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2011.12.25 13:50 ag3nt_cha0s Lovers of the Monster High Dolls
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2023.03.31 18:56 HugeGas21 Went to a Lana v. Miley drag show the other day
 | First of all, when I heard this was a show I shit my pants. Like I never get to hear Lana in the club, and to have her songs performed multiple times by drag queens- like… babes I’m there. submitted by HugeGas21 to lanadelrey [link] [comments] Second of all, I chastised the doorman for misspelling her name 😂 I said “now who is that? Bc it’s not mother.” Whoever the artist was put their heart and soul into that door sign, and even though the ambition was there… 😬 it’s like that reporter who said “I’m standing here with Taylor Smith.” Third of all, the Lana stans showed UP! This was like the day after A&W (or so) and people knew the words already. The Miley team and the queen’s performances were fun, and they kept saying “and with that performance Miley is in the lead.” But then a Lana performance would happen, and well, y’all know our fanbase. I think we ended up winning the night. My only qualm was we got like only B2D/Paradise. Love that album, but I would’ve loved to have seen a wider array of albums (like Miley had Hannah Montana->Plastic Hearts). The song selection wasn’t the best. The only two I can really remember were Gods&Monsters and Body Electric. Like great songs, but I wanna see a drag queen lip synch NFR, Sad Girl, Radio, Dark Paradise, Brooklyn Baby, Video Games, Heroin, happiness is a butterfly… something that is kinda anthem-like/has performance factor. The only song we got that wasn’t original Lana was High By The Beach, and that was THE BEST performance of the night. Super campy. I’d love to see more shows like this!! Have you ever been to a show of the nature? |
2023.03.31 18:56 _Triple_ [STORE] 900+ KNIVES/GLOVES/SKINS, 50.000$+ INVENTORY. M9 Fade, M4 Poseidon, Kara Gamma, BFK Freehand, BFK Bright Water, Spec Gloves Kimono, Nomad Fade, M9 Doppler, Skeleton, BFK B.Steel, AWP Fade, Stiletto Fade, S.Gloves Slingshot, BFK Ultra, Kara Damas, Bayo Lore, Bayo Gamma, Flip Fade & A Lot More
Everything in my inventory is up for trade. The most valuable items are listed here, the rest you can find in My Inventory
Feel free to Add Me or even better send a Trade Offer. Open for any suggestions: upgrades, downgrades / knives, gloves, skins / stickers, patterns, floats.
All Buyouts are listed in cash value.
KNIVES
★ Butterfly Knife Freehand FN #1, B/O: $1867
★ Butterfly Knife Bright Water MW, B/O: $1098
★ Butterfly Knife Blue Steel BS, B/O: $907
★ Butterfly Knife Ultraviolet FT, B/O: $789
★ Butterfly Knife Stained FT, B/O: $695
⎯★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth MW #1, B/O: $888
★ Bayonet Gamma Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $727
★ Bayonet Doppler (Phase 2) FN, B/O: $608
★ Bayonet Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $521
★ Bayonet Rust Coat BS, B/O: $253
★ Bayonet Night FT, B/O: $251
★ StatTrak™ Bayonet Lore MW, B/O: $751
⎯★ Karambit Gamma Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $1343
★ Karambit Damascus Steel FT, B/O: $774
★ Karambit Rust Coat BS, B/O: $537
★ Karambit Boreal Forest FT, B/O: $488
⎯★ M9 Bayonet Fade FN, B/O: $1523
★ M9 Bayonet Fade FN, B/O: $1523
★ M9 Bayonet Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $1008
★ M9 Bayonet Blue Steel FT, B/O: $534
★ M9 Bayonet Rust Coat BS, B/O: $449
⎯★ Flip Knife Fade FN, B/O: $703
★ Flip Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 1) MW, B/O: $509
★ Flip Knife Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $406
★ Flip Knife Freehand FT, B/O: $228
★ StatTrak™ Flip Knife Bright Water FN, B/O: $332
⎯★ Falchion Knife Doppler (Phase 2) FN, B/O: $292
★ Falchion Knife Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $264
★ Falchion Knife Marble Fade FN, B/O: $258
★ Falchion Knife Bright Water MW, B/O: $133
⎯★ Stiletto Knife Fade FN, B/O: $822
★ Stiletto Knife Slaughter FN, B/O: $569
★ Stiletto Knife Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $530
★ Stiletto Knife Crimson Web FT, B/O: $396
★ StatTrak™ Stiletto Knife Scorched FT, B/O: $172
⎯★ Gut Knife Doppler (Sapphire) MW #1, B/O: $830
★ Gut Knife Fade FN, B/O: $204
★ Gut Knife Tiger Tooth FN, B/O: $138
★ Gut Knife Bright Water MW, B/O: $104
★ Gut Knife Freehand FT, B/O: $92
★ Gut Knife Urban Masked FT, B/O: $82
★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife Rust Coat BS, B/O: $93
⎯★ Shadow Daggers Fade FN, B/O: $258
★ Shadow Daggers Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $165
★ Shadow Daggers Blue Steel FT, B/O: $82
★ Shadow Daggers Bright Water FT, B/O: $82
★ Shadow Daggers Blue Steel WW, B/O: $80
★ Shadow Daggers Rust Coat BS, B/O: $74
★ StatTrak™ Shadow Daggers Marble Fade FN, B/O: $186
⎯★ Classic Knife Slaughter MW, B/O: $311
★ StatTrak™ Classic Knife Stained BS, B/O: $163
⎯★ Talon Knife Slaughter MW, B/O: $605
★ Talon Knife Scorched MW, B/O: $290
⎯★ Ursus Knife Marble Fade FN, B/O: $405
★ Ursus Knife Night Stripe MW, B/O: $162
⎯★ Paracord Knife Stained WW, B/O: $125
★ Paracord Knife Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $97
★ Paracord Knife Safari Mesh FT, B/O: $96
⎯★ Navaja Knife Safari Mesh FT, B/O: $71
★ Navaja Knife Scorched WW, B/O: $71
⎯★ Nomad Knife Fade FN, B/O: $1015
★ Skeleton Knife, B/O: $909
★ Bowie Knife Boreal Forest MW, B/O: $106
★ Survival Knife Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $97
GLOVES
★ Driver Gloves Crimson Weave FT, B/O: $335
★ Driver Gloves King Snake BS, B/O: $270
★ Driver Gloves Lunar Weave WW, B/O: $113
★ Driver Gloves Overtake WW, B/O: $88
★ Driver Gloves Overtake BS, B/O: $67
⎯★ Moto Gloves Transport MW, B/O: $171
★ Moto Gloves Polygon BS, B/O: $137
★ Moto Gloves Transport WW, B/O: $71
★ Moto Gloves 3rd Commando Company BS, B/O: $62
⎯★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Kimono WW, B/O: $1027
★ Specialist Gloves Tiger Strike FT, B/O: $654
★ Specialist Gloves Mogul FT, B/O: $295
★ Specialist Gloves Lt. Commander FT, B/O: $277
★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Web FT, B/O: $275
⎯★ Sport Gloves Slingshot FT, B/O: $796
★ Sport Gloves Amphibious BS #2, B/O: $699
★ Sport Gloves Omega FT, B/O: $656
⎯★ Broken Fang Gloves Unhinged BS, B/O: $60
WEAPONS
AK-47 Case Hardened BS, B/O: $130
AK-47 Bloodsport MW, B/O: $79
AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76
AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76
AK-47 Bloodsport FT, B/O: $70
AK-47 Neon Rider MW, B/O: $60
⎯AWP Fade FN, B/O: $864
AWP BOOM MW, B/O: $84
AWP Containment Breach FT, B/O: $69
AWP Containment Breach FT, B/O: $69
AWP Wildfire FT, B/O: $59
AWP Chromatic Aberration FN, B/O: $59
StatTrak™ AWP Hyper Beast FT, B/O: $65
StatTrak™ AWP Hyper Beast FT, B/O: $65
⎯Desert Eagle Blaze FN, B/O: $565
Desert Eagle Blaze FN, B/O: $565
Desert Eagle Printstream FN, B/O: $155
Desert Eagle Cobalt Disruption FN, B/O: $58
⎯M4A1-S Icarus Fell FN, B/O: $414
M4A1-S Printstream MW, B/O: $204
M4A1-S Printstream MW, B/O: $204
⎯M4A4 Poseidon FN, B/O: $1402
M4A4 The Emperor FN, B/O: $152
M4A4 Asiimov WW, B/O: $97
⎯USP-S Kill Confirmed MW, B/O: $65
USP-S Printstream FT, B/O: $69
StatTrak™ USP-S Kill Confirmed FT, B/O: $123
StatTrak™ USP-S Neo-Noir FN, B/O: $106
⎯AUG Flame Jörmungandr FN, B/O: $218
P2000 Ocean Foam FN, B/O: $139
Souvenir SSG 08 Death Strike MW, B/O: $81
CZ75-Auto Emerald Quartz MW, B/O: $61
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2023.03.31 18:48 timeknew $TAU Weekly Digest [Mar 31]
![$TAU Weekly Digest [Mar 31]](https://a.thumbs.redditmedia.com/NgRfdh1UuTkoXF1Ft_kRT7MlaVZTBLwV5x-qt-kuD74.jpg "$TAU Weekly Digest [Mar 31]") | https://preview.redd.it/uq2njxhit3ra1.png?width=1600&format=png&auto=webp&s=1151d4462e716f33cc922d9994dca76a2ffd56a7 submitted by timeknew to lamden [link] [comments] A few highlights of activity over the past week across the Lamden community: # News
# AMAEach week the Lamden team will answer questions from the community. Please submit your questions to the community manager (deadline is each Wednesday to give us sufficient time to answer). This week’s AMA begins now… Rafael Nejati asks, “How much is the liquidity and why can't we use $10k from it for marketing purposes?”We welcome all ideas however our focus at the moment is getting our community nodes and DAO fully operational. Marketing is not an immediate priority but understand this is important to members of the community and worth re-exploring at a later time. In the meantime, we’re dedicated to maintaining and growing our various social channels. Nmln asks, “Any information regarding the wallet? Is it still getting delisted from Chrome in June?”The Lamden Vault wallet is a beloved tool and the recent feedback from the community has been invaluable. We’re very happy to report that Allen has begun updating the Vault wallet for the transition to Manifest V3. We don’t have specific dates to share at the moment but we’ll continue to keep the community informed. PineTreeV asks, “What tokens are surely to be added on Lamden Bridge or being truly considered? What is the criteria for a token to be added on the Bridge and will they be added if said conditions are met?”The priority is rolling out community nodes. Unfortunately we can’t commit to adding tokens to the bridge at this time. If and when that changes, we’ll definitely share that information with the community. Gary D asks, “So what is the team going to do to attract new developers?”We are currently running advertisements on Twitter but are holding off on doing active recruitment until the community nodes are fully implemented. We want to make sure we’re giving a good first impression to new members. PineTreeV asks, “Will the team hire developers for needed changes to the system like the Lamden Wallet, nodes, or any new features that might be needed? Or is that for the community to decide on with the DAO after decentralization (community nodes fully added)?”The team will continue to support and maintain the protocol. Jeff is laser-focused on resolving the remaining bugs needed to roll out the community nodes and DAO. Other projects like PixelWhale and LamdenLink have been deprioritized until he can finish getting the chain decentralized. Additionally, we encourage others to develop new tools like a wallet to give users options. Competition makes us all strive to do better, drives innovation, and ensures the community always has a choice. thatguy asks, “Who does the Team consist of these days?”Developers include Stu, Jeff and Allen. Mykyta did great work on our node tech and has now moved to a part-time contributor role. thatguy asks, “What is the overall feel of the team towards further progress of Lamden and its future?”We love Lamden, always have and always will! thatguy asks, “If team believes in the future of Lamden and are making steps to achieve a brighter future, is a Buy Back being considered at the ultra low prices as the team can build up future Lamden Labs funds for further growth and development once Lamden sentiment improves?”No buy backs are planned. Chief Yeti asks, “In the last AMA you mentioned you will restore WETH liquidity ‘once time frees up’ but surely replacing liquidity takes about 15 seconds so what is the hold up?”It’s still on our radar to enable the WETH bridge. The WETH contracts still need to be updated and the LamdenLink test environment was on Kovan (which no longer exists). So it’s unfortunately not as easy as just flipping a switch. Jeff’s time is focused on rolling out the community nodes and DAO first and foremost. Addressing these other priorities will come next. Thanks for everyone’s patience! Thanks again for everyone’s great questions this week! # Totals
Why Lamden? It’s fast, with tiny transaction fees, and a developer-focus. Built from the ground up to remove technical hurdles and empower developers. Choose to program in Python, or your preferred language, and significantly reduce the time to produce your dApps. Developers are further incentivized since 90% of each transaction fee is returned to the dApp creator. $TAU has a maximum supply of 248 million and is deflationary with 1% of each transaction fee burned. Lamden is paving its own path as the premier Python-based layer-1 blockchain platform. With access to a potential developer base of over 10 million, the sky is the limit. Welcome to Lamden - let's build together! |
2023.03.31 18:38 Narrow_Muscle9572 The Lawn Killer - The Island
- Lawn Killer
- Lawn Killer: Birth of a Baby Panda
- Lawn Killer: Catching Lunch
- Lawn Killer: The Order Of The Wren
- Lawn Killer: The end of summer
- Lawn Killer: Merry Christmas, Baby Panda
During this time D and I would talk on the phone a few times a week. Since the Order had me move around so often I had to be the one doing the calling. These conversations didn't last as long as I would have liked because there was no privacy in the hotel rooms we would frequently stay at.
By we, I mean the two experienced hunters I would have to learn from. Their names were Williams and King. Neither did much talking and I could tell they didn't like having me around. Not that I could blame them. I was inexperienced and they had better things to do than to hold my hand and explain things to me. That meant that when we had to go somewhere to slay some monstrosity, I would have to wait in the hotel we were staying at.
I was bored out of my mind most of the time when we were traveling the country but I would learn to love those dull moments soon enough.
Williams was alright even though he smelt like a chimney, but at least he was patient with me and kind. However, King was crazy, cynical and had an unhealthy obsession with explosives. I asked him about it once and he told me “In this line of work, some things are vulnerable to fire, monk root, silver and stuff, right? But in my experience nothing can survive when twenty pounds of homemade explosives go boom.”
The days passed slowly so I would kill time by sharpening rune covered blades that would hurt all sorts of monsters, making specialized ammo, documenting everything I thought was noteworthy so future generations of members could learn from us, reading, playing cards and waiting for Farsight to call.
I asked Williams about Farsight on a few occasions and he told me that they were high ranking members of the Order who essentially ran everything. Since they were a secretive bunch, who they were and how they knew where to send all the teams was a mystery.
Most people I spoke to said they thought the biggest clue on how Farsight operated was the history of the Order itself.
Learning about the Order was a top priority during my studies at the compound. The long and the short is: back in the day there were some nerds that saved a bunch of books and scrolls from a fire that was about to consume a library named after some guy named Alexander. Lots of these people died as a result of saving what they could and because of their sacrifice the Order knows how to dispose and kill monsters.
My studies were not limited to history either. Most of the time was spent doing military drills, however on a few occasions I got to try my hand at magic. That being said, magic welders are rare and I was not one of them.
The first time I ever saw any action we were waiting somewhere in Ohio when the phone rang.
King answered the phone, waited and responded with ‘yes’, ‘no’ and finally ‘understood’ before hanging up.
“What did they say?” asked Williams.
King sighed and shook his head. “We got a plane to catch,” King answered as he slapped his knees and stood up.
“Where are we going?” I asked.
“Alaska.”
“What's in Alaska?” Williams asked before I could.
“Farsight got wind of some town that went missing.”
“A town went missing?” I asked, pinching my eyebrows together in confusion.
“It happens,” King shrugged. “Roanoke, Waterway… Etcetera.”
“Waterway?” I asked. “Never heard of it.”
“That's because it disappeared,” Williams answered before turning to King. “Did Farsight tell you what was there?”
King gave him a look before returning to pack up his things. “Do they ever?”
Getting to our destination meant getting in three different single engine planes that all took off and landed on someone's field instead of an airport. Each of the planes were held together by duct tape and prayers. After that, we rode in a boat for an hour.
The island we were assigned to go to was small and covered with equal parts trees, brush and rocks. There weren't many houses and the nicest one of them was a doublewide trailer in poor condition.
“Where is everyone?” I asked as we made our way off the dock and onto land.
“I don't like this,” Williams added as he took out the HSD (Handheld Supernatural Detector. It sort of looked like half of a bike handle covered in copper wire, black electricians tape and at the end there are two antennas). “Nothing” Williams said after waving it around a little while.
“Keep it activated” King said, his shotgun at the ready as he led us through what passed as a town on this island.
“Maybe the signal is too weak” I suggested.
“Might be,” King responded. “Might not even be supernatural?”
“What else could it be?” I asked.
“Disease? Jobs disappearing” King answered.
“Doesn't look like there were lots of jobs here anyways” Williams pointed out, waving the HSD in different directions but not picking up anything. “Besides, Farsight isn't wrong about these things” he added as King led us to the first house and walked in.
“How many people lived here?” I asked.
“No more than thirty,” King answered.
We kept checking the houses, but time after time there were no clues to tell us what happened to the island's occupants. There were no signs of struggle, the clothes were still on the hangers and there was even food that sat around for so long that whatever it once was became mostly mold.
“So what's the plan?” I asked after reaching the last house before the forest started. I was hoping that they would say something that involved a hot shower. After the trip out here I felt that I could have used one.
Or two.
“It's going to get dark soon,” King answered, looking at the sunset. “And since we don't know what we are dealing with, we should find a place to stay for the night.”
“Where?” I asked.
“Churches are safer than most places” Williams suggested, pointing to a squat, square building.
The door was unlocked so we let ourselves in. The first thing King and Williams did was to see if we were alone. They checked the confessionals, the back office, the bathroom, under every pew and kept their eyes on the rafters.
King figured the safest part of the building was the back office, so we all went there. With the three of us it was cramped. I would have suggested staying in one of the houses, but it wouldn't have felt right sleeping in a strangers house when they were missing, besides, places of worship would provide safety. At least from some things.
On the desk that belonged to the priest was a newspaper and Williams picked it up to check the date. Something I would never have thought of doing, and saw that it was two months old.
“In a place like this, I wouldn't think they would get their news fresh off the press” King responded when Williams pointed this out.
“Still” Williams said. “That's a long time, even for way out here.”
When it came to claiming sleeping areas it was nearly impossible for all of us to be satisfied with the results. Not only was it crammed with all of us in the back office, but both men also suffered from night terrors.
By the time we all had our designated sleeping spots, Williams grumbled about being low on cigarettes and ordered me to run to the island's convenience store and “grab an armful.”
At first I protested, but they told me that since the island was abandoned it wasn't stealing.
It was my turn to grumble, but I did as I was told.
As I walked to the convenience store, I wondered how Farsight would react if they knew King and Williams sent me off by myself like this.
Pulling the door open to go inside, I was surprised to find that the store looked nearly the same as the one in Gray Hill. They had stuffed animals on the walls, pickled pig parts in glass jars, they even had the same off brand food items that I could never find anywhere other than home.
Excited, I raced to the cooler and found the same brand of ginger ale I loved so much. I sucked down one, feeling the carbonation reach up into my nose and burn like hell.
Once I loaded the rest of the bottles in my bag I went over to the counter and hopped over it to grab Williams his cigarettes.
After leaving the store I saw a truck parked out front of the church that wasn't there when I left. Feeling something was wrong I ducked behind a fence. Just in time too because a second later the door swung open and a group of people were dragging King and Williams to the truck.
The people seemed to be wearing the furs of all sorts of animals. From skunk to deer to bear and whatever else that lived on the island. At first I thought their faces were covered in dirt, however thanks to D’s alterations I could see that it was actually black rocks glistening in the dying light. Not only that but they were growing out of these people. One had a large piece coming straight up from behind his left collarbone, another had her face peppered with small rocks but the man who appeared to be their leader had one coming out of his eye socket.
King and Williams were shouting at the group, what they were saying I can’t repeat and if I cleaned it up it wouldn't be much of a sentence.
I stayed still and out of sight until the truck pulled away. Since I was only armed with the buck knife I kept on my belt at all times I wouldn’t be much help. Even less so if I was caught by whoever took the more experienced monster hunters.
As soon as the truck was out of sight I ran into the church to grab the weapons we brought with us. Both shotguns that were filled with special shells we made ourselves and our rune covered machetes.
Just as I was about to leave I remembered the backpack filled with explosives. When I scooped that up I took off in the direction I last saw the truck going.
I ran for about two miles before finally finding the truck which was parked in the middle of nowhere on the side of the road. Most of the journey was uphill, however thanks to what D did to me I had plenty of energy to spare.
It didn't take long for me to see that there were tracks that led into the woods and without thinking about it, I followed them. King and Williams needed my help.
The tracks were easy to follow considering there were six people plus King and Williams who were struggling with their abductors.
I had been tracking these people for fifteen or twenty minutes by the time I came across a rocky hill, and since rocks don't leave tracks, I thought I lost them. However, just then I saw a small cave entrance. Figuring that was where King and Williams were taken, I hustled up the hill to investigate, making sure I kept low and quiet.
When I got in the cave I thought my eyes would adjust, however it didn't. Inside was completely dark and there was no sound other than my own breathing and footfalls. I would come to learn later than caves are like that. Completely dark so even my eyes couldn't adjust and they muffle sounds.
After a short time of navigating down a narrow passageway by dragging my hand on the wall I saw a faint orange glow and slowly walked towards it, careful not to make any sound. As I drew closer, I heard a group of people chanting in a strange language that almost sounded like angry small dogs.
A few stalagmites and stalactites separated the passageway I was on from a large open area with small bonfires scattered around. The people who took King and Williams were circling a large black monolith that sat in the middle of the room and they seemed to be praying to it. To me the monolith resembled the rocks that grew out of the people.
“I’mma kill you” shouted a familiar voice about ten feet below where I stood. It was King. Both he and Williams had their hands tied behind them, around a rock. “Stem to stern, you hear that? You hear that?!”
As King was shouting, I figured I would have less of a chance at getting caught if I climbed down the steep cave wall instead of following the path. Thankfully I managed to get to them without making a sound that Kings yelling didn't muffle.
D made me a borderline superhero, and superheroes save people. So even though my heart was jumping out of my chest, that didn't stop me from doing what I had to do.
“Shh” I whispered to Williams as I put the handle of my knife in his still bound hand. “I’m leaving the bag of explosives behind you. The shotguns and your machete too.”
Williams didn't make a sound, but he nodded and started to cut the ropes.
King was still shouting to his abductors, masking my voice as I told Williams that I was going to buy them time by serving as a distraction.
Without waiting for a nod, I went back the way I came and started climbing. I was sure I was going to get caught when I caused a few rocks to fall, but then Williams started to yell, joining King to mask the sound.
After reaching the passageway I came from, I turned around to see Williams give me a slight nod. Then I shouted for everyone to hear.
“Your mom shaves her chest and you—”
I didn't get any further than that because the people hissed and ran towards me. Some climbed the wall I just did while others ran down the path I chose not to take in order to reach the two more experienced hunters.
Seeing how fast they were moving made me regret not thinking past this part of the plan.
I ran as fast as I could down the dark and narrow path I entered from. The entire time I could hear them behind me and I imagined that they were getting closer.
As soon as I got outside, it was dark and I made a split second decision to run to the coast. This would make it look like I was trying to get to a boat instead of buying the more experienced monster hunters some time. However every time I tried to head towards the beach a few of my pursuers would be in my way, forcing me to change course.
After what D did to me I was fast, not Olympic speed but it was safe to say I was faster than everyone I knew. So you can imagine my surprise when I saw that these people were keeping pace with me. If it was just one of them, I wouldn't have given it much thought, but all of them were. Even the fat and the old ones.
I tried coming up with answers that might help my chances if I had to fight these people, or should I say what these people became? The rocks gave them enhanced strength and speed, but other than that the clues I had were minimal. The rocks could have been anything from viral, extraterrestrial, interdimensional or even parasitic.
However it was safe to say that even if it was parasitic it was not demonic. If it was, the HSD would’ve picked it up.
If I knew what language these people were speaking, that would narrow the possibilities that much further.
I must have been running for about ten minutes before I realized three things at once. The first thing was these people were much faster than they were letting on and were just toying with me. The second was that I was being herded back to the cave and the third was that I was going to have to stop running and fight.
As soon as I stopped running, I pulled the machete out from its sheath and turned to face those who meant me harm.
They surrounded me like a pack of wolves, and like a pack of wolves they snapped their jaws and made sounds that reminded me of a group of angry tiny dogs barking. These people also attacked like wolves too because the ones behind me would be doing the attacking.
The first one tried to jump onto my shoulders but before she could wrap her arms and legs around me I quickly turned around and used her momentum to throw her into the others. Immediately another lept towards me and was met with a front kick, connecting right below the belly button.
That was when the third one, the one with the rock growing out of his eye, bit my hand.
I don't know who was more surprised, me because I was bit, or him because it cracked his teeth.
I recovered from the shock before he did and raised the machete up to cut off his head.
As I swung he lifted up his hand to block it. Even though I didn't take his head, I still managed to take his hand and half of his forearm.
If he felt pain he sure hid it well.
He swiped at me with his other hand and I leaned back to dodge it. He was fast though and managed to rake my cheek with his nails.
Before I could swing my weapon again, another jumped on my back and put me in a choke hold. The grip was tight and as I tried to free myself the others tackled me. Thankfully this loosened the grip around my neck. However I was on my back and the others were closing in.
I kicked one of my attackers in the knee so it broke and went backwards. This person didn't make a sound and I doubt they felt it.
One of them kicked me in the face and even though it didn't knock me out, it hurt like hell and made me see stars.
I swung my machete in a wide half circle, managing to open the belly of another.
That bought me some room but as I tried to stand up two more jumped on my back and took me to the ground. The rest all piled on top of me, snapping at me while growling and nipping at each other to get out of the way so they could get to me.
I really thought this was going to be how I was going to die, however just then all of them went limp and fell.
A fraction of a second later I heard an explosion coming from the cave.
As I layed there, in the bottom of the pile of bodies, it felt like my heart was going to explode. I was so close to dying, but I prevailed.
I won.
I let out a warcry that Otis would have been proud of and pushed the bodies off of me.
Standing up, I gave one of my attackers a kick for good measure. However it was like kicking a dried up hornets nest and the toe of my boot went right through. The only part that wasn’t brittle was the rocks that grew out of them.
Wiping my boots off in the grass, I heard shouting on the other side of the hill. As soon as I heard this I knew it was Williams and King and ran towards them, a large grin on my face.
“Hey” I yelled out happily when I saw them, but they didn’t seem to hear me and were yelling at each other. Not because they were angry, but because the explosion made them momentarily deaf.
“What?” King asked as he rubbed his ears.
“You’re an idiot,” Williams shouted.
“I can’t hear you,” King complained, pointing at his ears.
“Are you two okay?” I asked as I jogged closer to them.
Williams saw me in the corner of his eye and jumped. When he saw it was me a grin spread on his face. “Hey, you’re alive.”
“Of course I am.”
“What?” King shouted before turning around and seeing me.
“You saved us” Williams answered as he used his pinkie finger to rub deep in his ear.
“Damn,” King said as he took my chin in hand and turned my head to get a look at my face.
“It was nothing,” I answered.
With a closer inspection of my nose, King sucked air through his teeth. “Could've been worse, I guess.”
“It’s true what they said about you,” Williams yelled. “The Order is going to hear of this.”
“Hear of—-“ I started, nervously. “Did I do something wrong?”
“Wrong?” Williams asked loudly, his ears were still ringing.
“What are you saying?” King shouted.
“Did I do something wrong?” I asked, louder than before.
Williams and King looked at each other for a moment and there was a fleeting mischievous expression that came over their faces.
“Where's my cigarettes?” Williams asked sternly.
I didn't know what to say to this and stammered.
A smile grew on William's face and he walked past me. “Just playing with you, kid. Just playing with you.”
“You did good,” King said, placing his hand on my shoulder. “I think Farsight was right about you.”
“Right about me?” I asked. “What do you mean?”
King smiled. “You remember the first day of training?”
I nodded because dozens of kids jogged in formation for miles at five in the morning, sparring with blunt weapons, performing military drills, eating in the mess hall during mealtimes and sleeping in one of the bunkhouses that were hidden in the woods wasn't something I was likely to forget. “Why?”
“You remember that little test they gave you?”
I nodded. All of the questions involved how to dispose of one monster or another. Most of the monsters I never heard of, but as I filled the questionnaire out I remembered Otis’ wise words during my time mowing the lawn at Miss Luther's house: Gotta hit them with your bullets.
This was what I used to answer all the questions.
“Yeah, what about it?”
King squeezed my shoulder and his smile grew. “The Order was impressed and I don't know if I should tell you this or not, but… they think you're going to save the world.”
WAE
2023.03.31 18:38 Narrow_Muscle9572 The Lawn Killer - The Island
- Lawn Killer
- Lawn Killer: Birth of a Baby Panda
- Lawn Killer: Catching Lunch
- Lawn Killer: The Order Of The Wren
- Lawn Killer: The end of summer
- Lawn Killer: Merry Christmas, Baby Panda
During this time D and I would talk on the phone a few times a week. Since the Order had me move around so often I had to be the one doing the calling. These conversations didn't last as long as I would have liked because there was no privacy in the hotel rooms we would frequently stay at.
By we, I mean the two experienced hunters I would have to learn from. Their names were Williams and King. Neither did much talking and I could tell they didn't like having me around. Not that I could blame them. I was inexperienced and they had better things to do than to hold my hand and explain things to me. That meant that when we had to go somewhere to slay some monstrosity, I would have to wait in the hotel we were staying at.
I was bored out of my mind most of the time when we were traveling the country but I would learn to love those dull moments soon enough.
Williams was alright even though he smelt like a chimney, but at least he was patient with me and kind. However, King was crazy, cynical and had an unhealthy obsession with explosives. I asked him about it once and he told me “In this line of work, some things are vulnerable to fire, monk root, silver and stuff, right? But in my experience nothing can survive when twenty pounds of homemade explosives go boom.”
The days passed slowly so I would kill time by sharpening rune covered blades that would hurt all sorts of monsters, making specialized ammo, documenting everything I thought was noteworthy so future generations of members could learn from us, reading, playing cards and waiting for Farsight to call.
I asked Williams about Farsight on a few occasions and he told me that they were high ranking members of the Order who essentially ran everything. Since they were a secretive bunch, who they were and how they knew where to send all the teams was a mystery.
Most people I spoke to said they thought the biggest clue on how Farsight operated was the history of the Order itself.
Learning about the Order was a top priority during my studies at the compound. The long and the short is: back in the day there were some nerds that saved a bunch of books and scrolls from a fire that was about to consume a library named after some guy named Alexander. Lots of these people died as a result of saving what they could and because of their sacrifice the Order knows how to dispose and kill monsters.
My studies were not limited to history either. Most of the time was spent doing military drills, however on a few occasions I got to try my hand at magic. That being said, magic welders are rare and I was not one of them.
The first time I ever saw any action we were waiting somewhere in Ohio when the phone rang.
King answered the phone, waited and responded with ‘yes’, ‘no’ and finally ‘understood’ before hanging up.
“What did they say?” asked Williams.
King sighed and shook his head. “We got a plane to catch,” King answered as he slapped his knees and stood up.
“Where are we going?” I asked.
“Alaska.”
“What's in Alaska?” Williams asked before I could.
“Farsight got wind of some town that went missing.”
“A town went missing?” I asked, pinching my eyebrows together in confusion.
“It happens,” King shrugged. “Roanoke, Waterway… Etcetera.”
“Waterway?” I asked. “Never heard of it.”
“That's because it disappeared,” Williams answered before turning to King. “Did Farsight tell you what was there?”
King gave him a look before returning to pack up his things. “Do they ever?”
Getting to our destination meant getting in three different single engine planes that all took off and landed on someone's field instead of an airport. Each of the planes were held together by duct tape and prayers. After that, we rode in a boat for an hour.
The island we were assigned to go to was small and covered with equal parts trees, brush and rocks. There weren't many houses and the nicest one of them was a doublewide trailer in poor condition.
“Where is everyone?” I asked as we made our way off the dock and onto land.
“I don't like this,” Williams added as he took out the HSD (Handheld Supernatural Detector. It sort of looked like half of a bike handle covered in copper wire, black electricians tape and at the end there are two antennas). “Nothing” Williams said after waving it around a little while.
“Keep it activated” King said, his shotgun at the ready as he led us through what passed as a town on this island.
“Maybe the signal is too weak” I suggested.
“Might be,” King responded. “Might not even be supernatural?”
“What else could it be?” I asked.
“Disease? Jobs disappearing” King answered.
“Doesn't look like there were lots of jobs here anyways” Williams pointed out, waving the HSD in different directions but not picking up anything. “Besides, Farsight isn't wrong about these things” he added as King led us to the first house and walked in.
“How many people lived here?” I asked.
“No more than thirty,” King answered.
We kept checking the houses, but time after time there were no clues to tell us what happened to the island's occupants. There were no signs of struggle, the clothes were still on the hangers and there was even food that sat around for so long that whatever it once was became mostly mold.
“So what's the plan?” I asked after reaching the last house before the forest started. I was hoping that they would say something that involved a hot shower. After the trip out here I felt that I could have used one.
Or two.
“It's going to get dark soon,” King answered, looking at the sunset. “And since we don't know what we are dealing with, we should find a place to stay for the night.”
“Where?” I asked.
“Churches are safer than most places” Williams suggested, pointing to a squat, square building.
The door was unlocked so we let ourselves in. The first thing King and Williams did was to see if we were alone. They checked the confessionals, the back office, the bathroom, under every pew and kept their eyes on the rafters.
King figured the safest part of the building was the back office, so we all went there. With the three of us it was cramped. I would have suggested staying in one of the houses, but it wouldn't have felt right sleeping in a strangers house when they were missing, besides, places of worship would provide safety. At least from some things.
On the desk that belonged to the priest was a newspaper and Williams picked it up to check the date. Something I would never have thought of doing, and saw that it was two months old.
“In a place like this, I wouldn't think they would get their news fresh off the press” King responded when Williams pointed this out.
“Still” Williams said. “That's a long time, even for way out here.”
When it came to claiming sleeping areas it was nearly impossible for all of us to be satisfied with the results. Not only was it crammed with all of us in the back office, but both men also suffered from night terrors.
By the time we all had our designated sleeping spots, Williams grumbled about being low on cigarettes and ordered me to run to the island's convenience store and “grab an armful.”
At first I protested, but they told me that since the island was abandoned it wasn't stealing.
It was my turn to grumble, but I did as I was told.
As I walked to the convenience store, I wondered how Farsight would react if they knew King and Williams sent me off by myself like this.
Pulling the door open to go inside, I was surprised to find that the store looked nearly the same as the one in Gray Hill. They had stuffed animals on the walls, pickled pig parts in glass jars, they even had the same off brand food items that I could never find anywhere other than home.
Excited, I raced to the cooler and found the same brand of ginger ale I loved so much. I sucked down one, feeling the carbonation reach up into my nose and burn like hell.
Once I loaded the rest of the bottles in my bag I went over to the counter and hopped over it to grab Williams his cigarettes.
After leaving the store I saw a truck parked out front of the church that wasn't there when I left. Feeling something was wrong I ducked behind a fence. Just in time too because a second later the door swung open and a group of people were dragging King and Williams to the truck.
The people seemed to be wearing the furs of all sorts of animals. From skunk to deer to bear and whatever else that lived on the island. At first I thought their faces were covered in dirt, however thanks to D’s alterations I could see that it was actually black rocks glistening in the dying light. Not only that but they were growing out of these people. One had a large piece coming straight up from behind his left collarbone, another had her face peppered with small rocks but the man who appeared to be their leader had one coming out of his eye socket.
King and Williams were shouting at the group, what they were saying I can’t repeat and if I cleaned it up it wouldn't be much of a sentence.
I stayed still and out of sight until the truck pulled away. Since I was only armed with the buck knife I kept on my belt at all times I wouldn’t be much help. Even less so if I was caught by whoever took the more experienced monster hunters.
As soon as the truck was out of sight I ran into the church to grab the weapons we brought with us. Both shotguns that were filled with special shells we made ourselves and our rune covered machetes.
Just as I was about to leave I remembered the backpack filled with explosives. When I scooped that up I took off in the direction I last saw the truck going.
I ran for about two miles before finally finding the truck which was parked in the middle of nowhere on the side of the road. Most of the journey was uphill, however thanks to what D did to me I had plenty of energy to spare.
It didn't take long for me to see that there were tracks that led into the woods and without thinking about it, I followed them. King and Williams needed my help.
The tracks were easy to follow considering there were six people plus King and Williams who were struggling with their abductors.
I had been tracking these people for fifteen or twenty minutes by the time I came across a rocky hill, and since rocks don't leave tracks, I thought I lost them. However, just then I saw a small cave entrance. Figuring that was where King and Williams were taken, I hustled up the hill to investigate, making sure I kept low and quiet.
When I got in the cave I thought my eyes would adjust, however it didn't. Inside was completely dark and there was no sound other than my own breathing and footfalls. I would come to learn later than caves are like that. Completely dark so even my eyes couldn't adjust and they muffle sounds.
After a short time of navigating down a narrow passageway by dragging my hand on the wall I saw a faint orange glow and slowly walked towards it, careful not to make any sound. As I drew closer, I heard a group of people chanting in a strange language that almost sounded like angry small dogs.
A few stalagmites and stalactites separated the passageway I was on from a large open area with small bonfires scattered around. The people who took King and Williams were circling a large black monolith that sat in the middle of the room and they seemed to be praying to it. To me the monolith resembled the rocks that grew out of the people.
“I’mma kill you” shouted a familiar voice about ten feet below where I stood. It was King. Both he and Williams had their hands tied behind them, around a rock. “Stem to stern, you hear that? You hear that?!”
As King was shouting, I figured I would have less of a chance at getting caught if I climbed down the steep cave wall instead of following the path. Thankfully I managed to get to them without making a sound that Kings yelling didn't muffle.
D made me a borderline superhero, and superheroes save people. So even though my heart was jumping out of my chest, that didn't stop me from doing what I had to do.
“Shh” I whispered to Williams as I put the handle of my knife in his still bound hand. “I’m leaving the bag of explosives behind you. The shotguns and your machete too.”
Williams didn't make a sound, but he nodded and started to cut the ropes.
King was still shouting to his abductors, masking my voice as I told Williams that I was going to buy them time by serving as a distraction.
Without waiting for a nod, I went back the way I came and started climbing. I was sure I was going to get caught when I caused a few rocks to fall, but then Williams started to yell, joining King to mask the sound.
After reaching the passageway I came from, I turned around to see Williams give me a slight nod. Then I shouted for everyone to hear.
“Your mom shaves her chest and you—”
I didn't get any further than that because the people hissed and ran towards me. Some climbed the wall I just did while others ran down the path I chose not to take in order to reach the two more experienced hunters.
Seeing how fast they were moving made me regret not thinking past this part of the plan.
I ran as fast as I could down the dark and narrow path I entered from. The entire time I could hear them behind me and I imagined that they were getting closer.
As soon as I got outside, it was dark and I made a split second decision to run to the coast. This would make it look like I was trying to get to a boat instead of buying the more experienced monster hunters some time. However every time I tried to head towards the beach a few of my pursuers would be in my way, forcing me to change course.
After what D did to me I was fast, not Olympic speed but it was safe to say I was faster than everyone I knew. So you can imagine my surprise when I saw that these people were keeping pace with me. If it was just one of them, I wouldn't have given it much thought, but all of them were. Even the fat and the old ones.
I tried coming up with answers that might help my chances if I had to fight these people, or should I say what these people became? The rocks gave them enhanced strength and speed, but other than that the clues I had were minimal. The rocks could have been anything from viral, extraterrestrial, interdimensional or even parasitic.
However it was safe to say that even if it was parasitic it was not demonic. If it was, the HSD would’ve picked it up.
If I knew what language these people were speaking, that would narrow the possibilities that much further.
I must have been running for about ten minutes before I realized three things at once. The first thing was these people were much faster than they were letting on and were just toying with me. The second was that I was being herded back to the cave and the third was that I was going to have to stop running and fight.
As soon as I stopped running, I pulled the machete out from its sheath and turned to face those who meant me harm.
They surrounded me like a pack of wolves, and like a pack of wolves they snapped their jaws and made sounds that reminded me of a group of angry tiny dogs barking. These people also attacked like wolves too because the ones behind me would be doing the attacking.
The first one tried to jump onto my shoulders but before she could wrap her arms and legs around me I quickly turned around and used her momentum to throw her into the others. Immediately another lept towards me and was met with a front kick, connecting right below the belly button.
That was when the third one, the one with the rock growing out of his eye, bit my hand.
I don't know who was more surprised, me because I was bit, or him because it cracked his teeth.
I recovered from the shock before he did and raised the machete up to cut off his head.
As I swung he lifted up his hand to block it. Even though I didn't take his head, I still managed to take his hand and half of his forearm.
If he felt pain he sure hid it well.
He swiped at me with his other hand and I leaned back to dodge it. He was fast though and managed to rake my cheek with his nails.
Before I could swing my weapon again, another jumped on my back and put me in a choke hold. The grip was tight and as I tried to free myself the others tackled me. Thankfully this loosened the grip around my neck. However I was on my back and the others were closing in.
I kicked one of my attackers in the knee so it broke and went backwards. This person didn't make a sound and I doubt they felt it.
One of them kicked me in the face and even though it didn't knock me out, it hurt like hell and made me see stars.
I swung my machete in a wide half circle, managing to open the belly of another.
That bought me some room but as I tried to stand up two more jumped on my back and took me to the ground. The rest all piled on top of me, snapping at me while growling and nipping at each other to get out of the way so they could get to me.
I really thought this was going to be how I was going to die, however just then all of them went limp and fell.
A fraction of a second later I heard an explosion coming from the cave.
As I layed there, in the bottom of the pile of bodies, it felt like my heart was going to explode. I was so close to dying, but I prevailed.
I won.
I let out a warcry that Otis would have been proud of and pushed the bodies off of me.
Standing up, I gave one of my attackers a kick for good measure. However it was like kicking a dried up hornets nest and the toe of my boot went right through. The only part that wasn’t brittle was the rocks that grew out of them.
Wiping my boots off in the grass, I heard shouting on the other side of the hill. As soon as I heard this I knew it was Williams and King and ran towards them, a large grin on my face.
“Hey” I yelled out happily when I saw them, but they didn’t seem to hear me and were yelling at each other. Not because they were angry, but because the explosion made them momentarily deaf.
“What?” King asked as he rubbed his ears.
“You’re an idiot,” Williams shouted.
“I can’t hear you,” King complained, pointing at his ears.
“Are you two okay?” I asked as I jogged closer to them.
Williams saw me in the corner of his eye and jumped. When he saw it was me a grin spread on his face. “Hey, you’re alive.”
“Of course I am.”
“What?” King shouted before turning around and seeing me.
“You saved us” Williams answered as he used his pinkie finger to rub deep in his ear.
“Damn,” King said as he took my chin in hand and turned my head to get a look at my face.
“It was nothing,” I answered.
With a closer inspection of my nose, King sucked air through his teeth. “Could've been worse, I guess.”
“It’s true what they said about you,” Williams yelled. “The Order is going to hear of this.”
“Hear of—-“ I started, nervously. “Did I do something wrong?”
“Wrong?” Williams asked loudly, his ears were still ringing.
“What are you saying?” King shouted.
“Did I do something wrong?” I asked, louder than before.
Williams and King looked at each other for a moment and there was a fleeting mischievous expression that came over their faces.
“Where's my cigarettes?” Williams asked sternly.
I didn't know what to say to this and stammered.
A smile grew on William's face and he walked past me. “Just playing with you, kid. Just playing with you.”
“You did good,” King said, placing his hand on my shoulder. “I think Farsight was right about you.”
“Right about me?” I asked. “What do you mean?”
King smiled. “You remember the first day of training?”
I nodded because dozens of kids jogged in formation for miles at five in the morning, sparring with blunt weapons, performing military drills, eating in the mess hall during mealtimes and sleeping in one of the bunkhouses that were hidden in the woods wasn't something I was likely to forget. “Why?”
“You remember that little test they gave you?”
I nodded. All of the questions involved how to dispose of one monster or another. Most of the monsters I never heard of, but as I filled the questionnaire out I remembered Otis’ wise words during my time mowing the lawn at Miss Luther's house: Gotta hit them with your bullets.
This was what I used to answer all the questions.
“Yeah, what about it?”
King squeezed my shoulder and his smile grew. “The Order was impressed and I don't know if I should tell you this or not, but… they think you're going to save the world.”
WAE
2023.03.31 18:37 Narrow_Muscle9572 The Lawn Killer - The Island
- Lawn Killer
- Lawn Killer: Birth of a Baby Panda
- Lawn Killer: Catching Lunch
- Lawn Killer: The Order Of The Wren
- Lawn Killer: The end of summer
- Lawn Killer: Merry Christmas, Baby Panda
During this time D and I would talk on the phone a few times a week. Since the Order had me move around so often I had to be the one doing the calling. These conversations didn't last as long as I would have liked because there was no privacy in the hotel rooms we would frequently stay at.
By we, I mean the two experienced hunters I would have to learn from. Their names were Williams and King. Neither did much talking and I could tell they didn't like having me around. Not that I could blame them. I was inexperienced and they had better things to do than to hold my hand and explain things to me. That meant that when we had to go somewhere to slay some monstrosity, I would have to wait in the hotel we were staying at.
I was bored out of my mind most of the time when we were traveling the country but I would learn to love those dull moments soon enough.
Williams was alright even though he smelt like a chimney, but at least he was patient with me and kind. However, King was crazy, cynical and had an unhealthy obsession with explosives. I asked him about it once and he told me “In this line of work, some things are vulnerable to fire, monk root, silver and stuff, right? But in my experience nothing can survive when twenty pounds of homemade explosives go boom.”
The days passed slowly so I would kill time by sharpening rune covered blades that would hurt all sorts of monsters, making specialized ammo, documenting everything I thought was noteworthy so future generations of members could learn from us, reading, playing cards and waiting for Farsight to call.
I asked Williams about Farsight on a few occasions and he told me that they were high ranking members of the Order who essentially ran everything. Since they were a secretive bunch, who they were and how they knew where to send all the teams was a mystery.
Most people I spoke to said they thought the biggest clue on how Farsight operated was the history of the Order itself.
Learning about the Order was a top priority during my studies at the compound. The long and the short is: back in the day there were some nerds that saved a bunch of books and scrolls from a fire that was about to consume a library named after some guy named Alexander. Lots of these people died as a result of saving what they could and because of their sacrifice the Order knows how to dispose and kill monsters.
My studies were not limited to history either. Most of the time was spent doing military drills, however on a few occasions I got to try my hand at magic. That being said, magic welders are rare and I was not one of them.
The first time I ever saw any action we were waiting somewhere in Ohio when the phone rang.
King answered the phone, waited and responded with ‘yes’, ‘no’ and finally ‘understood’ before hanging up.
“What did they say?” asked Williams.
King sighed and shook his head. “We got a plane to catch,” King answered as he slapped his knees and stood up.
“Where are we going?” I asked.
“Alaska.”
“What's in Alaska?” Williams asked before I could.
“Farsight got wind of some town that went missing.”
“A town went missing?” I asked, pinching my eyebrows together in confusion.
“It happens,” King shrugged. “Roanoke, Waterway… Etcetera.”
“Waterway?” I asked. “Never heard of it.”
“That's because it disappeared,” Williams answered before turning to King. “Did Farsight tell you what was there?”
King gave him a look before returning to pack up his things. “Do they ever?”
Getting to our destination meant getting in three different single engine planes that all took off and landed on someone's field instead of an airport. Each of the planes were held together by duct tape and prayers. After that, we rode in a boat for an hour.
The island we were assigned to go to was small and covered with equal parts trees, brush and rocks. There weren't many houses and the nicest one of them was a doublewide trailer in poor condition.
“Where is everyone?” I asked as we made our way off the dock and onto land.
“I don't like this,” Williams added as he took out the HSD (Handheld Supernatural Detector. It sort of looked like half of a bike handle covered in copper wire, black electricians tape and at the end there are two antennas). “Nothing” Williams said after waving it around a little while.
“Keep it activated” King said, his shotgun at the ready as he led us through what passed as a town on this island.
“Maybe the signal is too weak” I suggested.
“Might be,” King responded. “Might not even be supernatural?”
“What else could it be?” I asked.
“Disease? Jobs disappearing” King answered.
“Doesn't look like there were lots of jobs here anyways” Williams pointed out, waving the HSD in different directions but not picking up anything. “Besides, Farsight isn't wrong about these things” he added as King led us to the first house and walked in.
“How many people lived here?” I asked.
“No more than thirty,” King answered.
We kept checking the houses, but time after time there were no clues to tell us what happened to the island's occupants. There were no signs of struggle, the clothes were still on the hangers and there was even food that sat around for so long that whatever it once was became mostly mold.
“So what's the plan?” I asked after reaching the last house before the forest started. I was hoping that they would say something that involved a hot shower. After the trip out here I felt that I could have used one.
Or two.
“It's going to get dark soon,” King answered, looking at the sunset. “And since we don't know what we are dealing with, we should find a place to stay for the night.”
“Where?” I asked.
“Churches are safer than most places” Williams suggested, pointing to a squat, square building.
The door was unlocked so we let ourselves in. The first thing King and Williams did was to see if we were alone. They checked the confessionals, the back office, the bathroom, under every pew and kept their eyes on the rafters.
King figured the safest part of the building was the back office, so we all went there. With the three of us it was cramped. I would have suggested staying in one of the houses, but it wouldn't have felt right sleeping in a strangers house when they were missing, besides, places of worship would provide safety. At least from some things.
On the desk that belonged to the priest was a newspaper and Williams picked it up to check the date. Something I would never have thought of doing, and saw that it was two months old.
“In a place like this, I wouldn't think they would get their news fresh off the press” King responded when Williams pointed this out.
“Still” Williams said. “That's a long time, even for way out here.”
When it came to claiming sleeping areas it was nearly impossible for all of us to be satisfied with the results. Not only was it crammed with all of us in the back office, but both men also suffered from night terrors.
By the time we all had our designated sleeping spots, Williams grumbled about being low on cigarettes and ordered me to run to the island's convenience store and “grab an armful.”
At first I protested, but they told me that since the island was abandoned it wasn't stealing.
It was my turn to grumble, but I did as I was told.
As I walked to the convenience store, I wondered how Farsight would react if they knew King and Williams sent me off by myself like this.
Pulling the door open to go inside, I was surprised to find that the store looked nearly the same as the one in Gray Hill. They had stuffed animals on the walls, pickled pig parts in glass jars, they even had the same off brand food items that I could never find anywhere other than home.
Excited, I raced to the cooler and found the same brand of ginger ale I loved so much. I sucked down one, feeling the carbonation reach up into my nose and burn like hell.
Once I loaded the rest of the bottles in my bag I went over to the counter and hopped over it to grab Williams his cigarettes.
After leaving the store I saw a truck parked out front of the church that wasn't there when I left. Feeling something was wrong I ducked behind a fence. Just in time too because a second later the door swung open and a group of people were dragging King and Williams to the truck.
The people seemed to be wearing the furs of all sorts of animals. From skunk to deer to bear and whatever else that lived on the island. At first I thought their faces were covered in dirt, however thanks to D’s alterations I could see that it was actually black rocks glistening in the dying light. Not only that but they were growing out of these people. One had a large piece coming straight up from behind his left collarbone, another had her face peppered with small rocks but the man who appeared to be their leader had one coming out of his eye socket.
King and Williams were shouting at the group, what they were saying I can’t repeat and if I cleaned it up it wouldn't be much of a sentence.
I stayed still and out of sight until the truck pulled away. Since I was only armed with the buck knife I kept on my belt at all times I wouldn’t be much help. Even less so if I was caught by whoever took the more experienced monster hunters.
As soon as the truck was out of sight I ran into the church to grab the weapons we brought with us. Both shotguns that were filled with special shells we made ourselves and our rune covered machetes.
Just as I was about to leave I remembered the backpack filled with explosives. When I scooped that up I took off in the direction I last saw the truck going.
I ran for about two miles before finally finding the truck which was parked in the middle of nowhere on the side of the road. Most of the journey was uphill, however thanks to what D did to me I had plenty of energy to spare.
It didn't take long for me to see that there were tracks that led into the woods and without thinking about it, I followed them. King and Williams needed my help.
The tracks were easy to follow considering there were six people plus King and Williams who were struggling with their abductors.
I had been tracking these people for fifteen or twenty minutes by the time I came across a rocky hill, and since rocks don't leave tracks, I thought I lost them. However, just then I saw a small cave entrance. Figuring that was where King and Williams were taken, I hustled up the hill to investigate, making sure I kept low and quiet.
When I got in the cave I thought my eyes would adjust, however it didn't. Inside was completely dark and there was no sound other than my own breathing and footfalls. I would come to learn later than caves are like that. Completely dark so even my eyes couldn't adjust and they muffle sounds.
After a short time of navigating down a narrow passageway by dragging my hand on the wall I saw a faint orange glow and slowly walked towards it, careful not to make any sound. As I drew closer, I heard a group of people chanting in a strange language that almost sounded like angry small dogs.
A few stalagmites and stalactites separated the passageway I was on from a large open area with small bonfires scattered around. The people who took King and Williams were circling a large black monolith that sat in the middle of the room and they seemed to be praying to it. To me the monolith resembled the rocks that grew out of the people.
“I’mma kill you” shouted a familiar voice about ten feet below where I stood. It was King. Both he and Williams had their hands tied behind them, around a rock. “Stem to stern, you hear that? You hear that?!”
As King was shouting, I figured I would have less of a chance at getting caught if I climbed down the steep cave wall instead of following the path. Thankfully I managed to get to them without making a sound that Kings yelling didn't muffle.
D made me a borderline superhero, and superheroes save people. So even though my heart was jumping out of my chest, that didn't stop me from doing what I had to do.
“Shh” I whispered to Williams as I put the handle of my knife in his still bound hand. “I’m leaving the bag of explosives behind you. The shotguns and your machete too.”
Williams didn't make a sound, but he nodded and started to cut the ropes.
King was still shouting to his abductors, masking my voice as I told Williams that I was going to buy them time by serving as a distraction.
Without waiting for a nod, I went back the way I came and started climbing. I was sure I was going to get caught when I caused a few rocks to fall, but then Williams started to yell, joining King to mask the sound.
After reaching the passageway I came from, I turned around to see Williams give me a slight nod. Then I shouted for everyone to hear.
“Your mom shaves her chest and you—”
I didn't get any further than that because the people hissed and ran towards me. Some climbed the wall I just did while others ran down the path I chose not to take in order to reach the two more experienced hunters.
Seeing how fast they were moving made me regret not thinking past this part of the plan.
I ran as fast as I could down the dark and narrow path I entered from. The entire time I could hear them behind me and I imagined that they were getting closer.
As soon as I got outside, it was dark and I made a split second decision to run to the coast. This would make it look like I was trying to get to a boat instead of buying the more experienced monster hunters some time. However every time I tried to head towards the beach a few of my pursuers would be in my way, forcing me to change course.
After what D did to me I was fast, not Olympic speed but it was safe to say I was faster than everyone I knew. So you can imagine my surprise when I saw that these people were keeping pace with me. If it was just one of them, I wouldn't have given it much thought, but all of them were. Even the fat and the old ones.
I tried coming up with answers that might help my chances if I had to fight these people, or should I say what these people became? The rocks gave them enhanced strength and speed, but other than that the clues I had were minimal. The rocks could have been anything from viral, extraterrestrial, interdimensional or even parasitic.
However it was safe to say that even if it was parasitic it was not demonic. If it was, the HSD would’ve picked it up.
If I knew what language these people were speaking, that would narrow the possibilities that much further.
I must have been running for about ten minutes before I realized three things at once. The first thing was these people were much faster than they were letting on and were just toying with me. The second was that I was being herded back to the cave and the third was that I was going to have to stop running and fight.
As soon as I stopped running, I pulled the machete out from its sheath and turned to face those who meant me harm.
They surrounded me like a pack of wolves, and like a pack of wolves they snapped their jaws and made sounds that reminded me of a group of angry tiny dogs barking. These people also attacked like wolves too because the ones behind me would be doing the attacking.
The first one tried to jump onto my shoulders but before she could wrap her arms and legs around me I quickly turned around and used her momentum to throw her into the others. Immediately another lept towards me and was met with a front kick, connecting right below the belly button.
That was when the third one, the one with the rock growing out of his eye, bit my hand.
I don't know who was more surprised, me because I was bit, or him because it cracked his teeth.
I recovered from the shock before he did and raised the machete up to cut off his head.
As I swung he lifted up his hand to block it. Even though I didn't take his head, I still managed to take his hand and half of his forearm.
If he felt pain he sure hid it well.
He swiped at me with his other hand and I leaned back to dodge it. He was fast though and managed to rake my cheek with his nails.
Before I could swing my weapon again, another jumped on my back and put me in a choke hold. The grip was tight and as I tried to free myself the others tackled me. Thankfully this loosened the grip around my neck. However I was on my back and the others were closing in.
I kicked one of my attackers in the knee so it broke and went backwards. This person didn't make a sound and I doubt they felt it.
One of them kicked me in the face and even though it didn't knock me out, it hurt like hell and made me see stars.
I swung my machete in a wide half circle, managing to open the belly of another.
That bought me some room but as I tried to stand up two more jumped on my back and took me to the ground. The rest all piled on top of me, snapping at me while growling and nipping at each other to get out of the way so they could get to me.
I really thought this was going to be how I was going to die, however just then all of them went limp and fell.
A fraction of a second later I heard an explosion coming from the cave.
As I layed there, in the bottom of the pile of bodies, it felt like my heart was going to explode. I was so close to dying, but I prevailed.
I won.
I let out a warcry that Otis would have been proud of and pushed the bodies off of me.
Standing up, I gave one of my attackers a kick for good measure. However it was like kicking a dried up hornets nest and the toe of my boot went right through. The only part that wasn’t brittle was the rocks that grew out of them.
Wiping my boots off in the grass, I heard shouting on the other side of the hill. As soon as I heard this I knew it was Williams and King and ran towards them, a large grin on my face.
“Hey” I yelled out happily when I saw them, but they didn’t seem to hear me and were yelling at each other. Not because they were angry, but because the explosion made them momentarily deaf.
“What?” King asked as he rubbed his ears.
“You’re an idiot,” Williams shouted.
“I can’t hear you,” King complained, pointing at his ears.
“Are you two okay?” I asked as I jogged closer to them.
Williams saw me in the corner of his eye and jumped. When he saw it was me a grin spread on his face. “Hey, you’re alive.”
“Of course I am.”
“What?” King shouted before turning around and seeing me.
“You saved us” Williams answered as he used his pinkie finger to rub deep in his ear.
“Damn,” King said as he took my chin in hand and turned my head to get a look at my face.
“It was nothing,” I answered.
With a closer inspection of my nose, King sucked air through his teeth. “Could've been worse, I guess.”
“It’s true what they said about you,” Williams yelled. “The Order is going to hear of this.”
“Hear of—-“ I started, nervously. “Did I do something wrong?”
“Wrong?” Williams asked loudly, his ears were still ringing.
“What are you saying?” King shouted.
“Did I do something wrong?” I asked, louder than before.
Williams and King looked at each other for a moment and there was a fleeting mischievous expression that came over their faces.
“Where's my cigarettes?” Williams asked sternly.
I didn't know what to say to this and stammered.
A smile grew on William's face and he walked past me. “Just playing with you, kid. Just playing with you.”
“You did good,” King said, placing his hand on my shoulder. “I think Farsight was right about you.”
“Right about me?” I asked. “What do you mean?”
King smiled. “You remember the first day of training?”
I nodded because dozens of kids jogged in formation for miles at five in the morning, sparring with blunt weapons, performing military drills, eating in the mess hall during mealtimes and sleeping in one of the bunkhouses that were hidden in the woods wasn't something I was likely to forget. “Why?”
“You remember that little test they gave you?”
I nodded. All of the questions involved how to dispose of one monster or another. Most of the monsters I never heard of, but as I filled the questionnaire out I remembered Otis’ wise words during my time mowing the lawn at Miss Luther's house: Gotta hit them with your bullets.
This was what I used to answer all the questions.
“Yeah, what about it?”
King squeezed my shoulder and his smile grew. “The Order was impressed and I don't know if I should tell you this or not, but… they think you're going to save the world.”
WAE
2023.03.31 18:37 Narrow_Muscle9572 The Lawn Killer - The Island
- Lawn Killer
- Lawn Killer: Birth of a Baby Panda
- Lawn Killer: Catching Lunch
- Lawn Killer: The Order Of The Wren
- Lawn Killer: The end of summer
- Lawn Killer: Merry Christmas, Baby Panda
During this time D and I would talk on the phone a few times a week. Since the Order had me move around so often I had to be the one doing the calling. These conversations didn't last as long as I would have liked because there was no privacy in the hotel rooms we would frequently stay at.
By we, I mean the two experienced hunters I would have to learn from. Their names were Williams and King. Neither did much talking and I could tell they didn't like having me around. Not that I could blame them. I was inexperienced and they had better things to do than to hold my hand and explain things to me. That meant that when we had to go somewhere to slay some monstrosity, I would have to wait in the hotel we were staying at.
I was bored out of my mind most of the time when we were traveling the country but I would learn to love those dull moments soon enough.
Williams was alright even though he smelt like a chimney, but at least he was patient with me and kind. However, King was crazy, cynical and had an unhealthy obsession with explosives. I asked him about it once and he told me “In this line of work, some things are vulnerable to fire, monk root, silver and stuff, right? But in my experience nothing can survive when twenty pounds of homemade explosives go boom.”
The days passed slowly so I would kill time by sharpening rune covered blades that would hurt all sorts of monsters, making specialized ammo, documenting everything I thought was noteworthy so future generations of members could learn from us, reading, playing cards and waiting for Farsight to call.
I asked Williams about Farsight on a few occasions and he told me that they were high ranking members of the Order who essentially ran everything. Since they were a secretive bunch, who they were and how they knew where to send all the teams was a mystery.
Most people I spoke to said they thought the biggest clue on how Farsight operated was the history of the Order itself.
Learning about the Order was a top priority during my studies at the compound. The long and the short is: back in the day there were some nerds that saved a bunch of books and scrolls from a fire that was about to consume a library named after some guy named Alexander. Lots of these people died as a result of saving what they could and because of their sacrifice the Order knows how to dispose and kill monsters.
My studies were not limited to history either. Most of the time was spent doing military drills, however on a few occasions I got to try my hand at magic. That being said, magic welders are rare and I was not one of them.
The first time I ever saw any action we were waiting somewhere in Ohio when the phone rang.
King answered the phone, waited and responded with ‘yes’, ‘no’ and finally ‘understood’ before hanging up.
“What did they say?” asked Williams.
King sighed and shook his head. “We got a plane to catch,” King answered as he slapped his knees and stood up.
“Where are we going?” I asked.
“Alaska.”
“What's in Alaska?” Williams asked before I could.
“Farsight got wind of some town that went missing.”
“A town went missing?” I asked, pinching my eyebrows together in confusion.
“It happens,” King shrugged. “Roanoke, Waterway… Etcetera.”
“Waterway?” I asked. “Never heard of it.”
“That's because it disappeared,” Williams answered before turning to King. “Did Farsight tell you what was there?”
King gave him a look before returning to pack up his things. “Do they ever?”
Getting to our destination meant getting in three different single engine planes that all took off and landed on someone's field instead of an airport. Each of the planes were held together by duct tape and prayers. After that, we rode in a boat for an hour.
The island we were assigned to go to was small and covered with equal parts trees, brush and rocks. There weren't many houses and the nicest one of them was a doublewide trailer in poor condition.
“Where is everyone?” I asked as we made our way off the dock and onto land.
“I don't like this,” Williams added as he took out the HSD (Handheld Supernatural Detector. It sort of looked like half of a bike handle covered in copper wire, black electricians tape and at the end there are two antennas). “Nothing” Williams said after waving it around a little while.
“Keep it activated” King said, his shotgun at the ready as he led us through what passed as a town on this island.
“Maybe the signal is too weak” I suggested.
“Might be,” King responded. “Might not even be supernatural?”
“What else could it be?” I asked.
“Disease? Jobs disappearing” King answered.
“Doesn't look like there were lots of jobs here anyways” Williams pointed out, waving the HSD in different directions but not picking up anything. “Besides, Farsight isn't wrong about these things” he added as King led us to the first house and walked in.
“How many people lived here?” I asked.
“No more than thirty,” King answered.
We kept checking the houses, but time after time there were no clues to tell us what happened to the island's occupants. There were no signs of struggle, the clothes were still on the hangers and there was even food that sat around for so long that whatever it once was became mostly mold.
“So what's the plan?” I asked after reaching the last house before the forest started. I was hoping that they would say something that involved a hot shower. After the trip out here I felt that I could have used one.
Or two.
“It's going to get dark soon,” King answered, looking at the sunset. “And since we don't know what we are dealing with, we should find a place to stay for the night.”
“Where?” I asked.
“Churches are safer than most places” Williams suggested, pointing to a squat, square building.
The door was unlocked so we let ourselves in. The first thing King and Williams did was to see if we were alone. They checked the confessionals, the back office, the bathroom, under every pew and kept their eyes on the rafters.
King figured the safest part of the building was the back office, so we all went there. With the three of us it was cramped. I would have suggested staying in one of the houses, but it wouldn't have felt right sleeping in a strangers house when they were missing, besides, places of worship would provide safety. At least from some things.
On the desk that belonged to the priest was a newspaper and Williams picked it up to check the date. Something I would never have thought of doing, and saw that it was two months old.
“In a place like this, I wouldn't think they would get their news fresh off the press” King responded when Williams pointed this out.
“Still” Williams said. “That's a long time, even for way out here.”
When it came to claiming sleeping areas it was nearly impossible for all of us to be satisfied with the results. Not only was it crammed with all of us in the back office, but both men also suffered from night terrors.
By the time we all had our designated sleeping spots, Williams grumbled about being low on cigarettes and ordered me to run to the island's convenience store and “grab an armful.”
At first I protested, but they told me that since the island was abandoned it wasn't stealing.
It was my turn to grumble, but I did as I was told.
As I walked to the convenience store, I wondered how Farsight would react if they knew King and Williams sent me off by myself like this.
Pulling the door open to go inside, I was surprised to find that the store looked nearly the same as the one in Gray Hill. They had stuffed animals on the walls, pickled pig parts in glass jars, they even had the same off brand food items that I could never find anywhere other than home.
Excited, I raced to the cooler and found the same brand of ginger ale I loved so much. I sucked down one, feeling the carbonation reach up into my nose and burn like hell.
Once I loaded the rest of the bottles in my bag I went over to the counter and hopped over it to grab Williams his cigarettes.
After leaving the store I saw a truck parked out front of the church that wasn't there when I left. Feeling something was wrong I ducked behind a fence. Just in time too because a second later the door swung open and a group of people were dragging King and Williams to the truck.
The people seemed to be wearing the furs of all sorts of animals. From skunk to deer to bear and whatever else that lived on the island. At first I thought their faces were covered in dirt, however thanks to D’s alterations I could see that it was actually black rocks glistening in the dying light. Not only that but they were growing out of these people. One had a large piece coming straight up from behind his left collarbone, another had her face peppered with small rocks but the man who appeared to be their leader had one coming out of his eye socket.
King and Williams were shouting at the group, what they were saying I can’t repeat and if I cleaned it up it wouldn't be much of a sentence.
I stayed still and out of sight until the truck pulled away. Since I was only armed with the buck knife I kept on my belt at all times I wouldn’t be much help. Even less so if I was caught by whoever took the more experienced monster hunters.
As soon as the truck was out of sight I ran into the church to grab the weapons we brought with us. Both shotguns that were filled with special shells we made ourselves and our rune covered machetes.
Just as I was about to leave I remembered the backpack filled with explosives. When I scooped that up I took off in the direction I last saw the truck going.
I ran for about two miles before finally finding the truck which was parked in the middle of nowhere on the side of the road. Most of the journey was uphill, however thanks to what D did to me I had plenty of energy to spare.
It didn't take long for me to see that there were tracks that led into the woods and without thinking about it, I followed them. King and Williams needed my help.
The tracks were easy to follow considering there were six people plus King and Williams who were struggling with their abductors.
I had been tracking these people for fifteen or twenty minutes by the time I came across a rocky hill, and since rocks don't leave tracks, I thought I lost them. However, just then I saw a small cave entrance. Figuring that was where King and Williams were taken, I hustled up the hill to investigate, making sure I kept low and quiet.
When I got in the cave I thought my eyes would adjust, however it didn't. Inside was completely dark and there was no sound other than my own breathing and footfalls. I would come to learn later than caves are like that. Completely dark so even my eyes couldn't adjust and they muffle sounds.
After a short time of navigating down a narrow passageway by dragging my hand on the wall I saw a faint orange glow and slowly walked towards it, careful not to make any sound. As I drew closer, I heard a group of people chanting in a strange language that almost sounded like angry small dogs.
A few stalagmites and stalactites separated the passageway I was on from a large open area with small bonfires scattered around. The people who took King and Williams were circling a large black monolith that sat in the middle of the room and they seemed to be praying to it. To me the monolith resembled the rocks that grew out of the people.
“I’mma kill you” shouted a familiar voice about ten feet below where I stood. It was King. Both he and Williams had their hands tied behind them, around a rock. “Stem to stern, you hear that? You hear that?!”
As King was shouting, I figured I would have less of a chance at getting caught if I climbed down the steep cave wall instead of following the path. Thankfully I managed to get to them without making a sound that Kings yelling didn't muffle.
D made me a borderline superhero, and superheroes save people. So even though my heart was jumping out of my chest, that didn't stop me from doing what I had to do.
“Shh” I whispered to Williams as I put the handle of my knife in his still bound hand. “I’m leaving the bag of explosives behind you. The shotguns and your machete too.”
Williams didn't make a sound, but he nodded and started to cut the ropes.
King was still shouting to his abductors, masking my voice as I told Williams that I was going to buy them time by serving as a distraction.
Without waiting for a nod, I went back the way I came and started climbing. I was sure I was going to get caught when I caused a few rocks to fall, but then Williams started to yell, joining King to mask the sound.
After reaching the passageway I came from, I turned around to see Williams give me a slight nod. Then I shouted for everyone to hear.
“Your mom shaves her chest and you—”
I didn't get any further than that because the people hissed and ran towards me. Some climbed the wall I just did while others ran down the path I chose not to take in order to reach the two more experienced hunters.
Seeing how fast they were moving made me regret not thinking past this part of the plan.
I ran as fast as I could down the dark and narrow path I entered from. The entire time I could hear them behind me and I imagined that they were getting closer.
As soon as I got outside, it was dark and I made a split second decision to run to the coast. This would make it look like I was trying to get to a boat instead of buying the more experienced monster hunters some time. However every time I tried to head towards the beach a few of my pursuers would be in my way, forcing me to change course.
After what D did to me I was fast, not Olympic speed but it was safe to say I was faster than everyone I knew. So you can imagine my surprise when I saw that these people were keeping pace with me. If it was just one of them, I wouldn't have given it much thought, but all of them were. Even the fat and the old ones.
I tried coming up with answers that might help my chances if I had to fight these people, or should I say what these people became? The rocks gave them enhanced strength and speed, but other than that the clues I had were minimal. The rocks could have been anything from viral, extraterrestrial, interdimensional or even parasitic.
However it was safe to say that even if it was parasitic it was not demonic. If it was, the HSD would’ve picked it up.
If I knew what language these people were speaking, that would narrow the possibilities that much further.
I must have been running for about ten minutes before I realized three things at once. The first thing was these people were much faster than they were letting on and were just toying with me. The second was that I was being herded back to the cave and the third was that I was going to have to stop running and fight.
As soon as I stopped running, I pulled the machete out from its sheath and turned to face those who meant me harm.
They surrounded me like a pack of wolves, and like a pack of wolves they snapped their jaws and made sounds that reminded me of a group of angry tiny dogs barking. These people also attacked like wolves too because the ones behind me would be doing the attacking.
The first one tried to jump onto my shoulders but before she could wrap her arms and legs around me I quickly turned around and used her momentum to throw her into the others. Immediately another lept towards me and was met with a front kick, connecting right below the belly button.
That was when the third one, the one with the rock growing out of his eye, bit my hand.
I don't know who was more surprised, me because I was bit, or him because it cracked his teeth.
I recovered from the shock before he did and raised the machete up to cut off his head.
As I swung he lifted up his hand to block it. Even though I didn't take his head, I still managed to take his hand and half of his forearm.
If he felt pain he sure hid it well.
He swiped at me with his other hand and I leaned back to dodge it. He was fast though and managed to rake my cheek with his nails.
Before I could swing my weapon again, another jumped on my back and put me in a choke hold. The grip was tight and as I tried to free myself the others tackled me. Thankfully this loosened the grip around my neck. However I was on my back and the others were closing in.
I kicked one of my attackers in the knee so it broke and went backwards. This person didn't make a sound and I doubt they felt it.
One of them kicked me in the face and even though it didn't knock me out, it hurt like hell and made me see stars.
I swung my machete in a wide half circle, managing to open the belly of another.
That bought me some room but as I tried to stand up two more jumped on my back and took me to the ground. The rest all piled on top of me, snapping at me while growling and nipping at each other to get out of the way so they could get to me.
I really thought this was going to be how I was going to die, however just then all of them went limp and fell.
A fraction of a second later I heard an explosion coming from the cave.
As I layed there, in the bottom of the pile of bodies, it felt like my heart was going to explode. I was so close to dying, but I prevailed.
I won.
I let out a warcry that Otis would have been proud of and pushed the bodies off of me.
Standing up, I gave one of my attackers a kick for good measure. However it was like kicking a dried up hornets nest and the toe of my boot went right through. The only part that wasn’t brittle was the rocks that grew out of them.
Wiping my boots off in the grass, I heard shouting on the other side of the hill. As soon as I heard this I knew it was Williams and King and ran towards them, a large grin on my face.
“Hey” I yelled out happily when I saw them, but they didn’t seem to hear me and were yelling at each other. Not because they were angry, but because the explosion made them momentarily deaf.
“What?” King asked as he rubbed his ears.
“You’re an idiot,” Williams shouted.
“I can’t hear you,” King complained, pointing at his ears.
“Are you two okay?” I asked as I jogged closer to them.
Williams saw me in the corner of his eye and jumped. When he saw it was me a grin spread on his face. “Hey, you’re alive.”
“Of course I am.”
“What?” King shouted before turning around and seeing me.
“You saved us” Williams answered as he used his pinkie finger to rub deep in his ear.
“Damn,” King said as he took my chin in hand and turned my head to get a look at my face.
“It was nothing,” I answered.
With a closer inspection of my nose, King sucked air through his teeth. “Could've been worse, I guess.”
“It’s true what they said about you,” Williams yelled. “The Order is going to hear of this.”
“Hear of—-“ I started, nervously. “Did I do something wrong?”
“Wrong?” Williams asked loudly, his ears were still ringing.
“What are you saying?” King shouted.
“Did I do something wrong?” I asked, louder than before.
Williams and King looked at each other for a moment and there was a fleeting mischievous expression that came over their faces.
“Where's my cigarettes?” Williams asked sternly.
I didn't know what to say to this and stammered.
A smile grew on William's face and he walked past me. “Just playing with you, kid. Just playing with you.”
“You did good,” King said, placing his hand on my shoulder. “I think Farsight was right about you.”
“Right about me?” I asked. “What do you mean?”
King smiled. “You remember the first day of training?”
I nodded because dozens of kids jogged in formation for miles at five in the morning, sparring with blunt weapons, performing military drills, eating in the mess hall during mealtimes and sleeping in one of the bunkhouses that were hidden in the woods wasn't something I was likely to forget. “Why?”
“You remember that little test they gave you?”
I nodded. All of the questions involved how to dispose of one monster or another. Most of the monsters I never heard of, but as I filled the questionnaire out I remembered Otis’ wise words during my time mowing the lawn at Miss Luther's house: Gotta hit them with your bullets.
This was what I used to answer all the questions.
“Yeah, what about it?”
King squeezed my shoulder and his smile grew. “The Order was impressed and I don't know if I should tell you this or not, but… they think you're going to save the world.”
WAE
2023.03.31 18:36 Narrow_Muscle9572 The Lawn Killer - The Island
- Lawn Killer
- Lawn Killer: Birth of a Baby Panda
- Lawn Killer: Catching Lunch
- Lawn Killer: The Order Of The Wren
- Lawn Killer: The end of summer
- Lawn Killer: Merry Christmas, Baby Panda
During this time D and I would talk on the phone a few times a week. Since the Order had me move around so often I had to be the one doing the calling. These conversations didn't last as long as I would have liked because there was no privacy in the hotel rooms we would frequently stay at.
By we, I mean the two experienced hunters I would have to learn from. Their names were Williams and King. Neither did much talking and I could tell they didn't like having me around. Not that I could blame them. I was inexperienced and they had better things to do than to hold my hand and explain things to me. That meant that when we had to go somewhere to slay some monstrosity, I would have to wait in the hotel we were staying at.
I was bored out of my mind most of the time when we were traveling the country but I would learn to love those dull moments soon enough.
Williams was alright even though he smelt like a chimney, but at least he was patient with me and kind. However, King was crazy, cynical and had an unhealthy obsession with explosives. I asked him about it once and he told me “In this line of work, some things are vulnerable to fire, monk root, silver and stuff, right? But in my experience nothing can survive when twenty pounds of homemade explosives go boom.”
The days passed slowly so I would kill time by sharpening rune covered blades that would hurt all sorts of monsters, making specialized ammo, documenting everything I thought was noteworthy so future generations of members could learn from us, reading, playing cards and waiting for Farsight to call.
I asked Williams about Farsight on a few occasions and he told me that they were high ranking members of the Order who essentially ran everything. Since they were a secretive bunch, who they were and how they knew where to send all the teams was a mystery.
Most people I spoke to said they thought the biggest clue on how Farsight operated was the history of the Order itself.
Learning about the Order was a top priority during my studies at the compound. The long and the short is: back in the day there were some nerds that saved a bunch of books and scrolls from a fire that was about to consume a library named after some guy named Alexander. Lots of these people died as a result of saving what they could and because of their sacrifice the Order knows how to dispose and kill monsters.
My studies were not limited to history either. Most of the time was spent doing military drills, however on a few occasions I got to try my hand at magic. That being said, magic welders are rare and I was not one of them.
The first time I ever saw any action we were waiting somewhere in Ohio when the phone rang.
King answered the phone, waited and responded with ‘yes’, ‘no’ and finally ‘understood’ before hanging up.
“What did they say?” asked Williams.
King sighed and shook his head. “We got a plane to catch,” King answered as he slapped his knees and stood up.
“Where are we going?” I asked.
“Alaska.”
“What's in Alaska?” Williams asked before I could.
“Farsight got wind of some town that went missing.”
“A town went missing?” I asked, pinching my eyebrows together in confusion.
“It happens,” King shrugged. “Roanoke, Waterway… Etcetera.”
“Waterway?” I asked. “Never heard of it.”
“That's because it disappeared,” Williams answered before turning to King. “Did Farsight tell you what was there?”
King gave him a look before returning to pack up his things. “Do they ever?”
Getting to our destination meant getting in three different single engine planes that all took off and landed on someone's field instead of an airport. Each of the planes were held together by duct tape and prayers. After that, we rode in a boat for an hour.
The island we were assigned to go to was small and covered with equal parts trees, brush and rocks. There weren't many houses and the nicest one of them was a doublewide trailer in poor condition.
“Where is everyone?” I asked as we made our way off the dock and onto land.
“I don't like this,” Williams added as he took out the HSD (Handheld Supernatural Detector. It sort of looked like half of a bike handle covered in copper wire, black electricians tape and at the end there are two antennas). “Nothing” Williams said after waving it around a little while.
“Keep it activated” King said, his shotgun at the ready as he led us through what passed as a town on this island.
“Maybe the signal is too weak” I suggested.
“Might be,” King responded. “Might not even be supernatural?”
“What else could it be?” I asked.
“Disease? Jobs disappearing” King answered.
“Doesn't look like there were lots of jobs here anyways” Williams pointed out, waving the HSD in different directions but not picking up anything. “Besides, Farsight isn't wrong about these things” he added as King led us to the first house and walked in.
“How many people lived here?” I asked.
“No more than thirty,” King answered.
We kept checking the houses, but time after time there were no clues to tell us what happened to the island's occupants. There were no signs of struggle, the clothes were still on the hangers and there was even food that sat around for so long that whatever it once was became mostly mold.
“So what's the plan?” I asked after reaching the last house before the forest started. I was hoping that they would say something that involved a hot shower. After the trip out here I felt that I could have used one.
Or two.
“It's going to get dark soon,” King answered, looking at the sunset. “And since we don't know what we are dealing with, we should find a place to stay for the night.”
“Where?” I asked.
“Churches are safer than most places” Williams suggested, pointing to a squat, square building.
The door was unlocked so we let ourselves in. The first thing King and Williams did was to see if we were alone. They checked the confessionals, the back office, the bathroom, under every pew and kept their eyes on the rafters.
King figured the safest part of the building was the back office, so we all went there. With the three of us it was cramped. I would have suggested staying in one of the houses, but it wouldn't have felt right sleeping in a strangers house when they were missing, besides, places of worship would provide safety. At least from some things.
On the desk that belonged to the priest was a newspaper and Williams picked it up to check the date. Something I would never have thought of doing, and saw that it was two months old.
“In a place like this, I wouldn't think they would get their news fresh off the press” King responded when Williams pointed this out.
“Still” Williams said. “That's a long time, even for way out here.”
When it came to claiming sleeping areas it was nearly impossible for all of us to be satisfied with the results. Not only was it crammed with all of us in the back office, but both men also suffered from night terrors.
By the time we all had our designated sleeping spots, Williams grumbled about being low on cigarettes and ordered me to run to the island's convenience store and “grab an armful.”
At first I protested, but they told me that since the island was abandoned it wasn't stealing.
It was my turn to grumble, but I did as I was told.
As I walked to the convenience store, I wondered how Farsight would react if they knew King and Williams sent me off by myself like this.
Pulling the door open to go inside, I was surprised to find that the store looked nearly the same as the one in Gray Hill. They had stuffed animals on the walls, pickled pig parts in glass jars, they even had the same off brand food items that I could never find anywhere other than home.
Excited, I raced to the cooler and found the same brand of ginger ale I loved so much. I sucked down one, feeling the carbonation reach up into my nose and burn like hell.
Once I loaded the rest of the bottles in my bag I went over to the counter and hopped over it to grab Williams his cigarettes.
After leaving the store I saw a truck parked out front of the church that wasn't there when I left. Feeling something was wrong I ducked behind a fence. Just in time too because a second later the door swung open and a group of people were dragging King and Williams to the truck.
The people seemed to be wearing the furs of all sorts of animals. From skunk to deer to bear and whatever else that lived on the island. At first I thought their faces were covered in dirt, however thanks to D’s alterations I could see that it was actually black rocks glistening in the dying light. Not only that but they were growing out of these people. One had a large piece coming straight up from behind his left collarbone, another had her face peppered with small rocks but the man who appeared to be their leader had one coming out of his eye socket.
King and Williams were shouting at the group, what they were saying I can’t repeat and if I cleaned it up it wouldn't be much of a sentence.
I stayed still and out of sight until the truck pulled away. Since I was only armed with the buck knife I kept on my belt at all times I wouldn’t be much help. Even less so if I was caught by whoever took the more experienced monster hunters.
As soon as the truck was out of sight I ran into the church to grab the weapons we brought with us. Both shotguns that were filled with special shells we made ourselves and our rune covered machetes.
Just as I was about to leave I remembered the backpack filled with explosives. When I scooped that up I took off in the direction I last saw the truck going.
I ran for about two miles before finally finding the truck which was parked in the middle of nowhere on the side of the road. Most of the journey was uphill, however thanks to what D did to me I had plenty of energy to spare.
It didn't take long for me to see that there were tracks that led into the woods and without thinking about it, I followed them. King and Williams needed my help.
The tracks were easy to follow considering there were six people plus King and Williams who were struggling with their abductors.
I had been tracking these people for fifteen or twenty minutes by the time I came across a rocky hill, and since rocks don't leave tracks, I thought I lost them. However, just then I saw a small cave entrance. Figuring that was where King and Williams were taken, I hustled up the hill to investigate, making sure I kept low and quiet.
When I got in the cave I thought my eyes would adjust, however it didn't. Inside was completely dark and there was no sound other than my own breathing and footfalls. I would come to learn later than caves are like that. Completely dark so even my eyes couldn't adjust and they muffle sounds.
After a short time of navigating down a narrow passageway by dragging my hand on the wall I saw a faint orange glow and slowly walked towards it, careful not to make any sound. As I drew closer, I heard a group of people chanting in a strange language that almost sounded like angry small dogs.
A few stalagmites and stalactites separated the passageway I was on from a large open area with small bonfires scattered around. The people who took King and Williams were circling a large black monolith that sat in the middle of the room and they seemed to be praying to it. To me the monolith resembled the rocks that grew out of the people.
“I’mma kill you” shouted a familiar voice about ten feet below where I stood. It was King. Both he and Williams had their hands tied behind them, around a rock. “Stem to stern, you hear that? You hear that?!”
As King was shouting, I figured I would have less of a chance at getting caught if I climbed down the steep cave wall instead of following the path. Thankfully I managed to get to them without making a sound that Kings yelling didn't muffle.
D made me a borderline superhero, and superheroes save people. So even though my heart was jumping out of my chest, that didn't stop me from doing what I had to do.
“Shh” I whispered to Williams as I put the handle of my knife in his still bound hand. “I’m leaving the bag of explosives behind you. The shotguns and your machete too.”
Williams didn't make a sound, but he nodded and started to cut the ropes.
King was still shouting to his abductors, masking my voice as I told Williams that I was going to buy them time by serving as a distraction.
Without waiting for a nod, I went back the way I came and started climbing. I was sure I was going to get caught when I caused a few rocks to fall, but then Williams started to yell, joining King to mask the sound.
After reaching the passageway I came from, I turned around to see Williams give me a slight nod. Then I shouted for everyone to hear.
“Your mom shaves her chest and you—”
I didn't get any further than that because the people hissed and ran towards me. Some climbed the wall I just did while others ran down the path I chose not to take in order to reach the two more experienced hunters.
Seeing how fast they were moving made me regret not thinking past this part of the plan.
I ran as fast as I could down the dark and narrow path I entered from. The entire time I could hear them behind me and I imagined that they were getting closer.
As soon as I got outside, it was dark and I made a split second decision to run to the coast. This would make it look like I was trying to get to a boat instead of buying the more experienced monster hunters some time. However every time I tried to head towards the beach a few of my pursuers would be in my way, forcing me to change course.
After what D did to me I was fast, not Olympic speed but it was safe to say I was faster than everyone I knew. So you can imagine my surprise when I saw that these people were keeping pace with me. If it was just one of them, I wouldn't have given it much thought, but all of them were. Even the fat and the old ones.
I tried coming up with answers that might help my chances if I had to fight these people, or should I say what these people became? The rocks gave them enhanced strength and speed, but other than that the clues I had were minimal. The rocks could have been anything from viral, extraterrestrial, interdimensional or even parasitic.
However it was safe to say that even if it was parasitic it was not demonic. If it was, the HSD would’ve picked it up.
If I knew what language these people were speaking, that would narrow the possibilities that much further.
I must have been running for about ten minutes before I realized three things at once. The first thing was these people were much faster than they were letting on and were just toying with me. The second was that I was being herded back to the cave and the third was that I was going to have to stop running and fight.
As soon as I stopped running, I pulled the machete out from its sheath and turned to face those who meant me harm.
They surrounded me like a pack of wolves, and like a pack of wolves they snapped their jaws and made sounds that reminded me of a group of angry tiny dogs barking. These people also attacked like wolves too because the ones behind me would be doing the attacking.
The first one tried to jump onto my shoulders but before she could wrap her arms and legs around me I quickly turned around and used her momentum to throw her into the others. Immediately another lept towards me and was met with a front kick, connecting right below the belly button.
That was when the third one, the one with the rock growing out of his eye, bit my hand.
I don't know who was more surprised, me because I was bit, or him because it cracked his teeth.
I recovered from the shock before he did and raised the machete up to cut off his head.
As I swung he lifted up his hand to block it. Even though I didn't take his head, I still managed to take his hand and half of his forearm.
If he felt pain he sure hid it well.
He swiped at me with his other hand and I leaned back to dodge it. He was fast though and managed to rake my cheek with his nails.
Before I could swing my weapon again, another jumped on my back and put me in a choke hold. The grip was tight and as I tried to free myself the others tackled me. Thankfully this loosened the grip around my neck. However I was on my back and the others were closing in.
I kicked one of my attackers in the knee so it broke and went backwards. This person didn't make a sound and I doubt they felt it.
One of them kicked me in the face and even though it didn't knock me out, it hurt like hell and made me see stars.
I swung my machete in a wide half circle, managing to open the belly of another.
That bought me some room but as I tried to stand up two more jumped on my back and took me to the ground. The rest all piled on top of me, snapping at me while growling and nipping at each other to get out of the way so they could get to me.
I really thought this was going to be how I was going to die, however just then all of them went limp and fell.
A fraction of a second later I heard an explosion coming from the cave.
As I layed there, in the bottom of the pile of bodies, it felt like my heart was going to explode. I was so close to dying, but I prevailed.
I won.
I let out a warcry that Otis would have been proud of and pushed the bodies off of me.
Standing up, I gave one of my attackers a kick for good measure. However it was like kicking a dried up hornets nest and the toe of my boot went right through. The only part that wasn’t brittle was the rocks that grew out of them.
Wiping my boots off in the grass, I heard shouting on the other side of the hill. As soon as I heard this I knew it was Williams and King and ran towards them, a large grin on my face.
“Hey” I yelled out happily when I saw them, but they didn’t seem to hear me and were yelling at each other. Not because they were angry, but because the explosion made them momentarily deaf.
“What?” King asked as he rubbed his ears.
“You’re an idiot,” Williams shouted.
“I can’t hear you,” King complained, pointing at his ears.
“Are you two okay?” I asked as I jogged closer to them.
Williams saw me in the corner of his eye and jumped. When he saw it was me a grin spread on his face. “Hey, you’re alive.”
“Of course I am.”
“What?” King shouted before turning around and seeing me.
“You saved us” Williams answered as he used his pinkie finger to rub deep in his ear.
“Damn,” King said as he took my chin in hand and turned my head to get a look at my face.
“It was nothing,” I answered.
With a closer inspection of my nose, King sucked air through his teeth. “Could've been worse, I guess.”
“It’s true what they said about you,” Williams yelled. “The Order is going to hear of this.”
“Hear of—-“ I started, nervously. “Did I do something wrong?”
“Wrong?” Williams asked loudly, his ears were still ringing.
“What are you saying?” King shouted.
“Did I do something wrong?” I asked, louder than before.
Williams and King looked at each other for a moment and there was a fleeting mischievous expression that came over their faces.
“Where's my cigarettes?” Williams asked sternly.
I didn't know what to say to this and stammered.
A smile grew on William's face and he walked past me. “Just playing with you, kid. Just playing with you.”
“You did good,” King said, placing his hand on my shoulder. “I think Farsight was right about you.”
“Right about me?” I asked. “What do you mean?”
King smiled. “You remember the first day of training?”
I nodded because dozens of kids jogged in formation for miles at five in the morning, sparring with blunt weapons, performing military drills, eating in the mess hall during mealtimes and sleeping in one of the bunkhouses that were hidden in the woods wasn't something I was likely to forget. “Why?”
“You remember that little test they gave you?”
I nodded. All of the questions involved how to dispose of one monster or another. Most of the monsters I never heard of, but as I filled the questionnaire out I remembered Otis’ wise words during my time mowing the lawn at Miss Luther's house: Gotta hit them with your bullets.
This was what I used to answer all the questions.
“Yeah, what about it?”
King squeezed my shoulder and his smile grew. “The Order was impressed and I don't know if I should tell you this or not, but… they think you're going to save the world.”
WAE
2023.03.31 18:35 LoveMangaBuddy Read Gigantis - Chapter 10 - MangaPuma
On that day, humanity was turned into “prey”―. Gen is a high school student living on the island of Tsushima, a door to mainland Japan. Along with his sickly sister, Misaki, and his heartwarming mother, Gen was living a peaceful life, all until an “asymmetrical monster” appears on the island.
All hell breaks loose on the island of Tsushima.
These monsters devour everything from plants to animals ... Read Gigantis - Chapter 10 - MangaPuma. Read more at https://mangapuma.com/gigantis/chapter-10
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All hell breaks loose on the island of Tsushima.
These monsters devour everything from plants to animals ... Read Gigantis - Chapter 10 - MangaPuma. Read more at https://mangapuma.com/gigantis/chapter-10
2023.03.31 18:05 Proletlariet high level monster
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2023.03.31 18:01 Kamen-Rider-Artif Hikyo Blue's Sentai Reviews: Yonsei Sentai Leoneeder
"Sasamoto Iori. Tsuchiya Mio. Takagi Miu.
Three students from Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy, an elite school intended for space research, are tempted by promises of power from the evil 'Ultimate Principle Favour'. They flee Miyamasuzaka, even killing two classmates in cold blood during their escape. Two years later, they return as officers of "Amp", an evil cult that believes humanity should be transformed to conquer space. Having changed their bodies, minds and names, they use their new powers to destroy Miyamasuzaka.
In response, two of their former classmates - Hoshino Ichika and Tenma Saki - use highly advanced suits originally intended as space suits to battle Amp as the brave warriors, Leoneeder. They are later joined by two additional members: Mochizuki Honami and Hinomori Shiho, former friends of Leoneeder and the siblings of the killed classmates out for revenge.
I like how fleshed out these characters are and how entwined their development is, even if half of the team doesn't join for an extended period. While they initially start out estranged and only connected by their desire for revenge, each are helped through their tribulations by each other's quirks until they reach the same conclusion that protecting their friendship is as powerful a motivation as defending the earth. it really shows how diverging life paths doesn't necessitate seperation. Ichika really shines here as leader, regardless of how Saki is the impetus for everything; watching her determination grow and bring her former friends together is a blast.
The villains don't really reach the same level though. The first load are simply brilliant characters; their rivalry with Leoneeder and their intrinsic humanity despite their transformation make for some compelling antagonists that later villains just can't keep up with. Once they're out of the picture (at least temporarily), Amp basically devolves into your classic monster of the week formula. At least Favour manages to keep up their mystery, with plenty of hints and no answers until just the right time to keep you invested. just don't expect much of a payoff at the end - with all the builder up he has, his actual backstory was bound to falter.
With that said, Yonsei Sentai leoneeder is a season ripe with potential. the fact it managed to introduce character later and keep them well developed is-
"Ah, KAITO. Rin and Len ate that ice cream you were saving."
Wh-What? Friends, how could you do this!?
Hikyo Blue, Signing out!
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Three students from Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy, an elite school intended for space research, are tempted by promises of power from the evil 'Ultimate Principle Favour'. They flee Miyamasuzaka, even killing two classmates in cold blood during their escape. Two years later, they return as officers of "Amp", an evil cult that believes humanity should be transformed to conquer space. Having changed their bodies, minds and names, they use their new powers to destroy Miyamasuzaka.
In response, two of their former classmates - Hoshino Ichika and Tenma Saki - use highly advanced suits originally intended as space suits to battle Amp as the brave warriors, Leoneeder. They are later joined by two additional members: Mochizuki Honami and Hinomori Shiho, former friends of Leoneeder and the siblings of the killed classmates out for revenge.
I like how fleshed out these characters are and how entwined their development is, even if half of the team doesn't join for an extended period. While they initially start out estranged and only connected by their desire for revenge, each are helped through their tribulations by each other's quirks until they reach the same conclusion that protecting their friendship is as powerful a motivation as defending the earth. it really shows how diverging life paths doesn't necessitate seperation. Ichika really shines here as leader, regardless of how Saki is the impetus for everything; watching her determination grow and bring her former friends together is a blast.
The villains don't really reach the same level though. The first load are simply brilliant characters; their rivalry with Leoneeder and their intrinsic humanity despite their transformation make for some compelling antagonists that later villains just can't keep up with. Once they're out of the picture (at least temporarily), Amp basically devolves into your classic monster of the week formula. At least Favour manages to keep up their mystery, with plenty of hints and no answers until just the right time to keep you invested. just don't expect much of a payoff at the end - with all the builder up he has, his actual backstory was bound to falter.
With that said, Yonsei Sentai leoneeder is a season ripe with potential. the fact it managed to introduce character later and keep them well developed is-
"Ah, KAITO. Rin and Len ate that ice cream you were saving."
Wh-What? Friends, how could you do this!?
Hikyo Blue, Signing out!
2023.03.31 17:55 w0esies that one g1 episode
thinking about that one g1 episode with catty wanting to attend monster high as a student and we hear catty’s song “i just want to be a normal ghoul! be like my friends and go to school” at a CONCERT
and then she’s at school and she gets swarmed by fans… then one of the characters (frankie?) has this weird revelation that omg maybe catty just wants to be a normal student!!! like she doesn’t have a hit song about it😭😭
like did no one actually listen to what she was singing?? it’s so funny what the hell😭😭 especially frankie acting like she’s just made a scientific breakthrough like ghoul ??
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and then she’s at school and she gets swarmed by fans… then one of the characters (frankie?) has this weird revelation that omg maybe catty just wants to be a normal student!!! like she doesn’t have a hit song about it😭😭
like did no one actually listen to what she was singing?? it’s so funny what the hell😭😭 especially frankie acting like she’s just made a scientific breakthrough like ghoul ??
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★ Sport Gloves Nocts - BS
Souvenir Desert Eagle Fennec Fox - FT
★ Moto Gloves Eclipse - FT 0.21
★ Gut Knife Marble Fade - FN
★ Bowie Knife - - x2
★ Moto Gloves Turtle - FT
★ Shadow Daggers -
★ Falchion Knife Autotronic - FT
★ Stiletto Knife Forest DDPAT - WW
M4A4 Asiimov - FT - x3
StatTrak™ AWP BOOM - MW
★ Gut Knife -
M4A4 The Emperor - FN
AWP Wildfire - FN 0.09
AK-47 Head Shot - MW
★ Hand Wraps Overprint - BS
★ Driver Gloves Diamondback - FT
SG 553 Integrale - FN
AK-47 Vulcan - WW
M4A1-S Printstream - FT - x2
StatTrak™ AWP Containment Breach - FT
AK-47 Panthera onca - WW
AWP Asiimov - FT - x3
AWP Containment Breach - MW - x3
M4A1-S Master Piece - MW
★ Navaja Knife -
★ Moto Gloves Boom! - WW
Desert Eagle Hypnotic - FN - x2
★ Huntsman Knife Boreal Forest - MW
★ Huntsman Knife Bright Water - FT
Desert Eagle Printstream - FN
Desert Eagle Ocean Drive - FN
★ Huntsman Knife Bright Water - BS
★ Specialist Gloves Buckshot - MW
StatTrak™ Desert Eagle Printstream - MW - x2
M4A1-S Printstream - WW
★ Shadow Daggers Bright Water - FN
★ Driver Gloves Overtake - FT
AK-47 Fuel Injector - WW
★ Gut Knife Freehand - FT
★ Gut Knife Bright Water - FT
Sticker Titan (Foil) Cologne 2015 -
★ Shadow Daggers Ultraviolet - FT
AWP Asiimov - WW
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Dark Water - FT
★ Driver Gloves Queen Jaguar - FT
AWP Wildfire - MW - x2
AK-47 Bloodsport - MW
★ Gut Knife Night - FT
M4A1-S Master Piece - FT
★ Moto Gloves Transport - FT
M4A4 The Coalition - MW
StatTrak™ AK-47 Point Disarray - FN 0.003
StatTrak™ AK-47 Cartel - FN
★ Shadow Daggers Rust Coat - BS
StatTrak™ Five-SeveN Fairy Tale - FN
CS:GO Weapon Case -
Sticker Ninjas in Pyjamas (Holo) Katowice 2015 -
AK-47 Bloodsport - FT - x2
AWP Asiimov - BS - x2
AWP Containment Breach - FT
AK-47 Bloodsport - WW
M4A1-S Dark Water - MW (fnatic katowice 2014)
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Decimator - FN
M4A4 Hellfire - FN
USP-S Printstream - FT - x6
SCAR-20 Brass - FN
StatTrak™ R8 Revolver Fade - FN 95%
AK-47 Neon Rider - MW - x2
CZ75-Auto Emerald Quartz - FT - x2
★ Hydra Gloves Case Hardened - BS
AK-47 Frontside Misty - FN
AWP Wildfire - FT
Sticker Titan Katowice 2015 -
P90 Cold Blooded - FN
Operation Bravo Case - - x2
AK-47 First Class - FT
StatTrak™ M4A4 Bullet Rain - MW
AK-47 Asiimov - MW - x2
Desert Eagle Printstream - FT - x3
AWP Hyper Beast - MW
AWP Containment Breach - WW
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Bright Water - MW (dignitas katowice 2014)
Desert Eagle Golden Koi - FN
MAC-10 Gold Brick - FN
Sticker MOUZ (Foil) Stockholm 2021 -
M4A4 Hellfire - MW
USP-S Kill Confirmed - FT
M4A4 The Emperor - MW
AWP Electric Hive - MW - x2
StatTrak™ AK-47 Asiimov - BS
USP-S Printstream - BS
Sticker Cloud9 (Holo) Antwerp 2022 -
Souvenir SSG 08 Death Strike - BS
M4A1-S Golden Coil - FT - x3
USP-S Orion - MW - x3
USP-S Neo-Noir - FN
StatTrak™ M4A4 In Living Color - MW
M4A4 Cyber Security - FN
USP-S Kill Confirmed - WW
AWP Neo-Noir - FN
USP-S Caiman - MW
StatTrak™ AK-47 Slate - FN
M4A1-S Hyper Beast - MW
MP9 Hot Rod - FN - x2
Sticker Epsilon eSports (Holo) Cologne 2014 -
Sticker Titan Cologne 2015 -
M4A4 Neo-Noir - FN
Sticker TSM Kinguin (Foil) Katowice 2015 -
M4A4 Hellfire - FT
AWP Man-o'-war - FT
Desert Eagle Code Red - MW
StatTrak™ AK-47 Orbit Mk01 - MW
P90 Asiimov - FN
StatTrak™ M4A4 Neo-Noir - MW
AWP Redline - FT - x2
SSG 08 Blood in the Water - MW
StatTrak™ AWP Corticera - MW
AWP Electric Hive - FT
Glock-18 Gamma Doppler - FN
Souvenir USP-S Royal Blue - MW
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Basilisk - FN
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Decimator - MW
AK-47 Asiimov - FT
Galil AR Cerberus - MW
M4A1-S Guardian - FN
Cmdr. Frank 'Wet Sox' Baroud SEAL Frogman -
Number K The Professionals - - x4
SG 553 Colony IV - FN
M4A4 龍王 (Dragon King) - FN
AK-47 The Empress - FT - x2
AK-47 Point Disarray - FN
M4A1-S Cyrex - FN
AK-47 Jaguar - FT
Galil AR CAUTION! - MW
AK-47 Black Laminate - FT
StatTrak™ USP-S Blueprint - MW
AK-47 Leet Museo - MW
Glock-18 Gamma Doppler - MW - x2
AWP Neo-Noir - WW
M4A4 Desolate Space - FN
StatTrak™ USP-S Cortex - FN
AWP Pink DDPAT - FT
Desert Eagle Code Red - FT
AWP Duality - FT - x2
USP-S Neo-Noir - MW
Souvenir UMP-45 Blaze - FN
AK-47 The Empress - WW
AK-47 Nightwish - FT
FAMAS Meltdown - FN
StatTrak™ M4A4 Tooth Fairy - FN - x2
P250 Mehndi - FN
AWP Neo-Noir - BS
M4A1-S Player Two - WW
M4A1-S Mecha Industries - FT
Desert Eagle Ocean Drive - FT
StatTrak™ AWP Elite Build - FT
AWP Chromatic Aberration - FT - x3
G3SG1 Flux - FN
M4A1-S Hyper Beast - FT - x2
P250 Cartel - FN
StatTrak™ AK-47 Blue Laminate - MW
AK-47 Leet Museo - FT - x2
Sir Bloody Darryl Royale The Professionals -
StatTrak™ AWP Atheris - MW
Desert Eagle Midnight Storm - FT
Music Kit Knock2, dashstar* -
Souvenir P90 Run and Hide - WW
AK-47 Redline - FT - x2
Glock-18 Bullet Queen - MW
M4A1-S Chantico's Fire - WW
USP-S Neo-Noir - FT - x2
Desert Eagle Code Red - BS
AUG Wings - FN
Sir Bloody Skullhead Darryl The Professionals -
StatTrak™ M4A4 Evil Daimyo - FN
AK-47 Legion of Anubis - MW
UMP-45 Blaze - FN - x2
SG 553 Cyrex - FN
StatTrak™ AUG Wings - FN
Vypa Sista of the Revolution Guerrilla Warfare -
StatTrak™ AWP PAW - FN
Bloody Darryl The Strapped The Professionals - - x3
USP-S The Traitor - FT - x2
AK-47 Green Laminate - FN
Patch FURIA (Gold) Stockholm 2021 -
StatTrak™ USP-S Blueprint - FT
SSG 08 Dragonfire - MW - x2
CZ75-Auto Victoria - FN
XM1014 Tranquility - FN
StatTrak™ M4A4 Neo-Noir - FT
Sticker Virtus.Pro DreamHack 2014 -
M4A4 Neo-Noir - MW
Nova Antique - FN - x2
Five-SeveN Fairy Tale - FT
USP-S Monster Mashup - FT - x2
P250 Whiteout - FT - x3
Sir Bloody Silent Darryl The Professionals -
Cache Pin - - x2
MP7 Fade - FN
Desert Eagle Kumicho Dragon - FT
AK-47 Phantom Disruptor - FN
AK-47 Slate - FN
CZ75-Auto Xiangliu - FN
MP7 Nemesis - FN
AK-47 Point Disarray - FT
AUG Death by Puppy - FN
Patch Vitality (Gold) Stockholm 2021 -
P250 See Ya Later - FN
SSG 08 Dragonfire - FT
Elite Trapper Solman Guerrilla Warfare -
M4A1-S Basilisk - FN
USP-S The Traitor - BS
USP-S Blueprint - MW
Desert Eagle Kumicho Dragon - BS
MAC-10 Neon Rider - FN
SSG 08 Death's Head - FN
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Leaded Glass - FT
StatTrak™ R8 Revolver Llama Cannon - MW
AK-47 Blue Laminate - FN
Galil AR Chatterbox - WW
P250 Muertos - FN
P2000 Imperial Dragon - FN - x2
MAC-10 Stalker - WW
Special Agent Ava FBI - - x4
M4A1-S Decimator - FT
Glock-18 Neo-Noir - FT
FAMAS Styx - FN
USP-S Cortex - FN
G3SG1 Flux - MW
M4A4 龍王 (Dragon King) - WW
StatTrak™ AK-47 Slate - BS
Glock-18 Bullet Queen - FT
Patch Gambit Gaming (Gold) Stockholm 2021 -
M4A1-S Nightmare - FT
USP-S Whiteout - FT
P250 Visions - MW - x2
StatTrak™ FAMAS Mecha Industries - MW
Aces High Pin - - x2
AK-47 Blue Laminate - MW - x2
StatTrak™ AUG Death by Puppy - FT
StatTrak™ P250 Asiimov - WW
Desert Eagle Conspiracy - FN - x3
StatTrak™ Five-SeveN Retrobution - FN
AUG Bengal Tiger - MW
StatTrak™ Dual Berettas Flora Carnivora - FN
AK-47 Blue Laminate - FT
Bloodhound Pin -
Glock-18 Neo-Noir - WW
Dual Berettas Twin Turbo - MW
Five-SeveN Case Hardened - FT
Glock-18 Wasteland Rebel - FN
Lt. Commander Ricksaw NSWC SEAL -
StatTrak™ Music Kit Skog, Metal -
AWP Fever Dream - FT
StatTrak™ Music Kit The Verkkars, EZ4ENCE - - x2
AWP Fever Dream - BS
StatTrak™ Music Kit The Verkkars & n0thing, Flashbang Dance -
FAMAS Mecha Industries - FN
Trapper Guerrilla Warfare -
M4A4 Global Offensive - MW
SCAR-20 Bloodsport - FN
SSG 08 Detour - MW
MAC-10 Neon Rider - MW
MAC-10 Disco Tech - MW
Col. Mangos Dabisi Guerrilla Warfare - - x2
StatTrak™ Music Kit Laura Shigihara: Work Hard, Play Hard -
StatTrak™ AK-47 Elite Build - MW
StatTrak™ Music Kit bbno$, u mad! - - x2
Rio 2022 Dust II Souvenir Package -
Glock-18 Vogue - MW
StatTrak™ UMP-45 Momentum - FT
StatTrak™ SSG 08 Fever Dream - FN
Glock-18 Water Elemental - MW
M4A4 Tooth Fairy - MW - x2
SSG 08 Big Iron - FT
Negev Power Loader - FN
Five-SeveN Angry Mob - MW
MP9 Starlight Protector - FT
Glock-18 Umbral Rabbit - FN
Victory Pin -
StatTrak™ M4A4 Tooth Fairy - FT
SSG 08 Bloodshot - FT
AK-47 Phantom Disruptor - FT
Sticker Virtus.Pro Atlanta 2017 -
Nuke Pin - - x2
M4A4 Neo-Noir - FT - x2
FAMAS Roll Cage - MW
Desert Eagle Mecha Industries - MW
Desert Eagle Crimson Web - BS
P90 Tiger Pit - MW
AK-47 Slate - MW - x3
AK-47 Emerald Pinstripe - BS
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Flashback - MW
P250 Visions - FT
FAMAS Valence - FN
MAC-10 Heat - FN
M4A1-S Basilisk - MW
'The Doctor' Romanov Sabre -
Lieutenant Rex Krikey SEAL Frogman -
& more
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🟩Not everything is listed, check out my inventory for all new skins !
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198043947572/inventory/
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★ Karambit Doppler - FN RUBY 0.02
AK-47 Gold Arabesque - MW
★ Karambit Fade - FN 98% 0.008
AWP Medusa - FT 0.22
★ Karambit Gamma Doppler - MW Phase 2
★ Huntsman Knife Gamma Doppler - FN EMERALD
★ Huntsman Knife Gamma Doppler - FN Phase 3
★ Butterfly Knife Doppler - FN Phase 1
★ Huntsman Knife Doppler - FN SAPPHIRE 0.0004 (3# in the world)
★ Huntsman Knife Doppler - FN Phase 3
★ Karambit Lore - MW 0.09
★ Karambit Marble Fade - FN
AK-47 Hydroponic - MW
★ Skeleton Knife Crimson Web - WW
★ Sport Gloves Arid - MW
★ Butterfly Knife Freehand - MW 0.08
★ M9 Bayonet Tiger Tooth - FN 0.002
★ Skeleton Knife - VANILLA
★ Bayonet Autotronic - FN
★ Skeleton Knife Slaughter - MW
Boston 2018 Cobblestone Souvenir Package -
★ Karambit Case Hardened - MW 0.09
★ StatTrak™ Butterfly Knife Blue Steel - BS
★ Talon Knife Doppler - MW Phase 2
★ M9 Bayonet Doppler - FN
★ Sport Gloves Slingshot - FT
★ Bayonet Lore - MW 0.09
★ Skeleton Knife Case Hardened - MW 0.08
★ Gut Knife Doppler - FN RUBY
★ Butterfly Knife Ultraviolet - FT
★ Flip Knife Fade - FN
★ Driver Gloves Black Tie - MW - x2
★ Butterfly Knife Urban Masked - MW
M4A1-S Imminent Danger - FT - x2
★ Driver Gloves Snow Leopard - FT
★ Butterfly Knife Rust Coat - BS
★ Karambit Freehand - FT 0.21
Souvenir M4A1-S Welcome to the Jungle - WW
★ Karambit Stained - FT
★ Sport Gloves Omega - FT
★ Specialist Gloves Emerald Web - FT
★ Ursus Knife Fade - FN
★ Karambit Bright Water - FT
★ Bayonet Case Hardened - FN 0.001 (2# in the world)
★ StatTrak™ Classic Knife Slaughter - FN
★ Butterfly Knife Safari Mesh - FT
★ M9 Bayonet Damascus Steel - FT - x2
M4A1-S Hot Rod - MW
★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth - FN 0.01
★ Flip Knife Gamma Doppler - FN Phase 3
★ Hand Wraps CAUTION! - MW
★ StatTrak™ Flip Knife Gamma Doppler - FN Phase 1
StatTrak™ USP-S Kill Confirmed - FN
★ M9 Bayonet Case Hardened - WW
★ Specialist Gloves Mogul - MW
★ Flip Knife Tiger Tooth - MW
★ Stiletto Knife - VANILLA
★ Nomad Knife Crimson Web - FT
★ Stiletto Knife Slaughter - FT 0.15
★ Ursus Knife Marble Fade - FN 0.01
ESL One Katowice 2015 Challengers (Holo/Foil) -
★ Karambit Safari Mesh - BS
M4A1-S Icarus Fell - FN - x3
★ M9 Bayonet Boreal Forest - FT
★ Bowie Knife Doppler - FN Phase 4
★ Ursus Knife Slaughter - FN
★ Talon Knife Blue Steel - FT
Sticker Virtus.Pro Katowice 2014 -
★ Nomad Knife Blue Steel - MW
AK-47 X-Ray - WW
Sticker Flipsid3 Tactics (Holo) Katowice 2015 -
★ Huntsman Knife Marble Fade - FN 0.007
★ StatTrak™ Stiletto Knife Case Hardened - FT 0.16
★ Specialist Gloves Marble Fade - FT - x2
★ Bayonet Blue Steel - MW
AK-47 Case Hardened - FN 0.001
★ Moto Gloves Cool Mint - FT
★ Sport Gloves Nocts - FT 0.19
AWP BOOM - FN
★ Sport Gloves Big Game - WW
★ Talon Knife Night Stripe - FT
★ Nomad Knife Night Stripe - MW
★ Driver Gloves King Snake - BS
★ Specialist Gloves Mogul - FT
AK-47 Vulcan - FT - x3
★ StatTrak™ Bayonet Urban Masked - FT
★ Hand Wraps Overprint - WW
AK-47 Fuel Injector - MW - x2
★ Gut Knife Fade - FN 91%
★ Stiletto Knife Urban Masked - FT
★ Ursus Knife Damascus Steel - FN
M4A1-S Printstream - MW - x2
Glock-18 Synth Leaf - FN
AK-47 Asiimov - FN
★ Bowie Knife Autotronic - MW
★ Gut Knife Autotronic - MW
★ StatTrak™ Falchion Knife Lore - FT
★ Moto Gloves Finish Line - FT 0.15
★ Huntsman Knife Damascus Steel - FN
★ Specialist Gloves Mogul - WW
★ Stiletto Knife Forest DDPAT - FT
ESL One Katowice 2015 Legends (Holo/Foil) -
★ Sport Gloves Nocts - BS
Souvenir Desert Eagle Fennec Fox - FT
★ Moto Gloves Eclipse - FT 0.21
★ Gut Knife Marble Fade - FN
★ Bowie Knife - - x2
★ Moto Gloves Turtle - FT
★ Shadow Daggers -
★ Falchion Knife Autotronic - FT
★ Stiletto Knife Forest DDPAT - WW
M4A4 Asiimov - FT - x3
StatTrak™ AWP BOOM - MW
★ Gut Knife -
M4A4 The Emperor - FN
AWP Wildfire - FN 0.09
AK-47 Head Shot - MW
★ Hand Wraps Overprint - BS
★ Driver Gloves Diamondback - FT
SG 553 Integrale - FN
AK-47 Vulcan - WW
M4A1-S Printstream - FT - x2
StatTrak™ AWP Containment Breach - FT
AK-47 Panthera onca - WW
AWP Asiimov - FT - x3
AWP Containment Breach - MW - x3
M4A1-S Master Piece - MW
★ Navaja Knife -
★ Moto Gloves Boom! - WW
Desert Eagle Hypnotic - FN - x2
★ Huntsman Knife Boreal Forest - MW
★ Huntsman Knife Bright Water - FT
Desert Eagle Printstream - FN
Desert Eagle Ocean Drive - FN
★ Huntsman Knife Bright Water - BS
★ Specialist Gloves Buckshot - MW
StatTrak™ Desert Eagle Printstream - MW - x2
M4A1-S Printstream - WW
★ Shadow Daggers Bright Water - FN
★ Driver Gloves Overtake - FT
AK-47 Fuel Injector - WW
★ Gut Knife Freehand - FT
★ Gut Knife Bright Water - FT
Sticker Titan (Foil) Cologne 2015 -
★ Shadow Daggers Ultraviolet - FT
AWP Asiimov - WW
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Dark Water - FT
★ Driver Gloves Queen Jaguar - FT
AWP Wildfire - MW - x2
AK-47 Bloodsport - MW
★ Gut Knife Night - FT
M4A1-S Master Piece - FT
★ Moto Gloves Transport - FT
M4A4 The Coalition - MW
StatTrak™ AK-47 Point Disarray - FN 0.003
StatTrak™ AK-47 Cartel - FN
★ Shadow Daggers Rust Coat - BS
StatTrak™ Five-SeveN Fairy Tale - FN
CS:GO Weapon Case -
Sticker Ninjas in Pyjamas (Holo) Katowice 2015 -
AK-47 Bloodsport - FT - x2
AWP Asiimov - BS - x2
AWP Containment Breach - FT
AK-47 Bloodsport - WW
M4A1-S Dark Water - MW (fnatic katowice 2014)
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Decimator - FN
M4A4 Hellfire - FN
USP-S Printstream - FT - x6
SCAR-20 Brass - FN
StatTrak™ R8 Revolver Fade - FN 95%
AK-47 Neon Rider - MW - x2
CZ75-Auto Emerald Quartz - FT - x2
★ Hydra Gloves Case Hardened - BS
AK-47 Frontside Misty - FN
AWP Wildfire - FT
Sticker Titan Katowice 2015 -
P90 Cold Blooded - FN
Operation Bravo Case - - x2
AK-47 First Class - FT
StatTrak™ M4A4 Bullet Rain - MW
AK-47 Asiimov - MW - x2
Desert Eagle Printstream - FT - x3
AWP Hyper Beast - MW
AWP Containment Breach - WW
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Bright Water - MW (dignitas katowice 2014)
Desert Eagle Golden Koi - FN
MAC-10 Gold Brick - FN
Sticker MOUZ (Foil) Stockholm 2021 -
M4A4 Hellfire - MW
USP-S Kill Confirmed - FT
M4A4 The Emperor - MW
AWP Electric Hive - MW - x2
StatTrak™ AK-47 Asiimov - BS
USP-S Printstream - BS
Sticker Cloud9 (Holo) Antwerp 2022 -
Souvenir SSG 08 Death Strike - BS
M4A1-S Golden Coil - FT - x3
USP-S Orion - MW - x3
USP-S Neo-Noir - FN
StatTrak™ M4A4 In Living Color - MW
M4A4 Cyber Security - FN
USP-S Kill Confirmed - WW
AWP Neo-Noir - FN
USP-S Caiman - MW
StatTrak™ AK-47 Slate - FN
M4A1-S Hyper Beast - MW
MP9 Hot Rod - FN - x2
Sticker Epsilon eSports (Holo) Cologne 2014 -
Sticker Titan Cologne 2015 -
M4A4 Neo-Noir - FN
Sticker TSM Kinguin (Foil) Katowice 2015 -
M4A4 Hellfire - FT
AWP Man-o'-war - FT
Desert Eagle Code Red - MW
StatTrak™ AK-47 Orbit Mk01 - MW
P90 Asiimov - FN
StatTrak™ M4A4 Neo-Noir - MW
AWP Redline - FT - x2
SSG 08 Blood in the Water - MW
StatTrak™ AWP Corticera - MW
AWP Electric Hive - FT
Glock-18 Gamma Doppler - FN
Souvenir USP-S Royal Blue - MW
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Basilisk - FN
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Decimator - MW
AK-47 Asiimov - FT
Galil AR Cerberus - MW
M4A1-S Guardian - FN
Cmdr. Frank 'Wet Sox' Baroud SEAL Frogman -
Number K The Professionals - - x4
SG 553 Colony IV - FN
M4A4 龍王 (Dragon King) - FN
AK-47 The Empress - FT - x2
AK-47 Point Disarray - FN
M4A1-S Cyrex - FN
AK-47 Jaguar - FT
Galil AR CAUTION! - MW
AK-47 Black Laminate - FT
StatTrak™ USP-S Blueprint - MW
AK-47 Leet Museo - MW
Glock-18 Gamma Doppler - MW - x2
AWP Neo-Noir - WW
M4A4 Desolate Space - FN
StatTrak™ USP-S Cortex - FN
AWP Pink DDPAT - FT
Desert Eagle Code Red - FT
AWP Duality - FT - x2
USP-S Neo-Noir - MW
Souvenir UMP-45 Blaze - FN
AK-47 The Empress - WW
AK-47 Nightwish - FT
FAMAS Meltdown - FN
StatTrak™ M4A4 Tooth Fairy - FN - x2
P250 Mehndi - FN
AWP Neo-Noir - BS
M4A1-S Player Two - WW
M4A1-S Mecha Industries - FT
Desert Eagle Ocean Drive - FT
StatTrak™ AWP Elite Build - FT
AWP Chromatic Aberration - FT - x3
G3SG1 Flux - FN
M4A1-S Hyper Beast - FT - x2
P250 Cartel - FN
StatTrak™ AK-47 Blue Laminate - MW
AK-47 Leet Museo - FT - x2
Sir Bloody Darryl Royale The Professionals -
StatTrak™ AWP Atheris - MW
Desert Eagle Midnight Storm - FT
Music Kit Knock2, dashstar* -
Souvenir P90 Run and Hide - WW
AK-47 Redline - FT - x2
Glock-18 Bullet Queen - MW
M4A1-S Chantico's Fire - WW
USP-S Neo-Noir - FT - x2
Desert Eagle Code Red - BS
AUG Wings - FN
Sir Bloody Skullhead Darryl The Professionals -
StatTrak™ M4A4 Evil Daimyo - FN
AK-47 Legion of Anubis - MW
UMP-45 Blaze - FN - x2
SG 553 Cyrex - FN
StatTrak™ AUG Wings - FN
Vypa Sista of the Revolution Guerrilla Warfare -
StatTrak™ AWP PAW - FN
Bloody Darryl The Strapped The Professionals - - x3
USP-S The Traitor - FT - x2
AK-47 Green Laminate - FN
Patch FURIA (Gold) Stockholm 2021 -
StatTrak™ USP-S Blueprint - FT
SSG 08 Dragonfire - MW - x2
CZ75-Auto Victoria - FN
XM1014 Tranquility - FN
StatTrak™ M4A4 Neo-Noir - FT
Sticker Virtus.Pro DreamHack 2014 -
M4A4 Neo-Noir - MW
Nova Antique - FN - x2
Five-SeveN Fairy Tale - FT
USP-S Monster Mashup - FT - x2
P250 Whiteout - FT - x3
Sir Bloody Silent Darryl The Professionals -
Cache Pin - - x2
MP7 Fade - FN
Desert Eagle Kumicho Dragon - FT
AK-47 Phantom Disruptor - FN
AK-47 Slate - FN
CZ75-Auto Xiangliu - FN
MP7 Nemesis - FN
AK-47 Point Disarray - FT
AUG Death by Puppy - FN
Patch Vitality (Gold) Stockholm 2021 -
P250 See Ya Later - FN
SSG 08 Dragonfire - FT
Elite Trapper Solman Guerrilla Warfare -
M4A1-S Basilisk - FN
USP-S The Traitor - BS
USP-S Blueprint - MW
Desert Eagle Kumicho Dragon - BS
MAC-10 Neon Rider - FN
SSG 08 Death's Head - FN
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Leaded Glass - FT
StatTrak™ R8 Revolver Llama Cannon - MW
AK-47 Blue Laminate - FN
Galil AR Chatterbox - WW
P250 Muertos - FN
P2000 Imperial Dragon - FN - x2
MAC-10 Stalker - WW
Special Agent Ava FBI - - x4
M4A1-S Decimator - FT
Glock-18 Neo-Noir - FT
FAMAS Styx - FN
USP-S Cortex - FN
G3SG1 Flux - MW
M4A4 龍王 (Dragon King) - WW
StatTrak™ AK-47 Slate - BS
Glock-18 Bullet Queen - FT
Patch Gambit Gaming (Gold) Stockholm 2021 -
M4A1-S Nightmare - FT
USP-S Whiteout - FT
P250 Visions - MW - x2
StatTrak™ FAMAS Mecha Industries - MW
Aces High Pin - - x2
AK-47 Blue Laminate - MW - x2
StatTrak™ AUG Death by Puppy - FT
StatTrak™ P250 Asiimov - WW
Desert Eagle Conspiracy - FN - x3
StatTrak™ Five-SeveN Retrobution - FN
AUG Bengal Tiger - MW
StatTrak™ Dual Berettas Flora Carnivora - FN
AK-47 Blue Laminate - FT
Bloodhound Pin -
Glock-18 Neo-Noir - WW
Dual Berettas Twin Turbo - MW
Five-SeveN Case Hardened - FT
Glock-18 Wasteland Rebel - FN
Lt. Commander Ricksaw NSWC SEAL -
StatTrak™ Music Kit Skog, Metal -
AWP Fever Dream - FT
StatTrak™ Music Kit The Verkkars, EZ4ENCE - - x2
AWP Fever Dream - BS
StatTrak™ Music Kit The Verkkars & n0thing, Flashbang Dance -
FAMAS Mecha Industries - FN
Trapper Guerrilla Warfare -
M4A4 Global Offensive - MW
SCAR-20 Bloodsport - FN
SSG 08 Detour - MW
MAC-10 Neon Rider - MW
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Glock-18 Water Elemental - MW
M4A4 Tooth Fairy - MW - x2
SSG 08 Big Iron - FT
Negev Power Loader - FN
Five-SeveN Angry Mob - MW
MP9 Starlight Protector - FT
Glock-18 Umbral Rabbit - FN
Victory Pin -
StatTrak™ M4A4 Tooth Fairy - FT
SSG 08 Bloodshot - FT
AK-47 Phantom Disruptor - FT
Sticker Virtus.Pro Atlanta 2017 -
Nuke Pin - - x2
M4A4 Neo-Noir - FT - x2
FAMAS Roll Cage - MW
Desert Eagle Mecha Industries - MW
Desert Eagle Crimson Web - BS
P90 Tiger Pit - MW
AK-47 Slate - MW - x3
AK-47 Emerald Pinstripe - BS
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Flashback - MW
P250 Visions - FT
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MAC-10 Heat - FN
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2023.03.31 17:49 ZZ1Lord [Online][5e] [DoIP] [EU 7PM - Thursdays GMT+3] I will DM for you to fill the DM Shortage!
DISCLAIMER: MICROPHONE, WEBCAM AND A ACCOUNT ON DISCORD IS REQUIRED TO JOIN THIS CAMPAIGN. CAMPAIGN SESSIONS ARE 7PM - THURSDAYS GMT+3 WEEKLY!
In the Shortage of DMs in recent times, I offer the opportunity to host a game for those who want to be part of a small tabletop community, Where we can play a fun and healthy game! Players of All skill levels are welcome!The game will first run with a session 0 where we will discuss characters and Introduce the world through the Port Town of Phlan and afterwards progress to the Dragon of Icepire Peak.
Short Summary of the Adventure:
Concept: Dragon of Icespire Peak is an adventure about a crew of brave and compassionate adventurers who will fight tooth and nail against the white dragon that prays on the village of Phandalin.
Aim: The adventurers take on quests that will lead them across the shores of the Sword Coast in preparation for the final confrontation against the White Dragon which will determine if they find glory in victory, or become bedding for the dragon's resting place.
Tone: The Forgotten Realms is a hopeful setting. The setting is light hearted at large but holds a lot muscle for action when the players scout for it!
Subject Matter: Dragon of Icepire Peak is designed to facilitate a fiction-first approach to typical dungeon delving/OSR-type of content. The latter means it’s about adventures that aim to be fun by focusing on player ingenuity and an unpredictability of events. To achieve that it asks for somewhat impartial judgement and openness to unforeseen outcomes.
The Forgotten Realms :
The world of the Forgotten Realms is one of high fantasy, populated by elves, dwarves, halflings, humans, and other folk. In the Realms, knights dare the crypts of the fallen dwarf kings of Delzoun, seeking glory and treasure. Rogues prowl the dark alleyways of teeming cities such as Neverwinter and Baldur's Gate. Clerics in the service of gods wield mace and spell, questing against the terrifying powers that threaten the land. Wizards plunder the ruins of the fallen Netherese empire, delving into secrets too dark for the light of day. Bards sing of kings, queens, heroes, and tyrants who died long ago.
On the roads and rivers of the Realms travel minstrels and peddlers, merchants and guards, soldiers and sailors. Steel-hearted adventurers from backcountry farmsteads and sleepy villages follow tales of strange, glorious, faraway places. Good maps and clear trails can take even an inexperienced youth with dreams of glory far across the world, but these paths are never safe. Fell magic and deadly monsters are the perils one faces when traveling in the Realms. Even farms and freeholds within a day's walk of a city can fall prey to monsters, and no place is safe from the sudden wrath of a dragon.
Session 0 - Defiance in Phlan :
Phlan, The Jeweled Port town of Moonsea, is a city in transition. Many groups compete for power, sometimes working together, but often at odds as schemes progress and alliances form and unravel. Thrown into this volatile mix is the Cult of the Dragon, a cabal of dragon-obsessed zealots whose plans go much deeper than the power struggles of mortals.
Unlike most other D&D Expeditions adventures, Defiance in Phlan is broken into five mini-adventures, each of which is designed for one hour of play.
While each mini-adventure takes place against the backdrop of the struggles in Phlan, none focus too closely on any of Phlan’s plots or sites. Each gives just a small taste of the deeper troubles in Phlan, instead focusing on giving the players a fun, quick mission that can be completed in less than an hour.
Session 1 - Dragon of Icepire Peak :
The frontier town of Phandalin is built on the ruins of a much older settlement. Hundreds of years ago, the old Phandalin was a thriving human town whose people were firmly allied with neighboring dwarves and gnomes. Then an orc horde swept through the area and laid waste to the settlement, and Phandalin was abandoned for centuries.
In the last three or four years, settlers from the cities of Neverwinter and Waterdeep have begun the hard work of reclaiming the ruins of Phandalin. The new settlement is home now to farmers, woodcutters, fur traders, and prospectors drawn by stories of gold and platinum in the foothills of the Sword Mountains. The arrival of a white dragon threatens to destroy all that they've worked to rebuild.
Tools for Players:
Historic Campaign Player's Guide (The info you need for Character Creation)
The VTT is dressed with Top-down Token, get a token that excites you and inspires you to make an adventurer!
Quick Rules for Reference!A guide to the style of Faerun, If you do not own The Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide! (Variant Human Languages is Active)
Session Time : ys 7PM GMT+3Session Length : 3-4ish HoursSpoken Language : EnglishVTT Used for Grid Based Gameplay : Foundry VTTVoice Call: DiscordParty Length: 3-5 Players +1 DM
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2023.03.31 17:42 Altnob The Thunderstone Werewolf
https://imgur.com/a/0GefgFt
https://lothrik.github.io/diablo4-build-calc/#N4RgTAXALANCDMdYgGwQKxwOxwJwzFjEzB3ngxnlnkykSlihRnUXVnRaxBizD6IAHAAYYQkBGGRhFROBbgsUuGCEqEYhGnnx1AkIyRC46LekwgucFL1QGU8lJgDGAGwCGAZy8A5DwC2AKYQACYATgCuAJahMC5gAF7xABLxHvFgAJKZAFKZvpmZAGKZAEoAvkA
Due to Symbiotic Aspect, Earthen Bulwark has a 20% chance to cast Bloodhowl and lower the cooldown of Earthen Bulwark. Bloodhowl has a chance to cast Earthen Bulwark and lower the cooldown of Bloodhowl. ALL of our active abilities lower the cooldown of Bloodhowl which provides us with more chances to trigger Earth Bulwark.
Claw
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This build needs some testing due to a few interpretations of certain legendary affixes and also requires 2-3 Unique items(Weapon(mandatory), chest and optional legs)
This build is focusing on a unique that makes our Claw ability cast Stormstrike simultaneously. We then take Nature's Fury keystone passive at the end of our tree to grant us a 20% chance to cast an earth skill in the same tree. Claw and Shred become storm abilities from our Aspect of Nature's Savagery that can trigger Earth Spike and Pulverize;Due to Symbiotic Aspect, Earthen Bulwark has a 20% chance to cast Bloodhowl and lower the cooldown of Earthen Bulwark. Bloodhowl has a chance to cast Earthen Bulwark and lower the cooldown of Bloodhowl. ALL of our active abilities lower the cooldown of Bloodhowl which provides us with more chances to trigger Earth Bulwark.
Claw
- Triggers Stormstrike when used, making enemies vulnerable, giving us 25% damage reduction and immobilizing enemies for 2.5 seconds with a 20% chance to cast Earth Spike that has a 10% chance to stun for 2.5 seconds and Fortify for 2% when damaging enemies who are stunned/immobilzed.
- Has a 20% chance to trigger Pulverize which overpowers every 10 seconds and causes enemies to be stunned for 2 seconds when hit with overpowered version. Also we have Shockwave Aspect which causes a shockwave to shoot out from Pulverize dealing a bunch of damage
- Oh shit moments nothing special. Or is it? See below.
- Heals for 20% HP and increases Attack Speed by 15% for 4 seconds. We take Symbiotic Aspect affix which says when Nature's Fury casts a free spell from our Shred or Claw reduce the cooldown of the opposite type. Since Shred and Claw are Storm, it will free cast an Earth skill and the cooldowns opposite to Earth which are Storm (blood howl), will have their cooldowns reduced by 1second. This coupled with kills reduce Blood Howl CD by 1sec, provides what I assume to be, an insane amount of uptime on Blood Howl. AND since Blood Howl is a Storm skill, it can trigger a free Earthen Bulwark. Since the uptime on Blood Howl will be extremely quick, we have what appears to be high uptime on Earthen Bulwark too.
- We take fortify on wolves when they lucky hit and they deal 20% damage to stunned/slow/immobilized/poisoned enemies but the real reason we take it is for the Unique affix Storm's Companion which turns our wolves into Lightning damage and gives them the "Storm Howl" ability (which I think is Blood Howl)
- Crit strike +9% vs close enemies
- 6% movespeed while in werewolf (everything we do is werewolf.
- Storm skills have 20% to vulnerable enemies (our Storm Strike provides 50% chance which is casts every Claw btw so that's our source of Vulnerable)
- Every 6 seconds, zap a monster for 135% damage.
- Lucky hits cause Lightning damage (which is everything our actives are) 15% chance to immobilize for 3 seconds.
- Lucky hits cause a lightning strike to zap an enemy while they're immobilized stunned or vulnerable.
- 12% damage to elites with nature skills (everything we use is nature)
- Shred heals for 1% HP
- Nature skills deal 6% increased damage and 18% increased damage if an Earth Skill is the next skill Cast after a Storm Skill or vice versa This is one of the passives that I'm unsure of due to the wording of Nature's Fury. If this passive counts a free Earth Skill as a "casted" skill after a Storm Skill then this is god tier.
Specializations
- Deer: 10% Reduced damage from elites
- Eagle: 10% attack speed
- Snake(specialize into this for 2 boons): Overload, every lucky hit has a 20% chance to trigger Overload on the target applies a statis discharge deal 60% lightning damage to surrounding enemies.
- Snake2: Critical strikes with shapeshifting skills heal you for 3% maximum HP.
- Wolf: Lucky hit critical strikes have a 20% chance to reset the cooldowns of companion skills. (More Storm Howl / bloodhowl?)
Aspects
Tying it all together.- Gloves: Werewolf skills function as Storm Skills; werebear is earth
- Helm: Symbiotic Aspect lowers cooldown of opposite free casted spell from nature's fury
- Armor: Mad Wolf's Glee (unique) +2 all werewolf abilities
- Legs: Storm's Companion (Unique) wolves do lightning dmg and cast storm howl (bloodhowl?)
- Feet: Ghostwalker's Aspect: while unstoppable from earthen bulwark, gain 10% movement speed for the duration of bulwark + 2 seconds after. We use this because I'm assuming EB will be up, a lot. zoom
- Amulet: Basic attack speed
- Ring1: Pulverize causes shockwave
- Ring2: Overcharge aspect: same as our boon but requires direct damage to spread damage.
- Weapon: Greatstaff of the Crone (unique): The core mechanic of this build. Claw is now a Storm Skill and also casts Storm Strike.
- Put Starlight Aspect on boots which gives Primary Resource for every % of your life that you heal. If this works even at full HP with our ability to spam Blood Howl?????? gg
- Claw casts storm strike with a 20% chance to cast earth spike to stun and fortify.
- Shred has a 20% chance to cast Pulverize that sends out a big shockwave and stuns / overpowers shit
- Earthen bulwark has a 20% chance to cast blood howl
- Blood howl has a 20% chance to cast earthen bulwark and also lowers the cooldown of bulwark (super high uptime)
- Wolves cast storm how and provide fortify
- Passives zap shit and do increases damage with spells/elites.
2023.03.31 17:42 Altnob The Thunderstone Werewolf
https://imgur.com/a/0GefgFt
https://lothrik.github.io/diablo4-build-calc/#N4RgTAXALANCDMdYgGwQKxwOxwJwzFjEzB3ngxnlnkykSlihRnUXVnRaxBizD6IAHAAYYQkBGGRhFROBbgsUuGCEqEYhGnnx1AkIyRC46LekwgucFL1QGU8lJgDGAGwCGAZy8A5DwC2AKYQACYATgCuAJahMC5gAF7xABLxHvFgAJKZAFKZvpmZAGKZAEoAvkA
Due to Symbiotic Aspect, Earthen Bulwark has a 20% chance to cast Bloodhowl and lower the cooldown of Earthen Bulwark. Bloodhowl has a chance to cast Earthen Bulwark and lower the cooldown of Bloodhowl. ALL of our active abilities lower the cooldown of Bloodhowl which provides us with more chances to trigger Earth Bulwark.
Claw
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This build needs some testing due to a few interpretations of certain legendary affixes and also requires 2-3 Unique items(Weapon(mandatory), chest and optional legs)
This build is focusing on a unique that makes our Claw ability cast Stormstrike simultaneously. We then take Nature's Fury keystone passive at the end of our tree to grant us a 20% chance to cast an earth skill in the same tree. Claw and Shred become storm abilities from our Aspect of Nature's Savagery that can trigger Earth Spike and Pulverize;Due to Symbiotic Aspect, Earthen Bulwark has a 20% chance to cast Bloodhowl and lower the cooldown of Earthen Bulwark. Bloodhowl has a chance to cast Earthen Bulwark and lower the cooldown of Bloodhowl. ALL of our active abilities lower the cooldown of Bloodhowl which provides us with more chances to trigger Earth Bulwark.
Claw
- Triggers Stormstrike when used, making enemies vulnerable, giving us 25% damage reduction and immobilizing enemies for 2.5 seconds with a 20% chance to cast Earth Spike that has a 10% chance to stun for 2.5 seconds and Fortify for 2% when damaging enemies who are stunned/immobilzed.
- Has a 20% chance to trigger Pulverize which overpowers every 10 seconds and causes enemies to be stunned for 2 seconds when hit with overpowered version. Also we have Shockwave Aspect which causes a shockwave to shoot out from Pulverize dealing a bunch of damage
- Oh shit moments nothing special. Or is it? See below.
- Heals for 20% HP and increases Attack Speed by 15% for 4 seconds. We take Symbiotic Aspect affix which says when Nature's Fury casts a free spell from our Shred or Claw reduce the cooldown of the opposite type. Since Shred and Claw are Storm, it will free cast an Earth skill and the cooldowns opposite to Earth which are Storm (blood howl), will have their cooldowns reduced by 1second. This coupled with kills reduce Blood Howl CD by 1sec, provides what I assume to be, an insane amount of uptime on Blood Howl. AND since Blood Howl is a Storm skill, it can trigger a free Earthen Bulwark. Since the uptime on Blood Howl will be extremely quick, we have what appears to be high uptime on Earthen Bulwark too.
- We take fortify on wolves when they lucky hit and they deal 20% damage to stunned/slow/immobilized/poisoned enemies but the real reason we take it is for the Unique affix Storm's Companion which turns our wolves into Lightning damage and gives them the "Storm Howl" ability (which I think is Blood Howl)
- Crit strike +9% vs close enemies
- 6% movespeed while in werewolf (everything we do is werewolf.
- Storm skills have 20% to vulnerable enemies (our Storm Strike provides 50% chance which is casts every Claw btw so that's our source of Vulnerable)
- Every 6 seconds, zap a monster for 135% damage.
- Lucky hits cause Lightning damage (which is everything our actives are) 15% chance to immobilize for 3 seconds.
- Lucky hits cause a lightning strike to zap an enemy while they're immobilized stunned or vulnerable.
- 12% damage to elites with nature skills (everything we use is nature)
- Shred heals for 1% HP
- Nature skills deal 6% increased damage and 18% increased damage if an Earth Skill is the next skill Cast after a Storm Skill or vice versa This is one of the passives that I'm unsure of due to the wording of Nature's Fury. If this passive counts a free Earth Skill as a "casted" skill after a Storm Skill then this is god tier.
Specializations
- Deer: 10% Reduced damage from elites
- Eagle: 10% attack speed
- Snake(specialize into this for 2 boons): Overload, every lucky hit has a 20% chance to trigger Overload on the target applies a statis discharge deal 60% lightning damage to surrounding enemies.
- Snake2: Critical strikes with shapeshifting skills heal you for 3% maximum HP.
- Wolf: Lucky hit critical strikes have a 20% chance to reset the cooldowns of companion skills. (More Storm Howl / bloodhowl?)
Aspects
Tying it all together.- Gloves: Werewolf skills function as Storm Skills; werebear is earth
- Helm: Symbiotic Aspect lowers cooldown of opposite free casted spell from nature's fury
- Armor: Mad Wolf's Glee (unique) +2 all werewolf abilities
- Legs: Storm's Companion (Unique) wolves do lightning dmg and cast storm howl (bloodhowl?)
- Feet: Ghostwalker's Aspect: while unstoppable from earthen bulwark, gain 10% movement speed for the duration of bulwark + 2 seconds after. We use this because I'm assuming EB will be up, a lot. zoom
- Amulet: Basic attack speed
- Ring1: Pulverize causes shockwave
- Ring2: Overcharge aspect: same as our boon but requires direct damage to spread damage.
- Weapon: Greatstaff of the Crone (unique): The core mechanic of this build. Claw is now a Storm Skill and also casts Storm Strike.
- Put Starlight Aspect on boots which gives Primary Resource for every % of your life that you heal. If this works even at full HP with our ability to spam Blood Howl?????? gg
- Claw casts storm strike with a 20% chance to cast earth spike to stun and fortify.
- Shred has a 20% chance to cast Pulverize that sends out a big shockwave and stuns / overpowers shit
- Earthen bulwark has a 20% chance to cast blood howl
- Blood howl has a 20% chance to cast earthen bulwark and also lowers the cooldown of bulwark (super high uptime)
- Wolves cast storm how and provide fortify
- Passives zap shit and do increases damage with spells/elites.
2023.03.31 17:40 taramisu47 April Fool's Game
 | Happy April Fool's Day, y'all! In honor of this day of fun and tricks, I present to you my version of Three Truths and a Lie. Click on the image to see all 4 book covers in their high-class glory. Below are their blurbs, but one is completely manufactured by my fractured brain. Your goal is to pick out the fake. submitted by taramisu47 to taramisu47 [link] [comments] Clearly, cheating is easy. Don't be a party pooper and peek. The prize for winning is a set of brand new…bragging rights. Good luck! #1 FORBIDDEN LOVE, FATED MATES...alien love, human mate romance story of enemies to lovers in the cosmos. Commander Qutan Rex-Prolan Dominant alpha alien male, cold, logical. Against my will, the council ordered me to claim Alia Benson - a smart, curvy, expressively chaotic female. A law practiced for centuries, I have total control over every emotions and craving. Love does not exist…and Alia threatens all that I have attained. Giving in to Alia’s aching desires could unleash the suppressed beast lurking within me. Is it worth losing everything for this forbidden passion? Alia Benson Passion-seeking, virgin female Earth Universal scientist. My literal dream man shows up, saves me and I become his acquisition. I belong to this big, smoking hot Chironian fighter. And my dreams bonded us before we met. For a girl who’s waited her whole life to find true love, knowing my dream guy doesn’t feel the same is heartbreaking. How can I break through his resistance and show Qutan that risking it all on me is worth it? ☆☆☆ Moments before a cataclysmic solar flare hits earth, a nearby ship of rippling, male warrior feline aliens rescue as many human survivors as possible even though it is an unsanctioned, forbidden mission. By decree of the Council, humans are sold as slaves or fated to be acquired by the rescuing warriors who will protect them. Raised to be logical and control their emotions, these alpha, hot males live passionless lives. From enemies to lovers, this science fiction romance series tells the stories of how stimulating, powerful human female emotions literally transform three tall, fierce feline warriors forever. #2 Abducted! Imprisoned! Enslaved! One minute Claire is getting ready for bed, the next she awakens to find herself in a crate. Cold, terrified, hungry and filthy. The HUGE, red, horned creature just outside promises things with his leers that she knows she won’t escape. But as the days endlessly blur together, something gives her hope. Something she can’t quite explain. Something comforting. Outcast! Hated! Hunted! The day his clan discovered his secret marked the end of everything. Keturidians outlawed and destroyed all Empaths generations ago. To be discovered as having The Power is a death sentence. On the run with no hope of peace or family, Mazchia moves from star system to star system with only his numbness as a companion. Until one night, in the silence, he feels her. She’s in trouble and she’s his. If only he can find her and convince her he’s Her Empath. #3 Very human Tau Cetus police agent Jai Turner goes undercover as a Beautiful Dolls sex robot in order to bring down the planet's most notorious arms dealer, Marque Callex. The police have never been able to get close to Callex, and Jai’s assignment is to coax information out of Marque on his illicit dealings – information that will lead to his conviction. Reclusive arms dealer Marque Callex only accepted an invitation from Beautiful Dolls because with his deadly line of work – and the dangerous secrets he’s keeping – he can't afford to let a real woman into his life. But neither Jai nor Marque are what they seem, and their week together has consequences neither expect. #4 One hundred years after the decision to outlaw childbirth and move to a more humane form of procreation, the earth has very few females left. Most of those are unable to become pregnant, due to a faulty system. Trillionaires Bill, John, David and Steve band together and bid on an auction for one of the few “breeding females” left. They plan it out as coldly as they would any other kind of business deal, knowing that down the road, they will eventually sell off any daughters born of the union. April, a young woman sheltered from the outside world, is told by her father that he needs money and will be selling her at an auction to the highest bidder. He does his best to protect her in the auction, but she has no choice in the matter. April goes into the situation with a positive attitude, not expecting to fall for the men so quickly. When she finds out her plans for the future of her children, she must decide if her love of the men is stronger than the love of any children she may bear. |
2023.03.31 16:54 DuhChappers My Unofficial Bingo Reviews!
So let's get this out of the way at the top. For someone who read all these books, I sure did not do a good job reading the rules for Bingo, because I totally missed the rule about all the books coming from different authors. So this is only an unofficial bingo win, I’ll have to wait for next year to make it official. But I still had a great time hunting down new books and stepping out of my comfort zone on this project, and I’m committed to doing my unofficial Hero mode as well! I’m going to list the books I read in order of reading them, and I hope you enjoy.
Dune: Messiah, By Frank Herbert - Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey (HM)
This book was weird. I was warned, and I am aware that other Dune sequels get even more weird, but I still found this to be pushing my limits. Herbert has an imagination like few others. It was cool, and overall I had a positive experience with it, but it was work to try and understand it all. I will have to see how much further I get in the series while still having any fun at all. 6/10
A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine - LGBTQA List Book
This book jumped to the front of my reading queue off of the title alone. Potentially my favorite book title of all time. The book itself is also very good, it’s got excellent worldbuilding and characters and an engaging plot. I love the names in the empire, and its culture in general. Only barely misses being what I would call a masterpiece because of pacing near the beginning and one interesting theme feeling underdeveloped. 9/10
A Desolation Called Peace, by Arkady Martine - Set In Space (HM)
This book was very similar in quality to the first one. It had slightly less of the cool worldbuilding from the first book, but it had just as much of the great characters. It was slightly less focused due to multiple POV’s, and one in particular dragged a bit for me. I do have to say, though, some of the best aliens I’ve ever read. 9/10
Bloody Rose, by Nicholas Eames - Family Matters (HM)
I read Kings of the Wyld just before bingo started and liked it a whole lot. I liked this too, but a little less. It was funny and pretty engaging throughout, with a couple really awesome moments. My biggest gripe with both books is with one aspect of the worldbuilding: The way the monsters. Despite some nods at the unfairness, no character seems to really care about changing anything and t gets under my skin. I do not think it works well or sends the message the book thinks it is sending. 7/10
The Traitor Baru Cormorant, by Seth Dickenson - Anti-Hero
Wow. This book blew my mind and blew right into my top 5 favorite books ever. I loved the world, I loved the prose, I loved every character, especially Baru and Tain Hu. The pacing and passage of time was handled basically flawlessly. I just loved it and looking back at it I love how it set up the rest of the series. 10/10
The Monster Baru Cormorant, by Seth Dickenson - Mental Health (HM)
Living up to a 10/10 as a sequel is tough, and I do think this book suffers a little from high expectations. But it still rocks! I love the new PoV character in this book, and I love the exploration of new cultures. The plot kinda slows in this one to make room for a lot of character work, which is good for the most part but does hurt the pacing. Also, very grim-dark. Tough to read at points, but mostly in a good way if that makes sense. 9/10
Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett - Shapeshifters (HM)
After the last book, I needed a couple lighter reads to get me in a better mood, and nothing is better for that than Discworld. This book was charming, interesting and funny throughout. It wasn’t my favorite Discworld book, but I’ve not read one yet that I didn’t enjoy. 8/10
The Golden Compass, by Phillip Pullman - Historical SFF
A friend gave me this as a random gift since I had never read it when I was younger. It was quite interesting, with a narrative structure and pacing that struck me as unconventional while still being engaging. I did think it took a little too long to the frozen north, and the journey was not always the most interesting. I do think I would have liked it more as a child but I’m still glad I had a chance to read it now. 7/10
Legends and Lattes, by Travis Baltree - Book Club
I still wanted to stay in the cozy zone for a little bit, and this book hit the spot right on. It had everything I wanted from it. Good characters, engaging growth and just the right amount of conflict. The concept alone is great and it lives up to that well. More than anything else, this book has great vibes and put a smile on my face consistently. 9/10
The Tyrant Baru Cormorant, by Seth Dickenson - Name in the Title (HM)
Finally returning to this series, and it still delivers. At this point in the series I knew what I wanted from the book and it delivered in a great way. It also managed to surprise me with a few twists that I thought were really interesting and left me super excited for the last book in the series. 9.5/10
Legion, by Brandon Sanderson - Urban Fantasy
This single volume collected three novellas Brandon wrote, and since I got them in one book I’m counting them as one book. I am a pretty big Sanderson fan so I was excited to check out something of his that I had never read before. I liked it a lot! I mostly liked the unique perspective of the main character with his different personalities and the slow build of the main mysteries throughout the different stories. I did not love the ending as much as I wanted but the journey was still well worth it. 8/10
Black Leopard, Red Wolf, by Marlon James - Set in Africa
This book was a pretty mixed bag in my opinion. I really liked the opening and the character dynamics that it set up. The setting was different for me and interesting as well, and I liked the way magic was used throughout. But, the pacing through the middle of the book almost killed me. I really struggled to get through some parts, and it also felt at multiple points like I had missed a page and was confused as to a new character or place that seemed to just appear. That said, once I got through the middle, the end was good once more so I left it on a positive note. 6/10
This Is How You Lose the Time War, Max Gladstone and Amal el-Mohtar - Two or more Authors
A friend loaned this to me with a glowing recommendation and I have to say - it deserved it. This is one of the most creative and powerful stories that I have read throughout this whole year. The way the story is framed - great. The character work through the glimpses we get into these people’s lives - brilliant. Worldbuilding and tech - consistently cool and interesting. Overall I’d pass it on to all of you with a glowing recommendation of my own. - 9.5/10
Promise of Blood, by Brian McCellan - Revolutions and Rebellions (HM)
This book did not really work for me. It did not lack merit - the magic was cool, and the world had a lot going for it. But the plot felt like it did not have a great sense of momentum, the prose was lacking, and the characters were inconsistent. Worst of all, I felt like a lot of the most interesting elements of the premise were not explored really at all. Overall, while I can see what made this book hit well for others, I can’t say that I would agree. 5/10
Red Seas under Red Skies, by Scott Lynch - No Ifs, Ands, or Buts (HM)
I read The Lies of Locke Lamora years ago and loved it, but bounced off the sequel at that time. Now I was more determined to get through it, and I was able to see a lot more to like. My biggest complaint would be that the book is too long, and Lynch has a tendency towards overdescription that hurts the pacing. Still, Locke and Jean are always entertaining, and their scheme is pretty great once it finally gets moving. I’m glad I got through it and I am still looking forward to the next in the series. 6.5/10
The City We Became, by N.K. Jemisin - BIPOC Author
I love the Broken Earth trilogy, and I was extremely interested to see what Jemisin would come up with in our world. The setup was interesting, the characters cool and strong in many different ways. I really liked the buildup and pacing throughout as well, though the resolution was over surprisingly fast. It’s easy to see this is just book 1. One big complaint: while I agree with almost all of the book’s politics, I thought the way it deployed them was quite jarring and tactless in some places. Not a masterpiece, but still very good. 7.5/10
Tress of the Emerald Sea, by Brandon Sanderson - Weird Ecology (HM)
I had this book pegged for this slot in Bingo since I read the preview chapter many months ago, and I definitely enjoyed my journey with it. I did have some issues; I think Hoid’s voice can get a little annoying over a whole book, and the resolution did not live up to the journey. All that said, for a light hearted romp in a unique world with cool characters, I think this certainly did its job. 7.5/10
Bands of Mourning, by Brandon Sanderson - Cool Weapon (HM)
This is my one reread I was allowed. I read it again to prepare for The Lost Metal, and I still love this book. I think this is the best of the second Mistborn series. I particularly love Steris in this one, she really grows to be probably my favorite character in the series. Side note: I was originally going to include this for the Cool Weapon category for Vindication, but then I realized the book was named after a cooler and much more magical weapon. 8.5/10
The Lost Metal, by Brandon Sanderson - Published in 2022
I think to appreciate this book, you have to be a big cosmere fan, and I’m not sure how well it works to just have all the cosmere stuff be so open after being in the background for as long as it was. But, I am a big cosmere fan, so it didn’t bother me much! This book is a fitting conclusion for the series and generally quite fun, even though it felt a little too action heavy and the pacing was not perfect. Also low in Steris which is a big flaw. 7.5/10
The Killing Moon, by N.K. Jemisin - Author uses Initials
It took me a little bit to be fully sucked into this world, but once I was in I felt a strong bond with the characters and their conflicts. I do think the story was a little predictable, but the execution was strong enough that it did not affect my enjoyment much. 8/10
Republic of Theives, by Scott Lynch - Award Finalist
This book is somewhat a return to form for the Gentlemen Bastards after I thought the last book was a little slow. It’s witty, it’s fun, and it felt so good to get answers to some of the mysteries established in the very first book. Honestly, I’m glad I waited so long to read this because now I might still remember it by the time the last book finally releases. 9/10
The Original, by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal - Standalone (HM)
This was around the point I realized I had not very much time left for this challenge and wanted to focus on shorter stories to make sure I could finish. This one is an audiobook collaboration and I think its biggest flaw is length. It feels like this premise could have been fleshed out far more
The Sandman: Book of Dreams, by Various Authors - Short Stories
I found this randomly in a used bookstore about a month after watching the show and had to check it out. It had a bunch of stories in great variety, but the vast majority were interesting, creepy and unique. I didn’t quite get through all 20 stories in the collection but I hope to do so eventually, they are worth the time. 8/10
Priest, by Matthew Collvile - Self-published
Matt is one of my favorite youtubers, and I always wanted to check out his self published novels. They are set in what is more or less a D&D setting, and are meant to be callbacks to the hardboiled detective genre. This one was very interesting, despite some length it kept me turning pages. In the end I was a little dissatisfied with the resolution to the mystery, but I still thoroughly enjoyed the ride. 8/10
The Builders, by Daniel Polansky - Non-human Protagonist (HM)
I liked the pitch to this book - Redwall but everyone drinks and shoots guns. However, it left me underwhelmed by the end. I was not very engaged in the plot, and while some characters I really liked some gave me no emotion at all. Part of that was the short length of the book, it felt like it really could have benefitted from more fleshing out. 5/10
Overall I greatly enjoyed doing this! I’m glad this challenge exists and next year I’ll be back with a real completion of a card. I got 12/25 Hard Mode and I definitely think those are rookie numbers, I can pump those numbers up. A hearty thanks to everyone here who bothers to read this as well as those who put their time into organizing Bingo, it was a great companion for my reading this year.
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Dune: Messiah, By Frank Herbert - Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey (HM)
This book was weird. I was warned, and I am aware that other Dune sequels get even more weird, but I still found this to be pushing my limits. Herbert has an imagination like few others. It was cool, and overall I had a positive experience with it, but it was work to try and understand it all. I will have to see how much further I get in the series while still having any fun at all. 6/10
A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine - LGBTQA List Book
This book jumped to the front of my reading queue off of the title alone. Potentially my favorite book title of all time. The book itself is also very good, it’s got excellent worldbuilding and characters and an engaging plot. I love the names in the empire, and its culture in general. Only barely misses being what I would call a masterpiece because of pacing near the beginning and one interesting theme feeling underdeveloped. 9/10
A Desolation Called Peace, by Arkady Martine - Set In Space (HM)
This book was very similar in quality to the first one. It had slightly less of the cool worldbuilding from the first book, but it had just as much of the great characters. It was slightly less focused due to multiple POV’s, and one in particular dragged a bit for me. I do have to say, though, some of the best aliens I’ve ever read. 9/10
Bloody Rose, by Nicholas Eames - Family Matters (HM)
I read Kings of the Wyld just before bingo started and liked it a whole lot. I liked this too, but a little less. It was funny and pretty engaging throughout, with a couple really awesome moments. My biggest gripe with both books is with one aspect of the worldbuilding: The way the monsters. Despite some nods at the unfairness, no character seems to really care about changing anything and t gets under my skin. I do not think it works well or sends the message the book thinks it is sending. 7/10
The Traitor Baru Cormorant, by Seth Dickenson - Anti-Hero
Wow. This book blew my mind and blew right into my top 5 favorite books ever. I loved the world, I loved the prose, I loved every character, especially Baru and Tain Hu. The pacing and passage of time was handled basically flawlessly. I just loved it and looking back at it I love how it set up the rest of the series. 10/10
The Monster Baru Cormorant, by Seth Dickenson - Mental Health (HM)
Living up to a 10/10 as a sequel is tough, and I do think this book suffers a little from high expectations. But it still rocks! I love the new PoV character in this book, and I love the exploration of new cultures. The plot kinda slows in this one to make room for a lot of character work, which is good for the most part but does hurt the pacing. Also, very grim-dark. Tough to read at points, but mostly in a good way if that makes sense. 9/10
Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett - Shapeshifters (HM)
After the last book, I needed a couple lighter reads to get me in a better mood, and nothing is better for that than Discworld. This book was charming, interesting and funny throughout. It wasn’t my favorite Discworld book, but I’ve not read one yet that I didn’t enjoy. 8/10
The Golden Compass, by Phillip Pullman - Historical SFF
A friend gave me this as a random gift since I had never read it when I was younger. It was quite interesting, with a narrative structure and pacing that struck me as unconventional while still being engaging. I did think it took a little too long to the frozen north, and the journey was not always the most interesting. I do think I would have liked it more as a child but I’m still glad I had a chance to read it now. 7/10
Legends and Lattes, by Travis Baltree - Book Club
I still wanted to stay in the cozy zone for a little bit, and this book hit the spot right on. It had everything I wanted from it. Good characters, engaging growth and just the right amount of conflict. The concept alone is great and it lives up to that well. More than anything else, this book has great vibes and put a smile on my face consistently. 9/10
The Tyrant Baru Cormorant, by Seth Dickenson - Name in the Title (HM)
Finally returning to this series, and it still delivers. At this point in the series I knew what I wanted from the book and it delivered in a great way. It also managed to surprise me with a few twists that I thought were really interesting and left me super excited for the last book in the series. 9.5/10
Legion, by Brandon Sanderson - Urban Fantasy
This single volume collected three novellas Brandon wrote, and since I got them in one book I’m counting them as one book. I am a pretty big Sanderson fan so I was excited to check out something of his that I had never read before. I liked it a lot! I mostly liked the unique perspective of the main character with his different personalities and the slow build of the main mysteries throughout the different stories. I did not love the ending as much as I wanted but the journey was still well worth it. 8/10
Black Leopard, Red Wolf, by Marlon James - Set in Africa
This book was a pretty mixed bag in my opinion. I really liked the opening and the character dynamics that it set up. The setting was different for me and interesting as well, and I liked the way magic was used throughout. But, the pacing through the middle of the book almost killed me. I really struggled to get through some parts, and it also felt at multiple points like I had missed a page and was confused as to a new character or place that seemed to just appear. That said, once I got through the middle, the end was good once more so I left it on a positive note. 6/10
This Is How You Lose the Time War, Max Gladstone and Amal el-Mohtar - Two or more Authors
A friend loaned this to me with a glowing recommendation and I have to say - it deserved it. This is one of the most creative and powerful stories that I have read throughout this whole year. The way the story is framed - great. The character work through the glimpses we get into these people’s lives - brilliant. Worldbuilding and tech - consistently cool and interesting. Overall I’d pass it on to all of you with a glowing recommendation of my own. - 9.5/10
Promise of Blood, by Brian McCellan - Revolutions and Rebellions (HM)
This book did not really work for me. It did not lack merit - the magic was cool, and the world had a lot going for it. But the plot felt like it did not have a great sense of momentum, the prose was lacking, and the characters were inconsistent. Worst of all, I felt like a lot of the most interesting elements of the premise were not explored really at all. Overall, while I can see what made this book hit well for others, I can’t say that I would agree. 5/10
Red Seas under Red Skies, by Scott Lynch - No Ifs, Ands, or Buts (HM)
I read The Lies of Locke Lamora years ago and loved it, but bounced off the sequel at that time. Now I was more determined to get through it, and I was able to see a lot more to like. My biggest complaint would be that the book is too long, and Lynch has a tendency towards overdescription that hurts the pacing. Still, Locke and Jean are always entertaining, and their scheme is pretty great once it finally gets moving. I’m glad I got through it and I am still looking forward to the next in the series. 6.5/10
The City We Became, by N.K. Jemisin - BIPOC Author
I love the Broken Earth trilogy, and I was extremely interested to see what Jemisin would come up with in our world. The setup was interesting, the characters cool and strong in many different ways. I really liked the buildup and pacing throughout as well, though the resolution was over surprisingly fast. It’s easy to see this is just book 1. One big complaint: while I agree with almost all of the book’s politics, I thought the way it deployed them was quite jarring and tactless in some places. Not a masterpiece, but still very good. 7.5/10
Tress of the Emerald Sea, by Brandon Sanderson - Weird Ecology (HM)
I had this book pegged for this slot in Bingo since I read the preview chapter many months ago, and I definitely enjoyed my journey with it. I did have some issues; I think Hoid’s voice can get a little annoying over a whole book, and the resolution did not live up to the journey. All that said, for a light hearted romp in a unique world with cool characters, I think this certainly did its job. 7.5/10
Bands of Mourning, by Brandon Sanderson - Cool Weapon (HM)
This is my one reread I was allowed. I read it again to prepare for The Lost Metal, and I still love this book. I think this is the best of the second Mistborn series. I particularly love Steris in this one, she really grows to be probably my favorite character in the series. Side note: I was originally going to include this for the Cool Weapon category for Vindication, but then I realized the book was named after a cooler and much more magical weapon. 8.5/10
The Lost Metal, by Brandon Sanderson - Published in 2022
I think to appreciate this book, you have to be a big cosmere fan, and I’m not sure how well it works to just have all the cosmere stuff be so open after being in the background for as long as it was. But, I am a big cosmere fan, so it didn’t bother me much! This book is a fitting conclusion for the series and generally quite fun, even though it felt a little too action heavy and the pacing was not perfect. Also low in Steris which is a big flaw. 7.5/10
The Killing Moon, by N.K. Jemisin - Author uses Initials
It took me a little bit to be fully sucked into this world, but once I was in I felt a strong bond with the characters and their conflicts. I do think the story was a little predictable, but the execution was strong enough that it did not affect my enjoyment much. 8/10
Republic of Theives, by Scott Lynch - Award Finalist
This book is somewhat a return to form for the Gentlemen Bastards after I thought the last book was a little slow. It’s witty, it’s fun, and it felt so good to get answers to some of the mysteries established in the very first book. Honestly, I’m glad I waited so long to read this because now I might still remember it by the time the last book finally releases. 9/10
The Original, by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal - Standalone (HM)
This was around the point I realized I had not very much time left for this challenge and wanted to focus on shorter stories to make sure I could finish. This one is an audiobook collaboration and I think its biggest flaw is length. It feels like this premise could have been fleshed out far more
The Sandman: Book of Dreams, by Various Authors - Short Stories
I found this randomly in a used bookstore about a month after watching the show and had to check it out. It had a bunch of stories in great variety, but the vast majority were interesting, creepy and unique. I didn’t quite get through all 20 stories in the collection but I hope to do so eventually, they are worth the time. 8/10
Priest, by Matthew Collvile - Self-published
Matt is one of my favorite youtubers, and I always wanted to check out his self published novels. They are set in what is more or less a D&D setting, and are meant to be callbacks to the hardboiled detective genre. This one was very interesting, despite some length it kept me turning pages. In the end I was a little dissatisfied with the resolution to the mystery, but I still thoroughly enjoyed the ride. 8/10
The Builders, by Daniel Polansky - Non-human Protagonist (HM)
I liked the pitch to this book - Redwall but everyone drinks and shoots guns. However, it left me underwhelmed by the end. I was not very engaged in the plot, and while some characters I really liked some gave me no emotion at all. Part of that was the short length of the book, it felt like it really could have benefitted from more fleshing out. 5/10
Overall I greatly enjoyed doing this! I’m glad this challenge exists and next year I’ll be back with a real completion of a card. I got 12/25 Hard Mode and I definitely think those are rookie numbers, I can pump those numbers up. A hearty thanks to everyone here who bothers to read this as well as those who put their time into organizing Bingo, it was a great companion for my reading this year.
2023.03.31 16:50 Gender_Dysphoria_ I decided to flock Ghoul Spirit Toralei
 | I previously cut the hair on my Ghoul Spirit Toralei short but I decided instead I wanted to give her a buzz cut. This was my first time flocking a dolls hair but I think it looks good. The corners of her hair comes unstuck occasionally. I used Elmer's glue to flock her hair. Is there a better glue to glue her hair down with? She still looks super cute tho and I love her. submitted by Gender_Dysphoria_ to MonsterHigh [link] [comments] |
2023.03.31 16:49 ZehGentleman General combat advice?
Hey guys I'm in a bit of a sad rut here. Been playing a lot of Warhammer and I want to get out of the auto resolve meta, but I feel like battles are just so one-sided most of the time. Maybe its just cause the AI attacks only when it feels like it realllllly will win in wh3, but most of the time I never see a defeat go to a victory (except when I was playing slaanesh since auto-resolve is ass for them). Playing slaanesh forced me to fight more which was good, but I feel like it hasn't really taught me all that much since they don't play like some of the more "standard" factions.
In games that are historical, it clicks for me far more. I played empire and attila where realistic boxes and lines with swords center pikes flank seemed to work wonders but WH3 seems to just not click with me.
Right now I'm playing as feestus and while I have what seems like an unkillable doomstack on feestus himself, my other stacks I'm terrible with. It always feels like my units get caught in meat grinders where they never win and my lord gets dumpster while if I send my best high damage units like melee specialists and large monsters to fight enemy lords/heros they just never die. Can I get some general combat advice as well as some for dealing with Kostaltyn? I know projectiles are key for shredding unarmored and larger targets but I don't really have that ability as nurgle.
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In games that are historical, it clicks for me far more. I played empire and attila where realistic boxes and lines with swords center pikes flank seemed to work wonders but WH3 seems to just not click with me.
Right now I'm playing as feestus and while I have what seems like an unkillable doomstack on feestus himself, my other stacks I'm terrible with. It always feels like my units get caught in meat grinders where they never win and my lord gets dumpster while if I send my best high damage units like melee specialists and large monsters to fight enemy lords/heros they just never die. Can I get some general combat advice as well as some for dealing with Kostaltyn? I know projectiles are key for shredding unarmored and larger targets but I don't really have that ability as nurgle.
2023.03.31 16:49 Andre3000RPI Yahoo Morning Briefing
Investors are celebrating the surge in tech stocks in 2023 as though last year — the worst year for risk markets in decades — never happened.
They could be forgiven.
The Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) just entered a new bull market and is about to notch its best first-quarter return since 2012 — up 18.5% with one day to go. Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN) are each up over 20% this year, while Tesla (TSLA) has surged nearly 60%, and Meta Platforms (META) is up over 70%. Chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) is approaching an eye-watering 90% return this quarter — its best in over two decades.
📷
Markets have seemingly entered a time warp — where last year's losers are this year's winners, and vice versa. Tech stocks are bringing the FAANG vibes from 2021 and before.
But peering under the market's hood reveals some critical differences between 2023 and the prior era of preternaturally low interest rates when FAANGs flourished.
First, the bond market has been turned on its head since the Fed began furiously raising rates a year ago. The 40-year down trend in interest rates that existed prior is now reversing.
Markets never go straight up (or down), but a reprieve this year from higher rates has facilitated an echo of the prior era with tech stocks surging as interest rates wane. Suffice to say, knee-jerk reversions to the mean do not a trend make.
Second, concentration worries are surfacing again. Investors may remember concerns that megacaps were accounting for a disproportionate share of the gains in the major indices during certain stretches from 2017 to 2021.
Those concerns are back, though for different reasons.
Currently, the top ten Nasdaq 100 stocks account for nearly all of the gains this year in the Nasdaq 100 (88%). Apple and Microsoft alone account for 13.2% of the S&P 500's composition, the highest level since Ma Bell (T) and Big Blue (IBM) ruled the roost in 1978.
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Companies no longer have access to cheap capital. The longer rates stay high, the more small companies will fail. The Nasdaq 100 is outperforming its broader cousin, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC), by 375 basis points this year, which reflects this strength of its higher-market cap constituents.
To illustrate just how long these things can play out, recall that stat about Nvidia from above.
The chipmaker is about to post its best quarter since the fourth quarter of 2001, when it soared 144%. That monster rally began in the midst of a U.S. recession and a bear market in the Nasdaq that spanned three years. The following year in 2002, Nvidia would go on to crash 90% (top to bottom) before finding its footing in October.
Currently, there are a few tailwinds that could boost the major indices further. Investor sentiment is skewing bearish, which is complementary to bulls in a contrarian fashion. And even with recent gains, the best-performing index, the Nasdaq 100, isn't yet overbought according to market technicals on all but the shortest time frames.
But longer-term, investors must contend with (1) an economy that has yet to fully adjust to the reality of materially higher rates versus 2021 and before, and (2) a Fed that has so far kept its hawkish promises.
Markets don't like uncertainty. Unfortunately, it's still uncertainty that reigns.
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They could be forgiven.
The Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) just entered a new bull market and is about to notch its best first-quarter return since 2012 — up 18.5% with one day to go. Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN) are each up over 20% this year, while Tesla (TSLA) has surged nearly 60%, and Meta Platforms (META) is up over 70%. Chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) is approaching an eye-watering 90% return this quarter — its best in over two decades.
📷
Markets have seemingly entered a time warp — where last year's losers are this year's winners, and vice versa. Tech stocks are bringing the FAANG vibes from 2021 and before.
But peering under the market's hood reveals some critical differences between 2023 and the prior era of preternaturally low interest rates when FAANGs flourished.
First, the bond market has been turned on its head since the Fed began furiously raising rates a year ago. The 40-year down trend in interest rates that existed prior is now reversing.
Markets never go straight up (or down), but a reprieve this year from higher rates has facilitated an echo of the prior era with tech stocks surging as interest rates wane. Suffice to say, knee-jerk reversions to the mean do not a trend make.
Second, concentration worries are surfacing again. Investors may remember concerns that megacaps were accounting for a disproportionate share of the gains in the major indices during certain stretches from 2017 to 2021.
Those concerns are back, though for different reasons.
Currently, the top ten Nasdaq 100 stocks account for nearly all of the gains this year in the Nasdaq 100 (88%). Apple and Microsoft alone account for 13.2% of the S&P 500's composition, the highest level since Ma Bell (T) and Big Blue (IBM) ruled the roost in 1978.
📷
Companies no longer have access to cheap capital. The longer rates stay high, the more small companies will fail. The Nasdaq 100 is outperforming its broader cousin, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC), by 375 basis points this year, which reflects this strength of its higher-market cap constituents.
To illustrate just how long these things can play out, recall that stat about Nvidia from above.
The chipmaker is about to post its best quarter since the fourth quarter of 2001, when it soared 144%. That monster rally began in the midst of a U.S. recession and a bear market in the Nasdaq that spanned three years. The following year in 2002, Nvidia would go on to crash 90% (top to bottom) before finding its footing in October.
Currently, there are a few tailwinds that could boost the major indices further. Investor sentiment is skewing bearish, which is complementary to bulls in a contrarian fashion. And even with recent gains, the best-performing index, the Nasdaq 100, isn't yet overbought according to market technicals on all but the shortest time frames.
But longer-term, investors must contend with (1) an economy that has yet to fully adjust to the reality of materially higher rates versus 2021 and before, and (2) a Fed that has so far kept its hawkish promises.
Markets don't like uncertainty. Unfortunately, it's still uncertainty that reigns.
2023.03.31 16:30 dj2ball New World Disorder - EU 1PP - PC - Summer Chernarus
Looking for a DayZ server that offers an exciting mix of PVE and PVP gameplay? Look no further than New World Disorder, where you can explore a dynamic world filled with custom features designed to enhance your experience.
- 1PP gameplay, discouraging tree campers and forcing players to take risks to engage in combat.
- We have heavily customised locations and military zones such as North East Airfield, Balota, North West Airfield, and VMC.
- Custom Oil Rig and an underground bunker for you to explore
- Make money looting military zones, heli crashes, military convoys and other random events, or grow drugs and find collectibles scattered throughout the map- If you're looking for high-end transportation options, we've got you covered with a variety of cars, boats and helicopters.
- We have over 200 guns to choose from, with weapon availability balanced to limit “tapper” gameplay.
- We have custom military zones including Tisy, NEAF, NWAF, Balota, Troitskoe and VMC
- Generous storage and build limits
- We have some upgraded zombies and elite monsters with high-end loot, so there's always a challenge to be had for players who prefer to pit themselves against the environment.
- As we are a brand new gaming community, we are offering a +100k additional bank start and a base building box to new players.
Above all, our server community is dedicated to fairness, fun, and balance. We're made up of players with a combined 20k+ hours of DayZ experience, so we know what we're doing and want to create a great environment for you to enjoy the game we all love.
Join our discord and come say hi today! https://dsc.gg/nwd-dayz
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- 1PP gameplay, discouraging tree campers and forcing players to take risks to engage in combat.
- We have heavily customised locations and military zones such as North East Airfield, Balota, North West Airfield, and VMC.
- Custom Oil Rig and an underground bunker for you to explore
- Make money looting military zones, heli crashes, military convoys and other random events, or grow drugs and find collectibles scattered throughout the map- If you're looking for high-end transportation options, we've got you covered with a variety of cars, boats and helicopters.
- We have over 200 guns to choose from, with weapon availability balanced to limit “tapper” gameplay.
- We have custom military zones including Tisy, NEAF, NWAF, Balota, Troitskoe and VMC
- Generous storage and build limits
- We have some upgraded zombies and elite monsters with high-end loot, so there's always a challenge to be had for players who prefer to pit themselves against the environment.
- As we are a brand new gaming community, we are offering a +100k additional bank start and a base building box to new players.
Above all, our server community is dedicated to fairness, fun, and balance. We're made up of players with a combined 20k+ hours of DayZ experience, so we know what we're doing and want to create a great environment for you to enjoy the game we all love.
Join our discord and come say hi today! https://dsc.gg/nwd-dayz