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[OT] Fun Trope Friday, Writing with Tropes: Sweet Baker & Horror!

2024.06.02 20:41 ZachTheLitchKing [OT] Fun Trope Friday, Writing with Tropes: Sweet Baker & Horror!

Original Prompt

Too sweet to be true
Molly pulled the pan out of the oven and sniffed the sweet scent of the special cake she'd made for her special man. It contained all of his favorite ingredients, and she'd be sure to add more to the layers of cream and frosting before he got home.
She set the pan on top of the stove to start cooling off and checked the time. She only had an hour, but that was plenty of time to decorate.
Steven sighed in the driveway and wiped some sweat off of his forehead. The day had been much longer than usual. The texts he'd been getting from his wife...the screenshots...she found out. She found out what he'd done and he was dreading what he was coming home to.
He got out of the car and went to the door. Locked. He tried his key and it worked. At least she didn't change the locks, he thought. When he went inside he was met with the warm smell of baked chocolate and strawberry.
"H-Honey?" he asked tentatively into the living room.
"In the kitchen dear!" Molly said loudly, "You're just in time! Have a seat at the table!"
Steven walked down the hall and into the kitchen just as Molly came around the island with a small cake on a plate. She set the chocolate-covered confection down and handed him a fork.
"Here you go, honey."
"Um, Molly, can we-" Steven wanted to talk but wasn't sure he wanted to either. He looked at the cake and saw the letters written in icing on the top:
I forgive you <3
"Eat up, dear." Molly said, giving him a peck on the cheek before heading back into the kitchen. He heard running water and figured she was starting to clean.
Filled with relief and gratitude, Steven sat down and took a bite of his wife's delicious and well-practiced dairy-free cakes.
Molly returned a half hour later, drying her hands on a towel and smiling as he was just finishing up.
"Did you like it?" she asked.
"Sure did," Steven answered with a smile, licking his lips and holding his hands up for a 'perfection' pose. "Delicious! Better than ever I'd say."
"Oh I hope so," she said, "I used a special ingredient this time."
"I thought it tasted different. What was..." Steven started to ask before a wrenching, stabbing pain hit him in the stomach. He grimaced and clutched his gut. "Ughhh," he groaned.
"Well, since today was a special occasion," Molly said with a sweet smile, "I thought you deserved a special cake."
Pain bubbled up in Steven's intestines. It felt like someone was stabbing him in the abdomen. Tears welled up in his eyes as it came in waves. Molly set a large, empty bottle down in front of him.
Whole milk.
"UGGH!" He stood up and ran down the hall and into the bathroom, but wasn't fast enough. He made a mess as he got into position, his moans accompanying a wet staccato of splashing and squirting.
As much as it hurt, it was the smell that was worse. Steven tried to cover his face against it but the need to breathe forced the fetid and putrid air into his lungs. He could almost taste it and he retched and gagged.
No matches in the drawer. The candles were gone. The toilet paper roll was empty and there were no spares under the sink.
A knock at the door.
"Molly!" Steven sobbed. "I'm sorry! Please! I-I need toilet paper!"
"Mr. Watson?" It was a man's voice. A stranger. Another stab of pain in his gut stopped Steven from answering right away as he groaned in agony.
"Y-yeah?"
A manilla envelope slid under the door.
"Your wife is filing for divorce."

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2024.06.02 20:39 WaveAppropriate1979 Rewriting Chelsea's character (Ruby Gillman)

Hi, everyone! "Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken" has a weird place in my heart. It's not a good movie but I like the ideas of the characters. I want them to be better written so I'm going to rewrite the character closest to being popular among the viewers, Chelsea Van Der Zee. I get it that this movie had it's time in the spotlight, it wasn't a lot of attention but it was talked about June of last year and has since lost it's relevance. I'd still like to share with somebody my ideas, it would be amazing if I could have you here with me. If your willing to do so, thank you and let's dive on in.
I pretty much went with a similar concept that previous people went with. Oh, spoilers for the movie. It's important to this rewrite.
Chelsea turned out to not be real, it was just the alias of an evil mermaid queen named Nerissa. She poses as a teenager, pretends to want to be Ruby's friend, secretly using her for her strength in order to get back a trident that she can use to fight krakens with. I'm not even sure what she was gonna do if she defeated the royal krakens. Maybe there wasn't enough time to explain her plan? People came up with the idea that Chelsea and Nerissa should be separate people and I like that better. Anyway, now I'm gonna actually give you a rundown of what I made. I work on a Ruby Gillman rewrite series and I got to make my own version of Chelsea. Here we go!
Chelsea was formerly a mermaid princess but one day fled from her mother, Queen Aria. She ended up at Oceanside and grew up there. She became the most popular kid in school until Ruby came into the picture, Chelsea loses her popularity after looking like a paranoid lunatic trying to reveal to everyone that Ruby is a sea monster. No one ever believes her, Chelsea and Ruby naturally don't get along. It's your typical dynamic where a protagonist and their bully are enemies but become friends. Chelsea is starting to get on better terms with Ruby until she's saved by Aria one night and convinces her to help use a trident to fight the krakens. Chelsea was hurt by Ruby's grandmother which was what made Chelsea betray the gillmans. Both Chelsea and Aria become kaiju mermaids and attack Arthur, Agatha, and Ruby. (Sam wasn't a part of the fight because he was looking around for Chelsea.) Ruby hugs it out with Chelsea, getting her to turn on her mother and destroy the trident. After Aria's defeat, the Gillmans realize that Chelsea has no home and they adopt her. She becomes Chelsea Gillman.
Two things to clear up, Chelsea's mom isn't named Nerissa because that was the name that Chelsea was given at birth. I know that other people like to ship Ruby and Chelsea, as you have already seen I didn't go in that direction. I still have Connor as Ruby's love interest. There will still be LGBTQ represention in this story however, Ruby's best friend Margot is a lesbian in this version because of this part in the actual movie where Margo told Ruby that this girl named Kayla asked her to prom and she said yes. Those two are an official couple here. That's all I have, thanks for reading this and giving me the time of day. Bye!

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2024.06.02 20:13 Ur_Anemone The Bystander Effect

Perhaps the most researched consequence of pluralistic ignorance from an individualistic perspective is the bystander effect also known as bystander apathy. This refers to a phenomenon in which the greater the number of people there are present, the less likely people are to help a person in distress.
According to the principle of social influence, bystanders monitor the reactions of other people to see if others think that it is necessary to intervene. If it is determined that others are not reacting to the situation, bystanders will interpret the situation as not an emergency and will not intervene.
A major inspiration for Darley and Latané’s (1968) research into the bystander effect was the brutal murder of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese in New York in 1964.
The Times reported at the time:
“For more than half an hour, 38 respectable, law-abiding citizens in Queens watched a killer stalk and stab a woman in three separate attacks in Kew Gardens.”
Many people believed that apathy and indifference were the causes of inaction, reflecting the idea that personal characteristics solely drive behaviour.
However, it was later reported that some of the original article’s claims were wrong, or at least subject to much different interpretation.
“The article grossly exaggerated the number of witnesses and what they had perceived. None saw the attack in its entirety. Only a few had glimpsed parts of it, or recognized the cries for help. Many thought they had heard lovers or drunks quarrelling.”
1964 How Many Witnessed the Murder of Kitty Genovese? - The New York Times
Darley and Latané’s research resulted in one of the strongest and most replicable effects in social psychology. Regardless of how many witnesses stood idle during the murder of Kitty Genovese, research on the bystander effect has stood the test of time and peer review — showing that groups are less likely to help someone in trouble than a lone individual.

The Smoky Room (1968)

In one of the first experiments of this type, Latané & Darley asked students to interview for a study about urban living. Before meeting the interviewer, participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire in the waiting room. They were sent either alone or in groups of three.
Once the subjects began filling out their questionnaires, smoke was slowly released through a vent in the room. By 4 minutes the smoke was clearly visible and breathing difficult.
75% of alone subjects calmly noticed the smoke within 6 minutes and left the room to report it.
‘Typically, those who were in the waiting room by themselves noticed the smoke at once, gave a slight startle reaction, hesitated again, and then left the room to find somebody to tell about the smoke. No one showed any signs of panic, but over three-quarters of these people were concerned enough to report the smoke…’
For the groups of three, some of the participants were sent with confederates (actors) told not to react to the smoke. Only 10% of subjects in this condition reported the smoke. Surprisingly, in the three naive bystander condition, only 38% reported the smoke.
“Even though they coughed, rubbed their eyes, tried to wave the smoke away, and opened the window, they apparently were unable to bring themselves to leave.”
The inhibiting effect of the group was so strong they were willing to sit in a room filled with smoke rather than make themselves conspicuous by reacting with alarm and concern.
When asked afterwards there were many explanations for the smoke, but they all had one thing in common: they did not mention the word “fire”. In defining the situation as a nonemergency, people explained to themselves why the other observers did not leave the room; they also removed any reason for action. "A leak in the air conditioning," said one person when we asked him what he thought caused the smoke. "Must be chemistry labs in the building." "Steam pipes."..."Truth gas to make us give true answers on the questionnaire," reported the more imaginative.
Group inhibition of bystander intervention in emergencies (1968)
The researchers considered that maybe college-age male subjects played "chicken" with one another to see who would lose face by first fleeing the room. It may be that groups were less likely to respond because no particular person was in danger.
To test this, they needed to create a situation in which a realistic "emergency" could plausibly occur with someone perceived to be in danger. Each subject should also be blocked from communicating with others, to prevent them from getting information about how others were responding to the situation. Finally, the experimental situation should allow for the assessment of the speed and frequency of their reaction to the emergency.

A Real Emergency (1968)

A college student arrived in the laboratory and was ushered into an individual room from which a communication system would enable them to talk to the other participants. It is explained they are to take part in a discussion and that the discussion would be held over the intercom system, rather than face-to-face, to avoid embarrassment by preserving the anonymity of the subjects.
During the discussion, one of the other subjects underwent what appeared to be an epileptic seizure. During the fit, it was impossible for the subject to talk to the other discussants or to find out what, if anything, they were doing about the emergency. The dependent variable was the speed with which the subjects reported the emergency to the experimenter. The major independent variable was the number of people the subject thought to be in the discussion group.
By the assistant's comments before the experiment, and also by the number of voices heard to speak in the first round of the group discussion, the subject was led to believe that the discussion group was one of three sizes: either a two-person group (consisting of a person who would later have a fit and the real subject), a three-person group (consisting of the victim, the real subject, and one confederate voice), or a six-person group (consisting of the victim, the real subject, and four confederate voices). All the confederates' voices were tape-recorded.
The experimenter began timing the speed of the real subject's response at the beginning of the victim's speech.
“I-er-um-I think I-I need-er-if-if could-er-er-somebody er-er-er-er-er-er-er give me a little-er-give me a little help here because-er-I-er-I’m-er-erh-h-having a-a-a real problem-er-right now and I-er-if somebody could help me out it would-it would-er-er s-s-sure be-sure be good . . . because-there-er-er-a cause I-er-I-uh-I’ve got a-a one of the-er-sei er-er-things coming on and-and-and I could really-er-use some help so if somebody would-er-give me a little h-help-uh-er-er-er-er-er c-could somebody-er-er-help-er-uh-uh-uh (choking sounds). . . . I’m gonna die-er-er-I’m . . . gonna die-er-help-er-er-seizure-er-[chokes, then quiet].”
Judging by the subjects' nervousness when they reported the fit to the experimenter, by their surprise when they discovered that the fit was simulated, and by comments they made during the fit (when they thought their microphones were off), one can conclude that almost all of the subjects perceived the fit as real.
85% of the subjects who thought they alone knew of the victim's plight reported the seizure before the victim was cut off.
Only 31% of those who thought four other bystanders were present did so.
The cumulative distributions of response times for groups of different perceived size indicates that, by any point in time, more subjects from the two-person groups had responded than from the three-person groups, and more from the three-person groups than from the six-person groups.
95% of all the subjects that responded did so within the first half of the time available to them. No subject who had not reported within 3 minutes after the fit ever did so. The shape of these distributions suggest that had the experiment been allowed to run for a considerably longer time, few additional subjects would have responded.
Male subjects reported the emergency no faster than did females. These results (or lack of them) seem to conflict with previous findings that males tend to assume more responsibility and take more initiative than females in giving help to dependent others. Also, females reacted equally fast when the other bystander was another female, a male, or even a person practised in dealing with medical emergencies.
Bystander intervention in emergencies: Diffusion of responsibility (1968)

The Psychological Process

Three psychological factors are thought to facilitate bystander apathy: the feeling of having less responsibility when more bystanders are present (diffusion of responsibility), the fear of unfavorable public judgment when helping (evaluation apprehension), and the belief that because no one else is helping, the situation is not actually an emergency (pluralistic ignorance).
Latané and Darley also identified the five-step bystander decision model, which explains the process bystanders move through to determine if they would intervene. Bystanders would need to first recognize a problem, interpret the problem as an emergency, assess if they have personal responsibility, decide what assistance is needed, and determine how to act.
Subjects who failed to report the emergency showed few signs of the apathy and indifference thought to characterize "unresponsive bystanders."
When the experimenter entered the room to terminate the situation, the subject often asked if the victim was "all right." "Is he being taken care of?" "He's all right isn't he?" Many of these subjects showed physical signs of nervousness; they often had trembling hands and sweating palms. If anything, they seemed more emotionally aroused than did the subjects who reported the emergency.

Conclusion

Why, then, didn't they respond?
“It is our impression that non-intervening subjects had not decided not to respond. Rather they were still in a state of indecision and conflict concerning whether to respond or not….The fit created a conflict situation of the avoidance-avoidance type. On the one hand, subjects worried about the guilt and shame they would feel if they did not help the person in distress. On the other hand, they were concerned not to make fools of themselves by overreacting, not to ruin the ongoing experiment by leaving their intercom, and not to destroy the anonymous nature of the situation which the experimenter had earlier stressed as important.”
They conclude:
“Thus, the stereotype of the unconcerned, depersonalized homo urbanis, blandly watching the misfortunes of others, proves inaccurate. Instead, we find a bystander to an emergency is an anguished individual in genuine doubt, concerned to do the right thing but compelled to make complex decisions under pressure of stress and fear. His reactions are shaped by the actions of others - and all too frequently their inaction.”
Dangerous Conformity The Smoky Room Experiment (2011) video with intro by Phillip Zimbardo (8 mins)

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2024.06.02 20:08 RoanAlbatross Is she ready or am I crazy for thinking she is?

Hi everyone,
I’m in day 5 of training my wonderful 4.5 year old level 2 daughter. We have had zero successes. No pee and definitely no poop.
We are currently in underwear from 7am-7pm. She wakes up dry and never pees on herself when we are out in public or driving around. Great bladder control (just like me but I have a bathroom phobia so it’s not super great but I’m happy she can hold it).
She won’t tell me if she has to pee. She can stay dry pretty much all morning every day. I’ve closed her room so she won’t pee on the carpet. I’m so sick of stepping on wet spots on carpet. We bring her toys out to the living room and keep activities out here so I can keep an eye on her while I work.
It’s been easier to keep an eye on her too. She’s peed on the hard wood floor and I will bring her right to the potty as soon as it happens and tell her “this is where we go pee in the potty, not on the floor. It’s ok accidents happen and we are all on the journey together”.
I’ve bribed her with M&M’s, nightlights (got a couple from targets bargain area, they’re cool), snacks, stickers and nothing is quite working. I’ve tried blowing bubbles with her, putting her feet in warm water, saying letters like B,C or E really long to make that pushing sound.
She has 3-5 accidents a day. We go to the potty every hour to two hours. We tried every hour last summer and it was a disaster.
We don’t do iPad with her because it sends her into a raging meltdown and she has excelled in her speech since getting rid of it 3 months ago. She would pee when she had it but she was distracted and don’t really want to do that at this point.
She stays positive and in a good mood until 6-7pm where her meltdowns start from tiredness. She had the whole system down, pull down pants and undies, sit on potty, wipe and flush but it’s the actual GOING is my problem. She’s going to preschool for two hours each day starting in September. I just want her to be trained. Pull ups are expensive.
Just need any and all ideas? Am I pressuring her?

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Hotshot Racing
House Flipper
How to Survive 2
Hue
Human: Fall Flat
HUMANKIND DEFINITIVE EDITION
Hungry Flame
Hyper Knights
I am Bread
I Am Fish
I am not a Monster: First Contact
I Hate Running Backwards
ibb & obb Double Pack
ICBM
Ice Age Scrat's Nutty Adventure
Ice Age: Scrat's Nutty Adventure
Ice Lakes
Impostor Factory
IN SOUND MIND
Indivisible
INDUSTRIA
Infectonator 3: Apocalypse
Infinite Beyond The Mind
Injustice 2 Legendary Edition
Insane 2
INSOMNIA: The Ark
Internet Cafe Simulator
Internet Cafe Simulator 2
Interstellar Space: Genesis
Iris and the Giant
Iron Fisticle
Iron Harvest
Ittle Dew
Ittle Dew 2+
Jack Move
Jackbox party pack 2
Jackbox party pack 5
JANITOR BLEEDS
Joint Task Force
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Journey For Elysium
Journey to the Savage Planet
JUMANJI: The Video Game
Jupiter Hell
Jurassic Park: The Game
Jurassic World Evolution
Jurassic World Evolution 2
JUST CAUSE 4: COMPLETE EDITION
Just Die Already
Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Kentucky Route Zero - Season Pass Edition
Kerbal Space Program
Kill it with Fire
Killing Floor 2 Digital Deluxe Edition
Killing Room
Kingdom Two Crowns
Kingdom: New Lands
King's Bounty: Crossworlds
Knights of Pen & Paper 2
Knock-knock
Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards] *Koi-Koi Japan : UKIYOE tours Vol.1 DLC *Koi-Koi Japan : UKIYOE tours Vol.2 DLC *Koi-Koi Japan : UKIYOE tours Vol.3 DLC
Konung 2
KungFu Kickball
Labyrinthine
Lair of the Clockwork God
Laserlife
Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom
LAST OASIS
Lawn Mowing Simulator
Layers of Fear: Masterpiece Edition
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West
Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle
Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War
Learn Japanese to Survive! Trilogy
Legend of Keepers
LEGION TD 2 - MULTIPLAYER TOWER DEFENSE
LEGION TD 2 - MULTIPLAYER TOWER DEFENSE.
Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry
Leisure Suit Larry 1-7
Lemnis Gate
Lemon Cake
lethal league blaze
Let's School
Levelhead
Liberated (GOG)
Life is Strange Complete Season (Episodes 1-5)
Light Fairytale Episode 1
Light Fairytale Episode 2
LIGHTMATTER
Little dragons cafe
Little Hope
Little Inner Monsters - Card Game
Little Misfortune
Little Nightmares
Little Nightmares Complete Edition
Livelock
Loop Hero
Loot River
Looterkings
Lornsword Winter Chronicle
Lost Castle
Love Letter
Lovecraft's Untold Stories
Lovely planet arcade
Lucius 2
Lucius 3
Ludus
Lumberhill
LunarLux
Lust for Darkness
Lust from Beyond: M Edition
Mad Experiments: Escape Room
Mad Max
Mafia Definitive Edition
Mafia iii
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Magenta Horizon
Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle
Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle : School Girls Edition
Maid of Sker
Mail Time
Maize
Maneater
Marooners
MARSUPILAMI - HOOBADVENTURE
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition
Mato Anomalies
Max Payne 3
Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons
Medieval II: Total War - Definitive Edition
Medieval: Total War Collection
MEEPLE STATION
Men of War
MERCHANT OF THE SKIES
METAL HELLSINGER
Metal Hellsinger
Metro Exodus
Metro last light
Metro: Last Light Redux
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition
MIDNIGHT PROTOCOL
Mighty Switch Force! Collection
Milky Way Prince - The Vampire Star
MIND SCANNERS
Ministry of Broadcast
Minute of Islands
Miscreated
Mists of Noyah
MKXL
Mob Factory
Mob Rule Classic
Monaco
Monster Hunter: Rise
Monster Slayers - Complete Edition
Monstrum
Monstrum 2
Moon Hunters
Moons of Madness
MORDHAU
Mordheim: City of the Damned
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Edition
MORTAL KOMBAT XL
Mortal Shell
Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021
Mr. Run and Jump
MudRunner
Murder Mystery Machine
My Big Sister
My Friend Peppa Pig
My Little Universe
My Lovely Wife
My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life
My Time At Portia
Mythforce
N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
Napoleon: Total War - Definitive Edition
NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER
Necesse
NECROMUNDA: HIRED GUN
Necronator: Dead Wrong
NecroVisioN: Lost Company
NecroWorm
Neighbours back From Hell
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD
Neon Space
Neon Space 2
Neon Sundown
Nephise: Ascension
Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder
Never Alone Arctic Collection (w/ Foxtales DLC and FREE Soundtrack)
Neverinth
Neverout
Neverwinter Nights: Complete Adventures
Newt One
Nexomon: Extinction
Nigate Tale
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
Nine Parchments
Nine Witches: Family Disruption
Nioh 2: The Complete Collection
No Straight Roads: Encore Edition
No Time to Relax
Nomad Survival
Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition
Noosphere
Northgard
Northmark: Hour of the Wolf
Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy
not the robots
Not Tonight
Nurse Love Addiction
Nurse Love Syndrome
Nusakana
Obduction
Obey Me
Observer: System Redux
Occultus - Mediterranean Cabal
Odallus: The Dark Call
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
One Finger Death Punch 2
One Hand Clapping
One More Island
One Step From Eden
One Step From Eden (Region locked)
Orbital Racer
Organs Please
Orwell: Ignorance is strength
Out of Reach: Treasure Royale
Out of Space
Overclocked: A History of Violence
Overcooked! 2 + Too Many Cooks + Surf 'n' Turf pack
Overlord: Ultimate Evil Collection
Overpass
Overruled
OZYMANDIAS: BRONZE AGE EMPIRE SIM
Pac-Man Museum +
Pan'Orama
Panty Party
Panzer Corps 2
Panzer Paladin
PARADISE LOST
Parkan 2
PARTISANS 1941
Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist
Path of Giants
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
Patron
Paw Patrol: On A Roll!
Paw Paw Paw
Paws of Coal
Peaky Blinders: Mastermind
PER ASPERA
PGA 2K21
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Pixplode
Pizza Connection 3
Plague tale
Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition
Planet Alcatraz
PLANET ZOO
PlateUp!
Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends
Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Texas Hold'em
Police Stories
Poly Island
Post Void
POSTAL 2
POSTAL 2: Paradise Lost DLC
POSTAL Redux
POSTAL: Brain Damaged - Connoisseur Edition
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
Prank Call
Prehistoric Kingdom
Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire
Pretty Girls Panic!
Prey
Primal Carnage: Extinction
Princess Kaguya: Legend of the Moon Warrior
Pro Cycling Manager 2020
Prodeus
Project CARS - GOTY Edition
Project Warlock
Project Wingman (EU)
PROJECT WINTER
Propnight
Pseudoregalia
PULSAR: The Lost Colony
qomp
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Quake II
Quake II
Quantum Break
Quern - Undying Thoughts
Radio Commander
RAGE
RAILROAD CORPORATION
Railroad Tycoon 3
Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
Railway Empire
Rain World
Rayon Riddles - Rise of the Goblin King
Re: Legend
REBEL COPS
Rebel Galaxy
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
Recipe For Disaster
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Red Faction: Armageddon
Red Riding Hood - Star Crossed Lovers
Red Ronin
RED SOLSTICE 2: SURVIVORS
Redout Complete Bundle
Redout: Enhanced Edition
Redout: Enhanced Edition + DLC pack
Regular Human Basketball
REKT! High Octane Stunts
Relicta
REMNANT: FROM THE ASHES - COMPLETE EDITION
Republique
Rescue Party: Live!
Resident Evil 0 HD REMASTER
Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Resident Evil Revelations
Resort Boss: Golf
Retimed
RETROWAVE
rFactor 2
RiME
Ring of Pain
Rise of Industry + 2130 DLC
Rise of the Slime
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam + 2 DLCs
River City Girls
River City Ransom: Underground
Roarr! Jurassic Edition
Roboquest
Robot Squad Simulator 2017
Rogue : Genesia
ROGUE HEROES: RUINS OF TASOS
ROGUE LORDS
Rogue Stormers
rollercoaster tycoon 2
ROTASTIC
Roundguard
ROUNDS
RUNNING WITH RIFLES
Rustler
Ryse: Son of Rome
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster
Sailing Era
Saint Row
SAINTS ROW
Saints Row IV
Saints Row The Third
Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell
Saints Row: The Third Remastered
Sam and Max Devil's Playhouse
SAMUDRA
Sands of Aura
Sands of Salzaar
Saturday Morning RPG
Scarlet Tower
Scars Above
Scorn
SCP: 5K
SCUM
SEARCH PARTY: Director's Cut
Second Extinction
Secret Government
Serious Sam 3 Bonus Content DLC, Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile, and Serious Sam 3: BFE
SEUM speedrunners from hell
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell
Severed Steel
Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice
Shadowgate
Shadows Awakening
SHADOWS: AWAKENING
Shape of the World
She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
Shenmue I & II
SHENZHEN I/O
Shift Happens
Shing!
Shining Resonance Refrain
Shoppe Keep 2
Shoppe Keep 2 - Business and Agriculture RPG Simulation
Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Sid Meier's Railroads!
Sifu Deluxe Edition Upgrade Bundle (EPIC)
Silver Chains
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition
Sinking Island
SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption
Siralim Ultimate
Size Matters
Skautfold Chapters 1-4
Skullgirls 2nd Encore
Slain: Back from Hell
Slap City
Slash It
Slash It 2
Slash It Ultimate
Slay the Spire
Small World
Smart Factory Tycoon
Smile For Me
Smoke and Sacrifice
Smoke and Sacrifice
Smushi Come Home
Snail bob 2 tiny troubles
Sniper Elite 3
Sniper Elite 3 + Season Pass DLC
Sniper Elite 4 Deluxe Edition
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 - Season Pass Edition
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
Snooker 19
SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
Songs of Conquest
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure DX
Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing
Sonic Generations Collection
Soulblight
Souldiers
SOULSTICE
Soundfall
Source of Madness
Spartan Fist
Spec Ops
Speed Limit
Spelunx and the Caves of Mr. Seudo
Spidersaurs
Spin Rush
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
Spirit of the Island
Spirit of the North
Spring Bonus
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Stairs
Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova
STAR WARS - Knights of the Old Republic
STAR WARS - The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition
Star Wolves
Starbound
Starsand
STASIS: Bone Totem
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Steel Rats™
Stick Fight: The Game
Still Life
Still Life 2
Still There
Stirring Abyss
STONE
Strange Brigade
Strange Brigade Deluxe Edition
STRANGER
Strategic Command: World War I
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
Streamer Life Simulator
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
Street Fighter V
Strider
Strikey Sisters
Struggling
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
Styx: Master of Shadows
Styx: Shards of Darkness
SuchArt
Sudden Strike Gold
Suite 776
Sumoman
Sunblaze
SUNLESS BUNDLE
Sunset Overdrive
Super Buff HD
Super Mag Bot
Superbugs: Awaken
Superhot
Surgeon Simulator 2
Survive the Nights
Surviving Mars
Surviving Mars
Surviving The Aftermath
Swag and Sorcery
SWINE HD Remaster
Sword Legacy Omen
Sword of the Necromancer
Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
Syberia 3
Symphonic Rain
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
Synthwave Dream '85
Tacoma
Taiji
Take Off - The Flight Simulator
Tales
Tales from the Borderlands
Talk to Strangers
Tallowmere
Talos Principle (Gold)
Tangledeep
Tank Mechanic Simulator
Tannenberg
Team Sonic Racing
TEKKEN 7
TEMTEM
Terminus: Zombie Survivors
TERRAFORMERS
Terratech Deluxe Edition
Terror of Hemasaurus
Textorcist
Tharsis
The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem
The Adventure Pals
The Amazing American Circus
The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines
The Anacrusis
The Ascent
The Battle of Polytopia
The Battle of Polytopia *DLC1. Cymanti Tribe *DLC2. ∑∫ỹriȱŋ Tribe *DLC3. Aquarion Tribe *DLC4. Polaris Tribe
The Beast inside
The Blackout Club
The Callisto Protocol™
The Chess Variants Club
The Citadel
The Colonists
THE DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY: LITTLE HOPE
The Darkest Tales
The Dungeon Beneath
The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition
The Elder Scrolls Online
The Escapists 2
THE GAME OF LIFE 2
The Golf Club™ 2019 featuring PGA TOUR
The haunted island, A frog detective
The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game
The Hong Kong Massacre
The Horror Of Salazar House
The Innsmouth Case
The Invisible Hours
The Jackbox Party Pack 9
The Knight Witch
The Last Campfire
The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame
The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
The Long Dark
The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition
The Mortuary Assistant
The Mummy Demastered
The Occupation
The Outer Worlds
THE OUTER WORLDS: SPACER'S CHOICE EDITION
THE PALE BEYOND
The Quarry
The Quarry deluxe
The Ramp
The Rewinder
The Sacred Tears TRUE
The Sexy Brutale
The Shapeshifting Detective
The Tarnishing of Juxtia
The Tenants
The Uncertain - The Last Quiet Day
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
The Uncertain: Light At The End
The USB Stick Found in the Grass
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead - 400 Days
The Walking Dead Saints and Sinners
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
The Walking Dead: Final Season
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
The Walking Dead: Season 1
The Walking Dead: Season Two
The Way
The Wild At Heart
The Wild Eight
The Witness
Them and Us
They Bleed Pixels
Thief of Thieves
This War of Mine
This Way Madness Lies
Three Kingdom: The Journey
Time on Frog Island
Tinkertown
Tiny Tina’s Wonderland(EU)
TINY TINA'S WONDERLANDS CHAOTIC GREAT EDITION
Tiny Troopers
Tinykin
Tinytopia
TIS-100
Titan Quest
Tokyo Xanadu eX+
Tom Clancy's The Division™
Tom Clancy's The Division™ - Survival!
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Tooth and Tail
Torchlight
Total Tank Simulator
Tour de France 2020
Tower Unite
Trail Out
Trailblazers
Trailmakers
Trailmakers Deluxe Edition
Train Sim World 3: Standard Edition
Train Simulator Classic
Train Valley 1
TRANSFORMERS: BATTLEGROUNDS
Transport INC
Treasure Hunter Simulator
TRIBES OF MIDGARD
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Trinity Fusion
Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia
Trombone Champ
Tropico 5 - Complete Collection
Trover Saves the Universe
Tunche
Turmoil
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Twin Mirror
Two Point Campus
Two Point Hospital
TYPECAST
Tyrant's Blessing
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Ultimate Zombie Defense
Ultra Space Battle Brawl
Unavowed
Undead Horde
Underhero
Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy
Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
Universim
UNLOVED
Unpacking
Until I have you
Unto The End
Upside Down
URU: Complete Chronicles
Vagante
Valfaris
Valfaris: Mecha Therion
Valkryia Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
Valkyria Chronicles 4: Complete Edition
Vambrace: Cold Soul
Vampire - The Masquerade: Shadows of New York
Vampire Survivors
Vane
Vectronom
Velocity Noodle
Venba
Verne: The Shape of Fantasy
Victoria 3
Victoria II
Viking: Battle For Asgard
Virgo Versus The Zodiac
VirtuaVerse
Visage
Viscerafest
Void Bastards
VOIDIGO
Volcanoids
Voltage High Society
V-Rally 4
Wanderlust: Travel Stories (GOG)
Wanted: Dead
Wargroove
Warhammer 40,000 Sanctus Reach - Complete Edition
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon - Imperium Complete
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf Special Edition
WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN – ULTIMATE EDITION
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Warman
Warstone TD
Wasteland 3
Wayward
WE NEED TO GO DEEPER
We should talk.
We Were Here Together
We Were Here Too
Webbed
Werewolf: The Apocalypse Heart of the Forest
West of Dead
What Lies in the Multiverse
When Ski Lifts Go Wrong
while True: learn()
Whos Your daddy
Wick
Windward
Witch It
Witchy Life Story
wizard of legends
Worms Rumble
Worms Rumble + Legends Pack
Wrath: Aeon of Ruin
WRC 6 FIA World Rally Championship
WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship
WWE 2K Battlegrounds
WWE 2K23
WWZ Aftermath
Wytchwood
X-COM: COMPLETE PACK
XCOM: ULTIMATE COLLECTION
XIII - Classic
X-Morph: Defense
X-Morph: Defense + European Assault, Survival of the Fittest, and Last Bastion DLC
X-Morph: Defense Complete Pack
Yakuza Kiwami
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Yumeutsutsu Re:After
Yumeutsutsu Re:Master
Zen Chess: Mate in One, Mate in 2 , Mate in 3 , Mate in 4 , Champion's Moves (5 games)
Ziggurat
Zombie Army 4
Zombie Army Trilogy
Zool Redimensioned
Zwei: The Arges adventure
Zwei: The ilvard insurrection

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For The King: Lost Civilization Adventure Pack
Train Simulator: Isle of Wight Route Add-On
Train Simulator: Woodhead Electric Railway in Blue Route Add-On
Train Simulator: North Somerset Railway Route Add-On
Train Simulator: Union Pacific Heritage SD70ACes Loco Add-On
Train Simulator: London to Brighton Route Add-On
BR Class 170 'Turbostar' DMU Add-On
DB BR 648 Loco Add-On
Europa Universalis IV: Wealth of Nations
Expansion - Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise
Expansion - Europa Universalis IV: Res Publica
Grand Central Class 180 'Adelante' DMU Add-On
Peninsula Corridor: San Francisco - Gilroy Route Add-On
SONIC ADVENTURE 2: BATTLE
Small World - A Spider's Web
Small World - Cursed
Small World - Royal Bonus
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos - Goodies Pack
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos - OST
Thompson Class B1 Loco Add-On
Total War: Shogun 2 - Rise of the Samurai
Train Sim World® 3: Birmingham Cross-city line
Train Sim World®: BR Class 20 'Chopper' Loco
Train Sim World®: Brighton Main Line: London Victoria - Brighton
Train Sim World®: Caltrain MP36PH-3C 'Baby Bullet'
Train Sim World®: Cathcart Circle Line: Glasgow - Newton & Neilston
Train Sim World®: Clinchfield Railroad: Elkhorn - Dante
Train Sim World®: Great Western Express
Train Sim World®: Hauptstrecke Hamburg - Lubeck
Train Sim World®: LIRR M3 EMU
Train Sim World®: Long Island Rail Road: New York - Hicksville
Train Sim World®: Nahverkehr Dresden - Riesa
Train Sim World®: Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds
Train Sim World®: Peninsula Corridor: San Francisco - San Jose
Train Sim World®: Rhein-Ruhr Osten: Wuppertal - Hagen
Train Sim World®: Tees Valley Line: Darlington - Saltburn-by-the-sea
Worms Rumble - Armageddon Weapon Skin Pack
Worms Rumble - Captain & Shark Double Pack
Worms Rumble - Legends Pack
Worms Rumble - New Challengers Pack
Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 7
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft - The Eldritch Box DLC
Duke Nukem Forever Hail to the Icons
Duke Nukem Forever The Doctor Who Cloned Me
GRIP: Combat Racing - Cygon Garage Kit
GRIP: Combat Racing - Nyvoss Garage Kit
GRIP: Combat Racing - Terra Garage Kit
GRIP: Combat Racing - Vintek Garage Kit
GameGuru
GameMaker Studio 2 Creator 12 Months
Intro to Game Development with Unity
Music Maker EDM Edition
Neverwinter Nights: Darkness Over Daggerford
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Dark Dreams of Furiae
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Tyrants of the Moonsea
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
Neverwinter Nights: Infinite Dungeons
Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast
Neverwinter Nights: Wyvern Crown of Cormyr
PDF-Suite 1 Year License
Pathfinder Second Edition Core Rulebook and Starfinder Core Rulebook
RPG Maker VX
WWE 2K BATTLEGROUNDS - Ultimate Brawlers Pass
We Are Alright
The Outer Worlds Expansion Pass
A Hat in Time - Seal the Deal DLC
City Skylines:mass transit
A Game Of Thrones - A Dance With Dragons
A Game Of Thrones - A Feast For Crows
Blood Rage: Digital Edition - Gods of Asgard
Blood Rage: Digital Edition - Mythical Monsters
Blood Rage: Digital Edition - Mystics of Midgard
Carcassonne - The Princess and The Dragon DLC
Carcassonne - Traders & Builders DLC
Carcassonne - Winter & Gingerbread Man DLC
Carcassonne - Inns & Cathedrals
Carcassonne - The River
Splendor: The Trading Posts DLC
Splendor: The Strongholds DLC
Splendor: The Cities DLC
Small World - Be Not Afraid... DLC
Small World - Grand Dames DLC
Small World - Cursed!
Sands of Salzaar - The Ember Saga
Sands of Salzaar - The Tournament
Monster Train: The Last Divinity DLC
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1993 Space Machine
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8-bit Adventure Anthology: Volume I
9 Years of Shadows
911 Operator
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game
A Hat in Time
A Hole New World
A JUGGLER'S TALE
A Long Way Down
A PLAGUE TALE: INNOCENCE
A Robot Named Fight!
A Tale for Anna
A.I.M.2 Clan Wars
Abalon (Summoners Fate)
Above Snakes
ABZU
Ace Combat Assault Horizon Enhanced Edition
ADOM
Adore
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion
Aeterna Noctis
AETHERIS
Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot The First Cases
AIdol
Airborne Kingdom
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
Alien Breed Trilogy
Aliens vs. Predator™ Collection
All-Star Fruit Racing
Almost There: The Platformer
American Fugitive
American Truck Simulator
Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy
AMID EVIL
Amnesia rebirth
Amnesia: The Dark Descent + Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Anomalous
Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition
Antigraviator
Anuchard
APICO
APICO
Aragami
Aragami 2
Arboria
Arcade Paradise
Arcade Paradise - Arcade Paradise EP
Arcade Spirits
Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
Armada 2526 Gold Edition
Army Men RTS
army of ruin
Arto
Ary and the Secret of Seasons
As Far as the Eye
Ascension to the Throne
Assemble With Care
Assetto Corsa Competizione
Assetto Corsa Ultimate Edition
Astebreed Definitive Edition
Astro Colony
Astronarch
Attack of the Earthlings
Automachef
Automobilista
Automobilista 2
AUTONAUTS
AUTONAUTS VS PIRATEBOTS
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ - Ubisoft Connect
AVICII Invector: Encore Edition
Awesomenauts All Nauts pack
Axiom Verge
Axiom Verge 2
Baba is you
Back 4 Blood
Back 4 blood (EU)
Backbone
Banners of Ruin
Bartlow's Dread Machine
Basement
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
Batman: Arkham Origins
Battle Royale Tycoon
Battlecruisers
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA DEADLOCK SEASON ONE
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock: Complete
BATTLETECH MERCENARY COLLECTION
BATTLETECH Shadow Hawk Pack
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
Bee Simulator
BEFORE WE LEAVE
Beholder 2
Ben 10
Ben 10: Power Trip
Bendy and the Ink Machine™
Between the Stars
Beyond a Steel Sky
Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
BEYOND THE WIRE
Beyond: Two Souls
BIOMUTANT
Bionic Commando
BioShock: The Collection
BLACK BOOK
Black Moon Chronicles
Black Paradox
BLACK SKYLANDS
BLACKHOLE: Complete Edition
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Blade of Darkness
Blasphemous
Blazing Chrome
Blightbound
Blood And Zombies
Blood Rage: Digital Edition
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Blue Fire
Bomber Crew
Boneless Zombie
Boomerang Fu
Borderlands 3
Borderlands 3 Super Deluxe
Borderlands 3 Super Deluxe Edition
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
Bot Vice
Bounty of One
Brawlout
Breakout: Recharged
Breathedge
bridge constructor
Bridge constructor medieval
bridge constructor stunts
Broken Lines
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
BUILDER SIMULATOR
calico
Call of Duty® Modern Warfare 3™ (2011)
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Capitalism 2
Car Mechanic 2018
Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
Cardboard Town
Castle Morihisa
castle storm
CastleStorm
Cat Cafe Manager
Catherine Classic
Caveblazers
Celeste
Centipede: Recharged
Cepheus Protocol
CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience
Charlie's Adventure
Chenso Club
Chernobylite: Enhanced Edition
Chess Ultra
Chicago 1930 : The Prohibition
Chivalry 2
Chop Goblins
Chorus
Chorus
Circuit Superstars
Cities Skylines + After Dark
Cities: Skylines
City of Beats
CivCity: Rome
Click and Slay
Cloud Gardens
Cloudpunk
Code Vein
Coffee Talk
Comedy Night
Command & Conquer Remastered (Origin)
Complete Dread X Collection
Conarium
Construction Simulator (2015) Deluxe Edition
Constructor Plus
Control
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
Cookie Cutter
cornucopia
Corridor Z
Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel
Cosmonautica
Crash Drive 2
Crash Drive 3
Creaks
Creepy Tale
Crookz the big heist
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight
Crush Your Enemies
Cube Runner
Cultist Simulator: Anthology Edition
Curse: The Eye of Isis
Cyber Ops
Cybercube
Danger Scavenger
Dark Deity
Dark Future
Darkwood
DARQ: Complete Edition
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
days of war definitive edition
DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace
DC's Justice League: Cosmic Chaos
Dead by Daylight
Dead Estate
Dead Rising 2
Deadly Days
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
Death's Gambit
Deceased
DECEIVE INC.
Degrees of Separation
Deleveled
Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire
Deliver Us The Moon
Demetrios - Deluxe Edition
Depraved
DESCENDERS
Desert Child
DESOLATE
Destiny 2: Beyond Light
DESTROYER: THE U-BOAT HUNTER
Detention
Devil May Cry HD Collection
Devilated
Dicey Dungeons
Dirt 5
dirt rally
Dirt Rally 2.0
Disaster Band
Disciples III: Reincarnation
Disjunction (GOG)
DISTRAINT 2
Distrust
DmC: Devil May Cry
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Don't Be Afraid
Doomed Lands
Door Kickers: Action Squad
Doorways: Prelude
Downfall
Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Drake Hollow
Draugen
Draw Slasher
Drawful 2
Dreams in the Witch House
Dreamscaper
DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders
DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of the Nine Realms
DRIFT21
Driftland: The Magic Revival
drive!drive!drive!
Drone Swarm
Due Process
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
Duke of Alpha Centauri
Dungeon Rushers
Dungeons 2
Dungeons 3
DUSK
Dusk Diver
Dust to the End
Dynopunk
Earth Defense Force 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
Eastern Exorcist
Eastward
Effie
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
El Matador
Elderand
Elderborn
ELDEST SOULS
Electrician Simulator
Elemental Survivors
Elex
Elex II
Elite Dangerous
Embr
Empire: Total War - Definitive Edition
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
ENCASED: A SCI-FI POST-APOCALYPTIC RPG
Encodya (GOG)
Endless Space 2
Endless Space 2 - Digital Deluxe Edition
Endless Space® 2 - Digital Deluxe Edition
Endzone - A World Apart
Epistory - Typing Chronicles
Escape the backrooms
Eternal Threads
Etherborn
Europa Universalis IV
European Ship Simulator
Everdream Valley
Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Exorder
EXPEDITIONS: ROME
Explosionade
F1 2018
F1 2019 Anniversary Edition
F1 2020
F1 RACE STARS Complete Edition Include DLC
Fable Anniversary
Factory Town
Fallback uprising
Family Man
Family Mysteries 3: Criminal Mindset
Fantasy Blacksmith
FARMER'S DYNASTY
Farming Simulator 17
Farming Simulator 19
Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rise of SH1FT3R
Fictorum
Field of Glory II
Fights in Tight Spaces
Filthy Animals Heist Simulator
Firefighting Simulator - The Squad
Fishing Adventure
Flashback
FLATLAND Vol.2
FlatOut
FLING TO THE FINISH
Floppy Knights
Fluffy Horde
FOBIA - ST. DINFNA HOTEL
For the King
Forgive me Father
Forts
Framed Collection
Fred3ric
Fresh Start Cleaning Simulator
Friends vs Friends
Frogun
From Space
From the Depths
Frostpunk: Game of the Year Edition
Frozenheim
Fun with Ragdolls: The Game
Funtasia
Fury Unleashed
Gamedec - Definitive Edition
Gang Beasts
GARAGE bad trip
Garden Story
Garfield Kart
GAS STATION SIMULATOR
Gelly Break Deluxe
Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
Gevaudan
Ghost Song
Ghostrunner
Giana Sisters 2D
GIGA WRECKER
Gigantosaurus: Dino Kart
Glitch Busters: Stuck On You
Gloria Victis
Go Home Dinosaurs
Goat of Duty
Godlike Burger
Godstrike
Going Under
Golf Gang
Golf It!
Gone Home + Original Soundtrack
Good Knight
Gotham Knights
GREAK: MEMORIES OF AZUR
GREEDFALL
Gremlins, inc
grey goo
GRID - 2019
grid ultimate
GRIP: Combat Racing
Gungrave G.O.R.E
Guppy
Guts and glory
GYLT
Hacknet
Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
Hamilton's Great Adventure
Hammerting
Hammerwatch
Hands of Necromancy
Havsala: Into the Soul Palace
Headsnatchers
Heartwood Heroes
Heat Signature
Heaven's Vault
Helheim Hassle
Hell Let Loose
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Hellbound
Hellpoint
Hellslave
Hellstuck: Rage With Your Friends
Hero of the Kingdom III
Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 2
Heroes of Hammerwatch
Heros hour
Hexologic
Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire
Hidden & Dangerous: Action Pack
Hidden Deep
Hi-Fi Rush
High On Life
Hitman (2016) Game of the Year Edition
HITMAN 2 - Gold Edition
Hoa
Hob
Hollow Knight
Holy Potatoes! A Spy Story?!
Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home EP2
Homestead Arcana
Hood: Outlaws & Legends
Hoplegs
Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED ™
Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard
Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures
Hotshot Racing
House Flipper
How to Survive 2
Hue
Human: Fall Flat
HUMANKIND DEFINITIVE EDITION
Hungry Flame
Hyper Knights
I am Bread
I Am Fish
I am not a Monster: First Contact
I Hate Running Backwards
ibb & obb Double Pack
ICBM
Ice Age Scrat's Nutty Adventure
Ice Age: Scrat's Nutty Adventure
Ice Lakes
Impostor Factory
IN SOUND MIND
Indivisible
INDUSTRIA
Infectonator 3: Apocalypse
Infinite Beyond The Mind
Injustice 2 Legendary Edition
Insane 2
INSOMNIA: The Ark
Internet Cafe Simulator
Internet Cafe Simulator 2
Interstellar Space: Genesis
Iris and the Giant
Iron Fisticle
Iron Harvest
Ittle Dew
Ittle Dew 2+
Jack Move
Jackbox party pack 2
Jackbox party pack 5
JANITOR BLEEDS
Joint Task Force
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Journey For Elysium
Journey to the Savage Planet
JUMANJI: The Video Game
Jupiter Hell
Jurassic Park: The Game
Jurassic World Evolution
Jurassic World Evolution 2
JUST CAUSE 4: COMPLETE EDITION
Just Die Already
Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Kentucky Route Zero - Season Pass Edition
Kerbal Space Program
Kill it with Fire
Killing Floor 2 Digital Deluxe Edition
Killing Room
Kingdom Two Crowns
Kingdom: New Lands
King's Bounty: Crossworlds
Knights of Pen & Paper 2
Knock-knock
Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards] *Koi-Koi Japan : UKIYOE tours Vol.1 DLC *Koi-Koi Japan : UKIYOE tours Vol.2 DLC *Koi-Koi Japan : UKIYOE tours Vol.3 DLC
Konung 2
KungFu Kickball
Labyrinthine
Lair of the Clockwork God
Laserlife
Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom
LAST OASIS
Lawn Mowing Simulator
Layers of Fear: Masterpiece Edition
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West
Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle
Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War
Learn Japanese to Survive! Trilogy
Legend of Keepers
LEGION TD 2 - MULTIPLAYER TOWER DEFENSE
LEGION TD 2 - MULTIPLAYER TOWER DEFENSE.
Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry
Leisure Suit Larry 1-7
Lemnis Gate
Lemon Cake
lethal league blaze
Let's School
Levelhead
Liberated (GOG)
Life is Strange Complete Season (Episodes 1-5)
Light Fairytale Episode 1
Light Fairytale Episode 2
LIGHTMATTER
Little dragons cafe
Little Hope
Little Inner Monsters - Card Game
Little Misfortune
Little Nightmares
Little Nightmares Complete Edition
Livelock
Loop Hero
Loot River
Looterkings
Lornsword Winter Chronicle
Lost Castle
Love Letter
Lovecraft's Untold Stories
Lovely planet arcade
Lucius 2
Lucius 3
Ludus
Lumberhill
LunarLux
Lust for Darkness
Lust from Beyond: M Edition
Mad Experiments: Escape Room
Mad Max
Mafia Definitive Edition
Mafia iii
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Magenta Horizon
Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle
Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle : School Girls Edition
Maid of Sker
Mail Time
Maize
Maneater
Marooners
MARSUPILAMI - HOOBADVENTURE
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition
Mato Anomalies
Max Payne 3
Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons
Medieval II: Total War - Definitive Edition
Medieval: Total War Collection
MEEPLE STATION
Men of War
MERCHANT OF THE SKIES
METAL HELLSINGER
Metal Hellsinger
Metro Exodus
Metro last light
Metro: Last Light Redux
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition
MIDNIGHT PROTOCOL
Mighty Switch Force! Collection
Milky Way Prince - The Vampire Star
MIND SCANNERS
Ministry of Broadcast
Minute of Islands
Miscreated
Mists of Noyah
MKXL
Mob Factory
Mob Rule Classic
Monaco
Monster Hunter: Rise
Monster Slayers - Complete Edition
Monstrum
Monstrum 2
Moon Hunters
Moons of Madness
MORDHAU
Mordheim: City of the Damned
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Edition
MORTAL KOMBAT XL
Mortal Shell
Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021
Mr. Run and Jump
MudRunner
Murder Mystery Machine
My Big Sister
My Friend Peppa Pig
My Little Universe
My Lovely Wife
My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life
My Time At Portia
Mythforce
N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
Napoleon: Total War - Definitive Edition
NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER
Necesse
NECROMUNDA: HIRED GUN
Necronator: Dead Wrong
NecroVisioN: Lost Company
NecroWorm
Neighbours back From Hell
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD
Neon Space
Neon Space 2
Neon Sundown
Nephise: Ascension
Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder
Never Alone Arctic Collection (w/ Foxtales DLC and FREE Soundtrack)
Neverinth
Neverout
Neverwinter Nights: Complete Adventures
Newt One
Nexomon: Extinction
Nigate Tale
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
Nine Parchments
Nine Witches: Family Disruption
Nioh 2: The Complete Collection
No Straight Roads: Encore Edition
No Time to Relax
Nomad Survival
Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition
Noosphere
Northgard
Northmark: Hour of the Wolf
Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy
not the robots
Not Tonight
Nurse Love Addiction
Nurse Love Syndrome
Nusakana
Obduction
Obey Me
Observer: System Redux
Occultus - Mediterranean Cabal
Odallus: The Dark Call
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
One Finger Death Punch 2
One Hand Clapping
One More Island
One Step From Eden
One Step From Eden (Region locked)
Orbital Racer
Organs Please
Orwell: Ignorance is strength
Out of Reach: Treasure Royale
Out of Space
Overclocked: A History of Violence
Overcooked! 2 + Too Many Cooks + Surf 'n' Turf pack
Overlord: Ultimate Evil Collection
Overpass
Overruled
OZYMANDIAS: BRONZE AGE EMPIRE SIM
Pac-Man Museum +
Pan'Orama
Panty Party
Panzer Corps 2
Panzer Paladin
PARADISE LOST
Parkan 2
PARTISANS 1941
Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist
Path of Giants
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
Patron
Paw Patrol: On A Roll!
Paw Paw Paw
Paws of Coal
Peaky Blinders: Mastermind
PER ASPERA
PGA 2K21
Pharaonic
Pixplode
Pizza Connection 3
Plague tale
Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition
Planet Alcatraz
PLANET ZOO
PlateUp!
Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends
Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Texas Hold'em
Police Stories
Poly Island
Post Void
POSTAL 2
POSTAL 2: Paradise Lost DLC
POSTAL Redux
POSTAL: Brain Damaged - Connoisseur Edition
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
Prank Call
Prehistoric Kingdom
Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire
Pretty Girls Panic!
Prey
Primal Carnage: Extinction
Princess Kaguya: Legend of the Moon Warrior
Pro Cycling Manager 2020
Prodeus
Project CARS - GOTY Edition
Project Warlock
Project Wingman (EU)
PROJECT WINTER
Propnight
Pseudoregalia
PULSAR: The Lost Colony
qomp
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Quake II
Quake II
Quantum Break
Quern - Undying Thoughts
Radio Commander
RAGE
RAILROAD CORPORATION
Railroad Tycoon 3
Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
Railway Empire
Rain World
Rayon Riddles - Rise of the Goblin King
Re: Legend
REBEL COPS
Rebel Galaxy
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
Recipe For Disaster
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Red Faction: Armageddon
Red Riding Hood - Star Crossed Lovers
Red Ronin
RED SOLSTICE 2: SURVIVORS
Redout Complete Bundle
Redout: Enhanced Edition
Redout: Enhanced Edition + DLC pack
Regular Human Basketball
REKT! High Octane Stunts
Relicta
REMNANT: FROM THE ASHES - COMPLETE EDITION
Republique
Rescue Party: Live!
Resident Evil 0 HD REMASTER
Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Resident Evil Revelations
Resort Boss: Golf
Retimed
RETROWAVE
rFactor 2
RiME
Ring of Pain
Rise of Industry + 2130 DLC
Rise of the Slime
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam + 2 DLCs
River City Girls
River City Ransom: Underground
Roarr! Jurassic Edition
Roboquest
Robot Squad Simulator 2017
Rogue : Genesia
ROGUE HEROES: RUINS OF TASOS
ROGUE LORDS
Rogue Stormers
rollercoaster tycoon 2
ROTASTIC
Roundguard
ROUNDS
RUNNING WITH RIFLES
Rustler
Ryse: Son of Rome
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster
Sailing Era
Saint Row
SAINTS ROW
Saints Row IV
Saints Row The Third
Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell
Saints Row: The Third Remastered
Sam and Max Devil's Playhouse
SAMUDRA
Sands of Aura
Sands of Salzaar
Saturday Morning RPG
Scarlet Tower
Scars Above
Scorn
SCP: 5K
SCUM
SEARCH PARTY: Director's Cut
Second Extinction
Secret Government
Serious Sam 3 Bonus Content DLC, Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile, and Serious Sam 3: BFE
SEUM speedrunners from hell
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell
Severed Steel
Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice
Shadowgate
Shadows Awakening
SHADOWS: AWAKENING
Shape of the World
She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
Shenmue I & II
SHENZHEN I/O
Shift Happens
Shing!
Shining Resonance Refrain
Shoppe Keep 2
Shoppe Keep 2 - Business and Agriculture RPG Simulation
Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Sid Meier's Railroads!
Sifu Deluxe Edition Upgrade Bundle (EPIC)
Silver Chains
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition
Sinking Island
SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption
Siralim Ultimate
Size Matters
Skautfold Chapters 1-4
Skullgirls 2nd Encore
Slain: Back from Hell
Slap City
Slash It
Slash It 2
Slash It Ultimate
Slay the Spire
Small World
Smart Factory Tycoon
Smile For Me
Smoke and Sacrifice
Smoke and Sacrifice
Smushi Come Home
Snail bob 2 tiny troubles
Sniper Elite 3
Sniper Elite 3 + Season Pass DLC
Sniper Elite 4 Deluxe Edition
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 - Season Pass Edition
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
Snooker 19
SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
Songs of Conquest
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure DX
Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing
Sonic Generations Collection
Soulblight
Souldiers
SOULSTICE
Soundfall
Source of Madness
Spartan Fist
Spec Ops
Speed Limit
Spelunx and the Caves of Mr. Seudo
Spidersaurs
Spin Rush
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
Spirit of the Island
Spirit of the North
Spring Bonus
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Stairs
Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova
STAR WARS - Knights of the Old Republic
STAR WARS - The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition
Star Wolves
Starbound
Starsand
STASIS: Bone Totem
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Steel Rats™
Stick Fight: The Game
Still Life
Still Life 2
Still There
Stirring Abyss
STONE
Strange Brigade
Strange Brigade Deluxe Edition
STRANGER
Strategic Command: World War I
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
Streamer Life Simulator
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
Street Fighter V
Strider
Strikey Sisters
Struggling
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
Styx: Master of Shadows
Styx: Shards of Darkness
SuchArt
Sudden Strike Gold
Suite 776
Sumoman
Sunblaze
SUNLESS BUNDLE
Sunset Overdrive
Super Buff HD
Super Mag Bot
Superbugs: Awaken
Superhot
Surgeon Simulator 2
Survive the Nights
Surviving Mars
Surviving Mars
Surviving The Aftermath
Swag and Sorcery
SWINE HD Remaster
Sword Legacy Omen
Sword of the Necromancer
Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
Syberia 3
Symphonic Rain
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
Synthwave Dream '85
Tacoma
Taiji
Take Off - The Flight Simulator
Tales
Tales from the Borderlands
Talk to Strangers
Tallowmere
Talos Principle (Gold)
Tangledeep
Tank Mechanic Simulator
Tannenberg
Team Sonic Racing
TEKKEN 7
TEMTEM
Terminus: Zombie Survivors
TERRAFORMERS
Terratech Deluxe Edition
Terror of Hemasaurus
Textorcist
Tharsis
The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem
The Adventure Pals
The Amazing American Circus
The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines
The Anacrusis
The Ascent
The Battle of Polytopia
The Battle of Polytopia *DLC1. Cymanti Tribe *DLC2. ∑∫ỹriȱŋ Tribe *DLC3. Aquarion Tribe *DLC4. Polaris Tribe
The Beast inside
The Blackout Club
The Callisto Protocol™
The Chess Variants Club
The Citadel
The Colonists
THE DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY: LITTLE HOPE
The Darkest Tales
The Dungeon Beneath
The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition
The Elder Scrolls Online
The Escapists 2
THE GAME OF LIFE 2
The Golf Club™ 2019 featuring PGA TOUR
The haunted island, A frog detective
The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game
The Hong Kong Massacre
The Horror Of Salazar House
The Innsmouth Case
The Invisible Hours
The Jackbox Party Pack 9
The Knight Witch
The Last Campfire
The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame
The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
The Long Dark
The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition
The Mortuary Assistant
The Mummy Demastered
The Occupation
The Outer Worlds
THE OUTER WORLDS: SPACER'S CHOICE EDITION
THE PALE BEYOND
The Quarry
The Quarry deluxe
The Ramp
The Rewinder
The Sacred Tears TRUE
The Sexy Brutale
The Shapeshifting Detective
The Tarnishing of Juxtia
The Tenants
The Uncertain - The Last Quiet Day
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
The Uncertain: Light At The End
The USB Stick Found in the Grass
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead - 400 Days
The Walking Dead Saints and Sinners
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
The Walking Dead: Final Season
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
The Walking Dead: Season 1
The Walking Dead: Season Two
The Way
The Wild At Heart
The Wild Eight
The Witness
Them and Us
They Bleed Pixels
Thief of Thieves
This War of Mine
This Way Madness Lies
Three Kingdom: The Journey
Time on Frog Island
Tinkertown
Tiny Tina’s Wonderland(EU)
TINY TINA'S WONDERLANDS CHAOTIC GREAT EDITION
Tiny Troopers
Tinykin
Tinytopia
TIS-100
Titan Quest
Tokyo Xanadu eX+
Tom Clancy's The Division™
Tom Clancy's The Division™ - Survival!
Tools up
Tooth and Tail
Torchlight
Total Tank Simulator
Tour de France 2020
Tower Unite
Trail Out
Trailblazers
Trailmakers
Trailmakers Deluxe Edition
Train Sim World 3: Standard Edition
Train Simulator Classic
Train Valley 1
TRANSFORMERS: BATTLEGROUNDS
Transport INC
Treasure Hunter Simulator
TRIBES OF MIDGARD
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Trinity Fusion
Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia
Trombone Champ
Tropico 5 - Complete Collection
Trover Saves the Universe
Tunche
Turmoil
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Twin Mirror
Two Point Campus
Two Point Hospital
TYPECAST
Tyrant's Blessing
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Ultimate Zombie Defense
Ultra Space Battle Brawl
Unavowed
Undead Horde
Underhero
Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy
Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
Universim
UNLOVED
Unpacking
Until I have you
Unto The End
Upside Down
URU: Complete Chronicles
Vagante
Valfaris
Valfaris: Mecha Therion
Valkryia Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
Valkyria Chronicles 4: Complete Edition
Vambrace: Cold Soul
Vampire - The Masquerade: Shadows of New York
Vampire Survivors
Vane
Vectronom
Velocity Noodle
Venba
Verne: The Shape of Fantasy
Victoria 3
Victoria II
Viking: Battle For Asgard
Virgo Versus The Zodiac
VirtuaVerse
Visage
Viscerafest
Void Bastards
VOIDIGO
Volcanoids
Voltage High Society
V-Rally 4
Wanderlust: Travel Stories (GOG)
Wanted: Dead
Wargroove
Warhammer 40,000 Sanctus Reach - Complete Edition
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon - Imperium Complete
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf Special Edition
WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN – ULTIMATE EDITION
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Warman
Warstone TD
Wasteland 3
Wayward
WE NEED TO GO DEEPER
We should talk.
We Were Here Together
We Were Here Too
Webbed
Werewolf: The Apocalypse Heart of the Forest
West of Dead
What Lies in the Multiverse
When Ski Lifts Go Wrong
while True: learn()
Whos Your daddy
Wick
Windward
Witch It
Witchy Life Story
wizard of legends
Worms Rumble
Worms Rumble + Legends Pack
Wrath: Aeon of Ruin
WRC 6 FIA World Rally Championship
WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship
WWE 2K Battlegrounds
WWE 2K23
WWZ Aftermath
Wytchwood
X-COM: COMPLETE PACK
XCOM: ULTIMATE COLLECTION
XIII - Classic
X-Morph: Defense
X-Morph: Defense + European Assault, Survival of the Fittest, and Last Bastion DLC
X-Morph: Defense Complete Pack
Yakuza Kiwami
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Yumeutsutsu Re:After
Yumeutsutsu Re:Master
Zen Chess: Mate in One, Mate in 2 , Mate in 3 , Mate in 4 , Champion's Moves (5 games)
Ziggurat
Zombie Army 4
Zombie Army Trilogy
Zool Redimensioned
Zwei: The Arges adventure
Zwei: The ilvard insurrection

DLCs and Softwares:

For The King: Lost Civilization Adventure Pack
Train Simulator: Isle of Wight Route Add-On
Train Simulator: Woodhead Electric Railway in Blue Route Add-On
Train Simulator: North Somerset Railway Route Add-On
Train Simulator: Union Pacific Heritage SD70ACes Loco Add-On
Train Simulator: London to Brighton Route Add-On
BR Class 170 'Turbostar' DMU Add-On
DB BR 648 Loco Add-On
Europa Universalis IV: Wealth of Nations
Expansion - Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise
Expansion - Europa Universalis IV: Res Publica
Grand Central Class 180 'Adelante' DMU Add-On
Peninsula Corridor: San Francisco - Gilroy Route Add-On
SONIC ADVENTURE 2: BATTLE
Small World - A Spider's Web
Small World - Cursed
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2024.06.02 19:58 Primary-Amount-469 Questions about sending letters to someone in the military

this might be a dumb question, but would you recommend i use pen or pencil? is a standard envelope fine? what’s the average length people usually write their letters? because so far i’m almost finished with one side and i’m not even close to being done.
how much extra stuff is too much? like if i were to draw little doodles here and there, is that cool? spraying a little spritz of perfume? using a colorful pen? adding like a word search or something similar?
should i send extra stamps in the letters for him? or does he have access to stamps?
what are some things i absolutely should not do? i have a list already of things that are prohibited, but i guess i’m mainly asking what things out of question 2 would like be a no go. no glitter bombs? haha jk

thanks in advance!

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2024.06.02 19:53 ThrowRANeedtoVent566 Life not going so great, need a spot to talk

Using a ThrowRA because my GF knows my handle and I don't know if this is a sub she uses. Anyways, realizing I'm in a full on depressive spell and need a spot to I guess, vent or talk or just get this out somewhere that isn't my head.
So have been struggling financially for 2+ years now. I've come to the realization that I'm severely underpaid for the work I do (projects manager at a company that works in publishing, I make $40k a year and I'm discovering I should be making closer to $80k) which wasn't a problem, but a series of financial setbacks has resulted in me now having an extra $10k in credit card debt on top of what I had previously and I can't keep up with day to day expenses anymore. Recently our work (me and GF work at the same company) changed health insurances, which resulted in not only me having to continue paying out of pocket for her doctor, one of the meds she needs isn't covered by the new plan. Resulting in another $100 a month I need to come up with.
I've been at my company for 7+ years, and with a bunch of freelance side work I did while here, I can confidently say my resume is one of somebody who knows my industry super well. But in my hunt for a new job, I have gotten literally 1 human response from somebody who cancelled our interview a day later because "the position was filled over the weekend". I've gotten some pointers and feedback from people on resume/cover letter and nothing I do seems to make a difference. I can't get a clear indication if the job market is THIS bad or if there's just something wrong with me and I need to try something totally new.
Recently, GF had to check into the hospital for about 2 weeks, I was covering her duties at work (I was pulling nonstop 11-12 hour days doing her job, and my job which is also more work than I should be doing). She finally came home which was great, but she met a friend there and I'm not sure if this is a genuine friend or a "I found somebody better than you" situation in the making. I know he's into her that way, I don't know if it's reciprocal. It's close to her time of the month and she gets a little weird emotionally which is exacerbating this feeling. We've been together for 6 1/2 years, so I recognize this. Fortunately I have the self-control to NOT put that insecurity onto her, I realize this is a me thing. But it just feels shitty being the person doing so much to keep our house running and she's out with somebody else. Like I'm just here for as a bank account/chef. We don't have sex that frequently, she's on anti-depressants, so I don't have comfort in that/it's compounding with this feeling of being used. If anyone watches Helluva Boss, I've been relating to Stolas a little more than I should (especially with the last episode)
I dunno, it's just been really hard for a long time now. I need some kind of win or something to feel good about and I don't know if that's coming. Had a bit of a break down last night, a car almost hit me (driver wasn't looking) and I realized I didn't feel anything about it. I want to stress I'm not looking to harm myself, so I don't want anyone reading this to panic about this internet stranger. Not sure how to close this from here, but if anyone does read this, I appreciate the time and effort spent to listen.

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2024.06.02 19:50 PuzzleheadedRent1202 Opinions on Milgram characters:

I've actually been wanting to do this for some time now lmao. Btw this is just my interpretation of each character, followed by my opinion on said interpretation. Feel free to disagree, I love to discuss with other people.
Haruka: Okay so what I think happened for him is that he very obviously has a developmental disorder of some sort. I'm not sure exactly what, and I don't really wanna speculate because I'm not an expert. So he, as a child, was neglected by his mom and didn't receive enough attention. This led him to become extremely attached to his childhood best friend, which didn't really affect anything when they were both children. But then, she grew up, yet he didn't. She started to act more maturely, and he didn't. They grew apart, and Haruka couldn't understand why. Or maybe he did, and blamed himself. Anyways. Yada yada, he tried getting attention from his mom by killing animals, he did get attention (the wrong kind), kinda went off and killed his ex bestie as well, either out of frustration or for literally more attention.
Now, my general opinion of him? Neutral. I don't love or hate him. Maybe a very mild dislike, but that's only because I find it disturbing how he calls Muu his mom.
Yuno: Abortion. I like Yuno. Not because of the whole "omg girlboss slayyyy you have total control over your body yas queen" thing, because honestly yall have got to stop saying stuff like that. I like her because she wants to be recognized as a "mature adult" who can actually take responsibility for her actions, instead of being degraded into this poor innocent girl who knows what the shit is. She's so impartial to everyone, even herself, yet she knows and acknowledges the fact that she's still human who has emotions and empathy, which is why she sometimes tries to help out. Yet, she doesn't deny the fact that she seeks interesting and new things, leaving behind others when most would feel guilty. 10/10, relatable character.
Fuuta: HATE. He is so... thoughtless?? I absolutely hate people who gets so caught up in their cause that they literally cannot see anything else. They don't stop to think, "oh, maybe what I'm doing is wrong? Maybe there is a better way to go about this?". Now, to be fair, I don't know much about Fuuta. So please, feel free to disagree with me about him, but I cannot stand the way he didn't stop to think that maybe cancelling others would push them to suicide. That just shows his naivety. I acknowledge that his passion is admirable (passion for what I'm still thinking about), but passion without the knowledge to help is just being a stubborn idiot.
Muu: I don't have much of an opinion on her character, but I do enjoy the concept that she represents. My personal theory is that she represents how somebody can be both a victim and a bully at the same time. She is at her very core, human, but without all those polite manners and social skills drilled into her. She turns pitiful and desperate when disadvantaged, but turns cocky, arrogant and confident when she has power. She is so, undeniably, human. And yet she can also be kind at times. She has such a f-ked up perception of everything, so maybe yall didn't catch it, but she's still trying to be nice in her own warped way.
Shidou: Eh. He's like, okay?? Not gonna comment on his crime because I don't feel anything towards it. But his attitude is sort of annoying. The way that he clings to his role as a doctor in prison after trying to forsake his life, the way he keeps trying to bring up age with Es (yes I know age is a valid point but bringing that up just makes it seem as if you're looking down on Es *only* because of their age. it's degrading), all that stuff just kinda gets on my nerves a bit. I appreciate what he's doing for the prison,,, but I don't really like him.
Mahiru: Love her. I love the way she tries to stand up for her ideals, no matter how much society + Es tells her it's wrong. She's been hurt so much yet she's still so optimistic, bright and hopeful about love. I love her.
Kazui: Neutral. I would have wanted to scream at him about just,,, not telling lies, but I can acknowledge how hard it is for some people to not care about their image, especially if they grew up in a traditional household.
Amane: A bit positive and negative at the same time. I dunno, I just kinda like the way that she found a way to adapt to her horrible circumstances. Although that way is by weaponizing her religion to protect herself, but yeah. Unhealthy circumstances calls for unhealthy coping methods. What I dislike is how she doesn't even want to give other thoughts a try. Like she won't stop and think about other options, not even for a little bit. But then again, it's literally been drilled into her since childhood to not betray that religion, so I guess that makes my point invalid.
Mikoto: Why, why is he so popular?? What?? I'm so confused. Honestly I just think he's neutral. Just like, oh look, another victim of the toxic work environment who found a terrible way to cope. I don't have any feelings about John either, although I do admire his dedication to Mikoto. He's just so,,, uninteresting??
Kotoko: My wife. I'll try not to let bias get in the way of this one.
Okay I'm gonna be so fr rn I absolutely detested her at first. She's like Fuuta,,, but so much worse. She takes her ideals to the absolute extreme, pushes down all guilts and feelings about others to carry out her "justice". She's so unwilling to admit that she likes the feeling of beating bad guys up, the moral high ground it gives her. She's not only hurting other people, but also herself. Mf thinks she's in an edgy movie where she's the anti-hero who goes against the government and is constantly misunderstood, like girlie stop. Stop and THINK about what you are doing, see the death, destruction and harm you've brought about not just to others but also yourself?? Goddamn.
I'm not even sure why I like her LMFAO. All my opinions about her is just, she's human scum who needs lots of therapy to stop hurting herself and others.
Es: Love my non-binary guard. They care so much for the prisoners, trying their absolute best to understand them while coping with their body and mind being infiltrated by us. I always feel so guilty having them bear the burden of explaining the guilty decisions to the prisoners,,, just want em to be happy and work-free. I admire their dedication to truly, truly feel for the prisoners, try to understand the entire context instead of the one on the surface. Yeah, they act immaturely, they're a 15 year old who has no memories, no clue as to where they are, clinging onto their role as a warden even if it makes them look pathetic because that's the only thing they've ever known. It's their only sense of "identity" they have that gives them power and pride.
Jackalope: HATE HATE HATE HATE GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU IN TRIAL 2 END gOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BACK TO WHICHEVER MISERABLE BASEMENT YOU CRAWLED OUT FROM AND STAY IN THERE FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY. JACKALOPE IS A FATHER AND CARES FOR ES?? I CALL BS. HE DUMPED SO MUCH WORK ON ES, ACTS SHIFTY AND MANIPULATIVE ALL THE TIME, DOESN'T EXPLAIN ANYTHING TO ES, AND YOU EXPECT ME TO LIKE HIM?????

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2024.06.02 19:50 meursault-42 [Event] The Verdict of the Trial of the {fake} Blackfyres

[m: I know some threads are still wrapping up regarding all of this, I encourage everyone to finish out their RPs! I just didn’t want this to be a giant bubble that affects the rest of the game for such a long time.]
***The End of the 3rd Moon, 277AC, The Throne Room of the Red Keep, King’s Landing***
A monstrous seat forged from a thousand swords, twisted and melded together by the fires of dragonflame. The Iron Throne. It was a stark reminder of the brutal conquest that had birthed the realm. This seat of power, both magnificent and foreboding, awaited its sovereign.
King Rhaegar Targaryen was clad in black and red, the colors of the dragon. A cloak of dark velvet, trimmed with sable, draped over his shoulders, the gifted sword from the faith sheathed at his side. His Valyrian steel crown sat atop his head, fitted perfectly. His demeanor was dark that day, a symbol for the verdicts to come.
With measured steps, Rhaegar ascended, his footing calm and assured. His presence commanded attention, not through overt displays of power, but through a quiet confidence and an undeniable aura of surety. There was something different about him since his return from a temporary leave, more confidence than anything. Nobody would know it had come from him consummating his secret Valyrian marriage. It would only appear that the young king, tested as early as possible, had responded with the divine right to rule that the dragons had.
The light from the high windows cast long shadows, dancing around the assembled lords and ladies of the realm. *The Trial of the Century*, some had deemed it. All taking place mere months after the King’s coronation.
Olenna Tyrell stood before the throne, as did Heracleos Paethaymnion, the knight shackled. Beside them stood the two children, Daemon and Daena Whitewater. The entire group was flanked by Targaryen guard.
King Rhaegar's voice echoed through the hall, silencing the murmurs. "It is time I pass judgment on those who have conspired to deceive the realm with false claims of Blackfyre heritage. You have all committed grave crimes in your pursuit of power." His expression remained stern, no sense of doubt showing. “I have gathered some of the most respected Lords and Ladies of our realm as witnesses, and their testimonies, alongside evidence of written letters and ledgers. We might spend years collecting even more incriminating evidence, yet now, I have no doubt in my mind who is responsible for all of this.”
He turned his gaze to Olenna Tyrell. "Lady Olenna, your actions in bringing forth this plot have caused much turmoil. Your own guilt has been proven far and wide. I have come to understand that your involvement in this plot dates back to even the days of the NinePenny Kings, before the last Blackfyre rebellion was finished, before Maelys was slain. However, your eventual decision to reveal the conspiracy has shown a measure of remorse, and for this, I shall extend my mercy.”
He exhaled. "You are hereby pardoned of treason, and shall keep your life. Yet, your role in this deceit cannot go unpunished. You raised the children yourself, grooming them as Blackfyres, providing them education and a life equivalent to a king and queen. And even in bringing them to me, you lied. You claimed to have only been investigating the matter, but it is clear you were heading it for some time. To bring them forth was of fear, so you might cleanse your guilt in this. As a symbol of your dishonor, your hair and eyebrows shall be shaved off, so all may see you for the liar you have been."
A murmur rippled through the crowd, and Rhaegar raised a hand to silence them.
Rhaegar fixed his attention back on Olenna. "You are also to be confined to Highgarden for a period of ten years. You shall not leave the castle grounds for any reason, save by my explicit command. This confinement will serve as a reminder to all of the consequences of deception and dishonor. Should you disobey this command, my mercy will be no more. You will be executed."
"Furthermore," Rhaegar continued, "House Tyrell and House Redwyne are fined ten thousand gold dragons each, for their complicity and failure to uncover the truth. The wealth of your houses have been built on the trust of the realm, and it is only just that you pay for the damage done to that trust. Failure to repay this fine within the year shall be considered direct disobedience of the crown and shall lead to the justice that comes in return."
Rhaegar's gaze hardened further, this time on Lord Luthor. "In addition, Lord Luthor Tyrell is stripped of the title Warden of the South. This honor and responsibility cannot belong to a man that has shown such grievous complacency and failure in its duties to the realm. A man whose own wife raised a Blackfyre plot within his own home for years under his nose. It is instead awarded to Lord Steffon Baratheon, Lord of Storm’s End, who shall take command of the armies south of the Crownlands, from the Shields to Tarth. The matter shall be revisited in ten years, upon the conclusion of Lady Olenna’s confinement."
The shock was palpable, a decision unprecedented. The Tyrells had held that honor since Aegon the First had bestowed it upon them.
Turning his attention to the children, Rhaegar's expression softened slightly. "I have prayed to the mother, and she has advised more mercy than I spoke of before. Though you were only pawns in this deceit, you must still face the consequences of your actions."
“The boy will be sent to the Wall. There, you will have the opportunity to serve the realm honorably and find redemption for your part in this. No harm will come to you from my hand, but you must learn the value of honor and duty."
Rhaegar then turned to Daena. "You will be sent to become a Silent Sister. In their care, you will learn to hold your tongue and find solace in silence. No harm will come to you either, but you must learn the value of humility and service."
Finally, Rhaegar's gaze settled on Ser Heracleos Paethaymnion. "And now, Ser Heracleos Paethaymnion, the architect of this vile deception. Damning evidence has been uncovered regarding your involvement in all of this. Letters, witnesses, testimonies. You have not only plotted to usurp a throne and name and heritage that does not belong to you, but you have also sown discord and mistrust across the realm. You have plotted for harm against your king,” Rhaegar accused him. “You had these children’s care at Highgarden arranged as the realm fought a war to the east. Moreover, this evidence has revealed truths of not only the present, but of the past. I have deemed you guilty of the murder of Lord Bryce Corbray.”
The crowd gasped then. Nearly a decade had passed since Lord Corbray was murdered. And only this year had it been finally connected to a revealed Blackfyre plot and the Paethaymnions. Heracleos now took the burden of guilt for both at the decision of the young dragon. Rhaegar was the king, after all, and he alone decided guilt. Somebody had to be found guilty for such a crime.
“Your family will provide a servant of the crown to become my food and wine tester, one of your children, so they too may feel the burden of being plotted against. That is the mercy they receive, for I should strip them of their lands and titles, yet do not believe they were all truly involved.”
“But you, Ser. For your crimes, there can be only one sentence."
"You are sentenced to death," Rhaegar pronounced, his voice cold and unyielding. “Your head shall roll at dusk.”

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2024.06.02 19:42 pressedflowerszine What is the earliest example swirly psychedelic lettering in graphic design?

The album Fairytale by Donovan was released in October 1965, two months before the Beatles’ Rubber Soul (which featured bubbly psychedelic typeface) and likewise has very distorted lettering on its cover. I’m sure there was a bit of a transition and development of the style where pinpointing the official first example might be hard but is there anything earlier than this example from October 1965? I’m having trouble researching this question online.
Also, I don’t mean proto-psychedelic like art nouveau, I mean design that has some direct link to the 60s counterculture.

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2024.06.02 19:28 SKKumar2 Final update on my case- Previous company messed up my BGV

Original Post - click here
As it turns out, Company 1 had a grudge on me, because I resigned, and because I had filed a grievance against them, for non-deposit of PF & Pension amount.
I have more than enough evidence to back my claim. In fact, HR of Company 3 has clearly written over email that whatever proof I submitted over email, have already clarified that I was right and Company 1 was wrong. But, still, HR insisted to get an email from Company 1, stating that the documents provided by me were indeed correct.
Obviously, Company 1 didn't listen and is not providing. So, finally, I have decided to give a final mail to Company 3, stating that Company 1 is not buzzing, and that it is the final decision of HR. I am almost certain that Company 3 will revoke the offer letter.
Some family members have suggested that even if I win the battle against Company 1, I will lose the war in the end. Company 1 may finally bow down, but by that time, I will have lost so much than I would gain. My only regret is that, I wanted my record clean, and through absolutely no fault of my own, I am being framed.
So, I guess, with no offer in hand, and no income, I am back to the drawing board. If a new company comes in, I am going to set the record straight, stating that I am not in good relations in Company 1, because Company 1 is doing 420s (char sou bissi) work, Moreover, I was never confident regarding DSA using Python, so I am planning to start my DSA course from tomorrow.
If you have good references, and if you have good course names, do let me know.

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2024.06.02 19:06 CnRhin We Were Sent to Find an Ancient Weapon Called Human- Chapter 7

First Last
Once Lizra and Human crested the hill, in front of them was a long rocky peninsula which jutted out into the turquoise green waters of Quori. It split through the ocean like a dagger, the white foam of waves washing onto it trying to bury it beneath the tide. Lizra hopped down from Human’s shoulder and bounded down the path to a secluded black sand beach nearby. Looking out over the waters, the semi-circle outline of the red giant was slowly dipping below the horizon. The water shimmered in the red light, shifting from green to a vibrant yellow in the sun’s intense glare. The sounds of waves crashing ashore was all that disrupted the world around them, a tranquility undisturbed except by nature itself.
“I remember you talking about a beach back at the facility, and how much you wanted to go to one. So I chose this place specifically since it has the most impressive on Quori. We should be far enough away from the town that nobody will bother us. It’s empty this time of day since they don't wish to trek all the way back in the dark.”
“Can you see fine in the dark?”
“Well no, not really; but Tic-Tac said it wouldn’t be a problem for you.”
“Yea, it’s not a problem,” Human said, walking out onto the shore. The tiny black stones of the beach crumbled underneath him, each step transforming the rocks into a fine sandy powder. He stopped a few meters before the water, gazing out into the setting sun that was trying to escape below the waves. He set the boxes down beside him and slowly seated himself on the beach, resting his hands on his legs and watching the world from between his knees. The green wake slowly washing up and licking the edges of his boots as he sat there.
“Is it everything you were expecting?” Lizra asked, going over to Human and sitting atop the boxes.
“Even better. Thank you.”
The two sat patiently for a breath, taking in the ocean vista before Lizra spoke again. “I don’t think I’ll ever tire of seeing things like this. Places like these are why I love the Outer Worlds so much. Untouched, pristine, just existing in their own little pocket of the galaxy. One thing we have that The Core worlds don't, is real genuine nature. I know you’ve needed something to take your mind off... well everything. You always seem so down and stuck in your own head. I hoped this could help you clear it.”
Human sat quietly, watching the sea rise and lower, like a creature breathing in a slow steady rhythm. He lifted his arms up to the base of his head before stopping, hesitating as if he was thinking something over.
“I think… It’d be even better to see it with my own eyes.” He submitted to the thought and released the clamps at the base of his helmet. A small hiss of air escaped from the edges before he pulled it off his head. Multiple wires and connectors dislodged from his ears and mouth as he let the mask fall into the sand with a heavy thud. His pale hairless scalp a stark contrast to the pitch black beach around them, and his sunken features told the story of someone who had seen better days. A jagged red scar ran from the side of one of his eyes to the back of his head, breaking up the symmetry of his face. He brought an armored hand up to block the light of the red star in front him, squinting his eyes which weren’t adjusted to the newfound intensity.
“It’s… a lot brighter than I thought it would be. And everything’s so… quiet.” He sat still as his eyes adjusted to the new environment. “I don’t hear it all anymore. The little things scurrying in the rocks behind us, the restless buzz of the city… the constant sound of your heartbeat. It's actually quiet for once.”
“I didn’t know you always heard those things.”
“You get used to it if it's all you’ve ever known. This feels so strange, like losing one of your senses you’ve had since birth. Is this how it is for you?”
“Only in places like this. Away from it all.” Lizra said, curling up into a little ball, enjoying the serenity of the occasion and the sun on her speckled fur.
“It’s nice, you were right. It’s different to actually feel the heat of a star on your own skin.” The pair didn’t say anything for a long while, taking in and appreciating the peacefulness of the moment that they were sharing. The sun was nearly set by then, great crimson beams of light broke through the gaps of the orange clouds above setting the sky ablaze. Lizra finally broke the silence between them, “I forgive you, you know. You don’t have to feel bad for what you did. You didn’t know what you were doing.”
Human didn’t reply for a short moment, a bead of water slowly emerged from his scarred eye and splashed into the rocks below. “No… I knew what I was doing.”
“It wasn’t your fault. I want you to know that I don’t blame you for what happened to my people. It was a long time ago.”
“Not for me.” Human replied with a whisper, closing his eyes as he looked down at the sand underneath him. “I had a long time in that pod in the beginning, no way to escape my thoughts. Nothing to do except dwell on everything I did over and over, again and again. You don’t know what I did, the people I hurt.”
“I know that you’re not the same person that was there all those years ago. I can tell that you are genuinely sorry for your actions, and someone who feels that kind of remorse deserves a second chance.”
“How can you forgive me so quickly? I haven’t done anything that could even remotely make up for the things I've done.”
“Because you want to be better. That shows that deep down you were always a good person. Regardless of what you might have done, you can still make the universe a better place here and now. That’s more than enough in my eyes.”
“But it's not enough!” yelling the words as he stood up. Lizra hadn’t ever heard Human speak like this before. “How can that be enough? I haven't even done anything yet!”
“It’s not about what you did, it’s about what you’re going to do moving forward.” She stated as she sat up, locking her small eyes with the creature towering above her. "Whatever you may have done, you can always atone for it by doing the right thing now."
“That doesn’t fix anything I did! No matter what I do now, however many fucking lives I save! I can never go back and salvage the ones I ripped apart.” He yelled, turning away from her, hands clenched into fists. “That’s all I was made for after all! I wasn’t made to differentiate between right and wrong, good vs evil, to think. That was never supposed to be my problem. I was made just to do as I was told, and let somebody else worry about the mess. All I’m good at is destroying everyone and everything around me. Is that the kind of person that you think can be salvaged!? You wanna see how great of a person I've always been?”
Human reached over to something on his chest with trembling fingers. Nestled between the plates of armor and his bodysuit were a few small pieces of paper. He pulled them out as he turned around to the tiny Elyrian and threw them into the air over her. Lizra ducked down in fear as the photos floated to the ground around her nearly getting caught in the breeze.
“That’s how good of a person I was. See that happy little family in those pictures? How great and wonderful their life was?” Lizra picked them up and looked down at the small collection of images in her paws. They appeared to be a personal keepsake one would have on them to remind them of their family. The first showed two of her own species at a beautiful Connection ceremony, happy to spend the rest of their lives together at a beautiful mountain temple. The next was them holding a newborn child, you could see the joy in their eyes as they gazed down at it. Next they were in a town, the father holding the little one up in the air as it smiled. There was one of two younglings playing together in a grass field while the mother ran after them trying in vain to catch them. The last showed the family of four together, the now grown baby from the second image lifted the father off the ground laughing as they tried to recreate one of the earlier frames.
“I slaughtered them, watched them bleed out and die one by one. And what did I do the whole time? I was laughing, I was fucking enjoying another casual day at work as the little ones begged for their lives crying, and had watch their parents be executed right in front of ‘em. Is that something that someone who was always a good person would’ve done?”
“Who are you to forgive me? What gives you any right to say that I’ve changed and am any different from the monster who murdered that family? I’m not someone who deserves a second chance at anything! I don’t deserve anyone's forgiveness or sorrow or any of that shit. All I deserve is to be put down and forgotten about like the rest of my people! Maybe then, when we’re all dead and gone, the universe would finally be a better fucking place!”
“Human, I-I apologize that-” Lizra tried to speak but was cut off.
“You apologize? for fucking what? What do you possibly have to apologize for? You weren’t the one that looked them in the eye and pulled the trigger with a smile. You live in this happy little bubble where everything’s so great and nobody’s truly all bad, just misunderstood. Well news flash Lizra, the universe isn’t some magical place where the good always win and the bad guys lose. Cause if it were, I should've died a long time ago.”
Lizra looked away from the images clutched in her shaking paws, tears flooding her own eyes now. “Well excuse me for thinking that there might be some remnant of a genuine person behind that emotionless facade you put on. I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt and hope that maybe, just maybe, you’re not the monster everyone wants me to think you are. But clearly that's all you see yourself as. You may have escaped from the human ships, but if you can’t escape from your own head then what was it all for? Why even go through the trouble if you’re just going to sulk around feeling sorry for yourself until the end of time?”
“Sorry for myself? I’m not sorry for myself, I couldn’t give less of a fuck about myself or how I feel. The only thing I even remotely feel sorry for is all the ones that actually deserve to be alive instead of me!”
“Does it feel good taking that anger out on me? Do you feel better yelling at the one person who's tried to show you that there's more to the world than just anguish and sadness?”
“I just can’t wrap my mind around it. You don't know the first thing about me! And yet you sit here and tell me how I should feel? As if someone like you can even begin to comprehend what I’ve seen, the shit I’ve done. You think I’m someone deserving of kindness?” Human nearly crying now, getting his words out between choked breaths. “All my life, this universe has shown me nothing but malice and hate from the moment I was forced into existence. And from that day on, I've made sure everyone else felt just as awful as I have. So what have I done to earn anything better?”
“You don’t need to earn the right to feel better! You’re not going to go out and do some heroic act of redemption that magically makes you feel better about everything!” Lizra yelled back, getting just as emotional as Human was. “You don’t need to save me from the great danger of someone walking out of a store, or go back in time and rewrite the history of my people, for me to forgive you. The fact that you’re here now, yelling your heart out on this beach, proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that you’re more than just some mindless weapon like everyone thinks you are. You have thoughts, feelings, regrets, that's why you deserve a second chance.” She was panting, nearly out of breath from the way she was yelling back at him.
“You just have to want to do some good in this life, and maybe then people won’t see you as l something that needs to be feared. Maybe once people realize there’s more to you than just pent up destruction, they’ll actually want to be around you. And when you wake up and see that everyone around you can care about you, might just start to feel a little bit better about yourself.” Lizra spoke, putting the pictures down and wiping the tears from her eyes.
Human stood motionless glaring at his trembling fingers before falling back into the sand. He brought up his hands to his head and yelled, there were no words behind it, but the meaning was clear to everyone there. Lizra carefully picked herself up off the box and stepped over to Human laying down on his back. She sighed wrapping her tail around him and rested her head against his. Then he began to cry for the first time in his life.

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“Is that a threat?” I countered plainly, simply, and with my hand brushing against the back of my pistol.
“No, newrealmer.” The apprentice replied with a nonchalant, conversational tone of voice, having dropped that momentary rise in intensity. “I am merely referring to this little mixer. Which, I believe, I should allow you to get back to. But just be warned, it would be wise to heed my words. Though I highly doubt this will be the last you’ll be hearing of this, as perhaps clarification will be needed to address exactly what is and isn’t acceptable and tolerable. Then again, I doubt even that will be my purview. Oh well…” The apprentice shrugged, cutting himself off and removing the little blanket of darkness before he could get into another one of his long-winded tirades.
The darkness disappeared as abruptly as it’d arrived. Moreover, if the sensor readings didn’t already make it clear, it was now very much evident to me that the shadowy bubble I’d been thrust into wasn’t some kind of portal or spatial anomaly, but a careful manipulation of light; separating our small space from the rest of the gathered crowd. A crowd which, much to my surprise, didn’t seem at all fazed by the scene. If anything, the sudden and inexplicable appearance of the apprentice seemed to only result in the expected nods of respect, and bows of deference.
No words were exchanged between the shadowy apprentice and the gathered group. Instead, only a glare and a nod of respectful warning was given; generating an immediate shift in the atmosphere.
A vibe that immediately read as: Tread Lightly.
Silence permeated the immediate aftermath of that encounter. Whilst concern over the apprentice’s actions brewed inside of me, forcing me to consider the implications of this first open attempt at information control, and more worryingly… if he was acting on his own volition or at someone else’s standing orders.
However, despite the general submission to the apprentice’s presence and the unspoken warnings toward the group as a whole, the mileage by which the warning was taken… varied considerably.
The tortle-like-turtle, along with the rest of his group and some scattered compatriots, simply left.
Ladona and a few others remained there for a second longer, before likewise breaking course, returning back to Auris Ping and the rest of their group.
Etholin and the group of crocodiles however, whilst relatively unnerved and cautious, actually took a few steps towards me.
“Well then.” The orange and yellow Viscount Gumigo broke the silence first. “You, newrealmer, are now officially on our sight-map.” He spoke in a manner that because of his cocksure and gung-ho demeanor, made it difficult to determine if that was a particularly good, or a particularly bad thing. Though the fact he also left quickly after saying that, probably implied the sentiment lay somewhere in between.
“We'll have our eyes on you.” One of the crocodiles spoke, using two of his three fingers to point towards his eyes, before shooting them back towards me.
“And our ears too!” The smallest crocodile yapped through a confident grin, before just as quickly bolting off.
This left only the small ferret as the last one standing, as he once more craned his head up higher and higher, just to meet my eyes.
“T-the offer from before still stands, earthrealmer.” Etholin began, generating a brief instance of a privacy screen around us. “The offer to parlay that is. W-with the added caveat of guaranteed discretion on my part.” The ferret’s mild-mannered demeanor remained all throughout, even as he tried his best to infer something other than skittish nervousness through his words. “You were leading towards something, a topic which… while admittedly taboo and borderline preposterous, entering the realm of absurdity, is one that I very much wish to hear more of. Will you walk with me, Emma Booker?” The ferret gestured towards the second nook. “We don't have much time before the end of this mixer, after all.”
I nodded cautiously, prompting the ferret’s privacy screen to grow stronger with mana radiation, a confirmation that these things did take more effort to maintain when in motion.
“I’m flattered they even bothered to entertain my explanations in that case.” I offered, trying to keep the conversation rolling as it naturally veered towards one of the points I wanted to touch on; gauging the crowd from earlier using Etholin’s insight. “After all, it would’ve been much easier to simply disengage and disregard, rather than to engage and actively humor my points.”
“Indeed. Though this perhaps due in no small part to the… unconventional and daring plays of your vastly inferior hand.” The ferret paused, before quickly correcting himself just as we arrived at the third nook. “I… I meant no disrespect with that of course!”
“No offense taken, at least not at this junction, Lord Esila.” I offered with a sigh, urging him to continue.
“A newrelamer’s deck is often composed of cards stacked against their favor from the moment they step into the nest of intrigue that is the Academy. Your… unique predispositions, whilst seemingly a handicap, have been overshadowed by your peers’ classroom performance in the form of your current points, and most notable of all… your library card. Whilst the former is subject to the whims of the academic game, the latter… has become a foundational cornerstone to your lore. This, amongst a few other rumors and whispers, has forced the student body to reassess its stance on what would otherwise be an easily-dismissed existence. Indeed I… applaud your risk-taking maneuvers during that fateful assembly. Though I can imagine it did not come without its price.”
That latter, almost ominous statement, immediately put me in mind of Auris and the resultant cold war stemming from our two fates that’d become inexplicably linked after that assembly fiasco.
A pause quickly punctuated the scene, with Etholin looking up expectantly, as I took a moment to get a closer look at the third nook and all of its magically-derived shenanigans; namely the battle-lines now drawn into what appeared to be a fully actualized, highly-rendered battlemap, and miniatures of several towns and cities scattered across it.
“All decisions have their prices, Lord Esila.” I offered earnestly, just as the lines in whatever magical RTS game happening in the background behind him were shifting. “Indeed, as much as I appreciate your insight on this matter, this does raise the question—”
“You backstabbed my third guard unit, Lord Etale!”
“Well, YOU lied to me about the shipment of grain, Lady Evrail!”
I paused, momentarily distracted by the drama quickly manifesting in the background.
“—why exactly do you seem to be more invested in me than most? Now, I’m not saying I’m not appreciative of course. I genuinely, and wholeheartedly, wish to form more bonds amidst an… in your own words — nest of intrigue. However, I am merely curious.”
“Perhaps I see this as a risk worth taking, Cadet Emma Booker.” He offered with a twitch of his ears. “Perhaps, I see that the benefits of discussing matters, of forming at the very least a working relationship, is now worth the potential risks following your elevation from a mere newrealmer, to a potential player in the game.”
A momentary silence once more descended following that answer, as I paused to ponder the sincerity behind the ferret’s voice, amidst the growing chaos and rapidly deteriorating battle-lines of the game behind him; towering high-rises and windmills alike, crumbling amidst a barrage of tiny magical missiles hurled to the tune of tiny mana radiation signatures.
However, just before I could formulate an answer, a series of bells suddenly sounded above us, eliciting the attention of not just me and my gathered audience, but the rest of the room as well.
It was around this time that the musical ensemble from one of the nooks came forward, carried aloft on a floating invisible platform, as the ‘MC’ began addressing everyone in the room. “Princes and Princesses, Lords and Ladies… newrealmer… may I have your attention, please! The time for dinner has arrived! As a result, it would be our pleasure once again to serenade the end of today’s mixer.” The ‘MC’ quickly turned towards the only other noble on stage, who just as quickly began performing.
The question of just how a singular person would be able to play a quartet’s worth of instruments quickly became clear, as disembodied white-gloved hands manifested out of nowhere, and began playing a sharp and whimsical tune.
“It stands to reason that perhaps fate has deemed our conversation stops here, at least for now, Cadet Emma Booker.” Etholin offered.
“There’s more you wanted to touch base on?”
“Y-yes. There is a proposition I wish to pose to you, on the matter of this weekend’s sojourn into Elaseer, and on another matter more pertinent to your time here within the Academy and its many, many factions.”
So that’s what his angle is?
“If it’s a simple nonbinding talk, then sure. Maybe tomorrow after class? Or maybe after Friday’s PE class? As long as nothing else comes up of course.”
“Those are indeed acceptable time frames, Cadet Emma Booker.” Etholin nodded deeply, before taking a few careful steps back. “Till we meet again.”
The sun had begun setting at this point, and as the music prepared to draw to a close, so too did everyone’s formerly talkative spirits.
The wrap-up process was somber, and was rather distinct for each of the little nooks within the lounge. The first nook, with Ilunor and Rostario, seemed to be tallying up some sort of a scoreboard that floated in mid air, far above the reaches of the pair’s short little arms.
The second nook however seemed to be dealing with a lot of cleanup work, as the animated paper birds, dragons, gryphons, and dragon-wyvern-gryphon hybrids were practically torn to shreds by the end of it. Whatever animated battle had transpired, I was apparently not privy to. But I made an immediate mental note to both myself and the EVI to focus on that nook the next time around.
The third nook, the one I’d seen towards the tail end of the mixer, was my main fixation at this point however; as the students here seemed to be tallying and wrapping up what was effectively a magically actualized version of a hybrid between a real-time strategy and a table-top roleplaying game. Except instead of holograms, they dealt with fully autonomous physical miniatures, small representations of anything from your archetypal knight to what looked to be a heavily armored… dare I say it, renaissance looking APC… if that was even a thing. I tended to stay away from fusion fantasy stories, being known as a stickler for minimally invasive crossover settings, so I’d need to look this over with the EVI after work was done. Many of the miniatures however lie in tatters, mauled and torn apart across the mini battlefield. But just like the second nook, this mess didn’t seem to be a problem; a series of magical spells restored every model back to their original condition.
Though following the cleanup, I’d expected the tensions from earlier to spiral into some form of a duel. Similar to how Ilunor and Rostario had seemingly been riled up from what amounted to a minor confrontation.
This, surprisingly, didn’t happen. Instead, and much to my surprise, the group just ended up shaking hands in a surprising display of sportsmanship.
But while the first three nooks were rather straightforward, the fourth nook… I just couldn’t comprehend. Their incantations of darkness seemed to have brought about some sickening creature that disintegrated into what I could only describe as liquid shadow following the call for dinner.
Which left only the fifth nook, who were essentially already packed up, with their musical instruments disappearing either into a burst of smoke or into a small dimensional rift-in-the-wall.
That, I’d need to investigate down the line.
For now however, I turned towards the exit, towards the animated painting that had acted as the entryway to the space. One that had now just given up on all pretenses and opened up like a traditional door; exactly as I recalled it on the night of the warehouse explosion.
“So much for all the magical effort that goes into entering the place.” I groaned out, as I regrouped with the rest of the party, but not before Ilunor turned around for one final jab at the hamster.
“You’re a guinea pig, Prince Rostarion!” He seethed, before seemingly out of nowhere, pulling a fruit that looked like a cross between a pineapple and a cantaloup out of his cloak. At which point, he lobbed it, directly towards the hamster who deflected it with a flick of his wrist.
This led to what amounted to an impromptu tennis match that followed us from the lounge, into the halls, and even all the way down the stairs, before it finally came to an end at the end of an upper yearsman’s wand. At which point, a few words were exchanged, and the pineapple found itself floating and following the Vunerian down and into the dining hall. It seemed to get closer and closer to his head, only halted when he turned around to glare at it.
“I… I don’t understand what’s going on anymore, Ilunor.” I offered in an exasperated breath.
“It’s humor, earthrealmer.” The Vunerian responded somehow pridefully, yet defeatedly at the same time. “You wouldn’t understand.”

Dragon’s Heart Tower, Level 23, Residence 30, Living Room. Local Time: 2000 Hours.
Emma
“So what do you make of it?” I asked the gang after more or less divulging the entirety of my encounters during the little ‘mixer’, now that we’d plopped ourselves down on the couch, with a cone of silence deployed for good measure.
“Lady Ladona was attempting to assert some level of social dominance and intimidation.” Thacea began, taking a sip of some tea she’d ordered in from dinner. “Whether or not that is at the behest of Lord Ping’s request, or one committed on her own volition, does not detract from the fact that her actions are invariably representative of her peer group.”
“To which Emma responded in the best way possible.” Thalmin offered with a snarky grin. “Care to revisit that moment you stood your ground against her on your memory shard again, Emma?”
“I’m afraid I have to insist on moving forward with the conversation, Thalmin.” Thacea countered, prompting the lupinor to hold back and to simply shrug, urging the avinor to continue.
“The rest of the crowd seemed… as you pointed out to Lord Esila, surprisingly accommodating all things considered. Though it’s the encounter with Apprentice Arlan Ostoy that I am most worried about.”
“As am I.” I offered, prompting both of us to stare intently in deep thought.
“The man is obviously trying to halt the divulgence of hard evidence to your manaless existence.” Thalmin offered.
“But the enforcement aspect of it is nebulous at best.” Ilunor chimed in. “I believe you will see further expansion upon this warning sooner rather than later. For now I believe it would be best if we heeded those warnings, especially considering the delicate situation we are already embroiled in.”
I took a moment to take all of that advice in, pausing to consider my next course of action with that particular development.
Exhaustion certainly wasn’t something I’d expected to feel this early on in the night. This was especially true when considering that all that had transpired was what amounted to a small social gathering.
Though as my time with the Director had taught me, ‘parties’, and ‘social events’ were two very distinct things. With the latter being less of a party and more of a thinly veiled networking expo disguised under layers of booze, food, and whatever shiny distractions your budget could afford.
But while the social mixer seemed to have opportunities for those to pursue their hobbies, namely in the little nooks… the social event aspect of it was definitely still there. And as a result, it was still something I desperately wanted to recover from.
Though given my track record…
“INFIL-DRONE01a has returned-to-base, Cadet Booker.”
… I should’ve expected that work was going to rear back its ugly head somehow.
Moreover, this was all part of the plan, after all.
The expected downturn in activity was expectedly replaced with the anxiety-inducing apprehension of what was to come.
“Alright.” I announced, both towards the EVI, and outwardly towards the rest of the gang. “The spy drone’s back. Are you guys ready to see what’s on it?”
A series of nods quickly followed, with all eyes averting from the dragon-fly like drone currently docking itself back into my suit.
I held my breath as the data began its tentative upload, a nagging feeling coiling from the back of my spine urged me to prepare for the worst.
“Alert. Probability of stealth compromisation and discovery at 50.27%. Isolate and play moment of stealth parameter endangerment?”
And I just about let loose the largest sigh of internalized stress I’ve released over the past 48 hours.
This clearly brought on the attention of the rest of the group, as each of them leaned closer towards me.
“There’s a near fifty-fifty chance we’ve been found out.” I explained bluntly. “But there’s only one way to find out.” I quickly began setting up the tablet and its on-board projector, flipping it on its kickstand as the recorded footage started playing, zeroing in on the exact instance of mission endangerment.
The footage revealed what appeared to be the same blank void from my long-winded journey towards the man’s office. The blank unrendered walls, the shadowless bright white fixtures, and the floatiness of it all, made it clear exactly where we were.
“At least we’re headed towards Mal’tory’s office.” I offered with a half-hearted laugh.
However, as the footage continued, it quickly became clear to all of us that it wasn’t just the apprentice that was on the prowl towards the black robed professor’s offices.
In fact, as the camera panned up, it became readily apparent exactly who had triggered the stealth alarm.
As it became undeniably clear that the armorer of all people, was now side-eying the drone, cocking his head if only so slightly in the direction of its flightpath.
Throughout all of this however, the apprentice remained locked in her own little world, as she continued talking about subject matters not particularly important, most of which simply related to the class and the more mundane aspects of teaching.
“This is bad.” Thalmin managed out first, sinking the bottom half of his face into his hands.
However, just as those words were uttered, so too did the footage reveal something… peculiar about Sorecar’s unfettering gaze.
He winked.
Or at least, in his own little way, as a gleam of light reminiscent of a lens flare emanated from the left visor currently in view of the drone.
All four of us just about lost it at that point.
As Thacea turned towards me expectedly, looking up at me as if I had the answers.
“I… I’m guessing… I mean… He’s perceptive, I’ll give him that. He’s doing something none of the professors could do so far. Heck, not even the apprentice seems to notice. But that wink… I guess…” I paused, before turning towards the EVI. “EVI, any other instances of potential discovery?”
“Negative, Cadet Booker. This is the only recorded instance that surpasses the tolerable threshold.”
I took a moment to sink into the armor. “Well, this seems to be the only instance the drone caught anyone or anything else staring directly at it.” I explained to the group. “Moreover, there were no instances in which Sorecar actually notified the apprentice about this it seems.” I continued, once more reviewing the EVI’s risk of discovery reports.
“The man seems to be somewhat endeared to you, Emma.” Thacea reasoned.
“Yeah… funny the way things turn out, huh?” I offered, before scrolling towards the start of the mission proper, and began playing.
Everyone now became intently focused on the long stretches of silence as the apprentice and professor duo made their way from the class and towards the dark and imposing double doors of Mal’tory’s office.
It was here however, that the first words from the apprentice directly referencing the man were finally spoken.
“Well here we are.” Larial spoke through a tired sigh.
“The office of the great man himself.” Sorecar chuckled darkly, crossing his arms in the process. “Well go on then. Be my guest, Apprentice.”
To which the apprentice nodded, but instead of simply opening the door… she grabbed what appeared to be a small notebook, turning to a page stamped entirely with seals and runes. She took a few steps forward, holding the book up, and outstretching her other hand in what amounted to the most archetypal image of a mage casting a spell I could ever dream up. “Ars la tal te al…” She mumbled in rapid succession, looking visibly silly without my drone’s ability to pick up manastreams due to its limited onboard sensors, and thus giving the gang a small slice of what it was like to see the world through my eyes.
These mumblings however eventually resulted in the doors creaking open, slowly, but surely, and with great strain, being pushed inwards by an unseen force.
“That wasn’t an Academy spell.” Sorecar noted accusingly.
“No, it wasn’t.” Larial acknowledged cryptically, pocketing the book and stowing it away.
“You’re playing a dangerous game, Apprentice.” The armorer spoke with a hint of ominous foreboding, visibly hesitant to cross the threshold and into Mal’tory’s office.
“I’m merely carrying out my duties, and the last I checked, those who carry out their duties are impervious to the ministrations of the games fought amongst the issuers of said duties.”
“You see the world in black and white, Apprentice; a fatal misstep once one enters the throes of the game. And the longer you remain in this rat race, the sooner you will come to realize that you must pick a side. Lest you become a liability, or worse, be an intolerable threat to be dealt with.” Those words carried with it what seemed to be a genuine sense of care and concern. Though dour and colored with a severity I hadn’t seen from the armorer so far. Part of me even felt like he could be speaking from experience.
The apprentice only paused for a few seconds, her whole body freezing for a moment as if considering the very real looming threats.
However, no sooner did that realization come did it also dissipate, as she let out a sigh, before pulling out a monocle from beneath her cloak. “You speak as if I have a choice, Professor. Where in reality, the only choice I have is to resign or to obey. In which case, I have little choice at all.” Larial’s eyes wavered as she said that, if only for a moment. “My choice was made the moment I left the crownlands. Moreover, I try my best to see the light in this dire situation. I still see this responsibility as an opportunity for me to also work for myself.”
“So you do have aspirations for the black-robed position.” The professor surmised.
“No. Not particularly anyways. No, what I meant by my personal responsibilities… is a debt that I must uphold.”
“A life debt, perchance?” The professor reasoned, prompting the apprentice to once more pause.
“A debt is a debt, which must be paid in full all the same.” She reasoned, before once more urging the man across the threshold.
Sorecar did so with a nervous hop, as if preempting some sort of trap which never came.
It was at this point that the pair became silent, as if in awe of the room they were now standing in.
Everything about it… was exactly the same as it was on that fateful night. From the dark and moody bookshelves that lined most of the walls, to the somber and almost mournful pieces of art, furniture, and knick-knacks that looked eerily fluid this time around.
Moreover, the centerpiece of the whole room, that anatomical live-model of a dragon, remained exactly as it was.
And even now… I could swear that its eyes were staring at the sole occupants of the room, in a permanent expression of shock and dread.
“I assume you’ve never been in the prime iteration of the man’s offices before.” Sorecar reasoned, his gait becoming paradoxically more confident, whilst Larial’s became more and more nervous.
“No. It would seem not.” She expressed through a tentative breath, closing the doors behind them, before going over practically every nook and cranny in the room with both her eyes, and a flight of magical gloved hands. “It would seem as if he didn’t trust me enough to allow me entry into his true domain.”
“Understandable.” Sorecar shrugged. “But that begs the question, exactly how did you come across that seal-breaker?”
“As I said before, Professor. I’ve been assigned this responsibility by three authorities simultaneously.”
“Let’s see… the weak-willed young Vanavan?”
“Yes.” The apprentice nodded, now kneeling in front of the chair I’d broken out of half a week ago.
“And the Dean as well, I imagine?”
“Correct.” She nodded again, this time placing her hand over top of the damaged chair, as if inspecting it for signs of tampering.
“And the third, the only one with the key to the prime iteration of the black-robed professor's offices… I assume this is a third party?”
The apprentice finally paused at that latter question, though it wasn’t clear if it was because she discovered something about the chair, or was more concerned about the question itself.
“Yes.” She finally responded after a tentative few seconds, moving over towards the back of Mal’tory’s desk.
“Am I correct to assume then, that this mysterious third party is some young and aspiring member of the inner guard? A Captain perhaps? Maybe even a Major?”
“I am not at liberty to discuss the nature of my superiors, Professor.” Larial concluded sternly, placing both of her hands atop of Mal’tory’s desk.
“But you just did.” Sorecar shot back with a tone of voice that could only be described as amused and cocky.
“I did so in the hopes of appeasing your curiosities, professor, to the point where perhaps you would be satisfied with two answers out of a total of three.” The apprentice responded with a hard sigh.
“And you just so happened to have chosen to stop at the mystery individual because that was perhaps the juiciest insight out of all three?”
“I stopped because that just so happens to be the third question on your roster, professor. Now please, I need a moment of concentration.”
“Apologies, apprentice.” The man craned his head down in a show of apologetics.
The silence finally prompted Larial to bring out what looked to be a bespoke, intricately crafted, and fancifully adorned magnifying glass. One that was tastefully sized, and looked genuinely cool to hold with its cherry-oak handle and its gold and silver decals. I would’ve killed to have something like that commissioned out-of-pocket for a Victorian steampunk cosplay. This, coupled with the monocle she had put on not a few moments prior, gave an almost period-appropriate air of some Sherlock Holmes flick; vibing quite well with the room’s Victorian aesthetic.
Even Sorecar of all people seemed to fit weirdly well, as some sort of an eccentric overly curious sidekick to the serious and strait-laced Detective Larial. These dynamic duo vibes would be further tested, as Sorecar continued pushing on his previous talking points. “Though, forgive me if I am overstepping my bounds here… but I do assume that the seal on your notebook belongs to the inner guard. Dare I say it, it reminds me of a sub-order within the guard, the Beholders of His Eternal Majesty, to be precise.”
“And what makes you think that, professor?” Larial shot back curiously, cocking her head, but still completely engrossed in whatever it was she was eyeing through that magnifying glass.
“This room we’re in.” Sorecar gestured aggressively. “This is its prime iteration, the real deal, the actual room, not a tertiary, let alone a secondary decoy to be accessed by a lesser seal or an attempt at physical trespassing. Now, for any other office within the castle walls, that access could easily be explained through the utilization of the Dean’s seal. But for a black robed professor’s office? Well… you know as well as I, that no academic authority can grant you access into what is effectively the crownlands’ consulate. I know for a fact, that the last time I entered a black-robed professor’s office with the Dean’s Seal, all I saw was the most unconvincing facsimile of the prime iteration.”
“I forget sometimes that you were once perhaps an apprentice as well, professor.”
This attempt to connect with the apprentice through personal anecdotes seemed to work for a little bit, before something caused the warmth from the apprentice’s face to fade entirely.
“What is it?” Sorecar urged, noticing the radical shift in their back and forths.
No sooner was that question raised did an audible CLICK soon follow, and the sound of a desk drawer opening filled the stale and stagnant air soon after.
From there, the now-silent apprentice cautiously pulled up two items from the unlocked drawer using some sort of levitation spell; only one of which I recognized from that fateful day.
In one of her hands was the crystal ball I saw Mal’tory stowing away prior to our conversation.
And in the other, was a small notebook bound in bright green leather, one that prompted Ilunor’s eyes to grow wide with worry.
“I believe I have found the last instance of the professor’s personal correspondence to the crownlands.” She spoke, placing the crystal ball down on the professor’s desk. “And I also believe, I have found exactly what our dear Dean, and indeed… my third party is looking for.” She placed the notebook on the table. “A list… containing a number of books marked as recommended reading material for the studious student… all to be issued not by the school’s library, but the Library.”
“None of those books are on the course’s recommended reading material list, I imagine.” Sorecar responded darkly and facetiously.
“No. Not a single one, professor. Which can only mean one thing.”
"We found The Library's burned catalog."
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(Author’s Note: Apprentice Arlan Ostoy, the shadow-obscured apprentice, seems to be rather serious in his attempts at obfuscating the truth! We'll just have to see how that plays out haha. However, in spite of that, we see Etholin's interests in Emma growing, as he speaks frankly with her on several matters, and Emma finally confronts him about just why he seems to be so eager to talk to her despite the taboo nature of her very existence! We also see exactly what the five nooks in the student lounge are up to, as I've always wanted to give the magical world just a little bit more whimsy and a lived in sort of vibe with these things happening all around Emma, and just demonstrating that there is indeed multiple stories and characters just living their own lives outside of Emma's story! That's the sort of vibe that I always love and that I hope I'm able to capture with this haha. Also, most importantly, we start to see the footage gathered from Emma's snooping, as we get to see the nitty gritty of Larial's investigation on Mal'tory! I hope you guys enjoy! :D The next Two Chapters are already up on Patreon if you guys are interested in getting early access to future chapters!)
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2024.06.02 19:05 LawyerVet36 Here's Where It Begins - all in one spot...

If you came here from AITAH then you've possibly already read this... if not, this is the story of what unfolded after my Great Uncle Joe passed away, and what has turned into a crazy few days - and maybe a story that will continue for years to come.
A couple of days ago, my Joe passed away at the age of 92. The best way to describe Joe was “eccentric.” He was reclusive and very private, living on what I assume was the last little piece of our family’s property (my great-grandfather had amassed a large amount of land that had been sold off over the decades after his death). A lot of people thought he was a hermit, but I never saw him like that. To me, he was the most compassionate person I knew. He was wise, caring, and honestly the only person in the family that ever spent serious quality time with me.
Joe had always been the odd man out in our family. He was the youngest of three brothers – Alex, (who I’m named after) died in the Korean war and my grandfather Robert passed away when I was still in high school. My family never bothered to pay attention to Joe; he was never invited to family events. In fact, I think he was ignored because he lived a simple life in a shotgun house on what I guess was the last piece of land that my Great Grandfather (GG) had owned. I got the feeling that no one wanted to bother him, thinking he’d just cause them trouble or maybe ask them for money, but I spent a lot of time with him, and we shared many conversations about life, legacy, and the things that truly matter – he never appeared to need anything and certainly never asked me for money.
Now, a bit more backstory on the family. We’ve been in this area for generations, and there's a strong sense of unearned privilege among many of my relatives. Like I said earlier, my GG owned a lot of land, around 60,000 acres to be exact. It was fertile farmland, tracts of timber, and stretched into the mountains where he had leased out select areas for mining, and some of the most beautiful lakes and riverfront in the state. When he died, each of the brothers inherited 30,000 acres from their parents (1/2 to each surviving son of the 60,000 total acres of timberland, mining leases, and game land my GG owned). Our grandfather, like his brothers, sold off his share over the years. He lived large and was married three times, having children with each wife. By the time he died, he had sold off about half his land, and his children (including my father) each received a nice cash inheritance and split the remaining land among them equally.
This should have been plenty for most people to retire comfortably, but not for my family. Each of the children, my dad included, then sold off their land to fund their standard of living until finally there was nothing left. There was a lot of resentment among the uncles and aunts and particularly among the cousins who experienced different upbringings—some of whom had little to no memory of their grandfather and even less knowledge of the legacy my family had been gifted, and squandered. Joe was the only one that seemed to care about the family’s legacy and wanted to preserve some record of it. He would sit with me for hours telling stories. When I came back from Afghanistan and was slowly recovering from my injuries he came and saw me every day. He’d share stories and I’d write them down – I’ve got a heck of a collection to share with my children one day, if I’m ever lucky enough to meet the right lady.
From a young age, I was captivated by Joe's stories about his oldest brother, who died in the Korean War. There was an 18-year age difference between them, so they didn’t share many adventures, but Joe idolized his brother as a hero. Those stories inspired me deeply, and I was the only one in the family who chose to serve in the military. Joe was my biggest supporter during my service and, later, when I was injured and medically retired before I turned 30. After my recovery, Joe encouraged me to pursue a career that would make a difference. Ultimately, I decided to go back to college and attend law school. The two years of law school were a nice distraction from the physical and mental pain I brought back with me from the war, and I ultimately became an attorney advocating for veterans. Now I have a small practice in town and focus most of my efforts on pro-bono work (I’m comfortable on the few paying cases I take at a time and my military retirement). I live and work in a cool old space on our town’s main street that I lucked into at a super cheap rent.
This morning I got a call from my great-uncle’s attorney (who was also one of his only friends). I know him professionally, and he’s a good man – he feeds me the occasional client that’s not right for his firm, and we’ve got a good working relationship. He said that Joe had instructed him to prepare me to be ready to deal with some family drama after his will was read. He said Joe wanted me to know he loved me, that he had confidence that I’d do the right thing, and that he was sorry that I was the only one he could trust to handle “things” appropriately. Cryptic, right? Well, that was pretty much normal for Joe! Damn, I’m going to miss him, but I guess I already said that.
Joe always implied that I was the only one in the family that ever showed him any concern and that he’d never forget it, but we never talked about money or anything else; it wasn’t important to either of us. I think Joe made me realize how much more important it was to be a good man than a rich man and that nothing else ever really mattered. The rest of my family definitely doesn’t see it like this.
Like I said, Joe was the black sheep because he didn’t fit into the mold of privilege and entitlement. Most of the family didn’t treat him with the respect he deserved, and they really missed out on getting to know an amazing person. I will say though that Joe had a sharp wit and wasn’t shy about sharing his opinions of how my father and his siblings had treated the family’s legacy. There’s a part of me that thinks Joe might have set things up to mess with those who ignored him and didn’t honor their heritage and ancestors.
I’m not sure what to expect to come from this, but Joe was eccentric, not delusional – if he said that he was getting ready to deal me some “family drama” to deal with then I believe him, but honestly I can’t figure what it would be. Joe was a simple guy – he never worked that I knew of, and the times I asked him what he did for a living, he’d just tell me that he had my great-grandfather to thank for a nice life. I assume he’s referring to the land he sold off, giving him the means to just hunt, fish, raise his dogs (I’ll have to tell you about them sometime), and spend time with me. Maybe Joe managed to hold onto some cash and was going to make a big deal about what he was doing with it? I suppose some of the family might get spun up about that given the fact there is not much left from what my GG passed on?
I’ll know more tomorrow. The will is supposed to be read on Friday, and I’ll update you then. Maybe I’m worried about nothing, but I feel like I’m about to be in a battle, and I haven’t felt like this since Kabul. I know this isn’t an AITA post yet, but I guess I’m wondering if AIGTBTA – Am I Going To Be The Asshole?
*** MINI-UPDATE **\*
I've had several more calls from extended family asking if I knew anything and I still don't have anything concrete to share but it sounds like everyone over the age of 18 has been asked to come to the reading, that's a little unusual in my opinion but then again I don't know how long ago Joe wrote this will. By my count there could be up to 15 people there tomorrow.
I went to Joe's place to pick up his dog's stuff early this morning (he's living with me now) and as much as I'd have liked to nose around to try and figure out what's going on I have too much respect for him to do that (plus it's not my stuff). There was a stack of bound journals (he's the one that had me start journaling) and other documents on the dining table. Joe had set a note on top asking for them to be delivered to his attorney in the event he passed. I think he knew he wasn't coming back and set them out there so they wouldn't be overlooked when the family came in after he died. He was very concerned that a lot of family history was going to be forgotten when he died. I'll make sure that doesn't happen.
One thing did stick out as strange - the other reason I went by was to pick up his mail so I could drop it at his attorney's office this afternoon before the meeting tomorrow - lucky I did since he left that pile of stuff. Obviously I didn't open any mail, but I can say that it's not what I expected. He spent several days in the hospital before he died and I hadn't been back to his house since he went in, so I knew there would be about a week's worth of mail piled up. I figured it would be mostly bills and junk but several of the letters looked like checks from corporations, including a couple I'm personally familiar with. Maybe he did have more going on than I thought, but honestly it just wasn't ever something we talked about.
Last quick thing and nothing to do with the AITAH thing- only sharing because I'm actually personally excited about something that happened and this is taking the place of my journaling for a couple of day. About a month ago my high-school sweetheart moved back to town to take a position with the local hospital. She used to come to Joe's with me when we were in high school and Joe let us take his brother's car to go to Prom. He really liked her and she always said she enjoyed spending time with him too.
She was a year behind me in school. We tried to keep seeing each other after I enlisted but that almost never works out. After graduation she went to college, then medical school, and did her residency on the West Coast. She rarely came back and I was gone for so long we totally lost touch. It's been over decade since we've actually seen each other, although I did hear from her a couple times after I was injured. Back then she was just starting her residency and between her schedule, the time difference, and my rehab we never really got could find the time to really reconnect.
Yesterday she called me to tell me how sorry she was to hear he had passed and we're planning on meeting for drinks tonight to catch up - hopefully tonight. I really needed something to look forward to and this definitely qualifies!
*** (NOT SO) MINI-UPDATE 2 **\*
Ok, I didn't think I'd be updating again until have the reading tomorrow morning at 10:30, but things are heating up a little already. In addition to the random calls from cousins who knew that Joe and I were close as well as from my siblings, I’ve gotten three phone calls today from the "previous generation".
First call was from my Aunt Debbie, she’s the youngest of my dad’s brothers and sisters and always has been a lot to deal with. She married a nice guy but always is complaining about money, wanting to travel more, buy a nicer home, etc. After my grandfather passed away she spent the money he left her on who-knows-what and within 10 years had sold off all of the land she had inherited. Unfortunately she was selling off land when the market was down during the recession, so what would have probably been worth well over $30,000,000 today she sold for less than a third of that. That’s still a lot of money but it seems like she’s burned through a lot of it already (or given it to her kids). Anyway – she called me to tell me that she knows I’m the only one with a key to Joe’s place and she wanted me to meet her there and let her in this afternoon. I told her I was already busy today and she got a little annoyed and told me not to forget to bring it with me to the reading tomorrow. She said they want to clear the house out ASAP because she's going to develop the land into homesites and needs to get things rolling. This was news to me but I just ignored her and told her I’d see her tomorrow. For reference, I know for a fact that despite living within 30 minutes of Joe she hadn’t spoken to him in over a DECADE!
The next call I got was from my father’s current wife, Jessica. She’s 20 years younger than he is and is the only wife he didn’t have kids with (thank God, and no, I don't care if she reads this). Anyway – my dad’s wife called me and said she knew how much Joe / Alex’s car meant to me and told me that if I wanted to buy it she’d try to give me the first shot at it. I just thanked her and got off the phone. This woman has literally never even met Joe.
Finally, I just got off the phone with my dad. He called me about 30 minutes after his wife did. This is the first time I’ve heard from him since Joe died. My Dad is actually closer to Joe’s age than Joe was to Alex’s. Joe was 14 when my dad was born, like me he was so much younger than his brothers that there was almost a generational gap between them. Joe was probably more like an older brother than a young uncle and for a while they were really close but something happened (no one ever told me what) and there was a falling out.
My dad has a big personality – he’s lived a pretty extravagant life and for despite being nearly 80 years old (yeah, he was over 60 before I got out of high school) he’s still the “big man” when he goes into a room. He was my Grandfather’s oldest son so he’s always taken on the lead role at family events. Like his sisters and brother he sold off his land too, although I know he sold it off in smaller pieces and over a longer period of time. He basically used it as bank account and selling it off was his version of making a withdrawal. I assume he’s set for the rest of his life and I know my brothers and sister are expecting an inheritance when he dies. In fact - they speak pretty openly about it.
My Dad's call was a welcome change after the calls from Debbie and Jessica. My dad actually sounded pretty reserved and a little down. The first thing he did was apologize to me for Jessica’s call. He told me she had no right to do that and she had no say in anything that was going to happen with Joe’s property - or his one day for that matter. Evidently he tore her a new one after walking in on the tail-end of her conversation with me. He told me that he knew I was the only one in the family that spent time with Joe and that regardless of what happens at reading tomorrow he was going to give me anything Joe left him – if he left him anything at all. He told me that he appreciated how much I had done for Joe and that he had regrets about how their relationship had soured. I’ve literally never heard him talk like that before and it honestly has me a little emotional. It sucks that he has to live with those regrets when a 30 minute drive was all it would have taken to start fixing a relationship.
Finally – he told me that he didn’t really know for sure but he suspected tomorrow might hold some surprises. He told me that he’d be there to back me up no matter what happened and that I wasn’t going to be alone. I asked him if he knew something but he promised me he didn’t know anything for sure and that he would have told me if he did. He said he'd just always had suspicions about "some things" and that depending on how things unfolded he didn’t want to see any more relationships go the way his and Joe’s had, or the way Joe and my grandfather’s had.
I told him about the call from Debbie and he said she was way out of line and to not worry about it, that he'd be giving her a call immediately after he got off the phone with me. He also told me that I shouldn’t let anyone else in Joe’s house, that I was the only one Joe gave a key to for a reason and that no one had any business going in there until after the will was read.
Obviously I wasn’t planning on letting anyone in but this was possibly the most supportive call I’ve ever had with my father and I just appreciated that he was planning on standing up for me. My brothers, sister, and cousins (I’ve got 2 brothers, 1 sister and 8 cousins) all got used to a certain way of life from their parents but frankly none of them have been able to maintain it on their own and most of them are pretty petty about it. Their parents aren't much better, despite having had the benefit of a generous inheritance.
I’ve got to stop by the attorney’s office at 4:30 and then I’m meeting Samantha (Sam) for drinks and maybe dinner if we both have time. If you want to hear about that let me know, otherwise I’ll just stick to the family stuff.
*** up-DATE **\*
It’s late – I don’t know if I’ll get all this out but I wanted to write it down before I forgot.
First, Joe’s attorney looks worn out. He didn’t share much when I dropped everything off, just thanked me and we chatted for a few minutes. He did say that he hoped I was going to get a good night’s rest, that tomorrow was going to be long. He also asked how many clients I was working with right now, which was odd, we rarely talk about caseloads. I told him I was just handling some contract work and a few family estate planning matters (ironic, right?). He just nodded and said “Good.” I could tell he wanted to say more but he just shook my hand and said he’d see me in the morning.
Drinks with Sam turned into dinner and then dinner turned into an after-dinner drink before we both had to get home since it’s a “school night”. Seeing her was like stepping back in time... I don’t know about her, but for me all the feelings that I thought were just a high school crush came rushing back as soon as I sat down with her. I know I might just be feeling a little bit stressed by what’s going on and maybe she’s just a welcome relief from a bad week, but I’ll take it for now. She’s done everything she said she would in high school – stayed focused in college and medical school, did her surgical residency in under six years and then her cardiothoracic fellowship. She literally just finished and moved back here as soon as she was done. Evidently she received a full scholarship from a foundation associated with the hospital on the condition she return to provide surgical support to the community for 5 years after she finished her fellowship. We’ve got a fantastic hospital but I guess it’s always a challenge to recruit talented surgeons. I told her about my practice and the veteran advocacy work I do. I told her I didn’t plan on getting rich doing it but that I enjoyed being home and that the connection I felt to the land here just keeps growing stronger.
We talked a lot about Joe. She surprised me when she told me that she kept in touch with him even after we stopped seeing each other. She’d call him once a month or so to see how he was doing and she had evidently visited him when he was in the hospital during his last few days. He never told me that she stayed in touch – in fact we never spoke much about her at all. I hadn’t seen her in ten years and frankly didn’t think she’d ever come back from the West Coast. I’m starting to think that Joe kept a lot of secrets.
I told her about the reading of the will tomorrow and the phone calls I’d gotten today she got visibly upset when I mentioned the comment about the car and I think she almost cried when I told her my aunt wanted to tear down Joe’s house and divide the land up for a bunch of houses.
Then she reminded me about Joe’s plans for a house… I had completely forgotten that back when she and I would go over there regularly he had pulled out these extensive plans for a large home that he said was designed to be built on the slope of the valley, overlooking the river below that fronts the property. It was intended to be a family home, but without a family he never saw the point of living anywhere other than his house.
He had done the designs himself, drawing every architectural detail, making landscaping plans, even identified the site. He was quite an artist and had put so much of himself into those plans. I can’t believe she remembered them but she said she always wanted to see that cabin in person and couldn’t bare the thought that someone would chop up the beautiful property just to put in a bunch of McMansions for the crowd coming out from the city for the weekend and summers. I told her I was going to do everything I could to prevent that from happening but that I didn’t know how it was going to turn out.
For a while I forgot about tomorrow and we just got caught up on what we’d been doing. She let me share what I wanted to and never pried for more information. We ended up holding hands across the table, which somehow felt incredibly intimate. When it was time to go I walked her to her car and opened her door for her. She turned to me and we hugged for what seemed like a full minute before she sat down and I closed the door. She rolled the window down and told me she wanted me to call her right after the will is read and that if I needed her to she’d be there if things got unpleasant.
So that’s it – kind of a perfect way to end the day. I wanted to get this out before I went to bed, it’s helping me keep my head clear. Next update will be after the will is read.
NOPE: I was literally about to hit post on this and my phone dinged with a text from Sam. I’ll just put it here exactly as I got it: “Tonight made me feel like life interrupted something special 18 years ago. Let's not let it interrupt us again.” I guess it wasn’t just me.
I think whatever happens tomorrow I’ll be fine. Next update will be after the will is read. Thanks for all the comments - honestly this is very cathartic - even the ugly ones.
*** UPDATE-ISH **\*
Ok - this morning has been crazy. There is too much to unpack here all at once and I'm supposed to go back in with Joe's attorneys in a few minutes. The family is mostly gone (I asked my dad to stay) and the firm is bringing in lunch shortly so we can keep working through the details.
Honestly, I don't know what to think. I know I promised an update and I'll try to get one out today, but more happened this morning than I can even think about getting down on paper. I haven't processed most of it myself and this afternoon sounds like it's going to be more of the same.
Some of you were right, and yes, there was drama. Also - I know I'm not going to be the asshole but I can already tell not everyone is going to feel the same way.
Side note - Sam called me this morning and told me not to let the property go no matter what. She even offered to help me pay for it while I figured things out. I've got a lot to talk to her about. I know I need to get to know the adult Sam and she needs to get to know me but for now it's good to have someone to talk to since I can't talk to Joe.
*** Update : Reading of the Will Part 1 - The Letter **\*
This day has been ridiculous. I'm sad, angry, honored, and humbled all at once, and processing that is harder than I thought it would be. I'm waiting on Sam to get done at the hospital – she’ll call me on the way here. I've got a lot to talk to her about and I haven’t told her anything yet. Let me first say that I'm not comfortable sharing the full details on everything going on right now but I won't hold back on the people side of things. I’m also going to have to break this up into a couple of posts I’m sure… sorry this is long but this is just how I journal.
As I mentioned already, the day started really well. Samantha called me first thing this morning - I didn't text her back last night because it was so late and I was really tired. I also wanted time to think about "us" (if there can even be an us already?) before I spoke with her again. I'm not a rash person. I've never been someone to rush into anything and frankly I've not had a serious relationship since Sam and I broke up. I've had a series of girlfriends, some that I loved in many ways, but no one that, in hindsight, I was "in love with".
Between trying to juggle school and the service, two deployments, and then the transition back to civilian life, I just wasn't that interested. Now that I'm back home and have settled in to a life and a sort-of career I've been ready to find someone but frankly I just haven't met anyone who I connect with on a level deeper than just shared interests.
When I woke up this morning I knew that something was different. Despite everything going, on my first thoughts weren't about the reading today, or losing Joe, they were about Sam. As much as I loved that feeling I know it's time to be cautious. I don't want to hurt Sam or frankly, to get hurt.
When she called I wasn't sure what she was going to say but I was honestly a little worried that we wouldn't be on the same page - I shouldn't have been. She told me she didn't want me to freak out about what she said, but that she also meant every word. She wanted me to understand that she isn’t into games, that she’s serious about seeing if the older versions of us are everything we’re both looking for. She wants to pick up where we left off 18 years ago but take it slowly, and get to know each other again. It sounds like we’re on the exact same page, so I guess I’m going steady with my high school girlfriend?
She also wanted me to not worry about the property – she offered to help me buy it if I needed to come up with the money quickly and that no matter what happened between us she didn’t want to see it broken up – that Joe meant too much to both of us to let that happen.
As kind as that was I went ahead called our local bank this morning to ask about getting a loan quickly if I needed one. The loan officer put me on hold when I explained the situation and the potential need to move quickly. He came back and said he had asked the bank president if there was any way they could help. He had been assured that there would be no issue securing any financing necessary. He asked the loan officer to pass along his condolences about Joe, he evidently had known him for a long time, and said that he was looking forward to meeting me soon.
This left me feeling much more comfortable going into the meeting with my family but nothing could have prepared me for the rest of the day. Now, if I’m being completely honest I really did feel like there was a good chance that Joe would leave the house and car to me simply because he didn’t have a relationship with anyone else in the family, I just didn’t want to make assumption and I didn’t feel like I was entitled to anything simply because of my relationship with Joe.
When I got to the firm’s offices I was shown in to their largest conference room. I was surprised to see several people there other than Joe’s attorney. My father was the only other person there when I arrived, he and the attorney were having a quiet conversation in at the head of the table but stopped when I walked in. Since I’m going to mention him frequently let’s just call Joe’s Attorney JA. JA introduced me to everyone in the room, which included a stenographer, an associate attorney, a gentleman he just referred to as an assistant brought in for the reading stood at the back of the room by the doors.
Now, readings themselves are a little uncommon these days, but still done on occasion (I typically do one or two a year), however I’ve never had anyone else in the room with me and thought this was very strange. I guess I must have been looking at JA with a funny expression because he just raised an eyebrow and shrugged. At about that time people started trickling in until 10:30 rolled around and JA stood and asked everyone to be seated. He then nodded to the gentleman that had been standing in the back who went to the doors where he closed and locked them.
In all there were 9 of us in the room, me, my father, his younger brother and oldest sister, my sister Sarah. Four of my cousins showed up, including my youngest, Emily who was one of the few people that I enjoyed seeing at family events. She’s creative and smart – she just graduated from high school and is getting ready to go to college. I was surprised that she came but I had spent a lot of time telling her about Joe over the last couple of years and had been hoping they’d get a chance to know each other now that she was older.
JA started speaking, thanking everyone for coming and sharing how much he was going to miss Joe, that he was more than a client, he was his oldest friend and he was glad to see at least a few family members come. About 10 minutes after 10:30 someone tried the door and found it locked. They started banging on it and the gentleman in the back quickly moved to open it and step outside. I could see my oldest brother and Aunt Debbie try to push in as he opened the door, only to be firmly moved back as he stepped outside to speak to them. JA stood quietly for a moment and everyone could hear raised voices coming through the heavy oak doors. I heard my brother say something to the effect of “this is bullshit” and Debbie started shrieking before it sounded like both of them were abruptly cut off. A moment later the doors re-opened and the gentleman came back in. Debbie and my brother were gone.
JA paused another moment and then carried on. He explained that Joe had instructed him to ensure that no one join after the meeting began – he told us he was now going to read a letter from Joe, this is a slightly edited copy of the letter he wrote that JA read from:
Thank you to those that showed up, since most of you never bothered to show up while I was alive I wasn’t sure you’d come today! Those that didn’t come, or couldn’t be bothered to on time aren’t missing anything since they aren’t going to be getting anything now anyway.
For the rest of you, thank you, no matter what your motivation was you at least showed up. I’ve left instructions for each of you to receive $100,000 as my final gift to the family. There are not stipulations and no conditions, have fun, do good, use it as your heart tells you. To those grand-nieces and nephews that are under the age of 18 and were not invited, I gift each of them $100,000, which will be held in trust until their 25th birthday.
(It was at this point that I knew something was up – Joe had just given away over a million dollars to people just for showing up on time. If everyone that had been invited had shown up it would have been over 2 million dollars – that was honestly more than I thought his entire estate would be worth.)
Family is important, something that has been lost of too many of you. Some of you got caught up the trappings that came from other people’s hard work, took for granted the efforts of your ancestors and squandered their gifts - and that’s what an inheritance is, a gift, not a right. You prioritized having fun over protecting the legacy so you could pass it on to the next generation.
Only one of you chose to put others before himself. Only one of you has shown respect and appreciation for the gifts of the land, the community that we live in, and the people that came before him, just as his namesake did.
Robert, I hope you’re here for this, we didn’t always agree, and I have so much regret about how our relationship went the wrong way, the fight with your father about his decisions and behavior, shouldn’t have become our fight as well. I want you to know how much I appreciate you bringing Alex into this family, for honoring my brother by passing on his name to him, and for allowing me to have a relationship with him. You’ll never know what that meant to me. I want you to know that I love you like a brother and wish I had tried harder to bridge the divide created by my relationship with your father while we still had time.
(I've never seen my father look so emotional. It was difficult to see the sadness in his eyes but I felt like I also saw pride. Watching him made me start to get emotional as well and I struggled to put my attention back on the reading)
With regard to the bulk of my estate, I leave all my possessions, the land, the house and its contents along with my investments and holdings to Alex. Alex, it will take time for you to go through everything and familiarize yourself with what this means. We’ve been planning this for almost 20 years, your training as a lawyer will be very helpful but pay attention to the advisors we’ve assembled. There will be decisions that must be made. I’ve asked (JA) to give you my journals, along with some thoughts I wanted to save just for you. Please read them and don’t feel like you’re intruding, they’re all that is left of me and I hope they’ll help guide you, my mistakes don’t have to be yours. Someday you may also want to share them with family, they are yours to do with as you wish, these too are part of my legacy.
Now, to the rest of the family, I know that you’ve sold off the land that my father left my brother and me. I know this because I’ve spent the last 50 years secretly buying up every acre you wanted to sell, or buying it back if I didn’t find out in time. I’ve preserved what you were willing to destroy and built on it. I know that most of you have very little left to pass on to your children. So, to you, my family, I leave a chance at a new legacy. I have established a family trust to be overseen and directed by Alex. The trust has been funded with $XX million dollars. It will be up to Alex to decide how the funds are used but he is to appoint a family board of advisors to help preserve our legacy.
Finally, I have established a community foundation, tasked with the mission of helping preserve the way of life that has made this valley special for hundreds of years. I’ve directed $XX million from the estate to create the initial fund but expect that others in the community will add to it. I’ve entrusted the responsibility to oversee this fund to Alex and a select group of community leaders. The others have already agreed to help and contribute, and I hope Alex will honor my wishes that he oversee the fund.
Alex, our family has been part of this valley for over 150 years. For all it has given to us it is now our responsibility to help sustain it and protect it. I know I can count on you to do everything you can to carry on this family’s legacy but beyond that, what I truly hope is that you don’t have to do it alone, as I did. You will always have my love, thank you for giving me yours.
JA looked up from the paper and for a heartbeat the silence was deafening, then the shouting began.
I’ve got to stop here – Sam is on her way and we have a lot to talk about. I was with the attorneys until 4pm. After all the drama unfolded (thank God my dad was there, and that Debbie didn’t show up on time) I still had to spend several hours with the attorneys. I’ll spend the weekend with the journals but I’m sure I’ll be hearing from family all weekend too. I might have to turn my phone off.
Part 2 will probably be tomorrow – I’m hoping to just decompress with Sam tonight. I need a break. Thank you everyone for the well wishes and the good thoughts.

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2024.06.02 18:52 ToSeeOrNotToBe Why can ChatGPT identify an object in an image but not annotate that object in the same image?

Please help me understand the limitations of the algorithm.
I stumbled across this reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/FindTheSnipecomments/1d5sbon/find_the_white_pill_thats_different/ Why can ChatGPT identify the correct pill in the image but not draw a circle around it?
I pasted the image into ChatGPT with the following prompt: "Which pill is different from the others?"
I immediately got the following correct response: "In the provided image, one pill is different from the others because it has the letter "C" imprinted on it instead of "P". All other pills have the letter "P" and "500" on them."
I followed up with: "Draw a circle around that pill" and received three incorrect images. ChatGPT drew a red circle around three pills different from the one it had identified correctly in its first response.
I pasted the same image into the prompt again and changed the text to "Draw a circle around the pill with a C on it" and got three more incorrect images.
So why can ChatGPT identify the correct pill but not draw a circle around it?

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2024.06.02 18:47 AzureBeast Respect Wammawink (Centaurworld)

Wammawink

"Nothing means more to me than my herd"

Wammawink is an alpacataur and a denizen of Centaurworld, a magical land populated by half-human, half-something-else centaurs of various shapes and sizes. As a shaman school dropout, Wammawink is highly proficient at wielding magic, which she uses as the mother of an adopted herd of misfit centaurs to keep them safe. However, the herd's lives are changed when Horse, a warhorse from the Human world, is magically transported to their home. Determined to help Horse, Wammawink and the others embark on a quest across Centaurworld to bring her home, though they don't know that a great evil awaits them.
Feats will be marked with the season and episode they happen in (ex: S1E7)

Magic

Barriers

Defensive

Offensive

Misc

Flies around in a bubble^S2E8
Rolls around in a bubble^S1E3
Created the barrier surrounding Centaur Valley that thwarts Horse's attempts to escape and later dispels it^S1E1

Conjuring

Conjures a jelly lake^S1E9
Conjures a slice of cake with thrusters on it^S1E3
Conjures giggle-cakes (pancakes)^S1E5
- Uses giggle-cakes as suction cups to climb a cliff^S2E8
Conjures scrunchies^S2E5
Conjures small teapots^S1E9

Other

Offensive

Misc

Levitates all of the water in a bog and shapes it into Waterbaby's head^S1E3
Flies through the air to land on Horse^S1E1
Shoots a tiny version of herself from her hoof^S1E1
- Rapid-fires tiny hers to knock Glendale out of a Taur-nado^S1E2
- Shoots tiny hers to destroy a magazine^S2E2
Creates a rainbow between her hands^S1E2
Fires a rainbow firework thing into the air^S2E7
Can predict the future sometimes^S1E2
Makes her face melt^S1E3
Peels an orange^S1E6
Regrows her wool^S1E9

Physicals

Strength

Durability

Speed/Agility

Misc

Respect Threads for scaling:

The Nowhere King

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2024.06.02 18:26 Aldanil66 (Spoilers Main) I'm pretty sure Sarra Snow existed

As the title says, I am pretty sure Sarra Snow existed, and here's my reason for this:
#1: Cregan Stark and Aly Blackwood named their daughter Sarra Stark

Sarra Stark was a member of House Stark. She was the eldest daughter of Lord Cregan Stark and Lady Alysanne Blackwood. - AWOIAF, Sarra Stark

Cregan Stark and Aly Blackwood named their daughter Sarra Stark, which isn't a common name in both the North and the rest of Westeros for that matter, with only three being named Sarra in ASOIAF and that is Sarra Stark, Sarra Frey, and Sarra Snow. Cregan named his firstborn son, Rickon Stark, after his father, and I don't think it is a coincidence that he named his firstborn daughter Sarra. Besides an unnamed brother, Cregan potentially named his first two children after his past family: Rickon Stark and Sarra Snow.
#2: Jace Postponed his marriage with Baela Targaryen multiple times

"Jacaerys Velaryon had been betrothed to his cousin Baela since he was four and she was two." - Fire & Blood, Maester Gyldayn
"According to Grand Maester Munkun, Jacaerys wanted to wait with their marriage until the civil war was done." - ASOIAW, Baela Targaryen

I find it a little suspicious for Jace to push his marriage back, wanting to wait until after the civil war ended. I feel that being believed to be a bastard by many, Jace would want too immediately tie himself closer to House Targaryen. This whole war was built on who had a better claim, and who could continue House Targaryen and with Aegon III already married to Helaena Targaryen, Jace as the heir to Rhaenyra would most likely want to tie himself with House Targaryen and reproduce, to give him and his family a better claim (especially after Blood & Cheese). The only other reason why I could possibly think of a reason for the delay, is if Jace found a love in Winterfell, and wanted to have any chance to be with her (Sarra Snow), rather than to be stuck with somebody he didn't love.
#3: Allegory between Jace and Robb Stark

"Robb married her for love, but that does not lessen the crime. A man does not wed for love while thousands of his people are dying." - ASOS, Catelyn "Mushroom states Jacaerys fell in love with Cregan's half-sister, Sara Snow, and married her in secret in the godswood of Winterfell." - AWOIAF, Jacaerys Velaryon

I think Jacaerys is supposed to be an allegory for Robb Stark. Like I said earlier, Jace was said to have fallen in love with a woman he shouldn't have fell in love with. When one is at war, we have to forget our emotions and do what is best for those who are fighting behind you and supporting you. Robb made the mistake of marrying Jeyne Westerling which lost him the support of House Frey, Bolton, and Karstark. Jace makes the mistake of marrying Sarra Snow, which loses him any chances of marrying a potential ally in Baela Targaryen, who not only would give him more of a claim to the throne, and if she'd birth him a son, shortly after their wedding, then he'd have a much better chance of continuing the line of House Targaryen with the death of Aegon III's children. Both Jace and Robb draw other comparisons with the two being young, potential game changers for their families who fall in a completely avoidable situations, and they have tragic love stories despite being promised by their mothers as political bargaining chips to fix problems caused by their mothers' lack of political savy.
Conclusion:
Overall, I do think Sarra Snow did indeed exist and together both her and Jace loved one another. I do not think that she birthed him a child, as I believe there'd be no reason for Maester Gyldayn to suspect her existence. I am pretty sure we will see Sarra Snow in season 2 of House of the Dragon, which is why I am posting this now, but as for confirmation of her existence in the books, I do not think we will get one.

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2024.06.02 18:24 IDivineChaos Jury Duty Religious Exemption

I got a queens county juror summons letter, telling me to be a telephone standby juror. I already know how the telephone standby process works and there's always a chance you don't get called in. But let's say that I do get summoned to appear to court on a certain date, would my religious practice of having to pray at a certain time of the day be a legitimate reason to get dismissed? Can I just email or call them before hand and explain this to them so I don't even have to be a telephone standby juror at all?
*I've already postponed before.

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2024.06.02 18:11 AlexInTheDungeon 19F looking for an e-mail pen pal (aged 18-25)

Hey! As the title suggests, I am looking for e-mail pen pal (preferably long-term). I am a 19 years old uni student (turning 20 this summer). I am somewhat experienced in online letter-writing as I have written quite a few of them on an app called Slowly. I would love to try out exchanging e-mails this time. I prefer longer letters (small talk just ain't for me).
Something about me: I'm INTP, hopeless overthinker and procrastinator (in fact, I am writing this instead of studying for my finals). Some of my hobbies include reading, drawing, doing cross-stitch, watching anime and animated series/films, solving crosswords or nonograms, playing games (board or pc). Recently I started learning web dev (just for fun). I've got 3 adorable cats and live in a village. I wrote a short story for one of my assignments so I guess I also like writing but I just don't do it often.
Favorite books: The Hunger Games, Handmaid's Tale, 1984, Ready Player One (yes, I like dystopia way too much) -- Favorite games: MTG, TBOI, Don't Starve -- Favorite animated stuff: Arcane, Ghibli movies, most of the Disney classics, Spiderman into the spiderverse...
If we have anything in common and you think we could become pen pals, hit me up :D

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2024.06.02 18:10 bunnyjoe5 Birth father's family (not Birth father) told me to stay away from him. Two decades later, I want to ask him for an Ancestry DNA kit

This will probably end up being a long post. I (42f) was adopted as a newborn. My adoptive parents told me from the beginning that I was adopted and my birth parents loved me, but they wanted me to have a better life than they were able to provide at the time. My adopted parents were very supportive and even helped me research to find them. After a couple of years, I petitioned the court and received the information about my birth mother. I contacted her and she was so happy to hear from me. It was truly overwhelming, unique experience to meet her. She has become a part of our family. She told me about my birth father, and said he also wanted to be contacted.
They met at a company function. He was legally separated (with 4 kids) and she had been amicably divorced (with 2 kids) for a couple of years. They were very happy together and took things very slow. They were together for almost 5 years before he proposed. He filed for divorce so he could get married again. At this time his estranged wife threatened to take their 4 kids away from him. (This was back when mothers had unfair advantages when it came to divorce and custody) my birth parents were both heartbroken, he needed to be a dad first. After a lot of anguish, tears, and conversations, he returned to his no-longer-soon-to-be-ex-wife.
It was shortly after this that my birth mom found out she was pregnant. She contacted him and they both decided that adoption was my best future. He told her he would love to meet me someday and they both signed the agency form allowing their information to be released once I was 18.
Shortly after I met my birth mother, she felt comfortable giving me my birth father's information. I reached out to him and he was thrilled to talk with me. He and I talked a few times a week for months. He wanted to know so much about me and told me all about himself and his kids. One of his kids has the same name as me, even spelled in the same less common way.
Here's where things get complicated. While he was legally separated from his wife, she did not know he was in a relationship. (Don't judge, she sounds scary af). After talking and emailing with birth dad for several months, he decided to tell his family about me. He wanted to introduce me. He was very nervous but thought it would be ok. He was wrong. So wrong.
Two days,I received an email with one sentence. "I'm sorry, I can't be in contact with you"
Several days after the email I received a handwritten letter from his daughter (same name as me, and also very similar pretty script cursive!). She said that my life seems to have been fine without him, clearly I don't need anything anything from him. She called my birth mother an affair. Said the situation has caused a huge Rift in their already difficult family. She told me that he owes me nothing and I should not continue to contact him.
As much as it broke my heart to read this, I understood where she was coming from. I couldn't imagine the impact of a father saying he has another child with somebody else. The kids were likely not to know about the seperation (aged 6-11), especially if life was always difficult. My response was a simple typed letter asking for genetic information and that I would not continue contact, but my door was always open. I received a very short response from her that gave minimal genetic info. Basically the cause of death in extended family members. There has been no contact since.
Whew, sorry for the long back story. Most of it wasn't necessary, but you got it anyway. Let's fast forward approximately 20 years. My husband and I have accounts on both 23andMe and ancestry.com. I am fascinated with all of the genetic information that can be gleened from it. My birth mother and my birth daughter also have accounts, and I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing all of the heredity traits and behaviors between the three of us. It's astonishing how it DNA puzzle pieces fit together.
I would really really love to have the full picture of my DNA. I know what I have from my birth mother, I realize that everything else is probably from him. But I still want to see both how both DNAs came together to create me.
My problem is that I don't want to cause another explosion in my birth father's family. On the other hand, it has been 20 or so years. Genetics have come so far since then! The kids are all grown and probably have their own families. I want to ask if he would complete a DNA kit (i would pay for all of it). I'm not asking for a relationship or contact. BUT, I was blatantly told to go away 20 years ago by his family, not him. although He decided it was in his best interest to agree with their decision.
Is it worth potentially causing trouble in his life to ask for a little of his spit? If so, how could I go about it causing the least amount of waves?

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2024.06.02 17:58 mimajneb Sunscreen

Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young
Inside every adult lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out, some world-weary pundit eager to pontificate on life to young people who'd rather be Rollerblading. Most of us, alas, will never be invited to sow our words of wisdom among an audience of caps and gowns, but there's no reason we can't entertain ourselves by composing a Guide to Life for Graduates.
I encourage anyone over 26 to try this and thank you for indulging my attempt. Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97:
Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind.
You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded.
But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future.
Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you. Sing. Don't be reckless with other people's hearts.
Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy.
Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.
The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive.
Forget the insults.
If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters.
Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life.
The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives.
Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees.
You'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary.
Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance.
So are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body.
Use it every way you can.
Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it.
It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines.
They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents.
You never know when they'll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings.
They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard.
Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths:
Prices will rise. Politicians will philander.
You, too, will get old.
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund.
Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse.
But you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia.
Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
via Mary Schmich - YouTube

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