usually offered in different colors, solid black, solid red, etc. can’t find them anymore, ordered them in my first and only haul 4 years ago

Hello,
I have been reviewing and updating our budget recently and it has me feeling a little nervous. My job matches 4% and I put 4% in, my wife's job does not match anything and we do not put into it. The things that make me most nervous are that we purchased this house towards the end of 2020 and got the golden interest rate. We have been trying for a baby, which is why my wife's Dr visits/medication is so high (we have not been fortunate in this area). I have been applying to other jobs, but they either have lots of travel or moving locations attached with them. Since we are trying for a baby, I don't need to be travelling too much so that knocks most travel jobs out. And although we are not completely against moving, our rent would potentially go up and my mother in law is close to retirement (she could retire now) and said she would retire if she had something to do, giving us cheap childcare.
I recently applied to a job that triples my drive distance daily (40 miles to 120 miles) that pays more and it is hourly with overtime potential. Base pay is $85,000 a year and I make about $75,000 currently so I thinking that 10k a year may not be worth the extra gas, car wear, and extra commuting time, but the position may be 4x10s (new position, still working out the schedule) and the potential overtime makes it more attractive.
Just wanting some advice on any of this. I posted our budget down below. Our vacation allocation is rather high I think, but with our dogs not doing well on long car rides or no pets allowed vacations. we have had to board them before. You will also notice that there is about $1400 not accounted for in the budget, this is due to we were saving up for contractor projects.
Thank you.
Monthly Budget:

• Wife's Monthly Income: $2,950.00
• My Monthly Income: $4,590.00

Total Monthly Income: $7,540.00
Expenses:

• Electric: $180.00
• Internet: $50.00
• Netflix/Hulu: $11.00
• Water: $40.00
• My Roth IRA: $270.00
• Wife's Roth IRA: $270.00
• Student Loans: $164.00
• Car payment: $303.00
• Car insurance: $165.00
• Gas: $300.00
• My phone: $42.00
• Wife's phone: $68.00
• Pest Control Service: $33.00
• Mower: $97.00
• House payment: $1,344.00
• Groceries: $500.00
• Dog treats: $10.00
• Flea meds: $75.00
• Dog 1 food: $30.00
• Dog 2 food: $55.00
• Dog 3 food: $55.00
• Dogs nails: $30.00
• My Dr.: $10.00
• Wife meds/Dr.: $466.00
• My hair: $10.00
• Wife hair: $63.00
• Termite plan: $210.00
• DIY House projects: $110.00
• My Clothes: $25.00
• Miscellaneous: $100.00
• Wife Fun: $216.00
• My Fun: $200.00
• Gift money: $150.00
• Vacation money: $400.00
• Dine Out: $140.00

Total Monthly Expenses: $6,143.00

Hey KS!!! 🔪 ❤️
I’m wanting to do some sales today, but I’d consider a trade for a Spyderco Endela in k390 or a Kizer Mad Tanto in green Micarta.
Progressive Discounts: 5% off 2 items, 10% off 3 items, 15% off 4 items, 20% off 5 items, or YOLO Everything that’s left and take off 30%
First YOLO takes it… message or chat me after to set up payment/shipping details. Open to reasonable offers, especially if buying multiple items.
PayPal Friends and Family (PPFF) preferred - NO NOTES (I can also do Zelle as a second option).
I ship USPS (typically the next day), and provide tracking information.
❌I’ll mark items as GONE if they are no longer available. GONE❌
Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/OISs6PD

Sog Kiku XR SV:135 (or 140 if you want me to send the giant box it came in) / TV: 190

1st owner - not cut, carried, or sharpened - comes with left and right hand clips - green g10 and cryo CTS XHP https://imgur.com/a/YgqzVUt

Discontinued Kubey Tarzan SV:75 / TV: 90

titanium frame lock aus10 - very light use (cut some papeenvelopes) comes with box - second owner (small black mark on backspacer… came like this - see photos for specifics) - second owner Photos: https://imgur.com/a/TDP5VHY Video: https://imgur.com/a/R4UtN2Z

Remette aka QYGMGS GD22K SV: 29

new in box, blacked out - D2 and G10 - first owner https://imgur.com/a/UuAMZFg

Boker Kalashnikov SV:35

2nd owner - auto - Aus 8 lightly carried - black/black - flies open - 2nd owner https://imgur.com/a/ZnbMgQc

Honey Badger SV:30

tan with 8Cr13MoV - 2nd plus owner - light carry - no box https://imgur.com/a/vIyLAVN

Ferrum Forge Mini Archbishop SV:55

9cr18mov Steel - factory edge - great condition except with small scratch on g10 on show side - no box - 2nd plus owner https://imgur.com/a/gZAEnQv

Civivi Altus SV:59

button lock - G10 and Nitro V - like new, with box and pouch - 2nd owner https://imgur.com/a/781ZxeM

Civivi Elementum SV:49

button lock - Micarta with stonewashed 14c28n - like new, no box or pouch - 2nd owner https://imgur.com/a/j7j5mAj

Kizer Quatch SV:55

New in box - first owner - not cut, carried, or disassembled - red linen Micarta with brass backspacer - n690 https://imgur.com/a/6rWLWAW

CJRB Feldspar SV:29

brown g10 and D2 - 2nd plus owner - like new in box https://imgur.com/a/jmki3ca

Spyderco Endura SV:65

great condition - tan aftermarket clip - sent to BGM by prior owner to get a regrind - this is super thin and slicey (but not used since regrind) - VG10 - no box or papers - 2nd owner https://imgur.com/a/3bLLk5I

Boker Castle Burg (Schloss Burg Castle) SV:179/TV:259

This is the Club model (slipjoint) - New in box - not carried, cut, or modified - comes with all original paperwork and box - Number 040/1133 (1133 is the year the castle was finished that the scales are from) - Information about the Castle Burg Series and stats for this knife: https://www.bokerusa.com/club-knife-castle-burg-113909 Photos: https://imgur.com/a/jwj8mId

BGS Customized Victorinox fixed blade SV:25

2nd owner - used by prior owner - still very sharp - stainless steel - custom tsukamaki wrap (the wraps alone are 49 on Etsy) - sheath included with ranger bands for easy deployment https://imgur.com/a/XyXhYCL

ToNife Gent-H Paring Knife SV:20

2nd owner - solid pairing knife with nice kydex sheath and cord - strong bolster construction - high polished blade - 5Cr15MoV - light use https://imgur.com/a/FJA21Qt

M_S_Barker (on IG) copper utility knife SV:25

2nd owner - handmade - skull on one side and stars on the other side - replaceable blade - great condition https://imgur.com/a/rDMxXPN

Brass DC Bottle Opener SV:45

comes with ACEdc pouch https://imgur.com/a/p3x9Yid

Top DZ Metal Toys Brass topB SV:115

lightly used brass fidget slider - only 50 made in this configuration - comes with OG box Photos: https://imgur.com/a/lamRiw8 and Video: https://imgur.com/a/DVTm9UM

Muyi Soundwave Nano SV:85

(stonewashed stainless steel with serial number 231) - new - first owner - comes with extra hardware, screwdriver, and stickers - I’m attaching a video of the same type of fidget, but made in brass (the one you are purchasing is the stainless steel version that is still sealed in the packaging from the manufacturer) Link to Etsy with additional detail on this item: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1290465714/muyi-cyber-mecha-sound-wave-nano-fidget Photos and Video: https://imgur.com/a/GjRjr7y

Porsche Carbon Fiber Pen SV:29

Rollerball carbon fiber pen (ink cartridge is replaceable) - not carried, but has been used to write a few post it notes https://imgur.com/a/xAAolJ8

5 Patches and 2 Pouches SV:29

all are new, unused - The pouches are small slips made of leather. The patches are all Velcro backed https://imgur.com/a/gSrQmRl

Buck 263 HiLine SV: Free if you let me know you want it and buy at least 3 other items

Like new - 2nd owner - no box https://imgur.com/a/XdOd4Uq
Thanks for looking!

So there was this webtoon comic and it involves a girl with black hair and a guy with silver hair. She was going to commit suicide on a bridge leaving a note. The silver haired guy who wears a mask because of his scars finds it and runs to the bridge to save her and he stops her from commiting the suicide. The guy is on medication but he doesn't take as much as he needs because "other people might need it". The webtoon has 2 different stories involving the same people. The 2nd webtoon involve the girl's friend who has black hair, red eyes and tattoos. It was around 2019-2020 when I found the webtoon but now I don't remember much. I really want to find these webtoons because it involves recovery so if someone knows the title it would be great. I only remember it starts with a C lol

Open to all reasonable offers! Shipping starts at $5 for the US and may increase with the weight. International, please pm me. FREE shipping on orders $50 or more! I will ship all items within 1 business day. BNIB = Brand New in Box.
Please don’t hesitate to ask me any questions or request additional photos! :)
Verification
All items are brand new
Lips

• Too Faced Lady Bold Cream Lipstick Color: Lady Bold - true red -BNIB- $22
  
• Too Faced Lady Bold Waterproof Longwear Lip Liner Color: Lady Bold - rich blue red -BNIB- $16
  
• Yves Saint Laurent Tatouage Couture Liquid Matte Lip Stain Color: 21 Burgundy Instinct -BNIB- $28
  
• Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipstick in shade Walk Of No Shame -BNIB- $26
  
• Gwen Stefani High-Performance Lipstick in shade Original Recipe -BNIB- $16
  
• MOB Lipstick Rouge a levres -BNIB- $18
  
• NEW Marc Jacob Enamored (With Pride) Hydrating Lip Gloss Stick in Shade 572 Coming Out -BNIB- $15
  
• NEW Lancome L’absolu Mmademoiselle Balm Lipstick in Shade 003 Plumpink -BNIB- $22
  
• Tower 28 Beauty JuiceBalm Tinted Lip Balm in Mix -Brand New- $15
  
• Drunk Elephant Lippe Balm -Brand New- $13
  
• Whish Pink Champagne Lip Balm -Brand New- $10
  
• Pat McGrath Labs Lip Fetish Balm Tin Color: Clear-transparent -BNIB- $16
  
• Danessa Myricks Colorfix Eye, Cheek & Lip Cream Pigment Color: Chocolate -BNIB- $10
  

Eyes and Brows

• Pat McGrath MTHRSHP Sublime Bronze Ambition Eye Palette -Swatched once- $40
  
• Anastasia Beverly Hills Norvina Pro Pigment Palette Vol. 3 for Face & Body -BNIB- $50
  
• Viseart Neutral Mattes Milieu Palette -BNIB- $64
  
• bareMinerals MINERALIST Lasting Eyeliner in Onyx -Brand New- $14
  
• L’Oréal Paris Infallible Grip 36 Hour Eyeliner in shade Intense Black -BNIB- $7
  
• Grande Cosmetics GrandeLASH - MD Lash Enhancing Serum -BNIB- $40
  
• Grande Cosmetics GrandeMASCARA Conditioning Peptide Mascara -BNIB- $19
  
• ModelCo Metallic Eyeshadow Trio in Mykonos -BNIB- $4
  
• Wayne Goss The Luxury Eye Palette Tourmaline-BNIB- $42
  
• NEW ILIA In Frame Clear Eyebrow Gel -BNIB- $18
  

Face

• Lancome Teint Idole Ultra Wear Care and Glow Foundation in Shade 230W -BNIB- $35 $50
  
• Fenty Pro Filt’r Hydrating Longwear Foundation in shade 220 -BNIB- $19
  
• YSL All Hours Concealer in shade 0.5 vanilla -BNIB- $28
  
• Hourglass Vanish Flash Highlighting Stick in Bronze Flash -BNIB- $37
  
• Milk Makeup Color Chalk Multi-Use Powder Pigment in Hopscotch -Brand New- $12
  
• Huda Beauty Glow Coco Hydrating Mist -BNIB- $28
  
• Iconic London Sheer Bronze Liquid Bronzer in Caramel Glow -Brand New- $14 $19
  
• Grande Cosmetics GrandeGLOW Plumping Liquid Highlighter in Gilded Rose -BNIB- $15 $18
  
• LXMI Nilotica Goddess Glow Hydrating Rose Gold Highlighter -Brand New- $22 28
  

Skincare

• Byroe Fig Renewal Oil -Used 2x- $8
  
• Hero Lightening Wand Dark Spot Serum -BNIB- $15
  
• Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask -BNIB- $35
  
• Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Sukari Babyfacial -Brand New- $62
  
• Drunk Elephant F-Balm Electrolyte Waterfacial Mask -Brand New- $42
  
• Drunk Elephant Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser -Brand New- $25
  
• Drunk Elephant C-Tango Multivitamin Eye Cream -Brand New- $45
  
• Drunk Elephant Wonderwild Miracle Butter -Brand New- $30
  
• NEW Elemis Peptide4 Overnight Radiance Peel -BNIB- $60
  
• Origins Checks and Balances Frothy Face Wash -Brand New- $18
  
• W3LL PEOPLE Juice Cleanse Soothing Aloe Face Cleanser -BNIB- $14
  
• OLEHENRIKSEN PHAT Glow Facial Mask -Brand New- $40
  
• GOOPGLOW 5% Glycolic Acid Overnight Glow Peel Light - 4-Pack -BNIB- $35
  
• Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Exfoliating Body Treatment Peel Size: 8 -BNIB- $44
  
• Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Stress SOS Eye Cream with Niacinamide -BNIB- $45
  
• Dr. Dennis Gross All-Physical Lightweight Wrinkle Defense Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 30 -Brand New- $20
  
• Dermstore Daily Mineral Sunscreen Sheer Tint Broad Spectrum SPF 40 -BNIB- $28
  
• Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Cream Sunscreen SPF 30 -Brand New- $24
  
• First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream Intense Hydration -Brand New- $10
  
• Olay Regenerist Vitamin C + Peptide 24 Face Moisturizer -BNIB- $20
  
• Olay Regenerist Collagen Peptide 24 Face Moisturizer -BNIB- $20
  
• Sephora Collection All Day Hydrator- Hydrate & Glow Moisturizer -BNIB- $10
  
• 111SKIN Rose Gold Radiance Booster -BNIB- $40
  
• Dr. Barbara Sturm Glow Drops -BNIB- $99
  
• Obagi Medical ELASTIderm Neck And Decollete Concentrate -BNIB- $98 $120
  
• glo skin beauty anti stress cbd drops -BNIB- $30 $40
  
• Dr. Brandt Skincare pores no more VACUUM CLEANER pore purifying mask -Brand New -$32
  
• Verso Super Eye Serum -Brand New- $36
  
• Context Vitamin C All Day Eye Cream- Brand New- $18
  
• Josie Maran Argan Oil -BNIB- $35
  
• Intelligent Nutrients Refining Micro Polish -BNIB- $20
  
• Sephora Collection Sleeping Mask in Coconut Water: Soothing and Moisturizing -BNIB- $2
  

DS Samples and Travel Size Items All Brand New
Lips

• Too Faced Lip Injection Maximum Plump -Brand New- $12
  
• NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in shade Dolce Vita -BNIB- $12
  
• YSL Tatouage Couture Velvet Cream Liquid Lipstick in Shade 216- Nude Emblem -Brand New- $9
  
• Bite Beauty Mini Power Move Lip Crayon in Nonino -Brand New- $9
  

Face

• Milk Makeup Hydrogrip Primer -BNIB- $13
  
• Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray -Brand New- $18
  
• Bite Beauty Changemaker Skin-Optimizing Primer -BNIB- $5
  

Eyes and Brows

• Grande Cosmetics Mini GrandeLash Peptide Enhancing Serum -Brand New- $18
  
• REALHER Dreams So Big Eyeshadow Duo in Imagine & Ambition -Brand New- $4
  
• Gucci L’Obscur Lengthening Mascara -Brand New on Card- $4
  
• IT COSMETICS Superhero Mascara in Black -Brand New- $7
  
• ILIA Fullest Volumizing Mascara -BNIB- $9
  

Fragrance

• NEW FULL SIZE Nest Indigo Eau De Parfum -BNIB- $68
  
• Versace Dylan Turquoise Eau de Toilette -Brand New- $10
  

Hair Care

• Full Size ALTERNA Haircare CAVIAR Anti-Aging Replenishing Moisture CC Cream -Brand New- $30
  
• Full Size dpHUE Gloss+ Dark Brown -Brand New- $29
  
• Full Size Neuma reNeu scalp therapy -Brand New- $16
  
• Full Size Drybar Southern Belle Volume-Boosting Root Lifter -Brand New- $25
  
• Gisou Propolis Infused Heat Protecting Spray -Brand New- $8
  

MISC

• Drunk Elephant Sweet Pitti Deodorant Cream -Brand New- $8 $10

Everything in my inventory is up for trade. The most valuable items are listed here, the rest you can find in My Inventory

Feel free to Add Me or even better send a Trade Offer. Open for any suggestions: upgrades, downgrades / knives, gloves, skins / stickers, patterns, floats.

All Buyouts are listed in cash value.

KNIVES

★ Butterfly Knife Freehand FN #1, B/O: $2500

★ Butterfly Knife Ultraviolet FT, B/O: $822

★ Butterfly Knife Scorched FT, B/O: $616

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★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth MW #1, B/O: $1300

★ Bayonet Autotronic FN, B/O: $1050

★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth MW, B/O: $629

★ Bayonet Bright Water FT, B/O: $326

★ Bayonet Safari Mesh BS, B/O: $233

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★ Karambit Lore FT, B/O: $1110

★ Karambit Damascus Steel FT, B/O: $840

★ Karambit Freehand MW, B/O: $784

★ Karambit Bright Water MW, B/O: $759

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★ M9 Bayonet Fade FN, B/O: $1801

★ M9 Bayonet Fade FN, B/O: $1801

★ M9 Bayonet Damascus Steel FN, B/O: $751

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★ Nomad Knife Fade FN, B/O: $1156

★ Nomad Knife Slaughter MW, B/O: $544

★ Nomad Knife Blue Steel WW, B/O: $318

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★ Flip Knife Marble Fade FN, B/O: $646

★ Flip Knife Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $574

★ Flip Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 1) MW, B/O: $552

★ Flip Knife Case Hardened FT, B/O: $257

★ Flip Knife Freehand FT, B/O: $255

★ StatTrak™ Flip Knife Bright Water FN, B/O: $287

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★ Huntsman Knife Lore FN, B/O: $461

★ Huntsman Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $436

★ Huntsman Knife Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $353

★ Huntsman Knife Autotronic FT, B/O: $212

★ Huntsman Knife Bright Water FT, B/O: $129

★ Huntsman Knife Forest DDPAT MW, B/O: $129

★ Huntsman Knife Forest DDPAT BS, B/O: $123

★ StatTrak™ Huntsman Knife Rust Coat BS, B/O: $127

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★ Bowie Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 2) FN, B/O: $375

★ Bowie Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $363

★ Bowie Knife Tiger Tooth FN, B/O: $269

★ Bowie Knife Crimson Web WW, B/O: $192

★ Bowie Knife Bright Water FN, B/O: $159

★ Bowie Knife Ultraviolet FT, B/O: $126

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★ Stiletto Knife Slaughter FN, B/O: $616

★ Stiletto Knife Crimson Web FT, B/O: $412

★ StatTrak™ Stiletto Knife Night Stripe FT, B/O: $227

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★ Falchion Knife Lore FT, B/O: $214

★ Falchion Knife Autotronic FT, B/O: $192

★ Falchion Knife Scorched WW, B/O: $105

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★ Survival Knife Crimson Web BS, B/O: $216

★ Survival Knife Case Hardened FT, B/O: $198

★ Survival Knife Scorched FT, B/O: $111

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★ Shadow Daggers Fade FN, B/O: $368

★ Shadow Daggers Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $228

★ Shadow Daggers, B/O: $201

★ Shadow Daggers Damascus Steel FT, B/O: $108

★ Shadow Daggers Ultraviolet FT, B/O: $105

★ Shadow Daggers Black Laminate FT, B/O: $99

★ Shadow Daggers Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $85

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★ Gut Knife Doppler (Sapphire) MW #1, B/O: $1700

★ Gut Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $223

★ Gut Knife Marble Fade FN, B/O: $203

★ Gut Knife Doppler (Phase 2) FN, B/O: $191

★ Gut Knife Case Hardened BS, B/O: $127

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★ Navaja Knife Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $199

★ Navaja Knife Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $199

★ Navaja Knife, B/O: $138

★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel FN, B/O: $111

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★ Classic Knife Urban Masked FT, B/O: $146

★ StatTrak™ Classic Knife Stained BS, B/O: $168

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★ Ursus Knife Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $476

★ Ursus Knife, B/O: $375

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★ Skeleton Knife, B/O: $1137

★ Talon Knife, B/O: $608

★ Paracord Knife, B/O: $305

★ Survival Knife Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $97

GLOVES

★ Moto Gloves Transport MW, B/O: $204

★ Moto Gloves Polygon BS, B/O: $142

★ Moto Gloves Blood Pressure BS, B/O: $84

★ Moto Gloves Blood Pressure BS, B/O: $84

★ Moto Gloves 3rd Commando Company BS, B/O: $63

★ Moto Gloves 3rd Commando Company BS, B/O: $63

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★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Kimono WW, B/O: $1215

★ Specialist Gloves Tiger Strike FT, B/O: $672

★ Specialist Gloves Lt. Commander FT, B/O: $305

★ Specialist Gloves Lt. Commander BS, B/O: $140

★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Web BS, B/O: $137

★ Specialist Gloves Buckshot FT, B/O: $75

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★ Driver Gloves Crimson Weave FT, B/O: $359

★ Driver Gloves Imperial Plaid BS, B/O: $229

★ Driver Gloves Overtake BS, B/O: $77

★ Driver Gloves Racing Green FT, B/O: $48

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★ Sport Gloves Omega FT, B/O: $739

★ Sport Gloves Amphibious BS #2, B/O: $733

★ Sport Gloves Arid BS, B/O: $292

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★ Hand Wraps Giraffe MW, B/O: $212

★ Hand Wraps Leather FT, B/O: $160

★ Hand Wraps Desert Shamagh MW, B/O: $101

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★ Broken Fang Gloves Yellow-banded MW, B/O: $185

★ Broken Fang Gloves Needle Point FT, B/O: $67

★ Broken Fang Gloves Needle Point WW, B/O: $59

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★ Hydra Gloves Case Hardened BS, B/O: $65

★ Hydra Gloves Emerald FT, B/O: $65

★ Hydra Gloves Emerald BS, B/O: $62

WEAPONS

AK-47 Case Hardened BS, B/O: $130

AK-47 Bloodsport MW, B/O: $79

AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76

AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76

AK-47 Bloodsport FT, B/O: $70

AK-47 Neon Rider MW, B/O: $60

StatTrak™ AK-47 Aquamarine Revenge FT, B/O: $72

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AWP Fade FN, B/O: $1039

AWP Asiimov FT, B/O: $139

AWP Asiimov FT, B/O: $139

AWP Wildfire MW, B/O: $95

AWP BOOM MW, B/O: $93

AWP BOOM MW, B/O: $93

AWP Duality FN, B/O: $81

AWP Asiimov BS, B/O: $79

AWP Asiimov BS, B/O: $79

AWP Chromatic Aberration FN, B/O: $60

StatTrak™ AWP Hyper Beast FT, B/O: $68

StatTrak™ AWP Hyper Beast FT, B/O: $68

StatTrak™ AWP Electric Hive FT, B/O: $55

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Desert Eagle Blaze FN, B/O: $623

Desert Eagle Emerald Jörmungandr FN, B/O: $241

Desert Eagle Cobalt Disruption FN, B/O: $81

Desert Eagle Cobalt Disruption FN, B/O: $81

Desert Eagle Cobalt Disruption FN, B/O: $81

Desert Eagle Printstream FT, B/O: $54

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M4A1-S Blue Phosphor FN, B/O: $434

StatTrak™ M4A1-S Bright Water MW, B/O: $55

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M4A4 Poseidon FN, B/O: $1465

M4A4 Asiimov BS, B/O: $55

M4A4 Hellfire MW, B/O: $50

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USP-S Kill Confirmed MW, B/O: $72

USP-S Printstream FT, B/O: $69

StatTrak™ USP-S Kill Confirmed FT, B/O: $139

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AUG Flame Jörmungandr FN, B/O: $234

P90 Run and Hide FT, B/O: $147

Five-SeveN Candy Apple FN, B/O: $61

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Knives - Bowie Knife, Butterfly Knife, Falchion Knife, Flip Knife, Gut Knife, Huntsman Knife, M9 Bayonet, Bayonet, Karambit, Shadow Daggers, Stiletto Knife, Ursus Knife, Navaja Knife, Talon Knife, Classic Knife, Paracord Knife, Survival Knife, Nomad Knife, Skeleton Knife, Patterns - Gamma Doppler, Doppler (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, Phase 4, Black Pearl, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald), Crimson Web, Lore, Fade, Ultraviolet, Night, Marble Fade (Fire & Ice, Fake FI), Case Hardened (Blue Gem), Autotronic, Slaughter, Black Laminate, Tiger Tooth, Boreal Forest, Scorched, Blue Steel, Vanilla, Damascus Steel, Forest DDPAT, Urban Masked, Freehand, Stained, Bright Water, Safari Mesh, Rust Coat, Gloves - Bloodhound Gloves (Charred, Snakebite, Guerrilla, Bronzed), Driver Gloves (Snow Leopard, King Snake, Crimson Weave, Imperial Plaid, Black Tie, Lunar Weave, Diamondback, Rezan the Red, Overtake, Queen Jaguar, Convoy, Racing Green), Hand Wraps (Cobalt Skulls, CAUTION!, Overprint, Slaughter, Leather, Giraffe, Badlands, Spruce DDPAT, Arboreal, Constrictor, Desert Shamagh, Duct Tape), Moto Gloves (Spearmint, POW!, Cool Mint, Smoke Out, Finish Line, Polygon, Blood Pressure, Turtle, Boom!, Eclipse, 3rd Commando Company, Transport), Specialist Gloves (Crimson Kimono, Tiger Strike, Emerald Web, Field Agent, Marble Fade, Fade, Foundation, Lt. Commander, Crimson Web, Mogul, Forest DDPAT, Buckshot), Sport Gloves (Pandora's Box, Superconductor, Hedge Maze, Vice, Amphibious, Slingshot, Omega, Arid, Big Game, Nocts, Scarlet Shamagh, Bronze Morph), Hydra Gloves (Case Hardened, Emerald, Rattler, Mangrove), Broken Fang Gloves (Jade, Yellow-banded, Unhinged, Needle Point), Pistols - P2000 (Wicked Sick, Ocean Foam, Fire Element, Amber Fade, Corticera, Chainmail, Imperial Dragon, Obsidian, Scorpion, Handgun, Acid Etched), USP-S (Printstream, Kill Confirmed, Whiteout, Road Rash, Owergrowth, The Traitor, Neo-Noir, Dark Water, Orion, Blueprint, Stainless, Caiman, Serum, Monster Mashup, Royal Blue, Ancient Visions, Cortex, Orange Anolis, Ticket To Hell, Black Lotus, Cyrex, Check Engine, Guardian, Purple DDPAT, Torque, Blood Tiger, Flashback, Business Class, Pathfinder, Para Green), Lead Conduit, Glock-18 (Umbral Rabbit, Fade, Candy Apple, Bullet Queen, Synth Leaf, Neo-Noir, Nuclear Garden, Dragon Tatto, Reactor, Pink DDPAT, Twilight Galaxy, Sand Dune, Groundwater, Blue Fissure, Snack Attack, Water Elemental, Brass, Wasteland Rebel, Vogue, Franklin, Royal Legion, Gamma Doppler, Weasel, Steel Disruption, Ironwork, Grinder, High Beam, Moonrise, Oxide Blaze, Bunsen Burner, Clear Polymer, Bunsen Burner, Night), P250 (Re.built, Nuclear Threat, Modern Hunter, Splash, Whiteout, Vino Primo, Mehndi, Asiimov, Visions, Undertow, Cartel, See Ya Later, Gunsmoke, Splash, Digital Architect, Muertos, Red Rock, Bengal Tiger, Crimson Kimono, Wingshot, Metallic DDPAT, Hive, Dark Filigree, Mint Kimono), Five-Seven (Neon Kimono, Berries And Cherries, Fall Hazard, Crimson Blossom, Hyper Beast, Nitro, Fairy Tale, Case Hardened, Copper Galaxy, Angry Mob, Monkey Business, Fowl Play, Anodized Gunmetal, Hot Shot, Retrobution, Boost Protocol), CZ75-Auto (Chalice, Crimson Web, Emerald Quartz, The Fuschia is Now, Nitro, Xiangliu, Yellow Jacket, Victoria, Poison Dart, Syndicate, Eco, Hexane, Pole, Tigris), Tec-9 (Rebel, Terrace, Nuclear Threat, Hades, Rust Leaf, Decimator, Blast From, Orange Murano, Toxic, Fuel Injector, Remote Control, Bamboo Forest, Isaac, Avalanche, Brother, Re-Entry, Blue Titanium, Bamboozle), R8 Revolver (Banana Cannon, Fade, Blaze, Crimson Web, Liama Cannon, Crazy 8, Reboot, Canal Spray, Night, Amber Fade), Desert Eagle (Blaze, Hand Cannon, Fennec Fox, Sunset Storm, Emerald Jörmungandr, Pilot, Hypnotic, Golden Koi, Printstream, Cobalt Disruption, Code Red, Ocean Drive, Midnight Storm, Kumicho Dragon, Crimson Web, Heirloom, Night Heist, Mecha Industries, Night, Conspiracy, Trigger Discipline, Naga, Directive, Light Rail), Dual Berettas (Flora Carnivora, Duelist, Cobra Strike, Black Limba, Emerald, Hemoglobin, Twin Turbo, Marina, Melondrama, Pyre, Retribution, Briar, Dezastre, Royal Consorts, Urban Shock, Dualing Dragons, Panther, Balance), Rifles - Galil (Aqua Terrace, Winter Forest, Chatterbox, Sugar Rush, Pheonix Blacklight, CAUTION!, Orange DDPAT, Cerberus, Dusk Ruins, Eco, Chromatic Aberration, Stone Cold, Tuxedo, Sandstorm, Shattered, Urban Rubble, Rocket Pop, Kami, Crimson Tsunami, Connexion), SCAR-20 (Fragments, Brass, Cyrex, Palm, Splash Jam, Cardiac, Emerald, Crimson Web, Magna Carta, Stone Mosaico, Bloodsport, Enforcer), AWP (Duality, Gungnir, Dragon Lore, Prince, Medusa, Desert Hydra, Fade, Lightning Strike, Oni Taiji, Silk Tiger, Graphite, Chromatic Aberration, Asiimov, Snake Camo, Boom, Containment Breach, Wildfire, Redline, Electric Hive, Hyper Beast, Neo-Noir, Man-o'-war, Pink DDPAT, Corticera, Sun in Leo, Elite Build, Fever Dream, Atheris, Mortis, PAW, Exoskeleton, Worm God, POP AWP, Phobos, Acheron, Pit Viper, Capillary, Safari Mesh), AK-47 (Head Shot, Wild Lotus, Gold Arabesque, X-Ray, Fire Serpent, Hydroponic, Panthera Onca, Case Hardened, Vulcan, Jet Set, Fuel Injector, Bloodsport, Nightwish, First Class, Neon Rider, Asiimov, Red Laminate, Aquamarine Revenge, The Empress, Wasteland Rebel, Jaguar, Black Laminate, Leet Museo, Neon Revolution, Redline, Frontside Misty, Predator, Legion of Anubis, Point Disarray, Orbit Mk01, Blue Laminate, Green Laminate, Emerald Pinstripe, Cartel, Phantom Disruptor, Jungle Spray, Safety Net, Rat Rod, Baroque Purple, Slate, Elite Build, Uncharted, Safari Mesh), FAMAS (Sundown, Prime Conspiracy, Afterimage, Commemoration, Dark Water, Spitfire, Pulse, Eye of Athena, Meltdown, Rapid Eye Move, Roll Cage, Styx, Mecha Industrie, Djinn, ZX Spectron, Valence, Neural Net, Night Borre, Hexne), M4A4 (Temukau, Howl, Poseidon, Asiimov, Daybreak, Hellfire, Zirka, Red DDPAT, Radiation Hazard, Modern Hunter, The Emperor, The Coalition, Bullet Rain, Cyber Security, X-Ray, Dark Blossom, Buzz Kill, In Living Color, Neo-Noir, Desolate Space, 龍王 (Dragon King), Royal Paladin, The Battlestar, Global Offensive, Tooth Fairy, Desert-Strike, Griffin, Evil Daimyo, Spider Lily, Converter), M4A1-S (Emphorosaur-S, Welcome to the Jungle, Imminent Danger, Knight, Hot Rod, Icarus Fell, Blue Phosphor, Printstream, Master Piece, Dark Water, Golden Coil, Bright Water, Player Two, Atomic Alloy, Guardian, Chantico's Fire, Hyper Beast, Mecha Industries, Cyrex, Control Panel, Moss Quartz, Nightmare, Decimator, Leaded Glass, Basilisk, Blood Tiger, Briefing, Night Terror, Nitro, VariCamo, Flashback), SG 553 (Cyberforce, Hazard Pay, Bulldozer, Integrale, Dragon Tech, Ultraviolet, Colony IV, Hypnotic, Cyrex, Candy Apple, Barricade, Pulse), SSG 08 (Death Strike, Sea Calico, Blood in the Water, Orange Filigree, Dragonfire, Big Iron, Bloodshot, Detour, Turbo Peek, Red Stone), AUG (Akihabara Accept, Flame Jörmungandr, Hot Rod, Midnight Lily, Sand Storm, Carved Jade, Wings, Anodized Navy, Death by Puppy, Torque, Bengal Tiger, Chameleon, Fleet Flock, Random Access, Momentum, Syd Mead, Stymphalian, Arctic Wolf, Aristocrat, Navy Murano), G3SG1 (Chronos, Violet Murano, Flux, Demeter, Orange Kimono, The Executioner, Green Apple, Arctic Polar Camo, Contractor), SMGs - P90 (Neoqueen, Astral Jörmungandr, Run and Hide, Emerald Dragon, Cold Blooded, Death by Kitty, Baroque Red, Vent Rush, Blind Spot, Asiimov, Trigon, Sunset Lily, Death Grip, Leather, Nostalgia, Fallout Warning, Tiger Pit, Schermatic, Virus, Shapewood, Glacier Mesh, Shallow Grave, Chopper, Desert Warfare), MAC-10 (Sakkaku, Hot Snakes, Copper Borre, Red Filigree, Gold Brick, Graven, Case Hardened, Stalker, Amber Fade, Neon Rider, Tatter, Curse, Propaganda, Nuclear Garden, Disco Tech, Toybox, Heat, Indigo), UMP-45 (Wild Child, Fade, Blaze, Day Lily, Minotaur's Labyrinth, Crime Scene, Caramel, Bone Pile, Momentum, Primal Saber), MP7 (Teal Blossom, Fade, Nemesis, Whiteout, Asterion, Bloosport, Abyssal Apparition, Full Stop, Special Delivery, Neon Ply, Asterion, Ocean Foam, Powercore, Scorched, Impire), PP-Bizon (Modern Hunter, Rust Coat, Forest Leaves, Antique, High Roller, Blue Streak, Seabird, Judgement of Anubis, Bamboo Print, Embargo, Chemical Green, Coblat Halftone, Fuel Rod, Photic Zone, Irradiated Alert, Carbon Fiber), MP9 (Featherweight, Wild Lily, Pandora's Box, Stained Glass, Bulldozer, Dark Age, Hot Rod, Hypnotic, Hydra, Rose Iron, Music Box, Setting Sun, Food Chain, Airlock, Mount Fuji, Starlight Protector, Ruby Poison Dart, Deadly Poison), MP5-SD (Liquidation, Oxide Oasis, Phosphor, Nitro, Agent, Autumn Twilly), Shotguns, Machineguns - Sawed-Off (Kiss♥Love, First Class, Orange DDPAT, Rust Coat, The Kraken, Devourer, Mosaico, Wasteland Princess, Bamboo Shadow, Copper, Serenity, Limelight, Apocalypto), XM1014 (Frost Borre, Ancient Lore, Red Leather, Elegant Vines, Banana Leaf, Jungle, Urban Perforated, Grassland, Blaze Orange, Heaven Guard, VariCamo Blue, Entombed, XOXO, Seasons, Tranquility, Bone Machine, Incinegator, Teclu Burner, Black Tie, Zombie Offensive, Watchdog), Nova (Baroque Orange, Hyper Beast, Green Apple, Antique, Modern Hunter, Walnut, Forest Leaves, Graphite, Blaze Orange, Rising Skull, Tempest, Bloomstick, Interlock, Quick Sand, Moon in Libra, Clean Polymer, Red Quartz, Toy Soldier), MAG-7 (Insomnia, Cinqueda, Counter Terrace, Prism Terrace, Memento, Chainmail, Hazard, Justice, Bulldozer, Silver, Core Breach, Firestarter, Praetorian, Heat, Hard Water, Monster Call, BI83 Spectrum, SWAG-7), M249 (Humidor, Shipping Forecast, Blizzard Marbleized, Downtown, Jungle DDPAT, Nebula Crusader, Impact Drill, Emerald Poison Dart), Negev (Mjölnir, Anodized Navy, Palm, Power Loader, Bratatat, CaliCamo, Phoenix Stencil, Infrastructure, Boroque Sand), Wear - Factory New (FN), Minimal Wear (MW), Field-Tested (FT), Well-Worn (WW), Battle-Scarred (BS), Stickers Holo/Foil/Gold - Katowice 2014, Krakow 2017, Howling Dawn, Katowice 2015, Crown, London 2018, Cologne 2014, Boston 2018, Atlanta 2017, Cluj-Napoca 2015, DreamHack 2014, King on the Field, Harp of War, Winged Difuser, Cologne 2016, Cologne 2015, MLG Columbus 2016, Katowice 2019, Berlin 2019, RMR 2020, Stockholm 2021, Antwerp 2022, Swag Foil, Flammable foil, Others - Souvenirs, Agents, Pins, Passes, Gifts, Music Kits, Cases, Keys, Capsules, Packages, Patches

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Hi I'm looking for a fat tire ebikes with dual suspension, i was gonna go for the engwe M20 but to much red flag plus i'm french and this bike is not road legal, i don't want to draw to much attention from the cop (but i don't really care that it's not road legal) i have 2500€ max budget and the bike have to be delivered in France (so no need to talk about super 73 or shit like this it's like asking to be pulled over and they don't deliver in france) My new choice were going on the Cyrusher ovia (because i can buy it limited at 250W and have all the paper but put it a 750W after receiving it) but apparently cyrusher have a bad rep. Anyway, it's becoming a pain in the ass just to choose an ebike! (btw it's for going to work, buy grocery, and have fun having nice ride on the weekend) anyone can help pls?

Just to give some background, I astral project a LOT! It comes very natural to me to the point that I don't particularly try or sometimes even want to do it. That being said, there's one experience that I've been avoiding for some reason.
About 2 or 3 years ago, I recall being in an astral projection experience. I was in a shed-like structure, grey dried out wood with what seemed to be a kitchen with tools and junk just laying about. It was dark outside, no clouds. The environment was a dry sort of remains of a pine forest. I remember hiding behind cabinets with somebody I didn't recognize. To my knowledge, I was hiding out of sight of a large log cabin only a few yards from this shed. The cabin was dark on the inside, like an abyss. There were large holes like explosions went off in the walls, they kinda reminded me of the cartoon Monster House in the way it was structured.
In my mind, I was contemplating doing something that I knew was very risky. I felt like I was in mortal danger just being there. I looked at the house, noticing very faint green and blue flames inside. I looked at the person I was with whom I cannot describe very well. He looks like a young man, maybe late 20s with black hair. I was about to ask him something when I heard a woman cry out in anguish from the house. It was petrifying, blood curdling. And when it pierced my ears, I got flashes of this woman's life. It was like I was feeling her soul, the pain of every bad thing that had happened to her in life.
I remember feeling hollow. The woman felt like somebody I knew but I still can't quite pin point it. I have a hunch of who she is but nothing beyond that. There was just something familiar about her. I remember immediately charging at the house, jumping through one of the holes to get inside. I couldn't let whatever was going on to continue, i just felt like i had to save her..
Inside this cabin, it was more like a cave with giant sharp boulders covering the layout. There was a sort of slime covering the cave walls and little glimmers of faint flames moving around the crevasses. The strangest thing about this was the flames felt like they were intelligent, somehow alive the way it moved. I reached out to touch it but when I did it lashed out like a snake, burning me. But the pain wasn't just physical, it was like the flames reacted to painful memories I had. I remember seeing the flash in red but still not sure what the specific memory was, just that it hurt very badly.
I moved deeper into the cave when I found a deep dark pit that the flames seemed to converge into. I remember not wanting to go anywhere near it, it gave a horrible sense of dread. Like the closer I got to it, the less "hope" I felt. Then I heard it again, the woman screaming from within the abyss. I sort of connected with it and saw darkness but within it were raw and very powerful flames, like a huge gasoline fire. There were faces completely charred, yelling out in pure anguish. I vaguely remember seeing a man behind me in my mind's eye, like hoping that I would jump in. For some reason I didn't even look behind me, the screams were just so mortifying, I didn't want to move. I remember feeling my heart pounding very rapidly. I knew I had to go in so i just did it. I jumped into the abyss.
From here, I remember falling into the darkness past very tall flames coming from a ground I couldn't see. The image reminds me of the flames from the second Terminator movie when it begins. Falling, I tried to breathe but there was no air, just smoldering ash filling my lungs.
There's a really large gap in my memory here but I'm very sure I was in Hell. Around the late mid-section of me being in there, I remember being in a horrible state of mind, like i was just full of absolute hatred. Then a dark figure approaches me and holds up a mirror to me. The mirror was like a very weathered Victorian era with faded gold edges. When it held up this mirror, I saw myself but in a thick charred exterior. In some ways it reminded me of medieval knight armor the way it was shaped but no shine, it just looked like it was made of charcoal. And beyond that was an extremely dark mist surrounding me. I felt like I was lost for a long time but when I saw myself, I sort of was reminded that I still exist. I can't explain how I saw myself as there was no actual hole or crack, I just psychicly saw myself.
Then I remember that I was in there for a reason but then blacked out again. Then I was suddenly back in the cave, but it felt more peaceful than before, like it was no longer a threat. I looked at the flames as they were before but it sort of moved as if it respected me somehow. It didn't hurt me, it was almost like I could control it in a way when I'd look at it. I remember going out the door where the sun was rising but I felt shameful. Like I did something that was very bad. I don't specifically remember doing something about it but I felt like I blocked the memory.
I've had a long time to contemplate this experience and it still boggles my mind to this day. There's way too much detail for it to be nothing. And I didn't even remember most of this the same day. Like things would randomly happen where I'd be confronted with something "scary" and it was like PTSD was kicking in.
I've never had anything like this happen before but I felt like I should share my experience. Think of it how you want but to me, this was real and probably the worst astral projection ever became for me.

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Last of my collection that I need to get rid of. Most of them are sealed some are open but with very few plays. Can always do a Bulk sale.
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$15 - $20
Contempt (Le Mépris) [Blu-ray] The Conversation [Blu-ray] Sade Live DVD Deliverance [Blu-ray] Inglorious Basterds 10th Anniversary Li Damnation [Blu-ray] The Red Balloon (The Criterion Collectio DVD Black Narcissus (The Criterion Collectio Blu-ray House (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Videodrome (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Still Walking (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray 3 Women (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray World on a Wire (The Criterion Collectio Blu-ray In the Mood for Love (The Criterion Coll Blu-ray Weekend (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray Medium Cool (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Marketa Lazarova (The Criterion Collecti Blu-ray Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspici Blu-ray The Innocents (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Foreign Correspondent (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Dont Look Now(The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Cries and Whispers (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Hiroshima mon amour (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-rav] Blind Chance (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray The Complete Lady Snowblood (The Crite Blu-ray The New World (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Breathless (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Straw Dogs (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (The Cr Blu-ray Klute (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray The Hit (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray Crash (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray The Parallax View (The Criterion Collect Blu-ray By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volumes One Blu-ray Lost Highway (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Michael Haneke: Trilogy (The Criterion C Blu-ray Nostalghia Blu-ray Sokurovs Faust Blu-ray Goodbye to Language (2-Disc with 3D Bl Blu-ray Neon Bull Blu-ray Joaquim Pedro De Andrade: Complete Fil (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Alphaville (Special Edition) aka Alphavi Blu-ray Maya Deren Collection Blu-ray Mad Max [4KUHD] Blu-ray Man With a Movie Camera [Blu-ray] Kaili Blues [Blu-ray] Casa de Lava [Blu-ray] Night of the Living Dead [Blu-ray] The Hit - Vendetta Blu-ray The Red Shoes Blu Ray

Hi all,
I just bought the combat patrol trying to get back into the game. I've played Imperial guard 14 years ago (mainly a gun line), but I liked the look of the nuns with guns.
However I do have some questions regarding paint schemes. Are they really bound to the incodex special rules?
Kind of torn between the black/red of the box art and the order of the argent shroud.
I am looking to use my army in a close combat/ shooting hybrid to try and stay away from the stereotypical way of playing imperial guard

SteelBooks for Sale
Continuing my sales thread to clean/remove my SOLD items from the listing and to move it on up the SteelBook Swaps sub-Reddit. The original thread can be found HERE (PMs and replies, along with confirmed swaps preserved for archival purposes):
https://www.reddit.com/SteelbookSwap/comments/13plyjl/us_va_h_selling_my_steelbook_collection_w_paypal/
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No seriously. If you get in a match let them have the points. They are gonna win anyway unless they have a bad draw.
Best thing is to make them all top 10 so they can see how broken that deck is.
I've talked about insta actions on my channel. Basically anything where the opponent has no ability to react is totally rediculus. They added reduction abilities to units is really a bad idea. Should have kept it to actions and units with HP penalties. Now they just said screw it because they wanted to buff Oichi
I think they need to nerf all the cards with reduction so that it has a penalty on the unit attack at minimum. At least so when I have three against nothing I can make them waste MP and get a counter . It's oppressive it's almost laughable at this point.
Those that know me know I don't complain. I love the cheap stuff in TEPPEN that's the fun stuff. But not fun if someone is sitting there 3v1 and opponent is on 10 MP waiting or can't counter due to splash. It seems like Gungho needs to have emergency balance patching. It seemed like we were going they direction with buffing OG cards but alas.
Basically black is black and red with no split penalties lol
So yeah I feel like best way is to make players so bored with instant wins that they play other decks. Thoughts?

Platform(s): PC, maybe Steam
Genre: Action, Souls-like
Estimated year of release: ~2016-2018
Graphics/art style: Simplistic Retro Art
Notable characters: post-apocalyptic monsters and futuristic lovecraftian bosses
Notable gameplay mechanics: Very slow and clunky combat, almost to imitate that of Dark Soul
Other details:
- The game is set in a sort of bleak post-apocalyptic setting, where your nameless character is climbing a tower for an undetermined goal. You have to travel through each floor, with quite linear level designs, fighting almost unfair enemies with a clunky combat system, defeat the gatekeeper at the end of the level and keep going upwards.
- The combat mechanic is Souls-like to the worst of both worlds. You have two modes, travel mode and combat mode, the former only allows you to run in a very realistic "somewhat faster than walking", while the latter forces you into an extremely slow tippy-toes with dodgerolls. Oh yea, and a stamina bar, you know what that's for.
- Artstyle...well, it's so minimal, i can faintly remember it has 240x320 resolution in the settings. Everything is extremely dark™ and every character sprites only have a single color - black (except for bosses, they're red cuz scary). The backgrounds look like a basic (but quite well-done) MSPaint project.
- Also, this game is Souls-like in combat only, i don't think there are any RPG mechanics nor any upgradable equipments. You start with stick-sword, you climb the entire tower with stick-sword.

GRRM said: "The Dragonbone Chair and the rest of his famous four-book trilogy was one of the things that inspired me to write my own seven-book trilogy."
And reading it after ASoIaF is wild: The stories, themes and moods are completely different, but it seems like GRRM has taken a TON of inspirations.
What you will find in both stories:

• A continent that was settled by humans from the outside. First bronze age humans, that got on well with the existing non-human inhabitans, and then iron age humans that defeated them in battle and drove them into hiding. Their obsidian weapons were no match for steel. The descendants of these two waves of humans have not fully merged. Both books really want us to know all this.
• The struggle for the throne (made of unusual stuff) is not the real problem
• The real threat is a non-human species. They bring cold and could bring eternal winter. They can raise the dead to fight for them.
• the (arguable) main character, a presumed bastard boy that grew up in a castle, doesn't know he has a claim to the throne (if you accept R+L=J).

Smaller elements:

• a main character, a nobleman and great swordsman, loses his hand
• a main character, a noble girl, flees across the ocean, disguised as a boy.
• a main character has a strong connection to his wolf
• messages are transmitted by birds that are not pigeons
• The new religion, clearly inspired by catholicism, doesn't seem to be able to do anything. The old gods are a different story.
• A mythical sword, forged from a fallen star
• The man with the scary hound helmet
• A king gets a "red priest" as advisor, then stops listening to anyone else. That priest does some pretty scary magick.

And tons of tiny elements of language that could be coincidence, like the horse lords of the steppes do the important things "under the open sky", people "take the brown/black", etc.
Again, the wild thing is that the stories have nothing in common. But it's like GRRM played "how many small things can I take from DC and put them in my own story?".
And I'm only in book 2/4. Wouldn't surprise me if eldritch pirate Urin Raveneye shows up next with a dragon binding saxophone.

Standings and Points 1. Black (10) 2. Blue (8) 3. Orange (5) 4. Red (4)

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You, The Listener, are a new maid that has been hired into the Dukedom of Flight Thorn. A high-rise estate with an interesting reputation that seems to be as it is, 'interesting'. You could only think of how the job pays well since the estate is rich and profitable in its respectful area. While you were taking your survey around the area before you start your first day, you bump into somebody, only to realize it was the prince himself! You could only think how...'Prideful'? He was? You couldn't tell, but it felt as if he was putting himself in a fake mask...As he lifts your chin up, you could feel a small blush on your face before you immediately step aside and speedily make your way to the other side of the corridor. You think to yourself that you may only have encounter him once and that would be it...Only to see a small flicker of yellow in the distance on the training grounds just a few distance away in the dead of night. You step closer to it, and you see...the prince? What would he be doing here?
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The Prince’s Pride
Running into the Prince of Flight Thorn
Scene 1
(Distant chatter with Prince Leopold Flight Thorn, talking to his other nobility friends, the sound of distant walking on cobble or marble floor, clacking of shoes.)
*He chuckles lightly\*
You should have seen Edward’s face when I defeated him at dueling swords with him! It was a wonderful expression! It had to be the mix of a newborn fawn and a disgusted baby face, it was hilarious!
*Pause\*
Oh Please! I bet I can sweep you guys off your feet before you can even blink!
*He says with a smug tone, his words hinted in confidence\*
I would like to see you try your best at riding your horse, Charles. I heard that you fell off more than twice, all because of how cowardly you had become when you just barely trotted across a valley!--
*Pause\*
Then maybe you can race against me, unless…You’re too shaken to do so!~
*Pause\*
What’s wrong? Your fear of riding overtaking you already?~
*Pause\*
Well…Guess I just proved how much riding embarrasses you! Maybe I can show off just for—-
*Stops walking, A shuffle clothing sound to imitate bumping into each other\*
Ah my apologies, I didn’t mean—-
*Pause\*
Well….now this is a pleasant surprise!
It seems a new maid has been recruited! And she…
*He lifts her chin to look at her more closely, might be moved closer to sound like his face is close but not too close to theirs\*
Is a lovely maiden as well~
*The listener steps aside and walks away from Leopold, he is dumbfounded\*
H-Hey! Wait a moment!
*He chases after the listener and stops her in her tracks\*
*Tiny scoff\* You…You do know who I am, right?
*Pause\*
*The Listener as she walks away, shoes clicking, hears Leopold\*
Well…that was surprising, to say the least.
*His noble friends walk up to him\*
Ah- W-Well…Maybe they were so enthralled by my presence that it was too much for them!
Besides, I think she seemed more…interesting than she let on…
*Pause\*
Come on, doesn’t she intrigue you guys in the slightest? I mean, she does have some charm in her…call it a mysterious sense…
*Pause\*
(As Leopold and his friends walk away talking amongst each other, the sound of their shoes fades away.)
Scene 2
(The Listener is making their rounds around the palace, the sound of chirping crickets, the swaying of trees filling the air. Only to find Leopold in the training grounds, but to her surprise, reading. She walks slowly up to him, tapping him on the shoulder, he jumps startled.)
*He yelps in surprise\*
*He sighs relieved\* It’s just you…
*Pause\*
Oh! I-I’m…just catching up on some studies is all!
*Pause\*
*He stutters\* Oh- uh...are fairy tales and legends a part of the empire’s history? O-Oh yeah! Of course!
*Pause\*
*He sighs\* I’m not very convincing, am I?... *He chuckles nervously\* Lying was never my strong suit.
*Pause\*
*He places a hand behind his head, chuckling embarrassingly\*
My father…he was very strict with me as a child. So, I…never got to truly experience what I wanted to do as any child would want. Of course, My father could only prepare me for what is to come and…that time has come.
*Pause\*
*The Listener sits down next to him, calmly listening and being empathetic towards Leopold\*
What better way to escape than to dive into the realms of fairy tales and legends. I…never knew what it felt like as a child, and now that I got to bask in it now, I regret not doing this sooner… *He laughs, seemingly reminiscent of the stories he has read\*
*Pause\*
*He laughs softly\* I’m surprised, you seem like you’ve been in my situation countless times before. But that would be impossible now, wouldn’t it?
*Pause\*
*He snickers\* I had a feeling you were a mysterious person, turns out you are just as interesting as an untold tale.
*A brief silence falls between them\*
I know that the maids and butlers make their rounds around the estate at this time of night, but…what brings you all the way out here? I thought you would be closer to the main building.
*Pause\*
I see…Well no need to fret, my darling, tis only me~ *He said, playfully as he winked\*
*Pause\*
Hey!~ I saw that look in your eyes, you don't have to be shy if that’s what’s transpiring! A-Actually! There’s a rule that’s stated that a maid or butler should not stray too far from the main building when doing their nightly chores, you could get into a lot of trouble! ~ You scratch my back, I scratch yours.
*Pause\*
Just, keep this little event a secret, ok? I don’t tell the head maid your presence here, you don’t tell anyone about my reading habits! *He gestures towards the stack of books next to him\*
Deal?
*Pause\*
Perfect!
*He sighs\*, I never…had somebody talk to me like this before…it's a nice change of pace. I feel more…relaxed, when I'm with you, strangely enough. I don’t know why…It’s weird but, It’s a wonderful feeling.
*They fall silent\*
Well, um…I believe it’s time for us to part ways.
*He gets up as The Listener agrees\*
We wouldn’t want to get caught red handed now, would we?
*Pause\*
What say you?
*He offers his hand to pull her up from her seat.\*
(Listener takes his hand and they slowly walk away, treading lightly upon the cobblestone path.)
-End Scene-

Previous.
Admiral Shane stood in the room usually used for training, but had been cleared out so he could make the conference over holophone, and a larger room helped with the scale when they were addressing the entire Federation Council.
It had taken only about 2 ½ days to get to the Golden Egg’s position, as with their progress in the uplifting process - and the fact that they had access to FTL technology - they had been allowed to send a ship out into the Federation, albeit supervised. As such, they decided on sending a military ship, seeing as there was a much smaller chance of an interstellar incident happening with disciplined Marines.
The chamber was a semicircle, with the Chairperson’s seat at ground level, in the center of the floor, with each next row elevated slightly, so that the gathered Representatives were situated in a step-pattern, ascending to the top row of the chamber. He noticed that the ‘insectoid’ species all were situated to his right of the chamber, if he was looking out at them.
Beside him stood Admiral Ree’Scote, being his ‘escort’ into the Federation; Kyle, as the boots-on-ground witness; Officer Kit’Ahnj, being the Federation’s liaison officer; and Captain Vohr’Doe, as the commander of the vessel that found the planet. But of course, it was him that was currently the center of attention.
He had reviewed the team's video logs, and he agreed that whatever was on that planet was likely hostile; the sounds that came from that darkness - not to mention the fear he felt when looking into it - were so… wrong, he didn't feel any other classification would be right. And - after the testimony of Officer Kit’Ahnj, backing up Kyle’s report, and the video - the Council felt the same way; however, they were less inclined to destroy the planet. He was currently being addressed by the Council Chairwoman, a bipedal crocodile, whose title was Chairwoman Hahss’Chom, (which - when she pronounced it - was little more than a hiss, followed by her snapping her jaws shut.)
“We have ways to prevent… whatever this is - from ever being able to exit their system, even if they were to develop FTL technology.”
“With all due respect, ma’am,” he said, keeping his focus on her, and not the - obviously - judging races that surrounded him, all of whom represented different animals from Earth, each one the Speaker for their respective races, “We’ve dealt with a mindless force of nature that was only intent on killing…
“Europa was one of Jupiter’s moons, and was roughly 90% the size of Luna. When we began spreading out from Earth, the question of drinkable water became a problem. And while it's - relatively - easy to make it from its base components, Europa was almost entirely water, though not all of it was liquid.
“Once we had developed the technology to land there, we set out drilling to the ocean, which was located beneath a shell of ice that was estimated to be between 10-15 miles deep… We made it four miles before we lost all resistance. The drills were shut down, and new readings were taken; but by the time they realized what was happening, it was too late.
“At first, the teams thought that it was a geyser, which are - were - a fairly common thing, though there had been no signs that one was building up there. Well, they managed to get far enough away before… The ice where they had been working melted, but there was no geyser. What came out of the hole resembled, well, it most resembled a machine AI that humanity dreamed up as a monster in a movie. The one I reference here was basically a metal ball with countless metal tentacles from its ‘back’, and what came out of that hole looked remarkably similar.
“And it wasn't alone. About a dozen of those [‘squids’] came out, and made straight for our people. It was… a massacre; our weapons had no effect on them whatsoever. And after they were done killing everyone, they began dismantling and consuming the ships and equipment. And afterwards, they turned their gazes upwards, launching themselves from the surface of the moon with the force of their limbs, alone.
“Judging from the fragments of their bodies we were able to recover after encounters with them in space, we determined that they were iron of the Fe oxidized variety, so the metal of their bodies didn't interact with the water. They were also incredibly light, especially for how dense they were; it took several missiles to destroy each, and we had no other choice, as they were heading directly at the ships in orbit.
“We retreated to a tactical distance, and while we tried so many different ways to communicate, we found nothing. We even captured one alive, and still, there was no way to communicate. Every attempt was met with the utmost hostility. And throughout this process, they continuously sent out others from beneath the ice, most of them sent towards our ships, yet others were sent out towards the asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit around the sun. We had no idea what they were doing with the asteroids, whether they were mining them for food, or using them as places to reproduce - or both - so we eventually decided to bombard them with munitions until they crashed into the planet. But this was after we had exhausted every possible avenue of communication.
“We eventually came to a decision - as a people - to destroy the moon, but we had to be smart about it. The Europans had already proven they didn't need to breathe, as they could survive the cold, irradiated vacuum of space without any external protection, which took blowing Europa up off the table.. So - after much deliberation - it was decided to create a ship that could use tractor beams to move the planet. For this, we converted another of Jupiter’s moons - Ganymede - into a ship, and once the construction was complete, we renamed it the Europa Contingency.
“From there, we caught Europa, and towed it to Sol, where we cast it in, to destroy the Europans, down to the last one… It's not something that we’re proud of - as a people - but it was what we needed to do, in order to survive.”
There was a resounding silence after he finished with his speech, and he allowed them the time to process what he'd just told them. He was suddenly very self-conscious, and he felt as if he hadn't explained their plight sufficiently. They were already classified as the most aggressive that their measurement system could register, what must they think of humanity after this. Finally, the Chairwoman broke the silence.
“Though it sounds as if you may have committed genocide on a sapient species… This Council can claim no better. While we have ways to contain FTL travel, this was only put forth as a possible avenue to explore after our predecessors had glassed multiple planets who had turned out to be too hostile to conduct civil interactions with. To have that threat in the same system as you, with no real barrier between your peoples, well, I don't believe any here could truly blame your people for coming to this decision… However, we can't be sure that we face the same threat. Nor can we order anyone to go into the darkness to find out.”
The suul’mahr representative, Grol’Rosh - a solid white coloration to his fur - spoke up, his voice playing out over the speakers, as he was sitting in the topmost row.
“We could send a probe into the midst of it; that could tell us what we're dealing with. And if they are entirely hostile, we could take a specimen up to the atmosphere, to see if it survives.”
He heard a strangled sound of protest, and he didn't need to look around to see the fearful look on Kyle’s face; he gently held up a hand to assuage the Ambassador, as he knew full well what his concern was.
“We believe that the contents of the darkness are… harmful to the generally accepted term of ‘sanity’. And not in the sense of ‘it would be dangerous to any non-human’; as in, to anyone. If - however - you should need a volunteer, then-”
“I will watch it,” Grol’Rosh cut him off. Admiral Shane merely looked at him, sighing lightly as he nodded once in acknowledgment to the suul'mahr. Captain Vohr'Doe stepped up at that point, calling to the hangar to release the drone, and to program it to enter the darkness just beyond the leading edge. A small communication satellite was set out after it to retain contact with the drone when the curve of the planet would render it beyond their scope of reach.
It took several minutes, during which Grol’Rosh inserted earbuds into his ears, and had his personal screen connected to the probe's camera. While he was watching the drone's progress, it was also taking its own readings, and sending them back as text. Which is how they knew when it was breaching the atmosphere, and when it encountered the darkness; Kyle had been right: it wasn't natural.
The reports coming back from the drone were confusing, to say the least; firstly because ‘the darkness’ was actually solid material, though ‘solid’ was used loosely here, as it was more like a ‘dust storm’. Except that it wasn't just dust - as there were readings of sand, and soil in the mess - because nanoscanners inside the drone determined that each grain of soil was coated in a thick, viscous material that absorbed all light that hit it.
The material was what caused the confusion, as when it was analyzed, it was determined to be… everything. There were traces of all genus of races, from canines, to felines, insects, to pachyderms; there was even all manner of aquatic animals, as well. There was no plant life detected in the sludge.
As imagined with readings like that, the drone had more difficulty descending to the surface of the planet than it normally would have, but strangely, not as much as one might expect; it was only when the craft sped up that they realized it was being pulled. The altitude of the drone continued to drop at a steady rate, until it was about 50’ from the ground, according to the readings from the expedition team, as it was heading for the exact location they had originally made camp. However, the drone was sending even more confusing information, as it was now reading the ground to be 25’ away, and moving quickly.
The drone was about 10’ from the ‘ground’ when Grol’Rosh began howling like he’d been stabbed. Looking up in his direction, everyone gasped in horror as he began clawing at his eyes, quickly rending his face, and entirely destroying the delicate orbs within. He wasn't done, however, as he then began clawing at his ears, his Gift obviously activated, as he tore straight to his skull in only a single swipe, the unnerving sound of claw scraping bone filling the room.
Two suul'mahr guards rushed towards him as soon as he'd begun clawing his eyes, and were almost to him when he reached his hands out to the sides, and brought them together - with his head still between them - with obviously tremendous force.
One of the guards - a dark gray specimen - leapt forward at the last second, tackling him by leverage of his left arm. That still left his right arm free, though it had only succeeded in a glancing blow, which still knocked him unconscious with a sickening /thud**. There was a stunned silence that followed that ordeal, until Chairwoman Hahss’Chom shakily gave an order for medics, who soon arrived, two kanfi’doe that - after stabilizing his wounds - quickly carried Grol’Rosh down the stairs, and loaded him onto a stretcher they had brought with them.
The silence reigned for a long minute after they’d wheeled him out, broken finally by the Chairwoman’s subdued voice.
“I call a vote: all in favor of allowing the humans to bring their ‘Europa's Contingency’...?” She tapped a few commands into the datapad in front of her, and there was a quiet flurry of movement as the rest of the Council cast their votes.
“It's unanimous: Admiral Shane, we hereby give the Europa’s Contingency permission to travel to this system, and then to return to Sol when the job here is done. Are we clear on this?”
“Crystal, ma’am. I can have the orders dispat-”
He was cut off as a keen'yohng appeared by his side.

Commodore Vah’Rin came out of subspace, his prey already in his sights. The eight other captains under his command confirmed lock-on status, and his communications officer informed him that they had an opening into their link, though it was protected by an unusually strong defense system.
“Well,” he replied, “We did intercept the report on humans; they have artificial intelligences. They probably have one with that cylindrical ship that has too many guns to not be military. Well, this certainly changes things: an a.i. would be by far more valuable than an entire hold of drahk'mihn. If we can capture it, and reprogram it to obey us, we could drop down far enough into subspace that we could make a trip of several months cut down to as many weeks… Patch me into their communication; I’m done hiding…”
He let a cruel smile play across his face as his entire bridge turned into the Federation Council Hall; his ship would project his image into their conversation, but not those of his crew around him. And there in front of him were the objects of his focus, as he was certain he appeared before them, wearing his black Commodore’s jacket.
“How nice of you to join us, Commodore.”
He turned to the owner of the cold voice that ‘greeted’ him.
“Ah, Council Member Toss’Vah,” he replied cheerily to her, “Good to see you again. How are things back home?”
She regarded him coldly, then almost spat,
“It was widely believed that you were still alive; I regret to have that theory confirmed.”
“What can I say?” he asked, smiling, “This ship was just too good to not take it. Give my regards to the president; this ship truly is state-of-the-art… But, I didn't break into this conversation to speak with you.” He turned to the humans, who regarded him with wary expressions, if his experience with the suun'mahs and kanfi’doe was anything to judge by.
“Greetings,” he began jovially - no reason not to be civilized, “I - as you may have gathered - am Commodore Vah’Rin, and I regret to inform you that you are under the guns of 9 ships, all of which are heavily armed. Now, this is normally the part where I tell you that if you cooperate, then we can get through this with a minimal amount of casualties - someone always has to try to be the hero, don’t they? - but I have a different proposition for you, today: give me you a.i., and we’ll leave this system - and your ships - without any hostilities. Refuse, and… Well, I think you get the idea.” He smiled a predatory smile that was more of a leer than anything.
“This is outrageous;” the current Councilwoman stated, righteous anger evident in every syllable, “We not stand for-” but he cut her off.
“We’re too far away from any Federation outposts, and the nearest suun’mahs patrol is… well, right here.” He gestured to Admiral Ree’Scote.
“So, no matter how this plays out, there’s really nothing that this council can do about the goings-on here. So - as I said earlier - I’m not speaking to you; this has nothing to do with any of you.” He turned his attention back to the humans.
“So, what is your answer? And might I remind you, while you may - or may not - be able to take on our ships at 3-1 odds, one of your ships is not only not made to fight, but is also filled with civilians; are you willing to risk all of their lives?”
“How about this,” the human who was obviously military began, “You choose six of your ships, and use those to square off against us; the other three can hang back, and guard the Golden Egg from leaving. If you win that battle, you can take the A.I. stationed there. If not, then your other ships have to leave us in peace.”
“I’m sorry, I didn’t get your name and rank.”
“Admiral Shane of the Sol Defense Force.”
“Ah,” he continued, “Well, Admiral Shane, I’m afraid it doesn’t work that way. It’s all, or nothing, which means that even if you feel comfortable taking on all of our ships at once, we will still target the civilian vessel. There is no other option; sometimes you only have bad paths to choose from, and you must take the lesser of the evils.”
Admiral Shane stood taller, and defiantly responded with,
“We of the Sol Defense Force cannot - in good conscience - hand over a single soul to slav-”
But he was cut off by the other human behind him, the one he actually recognized. Reaching into his pocket, he retrieved a small blue cube, which he held out as he angrily stated,
“You can have mine.”
“Ah,” he replied jovially, turning to the smaller human, “Mr. Redding, I believe?”
“It’s Ambassador.” The defiant little monkey at least seemed pretty fearless in the face of life-or-death negotiations, so he figured that he deserved at least that recognition; he certainly seemed to realize the value of diplomacy over fighting.
“Ambassador, then; good to see someone here has a level head on their shoulders.”
The cube reformed into a small human, as the Admiral rounded on his civilian counterpart; they both started talking at the same time.
“Excuse me?! You have no right to auction me off like some-
“... hell do you think you’re doing?! How dare you offer up a Sollian to a slaver?! I ought to knock the sh-”
But they were both cut off as Ambassador Redding simply stated, talking louder than both of them,
“Artificial Intelligence Override Code: JKJKLOL69!”
The small android stiffened up, and remained rigid, as if it were a simple robot, while the Admiral recoiled, raising an arm slightly as if to defend himself.
“How dare you?” he said with disgust to the Ambassador, “That’s only to be used in the event of a rogue A.I., this-!”
“This,’ the Ambassador interjected angrily, “Is bigger than all of us! I know what I’m doing.” He turned to address the Commodore,
“You will take it, and you’ll leave. In peace. Give me… 12 Standard minutes - I have to collect the memory core - and we’ll meet halfway between the 'civilian’ ship, and your group, ‘cause you sure as hell aren't coming aboard either of our ships.”
“That sounds acceptable; however, once the transfer is made, you will keep your shuttle in position until we have determined that the package is authentic, at which point, we will leave. If it is a fake, then I won't hesitate to blow your little shuttle to dust, and then I’ll take everyone I can get my hands on; and with 9 ships, we have more than enough space to hold you all. And we will both come unarmed.”
“I’ll be accompanying you,” the Admiral said sternly to the Ambassador, “I need to document everything that happens so I can send it back as evidence in your hearing.”
“Yeah,” the smaller primate answered testily, “You do that…”
With a vindictive smile, Commodore Vah’Rin motioned to end the transmission.

Kahv’Hosh sat in the pilot’s seat, having been chosen to transport the humans out to the meeting spot. They were both currently silent, and the air was so thick with emotion that you could cut it with a knife. They were already in place, and were currently waiting on the pirate ‘commodore’ to reach their shuttle, with an estimated thirty seconds until they made contact. With a solid /thud/, they were connected, and Kahv’Hosh equalized the pressure in the sleeve, and soon heard a slight knock on their door. Kyle and the Admiral had already moved to the door - the large metal cube with the interface screen sitting beside it - and Kyle reached forward to open it.
The keen’yhong walked onto their shuttle, and his eyes immediately fell to Kyle’s waist.
“I thought we agreed no weapons.” The man’s voice wasn’t as hostile as he would have expected, as he stared at the big gun on Kyle’s waist, and the smaller - but still obviously deadly - pistol on the Admiral’s.
“Yeah,” Kyle replied sarcastically, “Because you don’t have some hidden weapon on you…”
The ‘commodore’ simply smiled, and turned to the box.
“This is my a.i., I take it?” he asked, still smiling.
Kyle’s mood seemed to darken further as he reached into his pocket, pulling out the cube that became Kay’Eighty at his command.
“Begin downloading into the core, and commence factory reset.”
He set the cube down on top of an open slot beside the monitor, and a loading screen immediately came up. It only took a few seconds, but it was still a tense few seconds; soon, the box chimed, and Kyle removed the cube.
“I’ll be taking that, as well,” the ‘commodore’ replied, reaching a hand into his jacket; Kyle simply scoffed.
“No, you want to make your own mithril, then you figure out how to make it, yourself. You’ve already got the core, that’s all you need. And that’s all we agreed on. If you wanted the mithril, too, then you should’ve said so; not my fault you failed to specify that point.” There was no amusement as he said it, though it was obvious that he enjoyed that little stunt. And while the ‘commodore’ obviously had his hand on the handle of his gun, he wouldn’t be able to move faster than two humans; the two suul’mahr lurking just beyond the airlock wouldn’t be much help after he was already riddled with bullets.
The ‘commodore’ regarded him for a few moments, then began laughing a cruel, calculated laugh. He gestured behind him, and one of the suul’mahr - all-brown fur - came aboard, carrying the large box onto their shuttle. After he’d observed its successful transfer of the package onto his shuttle, the ‘commodore’ turned back to Kyle.
“As stated before: you will hold this position until either my flotilla leaves, or destroys you for trying to trick me. And this time, I expect you to follow my directions, because you’re already targeted by my lead ship… Well, until next time.” With that, he exited the shuttle, their airlock door closing behind him, both humans remaining staring at the door.
They finally turned away when the shuttle disconnected, moving to look out the viewport to watch the other shuttle go back to its ship. Finally, his nerves got the better of him, and he asked to no one in particular,
“Do you think he will truly spare us?”
“There’s a chance,” Admiral Shane replied, “Depending on what kind of pirate he is; they can have varying codes of honor. He does - however - self-admittedly sell people into slavery, so I don’t know how strong his sense of ‘honor’ may be.”
They were all quiet for a while as he considered this, until Kyle’s soft voice - filled with sorrow - broke the silence.
“I’ve never killed anyone before. I mean, the mahn’ewe were all in a fit of rage; and while I’d fantasized about it, I didn’t exactly plan it. Now, though - with all this time to stop and think about it…” He fell silent at that, watching the shuttle go, though Kahv’Hosh wasn’t sure he was actually seeing it. To his surprise, Admiral Shane reached up and grasped Kyle’s shoulder, his voice gentle as he replied,
“It’s never easy. And while the mahn’ewe can probably be overlooked by your conscience, this is - obviously - a different situation entirely. There’s a chance that you never truly recover from this, but just always remember the innocent lives you’re saving by doing this; they’re what’s going to get you through the low points.”
Kyle nodded in acceptance, and then his face contorted, and a predatory smirk lit up his countenance.
“Have you ever seen one go off?” he asked, not taking his eyes off the viewport.
“Well,” the Admiral replied, a mischievous note in his voice, “I have seen a number of tests; of course, there was that pirate faction that we traced to their base in an asteroid. One on each side, and it was history.”
Kyle let out a cruel snort of laughter, and - not taking his eyes off of the viewport - said,
“Kahv’Hosh, did you ever get around to reading about the women of Weinsberg?”
He wasn’t sure where this was going, but he decided to play along.
“I did," he replied slowly.
“And if you knew nothing else about humans,” Kyle began, a cruel smile on his face, “Would you have accepted that deal?”
He managed to take a breath in before something in his mind clicked. Something had seemed off from the beginning, but he couldn’t place exactly what it was. He’d been given clearance to review the transmission from the part where the ‘commodore’ broke in, and he had been replaying it in his mind ever since then, trying to figure out what was gnawing at his mind like a pup with a bone.
But nothing came out at first, as his mind struggled to form words; he managed simply to point out the viewport to the shuttle - that was almost to its ‘mothership’ - and to look back and forth between him and it, before he finally managed to spit out,
“Wh-... you-... why would the arti-... the ‘override code’: why would it be in Galactic Standard?!”
The smile on his face widened, and he was suddenly aware that he was on a small shuttle with two Class 12 aggressors. Kyle - however - merely pulled the cube from his pocket, and said,
“Kay’Eighty?”
The cube began to dissolve, reforming into the humanoid shape that was her android form.
“Yes, Ambassador Redding?” she replied in a distinctly… robotic voice. Kyle merely scoffed, however, and rebutted with,
“Aw, come on; it’s not like he gave us ample opportunity to talk: I had to think of something on the fly…”
She suddenly became much more ‘sapient’ crossing her arms, and looking off to the side as she sighed.
“Fine,” she replied, “Whatever; what do you want?”
Kyle snorted in laughter, and asked,
“Has he made it to the optimal range, yet?”
Kay’Eighty sighed again, and looked out the viewport.
“Just about, yeah.”
“Then I leave the honors to you,” he finished, holding her up for a better view of the viewport.
“Detonation in 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…”
Kahv’Hosh found that though he was sure this was going to be on par with their aggression level, he also couldn’t look away; like watching an asteroid impact a planet: he knew something bad was coming, but he just couldn’t bring himself to break eye-contact with the nine ships in formation, the middlemost one having already received the shuttle. And even as he watched, the ships seemed to draw closer together.
At first he thought that it must be his eyes playing tricks on him, but soon enough, not only were they drawing closer together, but they began to spin around the central ship, as if caught in the gravity-well of some insanely dense celestial body. He saw small explosions issuing from the sides. with little bits breaking off into the void of space, only for the expanding singularity - for that was obviously what it was - to suck the life-pods back into its center, where everything seemingly disappeared into nothingness. Soon, the ships themselves began breaking apart, still doing their destructive, tumbling dance around the spot where the ‘commodore’s ship used to be.
Piece by piece, the ships began to break apart, ‘falling’ into the center, where they were obviously compressed beyond what physics would normally allow. He tried not to think about the fate of the people aboard the ships, gravity increasing to the point that you were crushed under the weight of your own skin, having to watch - if they could even survive - as the ship around them broke apart, exposing them to the blackness of space.
He managed a quick look back at the humans, and was granted some small consolation in that the evil smiles had left their faces, and both had looks of somber determination gracing their features. And at that moment, he believed he knew what it was that set them so high on the aggression scale; even they were appalled by their actions - by their own weapons - and yet not even the prospect of becoming a monster would stop them from removing a perceived threat.
Soon, all pieces of the ships were gone, and about a Standard minute after that, the anomalous gravity readings disappeared. And suddenly space had returned to ‘normal’, as if nothing unnatural had just happened. Kyle broke the silence in a neutral voice as he said,
“Well, let’s get back to the ship; Cap’m’s gonna tear me a new one for this…”
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"Tim McGraw" Hint: blond guitarist with yellow jacket and red shorts on occasions
He said the way my blue eyes shined
How are her eyes? Needing sleep? So worried for her, she needs to eat more warm food. When she went to Vegas she was panhandling with song and she got $21 or so with her mom after throwing trash on the fountain like Detti soaped the fountain with a bar and got quickly bailed, and after the first girl scolded the security guard after the littering event. But what she earned with her mom that night was for 1 buffet that night. Not for breakfast. How is her mom? How is her makeup supply? She smeared her guitar with kohl from her tears?
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
What do you mean? No more singers or celebs from Georgia could come to Nashville then/anymore? Or they were blinded by the LED light? Or the constellations put on a veil?
I said, "That's a lie"
Do you really have blue eyes? Or sunflowers are coming? You uplifted the homeowners of Georgia/ I heard real estate was quite affordable there. But your penthouse is $15K a month - does that include Lisa's 1800GOTJUNK services?
Just a boy in a Chevy truck
How old? Legal to drive? Tall enough to drive that truck? No limb fractures? Eye health OK? Is he wearing his mascot costume, eg Banana SLUG? Sun Devil? Blue Devil? Cardinal?
That had a tendency of gettin' stuck
How? Elmer's glue? Gorilla glue? Uhu?
On back roads at night
Oh, did you have special car lights on like according to the DMV book? And where did the back roads lead to - the stones?
And I was right there beside him all summer long
Why do you expect me to be with my date 24 hours all summer long? How can one date practice swimming in the pool when I am singing a duet with Alicia Keys or Beyonce on my phone in the gym nearby? How can another date earn money for us by Uber Eats while I'm at the office for Uber? How can a third date play tennis while I bargain with the sports store salesman about getting Penn balls vs Onix balls? How can a fourth date record his song in the studio while I coordinate the concert venue? How can fifth date comfort a downcast kid - not her own - with a Happy Birthday song while the peer circle arrange the audiovisual equipment on stage called Rhino Co.?
And then the time we woke up to find that summer gone
"When September Ends" was a cool song? Are you Sleeping Beauty? Who fought the dragon and the thicket for you? Who woke up the castle crew for you? Did you eat pufish? Who almost found a cliffhanger for you? So... what are you going to do in the Fall (Sem.)?
But when you think Tim McGraw
So you had his EP like Goodbye, Norma Jean single in CD? Cool. On Autoloop? What do you like about his songs?
I hope you think my favorite song
Which one? What do you love about it?
The one we danced to all night long
How many hours of dancing? How many calories burned? Was it like with Ed Sheeran for Perfect? What did you wear? What did he wear? Where did you dance? How many stars were in the sky that night? What styles of dancing did you do? How was "Loki" and "...Wonderland strummer"?
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
Cool poetry. Who do you think is worthy of performing on stage? Of having the spotlight? By the way, which lake were you talking about? Do you want to get an MFA degree and upon the conferral, you can write/perform for Equine Therapy Ranches where kids with sadness may go?
When you think happiness
Do you like Gretchen Rubin's work? Do you like Pharell's song, which is on Wii? What do you think of the emoticon deodorant?
I hope you think that little black dress
Do you know Jomaire Studio's sister in a little black dress and black stilettos for weddings? What do you think about Meghan Markle in a little black dress at a baseball game? I liked the white belt a lot.
Think of my head on your chest
Got the ALS challenge? How long did you have to wait for it? I thank Coleman too for supporting the neighborhood around Galleria, which had a cafe and their version of Sparkletts.
And my old faded blue jeans
Can anyone help her get Wrangler jeans? Or Rock Republic trousers? Or jeggings eg from the pharmacy? Or Old Navy blue denims?
When you think Tim McGraw
How often do you think of his name/face? Why? Do you pray for him?
I hope you think of me
Do you like Phantom of the Opera? What do you think if her dress? What if there was a modern version for Jabbawockeesz?
September saw a month of tears
What kind of tears? Was it because of first day of school again?
And thankin' God that you weren't here
Oh, what were the advantages of him not being "there"?
To see me like that
Were you wearing makeup in September - and what brands if so? Did you lose much weight in the summer(s)?
But in a box beneath my bed
Is it from ULine? Was the bed from Ikea or from Sleep Number?
Is a letter that you never read
I remember I had letters foregarding different people, like one of the top human/child traffickers of China and one on a cover for a football player and some for a farmer and some for a colleague and I regret one which was like under hypnosis (I praised his enumeration of "Crayola") - which I sent to someone whom I wanted to say goodbye and I found him as a storekeeper who shooed me away, as a guy who hung around the doorway of my bedroom at 3 am or so, as a guy wanting to know how to get a Peruvian passport, as a guy who bragged abou eating cat dumpling, maybe trying to gain 9 lives (is that the canned cat food?).
From three summers back
Oh you met him at around university? Thanks for your loyalty.
It's hard not to find it all a little bittersweet
You like Dove dark chocolate like fortune cookies? The Ghirardelli dark cocoa squares? The dark chocolate bars by the checkouts of dollar stores? The dark chocolate at the airports? Do you like black coffee? Like Colombian coffee? Do you like Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You"?
And lookin' back on all of that, it's nice to believe
How often and how long do you go into nostalgia? Did you do Throwback Thursday posts?
When you think Tim McGraw
What do you share about Tim McGraw?
I hope you think my favorite song
What is your favorite song, if it's okay to ask?
The one we danced to all night long
Was it a country song? Fast? Duet? With banjos or fiddles? Any props when you danced?
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
What was the phase of the moon then?
When you think happiness
What three things minimum would you do today to be happy?
I hope you think that little black dress
How is your weight (I am concerned with your photos, and you look like a politician in a Christmas green dress in front of a mic, with empty row before her)? When did you buy that little black dress (the song's topic) for yourself? Waist size? Do you think Lululemon or Walgreens leggings would go well with it, like a ballerina?
Think of my head on your chest
Did you have to sanitize the Coleman? What was in it?
And my old faded blue jeans
What brand? When did you buy it? Was it fashionably torn?
When you think Tim McGraw
Someone said he has an MBA - would you be inspired to get an MBA degree as well?
I hope you think of me
What are your three hopes before the weekend? And when someone remembers you, what are the top three qualities of yours that people can publish/televise/discuss/promote action about you?
And I'm back for the first time since then
Where did you return? How?
I'm standin' on your street
What have you been wearing on that street? How long/what time have you been standing there?
And there's a letter left on your doorstep
Can you summarize the letter in a Tweet? What's the color of the envelope? Does it need the HMat?
And the first thing that you'll read is:
What is the first thing that you think of every morning? And every sunset?
"When you think Tim McGraw I hope you think my favorite song Someday you'll turn your radio on
What is your favorite radio show and your favorite radio channel? Your favorite song on the radio? Who is your favorite DJ? I hope it takes you back to that place"
What place? How does it look like?
When you think happiness I hope you think that little black dress Think of my head on your chest And my old faded blue jeans When you think Tim McGraw I hope you think of me
Oh, think of me Mmmm
He said the way my blue eyes shined Put those Georgia stars to shame that night I said, "That's a lie"
Whom do you accuse to be lying?