Collanite Season 1: Storyline: one day, during day of the blood ring on monstinia, a portal made of this excess energy formed in the relatively small but populated and active island, known as aphrodite, not only that, but it also created a energy dome around itself, that slowly grew until it covered the entire island, causing strange, anomalous events to occur on the island. On further investigation, it was discovered that these events only affect aphrodite. Later on, from the same portal, a group of people from another world fell through into the island and started colonizing it for themself. Theme: strange, otherworldly characters have entered aphrodite
Locations: Monster Metropolis, Saltwater Shore, Skier Slopes, Doggy Diner, Peace Pond, Mount Anon, Starlit Suburb, Golden Saucer, Cozy Cabins, Sakura Swim Club, Misty Mesa, Sacred Shrines
Skins: Travis Touchdown(1), Link(22), 2b(43), Glamrock Freddy(62), Monika(84), Cloud Strife(100)
Destruction Tools: Blood Berry, Ancient Battle Axe, Virtuous Contract, Glamrock Mic, Heart Pen, Buster Sword
Backblings: Blood Berry, Hyrule Shield, Virtuous Contract, Glamrock Giftbox, Poetry Book, Buster Sword
Emoticons: Ancient Bow Drawn, Well Done Superstar, MonikaHeart, Confident Cloud
Gliders: Demzamtiger, Wild Paraglider, yoRHa Flight Unit, Car Battery, Poetry Book, Hardy Daytona
Contrails: Sheikah Symbol, Pod 042, Blue Boltz, Glitching, Materia Orbs
Emotes: Beam Showoff, Milk Drink, Slate Check, Phut Hon, Glamrock Wave, Glamrock Giftbox, Write Your Heart, Code Panel, Piano Practice, Victory!
Weapon Wraps: Tunic Of Memories, yoRHa Specialist, Glamrock Shell, Doki Hearts, Buster Steel
Music Pack: Berry Beatdown, Open Wilds, Blissful Death, Pizzaplex Performance, Your Reality, Let The Battle Begin
Weapon Charms: Jeane, Triforce Of Courage, Superstar, Chibi Sayori, Chocobo
Loading Screens: View Of The Wild, yoRHa Installation, Below The Pizzaplex, JuSt MoNiKa, Fantasy Evolution
Edit Styles: Purple Jacket(Travis Touchdown), Tunic Of Memories, Tunic Of The Wild, Well Worn Outfit(Link), 2p Mock Machine, Mask Off(2B), Dirty Freddy(Glamrock Freddy), Paper President, Ghost Menu Monika, Ponytail Monika, Jumpscares Monika(Monika), Playstation Polygonal(Cloud Strife)
Wildlife: Goose, Chocobo, Wolf, Horse, Snowcoat Fox
Weapons: Thrasher Assault Rifle, Thrasher Burst AR, Thunder Shotgun, Buster Shotgun, Calamity Submachine Gun, Sacred Submachine Gun, Tactical Pistol, Drum Pistol, Ancient Sniper Rifle, Monster Grenades, Silver Longsword, Royal Guards Sword, Beam Katana, Silver Knife, Bronze Knife
Items: Crafting Station, Pizza Box, Pizza Slices, Maple Sprout, Maple Vines, Apple, Baked Apple, Maple Pie, Raw Meat, Meat Skewer, Knights Shield
Weekly Challenges/Updates: Week 1. Visit Named Locations (3) Deal Damage With The Bronze Or Silver Knife (300) Search Loot Crates (5) Plant A Maple Sprout, Then Consume Maple Vines (2) Eliminations With Beam Katana (1) Week 2. Visit Starlit Suburb, Then Block Damage With A Shield (200) Retrieve A Stolen Item From A Goose Search Uncommon Or Rare Loot Crates (3), Deal Damage With A Thrasher Assault Rifle Or Thunder Shotgun (500) Tame Horses Or Wolves (1) Deal Damage With The Royal Guards Sword While Riding On A Horse (350) Added: Bows, Arrows, Milk Bottles Week 3. Fire Arrows At Opponents (8) Land At Sacred Shrines And Reach Top 50 (1) Interact With yoHRa Pods (3) Craft A Shotgun Or SMG Using The Crafting Station (1) Deal Damage With A yoRHa Assault Rifle (300) Added: yoHRa Assault Rifle Week 4. Pick Up Or Purchase A Pizza Box (1) Visit Doggy Diner And Consume Pizza Slices (5) Perform Dodge Rolls With The Knights Shield (3) Construct A Stage Inside Of Doggy Diner (1) Eliminate Opponents With The Silver Knife (5) Week 5. Visit The Clubroom At Starlit Suburbs (1) Eliminate Opponents At Starlit Suburbs Or Sakura Swim Club (3) Consume Cupcakes (5) Collect A Fazer Blaster And Stun An Opponent Using It (1) Delete Opponents By Eliminating Them With Four Hits Or Less (1) Added: Apple Pie, Fazer Blaster Week 6. Visit Sacred Shrines Or Sakura Swim Club, Drink Milk Bottles (3) Collect Torn Poem Pieces Scattered Around Starlit Suburb (7) Restore Health And Stamina Using Meat Skewers (75) Deal Damage Using Monster Grenades (150) Destroy Structures With Beam Katana In A Single Match (20) Week 7. Consume Apple Pie (1) Investigate Strange Energy Signals At Monster Metropolis, Mount Anon And Skier Slopes (3) Collect A Tactical Pistol And Deal 150 Damage Using It Piece Together The Torn Poem Pieces Into A Full Poem (7) Get An Elimination With The Ancient Sniper Rifle (1) Week 8. Deal Damage With The Buster Sword (175) Land At Golden Saucer Block Damage With The Knights Shield 30 Seconds After Landing (150) Visit Skier Slopes And Cozy Cabins In A Single Match Land At Monster Metropolis And Deal Damage With The Buster Swords Cross Slash Or Blade Beam Attack (100) Added: Buster Sword. Week 9. Deal Total Damage With The Calamity Smg and Royal Guards Sword In A Single Match (300) Consume Baked Apples, Maple Pies Or Pizza Slices In A Single Match (8) Visit The Clubroom At Starlit Suburbs, Read The Pieced Together Poem (1) Use The Buster Swords Cross Slash To Deal Damage In Different Matches (3) Tame A Chocobo And Ride It 250 Meters Week 10. Interact With The Strange Gauntlet At Mount Anon (1) Eliminate Opponents Using The Buster Sword (3) Investigate Strange Objects Appearing At Monster Metropolis, Saltwater Shore, And Misty Mesa (1) Defeat Prismarine Warriors (5) Visit Named Locations In A Single Match (3) Added: Prismarine Warriors, Prismarine Knife End Event: Power Theft The event starts players around Mt. Anon. The event starts with an anomaly opening up at mount anon and from ot, Romeo the admin appears and steps out laughing maniacally “it is time, people of aphrodite. Time that I take this islands power for my own!” Romeo then rises up into the air, hovering above the center of mt. Anon.. then 2b rushes up the side of the mountain and slashes Romeo with the virtuous contract, causing him to yell out in pain for a moment before quickly composing himself and fires a blast of lava towards 2b, knocking her off the mountain and onto the ground with a thud. He then fires another blast, attempting to finish off the islanders of aphrodite, but monika forms a shield of code that absorbs the blast before closing it. “Don’t worry about him, we’ll stop him before he can do anything harmful” monika says, and then both cloud and travis run up to the mountain, weapons drawn- and then in sync, they jump up into the air and travis performs quick and powerful slashes with his beam katana, while cloud fires multiple blade beams at Romeo, greatly damaging him and knocking him back down onto the mountain, as they both fall back down sure they’ve beaten him.. and they took that moment to rest, but just then as soon as they let their guards down.. romeo began laughing before getting up and dusting himself off and commanding his army of prismarine colossus to rise up from the water around the island and attack everyone on it. Then saying “Now, back to absorbing this pathetic heart of yours” and forming a small protective shield around himself and firing two guardian beams at the center of the island, glamrock freddy then throws everyone a Fazer blaster to stun the colossi, allowing the rest of them to fire at them while they can’t move. Romeo then attempts to pull the power heart out, causing a small tremor as the power heart is ripped out from the core of the island, then once it’s all the way exposed he begins using the beams to absorb the crystallic energy. once the first set of colossus fall, another one walks up from the water almost immediately, and then monika seeing this, says “it’s no use. They just keep coming..” then she gets an idea, and says “alright, I have an idea. But- it’s a risky one..” “if the powerheart becomes corrupted, then it’s dark energy will drain the energy and power of anything making contact with it..” “but, as the heart is what controls everything on this island. If it gets corrupted, the islands landscape and everything would also become corrupted and sinister.. but it’s the only way” monika hesitates for a moment before manipulating and corrupting the powerheart. as the heart grows darker and begins to crack slightly, the influx of dark energy causes romeos beams to backfire, draining him of all his energy and admin powers and causing him to fall out of the sky, back onto the mountain and sliding down the side of it, hitting various things on his way down before eventually coming to a stop on the ground surrounded by everyone else. Romeo then lets out a weak cough, saying in a weak raspy voice “what.. h-happened?..” and link chimes in saying “you just got defeated by us.. now.” And link draws his sword, ready to finish off romeo.. but before he can, the powerheart lets out a big burst of dark energy, knocking everyone back and leaving a decent sized crater around it.

Hello friends, I’m in a bit of a conundrum and I’m quite desperate, so basically I had recently bought a $100 Amazon gift card with the intention of getting Mw3 Cod point gift cards so I could get the Lilith and Inarius operator bundles in mw3 and also get my younger brother a 2400 Cod Point gift card so he can buy whatever bundle he likes, but when I try to check out with my Amazon balance, they say that I can’t buy gift cards because my Amazon Balance comes from an Amazon gift card, but I can buy anything else from Amazon, but I don’t want anything else right now and I’m extremely desperate and I told my younger brother and he had the idea of asking people on Reddit if they would be willing to trade the account for money so I’m doing that now. all of the $100 are still on the account completely untouched, on a brand new amazon account I made last night just for this gift card, but after I redeemed the gift card on the account last night I found out that you can’t buy gift cards if your balance comes from an Amazon gift card. if you DM me I could give you guys the password to the email attached to the Amazon account, and the username & password to the actual amazon account so you can lockdown the account and put it in your own email if you want, you can also change the password to the email so that way you can completely own it and you don’t have to worry about me trying to do something foul and you could pay me back with just $90 so I can get my CP cards and you can have an Amazon account with a $100 balance, and I’m down to give you my full name and FaceTime you so that you know what I look like, and so if I were to screw you over I’d have to face you. I try my best to be a good and honest person and so if someone were to take a chance on me I would 100% deliver and seriously appreciate it although there’s no way you could 100% know cause I’m just a random dude on the internet but I would hate to get scammed and so if we could figure out a way to make the trade to where both people are safe from getting scammed I’m completely down, I’m pretty desperate
honestly, I’d love to FaceTime you afterwards to thank you face-to-face Annnnnd if you’re down we could squad up and throw down in Warzone :) I’m not crazy good but I can handle myself
TLDR: Bought $100 Amazon gift card to buy Cod Points and just found out that Amazon won’t let me buy them because the balance came from a gift card so now I’m looking to see if anyone will buy my $100 Amazon account for $100-90

A flicker of light started to drain away the darkness I was so used to. The darkness where I felt most comfortable and at peace. The flicker slowly enveloped the entire pitch black room within minutes. I could do nothing but sigh in disappointment and open my eyes.
My adjusting eyes were being harassed by the tiny beam of light that made it through my curtain. Where it's at the precise angle that you swear some higher power is just messing with you.
My groggy eyes focused on the clock, it was 7:00 a. M.
Time for work.
The day was April 14th, 2014. A Monday. I knew I only had about an hour to get up, get ready for work, shower, make breakfast and make sure I get to work a few minutes early so I didn't clock in late.
I was only 28 years old and I hated my sales job. I had gone to college and got my marketing degree but I never thought I'd end up here.. selling bullshit products at incredibly hiked prices to unsuspecting or oblivious customers.
I had been doing this job for 3 years and it felt like everyday was just going to be worse. Just a buildup of hatred for your job overtime is natural I guess. Typically people find ways to cope with the constant 9-5 grind. Like going out with friends or clubbing or whatever...but I had none of those.
When my days ended I would go home and watch Netflix and drink then do it all again. I wish it was different, I wish I had the motivation to change myself. But it's difficult when you have no one to support you in your efforts. My mom died from breast cancer when I was 12. Seeing her on hospice for several months suffering from stage 4 cancer was...something you shouldn't see as a 12 year old. To see your once lovely, athletic, hilarious, loving and caring mother degrade into an 85 pound, drug-induced, horrifyingly thin creature that in no way resembled her from my memories of when she was cancer free.
I remember one morning my dad woke me up and said "come to the living room...your mother is taking her last breathes". As soon as he finished that sentence, my memories flooded back...memories of her taking care of me when I was sick, being at my soccer games cheering me on, asking how my day was when I got back from school, leaning on her shoulder as we sat in church. The memories came and went in an instant and the reality set in. My heart at first skipped a few beats but then accelerated to an unhealthy pace. My head started to spin, tears slowly started swelling up on my eyes.
I had jumped off the bed and sprinted to the living room. She was facing away from me and the first thing I noticed are how purple/ blue her feet are. I walk around the hospice nurse and look at my mother's face. She was place, her breathing was almost non-existent for almost 2 minutes but still there...until it wasn't...she was gone.
I was lost, my dad was bawling. I was crying too but at 12 years old I didn't know how hard the reality would hit as time goes on.
In my lost state, I turned on the TV show "MONK" on the laptop. It was a show my mom and I used to watch, and I figured watching it would make me feel like I'm with her again.
Time went on and I realized how losing a mother truly impacts your younger years. But time still, moved on yet.
I got in my car and left for work. The drive to the office was only about half an hour. I put my sunglasses on as I'm travelling east for almost the entire drive, something I was used to by this point. The drive to work was uneventful other than the usual jackass that cuts you off or is speeding down the road.
I made it to work and stepped out of my car. For some reason, grabbed my backpack and shut the door. For some reason the thought of my mother came across my mind. The sighed, looked down at the ground and stared at the concrete for the few seconds while only thinking of how I missed her. Then the thought vanished and I got on with my life.
The day was incredibly boring, only sold a couple of products, I dealt with people in the east coast of the U.S. and customers there are always so nasty and rude with their comments. It's impossible to build rapport with them. I'm jealous of the employees that have West coast as their territory.
The day ended with my last call but no sales for the day. Hopped in my car and drove back home.
Now I've already told you what I do when I get home. Just drink and watch Netflix. And that's exactly what I did. I can't remember the name of the show( probably because I was already tipsy) but it had to do with strange phenomenons.
I don't even remember passing out but I do remember being there in that dark room again; it was so comfortable and cozy. I sat in the corner of the room with eyes wide closed ...no people, nothing to disturb me, just... nothingness of warmth.
For hours this went on until I heard a woman's voice saying "I'm glad you're here". suddenly realizing that I had overslept my body jolted awake, completely forgetting about that eerie voice. Drinking on a Monday night is not a good idea. Blurry and in a haze trying to concentrate my focus I made out the clock saying 7:00 a.m. April 15th, 2014.
I thought how odd that was. I've been doing the same job with the same schedule for 3 years now and I know when I oversleep. Yet knowing this brought a mental smile to my mind, as my supervisor won't get on my ass for showing up late, again.
I got up lazily and stretched and got on with my morning routine. Finally got dressed and hopped in my car to leave for work. I was only about 5 minutes in when I realized something was off...why was I wearing sunglasses? The sun was behind me, not in front. I took my glasses off and read my car dashboard compass; "EAST".
I have taken this drive for 3 years now every Monday through Friday and I had always worn sunglasses for the drive to the office. I looked behind me and saw the sun rising from the west.
I was still calm, but subconsciously I could tell my panic and anxiety were building with what I was experiencing. I decided to pull over at a gas station, took my phone out and opened my GPS. 'I was still facing east.
I quietly stated "what the fuck". I looked up and asked the person next to me pumping gas " look! The sun! It's rising from the west" with an ecstatic and speedy tone. He looked at me with a smile on his face and said "yeah? Don't ya know it's always rose from the west".
The reality of this was starting to set on, anxiety building, I got back in my car and just sat there... Running my hands through my hair, pulling and stretching my face wondering what the hell was happening? My eyes were staring wide at the brake and gas pedal...trying to find some kind of logical explanation for this while still running my hands over my face and hair.
I decided to take my phone out again and click on trending news hoping to see something explaining or even acknowledging this phenomenon. Nothing. I opened Google search and looked up "sun rising in west" the first thing that popped up said Earth is rotating about its own axis from East to West".
This wasn't right.
I figured I would try to get to work and maybe one of my coworkers would have some answer. My entire body was shaking for the entire drive but I made it".
I got out of the car and the strangest thing came across my mind. A memory. A very unique memory of back when I was 12, in the back yard playing capture the flag with my neighbor that lived behind me. A time which I could go back when.
The memory came and vanished in an instant, but left the overwhelming feeling of nostalgia and sadness.
I walked into the office and started asking around about the sun. Again, none of them knew what I was talking about, but before they answered my question, they would say "oh hey, it's nice to have you here" or "we're glad to have you here" all with a smile on their faces.
Not super weird as my coworkers are typically super energetic happy people. But it did become weird when my east coast clients started answering their phones saying "hey, you're always welcome here"
I couldn't see their faces but I could tell by their tone and attitude that they were smiling. This was not normal. I rushed to the bathroom, opened a stall and sat on the toilet. I started having a panic attack. Nothing was right, the people, the sun, the specific memories... I started to run my hands over my face, stretching and contorting it, trying to calm myself down with feeling my heart bursting out of my chest. I started to whimper, I didn't want anyone outside of the stalls to hear me. None of my coworkers were right, the guy at the gas station wasn't right...nothing. years swelled up in my eyes and a brief memory of my mom came back.
It was me, coming home from school, I walked inside and could smell the pizza she was making. I see and her and asks me hey, how was your day?".
This memory helped calm me down from the wreck I was turning into. I took several deep breaths, tried my very best to compose myself, and stepped out of the stall. I ended up taking some paper towels and wiped away the tears that were caught in my eyes.
I decided that I will just try to finish this day because tomorrow everything would be back to normal...I have to reassure myself that I would be, I just knew it would be....it had to be.
I sat down back at my desk and my phone rang, picked it up and a voice came through. The voice of my mother asking " I am so glad you are here, Luke".
I was frozen, shocking, tingly sensations ran through my entire body. My demeaner instantly changed into fight or flight mode...but I chose the 3rd... freeze.
Phone still up to my ear, I heard her speak again. "Oh honey, Luke my sweet boy, don't you remember?".
I didn't reply verbally, but mentally I was thinking "remember...what the hell is...remember what?"
Then she spoke one last time, "last night, you saw the sun".
Then the memory of the night before races back into my mind. I was on my drive home from work, watching the beautiful sunset over the horizon. With all it's beautiful mixtures of orange, red, purple. I was so just staring at it...in a trance, thinking of how I wanted to go back and just be a kid again, play with my back door neighbor, come home to my mom. Why couldn't I just go back?
I suddenly hear a blaring car horn and then blackness.
I believe I died on April 15th, 2014. And I don't mind it. I like being in this black empty room just sitting in the corner..with nothing but warm emptiness to fill my cold shell. I like feeling the embraces of it's comfort over the tiring lifestyle I was living. My only dream was that I could dream forever...and now it's finally been achieved.
I miss my mother, and I know she misses me, the memories I have of her will keep me warm in this blackened wasteland forever.

Books With Characters Who Have Schizophrenia
Greetings, my grandmother had schizophrenia when she took her own life. She did it 16 hours after my father(her son) took his own life. It is very likely he inherited schizophrenia from her. I am doing fine but have always felt the need to be surrounded by people with whom I may freely speak about mental illness, so, here I am. As an introduction post, I thought it would be a good idea to share some books in which the leading characters have schizophrenia, so here are four titles.

"The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness"

This is a poignant and deeply personal memoir written by Elyn R. Saks, a highly respected law professor, mental health law expert, and mental health advocate. The book provides a candid and eye-opening account of Saks' lifelong struggle with schizophrenia, a severe and chronic mental illness that profoundly impacts her day-to-day life.
In the memoir, Saks takes the reader on a compelling journey through the highs and lows of living with schizophrenia, offering a rare and intimate glimpse into the complexities of the condition. She vividly describes the onset of her symptoms during her teenage years, her struggles to navigate the challenges of academia and relationships while coping with hallucinations and delusions, and the profound stigma and discrimination she faced due to her diagnosis.

"The Craziest Book Ever Written"

Written by an anonymous author(Mr. W.), this book delves into the delusional world of a schizophrenic protagonist who triggers a sequence of hallucinations by a suicide attempt. His name is Johnny and he is a writer whose characters from books come to life right after his gun backfires. Characters are split into two fractions: one fraction wants to repel the author from committing suicide while the other fraction seeks to torment him and kill him.
Through quarrels and events the author lives with his creations we are given a detailed insight into the life of a mentally ill person(with a suicide history in his family) who can't function normally and has no job, friends, or partner, and can't integrate into normal social flows. Above all, this book shows the sad and lonely life of a mentally ill individual who can only preserve himself through imagination.

"I Never Promised You a Rose Garden"

The author's name is Joanne Greenberg and this book is a classic novel that delves into the deeply personal and poignant story of a young girl's battle with mental illness. Originally published in 1964 under the pseudonym Hannah Green, the novel is based on Greenberg's own experiences working with mentally ill children and offers a candid exploration of schizophrenia and the complexities of the human mind.
The novel follows the protagonist, Deborah Blau, a teenage girl struggling with severe mental illness, specifically schizophrenia. Deborah creates an elaborate inner world known as the kingdom of Yr, where she retreats to escape the harsh realities of her external life. As Deborah's mental health deteriorates, she is consumed by hallucinations, delusions, and inner turmoil, leading her to the brink of despair.
The following book is not about schizophrenia but bipolar disorder which can sometimes overlap with schizophrenia.

"Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me"

Written by Ellen Forney, this book is a graphic memoir that provides a candid and insightful exploration of the author's personal journey with bipolar disorder. Through a unique blend of illustrations and narrative, Forney offers a raw and illuminating glimpse into her experiences navigating the highs and lows of living with a mood disorder.
The memoir chronicles Forney's experiences as she grapples with the challenges of bipolar disorder, which is characterized by drastic mood swings between mania and depression. Through her expressive and visually captivating artwork, Forney vividly captures the intensity of her emotional states, from the exhilarating highs of creativity and euphoria during manic episodes to the crushing lows of despair and isolation during depressive episodes.
Did you read any of these titles? Do you think reading books about schizophrenia helps the ones who have it?

I have never shared this story with anyone for 30 years including my wife and friends because I know they would laugh at me. They know I am a man of science and am always skeptical of any religious beliefs. I have a Degree in Zoology and I can’t think anything beyond evolution and genetics. This is a real story from my childhood which I am going to share with you all. I would appreciate if you read the entire long post (save it for later if need be) especially the description of the Jinn(s) (yes, 's' they come in groups)….
A little background about me (for context)…
I was born back in the 80’s in a small town in India up in the mountains. It was nothing like the India that you see in the news. That town was full of young people from all around the place because it had a big science college (big for that time and place) and everyone was into science & rock metal (not sure why rock), may be because it had some influence of British culture who setup “shop” (aham! colony) in that town long time back.
STORY BEGINS: Anyways, my mother was always sick because of her diabetes which had affected her other organs. My father, a religious man, was wealthy enough to get all modern medicines available at that time for her, but nothing worked.
One day someone suggested him to go meet “a man” (don’t remember his name) in a small village located ~300 miles away. My father had never heard of that village so he took help from a family friend to be his guide. We hired a car and my family along with his friend’s family went in search of that mysterious man.
ON THE WAY: On the way, we were asking people for the exact direction to the village (no internet back then). Some guided us, some were totally oblivious. We did find one person on the road who *warned* us not to go there…I don’t remember anything else about that journey other than that strangers warning….
FOUND ‘The Man': To keep the story short I will skip some minor details. We did eventually find the man we were looking for. I was expecting him to look like a wizard with skulls all around his house but he was a thin looking man, with beard, in a normal white gown. Nothing special about him other than his aura and a mild sweet smell around him.
He asked my father to go to a nearby village and bring some fruits for the “process”, especially “~Apples~”. He asked us to stay in his house till sunset and then it began….
~THE JINN:~ The man asked us to cover our eyes with cloth or stay in a different room while he did the process. Even he covered his entire head with a white cloth. The apples and other fruits were on a table, in a different room. He said it was for the "little ones". I didn't understand what he meant. I remember he had a “~bowl of water~” that he was constantly looking at. He started chanting some verses in a low voice and we were just waiting…and waiting…and waiting....nothing happened…..Then…. the entire house started shaking…. Yes, not just one table or one chair…. The entire freakin house started shaking and we could hear nearby trees sway and sounds of leaf’s falling…. then we heard voices in the other room.
~DETAILS ABOUT THE JINN:~ It seemed like there were more than one in that room. They sounded like children, ‘very mischievous children’ but their voices were not human. You could hear the excitement in their voice when they saw those apples. It sounded like the small ones started fighting with each other. Even if I couldn’t understand what they were saying, I could tell they were happy (like, if you listen to hyenas fighting for food).
Then came a BIG heavy voice which literally shook the windows. It seems like it commanded "shut-up" to those small ones. All the small noises just vanished in an instant. It was as if I was in a vacuum because there was no sound at all. Like not even a cricket chirping around the forest.
The man chanting the verse (still his eyes fixed in the bowl of water) told my mother to ask her question to the Jinn. My mother, (who was multilingual) asked if she would ever get cured. The BIG guy said something in a heavy voice in a language that I couldn’t understand. But my mother did. She didn’t ask any more questions. My father also asked some questions and so did the friend’s family, but honestly, I don’t even remember what they were as it was so overwhelming for me as a kid.
I do remember seeing a glimpse of a huge broken 'mango tree’ in the other room that was not previously there. I am 100% sure it was not there before as I checked that room out of curiosity before the process began. Not even sure how it got there. We asked the man where did this come from and he said "They" bring it along with them every time for some reason. We left the place all confused and on the way my father barely spoke.
CONCLUSION: "The man" ~didn’t take any money~ from us for doing this. He said he would "~lose his gift~~"~ if he did it for money. My father, however, gave him the remaining of the fruits that he bought as a token of gesture. Just some leftover fruits, not money.
As a grown-up man now, I still don’t believe what I heard or saw that day and my mind has always tried to push this experience in some corner of my brain. But for some reason I thought of sharing it with you all after almost 30 years….

THANK YOU for reading my story.

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23rd: Jane Bright (Nicaragua - 6th)

A deserving, incredible Survivor endgame level character standing next to Jane Bright.
u/SMC0629:
I don't have Jane in my personal endgame, but I'm not mad at all that she made it here. She's probably the most divisive character in Nicaragua, but I personally love her. She's got a spunky attitude, has a great rivalry with Marty, great relationship with Chase, and has one of my favorite eliminations ever. Her boot is so god damn memorable, that lasting moment of the alliance telling her it's gonna be her tonight, with Jane in complete shock and despair is just perfect. One of the best characters of Nicaragua for sure.
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u/DryBonesKing:
Jane is on a very small list of players who I think has run the entire spectrum in terms of where they land in my rankings. Top ten, top hundred, middle of the pack, bottom hundred, bottom ten… I think I understand pretty much every Jane take known to humanity, cause I’ve had them. Nowadays, I tend to lean more positive on her, but I definitely still have too many issues I’m hyper aware of to let her rank too highly for me.
“What if we have Rupert’s hero edit to someone who was just really really mean, and did the bare minimum to hide it” is genuinely hilarious to me. Jane’s got good energy and her many, many, many feuds (the majority of which being with Marty) make her a great character to guide the narrative. There’s also just her boot episode, which is like… way too good of an episode for Nicaragua. I think I’m neutral-lean positive on Nicaragua, but it’s not a season that does a ton for me, but dear god, Jane’s boot and the scene of her dousing the camp fire is like so fucking metal.
She’s such a raw, powerful person. I think my biggest issue with her right now is just that, in a similar vein to Brandon Hantz, sometimes she feels a little too real at times. Like is she funny when she’s talking shit about Marty? Yes! Is the story great? Yes! But does some of what she says about Marty and his kids feel a bit too much? Yes, very much so. It’s not enough to detract from her character, but again… Brandon Hantz-tier of character. For me, that’s a pretty big compliment, but I also do not keep him in my Top 100. Same with Jane. But despite being one of the names that made Endgame that I disagree with the most, I am very curious and excited to see our resident “Least Sane Jane Bright Enjoyer” spin a tale or two about why she deserves to be up here!
Overall Rank – 138/821
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u/Zanthosus:
While I disagree with her being endgame, I understand the reasoning and defense behind it. I respect the hustle that Tom did to get her here and I’m happy for him that Jane made her first endgame.
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u/Regnisyak1:
I love that Jane is here, I am not even going to lie. Before my recent rewatch, I had Jane in the 200s, and after my rewatch, I was completely blown away at how complex her character is and the great relationships she had all season. To me, she felt real with her hatred, and the switch between the dry laugh we know her for, to the nasty person she became was endlessly incredible, she was such a great part of Nicaragua and one of the few praises I have for that season. Plus, when she finds out Chase, Holly, and Sash are voting for her, the music change and piano chord that happens there might be the piece media I have ever seen. Congrats Tom for getting her here!
Personal Rank: 73/821. 9/10.
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u/ninjedi1:
Nicaragua is such a great season due to how emotionally charged it is, and Jane is a big part of that. Jane is the sweet southern lady until she feels crossed, then she has a whole vendetta against anyone who crosses her, so it's a lot of great fun. She is not in my personal endgame, but I can always appreciate a kooky character showing up in it.
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u/Tommyroxs45:
Jane Bright:
This is undoubtedly my most anticipated write up of the rankdown, I have such a love for Jane and everything she does for Nicaragua. She has one of the best stories of all time, and just has so many moments that further it and make it cohesive. And that is what I will explain today. Jane is not just some badass southern old lady, ok well she is, but she’s also a very deep, broken old lady trying to put on a facade for herself. Her hatred towards everyone around her has its story and here it is…
The Mask
A lot like Rupert, Jane tries to paint a mask on herself as a hero and somebody who always follows her heart for the greater good. However, throughout the season we see cracks start to arise in this persona she puts on herself. She’s someone who needs a purpose and when somebody gets in the way of that, she gets insecure and bitter and that’s when we see the wrath of Jane break out.
The editors never try to pull the wool over your eyes by painting her as a hero, because they show petty rivalries with her and Marty and her boot episode meltdown. We get to see her from all angles, even if she only wants to present one. She’s insecure about herself, making her feel entitled to be treated as a queen and carried to the end due to her “heroic” manner. Once she realizes it doesn’t work like that and she actually has to play the game, all gloves come off and we get some of the most petty, uncalled for, or even bitchy moments that just have so much raw emotion.
She’s not painted as a hero while being an asshole (*cough* Ozzy *cough*) They show her as her flawed self, but they also let you make your own decision on what to feel without pushing a narrative onto you. Of course she wins Favorite Player at the reunion, so some people still thought she was a hero but you get to see this very broken and entitled person struggling. She really hates everyone but that’s not what she can show because that’s now who she wants to be and it’s such a complicated story arc throughout the season that we see the cracks grow and it’s told so subtlety but perfectly. And this is only the tip of the iceberg with how deep this old southern lady is.
Without this defining feature, she’d just be a badass southern lady but with it she becomes so much more just adding to this brilliant story building up all season until her boot episode. Her masking her real personality just makes her a much more complex character and when we see these glimpses of it, you start to realize, ohhh this is the person I’m supporting.
Even on top of the mask, there is so much more to Jane’s character…
Grief
When you watch Nicaragua for the first time, this part of her character is not inherently obvious. Grief?!? What are you talking about? She just seems like a badass until she’s a bitter old hag for being the target. While, yes that’s a very simplified version of this, there’s so much more to dissect there. The grieving of her husband, greatly plays a role in her story, and although it’s sometimes subtle you can see how it play into it so beautifully well.
In her very first confessional, what do we see Jane say?
“They think I'm some middle aged housewife that tootles around the house all day long, they’re in for a big surprise. Because that is definitely not me. I'm fifty-six years old and I'm the type person that stays busy all the time doing things. I just don't think there's anything I can't do. Winning the million dollars is real important to me ‘cause it’ll help me pay off my farm and the fact that I lost my husband, uh, in '09, it-it-it means I wouldn't have to work as hard as I do. But his spirit, I know is still with me and that's what keeps me going.”
Her husband obviously is impacting her mentally during this season, and we see this throughout the game. Every Time somebody makes a gesture that they want her out, her personal viper just breaks out. This is because she knows this is getting in the way of her dream, and the spirit of her husband that made her want to do this and she’s not letting anybody take that from her.
She’s still grieving and wants to win for her husband, and it is a very sweet story but sadly it takes a dark turn as she starts using this as entitlement for her to win. She believes she’s obligated to be brought to the end because of who she is and the loss of her husband and yeah, it’s dark but damn is it good when you think about it.
This is also why the family visit is SO important to her story in her boot episode. Right when her daughter, Ashley gets there, she starts talking about her husband and how Ashley is the one she is doing this for, to help her. This is WHO SHE IS FIGHTING FOR!
That is why it hits so hard when everyone flips on her! How dare they! She thinks. These people are voting me out right after I fought my hardest to give my daughter a better life?!? She’s one of the only I have left, this is disgusting. It’s so sad but at the same time it’s brilliantly shown not told. And what do you know, when Jane is talking about Sash’s mama raising him, she immediately brings up her daughter, just ugh how perfect does it round back to her family and her grief with loss.
Now obviously, does that make her outrage justified, I don’t know, maybe? Is she still kind of a bitch? probably! Is she a badass? Probably! That leads me to my next point.
Perspective
If you have read a lot of my other writeups on Nicaragua you would have noticed I love to talk about the perspective a lot of these characters receive on the season. Complimenting how diverse they can be seen depending on your morals or values. No character represents this better than Jane Bright.
How do I know this? Well let’s look at her placements in Rankdowns Past:
SRI - 485/501 - Seen as a bitchy, entitled, worse version of NaOnka, and someone who went way too personal in the game.
SRII - 455/537 - Seen as annoying and sour, forced fan favorite edit not giving her the trashing she deserved by the other tribemates.
SRIII - 549/575 - Seen as a narcissist and self-righteous, below the belt remarks and “a human embodiment of a rash” (that made me laugh a bit).
SRIV - 518/615 - Seen as an ultimately fascinating character, who got a dishonest edit that didn’t show her true side until the end. Ultimately ending up as an unlikable “venomous bitch” who somehow won fan favorite.
SRV - 108/653 - Seen as a great T.V personality whose kooky first half and vigorous 2nd half make for a good story and uplifts everyone around her while also being a great character.
SRVI - 127/731 (Had to be idoled to get here though smh) - Seen as a badass challenge competitor who is actually sour, who unfairly attacked Marty and is a bit too much when it comes to her toxic side to make her slightly less good.
SRVII - 185/767 - Seen as an extremely authentic personality and very entertaining to the chaos of Nicaragua, as well as having an iconic rivalry with Marty, being an iconic mother.
See the difference between one half and the other? Yeah, that shows just how well of a character she is edited as. She has so many times where she is shown to be a hero but juxtaposed with so many times she is shown as an asshole and it works off each scene perfectly. This is why we get such a difference of opinion and I think it’s told so well to where most people don’t even see it.
You have to weigh her good and bad and see based on your morals, if she’s a good person or not, and how acceptable or right was she for her constant hatred of others? I really love that as they aren’t trying to make you think a specific feeling about her. You need to come up with that conclusion yourself on how you think she is, that’s why she won the fan favorite vote in 2011 but today many call her an entitled bitch. (And yeah, she is but that’s a lot of what makes her so amazing).
Her kicking ass in challenges and being a lively spirit contrasted to her nasty demeanor to Jill and especially Marty personally attacking them and her boot episode meltdown, contribute to making one of the most wishy-washy characters when it comes to people’s opinions on her. I don’t what to be told how to feel, I want to come up with it on my own, and I feel like a lot of that has been lost in recent years of Survivor and seeing Jane and having all these different perspectives on her personality just adds so much life.
There is a reason why so many people despise her and so many people love her, she’s just edited that well to where people have had to come up with their own feelings about Jane. Not being coerced to feel a certain way, and I feel that is the best way to edit a character. What you see is what you see, not an objective stance the show is trying to put onto you, and I feel all of Nicaragua shows this but Jane is the prime example. Perspective means everything with her.
This makes her one of the most complex characters of all time, she’s either a broken woman seeking admiration, an entitled bitch, or a badass southern lady who is an inspiration. It’s all based on what you value and isn’t that what Survivor is all about, a social experiment where you weigh your values and personalities with each other to build a society.
Speaking of building a society, how is Jane’s relationships with the cast, well let’s see her main stars:
Sash: Jane and Sash’s dynamic isn’t really shown and I think that actually helps her and Sash’s story. Sash is sleazy and doesn’t really make any genuine connections and we see that in her breakdown scene. When you watch the moment she learns she’s going home and the confessional she gives, you see a direct tone shift from how she talks about Chase and how she talks about Sash. When she’s almost crying about Chase and his betrayal, she is outright vile and nasty when talking about Sash. Showing this major lack of connection between them, that she never saw him as a friend and will not hold back from releasing her rage on him.
Chase: Jane and Chase’s connection is one for the books. Both being from North Carolina and being southern types, they instantly bond and feel close to each other. Their relationship just feels more special than anyone else’s that season, that’s what makes the betrayal so much more entertaining. You literally see her about to cry over Chase, they really were close and got to know each other and just to have him stab her in the back, it’s so good. It just felt special but it wasn’t enough for him to not cut her…
Now how could you talk about relationships and not bring up Jane’s defining one…
Fartay:
Come on! This rivalry is one of if not the best rivalry in all of Survivor. They just despise each other and really are either of them in the right? Not at all, that’s what makes it so great. Marty’s a sleazeball, cocky, and a smart ass while Jane’s an entitled, bitter, old lady and they just work so well off each other. You just have personal jab after personal jab that is just so entertaining and perfectly helps tell Jane’s story.
There is really no reason why they should hate each other as much as they do but their walks of life and personalities just clash so hard that you still understand why they hate each other. Jane takes everything Marty does to heart without any grain of salt, and it makes her reactions so visceral and truly legendary. It’s what makes Jane the Jane we love to love or love to hate!
Now, I think it’s time to talk about the pinnacle of Jane. Her magnum opus if you will… her boot episode.
The Wrath of Jane Will Break Out Tonight
This is one of my favorite episodes of Reality TV. Everything about it is perfect and told in such a way to where it’s the perfect ending for such a broken character.
Building her up with her daughter coming during the family visit, talking about her and how much she wants to provide for her. Having a seed planted in Jane’s brain after she’s not taken to the reward thinking she was entitled to be brought.
Fabio winning immunity, throwing everything for a loop, just when Jane’s attitude has really started to shift and then we get to the scene. Which personally is my favorite scene in all of Survivor without a doubt. The scene where the alliance tells her it has changed and she’s going home is so brilliant. The raw awkwardness and silence next to Jane’s utter disbelief and anger. After she flips them off it is followed by again my favorite confessional of all time.
This is what she has been building up to, everything just falls about when she believed she deserved to win. Having such raw and unfiltered emotions where she’s about to break down and cry and then the turn to anger and fury bringing Sash’s mother into it, talking about how she raised a damn liar. (WITH THAT HEAD COCK THOUGH) All with very subtle sound effects or just no music at all until she gets up and makes one last hoorah by pouring water on the fire. “I started and I put it out” 🔥🔥🔥
Then we get to tribal, where Jane is just done with the bullshit and just calls everyone out for being liars and backstabbers. “The writings on the wall Fabio!” Like come on, that is TV gold, followed by the vote having Chase and Sash “cowardly” play their idols sticking it to Jane when she is already at her lowest by not even having her vote count. She leaves bitter and broken, not the happy ending she felt she deserved.
Mortgage Gate
I’m putting this here because that’s where it best fits, and this is brief because it doesn’t really affect my rankings on Jane because it’s not in the season.
I wish they did show this though, as having this added layer of controversy between Sash and Jane with real world implications would have been amazing, even if what Jane is saying isn’t true it still would’ve shown her as an ass, making up lies just to make someone look worse. I just think it’s such an interesting topic to discuss that I wanted to give it its own section. Sash is sleazy so I wouldn’t pass him to do that, however Jane is extremely bitter and entitled so I could also see her making that up, I guess we'll never really know will we… (I know Marty called the incident fake, but it’s Marty, of course he’s gonna dispute whatever Jane says, if she says the sky is blue, he’ll say it’s orange).
I'm Not Breaking My Tile!
This kind of relates to the mask section of this write up. However, I wanted to talk specifically about Jane’s challenge prowess and wins throughout the season and how much it adds to this arc. Building her up as this badass figure competing against big guys half her age and actually winning?!? It gives an excellent face to the real Jane, having this much courage to go against Chase and Fabio even after winning, not only being such a badass in that moment but showing how she’s trying to play up this persona of old challenge great.
Jane, The Tribe Has Spoken
So in conclusion, you can see that when you really glance over Nicaragua you don’t see Jane as some sort of deep character. However, when you really look into her and her actions and motives you see a broken old lady who is obviously grieving. She is such a deep and complex character that Nicaragua needed to really round out the story.
Jane isn’t supposed to be this likable hero, nor is she supposed to be a villain, she’s not edited as one archetype. However you value your morals, is how you will see Jane and even if you find her an ass, you have to admit they tell it very well. She’s also objectively entertaining, her rivalry with Marty, her being badass during challenges, cooking fish in the woods, her boot episode meltdown, and so much more are just so iconic to me and make this season what it is.
This write up obviously won’t sway everybody, but I hope that if you rewatch Nicaragua, take a closer look at Jane and her actions and see how it lines up with somebody like Rupert or Coach who are much more prevalent when it comes to these “entitled, broken, facade” archetypes. You will see a brilliant story of grief, hatred, entitlement, and a fake persona that the show knows she is trying to present.
Personally, Jane will always be one of my favorite characters of all time with amazing scenes and a story almost as complex as Ian’s. She didn’t win this rankdown, but she won my heart and has definitely earned herself a #1 spot on my rankings for this endgame.
SMC0629: 19
DryBonesKing: 21
Zanthosus: 24
Tommyroxs45: 1
Regnisyak1: 20
DavidW1208: 24
ninjedi1: 24
Average Placement: 19.000
Total Points: 133
Standard Deviation: 8.206 (2nd Highest)

Hi,
I’m applying for my skilled worker dependent visa very soon.
My husband will be moving into a new rented apartment on 31st May. We’ve got a letter from the estate agent stating that I am okay to live with him in the house once my visa is approved and I pass right to rent checks and that the house will not be overcrowded etc. We’ve also got this added as a special clause in the original tenancy agreement so we’re good on that front.
I’ll be making my application before the 31st of May.
Our question is - since he has yet to move into the new house, we obviously don’t have any council tax / utility bills on his name for the house, which I know should ideally be added to our application.
In this case do we just write this as a note in our cover letter or should he compile 6 months of council tax + utility bills of his current rented accommodation? (I will not be living in that property at all and he’s moving out on 31st May as well)
Kindly advice. Thank you

Hello friends, I’m in a bit of a conundrum and I’m quite desperate, so basically I had recently bought a $100 Amazon gift card with the intention of getting Mw3 Cod point gift cards so I could get the Lilith and Inarius operator bundles in mw3 and also get my younger brother a 2400 Cod Point gift card so he can buy whatever bundle he likes, but when I try to check out with my Amazon balance, they say that I can’t buy gift cards because my Amazon Balance comes from an Amazon gift card, but I can buy anything else from Amazon, but I don’t want anything else right now and I’m extremely desperate and I told my younger brother and he had the idea of asking people on Reddit if they would be willing to trade the account for money so I’m doing that now. all of the $100 are still on the account completely untouched, on a brand new amazon account I made last night just for this gift card, but after I redeemed the gift card on the account last night I found out that you can’t buy gift cards if your balance comes from an Amazon gift card. if you DM me I could give you guys the password to the email attached to the Amazon account, and the username & password to the actual amazon account so you can lockdown the account and put it in your own email if you want, you can also change the password to the email so that way you can completely own it and you don’t have to worry about me trying to do something foul and you could pay me back with just $90 so I can get my CP cards and you can have an Amazon account with a $100 balance, and I’m down to give you my full name and FaceTime you so that you know what I look like, and so if I were to screw you over I’d have to face you. I try my best to be a good and honest person and so if someone were to take a chance on me I would 100% deliver and seriously appreciate it although there’s no way you could 100% know cause I’m just a random dude on the internet but I would hate to get scammed and so if we could figure out a way to make the trade to where both people are safe from getting scammed I’m completely down, I’m pretty desperate
honestly, I’d love to FaceTime you afterwards to thank you face-to-face Annnnnd if you’re down we could squad up and throw down in Warzone :) I’m not crazy good but I can handle myself
TLDR: Bought $100 Amazon gift card to buy Cod Points and just found out that Amazon won’t let me buy them because the balance came from a gift card so now I’m looking to see if anyone will buy my $100 Amazon account for $100-90

I want to hear your stories of stepping forward as a doctor out in the real world before you actually feel like a doctor!
So here is my story of how the first time in my life that I said “I am a doctor” was to a flight attendant who asked me to go back to my seat because they need a doctor. 😂
As a freshly-minted doctor, only two weeks after graduating, and traveling via airplane, of course I had the thought ”wait. I’m a doctor now, what if they ask for a doctor on this flight? Can I really even call myself a doctor?”
Anyway, so I graduated medical school 2 weeks ago and am traveling before starting residency. I’m on a late night flight when suddenly the lights pop on and overhead they say there’s a medical emergency and ask any medical personal come forth. In my head I’m like “no way, I actually mentally prepared for this event” so I did my mental 30 second wait and watch for an “adult doctor” to come forth. I saw two people come forth to my relief, but then overhead they asked for an MD or DO to come forward. So I reluctantly stand up and walk forward to assess the situation. Turns out it’s just me and two nurses on the flight.
I stand by and observe a confused and slightly agitated lady trying to get out of her seat being held down by the flight attendant and nurse. Right on cue someone in the back say she needs water and the nurse and flight attendant frantically get her a bottle of water and proceed to accidentally pour it on her face and right down her chest 😂
Still a little skeptical that I am the only doctor onboard, i have to ask 3 or 4 times what happened before the flight attendant finally said she had a seizure.
At this moment the lead flight attendant embraces my imposter syndrome and asks me to sit down because they need a doctor. So for the first time in my life, I say that “I am a doctor… graduated 2 weeks ago”
Feeling a little relieved that this was the best case scenario as far as “emergencies” go, I speak up a little more confidently asking her name and where she is right now. She says her name and that she is on a plane. So I know she is mostly over the post-ictal period. I ask her if she takes any medications to stop seizures which she says she does. So I have her take another dose of her anti-seizure medication then go back to my seat for the rest of the flight.
Best part was at baggage claim the cool skater dude that up in first class fist bumps me and says “good job back there doc!”
TL;DR 2 weeks after graduation, had to call myself a doctor for the first time on an airplane after being told to sit down because there’s a medical emergency. Told a lady to take her antiepileptic med, and got a first bump from skater dude.

Stumbled upon the track “My Name Is Mud” by Primus..was so confused because the song reminded me of another song but couldn’t put my finger on it, so I started replaying the intro and then instantly started saying the lyrics to “Squish Face Slick Pig”. I then knew I had to merge them together…what y’all think? (The mix is very rough, kinda cheeks. But the idea is there)

My leather watch, on my oak desk;
seems to slow down time, as it ponders at me thoughtfully.
From 12 to 12, it ticks, singing a strange song to me;
it's lyrics consist of the inner thoughts of mine, and many others,
on how time is circling the earth at the pace of a sprint rather than a marathon.
One day, its strange song gravitated me towards it.
I placed it gently on my palm, and rose it into the heavens breath;
I waited patiently for God to kindly fix the watch of mine, and many others.
As I stood, my palm still high up into the heavens, time picked up its pace.
For God can't even fix a sick mans fate.
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I wrote this with the idea of a sick man who doesn't have a lot of time left.
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Hello friends, I’m in a bit of a conundrum and I’m quite desperate, so basically I had recently bought a $100 Amazon gift card with the intention of getting Mw3 Cod point gift cards so I could get the Lilith and Inarius operator bundles in mw3 and also get my younger brother a 2400 Cod Point gift card so he can buy whatever bundle he likes, but when I try to check out with my Amazon balance, they say that I can’t buy gift cards because my Amazon Balance comes from an Amazon gift card, but I can buy anything else from Amazon, but I don’t want anything else right now and I’m extremely desperate and I told my younger brother and he had the idea of asking people on Reddit if they would be willing to trade the account for money so I’m doing that now. all of the $100 are still on the account completely untouched, on a brand new amazon account I made last night just for this gift card, but after I redeemed the gift card on the account last night I found out that you can’t buy gift cards if your balance comes from an Amazon gift card. if you DM me I could give you guys the password to the email attached to the Amazon account, and the username & password to the actual amazon account so you can lockdown the account and put it in your own email if you want, you can also change the password to the email so that way you can completely own it and you don’t have to worry about me trying to do something foul and you could pay me back with just $90 so I can get my CP cards and you can have an Amazon account with a $100 balance, and I’m down to give you my full name and FaceTime you so that you know what I look like, and so if I were to screw you over I’d have to face you. I try my best to be a good and honest person and so if someone were to take a chance on me I would 100% deliver and seriously appreciate it although there’s no way you could 100% know cause I’m just a random dude on the internet but I would hate to get scammed and so if we could figure out a way to make the trade to where both people are safe from getting scammed I’m completely down, I’m pretty desperate
honestly, I’d love to FaceTime you afterwards to thank you face-to-face Annnnnd if you’re down we could squad up and throw down in Warzone :) I’m not crazy good but I can handle myself
TLDR: Bought $100 Amazon gift card to buy Cod Points and just found out that Amazon won’t let me buy them because the balance came from a gift card so now I’m looking to see if anyone will buy my $100 Amazon account for $100-90

Okay bear with me, this is not a Sweet Home Alabama situation. The reality is tragic.
8 years ago, I booked a double bed hotel room for my brother and I while we were traveling to a medical appointment for his traumatic brain injury in Boston. He didn't want his girlfriend to come at the time. He needed someone to go with him because he obviously wasn't able to drive due to complications.
As a result of his injury he suffers from a condition called sexsomnia, something I didn't know about, and neither did he until his then girlfriend, now wife told him about it and they visited doctors over it. His wife told me about it a year later, and I have a good relationship with her.
Well, that night, the hotel sold out the room we were supposed to get, and they only gave us a single bed. My brother slept in the floor and let me have the bed. I felt bad, woke him up and told him he can stay on the bed and I'll take the floor, but I quicky fell asleep because I was so tired from the long drive.
I sleep with the light dimmed and woke up a few hours later to him on top of me and inside of me, calling me by his then girlfriend, now wife's name, and telling me how much he loves me and wants to marry me and start a family with me. He thought I was her, and he was clearly not awake nor functional and was completely out of it, and just seemed to be having sleep sex with me while kissing me and calling me by her name.
I wasn't sure what to do. I couldn't think straight and just stared at him in shock. I didn't tell him to stop, or try to push him away. The thought didn't even cross my mind because I was barely awake and couldn't understand what was happening. I actually thought I was dreaming, but the next morning I asked him what happened last night. He didn't understand what I meant, and I was too embarrassed to talk about it so I just told him he was talking in his sleep and I couldn't make much sense of it.
A month later I found out I was pregnant and cried my eyes out for the longest time. I didn't tell anyone, but I strongly considered having an abortion for months but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I was terrified the entire pregnancy and was constantly worried about something happening to the baby, to me, or people finding out the truth. I decided to put the child up for adoption, but as soon as he was born I couldn't go through with it. I needed him. My son has been healthy, although he has ADHD and is a little wild.
Fast forward several years later, my brother has made considerable progress in recovering from his TBI but he still has some difficulties. He has 3 children with his wife and a good family life. I've wanted to tell him the truth, but my therapist thinks this isn't a good idea. I've told our mother who freaked out on me and called me every name in the book and told me I'd be ruining his life if I told him, and demanded that I never ever tell him. She made me promise not to tell.
My brother asked me while our son was young who the father is, and I just told him it was a one night stand and the guy doesn't want anything to do with his son. This upset him, but he's been a wonderful "uncle," always helping with bills, clothes, food, living expenses, and our son is best friends with his "cousins." He's basically a father figure to our son, but he doesn't know he's our son.
I am so distraught and I really want to tell him the truth. I'm really tired of keeping this secret. Would I be the asshole if I told him?

Hello friends, I’m in a bit of a conundrum and I’m quite desperate, so basically I had recently bought a $100 Amazon gift card with the intention of getting Mw3 Cod point gift cards so I could get the Lilith and Inarius operator bundles in mw3 and also get my younger brother a 2400 Cod Point gift card so he can buy whatever bundle he likes, but when I try to check out with my Amazon balance, they say that I can’t buy gift cards because my Amazon Balance comes from an Amazon gift card, but I can buy anything else from Amazon, but I don’t want anything else right now and I’m extremely desperate and I told my younger brother and he had the idea of asking people on Reddit if they would be willing to trade the account for money so I’m doing that now. all of the $100 are still on the account completely untouched, on a brand new amazon account I made last night just for this gift card, but after I redeemed the gift card on the account last night I found out that you can’t buy gift cards if your balance comes from an Amazon gift card. if you DM me I could give you guys the password to the email attached to the Amazon account, and the username & password to the actual amazon account so you can lockdown the account and put it in your own email if you want, you can also change the password to the email so that way you can completely own it and you don’t have to worry about me trying to do something foul and you could pay me back with just $90 so I can get my CP cards and you can have an Amazon account with a $100 balance, and I’m down to give you my full name and FaceTime you so that you know what I look like, and so if I were to screw you over I’d have to face you. I try my best to be a good and honest person and so if someone were to take a chance on me I would 100% deliver and seriously appreciate it although there’s no way you could 100% know cause I’m just a random dude on the internet but I would hate to get scammed and so if we could figure out a way to make the trade to where both people are safe from getting scammed I’m completely down, I’m pretty desperate
honestly, I’d love to FaceTime you afterwards to thank you face-to-face Annnnnd if you’re down we could squad up and throw down in Warzone :) I’m not crazy good but I can handle myself
TLDR: Bought $100 Amazon gift card to buy Cod Points and just found out that Amazon won’t let me buy them because the balance came from a gift card so now I’m looking to see if anyone will buy my $100 Amazon account for $100-90

Hello friends, I’m in a bit of a conundrum and I’m quite desperate, so basically I had recently bought a $100 Amazon gift card with the intention of getting Mw3 Cod point gift cards so I could get the Lilith and Inarius operator bundles in mw3 and also get my younger brother a 2400 Cod Point gift card so he can buy whatever bundle he likes, but when I try to check out with my Amazon balance, they say that I can’t buy gift cards because my Amazon Balance comes from an Amazon gift card, but I can buy anything else from Amazon, but I don’t want anything else right now and I’m extremely desperate and I told my younger brother and he had the idea of asking people on Reddit if they would be willing to trade the account for money so I’m doing that now. all of the $100 are still on the account completely untouched, on a brand new amazon account I made last night just for this gift card, but after I redeemed the gift card on the account last night I found out that you can’t buy gift cards if your balance comes from an Amazon gift card. if you DM me I could give you guys the password to the email attached to the Amazon account, and the username & password to the actual amazon account so you can lockdown the account and put it in your own email if you want, you can also change the password to the email so that way you can completely own it and you don’t have to worry about me trying to do something foul and you could pay me back with just $90 so I can get my CP cards and you can have an Amazon account with a $100 balance, and I’m down to give you my full name and FaceTime you so that you know what I look like, and so if I were to screw you over I’d have to face you. I try my best to be a good and honest person and so if someone were to take a chance on me I would 100% deliver and seriously appreciate it although there’s no way you could 100% know cause I’m just a random dude on the internet but I would hate to get scammed and so if we could figure out a way to make the trade to where both people are safe from getting scammed I’m completely down, I’m pretty desperate
honestly, I’d love to FaceTime you afterwards to thank you face-to-face Annnnnd if you’re down we could squad up and throw down in Warzone :) I’m not crazy good but I can handle myself
TLDR: Bought $100 Amazon gift card to buy Cod Points and just found out that Amazon won’t let me buy them because the balance came from a gift card so now I’m looking to see if anyone will buy my $100 Amazon account for $100-90

Last night I posted how I was on episode 8 and did watch the next 2 episodes right after that. Episode 8 shit hits the fan and while I was expecting Nates death I didn’t expect it to happen when it did. They kinda pulled a fast one with him waking up from the coma so quickly. Then the shared dream with Nate and David was truly a gag with David waking up to the flatline.
I mentioned how I hoped Russel didn’t get any more screen time and he was literally in the next episode… for the last time thank goodness but yeah he was obnoxious.
Today I watched the last two episodes.
No mention of Gabe, ultimately he’s dead to Claire, who did in a way get her big break.
The incest scene was actually disgusting. Mostly because of how gross Billy is but the fact it didn’t seem like a dream at first was what made it realllllly weird.
Did anyone else think Brenda’s baby was dead when Nate and Nate Sr. were holding Willa?
The ending was quite nice, I’m talking about the real ending and not the last scene; with Claire leaving, Ruth moving in with her sister, and David and Keith moving into the funeral home and the name going back to Fisher and Sons. All that is very satisfying. The dinner scene was very touching and even though a lot of shows can bring back characters on screen after they die (this show never being an exception from the very first episode), which in ways lessens the impact of their death, Nate really felt dead. Any time we see apparitions of dead characters it’s really just the hallucinators projection and not really their ghost, and that rule applied to Nate. Good job.
Okay so one thing not sitting right with me is everyone else’s death. I appreciated it at first, seeing Ruth’s end… but when the next one was Keith who got shot and killed… it didn’t feel right and was like the least offensive bury your gays moment to ever happen in media. I’m not a fan of the way they leave the current timeline and handled the non-question of how everyone dies. Not quite sure if it was unearned but for me it was unfulfilling.
Brenda dying to Billy babbling… like how terrible for her??? Where was her new man? Where were Maya and Willa then?
David remarrying then collapsing and dying to a vision of Keith…. K. Also how David finally “healed” his fear of his attacker by hugging himself? I get the message I just don’t think it works after 20 episodes of him going back and forth with the trauma. No therapy just dreams and hallucinations…. Like “bam here’s another uncontrollable thing happening to you but this time David you’re gonna be healed” kinda rushed after being dragged for so long.
Claire dying at 102 in her bedroom with a hospice nurse… where’s her family? Like anyone? Even if she didn’t have kids where’s the nieces and nephews?
Ultimately I enjoyed the show very much. If anyone feels different to how I do about anything I said please say why, I’ll be reading them while rewatching the pilot.

Previous Part
I grabbed the back pack Bianca had left in the kitchen and waited in the living room. I had no idea what she was packing for but after this morning I wasn’t going up there to check. I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to ask Tuck yet. I wanted him to tell me he was a werewolf himself, that seemed like pretty important information just on the basis of trust. But I also wanted to know why he was really out by the mine yesterday. His story didn’t add up and there’s no way he knew we would be up there, I think that was just a coincidence. As I was trying to come up with exactly how I wanted to broach the question to Tuck, Frank put a hand on my shoulder. He was wearing his lab coat so I guessed he just came up from the basement. The hairnet he always seemed to wear when he was working was in its usual spot. I suppose he wore it to protect the memory of hair that was once on his head. He looked solemn and a little sick as he turned to me.
“Keep her out of trouble will you? I know we haven’t always been the best to her and I’m sure Stein and I don’t really give her the help she needs. But she’s like the daughter I never had time to have, I couldn’t live with myself if something happened to her.”
“Frank, you probably do more than you know for her. Did she ever talk about her family with you?”
“Very briefly throughout the years, I don’t know if she’s told you much or anything for that matter. It… it certainly wasn’t easy for her growing up and it never got easier.”
“I’ll do my best to keep her out of trouble. If she does end up following me into… whatever this trial ends up being just promise me you’ll have a way to get her out. Some kind of contingency, I can fend for myself but I’ve seen her just shut down before. Like yesterday in the caves someone grabbed her and she lashed out and just… wasn’t herself. She just froze and I don’t want that to happen anywhere near Shaoni.”
“I’ll work on something but I can’t promise that. Like Stein said we’re scientists, we don’t really do field work like that. If I do come up with something you’ll be the first to know. I’m glad she ran into you when she did Keith, she could really use a friend.”
With that Frank walked away, back towards the kitchen and into the basement.
It wasn’t long after that when I heard Bianca coming down the stairs asking if anyone had seen her toothbrush. At which point Rocco appeared in front of me from god knows where holding a suspicious disassembled toothbrush.
“Not. A. Word. Kid.”
Rocco growled at me as he scampered out the door behind me.
“I have a couple that I packed for the trip here from Wisconsin I can just give you one of those.”
I called to Bianca. Partially because I wanted to get a move on and partially because I wanted no part in whatever Rocco was getting up to. If there was one supernatural thing about this town it was that raccoon’s knack for mischief. I get that’s what raccoons are known for but seriously, Rocco was on another level. Bianca reluctantly agreed to take one of the travel tooth brushes I had back at my house. I wasn’t even going to ask why she packed a duffle bag to go a few hundred feet into town and back again.
“Come on we’ll take the bikes again.”
Bianca said as she made her way behind the house.
“I’m telling you they’re going to give me tetanus one of these days but sure. Lets just stop at my place first, I want to drop off this backpack you took yesterday first.”
Bianca was still wearing the ratty jeans she’d taken from me yesterday and at this point I just figured she could have them. I really wasn’t about to get into an argument as to why she should take my pants off and… ugh even saying it is just… no. Those were hers now as far as I was concerned.
We rode over to my house through the crisp autumn afternoon. The trees along the street were finally being to change color, it looked like a scene from a postcard. One of those one’s of the idyllic towns that could’ve come straight out of a hallmark movie. I had to give it to Eagles Peak, it may by turning into a den of vipers for me minute by minute but it sure could be beautiful, in it’s own isolated kind of way.
“Wow its very… small.”
Bianca commented as she stepped into my house and looked around.
“Yeah not everyone has a blank check from two different governments like Stein.”
“I didn’t mean li…”
“It’s ok I know what you meant, its different.”
I said cutting her off before she had the chance to apologize. I dropped off the backpack in my room and rooted around in the one duffle bag I still hadn’t unpacked from my trip here. I found the toothbrush without to much trouble and walked into the living room to give it to Bianca only to find her unpacking on the couch.
“What’s going on here, are you moving in?”
I joked, not expecting the answer I was about to get.
“Yeah, kind of hard to keep an eye on you from my house. I suppose I could from the top floor but if we’re working against Shaoni that doesn’t seem like a great idea. She’s got that whole thing with lighting and I get the sense her being angry at you while your up in the air isn’t a great combination.”
Bianca said, unpacking a blanket like she wasn’t just inserting herself into my house.
“WHAT?”
I shouted, maybe a little too loud.
“Is there a problem?I thought you wanted me looking out for you, this is me, doing that.”
She said looking up at me with puppy dog eyes. You’ve got to understand, those eyes coming from someone like Bianca, glowing or otherwise, well you just can’t say no to that. When it’s Bianca you really can’t say no. She can just take that option away in an instant but again she didn’t for me, it was still my choice.
“I.. sure but you can have my bed. We’ll get everything set up once we get back from the Roost. You did tell Frank and Stein about this right?”
I gave in, deciding to let her stay.
“I’m a big girl, they doin’t need to know everything I do, and… thanks”
“It’s alright, just let me know next time you’re going to pull something like this ok?”
I added, equal parts excited to actually have someone to talk to besides myself in my own home, and worried what Frank and Stein might think was going on here. I put those thoughts out of my head for the moment as we got back on the bikes.
It was about 3 by the time we made it to Tuck’s bar after the delay Bianca had caused by moving herself out before we left. Just as I expected the sign said closed but the door was unlocked. The bar looked exactly the same as the last time I was there. Stone fireplace roaring and pristine wooden floor looking like it had been polished just this morning. Tuck was sitting behind the bar looking worse for wear. The look on his face said he knew we were coming and he wasn’t to thrilled about it.
“Does he know?”
Tuck asked pointedly, looking straight through me and speaking to Bianca.
“About me or you, because the answer is both of us.”
Tuck shook his head at this and a grim look came over him.
“Ya shouldn’t have pulled him into this.”
“Actually I pulled her into it if anything, going out there was my idea. I’ve got a mark like Robert’s, its actually what brought me to town in the first place.”
I said, hoping my honesty would get the same out of Tuck.
“So that bird called ya out here somehow?”
“More or less, but that’s not what I’m here about. I want to know why exactly you followed us out there yesterday.”
Tuck sighed and gestured to the seats at the bar, beckoning Bianca and I to take a seat.
“When Robert chased ya out the other night some of his friends came by. They all got that mark like him, they were sayin’ something about the thunderbird makin’ an appearance back at the old mine. I wanted to see for myself and make sure they were wrong. I found those bikes and ended up followin’ the trail. By the time I got there some guys were poking around that hole in the wall and a storm had kicked up. I saw them cut that rope and figured they weren’t doin’ no good. I… changed and dealt with them then forced my way into the old mine entrance, the rest ya already know cause I ran into ya not long after.”
This story made more sense to me, Tuck never came out there to find me, I just so happened to be out there. Those boulders I thought were moved had been, by Tuck which made me question just how strong he was. Each of those huge things had to weigh tons and there were three strewn about the entrance.
“Ok that makes more sense than what you told me, but what were you hoping to accomplish up there. If you ran into the thunderbird what would you have done?”
“I just wanted to make sure it wasn’t really up there again but the storm seemed to say otherwise. No storm like that just pops up and goes away, the bird had to be involved with that.”
“Actually she was there, just not as some huge bird. She was down in the caves with us but she looked human, native American to be more precise. That’s how I met her when I got marked and now she’s holding some kind of trial out in those mines.”
“You met the thunderbird, its a person? What does she want with this place now.”
Tuck said his demeanor changing into one full of concern. I didn’t know what else to say cause at the moment I didn’t actually know much more than that. It’s infuriating, this being in the dark thing. I just settled for dodging the question.
“Not to change the topic but are we to early to grab a bite to eat?”
I wish I had a camera handy because the face Tuck made at that whiplash change of topics was priceless. I can’t properly do it justice with words. Suffice it to say one of his eyebrows hit the ceiling while the other hit the floor and a violently confused expression plastered his face.
“Sure I guess, what do the two of ya want!”
Tuck exclaimed, throwing his arms in the air and walking back behind the counter. I ended up ordering some fried chicken sandwich with bacon and pickles, and as I took the first bite my risk of heart attack increased ten fold. Bianca ordered the same thing and was pecking at it inquisitively when I asked,
“So what’s the story with Rocco?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean why, why did Frank and Stein make him in the first place?”
I asked through a mouthful of greasy goodness.
“Well I think it started out as a joke, then Stein actually wanted an assistant and that joke became Rocco. They worked on him for a while, pretty much they took a random raccoon off the street and played around in its head. I know there was some gene splicing involved but if you want to know how they did it ask them.”
“So he was supposed to be an assistant in the lab? I think I’ve seen him doing one thing to help them out this whole time and he was poking through a back alley for old batteries.”
“Yeah, he’s not a great assistant, must be good enough though cause they haven’t tossed him out.”
“Are you kidding me! If they tossed him out he be so much worse! Just think, Rocco left to his own devices without any supervision.”
Both of us shuddered at the thought, if he was bad now he’d be a menace to society without the little control we had over him.
Bianca and I ate and eventually Tuck came out and I told him my story about Imalone. He seemed really concerned at the fact that the thunderbird could be walking around town and he wouldn’t know about it. I assured him that Shaoni was really hard to miss if you just looked at the eyes. It wasn’t like she looked any different either, no matter what she was wearing those tattoos would be a dead giveaway. Tuck assured me he was going to keep an eye out and gave me his number to call if I saw her. I don’t want to talk down on Bianca, but something about having a werewolf looking out for me as well was reassuring. Tuck told us a bit about what he was doing with Frank and Stein too. Apparently he contracted his “disease” as he called it long before he came to work in Eagles Peak. He was originally from Louisiana and moved to New York for a change of scenery and ended up getting a job in the mines here around 1940. I should also mention Tuck ages very slowly due to his “disease” so he looks like he’s in his 50’s or so but he was born in 1900. To his credit you’d never know he was anything other than your friendly middle aged bartender.
Bianca and I were getting ready to leave as it came time to open the bar for real. When Tuck offered us a round of drinks on the house.
“No, no that’s alright Tuck, you’ve done enough for us we’ll see you later.”
Bianca politely declined, pulling me towards the door. After I said my goodbyes and we had gotten back to the bikes I asked Bianca,
“Do you not drink? I’m not judging just… when Tuck offered you seemed kind of jumpy.”
“I just never have, I was kind of bouncing around the country when I turned 21 so I just never started.”
“So your telling me you never had your first drink? Well, we have to fix that then.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah, its like a right of passage where I’m from. We’ll pick up a six pack or something on the way back but we don’t have to do anything if you don’t want to.”
I said, trying to convince her. I’m not a huge drinker but I am from Wisconsin, alcohol is a way of life out there and we’re know for our beer. In my family turning 21 and having your first drink is cause to bring the whole family together. I couldn’t do that for her but I could at least give her the experience, maybe give her just one more good thing to remember.
Bianca agreed and we pulled into the Save-A-Lot just outside town. The building was painted white bit it was slowly peeling away revealing a concrete grey underneath. The big glowing sign was missing a few letters now simply reading Sav- -Lo. Despite its decaying state it still had the classic beer cave inside. I took a second to look for something from Wisconsin, call me a snob but we do beer right. I settled on a 12 pack of Leinenkugel, that was close enough to home for me. Bianca trailed behind me in the store, a bit like a scared cat looking for a place to hide. Obviously she didn’t get out much and having people she didn’t really know much about was stressing her out somewhat. We got to the checkout and an older cashier eyed my suspiciously.
“Can I see an ID”
She croaked in a hoarse smokey voice. Now I don’t always look my age but I’m 28 there was no reason to try and ID me. That didn’t really bother me so much as the fact that my wallet was still at home. I’ve been spending the cash Bianca gave me back when I watched her house and I just keep that in my pocket. I also have a bad habit of only brining my wallet when I knew I would need it instead of carrying it on me. Regardless I started to sweat a little as I tried to explain the situation.
“You see I would but I left mine at home and I’m not sure if…”
I was cut off by Bianca reaching out and brushing the cashier’s hand Then looking her straight in the eye. I knew exactly what she was doing.
“Look we don’t have an ID for you right now can you just take it on faith?”
“I understand sweetie, here why don’t I cover it for you, my treat.”
The cashier said, turning a complete 180 on her previous question. I looked from Bianca to the old woman a few times before Bianca finally shrugged.
“What?”
I wondered if it was that easy for her to change my mind back when she manipulated me into watching the house.
“So she just payed for it?”
I asked Bianca as we walked back to the bikes.
“That was her, not that I couldn’t make her do that. As far as I can work out, if I suggest something people tend to do it. Over the years I learned how to control that to the point where I’m only able to do it when I want to. Frank said it has something to do with pheromones in my breath or something like that.”
Bianca explained, hoping onto her bike and keeping pace with me back towards my house. I didn’t ask for an explanation but she gave it. I’m not really sure pheromones were something that could have that profound of an effect on someone but I’d just add it to the list of questions I’d have to ask Frank or Stein at some point.
“Still it was a bit weird seeing it from the outside. Was I that easy to convince before?”
Bianca got a mischievous look in her eye.
“Oh, you were so much easier, I barley needed to try. Just flip my hair and flutter my eyes a few times and that was that.”
She said, smiling devilishly at me. I blushed a little bit, partly because that’s probably all it would’ve taken from someone who looked like her and partly because I was embarrassed that she might not just be poking fun at me.
“No you definitely did something to me, I lost like 6 hours in your kitchen! That was you right…right?!”
I asked a little nervous. Bianca just laughed and pedaled off ahead of me. She did not put my mind at ease with any sort of answer but she did beat me back to the house.
When I got in She was sitting on the couch sorting through a pile of movies she pulled out of her duffle bag. She really had just thrown the entire contents of her room into a bag and brought them over. Bianca seemed to settle on a movie before she realized I’d walked in.
“So you like horror?”
I said, gesturing to the same movies I’d seen lying out earlier when I watched her house.
“Yeah, I just like seeing how people think all these things act. Like Tuck, werewolves are always looked at as these big imposing things in movies but he’s a puppy in comparison.”
“The guy looks like he could tear me apart down the middle with his bare hands buuuut, I see your point.”
Thinking back to every interaction I’d had with the guy so far, he never really was as scary as he looked. I sat down on the couch, dropping the case of beer on the coffee table.
“So, have you picked out a movie yet?”
To which Bianca closed her eyes and poked at a random movie in the pile. “Dog Soldiers”, it was called, actually I think I’ve heard of that movie before. One of those its so bad its entertaining things. I popped the movie into my DVD player and sat back, handing Bianca a beer.
“ Is this how normal people feel?”
She asked as the movie started.
“Depends on what you mean by normal, even then I’m not sure that’s the question I’d be asking. Maybe you just finally have a chance to relax after years of never being able to.”
“Oh sure, I’ll just relax now that I know we have the actual thunderbird looking to force you into some kind of trial.”
Bianca joked sarcastically before suddenly softening and taking a sip of her beer.
“Uggg that’s bitter… but not bad. Maybe your onto something Kieth.”
I don’t remember much from the movie. One scene stuck with me, a guy trying to fist fight a werewolf. It was already campy but the effects on the werewolf were just dated enough to make it that much funnier. Bianca and I couldn’t help but to Imagine Tuck as the werewolf, bewildered as to why this scrawny thing thought it could fight him. At some point the beer ran out, Bianca and I making it through the whole case. I remember getting up to go to my own room and Bianca pulling me back. What I didn’t remember though was letting Shaoni into my house. I was woken up by a tap on my shoulder, coming face to face with her. Shaoni’s hand was on one shoulder and Bianca’s head was on the other. At some point we both feel asleep on the couch together, the TV was still on, illuminating the dark room.
“Well well, I wasn’t expecting you to have guests Keith.”
Shaoni mocked, clicking her tongue at me as she finished. She wore the same white night dress I’d seen her in before. Something in the house was open, a window, a door? I didn’t know but the smells of an autumn rainstorm blew into the house, a storm no doubt caused by Shaoni.
“I… its not what it looks like.”
I stammered out, embarrassed to be caught like this.
“I don’t care what you get up to in your free time Keith. I just came to tell you I’ll expect you at the mine tomorrow, The trials will be starting soon and I want everyone who will be participating to meet each other, you will be participating, won’t you Keith?”
She asked like it was a question but it really wasn’t, wether I liked it or not I was going to be there, I could come willingly or kicking and screaming. She was simply asking which I wanted it to be.
“When do you want me there?”
“Oh don’t worry about that, I’ll send someone to collect you around noon.”
With that she turned to walk away, but I wasn’t done with her yet.
“Wait! What exactly are these trials, what am I going to be doing out there?”
“That would spoil the surprise Keith, be patient, you’ll know in time. That pretty little thing there, her name wouldn’t happen to be Bianca, would it?”
Shaoni asked, pointing at Bianca who was still asleep on my shoulder.
“How did you know that?”
I shot back, immediately jumping to Bianca’s defense. I hadn’t known her all that long true, but I didn’t want her any closer to this than she had to be.
“Oh no reason.”
Shaoni said with a snicker that sounded more like a hiss. With that she disappeared, and I mean she was just gone. One minute she was there the next there was a gust of wind and a brief flash of light and she was gone. The disruption was enough to wake Bianca up finally.
“Ugh, head..still…spinning.”
“Heh, I think you overdid it a bit last night.”
“Ugh maybe.”
She said, holding her head that still rested on my shoulder.
“What’s going on anyway, why’d you wake me up.”
“It’s just… well things are moving a bit faster than I hoped.”
I said, trying to reassure her that it was nothing, most likely failing miserably but she didn’t seem to notice. There was a second there that I thought maybe things could just be normal. This whole thing would just blow over and Shaoni would never come back and get me for these “trials” but I always knew it was wishful thinking. Now Bianca was a part of it to somehow, that had made up my mind. She’d been through enough, now Shaoni seemed interested in her all of a sudden. If putting myself through these trials kept her away from Bianca that’s exactly what I’d do.

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