, my Emperor.
Emperor: Then how do you know?
X1: The method I had attained this knowledge from is, I had a piercing headache and suddenly, I saw it.
Emperor: You saw the temple without going near it?
X1: In short, yes, my Emperor.
Emperor: [Thinking] This could only mean… [Exit thought] How long has Vader been training you?
X1: Almost a year, my Emperor.
Emperor: Your newfound abilities have revealed a Jedi secret. I still have use for you, Commander. Lord Vader will continue to train you, and you will capture the jedi and force them to open it. During all of these events, you will only be an assassin, not his apprentice.
When X1 brought Kanan to the hidden temple, Vader's castle aide, Venee, arrived as a scholar of the Force, who also allocated Imperial resources to another location on Lothal which was more powerful than the temple, unbeknownst to the commander.
X1: Who might you be?
Venee: I've seen you tour and train at the castle from time to time. You were just too focused on training to notice me. No need to worry, Commander. Your secret with Lord Vader is safe with me and his castle walls.
X1: Thank you.
When the rebels launched their multi-pronged attack on the Empire, Ahsoka and the clones patrolled the city quarter for any heavy Imperial reinforcements, Sabine and X2 led grey Squadron to covertly recon and destroy the TIE Defender program, Ezra and Zeb went to scout out the prison before Ahsoka and the clones rendevouzed with them after eliminating the Imperial presence in the city and slums. FIxer, Boss, Wolffe, and Gregor joined Rex on the ground and each clone had an old PLX rocket launcher to take down the walkers and tanks. Ezra and Zeb made short work of the small Imperial patrols around the prison, but X1 had a plan of his own.
X1: What can you tell me about this temple that was in my visions?
Venee: The Temple has two sets of symbols each in their own circles, but it requires both a master and apprentice to open.
X1: I beat back a younger boy who was fighting alongside the Jedi I captured weeks ago. No doubt he’ll try to rescue his master.
Venee: Then you have your apprentice to open the temple. I will be at the mural if you need further guidance.
X1 then returned to his post in the prison, and received an communication from Admiral Thrawn.
Thrawn: Commander, We have tracked the rebels’ flight activity and tracked them to the Atollon system. We are going to send an Imperial garrison there if the Rebels escape. What is your status?
X1: Grand Admiral, We found the artifacts that the Emperor is looking for. Vader’s aide is at one of them and I am going to transport the Jedi prisoners to the temple.
Thrawn: You expect to take another Jedi captive, Commander? It must be a powerful artifact in the temple.
X1: Yes, Grand Admiral. The temple requires both a master and an apprentice to open it. These jedi will be the keys.
Thrawn: Quite a find and quite a puzzle to solve. The Jedi are a lot more protective of their secrets than we thought.
When Ezra and Zeb made it into the prison, he gave Chopper orders to fly overhead and do a recon flight for any incoming Imperial air support. When Ezra found Kanan in his cell, Zeb got a hold of him and attempted to escape, but X1 threw the Lasat against the wall with Kanan knocked out and Ezra to fight the brutal Imperial commander. After Ahsoka left the main square and the surrounding areas with vehicles behind repair, Ahsoka activated her blades and joined Ezra in his duel wil the Imperial commander. X1 had a chill run up his spine as he activated his sapphire blade and blocked strikes from both Jedi but after a large force repulse, Ahsoka and Ezra were thrown back and the clones and Stormtroopers fought over Kanan. Ezra ordered Zeb to retreat and fight back to the Ghost, and when Zeb exited the prison, Chopper used the Phantom to pick him up and get Zeb to the pilot seat of the Ghost.
Meanwhile with Sabine, Hera, and Grey Squadron, X2 took two of his men and sent the rest in the air awaiting a signal for support. Sabine disguised herself as an Imperial Ace and learned how to fly the hexa-winged craft. Hera did the best she could, slicing into a stowed fighter, giving the Empire a diversion. One of the other pilots in the program was a young Wedge Antilles who had doubts about the Empire, but knew he had to stay below the Empire's radar. X2 and his squadmates had to disguise themselves as stormtroopers, despite the discomfort of the armor plating.
X2: Greys 5, 2, and 4, commence flyover.
Greys: On our way, Commander.
Hera: I sliced into a stowed Defender, Spectre-5, are you in the air?
Sabine had to switch channels temporarily since she was also communicating with the controllers on the ground.
Controller: Cadet, Cadet! What's wrong?
Sabine: Nothing, Ground Control. I'm alright. Had to find the right channel, and accidentally hit something on my helmet.
Controller: We just saw rebel fighters fly overhead! Take them down!
Sabine: Yes, Sir!
Back with Hera, the Twi’lek finally got a stowed ship in the air and she ordered X2 and the squad on the ground to fire on her as she was taking off to give Sabine two "problems" to worry about.
Officer: What happened, trooper?!
Grey 3: A rebel stole one of the fighters! We tried to stop them but they took off!
Grey 6: We have to warn the test flight.
Officer: Alright, you three. Come with me!
X2: Yes, sir!
As the officer and 3 "stormtroopers" made it to the testing ground, Sabine had to shoot down 3 X-wings and another TIE Defender to sell the deception. Hera then ordered everyone in the air to stall their engines for a brief moment and begin the assault.
Officer: She got them!
Ground Control: Go investigate the crash sites and kill any survivors!
Grey 6: Yes, Sir!
Just as the order was given, Sabine and Hera destroyed the stowed fighters in the hangar and the X-wings destroyed the landing platforms. As the fighters made their getaway, the "stormtroopers" feigned being killed and when the Officer's made their way away from the destroyed test field, X2 and the others made their escape.
Before the test flight team evacuated the area, the ground control hit a control that deactivated the engines and made the fighters crash land inbthe hills below. Among the pursuing Imperial forces was the pilot Wedge who had a decision to make. Something that he remembered Sabine saying before her flight stuck with him and what he had been thinking to himself ever since he got to the Academy. He then stole the officer's pistol and killed the other Imperials. After Hera got the tactical computer off of her ship, the Imperial transport that Wedge rode in was being used by the rebels and defector to head over to the prison.
Back with Venee at the Mural, he began organizing patrols around it in case the temple was opened and other forces were about to converge. X1 had captured both Ezra and Kanan, and Ahsoka and the Clones evacuated the Ghost. Hera tried to get a hold of Ezra, but had no response.
Hera: Spectre-6? Spectre-6, do you copy?! Blast it! Wedge, regroup with the rest of our group. Chopper, Bring the Phantom in case we need an extraction!
Chopper boarded the phantom and sped his way to his mistress's location and what awaited her were two death troopers and the familiar Chiss who had taken over her family home.
Hera: Not this slimo again.
Thrawn: Syndulla. Pleasure to see you again. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
Hera remembered the psychological torture she endured at his hands on her home planet and knew she had to prove she was not the scared child she was.
Back at the Temple, X1 threw both Kanan and Ezra to the temple entrance and ordered them to open it.
X1: Don't even think of standing up before that temple is opened. The first to refuse, the other loses their head!
Kanan and Ezra remained calm and did their best to open the temple, but Ezra's anger kept making the temple close again. X1 had both of their lightsabers in his hands and was about to slice them both until Ahsoka blasted X1 with a Force push. As the two clashed, Kanan and Ezra made their escape, but X1 pursued them in Imperial transport gunships and Kanan was knocked off due to a blast on the rear passenger wing into the power station. Kanan made sure to grab the sabers before escaping and hid amongst the generators.
X1: How noble of your friends to save you both, but you and I both know that the galaxy is better off without the Jedi. No wonder you had to hide who you were for so many years.
When Kanan hid behind one stack of generators, X1 had his blade to light the way until Kanan heard a voice or two that was familiar. The other two jedi that had been blinded by the dark side communed with Kanan from Cato Neimoidia Jedha guiding his actions as the two blind masters meditated. The duel was going smoothly for Kanan until X1 began planting explosives around the generators in an effort to kill the Jedi. As Kanan landed a kick to X1's chest, making him lose balance as the two dueled on top of the power generators. X1 had used his lightsaber to assist in climbing back up, but Kanan held back the explosions and X1 used the Force to jump away from the station and evacuate the erupting power station.
When Ezra, Wedge, and Sabine broke Hera free, Ezra and Hera boarded the stolen gunship and made their way to Kanan. As the blind Jedi teacher stood on top of the generator, holding back the flames and energy, the voices told him to surrender to the Force and much to the dismay of the Ghost crew, just as Kanan's eyes were allowed to see his friends, and his love for the last time, he refocused all the energy that he had keeping both the flames and his friends at bay, he moved his friends and love to safety as he let the flames and energy engulf him as his essence became one with the Force.
Ezra: No! I had so many questions! Who will continue my training now?!
Sabine: He was the best of all of us! Why did the Empire have to take him?
Hera couldn't make out any words other than a sob because the last time she was close with Kanan, she allowed herself to be physically vulnerable, and it was the only time she would get to feel that way with him.
Back with the Empire, X1 reported that the Jedi died in the blast. Venee was about to protest that it was a bad move, but then remembered that only one was needed to interact with the mural.
X1: Admiral, The jedi is dead. We can't open the temple anymore.
Thrawn: How unfortunate. We might as well destroy it then.
Venee: Admiral, Commander, may I interrupt?
Thrawn: Proceed, Aide.
Venee: The temple may be closed off, but the mural is not, but only requires one jedi to interact with it.
Thrawn: If we can manage to reclaim one Jedi, we can see what the mural can do.
X1: I will make sure that task becomes no problem.
Thrawn: Excellent, Commander. You will be in charge of Lothal in my absence. Governor Pryce will be en route to the municipal building in a few hours. Prepare for her arrival.
X1: Yes, Grand Admiral.
Back on Atollon, the clones, Jedi, and rebels began to mourn the loss of another Jedi. Ezra, Hera, and Sabine were the ones who were hit the hardest, while Zeb and Chopper set aside their differences for a good while. As the funeral proceeded, Thrawn was watching from probe droids he sent to survey the rebel cell and waited for the moment to strike.
Officer: Why do we wait to attack when we can strike now at their weakest?
Thrawn: An enemy in mourning is an enemy driven by passion, emotion, and clouded judgment. When the enemy has a clear head, they are easier to read and take down.
Officer: We should just attack while they are defenseless.
Thrawn: Then we would be no different than them. We must show that we are a civilized entity that respects the dead whether friend or foe.
Elsewhere in the galaxy, Vader returns to Kamino after another clone of Starkiller had survived the cloning process. When he landed his TIE Advanced X1 fighter, he made his way to the training chamber for the clone. Vader had a small glimmer of hope that this clone would prove efficient for his purposes of ending the rebels and assisting him in usurping the Emperor.
Vader: You still live.
StarkillerC: How long?
Vader: One month in isolation. Astonishing.
Starkiller: Everything I need, I have in the Force.
Vader: Rise.
The Starkiller clone then stood on his feet and Vader began instructing the clone on what he needed like he did all the others before him. As he watched the test that the clone had partaken in, the clone was about to strike down the image of Juno Eclipse, but he hesitated. Vader began to hang his head in shame until he heard another saber ignite through the image’s chest.
Vader saw the image fall as the clone’s eyes turned a sith yellow and his skin slowly begin to pale. This was the clone he needed, but Vader knew that in order to surprise the rebellion, he had to capitalize on a clone escaping and bringing the rebels to them on a silver platter.
StarkillerC: What is thy bidding, my master?
Vader: Remain in these facilities until the Rebels come here. If the clone brings the rebels here and attempts to execute me, you will do what it can not.
StarkillerC: Yes, master.
Meanwhile on Dantooine, Crosshair found the rebel prison and planted the beacon. All that needed to be done was return to Kamino and make sure that Vader's plan, or at least one of them, unbeknownst to the loyal Imperial clone, succeeded.
Back with the Ghost Crew, Ezra had continued to grieve and make his way to the one who had been teaching Kanan whenever they were on base. This being was the Bendu and the young Jedi knew that in order to put an end to Thrawn, his emotions needed to be put to the wayside. As he continued talking to The Bendu, he meditated to find Kanan in the Force.
Captain Eclipse was worried about Kota, but knew that she ordered him to stay and he refused.
Bail Organa had checked on his forces and saw that the clones became combat instructors for the rebel forces.
Back over Atollon, Juno had met Commander Wolffe and the two began discussing different operations.
Wolffe: Captain Eclipse.
Juno: You must be Commander Wolffe. It's a pleasure to meet you.
Wolffe: Likewise. I see you're planning a mission to Cato Neimoidia.
Juno: Yes, my general had gone against orders again and began attacking an Imperial target there, but was captured and the squad was killed.
Wolffe: I once knew of a pair of Jedi that went against orders.
Juno: Were you a veteran of the Clone Wars?
Wolffe: I was. From the battle of Abregado to the Invasion of Cato Neimoidia.
Juno: I remember reading about the Outer Rim Sieges at the Imperial Academy. What was your role in the battle?
Wolffe had given her the story of his involvement and his regretful actions due to the chip in his head.
After X1 ended the Jedi he made his way to his quarters where a holocall from Lord Vader was waiting.
Vader: Venee tells me that a Jedi is dead.
X1: Yes, my master, but at the cost of the city power station. This can be spun into a relief effort, I know it.
Vader: I am not worried about the Imperial logistics, Commander. Your new orders are to meet me on Kamino. Your skills need further tuning.
X1: Yes, my master. I will be there in two rotations.
When X1 arrived in Timira city, he was greeted by Vader and led to a secret training room where X1 began to feel something was off about the room. He then felt the presence of another Force user in the room and Vader stood aside and watched his clone take on his apprentice. When X1 began to use foresight, he blocked the incoming strike. After blocking 5 more, he was disarmed.
Vader: Your form is slow, rigid, and blunt. Meet Starkiller, or the closest thing. This is the boy I had trained unbeknownst to the Emperor.
X1 then realized what he had to do. Defeat this clone and Vader would award him his own Destroyer.
The clone had begun his barrage of attacks that made X1's look like a grown adult beating up a child. As the duel slowly began to favor X1, he saw the clone attempt Force lightning and X1 used his anger and attempted to do the same with surprising success. After X1 won the lightning clash, he began to take to Form VII and Form IV to beat down the clone. When X1 was about to stab the clone he suspended both of them with the Force.
Vader: Well done, Commander. Your destroyer has been ordered to arrive within hours. As for you, you must train harder against enemies with sabers and blasters alike.
As the three separated, a shuttle landed on the platform at the end of the walkway. X1 thanked Vader with a kneel and boarded the shuttle.
Back with the Rebels near Atollon, They see a couple light cruisers nearing the base. Thrawn then sees two Jedi defending the entrance but as the Stormtroopers fail to penetrate the Base's defenses, Kallus, who happened to be on the vessel, escapes his restraints and continues leaking plans to the rebels at their war room. When Ezra retreated, he was found by some death troopers and he took them down. The death troopers surrounded Ahsoka and began trying to stun her. She had remembered the training Anakin put her through, as well as her and Rex defending against the clones aboard the venator above Lubang Minor. In the near constant array of stun blasts, Thrawn threw an arc detonator and knocked out Ahsoka with the electric shock.
The Empire then dragged Ahsoka's body aboard the light cruiser and Thrawn began to try breaking down Ahsoka to make her open the mural for Vader's aide.
Kallus then added the details he's learned to the rebel cell and Ezra used these details to update his plan. As Ezra adjusted his plan to include rescuing Ahsoka from Thrawn’s grasp and moving different troops to each task. Ezra had put his emotions away due to the tragedies the alliance had experienced. As the final preparations were made to go back to Lothal, Ezra stopped by the Bendu for guidance and counsel in the Force. After a few guiding words from the entity who is neutral in the Force, Ezra had a resolve like no other.
Back with the Empire, Ahsoka was placed in front of the mural examining the three figures that she remembered interacting with on a distant planet called Mortis. As she examined the mural she then took a look at another owl-like creature flying to one perch on the rock face. She had been referring to the bird as Morrai, which for Ahsoka, who she thought was the embodiment of The Daughter. What the Force had concealed from the Togruta was that it was actually Ahsoka herself that was The Daughter. The memories of her time on Mortis came rushing back to her as she was being forced to open the mural.
When Ezra and the Rebels landed, Rex and Wolffe then took Grey Squadron along with Kallus to sneak past the Imperial patrols. Ezra ordered Sabine, Hera, Zeb, Chopper, and X2 to follow him through the slums and look for a ship to get to the rural landscapes where the mural had been located while disguising himself as a scout trooper with Sabine joining him in this endeavor. When the transport was secured, Hera took the controls, Zeb helped X2 with a supposed prisoner transfer, but they were infiltrating the municipal grid.
Before the assault began, Sabine had a few unresolved feelings she felt Ezra needed to be made aware of. As the two shared their first loving embrace, it calmed both the Jedi padawan, and the mandalorian outcast and helped them compose themselves. As Rex, Wolffe, Gregor, and X2 began conducting the guerilla warfare in the streets, Ezra and Sabine took disguises as Scout troopers stationed at the Mural, Hera provided transport for the clones, Zeb had been flying the Phantom for additional air support.
When Ezra and Sabine began to interact with the Mural, the pictures there began to move as Ahsoka began to mimic applying the Force to it as she saw two Imperial Scouts touch it. As the pictures on the mural turned black, X1 and Venee forced Ahsoka to touch the moving artwork only to see her hands go inside it like it was a body of water, discovering that it was a portal to a different location, possibly a different realm.
Venee: This… is a… portal?! The Emperor will be very pleased with this discovery.
Ezra: Where does it lead?
Venee: From what I have researched, it is to a realm where history is spectated as if it were windows to shops in an urban district.
When Sabine began to inquire about it, since she was the only non-force sensitive of the three, she embedded a code word for Ahsoka to hear and pull them into the portal and the rest of the team to come and assist them.
Sabine: If this is a portal where you could see other moments in time, would it be possible to change some of the events of the past?
Before Venee could answer the question, Ahsoka had pulled her sabers to her and she threw both Ezra and Sabine into the portal and followed suit as the Empire tried firing into the realm before they were ordered to focus on the threat behind them. Ezra began to meditate and before the rest of the combatants knew it, Loth-wolves had joined the fray, pouncing and ripping the stormtroopers to shreds.
As the three examined the realm they were now in, they had heard multiple voices, through multiple different portals, some familiar from events of the past, and others that were strange from events of the future. One of these portals had recently opened and revealed an ominous figure standing near a cauldron of blue flames.
Emperor: You three have interfered in matters you know nothing of. Now you will experience the full power of the Dark side!
The Emperor then began to use the flames to engulf the 3 in sith magic as he began an incantation in the ancient Sith dialect and the three ran in search for the portal they entered from.

This post is specific to the 2024 GMC Sierra model year's 2500HD and 3500HD aka Heavy Duty versions. I'll include info on all trims. If you're looking for 1500 series models, some discounts below might be interestingvbut fair warning: most everything else is about the HD series trucks.
I've been watching all the news, spy shots, auto shows, press releases and can't wait to see this truck in person. Until then, I've been researching like crazy. Because I'm a nerd. Figured some other people might be like me, looking for all the quality updates, videos, pics, and (eventually^{I can't wait}) reviews - so why not put them all in one place. Here goes...

Official stuff

• GMC's Sierra 2500HD Homepage / Model Details
• Build and Price
• GMC's press release
• Ultimate Heavy Duty press release
• PDFs of all the trims, packages, option codes: https://www.gmfleetorderguide.com
• Track your order: (step by step instructions here)

1. Go here >> https://www.gmc.com
2. Start a Chat session
3. Provide your order number >> rep will tell you the status

• OrdeEvent Codes are listed here and backup on reddit is here
• Order info is updated 1x/week on Thursdays. No sense in asking more frequently.
• Video: 2024 Sierra HD: First Ever Sierra HD Denali Ultimate GMC

Pricing

• GMC Supplier Discount website
• Check if you're eligible (here) aka work for a company that gets this. There's a ton. It's worth trying. Look up your company here, grab the code, then make a free account and use that code. It's crazy simple.
• The Supplier version Build/Price tools aren't online for 2024 models, but you can do it anyway just use the one depending on your model:
  • Sierra 2500 HD
  • Sierra 2500 HD Denali
  • Sierra 3500 HD
  • Sierra 3500 HD Denali
• GMC Friends and Family Discount website
• The Friends & Family version Build/Price tools aren't online for 2024 models, but you can do it anyway just use the one depending on your model:
  • Sierra 2500 HD
  • Sierra 2500 HD Denali
  • Sierra 3500 HD
  • Sierra 3500 HD Denali
• Dealers do not have to accept Friends&Family or Supplier pricing. They are reimbursed partially by GM, so in effect are taking some hit by accepting it. Hence, why so many turned away buyers during pandemic.
• In Feb 2023, GM idled its Fort Wayne, Indiana production for two weeks (source) because inventories of 1500 series reached 100 days. That's above their stated goal of 50-60 days of inventory. At year-end 2022 inventories were at 50 days. TL;DR supplies of light duty trucks have outstripped demand, and I'd hope that means good news for pricing now and into 2Q.

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Engine	Denali Ultimate	Denali	AT4	SLT	SLE	Pro
MSRP 6.6L V8 Gas w/ 4WD (starting at)	n/a	$75,095	$70,995	$65,195	$57,795	$52,795
MSRP 6.6L V8 Turbo-Diesel w/ 4WD (starting at)	$93,795	$84,585	$80,485	$74,685	$68,280	$63,780

Discounts

• Dealerships that have told me they're honoring Supplier Pricing
  • Laura GMC (website) in Collinsville, IL
  • Beck & Masten (website) in Houston, TX
• Dealerships offering discounted pricing to anyone. Does not stack with Supplier or Friends and Family though.
  • Laura GMC (website): $2,500 off MSRP. Will ship car to you (at your expense). Free shuttle pickup from airport, if you fly in.
  • Beck & Masten (website): $2,000 off MSRP + free delivery within 500 miles
• Costco discount / Costco Auto Program Savings Event. I don't know what it is (will be?) for 2024, but was $1,000 off for 2022 and 2023 models (source, also mentioned on a few forums and in askcarsales).
• Uber - discount for Uber drivers. In past was $2,750 off BoltEV, no idea if anything for Sierra models and if so, if even for this model year.

Reviews

I mean, it's about the best info we've got from the bigger websites

• 2024 GMC Sierra HD Preview [JD Power]
• 2024 GMC Sierra 2500HD [Car Buzz]
• 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 [Cars.com]
• 2024 GMC Sierra HD Brings the Luxury and the Muscle [Car and Driver]
• 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 HD First Look: Denali Goes Ultimate, AT4X Joins the Ranks [Motor Trend]
• 2024 GMC Sierra HD: High Luxury Meets High Limits [Edmunds]
• Hope You’re Ready: The 2024 GMC Sierra HD Now Tops Out Over $100,000 [The Fast Lane Truck]
• 2024 GMC Sierra HD Debuts As Part Workhorse And Part Luxury Vehicle [Car Scoops]
• 2024 GMC Sierra HD Looks Sharper, Picks Up Fancy New Denali Ultimate Trim [CNet]
• 2024 GMC Sierra HD Gets Engine Upgrades, Towing Aids, Two New Trims [The Drive]

Videos

• By GMC: 2024 Sierra HD: First Ever Sierra HD Denali Ultimate GMC
• - First dealership to get a truck (3/22)

Official GM private event/unveiling, hands-on w/ senior GM design team

• Here Is Why the New 2024 GMC Sierra HD Is the MOST Luxurious Truck Ever Built! [The Fast Lane Truck]
• 2024 GMC Sierra HD In Depth look with all the Experts [Pushing Pistons]
• Four In-Depth Interviews! 2024 GMC Sierra HD Revealed! [Pickup Truck Plus SUV Talk]
• 2024 GMC Sierra HD First Look [Alex on Autos]
• The NEW 2024 GMC SIERRA 2500HD / 3500HD is AMAZING! [GM Jeff]
• Interviewing the GMC TEAM about the NEW 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 & 3500 HD! [GM Jeff]

At various auto shows

• 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 AT4 [DeLo Enterprises]
• 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 Denali Ultimate Edition [DeLo Enterprises]
• 2024 GMC Sierra 2500HD Denali Ultimate Full Review and Walkaround CLE Auto Show [Cochran GMC dealership]
• 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 HD Denali Ultimate at the Chicago Auto Show [Garage Talk]
• Hands On - The 2024 Duramax GMC Sierra AT4 Now Tows 4000 Pounds More & Goes Off-Road! [TFLnow]
• NEW, 2024 GMC Sierra 2500HD AT4, Duramax! [GM Jeff]
• 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 HD Denali Ultimate // $100k Ultimate CAPABILITY & LUXURY! [Car Confections]
• 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 HD - Did GMC Make The RIGHT Changes? [Vehicle Visionary]
• 2024 GMC Sierra 2500HD Denali Ultimate New Interior, Refreshed Exterior! [Cars Made Simple]
• 2500 HD Ultimate Denali 2024 GMC Sierra 4x4 Truck [InterUnetAutomotive]
• New 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 HD Denali Ultimate [GM Jeff]
• 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 Denali Ultimate Nightshade HD Very Luxurious [Express Car Reviews]

News

• GM Authority: Sierra HD news. Note: Skip the comments section on their articles. It's straight cancer.
• Prior sales numbers here.

Gallery

• https://www.gmc.com/trucks/sierra/2500hd-3500hd
• https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/gmc/sierra/2024-gmc-sierra/2024-gmc-sierra-hd/ >> scroll down and click "Gallery" it expands with a ton more pics than GM has in link above.

Other conversations w/ recent intel on 2024 Sierra 2500HD's

• Relevant search of askcarsales: https://old.reddit.com/askcarsales/search/?q=2024+sierra+2500hd&include_over_18=on&restrict_sr=on&t=all&sort=new
• Leasehackr forum: https://forum.leasehackr.com/search?q=2024%20sierra%202500
• GM-Trucks.com forum: https://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/forum/240-2020-2024-silverado-hd-sierra-hd/

Latest info I've heard

• Downpour Metallic paint color is delayed, marked "late availability". Any orders with this color are delayed for likely months, but dealers don't have exact timing.
• Best discount is $2,500 off MSRP (at Laura GMC)
• Costco discount does stack with other discounts
• $1,500 OnStar Premium is included in vehicle price, but for the first time can be Deleted for $1,500 savings.
• GMC MultiPro tailgate Step Lights are a $150 option, even on Denali Ultimate. Wut!?
• For Super Cruise to work, need OnStar. But it's an add on feature, for ANY plan. Pricing is here, skip the BS graphic and click on Compare All Plans which gives you this PDF. Tl;DR in build options choose OnStar Premium Delete ($1,500 savings), then after get truck choose plan you want. Cheapest one, "Remote Access" for $14.99/month, gives you the app and "remote key fob" then just inlcude Super Cruise add-on for $25/month. Also: this still fees like a ripoff.
• CarbonPro bed isn't available on Heavy Duty series trucks, irregardless of trim.
• OEM Upfitter switches will be available (here >> GMUpfitter.com) and go in the "change pocket" area (pic), directly in front of new Trailer Brake controls placement.
• First dealership to have a 2500HD arrive was on Mar 22nd: Tom Kelley GMC in Fort Wayne, IN. They put up a youtube video here.
• Bigger GMC dealerships have been telling custs expect first trucks arrive on lots May 2023.

If I missed anything, please share! Just really like this truck, ordered one, can't wait for arrival. I am not in the car business, affiliated with any sites. Linked only to legit, high-quality sources that were best I could find, avoided the dumb Chinese bot knockoff YouTube channels and blogspam that just steal content. If you find some new juicy tidbits, please reply so we can all benefit.

Hello all, wanna apologize in advance this is gonna be a long one.
Just started doing a little rebuttal project and I'm not even 5min in and I've taken down 2 cult mantras, 3 counts of catering (appeals to religion, self etc) and a partridge in a pear tree! Lets hop in to it.
Some are skeptical about calling the Q movement a CULT, some people say it because its just an inflammatory word but its TRUE. I'm gonna try to give you some ammunition for countering your Q in the future this might be good for telling them that they're in a CULT. Can't find the exact reference BUT I read somewhere that once someone finds out its a cult they wanna get out.

1. Mantras: The way I define a mantra is this, something repeated at nauseum/punctuated with that is some form of "loaded language." something that may sound normal on the outside but it intends to identify members or people that hold the same beliefs. Examples in the Qult include but are not limited to:

• It's all coming out
• It's all being revealed
• Unsealed
• Shine the light on ___
• "Swamp"
• Biden Regime
• Clearing the fog
• Unveiling
• Woke Agenda (Not always cult related, people like Tate use it occasionally)
• Immoral agenda
• Trump/Q/General Flynn is showing us
• Truthers (unsure on spellings)
• Anons
• It's all a distraction
• Keep eyes off
• (New) Shiny Object
• MSM
• Any statement implicitly/explicitly claiming the mainstream is lying to you followed with "the truth (is)"
• Any statement saying that the mainstream is bad (And I dont mean bad like how nickelback is bad I mean they are like comically obvious Disney twist villain bad)
• It's called (usually trying to make a concept seem like some kind of big evil plan)
• Deep State (obviously)
• Good guys/bad guys (in context of people in the public eye to include politicians, celebrities and rich people)
• Jab (meaning vaccine)
• PRESIDIENT Trump
• Censoring the letter Q or any of the above (As if it's 1984 and theyll get murdered for thought crimes)
• Portraying elected officials, rich people, and others in the public eye as powerful, malevolent beings that abuse their power and don't care about you.
• Portraying Silence as a bad thing (Good example of how some mantras and core tenents of the cult are intentionally not-so-radical and fairly agreeable in order to recruit more people)
• Corrupt/Corruption/Corrupt ELECTION (duh)
• WWG1WGA (where we go one we go all)
• NCSWIC (or something.... Nothing can stop what is coming)
• The great awakening
• White hats
• Some type of statement conveying that the mainstream is trying to fearmonger the public (and do what the cult is doing)

Most of the time I only count the top few, but if you look at any Q media or listen to any Qult members you'll find these RIFE in their speech. They are used to create almost a 'secret language' between cult members. Where street gangs throw up their gang signs or use certain vernacular the cult does the same.
Additionally, most Qult members speak exclusively English, meaning they think in English too. If you can control a way someone speaks eventually that will influence the way they think. If these mantras echo and reinforce cult ideology and they're using them in every social interaction not only does the cult member not change their thinking/speech but a potential recruit is likely inquire on these terms and what they mean, why the cult member is saying them so much and end up getting sucked in.
2. Appeals/Catering: We all know not every Trump supporter is a Qult member and neither is every Christian but why is it so many Trump supporters/Christians (They're not synonymous don't get it twisted) are sucked into the cult?
Appeals to religion:
-Q-Media channels use alot of loaded language in their mantras but also mix in Christianity. Some users pray at the end of a video, some talk about morality/the bible in their videos. Some even quote the bible and add Trump and world events as the context. Saying things like "Blessed" and "Have Faith" and "Amen" among others. There's a million things Christians say that I'm not gonna list out but they're not hard to spot.
-Another thing they do is claim that the 'bad guys' are coming after the 'Christians' for their 'beliefs' and making the whole movement into a religious fight as opposed to what it truly is, A political fight.
-Alot of the time they appeal to religion by using some religious mantras (Example: Persecution of so called 'good guys' relating to how in the bible it says that you'll be persecuted for being a christian and doing the right thing) or relating Cult Deities to religious Deities and using them interchangeably
-Most Cultists dont pick up on this and realize that biblically you are to put no man, or lettenumber, or symbol above God and worship only GOD.
Appeals to self: Going back into loaded language, alot of what the cult does and tells the potential cultist is that the 'deep state' is targeting YOU and YOUR WAY OF LIFE. They make it personal on purpose so you feel attacked and are more likely to have a fight or flight response. This is also why cult members will attack you for dissent. Your existence as a non-cult member means (to them) that you are in direct opposition to them and want to see all the 'good guys' locked up or killed. Another reason for this is how they create a false moral narrative.
Appeals to parents: The whole "save the kids" schtick. This, combined with an appeal to self makes parents VERY fearful that whoever, wherever, whenever is out to get them. But it's not them it's the thing they care about most, their children. This is obviously affective because most parents are selfless for their children (before the cult gets ahold of them.)
Appeals to Military: This sheds some light on the target audience. Older veterans grew up in a different time where people were insensitive and you just kind of got over it. This is mostly used when talking about the Ukraine Crisis. In my research Q-media outlets utilize people's lack of understanding of the military/government to spread their beliefs. Some, when challenged say things like "oh the military has changed" or start talking about their time in service that you can't confirm or deny without doxing them. This is used to validate Deity Retired LTG Flynn.
3. Deities: People, or Personas that are held as authority figures in the cult, These entities usually are the original sources for alot of disinformation and their messages are often widely disseminated through the cult itself. Tying into appeals to religion, you can find+replace God, Jesus, and the Holy spirit in the bible with Trump, Desantis, and Q themself
Qult Deities include but are not limited to (VernaculaMantras NOT included): Trump, Q, The number 17, (Yup....) LTG (Retired) Michael T. Flynn (I did some research on him, he has somewhere around 2 years in the DIA at the peak of his carrier, the DIA deals in foreign intelligence and combat-related missions relating to the DoD. This discredits his authority in talking about domestic intelligence relating to the president and his Cabinet, actually his entire carrier does), Accounts such as Q) The Stormrider /Official Page. The "intel Board" (Actually UNK what this is, assumed to be one of many websites that host 'q drops') Tucker Carlson, Twitter user [email protected], Twitter account DiedSuddenly, blatant Chinese/Russian Dis/Misinformation, Almost any FL politician ESPECIALLY DESANTIS, People in the public eye that support the agenda, Glenn Beck, James Jaeger (He tends to say things IOT scare you, and knows you won't do your own research) Any post made that vaguely supports the cult's agenda.
These entities are quoted and alot of them are the last location people get information because as deities they aren't questioned. Another tenant of cults is that it is taboo to criticize the leadeany deity and boy do I have the SCARS to show that that's true in Qanon any day of the week. The leader of any cult MAY call themselves a prophet, going to the origins of Q that's exactly how it picked up.
4. Target Audience: I feel bad that it's taken me this long to get here. The Cult's target audience is middle to senior aged people with internet access. Ideally these targets are Digital Dinosaurs or at best digital Immigrants (Generationally speaking if someone grew up before the internet they're a dinosaur and if they grew up before and jump into the internet but still have limited understanding of cyberspace they are considered a digital immigrant) The Cult wants people who would call themselves "Christian Conservative" and are uncomfortable with all the new technology coming out. These people are likely to figure out platforms like youtube, rumble, twitter, and its disabled second cousin; truthsocial while not understanding platforms like 4chan/8kun. The understanding of those platforms is left to whoever the head of this operation is/was. These users are also not likely to do their own research on the internet meaning any information they receive they are more likely to internalize and build a belief off of. People within this age range also tend to be carrier military service members. Don't think for a second the Cult has any respect for the military outside of recruiting efforts.
5. Suppressing Skeptics: Pretty self explanatory. The cult doesn't want you to entertain anything from the mainstream media other that headlines. You're only allowed to get your information from cult sources on one of the aforementioned platforms. In most cults people who watch anything mainstream or TV news would be labeled something like "suppressive people" the Qult calls these people "sheep" or "Normies" or "People that havent woken up" or an oldie is "blue pilled"
6. Demonizing Non-Members/Other side: This is a retention tactic. In order to keep people in they need to minimize reasons for leaving. Everyone who is not part of the cult is labeled as part of the problem. A lot of Q-media I've seen paints the narrative that if you knew this 'information' you must have a broken moral compass and not care about children if you don't immediately join the cult. And getting out is never a question.
Everyone on the outside looking in is allegedly a democratic ped0phile who either fantasizes about drinking baby blood or does it themselves. Apparently if you are knowingly not in the cult you are apparently in support of the sex-trafficking of minors.
7. Persecution Complex: Basically how Qanon says their group are the 'good' minority and everyone else is either out to get them or trying to destroy their organization (hey some of us are but its retaliatory) and everyone else or 'the other' as i used to call them are the "bad/evil" majority.
8. False Moral Narriative: The cult uses the previous 2 or 3 points in order to paint themselves as the good guys who are just on the side of saving lives when really they only exist to create political instability and conflict. If they were on the side of peace they would work with people they might not agree with for a common goal.
9. Secret Rites (8kun style boards): Until you are assessed to have a certain level of understanding of the cult and you might have a couple doubts youre told to do your own research on the 'intel board' and the /qresearch/ board yourself. They don't open with this especially because 8kun and 4chan are known to host not only NSFW stuff but also potential CP. I would argue in and around 50% of the platform's userbase has the intent of getting on there to say something they'd lose their job over or look at something they'd lose their job over.
The thing with the anon boards: they are completely unfounded, nothing on them can be proven because it it based on nothing but one user's posts. On the opposite side of that coin they cannot be disproven either. Even the predictions are drawing for connections that don't exist but theyre always such a reach that the best you can say is "i guess"
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Hey thanks for making it through that. I'm gonna call it a night BUT expect updates to this I wanna try to make this a living document also sorry ab the bad formatting and grammar... i didnt go to college I wasnt allowed to.

Hello!
It's been a couple of weeks since I've come back from my trip to Japan and thought I'd share my experience since this subreddit was so helpful to our group when we were planning our trip.
Some general info about our trips - I went with 5 other friends, all of us are in our late 20s and from the US. Four of my friends had already been to Japan before while for the other 2 (including myself) this was our first time visiting Japan. During our trip we went to Tokyo for 5.5 days, Hakone for 1.5 days, Kyoto for 5.5 days (with day trips to Osaka, Nara and the Himeji Castle) and then finally back to Tokyo for another 1.5 days.
GENERAL STUFF

• Pocket Wifi's - Since were a group of 6 we opted to get 2 pocket wifi's from Japan Wireless because we knew there would be days we'd split up since our group was made up of people that have visited Japan before and first-timers. One pocket wifi for some reason absolutely died on the 3rd day of our trip, which was not great lol. Unfortunately the only way we could find to get in touch with Japan Wireless was through their "contact us" page on their website which was basically just sending them an email, but they did get back to us the same day and delivered a new pocket wifi to a post-office near our Airbnb the next day. After that we had no issues with the pocket wifi's at all, some random places there was no service/a little slow but 95% of the time they worked great.
• Airport stuff - Definitely take screenshots of the QR codes for immigration and customs, it was just so much easier to pull them up when I landed because I didn't have to mess with connecting to the airport wifi to pull up my QR codes from the actual website. Immigration and customs were a breeze, I think I got out in about 30-45 minutes but I also did not check in any luggage so didn't have to retrieve anything at the baggage claim. Post-customs things - it was pretty easy to pick up our JR passes, pocket wifis, exchange money, etc. but each thing took some time because there were moderately sized queues for each thing, so we didn't get out I think for another 1.5 hours after getting out of immigration and customs.
• Shopping - if you plan on shopping for clothes then I'd take less clothes than you think you'd need. We wanted to take advantage of the favorable exchange rate, tax free stores and the vintage/thrift shops in Japan, so we did shop around quite a bit. I didn't end up buying a whole lot, but it was enough to make me think that I could've gotten by bringing less clothes than i did. Some of my friends but a lot more and tbh could've really gone by with bringing just one outfit with them by the end.
• If you are planning on shopping make sure to bring your passport to be able to get tax free benefits!
• Bring a variety of layers - most of us only packed for cold weather because we saw that it was going to be cold especially in the mornings and at night during the first week we were in Japan, but we failed to notice that our second week in Japan was going to be much warmer. Towards the end of our trip the weather was in the upper 60s and low 70s during the day and most of us did not really pack for that weather
• WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES - I cannot stress this enough. Even days where we didn't have multiple areas to visit we still pulled at least 20,000 steps. I was dumb and bought a pair of Vans for style along with a pair of Nike sneakers. Because I didn't want to waste my pair of Vans that I used precious baggage space for I wore it on a day I thought was going to have less walking but we still ended up walking a ton and my feet were dying by the end of the day. Aka I'd just give up your style and go for comfort!!
• I would try to follow what exits that Google maps suggest you exit from when arriving at your destination especially in big stations like Tokyo, Namba, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, etc. Those stations are just so ginormous and we learned the hard way that getting out from a different exit meant walking a whole lot more to get to our destination sometimes even around the whole station itself. At smaller stations I found the difference though wasn't that big, so if it is a smaller station than just go ahead and get out from any exit
• I think our group (6 people) is considered to be a large group in Japan so the times when we did go out to eat together, about 80% of the time we were split up into different table which was fine with us. Smaller more intimate places like small ramen stores where there's only like countebar seats we were sometimes split up individually but we still walked away with a delicious meal so can't complain much. Also places in a yokocho (small alleyways) were not really an option for us if we were trying to dine all together. Also I don't think splitting the bill is a thing in Japan so if we dined together we always just had someone pay the bill for all of us and later Venmo'd each other.
• Everything we planned on doing took like 1.5x longer than we expected, so we didn't get to see all the places that we initially planned for so that was kind of sad, but I also loved that we were able to see as much as we did. It was just that every place we went to there was just so many places that caught our attention as we walked around like cute little stores, cafes or we would just stop to take in all the sights. So if you're kind of like us and a little slow-moving than I think it would be best to not pressure yourself with lots of plans each day so that you can really explore each place/area to your heart's content.

LUGGAGE

• As many people have already suggested but I would listen and use the luggage transfer services. We ended up not because we were kinda confused about how it would work when we were staying in Airbnbs. In the end we managed but only because we had to haha. It got a little tough in the subway stations because the escalators or elevators up were not always in obvious places so lots of stairs while carrying our luggage were taken. It was a REAL struggle on our first night in Hakone because one of our places was an Airbnb up a semi-steep hill + was not the most accessible by public transport there aka just use the transfer services lol.
• Since we didn't use the transfer services, we did end up using the lockers at the Hakone train station. We used our backpacks for our one night at a ryokan and left our luggage at the lockers at the station which ended up being 1400 yen for one night (700 yen until midnight for the first day + 700 yen when we picked them up the next day). These lockers though saved our butts from having to drag our luggage around Hakone while we waited for our ryokan check in time.
• Lockers - they were very helpful for the days that we had to check out but had time to kill before a train or next check in. We were able to use our IC cards to pay for them except for the Hakone ones which only accepted coins. The large lockers can hold two carry on sized luggages or one large check-in sized luggage. However you might have to walk around the station to find an open large lockers if it's the weekend because they're not as plentiful as the smaller lockers so a lot of those could be taken up on busier days. I would also take a picture of your locker and the surrounding area of your locker because in the really large ones like Kyoto, Tokyo and Shinjuku, it can be quite hard to find again.
• Bring an empty and foldable/packable duffle bag with you or pack less in your suitcase initially to leave space for souvenirs. I only used a carry on bag to pack all my stuff for the trip because I didn't to lug around a progressively heavier check-in sized suitcase as we moved around and bought more stuff along our trip. However, I also knew though that I was probably going to buy enough things in Japan that it was not going to fit my suitcase by the end, so I also packed an empty foldable/packable duffle bag to pack all my souvenirs for when I was coming back to the US, which I was super grateful to have and actually had to start using as soon as we we were getting ready to leave Tokyo to go to other cities.

IC CARDS

• I'd HIGHLY recommend for anyone that can to get/use the Suica/Pasmo card on their phones. Half of us opted to get/use the card with the Apple wallet on our iPhones. It was so easy to top up with our Apple pay and super convenient to use at the station ticket turnstiles. I also preferred the cards on our phones because we could use our credit card to top up via Apple pay thereby saving some of our cash to use for other stuff.
• Other people in my group opted to get the physical Welcome Suica card and it was ever so slightly inconvenient to reload because they'd have to stop at a ticket machine in the station to reload it with cash, but otherwise they were happy with them, had no issues with them and got a special sakura Suica.
• 2 of my friends got the Suica card on her phone while I got the Pasmo card on mine. We were all able to use these on all the metro and bus systems, vending machines and some stores/restaurants in all the other cities we visited outside of Tokyo without any major issues.
• Sometimes for some reason when we beeped our card on the turnstile it would randomly not work even though we had enough funds on our cards, but it was easily fixed by going to the office next to the turnstiles where we explained to the staff that our cards didn't work and they just let us through.
• None of us were able to use our Visa cards to reload our IC cards. My friends though were able to use their MasterCards to reload their Suicas. I don't have a MasterCard, but I was instead able to use an AmEx to reload my Pasmo. Just something to be mindful of if you are going to use the mobile Pasmo/Suica card.

SHINKANSEN

• We all got our JR passes through Klook so we couldn't book any seats online, but that ended up not being a huge deal. In Tokyo we stayed in Ikebukuro and there was a big JR office nearby our place so we went ahead booked majority of our seats ahead of time there one morning. It was quick, easy and the staff were super helpful. Some of our smaller day trips like from Kyoto to Himeji we booked the same day using the JR ticket machines at Kyoto Station, which was easy to do, but you do have to know your passport number to use these machines. There were also plenty of seats available but it was a weekday and not during the busy season.
• One of my friends had a large check in bag which was considered oversized so we needed to get him one of those special reserved seat that's at the back of each train car with the space behind the seats for large suitcases, except we were dumb and forgot to get him that special reserved seat. I didn't go with him to change his ticket, but apparently it was pretty easy for him to change his ticket when he visited another JR office.
• My friend and I did miss a Shinkansen from Himeji to Osaka because we got lost in train station but we just went to the staff at the side of the Shinkansen ticket gates for help and he was super nice, helpful and spoke English. He was going to change our ticket to another one, but ended up recommending that we just take a special rapid JR train that is a little slower, but would get us to Osaka faster instead of us waiting another hour for the next Shinkansen.
• If it's a clear day and you're doing Tokyo Kyoto on a shinkansen try to reserve a seat on the left side of the train because you'll be able to see Mt. Fuji about an hour or so into the train ride. Even if you don't get to sit on the side you can go in between the train cars where there will be a window that you can look out of instead (which is what I did).
• If you get to the train station too late to look at the bentos/ekibens at the station I think some of longer routes there is a very small food cart that goes up and down the train with some bentos, drinks and snacks, but there aren't as many choices and they only take cash. There are some ekibens that are self-heating but majority I think are at room temperature, so some of the ekibens can be hit or miss. Some of us liked ours while others were not huge fans of the ones they got.

CASH

• I saw a lot of posts saying cash is king still in Japan and I think I found this to be only somewhat true. It's true enough that I did end up using some cash almost every single day and made sure to have some cash on hand with me, but I also was also able to use my credit card at about 90-95% of the stores and restaurants that we stopped by. I ended up mainly using cash for small mom and pop type restaurants, street food stalls, small stores and the entry fee for temples, but nothing was ever over 2000 yen. Also I was surprised that even smaller gift stores will take credit cards.
• Hakone was the only place we visited where I feel like I mainly had to use cash to pay for things as opposed to credit card, but again nothing was that expensive
• I bought with me 40,000 yen (from my bank in the US) to Japan and had to use a 7-11 ATM once while in Japan to get an extra 10,000 yen (I actually wanted just 5000 but the minimum withdrawal amount was 10,000 for that ATM). I did end up using most of the cash that I bought with me initially and the extra cash I had to get while there. I think, though, I actually could've spent less cash, but (1) our Hakone ryokan only accepted cash for payment so half of the cash I spent was for this and (2) towards the end of my trip I realized I was going to have quite a bit of cash leftover so I just started using cash to pay for things even if card was accepted so that I could use up as much of the cash I had.
• Definitely listen to what everyone says about carrying around a coin purse or buying one when you get there. So many coins were accumulated throughout the trip lol.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Tokyo
  • Ghibli Museum
  • TeamLabs Planets
  • Yoyogi Park - got to see some early blossoming sakura trees!
  • Gotokuji Temple (the lucky cat temple) - the temple itself is quite small, but the surrounding neighborhood is really nice to walk around with lots of little shops, cafes and nice restaurants. It's also a quieter area of Tokyo if anyone is looking to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
  • Harajuku, Ometasando and Aoyama - just walking around in the less busy streets was one of my favorites
  • Shimokitazawa - lots of cute vintage and antique stores amongst all the thrift stores there
  • Itoya Ginza - I love stationary so this 12 story stationary store was heaven
  • Muji Ginza - my friend and I love Muji products so this was a must stop for us and it was wonderful lol
• Hakone
  • the onsens - Hakone was the coldest place we went to on our trip and the outside onsen at our ryokan + the cold weather at night was the perfect match because it meant we never got too too hot from the onsen (though it was still pretty hot lol)
  • Owakudani - the black eggs and the fairly close up view of Mt. Fuji. We went on a semi-cloudy day so we unfortunately didn't get to see all of Fuji-san but we did get to see a little more than half of it and it was already super impressive.
• Kyoto
  • Kiyomizodera and walking around the surrounding streets/area - can be crowded though.
  • Philosophers Path - we went before any cherry blossoms were blossoming so unfortunately we just saw lots of dead trees lol, but the area was still really nice, passed by a lot of cute cafes and stores along the path/river
  • Arashiyama - the Monkey Park, the Bamboo Forest, Gio-ji temple, and the BREAD, ESPRESSO & ARASHIYAMA GARDEN bakery (we didn't go into the main restaurant/cafe because the wait was too long so we just went to the bakery to the side which was SO GOOD). We loved walking around the northern part of Arashiyama which was did to get to the Gio-Ji temple. It's a lot less crowded than the bamboo forest area and was just so beautiful, lots of preserved old machiya houses, streets and open fields. It was collectively one of our favorite days and areas to visit during our trip.
• Osaka
  • Osaka Castle
  • Dotonburi - all the sights and food is a little chaotic but I loved it
• Nara
  • Todai-ji
  • Kasuga Taisha - the walk up to it was beautiful and all the deer along the way was a definite plus
  • all the deer - some of them are definitely a bit aggressive lol like they'll bite your clothes or try to headbutt you for biscuits. at the base level though if they don't do that most will definitely at least follow you for those biscuits.

I loved my time there and everything exceeded all the expectations I had. i'm already thinking of ways to get myself back there as soon as possible. This is incredibly long haha and I probably forgot some stuff too but I hope someone finds this a little helpful!

Birth of The Sparrow - Time to be a Hero - Volume 6
Saturday 17th April 2017
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WARNING: THIS VOLUME CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND VIOLENCE
I open my eyes and squint them a little as the sun greets me, it seems I woke up on a hillside? The hell am I doing here? I feel okay for the most part also? I inspect myself to see that my body is mostly okay, still a little sore but not as bad as what it was when my fight with the horsewoman was over. Like I expected for my arm to be broken and my brain to be spinning with pain at least to but they're almost completely healed? I sit up and take a look around. Seems that it's just mid-day, did I sleep through the whole night? Well, a lot did happen yesterday to be fair, a bunch fighting and pain. I remember being picked up and teleported away from the horsewomen but I passed out and... well I'm here now? I'm still in my burned clothes and I'm still covered in blood from my fight with the horsewomen. Sigh, I shouldn't think about it too much. That actually raises yet another question, who took me away from them? The girls seemed on edge and nervous about whoever this person was? Was this the person Sayori was talking about? As I sit there I notice clouds start to roll in rather suddenly? It was clear a moment ago, so where did these clouds come from? I hear rumbling thunder but there's no rain, what is this weather?
?: "Apologies I just have that affect whenever I show up." I turn and see a man in a black trench coat with a big katana? He has a gentle smile as I get up from the floor, we just stare face to face as we both say nothing. I have a good hunch that this is the guy who took me away last night. I better pop that question to him.
B: "Are you the guy who took me from the horsewomen?" I think he can sense my unease as he puts up a friendly hand while looking rather embarrassed?
?: "I was. Sorry for the quick interruption but I don't want them to take innocent people into jail, you know?" He takes a seat on the grass and looks at the clouds. "The storm is only growing beneath the surface, they have no idea about the shit they're trying to get into."
B: "Umm?"
?: "Sorry just got lost in my mind there, here sit down. You're bound to have questions, correct?"
B: "Yeah?" I take a seat beside him, he's about the same height as me but he's got a lot of gear on him? He only seems to be carrying that katana as a weapon but there's some other things on him? Like little pouches? What's he carrying exactly? I just get a bad vibe from him...
?: "So what would you like to know?" His easy smile isn't making me settle down, in fact it only raises my guard even more.
B: "Well, how about your name first?" He chuckles and bows his head slightly.
A: "The name is Alex, you may have heard of me from my former partners yes?"
B: "I think Sayori talked about you but not by name? Were you friends with all of them?"
A: "I was, you see I was part of the team they made up but then something happened. One day, they came to me and tried to plant me in the big man's operation. They were all for it and I was also in. But I was found out rather quickly by the op and when I requested the girls to help me... well guess who never came to help? I was left alone to fight off the mob that had built up and well, I defeated them. When I returned to base I was quite pissed off and I got into an argument with them, similar to the one you had with them. Get them to change their ways but they never do. They make you the villain and try to pin the blame on you and you alone. They attacked me like they did you and tried to get me arrested, I managed to get away from them and I've been freelance ever since. It's been ages since I talked to any of them but I've fought them plenty of times. Listen, you shouldn't trust them because they'll only use you and when your no longer useful that's it, you're cut out from the fold. I'll be frank with you, I don't like them but I hope some day they'll see the error of their ways and stop this pointless crusade." Alex stands up and looks out over the town in silence.
B: "Wait, so you work alone now?"
A: "Yeah, not with the horsewomen or the big man. Well partially I suppose?" Partially?
B: "What do you mean by that?"
A: "I took up a contract with the big man to get them off the street but it's for their own good! I do it so they can stay safe, not only will they be out of the big man's crosshairs but they won't be out there risking their lives every single night. I'm not a traitor! I'm just trying to keep them safe."
B: "Uh-huh?" There's something really off about Alex like something he isn't telling me or something he's trying to hide? I don't know what though?
A: "Anyway, anymore questions?"
B: "Yeah, what's the date today?"
A: "Believe or not, today is Saturday! You were out for all of Thursday and Friday, I took the proper precautions to fully heal your arm and head, they beat the hell out of you that's for sure." He healed me and it took almost three days?! Something doesn't add up here?
B: "Okay, so what about the girls?"
A: "What about them?"
B: "Have they been looking for me?"
A: "Oh yes they have been, but I've been able to keep you out of their grasps, for now..." Alex stands over me. "Now I have something to offer you."
B: "What is it?"
A: "I would like you to partner up with me in my effort to save those fools, we can get them off the street and help them. If you just take my hand." He holds his hand out to me and smiles. I don't like this guy, he's been acting way too friendly to me.
B: "I'll think about it for now, just a lot on my mind at the moment. I also want to get some rest, I haven't been home in three days now!"
A: "Of course! Take your time it's a big decision!" I stand up and see the clouds start to fade. "Botan? Make the right choice..." Wait how does he know my name?! I turn but Alex is gone and there's no traces of the storm anywhere??
B: "Hmmm, something's off about him?" I begin walking down the hill and back into town. So, that was Alex? There's something more to his story than he was letting on. Was he making up details to get me on board? I look at my arm, well he healed me up quite well anyway, why would he heal me when I'm nothing more than a stranger to him and then feed me a lie? Was he trying something? It's the weekend now anyway so... what do I do? I guess I can relax at home but I've been inactive for two full days so I might as well get some exercise. I enter an alley and spawn myself some new clothes. Dumping the old ones in a nearby dumpster, I then begin my run. Well for muscles that haven't been active in two days they're currently working well? As I jog I think about the situation between the horsewomen and Alex. Was he really a part of the group? Was he really abandoned? Is he really a freelance hero? Is he really a hero? I want to learn more about his 'contract' with the big man, but that raises even more questions. If Alex is working with the big man does anything he told me really stick? He could be just lying to me for all I know? I need to ask someone who's reliable, but who can I trust anymore? I don't like Alex's cut, I'm still shaky with the girls and there's really no one else I can really ask who will know about this sort of thing. As I'm jogging I take a right onto a street and see a guy, he has a gun and no good intentions. I see him outside a store, looks like he's casing the place. I don't need this. I take a hard left across the street and watch as the guy opens the door. Don't look, just keep moving. Last time I did interfere with criminal activity I was broken and battered by four vigilantes.
?: "Freeze! This is a stick up!" He points the gun at the cashier as I just keep moving past the store.
?: "Oh my goodness!" The girl behind the counter throws her hands into her air!
?: "Money in the bag, NOW!" He chucks her a bag as she opens the register.
?: "Okay, okay..." I slow down and look back. I see the guy holding the gun to the cashiers face, she's a younger girl who's clearly terrified. I shake my head and go to move but my ears pick up some more talking in the store? "That's all the money, now please go."
?: "Where's the safe?!"
?: "What safe?"
?: "Don't be stupid you bitch!"
?: "Ahhh!" I hear him hit her across the face with his gun, I can see through the window as she's on the floor holding her cheek that's bleeding.
?: "Safe! NOW!"
?: "We don't have a safe!"
?: "What's the point of you living if you can't tell me the truth?" He cocks the gun.
?: "Please don't..." I... URGH! I shake my head and spawn in my gear.
?: "Last chance, where is the safe?"
?: "We don't have one, please leave..."
?: "That's it you bitch, say goodbye."
?: "no.." The window smashes as I throw my rope dart through it!
?: "The hell?!" I jump through the shattering glass and kick the guy in the jaw, his grip on the money bag loosens and bills go flying across the store. I follow up by grabbing this guy's arm and wrapping the rope around his neck, trying to choke him out with his own arm! He waves his gun around frantically and I decide to take action before he starts pulling the trigger. I grab his arm and snap it in two like a twig! He screams as I hoist him into the air and into a flower display, the glass of the counter shatters and he breaks through the wood. He's out like a light. I take my hood down and look at the girl on the floor.
?: "Please don't hurt me! Just take the money and leave!" She's in a right mess as I hold up my arms in a non threatening manner.
B: "It's alright, I'm not here to rob you I'm just trying to help!" She looks at me as I slowly approach her. "That wound looks nasty, let me see please?" She removes her hand and I see the bastard got a good hit on her. The cut isn't deep but it looks like it stings.
?: "khhhhhhhh, OW!"
B: "It's okay, what's your name?"
K: "Kotonoha..."
B: "Okay, Kotonoha I'm going to patch you up then we can call the police okay?" She nods as I will in a first aid kit. "Let me see the wound." She closes her eyes as I gently dab away at her cheek. I then get the rubbing alcohol and put some on a cloth. "Okay, Kotonoha this next part is going to suck. If you want hold my hand for support okay?" She nods and gently takes hold of my free hand. "Breathe in." She breathes in and out, then nods at me. She's ready. I press the cloth to her face and she tries to scream but no noise comes out.
K: "ahh..." She squeezes my hand and I see tears rolling down her eyes. I clean up her tears and bandage up her cheek.
B: "Okay, you did it! You're very brave Koto~" Did I just give her a nickname?
K: "You think so?"
B: "I know so, now can you stand up?" I help her to her feet and just let her rest against the counter. "I'll start picking up the money and tidy this place up, you call the cops and tell them what happened okay?" She nods and takes out her mobile phone. I get cleaning up, I start by collecting the bills on the floor and returning them to the register, I see Kotonoha look gratefully at me as I finish putting the money back in. Next I tie up the thug and leave him outside, I also put the gun outside also beside the perp. I will in a brush and start to sweep up the broken glass and splinters of wood. Kind of regretting not coming in like a normal person now, I mean I could've really fucked myself up if just one of those glass shards found a home in my body. I move around at lighting speed getting the place redone, I replace things that I broke including the flower display, glass, and the spare counter. When I finish everything is good as new! "There we are spick and span!" The store looks brand new and way better than what it did after I put that thug into dream land.
K: "Wow, this is..." Kotonoha tears up as she looks at the store. "Thank you so much!" She hugs me and I pat her head. I'm not really a hugger...
B: "Sorry about the mess I made, but your store should be okay~"
K: "Thank you so much Mr...?" Oh, I can't use my real name so I need to come up with something?
B: "It's just B."
K: "Bee? As in the little black and yellow flying insect?"
B: "No, as in the letter B."
K: "OH! Ahaha, my bad..." Kotonoha puts some hair behind her ear as she looks at me. "Well thank you for helping Mr. B, Ehehe!" She giggles at my name.
B: "Yeah, yeah laugh it up!" I hear the police approaching so I decide to leave. "Well cops are here, they'll take care of you now."
K: "Thank you again!"
B: "Of course!" I smile at Kotonoha as she looks out the window at the police car. "Stay safe, Mrs. K~" I chuckle as Kotonoha's face goes beat red, I got her in the end! I shoot off my rope dart and swing away. I land on a roof a couple of buildings down and take a breath. That was silly! I shouldn't be doing things like that! But I was able to turn Kotonoha's day from bad to great. Her store got repaired and she wasn't robbed or killed! I also made her happy by talking to her and treating her wound. Life as a hero isn't for me. But it felt good helping her when she needed it! I then get another idea, I do like using my powers for others so I think I can do that! I make my way back to the rooftop where I fought the girls. As I arrive I spot the air con I pulled out, I should replace everything that was destroyed in the fighting. I replace the air con and make sure it's working. I move on, the walls of buildings, floors and even fire damage from Nat. I finish up with the roof looking like nothing had ever happened! "There we go! All done!" I take a seat on the edge of the roof and spawn myself something to eat, I haven't eaten in days and I'm quite hungry. I spawn myself a sandwich and begin to chew on it. Ham and cheese is something that I just love! "mmm~" This sandwich is great!
Y: "HOLD IT!" Who the hell?! Wait a minute, I know that voice?? I jump on my feet and turn around to see two guns pointing at me!
B: "Yuri?"
Y: "Botan?" I turn to see Yuri with two pistols pointing at me.
B: "Now this sandwich isn't illegal so..."
Y: "Where have you been?" She lowers the guns but keeps them on hand as she cautiously approaches. I sit down and continue munching.
B: "Oh yeah! That Alex guy took me and healed me for the past couple days, he let me go this morning. I then went for a jog, helped out this girl at the store who was being robbed, fixed the damages of our fight on Wednesday and I was having my dinner here." Yuri blinks twice before speaking again.
Y: "What did Alex tell you?"
B: "Well he said something about him being in your group and that you left him in a spot, he found you guys and you fought him trying to bring him in and then he left working freelance but he took a contract."
Y: "With?"
B: "The big man. Said he wanted to get you girls off the street."
Y: "Heh, yeah off the street and into a graveyard with you."
B: "What?"
Y: "Alex fed you half truth and lies, we did try to help him but he insisted he could do it himself and well he couldn't and he was pretty mad, he had always insisted that he was the best fighter out of all of us and he was exposed when he took that job! He was so mad he pinned it on us and attacked us in pure rage, but before he attacked us he killed someone."
B: "Alex killed someone?"
Y: "Not just someone, Sayori's best friend." My jaw drops as the missing piece is revealed to me. He killed Sayori's friend! No wonder they tried to take him in, he's a killer! "He stabbed him through the chest with his blade with no remorse and he ran away claiming he would destroy all of us and hand us into the big man..." I see Yuri's lip wobble but she holds firm. "He was rather nice to me before this all started..." I look at her as she rubs her arm?
B: "Who Alex or Sayori's friend?"
Y: "Both Alex and Sayori's friend, they were both nice guys and I even liked Alex in that way! But when he attacked us I tried to pull him back but he said he was sorry and told me to keep out of his way. I know I can reach through to him! The other girls have given up on him but the Alex I know and love is somewhere in there, he just has to be confused! I can bring him back! I have to..." She tears up as she looks at the street below.
B: "Are you alright?"
Y: "Y-yeah..." I will in a tissue and hand it to her. "thanks..." She dries her eyes and blows her nose. "But yeah, he sided with the big man and has tried to kill us multiple times, I just want him to come back so we can be together... I was never was able to tell him how I felt about him." I put a hand on her shoulder as she dabs at her eyes again.
B: "I'm sure one day you can tell him the truth..."
Y: "Yeah, besides I have my sister but she doesn't know I do this line of work..."
B: "You have a sister?" Yuri nods. "What's her name?"
Y: "Kotonoha." Woah! That's a coincidence!
B: "Wait! Does she work in a store near here?"
Y: "Yeah why?"
B: "She was the girl who I was talking about who got robbed!" Yuri's eyes widen with panic. "She's fine! She got hit with a gun but I patched her up and fixed the store." Yuri breathes a huge sigh of relief. "Anyway she's really nice and brave, you have a good sister!" I smile at Yuri as she looks towards the store.
Y: "Thanks for helping her." Yuri hugs me and quickly steps back. "Anyway I need to go."
B: "Wait, you guys still looking for me right?"
Y: "Well, yeah but... I found you."
B: "So what now?" I hope we really don't fight again.
Y: "I should bring you in, but you helped my sister and comforted me so, I'll let you go." She smiles at me before heading off.
B: "Hey Yuri??"
Y: "Yeah?" She turns to me before leaving.
B: "Thanks, you deserve happiness." I smile as her as she blushes and jumps away. She's a good girl, just like Sayori. I'll take her word over Alex's anytime! I look out over the city. This hero thing comes with some details I wasn't aware of, like I want to help people but...you know what? NO! I can do good by helping people and that's what I'm going to do! So what if the horsewomen or Alex or the big man comes after me, I'll be ready! There are people out there who can really benefit from my help, I can make their lives better and even save them. Afterall, nobody should go through what I did. No child should bear the pain of losing their parents. I can stop that from happening! I'll also be using my powers for good and instead of just for myself, some people really need my help right now! I'll do everything I can for this city! I take my mask and look at it, looks like you'll be a permanent feature now? I need a better name though if I'm going to do this. Mr. B? Really? No. I'll go by the name of.... Eagle! No. Crow? No... Sparrow? Meh, it's okay. It's me the sparrow! Yeah that'll do! I toss away my lunch and launch myself off the building. Crime here I come!

Decisive and urgent measures of the UNSC are necessary. Artsakh MFA in connection with the targeting of the population

“On 22 March, the Azerbaijani armed forces, once again violating the ceasefire, opened fire on civilians engaged in agricultural work in the administrative area of the town of Chartar of Artsakh’s Martuni region. This is already the third case of targeting civilians by Azerbaijan within a week. We recall that on 15 March, farmers working in the vineyards in the area adjacent to the Amaras Valley of the Martuni region, and on March 19, a civilian doing agricultural work on a tractor in the administrative area of the village of Taghavard were targeted with small arms fire from Azerbaijani combat positions. It is obvious that such attacks, which have become more frequent recently, are part of Azerbaijan's long-standing and consistent policy and are aimed at creating unbearable living conditions in Artsakh, harming the country's economy, and exerting psychological pressure on Artsakh Armenians. It is within this policy that for more than 100 days now, Artsakh has been under a blockade orchestrated by the Azerbaijani authorities, as a result of which the delivery of food, medicine and other vital supplies to the republic has been reduced to a minimum, and the rights of the people of Artsakh to free movement, proper medical care, education and other fundamental rights have been violated. Moreover, the Azerbaijani side regularly cuts the gas supply to Artsakh, obstructs the repair of the damaged high-voltage power line coming from Armenia, depriving the people of Artsakh of basic living conditions. Against the backdrop of the critical humanitarian situation in Artsakh, the demonstrations of the so-called "eco-activists" are accompanied by music, dancing, fireworks, consumption of alcohol and parties, which resemble a coven of hate in celebration of Azerbaijan's illegal and inhuman blockade of Artsakh and the suffering of 120 thousand people. By targeting civilians engaged in agricultural work, Azerbaijan is trying to prevent the citizens of Artsakh from mitigating, to some extent, the serious problems of food shortage caused by the blockade. Azerbaijan strives at all costs to break the will of the people of Artsakh to live freely in their homeland and does not shy away even from terrorist acts, such as the sabotage attack of 5 March, which left three Artsakh police officers killed and one seriously wounded. Clearly nationalist, anti-Armenian and inhumane calls are regularly made both by the country's top leadership and ordinary citizens. The latest such example is a video widely circulated recently in the Azerbaijani media, in which one of the “eco-activists” who blocked the Lachin Corridor, with Azerbaijan's connivance, literally threatens to slaughter an Armenian on the occasion of Nowruz holiday.
Against the background of the genocidal policy pursued by Azerbaijan at the state level, we consider it necessary for the United Nations Security Council to take decisive and urgent measures aimed at ensuring the fundamental rights of the people of Artsakh and preventing the genocidal intentions of Azerbaijan. We are convinced that the best and most effective way to save the people of Artsakh from ethnic cleansing and genocide is to recognise their right to self-determination and establish it as the basis for the conflict settlement”.
https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107070.html

There will be no new escalation. Pashinyan emphasizes the support of the international community for the peace treaty

"There will be a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and it will be based on the joint official statements adopted at the highest level. There won’t be а new escalation! The international community must strongly support this narrative," the Prime Minister wrote.
https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107064.html

Russia calls for resumption of Armenian-Azerbaijani talks

“We are really concerned by the increasing hostile rhetoric and the growing number of incidents in Nagorno Karabakh, and the unwillingness of the parties to reach an agreement in resolving the situation around Lachin Corridor,” Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a press briefing, adding that there is no alternative to the peace process. “We are resolute in this matter and we reaffirm our stance,” she added.
Zakharova called for a resumption of the Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations.
“We call on the parties to display restraint in their statements and actions, to resume negotiations in all directions of the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement, including unblocking of transport connections, border delimitation, preparation of the peace treaty, holding of meetings between public figures and parliamentarians and other [directions],” she said.
https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107024.html

Nagorno Karabakh says direct talks with Azerbaijan possible only in international format with guarantees

Nagorno Karabakh Foreign Minister Sergey Ghazaryan said at a press conference that Russia-mediated meetings have taken place between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan pertaining to various humanitarian and technical issues. Ghazaryan underscored that Azerbaijan attempted to distort the agenda of the latest meeting.
The goal of that meeting was to discuss issues relating to the disruptions of the electricity and gas supplies, he said. “The attempts by Azerbaijan to distort the agenda of the meeting are unacceptable. But at the same time, we stand ready to have meetings in the same format, with the mediation of Russian peacekeepers, for the solution of the abovementioned issues,” Ghazaryan said when asked in which case the meetings could become negotiations.
Speaking about a full negotiations process, the FM said: “We’ve numerously said that such meetings can only take place in an international format. The substantiations are rather clear.”
Ghazaryan noted that if Azerbaijan even violated the agreements reached in the OSCE Minsk Group talks, then it would definitely violate bilateral agreements as well.
“Only under an international format, and guarantees of implementation of obligations must be the most important component of such a process,” Ghazaryan added.
https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107017.html

The Threat Reduction Agency of the Department of Defense of the United States of America provides technical equipment, all-terrain vehicles, and spare parts to Armenia as a donation within the framework of the "Proliferation Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction" program.

According to the decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, the said property will be attached to the National Security Service of the Republic of Armeniatoo to solve the problems the border guard troops face more effectively.
This project, included among the non-reportable issues, was approved at the government session and will be submitted to the parliament for ratification shortly.
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Nagorno Karabakh officials rule out “integration” with Azerbaijan

“The Armenian side’s substantiations are so many that it is very clear, visible and understandable for everyone, including the international partners, that there can’t be a combination of the Armenians of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, this is simply ruled out,” he said.
https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107014.html

French Foreign Minister announces upcoming Armenia trip

Colonna told French lawmakers during question time that she will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan towards the end of April.
Senator Philippe Pemezec asked Colonna whether the French government is ready to provide as much diplomatic and military support to Armenia as it did to Ukraine.
In response, the French FM said: “France has condemned the closure of Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan since the first day. This blockade causes tension. I plan to visit Yerevan and Baku in the end of April to convey this message. France is taking measures.”
https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107006.html

Armenia protects, provides representation for minorities, while Azerbaijan persecutes – PM slams monoethnic narrative

“First of all, such wordings are a gross interference into Armenia’s domestic affairs, moreover, national minorities not only do exist in Armenia, but they are also represented, they have mandates in the Parliament of Armenia, and this is guaranteed under the Constitution. At this moment there are four Members of Parliament representing the national minorities. And if such narratives don’t constitute interference into a country’s domestic affairs, then let’s say for the record that the persecutions against not only the press, the opposition, but also the national minorities are of systematic nature in Azerbaijan. The international press is full of articles about the murders and imprisonments of the leading activists protecting the interests of national minorities in Azerbaijan. Furthermore, many of these cases are revealed by eyewitnesses, the activists who survived torture and persecutions, or the families of the killed activists. Perhaps Azerbaijan ought to display goodwill and define seat quotas in its parliament for national minorities and guarantee it under its constitution. Perhaps this would be the first step in correcting the situation,” PM Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting.
In conclusion, Pashinyan added that a peace treaty will be achieved on the basis of the written documents that have been reached on the highest levels so far.
He said that Armenia will not deviate even for a moment from the path of developing Armenia and strengthening its democracy.
https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107002.html

The international community cannot allow another genocide, Armenian FM tells Egyptian AlQahera news agency

“The position of the international community, including our partners and friends in the Arab world should be clear against any narrative and actions perpetrating another genocide, the international system cannot afford to sustain yet another such failure,” the Foreign Minister said.
“Despite all the risks and the fragility of the situation around my country, Armenia remains determined to make its contribution to creating a stable region where our generations won’t just dream about living in peace,” he added.
https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/24/the-international-system-cannot-allow-another-genocide-armenian-fm-tells-egyptian-alqahera-news-agency/

PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights calls on Azerbaijan to “implement without delay” World Court ruling

“The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliament Assembly of the Council of Europe is greatly concerned by the humanitarian crisis unfolding due to the ongoing obstruction of the Lachin Corridor. This corridor is the lifeline between those living in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, and the Committee fully supports the public statement made by the Parliamentary Assembly co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia on 24 February 2023, calling for “immediate action” and “the immediate cessation of the unlawful and illegitimate obstruction of the Lachin corridor”. The Committee also calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to implement without delay the measures addressed to it by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of 22 February 2023 and of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) of 21 December 2022 whose decisions noted the obligation on Azerbaijan under the Trilateral Statement, signed on 9 November 2020, to “guarantee the security of persons, vehicles and cargo moving along the Lachin Corridor in both directions” (Article 6 of the Trilateral Statement).1 The Committee furthermore refers to other international statements addressed to the authorities of Azerbaijan on the same issue, including - the joint statement of the four co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the monitoring of Azerbaijan and Armenia of December 16, 2022, which states that “Freedom and security of movement of persons and goods must be urgently restored along the corridor. We call on all parties to the Trilateral Statement of 9-10 November 2020 to immediately take the necessary measures”, and - the European Parliament resolution of 19 January 2023 on the humanitarian consequences of the blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh.”
https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107001.html

The delegation led by Alen Simonyan will leave for Germany

https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107066.html

Ashot Pirumyan was appointed the head of the financial and economic department of the RA Prime Minister's Office

https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1107063.html

During their visit to Cyprus, Armenian parliamentarians spoke about the need for the presence of an international observation mission in Nagorno-Karabakh.

During the meetings, issues related to Armenia-Cyprus cooperation, the possibility of visiting the Republic of Cyprus for citizens of Armenia without a visa were discussed. Reference was made to the expected official visit of the President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus to the Republic of Armenia.
During the session of the Secretariat of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy, Sisak Gabrielyan, on behalf of Armenia and the delegation, thanked the president of the organization for expressing a tough and direct position regarding the aggression carried out by Azerbaijan against Armenia, as well as the blocking of the vital road of Lachin Corridor. The need for the presence of an international observation mission in Nagorno-Karabakh was also mentioned.
Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy, Greek MP Maximos Kharakopoulos informed that he regularly receives calls and letters from the Azerbaijani embassy in Greece for his harsh and critical statements. He noted that he will remain faithful to the values ​​he adopted in the matter of human rights protection.
As a sign of protest, Maximos Kharakopoulos left the Greece-Azerbaijan parliamentary friendship group.
During the session, issues and recommendations related to the upcoming assembly were also discussed.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1107058.html

The President of the Republic of Armenia and the members of the Supervisory Board of the Stock Exchange of Armenia discussed the necessary preconditions for the development of the Armenian capital market

During the meeting, the necessary prerequisites for the development of the Armenian capital market, as well as the existing obstacles and ways to overcome them, were discussed.
Both sides referred to the expansion and deepening of Armenian-Polish cooperation in the process of establishing the Armenian capital market.
During the conversation, an agreement was reached to make working contacts and discussions continuous.
Vahagn Khachaturyan emphasized that he is willing to support the initiatives and programs of the Armenian Stock Exchange as much as possible, as well as the organization and implementation of joint events with the stock exchange. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1107039.html

69 (nice) U.S. Representatives from 18 States seek termination of U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan

“Continued U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan represents a free pass for Azerbaijani aggression, a greenlight for Azerbaijani escalation,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. “It should have stopped on day one with President Biden, who entered office as a sharp critic of arming and aiding Aliyev. But, if our President won’t do what’s right, Congress needs to act.”
https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/23/69-u-s-representatives-from-18-states-seek-termination-of-u-s-military-aid-to-azerbaijan/

Meta’s Oversight Board announces new case related to Armenian prisoners of war

read it all, it's a long article

Armenian history and culture presented at Geneva Book Fair

Armenia has been a traditional participant of the event.
From 22 to 26 March 2023, the Geneva Book Fair brings together readers, writers, publishers and booksellers at Palexpo.
The 2023 edition of the book fair promises a real celebration of books for as many people as possible.
https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/23/armenian-history-and-culture-presented-at-geneva-book-fai

Dutch MFA summons Azerbaijani envoy to communicate the need to fully implement the ICJ ruling on Lachin corridor

FAON says it has taken note of the answers by Dutch Foreign Minister Wobke Hoekstra to the written questions of 13 parliamentary factions about the ICJ ruling of 22 February 2022 on blockade of Lachin Corridor (Armenia v. Azerbaijan). Minister Hoekstra agrees with the MP’s, that there is non-compliance by Azerbaijan with the Judgement of the ICJ on the blockade of the Lachin Corridor. According to the Court ruling, Azerbaijan must take all measures at its disposal to ensure unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin Corridor in both directions, which it keeps blockaded for more than 100 days.
In his letter to the Parliament, the Minister underlines that the International Court rulings are legally binding. Therefore, the Netherlands has publicly called on the Azerbaijani authorities to comply with the ruling.
https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/23/dutch-mfa-summons-azerbaijani-envoy-to-communicate-the-need-to-fully-implement-the-icj-ruling-on-lachin-corrido

Blinken believes there is a “moment of opportunity” for Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach a peace agreement

“I do not want to exaggerate it, but I think there is an opportunity to actually bring a peace agreement to fruition. I have had Prime Minister Pashinyan and President Aliyev for a meeting in Munich. I had the Foreign Ministers here in Washington, and I expect them to come back. We worked on a text to see if we can help them reach an agreement. And it’s not something that we are imposing on Armenia or answering a strong desire expressed by Armenia,” Secretary Blinken said.
Commenting on the blockade of the Lachin corridor, the Secretary said “I’m pressing on Azerbaijan, including as recently as this week, to reopen that road.”
“But I do think that there is a moment of opportunity to reach a peace agreement that would profoundly be in the interests of the people of Armenia, as well as Azerbaijan,” he said, commenting on Washington’s efforts to normalize relations between Baku and Yerevan.
https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/23/blinken-believes-armenia-and-azerbaijan-may-son-reach-a-peace-agreement/

Lachin corridor: The White House urges the sides to deescalate the situation

The US urges all sides to deescalate, John Kirby NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications in the White House, told reporters at a briefing, when asked to comment on the blockade of the Lachin corridor.
“We don’t want to see any of this violence, and we want to see all sides take appropriate steps to deescalate the tension and to stop the violence,” Mr. Kirby said.
meanwhile, he refrained from answering a question on the presence of 2,000 Russian peacekeepers in the region.
The Lachin corridor – the only road linking the Republic of Artsakh to Armenia and the rest of the world – has been blocked by Azerbaijani pseudo activists for over 100 days now. https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/22/lachin-corridor-the-white-house-urges-the-sides-to-deescalate-the-situation/

Armenian serviceman killed in Azerbaijani shooting (Rest in peace hero and Defender of the Motherland)

On March 22, at around 4:20 p.m., a serviceman of the N military unit of the Ministry of Defense Arshak Sargsyan, was lethally wounded by enemy fire in a combat position located near Yeraskh village.
The Ministry of Dedense of the Republic of Armenia shares the heavy sorrow of the loss and expresses support to the family, relatives and co-servicemen of Arshak Sargsyan.
https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/22/armenian-serviceman-killed-in-azerbaijani-shooting-4/

No negotiations on Azerbaijani checkpoints in Lachin corridor, Armenian FM says

There are no negotiations on installing an Azerbaijani checkpoint in the Lachin corridor, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said during a Q&A session at the National Assembly.
“Armenia considers that the negotiations on Lachin corridor and its regime have long been completed, and the regulations have been enshrined in the trilateral statement on November 9, 2020,” he said.
The Foreign Minister reminded that under the statement, the Lachin corridor remains under the control of the Russian peacekeeping troops and Azerbaijan guarantees safe movement of citizens, vehicles and cargo in both directions along the corridor.
According to the Foreign Minister, it is a recorded agreement, and Armenia should already have doubts about the expediency of further negotiations.
“What’s the sense of reaching agreements, if they are going to be breached at some point?” Ararta Mirzoyan said.
https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/22/no-negotiations-on-azerbaijani-checkpoints-in-lachin-corridor-armenian-fm-says/

Armenian FM does not rule out trilateral meeting with Russian and Azerbaijani counterparts

“The topic was discussed with Minister Lavrov. Such a meeting was supposed to take place in Moscow on December 22 of last year, but we postponed it because the Lachin Corridor was illegally blocked by Azerbaijan,” FM Mirzoyan said during a Q&A session at the National Assembly.
“Currently, the negotiations are taking place remotely as we are exchanging proposals on the draft peace treaty. But I believe that face-to-face meetings and discussions should begin at some stage. The topic as discussed in Moscow, and there is an opportunity for such a meeting in the future,” he noted.
The Armenian Foreign Minister also called the meeting with Lavrov on March 20 in Moscow “sincere and constructive.”
“My assessment of the visit is unequivocal. A quite sincere and constructive meeting was held between me and Minister Lavrov. We discussed both our bilateral agenda and, of course, regional issues,” he noted.
https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/22/armenian-fm-does-not-rule-out-trilateral-meeting-with-russian-and-azerbaijani-counterparts/

Iran ready to contribute to the peaceful settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict – Deputy FM

“I think that the heads of the two countries are reasonable enough to resolve this issue through negotiations,” Bagheri said. “Iran will use every opportunity to help resolve the issue peacefully.”
He stressed that “the states of the region are themselves guarantors of peace and stability, and the presence of foreign forces cannot ensure them.”
https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/22/iran-ready-to-contribute-to-the-peaceful-settlement-of-armenian-azerbaijani-conflict-deputy-fm/

Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council, Iran’s Deputy FM discuss security challenges facing the region

At the meeting, the parties emphasized the trend of sustainable development of cooperation between the two countries in various fields. Regional security, stability and peace-building were highlighted.
The Secretary of the Security Council presented the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact and around Nagorno Karabakh. Other security issues threatening the region were discussed.
https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/22/secretary-of-armenias-security-council-irans-deputy-fm-discuss-security-challenges-facing-the-region/

EU mission a tool to reinforce the peace process – Armenian FM

“There are interpretations claiming that the Armenian side is resorting to provocations hiding behind the back of the mission. First, the Armenian side does not resort to provocations at all. Second, for Armenia the EU mission is solely a tool that should reinforce the peace process, stability in the region, as well as assess the situation on the ground and report it to EU partners,” he said.
The European Union launched the EU civilian mission in Armenia (EU Mission in Armenia / EUMA) on February 20 under the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP).
The EUMA was formally established by a Council Decision on 23 January 2023. Through its deployment on the Armenian side of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, the objectives are to contribute to stability in the border areas of Armenia, build confidence and human security in conflict affected areas, and ensure an environment conducive to the normalization efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan supported by the EU.
https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/22/eu-mission-a-tool-to-reinforce-the-peace-process-armenian-fm/

What is being demolished and repaired on the 80-year-old "Haghtanak" bridge?

The "Victory" bridge, built by German prisoners in the 1940s, is strong and earthquake-resistant, but over the years, the structural elements have deteriorated and worn out, especially the sidewalks and side steps.
The repair of the bridge started in February. After starting the works, the builders found out that in addition to the planned cosmetic repairs, some parts of the bridge need to be thoroughly strengthened.
For several days, the construction works are going on mainly in the direction of the bridge, from Mashtots Avenue to Atenki Street, going to Hrazdan Stadium. The builders promise that they will open the traffic lane as soon as they finish dismantling the curbs and installing new ones. And the traffic lane in the other direction is already open.
Until the construction works are finished, the bridge's passengers are subjected to various tests. the existing traffic lane on the sidewalk serves not only construction equipment, but also pedestrians. The beginnings of Isakov and Mashtots avenues, which are already heavily trafficked, were additionally overloaded.
The specialist also has positive considerations. in recent years, according to him, the city authorities are more consistent, the parts of the streets that are being repaired are furnished more correctly. In the case of the "Haghtanak" bridge, the construction area is equipped with appropriate signs, says the specialist and emphasizes that the problem is in the culture of organizing the works and deadlines.
The company carrying out the repair of "Haghtanak" bridge has good news. the construction will be completed earlier than planned, in the middle of summer instead of the end of autumn. After the repair, the bridge will also have new lighting, the railings will be cleaned and painted. The builders assure that if the people of Yerevan have a little patience, they can forget about the inconveniences caused by the renovation of the 80-year-old historical structure with seven arches, 200 meters long, 25 meters wide, 34 meters high and considered one of the calling cards of the capital for a long time.
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RA Minister of Health spoke at the "Healthy Society" international conference

Anahit Avanesyan participated in "The role of women in the innovative development of health care" within the framework of the "Healthy Society" international conference in St. Petersburg. solutions for new challenges" forum.
"The role of women in all spheres of life is huge, and the health sector is naturally not an exception," Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan said in his speech, emphasizing that the state should do everything to ease women's worries, as well as create all the opportunities for women's self-development and self-expression.
The minister is sure that for the sake of a healthy country, healthy families and a healthy future, efforts should be focused on making the voice of women heard.
Other female leaders of the CIS countries also spoke at the international forum highlighting the role of women.
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Training sessions: participation will be short, payment based on salary

"The draft proposes that, when engaging an employee for a period of up to 30 days, the employer should pay at least the positive difference between the employee's basic salary and the monetary security calculated as a serviceman for each working day. For example, if an employee's salary is 200,000 drams, the latter participates in training sessions, and in return, as compensation, receives 80,000 drams from the Ministry of Defense, then the employer is obliged to pay the remaining part, at least 120,000 drams.
The minister clarifies that the employer does not have the obligation to pay wages to the employee who participates in the training sessions. It is only established that the workplace and the position are preserved. At this moment, the official rate for the assigned military position is calculated for the citizen.
The proposed regulation will make it possible to maintain the salary of the training camp participants. The Prime Minister reminds that the three-month period has been reduced to 25 days.
"At the same time, we have a regulation that when implementing the plan for training sessions, we should not invite more than a certain percentage of employees from the same institution to a training session, so that there is no burden on the institutions."
According to the decision of the government, from April 15 to June 15 of this year, training camps of reservists will be held. The reservists of the first and second ranks of the first group of reservists will be involved in them. Up to 953 citizens will participate in training sessions. 476 of them will be junior non-commissioned officers and privates, 25 will be senior non-commissioned officers, and 452 will be officer reservists. Reservists with motor rifle, rocket artillery, air defense, communications, reconnaissance, engineering, and technical specialties will participate in this 25-day gathering.
The 25-day gatherings in Armenia started this spring. In the first stage, according to the decision of the government, more than 3 thousand citizens were involved in the gatherings. The 25-day muster will be mandatory for all reservists between the ages of 20 and 55. Moreover, the citizen himself will choose what time of the year he can devote to it. This was announced by the Minister of Defense in October last year.
"We refuse the three-month gatherings. In fact, 21 days are the main service, 25 are for providing the organizational one. A citizen spends 7 days in training, 14 days in combat duty. The upcoming gatherings will be 25 days long. We refuse the three-month meetings. But it is mandatory for all RA citizens."
The Executive Committee believes that this is one of the important steps to have a professional army.
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When I started the game, I set JC Denton's real name to John Ex. After today's events, I think he should be called John Ex, Bane of Civilians.
I started in the MJ12 helipad. I climbed up to the roof, used a GEP to eliminate the guards and the robot, then picked up a sword and tried my hand at basketball. After about five minutes, I accepted the fact that I lacked the skill necessary to sink the ball and returned to the mission. My next stop was the top floor. I opened the munitions bunker and tried to turn off the weapons lock, but it didn't work. I went downstairs to the barracks, cleaned house, and turned on all the faucets and showers. After looting pretty much everything except the lockers next to the beds, I crawled through the tunnels and eventually found a security robot, which I blew up.
The next stop was the munitions vault. I got some WP rockets and found a grate. I blew up the explosive and gas canisters through here, as well as the other security robot. I then spent about 15 minutes going around in circles trying to find the nanokey to the other door, looting the table in the munitions room I missed along the way. Eventually, I noticed the lockers next to the beds and found the key. The escape from here was fairly standard.
After landing in Hong Kong, I destroyed all the products in the vase store and the flower store, before going into the underground road and breaking up a gang fight by breaking up its participants. I then found the facility I needed to go to and the person at the door told me to solve their problems with a sword.
In Maggie Chow's apartment, I killed the doorman before running outside to hide from the sniper. I killed the sniper, turned off the security cameras, and used multitools to get inside the elevator. Upstairs, I blew up the gas canisters again, killing a civilian I didn't even see. The commotion attracted a guard, so I used a GEP to blow up both him and the gate. After seeing how many more guards there were, I decided to take the elevator back downstairs and use a code I got from a datacube to go to the roof. On the roof, I shot out the skylight. I then assassinated Chow with the pistol while still on the ceiling - probably the most elegant kill I've gotten against any major character in this game. I hid from the guards that came after me and shot them both. I dropped down and worked my way through Chow's apartment, looting everything I could and killing the maid. I eventually found the Dragon's Tooth. I opened the first layer of the shields, shot the guards who heard me, and claimed the sword. I made it back downstairs and immediately starting using the sword for what I was best at: removing any witnesses, friend or foe. I went through the street the apartment was on as well as the canals, stealing everything that wasn't bolted down and killing anyone who noticed (except the dog - the dog just got knocked out).
I was then told to go to Lucky Money to talk to Max Chen. I eventually made my way there, collecting a convenience store password along the way. After talking to Max Chen, MJ12 raided the building. I declined to participate in the resistance efforts and instead hacked a PC and a security panel. Afterwards, I looted both the Red Arrow and MJ12 corpses. I then realized that, between regeneration and the dragon tooth, I was pretty much unstoppable. I tested this theory against the police outside the club, and it worked. I had been saving up bioelectric cells for a while, and it was paying off. After noticing that everyone who could possibly attack me was dead, I suddenly got the impulse to go on a rampage through the Lucky Money club. I scoured the entire place, including returning to the storage rooms, to hunt down any civilians I could find. I even unloaded and then reloaded the zone just to make sure I got everyone. After I was finished, I used the login credentials to break into the convenience store's vault and stole their money.
I went back to the facility Paul stayed at. The guard lectured me for stabbing a kid before giving me the passcode to enter. Once inside, I made my way straight down to Tracer Tong and got my killswitch turned off. This is where I stopped for the day.

I know the title sounds bad, but hear me out.
So I (28M) long ago decided to go child free in my life. I've always found them to be little goblins who mess up everything ever since my infant brother got an allergic reaction and almost died, ruining my third birthday.
A few weeks ago, I was hit by a car when it almost hit a dog that had got loose and ran into the street. I ran and pushed the dog out of the way, because obviously dogs are the most important thing in the universe and I'd gladly give my life to save one.
My injuries weren't life threatening thankfully, but I did wind up in the hospital for the last little while. This was fine, except for the fact that yesterday on my last night, a woman who just had a baby was moved next door to me because the hospital is over crowded and it was one of the only available rooms.
I asked my nurse if the woman could be moved elsewhere, explaining that I'm childfree and didn't want to have to deal with a new baby crying. The nurse said that she couldn't do anything about it, since this was an emergency delivery and the hospital didn't have a full nursery. I do sort of get this because I live in a relatively small and remote town, where most people drive to the city to give birth, but I was still annoyed.
All through my last day and night, I had to deal with people making noise walking past my room to congratulate the new mother, and of course the baby was crying and making noise. The whole night too, the baby was crying, and despite me yelling to the mother, asking to quiet her baby down, she wouldn't.
My girlfriend stopped by to pick me up today, and as we were leaving I decided to say something to the new mom.
I stepped in while she was breastfeeding and told her she really needed to learn how to control her child, because it was quite rude. She told that newborns cry, and I should shut up and mind my own business.
As soon as she said that, I saw red. I marched in and smacked the back of the baby's head and said it now had something to cry about, as sure enough it did.
Once we got in the car, my girlfriend got mad at me, saying I went way too far, and that hitting a baby is a horrible thing to do and that I should be ashamed of myself. I reminded her of my CF views and said I shouldn't have to put up with anything I don't want to, but she said that didn't matter. I told her she was being overly dramatic, and she cursed me out. She dropped me off at my apartment and left, and has been ignoring me since.
I honestly don't think I did anything wrong, but her reaction has me not so sure. AITA?

I wasn't supervised online. I discovered Omegle at probably the age of 8. I was ignored a lot as a kid, left out, felt like the “weird girl”, I had friends but always felt the odd one out. Parents were emotionally unavailable, my emotional needs were never met. I dealt with problems alone as a child - I am damn good at it. I have a real talent for hiding my emotions, I feel like showing big emotions is a serious vulnerability I’m not willing to portray.
We had two browsers on the family laptop (I think were IE & Firefox), Firefox never got used other than by me. I didn't really know what sex was. I would watch porn everyday, not for pleasure, just curiosity. Over time, this became exposure to things like beastiality, extreme BDSM. I felt safe that nobody else used Firefox. I don’t know if my parents ever saw the history - I didn’t know how to clear it. But I was never caught.
The laptop broke when I was about 10. We got a Mac with a webcam. I found Omegle not long after. It started on text chat, talking about sex, love, life, etc. I loved the attention and thrill talking to a stranger. It soon became video chat. I would never speak aloud, I wore headphones - had the camera on my face, typed responses in the chat. I was soon being asked to show skin. I would do it with my parents in the room sometimes - let me explain how I concealed it:
Imagine a two couches opposite one another. I would be sat on one couch, mum and dad on the opposite, maybe 5ft away. I would take one of the big back cushions and pop it on top of the open laptop, balanced against the top of the screen and the armrest of the couch, creating a little tent. I would then lift up my school uniform to show my underdeveloped chest. Men would masturbate and describe what they would do to me.
Mum and dad never thought to ask what I was doing despite clearly seeing me with a huge cushion concealing my torso. I thought if it was bad, they would tell me to stop. But they never did, so I carried on. I got smarter - I learned how to clear history. FYI - No footage was ever downloaded to the laptop. Just purely on the live video chats and I never went a day without wiping the history.
Things started getting worse - I became addicted to the attention. All I could think was porn, men and showing myself. I think I liked being called pretty, cute, - being given the love I’d missed my whole life. It was the only way I could get it. I didn’t have a lot going for me as a kid. I wasn’t ugly, horrible, bad, nasty or awkward. Just "weird" and boring.
The attention consumed my life, every moment alone I would expose myself online - I loved it. I would be home for roughly an hour after school before my parents. I would rush home, not even change out of my uniform (which had a pretty distinct logo). When I was home I would strip off entirely naked on camera out of my school uniform. I felt no sexual urges/pleasure at this age, I didn’t know what it was to “cum”, I’d only ever seen men doing it. I didn’t know girls even could. I just liked the attention. Simple as that.
The addiction became so intense I begun giving away my details. I would reveal my name, the area I lived in and I even begun giving away my street name. Sometimes people would even say things like “Oh cool! I live around the corner on __ street!” (Obviously they didn’t - they’d just Google Maps’ed my street and pretended to be the next street over).
I felt no sense of threat. I just never thought anything would ever come of it. This was as bad as it got, full body out and giving away all details apart from my door number. I still, was never caught by mum or dad.
This continued for a while, maybe another 18mo, until my dad moved out when I was 12. Mum and dad had been having issues, dad moved out whilst I was at school one day.
Now imagine how I felt when I came home and the laptop was gone.
My parents had separated, the family photos were gone from the walls, his slippers and dressing gown gone, his side of the wardrobe empty.
I didn't care. I JUST NEEDED that laptop. I needed my attention.
I called my dad, frantic. I said I wanted to play video games - he told me through tears he wasn’t living at home anymore but I could play my games when I saw him, he told me he loved me and was sorry and he’d come pick me and my sister up Sunday. I look back and realise how sad it was that my distress wasn’t my parents separation, but my separation to the thrill and attention from men I showed myself to.
That was it. No more chats. It met a very abrupt end and I was very sad. I missed it.
Where shit went south:
One night at home, (maybe a month after the split), me, mum and my sister were watching tv. A news story about a local girl came up, I don’t remember her name. The girl had been talking to someone online she thought was a friend - but it was a man, who used to take nudes from her, came to her house, raped and killed her. Mum proceeds to give me and my sister a chat about being safe online, a conversation I’d never really had before.
"Never take naked photos of yourself, they’ll find the way back to people you know. And especially, never speak to anyone you don't know".
My heart stopped.
Everything hit me at once.
I hadn’t considered any of those things. I just got naked for these men and thought nothing of it. I begun to think about the times in my uniform, my schools logo and name. I’d given out my my street. I had showed my face and body. I realised I could have been recorded. They could have photos and videos saved with my details. They could find me.
I began to cry, but I couldn’t tell mum why. Like I say, I have a serious skill for hiding my emotions. This emotion was so strong and intense I couldn’t even hide it from her. That’s how I know I was really feeling something.
I remember not being able to see, everything went fuzzy and black. I started shaking and having my first panic attack. It was big, strong and bad. The men I’d loved for so long were suddenly the enemy. Mum kept telling me it was ok, she just wanted to remind me of the dangers.
Little did she know those dangers were so, so real.
I couldn’t talk. I just kept saying “you scared me mum, you scared me.”
She made me sleep in her bed that night.
She held me all night and told me,
“It’s ok, mummy’s here. I won’t let anyone hurt you. I didn’t mean to scare you so much. Nothing will happen. You’re sensible. I know you’re not silly.”
I was not sensible.
I was very, very, fucking silly.
I didn't sleep.
With no exaggeration or overemphasis, the next year was a living hell. I was in a constant state of panic. My brain was consumed in every waking moment by fear of a man knocking on every door on the street until he found me. I would go in to school sick with the knowledge there could be a video about to circulate of me stripping naked out of my uniform.
I distinctly remember a man I spoke to told me he was from Austria. Every time I heard anything about Austria I'd spiral. I used to be scared of hearing the word, it was such a severe trigger. We had a holiday home when I was younger, I'd done some video chats in one of the bedrooms - I used to cry at the thought of ever going back, I was scared to go back in that room. I was scared it would bring back memories of the men. I used to look at people in public and panic because I would tell myself “I bet they haven’t got naked videos”. I wanted to be them. I wanted to be clean. I didn’t want to be me.
I would cry when I saw babies because I wanted to be innocent like them. I felt like the worst person alive, I deserved to die, I deserved nothing. I felt dirty. And I couldn't blame anyone but myself. I didn’t really eat for about a year. I lost a lot of weight. I lost all my interests, I couldn’t do anything other than worry. Every time the front door knocked my vision would blur as I braced myself for my mum to be faced with a man looking for me. I’d started secondary school by this point and the bullying was bad because I was so anxious and quiet. I began to self harm. I told myself if anyone were to leak my footage, I would absolutely, undoubtedly, kill myself. I NEEDED OUT. I knew exactly how I would do it.
I couldn’t sleep. I would have nightmares about masturbation. I would have panic attacks about going to bed and potentially HAVING those nightmares. I would cry and sob in front of my family and said “I want everything to go back to normal”. I told them I missed my parents being together. They didn’t know I wanted to go back to the normal where I’d never shown an inch of my skin. It was the closest I could get to telling someone. I told them I missed dad being home.
But I didn’t miss the laptop anymore. So much that I would actively avoid it whenever I went to visit my dad. I didn’t want to see the screen that had seen so much of me.
Not a single living breathing soul on this Earth knew the true reason for my emotional stress. I had nowhere to turn. No one knew about any of this. I dealt with all of this entirely alone. This is the first time ever I’ve shared my story.
As I got older, things got easier, in the sense other things took the forefront of my focus so I just slowly didn’t dwell as much. Still to this day, I’m 23 now, if I think about it too much I feel the panic brew from a really deep place. I don’t think I’m over it. I’ve never had therapy for this.
I do really wonder if those men knew I was a child. A part of me feels bad for them. Maybe they couldn’t tell. Maybe they did and feel guilty. And then I make myself feel guilty for making them feel guilty. The other part of me knows it’s fucked up. It was obvious my body was that of a child.
I still don’t believe I was SA'd as a child, nobody ever did it to me in real life, physically, to my face. Every decision I made was my choice. I WANTED to do those things. No child enjoys being physically sexually abused. It was all self-inflicted. Nobody ever made me. Nobody was threatening me. I CHOSE IT. It’s a hard one. Opinions/perspectives all appreciated

I wasn't supervised online. I discovered Omegle at probably the age of 8. I was ignored a lot as a kid, left out, felt like the “weird girl”, I had friends but always felt the odd one out. Parents were emotionally unavailable, my emotional needs were never met. I dealt with problems alone as a child - I am damn good at it. I have a real talent for hiding my emotions, I feel like showing big emotions is a serious vulnerability I’m not willing to portray.
We had two browsers on the family laptop (I think were IE & Firefox), Firefox never got used other than by me. I didn't really know what sex was. I would watch porn everyday, not for pleasure, just curiosity. Over time, this became exposure to things like beastiality, extreme BDSM. I felt safe that nobody else used Firefox. I don’t know if my parents ever saw the history - I didn’t know how to clear it. But I was never caught.
The laptop broke when I was about 10. We got a Mac with a webcam. I found Omegle not long after. It started on text chat, talking about sex, love, life, etc. I loved the attention and thrill talking to a stranger. It soon became video chat. I would never speak aloud, I wore headphones - had the camera on my face, typed responses in the chat. I was soon being asked to show skin. I would do it with my parents in the room sometimes - let me explain how I concealed it:
Imagine a two couches opposite one another. I would be sat on one couch, mum and dad on the opposite, maybe 5ft away. I would take one of the big back cushions and pop it on top of the open laptop, balanced against the top of the screen and the armrest of the couch, creating a little tent. I would then lift up my school uniform to show my underdeveloped chest. Men would masturbate and describe what they would do to me.
Mum and dad never thought to ask what I was doing despite clearly seeing me with a huge cushion concealing my torso. I thought if it was bad, they would tell me to stop. But they never did, so I carried on. I got smarter - I learned how to clear history. FYI - No footage was ever downloaded to the laptop. Just purely on the live video chats and I never went a day without wiping the history.
Things started getting worse - I became addicted to the attention. All I could think was porn, men and showing myself. I think I liked being called pretty, cute, - being given the love I’d missed my whole life. It was the only way I could get it. I didn’t have a lot going for me as a kid. I wasn’t ugly, horrible, bad, nasty or awkward. Just "weird" and boring.
The attention consumed my life, every moment alone I would expose myself online - I loved it. I would be home for roughly an hour after school before my parents. I would rush home, not even change out of my uniform (which had a pretty distinct logo). When I was home I would strip off entirely naked on camera out of my school uniform. I felt no sexual urges/pleasure at this age, I didn’t know what it was to “cum”, I’d only ever seen men doing it. I didn’t know girls even could. I just liked the attention. Simple as that.
The addiction became so intense I begun giving away my details. I would reveal my name, the area I lived in and I even begun giving away my street name. Sometimes people would even say things like “Oh cool! I live around the corner on __ street!” (Obviously they didn’t - they’d just Google Maps’ed my street and pretended to be the next street over).
I felt no sense of threat. I just never thought anything would ever come of it. This was as bad as it got, full body out and giving away all details apart from my door number. I still, was never caught by mum or dad.
This continued for a while, maybe another 18mo, until my dad moved out when I was 12. Mum and dad had been having issues, dad moved out whilst I was at school one day.
Now imagine how I felt when I came home and the laptop was gone.
My parents had separated, the family photos were gone from the walls, his slippers and dressing gown gone, his side of the wardrobe empty.
I didn't care. I JUST NEEDED that laptop. I needed my attention.
I called my dad, frantic. I said I wanted to play video games - he told me through tears he wasn’t living at home anymore but I could play my games when I saw him, he told me he loved me and was sorry and he’d come pick me and my sister up Sunday. I look back and realise how sad it was that my distress wasn’t my parents separation, but my separation to the thrill and attention from men I showed myself to.
That was it. No more chats. It met a very abrupt end and I was very sad. I missed it.
Where shit went south:
One night at home, (maybe a month after the split), me, mum and my sister were watching tv. A news story about a local girl came up, I don’t remember her name. The girl had been talking to someone online she thought was a friend - but it was a man, who used to take nudes from her, came to her house, raped and killed her. Mum proceeds to give me and my sister a chat about being safe online, a conversation I’d never really had before.
"Never take naked photos of yourself, they’ll find the way back to people you know. And especially, never speak to anyone you don't know".
My heart stopped.
Everything hit me at once.
I hadn’t considered any of those things. I just got naked for these men and thought nothing of it. I begun to think about the times in my uniform, my schools logo and name. I’d given out my my street. I had showed my face and body. I realised I could have been recorded. They could have photos and videos saved with my details. They could find me.
I began to cry, but I couldn’t tell mum why. Like I say, I have a serious skill for hiding my emotions. This emotion was so strong and intense I couldn’t even hide it from her. That’s how I know I was really feeling something.
I remember not being able to see, everything went fuzzy and black. I started shaking and having my first panic attack. It was big, strong and bad. The men I’d loved for so long were suddenly the enemy. Mum kept telling me it was ok, she just wanted to remind me of the dangers.
Little did she know those dangers were so, so real.
I couldn’t talk. I just kept saying “you scared me mum, you scared me.”
She made me sleep in her bed that night.
She held me all night and told me,
“It’s ok, mummy’s here. I won’t let anyone hurt you. I didn’t mean to scare you so much. Nothing will happen. You’re sensible. I know you’re not silly.”
I was not sensible.
I was very, very, fucking silly.
I didn't sleep.
With no exaggeration or overemphasis, the next year was a living hell. I was in a constant state of panic. My brain was consumed in every waking moment by fear of a man knocking on every door on the street until he found me. I would go in to school sick with the knowledge there could be a video about to circulate of me stripping naked out of my uniform.
I distinctly remember a man I spoke to told me he was from Austria. Every time I heard anything about Austria I'd spiral. I used to be scared of hearing the word, it was such a severe trigger. We had a holiday home when I was younger, I'd done some video chats in one of the bedrooms - I used to cry at the thought of ever going back, I was scared to go back in that room. I was scared it would bring back memories of the men. I used to look at people in public and panic because I would tell myself “I bet they haven’t got naked videos”. I wanted to be them. I wanted to be clean. I didn’t want to be me.
I would cry when I saw babies because I wanted to be innocent like them. I felt like the worst person alive, I deserved to die, I deserved nothing. I felt dirty. And I couldn't blame anyone but myself. I didn’t really eat for about a year. I lost a lot of weight. I lost all my interests, I couldn’t do anything other than worry. Every time the front door knocked my vision would blur as I braced myself for my mum to be faced with a man looking for me. I’d started secondary school by this point and the bullying was bad because I was so anxious and quiet. I began to self harm. I told myself if anyone were to leak my footage, I would absolutely, undoubtedly, kill myself. I NEEDED OUT. I knew exactly how I would do it.
I couldn’t sleep. I would have nightmares about masturbation. I would have panic attacks about going to bed and potentially HAVING those nightmares. I would cry and sob in front of my family and said “I want everything to go back to normal”. I told them I missed my parents being together. They didn’t know I wanted to go back to the normal where I’d never shown an inch of my skin. It was the closest I could get to telling someone. I told them I missed dad being home.
But I didn’t miss the laptop anymore. So much that I would actively avoid it whenever I went to visit my dad. I didn’t want to see the screen that had seen so much of me.
Not a single living breathing soul on this Earth knew the true reason for my emotional stress. I had nowhere to turn. No one knew about any of this. I dealt with all of this entirely alone. This is the first time ever I’ve shared my story.
As I got older, things got easier, in the sense other things took the forefront of my focus so I just slowly didn’t dwell as much. Still to this day, I’m 23 now, if I think about it too much I feel the panic brew from a really deep place. I don’t think I’m over it. I’ve never had therapy for this.
I do really wonder if those men knew I was a child. A part of me feels bad for them. Maybe they couldn’t tell. Maybe they did and feel guilty. And then I make myself feel guilty for making them feel guilty. The other part of me knows it’s fucked up. It was obvious my body was that of a child.
I still don’t believe I was SA'd as a child, nobody ever did it to me in real life, physically, to my face. Every decision I made was my choice. I WANTED to do those things. No child enjoys being physically sexually abused. It was all self-inflicted. Nobody ever made me. Nobody was threatening me. I CHOSE IT. It’s a hard one. Opinions/perspectives all appreciated

I wasn't supervised online. I discovered Omegle at probably the age of 8. I was ignored a lot as a kid, left out, felt like the “weird girl”, I had friends but always felt the odd one out. Parents were emotionally unavailable, my emotional needs were never met. I dealt with problems alone as a child - I am damn good at it. I have a real talent for hiding my emotions, I feel like showing big emotions is a serious vulnerability I’m not willing to portray.
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We had two browsers on the family laptop (I think were IE & Firefox), Firefox never got used other than by me. I didn't really know what sex was. I would watch porn everyday, not for pleasure, just curiosity. Over time, this became exposure to things like beastiality, extreme BDSM. I felt safe that nobody else used Firefox. I don’t know if my parents ever saw the history - I didn’t know how to clear it. But I was never caught.
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The laptop broke when I was about 10. We got a Mac with a webcam. I found Omegle not long after. It started on text chat, talking about sex, love, life, etc. I loved the attention and thrill talking to a stranger. It soon became video chat. I would never speak aloud, I wore headphones - had the camera on my face, typed responses in the chat. I was soon being asked to show skin. I would do it with my parents in the room sometimes - let me explain how I concealed it:
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Imagine a two couches opposite one another. I would be sat on one couch, mum and dad on the opposite, maybe 5ft away. I would take one of the big back cushions and pop it on top of the open laptop, balanced against the top of the screen and the armrest of the couch, creating a little tent. I would then lift up my school uniform to show my underdeveloped chest. Men would masturbate and describe what they would do to me.
​
Mum and dad never thought to ask what I was doing despite clearly seeing me with a huge cushion concealing my torso. I thought if it was bad, they would tell me to stop. But they never did, so I carried on. I got smarter - I learned how to clear history. FYI - No footage was ever downloaded to the laptop. Just purely on the live video chats and I never went a day without wiping the history.
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Things started getting worse - I became addicted to the attention. All I could think was porn, men and showing myself. I think I liked being called pretty, cute, - being given the love I’d missed my whole life. It was the only way I could get it. I didn’t have a lot going for me as a kid. I wasn’t ugly, horrible, bad, nasty or awkward. Just "weird" and boring.
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The attention consumed my life, every moment alone I would expose myself online - I loved it. I would be home for roughly an hour after school before my parents. I would rush home, not even change out of my uniform (which had a pretty distinct logo). When I was home I would strip off entirely naked on camera out of my school uniform. I felt no sexual urges/pleasure at this age, I didn’t know what it was to “cum”, I’d only ever seen men doing it. I didn’t know girls even could. I just liked the attention. Simple as that.
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The addiction became so intense I begun giving away my details. I would reveal my name, the area I lived in and I even begun giving away my street name. Sometimes people would even say things like “Oh cool! I live around the corner on __ street!” (Obviously they didn’t - they’d just Google Maps’ed my street and pretended to be the next street over).
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I felt no sense of threat. I just never thought anything would ever come of it. This was as bad as it got, full body out and giving away all details apart from my door number. I still, was never caught by mum or dad.
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This continued for a while, maybe another 18mo, until my dad moved out when I was 12. Mum and dad had been having issues, dad moved out whilst I was at school one day.
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Now imagine how I felt when I came home and the laptop was gone.
My parents had separated, the family photos were gone from the walls, his slippers and dressing gown gone, his side of the wardrobe empty.
I didn't care. I JUST NEEDED that laptop. I needed my attention.
I called my dad, frantic. I said I wanted to play video games - he told me through tears he wasn’t living at home anymore but I could play my games when I saw him, he told me he loved me and was sorry and he’d come pick me and my sister up Sunday. I look back and realise how sad it was that my distress wasn’t my parents separation, but my separation to the thrill and attention from men I showed myself to.
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That was it. No more chats. It met a very abrupt end and I was very sad. I missed it.
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Where shit went south:
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One night at home, (maybe a month after the split), me, mum and my sister were watching tv. A news story about a local girl came up, I don’t remember her name. The girl had been talking to someone online she thought was a friend - but it was a man, who used to take nudes from her, came to her house, raped and killed her. Mum proceeds to give me and my sister a chat about being safe online, a conversation I’d never really had before.
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"Never take naked photos of yourself, they’ll find the way back to people you know. And especially, never speak to anyone you don't know".
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My heart stopped.
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Everything hit me at once.
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I hadn’t considered any of those things. I just got naked for these men and thought nothing of it. I begun to think about the times in my uniform, my schools logo and name. I’d given out my my street. I had showed my face and body. I realised I could have been recorded. They could have photos and videos saved with my details. They could find me.
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I began to cry, but I couldn’t tell mum why. Like I say, I have a serious skill for hiding my emotions. This emotion was so strong and intense I couldn’t even hide it from her. That’s how I know I was really feeling something.
I remember not being able to see, everything went fuzzy and black. I started shaking and having my first panic attack. It was big, strong and bad. The men I’d loved for so long were suddenly the enemy. Mum kept telling me it was ok, she just wanted to remind me of the dangers.
Little did she know those dangers were so, so real.
I couldn’t talk. I just kept saying “you scared me mum, you scared me.”
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She made me sleep in her bed that night.
She held me all night and told me,
“It’s ok, mummy’s here. I won’t let anyone hurt you. I didn’t mean to scare you so much. Nothing will happen. You’re sensible. I know you’re not silly.”
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I was not sensible.
I was very, very, fucking silly.
I didn't sleep.
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With no exaggeration or overemphasis, the next year was a living hell. I was in a constant state of panic. My brain was consumed in every waking moment by fear of a man knocking on every door on the street until he found me. I would go in to school sick with the knowledge there could be a video about to circulate of me stripping naked out of my uniform.
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I distinctly remember a man I spoke to told me he was from Austria. Every time I heard anything about Austria I'd spiral. I used to be scared of hearing the word, it was such a severe trigger. We had a holiday home when I was younger, I'd done some video chats in one of the bedrooms - I used to cry at the thought of ever going back, I was scared to go back in that room. I was scared it would bring back memories of the men. I used to look at people in public and panic because I would tell myself “I bet they haven’t got naked videos”. I wanted to be them. I wanted to be clean. I didn’t want to be me.
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I would cry when I saw babies because I wanted to be innocent like them. I felt like the worst person alive, I deserved to die, I deserved nothing. I felt dirty. And I couldn't blame anyone but myself. I didn’t really eat for about a year. I lost a lot of weight. I lost all my interests, I couldn’t do anything other than worry. Every time the front door knocked my vision would blur as I braced myself for my mum to be faced with a man looking for me. I’d started secondary school by this point and the bullying was bad because I was so anxious and quiet. I began to self harm. I told myself if anyone were to leak my footage, I would absolutely, undoubtedly, kill myself. I NEEDED OUT. I knew exactly how I would do it.
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I couldn’t sleep. I would have nightmares about masturbation. I would have panic attacks about going to bed and potentially HAVING those nightmares. I would cry and sob in front of my family and said “I want everything to go back to normal”. I told them I missed my parents being together. They didn’t know I wanted to go back to the normal where I’d never shown an inch of my skin. It was the closest I could get to telling someone. I told them I missed dad being home.
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But I didn’t miss the laptop anymore. So much that I would actively avoid it whenever I went to visit my dad. I didn’t want to see the screen that had seen so much of me.
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Not a single living breathing soul on this Earth knew the true reason for my emotional stress. I had nowhere to turn. No one knew about any of this. I dealt with all of this entirely alone. This is the first time ever I’ve shared my story.
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As I got older, things got easier, in the sense other things took the forefront of my focus so I just slowly didn’t dwell as much. Still to this day, I’m 23 now, if I think about it too much I feel the panic brew from a really deep place. I don’t think I’m over it. I’ve never had therapy for this.
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I do really wonder if those men knew I was a child. A part of me feels bad for them. Maybe they couldn’t tell. Maybe they did and feel guilty. And then I make myself feel guilty for making them feel guilty. The other part of me knows it’s fucked up. It was obvious my body was that of a child.
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I still don’t believe I was SA'd as a child, nobody ever did it to me in real life, physically, to my face. Every decision I made was my choice. I WANTED to do those things. No child enjoys being physically sexually abused. It was all self-inflicted. Nobody ever made me. Nobody was threatening me. I CHOSE IT. It’s a hard one.

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Writer's note: Tuuurn and face the strange! Cha-Cha-Changes!
Enjoy.
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James trudged as he and Amina walked back to the airship.
Partly because they had, politely yet definitively, been asked to leave Vatria.
Partly because he'd almost single handedly ended the tournament but was NOT the champion of it.
And partly because he and Amina had two tag-alongs following them.
Amina, despite everything else was beaming with pride and a smile as she sat on top of Steve as James guided him through the streets of the capital towards the end of the palace grounds where her sister and the ambassador had docked the air ship. Around her neck was a loosely draped neck-piece made of a combinations of emeralds and sapphires, wrought in a bright silver. It was the tournament's version of a laurel or wreath. She also had a hefty bag of gold and silver stored in her bottomless bag now. Not that she was hurting for money.
On her back was the enchanted hammer that Raend had been using throughout the tournament. She'd stopped by to see the poor mercenary after the fight had concluded, and as the arena healers were busy trying to heal his leg. She'd offered to leave the hammer near him, but the brutally injured man had told her to get the hell away from him, and sworn off fighting for the rest of his life, so she'd held onto it.
James on the other hand, had not gotten off so lucky.
He'd been disqualified for breaking the flight ceiling set in the tournament's rules.
He had also caused an obscene amount of damage to the arena itself.
He'd gained two more penalty flags for how badly he'd damaged Glag, who had needed to be stabilized by several of the arena mages, and fed some of the broken bits of his own body so he could use them to regenerate. The sandstone creature hadn't been disqualified for breaking the ceiling since he hadn't done so of his own accord, but rather as the result of an opponent's attack.
As a result of the damage James had caused, the Arena was temporarily evacuated while it was evaluated to ensure it wasn't going to collapse into its lower passages. This coupled with Glag's , admittedly temporary, injuries meant that the match was over. With two penalty points against him due to injuring Raend as gruesomely as he had, and Amina with only one from when Glag had sent her flying, she had been declared the victor.
And James had been forced to sign a legal agreement to pay for the damages caused to the arena, or else be arrested until such time as restitution could be made on his behalf. The look on both Commander Tyrius's and the Emperor's face when he casually agreed to pay the cost and used his medallion to sign the papers was almost worth whatever drain was about to hit his bank account. he knew he was rich, though he wasn't certain to what extent. But he was fairly certain even HE would feel a bit of sting from this bill.
It didn't matter though. All things aside James was happy for Amina. She'd wanted to win the tournament pretty badly. Additionally, he wasn't a hundred percent certain he could've fought her all out if it had come down to the two of them, and he definitely wouldn't have wanted to see her face Glag alone, without him. Not in her current state.
The thought of that reminded him that they hadn't had a chance to see a life priestess yet. Things here had moved too... unpredictably... for that. But she was still getting the morning sickness, so there was that.
"Glag. Glag glag glag." The little rock monster said, seemingly happily, as he walked next to and just behind James. Even though he was wearing his medallion, and had been the entire final match, James still didn't understand him. Or it..... or.... whatever the hell Glag was.
After James had been reprimanded and signed the agreement to pay the bill for the arena, Glag had come rushing over from out of the fighting area. It had practically bowled both the Arena official and Commander Tyrius over as it ran to him. It had excitedly grabbed at his hand and jumped up and down. Exclaiming, as always, "Glag!" Excitedly.
James hadn't been able to convince the sentient sedimentary stone creature alone to leave him alone since then. Though he had managed to get it to understand that he didn't need to hold its hand as they walked which it had insisted on doing for the first mile or so.
Still. He didn't have it that bad. At least Glag, while talkative, didn't exactly expect conversation or make demands.
He peered over his shoulder at the large, dagger packing, centaur that was walking alongside Steve.
No amount of protest or debate had convinced Gorna that Amina didn't want anything to do with her. And the centaur woman had vowed to follow Amina until she had made her decision as to how she wished to fulfill her proposal requirements serving as a servant until that time.
Now she was doing her best, medieval fantasy world version, impression of a member of the secret service. And her president was Amina.
He.... REALLY... hoped that she at least understood the boundary of a bedroom door.
For that matter he hoped Glag did too. And he kind of hoped that Glag didn't view him as some kind of spouse now. He'd have to ask Veliry if she understood rock monster whenever they got back home.
Amina was doing everything in her power to ignore the very existence of the centaur as she rode Steve, smile on her face, waving at the people who greeted her as they passed.
The same people that looked at James like he was a leper and seemed to part for him like the red sea.
At least.... He thought as they rounded a street corner and saw the entrance to the Palace that they needed to use. This place wasn't boring.
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Vickers and De'Lius had just finished setting up the twin bedrooms and storing the two bottomless bags full of food for Five and Driscoll, when the front door of the house resounded with knocks.
"The two that are doing the biting?" Vickers asked. He could smell them, but he knew the Outer Light Commander could smell them better.
"Aye." He said. "I'll finish here. Go ahead and greet them.
Vickers followed the directions without even thinking about it.
On the other side were two people whose appearances he hadn't expected.
One was a tall.... very tall... lightly red furred man(?) in a set of robes that made Vickers think of catholic clergy, if a bit less ornate. He locked eyes with Vickers and his head cocked in a way that seemed utterly alien to him. Then, silently and swiftly he stepped past Vickers and into the house, still looking at him. Vickers backed up unconsciously as his, admittedly muted, animal instincts told him not to take his eyes off the man.
"A night brother." He said in a voice that was deeper than his slender build implied. "You are the one the Council letters told us to meet here."
"Name's Vickers." The SEAL said as he reached out his hand for a shake. The Fox man instinctively pulled back a bit as he stared at the hand. Then he gingerly took the hand and shook.
"Don't mind him." Said a warm, and somewhat old sounding, and rather plump, woman with large eyes and puffy cheeks. Even in her mostly human form she had a massive, bushy, tail. She was wearing an set of coveralls that were coated in flour and bits of food and he got the impression that she was a baker. She practically jittered with manic amounts of energy as she rapidly looked around the room, her massive tail twitching spasmodically.
When she hugged him it both took him by surprise, and made him a little uncomfortable.
"I'm Brin." She said with a smile that revealed a set of oversized buck teeth dominating her otherwise human mouth. "It's nice to meet you Mr. Vickers. Are the people we're converting already here?"
"Not yet." He said. "They should be showing up within the next hour or so. It's.... difficult to move them. Thank you for coming."
"Of course." The fox man said. "I cannot speak to Ms... Brin's... experience. But like the two you requested conversion for, I was saved by being converted."
"Oh I just converted so I could keep up with the man I ended up marryin'." Brin said cheerily.
Vickers nodded awkwardly at the two short stories. "Well. Thanks anyways." He said. "The Commander and I are still putting the finishing touches on the rooms for 'em. Take a seat, get comfortable. I imagine we'll know when they get here."
A little over forty five minutes later Vickers was proven right.
A loud rumbling preceded the wagons that were being used to transport the two muck marchers. They'd been encased in a pair of heavy duty gurneys that had rigid plastic canopies over them, keeping out the germs of the world around them.
"Oh my." Brin said as she nervously followed Vickers outside to greet them.
The wagons stopped just short of the door and the three remaining Toolies, accompanied by several out of uniform Earth soldiers and a pair of Petravian guards that had their restraint controls, began helping them get the gurneys down. A few minutes later they were being wheeled into the building.
"What are they?" The fox man, who had never given Vickers his name, asked.
"They're human." Commander De'Lius said as he looked at them curiously. "And....." His head cocked to the side, putting his left ear closer to the two pods. "Machines. And they are dying. Just as Chief Vickers' entreaty said."
"I wasn't lying." Vickers said defensively.
"I did not say you were." The old wolf said absently. "But you were most assuredly understating. How do they live?"
"We stick around talking much longer and they probably won't." Vickers said somewhat testily. "Let's get this done."
The lead Toolie, an older man by the name of Andrei Piotris stepped forward.
"Chief. Are you sure about this?" He asked with his hands up to stop Vickers. He looked over at the fox and squirrel. "I mean. Are you sure this is the best move?"
Vickers was about to reply, even reaching up to press the mans hands back down and gently move him aside. Then a hand weakly tapped at the inside of one of the pods.
Five was looking at the toolie.
"It's all good P." She said so softly that even Vickers' keener than normal hearing barely picked anything up. But the shaky thumbs up she held up was signal enough.
Then the hand fell back weakly as Five's eyes glassed over again.
Piotris seemed to deflate.
Vickers placed a hand on his shoulder.
"It's a shot at living." He said as the toolie looked at him. "The only shot really." He turned back to the Commander. "Help me get em out of the pods and into the rooms?"
De'Lius looked at him curiously for a moment. Then nodded.
"Poor things." Brin said. "Barely even living. Cut in half like that."
"It is a grotesqueness that I am amazed the gods even allowed to exist." The fox agreed, though Brin's glance at him implied that that was NOT what she had meant.
Less than ten minutes later and as the wagons, now filled only with the Earth and Petravian soldiers and the empty gurney pods, returned to the castle. Vickers and the other were-folk present, listened to the two Muck Marchers screaming as their bodies began attempting to violently rearrange themselves.
Vickers regretted the keen senses he'd been given.
A simplified shotgun, made with some spare parts from the little mage's supplies, sat on his lap. Four impromptu shells loaded with silver buckshot, made of chopped up silver coins, sat on the small table next to him.
Just in case.

Previous / First
Writer's note: Tuuurn and face the strange! Cha-Cha-Changes!
Enjoy.
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James trudged as he and Amina walked back to the airship.
Partly because they had, politely yet definitively, been asked to leave Vatria.
Partly because he'd almost single handedly ended the tournament but was NOT the champion of it.
And partly because he and Amina had two tag-alongs following them.
Amina, despite everything else was beaming with pride and a smile as she sat on top of Steve as James guided him through the streets of the capital towards the end of the palace grounds where her sister and the ambassador had docked the air ship. Around her neck was a loosely draped neck-piece made of a combinations of emeralds and sapphires, wrought in a bright silver. It was the tournament's version of a laurel or wreath. She also had a hefty bag of gold and silver stored in her bottomless bag now. Not that she was hurting for money.
On her back was the enchanted hammer that Raend had been using throughout the tournament. She'd stopped by to see the poor mercenary after the fight had concluded, and as the arena healers were busy trying to heal his leg. She'd offered to leave the hammer near him, but the brutally injured man had told her to get the hell away from him, and sworn off fighting for the rest of his life, so she'd held onto it.
James on the other hand, had not gotten off so lucky.
He'd been disqualified for breaking the flight ceiling set in the tournament's rules.
He had also caused an obscene amount of damage to the arena itself.
He'd gained two more penalty flags for how badly he'd damaged Glag, who had needed to be stabilized by several of the arena mages, and fed some of the broken bits of his own body so he could use them to regenerate. The sandstone creature hadn't been disqualified for breaking the ceiling since he hadn't done so of his own accord, but rather as the result of an opponent's attack.
As a result of the damage James had caused, the Arena was temporarily evacuated while it was evaluated to ensure it wasn't going to collapse into its lower passages. This coupled with Glag's , admittedly temporary, injuries meant that the match was over. With two penalty points against him due to injuring Raend as gruesomely as he had, and Amina with only one from when Glag had sent her flying, she had been declared the victor.
And James had been forced to sign a legal agreement to pay for the damages caused to the arena, or else be arrested until such time as restitution could be made on his behalf. The look on both Commander Tyrius's and the Emperor's face when he casually agreed to pay the cost and used his medallion to sign the papers was almost worth whatever drain was about to hit his bank account. he knew he was rich, though he wasn't certain to what extent. But he was fairly certain even HE would feel a bit of sting from this bill.
It didn't matter though. All things aside James was happy for Amina. She'd wanted to win the tournament pretty badly. Additionally, he wasn't a hundred percent certain he could've fought her all out if it had come down to the two of them, and he definitely wouldn't have wanted to see her face Glag alone, without him. Not in her current state.
The thought of that reminded him that they hadn't had a chance to see a life priestess yet. Things here had moved too... unpredictably... for that. But she was still getting the morning sickness, so there was that.
"Glag. Glag glag glag." The little rock monster said, seemingly happily, as he walked next to and just behind James. Even though he was wearing his medallion, and had been the entire final match, James still didn't understand him. Or it..... or.... whatever the hell Glag was.
After James had been reprimanded and signed the agreement to pay the bill for the arena, Glag had come rushing over from out of the fighting area. It had practically bowled both the Arena official and Commander Tyrius over as it ran to him. It had excitedly grabbed at his hand and jumped up and down. Exclaiming, as always, "Glag!" Excitedly.
James hadn't been able to convince the sentient sedimentary stone creature alone to leave him alone since then. Though he had managed to get it to understand that he didn't need to hold its hand as they walked which it had insisted on doing for the first mile or so.
Still. He didn't have it that bad. At least Glag, while talkative, didn't exactly expect conversation or make demands.
He peered over his shoulder at the large, dagger packing, centaur that was walking alongside Steve.
No amount of protest or debate had convinced Gorna that Amina didn't want anything to do with her. And the centaur woman had vowed to follow Amina until she had made her decision as to how she wished to fulfill her proposal requirements serving as a servant until that time.
Now she was doing her best, medieval fantasy world version, impression of a member of the secret service. And her president was Amina.
He.... REALLY... hoped that she at least understood the boundary of a bedroom door.
For that matter he hoped Glag did too. And he kind of hoped that Glag didn't view him as some kind of spouse now. He'd have to ask Veliry if she understood rock monster whenever they got back home.
Amina was doing everything in her power to ignore the very existence of the centaur as she rode Steve, smile on her face, waving at the people who greeted her as they passed.
The same people that looked at James like he was a leper and seemed to part for him like the red sea.
At least.... He thought as they rounded a street corner and saw the entrance to the Palace that they needed to use. This place wasn't boring.
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Vickers and De'Lius had just finished setting up the twin bedrooms and storing the two bottomless bags full of food for Five and Driscoll, when the front door of the house resounded with knocks.
"The two that are doing the biting?" Vickers asked. He could smell them, but he knew the Outer Light Commander could smell them better.
"Aye." He said. "I'll finish here. Go ahead and greet them.
Vickers followed the directions without even thinking about it.
On the other side were two people whose appearances he hadn't expected.
One was a tall.... very tall... lightly red furred man(?) in a set of robes that made Vickers think of catholic clergy, if a bit less ornate. He locked eyes with Vickers and his head cocked in a way that seemed utterly alien to him. Then, silently and swiftly he stepped past Vickers and into the house, still looking at him. Vickers backed up unconsciously as his, admittedly muted, animal instincts told him not to take his eyes off the man.
"A night brother." He said in a voice that was deeper than his slender build implied. "You are the one the Council letters told us to meet here."
"Name's Vickers." The SEAL said as he reached out his hand for a shake. The Fox man instinctively pulled back a bit as he stared at the hand. Then he gingerly took the hand and shook.
"Don't mind him." Said a warm, and somewhat old sounding, and rather plump, woman with large eyes and puffy cheeks. Even in her mostly human form she had a massive, bushy, tail. She was wearing an set of coveralls that were coated in flour and bits of food and he got the impression that she was a baker. She practically jittered with manic amounts of energy as she rapidly looked around the room, her massive tail twitching spasmodically.
When she hugged him it both took him by surprise, and made him a little uncomfortable.
"I'm Brin." She said with a smile that revealed a set of oversized buck teeth dominating her otherwise human mouth. "It's nice to meet you Mr. Vickers. Are the people we're converting already here?"
"Not yet." He said. "They should be showing up within the next hour or so. It's.... difficult to move them. Thank you for coming."
"Of course." The fox man said. "I cannot speak to Ms... Brin's... experience. But like the two you requested conversion for, I was saved by being converted."
"Oh I just converted so I could keep up with the man I ended up marryin'." Brin said cheerily.
Vickers nodded awkwardly at the two short stories. "Well. Thanks anyways." He said. "The Commander and I are still putting the finishing touches on the rooms for 'em. Take a seat, get comfortable. I imagine we'll know when they get here."
A little over forty five minutes later Vickers was proven right.
A loud rumbling preceded the wagons that were being used to transport the two muck marchers. They'd been encased in a pair of heavy duty gurneys that had rigid plastic canopies over them, keeping out the germs of the world around them.
"Oh my." Brin said as she nervously followed Vickers outside to greet them.
The wagons stopped just short of the door and the three remaining Toolies, accompanied by several out of uniform Earth soldiers and a pair of Petravian guards that had their restraint controls, began helping them get the gurneys down. A few minutes later they were being wheeled into the building.
"What are they?" The fox man, who had never given Vickers his name, asked.
"They're human." Commander De'Lius said as he looked at them curiously. "And....." His head cocked to the side, putting his left ear closer to the two pods. "Machines. And they are dying. Just as Chief Vickers' entreaty said."
"I wasn't lying." Vickers said defensively.
"I did not say you were." The old wolf said absently. "But you were most assuredly understating. How do they live?"
"We stick around talking much longer and they probably won't." Vickers said somewhat testily. "Let's get this done."
The lead Toolie, an older man by the name of Andrei Piotris stepped forward.
"Chief. Are you sure about this?" He asked with his hands up to stop Vickers. He looked over at the fox and squirrel. "I mean. Are you sure this is the best move?"
Vickers was about to reply, even reaching up to press the mans hands back down and gently move him aside. Then a hand weakly tapped at the inside of one of the pods.
Five was looking at the toolie.
"It's all good P." She said so softly that even Vickers' keener than normal hearing barely picked anything up. But the shaky thumbs up she held up was signal enough.
Then the hand fell back weakly as Five's eyes glassed over again.
Piotris seemed to deflate.
Vickers placed a hand on his shoulder.
"It's a shot at living." He said as the toolie looked at him. "The only shot really." He turned back to the Commander. "Help me get em out of the pods and into the rooms?"
De'Lius looked at him curiously for a moment. Then nodded.
"Poor things." Brin said. "Barely even living. Cut in half like that."
"It is a grotesqueness that I am amazed the gods even allowed to exist." The fox agreed, though Brin's glance at him implied that that was NOT what she had meant.
Less than ten minutes later and as the wagons, now filled only with the Earth and Petravian soldiers and the empty gurney pods, returned to the castle. Vickers and the other were-folk present, listened to the two Muck Marchers screaming as their bodies began attempting to violently rearrange themselves.
Vickers regretted the keen senses he'd been given.
A simplified shotgun, made with some spare parts from the little mage's supplies, sat on his lap. Four impromptu shells loaded with silver buckshot, made of chopped up silver coins, sat on the small table next to him.
Just in case.

On December 15, 2021, I submitted my first Reddit post very worried about how the City's Planning Department was gaslighting the Cobble Hill Apartments community. To be honest, I found great support in seeing how many Somerville residents cared enough to comment. Thank you!
Since my posting, the Mayor completed her community “listening sessions” and formed a Citizen Advisory Committee to move ahead as planned. As an abutter with so much to lose, nothing really changed other than the Mayor is moving close to achieving a severely flawed vision for 90 Washington Street.
This represents my second Reddit posting. This time, I want to share with you a copy of an open letter I sent on behalf of Cobble Hill residents to each of the 11 Somerville City Councilor who will decide the fate of 90 Washington Street. In doing so, it is my hope the Somerville Reddit community will come to better understand the conflict and then support Cobble Hill by reaching out to your Councilors and let your thoughts be known in this election year.
Cobble Hill Apartments is not against the development of 90 Washington Street. We are against any new neighbor that is designed to create 2,263 annual emergency sirens along with any plan that plows under our green space, cuts down 84 mature trees, and takes away our parking lot and alleyway to our trash dumpster.
I imagine every Ward 1 resident would be very concerned about the loss of Cobble Hill’s biggest parking lot at 74 Washington Street, which the city took by eminent domain for private development. Without this parking lot, three dozen Cobble Hill residents and visitors will need to forage for parking on public streets where parking is already extremely limited. Look out Franklin St., Myrtle St., Oliver Ave., & Florence St.!
If you have a soft spot for 300 low-income elders, you probably also care about what happens when parking availability is removed for homecare, visiting nurses and family guests. Separately, if you worry about the responsible distribution of finite government resources, you should be horrified by the new $102 million price tag to build a public safety building when the 2019 approvals were based on a projection half that expense. And if you care about urban planning issues around public transportation portals, you likely think putting a public safety building with a multi-story 200-unit parking garage next to a new GLX subway stop is a really terrible idea.
For most Somerville residents, there is plenty to dislike if you expect government transparency and an honest community process. We should all be upset by the false justifications that were provided in both the 2018 Site Selection Study and the 2019 Demonstration Plan Project that chose 90 Washington Street. And lastly – because Green Initiatives always seem get the short end of the straw - if you care about Urban Green Space, why not preserve the green space and 84 mature trees that are to be plowed under if the city’s plans go forward.
The city’s plans don’t work for Cobble Hill. They don’t work for Ward 1. And they don’t work for Somerville.
My letter to Somerville's 11 City Counselors is as follows:
Dear Honorable Members of Somerville City Council:
It is our understanding Somerville City Council, not the former Mayor, not the Planning Department, and not the current Mayor, will be the final “decider” on the future of 90 Washington Street. With this in mind, I hope that each of you will vote against cutting down 84 mature trees, plowing under well-manicured green space, and removing a parcel of land that for 40-years has provided both resident parking and hauling access to Cobble Hill’s trash facility.
I have worked at Cobble Hill for 21 years and find it beyond belief city government removed quality of life assets from 300 affordable elders. I am not a public person, nor do I enjoy my new public role in defending Cobble Hill Apartments. That said, I find it more distasteful to do nothing when truly bad decisions are being made and Cobble Hill residents are in urgent need of advocacy.
And so, I first sought out advice from residents, co-workers and community activists to help me understand why this was happening. And as we chipped away at the untruths we were told by city officials; we responded each time with a letter writing campaign to report the facts. It has been exhaustive, but I believe we have completed everyone’s homework. Our hopes to stop this mistake from happening now rests with Somerville City Council.
Perhaps, it could be helpful to know 44% of Cobble Hill’s 224 units own a registered vehicle. When we lose our parking lot at 74 Washington Street, three dozen elderly households along with homecare workers, visiting nurses, and family members will need to play the cruel game of Ward 1 “musical cars” due to the immediate loss of off-street parking. I have yet to meet anyone who thinks Cobble Hill’s spillover parking requirements can be absorbed by street parking.
Currently, Cobble Hill’s parking is tight but workable. Absolutely nothing good will come from having Cobble Hill elders and their service providers compete for Ward 1’s severely limited street parking.
Likewise, you should be interested to know the alleyway behind 84 Washington Street was designed four decades ago to allow garbage truck removal of multiple two-yard trash receptacles and one large trash dumpster. The architect designed the dumpsters to be next to the building’s trash chute compactor room. If at any point garbage trucks lose access to the alleyway, the twice-a-week pick-up of compacted trash will no longer be possible because the bins are much too large to be rolled out any door other than the one that presents to the alleyway. And if this happens, I will need to permanently lock the hallway trash chutes at 84 Washington Street and instruct the 97 residents to dispose of their household trash in a perimeter dumpster outside the building.
This is not a small problem to be ignored as the average Cobble Hill senior is 75 years old and at varying stages of health and mobility. It is my experience the trash chutes conveniently located on every floor are difficult enough for many elders who struggle to live independently. Requiring frail seniors to use perimeter dumpsters is an unnecessary burden.
We now imagine the then-City Council voted for the Demonstration Plan Project without a full understanding of these consequences. Given how much Cobble Hill has been gaslighted in our cry for advocacy, we suspect the Planning Department failed to tell City Council these collateral hardships as well. Indeed, how else would any City Counselor have known these details because there was not one public hearing about the land-taking before the City Council vote.
As disturbing, the alleyway behind 84 Washington Street is frequently used for a more convenient vehicular drop-off when seniors return from shopping or when they ambulate with walkers. This makes sense of course because it is the closest point of access as the building’s front entrance is set back considerably from the street requiring more mobility. The routine requirements of life will be more difficult for seniors when this building access point is needlessly taken away.
These examples of unjustifiable hardship are the causal effects of poor decision making. They are also infuriating because they were created by the former mayor’s overreach without public input. Cobble Hill’s legitimate concerns were easily anticipated, easily prevented, and sadly just as easily ignored.
Absent a public community process, the Planning Department wasn’t asked to explain how the taking of these assets might diminish Cobble Hill Apartment’s quality of life. Nor were Planning Department officials ever asked if all four of the acres they took qualified as “blight”. They were not! Instead, Cobble Hill Apartments discovered a much darker lesson about Somerville’s “community process”. If facts and public scrutiny prove inconvenient, they are to be circumvented. And when facts do not align with the Planning Department’s narrative and/or the deeply flawed Site Selection Study and equally flawed Demonstration Plan Project, it is best to ignore them altogether and keep moving forward. How else to explain no written responses to Cobble Hill’s letters and the absence of our expressed concerns on the https://voice.somervillema.gov/90washington redevelopment website?
To say the City’s outreach to date has been dismissive, insensitive, and anti-community is prologue. So much so it is reasonable to wonder if the Planning Department made the cold calculation that Cobble Hill is comprised of low-income residents who are powerless to stop them. Whatever the truth, I would wager Cobble Hill’s now endangered “quality of life” that nothing so bold would have occurred if Cobble Hill Apartments were a high-end market rental or homeowner community.
Fortunately, it is not too late. The Administration’s request for bond funding requires City Council approval. We respectfully and urgently ask you to vote no. Voting against this request should not be hard. The 2018 Site Selection Study and the 2019 Demonstration Plan Project made clear the proposed Public Safety Building required a land parcel no larger than 30,000 sq ft with a projected construction cost of between $36 and $48.5 million. Inexplicably, this grandiose plan has since been put on steroids. City Council is now being asked to approve a previously unimaginable price tag of $102 million to include a land parcel almost five times the size of the need that was projected. This amount will very likely climb once again when the pro tanto stage of the land value dispute is resolved.
Now is the time for City Council to show awareness and fiduciary responsibility. The original plans for 90 Washington Street were poorly justified and should not have been predicated on the taking of quality-of-life assets from low-income elders. We ask instead for City Council to adopt Councilor McLaughlin’s promise to Cobble Hill residents that no parking or alleyway will be taken, and the green space and trees will be preserved.
In addition, at the core of our public dispute is whether 90 Washington Street is the very best location for the City’s new Public Safety Building. It is not. The vacant lot at 90 Washington Street is steps from a MBTA GLX subway stop that should be destined for far better purposes than an upgraded police & fire building. We believe 90 Washington Street could inspire a new hub of activity on a rare and immensely valuable parcel next to a subway stop.
On the contrary, proposing a Public Safety Building for 90 Washington Street might be the very worst idea as it will forevermore disturb a community of 300 elders with 2,262 annual siren alarms. Unlike our neighbors who go to school and/or work and spend weekends away from home, Cobble Hill residents are largely homebound 24/7 and will hear every one of the sirens as they wail their way each day and night through heavy traffic on Washington St. It is our firm belief that building a siren producing “noise machine” next to Cobble Hill Apartments is a very bad fit. The following link is a compilation of protest letters written by residents, and emails I have distributed that define why Cobble Hill Apartments is so upset with the City’s plans.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gnxi1te1ril2yv7/2023-03-07%20-%20Cobble%20Hill%20views%20on%2090%20WS.pdf?dl=0
Please let us know what more we can do to save our quality of life, and to support Somerville with better options. We are counting on you, and again ask that you vote against authorizing this plan to move forward.
Respectfully,
Evelyn Ortiz
Property Administrator Cobble Hill Apartments

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American Assassin 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
American Frontier Trilogy (Sicario, Wind River, Hell or High Water) HD/VU $7.5
American Hustle SD/MA $1.5
American Made 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
American Night HD/VU $4
American Psycho (Uncut) 4K/VU $5
American Reunion HD/VU or IT $3
American Ultra HD/IT $4
Anchorman 2: Legend Continues HD/VU $2.5
Angel Heart 4K/VU $5.5
Angel of Mine 4K/VU $5.5
Anna 4K/VU $5
Anna Karenina HD/IT $3.5
Annie (2014) HD/MA $3.5 or SD/MA $1.5
Annihilation HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Antebellum 4K/VU $5
Ant-Man and the Wasp 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Ant-Man HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Apollo 13 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Arctic HD/MA $4
Arnold Schwarzenegger 6-Film Collection (Last Stand, Total Recall, T-2, Red Heat, Maggie, Hercules in NY) HD/VU $14
Arrival HD/VU $2.5
Ash vs Evil Dead: Season 3 HD/VU $5
Ash vs Evil Dead: The Complete Series HD/VU $14
Assassination Nation HD/MA $3.5
Assassin's Creed HD/MA $3
Atomic Blonde 4K/MA or IT $4.5
August Osage County HD/VU $3
Avengers Age of Ultron HD/MA $3.5 pr HD/GP $3
Avengers Endgame 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Avengers Infinity War HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Back to the Future Trilogy 4K/MA $14.5 or HD/MA $10
Bad Boys for Life HD/MA $4
Bad Grandpa HD/VU or IT $2.5
Bad Words HD/IT $3
Bambi HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Bangkok Dangerous HD/VU $4
Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar 4K/VU $5.5
Barbie & Her Sisters in the Great Puppy Adventure HD/VU or IT $3.5
Barbie in Princess Power HD/IT $3.5
Barbie: Star Light Adventure HD/IT $3.5
Batman Animated 3-Film (Gotham Knight, Under Red Hood, Year One) HD/MA $11
Battle of the Year HD/MA $3.5
Battleship HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Baywatch HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Beatriz at Dinner HD/VU $4.5
Beauty and the Beast (1991) HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Beauty and the Beast (2017) HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Before I Fall HD/VU or IT $3.5
Begin Again HD/VU $3.5
Ben-Hur (2016) HD/VU or IT $3.5
Big Eyes HD/VU $3.5
Big Hero 6 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Big Little Lies: Season 1 HD/GP $2.5
Billy Elliot HD/IT $3.5
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk HD/MA $4
Black Panther 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $2.5
Black Widow HD/GP $3
Blackhat HD/IT $3.5
Blockers HD/MA $3.5
Boardwalk Empire: Season 1 HD/VU or IT $4
Bombshell 4K/VU $5
Book Club HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Book of Eli HD/MA $4
Born a Champion 4K/VU $5
Boy Erased HD/MA $4
Boyhood HD/VU or IT $2.5
Braven HD/VU $4
Brian Banks HD/MA $3.5
Bullet to the Head HD/MA $3
Bumblebee HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Captain America: Civil War HD/GP $2.5
Captain America: First Avenger HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Captain America: Winter Soldier HD/GP $3.5 or SD/IT $1.5
Captain Marvel 4K/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $2
Captain Phillips SD/MA $1.5
Carol HD/VU $4
Carrie (2013) HD/VU $3.5
Cars 3 HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Cars HD/GP $3
Cell (2016) HD/VU $3.5
Chaos Walking 4K/VU $5
Chappie SD/MA $1.5
Charlotte's Web (2006) HD/VU $4
Chicago (Diamond Edition) HD/VU $4
Chips HD/MA $3
Christopher Robin HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Cloverfield 4K/VU $5.5
Cloverfield HD/VU $4
Coco HD/GP $2.5
Cold Pursuit 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Collateral Beauty HD/MA $3.5
Columbiana (Unrated) HD/MA $4
Come and Find Me HD/VU $4
Company of Heroes HD/MA $4
Contagion HD/MA $3.5
Contraband HD/IT $3
Cooties HD/VU $4
Cosmic Sin HD/VU $4
Crank 4K/VU $5.5
Crash (2004) HD/VU $4.5
Crawl 4K/VU or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) HD/MA $3.5
Crimson Peak HD/IT $3.5
Cruella HD/GP $3
Cry Macho HD/MA $4.5
Daddy's Home 2 HD/VU or IT $3
Daddy's Home HD/VU $3
Darkest Hour (2017) 4K/MA $5.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes HD/MA $3.5
Daybreakers 4K/VU $5.5
Deadpool 2 (w/Super Duper Cut) 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Deadpool HD/MA $2.5
Deadwood: The Movie HD/VU $4
Dear Evan Hansen HD/MA $3.5
Dear White People HD/VU $3.5
Dementia 13 (Director's Cut) HD/VU $4
Denial (2016) HD/IT $4
Despicable Me 2 HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Despicable Me 4K/IT $5 or SD/IT $1.5
Detroit HD/MA $3.5
Dirty Dancing 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Disney Animated Short Films Collection HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Divergent HD/VU $1.5 or 4K/IT $2 or SD/VU $0.5
Divergent: Allegiant HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Divergent: Insurgent HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Django Unchained HD/VU $3
Do the Right Thing 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Doctor Strange HD/GP $2.5
Dom Hemingway HD/MA $3.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot HD/VU $4
Doom (Unrated) 4K/MA $5.5
Dora and the Lost City of Gold HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Downton Abbey: The Movie HD/MA $4
Dracula (1931) HD/MA $3.5
Dracula Untold HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Draft Day HD/VU $3.5
Dragged Across Concrete HD/VU $3.5
Dream House HD/IT $3
Dreamkatcher HD/VU $4
Dredd HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Dumbo (2019) HD/GP $3
Dune (2021) 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Dying of the Light HD/VU $2.5
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial 4K/VU or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Edge of Tomorrow 4K/MA $5
Edward Scissorhands HD/MA $3.5
El Chicano HD/MA $4
Encanto 4K/GP $3.5
Enemy at the Gates HD/VU $4
Enough Said HD/MA $3.5
Epic HD/MA $3
Escape Plan HD/VU $2
Eternals HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Everest 4K/IT $5
Ex Machina HD/VU $3
Exodus: Gods and Kings HD/MA $3.5
Extreme Prejudice (1987) HD/VU $4
Fast and Furious (2009) HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Fast and Furious 6 (Extended) HD/VU $2 or 4K/IT $2.5
Fast Color 4K/VU $5.5
Fast Five (Extended) HD/VU or IT $2.5
Fatale 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Father Figures HD/MA $3.5
Fences HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Ferdinand HD/MA $3.5
Fifty Shades Darker (Unrated) HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Fifty Shades Freed HD/MA $4.5
Fifty Shades of Grey (Unrated) HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Finding Dory HD/GP $2
Finding Nemo HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
First Blood 4K/VU $5
First Man HD/MA $4
Flight HD/VU or IT $3
Florence Foster Jenkins HD/VU or IT $3
Footloose (2011) HD/IT $3
Forever My Girl HD/IT $3
Forrest Gump HD/VU $3.5
Fortress HD/VU $4
Four Brothers HD/VU $4
Four Kids and It HD/VU $3.5
Fox and the Hound 2 HD/MA $4
Frank and Lola HD/VU or IT $3
Frankenstein (1931) HD/VU $3.5
Free Guy HD/GP $3.5
Friday the 13th: Pt 3 HD/VU $3.5
Frozen (Sing-Along Edition) HD/MA $2 or HD/GP $1.5
Frozen 2 HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Frozen HD/GP $2
Furious 7 (Extended) HD/VU $2 or 4K/IT $2.5
Fury HD/MA $3.5
G.I. Joe Retaliation HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Gambit (2012) HD/MA $4
Game of Thrones: Season 2 HD/VU $3
Gamer SD/IT $1.5
Gemini Man 4K/VU or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Get Out HD/MA $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Ghost in the Shell (1995) 4K/VU $5
Ghostbusters (1984) HD/MA $3.5
Ghostbusters 2 HD/MA $3.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife HD/MA $4
Girls Trip HD/VU or IT $2
God's Not Dead 2 HD/MA or IT $2.5
Gods of Egypt HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Gold (2016) HD/VU or IT $2.5
Good Kill HD/VU or IT $3.5
Grace Unplugged HD/VU $2
Gran Torino SD/IT $1.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 HD/GP $2
Guest House 4K/VU $5
Gulliver's Travels SD/IT $1.5
Hacksaw Ridge HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Hail, Caesar! HD/IT $3
Hammer of the Gods HD/VU $2
Hancock SD/IT $1.5
Hands of Stone HD/VU $3.5
Hannibal: Season 1 HD/VU $5
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (Unrated) HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Hard Target 2 HD/IT $1.5
Hardcore Henry HD/VU or IT $3.5
Heaven is for Real SD/MA $1.5
Hell Fest 4K/VU $5
Hell or High Water HD/VU $2.5
Hellboy (2019) HD/VU $3 or 4K/VU $4.5
Hercules (1997) HD/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $4
Hercules (2014) HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Here Comes the Boom HD/MA $3.5
Hidden Figures HD/MA $3
Hillsong: Let Hope Rise HD/IT $2
Hocus Pocus HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Home Alone HD/MA $3.5
Honey 2 HD/VU $3
Hop HD/MA or IT $3
Hope Springs HD/MA $2.5 or SD/MA $1
Hostiles HD/VU $3
Hot Fuzz HD/VU $4
Hotel Mumbai HD/MA $4
Hours (2013) HD/VU $4
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
How to be Single HD/MA $3
How to Train Your Dragon 2 HD/MA $2.5
How to Train Your Dragon HD/VU $3.5
How to Train Your Dragon Trilogy HD/MA $9
Hugo HD/VU or IT $3
Hunter Killer 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
I Can Only Imagine HD/VU $4
I Feel Pretty HD/IT $2
Ice Age HD/MA $3
Ice Age: Continental Drift HD/MA $3
In the Heights HD/MA $4 or SD/MA $2
Incredibles 2 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Independence Day Resurgence HD/MA $2.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 4K/VU $5.5
Indignation HD/VU $4
Initiation 4K/VU $5
Inside Out HD/GP $2
Instant Family HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Interstellar HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $5
Into the Woods HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Iron Man 2 HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5 or SD/IT $1.5
Iron Man 3 HD/GP $2
Iron Man HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
It Follows HD/VU $3.5
It's a Wonderful Life 4K/VU or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Jack and Jill HD/MA $3.5
Jack Reacher HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $4.5
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Jacob's Ladder HD/VU $4
Jarhead 3: The Siege (Unrated) HD/IT $2.5
Jason Bourne HD/VU $2.5
Jason Statham 4-Film (War, Crank 1 & 2, Transporter 3) HD/VU $10
Jason Statham 6-Film (War, Crank 1 & 2, Bank Job, Wild Card, Transporter 3) HD/VU $14
Jaws HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot HD/VU $3
Jersey Boys HD/MA $2.5
Jigsaw 4K/VU $4.5
Joe HD/VU $3.5
John Wick 1 & 2 Bundle HD/VU $4
John Wick 3 Parabellum 4K/VU $4.5
John Wick Chapter 2 HD/VU $3.5
John Wick HD/VU $2 or 4K/IT $2.5
John Wick Trilogy (Parabellum 4K) HD/VU $9
John Wick Trilogy 4K/VU $13
Jonah Hex HD/MA $4.5
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island HD/MA $3
Judy 4K/VU $5
Jungle Cruise HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Jurassic Park 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Jurassic World 5-Film Collection HD/MA $14
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom HD/MA $3
Jurassic World HD/VU $2.5
Just Mercy HD/MA $3.5 or SD/MA $1.5
Justice (2017) HD/VU or IT $3
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never SD/IT $1.5
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain HD/VU or IT $3
Kick-Ass 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Kidnap HD/VU or IT $2.5
Killer Elite HD/IT $3
Killerman HD/VU $4
Kin (2018) 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
King Kong (2005) 4K/MA or IT $5
Kingsman: The Golden Circle 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3
Kingsman: The Secret Service HD/MA $3.5
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang HD/MA $4.5
Kung Fu Panda 3 HD/MA $3
La La Land 4K/IT $3.5
Labor Day HD/VU or IT $3
Lady Macbeth HD/VU $4.5
Lara Croft Tomb Raider (2001) 4K/VU $5
Last Knights HD/VU $3.5 or SD/VU $1.5
Last Vegas HD/MA $3.5
Lawless HD/VU $4
Lawrence of Arabia (Restored) HD/MA $4
Leatherface HD/VU $4
Leprechaun 7-Film Collection HD/VU $12
Les Miserables (2012) HD/VU or IT $2
Let Me Explain HD/IT $2.5
Let's be Cops HD/MA $3.5
Life (2017) HD/MA $3.5
Life of Crime HD/VU $3.5
Light of My Life HD/IT $3.5
Like a Boss HD/VU $3.5
Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Lincoln Lawyer 4K/VU $6.5 or HD/VU $4
Live by Night HD/MA $3
Logan HD/MA $3
Logan Lucky 4K/MA or IT $4.5
London Has Fallen HD/IT $3
Lone Survivor 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $2.5
Long Shot HD/VU $3.5
Looper HD/MA $3.5
Love and Monsters 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $4.5
Love the Coopers HD/VU or IT $4
Love, Simon HD/MA $3.5
Loving HD/VU or IT $3.5
Luca HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Lucy HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted HD/VU or IT $3
Madea's Witness Protection SD/IT $1.5
Maleficent 4K/MA $4 or HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Maleficent Mistress of Evil HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Mama HD/IT $3
Mamma Mia Here We Go Again HD/MA $2.5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom HD/VU $4
Mary Poppins (1964) HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Mary Poppins Returns HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Max HD/MA $3.5
Max Steel HD/IT $3
McKenna Shoots for the Stars HD/IT $2
Mechanic Resurrection HD/VU $2.5
Megan Leavey HD/VU or IT $3
Midnight Sun HD/MA $3.5
Midway 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Mile 22 HD/IT $3
Million Dollar Arm HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
MindGamers HD/MA or IT $3.5
Minions 4K/MA or IT $4.5 HD/VU $3
Misconduct HD/VU $2.5
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children HD/MA $3
Mission: Impossible 4 Ghost Protocol HD/VU $2
Mission: Impossible 6 Fallout 4K/VU or IT $4.5
Mission: Impossible 6-film Set 4K/VU or IT $23 or HD/VU $17
Moana HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Moneyball HD/MA $3
Monkey Kingdom HD/MA $3
Monsters University HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Mortal Engines HD/MA $4
Mortal HD/VU $4
Mother! HD/VU $2.5
Mr. Poppers Penguins SD/IT $1.5
Much Ado About Nothing (2013) HD/VU $4
Mud HD/VU $2.5
Mulan (2020) HD/GP $2.5
Muppets Most Wanted HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Murder on the Orient Express HD/MA $3.5
My All American HD/MA or IT $3.5
Nebraska HD/VU $3
Nerve HD/IT $3.5
New Year's Eve HD/MA $2
News of the World HD/MA $4
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb HD/MA $3
Nightmare Alley HD/GP $3.5
No Escape (2015) HD/VU $3
No Strings Attached HD/VU or IT $4
No Time to Die 4K/IT $4.5
Noah HD/VU or IT $2.5
Nobody's Fool HD/IT $2.5
Non-Stop HD/VU or IT $3
Norm of the North HD/VU $2.5
Nostalgia (2018) HD/MA $3.5
Now You See Me 2 HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Now You See Me HD/VU or IT $2.5 or SD/VU $1
Oblivion HD/MA $3.5
Occupation (2018) HD/VU $3.5
Occupation: Rainfall HD/VU $4
Office Christmas Party HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Olaf's Frozen Adventure HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
One Direction: This is Us SD/MA $1.5
Ong Bak 2 HD/VU $3
Onward HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Ouija HD/IT $3.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil HD/VU or IT $3.5
Our Brand is Crisis HD/MA $3.5
Outlander: Season 1 Vol 1 HD/VU $5.5
Overdrive HD/IT $2.5
Overlord 4K/IT $3.5
Oz the Great and Powerful HD/GP $2.5
Paddington HD/VU $3.5
Pain and Gain HD/VU or IT $3.5
Paranormal Activity 3 (Extended) HD/VU or IT $3
Paranormal Activity 4 HD/IT $2.5
Paranormal Activity HD/VU or IT $4
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones HD/VU $3.5
Passengers HD/MA $3
Patriot Games 4K/VU $5
Patriot's Day HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 HD/MA $3.5
Penguins of Madagascar HD/MA $3.5
Pet Sematary (2019) 4K/IT $3.5
Pete's Dragon (2016) HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Philomena HD/VU $2.5
Pinocchio (1940) HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales HD/GP $2.5
Pitch Perfect 2 4K/MA $4 or HD/VU $2.5
Pitch Perfect HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 3 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Planes HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Planes: Fire and Rescue HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Playing with Fire HD/IT $2.5
Pocahontas HD/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $4
Point Break (2015) 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Power Rangers (2017) 4K/VU or IT $4.5
Precious HD/VU $4.5
Predator 4-Film Collection HD/MA $11
Premium Rush HD/MA $3.5
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies SD/MA $1.5
Primal HD/VU $3.5
Project Almanac HD/IT $3.5
Prometheus HD/MA $2.5
Punisher War Zone 4K/VU $5.5
Queen and Slim HD/MA $4
Ralph Breaks the Internet HD/GP $2
Rambo (2008) 4K/VU $5.5
Rambo 3 4K/VU $5.5
Rambo 5-Film Collection 4K/VU $23 or HD/VU $17
Rambo: First Blood Pt 2 4K/VU $5.5
Rambo: Last Blood 4K/VU $4.5
Rango HD/VU $3.5
Raya and the Last Dragon HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Reclaim HD/VU $3.5
RED 2 HD/VU $2
Red Dawn (2012) HD/IT $3
Red Riding Hood HD/MA $4
Red Sparrow HD/MA $3.5
Replicant (2001) HD/VU $3.5
Replicas HD/VU $3.5
Requiem for a Dream (Director's Cut) 4K/VU $5.5
Riddick (Unrated) HD/VU or IT $3
Ride Along HD/VU or IT $2.5
Rings HD/VU or IT $2.5
Riot HD/VU or IT $3
RIPD HD/VU or IT $2.5
Risen HD/MA $3
Robin Hood (1973) HD/MA $3.5 or HD/VU $3
Robocop (2014) HD/VU $2.5
Rocketman (2019) 4K/IT $4
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story HD/GP $2
Ron's Gone Wrong HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Rough Night 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Rugrats Go Wild HD/VU $4
Run All Night HD/MA $2
Runner Runner HD/MA $3.5
Rush HD/VU or IT $3
Safe HD/VU or IT $2.5
Saige Paints the Sky HD/IT $3
Same Kind of Different as Me HD/VU or IT $3
Samson HD/MA $3.5
Savages HD/IT $3
Saving Mr. Banks HD/GP $3
Saw HD/VU $3
Scarface HD/VU $4
Scary Movie 5 HD/VU $4.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 4K/VU $4.5
Schindler's List 4K/MA $5.5
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse HD/IT $3
Scream (1996) HD/VU $4
Scream 2 4K/VU $5.5
Scrooged HD/IT $4
Selma HD/VU or IT $2.5
Serenity (2005) 4K/MA or IT $5.5
Shang-Chi Legend of the Ten Rings HD/GP $3
Sharp Objects HD/GP $2
Shaun the Sheep Movie HD/VU $3
Sherlock Gnomes HD/VU or IT $2.5
She's Having a Baby HD/VU $3.5
Shivers HD/VU $4
Siberia (2020) HD/VU $4
Sicario HD/VU $2.5
Side Effects HD/IT $3.5
Sing (2016) 4K/VU or IT $4.5
Singing in the Rain 4K/MA $5.5
Sinister HD/VU or IT $2.5
Sisters (Unrated) HD/IT $2.5
Skyfall HD/VU $2.5
Skyscraper HD/MA $3.5
Sleeping Beauty (1959) HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Sleepless HD/IT $2
Smurfs: The Lost Village HD/MA $3.5
Snatched HD/MA $2
Snitch HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3 or SD/VU or IT $1.5
Snow White and the Huntsman (Extended Edition) 4K/VU or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Solo: A Star Wars Story HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Some Kind of Wonderful HD/VU $3.5
Songbird 4K/IT $4.5
Sonic the Hedgehog HD/VU $3.5
Soul HD/GP $2.5
Southpaw HD/VU $3
Southside With You HD/VU $4.5
Spider-Man 4-Cut Set (Spider-Man 2 w/ Theatrical & Extended) HD/MA $11.5
Spider-Man 5-Cut Set (Spider-Man 2 & 3 w/ Theatrical & Extended) HD/MA $14.5
Spider-Man Far From Home HD/MA $3.5
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This is long because it's so insane. I'm sorry. I tried to break things up into sections to make it less crazy to read. It's nuts!
Background
I’ve lived in my house for 11 years and them for 6 years.
Me, my wife, and three kids.
Them, two kids. We’re about the same age in our late 30’s.
We live in one of the most sought-after neighbors around my city (metro population is about 600k). It’s a somewhat historic neighborhood but without the designation but has all of the old charm of the 40’s and 50’s. The homes are pretty tight, at least on our street. I’m on a corner and they’re the next house over on the “long” block. The front of our houses faces the same street. We’ve gotten along great ever since they moved into the neighborhood. Our kids would play together and during the summer I’d sit out with the dad and have beers and chat. I’ve helped him with electrical, plumbing, and other repairs around his house throughout the years. He borrows my edger every few weeks. He’s always been nothing but kind. His wife is certainly a homebody as she is rarely outside. Maybe 1/10 as much as the dad. Whenever the dad was out of town their kids were never ever outside paying in the front of back yards.
The tension builds
Last spring, I finally saved up enough to remove an old tree that had a serious lean towards my house. We wanted the tree out because it was a hazard even called out on our inspection 11 years ago. It was critical to get that tree out so we could landscape with pavers, a new (smallish) retaining wall in the back and to make it a much nicer space than it was. It’s a very small area since the house is on a corner. The garage is accessible from the street that runs along side the house, which puts the garage essentially smack in the middle of what should be a backyard. With it detached from the house, our back yard is essentially a C shape around the garage. Maybe too much detail, but we don’t have much open areas. Some areas are only 8 feet wide, and others are up to 17 along the side of the garage towards my good neighbors property line.
I asked my neighbor “I hope it’s ok to use your driveway for a day to get this tree out, since removing it the other way (via the street alongside my house) would cost us a fortune more”, due to the power lines and much less direct route. He knew I was planning this for a while, and I noticed he seemed stranger than usual. He’s always very talkative and friendly but then he seemed like he was made at me, but I didn’t probe. The night before the tree crew was coming in, I went to cut down the fence that separate a part of my backyard to the back part of their driveway to allow the tree crew access. He walked over to me after I had a post or two cut down and said his wife didn’t want to see our tree cut down. He thinks it’s beautiful, more than 100 years old, and is so important to the neighborhood. He said she told her kids about how we were going to cut down a perfectly good tree and claimed the kids were sobbing in the house. I didn’t know what to say, other than the tree is a hazard and it’s smack in the middle of the only area that would be semi open to our back yard. He said he’d “work on it” and he wants to be a good neighbor. I kept it super nice as I want this tree out and not have the price go from 8k to 18k.
The problems start
The tree crew shows up and wants to gain access to the back yard, but their car is parked in their driveway (where it normally is) (drive is 9 feet wide) but they moved their car after I texted him. He wrote back “ok, 1 minute.” That was the last kind test I ever got from him.
The guys drove their truck back there and mostly parked in my back yard and a bit on his driveway. They were dragging branches out, etc., especially since this thing is 50 feet tall. It was a lot of debris. I was surprised how much crap went into this! I was working all day with a customer and couldn’t break away at all to see how things were going, but I could see from my window it was getting cut down. At 5pm the tree guys came to my front door and said “what’s with your neighbors?” and I was confused. They said they interrupted them 6 or 7 times during the day and had the owner of the tree removal company out at least twice to complain. They informed me they wouldn’t be able to compete the tree removal since they were threatening a lawsuit if anything at all happens to their driveway (which has been cracked and stained like no other in the neighborhood – its been in awful shape for decades) or garage (which is also in terrible shape). They had to requote the cost of the tree removal and it went up by $7600. The tree guys said they wouldn’t use the neighbors driveway no matter if they agreed to it or not, due to them basically being nuts. The tree guys said the wife’s dad worked for the forestry service for years and she’s totally against hurting trees. (This is nuts!). The tree couldn’t completely come down that day due to the interruptions and possibly scale. Day 1 we were left with a 45 ft stump. No branches at all.
The neighbor now hate us
Before the tree guys come back to get the rest out, I texted the dude that we should chat about what happened. The four of us (my wife and both of them) met in the front yard to discuss. She was so emotional and entitled I was shocked. I’ve never heard her speak this much in all the years I lived here. It was impossible to reason with her or even speak more than a sentence or two without her butting in and trying to dominate the argument. I told them the tree is now a dead stump and MUST come out. And now that our only choice is to use a crane and block off the street, the cost would be $7600 more. She said “So, you expected us to save you that much money? You just expected that? What’s in it for us?” I reminded her it’s just driveway access for a day (now two), it’s my yard, and I’ve helped with stuff so many times, I didn’t expect they’d want to make something more difficult for me on purpose. I asked them if they wanted me to rent their driveway from them and she said “it’s not the point!” The tree was beautiful and a living thing, and now it’s dead.” I said to her “So, you’re ok with me removing a dead tree but now you’re not allowing me to remove a dead tree?” I did most of the talking because I was the most bothered by this. The guy finally said something and said “you carry he responsibility for all this… you never showed us the work order or any other information about the schedule. You needed to get our input on this if you expected our participation.” I said “What? The work order is the price, cut and remove…. That’s it. There’s nothing to see and nothing to add. They’re doing no work on your property, they’re only moving things in and out with their motorized cart and truck.” He also blamed me for the mess, and I should have supervised it carefully. My response was, it’s a 50 foot tree, and it surprised me how much debris there was too. I wish I wasn’t such a mess and I wish it wasn’t loud and irritating, but I just started a new job and couldn’t take the day off to baby sit these guys. It was clear even he is now trying to shift the blame for their (her, and he went along) wild reaction to a messed up tree removal. After wasting 20 minutes and feeling like my brain is ready to fall out, I turned to the husband who literally stood there and smoke only for 30 seconds, “I would never do this to you. Never.” I basically screamed it and pointed my finger at him. When I walked away, she heckled me saying “Yeah, just walk away you coward.” I wanted to go back but I didn’t. I wanted to just get away from that insanity. My wife stayed and talked to the dude more reasonably. He brought up to my wife that we need to figure out a way to get along, and pointed out they want a new driveway, and figure they will NEED access to our property by the workers as it’s a long stretch that goes tight to their brick house then right to property line. He realized this could be turned on him now. The tree was removed a few days later without but they made sure to park their car tight to the property line so we couldn’t sneak anything wider than 5 feet along our house and the property line along the “easy” removal direction, until the tree was gone.” I bolted down my fence posts to give us a little privacy between the properties. Yet, their backdoor is raised up about 3 feet, so whenever they walked out the back, they can see everything we’re doing in the back yard. Until then, it was nice since we got along and were friends, but now it’s someone who would rather cost you thousands than help you by literally moving a card to the street for 8 hours. And 99% of street parking is open. If they just did nothing, it would have helped. They actively caused us a huge financial loss. I get it… it’s their property, but it’s what’s required for a lot of these properties, which I’ve seen happen or years around here.
They cooled off, then turned crazy again
A couple weeks later I was out measuring the side of my yard when I thought they were gone (trying to avoid as much as possible), but to my surprise, she waltz’s out and asks, “what are doing? Looks like you’re measuring for a fence. So, you want to put up a fence just for spite? What is wrong with you?” I told her (against my better judgement – I should have ignored) – “I’m just enjoying my property. You of all people should understand that.” I walked away. I went to my back yard on the other side of the fence and while I was covering up the furniture she stood on her back step (elevated several feet only 10 feet away) and just started heckling me. “Hey, you going to ignore me now? Big man you are…. Scared to talk to a women?” I told her “Why would you think I’d want to build a longer fence? Why on earth would I want to do that, when I have such a kind neighbor like you?” She turned back to the tree story and said if any of the workers got hurt on their property they would be sued, and they could be in financial ruin because of it. I told her that no work was done on your property and stuff was just carted off from it. And that’s not the reason she had in the first place. She never mentioned anything like that. Just ask I was wrapping up this unhinged conversation with her, I told her… Expect a fence. A big one. I turned around and went in the house just as the husband was pulling into the driveway. She could see her yelling at me, and he then yelled. “Get back here” as I close my back door.
My back yard reno starts and the real crazy comes out
Over the next month as we waited for the landscapers, the neighbor tried to strike up conversations with me here and there, but I would ignore him completely. Or maybe look at him and just turn around and pay attention to something behind me. He looked sad that I did this. He never apologizes at all, other than saying he “wish it didn’t go that way.” When he said that to me it took everything, I had to not put him in a headlock
When the landscapers showed up, I removed the fence between my back yard and their driveway again so they could level things and I could install new posts. I strung a line from the two iron stakes at the corner of the property which is 2/3 their driveway, 1/3 their garage and maybe 10 feet behind it that’s all overgrown and full of weeds. His garage is roughly 18 inches off the property line, so the fence I removed was actually on an angle from the property line and ran at an angle and ended at the corner of their garage. The side of their garage essentially acted as a 20 foot long fence then towards the way back another small section of the fence picked up to divide the yards. To make things more interesting between the back of my garage and the side of theirs, there’s a 2 toot tall retaining wall with 18 inches of it on their property and about 8 feet on ours. He came out and was all sweet and asked what I was planning and asked how things are going. I said, Good. We’re taking that old retaining wall down and replacing it with a nice pavestone one that will be stronger and last longer. He asked about the string, and I told him it’s the property line and we planned on covering the cost of the part of the wall that’s going on his side. He switched to an a-hole attitude on a dime. He said he wanted to know more about what’s going on and if work is going to be done on his property, he needs to approve it. He was playing this like he wanted to have me submit to him, I think. I repeated what was going on and said, if you don’t want the guys can just leave it dirt. The landscapers later told me he asked them all these same things just 20 minutes before. I told him I was putting a fence along the property line because we didn’t want to invest any money on any section of their property as they made it clear they don’t want us on their property. Their “available” property grew by maybe 100 sqft, but that didn’t matter to him. He couldn’t believe we’d build a fence along their garage which would require them to side step to get along side it (they didn’t have direct access before, so what’s the deal?)
They were really made when I extended the fence further down their driveway where it wasn’t previously. I only extended the fence about 6 feet closer to the front of the house, but this caused a choke point for only a couple feet where they HAD to only use their driveway, and not my grass to pull all the way back by their garage. When they saw me dig a 3 foot deep hole and drop a 6x6x10 into the hole along with 150 + lbs of cement, this absolutely lost it.
The harassment increases
I installed a few fence posts on a Saturday and on Monday the city inspector shows up asking about permits and sites a complaint from a neighbor. None of the work required a permit other than a fence, but a homeowner doing their own fence work was unusual I was told. I took out a permit any way. The neighbor also asked how far our pavers would come to the property line and I said, I wasn’t sure. And he told me there’s code and I better look it up or he’ll have it torn out. He bugged the landscapers a lot about the retaining wall and asked if it was going to be taller than 36 inches or we’ll need to stop and get a permit. They said it wouldn’t be taller than 30 inches, as you can clearly see. We wanted our pavers to go to the edge but decided to stick with the never enforced code of having stones along a 4 foot strip. After work, any time I’d walk outside before I completed the fence, he’d show up and start vacuuming his car out or doing something to be creepy, so he could apparently make me feel uncomfortable. Literally 5 x’s a night he’d come outside any time I would (as I was busy with this project too), almost to a point I thought he was getting an alert any time I opened my back door.
Until the last second when the last fence picket went up, he was standing there trying to see what we were doing. We stopped talking to him long before, which made me really mad. He’d walk around the corner to try and see what’s going on from the other street. We’d see him up in his window’s on the second floor even.
The project is done, but the neighbors aren’t done being NFH
Once everything was done, we wanted to enjoy the back yard, but every time I’d be sitting out there, right on the other side of the fence, he’d come out and fire up his shop vac and vacuum out his car…. Every day. If it wasn’t that, it was his leaf blower. We put a hot tub in the area that’s accessible once you walk up the steps from the retaining wall. The hot tub is pretty much parallel with the back of his garage where it’s basically a dead space in their yard. It’s over grown, no grass, just dirt, and leaves from past seasons plastered all over back there. As soon as we got our hot tub, he starts spending time over there when we were in our hot tub. Even at night when it was dark, we’d here someone rustling around just a few feet away. My wife complained that she’d see him standing in an upstairs window staring down at her. A month later, my wife had friends over and they both noticed him staring down at them. She told them the story and they were both shocked this “nice guy” would be such a creep. I hardly go out to the hot tub because any time I see or here him my blood pressure goes up. It’s just not relaxing any more. He loves to leaf blow his dirt patch any time I have the hot tub open when I just added chemicals. I come back to close the lid after it airs out a bit. I go back out and notice the white rim of the tub is covered in dirt dust. Real nice. What’s the point?
Months have gone by and maybe it’s over…. (Nope!)
When it became winter, we noticed the end of our driveway was getting turned up by their plow service and/or them. They also took the liberty to stick a stake in our yard which the snow removal guy needs, but that’s on our property. They never asked permission, but I didn’t care. My wife cared and thought this is just them trying to bully little by little. She bought some tall plastic stakes and drove them into the ground along the property line in the front yard. Within 1 minute he came outside, yanked all the stakes out of the yard, snapped two in half and came to the door with them and started berating my wife. “Are you putting a fence it? Why are these up? If you put a fence in, we won’t be able to use our driveway. Why are you doing this to us?” She finally gets a word in and tells him it’s not about a fence, we want them to stop driving on our yard and causing us more work trying to keep things looking nice. I heard this from my office and walked over with my camera going. It didn’t slow him down at all. I recovered for nearly 5 minutes. He demanded to see my survey (I know he doesn’t have one of his own, since he’s asked many times already), so I told him no, go check your own. He wanted me to look at his driveway and complained how it’s so impossible and we need to stop. It’s 9 feet wide. And they have added room on our property to open doors, etc., for ¾ of their driveway. He then tells me he’s going to report me to the city because I reno’ d my basement and installed a bathroom because he thinks that could hurt his property. WTF? He also said he never agreed to the retaining wall that goes on his property and he wants it taken down now. He said “you’ll regret this.”
I literally had to shout him off my doorstep. I screamed so loud *name* - leave me alone! Repeat 5’x. Leave my wife alone! I could hear it echo on the recording. My wife went back out to put the stakes back in and while she was putting them in, he tells her he suspects I’m cheating on her, and she should check my phone. He says he’s seen rude comments I’ve posted that could be embarrassing if people find out. Meanwhile I remember him from the previous year comment about the young teenage girls across the street that they look good after they lost weight from having covid. This dude is a true psycho.
Two days later I was at a school event after work with my family and I see him walk in with one of his kids. It’s crowded and he gets right next to me and says, “hey, what’s up man” with a big smile like we’re buddies. I think to see if I’d finally level him. He has a face that screams “I don’t know what a punch feels like.” I was so uncomfortable being there because of my inner rage I had to leave. Its been eating me up.
I didn’t tell you this, but our kitchen windows over the sink faces each other. Since this moment, they’d both stand at the sink and just watch me do the dishes. They’d watch me walk back and forth while I’m getting things picked up, or cooking. Both of them…. A lot. It was really uncomfortable. You have to work pretty hard mentally to NOT look at a certain place when you’re standing there for a while. And try to act like you’re not trying.
The next day when I was dropping my kids at school, he quickly stood in front of the only curb side spot available in front of the building, hoping to force me into a confirmation. Good thing I dropped them about 10 car lengths further back, and just drove by. A time prior to this, I was dropping my little one off at preschool, and he stood in the road with his dogs leash extended blocking my ability to turn in the direction of her school. He knows my schedule I’m finding out. He pretended he was checking his phone, but I just drove to a different street to turn down.
Finally, the police get involved
I wanted this to just stop, but it wouldn’t. I went to the police the morning after his “he what’s up man” at the event and explained everything. The cop said it’s clear he’s trying to intimidate me which is essentially stalking to some extent and harassment. I also told him he’s trying to bate me into a fight, so I get in trouble. I showed him the video of our argument earlier in the week and was completely on my wide, and even said that’s considered trespassing since you clearly told him to leave, and he wouldn’t for a while. Destruction of private property was also an issue (minor, but still).
The cop went to his house and talked to him for 20 minutes. I don’t know why I was surprised that he was there that long, since all he wants to do is talk and bother people. The cop told him he needs to leave me along and pretend like I don’t exist. Don’t say hi, don’t say anything. Stop making unnecessary noise to irritate. He denied everything but agreed to leave me along. He then said… “I have to talk to him about why he thought he should be involving the police.” The cop stopped and told him, “I’m here because you won’t stop bothering him so you can’t talk to him.” The cop told me after he spoke to him that he “thinks” he understands and if it continues to call him.
A week later my wife gets new, taller stakes and has her bother out to help her drive these wood stakes in, but she firsts calls the police to ask if they can have an officer just part in front of our house for the 5 minutes, she drives the stakes in. The cop was to just park there and not get out to not stir the pot too much. Well, the cop gets out and walks into our yard and talks with my wife and her brother. The neighbors both come storming out of their house demanding to know why there’s a cop in our yard. My wife and her brother said nothing to them the entire time. She did tell the cop “This is why you’re here, I don’t know what they’d do if you weren’t watching.” My wife brought out a camera from in the house and pointed it down the side of the property line shortly before she started putting in the stakes. The NFH tells the cop he thinks she’s trying to “point a camera in their little boys bedroom” alluding to something disgusting. The camera was there for 10 minutes capturing their nonsense. The NFH said to the cop another cop told them they weren’t allowed to talk to my wife and told the cop to relay stuff from them to my wife… while she’s standing there ignoring them. The brilliant cop says “Oh, that’s not enforceable. You can just tell them. GREAT. They bothered her and my brother in law the entire time while the cop just “kept the peace.”
Problems this week even – Wrap up
Even yesterday, two months since this encounter I’ve seen him walk on the sidewalk with his head craning trying to see what I’m doing in the house. Or standing in his driveway literally able to make eye contact when I’m 2 rooms away.
He also drove pasted my drive way on his way to his house around the corner, only to pull down his street and back up to creepy watch me while I load her in the car. I was worried he might drive into us as my car was parked curb side and I was standing in the street getting her buckled in.
The cops say to just ignore him and to keep a long of weird stuff. Video is best. I now have a dash cam and about to put a 4th outside camera up.
I’m building the fence, that’s for sure. I don’t know how that will go or what abuse I’ll have to take while doing what’s already a shit job, but I won’t pay someone to do this when I can do it 10x less. I just can’t. What would you do if you were me?

The next morning, Kokichi brought breakfast up to Himiko, who was still locked up in her and Tenko's room. Because she had locked the door, Tenko couldn't enter, so she had to spend the night in Angie and Tsumugi's room. Kokichi set the breakfast tray down, and pulled his lockpicking tools out from his pocket. He picked the lock to Himiko and Tenko's door, and opened it.
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"Hey, Himiko!" he announced. Himiko shot up and frowned at him.
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"Close the door!" she hissed. Kokichi closed the door and sat on her bed, holding the breakfast tray out to her.
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"Kirumi made some good ol' syrupy French toast!" Kokichi said. Himiko took the tray and began gobbling up her breakfast. "Nee-heehee...so, you getting ready to go bash Miu's head in, now?"
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"Nyeh...I don't wanna talk about it," Himiko grumbled through a mouthful of food. Kokichi was about to say something else when he heard voices outside. He stood up to look outside Himiko's window, and saw Miu talking to Kazuichi outside of 7th Island House next door.

"Himiko! Himiko! Look!" he exclaimed, waving Himiko over. Himiko jumped out of bed, and looked out the window. "Do the magic spell thingy where we can hear what they're saying!" Himiko uttered the spell and were soon able to hear Miu and Kazuichi's conversation.
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"I-I'm sorry for...being so annoying last night..." Miu said, folding her hands politely in front of her. Kazuichi shifted his weight and sighed.
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"Why are you that way, Miu?" Kazuichi asked. "And I don't mean that in a rude way. I just... wanna know what's up with you."
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"I don't know..." Miu groaned, running her fingers through her hair. "I just...well...no, never mind." Kazuichi gently gave Miu an encouraging tap on her shoulder with the back of his hand.
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"C'mon, tell me," he said softly. Miu blushed slightly at his touch, and smiled a bit.
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"Um...well, it's just that...I've never had a boyfriend before," she finally admitted.
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"R-Really?" Kazuichi asked quietly. "That's news to me!"
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"Really?" Miu asked.
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"Yeah! I mean, I thought all the guys would wanna go out with you," Kazuichi said.
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"But you told me yesterday that my attitude would make other people not want to be around me," Miu mumbled.
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"Oh, well, I thought that maybe you had boyfriends, but they didn't stick around long enough because of your attitude," Kazuichi admitted.
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"Oh..." Miu replied softly.
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"But...it's okay that you've never had a boyfriend," Kazuichi said. "I've never had a girlfriend."
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"Well, that's not surprising," Miu said with a shrug. Kazuichi frowned at her. "Oh! No...I didn't mean it like that! I guess, I just meant that...well, I don't know what I meant." Miu put her hands up to her cheeks in embarrassment.
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"Huh...you're not very good at talkin' to other people either, are ya?" Kazuichi asked.
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"Ei-Either? What do you mean by that?" Miu asked. Kazuichi smiled at her.
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"Haha, I didn't have too many friends growin' up," he admitted. "I had one friend, but he let me down one time, so I found it hard to believe in others. To top it all off, I was already a wimpy kid to begin with, but I was sick of being treated as such. So, I changed my image. I didn't exactly get the results I expected, but, hey, at least I wasn't bein' picked on, anymore."
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"Oh...I see," Miu mumbled. "But...you always seem so confident in your work, despite being wimpy and easily irritated. Um...no offense!"

"None taken," Kazuichi assured. "And, yeah, cuz I've been around machines my whole life, basically! I know how to work my way around them! But people...not so much."
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"I...I guess I'm the same, too," Miu replied softly.
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"Yeah! Y'know, you're pretty good with machines, too, Miu," Kazuichi said. "There's no reason why we shouldn't team up to build the coolest stuff ever!"
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"I guess that's true," Miu replied with a small, uncertain shrug.
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"Hey, c'mon, now! You can't invent or fix machines if you don't have the passion for it!" Kazuichi said, giving Miu a thumbs-up. "Cheer up, okay? The world's not gonna get any better without our help!" Miu nodded timidly at him. "Hey, Miu? If you want, we can redo our date tonight. Only if it's okay with you, though." Miu thought about it for a while.
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"Okay..." she finally replied.
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"Cool! Wanna eat at the same place, again?" Kazuichi asked.
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"No...not really," Miu replied, finding her voice. "I think I want some McNuggets."
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"Say it like you mean it!" Kazuichi said.
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"I SAID I WANT SOME DAMN CHICKEN MCNUGGETS!!" Miu shouted.
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"Whoa!! Now that's what I'm talkin' about!" Kazuichi said. "I'm all fired up and ready to go like a hot rod!" Miu blushed, and smiled bashfully.
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"Um...thanks, I guess," she said.

"For what?" Kazuichi asked.
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"For givin' me another chance," Miu replied. Kazuichi shrugged modestly.
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"You gave me another chance by apologizing and opening up," he said. "It's only fair I return the favor." Miu smiled and nodded. Kazuichi gave her a friendly wave goodbye before heading back into 7th Island House. Himiko smiled excitedly at Kokichi.
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"Nyeh...it worked!" she exclaimed.
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"Yeah, but only because you yelled at her last night," Kokichi replied with a cheeky grin. Himiko abashedly hung her head.
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"Why did you have to bring that up?" she asked.
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"Eh, don't worry about it, Monkey Buns," Kokichi replied. "It's something that Miu needed to hear. It's better that you screamed at her. What you did was nothing compared to what could have happened to her. Some people learn their lesson too late, and some people don't get a chance to learn their lesson at all. But it seems like Miu is trying to get her act together because of you."
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"I hope so," Himiko said. Kokichi gave her a kiss on the cheek.
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"Sooo...wanna go to McDonald's to spy on them?" he asked. Himiko nodded.
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"Nyeh...let's do it," she answered.
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Kokichi and Himiko arrived at McDonald's in disguise, ordered their food, and sat at a table near Kazuichi and Miu. Because the McDonald's was mostly empty, Himiko didn't need to use her spell for her and Kokichi to eavesdrop on Kazuichi and Miu.
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"So, Miu, if it's not too personal, I was wondering...were you ever bullied when you were younger?" Kazuichi asked.
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"Haha! Of course not! Cuz I was a hottie who-" Miu began. She looked at Kazuichi, who stared at her with disappointment. "Ohh...s-sorry...i-it's a habit," Miu muttered sheepishly. "Um...well, yeah, I was bullied, too. Especially by this girl named Etsuko. Back then, I wasn't good at inventing things like I am now, er...not that I'm bragging, or anything!"
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"I know what you mean. Go on," Kazuichi nodded encouragingly at her.
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"Er, well...I wasn't good at inventing things back then," Miu continued. "I used to tinker around with some of the stuff I could get my hands on. But, whatever thing I was tinkerin' with, Etsuko would pretty much destroy it. Because of her, I was basically a nobody in elementary school all the way to the beginning of high school. Shortly after high school started, she ended up in juvie for beatin' up a teacher."
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"Wow! What a loser!" Kazuichi exclaimed.
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"It's not my fault!" Miu said. "I was the victim of bullying!"
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"N-No, not you!" Kazuichi replied. "I was talkin' about Etsuko!"
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"Ohhh..." Miu said softly. "Yeah, she put me through hell. And even after she went to juvie, the bullying didn't stop. Because of her influence, everyone else bullied me. They made fun of me for not having a boyfriend, and for even bein' a...a...um..."
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"A what?" Kazuichi asked softly.
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"A v...v...v-virgin," Miu groaned.
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"You are?" Kazuichi asked. Miu shamefully nodded her head.
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"I mean...that's not really a big deal, Miu," Kazuichi said. 'Why do you make it out to be? Why do you pretend to be something you're not?"
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"Because I thought it'd make me cool," Miu replied with a small shrug. "I thought people would want to be my friend, since I didn't have any friends when people knew I wasn't a virgin."
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"W-Well those people at your old high school suck!" Kazuichi said. "You're way more awesome than they are!"
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"D-Do you really mean that?" Miu asked as she timidly twirled a strand of her hair.
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"Totally, Miu!" Kazuichi replied. "You're an inventor, dammit! You gotta start actin' like one! A real one! Not some person who acts all tough and...and...I dunno, 'unvirginated,' but someone who is truly passionate about inventing and truly confident in the ways that your inventions can improve the world! That's who you are, Miu!"
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"I...I remember Himiko saying that to me a while back," Miu said.
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"Hm? Himiko said that to you?" Kazuichi asked. "Well, she's right! Stop pretendin' to be something your not, and show everybody the real Miu!" Miu's face began turning red and sweaty.
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"Ohh, m-my!" she moaned.
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"Wh-Whoa! What's goin' on?! Are you okay?!" Kazuichi asked in alarm.
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"It's just that...I've never heard such encouraging words...from a guy before!" Miu said. "It...k-kinda feels...so good!"
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"Ohhh..." Kazuichi replied, twiddling his fingers. "Um...do you want me to stop, then? We're kinda in a public place, and you should try to calm yourself, Miu."
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"Y-You're right...sorry!" Miu breathed. Her face became normal again. "S-So...how, um...how long have you been interested in...machines?"
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"Ah, pretty much since I was real small!" Kazuichi replied. "I've always loved machines! My family owns a bike shop, but because there weren't a lot of customers, I used to tinker with the bikes myself. I even built a bike that can go almost 600 mph, but I'll never ride it cuz I get motion sickness."
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"You do?" Miu asked. "Well, maybe I can invent somethin' that'll help you not get motion sickness anymore. That way, you can ride your bike."

"That'd be amazing!" Kazuichi replied. "But it's not the bike that I wanna ride. It's a rocket that I plan on building. I'd like to ride in that, instead."
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"Oh! Y-You wanna r-ride a r-rocket?" Miu asked with drool emerging from the corner of her mouth.
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"Miu..." Kzuichi groaned.

"Eeeeeee!! Sorry! Sorry! I'm tryin!' I really am!" Miu squealed. "Old habits d-die...HA-A-A-A-A-A-ARD!!" Kazuichi shook his head and chuckled.
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"Y'know, you're kinda hilarious, Miu," he said.
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"R-Really? In a g-good way?" Miu asked.
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"Yeah! I never would have guessed that about you," Kazuichi admitted. "But...you're kinda fun to be around when you're not bragging about yourself, y'know?"
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"Eeeee....s-stop sayin' nice things about me!" Miu said. "It makes me feel like I'm gonna...gonna...go KERSPLOOSH!!"
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"AAUUGGGHHH!!! Okay, okay! I'm sorry!" Kazuichi exclaimed. "Just...just don't do that, okay?!"
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"Okay...okay...I'm okay," Miu breathed, fanning herself.
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"Good..." Kazuichi said, taking a deep breath. "So, um...when you're not inventing things, what do you like to do, Miu? And, don't say people, cuz that's not what I mean!"
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"I wasn't gonna say that!" Miu said. "I am tryna change, y'know!" She paused to think for a while. "Um...I like watching kids shows."

"Really?!" Kazuichi exclaimed in surprise.
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"Is that s-stupid?" Miu asked timidly.
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"No! It's interesting," Kazuichi replied. "I didn't know that at all about you! What kids shows do you like to watch?"
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"Well, I like Pokémon," Miu admitted. "Some of the pokémon are really cute."
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"Cool! What's your favorite one?" Kazuichi asked.
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"S-Squirtle," Miu replied, turning red. "I like that one because...because...ohh...never mind." A smile formed on Kazuichi's face.
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"Because of its name?" he asked.
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"M-MAYBE!!" Miu squealed. "Actually, I changed my mind! I like Ch-Charmander, okay?! There's nothin' weird or gross about him! Except...he's a fire pokémon! And f-fire is h-hot...just...l-like...ME RIGHT NO-O-O-O-OWWW!!!"
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"Oh, jeez," Kazuichi replied, chuckling as he facepalmed.
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"I'm sorry! I don't know why I gotta make things so har-...I mean...difficult!" Miu whimpered.
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"It's fine, Miu. I'll tell you my favorite kids shows, if you want," Kazuichi offered. Miu nodded sheepishly.
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"Well, I know it's really old, but I like Speed Racer," Kazuichi said. "I also like Zoids."
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"Oh! Is Zoids the one with those giant, mechanical animals?" Miu asked.
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"Yeah! That show was great!" Kazuichi replied. "Maybe you and I can build our own zoid one day, or, or even build a car like Speed Racer's Mach 5! And thanks to your invention to prevent me from getting motion sickness, we can ride in them whenever we want!"
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"Yeah! It does sound...pretty cool!" Miu agreed.
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"Right?!" Kazuichi replied. After a few more minutes of talking, Kazuichi and Miu stood up from their table. "Ready to go?" Kazuichi asked. Miu nodded. Kazuichi led her out of the restaurant, leaving Kokichi and Himiko alone.
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"Nyeh...it's working, Kokichi! It's really working!" Himiko squealed with excitement.
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"Haha, yeah! I didn't expect this, to be honest," Kokichi replied. "I was hoping it would end with a giant robot battle, buuut I guess this is okay, too. C'mon, Himiko, let's go follow them!" Quietly, they followed Kazuichi and Miu back to Casa V3, where Kazuichi dropped Miu off. Kokichi and Himiko hid behind some bushes across the street and watched them.
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"Hey, Miu? I had a pretty good time with you tonight," Kazuichi said.
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"Oh, yeah...me, too," Miu admitted, blushing.
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"Um...before I go, I wanted to give you something," Kazuichi said. He reached into his pocket, and pulled out a tiny robot that looked just like Miu. "I felt bad for leaving you alone yesterday, and I thought I'd make it up to you by giving you this. Hopefully it'll give you some inspiration whenever you wanna invent some cool stuff! I call it 'Miniruma!'"

"Oh! Th-Thanks!" Miu said, taking Miniruma from Kazuichi. "This is...really cute!"
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"I'm glad you like it!" Kazuichi replied. "Well...see you tomorrow at school?"

"Yeah..." Miu replied, nodding shyly. With a friendly tap on her shoulder, Kazuichi left the front porch of Casa V3, and headed back to 7th Island House. Kokichi and Himiko watched as Miu clutched Miniruma to her chest, and sighed blissfully.

Cracked 5000 words on this one. Enjoy.
Warning: Suicide.
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Ships from the Home Fleet descended on the Red Spark like a pack of hungry wolves when they found her adrift. Human and Dlamisan medics were the first to board and immediately began a medivac of the wounded and dead to the fleet’s hospital vessels. Next came the engineers. Almost every ship in the fleet sent their best and brightest to the Red Spark to keep her space worthy. In mere hours her engines and hull were repaired. Then as suddenly as all the help arrived, they all left.
Down on the planet, there was a titanic rescue effort going on. Cities and towns had been struck by falling debris and everyone able was ordered to assist in the operation to save as many lives as possible. Unfortunately, that meant that for the next several days all comms traffic was dedicated solely to emergency response as most of Earth’s communication satellites had been destroyed in the fighting. Communication with friends and family had to wait. But fortunately, the celebration on the Red Spark didn’t.
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Deep in the belly of the Red Spark laid a bar. A bar not made of metal alloy like the rest of the ship, but more like something you’d find in one of the old cities of Earth. The walls were paneled with wood from the worlds that the Red Spark had visited, giving the bar an almost plaid-like pattern. Against that plaid wall laid nearly a dozen restaurant-style booths with their wood paneling being almost as varied as the room itself.
As stunning as the rest of the room was, it was nothing compared to the bar that filled the center of the space. It went nearly from wall to wall before curving in an L shape, making it seem like it stretched for miles. Nearly a dozen different woods from the Dlamisan homeworld made up just the countertop. Each wood on the countertop seemed to correspond with the wood of five stools that were carefully matched from Earth’s native trees. In all there were nearly seventy stools across the bar, which combined with the booths would total just enough seats for the entire crew of the Red Spark. Sadly, the entire crew of the Red Spark would never fill them again. Instead, the only ones at the bar counter currently were three crewmembers. Sunny, McCoy, and the bartender himself.
McCoy Sat down next to Sunny and looked at the bartender who was still righting bottles, glasses, and other utensils that were knocked about during the fighting. He made to speak up and order when suddenly the bartender turned and stared at him. McCoy had cleaned himself up since the battle. No longer was he sporting a blood-soaked uniform that covered an equally drenched set of fur. He was wearing what could only be described as a pirate’s best. But despite his fine wears Jack’s gun could still be seen poking out from his pocket.
McCoy opened his muzzle to place his order to the staring bartender, “A scotch, please. And not just that stuff we keep around for mixing with those human sodas. Let me get a glass of the stuff from before the war.”
The bartender had gotten a good look at McCoy and noticed the shape of the weapon and handle poking out of his pocket. So instead of turning back to the bar and making the requested drink, he instead pointed his hand to a sign hanging up on the wall behind the counter. “All weapons must be turned in before receiving service.” Apparently, there had been an incident several years prior where some humans and dlamisa were bored and tried to use plasma pistols on low power rather than darts on one of the bar's two boards. Needless to say, it hadn’t gone well the burn marks that still hung on the wall proved it. The bartender never forgave the incident and forced all his patrons to hand over all their weapons before being allowed to drink, on pain of sobriety those who dared not to obey.
McCoy not wanting to make a fuss reached into his pocket and pulled out the pistol, he looked at it mournfully before setting it on the counter for the bartender to take. Professionally the bartender picked up the weapon, cleared it, and took it to a secure back room hidden from view of the bar.
While both the bartender and McCoy had handled the interaction with silent professionalism, Sunny hadn’t. She had been one of the few officers gifted with one of those weapons and was shocked to see McCoy had one in his possession.
Picking her jaw up from the countertop she asked the question that seemed to have been overlooked by the bartender. “McCoy, where did you get that gun?”
McCoy looked at Sunny and took a deep breath he spoke, “It was Jack’s. It’s mine now. That’s all that matters.”
“McCoy he wouldn’t have given that gun up to anyone less than his mate! Not to mention that he still wouldn’t do it so long as he could still breathe!” Sunny interjected, apparently not satisfied with his previous answer.
McCoy in response just looked at the bartender as he returned from storing the mentioned firearm. The bartender cocked his head in an unspoken question that McCoy answered with a small nod. The bartender then turned and made the medic’s requested drink before looking at Sunny.
“McCoy and Jack are mates. I’m not aware of the specifics, but they’ve been together for several decades at this point,” The bartender explained.
“Were mates… We were mates… He was the first to die, and he did it in my arms,” McCoy muttered, correcting the bartender.
“McCoy… Why didn’t you tell me you two… We’ve been friends for…” Sunny stuttered out before taking a breath, switching to Enkanti. “To say I’m sorry for your loss would not be a suitable response. You’ve been my friend for so long, you deserve better than that. Whatever you need I am here to provide,” Sunny said staring at the depressed medic.
“The only things I need are a few more of these,” McCoy said swirling his glass before continuing, “And a bottle to take back with me,” he finished huffing in sarcastic amusement.
“Then whatever you want I’ll pay for. I’m not leaving you to drink alone,” Sunny responded, putting a paw around the medic’s shoulder.
“Nobody here is paying for anything. My bar is open. Anything you want is yours, even from my personal collection if you’d like,” the bartender said switching the conversation back to English.
“Thank you both, as enticing as it sounds I’d really just like to finish this one and take a bottle back to my office. I need some time alone…” McCoy trailed off.
Sunny hugged him a little tighter before responding, “That’s ok McCoy. Both of us will be here for you whenever you’d like to come back.”
So there the three sat in silence for nearly an hour as they each downed their respective drinks. Eventually, McCoy found himself staring at an empty glass that was held in his shaky paws. Sunny and the bartender watched him as he carefully set the glass down and made to get up from the bar.
“Can I get that bottle now? I feel like it's time for me to go,” McCoy said quietly.
“Of course, you can,” The bartender responded before reaching up to the very top shelf and pulling down an old unmarked bottle of brown liquid. “Scotch from before humanity played with Nukes. Same brand as the one we had back when we first met,” He finished, gently placing the bottle in front of McCoy.
McCoy carefully picked up the bottle and stared at the bartender. Thoughts raced through his head as he felt the weight of the bottle in his paws. Every memory he had with the pair across from him flashed in front of his eyes. Every happy and sad day blended together in one long stream before abruptly ending as the bartender reached over the counter and wrapped up McCoy in a hug that felt strong enough to bend steel.
“Thank you. Thank you both,” McCoy said nodding to Sunny and the bartender before continuing. “One last thing before I go. I need Jack’s… no, my, gun back.”
The bartender’s eyes fell and his small smile turned into a deep frown. It seemed like he hoped McCoy would have forgotten. Quietly he got up and went to the back room to go fetch it. Seconds turned to minutes as the bartender still hadn’t returned with the gun. McCoy briefly began to consider getting it himself before suddenly the bartender returned holding the small silver weapon.
He placed it on the counter and slid it across, never taking his hand off of it. McCoy grabbed for the weapon, but it didn’t budge under the hand of the bartender. McCoy was about to ask why when the bartender suddenly began speaking.
“McCoy, promise me something,” He said.
“Promise you what?” McCoy responded, confused.
“Tell me if there’s anything I can do to convince you not to pick up this gun,” The bartender said almost pleadingly.
“...No,” McCoy muttered after a moment of silence.
“Please don’t make me regret this,” The bartender begged.
McCoy pulled his eyes off the gun and looked at the concerned bartender in front of him and answered, “It’ll be ok…”
The bartender then silently lifted his hand off the gun and watched as McCoy put it back in his pocket. No more words were exchanged between them, but a feeling of finality filled the room as McCoy turned to head for the door.
Sunny was confused at what she had just witnessed. The conversation between the two made nearly no sense to her. She was just about to ask the bartender what the hell they had been talking about when suddenly the door to the bar opened and in stalked a very angry Bonny. Her eyes immediately locked onto McCoy who was trying desperately to make himself look small. His ears were down and his tail wrapped around his legs, but still, he tried to maintain some kind of bearing and gave a sloppy salute. That seemed to make Bonny even angrier. Her tail lashed back and forth behind her as she stared at McCoy from just inside the doorway.
“Drop the gun McCoy,” she growled out.
McCoy stood up a little straighter and placed the precious bottle on a nearby table. “Why? What’s the issue?” He asked, feigning ignorance.
“Why!? WHY!? DO YOU REALLY THINK AFTER ALL THIS I WANT TO LOSE MORE OF MY FRIENDS?” Bonny barked out angrily, before taking a deep breath, settling herself. “Cookie told me about your plan McCoy, it’s over,” she finished.
McCoy shook and panted nervously as he slowly stepped back from the captain. “Please Bonny, I can’t do it anymore. Too many bodies, too much loss. I just can’t do it. My mate meant everything to me, Bonny,” McCoy stuttered as he reached into his pocket.
“Mate? You and Jack were… I never thought…” Bonny muttered, just as shocked as Sunny that they’d managed to hide that information from her and the rest of the small crew.
“We were going to tell you. Just as soon as we had saved enough to leave. He and I planned on making a new life together. It's all I’ve thought of for decades Bonny! Now he’s gone and so is our future,” McCoy said, his voice dropping to nearly a whisper as finished.
“You can make a new future McCoy! We’ll all help you do it,” Bonny begged.
“A future without Jack isn’t a future I plan on being a part of,” McCoy spat out drawing the gun from his pocket.
McCoy closed his eyes as he raised the gun, stopping only when he felt the cool metal of the barrel under his chin. His finger wrapped around the trigger and felt the roughness of the metal against his paw pads. As he began to squeeze he felt a sudden pain in his chest and then all of the sudden the world went tumbling.
Sunny slammed into McCoy like a golden bullet. She let out a howl as she made contact with him, sending the gun clattering to the feet of Bonny Red. The small communications officer was crouched atop the medic as he struggled to break free. Sunny was not having it and pinned McCoy's arms to the deck and stared into his eyes. His eyes displayed the pain in his heart, and this time Sunny didn’t miss it. Clinging to his arms Sunny let loose a sad howl that echoed through the halls. Briefly, McCoy fought, but it became quickly apparent that Sunny had the upper paw and was not going to lose it
The bartender walked out from his station and sat down on the floor next to McCoy’s head and began scratching the ears of the struggling Dlamisan who stilled quickly. He seemed about to speak before Sunny interrupted.
“You don’t get to leave me like this,” barked Sunny with a growl that turned to a near whisper as she continued, “We love you, I love you. You’ve been my friend for over a century. That’s not something you get to just walk away from.”
The bartender piped up as he scratched just behind McCoy’s ears, “She’s right bud. You mean the world to us. Every day you’ve brought joy to the folks around you. Losing you would hurt us too,” He said as he slowed his scratches, pausing in silence before resuming, “It hurts now, I know. It’s going to hurt tomorrow, the next day, and the day after that. It’s going to keep hurting for a long time, but the hurt will change. It will get easier my friend. Some day the pain will become bearable enough that you’ll stand on your own again. Until then you have us here to help you. I know we’ll never fill the hole left behind, but we’re going to do our best to try,” The bartender finished speaking and returned to his gentle scratching.
Bonny Red picked up the gun from the floor and set it next to the bottle before kneeling next to the still-pinned despondent medic. Motioning Sunny off of him, sending her and the bartender away, she leaned down and grabbed McCoy in a hug, pulling him off the ground and leaning him back against herself. Not unlike how a parent would hold a child on their lap, except the ‘child’ was a Dlamisan scout medic, and the ‘parent’ was a brightly dressed pirate captain.
“McCoy back when we decided to leave the empire, you were my rock. You sat with me just like this as I grieved over the crew that died. You even stood by me as I proposed obtaining the Red Spark. You’ve been behind me for every tough decision I’ve ever made. Now, I’m here to stand behind you,” Bonny said, leaning back onto the wall.
There they sat together on the floor until the bartender returned. In his hands were four glasses which he gently set on the ground, one glass for each of them. He then reached over to the table and grabbed the bottle of scotch, cracking it open. Pouring deeply into each glass, he corked the bottle and took a seat next to Bonny and McCoy, prompting Sunny to do the same on the opposite side, sandwiching the two between them.
The four didn’t move for nearly an hour as they reminisced over time long gone last. Even McCoy managed to join in as the bottle slowly drained. Eventually, the bottle ran dry, but no one wanted to risk the fragile feeling of satisfaction that had slipped into the room, so they continued to talk for some time. Tears were shed by those who could, hugs were exchanged, and in between all the misery, some laughter began to break through.
The first giggles came from Sunny after she tried to stand up too quickly and lost the battle with booze and gravity, coming back down across the laps of the three who remained sitting. Her small huffs of laughter only increased in volume when the bartender began scratching her head, causing her tail to begin wagging. It wagged so hard it smacked straight into the muzzle of Bonny Red making her start huffing with laughter. Sunny’s tail rapidly became a projectile, smacking into both Bonny and McCoy as it sped up. Even McCoy wouldn’t help, but let out a small huff at the absurdity of the situation as his friend’s tail battered him and the captain while Sunny was happily getting her head scratched.
But all good things come to a close, which was made apparent when Bonny’s datapad chimed alerting her to a message from the bridge. As she looked at it her huffs of amusement died rapidly and she sighed, letting go of McCoy and standing up. Turning to look back at the three she saw their looks of concern and confusion. Seeking to alleviate their worries, she told them what she had received, “I’ve got to go back to the bridge, the Oberon says there are reports I need to check out. I’ll be back when I have it all taken care of. Until then you two,” she points at Sunny and the bartender, “Are responsible for taking care of McCoy. And you,’ she turns her gaze to the medic, “I always have time for you. If you ever, ever, think you may want someone to talk to, then call me,” Bonny finished and left the bar pocketing the gun as she passed the table.
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Bonny Red stalked angrily through the doors to the bridge of the Red Spark. She was looking for Oberon, the XO, as he was the one who dared to interrupt her time with her friends due to some ‘reports.’ She found him sitting in his chair dutifully going over his datapad which must’ve contained something interesting as he failed to notice the disgruntled captain in front of him. Bonny decided to make her presence known to the XO by clicking the claws of her hind paws on the ground intimidatingly, almost like an impatient human would tap their foot.
Oberon looked up upon hearing the sound and barked out an order, “Clear the bridge, I need a minute with the captain.” Like ants, all the other officers shuffled out in a line to go carry out their tasks elsewhere as best as they could.
Bonny turned to Oberon confused. “What reports are so important that you call me back after I specifically asked not to be disturbed? Not only that, but you clear the bridge for it” Bonny asked, annoyance still evident.
Oberon held out his datapad and explained, “I have here the impact locations of large pieces of debris across the planet.” He then stood up and took off his hat, and switched to Enkanti, “Bonny Red, I regret to inform you…”
Bonny froze. She knew those words. She had said them nearly a dozen times to the family of her fallen crew over the years. Never in a million lifetimes did she think that they’d be turned back to her. She began to shudder and pant as Oberon continued, “Your home was among those hit by debris from the battle…”
Her hearts stopped and time seemed to freeze. Everything she had fought for. The lives she had thrown down in the path of the Zenti. This couldn’t be it, it just couldn’t be, something had to be wrong. Not her Bailey and pups, anyone but them. They couldn’t be gone.
Oberon kept his decorum as he finished, “Your family remains unaccounted for… I’m so sorry Bonny.”
Bonny felt her chest tightening, each breath was coming faster than the last, but it still felt like she couldn’t breathe. She felt her hearts start again, slamming like three hammers against her chest. Her vision began to fade as she reached out for something, anything to hold onto. Her paws found Oberon as he grabbed and then lowered her gently into the Captain’s chair. “No, no, no…” Was all Bonny could say. She didn’t believe it. No, she wouldn’t believe it. She needed to see for herself.
Standing back up, she staggered to the door, past a shocked Oberon, and into the hallway filled with her officers. She pushed past, uncaring, making her way to the elevators. Down she went, straight to the hangar decks. The lights were still broken in many places, but she knew these halls like the back of her paw, so she pressed forward. Reaching the hangar bay she entered one of the Red Spark’s few working shuttles, cranked the engines, and pointed it toward Earth.
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In a small room of a house in the countryside of Kentucky two old friends sat around a radio listening to the emergency frequency, waiting for updates on the state of the planet.
“Byron, I’m hearing reports there’s been a shuttle launch from the Red Spark and it’s coming towards Louisville,” Boatswain said.
“Well shit. That must be Bonny. Run and grab Bailey. I’ll track her position and keep you updated. You meet her when she lands. We can’t hail the shuttle through this old piece of junk,” Byron responded, tapping the top of the machine.
Boatswain moved through the halls of the house and tapped a red and black Dlamisa on the shoulder, distracting him from watching two pups chasing after a thrown ball through a window. Boatswain then explained the situation causing Bailey to stand up and begin moving. Together they went to a car parked out front and tore off down the driveway towards the glow of flames in the distance.
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Bonny Red was piloting like a mad woman. To describe her flight as ‘erratic’ or ‘unsafe’ would do it no justice. To this day several speed records for vessels of the shuttles weight class are still held by her thanks to her sprint to the surface.
Breaking through the atmosphere Bonny flew the shuttle over her neighborhood. Below all she saw was destruction. The shockwave of a cruiser slamming into the ground nearby had leveled many of the houses, turning what was once a beautiful place to live into matchwood. Flying to her street she saw nothing good. All the houses were almost completely demolished. Desperately she looked for somewhere to set the shuttle down. Finding some clear space in the cul-de-sac at the end of the road, Bonny dropped the landing gear and let the shuttle fall unceremoniously to the ground.
Jumping out she immediately began moving through the rubble toward her home. The street itself was littered with bits and pieces of the lives of her neighbors. She passed the park that the pups loved to play in, now scorched. She stepped around a crushed vintage car, the pride, and joy of her next-door neighbor. Finally, she walked over the remains of a little bicycle, bent and broken from the shockwave, before stepping onto what remained of the front porch of her home.
The first thing she saw was the splintered remains of the swing that Bailey and William had built together in William’s later life. It had been one of the first things they shared together when Bailey reached Earth. It was only fitting that they shared it again before he passed.
Bonny then turned her eyes to where her front door once stood, now blown in and shattered, stepping through what remained of the frame. Picking through the debris was made much more difficult as the roof had caved in, forcing her to begin digging frantically through the rubble in search of her family.
As she dug her way further into the house personal item began to surface. The clothes came first, the little ones always left theirs strewn around the house and neither she nor Bailey could keep track of them all. Pushing past the memories Bonny scrabbled deeper into the rubble, stumbling onto what once was the kitchen. Immediately plowing through to reach the bedrooms she stumbled upon a cabinet that had fallen off the wall. Inside its shattered glass door, she saw what remained of her mate’s most prized possession. Bailey’s mug, his first gift from Fauve, was shattered into a dozen pieces. Her hearts sank, she knew he’d never voluntarily leave without it.
Placing the pieces into a jacket pocket, she pushed on. Deeper and deeper into the rubble she tunneled until suddenly a smell hit her nose like a freight train, smoke. Something was burning, and it was spreading fast. The wood frame of the house had become the kindling to a bonfire that she was squarely in the center of.
Her frantic digging became haphazard. She had to get to the pup's bedroom. She knew they’d be there, they all would be. Every time they had a nightmare they’d hide under their little beds. Bonny was certain that’s where she’d find them. So she dug. She dug while her paws bled and her lungs screamed from the smoke. She dug even as the heat of the fire began to become unbearable. She kept telling herself that they had to be there.
Bonny felt a bundle of fabric in her hand, she’d found something. Unable to see it through the smoke she put it up to her nose and took a deep smell, hoping against hope that it’d tell her something. It did, through the acrid smell of the smoke she smelled her son and daughter. Shoving the fabric into her jacket she kept digging, but the heat was too much. Her lungs screamed for fresh air and her fur was burnt in patches across every exposed limb, she had to get out. Bonny stumbled through the tunnel she had dug getting there as flames licked her jacket.
Bursting out into the cool air Bonny turned to look at what was left of her home. It was a flaming ruin. So many memories of everyone she loved, gone. Up in smoke before her very eyes. Reaching into her jacket she pulled out the fabric she had saved from the blaze. In her paws were a little tricorner hat and a tiny little red necktie.
At that moment Bonny thought back to what McCoy had said and she understood. She felt the soul-crushing thought of a life without her family and made her decision. She let out a miserable howl and drew her weapon, the very same silver pistol she had taken from McCoy not but an hour before.
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Boatswain pulled onto the road leading to Bailey’s house. The rubble was thick and the road was becoming nearly impassable, but still, they pressed on. The armored car drove over the lives and memories of entire families as they tried to reach their destination.
Both turned their heads as they heard a mournful howl, but before Boatswain could utter even a word of warning to Bailey he was out the door and tearing down the mess of a street. Turning the corner he saw her. Kneeling on what remained of their front porch was a scorched and bleeding Bonnie Red with a silver object pressed beneath her chin.
At 100 yards, the object came into focus. Dropping to all fours he ran faster than he ever had before. Bailey’s legs burned as he sprinted, but he wasn’t closing the distance quickly enough.
At 50 yards he saw Bonny’s whole body tense as she slipped her finger onto the trigger
At 30 yards he let out a desperate choked howl as put every ounce of willpower into making his legs move faster.
At 20 yards he saw her ear twitch, turning towards him at the sound of his howl.
At 10 yards he was just close enough to see the trigger move back as Bonny’s eyes opened in shock and recognition.
At 5 yards Bailey Walker saw the hammer make contact with the rear of the gun. The barrel of which was still firmly beneath the chin of his mate.
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In the bar of the Red Spark McCoy looked at the bartender as he polished the counter, while he and Sunny drank. There was a question burning in his mind, one that he hadn’t been able to shake since the bartender had lifted his hand from the firearm.
Deciding to break his impromptu vow of silence McCoy asked, “You knew, didn’t you? You knew what I wanted to do and you gave me the gun anyway. Why?”
Sunny cocked her head upon hearing the question before leveling a glare at the bartender and following it up with a question of her own, “Wait. You knew!? How could you risk McCoy’s life like that!? You irresponsible piece of shi…”
The bartender interrupted her rant before it could really begin saying, “Yes I knew. I’m no fool, McCoy. I knew exactly what you wanted to do with that gun. What I didn’t know was if you’d actually do it.”
Sunny was about to jump over the bar and begin strangling the bartender before he suddenly placed a small and thin metal rod on the table in front of her and McCoy as he continued to speak, “I was in your shoes once. It may have been centuries ago, but I remember that feeling more vividly than any other. I tried it too, a gun, not unlike yours. It took me all day and a lot of liquor to work myself up to do it. I put that damn thing up to my head and screamed to the heavens as I pulled the trigger, but when the hammer fell all I felt was regret. At that moment I realized I didn’t want to die, my family wouldn’t want me to die, but the cards were on the table and there wasn’t a thing I could do.”
The bartender took a breath and poured himself a drink before continuing to speak to the two Dlamisans entranced by the story, “Well, the hammer connected, and nothing happened. I was shocked and confused by my still being alive for days until I figured out what went wrong. You see, the former owner of the firearm kept them partially disassembled, and in my haste to die, I’d forgotten to put the firing pin in.”
The bartender paused and sipped from his glass before finishing, “I realized something that day. Sometimes you don’t remember what you have until you leave it behind. I gave you that gun not to help you leave, but to give you the chance to come back.”
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Not going to lie. I really felt like a bull in a china shop trying to write this. It was tough to write and I honestly just couldn't think of a suitable ending for nearly a week. I hope I did it justice.
On a recommendation of a friend, I made a ko-fi. If you'd like to fuel my caffeine addiction to make the words flow faster, that'd be the way to do it. Also, I'll try to post a link to a google drive folder with all the parts of the story there. Of course, it will stay free here, but it'll be more compiled there.
Thank you all for your comments and support throughout the story. This wouldn't have been possible without y'all.

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I am from Changchun, China, and I am 74 years old. My husband passed away a few years ago. My daughter and I are interdependent. She suffered from schizophrenia for 23 years.
Today I brought my daughter to Hong Kong to attend the Dharma Convention sponsored by Master Lu. I would like to ask you all to bear witness to this: after I practised Citta Dharma Door taught by Master Lu and recited the Little House, my daughter, who had schizophrenia for 23 years, was completely cured. It was the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva and the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Master Lu who saved my whole family and my daughter. I sincerely appreciate the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva and the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Master Jun Hong Lu for saving my family and my daughter.
My daughter’s name is Jing Ma. While on her way home from school in 1988, two months before she graduated from middle school, she was robbed of her school bag. When she got home, she cried and screamed. She held her head and said, "My head was ripped off". She had such a headache that she hit the wall. After graduating from middle school, she could not take the entrance test to high school. She stayed at home and was distracted all day, running away in the middle of the night, into the dark woods. The police patrol found her and sent her back.
Her condition got worse day by day. When she faced the window during the day, her hands were always stroking and her mouth was muttering something. She threw things around the house, smashed them when she wanted to, and stayed up all night. I took her to see a doctor at the First Hospital of Jilin University. The diagnosis was schizophrenia, which was also called hysteria. So I started to see witch doctors, Chinese doctors and Western doctors, and treated her for some time, but nothing worked.
We were advised to go to a temple and take refuge in Buddhism. In 1992, we took refuge in Triple Gem of the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha at the temple in Changchun. We worshiped Buddha, chanted Buddha, and prayed to Buddha and Bodhisattvas for blessings. On the first and fifteenth days of every lunar month, I took her to the temple to attend the Dharma Convention, to write repenting words to ascend spirits of the dead, to set up memorial tablets and to make offerings to the spirits.
In June 2002, my husband became seriously ill. I had to take care of both my husband and Jing Ma at the same time. A Buddhist friend found that it was too difficult for me to manage alone, and introduced us to a hospice in Huinan County, where Jing's father died in October 2002. The laypersons (A layperson is someone who believes in Buddhism, upholds the five precepts, and practices the ten good deeds and who has not left the home-life.) and and leaders there took great care of us. They helped me to look after Jing. To prevent her from running away, they tied her hands and feet with ropes. Everyone took shifts to watch her during the day and night. I lived there for six years. I didn't dare to go home because I couldn't take care of her alone, and I didn't dare to leave her alone.
Prior to the Spring Festival of 2007, I wanted to take her to Changchun to celebrate the New Year at home. We arrived home on the 26th of the lunar month, and she started smashing things on the 27th. I thought it was impossible to stay at home. On the 28th day of the lunar month, I took her to the Guangshan Hospice in Changchun to spend the New Year time. After the New Year, a Buddhist group from Harbin came to Guangshen Hospice and held a Dharma Convention. I and everyone else were busy writing repenting words. While we were not paying attention, Jing Ma went away again. Near the automobile factory, Jing was recognized by General Manager Ning's sister of Guangshan Hospice. She took a taxi to send Jing back. Otherwise, Jing would have been lost.
On March 28, 2008, at 3:30 p.m., Jing ran away again from the Jile Hospice in Chaoyang Town, Huinan County. In the fifth day after she went missing, she was found at more than 50 kilometers from the Jile Hospice.
In July 2008, despite my advice, Jing wanted to go home. She threatened not to eat and to go on a hunger strike. She said: “after we get home, you find me a medical treatment.” In August 30, we returned home at Changchun.
On the first day of the sixth lunar month in 2010, I took her to attend the Transcending Convention at the Yangs’ place of enlightenment to take a refuge in the Triple Gem for spirits. When the Convention was over, a layperson of Jilin asked the abbot, "Do you still have some Little Houses here?" The abbot replied, "Let me take a look. "Then, the abbot found two Little Houses. That's how I saw the Little Houses for the first time.
After leaving the place of enlightenment, I went to Peace World to engrave a CD, and I saw a lady (Translator’s note: This lady is probably Dharma practitioner Ms. He. To facilitate expression, I will use “He” to stand for this lady) engraving one there as well. Ms. He was so pretty, I thought she must have offered flowers to the Buddha in her previous life. She happened to be talking about the Little House, so I asked her what the "Little House" was. She said, "Your daughter seems to have a typical spiritual disease." At the time, I didn't understand what she meant by spiritual disease and asked her for clarification. She answered, "A ghost occupied one’s body!" She continued, "The only way to cure your daughter's illness is to recite the 'Little House'." Upon hearing her say it so confidently, I asked, "Can I recite the Little House?" She said, "If you want to recite and want your daughter to get well, I can't tell you in one or two sentences here. I give you my phone number. If you come to me, your daughter will be really saved."
As soon as I parted with Ms. He, Jing played with me on the road. I had a hard time getting her home. After I got home, I was thinking: Despite not knowing Ms. He before, what she said was so sure I must try. The next day I went to Ms. He's house. She gave me a detailed introduction to the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door taught by Master Lu and instructed me how to recite the Little House. I respectfully took the book, CD, and blank Little House home.
The second day after I got home, I filled in the headings of 108 Little Houses and began to recite the "Little House" for the karmic creditor of Jing. I recited for half a month, but the effect on my daughter was not obvious because she was still throwing tantrums and smashing things. I called Ms. He. She told me, "You have to pray Guan Yin Bodhisattva to recall the soul of Jing Ma, and pray Bodhisattva to communicate with the spirit in Jing’s body to persuade it to leave Jing's body and go to a good place." I did as Ms. He said. There was an immediate effect on Jing, and it was becoming increasingly evident as time progressed.
There is one thing I must confess. A few days before I met Ms. He, I took Jing to the home of a layperson who is a surgical doctor. At that time, the spirit in Jing's body came down and attached itself to that layperson’s body and said, "I am Xiaocui Ma, Jing Ma's aunt, and I died early (I heard from my family that Xiaocui Ma died very young.)." By that time, I had no idea this message was important, so I didn't tell Ms. He. Later, after Ms. He learned the name of the spirit, she told me to fill out 21 Little Houses immediately, titled: "To Jing Ma’s Aunt Xiaocui Ma." Ms. He said, "In order to achieve a desired result, it's best to pay off the debt using spirit's name." As expected, burning the Little Houses this time has had a particularly noticeable effect on Jing Ma.
Previously, Jing took three pills, now reduced one. Moreover, she does no need to take medicine during the day, just take two capsules at night before going to bed. Every day, Jing sings joyfully, and her mood is much better. I do my morning recitation without stopping every day: Great Compassion Mantra 7 times, Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance Text 7 times, Heart Sutra 7 times, Cundi Dharani 21 times, Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots 21 times, and Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra 21 times. After that, I proceeded to recite for my daughter the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance Text 7 times, Heart Sutra 7 times, Great Compassion Mantra 7 times, and Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots 21 times. After breakfast, I began to recite the Little Houses.
Since June 2010, I have recited a total of 433 Little Houses to Jing’s creditor. The Little Houses made the child happy, and she did not lose her temper any more. She knew to hold my hand on the street, afraid that I fell down, and helped me to carry things. She could spend money to buy things now. She knew to serve me food and gave up her seat to me. This is something that has never been done in the past 23 years. My confidence in reciting Little House increased as my child improved day by day. The Little House is so effective, and Master Lu's teachings, the Citta Dharma Door, are invaluable. Until my heart stops and I can no longer recite, I will keep reciting.
As a result, I have been able to stay home and live a normal life after 23 years of torture. It is the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva who saved my daughter! It is the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Master Lu who saved my family. In 2011, I will continue to release beings. I made a vow to take Jing to return the Ji Le Hospice in Chaoyang Township, Huinan County when the time is right. As they know the past of Jing's, I will show them the present of Jing's. Since there are more than ten mental patients there, I will introduce them to Master Lu's Citta Dharma Door to save those children, so that they can get rid of suffering and gain happiness soon. Wherever I go, I will bring the teachings of Master Lu to save more sentient beings.
Over the last 20 years, the 2011 Spring Festival has been the happiest year of my life. On New Year's Eve, my daughter-in-law picked us up to go to my son's house for a reunion. My daughter was also very happy. She said, “The house is neatly cleaned, nothing is missing. Look at how well my sister-in-law lives.” When I saw that my daughter was like a normal person, the stone that had been hanging in my heart for 23 years finally fell to the ground and my heart was finally at peace. Now I don't go anywhere. I stay at home practicing the Dharma of Master Lu, reciting the scriptures and the Little House.
The above is my personal experience: A person who suffered from mental illness for 23 years has been cured. This is my experience of studying Master Lu's teachings and reciting the Little House, which I would like to share with you. I hope my presentation will encourage parents to take confident steps to save their mentally ill children. Have faith, don't give up, don't fret, don't be confused, and don't feel helpless, because we have a life-saving Master Lu! Master Jun Hong Lu and Guan Yin Bodhisattva can save us no matter what happens if we follow Master Lu and practice well.
I am grateful to Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva, Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Master Jun Hong Lu, and I am grateful to layperson He, who guided me into Citta Dharma Door. I am also grateful to my fellow practitioners and kind people who have supported me over the past 20 years.
Presenter: Mom of Jing Ma
Translator: Frank
From Master Lu's Blog 2014-04-26 18:58:40
Statement by Translator
Story was translated by meaning, not word by word. If there is anything that is not rational or in line with the true meaning of the Chinese version, I’d like to seek forgiveness from the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva, all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Dharma protectors and Master Jun Hong Lu.
原文如下：
23年的精神分裂症的女儿治好了
我来自长春，今年74岁。老伴前几年去世了，我和得了23年的精神分裂症的女儿相依为命。今天我把我的女儿领到香港参加台长的法会，我想请大家亲眼给我作见证，我学台长的法门念小房子后，我得了23年精神分裂症女儿的病全好了，是大慈大悲的观世音菩萨、是大慈大悲卢台长救了我的全家和我的女儿，我真诚地感谢大慈大悲救苦救难广大灵感观世音菩萨、感谢大慈大悲救苦救难的卢军宏台长！
我的女儿叫马晶，在1988年中学还有两个月就毕业了的一天，在下学回家的路上被劫道抢书包受了惊吓，回家是又哭又闹，捧着脑袋说：“脑袋叫人给揪去了” 头痛得撞墙。中学毕业了没能去考高中。呆在家里，整天是魂不守舍，三更半夜往外跑，跑到伸手不见五指的树林里，警察巡逻发现把她送回来。病情一天比一天严重。白天面对窗户，手总是在笔划，不知嘴里嘟嘟囔囔的在说些什么。家里的东西说扔就扔，说砸就砸，晚上整夜不睡觉。我领着她到我们长春的医大一院去看病，诊断结果是精神分裂症；又说是癔病。于是我开始找神医，找中医，找西医，治疗了一段时间，却什么效果都没有。
有人劝我们上庙去皈依佛门。1992年在我们长春的寺庙作三皈依。拜佛、念佛、祈求佛菩萨保佑。每到初一，十五我就领她去庙里，参加法会，写疏超度，立牌位，供奉亡灵。
在2002年6月，我老伴病重，我又照顾他，又照顾马晶，有个佛友看我一个人实在太难了，管不过来，介绍我们去了辉南县有个安养院。2002年10月马晶她爸去世。那里的居士、领导对我们母女很关心和照顾，帮助我看护我的女儿，怕她往外跑，拿绳子把她手和脚绑上，黑天白天轮班看护。我一住就是六个年头，我不敢回家，我一个人照顾不了她，一步都不赶撒手。在2007年春节，我想领着女儿回长春家里过个年吧。腊月二十六到家，二十七就开砸。我看这年在家是过不了，腊月二十八我领她去长春广善安养院过的年。年后，一个哈尔滨主办团队来到广善安养院做中峯三时系念大法会，我和大家都忙着写疏，一撒手，她又出走了，她走到汽车厂附近那地方，被广善安养院宁总的妹妹认了出来了；就打车把她送回来了，不然就走丢了。
在2008年3月28日那天下午3点半钟，在辉南县朝阳镇极乐安养院一撒手她又出走了，走出一百多里地后的第五天才找到。
在2008年7月马晶说啥也要回家，不吃饭菜，绝食。说：回家你给我看病，8月30日我们回到长春家里。
在2010年农历六月初一那天，我领孩子去杨家道场给灵性作三皈依超度法会。法会结束后一位吉林的居士问道场住持，你这还有没有小房子？住持说：我给你找找看，于是找了两张小房子，我就这样第一次看到了小房子。我从道场走出来去和平大世界刻光碟，看见一位女士也在那刻光碟。我心想这位女士长得这么漂亮，一定是前生在佛前供了花，她恰好在讲小房子的事，我就问她念“小房子”是怎么回事？这位女士说：“我看你女儿身上是典型的灵性病，”当时我不懂，问她啥叫灵性病，她说：“就是鬼附身呐！”她说，“只有念‘小房子’是唯一能治好你女儿病的办法。”我听她说得这么肯定，就说：“小房子我能念啊。”她说：“如果你想念、想让你女儿病好，我一句两句说不清，我给你一个电话，你要是来找我，你女儿是真的有救了，”和那个人一分手，马晶在路上就和我耍了起来，好不容易才把她弄回家。回家后我在想，这个人我不认不识，她说得这么肯定我一定要试试。第二天我去了那位居士家，她详细地给我介绍了卢台长的法门，并告诉我小房子怎么念，我走时拿了书、光碟、小房子。第二天我就填上了108张小房子，开始给马晶的要经者念“小房子”。念了半个月效果不太明显，马晶还是发脾气、砸东西，我给那个居士打电话，她告诉我“要给马晶叫魂，让我求菩萨和马晶身上的灵性沟通劝她离开马晶的身体去个好地方。”我按她说的去做，马上效果就不一样了，一天一个变化。在没认识那个居士的前几天，我领着马晶去了一个看外科病的居士家，当时马晶身上的灵性下来附在那个人身上，“她说她是马晶早亡的姑姑马小翠，”（听家里人说马小翠是很小死的）我当时不懂，也没和那个居士说，后来她知道了，告诉我马上填21张小房子，“敬赠马晶姑姑马小翠。”她说：“写上灵性名字一对一的还债效果更好。”这次我在烧完小房子后马晶的效果特别明显。吃三粒药减掉一粒，白天不用吃药了，晚上睡前吃两粒。人也高兴了，心情也好多了，每天还唱呵呵的。我每天早课不间断，大悲咒七遍，礼佛大忏悔文七遍，心经七遍，准提神咒二十一遍，解结咒二十一遍，往生净土神咒二十一遍，这是我每天的功课；之后我接着给女儿念礼佛大忏悔文七遍，心经七遍，大悲咒七遍，解结咒二十一遍，饭后时间念小房子。
从2010年6月份至今，我给马晶一共念了433张小房子，小房子念得孩子开心了，也不发脾气了，上街知道拉着我手，怕我摔倒了，还能帮我拿东西。会花钱、会买东西了，知道给我盛饭、给我让座，这是23年里从来没有过的，我看着孩子一天天的好起来，就使我更增加了念小房子的信心。小房子真灵验，卢台长的法门太好了，我要不停地念下去，念到我的心跳停止不能念了为止。从此，我结束了23年有家不能回的日子，过上了正常人的生活。是大慈大悲救苦救难的观世音菩萨救了我的女儿，是大慈大悲的卢军宏台长救了我们全家。2011年我会继续放生，并许愿在合适的时候回到辉南县朝阳镇极乐安养院，因为他们了解过去的马晶，我再让他们看看现在的马晶，我把台长的法门介绍给他们，去救度那里的患儿（那里有十多个精神病患者），使他们早日离苦得乐，早日康复。我走到哪里，就会把卢台长的法门带到哪里，去救度更多的有缘众生。
2011年的春节是我二十多年来过得最快乐的一年。大年三十儿媳来接我们去儿子家过个团圆年，我女儿也很高兴，她说，看我嫂子多会过日子，家里收拾得多好，什么都不缺，看到女儿和正常人一样，在我心里悬挂着23年的这块大石头终于落地了，我的心里终于踏实了。我现在哪也不去了，在家修卢台长的法门，念经，念小房子。以上就是我的亲身经历，一个得了23年的精神病患者好了，这就是我学习卢台长的法门，念小房子的经过，说出来给大家分享，希望能够唤起有精神病患者家长对孩子救度的信心。坚定信心、不要放弃、不要发愁、不要困惑、也不要无奈，因为我们有个救命的卢台长啊！你只要跟着卢台长好好修行，无论什么事情观世音菩萨、卢军宏台长都能救我们。
我感恩大慈大悲救苦救难的观世音菩萨，感恩大慈大悲的卢军宏台长，也感恩把我领进这个法门的贺居士。同时也感恩那些二十多年来给我帮助的同修及好心人。
来自台长的博客
(2014-04-26 18:58:40)
分享人：马晶妈妈